1974

1975 Rankings
​Final

1976

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Oklahoma	(11-1-0)		0.8523	Big Eight
2	Alabama	(11-1-0)		0.8069	Southeastern
3	Ohio State	(11-1-0)		0.7615	Big Ten
4	Texas	(10-2-0)		0.7019	Southwest
5	Arizona State	(12-0-0)		0.6963	Western Athletic
6	UCLA	(9-2-1)		0.6901	Pac 8
7	Arkansas	(10-2-0)		0.6695	Southwest
8	Nebraska	(10-2-0)		0.6499	Big Eight
9	Penn State	(9-3-0)		0.6440	Independent
10	Miami (Ohio)	(11-1-0)		0.6080	Mid-American
11	Texas A&M	(10-2-0)		0.6021	Southwest
12	Georgia	(9-3-0)		0.5911	Southeastern
13	California	(8-3-0)		0.5817	Pac 8
14	Colorado	(9-3-0)		0.5804	Big Eight
15	West Virginia	(9-3-0)		0.5752	Independent
16	Arkansas State	(11-0-0)		0.5724	Southland
17	Michigan	(8-2-2)		0.5673	Big Ten
18	Florida	(9-3-0)		0.5370	Southeastern
19	Southern California	(8-4-0)		0.5282	Pac 8
20	Maryland	(9-2-1)		0.5236	Atlantic Coast
21	Pittsburgh	(8-4-0)		0.5208	Independent
22	San Jose State	(9-2-0)		0.5201	PCAA
23	Arizona	(9-2-0)		0.5079	Western Athletic
24	Oklahoma State	(7-4-0)		0.5015	Big Eight
25	Notre Dame	(8-3-0)		0.4896	Independent
26	Michigan State	(7-4-0)		0.4656	Big Ten
27	Washington	(6-5-0)		0.4620	Pac 8
28	Mississippi	(6-5-0)		0.4607	Southeastern
29	Missouri	(6-5-0)		0.4590	Big Eight
30	Stanford	(6-4-1)		0.4437	Pac 8
31	Ball State	(9-2-0)		0.4405	Mid-American
32	Kansas	(7-5-0)		0.4188	Big Eight
33	Bowling Green State	(8-3-0)		0.4180	Mid-American
34	North Carolina State	(7-4-1)		0.4160	Atlantic Coast
35	Mississippi State	(6-4-1)		0.4074	Southeastern
36	Southern Mississippi	(7-4-0)		0.3982	Independent
37	Tennessee	(7-5-0)		0.3779	Southeastern
38	San Diego State	(8-3-0)		0.3732	PCAA
39	Long Beach State	(9-2-0)		0.3670	PCAA
40	Harvard	(7-2-0)		0.3663	Ivy
41	Navy	(7-4-0)		0.3567	Independent
42	Yale	(7-2-0)		0.3548	Ivy
43	Louisiana Tech	(8-2-0)		0.3491	Southland
44	South Carolina	(7-5-0)		0.3425	Independent
45	Georgia Tech	(7-4-0)		0.3399	Independent
46	Texas Tech	(6-5-0)		0.3379	Southwest
47	Vanderbilt	(7-4-0)		0.3315	Southeastern
48	Cincinnati	(6-5-0)		0.3283	Independent
49	Memphis	(7-4-0)		0.3237	Independent
50	North Texas	(7-4-0)		0.3185	Missouri Valley
51	Syracuse	(6-5-0)		0.3097	Independent
52	Virginia Tech	(8-3-0)		0.3094	Independent
53	Brown	(6-2-1)		0.3007	Ivy
54	Central Michigan	(8-2-1)		0.2835	Mid-American
55	New Mexico	(6-5-0)		0.2769	Western Athletic
56	Rutgers	(9-2-0)		0.2709	Independent
57	Boston College	(7-4-0)		0.2708	Independent
58	Illinois	(5-6-0)		0.2690	Big Ten
59	Appalachian State	(8-3-0)		0.2687	Southern
60	East Carolina	(8-3-0)		0.2571	Southern
61	Brigham Young	(6-5-0)		0.2507	Western Athletic
62	Tulsa	(7-4-0)		0.2404	Missouri Valley
63	Colorado State	(6-5-0)		0.2336	Western Athletic
64	Dartmouth	(5-3-1)		0.2314	Ivy
65	Minnesota	(6-5-0)		0.2266	Big Ten
66	Auburn	(3-6-2)		0.2258	Southeastern
67	Louisiana State	(4-7-0)		0.2224	Southeastern
68	Ohio	(5-5-1)		0.2168	Mid-American
69	Baylor	(3-6-2)		0.2068	Southwest
70	Richmond	(5-6-0)		0.1965	Southern
71	Purdue	(4-7-0)		0.1899	Big Ten
72	Louisiana-Lafayette	(6-5-0)		0.1868	Southland
73	Duke	(4-5-2)		0.1823	Atlantic Coast
74	Iowa State	(4-7-0)		0.1802	Big Eight
75	Utah State	(6-5-0)		0.1743	Independent
76	McNeese State	(7-4-0)		0.1721	Southland
77	Kentucky	(2-8-1)		0.1563	Southeastern
78	Temple	(6-5-0)		0.1537	Independent
79	Princeton	(4-5-0)		0.1472	Ivy
80	Southern Methodist	(4-7-0)		0.1374	Southwest
81	Oregon	(3-8-0)		0.1264	Pac 8
82	Pacific	(5-6-1)		0.1102	PCAA
83	Toledo	(5-6-0)		0.1006	Mid-American
84	Wisconsin	(4-6-1)		0.0906	Big Ten
85	Kansas State	(3-8-0)		0.0878	Big Eight
86	Tulane	(4-7-0)		0.0791	Independent
87	Washington State	(3-8-0)		0.0731	Pac 8
88	Miami (Florida)	(2-8-0)		0.0647	Independent
89	Iowa	(3-8-0)		0.0451	Big Ten
90	Texas-Arlington	(4-7-0)		0.0350	Southland
91	Citadel	(6-5-0)		0.0339	Southern
92	Florida State	(3-8-0)		0.0320	Independent
93	Colgate	(6-4-0)		0.0248	Independent
94	West Texas A&M	(5-6-0)		0.0219	Missouri Valley
95	Kent State	(4-7-0)		0.0211	Mid-American
96	Furman	(5-5-1)		0.0162	Southern
97	Hawaii	(6-5-0)		0.0103	Independent
98	North Carolina	(3-7-1)		-0.0017	Atlantic Coast
99	Rice	(2-9-0)		-0.0132	Southwest
100	Air Force	(2-8-1)		-0.0284	Independent
101	Pennsylvania	(3-6-0)		-0.0289	Ivy
102	Wake Forest	(3-8-0)		-0.0301	Atlantic Coast
103	Northwestern	(3-8-0)		-0.0307	Big Ten
104	Indiana	(2-8-1)		-0.0331	Big Ten
105	New Mexico State	(5-6-0)		-0.0503	Missouri Valley
106	Dayton	(5-6-0)		-0.0561	Independent
107	Clemson	(2-9-0)		-0.0768	Atlantic Coast
108	Wyoming	(2-9-0)		-0.0952	Western Athletic
109	Oregon State	(1-10-0)		-0.0961	Pac 8
110	Indiana State	(5-5-0)		-0.1102	Independent
111	Texas Christian	(1-10-0)		-0.1200	Southwest
112	Virginia Military Institute	(3-8-0)		-0.1416	Southern
113	Louisiana-Monroe	(4-6-1)		-0.1479	Independent
114	Wichita State	(3-8-0)		-0.1482	Missouri Valley
115	Houston	(2-8-0)		-0.1530	Independent
116	Villanova	(4-7-0)		-0.1548	Independent
117	Northern Illinois	(3-8-0)		-0.1642	Mid-American
118	Columbia	(2-7-0)		-0.1750	Ivy
119	Drake	(3-8-0)		-0.2212	Missouri Valley
120	Army	(2-9-0)		-0.2242	Independent
121	Fresno State	(3-8-0)		-0.2631	PCAA
122	William & Mary	(2-9-0)		-0.2688	Southern
123	Texas-El Paso	(1-10-0)		-0.2792	Western Athletic
124	Utah	(1-10-0)		-0.2919	Western Athletic
125	Virginia	(1-10-0)		-0.2976	Atlantic Coast
126	Lamar	(1-10-0)		-0.3240	Southland
127	Cornell	(1-8-0)		-0.3324	Ivy
128	Marshall	(2-9-0)		-0.3453	Independent
129	Fullerton State	(2-9-0)		-0.3506	PCAA
130	Western Michigan	(1-10-0)		-0.3816	Mid-American
131	Southern Illinois	(1-9-1)		-0.3838	Independent
132	Louisville	(1-10-0)		-0.4410	Independent
133	Holy Cross	(1-10-0)		-0.4522	Independent

Average Ratings by Conference (1975)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Big Eight		0.4662
2	Southeastern		0.4117
3	Pac 8		0.3511
4	Southwest		0.3153
5	Big Ten		0.2552
6	Mid-American		0.1714
7	Southland		0.1652
8	Western Athletic		0.1624
9	PCAA		0.1261
10	Independent		0.1101
11	Ivy		0.1080
12	Atlantic Coast		0.1022
13	Southern		0.0517
14	Missouri Valley		0.0268