McComas Power Index

1977 NCAA Football Ratings

The McComas Power Index for 1977 NCAA Football. These ratings were lasted updated on June 16, 2011, 5:56 p.m.

Rank Team W L T MPI Sched (Rk) Conference
1 Notre Dame 11 1 0 0.8832 0.5958 (12) Eastern Independent
2 Penn State 11 1 0 0.8753 0.6194 (4) Eastern Independent
3 Texas 11 1 0 0.8626 0.5589 (40) SWC
4 Arkansas 11 1 0 0.8259 0.5213 (75) SWC
5 Alabama 11 1 0 0.8256 0.5596 (38) SEC
6 Kentucky 10 1 0 0.8218 0.5488 (52) SEC
7 Grambling State 10 1 0 0.7981 0.3876 (128) SWAC
8 Oklahoma 10 2 0 0.7867 0.5596 (39) Big 8
9 San Diego State 10 1 0 0.7857 0.4461 (109) South/West Independent
10 Miami (Ohio) 10 1 0 0.7808 0.4059 (124) MAC
11 Florida State 10 2 0 0.7754 0.5393 (61) South/West Independent
12 Michigan 10 2 0 0.7701 0.5337 (66) Big Ten
13 Pittsburgh 9 2 1 0.7682 0.6048 (6) Eastern Independent
14 Central Michigan 10 1 0 0.7681 0.4062 (123) MAC
15 North Texas 9 2 0 0.7643 0.5293 (68) South/West Independent
16 Louisiana Tech 9 1 2 0.7565 0.4737 (97) Southland
17 Colgate 10 1 0 0.7445 0.2537 (144) Eastern Independent
18 Tennessee State 8 1 1 0.7403 0.3409 (137) South/West Independent
19 Tennessee-Chattanooga 9 1 1 0.7292 0.3322 (138) Southern
20 Yale 7 2 0 0.7284 0.4935 (93) Ivy
21 Nebraska 9 3 0 0.7272 0.5726 (23) Big 8
22 Ohio State 9 3 0 0.7166 0.5429 (57) Big Ten
23 Ball State 9 2 0 0.7104 0.4127 (121) MAC
24 Stanford 9 3 0 0.7035 0.5192 (77) Pac 8
25 Brown 7 2 0 0.7034 0.4339 (116) Ivy
26 Rutgers 8 3 0 0.7028 0.3676 (132) Eastern Independent
27 Fresno State 9 2 0 0.7003 0.3202 (141) PCAA
28 Colorado State 9 2 1 0.6956 0.4463 (108) WAC
29 North Carolina 8 3 1 0.6900 0.5229 (74) ACC
30 Brigham Young 9 2 0 0.6887 0.4250 (119) WAC
31 East Carolina 8 3 0 0.6814 0.4705 (98) South/West Independent
32 Clemson 8 3 1 0.6799 0.5440 (55) ACC
33 Arizona State 9 3 0 0.6720 0.4604 (103) WAC
34 Texas A&M 8 4 0 0.6640 0.5580 (42) SWC
35 North Carolina State 8 4 0 0.6627 0.5650 (30) ACC
36 Southern California 8 4 0 0.6558 0.5856 (14) Pac 8
37 Eastern Michigan 8 3 0 0.6442 0.3906 (127) MAC
38 Colorado 7 3 1 0.6418 0.5497 (51) Big 8
39 Jackson State 8 3 0 0.6384 0.3544 (134) SWAC
40 Washington 8 4 0 0.6379 0.5637 (32) Pac 8
41 Michigan State 7 3 1 0.6357 0.5398 (60) Big Ten
42 Louisiana State 8 4 0 0.6211 0.5272 (70) SEC
43 Maryland 8 4 0 0.6182 0.5211 (76) ACC
44 Dartmouth 6 3 0 0.6152 0.4437 (111) Ivy
45 Iowa State 8 4 0 0.5976 0.4881 (94) Big 8
46 UCLA 7 4 0 0.5950 0.5332 (67) Pac 8
47 Louisiana-Lafayette 6 4 2 0.5850 0.5349 (64) Southland
48 Texas Tech 7 5 0 0.5850 0.5779 (19) SWC
49 California 7 4 0 0.5777 0.5012 (87) Pac 8
50 Florida 6 4 1 0.5762 0.5536 (47) SEC
51 Arkansas State 7 4 0 0.5692 0.4264 (118) Southland
52 Memphis 6 5 0 0.5625 0.5412 (58) South/West Independent
53 Army 7 4 0 0.5564 0.4563 (104) Eastern Independent
54 Minnesota 7 5 0 0.5496 0.5610 (37) Big Ten
55 Pennsylvania 5 4 0 0.5485 0.4267 (117) Ivy
56 Louisville 7 4 1 0.5478 0.4506 (107) South/West Independent
57 Houston 6 5 0 0.5461 0.5809 (16) SWC
58 Mississippi State 5 6 0 0.5403 0.6317 (2) SEC
59 Virginia Military Institute 7 4 0 0.5392 0.3474 (136) Southern
60 Southern Mississippi 6 6 0 0.5360 0.5663 (28) South/West Independent
61 Texas Southern 6 4 1 0.5357 0.3637 (133) SWAC
62 West Texas A&M 6 4 1 0.5344 0.4544 (106) MVC
63 Washington State 6 5 0 0.5321 0.5282 (69) Pac 8
64 Pacific 6 5 0 0.5289 0.4644 (99) PCAA
65 Northwestern State 6 5 0 0.5284 0.3784 (131) South/West Independent
66 Indiana 5 5 1 0.5266 0.5731 (22) Big Ten
67 William & Mary 6 5 0 0.5257 0.5010 (89) South/West Independent
68 Temple 5 5 1 0.5254 0.5346 (65) Eastern Independent
69 Syracuse 6 5 0 0.5072 0.5535 (48) Eastern Independent
70 Kent 6 5 0 0.5072 0.5263 (72) MAC
71 Boston College 6 5 0 0.5064 0.4623 (101) Eastern Independent
72 Mississippi 5 6 0 0.5047 0.5827 (15) SEC
73 Georgia Tech 6 5 0 0.5012 0.5073 (84) South/West Independent
74 Western Carolina 6 4 1 0.4941 0.2497 (145) Southern
75 Auburn 5 6 0 0.4913 0.6013 (9) SEC
76 Harvard 4 5 0 0.4856 0.5164 (78) Ivy
77 Texas-Arlington 5 6 0 0.4704 0.5573 (44) Southland
78 Cincinnati 5 4 2 0.4703 0.4861 (95) Eastern Independent
79 Purdue 5 6 0 0.4673 0.5104 (81) Big Ten
80 Baylor 5 6 0 0.4631 0.5952 (13) SWC
81 Wisconsin 5 6 0 0.4592 0.5062 (85) Big Ten
82 McNeese State 5 5 1 0.4562 0.4787 (96) Southland
83 Wichita State 5 6 0 0.4562 0.4441 (110) MVC
84 Duke 5 6 0 0.4517 0.5629 (34) ACC
85 Mississippi Valley State 5 5 0 0.4477 0.3311 (139) SWAC
86 Hawaii 5 6 0 0.4452 0.4374 (115) South/West Independent
87 Citadel 5 6 0 0.4436 0.4048 (125) Southern
88 Georgia 5 6 0 0.4399 0.5505 (50) SEC
89 Navy 5 6 0 0.4385 0.5537 (46) Eastern Independent
90 South Carolina 5 7 0 0.4347 0.5552 (45) South/West Independent
91 Arizona 5 7 0 0.4329 0.5355 (62) WAC
92 West Virginia 5 6 0 0.4295 0.5619 (35) Eastern Independent
93 Princeton 3 6 0 0.4180 0.6020 (8) Ivy
94 Long Beach State 4 6 0 0.4130 0.5146 (79) PCAA
95 Tennessee 4 7 0 0.4107 0.5707 (26) SEC
96 Missouri 4 7 0 0.4079 0.5773 (20) Big 8
97 Wyoming 4 6 1 0.4032 0.5122 (80) WAC
98 San Jose State 4 7 0 0.4022 0.5432 (56) PCAA
99 Fullerton State 4 7 0 0.3994 0.3149 (143) PCAA
100 New Mexico 5 7 0 0.3974 0.5234 (73) WAC
101 Furman 4 5 2 0.3952 0.3196 (142) Southern
102 Bowling Green State 5 7 0 0.3902 0.5103 (83) MAC
103 Western Michigan 4 7 0 0.3890 0.5010 (88) MAC
104 Southern Methodist 4 7 0 0.3878 0.5989 (11) SWC
105 Iowa 4 7 0 0.3845 0.5804 (17) Big Ten
106 Kansas 3 7 1 0.3843 0.5718 (24) Big 8
107 New Mexico State 4 7 0 0.3821 0.4392 (113) MVC
108 Utah State 4 7 0 0.3755 0.4637 (100) South/West Independent
109 Oklahoma State 4 7 0 0.3714 0.5659 (29) Big 8
110 Alcorn State 3 8 0 0.3625 0.3820 (129) SWAC
111 Miami (Florida) 3 8 0 0.3586 0.6411 (1) South/West Independent
112 Villanova 4 7 0 0.3393 0.4091 (122) Eastern Independent
113 Southern 3 7 1 0.3366 0.3818 (130) SWAC
114 Illinois State 3 7 1 0.3355 0.4969 (91) Eastern Independent
115 Illinois 3 8 0 0.3282 0.5798 (18) Big Ten
116 Virginia Tech 3 7 1 0.3259 0.5481 (53) South/West Independent
117 Indiana State 3 7 0 0.3238 0.4409 (112) Eastern Independent
118 Tulsa 3 8 0 0.3176 0.5267 (71) MVC
119 Columbia 2 7 0 0.3174 0.5351 (63) Ivy
120 Northern Illinois 3 8 0 0.3165 0.4977 (90) MAC
121 Richmond 3 8 0 0.3158 0.5508 (49) South/West Independent
122 Tulane 3 8 0 0.3083 0.5679 (27) South/West Independent
123 Southern Illinois 3 8 0 0.3014 0.4622 (102) MVC
124 Utah 3 8 0 0.2792 0.5578 (43) WAC
125 Air Force 2 8 1 0.2747 0.5632 (33) South/West Independent
126 Texas Christian 2 9 0 0.2690 0.5611 (36) SWC
127 Prairie View A&M 3 8 0 0.2687 0.3207 (140) SWAC
128 Toledo 2 9 0 0.2664 0.5399 (59) MAC
129 Vanderbilt 2 9 0 0.2564 0.5464 (54) SEC
130 Oregon State 2 9 0 0.2458 0.6026 (7) Pac 8
131 Appalachian State 2 9 0 0.2413 0.4380 (114) Southern
132 Oregon 2 9 0 0.2394 0.5587 (41) Pac 8
133 Cornell 1 8 0 0.2382 0.6220 (3) Ivy
134 Northwestern 1 10 0 0.2255 0.6007 (10) Big Ten
135 Louisiana-Monroe 2 9 0 0.2250 0.4233 (120) South/West Independent
136 Lamar 2 9 0 0.2210 0.4954 (92) Southland
137 Holy Cross 2 9 0 0.2199 0.3521 (135) Eastern Independent
138 Marshall 2 9 0 0.2055 0.3991 (126) Southern
139 Drake 2 9 0 0.2020 0.4546 (105) MVC
140 Kansas State 1 10 0 0.1988 0.6169 (5) Big 8
141 Rice 1 10 0 0.1751 0.5645 (31) SWC
142 Virginia 1 9 1 0.1690 0.5739 (21) ACC
143 Texas-El Paso 1 10 0 0.1533 0.5710 (25) WAC
144 Wake Forest 1 10 0 0.1383 0.5054 (86) ACC
145 Ohio 1 10 0 0.1377 0.5104 (82) MAC