1976 Week 12 College Football Team Rankings

November 16, 1976By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1976 Season Tags: • No Comments

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.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	2	1.093	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	10–0	1.000	1	+41	Beat West Virginia 24–16
2	2	1.097	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	10–0	1.000	1	+43	Beat Clemson 20–0
3	-2	1.127	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	8–0	1.000	1	+31	Beat SMU 34–7
4	-2	1.135	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	9–1	0.900	6	+38	Beat Auburn 28–0
5	2	1.207	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	8–1–1	0.850	14	+34	Beat Minnesota 9–3
6	-1	1.245	UCLA	PAC	9–0–1	0.950	5	+31	Beat Oregon State 45–14
7	3	1.316	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	9–1	0.900	6	+31	Beat Illinois 38–7
8	-2	1.436	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	8–1	0.889	8	+30	Lost to Northwestern State 3–7
9	4	1.458	USC	PAC	8–1	0.889	8	+26	Beat Washington 20–3
10	12	1.552	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	8–2	0.800	15	+27	Beat Nebraska 37–28
11	8	1.560	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	7–2	0.778	23	+24	Beat Arkansas 31–10
12	3	1.563	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	8	+29	Beat Utah State 7–6
13	5	1.632	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	7–3	0.700	29	+28	Beat Kansas 40–17
14	13	1.653	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	8–1	0.889	8	+21	Beat Harvard 21–7
15	14	1.666	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	7–2–1	0.750	26	+25	Beat Missouri 27–20
16	5	1.679	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	8–1	0.889	8	+23	Beat Columbia 28–17
17	-1	1.683	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	7–2	0.778	23	+24	Beat Drake 45–20
18	-7	1.705	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	7–2–1	0.750	26	+20	Lost to Iowa State 28–37
19	1	1.723	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	6–2	0.750	26	+17	BYE
20	-12	1.730	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	8–2	0.800	15	+23	Lost to Furman 10–17
21	-9	1.737	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	6–4	0.600	46	+26	Lost to Oklahoma 20–27
22	-13	1.738	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	6–3	0.667	38	+23	Lost to Kentucky 9–28
23	-9	1.758	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	6–3	0.667	38	+24	Beat Kansas State 45–21
24	-1	1.766	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	10–0	1.000	1	+15	Beat Tulane 29–20
25	3	1.777	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	23	+24	Beat Alabama 21–18
26	-1	1.790	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	8–2	0.800	15	+22	Beat LSU 21–13
27	-10	1.970	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	5–2–1	0.688	36	+13	Lost to Texas A&M 10–31
28	4	1.974	BYU	IND WAC	8–2	0.800	15	+16	Beat New Mexico 21–8
29	4	2.008	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	8–2	0.800	15	+21	Beat Lamar 27–0
30	1	2.032	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	8–2	0.800	15	+20	Beat Virginia 31–6
31	-7	2.076	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	7–3	0.700	29	+16	Lost to Notre Dame 18–21
32	2	2.134	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	8–2	0.800	15	+15	Beat UTEP 14–10
33	8	2.180	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	38	+17	Beat Ohio 35–0
34	3	2.198	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	7–3	0.700	29	+26	Beat Citadel 22–0
35	0	2.204	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	5–2–1	0.688	36	+14	Beat Rice 38–6
36	2	2.213	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	29	+16	Beat Miami 21–7
37	8	2.266	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	6–4	0.600	46	+16	Beat Florida 28–9
38	-12	2.363	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	46	+14	Lost to Wake Forest 7–10
39	3	2.416	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	29	+14	Beat Louisville 26–14
40	-10	2.432	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	8	+1	Lost to Army 13–29
41	7	2.520	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	8–2	0.800	15	+5	Beat CAL State Fullerton 28–8
42	7	2.563	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	38	+7	Beat Princeton 33–7
43	17	2.641	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	6–4	0.600	46	+10	Beat Southern Illinois 35–7
44	19	2.719	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	5–4	0.556	58	+10	Beat Colorado State 23–6
45	-9	2.726	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	46	+8	Lost to Richmond 0–16
46	-7	2.732	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	7–3	0.700	29	+14	Lost to Western Michigan 10–24
47	-4	2.755	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	38	+5	Lost to Yale 7–21
48	-1	2.762	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	6–3–1	0.650	44	-1	BYE
49	1	2.771	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	6–4	0.600	46	+8	Beat Miami (OH) 24–17
50	6	2.787	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–3	0.700	29	+15	Beat Northern Illinois 31–9
51	-5	2.831	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	6–4	0.600	46	+6	Lost to Cincinnati 0–35
52	5	2.835	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	7–4	0.636	45	+5	Beat Pacific 50–30
53	-9	2.846	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	6–4	0.600	46	+8	Lost to Ohio State 3–9
54	10	2.897	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	38	+6	Beat Syracuse 28–14
55	0	2.967	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	4–3–1	0.563	57	+5	Beat TCU 34–7
56	2	2.981	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	5–4–1	0.550	61	+7	Beat NC State 28–14
57	14	3.011	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	6–4	0.600	46	+3	Beat Ball State 24–10
58	8	3.109	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	5–4	0.556	58	+1	Beat Ole Miss 32–6
59	9	3.112	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	5–5	0.500	64	+8	Beat Oregon 28–17
60	-8	3.117	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	46	+1	Lost to Bowling Green 7–35
61	1	3.180	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	5–5	0.500	64	0	Beat Southern Miss 23–22
62	7	3.183	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	5–5	0.500	64	+6	Beat Washington State 23–22
63	-12	3.218	LSU	SEC	4–4–1	0.500	64	-1	Lost to Mississippi State 13–21
64	13	3.231	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	5–4–1	0.550	61	+1	Beat East Carolina 17–10
65	-12	3.232	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	5–5	0.500	64	+3	Lost to Colorado 17–40
66	8	3.298	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	5–5	0.500	64	+5	Beat Iowa 21–0
67	-27	3.313	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	4–5–1	0.450	78	+4	Lost to Northwestern 21–42
68	17	3.331	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	64	+2	Beat Colgate 29–13
69	-15	3.403	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	6–4	0.600	46	-2	Lost to Arizona 6–23
70	6	3.413	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	5–4–1	0.550	61	-2	Beat Holy Cross 56–21
71	10	3.435	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	4–6	0.400	84	+1	Beat Virginia Tech 16–0
72	-13	3.449	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	4–6	0.400	84	+4	Lost to Michigan 7–38
73	2	3.524	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	84	+1	Lost to Pittsburgh 16–24
74	10	3.589	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	5–5	0.500	64	+4	Beat New Mexico State 44–0
75	-14	3.590	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	5–5	0.500	64	-2	Lost to Tennessee 6–32
76	-9	3.667	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	5–5	0.500	64	-3	Lost to William & Mary 0–22
77	-12	3.676	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	64	-5	Lost to Florida State 20–21
78	9	3.686	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	5–6	0.455	76	-4	Beat Texas Arlington 14–13
79	-6	3.727	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	97	-2	Lost to Penn State 7–21
80	16	3.840	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	58	-11	Beat Louisiana 7–3
81	10	3.916	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	5–6	0.455	76	-5	Beat South Carolina 10–7
82	-2	4.005	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	4–5	0.444	80	-6	BYE
83	-11	4.057	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	4–5	0.444	80	-7	Lost to Arkansas State 13–14
84	-1	4.096	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	4–6	0.400	84	-8	Lost to USC 3–20
85	-6	4.129	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	98	-4	Lost to Memphis 14–26
86	-16	4.132	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	4–5–1	0.450	78	-5	Lost to Navy 28–34
87	-1	4.240	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	3–7	0.300	106	-6	Lost to Georgia 0–28
88	-10	4.293	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	4–6	0.400	84	-8	Lost to Purdue 0–21
89	4	4.377	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	4–6	0.400	84	-7	Beat Wisconsin 15–14
90	4	4.414	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	4–5	0.444	80	-10	Beat UL Monroe 58–41
91	-3	4.452	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	3–7–1	0.318	105	-9	Lost to Duke 14–28
92	-10	4.546	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	4–6	0.400	84	-16	Lost to Indiana 14–15
93	-4	4.588	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	3–6	0.333	98	-9	Lost to BYU 8–21
94	14	4.661	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	106	-9	Beat Georgia Tech 34–28
95	19	4.794	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	84	-14	Beat North Texas 21–20
96	1	4.845	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	3–6	0.333	98	-10	Lost to Brown 17–28
97	4	4.876	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	64	-2	Tied Tennessee State 14–14
98	-6	4.897	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	3–6	0.333	98	-8	Lost to Baylor 6–38
99	11	4.926	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	84	-8	Beat Eastern Michigan 14–6
100	17	4.975	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	80	-11	Beat Dayton 35–6
101	12	4.975	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	2–7	0.222	116	-10	Beat Pennsylvania 31–13
102	-12	4.982	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	84	-10	Lost to Toledo 8–29
103	-8	5.004	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	2–7	0.222	116	-10	Lost to Dartmouth 7–33
104	3	5.114	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	2–6–2	0.300	106	-11	Lost to Maryland 0–20
105	-1	5.159	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	3–5–1	0.389	96	-16	Lost to Long Beach State 8–28
106	-1	5.225	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	106	-16	Lost to Boston College 14–28
107	-8	5.227	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	3–7	0.300	106	-15	Lost to Stanford 17–28
108	-5	5.474	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–7	0.300	106	-22	Lost to California 22–23
109	-11	5.513	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	3–6	0.333	98	-10	Lost to Cornell 13–31
110	-10	5.540	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	106	-20	Lost to Vanderbilt 10–34
111	1	5.587	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	2–8	0.200	122	-22	Lost to Kent State 17–24
112	10	5.588	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	98	-13	Beat Wichita State 20–17
113	3	5.590	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	2–8	0.200	122	-21	Lost to San Diego State 6–7
114	-8	5.610	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	84	-10	Lost to Temple 6–35
115	0	5.611	SMU	IND SWC	2–8	0.200	122	-16	Lost to Texas Tech 7–34
116	-14	5.615	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	4–6	0.400	84	-17	Lost to Fresno State 0–44
117	6	5.629	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	3–7	0.300	106	-17	Beat Marshall 29–8
118	-9	5.763	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	2–7	0.222	116	-21	Lost to Utah 28–31
119	5	5.796	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	3–6	0.333	98	-23	Beat Arizona State 31–28
120	-9	5.825	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	3–7	0.300	106	-25	Lost to Indiana State 17–20
121	5	5.875	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	2–7	0.222	116	-19	Beat Air Force 34–10
122	-4	5.999	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	2–8	0.200	122	-23	Lost to Mcneese State 0–27
123	-3	6.098	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	2–8	0.200	122	-25	Lost to Rutgers 20–29
124	-5	6.154	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–9	0.100	131	-24	Lost to Oklahoma State 21–45
125	-4	6.429	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	2–8	0.200	122	-28	Lost to North Carolina 6–31
126	-1	6.689	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	2–8	0.200	122	-12	Lost to Illinois State 6–14
127	0	6.777	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	2–8	0.200	122	-23	Lost to San José State 30–50
128	7	6.815	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–9	0.100	131	-32	Beat Michigan State 42–21
129	0	6.840	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	116	-14	Lost to Villanova 21–56
130	0	7.043	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	0–9	0.000	136	-32	Lost to Louisiana Tech 22–23
131	-3	7.055	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	116	-23	Lost to West Texas A&M 41–58
132	-1	7.091	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	1–9	0.100	131	-33	Lost to Tulsa 20–45
133	-1	7.292	UTEP	IND WAC	1–9	0.100	131	-34	Lost to Wyoming 10–14
134	0	7.404	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–9	0.100	131	-34	Lost to UCLA 14–45
135	1	7.540	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	1–8	0.111	130	-32	Lost to Central Michigan 9–31
136	-3	8.184	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	2–6	0.250	115	-13	Lost to Montana State 7–28
137	0	8.449	TCU	IND SWC	0–9	0.000	136	-32	Lost to Texas 7–34