1978 NFL ranking

1979                                                                                                                                                                                                        1977
                                                             
Champion:  Pittsburgh Steelers

		rating	sche	W	L	T	PF	PA			Off	Def	t/o's	Special	pen
1	Pittsburgh Steelers	0.9386	0.47	17	2	0	24.1	12.7	11.4		324	256	0.8	35	8
2	Dallas Cowboys	0.8525	0.52	14	5	0	24.7	13.8	10.9		330	256	0.3	9	-7
3	Los Angeles Rams	0.7189	0.49	13	5	0	19.4	15.7	3.7		326	243	-0.2	32	-22
4	Miami Dolphins	0.6963	0.49	11	6	0	22.4	15.9	6.5		297	331	1.2	32	17
5	New England Patriots	0.6477	0.49	11	6	0	21.9	18.6	3.2		366	292	-0.1	-3	-14
6	Denver Broncos	0.6436	0.53	10	7	0	17.2	13.6	3.6		297	292	0.6	9	-14
7	Houston Oilers	0.6377	0.57	12	7	0	17.7	18.7	-1.0		303	303	-0.2	-24	7
8	San Diego Chargers	0.5943	0.51	9	7	0	22.2	19.3	2.9		342	285	-1.0	12	7
9	Philadelphia Eagles	0.5861	0.53	9	8	0	16.6	15.5	1.1		286	290	0.7	18	5
10	Oakland Raiders	0.5857	0.51	9	7	0	19.4	17.7	1.8		307	306	0.1	32	-10
11	Seattle Seahawks	0.5414	0.51	9	7	0	21.6	22.4	-0.8		344	345	-0.2	6	13
12	New York Jets	0.5262	0.54	8	8	0	22.4	22.8	-0.3		304	345	0.3	7	0
13	Green Bay Packers	0.5215	0.52	8	7	1	15.6	16.8	-1.3		257	310	0.3	19	11
14	Minnesota Vikings	0.4867	0.54	8	8	1	17.9	20.0	-2.1		295	307	-0.7	-23	13
15	Washington Redskins	0.4861	0.49	8	8	0	17.1	17.7	-0.6		290	307	-0.6	67	-9
16	Atlanta Falcons	0.4808	0.49	10	8	0	15.2	18.3	-3.1		254	279	-0.3	25	-4
17	Cleveland Browns	0.4772	0.50	8	8	0	20.9	22.3	-1.4		334	335	-0.4	18	-4
18	New Orleans Saints	0.4706	0.51	7	9	0	17.6	18.6	-1.1		312	305	0.7	8	-7
19	Detroit Lions	0.4284	0.45	7	9	0	18.1	18.8	-0.6		279	280	0.6	16	3
20	Chicago Bears	0.3977	0.46	7	9	0	15.8	17.1	-1.3		279	293	-0.2	24	-10
21	St. Louis Cardinals	0.3961	0.50	6	10	0	15.5	18.5	-3.0		320	297	0.3	-13	-5
22	Cincinnati Bengals	0.3621	0.56	4	12	0	15.8	17.8	-2.0		305	290	-0.5	-6	7
23	New York Giants	0.3577	0.48	6	10	0	16.5	18.6	-2.1		278	315	0.2	12	-10
24	Buffalo Bills	0.2999	0.48	5	11	0	18.9	22.1	-3.3		289	324	-0.1	10	-10
25	Kansas City Chiefs	0.2932	0.52	4	12	0	15.2	20.4	-5.3		301	310	0.0	22	-8
26	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	0.2881	0.43	5	11	0	15.1	16.2	-1.1		238	271	0.3	3	6
27	Baltimore Colts	0.2462	0.58	5	11	0	14.9	26.3	-11.4		257	369	-0.8	-9	15
28	San Francisco 49ers	0.1123	0.51	2	14	0	13.7	21.9	-8.2		253	314	-1.3	-5	23