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1976

1975

1976 Rankings
​Final

1977
Rk Team W L T Rating
1 Pittsburgh 12 0 0 0.8699
2 Southern California 11 1 0 0.8368
3 Ohio State 9 2 1 0.8276
4 Georgia 10 2 0 0.8118
5 Oklahoma 9 2 1 0.8089
6 Michigan 10 2 0 0.8002
7 Maryland 11 1 0 0.7940
8 Texas A&M 10 2 0 0.7895
9 Houston 10 2 0 0.7786
10 Oklahoma State 9 3 0 0.7697
11 Texas Tech 10 2 0 0.7656
12 Alabama 9 3 0 0.7460
13 Nebraska 9 3 1 0.7286
14 Mississippi State 9 2 0 0.7248
15 Notre Dame 9 3 0 0.7139
16 Colorado 8 4 0 0.7111
17 Kentucky 8 4 0 0.7063
18 Florida 8 4 0 0.7033
19 UCLA 9 2 1 0.6892
20 Missouri 6 5 0 0.6830
21 Iowa State 8 3 0 0.6711
22 East Carolina 9 2 0 0.6690
23 Baylor 7 3 1 0.6551
24 Brown 8 1 0 0.6497
25 North Carolina 9 3 0 0.6390
26 Yale 8 1 0 0.6356
27 Rutgers 11 0 0 0.6246
28 Cincinnati 8 3 0 0.6160
29 San Diego State 10 1 0 0.6082
30 Kansas 6 5 0 0.6017
31 Louisiana-Lafayette 9 2 0 0.5897
32 Penn State 7 5 0 0.5855
33 McNeese State 10 2 0 0.5589
34 Memphis 7 4 0 0.5564
35 Brigham Young 9 3 0 0.5538
36 Tennessee 6 5 0 0.5533
37 South Carolina 6 5 0 0.5515
38 Louisiana State 6 4 1 0.5478
39 William & Mary 7 4 0 0.5433
40 Texas 5 5 1 0.5408
41 Stanford 6 5 0 0.5387
42 Illinois 5 6 0 0.5375
43 Tulsa 7 4 1 0.5219
44 Virginia Tech 6 5 0 0.5211
45 Arkansas 5 5 1 0.5185
46 Minnesota 6 5 0 0.5158
47 Boston College 8 3 0 0.5140
48 Duke 5 5 1 0.5094
49 Dartmouth 6 3 0 0.5033
50 California 5 6 0 0.5022
51 Harvard 6 3 0 0.4956
52 Purdue 5 6 0 0.4883
53 Wake Forest 5 6 0 0.4834
54 Mississippi 5 6 0 0.4829
55 Wisconsin 5 6 0 0.4790
56 Richmond 5 6 0 0.4750
57 Indiana 5 6 0 0.4710
58 Washington 5 6 0 0.4707
59 Iowa 5 6 0 0.4692
60 Furman 6 4 1 0.4615
61 Florida State 5 6 0 0.4593
62 Colgate 8 2 0 0.4565
63 West Virginia 5 6 0 0.4548
64 Wyoming 8 4 0 0.4523
65 North Texas 6 5 0 0.4451
66 Kent 8 4 0 0.4396
67 Michigan State 4 6 1 0.4393
68 Miami (Florida) 3 8 0 0.4331
69 Ball State 8 3 0 0.4267
70 Ohio 7 4 0 0.4237
71 San Jose State 7 4 0 0.4220
72 Appalachian State 6 4 1 0.4183
73 Auburn 3 8 0 0.4178
74 Clemson 3 6 2 0.4140
75 Georgia Tech 4 6 1 0.4117
76 North Carolina State 3 7 1 0.4089
77 Citadel 6 5 0 0.4064
78 Western Michigan 7 4 0 0.4023
79 Louisiana Tech 6 5 0 0.3987
80 Navy 4 7 0 0.3918
81 Southern Methodist 3 8 0 0.3903
82 Long Beach State 8 3 0 0.3825
83 Bowling Green State 6 5 0 0.3795
84 Virginia Military Institute 5 5 0 0.3771
85 Army 5 6 0 0.3751
86 Arizona 5 6 0 0.3707
87 Villanova 6 4 1 0.3648
88 Louisville 4 7 0 0.3643
89 Oregon 4 7 0 0.3471
90 Southern Illinois 7 4 0 0.3389
91 Arkansas State 5 6 0 0.3384
92 Arizona State 4 7 0 0.3361
93 Colorado State 6 5 0 0.3349
94 Central Michigan 7 4 0 0.3295
95 Kansas State 1 10 0 0.3271
96 New Mexico 4 7 0 0.3259
97 Rice 3 8 0 0.3241
98 Washington State 3 8 0 0.3201
99 Southern Mississippi 2 9 0 0.3108
100 Texas-Arlington 5 6 0 0.3107
101 Vanderbilt 2 9 0 0.3090
102 Columbia 3 6 0 0.2939
103 Fresno State 5 6 0 0.2877
104 Tennessee-Chattanooga 6 4 1 0.2834
105 Princeton 2 7 0 0.2747
106 Cornell 2 7 0 0.2725
107 Pennsylvania 3 6 0 0.2689
108 Syracuse 3 8 0 0.2638
109 West Texas A&M 4 5 2 0.2607
110 Northwestern State 5 5 0 0.2601
111 Air Force 4 7 0 0.2572
112 Tulane 2 9 0 0.2563
113 Temple 4 6 0 0.2445
114 Virginia 2 9 0 0.2440
115 Miami (Ohio) 3 8 0 0.2379
116 Oregon State 2 10 0 0.2271
117 Northwestern 1 10 0 0.2269
118 Wichita State 4 7 0 0.2068
119 Utah 3 8 0 0.1995
120 Illinois State 5 6 0 0.1942
121 Utah State 3 8 0 0.1778
122 Texas Christian 0 11 0 0.1534
123 Toledo 3 8 0 0.1427
124 Marshall 4 7 0 0.1307
125 Holy Cross 3 8 0 0.1218
126 New Mexico State 4 6 1 0.1155
127 Indiana State 3 7 0 0.1076
128 Dayton 4 7 0 0.0823
129 Louisiana-Monroe 2 9 0 0.0615
130 Lamar 2 9 0 0.0554
131 Fullerton State 3 7 1 0.0438
132 Drake 1 10 0 0.0399
133 Pacific 2 9 0 0.0379
134 Texas-El Paso 1 11 0 0.0267
135 Eastern Michigan 2 9 0 0.0034
136 Hawaii 3 8 0 -0.0356
137 Northern Illinois 1 10 0 -0.1227
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