1978 season · week 1
Polls
Poll
AP Top 25
20 ranked
- FBS Independents4
- Big 83
- Pac-103
- Other10
- 1AlabamaSEC—
- 2ArkansasSouthwest—
- 3Penn StateFBS Independents—
- 4OklahomaBig 8—
- 5Notre DameFBS Independents—
- 6MichiganBig Ten—
- 7Ohio StateBig Ten—
- 8TexasSouthwest—
- 9USCPac-10—
- 10NebraskaBig 8—
- 11WashingtonPac-10—
- 12UCLAPac-10—
- 13LSUSEC—
- 14PittsburghFBS Independents—
- 15KentuckySEC—
- 16Texas A&MSouthwest—
- 17Florida StateFBS Independents—
- 18ClemsonACC—
- 19North CarolinaACC—
- 20Iowa StateBig 8—