1978 season · week 12
Polls
AP Top 25
20 ranked
- Big 84
- Big Ten4
- FBS Independents3
- Other9
- 1–Penn StateFBS Independents—
- 2▲1AlabamaSEC—
- 3▲2USCPac-10—
- 4–OklahomaBig 8—
- 5▲1HoustonSouthwest—
- 6▲1MichiganBig Ten—
- 7▼5NebraskaBig 8—
- 8▲2Notre DameFBS Independents—
- 9–TexasSouthwest—
- 10▲2ClemsonACC—
- 11▲2ArkansasSouthwest—
- 12▼4GeorgiaSEC—
- 13▼2MarylandACC—
- 14▲2Michigan StateBig Ten—
- 15▲3PittsburghFBS Independents—
- 16▲3Ohio StateBig Ten—
- 17▼3UCLAPac-10—
- 18▼3PurdueBig Ten—
- 19NewMissouriBig 8—
- 20NewIowa StateBig 8—