National Champions By Year

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	328.490	1	Pac 10
Jan. 2nd	2	1	2	Alabama	11	1	0	328.080	5	SEC
Jan. 2nd	4	4	3	Penn State	11	1	0	325.600	14	Independent
Jan. 2nd	3	3	4	Oklahoma	11	1	0	322.120	10	Big 8
Jan. 2nd	6	6	5	Clemson	11	1	0	289.050	61	ACC
Jan. 2nd	5	5	6	Michigan	10	2	0	285.520	28	Big 10
Jan. 2nd	10	11	7	Arkansas	9	2	1	281.870	26	SWC
Jan. 2nd	6	7	8	Notre Dame	9	3	0	281.450	3	Independent
Jan. 2nd	8	8	9	Nebraska	9	3	0	279.470	8	Big 8
Jan. 2nd	11	10	10	Houston	9	3	0	275.410	6	SWC
Jan. 2nd	9	9	11	Texas	9	3	0	273.400	9	SWC
Jan. 2nd	0	20	12	Maryland	9	3	0	269.330	24	ACC
Jan. 2nd	19	18	13	North Carolina St.	9	3	0	263.870	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	261.090	33	SEC
Jan. 2nd	13	13	16	Purdue	9	2	1	260.950	49	Big 10
Jan. 2nd	0	0	17	Texas Tech	7	4	0	258.330	18	SWC
Jan. 2nd	0	0	18	Pittsburgh	8	4	0	256.130	38	Independent
Jan. 2nd	18	19	19	Texas A&M	8	4	0	255.540	20	SWC
Jan. 2nd	0	0	20	Iowa State	8	4	0	254.780	30	Big 8
Jan. 2nd	0	0	21	Ohio State	7	4	1	253.140	21	Big 10
Jan. 2nd	0	14	22	UCLA	8	3	1	252.740	15	Pac 10
Jan. 2nd	19	0	23	Arizona State	9	3	0	252.220	46	Pac 10
Jan. 2nd	0	0	24	Ball State	10	1	0	251.980	95	MAC
Jan. 2nd	0	0	25	Washington	7	4	0	251.600	32	Pac 10
Jan. 2nd	14	15	26	Missouri	8	4	0	251.460	4	Big 8
Jan. 2nd	0	12	27	Michigan State	8	3	0	250.640	44	Big 10
Jan. 2nd	0	0	28	North Texas	9	2	0	250.000	84	Independent
Jan. 2nd	0	0	29	Central Michigan	9	2	0	249.200	94	MAC
Jan. 2nd	0	0	30	Florida State	8	3	0	249.110	62	Independent
Jan. 2nd	0	0	31	Miami (Ohio)	8	2	1	247.690	91	MAC
Jan. 2nd	0	0	32	LSU	8	4	0	246.290	42	SEC
Jan. 2nd	17	0	33	Navy	9	3	0	244.670	65	Independent
Jan. 2nd	0	0	34	Utah	8	3	0	240.650	73	WAC
Jan. 2nd	0	0	35	California	6	5	0	239.140	43	Pac 10
Jan. 2nd	0	0	36	Georgia Tech	7	5	0	238.130	37	Independent
Jan. 2nd	0	0	37	Auburn	6	4	1	237.340	60	SEC
Jan. 2nd	0	0	38	Brigham Young	9	4	0	236.630	66	WAC
Jan. 2nd	0	0	39	SMU	4	6	1	236.080	7	SWC
Jan. 2nd	0	0	40	Colorado	6	5	0	232.100	55	Big 8
Jan. 2nd	0	0	41	Tennessee	5	5	1	229.500	41	SEC
Jan. 2nd	0	0	42	Miami (Fla.)	6	5	0	228.290	34	Independent
Jan. 2nd	0	0	43	Kentucky	4	6	1	228.250	48	SEC
Jan. 2nd	0	0	44	Rutgers	9	3	0	228.200	80	Independent
Jan. 2nd	0	0	45	South Carolina	5	5	1	227.730	54	Independent
Jan. 2nd	0	0	46	Florida	4	7	0	227.120	22	SEC
Jan. 2nd	0	0	47	Mississippi	5	6	0	225.570	52	SEC
Jan. 2nd	0	0	48	Wisconsin	5	4	2	224.470	58	Big 10
Jan. 2nd	0	0	49	Mississippi State	6	5	0	224.400	47	SEC
Jan. 2nd	0	0	50	Southern Miss	7	4	0	222.980	75	Independent
Jan. 2nd	0	0	51	Yale	5	2	2	222.720	106	Ivy League
Jan. 2nd	0	0	52	Minnesota	5	6	0	221.130	57	Big 10
Jan. 2nd	0	0	53	Arizona	5	6	0	221.040	45	Pac 10
Jan. 2nd	0	0	54	Nevada-Las Vegas	7	4	0	220.800	90	Independent
Jan. 2nd	0	0	55	Indiana	4	7	0	220.290	40	Big 10
Jan. 2nd	0	0	56	Brown	6	3	0	219.760	110	Ivy League
Jan. 2nd	0	0	57	North Carolina	5	6	0	219.400	59	ACC
Jan. 2nd	0	0	58	Dartmouth	6	3	0	217.850	105	Ivy League
Jan. 2nd	0	0	59	Baylor	3	8	0	216.150	13	SWC
Jan. 2nd	0	0	60	Duke	4	7	0	216.090	51	ACC
Jan. 2nd	0	0	61	Utah State	7	4	0	215.780	77	Big West
Jan. 2nd	0	0	62	Tulane	4	7	0	214.040	56	Independent
Jan. 2nd	0	0	63	Syracuse	3	8	0	213.780	17	Independent
Jan. 2nd	0	0	64	Oklahoma State	3	8	0	213.310	12	Big 8
Jan. 2nd	0	0	65	Temple	7	3	1	211.030	83	Independent
Jan. 2nd	0	0	66	Wyoming	5	7	0	208.950	63	WAC
Jan. 2nd	0	0	67	Western Michigan	7	4	0	208.680	88	MAC
Jan. 2nd	0	0	68	Washington State	3	7	1	208.630	64	Pac 10
Jan. 2nd	0	0	69	Iowa	2	9	0	208.200	35	Big 10
Jan. 2nd	0	0	70	Tulsa	9	2	0	207.850	100	Missouri Valley
Jan. 2nd	0	0	71	Rice	2	9	0	207.720	2	SWC
Jan. 2nd	0	0	72	East Carolina	9	3	0	207.510	96	Independent
Jan. 2nd	0	0	73	Hawaii	6	5	0	206.710	71	Independent
Jan. 2nd	0	0	74	New Mexico	7	5	0	205.840	85	WAC
Jan. 2nd	0	0	75	Colorado State	5	6	0	205.390	93	WAC
Jan. 2nd	0	0	76	San Diego State	4	7	0	205.360	72	WAC
Jan. 2nd	0	0	77	Illinois	1	8	2	204.940	23	Big 10
Jan. 2nd	0	0	78	Kansas State	4	7	0	204.630	36	Big 8
Jan. 2nd	0	0	79	Kansas	1	10	0	200.950	11	Big 8
Jan. 2nd	0	0	80	Cincinnati	5	6	0	200.380	92	Independent
Jan. 2nd	0	0	81	Louisville	7	4	0	199.400	97	Independent
Jan. 2nd	0	0	82	Oregon State	3	7	1	199.390	29	Pac 10
Jan. 2nd	0	0	83	Memphis	4	7	0	199.210	69	Independent
Jan. 2nd	0	0	84	Louisiana Tech	6	5	0	196.020	99	Southland
Jan. 2nd	0	0	85	Oregon	2	9	0	195.880	27	Pac 10
Jan. 2nd	0	0	86	TCU	2	9	0	195.480	16	SWC
Jan. 2nd	0	0	87	West Virginia	2	9	0	194.540	53	Independent
Jan. 2nd	0	0	88	Vanderbilt	2	9	0	192.800	50	SEC
Jan. 2nd	0	0	89	Cornell	5	3	1	192.560	112	Ivy League
Jan. 2nd	0	0	90	Army	4	6	1	188.100	74	Independent
Jan. 2nd	0	0	91	Harvard	4	4	1	186.700	111	Ivy League
Jan. 2nd	0	0	92	Virginia Tech	4	7	0	185.990	70	Independent
Jan. 2nd	0	0	93	Columbia	3	5	1	185.850	98	Ivy League
Jan. 2nd	0	0	94	San Jose State	7	5	0	181.200	86	Big West
Jan. 2nd	0	0	95	Air Force	3	8	0	181.020	81	Independent
Jan. 2nd	0	0	96	Northwestern	0	10	1	179.860	25	Big 10
Jan. 2nd	0	0	97	Bowling Green	4	7	0	178.590	87	MAC
Jan. 2nd	0	0	98	Wake Forest	1	10	0	174.200	39	ACC
Jan. 2nd	0	0	99	Pacific	4	8	0	174.000	78	Big West
Jan. 2nd	0	0	100	Texas-El Paso	1	11	0	172.640	67	WAC
Jan. 2nd	0	0	101	Princeton	2	5	2	172.170	103	Ivy League
Jan. 2nd	0	0	102	Northern Illinois	5	6	0	171.930	101	MAC
Jan. 2nd	0	0	103	Long Beach State	5	6	0	171.750	104	Big West
Jan. 2nd	0	0	104	Ohio	3	8	0	170.760	79	MAC
Jan. 2nd	0	0	105	Pennsylvania	2	6	1	170.280	109	Ivy League
Jan. 2nd	0	0	106	Kent State	4	7	0	170.150	89	MAC
Jan. 2nd	0	0	107	Virginia	2	9	0	161.720	68	ACC
Jan. 2nd	0	0	108	New Mexico State	6	5	0	152.160	108	Missouri Valley
Jan. 2nd	0	0	109	Toledo	2	9	0	148.970	82	MAC
Jan. 2nd	0	0	110	Fullerton State	5	7	0	148.110	113	Big West
Jan. 2nd	0	0	111	Eastern Michigan	3	7	0	147.340	102	MAC
Jan. 2nd	0	0	112	Boston College	0	11	0	146.520	76	Independent
Jan. 2nd	0	0	113	Fresno State	3	8	0	138.120	107	Big West
Jan. 2nd	0	0	114	La. Lafayette	3	8	0	121.920	114	Southland