1978 College Football School Ratings

The SRS columns are SRS broken up into offensive and defensive components.
The Scoring columns are points per game adjusted for strength of opposition.
The Passing, Rushing, and Total columns are yards per attempt adjusted for strength of opposition.
AP Rank reflects the current AP poll ranking or the last ranking from the year.

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138 Schools Table
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
1	Alabama	SEC	1	11	1	0	14.15	11.84	25.99	41.83	0.01
2	USC	Pac-10	2	12	1	0	10.10	15.40	25.51	37.63	-2.78
3	Oklahoma	Big 8	3	11	1	0	15.05	9.77	24.82	49.29	1.61
4	Penn State	Ind	4	11	1	0	7.41	14.50	21.91	37.54	-1.78
5	Michigan	Big Ten	5	10	2	0	7.58	13.67	21.25	40.29	0.02
6	Nebraska	Big 8	8	9	3	0	13.73	7.34	21.07	47.80	4.43
7	Arkansas	SWC	11	9	2	1	7.83	12.18	20.01	37.58	0.71
8	Notre Dame	Ind	7	9	3	0	11.34	8.38	19.72	37.56	2.81
9	Texas	SWC	9	9	3	0	5.19	14.21	19.40	35.34	-2.61
10	Houston	SWC	10	9	3	0	12.47	6.54	19.01	41.36	4.91
11	Michigan State	Big Ten	12	8	3	0	12.17	6.22	18.39	45.92	7.62
12	Washington	Pac-10		7	4	0	6.79	10.95	17.74	36.26	1.86
13	Clemson	ACC	6	11	1	0	8.06	9.62	17.69	39.27	4.08
14	Stanford	Pac-10	17	8	4	0	12.27	4.71	16.98	38.83	7.03
15	UCLA	Pac-10	14	8	3	1	5.55	9.86	15.42	33.08	2.86
16	Missouri	Big 8	15	8	4	0	11.03	4.28	15.31	42.74	7.72
17	Florida State	Ind		8	3	0	11.34	3.79	15.13	39.53	9.38
18	Georgia	SEC	16	9	2	1	6.54	7.33	13.86	34.22	5.40
19	Maryland	ACC	20	9	3	0	4.89	8.66	13.55	32.74	5.26
20	LSU	SEC		8	4	0	6.71	6.56	13.26	33.28	5.66
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
21	Purdue	Big Ten	13	9	2	1	2.98	10.10	13.08	28.70	2.76
22	Ohio State	Big Ten		7	4	1	8.93	4.05	12.99	37.54	8.66
23	Texas Tech	SWC		7	4	0	9.65	3.00	12.66	35.38	11.31
24	Arizona State	Pac-10		9	3	0	8.94	3.26	12.20	36.81	10.83
25	Texas A&M	SWC	19	8	4	0	3.44	8.76	12.20	33.61	4.84
26	SMU	SWC		4	6	1	9.94	2.18	12.12	40.11	9.07
27	North Carolina State	ACC	18	9	3	0	6.82	3.87	10.69	33.17	9.20
28	Florida	SEC		4	7	0	7.04	3.45	10.49	35.06	8.07
29	Mississippi State	SEC		6	5	0	3.80	6.32	10.12	31.71	7.40
30	Arizona	Pac-10		5	6	0	5.44	4.66	10.11	32.54	7.51
31	Pitt	Ind		8	4	0	2.81	6.87	9.68	30.64	6.63
32	North Texas	Ind		9	2	0	3.57	5.46	9.03	31.77	7.86
33	Tennessee	SEC		5	5	1	5.94	3.00	8.94	33.51	10.33
34	Baylor	SWC		3	8	0	6.46	2.16	8.61	32.73	8.46
35	Auburn	SEC		6	4	1	2.84	5.32	8.16	30.61	7.51
36	Iowa State	Big 8		8	4	0	0.07	7.95	8.02	26.21	4.24
37	BYU	WAC		9	4	0	3.43	4.52	7.95	31.49	8.41
38	Navy	Ind		9	3	0	-0.54	8.49	7.95	28.29	5.62
39	South Carolina	Ind		5	5	1	3.82	3.30	7.11	30.83	8.92
40	Colorado	Big 8		6	5	0	2.11	4.58	6.69	29.98	8.32
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
41	Tulsa	MVC		9	2	0	6.04	0.55	6.59	30.64	12.44
42	Georgia Tech	Ind		7	5	0	6.21	0.30	6.51	32.79	12.95
43	California	Pac-10		6	5	0	4.97	1.41	6.38	31.76	13.45
44	Miami (FL)	Ind		6	5	0	0.19	5.86	6.04	26.50	7.34
45	East Carolina	Ind		9	3	0	0.43	5.46	5.89	29.45	7.99
46	Kentucky	SEC		4	6	1	-0.80	6.31	5.51	28.72	6.39
47	Southern Mississippi	Ind		7	4	0	1.27	3.95	5.22	27.35	8.35
48	Utah	WAC		8	3	0	2.13	2.66	4.79	31.37	10.69
49	Indiana	Big Ten		4	7	0	4.04	-0.31	3.73	29.70	16.01
50	Oklahoma State	Big 8		3	8	0	-0.48	4.15	3.66	26.39	9.88
51	Wisconsin	Big Ten		5	4	2	2.46	1.18	3.64	28.64	17.40
52	Louisville	Ind		7	4	0	2.99	0.46	3.45	33.67	14.47
53	Oregon	Pac-10		2	9	0	0.76	2.66	3.43	26.65	8.63
54	New Mexico	WAC		7	5	0	0.64	2.62	3.26	27.58	10.46
55	Washington State	Pac-10		3	7	1	7.49	-4.46	3.04	35.31	17.75
56	Temple	Ind		7	3	1	3.77	-1.02	2.75	30.86	13.32
57	Ball State	MAC		10	1	0	-3.32	6.06	2.74	22.96	7.73
58	North Carolina	ACC		5	6	0	3.30	-0.70	2.60	28.55	12.84
59	Ole Miss	SEC		5	6	0	-0.17	2.65	2.48	26.35	11.71
60	Furman	Southern		8	3	0	2.77	-0.64	2.14	30.17	14.47
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
61	Central Michigan	MAC		9	2	0	-0.33	2.17	1.84	29.99	12.30
62	Cincinnati	Ind		5	6	0	4.67	-2.97	1.70	32.55	15.28
63	Rutgers	Ind		9	3	0	-1.25	2.62	1.37	27.82	10.73
64	Oregon State	Pac-10		3	7	1	-2.11	3.23	1.13	24.03	11.35
65	Wyoming	WAC		5	7	0	0.87	-0.08	0.79	28.29	13.17
66	Hawaii	Ind		6	5	0	2.73	-2.40	0.33	29.09	17.39
67	Minnesota	Big Ten		5	6	0	2.17	-2.06	0.11	26.09	16.66
68	Tulane	Ind		4	7	0	-2.04	2.13	0.08	24.20	11.06
69	Virginia Tech	Ind		4	7	0	-2.32	2.33	0.01	24.13	12.41
70	Kansas State	Big 8		4	7	0	1.67	-2.21	-0.54	29.12	18.63
71	Utah State	PCAA		7	4	0	2.45	-3.08	-0.62	28.75	15.29
72	Nevada-Las Vegas	Ind		7	4	0	-2.45	1.75	-0.70	25.10	11.37
73	Chattanooga	Southern		7	3	1	0.84	-1.62	-0.78	30.06	14.46
74	Texas Christian	SWC		2	9	0	-3.63	2.75	-0.88	23.39	19.16
75	Rice	SWC		2	9	0	1.49	-2.56	-1.07	28.82	22.44
76	Duke	ACC		4	7	0	-5.09	3.84	-1.25	21.14	12.05
77	Appalachian State	Southern		7	4	0	8.06	-9.43	-1.37	34.57	25.08
78	Syracuse	Ind		3	8	0	2.10	-3.53	-1.44	27.94	16.76
79	Memphis	Ind		4	7	0	-0.25	-1.32	-1.56	26.34	17.35
80	Louisiana Tech	Southland		6	5	0	-0.79	-0.92	-1.71	27.05	13.90
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
81	McNeese State	Southland		7	4	0	1.00	-2.75	-1.75	27.20	15.06
82	Miami (OH)	MAC		8	2	1	-2.29	0.19	-2.10	23.44	13.35
83	Yale	Ivy		5	2	2	-3.46	1.04	-2.42	22.45	12.80
84	William & Mary	Ind		5	5	1	-4.36	1.76	-2.60	21.54	10.70
85	Texas-Arlington	Southland		5	6	0	-0.70	-2.47	-3.17	25.21	15.61
86	Kansas	Big 8		1	10	0	-1.86	-1.47	-3.33	25.24	17.38
87	Arkansas State	Southland		7	4	0	-6.65	3.29	-3.37	18.79	10.65
88	Richmond	Ind		3	8	0	-5.32	0.71	-4.61	21.06	11.32
89	San Diego State	WAC		4	7	0	2.22	-7.13	-4.91	27.69	18.53
90	San Jose State	PCAA		7	5	0	-2.71	-2.53	-5.24	23.72	16.32
91	Louisiana-Monroe	Ind		6	4	1	-8.34	3.02	-5.32	19.68	10.52
92	Iowa	Big Ten		2	9	0	-4.67	-0.83	-5.50	20.85	15.74
93	Colorado State	WAC		5	6	0	-1.91	-3.82	-5.73	25.53	16.87
94	New Mexico State	MVC		6	5	0	3.69	-9.72	-6.03	27.81	23.09
95	Wake Forest	ACC		1	10	0	-5.82	-0.28	-6.10	21.20	16.16
96	Illinois	Big Ten		1	8	2	-7.57	1.42	-6.15	18.01	16.35
97	Western Carolina	Southern		6	5	0	-2.61	-3.54	-6.15	23.47	16.10
98	Holy Cross	Ind		7	4	0	-2.10	-4.13	-6.22	24.67	17.60
99	Virginia	ACC		2	9	0	-4.73	-2.22	-6.95	20.85	15.57
100	Cornell	Ivy		5	3	1	-3.68	-3.34	-7.01	21.70	18.57
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
101	Brown	Ivy		6	3	0	-3.20	-4.09	-7.28	22.02	18.77
102	Dartmouth	Ivy		6	3	0	-4.57	-2.71	-7.28	21.72	18.07
103	West Virginia	Ind		2	9	0	-1.26	-6.15	-7.41	25.20	23.48
104	The Citadel	Southern		5	6	0	-5.61	-1.92	-7.53	22.03	18.12
105	Western Michigan	MAC		7	4	0	-6.14	-1.81	-7.94	19.89	15.01
106	Army	Ind		4	6	1	-4.64	-3.65	-8.29	22.04	17.71
107	Villanova	Ind		5	6	0	-2.81	-5.94	-8.75	23.24	18.37
108	Wichita State	MVC		4	7	0	-0.62	-8.24	-8.86	25.14	21.90
109	Drake	MVC		4	7	0	-2.93	-6.22	-9.14	23.38	20.87
110	Pacific	PCAA		4	8	0	-5.37	-4.22	-9.59	21.46	19.41
111	Vanderbilt	SEC		2	9	0	-1.55	-9.04	-10.59	25.41	28.07
112	Southern Illinois	MVC		7	4	0	-5.47	-5.22	-10.69	18.52	18.95
113	Harvard	Ivy		4	4	1	-1.34	-9.37	-10.71	23.04	22.60
114	West Texas State	MVC		3	8	0	-3.59	-7.17	-10.76	25.00	22.53
115	Bowling Green	MAC		4	7	0	-0.68	-10.22	-10.90	28.94	24.43
116	Long Beach State	PCAA		5	6	0	-6.83	-4.97	-11.80	19.14	18.26
117	Virginia Military Institute	Southern		3	8	0	-10.52	-1.33	-11.85	16.02	16.47
118	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA		5	7	0	-0.56	-12.27	-12.83	25.96	25.94
119	Louisiana	Southland		3	8	0	-10.41	-2.62	-13.03	15.94	17.14
120	Northwestern	Big Ten		0	10	1	-7.77	-5.83	-13.60	17.90	29.51
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
121	Northwestern State	Ind		5	6	0	-7.08	-6.82	-13.90	18.10	23.52
122	Air Force	Ind		3	8	0	-2.93	-11.09	-14.03	22.71	25.08
123	Boston College	Ind		0	11	0	-6.78	-7.77	-14.55	20.12	21.09
124	Princeton	Ivy		2	5	2	-8.94	-5.64	-14.58	16.11	20.36
125	Columbia	Ivy		3	5	1	-10.51	-4.51	-15.02	14.76	24.62
126	Northern Illinois	MAC		5	6	0	-1.84	-13.39	-15.23	23.69	27.52
127	Ohio	MAC		3	8	0	-11.22	-4.65	-15.86	14.23	19.22
128	Lamar	Southland		2	8	1	-5.09	-11.04	-16.13	20.66	25.96
129	Indiana State	MVC		3	8	0	-11.80	-4.48	-16.29	14.04	18.63
130	Pennsylvania	Ivy		2	6	1	-8.89	-7.47	-16.36	16.37	21.05
131	Colgate	Ind		3	8	0	-10.83	-5.72	-16.55	15.20	19.23
132	UTEP	WAC		1	11	0	-8.46	-8.13	-16.59	18.63	27.19
133	Fresno State	PCAA		3	8	0	-3.87	-13.27	-17.15	23.84	27.21
134	Kent State	MAC		4	7	0	-10.94	-7.00	-17.94	14.87	22.47
135	Marshall	Southern		1	10	0	-12.75	-6.57	-19.32	13.68	23.39
136	Toledo	MAC		2	9	0	-11.00	-9.06	-20.06	14.85	22.86
137	Eastern Michigan	MAC		3	7	0	-12.06	-9.03	-21.09	13.66	24.48
138	Illinois State	Ind		2	9	0	-12.15	-12.35	-24.50	13.30	29.58

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