1976 Week 4 College Football Team Rankings

September 21, 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	0.634	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Kansas State 34–14
2	23	0.674	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Missouri 31–6
3	27	0.709	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
4	5	0.713	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Penn State 12–7
5	64	0.829	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Wichita State 14–12
6	45	0.837	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
7	-5	0.905	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Air Force 41–6
8	13	0.954	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Duke 24–6
9	28	0.964	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Stanford 51–0
10	29	1.008	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Clemson 41–0
11	6	1.024	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Georgia Tech 42–14
12	14	1.036	UCLA	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Arizona 37–9
13	0	1.040	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat West Virginia 24–3
14	2	1.092	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat California 28–17
15	-5	1.096	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Cincinnati 7–3
16	-8	1.100	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Louisiana Tech 15–13
17	11	1.128	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Oklahoma State 16–10
18	13	1.148	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Kent State 14–12
19	13	1.206	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Kentucky 37–16
20	42	1.220	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Florida State 47–0
21	26	1.294	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Northwestern 12–0
22	41	1.339	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	1–0–1	0.750	44	0	Beat Indiana 45–13
23	-19	1.339	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat CAL State Fullerton 20–0
24	40	1.355	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat UTEP 25–7
25	-24	1.367	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat NC State 23–14
26	7	1.371	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Eastern Michigan 53–12
27	0	1.399	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northern Illinois 37–6
28	30	1.403	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Columbia 34–10
29	30	1.419	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Arkansas State 31–21
30	46	1.424	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–1	0.500	53	+1	Beat Houston 49–14
31	36	1.427	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Utah 43–22
32	25	1.435	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pennsylvania 20–0
33	12	1.435	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Bucknell 19–7
34	27	1.459	LSU	SEC	1–0–1	0.750	44	0	Beat Oregon State 28–11
35	-12	1.463	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Washington State 28–14
36	0	1.475	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Miami (OH) 23–6
37	-26	1.483	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Louisville 30–21
38	-3	1.483	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Virginia 14–0
39	-32	1.491	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Fresno State 7–3
40	13	1.530	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Yale 14–6
41	-35	1.534	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	53	+2	Lost to Arkansas 10–16
42	24	1.570	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Cornell 3–0
43	1	1.638	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	1–1	0.500	53	+1	Lost to Ohio 12–14
44	68	1.707	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	53	+1	Beat Purdue 23–0
45	-26	1.725	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	53	+1	Lost to Maryland 3–24
46	56	1.749	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	53	+1	Beat Washington 21–7
47	37	1.762	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Utah State 32–10
48	-33	1.764	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	53	+1	Lost to Illinois 6–31
49	-6	1.814	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	53	+1	Lost to Texas A&M 14–34
50	35	1.849	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Holy Cross 26–24
51	-2	1.857	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	1–1	0.500	53	+1	Lost to South Carolina 6–24
52	69	1.883	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	1–1	0.500	53	+1	Beat Wyoming 21–10
53	-1	1.910	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Presbyterian 38–21
54	-6	2.082	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	1–1	0.500	53	+1	Lost to Georgia 0–41
55	33	2.136	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Davidson 17–7
56	77	2.143	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–1	0.500	53	0	Beat SMU 56–3
57	29	2.156	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Grambling State 31–30
58	-29	2.311	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	46	+1	Lost to Tulsa 14–16
59	23	2.317	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	2–1	0.667	46	0	Beat Tulane 34–7
60	14	2.332	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	46	+1	Beat Southern Miss 16–7
61	-41	2.382	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	53	0	Lost to West Texas A&M 12–14
62	44	2.386	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–1	0.500	53	0	Beat Syracuse 41–3
63	18	2.421	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	2–1	0.667	46	+1	Beat Memphis 16–14
64	7	2.426	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	53	+1	Beat North Texas 17–14
65	48	2.456	USC	PAC	1–1	0.500	53	0	Beat Oregon 53–0
66	14	2.470	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	1–2	0.333	94	+1	Lost to Indiana State 21–31
67	-21	2.527	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	53	0	Lost to Louisiana 3–7
68	-56	2.532	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–1	0.500	53	0	Lost to Kansas 16–37
69	55	2.546	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	46	0	Beat Virginia Military Institute 31–12
70	-20	2.573	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	53	0	Lost to Ohio State 7–12
71	-66	2.598	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	53	0	Lost to Iowa State 6–41
72	42	2.622	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–1	0.500	53	+1	Beat Wake Forest 27–24
73	-35	2.717	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	53	0	Lost to UCLA 9–37
74	48	2.717	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	53	0	Beat Drake 27–15
75	-33	2.725	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	1–1	0.500	53	0	Lost to UL Monroe 6–16
76	-20	2.768	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	0–1	0.000	101	0	Lost to Princeton 0–3
77	-53	2.907	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	53	0	Lost to Florida 14–49
78	19	2.925	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	0–2	0.000	101	0	Lost to Mcneese State 13–15
79	-9	2.942	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	0–1	0.000	101	0	Lost to Brown 6–14
80	-20	2.977	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	101	0	Lost to Mississippi State 21–30
81	17	3.037	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–1	0.500	53	0	Beat North Dakota 45–9
82	13	3.064	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–2	0.000	101	0	Lost to Oklahoma 17–28
83	9	3.169	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	53	0	Beat UConn 21–3
84	36	3.203	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	0–2	0.000	101	0	Lost to San Diego State 3–7
85	24	3.238	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–2	0.000	101	0	Lost to Minnesota 14–28
86	18	3.290	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	101	0	BYE
87	-9	3.320	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	1–1	0.500	53	-1	Beat TCU 31–0
88	3	3.325	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	101	0	Lost to Pittsburgh 14–42
89	-49	3.353	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	2–1	0.667	46	-1	Lost to Texas Arlington 10–21
90	-36	3.359	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	0–1–1	0.250	100	0	Lost to San José State 0–20
91	-26	3.359	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	0–1	0.000	101	0	Lost to Dartmouth 0–20
92	-24	3.394	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	101	0	Lost to Rice 22–43
93	-4	3.451	BYU	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	53	-1	Beat Colorado State 42–18
94	-39	3.499	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	0–1	0.000	101	0	Lost to Harvard 10–34
95	-77	3.517	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–1	0.500	53	-1	Lost to Colorado 7–21
96	23	3.522	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	101	0	Lost to Long Beach State 10–32
97	6	3.533	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–3	0.000	101	0	Lost to Bowling Green 12–53
98	10	3.551	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–2	0.000	101	0	Lost to Nebraska 13–45
99	35	3.614	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	53	-1	Beat Lamar 16–6
100	-10	3.648	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–1	0.500	53	-1	Beat Toledo 9–7
101	14	3.657	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	53	0	Beat Dayton 31–30
102	-61	3.686	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–1	0.500	53	-1	Lost to Notre Dame 0–23
103	2	3.736	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	53	-1	Beat Auburn 15–14
104	-32	3.771	UTEP	IND WAC	1–2	0.333	94	0	Lost to New Mexico 7–25
105	-26	3.840	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	94	0	Lost to Texas 14–17
106	25	3.842	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	46	0	Beat Illinois State 23–13
107	-85	3.908	SMU	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	53	-1	Lost to Alabama 3–56
108	-15	3.936	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	53	-1	Beat Stephen F. Austin 47–0
109	-75	3.961	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–1	0.500	53	-1	Lost to USC 0–53
110	-37	3.990	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	53	-1	Lost to Michigan State 10–21
111	18	4.009	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	0–3	0.000	101	-1	Lost to Ball State 6–23
112	-37	4.261	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	53	-1	Beat Delaware 17–15
113	-6	4.496	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–3	0.000	101	-1	Lost to LSU 11–28
114	-14	4.803	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	101	-1	Lost to App State 12–31
115	11	4.844	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–2	0.333	94	-2	Lost to Vanderbilt 24–27
116	-20	4.890	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–2	0.000	101	-1	Lost to North Carolina 0–12
117	13	4.907	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	101	-1	BYE
118	10	5.017	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	0–3	0.000	101	-2	Lost to East Carolina 14–23
119	-105	5.046	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	53	0	Lost to Western Kentucky 7–10
120	-4	5.081	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	0–2	0.000	101	-1	Lost to William & Mary 0–14
121	-34	5.203	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	101	-1	Lost to Miami 0–47
122	5	5.220	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	101	-1	Lost to Virginia Tech 7–16
123	-12	5.377	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	0–2	0.000	101	-1	Lost to Western Michigan 6–37
124	-23	5.394	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	101	-1	Lost to Iowa 3–41
125	-48	5.412	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–2	0.000	101	-1	Lost to Michigan 0–51
126	-9	5.574	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	0–3	0.000	101	-2	Lost to Southern Illinois 15–27
127	8	5.575	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	1–2	0.333	94	-2	Beat New Mexico State 21–10
128	-34	6.507	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–2	0.000	101	-2	Lost to Baylor 14–15
129	-11	6.629	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	101	-2	Lost to Marshall 13–23
130	-47	6.629	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	101	-2	Lost to Ole Miss 7–34
131	1	6.677	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	94	-1	Lost to Villanova 30–31
132	-33	6.942	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	0–2	0.000	101	-2	Lost to BYU 18–42
133	-23	7.168	TCU	IND SWC	0–2	0.000	101	-2	Lost to Tennessee 0–31
134	2	7.707	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	101	0	Lost to Army 24–26
135	-10	8.751	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	101	0	Lost to Texas A&M Kingsville 21–56
136	1	9.516	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	0–2	0.000	101	-1	Lost to Central Michigan 7–9
137	-14	9.864	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	0–2	0.000	101	-1	Lost to Idaho 28–31