← Games hub

Season leaderboard

Top 25 College Football Games of 1977

Every completed game in the season, scored without team allegiance by game-time AP poll strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.

Games
25
Top score
79/100
Overtime
0

National ranking

The season's top 25

25 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.

  1. 1977Week 4

    Oklahoma at Ohio State

    Oklahoma 29, Ohio State 28

    No. 1 Oklahoma vs. No. 6 Ohio State · 1-point margin

    Ranking 45/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15

    79

    Game score

  2. 1977Week 6

    Alabama at USC

    Alabama 21, USC 20

    No. 4 Alabama vs. No. 6 USC · 1-point margin

    Ranking 42/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15

    76

    Game score

  3. 1977Week 7

    Texas at Arkansas

    Texas 13, Arkansas 9

    No. 2 Texas vs. No. 9 Arkansas · 4-point margin

    Ranking 41/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15

    72

    Game score

  4. 1977Week 6

    Oklahoma at Texas

    Oklahoma 6, Texas 13

    No. 7 Oklahoma vs. No. 2 Texas · 7-point margin

    Ranking 43/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15

    71

    Game score

  5. 1977Week 12

    Ohio State at Michigan

    Ohio State 6, Michigan 14

    No. 8 Ohio State vs. No. 4 Michigan · 8-point margin

    Ranking 40/50 · Closeness 27/35 · Overtime 0/15

    67

    Game score

  6. 1977Week 13

    Penn State at Pittsburgh

    Penn State 15, Pittsburgh 13

    No. 8 Penn State vs. No. 10 Pittsburgh · 2-point margin

    Ranking 34/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15

    67

    Game score

  7. 1977PostseasonNeutral site

    Michigan vs. Washington

    Michigan 20, Washington 27

    No. 4 Michigan vs. No. 13 Washington · 7-point margin

    Ranking 35/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15

    63

    Game score

  8. 1977Week 11

    Notre Dame at Clemson

    Notre Dame 21, Clemson 17

    No. 6 Notre Dame vs. No. 15 Clemson · 4-point margin

    Ranking 31/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15

    62

    Game score

  9. 1977Week 2

    UCLA at Houston

    UCLA 13, Houston 17

    No. 14 UCLA vs. No. 9 Houston · 4-point margin

    Ranking 29/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15

    60

    Game score

  10. 1977Week 11

    Arkansas at Texas A&M

    Arkansas 26, Texas A&M 20

    No. 8 Arkansas vs. No. 14 Texas A&M · 6-point margin

    Ranking 30/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15

    59

    Game score

  11. 1977Week 2

    Notre Dame at Pittsburgh

    Notre Dame 19, Pittsburgh 9

    No. 3 Notre Dame vs. No. 16 Pittsburgh · 10-point margin

    Ranking 33/50 · Closeness 25/35 · Overtime 0/15

    58

    Game score

  12. 1977Week 4

    Florida at Mississippi State

    Florida 24, Mississippi State 22

    No. 9 Florida vs. No. 18 Mississippi State · 2-point margin

    Ranking 25/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15

    58

    Game score

  13. 1977PostseasonNeutral site

    North Carolina vs. Nebraska

    North Carolina 17, Nebraska 21

    No. 14 North Carolina vs. No. 12 Nebraska · 4-point margin

    Ranking 26/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15

    57

    Game score

  14. 1977Week 5

    Kentucky at Penn State

    Kentucky 24, Penn State 20

    No. 16 Kentucky vs. No. 10 Penn State · 4-point margin

    Ranking 26/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15

    57

    Game score

  15. 1977Week 3

    Alabama at Nebraska

    Alabama 24, Nebraska 31

    No. 10 Alabama vs. No. 14 Nebraska · 7-point margin

    Ranking 28/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15

    56

    Game score

  16. 1977PostseasonNeutral site

    Oklahoma vs. Arkansas

    Oklahoma 6, Arkansas 31

    No. 2 Oklahoma vs. No. 6 Arkansas · 25-point margin

    Ranking 44/50 · Closeness 10/35 · Overtime 0/15

    54

    Game score

  17. 1977Week 2

    Vanderbilt at Oklahoma

    Vanderbilt 23, Oklahoma 25

    Unranked Vanderbilt vs. No. 5 Oklahoma · 2-point margin

    Ranking 21/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15

    54

    Game score

  18. 1977Week 7

    Kansas at Colorado

    Kansas 17, Colorado 17

    Unranked Kansas vs. No. 7 Colorado · 0-point margin

    Ranking 19/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15

    54

    Game score

  19. 1977PostseasonNeutral site

    Texas vs. Notre Dame

    Texas 10, Notre Dame 38

    No. 1 Texas vs. No. 5 Notre Dame · 28-point margin

    Ranking 46/50 · Closeness 7/35 · Overtime 0/15

    53

    Game score

  20. 1977Week 4

    Texas A&M at Texas Tech

    Texas A&M 33, Texas Tech 17

    No. 5 Texas A&M vs. No. 13 Texas Tech · 16-point margin

    Ranking 34/50 · Closeness 19/35 · Overtime 0/15

    53

    Game score

  21. 1977Week 10

    North Carolina at Clemson

    North Carolina 13, Clemson 13

    No. 19 North Carolina vs. No. 15 Clemson · 0-point margin

    Ranking 18/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15

    53

    Game score

  22. 1977PostseasonNeutral site

    Penn State vs. Arizona State

    Penn State 42, Arizona State 30

    No. 8 Penn State vs. No. 15 Arizona State · 12-point margin

    Ranking 29/50 · Closeness 23/35 · Overtime 0/15

    52

    Game score

  23. 1977Week 3

    USC at Oregon State

    USC 17, Oregon State 10

    No. 2 USC vs. Unranked Oregon State · 7-point margin

    Ranking 24/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15

    52

    Game score

  24. 1977Week 13

    Arkansas at Texas Tech

    Arkansas 17, Texas Tech 14

    No. 6 Arkansas vs. Unranked Texas Tech · 3-point margin

    Ranking 20/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15

    52

    Game score

  25. 1977Week 6

    Florida at Pittsburgh

    Florida 17, Pittsburgh 17

    No. 18 Florida vs. No. 17 Pittsburgh · 0-point margin

    Ranking 17/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15

    52

    Game score

Methodology

How each game earns up to 100 points

AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.

Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.

Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.

Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason games use the final regular-season AP poll published before bowl and playoff results. Overtime uses period scoring when available, then explicit overtime notes as a fallback. Historical seasons may have less complete period and box-score data.