1975

1976 Rankings
​Final

1977

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Pittsburgh	(12-0-0)		0.8293	Independent
2	Houston	(10-2-0)		0.7857	Southwest
3	Southern California	(11-1-0)		0.7838	Pac 8
4	Georgia	(10-2-0)		0.7654	Southeastern
5	Texas A&M	(10-2-0)		0.7566	Southwest
6	Texas Tech	(10-2-0)		0.7411	Southwest
7	Oklahoma	(9-2-1)		0.7393	Big Eight
8	Ohio State	(9-2-1)		0.7311	Big Ten
9	Maryland	(11-1-0)		0.7049	Atlantic Coast
10	Oklahoma State	(9-3-0)		0.7013	Big Eight
11	Michigan	(10-2-0)		0.6900	Big Ten
12	Mississippi State	(9-2-0)		0.6862	Southeastern
13	Nebraska	(9-3-1)		0.6743	Big Eight
14	Alabama	(9-3-0)		0.6593	Southeastern
15	Florida	(8-4-0)		0.6140	Southeastern
16	Colorado	(8-4-0)		0.6096	Big Eight
17	Missouri	(6-5-0)		0.6025	Big Eight
18	Kentucky	(8-4-0)		0.5832	Southeastern
19	Notre Dame	(9-3-0)		0.5811	Independent
20	Iowa State	(8-3-0)		0.5648	Big Eight
21	East Carolina	(9-2-0)		0.5540	Southern
22	Baylor	(7-3-1)		0.5525	Southwest
23	UCLA	(9-2-1)		0.5508	Pac 8
24	Brown	(8-1-0)		0.5292	Ivy
25	North Carolina	(9-3-0)		0.5242	Atlantic Coast
26	Rutgers	(11-0-0)		0.5105	Independent
27	Yale	(8-1-0)		0.5093	Ivy
28	San Diego State	(10-1-0)		0.4785	Independent
29	Cincinnati	(8-3-0)		0.4594	Independent
30	Louisiana-Lafayette	(9-2-0)		0.4288	Southland
31	Kansas	(6-5-0)		0.4274	Big Eight
32	Texas	(5-5-1)		0.4172	Southwest
33	Arkansas	(5-5-1)		0.4139	Southwest
34	Memphis	(7-4-0)		0.4058	Independent
35	Louisiana State	(6-4-1)		0.4018	Southeastern
36	Brigham Young	(9-3-0)		0.3898	Western Athletic
37	Penn State	(7-5-0)		0.3875	Independent
38	Tennessee	(6-5-0)		0.3858	Southeastern
39	McNeese State	(10-2-0)		0.3728	Southland
40	South Carolina	(6-5-0)		0.3689	Independent
41	William & Mary	(7-4-0)		0.3583	Southern
42	Stanford	(6-5-0)		0.3374	Pac 8
43	Tulsa	(7-4-1)		0.3356	Missouri Valley
44	Illinois	(5-6-0)		0.3261	Big Ten
45	Mississippi	(5-6-0)		0.3155	Southeastern
46	Dartmouth	(6-3-0)		0.3121	Ivy
47	Boston College	(8-3-0)		0.3106	Independent
48	Virginia Tech	(6-5-0)		0.3102	Independent
49	Harvard	(6-3-0)		0.2991	Ivy
50	Minnesota	(6-5-0)		0.2832	Big Ten
51	Duke	(5-5-1)		0.2828	Atlantic Coast
52	California	(5-6-0)		0.2807	Pac 8
53	North Texas	(6-5-0)		0.2769	Missouri Valley
54	Furman	(6-4-1)		0.2738	Southern
55	Colgate	(8-2-0)		0.2714	Independent
56	Wisconsin	(5-6-0)		0.2622	Big Ten
57	Purdue	(5-6-0)		0.2553	Big Ten
58	Kent State	(8-4-0)		0.2551	Mid-American
59	Florida State	(5-6-0)		0.2538	Independent
60	Wake Forest	(5-6-0)		0.2493	Atlantic Coast
61	Wyoming	(8-4-0)		0.2462	Western Athletic
62	Appalachian State	(6-4-1)		0.2327	Southern
63	Washington	(5-6-0)		0.2322	Pac 8
64	San Jose State	(7-4-0)		0.2266	PCAA
65	Ohio	(7-4-0)		0.2252	Mid-American
66	Richmond	(5-6-0)		0.2227	Southern
67	Ball State	(8-3-0)		0.2161	Mid-American
68	West Virginia	(5-6-0)		0.2149	Independent
69	Indiana	(5-6-0)		0.2083	Big Ten
70	Clemson	(3-6-2)		0.2078	Atlantic Coast
71	Iowa	(5-6-0)		0.2071	Big Ten
72	Southern Methodist	(3-8-0)		0.1936	Southwest
73	Georgia Tech	(4-6-1)		0.1886	Independent
74	Western Michigan	(7-4-0)		0.1879	Mid-American
75	Auburn	(3-8-0)		0.1877	Southeastern
76	Miami (Florida)	(3-8-0)		0.1866	Independent
77	Long Beach State	(8-3-0)		0.1748	PCAA
78	North Carolina State	(3-7-1)		0.1645	Atlantic Coast
79	Michigan State	(4-6-1)		0.1527	Big Ten
80	Citadel	(6-5-0)		0.1520	Southern
81	Navy	(4-7-0)		0.1437	Independent
82	Louisiana Tech	(6-5-0)		0.1369	Southland
83	Louisville	(4-7-0)		0.1176	Independent
84	Bowling Green State	(6-5-0)		0.1112	Mid-American
85	Arizona	(5-6-0)		0.1072	Western Athletic
86	Virginia Military Institute	(5-5-0)		0.1062	Southern
87	Army	(5-6-0)		0.0978	Independent
88	Central Michigan	(7-4-0)		0.0882	Mid-American
89	Southern Illinois	(7-4-0)		0.0856	Independent
90	Villanova	(6-4-1)		0.0824	Independent
91	Oregon	(4-7-0)		0.0704	Pac 8
92	Arkansas State	(5-6-0)		0.0700	Southland
93	New Mexico	(4-7-0)		0.0628	Western Athletic
94	Colorado State	(6-5-0)		0.0623	Western Athletic
95	Rice	(3-8-0)		0.0584	Southwest
96	Arizona State	(4-7-0)		0.0504	Western Athletic
97	Southern Mississippi	(2-9-0)		0.0486	Independent
98	West Texas A&M	(4-5-2)		0.0463	Missouri Valley
99	Kansas State	(1-10-0)		0.0415	Big Eight
100	Fresno State	(5-6-0)		0.0413	PCAA
101	Washington State	(3-8-0)		0.0354	Pac 8
102	Texas-Arlington	(5-6-0)		0.0307	Southland
103	Vanderbilt	(2-9-0)		-0.0024	Southeastern
104	Columbia	(3-6-0)		-0.0034	Ivy
105	Cornell	(2-7-0)		-0.0397	Ivy
106	Tulane	(2-9-0)		-0.0420	Independent
107	Pennsylvania	(3-6-0)		-0.0434	Ivy
108	Princeton	(2-7-0)		-0.0465	Ivy
109	Temple	(4-6-0)		-0.0741	Independent
110	Syracuse	(3-8-0)		-0.0762	Independent
111	Miami (Ohio)	(3-8-0)		-0.0900	Mid-American
112	Virginia	(2-9-0)		-0.1036	Atlantic Coast
113	Air Force	(4-7-0)		-0.1070	Independent
114	Wichita State	(4-7-0)		-0.1104	Missouri Valley
115	Oregon State	(2-10-0)		-0.1260	Pac 8
116	Northwestern	(1-10-0)		-0.1350	Big Ten
117	Utah	(3-8-0)		-0.1418	Western Athletic
118	Utah State	(3-8-0)		-0.1600	Independent
119	Texas Christian	(0-11-0)		-0.1708	Southwest
120	New Mexico State	(4-6-1)		-0.1803	Missouri Valley
121	Illinois State	(5-6-0)		-0.1808	Independent
122	Toledo	(3-8-0)		-0.1977	Mid-American
123	Holy Cross	(3-8-0)		-0.2236	Independent
124	Marshall	(4-7-0)		-0.2831	Independent
125	Indiana State	(3-7-0)		-0.3016	Independent
126	Dayton	(4-7-0)		-0.3399	Independent
127	Pacific	(2-9-0)		-0.3585	PCAA
128	Fullerton State	(3-7-1)		-0.3603	PCAA
129	Drake	(1-10-0)		-0.3784	Missouri Valley
130	Lamar	(2-9-0)		-0.3940	Southland
131	Louisiana-Monroe	(2-9-0)		-0.3954	Independent
132	Texas-El Paso	(1-11-0)		-0.4343	Western Athletic
133	Eastern Michigan	(2-9-0)		-0.4489	Mid-American
134	Hawaii	(3-8-0)		-0.5206	Independent
135	Northern Illinois	(1-10-0)		-0.6338	Mid-American

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Big Eight	0.5451
2	Southeastern	0.4596
3	Southwest	0.4165
4	Big Ten	0.2981
5	Atlantic Coast	0.2900
6	Southern	0.2714
7	Pac 8	0.2706
8	Ivy	0.1896
9	Independent	0.1100
10	Southland	0.1075
11	Western Athletic	0.0428
12	Missouri Valley	-0.0017
13	Mid-American	-0.0287
14	PCAA	-0.0552