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1976 Regular Season Final College Football Team Rankings

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1976 rankings calculated with the Classic formula (Ken's 2016-based hybrid, applied retroactively); records, NOW and game results come from James Howell's historical college football score archive.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
101.070Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC11–01.0001+52BYE
201.080Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI11–01.0001+52BYE
301.117Michigan (MICHIGAN)B1010–10.9094+43BYE
401.118Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC10–10.9094+48BYE
501.136USCPAC10–10.9094+47BYE
601.179Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC10–10.9094+47Beat Baylor 24–21
701.359UCLAPAC9–1–10.86411+37BYE
801.407Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B108–2–10.77321+36BYE
901.412San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)IND FBSI10–10.9094+42BYE
1011.449Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B88–2–10.77321+35BYE
11-11.465East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)IND SOCON9–20.81812+35BYE
1201.512Houston (HOUSTON)IND SWC9–20.81812+36Beat Miami 21–16
1301.514Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC9–20.81812+32BYE
1401.543Florida (FLORIDA)SEC8–30.72723+37BYE
1501.568Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC9–20.81812+34BYE
1601.595Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)IND SLC9–20.81812+34BYE
1711.612Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B88–30.72723+32BYE
18-11.630Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI11–01.0001+25BYE
1901.654Colorado (COLORADO)IND B88–30.72723+31BYE
2001.714Yale (YALE)IND IVY8–10.8899+21BYE
2111.718Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B88–30.72723+29BYE
22-11.725Brown (BROWN)IND IVY8–10.8899+24BYE
2351.756Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B88–3–10.70834+24Beat Hawai'i 68–3
24-11.799Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)IND SLC9–20.81812+31BYE
25-11.852North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC9–20.81812+29BYE
2601.882Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC8–30.72723+25BYE
27-21.883BYUIND WAC9–20.81812+25BYE
28-11.898Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI8–30.72723+28BYE
2901.914Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND FBSI8–30.72723+28BYE
3001.953Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC7–40.63640+28BYE
3102.005Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B86–50.54554+25BYE
3202.189Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC7–3–10.68235+20Lost to Texas Tech 21–24
3302.196Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC7–3–10.68235+19BYE
3402.394Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI7–40.63640+17BYE
3502.473William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON7–40.63640+24BYE
3622.523Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI8–30.72723+9BYE
37-12.538Ball State (BALL STATE)MAC8–30.72723+18BYE
38-12.558Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC8–40.66737+13BYE
3902.564Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC8–30.72723+11BYE
4002.603Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY6–30.66737+8BYE
4102.638Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC7–40.63640+10BYE
4202.675Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)IND PCAA8–30.72723+5BYE
4302.679Ohio (OHIO)MAC7–40.63640+8BYE
4402.710Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI8–20.80020+1BYE
4522.729Kansas (KANSAS)IND B86–50.54554+10BYE
4602.765San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND PCAA7–40.63640+5BYE
47-22.766Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON5–60.45571+10BYE
4812.802Stanford (STANFORD)PAC6–50.54554+13BYE
4912.818Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY6–30.66737+5BYE
5022.853LSUSEC6–4–10.59149+5BYE
5102.854Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND FBSI7–40.63640+7BYE
5212.856Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)IND SLC6–50.54554+4BYE
5312.864Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC6–50.54554+9BYE
5412.902Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)IND FBSI7–40.63640+5BYE
5512.917Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI6–50.54554+6BYE
56152.961Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC5–5–10.50066+6Beat Arkansas 29–12
5712.963Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI6–4–10.59149+5BYE
5822.970App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)IND SOCON6–4–10.59149-3BYE
59-22.973South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI6–50.54554+6BYE
60-12.976Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON6–4–10.59149+1BYE
6103.094Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)MAC7–40.63640+12BYE
6203.104Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B106–50.54554+4BYE
63-153.188Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC5–5–10.50066+4Lost to Texas 12–29
6413.201Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC6–50.54554-2BYE
6513.227Duke (DUKE)ACC5–5–10.50066+5BYE
66-23.228West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI5–60.45571+4BYE
6723.279North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND FBSI6–50.54554-4BYE
6803.284Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON6–50.545540BYE
69-63.285Illinois (ILLINOIS)B105–60.45571+3BYE
70-33.305California (CALIFORNIA)PAC5–60.45571+3BYE
71-13.539Purdue (PURDUE)B105–60.455710BYE
7203.606Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)IND SLC5–60.45571-5BYE
7313.633Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON5–50.50066-4BYE
74-13.654Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC5–60.45571-5BYE
7503.687Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC5–60.45571-4BYE
7603.727Army (ARMY)IND FBSI5–60.45571-4BYE
7703.732Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND WAC6–50.54554-9BYE
7803.779Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)IND FBSI6–4–10.59149+6BYE
7913.808Arizona (ARIZONA)IND WAC5–60.45571-7BYE
80-13.834Iowa (IOWA)B105–60.45571-6BYE
8103.847Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B105–60.45571-11BYE
8213.852Indiana (INDIANA)B105–60.45571-3BYE
83-13.856Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B104–6–10.40990-4BYE
8403.907Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC5–60.45571-8BYE
8504.020Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI5–60.45571-8BYE
8604.066Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI3–80.273109-10Lost to Houston 16–21
8704.098Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI4–70.36494-6BYE
8804.160Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND FBSI4–70.36494-8BYE
8904.177Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC3–6–20.36494-4BYE
9014.178New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC4–70.36494-9BYE
91-14.206Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)IND PCAA5–60.45571+3BYE
9204.276Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)IND SLC5–60.45571-17BYE
9304.304Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI4–6–10.40990-8BYE
9414.377West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND MVC4–5–20.45571-10BYE
95-14.386NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC3–7–10.318106-9BYE
9604.436Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND WAC4–70.36494-14BYE
9714.445Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)IND FBSI5–50.50066-11BYE
98-14.469Auburn (AUBURN)SEC3–80.273109-12BYE
9904.538Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)IND FBSI5–60.45571-10BYE
10004.642Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI4–70.36494-15BYE
10104.852Oregon (OREGON)PAC4–70.36494-16BYE
10214.898SMUIND SWC3–80.273109-17BYE
103-14.903Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC3–80.273109-20BYE
10405.019Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY3–60.333104-10BYE
10505.179Marshall (MARSHALL)IND FBSI4–70.36494-14BYE
10605.212Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC4–70.36494-23BYE
10705.236Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)IND FBSI2–90.182123-22BYE
10805.250Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY2–70.222121-11BYE
10935.265Rice (RICE)IND SWC3–80.273109-19BYE
110-15.276Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY2–70.222121-11BYE
111-15.354Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI4–60.40093-17BYE
112-15.357Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND FBSI3–80.273109-25BYE
11305.462Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI3–80.273109-23BYE
11425.661Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC3–80.273109-29BYE
11505.688Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY3–60.333104-10BYE
116-25.688New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND MVC4–6–10.40990-19BYE
11715.805Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC3–80.273109-23BYE
118-15.815Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)IND FBSI3–70.300108-19BYE
11915.854Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–100.091132-29BYE
120-15.890Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC2–90.182123-28BYE
12106.029Utah (UTAH)IND WAC3–80.273109-32BYE
12206.206Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI2–90.182123-33BYE
12306.229Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI4–70.36494-20BYE
12406.343Lamar (LAMAR)IND SLC2–90.182123-33BYE
12506.364Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC2–90.182123-33BYE
12606.418Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI3–80.273109-19BYE
12706.470CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)IND PCAA3–7–10.318106-20BYE
12806.578Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)MAC2–90.182123-16BYE
12906.851Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC2–100.167131-41BYE
13007.061Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B101–100.091132-43BYE
13107.097UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)IND FBSI2–90.182123-32BYE
13207.173Pacific (PACIFIC)IND PCAA2–90.182123-35BYE
13307.462Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC1–100.091132-43BYE
13407.530Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)MAC1–100.091132-43BYE
13507.680UTEPIND WAC1–110.083136-51BYE
13607.837Hawai'i (HAWAII)IND FBSI3–80.273109-26Lost to Nebraska 3–68
13708.303TCUIND SWC0–110.000137-50BYE

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