1978 season · final
Polls
AP Top 25
20 ranked
- Southwest4
- ACC3
- Big 83
- Other10
- 1▲1AlabamaSEC—
- 2▲1USCPac-10—
- 3▲1OklahomaBig 8—
- 4▼3Penn StateFBS Independents—
- 5–MichiganBig Ten—
- 6▲1ClemsonACC—
- 7▲3Notre DameFBS Independents—
- 8▼2NebraskaBig 8—
- 9▲5TexasSouthwest—
- 10▼1HoustonSouthwest—
- 11▼3ArkansasSouthwest—
- 12–Michigan StateBig Ten—
- 13▲4PurdueBig Ten—
- 14▲1UCLAPac-10—
- 15▲3MissouriBig 8—
- 16▼5GeorgiaSEC—
- 17NewStanfordPac-10—
- 18NewNC StateACC—
- 19NewTexas A&MSouthwest—
- 20▼7MarylandACC—