1978 season · week 3
Polls
AP Top 25
20 ranked
- Big 85
- FBS Independents4
- Pac-103
- Other8
- 1–AlabamaSEC—
- 2–ArkansasSouthwest—
- 3▲2Penn StateFBS Independents—
- 3–OklahomaBig 8—
- 5▼1MichiganBig Ten—
- 6▲1TexasSouthwest—
- 7▲1USCPac-10—
- 8▲1UCLAPac-10—
- 9▲1Texas A&MSouthwest—
- 10▲3LSUSEC—
- 11▲3PittsburghFBS Independents—
- 12–NebraskaBig 8—
- 13▲3Florida StateFBS Independents—
- 14▲1Notre DameFBS Independents—
- 15▲3WashingtonPac-10—
- 16▼10Ohio StateBig Ten—
- 17▼6MissouriBig 8—
- 18▲2MarylandACC—
- 19NewColoradoBig 8—
- 20▼1Iowa StateBig 8—