1974

1975 Rankings
​Final

1976

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Oklahoma	(11-1-0)		0.9086	Big Eight
2	Alabama	(11-1-0)		0.8588	Southeastern
3	Ohio State	(11-1-0)		0.8010	Big Ten
4	Texas	(10-2-0)		0.7451	Southwest
5	Arizona State	(12-0-0)		0.7351	Western Athletic
6	Arkansas	(10-2-0)		0.7119	Southwest
7	UCLA	(9-2-1)		0.7052	Pac 8
8	Nebraska	(10-2-0)		0.6928	Big Eight
9	Penn State	(9-3-0)		0.6820	Independent
10	Texas A&M	(10-2-0)		0.6450	Southwest
11	Miami (Ohio)	(11-1-0)		0.6436	Mid-American
12	Georgia	(9-3-0)		0.6256	Southeastern
13	California	(8-3-0)		0.6197	Pac 8
14	Colorado	(9-3-0)		0.6193	Big Eight
15	West Virginia	(9-3-0)		0.6149	Independent
16	Arkansas State	(11-0-0)		0.6059	Southland
17	Michigan	(8-2-2)		0.5847	Big Ten
18	Florida	(9-3-0)		0.5627	Southeastern
19	Southern California	(8-4-0)		0.5591	Pac 8
20	Pittsburgh	(8-4-0)		0.5512	Independent
21	San Jose State	(9-2-0)		0.5478	PCAA
22	Arizona	(9-2-0)		0.5345	Western Athletic
23	Oklahoma State	(7-4-0)		0.5328	Big Eight
24	Maryland	(9-2-1)		0.5312	Atlantic Coast
25	Notre Dame	(8-3-0)		0.5231	Independent
26	Mississippi	(6-5-0)		0.4935	Southeastern
27	Washington	(6-5-0)		0.4925	Pac 8
28	Michigan State	(7-4-0)		0.4899	Big Ten
29	Missouri	(6-5-0)		0.4894	Big Eight
30	Stanford	(6-4-1)		0.4810	Pac 8
31	Ball State	(9-2-0)		0.4632	Mid-American
32	Kansas	(7-5-0)		0.4468	Big Eight
33	Bowling Green State	(8-3-0)		0.4446	Mid-American
34	Southern Mississippi	(7-4-0)		0.4226	Independent
35	Mississippi State	(6-4-1)		0.4168	Southeastern
36	North Carolina State	(7-4-1)		0.4105	Atlantic Coast
37	Tennessee	(7-5-0)		0.4007	Southeastern
38	Harvard	(7-2-0)		0.3918	Ivy
39	San Diego State	(8-3-0)		0.3911	PCAA
40	Long Beach State	(9-2-0)		0.3866	PCAA
41	Navy	(7-4-0)		0.3858	Independent
42	Yale	(7-2-0)		0.3815	Ivy
43	Louisiana Tech	(8-2-0)		0.3694	Southland
44	South Carolina	(7-5-0)		0.3627	Independent
45	Texas Tech	(6-5-0)		0.3599	Southwest
46	Georgia Tech	(7-4-0)		0.3584	Independent
47	Vanderbilt	(7-4-0)		0.3524	Southeastern
48	Cincinnati	(6-5-0)		0.3454	Independent
49	Memphis	(7-4-0)		0.3424	Independent
50	North Texas	(7-4-0)		0.3368	Missouri Valley
51	Syracuse	(6-5-0)		0.3342	Independent
52	Virginia Tech	(8-3-0)		0.3250	Independent
53	Brown	(6-2-1)		0.3065	Ivy
54	Boston College	(7-4-0)		0.2952	Independent
55	New Mexico	(6-5-0)		0.2928	Western Athletic
56	Rutgers	(9-2-0)		0.2921	Independent
57	Central Michigan	(8-2-1)		0.2826	Mid-American
58	Appalachian State	(8-3-0)		0.2814	Southern
59	Illinois	(5-6-0)		0.2811	Big Ten
60	Brigham Young	(6-5-0)		0.2686	Western Athletic
61	East Carolina	(8-3-0)		0.2659	Southern
62	Tulsa	(7-4-0)		0.2549	Missouri Valley
63	Colorado State	(6-5-0)		0.2487	Western Athletic
64	Dartmouth	(5-3-1)		0.2406	Ivy
65	Louisiana State	(4-7-0)		0.2381	Southeastern
66	Minnesota	(6-5-0)		0.2351	Big Ten
67	Auburn	(3-6-2)		0.2188	Southeastern
68	Baylor	(3-6-2)		0.2138	Southwest
69	Ohio	(5-5-1)		0.2133	Mid-American
70	Richmond	(5-6-0)		0.2025	Southern
71	Purdue	(4-7-0)		0.1970	Big Ten
72	Louisiana-Lafayette	(6-5-0)		0.1947	Southland
73	Iowa State	(4-7-0)		0.1945	Big Eight
74	Utah State	(6-5-0)		0.1835	Independent
75	McNeese State	(7-4-0)		0.1805	Southland
76	Temple	(6-5-0)		0.1706	Independent
77	Kentucky	(2-8-1)		0.1695	Southeastern
78	Duke	(4-5-2)		0.1602	Atlantic Coast
79	Princeton	(4-5-0)		0.1596	Ivy
80	Southern Methodist	(4-7-0)		0.1468	Southwest
81	Oregon	(3-8-0)		0.1359	Pac 8
82	Toledo	(5-6-0)		0.1058	Mid-American
83	Kansas State	(3-8-0)		0.0977	Big Eight
84	Tulane	(4-7-0)		0.0922	Independent
85	Washington State	(3-8-0)		0.0794	Pac 8
86	Pacific	(5-6-1)		0.0715	PCAA
87	Miami (Florida)	(2-8-0)		0.0707	Independent
88	Wisconsin	(4-6-1)		0.0571	Big Ten
89	Iowa	(3-8-0)		0.0458	Big Ten
90	Texas-Arlington	(4-7-0)		0.0371	Southland
91	Citadel	(6-5-0)		0.0332	Southern
92	Florida State	(3-8-0)		0.0330	Independent
93	Colgate	(6-4-0)		0.0277	Independent
94	West Texas A&M	(5-6-0)		0.0214	Missouri Valley
95	Kent State	(4-7-0)		0.0160	Mid-American
96	Hawaii	(6-5-0)		0.0080	Independent
97	Rice	(2-9-0)		-0.0112	Southwest
98	Air Force	(2-8-1)		-0.0115	Independent
99	Pennsylvania	(3-6-0)		-0.0261	Ivy
100	North Carolina	(3-7-1)		-0.0284	Atlantic Coast
101	Northwestern	(3-8-0)		-0.0365	Big Ten
102	Furman	(5-5-1)		-0.0398	Southern
103	Wake Forest	(3-8-0)		-0.0423	Atlantic Coast
104	New Mexico State	(5-6-0)		-0.0562	Missouri Valley
105	Dayton	(5-6-0)		-0.0581	Independent
106	Indiana	(2-8-1)		-0.0677	Big Ten
107	Clemson	(2-9-0)		-0.0854	Atlantic Coast
108	Wyoming	(2-9-0)		-0.0986	Western Athletic
109	Oregon State	(1-10-0)		-0.1011	Pac 8
110	Indiana State	(5-5-0)		-0.1152	Independent
111	Texas Christian	(1-10-0)		-0.1244	Southwest
112	Virginia Military Institute	(3-8-0)		-0.1552	Southern
113	Wichita State	(3-8-0)		-0.1557	Missouri Valley
114	Villanova	(4-7-0)		-0.1610	Independent
115	Houston	(2-8-0)		-0.1631	Independent
116	Northern Illinois	(3-8-0)		-0.1797	Mid-American
117	Columbia	(2-7-0)		-0.1811	Ivy
118	Louisiana-Monroe	(4-6-1)		-0.1882	Independent
119	Army	(2-9-0)		-0.2285	Independent
120	Drake	(3-8-0)		-0.2395	Missouri Valley
121	Fresno State	(3-8-0)		-0.2838	PCAA
122	William & Mary	(2-9-0)		-0.2940	Southern
123	Texas-El Paso	(1-10-0)		-0.2992	Western Athletic
124	Utah	(1-10-0)		-0.3073	Western Athletic
125	Virginia	(1-10-0)		-0.3199	Atlantic Coast
126	Lamar	(1-10-0)		-0.3454	Southland
127	Cornell	(1-8-0)		-0.3455	Ivy
128	Marshall	(2-9-0)		-0.3674	Independent
129	Fullerton State	(2-9-0)		-0.3727	PCAA
130	Western Michigan	(1-10-0)		-0.4104	Mid-American
131	Southern Illinois	(1-9-1)		-0.4630	Independent
132	Louisville	(1-10-0)		-0.4693	Independent
133	Holy Cross	(1-10-0)		-0.4752	Independent

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Big Eight	0.4977
2	Southeastern	0.4337
3	Pac 8	0.3715
4	Southwest	0.3359
5	Big Ten	0.2587
6	Mid-American	0.1755
7	Southland	0.1737
8	Western Athletic	0.1718
9	PCAA	0.1234
10	Independent	0.1162
11	Ivy	0.1159
12	Atlantic Coast	0.0894
13	Southern	0.0420
14	Missouri Valley	0.0269