1975

1976 Rankings
​Final

1977

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Pittsburgh	(12-0-0)		0.8319	Independent
2	Southern California	(11-1-0)		0.7802	Pac 8
3	Houston	(10-2-0)		0.7714	Southwest
4	Georgia	(10-2-0)		0.7603	Southeastern
5	Texas A&M	(10-2-0)		0.7458	Southwest
6	Texas Tech	(10-2-0)		0.7432	Southwest
7	Oklahoma	(9-2-1)		0.7336	Big Eight
8	Maryland	(11-1-0)		0.7041	Atlantic Coast
9	Ohio State	(9-2-1)		0.6997	Big Ten
10	Oklahoma State	(9-3-0)		0.6875	Big Eight
11	Mississippi State	(9-2-0)		0.6799	Southeastern
12	Michigan	(10-2-0)		0.6657	Big Ten
13	Nebraska	(9-3-1)		0.6598	Big Eight
14	Alabama	(9-3-0)		0.6492	Southeastern
15	Colorado	(8-4-0)		0.5958	Big Eight
16	Florida	(8-4-0)		0.5936	Southeastern
17	Notre Dame	(9-3-0)		0.5621	Independent
18	Kentucky	(8-4-0)		0.5593	Southeastern
19	UCLA	(9-2-1)		0.5572	Pac 8
20	Missouri	(6-5-0)		0.5445	Big Eight
21	Iowa State	(8-3-0)		0.5440	Big Eight
22	Baylor	(7-3-1)		0.5422	Southwest
23	East Carolina	(9-2-0)		0.5283	Southern
24	Rutgers	(11-0-0)		0.5199	Independent
25	Brown	(8-1-0)		0.5127	Ivy
26	Yale	(8-1-0)		0.5089	Ivy
27	North Carolina	(9-3-0)		0.4829	Atlantic Coast
28	San Diego State	(10-1-0)		0.4772	Independent
29	Cincinnati	(8-3-0)		0.4480	Independent
30	Kansas	(6-5-0)		0.3997	Big Eight
31	Texas	(5-5-1)		0.3955	Southwest
32	Louisiana-Lafayette	(9-2-0)		0.3954	Southland
33	Louisiana State	(6-4-1)		0.3886	Southeastern
34	Memphis	(7-4-0)		0.3766	Independent
35	Arkansas	(5-5-1)		0.3740	Southwest
36	Penn State	(7-5-0)		0.3630	Independent
37	Tennessee	(6-5-0)		0.3528	Southeastern
38	Brigham Young	(9-3-0)		0.3455	Western Athletic
39	South Carolina	(6-5-0)		0.3297	Independent
40	Stanford	(6-5-0)		0.3227	Pac 8
41	McNeese State	(10-2-0)		0.3032	Southland
42	Dartmouth	(6-3-0)		0.2885	Ivy
43	William & Mary	(7-4-0)		0.2879	Southern
44	California	(5-6-0)		0.2675	Pac 8
45	Tulsa	(7-4-1)		0.2633	Missouri Valley
46	Harvard	(6-3-0)		0.2608	Ivy
47	North Texas	(6-5-0)		0.2479	Missouri Valley
48	Boston College	(8-3-0)		0.2433	Independent
49	Virginia Tech	(6-5-0)		0.2431	Independent
50	Mississippi	(5-6-0)		0.2407	Southeastern
51	Illinois	(5-6-0)		0.2400	Big Ten
52	Colgate	(8-2-0)		0.2333	Independent
53	Duke	(5-5-1)		0.2305	Atlantic Coast
54	Furman	(6-4-1)		0.2073	Southern
54=	Wisconsin	(5-6-0)		0.2073	Big Ten
56	Minnesota	(6-5-0)		0.1992	Big Ten
57	Washington	(5-6-0)		0.1975	Pac 8
58	San Jose State	(7-4-0)		0.1883	PCAA
59	Kent State	(8-4-0)		0.1822	Mid-American
60	Appalachian State	(6-4-1)		0.1821	Southern
61	Florida State	(5-6-0)		0.1707	Independent
62	Wake Forest	(5-6-0)		0.1678	Atlantic Coast
63	Wyoming	(8-4-0)		0.1523	Western Athletic
64	Purdue	(5-6-0)		0.1492	Big Ten
65	West Virginia	(5-6-0)		0.1465	Independent
66	Clemson	(3-6-2)		0.1450	Atlantic Coast
67	Ohio	(7-4-0)		0.1422	Mid-American
68	Ball State	(8-3-0)		0.1391	Mid-American
69	Miami (Florida)	(3-8-0)		0.1301	Independent
70	Southern Methodist	(3-8-0)		0.1273	Southwest
71	Richmond	(5-6-0)		0.1236	Southern
72	Georgia Tech	(4-6-1)		0.1107	Independent
73	Long Beach State	(8-3-0)		0.1033	PCAA
74	Auburn	(3-8-0)		0.1003	Southeastern
75	Iowa	(5-6-0)		0.0850	Big Ten
76	Indiana	(5-6-0)		0.0827	Big Ten
77	North Carolina State	(3-7-1)		0.0778	Atlantic Coast
78	Western Michigan	(7-4-0)		0.0679	Mid-American
79	Navy	(4-7-0)		0.0674	Independent
80	Louisville	(4-7-0)		0.0571	Independent
81	Louisiana Tech	(6-5-0)		0.0486	Southland
82	Citadel	(6-5-0)		0.0441	Southern
83	Arizona	(5-6-0)		0.0156	Western Athletic
84	Michigan State	(4-6-1)		0.0094	Big Ten
85	Oregon	(4-7-0)		-0.0003	Pac 8
86	Villanova	(6-4-1)		-0.0063	Independent
87	Army	(5-6-0)		-0.0223	Independent
88	Bowling Green State	(6-5-0)		-0.0300	Mid-American
89	Virginia Military Institute	(5-5-0)		-0.0356	Southern
90	Rice	(3-8-0)		-0.0386	Southwest
91	Arkansas State	(5-6-0)		-0.0395	Southland
92	New Mexico	(4-7-0)		-0.0402	Western Athletic
93	Washington State	(3-8-0)		-0.0422	Pac 8
94	Arizona State	(4-7-0)		-0.0438	Western Athletic
95	Colorado State	(6-5-0)		-0.0544	Western Athletic
96	Kansas State	(1-10-0)		-0.0550	Big Eight
97	Fresno State	(5-6-0)		-0.0583	PCAA
98	West Texas A&M	(4-5-2)		-0.0643	Missouri Valley
99	Southern Illinois	(7-4-0)		-0.0678	Independent
100	Southern Mississippi	(2-9-0)		-0.0688	Independent
101	Central Michigan	(7-4-0)		-0.0727	Mid-American
102	Columbia	(3-6-0)		-0.1179	Ivy
103	Vanderbilt	(2-9-0)		-0.1189	Southeastern
104	Texas-Arlington	(5-6-0)		-0.1224	Southland
105	Princeton	(2-7-0)		-0.1565	Ivy
106	Tulane	(2-9-0)		-0.1660	Independent
107	Cornell	(2-7-0)		-0.1758	Ivy
108	Pennsylvania	(3-6-0)		-0.1972	Ivy
109	Temple	(4-6-0)		-0.2150	Independent
110	Syracuse	(3-8-0)		-0.2454	Independent
111	Oregon State	(2-10-0)		-0.2624	Pac 8
112	Virginia	(2-9-0)		-0.2642	Atlantic Coast
113	Miami (Ohio)	(3-8-0)		-0.2729	Mid-American
114	Wichita State	(4-7-0)		-0.3063	Missouri Valley
115	Utah	(3-8-0)		-0.3223	Western Athletic
116	Air Force	(4-7-0)		-0.3270	Independent
117	Northwestern	(1-10-0)		-0.3347	Big Ten
118	Utah State	(3-8-0)		-0.3379	Independent
119	Texas Christian	(0-11-0)		-0.3408	Southwest
120	New Mexico State	(4-6-1)		-0.3973	Missouri Valley
121	Toledo	(3-8-0)		-0.4123	Mid-American
122	Holy Cross	(3-8-0)		-0.4401	Independent
123	Illinois State	(5-6-0)		-0.4411	Independent
124	Fullerton State	(3-7-1)		-0.5768	PCAA
125	Marshall	(4-7-0)		-0.5861	Independent
126	Indiana State	(3-7-0)		-0.6064	Independent
127	Pacific	(2-9-0)		-0.6277	PCAA
128	Dayton	(4-7-0)		-0.6326	Independent
129	Drake	(1-10-0)		-0.6680	Missouri Valley
130	Louisiana-Monroe	(2-9-0)		-0.6996	Independent
131	Lamar	(2-9-0)		-0.7134	Southland
132	Texas-El Paso	(1-11-0)		-0.7488	Western Athletic
133	Eastern Michigan	(2-9-0)		-0.8527	Mid-American
134	Hawaii	(3-8-0)		-0.9194	Independent
135	Northern Illinois	(1-10-0)		-1.1324	Mid-American

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Big Eight	0.5137
2	Southeastern	0.4206
3	Southwest	0.3689
4	Pac 8	0.2275
5	Atlantic Coast	0.2206
6	Big Ten	0.2004
7	Southern	0.1911
8	Ivy	0.1154
9	Independent	-0.0143
10	Southland	-0.0213
11	Western Athletic	-0.0870
12	Missouri Valley	-0.1541
13	PCAA	-0.1942
14	Mid-American	-0.2242