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1978 Final AP Football Poll

Rank

 

Team (FPV)

 

Conf

 

WLT

 

PTS

 

CP

 

Last Week

1

  <  2

 

Alabama (38)

 

SEC

 

11-1

 

1317

 

 

W 14-7 vs #1 Penn State (Sugar)

2

  <  3

 

USC (19)

 

Pac-10

 

12-1

 

1285

 

 

 

3

  <  4

 

Oklahoma (1)

 

Big 8

 

11-1

 

1251

 

 

W 31-24 vs #6 Nebraska (Orange)

4

  <  1

 

Penn State

 

Ind

 

11-1

 

1168

 

 

L 14-7 vs #2 Alabama (Sugar)

5

  <  5

 

Michigan

 

Big Ten

 

10-2

 

989

 

 

 

6

  <  7

 

Clemson

 

ACC

 

11-1

 

950

 

 

 

7

  <  10

 

Notre Dame

 

Ind

 

9-3

 

914

 

 

 

8

  <  6

 

Nebraska

 

Big 8

 

9-3

 

865

 

 

 

9

  <  14

 

Texas

 

SWC

 

9-3

 

708

 

 

 

10

  <  9

 

Houston

 

SWC

 

9-3

 

698

 

 

 

11

  <  8

 

Arkansas

 

SWC

 

9-2-1

 

689

 

 

 

12

  <  12

 

Michigan State

 

Big Ten

 

8-3

 

525

 

 

 

13

  <  17

 

Purdue

 

Big Ten

 

9-2-1

 

493

 

 

 

14

  <  15

 

UCLA

 

Pac-10

 

8-3-1

 

487

 

 

 

15

  <  18

 

Missouri

 

Big 8

 

8-4

 

434

 

 

 

16

  <  11

 

Georgia

 

SEC

 

9-2-1

 

312

 

 

 

17

  <  NR

 

Stanford

 

Pac-10

 

8-4

 

306

 

 

 

18

  <  NR

 

NC State

 

ACC

 

9-3

 

214

 

 

 

19

  <  NR

 

Texas A&M

 

SWC

 

8-4

 

128

 

 

 

20

  <  13

 

Maryland

 

ACC

 

9-3

 

112

 

 

 

NR

  <  19

 

Iowa State

 

Big 8

 

 

 

 

 

NR

  <  20

 

Ohio State

 

Big Ten

 

 

 

 

 

NR

  <  16

 

Pittsburgh

 

Ind

 

 

 

 

 

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NOTES
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- CP = Coaches Poll (1950 to present)
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- Regular-season polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, from 1961-67 had 10 teams (except for the 1961 final poll which had 20), and 1989-present had 25 teams.
- This weekly poll data was contributed to the ESPN College Football Encyclopedia

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