1978 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings

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The 1978 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings are from the Associated Press. This is for the 1978 season.

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Associated Press Poll

Week 1
Sept 20 [1] 		Week 2
Sept 27 [2] 		Week 3
Oct 4 [3] 		Week 4
Oct 11 [4] 		Week 5
Oct 18 [5] 		Week 6
Oct 25 [6] 		Week 7
Nov 1 [7] 		Week 8
Nov 8 [8] 		Week 9
Nov 15 [9] 		Week 10
Nov 22 [10]
1. Lehigh (2–0) тLehigh (3–0)South Carolina State (5–0)South Carolina State (6–0)Montana State (6–0)Montana State (7–0)Nevada (8–0)Nevada (9–0)Nevada (10–0)Nevada (11–0)1.
2. South Carolina State (3–0) тSouth Carolina State (4–0)Montana State (4–0)Montana State (5–0)Jackson State (6–0)Nevada (7–0)Jackson State (7–1)Jackson State (8–1)Jackson State (9–1)Jackson State (10–1)2.
3. Boise State (2–0)Boise State (3–0)Nevada (4–0)Nevada (5–0)Nevada (6–0)Lehigh (6–1)Florida A&M (6–1)Florida A&M (7–1)Florida A&M (7–1)Florida A&M (8–1)3.
4. Jackson State (3–0)Nevada (3–0)Jackson State (4–0)Jackson State (5–0)Florida A&M (5–0)Jackson State (6–1)UMass (5–2) тSouth Carolina State (8–1–1)Western Kentucky (7–2)UMass (7–3) т4.
5. Nevada (2–0)Jackson State (4–0)Boston University (3–0)Boston University (4–0)Lehigh (5–1)Florida A&M (5–1)South Carolina State (7–1–1) тWestern Kentucky (7–2) тNorthern Arizona (7–2)Western Kentucky (8–2) т5.
6. Montana State (2–0)Montana State (3–0)Lehigh (3–1)Lehigh (4–1)South Carolina State (6–0–1)UMass (4–2)Montana State (7–1) тLehigh (7–2) тSouth Carolina State (8–2–1)South Carolina State (8–2–1)6.
7. Florida A&M (1–0)Florida A&M (2–0)Florida A&M (3–0)Florida A&M (4–0)Eastern Kentucky (4–1)South Carolina State (6–1–1)Western Kentucky (6–2)Northern Arizona (6–2)Rhode Island (7–2)Northern Arizona (8–2)7.
8. Northwestern State (2–0) [note 1] Northwestern State (3–0)Boise State (3–1)Eastern Kentucky (3–1)Rhode Island (4–1)Western Kentucky (5–2)Lehigh (6–2)Eastern Kentucky (6–2)Eastern Kentucky (7–2)Eastern Kentucky (8–2)8.
9. Northern Arizona (2–1)Northern Arizona (3–1)Northern Arizona (4–1)Northern Arizona (5–1)Northern Arizona (5–1)Eastern Kentucky (4–2) тEastern Kentucky (5–2)Boise State (7–2) тUMass (6–3)Lehigh (8–3) т9.
10. Austin Peay (1–0) Boston University (2–0) т Rhode Island (2–1) тRhode Island (3–1) UMass (3–2) [note 2] Boston University (4–2) тNorthern Arizona (6–2)Rhode Island (6–2) тMontana State (8–2)Rhode Island (7–3) т10.
11.  Grambling State (2–0) т Western Kentucky (4–0) т      Montana State (8–2) т11.
12.   Eastern Kentucky (4–0) т       12.
Week 1
Sept 20 [11] 		Week 2
Sept 27 [12] 		Week 3
Oct 4 [13] 		Week 4
Oct 11 [14] 		Week 5
Oct 18 [15] 		Week 6
Oct 25 [16] 		Week 7
Nov 1 [17] 		Week 8
Nov 8 [18] 		Week 9
Nov 15 [19] 		Week 10
Nov 22 [20]
Dropped:
10 Austin Peay		Dropped:
  • 8 Northwestern State
  • 11 Grambling State
Dropped:
  • 8 Boise State
  • 11 Western Kentucky
Dropped:
5 Boston University		Dropped:
  • 8 Rhode Island
  • 9 Northern Arizona
Dropped:
10 Boston University		Dropped:
  • 4 UMass
  • 6 Montana State
Dropped:
  • 6 Lehigh
  • 9 Boise State
None

Notes

  1. ↑ In the actual printed polls, Northwestern State was listed as Northwestern Louisiana
  2. ↑ In the actual printed polls, UMass was listed as Massachusetts

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References

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