Final Billingsley Rankings
*All Billingsley Reports are generated post-bowl games
1978
Season
| Date | CS | AP | RB | Team | W | L | T | Rating | Schedule | Conference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 2nd | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Southern Cal
|
12 | 1 | 0 | 328.494 | 1 | Pac 10 | |
| Jan. 2nd | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Alabama
|
11 | 1 | 0 | 328.077 | 5 | SEC | |
| Jan. 2nd | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Penn State
|
11 | 1 | 0 | 325.598 | 14 | Independent | |
| Jan. 2nd | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Oklahoma
|
11 | 1 | 0 | 322.118 | 10 | Big 8 | |
| Jan. 2nd | 6 | 6 | 5 |
Clemson
|
11 | 1 | 0 | 289.054 | 61 | ACC | |
| Jan. 2nd | 5 | 5 | 6 |
Michigan
|
10 | 2 | 0 | 285.522 | 28 | Big 10 | |
| Jan. 2nd | 10 | 11 | 7 |
Arkansas
|
9 | 2 | 1 | 281.866 | 26 | SWC | |
| Jan. 2nd | 6 | 7 | 8 |
Notre Dame
|
9 | 3 | 0 | 281.446 | 3 | Independent | |
| Jan. 2nd | 8 | 8 | 9 |
Nebraska
|
9 | 3 | 0 | 279.472 | 8 | Big 8 | |
| Jan. 2nd | 11 | 10 | 10 |
Houston
|
9 | 3 | 0 | 275.406 | 6 | SWC | |
| Jan. 2nd | 9 | 9 | 11 |
Texas
|
9 | 3 | 0 | 273.397 | 9 | SWC | |
| Jan. 2nd | 20 | 12 |
Maryland
|
9 | 3 | 0 | 269.328 | 24 | ACC | ||
| Jan. 2nd | 19 | 18 | 13 |
North Carolina St.
|
9 | 3 | 0 | 263.873 | 31 | ACC | |
| Jan. 2nd | 16 | 17 | 14 |
Stanford
|
8 | 4 | 0 | 261.850 | 19 | Pac 10 | |
| Jan. 2nd | 15 | 16 | 15 |
Georgia
|
9 | 2 | 1 | 261.094 | 33 | SEC | |
| Jan. 2nd | 13 | 13 | 16 |
Purdue
|
9 | 2 | 1 | 260.952 | 49 | Big 10 | |
| Jan. 2nd | 17 |
Texas Tech
|
7 | 4 | 0 | 258.330 | 18 | SWC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 18 |
Pittsburgh
|
8 | 4 | 0 | 256.126 | 38 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 18 | 19 | 19 |
Texas A&M
|
8 | 4 | 0 | 255.535 | 20 | SWC | |
| Jan. 2nd | 20 |
|
8 | 4 | 0 | 254.779 | 30 | Big 8 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 21 |
|
7 | 4 | 1 | 253.140 | 21 | Big 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 14 | 22 |
UCLA
|
8 | 3 | 1 | 252.736 | 15 | Pac 10 | ||
| Jan. 2nd | 19 | 23 |
|
9 | 3 | 0 | 252.221 | 46 | Pac 10 | ||
| Jan. 2nd | 24 |
Ball State
|
10 | 1 | 0 | 251.979 | 95 | MAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 25 |
Washington
|
7 | 4 | 0 | 251.597 | 32 | Pac 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 14 | 15 | 26 |
Missouri
|
8 | 4 | 0 | 251.456 | 4 | Big 8 | |
| Jan. 2nd | PB | 12 | 27 |
Michigan State
|
8 | 3 | 0 | 250.636 | 44 | Big 10 | |
| Jan. 2nd | 28 |
North Texas
|
9 | 2 | 0 | 250.003 | 84 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 29 |
|
9 | 2 | 0 | 249.196 | 94 | MAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 30 |
Florida State
|
8 | 3 | 0 | 249.113 | 62 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 31 |
Miami (Ohio)
|
8 | 2 | 1 | 247.693 | 91 | MAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 32 |
LSU
|
8 | 4 | 0 | 246.294 | 42 | SEC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 17 | 33 |
Navy
|
9 | 3 | 0 | 244.672 | 65 | Independent | ||
| Jan. 2nd | 34 |
Utah
|
8 | 3 | 0 | 240.650 | 73 | WAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 35 |
California
|
6 | 5 | 0 | 239.142 | 43 | Pac 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 36 |
Georgia Tech
|
7 | 5 | 0 | 238.125 | 37 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 37 |
|
6 | 4 | 1 | 237.339 | 60 | SEC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 38 |
Brigham Young
|
9 | 4 | 0 | 236.632 | 66 | WAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 39 |
SMU
|
4 | 6 | 1 | 236.081 | 7 | SWC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 40 |
|
6 | 5 | 0 | 232.102 | 55 | Big 8 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 41 |
Tennessee
|
5 | 5 | 1 | 229.501 | 41 | SEC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 42 |
|
6 | 5 | 0 | 228.289 | 34 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 43 |
Kentucky
|
4 | 6 | 1 | 228.248 | 48 | SEC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 44 |
Rutgers
|
9 | 3 | 0 | 228.201 | 80 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 45 |
South Carolina
|
5 | 5 | 1 | 227.727 | 54 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 46 |
|
4 | 7 | 0 | 227.119 | 22 | SEC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 47 |
Mississippi
|
5 | 6 | 0 | 225.567 | 52 | SEC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 48 |
Wisconsin
|
5 | 4 | 2 | 224.473 | 58 | Big 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 49 |
Mississippi State
|
6 | 5 | 0 | 224.397 | 47 | SEC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 50 |
|
7 | 4 | 0 | 222.981 | 75 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 51 |
Yale
|
5 | 2 | 2 | 222.716 | 106 | Ivy League | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 52 |
Minnesota
|
5 | 6 | 0 | 221.127 | 57 | Big 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 53 |
Arizona
|
5 | 6 | 0 | 221.036 | 45 | Pac 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 54 |
Nevada-Las Vegas
|
7 | 4 | 0 | 220.801 | 90 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 55 |
|
4 | 7 | 0 | 220.290 | 40 | Big 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 56 |
Brown
|
6 | 3 | 0 | 219.756 | 110 | Ivy League | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 57 |
North Carolina
|
5 | 6 | 0 | 219.399 | 59 | ACC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 58 |
Dartmouth
|
6 | 3 | 0 | 217.854 | 105 | Ivy League | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 59 |
Baylor
|
3 | 8 | 0 | 216.146 | 13 | SWC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 60 |
Duke
|
4 | 7 | 0 | 216.089 | 51 | ACC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 61 |
Utah State
|
7 | 4 | 0 | 215.780 | 77 | Big West | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 62 |
Tulane
|
4 | 7 | 0 | 214.039 | 56 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 63 |
Syracuse
|
3 | 8 | 0 | 213.778 | 17 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 64 |
Oklahoma State
|
3 | 8 | 0 | 213.313 | 12 | Big 8 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 65 |
Temple
|
7 | 3 | 1 | 211.029 | 83 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 66 |
|
5 | 7 | 0 | 208.952 | 63 | WAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 67 |
Western Michigan
|
7 | 4 | 0 | 208.679 | 88 | MAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 68 |
Washington State
|
3 | 7 | 1 | 208.628 | 64 | Pac 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 69 |
Iowa
|
2 | 9 | 0 | 208.204 | 35 | Big 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 70 |
Tulsa
|
9 | 2 | 0 | 207.849 | 100 | Missouri Valley | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 71 |
Rice
|
2 | 9 | 0 | 207.723 | 2 | SWC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 72 |
East Carolina
|
9 | 3 | 0 | 207.511 | 96 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 73 |
Hawaii
|
6 | 5 | 0 | 206.713 | 71 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 74 |
New Mexico
|
7 | 5 | 0 | 205.836 | 85 | WAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 75 |
Colorado State
|
5 | 6 | 0 | 205.386 | 93 | WAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 76 |
San Diego State
|
4 | 7 | 0 | 205.355 | 72 | WAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 77 |
Illinois
|
1 | 8 | 2 | 204.937 | 23 | Big 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 78 |
Kansas State
|
4 | 7 | 0 | 204.628 | 36 | Big 8 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 79 |
|
1 | 10 | 0 | 200.953 | 11 | Big 8 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 80 |
Cincinnati
|
5 | 6 | 0 | 200.382 | 92 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 81 |
Louisville
|
7 | 4 | 0 | 199.398 | 97 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 82 |
Oregon State
|
3 | 7 | 1 | 199.388 | 29 | Pac 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 83 |
Memphis
|
4 | 7 | 0 | 199.212 | 69 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 84 |
Louisiana Tech
|
6 | 5 | 0 | 196.019 | 99 | Southland | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 85 |
Oregon
|
2 | 9 | 0 | 195.878 | 27 | Pac 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 86 |
TCU
|
2 | 9 | 0 | 195.480 | 16 | SWC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 87 |
West Virginia
|
2 | 9 | 0 | 194.540 | 53 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 88 |
|
2 | 9 | 0 | 192.802 | 50 | SEC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 89 |
Cornell
|
5 | 3 | 1 | 192.556 | 112 | Ivy League | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 90 |
Army
|
4 | 6 | 1 | 188.100 | 74 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 91 |
Harvard
|
4 | 4 | 1 | 186.699 | 111 | Ivy League | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 92 |
Virginia Tech
|
4 | 7 | 0 | 185.994 | 70 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 93 |
Columbia
|
3 | 5 | 1 | 185.848 | 98 | Ivy League | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 94 |
San Jose State
|
7 | 5 | 0 | 181.196 | 86 | Big West | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 95 |
Air Force
|
3 | 8 | 0 | 181.016 | 81 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 96 |
Northwestern
|
0 | 10 | 1 | 179.856 | 25 | Big 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 97 |
Bowling Green
|
4 | 7 | 0 | 178.585 | 87 | MAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 98 |
Wake Forest
|
1 | 10 | 0 | 174.195 | 39 | ACC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 99 |
Pacific
|
4 | 8 | 0 | 173.998 | 78 | Big West | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 100 |
Texas-El Paso
|
1 | 11 | 0 | 172.636 | 67 | WAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 101 |
Princeton
|
2 | 5 | 2 | 172.167 | 103 | Ivy League | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 102 |
Northern Illinois
|
5 | 6 | 0 | 171.930 | 101 | MAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 103 |
Long Beach State
|
5 | 6 | 0 | 171.747 | 104 | Big West | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 104 |
Ohio
|
3 | 8 | 0 | 170.760 | 79 | MAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 105 |
Pennsylvania
|
2 | 6 | 1 | 170.284 | 109 | Ivy League | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 106 |
|
4 | 7 | 0 | 170.153 | 89 | MAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 107 |
Virginia
|
2 | 9 | 0 | 161.724 | 68 | ACC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 108 |
New Mexico State
|
6 | 5 | 0 | 152.156 | 108 | Missouri Valley | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 109 |
Toledo
|
2 | 9 | 0 | 148.974 | 82 | MAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 110 |
Fullerton State
|
5 | 7 | 0 | 148.105 | 113 | Big West | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 111 |
Eastern Michigan
|
3 | 7 | 0 | 147.341 | 102 | MAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 112 |
Boston College
|
0 | 11 | 0 | 146.520 | 76 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 113 |
Fresno State
|
3 | 8 | 0 | 138.117 | 107 | Big West | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 114 |
La. Lafayette
|
3 | 8 | 0 | 121.921 | 114 | Southland |
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