1978 season · week 6
Polls
AP Top 25
20 ranked
- Big 85
- Southwest4
- FBS Independents3
- Other8
- 1–OklahomaBig 8—
- 2–USCPac-10—
- 3▲2Penn StateFBS Independents—
- 3▲1ArkansasSouthwest—
- 5▼2MichiganBig Ten—
- 6▲1Texas A&MSouthwest—
- 7▲1AlabamaSEC—
- 8▲2NebraskaBig 8—
- 9–PittsburghFBS Independents—
- 10▲2MarylandACC—
- 11–LSUSEC—
- 12▼6TexasSouthwest—
- 13–ColoradoBig 8—
- 14▲2UCLAPac-10—
- 15▲3Florida StateFBS Independents—
- 16▼2Ohio StateBig Ten—
- 17NewHoustonSouthwest—
- 18▼1StanfordPac-10—
- 19NewMissouriBig 8—
- 20▼5Iowa StateBig 8—