1978
MRI 2.0 · 138 teams rated · showing the top 138
| # | Team | Rec | Power | Résumé |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma | 11–1 | 23.84 | 5.35 |
| 2 | USC | 12–1 | 20.20 | 7.88 |
| 3 | Michigan | 10–2 | 20.18 | 3.78 |
| 4 | Alabama | 11–1 | 19.85 | 6.72 |
| 5 | Penn State | 11–1 | 19.78 | 5.74 |
| 6 | Nebraska | 9–3 | 19.51 | 3.58 |
| 7 | Clemson | 11–1 | 18.53 | 4.68 |
| 8 | Michigan State | 8–3 | 17.52 | 1.71 |
| 9 | Texas | 9–3 | 16.56 | 4.57 |
| 10 | Arkansas | 9–3 | 16.43 | 3.45 |
| 11 | Central Michigan | 9–2 | 15.70 | 2.35 |
| 12 | Houston | 9–3 | 15.52 | 4.44 |
| 13 | Notre Dame | 9–3 | 14.18 | 5.07 |
| 14 | East Carolina | 9–3 | 13.53 | 3.12 |
| 15 | Ball State | 10–1 | 13.27 | 3.22 |
| 16 | Florida State | 8–3 | 12.27 | 3.46 |
| 17 | Washington | 7–4 | 12.23 | 2.23 |
| 18 | Stanford | 8–4 | 12.00 | 2.98 |
| 19 | Missouri | 8–4 | 11.41 | 2.52 |
| 20 | Maryland | 9–3 | 10.64 | 3.52 |
| 21 | Navy | 9–3 | 9.87 | 2.26 |
| 22 | Chattanooga | 7–4 | 9.74 | 1.73 |
| 23 | North Texas | 9–2 | 9.58 | 3.07 |
| 24 | Furman | 8–3 | 9.12 | 1.46 |
| 25 | Ohio State | 7–5 | 9.00 | 1.18 |
| 26 | BYU | 9–4 | 8.99 | 2.54 |
| 27 | UCLA | 8–4 | 8.81 | 2.49 |
| 28 | Arizona State | 9–3 | 8.80 | 3.07 |
| 29 | Purdue | 9–3 | 8.76 | 2.01 |
| 30 | Georgia | 9–3 | 8.13 | 3.27 |
| 31 | LSU | 8–4 | 8.09 | 2.08 |
| 32 | Texas A&M | 8–4 | 7.87 | 1.85 |
| 33 | NC State | 9–3 | 7.67 | 3.31 |
| 34 | Rutgers | 9–3 | 7.52 | 2.55 |
| 35 | Pittsburgh | 8–4 | 7.32 | 2.37 |
| 36 | SMU | 4–7 | 7.15 | 0.23 |
| 37 | Louisville | 7–4 | 6.83 | 0.63 |
| 38 | Utah | 8–3 | 6.79 | 1.93 |
| 39 | Tulsa | 9–2 | 6.27 | 2.57 |
| 40 | Yale | 5–4 | 6.03 | -0.35 |
| 41 | Mississippi State | 6–5 | 5.88 | 1.74 |
| 42 | Cincinnati | 5–6 | 5.60 | -0.19 |
| 43 | Miami (OH) | 8–3 | 5.58 | 2.03 |
| 44 | Southern Miss | 7–4 | 5.13 | 2.64 |
| 45 | Florida | 4–7 | 5.07 | -0.18 |
| 46 | South Carolina | 5–6 | 4.99 | -0.46 |
| 47 | New Mexico | 7–5 | 4.79 | 0.31 |
| 48 | McNeese | 7–4 | 4.63 | 0.11 |
| 49 | Temple | 7–4 | 4.55 | 0.79 |
| 50 | Auburn | 6–5 | 4.53 | 0.55 |
| 51 | Arizona | 5–6 | 3.77 | -0.38 |
| 52 | Louisiana Tech | 6–5 | 3.50 | 0.67 |
| 53 | Texas Tech | 7–4 | 3.45 | 3.07 |
| 54 | Appalachian State | 7–4 | 3.18 | 0.66 |
| 55 | UNLV | 7–4 | 3.05 | 0.75 |
| 56 | Tennessee | 5–6 | 2.89 | -0.62 |
| 57 | Utah State | 7–4 | 2.53 | 0.58 |
| 58 | Baylor | 3–8 | 2.38 | -0.76 |
| 59 | Iowa State | 8–4 | 2.30 | 1.72 |
| 60 | Wyoming | 5–7 | 2.20 | -0.45 |
| 61 | Dartmouth | 6–3 | 2.14 | 1.04 |
| 62 | Western Michigan | 7–4 | 2.01 | -0.03 |
| 63 | Holy Cross | 7–4 | 1.83 | 0.24 |
| 64 | William & Mary | 5–6 | 1.55 | -0.31 |
| 65 | Tennessee State | 1–0 | 1.46 | 0.68 |
| 66 | Western Carolina | 6–5 | 1.24 | 0.17 |
| 67 | Cornell | 5–4 | 1.10 | -0.52 |
| 68 | Georgia Tech | 7–5 | 1.06 | 1.04 |
| 69 | Miami (FL) | 6–5 | 1.05 | 0.99 |
| 70 | Brown | 6–3 | 0.90 | 0.99 |
| 71 | Louisiana-Monroe | 6–5 | 0.47 | -0.50 |
| 72 | Texas-Arlington | 5–6 | 0.25 | -1.29 |
| 73 | Arkansas State | 7–4 | -0.14 | 0.88 |
| 74 | North Carolina | 5–6 | -0.15 | 0.26 |
| 75 | Kentucky | 4–7 | -0.15 | -0.78 |
| 76 | Colorado | 6–5 | -0.43 | 0.11 |
| 77 | California | 6–5 | -0.95 | 1.51 |
| 78 | Richmond | 3–8 | -1.63 | -2.37 |
| 79 | San Jose State | 7–5 | -1.73 | 0.04 |
| 80 | Bowling Green | 4–7 | -1.94 | -1.95 |
| 81 | Cal State Fullerton | 5–7 | -2.02 | -0.78 |
| 82 | Oregon | 2–9 | -2.71 | -2.93 |
| 83 | San Diego State | 4–7 | -2.87 | -1.83 |
| 84 | Hawaii | 6–5 | -3.09 | 0.39 |
| 85 | Colorado State | 5–6 | -3.17 | -1.05 |
| 86 | Washington State | 3–8 | -3.28 | -2.39 |
| 87 | Villanova | 5–6 | -3.58 | -0.61 |
| 88 | Long Beach State | 5–6 | -3.97 | -1.73 |
| 89 | Ole Miss | 5–6 | -4.00 | -0.02 |
| 90 | Harvard | 4–5 | -4.04 | -1.78 |
| 91 | The Citadel | 5–6 | -4.07 | -0.77 |
| 92 | Oklahoma State | 3–8 | -4.51 | -1.23 |
| 93 | Tulane | 4–7 | -4.75 | -1.84 |
| 94 | Indiana | 4–7 | -5.03 | -1.19 |
| 95 | New Mexico State | 6–5 | -5.25 | -0.46 |
| 96 | Southern Illinois | 7–4 | -5.39 | -1.28 |
| 97 | Virginia Tech | 4–7 | -5.48 | -1.52 |
| 98 | Wisconsin | 5–6 | -6.19 | -1.26 |
| 99 | Pennsylvania | 2–7 | -6.62 | -2.83 |
| 100 | Pacific | 4–8 | -6.99 | -2.07 |
| 101 | Syracuse | 3–8 | -7.20 | -1.47 |
| 102 | Drake | 4–7 | -7.33 | -2.23 |
| 103 | West Texas | 3–8 | -7.63 | -3.03 |
| 104 | Memphis | 4–7 | -7.78 | -1.10 |
| 105 | Northern Illinois | 5–6 | -8.11 | -1.47 |
| 106 | Minnesota | 5–6 | -8.23 | -1.49 |
| 107 | Princeton | 2–7 | -8.26 | -2.98 |
| 108 | Duke | 4–7 | -8.39 | -0.24 |
| 109 | Colgate | 3–8 | -8.86 | -3.18 |
| 110 | Oregon State | 3–8 | -9.66 | -1.06 |
| 111 | Wichita State | 4–7 | -9.74 | -3.07 |
| 112 | Army | 4–7 | -9.93 | -2.40 |
| 113 | Kansas State | 4–7 | -10.29 | -0.86 |
| 114 | VMI | 3–8 | -10.65 | -2.49 |
| 115 | Fresno State | 3–8 | -10.82 | -3.16 |
| 116 | Virginia | 2–9 | -11.42 | -4.03 |
| 117 | Louisiana | 3–8 | -11.58 | -2.85 |
| 118 | Columbia | 3–6 | -11.83 | -1.91 |
| 119 | Kent State | 4–7 | -11.86 | -2.56 |
| 120 | Lamar | 2–9 | -12.17 | -4.49 |
| 121 | Indiana State | 3–8 | -12.27 | -4.10 |
| 122 | Ohio | 3–8 | -12.84 | -2.45 |
| 123 | Wake Forest | 1–10 | -12.91 | -3.42 |
| 124 | Toledo | 2–9 | -13.55 | -4.39 |
| 125 | Eastern Michigan | 3–7 | -14.04 | -2.91 |
| 126 | TCU | 2–9 | -14.50 | -1.72 |
| 127 | Iowa | 2–9 | -14.66 | -2.85 |
| 128 | Rice | 2–9 | -14.93 | -1.64 |
| 129 | Boston College | 0–11 | -15.24 | -5.69 |
| 130 | West Virginia | 2–9 | -15.30 | -2.80 |
| 131 | Marshall | 1–10 | -15.34 | -4.19 |
| 132 | Kansas | 1–10 | -15.65 | -2.88 |
| 133 | Illinois | 1–10 | -16.16 | -3.44 |
| 134 | Air Force | 3–8 | -16.24 | -4.23 |
| 135 | Illinois State | 2–9 | -19.30 | -4.16 |
| 136 | Vanderbilt | 2–9 | -21.05 | -3.02 |
| 137 | UTEP | 1–11 | -21.53 | -4.37 |
| 138 | Northwestern | 0–11 | -29.21 | -5.21 |
MRI 2.0 did not exist for this season - this is the same formula that rates the current one, computed after the fact from the season's game log.
One of the rating chain's first three seasons, with no real prior behind it yet - treat this one as less settled than the rest of the archive.