1975

1976 Rankings
​Final

1977

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Pittsburgh	(12-0-0)		0.7974	Independent
2	Houston	(10-2-0)		0.7487	Southwest
3	Georgia	(10-2-0)		0.7373	Southeastern
4	Southern California	(11-1-0)		0.7243	Pac 8
5	Texas A&M	(10-2-0)		0.7094	Southwest
6	Texas Tech	(10-2-0)		0.6951	Southwest
7	Oklahoma	(9-2-1)		0.6934	Big Eight
8	Maryland	(11-1-0)		0.6853	Atlantic Coast
9	Oklahoma State	(9-3-0)		0.6598	Big Eight
10	Ohio State	(9-2-1)		0.6560	Big Ten
11	Mississippi State	(9-2-0)		0.6523	Southeastern
12	Nebraska	(9-3-1)		0.6310	Big Eight
13	Michigan	(10-2-0)		0.6305	Big Ten
14	Alabama	(9-3-0)		0.6239	Southeastern
15	Florida	(8-4-0)		0.5822	Southeastern
16	Colorado	(8-4-0)		0.5719	Big Eight
17	Missouri	(6-5-0)		0.5610	Big Eight
18	Kentucky	(8-4-0)		0.5568	Southeastern
19	Notre Dame	(9-3-0)		0.5479	Independent
20	Iowa State	(8-3-0)		0.5304	Big Eight
21	East Carolina	(9-2-0)		0.5290	Southern
22	Baylor	(7-3-1)		0.5157	Southwest
23	North Carolina	(9-3-0)		0.5099	Atlantic Coast
24	UCLA	(9-2-1)		0.5045	Pac 8
25	Brown	(8-1-0)		0.4960	Ivy
26	Rutgers	(11-0-0)		0.4878	Independent
27	Yale	(8-1-0)		0.4775	Ivy
28	San Diego State	(10-1-0)		0.4552	Independent
29	Cincinnati	(8-3-0)		0.4364	Independent
30	Louisiana-Lafayette	(9-2-0)		0.4046	Southland
31	Kansas	(6-5-0)		0.3995	Big Eight
32	Memphis	(7-4-0)		0.3882	Independent
33	Arkansas	(5-5-1)		0.3839	Southwest
34	Texas	(5-5-1)		0.3813	Southwest
35	Tennessee	(6-5-0)		0.3810	Southeastern
36	South Carolina	(6-5-0)		0.3736	Independent
37	Louisiana State	(6-4-1)		0.3703	Southeastern
38	Penn State	(7-5-0)		0.3651	Independent
39	Brigham Young	(9-3-0)		0.3641	Western Athletic
40	McNeese State	(10-2-0)		0.3546	Southland
41	Tulsa	(7-4-1)		0.3496	Missouri Valley
42	William & Mary	(7-4-0)		0.3407	Southern
43	Stanford	(6-5-0)		0.3180	Pac 8
44	Duke	(5-5-1)		0.3074	Atlantic Coast
45	Mississippi	(5-6-0)		0.3031	Southeastern
46	Boston College	(8-3-0)		0.3005	Independent
47	Virginia Tech	(6-5-0)		0.2969	Independent
48	Dartmouth	(6-3-0)		0.2907	Ivy
49	Illinois	(5-6-0)		0.2811	Big Ten
50	Harvard	(6-3-0)		0.2802	Ivy
51	Furman	(6-4-1)		0.2778	Southern
52	North Texas	(6-5-0)		0.2661	Missouri Valley
53	California	(5-6-0)		0.2645	Pac 8
54	Wake Forest	(5-6-0)		0.2576	Atlantic Coast
55	Colgate	(8-2-0)		0.2560	Independent
56	Florida State	(5-6-0)		0.2512	Independent
57	Minnesota	(6-5-0)		0.2418	Big Ten
58	Clemson	(3-6-2)		0.2397	Atlantic Coast
59	Kent State	(8-4-0)		0.2339	Mid-American
60	Appalachian State	(6-4-1)		0.2303	Southern
61	Wyoming	(8-4-0)		0.2240	Western Athletic
62	Wisconsin	(5-6-0)		0.2237	Big Ten
63	San Jose State	(7-4-0)		0.2179	PCAA
64	Richmond	(5-6-0)		0.2178	Southern
65	Purdue	(5-6-0)		0.2167	Big Ten
66	Washington	(5-6-0)		0.2117	Pac 8
67	Georgia Tech	(4-6-1)		0.2101	Independent
68	Ohio	(7-4-0)		0.2083	Mid-American
69	West Virginia	(5-6-0)		0.2078	Independent
70	Ball State	(8-3-0)		0.2024	Mid-American
71	North Carolina State	(3-7-1)		0.1870	Atlantic Coast
72	Auburn	(3-8-0)		0.1848	Southeastern
73	Southern Methodist	(3-8-0)		0.1836	Southwest
74	Miami (Florida)	(3-8-0)		0.1817	Independent
75	Long Beach State	(8-3-0)		0.1735	PCAA
76	Indiana	(5-6-0)		0.1704	Big Ten
77	Western Michigan	(7-4-0)		0.1690	Mid-American
78	Iowa	(5-6-0)		0.1638	Big Ten
79	Citadel	(6-5-0)		0.1490	Southern
80	Navy	(4-7-0)		0.1374	Independent
81	Michigan State	(4-6-1)		0.1351	Big Ten
82	Villanova	(6-4-1)		0.1288	Independent
82=	Louisiana Tech	(6-5-0)		0.1288	Southland
84	Louisville	(4-7-0)		0.1142	Independent
85	Virginia Military Institute	(5-5-0)		0.1055	Southern
86	Bowling Green State	(6-5-0)		0.1004	Mid-American
87	Army	(5-6-0)		0.0977	Independent
88	Arizona	(5-6-0)		0.0937	Western Athletic
89	West Texas A&M	(4-5-2)		0.0914	Missouri Valley
90	Southern Illinois	(7-4-0)		0.0798	Independent
91	Central Michigan	(7-4-0)		0.0781	Mid-American
92	Arkansas State	(5-6-0)		0.0645	Southland
93	Oregon	(4-7-0)		0.0630	Pac 8
94	New Mexico	(4-7-0)		0.0585	Western Athletic
95	Colorado State	(6-5-0)		0.0521	Western Athletic
96	Rice	(3-8-0)		0.0511	Southwest
97	Fresno State	(5-6-0)		0.0487	PCAA
98	Southern Mississippi	(2-9-0)		0.0457	Independent
99	Arizona State	(4-7-0)		0.0404	Western Athletic
100	Kansas State	(1-10-0)		0.0382	Big Eight
101	Texas-Arlington	(5-6-0)		0.0362	Southland
102	Washington State	(3-8-0)		0.0240	Pac 8
103	Vanderbilt	(2-9-0)		0.0001	Southeastern
104	Columbia	(3-6-0)		-0.0060	Ivy
105	Tulane	(2-9-0)		-0.0344	Independent
106	Cornell	(2-7-0)		-0.0386	Ivy
107	Princeton	(2-7-0)		-0.0437	Ivy
108	Pennsylvania	(3-6-0)		-0.0442	Ivy
109	Temple	(4-6-0)		-0.0626	Independent
110	Syracuse	(3-8-0)		-0.0804	Independent
111	Virginia	(2-9-0)		-0.0829	Atlantic Coast
112	Wichita State	(4-7-0)		-0.0915	Missouri Valley
113	Miami (Ohio)	(3-8-0)		-0.0964	Mid-American
114	Air Force	(4-7-0)		-0.1031	Independent
115	Oregon State	(2-10-0)		-0.1232	Pac 8
116	New Mexico State	(4-6-1)		-0.1336	Missouri Valley
117	Utah	(3-8-0)		-0.1420	Western Athletic
118	Utah State	(3-8-0)		-0.1477	Independent
119	Northwestern	(1-10-0)		-0.1578	Big Ten
120	Texas Christian	(0-11-0)		-0.1630	Southwest
121	Illinois State	(5-6-0)		-0.1693	Independent
122	Toledo	(3-8-0)		-0.1928	Mid-American
123	Holy Cross	(3-8-0)		-0.2038	Independent
124	Marshall	(4-7-0)		-0.2686	Independent
125	Fullerton State	(3-7-1)		-0.2776	PCAA
126	Indiana State	(3-7-0)		-0.2883	Independent
127	Dayton	(4-7-0)		-0.3199	Independent
128	Pacific	(2-9-0)		-0.3286	PCAA
129	Drake	(1-10-0)		-0.3421	Missouri Valley
130	Lamar	(2-9-0)		-0.3657	Southland
131	Louisiana-Monroe	(2-9-0)		-0.3679	Independent
132	Texas-El Paso	(1-11-0)		-0.4189	Western Athletic
133	Eastern Michigan	(2-9-0)		-0.4322	Mid-American
134	Hawaii	(3-8-0)		-0.4858	Independent
135	Northern Illinois	(1-10-0)		-0.6017	Mid-American

Average Ratings by Conference (1976)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Big Eight		0.5107
2	Southeastern		0.4392
3	Southwest		0.3895
4	Atlantic Coast		0.3006
5	Southern		0.2643
6	Big Ten		0.2561
7	Pac 8		0.2483
8	Ivy		0.1765
9	Independent		0.1099
10	Southland		0.1038
11	Western Athletic		0.0340
12	Missouri Valley		0.0233
13	Mid-American		-0.0331
14	PCAA		-0.0332