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1977 Week 6 College Football Team Rankings

October 4, 1977By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1977 Season Tags: • No Comments

1977 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	0	0.633	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	4–0	1.000	1	+9	Beat Army 31–0
2	2	0.781	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	3–0–1	0.875	17	+7	Beat Southern Miss 17–6
3	4	0.831	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	4–0	1.000	1	+8	Beat Texas A&M 41–3
4	10	1.037	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	3–1	0.750	29	+7	Beat SMU 35–7
5	1	1.173	BYU	IND WAC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat New Mexico 54–19
6	-4	1.219	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	4–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat TCU 42–6
7	8	1.221	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	4–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat San José State 52–3
8	3	1.243	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Rice 72–15
9	1	1.254	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	4–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Kansas 24–9
10	23	1.292	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	19	+8	Beat East Carolina 19–16
11	12	1.298	USC	PAC	4–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Washington State 41–7
12	20	1.367	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	2–0–1	0.833	18	+2	Beat Mcneese State 14–7
13	-8	1.379	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	29	+6	Lost to Kentucky 20–24
14	8	1.399	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Utah State 19–0
15	13	1.437	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	29	+5	Beat Boston College 45–7
16	3	1.488	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	4–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Utah 44–3
17	7	1.503	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Harvard 38–21
18	-2	1.538	Tennessee State (TENNESSEE STATE)	IND FBSI	5–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Central State 17–0
19	2	1.542	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Drake 27–10
20	-8	1.575	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	19	+6	Lost to South Carolina 16–19
21	17	1.632	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	3–1	0.750	29	+5	Beat Penn State 24–20
22	-4	1.652	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	4–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Northwestern 19–7
23	20	1.669	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	3–1	0.750	29	+5	Beat Ohio 44–23
24	-16	1.729	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	4–1	0.800	19	+6	Lost to Ball State 12–28
25	24	1.764	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	29	+4	Beat Michigan State 16–6
26	9	1.771	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	19	+5	Beat UL Monroe 13–0
27	-18	1.785	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	3–1	0.750	29	+4	Lost to Michigan 3–41
28	9	1.788	Grambling State (GRAMBLING STATE)	IND SWAC	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Prairie View A&M 70–7
29	2	1.816	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	4–1	0.800	19	+3	Beat Maryland 24–20
30	17	1.850	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	19	+3	Beat Richmond 47–14
31	-14	1.859	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	3–1	0.750	29	+5	Beat Kansas State 24–21
32	12	1.883	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	3–1	0.750	29	+4	Beat Georgia 18–10
33	-7	1.897	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	4–1	0.800	19	+3	Beat Toledo 17–7
34	7	1.916	Jackson State (JACKSON STATE)	IND SWAC	4–1	0.800	19	+4	Beat Arkansas Pine Bluff 31–0
35	11	1.936	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	29	+4	Beat Oklahoma State 25–17
36	-7	1.939	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	3–1	0.750	29	+3	Beat North Carolina 10–7
37	-7	1.942	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	3–1	0.750	29	+3	Beat Indiana 31–13
38	2	1.949	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Boston University 38–0
39	-26	1.958	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	4–1	0.800	19	+4	Lost to Hawai'i 6–20
40	12	1.983	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	3–1	0.750	29	+3	Beat Oregon 20–10
41	14	2.052	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	3–1	0.750	29	+3	Beat Washington 19–17
42	-39	2.106	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	2–1	0.667	52	+3	Lost to LSU 14–36
43	25	2.168	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	3–1	0.750	29	+2	Beat Yale 28–14
44	6	2.173	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	3–1	0.750	29	+3	Beat Ole Miss 21–15
45	9	2.195	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	3–1	0.750	29	+2	Beat Baylor 28–24
46	24	2.226	Mississippi Valley State (MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE)	IND SWAC	4–1	0.800	19	+1	Beat Southern 35–13
47	1	2.292	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	29	+1	Beat Virginia 13–0
48	13	2.373	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	3–1	0.750	29	+2	Beat Dayton 17–13
49	4	2.395	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	3–1	0.750	29	+1	Beat Virginia Tech 31–13
50	-23	2.416	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	2–2	0.500	67	+3	Lost to Alabama 10–18
51	32	2.454	LSU	SEC	2–1	0.667	52	0	Beat Florida 36–14
52	-10	2.493	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	62	+4	Lost to Cincinnati 6–17
53	18	2.591	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	3–1	0.750	29	+1	Beat Texas A&M Commerce 18–17
54	-29	2.615	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	2–1	0.667	52	+1	Lost to Miami (OH) 14–28
55	20	2.664	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	2–2	0.500	67	+1	Beat Navy 28–16
56	40	2.727	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	67	+1	Beat Air Force 30–3
57	-12	2.739	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	2–2	0.500	67	+1	Lost to Notre Dame 6–16
58	-24	2.752	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	2–2	0.500	67	+2	Lost to USC 7–41
59	19	2.756	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	2–2	0.500	67	+1	Beat Oregon State 41–10
60	16	2.762	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	3–1	0.750	29	0	Beat Middle Tennessee 38–7
61	43	2.781	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	2–1–1	0.625	58	+1	Beat Memphis 14–13
62	33	2.801	UCLA	PAC	2–2	0.500	67	+1	Beat Iowa 34–16
63	34	2.816	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	67	+1	Beat Pacific 24–3
64	-28	2.873	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	67	+1	Lost to Duke 16–28
65	-6	2.949	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	2–2	0.500	67	+1	Lost to Florida State 17–25
66	-6	2.950	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	2–2	0.500	67	0	Lost to Louisiana Tech 7–14
67	-1	2.962	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	2–1–1	0.625	58	0	Tied Western Carolina 24–24
68	9	2.972	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	3–1	0.750	29	-1	Beat Presbyterian 13–7
69	30	3.027	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	2–1–1	0.625	58	0	Beat Arizona 13–12
70	-31	3.119	Southern (SOUTHERN)	IND SWAC	2–1–1	0.625	58	-1	Lost to Mississippi Valley State 13–35
71	39	3.137	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	67	+1	Beat Louisiana 20–6
72	-16	3.140	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	2–2	0.500	67	-1	Lost to Texas Tech 7–10
73	-22	3.201	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	2–3	0.400	92	+2	Lost to Auburn 15–21
74	-16	3.203	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	3–2	0.600	62	+1	Lost to UTEP 21–23
75	-2	3.221	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	2–2	0.500	67	-1	Beat West Texas A&M 17–13
76	38	3.226	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	2–2	0.500	67	0	Beat Central Michigan 28–12
77	23	3.239	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	62	0	Beat Villanova 28–8
78	-14	3.268	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	1–3	0.250	101	0	Lost to NC State 20–24
79	12	3.328	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	2–2	0.500	67	-1	Beat Wake Forest 26–17
80	-11	3.352	SMU	IND SWC	2–2	0.500	67	-1	Lost to Ohio State 7–35
81	-7	3.361	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–3	0.250	101	0	Lost to Nebraska 13–31
82	-3	3.379	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–3	0.250	101	0	Lost to Houston 24–28
83	24	3.393	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	2–2	0.500	67	-1	Beat Western Michigan 34–14
84	5	3.406	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	62	-1	Beat Cornell 30–14
85	-1	3.450	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	2–1	0.667	52	-1	Beat Princeton 10–7
86	-66	3.517	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	2–1	0.667	52	-2	Lost to Missouri 0–15
87	-30	3.544	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	1–3	0.250	101	0	Lost to Wyoming 12–13
88	-23	3.552	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	62	-2	Lost to Louisville 13–14
89	3	3.588	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	1–3	0.250	101	+1	Lost to BYU 19–54
90	23	3.593	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	2–1	0.667	52	-1	Beat Pennsylvania 30–18
91	12	3.747	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	2–2–1	0.500	67	-2	Beat Northern Illinois 16–7
92	-20	3.766	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	97	0	BYE
93	25	3.789	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	1–3	0.250	101	-1	Beat Arizona State 15–0
94	15	3.860	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	67	-2	Beat Illinois 30–20
95	6	3.894	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–3	0.250	101	0	Lost to Mississippi State 21–24
96	-29	3.924	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	2–2	0.500	67	-2	Lost to UCLA 16–34
97	-17	3.945	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	67	-2	Lost to Colorado 0–31
98	-13	4.044	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–3	0.250	101	-1	Lost to Oklahoma 9–24
99	-13	4.228	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	101	-1	Lost to San Diego State 0–19
100	-13	4.242	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	101	-1	Lost to Pittsburgh 7–45
101	-39	4.253	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	1–2–1	0.375	95	-1	Lost to Georgia Tech 3–30
102	-39	4.282	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–3	0.250	101	-1	Lost to Tennessee 10–41
103	-15	4.381	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–3	0.250	101	-2	Lost to Kent State 23–44
104	15	4.426	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	2–3	0.400	92	-3	Beat Lamar 9–5
105	-3	4.488	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–3	0.250	101	-2	Lost to Syracuse 20–30
106	-1	4.503	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–3	0.250	101	-3	Lost to Minnesota 17–19
107	24	4.539	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	67	-4	Beat Delaware 6–3
108	27	4.594	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	1–3	0.250	101	-3	Beat Marshall 28–20
109	15	4.673	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	2–2	0.500	67	-1	Beat CAL Poly SAN Luis Obispo 52–3
110	5	4.679	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	1–2	0.333	97	+2	Lost to Colgate 21–38
111	-13	4.738	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–3	0.250	101	-3	Lost to Stanford 10–20
112	-30	4.806	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	1–3	0.250	101	-4	Lost to Southern Illinois 5–9
113	27	4.854	UTEP	IND WAC	1–3	0.250	101	-1	Beat New Mexico State 23–21
114	-33	4.859	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–3	0.250	101	-3	Lost to Tulane 7–36
115	6	4.901	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	1–3	0.250	101	-3	Beat Northridge State 45–14
116	-22	4.939	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–3	0.250	101	-4	Lost to Purdue 17–26
117	8	4.961	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	101	-4	Beat Vanderbilt 36–7
118	2	4.984	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	0–3	0.000	132	-1	Lost to Colorado State 3–44
119	-7	5.000	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	101	-3	Lost to North Texas 14–47
120	-27	5.076	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	2–2	0.500	67	-6	Lost to App State 20–28
121	8	5.141	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	2–3	0.400	92	-5	Beat Tulsa 38–26
122	-6	5.462	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–3	0.250	101	-5	Lost to Bowling Green 14–34
123	-15	5.746	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	1–3	0.250	101	-4	Lost to Miami 3–24
124	-7	5.827	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–3	0.250	101	-2	Lost to Texas 15–72
125	-3	5.871	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	0–3	0.000	132	-3	Lost to Brown 7–10
126	4	5.952	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	1–3	0.250	101	-5	Lost to California 3–52
127	-37	5.968	Texas Southern (TEXAS SOUTHERN)	IND SWAC	1–2–1	0.375	95	0	Lost to Texas A&M Kingsville 13–28
128	8	6.126	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	0–4	0.000	132	-4	Lost to West Virginia 0–13
129	-18	6.179	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–4	0.200	130	-6	Lost to Wichita State 26–38
130	-24	6.310	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	132	-4	Lost to Clemson 13–31
131	-3	6.523	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	1–2	0.333	97	-1	Lost to Columbia 18–30
132	7	6.570	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	0–4	0.000	132	-5	Lost to Long Beach State 10–27
133	0	6.784	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	0–4	0.000	132	-6	Lost to Eastern Michigan 7–17
134	0	6.973	TCU	IND SWC	0–4	0.000	132	-5	Lost to Arkansas 6–42
135	-12	7.014	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	101	-3	Lost to Akron 3–20
136	-10	7.055	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	0–3	0.000	132	-4	Lost to Rutgers 14–30
137	0	7.087	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	101	0	Lost to William & Mary 8–28
138	0	7.101	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	0–5	0.000	132	-7	Lost to Illinois State 7–16
139	-12	7.153	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–4	0.000	132	-5	Lost to Wisconsin 7–19
140	2	7.287	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–3–1	0.300	100	0	Tied Furman 24–24
141	0	7.523	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	0–4	0.000	132	-8	Lost to Texas Arlington 13–17
142	-10	7.756	Alcorn State (ALCORN STATE)	IND SWAC	1–4	0.200	130	-1	Lost to South Carolina State 7–31
143	1	8.107	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	0–4	0.000	132	-8	Lost to Northwestern State 0–13
144	-1	8.107	Prairie View A&M (PRAIRIE VIEW A&M)	IND SWAC	0–4	0.000	132	-2	Lost to Grambling State 7–70
145	0	9.992	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	132	0	BYE

1977 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings

September 27, 1977By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1977 Season Tags: • No Comments

1977 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	3	0.590	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	3–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat New Mexico 42–7
2	1	0.696	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat Tulsa 37–3
3	-1	0.735	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Mississippi State 24–22
4	-3	0.776	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	2–0–1	0.833	25	+3	Beat UL Monroe 63–0
5	5	0.781	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Maryland 27–9
6	20	0.882	BYU	IND WAC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Utah State 65–6
7	7	0.907	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Navy 14–7
8	8	1.051	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	4–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat Ohio 31–14
9	22	1.118	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Texas Tech 33–17
10	5	1.143	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Ohio State 29–28
11	12	1.160	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
12	13	1.172	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Virginia Military Institute 14–13
13	-5	1.281	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	4–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Texas Arlington 30–20
14	-1	1.312	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	2–1	0.667	38	+3	Lost to Oklahoma 28–29
15	7	1.344	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Missouri 28–21
16	17	1.349	Tennessee State (TENNESSEE STATE)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Texas Southern 23–7
17	-11	1.361	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	2–1	0.667	38	+4	Lost to Florida 22–24
18	0	1.374	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Oregon 22–10
19	2	1.419	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Northern Colorado 48–10
20	9	1.454	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Oregon State 33–31
21	9	1.458	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Lamar 21–7
22	13	1.492	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
23	-3	1.504	USC	PAC	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat TCU 51–0
24	19	1.590	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Cornell 28–22
25	14	1.590	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat UConn 23–12
26	25	1.644	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	3–1	0.750	27	+3	Beat Mcneese State 9–7
27	42	1.708	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	2–1	0.667	38	+3	Beat South Carolina 15–13
28	71	1.756	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	38	+2	Beat Temple 76–0
29	-24	1.769	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	38	+2	Lost to Texas A&M 17–33
30	16	1.769	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	2–1	0.667	38	+2	Beat Baylor 31–10
31	25	1.776	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	3–1	0.750	27	+2	Beat Wake Forest 41–14
32	15	1.778	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	1–0–1	0.750	27	0	Tied Illinois State 21–21
33	-24	1.809	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	27	+2	Lost to Georgia 13–15
34	-27	1.847	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	2–1	0.667	38	+2	Lost to Kansas 12–14
35	-1	1.850	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	27	+3	Beat Stephen F. Austin 20–6
36	-12	1.863	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	38	+2	Lost to Michigan 7–14
37	8	1.865	Grambling State (GRAMBLING STATE)	IND SWAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
38	43	1.879	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	2–1	0.667	38	+2	Beat West Virginia 28–13
39	16	1.884	Southern (SOUTHERN)	IND SWAC	2–0–1	0.833	25	0	Beat Prairie View A&M 46–6
40	-2	1.891	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Holy Cross 17–14
41	32	1.895	Jackson State (JACKSON STATE)	IND SWAC	3–1	0.750	27	+3	Beat Mississippi Valley State 37–13
42	15	1.976	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	27	+3	Beat Ole Miss 27–19
43	32	2.007	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	2–1	0.667	38	+2	Beat Ball State 13–12
44	17	2.032	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	2–1	0.667	38	+2	Beat Vanderbilt 24–12
45	-4	2.052	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	2–1	0.667	38	+1	Beat Wyoming 34–16
46	-35	2.063	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	38	+2	Lost to Miami 17–23
47	1	2.074	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	27	+1	Beat West Texas A&M 31–20
48	-36	2.129	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	38	+1	Lost to Kentucky 13–28
49	14	2.130	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	38	+1	Beat Purdue 31–24
50	52	2.150	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	2–1	0.667	38	+1	Beat Tennessee 14–12
51	1	2.195	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	2–2	0.500	71	+3	Lost to Southern Miss 19–27
52	20	2.238	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	2–1	0.667	38	+1	Beat Illinois 37–24
53	26	2.242	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	2–1	0.667	38	+1	Beat Georgia Tech 31–14
54	-4	2.269	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	38	+1	Beat Utah 34–16
55	27	2.296	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	2–1	0.667	38	+1	Beat UCLA 27–13
56	42	2.369	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	2–1	0.667	38	0	Beat Northwestern 41–7
57	67	2.381	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	1–2	0.333	84	+1	Beat Iowa 41–7
58	2	2.413	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	3–1	0.750	27	+2	Beat Drake 35–9
59	8	2.423	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	2–1	0.667	38	+1	Beat UTEP 54–0
60	-43	2.423	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	2–1	0.667	38	0	Lost to Eastern Michigan 7–9
61	-3	2.431	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	2–1	0.667	38	+1	Beat Bowling Green 35–21
62	26	2.439	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	1–1–1	0.500	71	+1	Beat Pacific 15–13
63	5	2.530	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–2	0.333	84	+1	Lost to Arizona State 31–33
64	-20	2.630	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	1–2	0.333	84	+1	Lost to Penn State 9–27
65	-6	2.643	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	27	-1	Beat Virginia Tech 21–20
66	47	2.726	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	38	0	Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 17–7
67	-48	2.731	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	2–1	0.667	38	0	Lost to Arizona 7–41
68	29	2.811	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	2–1	0.667	38	0	Beat Indiana 21–20
69	25	2.865	SMU	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	38	-1	Beat Tulane 28–23
70	-17	2.875	Mississippi Valley State (MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE)	IND SWAC	3–1	0.750	27	-1	Lost to Jackson State 13–37
71	36	2.932	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	2–1	0.667	38	0	Beat Southern Illinois 21–6
72	-7	2.978	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	84	+1	Lost to East Carolina 13–14
73	27	3.014	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	1–2	0.333	84	0	Lost to Louisiana 20–30
74	2	3.050	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–2	0.333	84	0	Lost to Miami (OH) 20–21
75	12	3.091	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	1–2	0.333	84	0	Beat Virginia 31–7
76	-27	3.118	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	38	-1	Lost to Furman 7–17
77	1	3.135	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	38	0	BYE
78	-4	3.158	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	1–2	0.333	84	0	Lost to Auburn 12–14
79	-39	3.175	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–2	0.333	84	0	Lost to Nebraska 10–31
80	-53	3.190	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	38	-1	Lost to Boston College 28–49
81	-39	3.194	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–2	0.333	84	0	Lost to Alabama 12–24
82	-16	3.199	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	1–2	0.333	84	0	Lost to Long Beach State 7–21
83	53	3.255	LSU	SEC	1–1	0.500	71	-1	Beat Rice 77–0
84	-4	3.288	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	1–1	0.500	71	0	Beat Rhode Island 28–10
85	42	3.335	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–2	0.333	84	0	Beat Washington State 14–12
86	10	3.360	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	84	0	Lost to BYU 6–65
87	42	3.400	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	84	0	Beat Army 49–28
88	-4	3.423	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–2	0.333	84	0	Lost to Central Michigan 14–31
89	23	3.442	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	71	0	Beat Princeton 10–6
90	-36	3.461	Texas Southern (TEXAS SOUTHERN)	IND SWAC	1–1–1	0.500	71	0	Lost to Tennessee State 7–23
91	-29	3.505	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–2	0.333	84	-1	Lost to Notre Dame 24–31
92	-7	3.579	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	1–2	0.333	84	0	Lost to Colorado 7–42
93	25	3.592	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	38	-2	Beat Toledo 24–0
94	-23	3.728	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–2	0.333	84	-1	Lost to NC State 14–41
95	11	3.739	UCLA	PAC	1–2	0.333	84	-1	Lost to Minnesota 13–27
96	-19	3.751	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	84	-1	Lost to Clemson 14–31
97	26	3.794	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	84	-1	Beat Florida State 23–17
98	11	3.863	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–2	0.333	84	-1	Lost to Wisconsin 10–22
99	-62	3.875	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	1–1–1	0.500	71	-1	Lost to Michigan State 16–34
100	31	3.925	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	71	-2	Beat Louisville 21–7
101	4	3.962	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–2	0.333	84	0	Beat Wichita State 21–14
102	-19	4.007	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–2	0.333	84	-1	Lost to Stanford 24–37
103	18	4.153	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	1–2–1	0.375	83	-1	Tied Louisiana Tech 21–21
104	-76	4.211	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	1–1–1	0.500	71	-2	Lost to William & Mary 7–21
105	-41	4.294	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–2	0.333	84	-2	Lost to Syracuse 20–22
106	-3	4.433	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	127	-1	Lost to Memphis 20–21
107	4	4.505	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	1–2	0.333	84	-2	Lost to Iowa State 21–35
108	-15	4.565	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	1–2	0.333	84	-1	Lost to Air Force 13–15
109	30	4.571	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	84	-2	Beat Washington 22–20
110	12	4.639	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	84	-2	Beat Idaho 45–26
111	8	4.666	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–3	0.250	122	-1	Lost to Arkansas 3–37
112	21	4.740	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	84	-2	Beat App State 21–13
113	-21	4.762	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	1–1	0.500	71	-1	Beat Lafayette 21–10
114	-10	4.867	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	1–2	0.333	84	-3	Lost to Kent State 12–13
115	-83	4.880	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	1–1	0.500	71	+1	Lost to Massachusetts 0–17
116	21	4.905	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–2	0.333	84	-3	Beat Northern Illinois 49–21
117	-16	5.272	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–2	0.333	84	-1	Lost to LSU 0–77
118	7	5.288	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–3	0.000	127	-2	Lost to California 21–28
119	-4	5.292	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	1–3	0.250	122	-3	Lost to Arkansas State 6–21
120	-10	5.321	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	0–2	0.000	127	-1	Lost to Houston 16–34
121	-26	5.496	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	0–3	0.000	127	-2	Lost to San José State 12–23
122	-36	5.600	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	0–2	0.000	127	-2	Lost to Rutgers 6–10
123	-53	5.604	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	84	-3	Lost to Western Carolina 14–15
124	-34	5.623	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	1–2	0.333	84	0	Lost to Montana State 14–24
125	9	5.693	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	127	-3	Lost to SMU 23–28
126	-37	5.748	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	0–2	0.000	127	-1	Lost to Colgate 22–28
127	-19	5.792	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–3	0.000	127	-2	Lost to North Carolina 7–41
128	-92	5.817	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	1–1	0.500	71	0	Lost to Lehigh 7–19
129	-1	5.819	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	1–3	0.250	122	-4	Lost to Kansas State 14–21
130	10	5.830	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	1–2	0.333	84	-4	Beat CAL State Fullerton 23–12
131	-15	5.880	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	84	-4	Lost to Pittsburgh 0–76
132	-18	6.197	Alcorn State (ALCORN STATE)	IND SWAC	1–3	0.250	122	0	Lost to Florida A&M 7–28
133	-3	6.636	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	0–3	0.000	127	-3	Lost to Marshall 0–24
134	4	6.668	TCU	IND SWC	0–3	0.000	127	-3	Lost to USC 0–51
135	-44	6.712	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	0–3	0.000	127	-4	Lost to Richmond 13–21
136	-4	6.734	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	0–3	0.000	127	-3	Lost to Duke 7–31
137	-20	6.859	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	84	+1	Lost to Dayton 17–21
138	-18	6.948	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	0–4	0.000	127	-4	Lost to Western Michigan 21–49
139	2	7.151	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	0–3	0.000	127	-4	Lost to New Mexico State 9–35
140	-14	7.162	UTEP	IND WAC	0–3	0.000	127	-3	Lost to Oklahoma State 0–54
141	-6	7.534	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	0–3	0.000	127	-5	Lost to North Texas 20–31
142	2	7.606	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–3	0.250	122	0	Beat Indiana State 15–14
143	0	7.973	Prairie View A&M (PRAIRIE VIEW A&M)	IND SWAC	0–3	0.000	127	-1	Lost to Southern 6–46
144	-2	8.499	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	127	-5	Lost to Cincinnati 0–63
145	0	9.868	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	127	0	Lost to Dartmouth 14–17

1977 Week 4 College Football Team Rankings

September 20, 1977By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1977 Season Tags: • No Comments

1977 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	1	0.384	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	1–0–1	0.750	41	+2	Tied Louisville 17–17
2	58	0.505	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Rice 48–3
3	-2	0.524	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Oklahoma State 28–6
4	43	0.663	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Kent State 42–0
5	38	0.674	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat New Mexico 49–14
6	17	0.727	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+3	BYE
7	38	0.802	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Michigan State 23–21
8	11	0.954	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Lamar 10–6
9	21	0.982	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Miami (OH) 42–19
10	2	0.998	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Houston 31–14
11	-8	1.043	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Kansas State 18–10
12	2	1.092	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Maryland 24–16
13	29	1.104	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Minnesota 38–7
14	2	1.108	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Duke 21–9
15	37	1.108	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Utah 62–24
16	-1	1.133	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Illinois State 28–7
17	7	1.145	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat West Texas A&M 20–8
18	13	1.157	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Northern Illinois 14–3
19	-1	1.160	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Iowa State 12–10
20	9	1.168	USC	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Oregon State 17–10
21	4	1.179	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Hawai'i 20–16
22	17	1.183	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Air Force 24–14
23	-15	1.251	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Virginia 68–0
24	-17	1.258	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat UConn 38–7
25	1	1.298	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Toledo 22–9
26	-16	1.379	BYU	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
27	50	1.383	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Virginia Military Institute 27–14
28	-17	1.386	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	1–0–1	0.750	41	0	Tied Cincinnati 17–17
29	26	1.432	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northwestern 35–3
30	32	1.529	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat CAL State Fullerton 50–31
31	2	1.541	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Virginia Tech 27–6
32	29	1.567	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Columbia 21–7
33	20	1.572	Tennessee State (TENNESSEE STATE)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Alabama A&M 23–10
34	76	1.575	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	46	+2	Beat Arkansas State 30–7
35	-7	1.582	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Arizona 21–14
36	29	1.597	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Cornell 17–7
37	32	1.597	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	1–0–1	0.750	41	0	Beat UTEP 27–17
38	21	1.650	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Princeton 14–11
39	31	1.665	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Brown 10–9
40	55	1.671	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	56	+1	Beat Kentucky 21–6
41	7	1.682	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	1–1	0.500	56	+1	Lost to Washington State 21–23
42	34	1.699	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–1	0.500	56	+1	Beat Wake Forest 3–0
43	-22	1.699	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Lafayette 38–12
44	2	1.720	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	1–1	0.500	56	+1	Lost to West Virginia 16–24
45	-28	1.729	Grambling State (GRAMBLING STATE)	IND SWAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Morgan State 35–19
46	47	1.729	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	56	+1	Beat Alabama 31–24
47	16	1.778	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Sacramento State 56–0
48	23	1.809	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	46	+1	Beat SMU 24–13
49	29	1.820	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat App State 14–7
50	-1	1.829	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	56	+1	Lost to Penn State 14–31
51	23	1.868	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	2–1	0.667	46	+1	Beat Bowling Green 16–6
52	29	1.995	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	2–1	0.667	46	+2	Beat Notre Dame 20–13
53	19	2.012	Mississippi Valley State (MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE)	IND SWAC	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Arkansas Pine Bluff 12–9
54	31	2.095	Texas Southern (TEXAS SOUTHERN)	IND SWAC	1–0–1	0.750	41	0	BYE
55	34	2.155	Southern (SOUTHERN)	IND SWAC	1–0–1	0.750	41	0	BYE
56	26	2.270	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	2–1	0.667	46	0	Beat Syracuse 38–0
57	75	2.289	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	46	+1	Beat Auburn 24–13
58	-54	2.317	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	56	+1	Lost to Iowa 10–12
59	66	2.342	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	46	0	Beat Utah State 31–26
60	26	2.410	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	2–1	0.667	46	+2	Beat Wichita State 24–12
61	-56	2.440	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–1	0.500	56	+1	Lost to Nebraska 24–31
62	22	2.455	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–1	0.500	56	0	Beat Ohio 44–7
63	-22	2.518	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	56	0	Lost to Ole Miss 13–20
64	30	2.543	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–1	0.500	56	0	Beat San José State 24–3
65	-52	2.555	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	56	+1	Lost to Army 14–27
66	-34	2.556	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	1–1	0.500	56	0	Lost to Louisiana 6–10
67	-40	2.579	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	56	+1	Lost to Arkansas 6–28
68	-34	2.601	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–1	0.500	56	0	Lost to USC 10–17
69	-32	2.639	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	1–1	0.500	56	0	Lost to Clemson 6–7
70	45	2.643	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	56	+1	Beat Southern Illinois 14–9
71	-33	2.657	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–1	0.500	56	0	Lost to Vanderbilt 0–3
72	16	2.659	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	1–1	0.500	56	0	Beat Tulane 21–17
73	56	2.678	Jackson State (JACKSON STATE)	IND SWAC	2–1	0.667	46	0	Beat Prairie View A&M 27–2
74	24	2.679	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	1–1	0.500	56	0	Beat Boston College 24–18
75	-69	2.746	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	1–1	0.500	56	+1	Lost to Colorado 0–42
76	33	2.760	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–1	0.500	56	0	Beat LSU 24–21
77	35	2.761	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	56	0	Beat Miami 10–6
78	56	2.762	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	46	0	Beat Western Carolina 20–0
79	11	2.779	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	1–1	0.500	56	0	Beat Georgia 7–6
80	-24	2.822	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	0–1	0.000	112	0	Lost to Yale 9–10
81	-31	2.836	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–1	0.500	56	0	Lost to Baylor 6–21
82	-42	2.840	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–1	0.500	56	0	Lost to Ohio State 7–38
83	39	2.863	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–1	0.500	56	0	Beat Missouri 11–7
84	-62	2.878	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–1	0.500	56	0	Lost to Purdue 7–44
85	-41	2.885	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	56	0	Lost to Texas Tech 14–49
86	-20	2.888	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	0–1	0.000	112	0	Lost to Dartmouth 11–14
87	-14	3.003	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	0–2	0.000	112	0	Lost to Michigan 9–21
88	-34	3.118	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	0–1–1	0.250	111	0	Lost to California 14–24
89	-31	3.118	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	0–1	0.000	112	0	Lost to Pennsylvania 7–17
90	26	3.129	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	1–1	0.500	56	0	Beat Boise State 42–7
91	17	3.151	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	112	0	Lost to Tennessee Chattanooga 7–14
92	-35	3.249	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	0–1	0.000	112	0	Lost to Harvard 7–21
93	21	3.304	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	1–1	0.500	56	0	Beat Idaho 31–21
94	-74	3.368	SMU	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	56	-1	Lost to North Texas 13–24
95	16	3.381	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	0–2	0.000	112	0	Lost to Long Beach State 31–50
96	-61	3.415	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	56	-1	Lost to Memphis 26–31
97	-6	3.418	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	1–1	0.500	56	0	Lost to South Carolina 19–42
98	-19	3.420	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	1–1	0.500	56	-1	Beat Richmond 31–0
99	-2	3.442	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	56	0	Beat William & Mary 28–6
100	37	3.448	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	1–1	0.500	56	-1	Beat Western Michigan 17–10
101	-21	3.469	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	56	0	Lost to Florida 3–48
102	-66	3.479	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–1	0.500	56	-1	Lost to Southern Miss 13–24
103	-35	3.479	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	112	0	Lost to Texas A&M 6–27
104	-95	3.519	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	1–1	0.500	56	-1	Lost to Villanova 16–38
105	21	3.562	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–2	0.000	112	0	Lost to Florida State 10–18
106	-23	3.607	UCLA	PAC	1–1	0.500	56	-1	Beat Kansas 17–7
107	-56	3.666	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	1–1	0.500	56	-1	Lost to Northwestern State 7–30
108	11	3.710	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–2	0.000	112	0	Lost to Arizona State 3–35
109	-7	3.714	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–1	0.500	56	-1	Beat TCU 29–24
110	-43	4.038	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	112	0	Lost to Oklahoma 24–62
111	-24	4.063	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	1–1	0.500	56	-1	Lost to Eastern Michigan 6–16
112	11	4.082	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	104	0	Beat Bucknell 36–14
113	-12	4.096	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	56	-1	Beat East Tennessee State 42–12
114	7	4.134	Alcorn State (ALCORN STATE)	IND SWAC	1–2	0.333	104	0	Beat Alabama State 15–7
115	18	4.215	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	1–2	0.333	104	-1	Lost to Indiana State 9–14
116	20	4.224	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	56	-2	Beat Drake 42–0
117	25	4.228	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	56	+1	Beat Ball State 38–16
118	-1	4.350	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	56	-1	Beat Morehead State 38–26
119	-1	4.441	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–2	0.333	104	-1	Beat UL Monroe 37–35
120	15	4.564	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	0–3	0.000	112	-1	Lost to Wisconsin 3–14
121	9	4.773	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	104	-1	Lost to Central Michigan 7–28
122	-30	4.811	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	112	-1	Lost to Colorado State 16–20
123	-27	4.827	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	112	-1	Lost to Georgia Tech 6–10
124	-24	4.893	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	0–2	0.000	112	-1	Lost to San Diego State 14–21
125	-12	4.942	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–2	0.000	112	-1	Lost to Illinois 7–11
126	15	4.942	UTEP	IND WAC	0–2	0.000	112	-1	Lost to Wyoming 17–27
127	-21	4.992	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–2	0.000	112	-1	Lost to UCLA 7–17
128	-23	5.066	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	1–2	0.333	104	-2	Lost to New Mexico State 12–24
129	2	5.419	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	112	-1	Lost to Tennessee 18–24
130	-3	5.468	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	0–2	0.000	112	-1	Lost to East Carolina 9–22
131	-3	5.591	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	104	-2	Lost to Pittsburgh 6–28
132	7	5.616	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	0–2	0.000	112	-1	Lost to Texas 0–68
133	-9	5.699	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	112	-1	Lost to North Carolina 0–31
134	6	6.438	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	112	-2	Lost to Stanford 17–21
135	3	6.438	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	0–2	0.000	112	-2	Lost to Mcneese State 8–20
136	-72	6.504	LSU	SEC	0–1	0.000	112	-1	Lost to Indiana 21–24
137	-38	6.685	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–2	0.000	112	-2	Lost to Texas Arlington 10–17
138	-18	6.882	TCU	IND SWC	0–2	0.000	112	-2	Lost to Oregon 24–29
139	-35	6.899	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	112	-2	Lost to NC State 0–38
140	-37	6.948	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	0–2	0.000	112	-2	Lost to Washington 3–24
141	-66	7.129	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	0–2	0.000	112	-2	Lost to Temple 0–42
142	-35	8.247	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	112	-3	Lost to Tulsa 35–37
143	2	9.907	Prairie View A&M (PRAIRIE VIEW A&M)	IND SWAC	0–2	0.000	112	-1	Lost to Jackson State 2–27
144	-1	10.625	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–3	0.000	112	-1	Lost to Citadel 0–20
145	-1	12.767	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	112	0	Lost to Rhode Island 0–14

1977 Week 3 College Football Team Rankings

September 13, 1977By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1977 Season Tags: • No Comments

1977 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	15	0.610	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat New Mexico State 53–10
2	26	0.625	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Northwestern State 41–0
3	36	0.716	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Southern Miss 35–6
4	49	0.738	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Wichita State 35–9
5	8	0.776	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Ole Miss 34–13
6	50	0.791	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Illinois State 33–14
7	66	0.791	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Citadel 21–2
8	94	0.814	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Boston College 44–0
9	11	0.844	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Toledo 43–3
10	15	0.851	BYU	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kansas State 39–0
11	51	0.859	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northern Illinois 38–0
12	-11	0.859	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
13	102	0.859	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat William & Mary 23–13
14	106	0.874	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Richmond 36–0
15	-13	0.904	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Eastern Michigan 9–3
16	53	0.934	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Illinois 37–9
17	27	0.957	Grambling State (GRAMBLING STATE)	IND SWAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Alcorn State 42–17
18	34	0.964	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northwestern 24–0
19	-16	0.964	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Fresno State 34–13
20	75	0.964	SMU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat TCU 45–21
21	9	0.972	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Rutgers 23–0
22	57	0.979	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Marshall 49–27
23	-12	0.998	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Washington 27–18
24	42	1.010	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Indiana State 25–7
25	7	1.017	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pacific 20–3
26	-19	1.017	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Duke 17–16
27	55	1.017	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tulsa 34–17
28	65	1.017	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat CAL State Fullerton 34–17
29	79	1.017	USC	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Missouri 27–10
30	-24	1.025	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Georgia Tech 17–0
31	91	1.025	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Indiana 30–14
32	26	1.040	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat UL Monroe 21–7
33	70	1.040	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kansas 28–14
34	50	1.055	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Syracuse 24–12
35	75	1.055	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat San José State 22–10
36	-17	1.062	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Arizona 21–10
37	5	1.062	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oregon 27–16
38	79	1.062	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Furman 24–13
39	-12	1.070	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tennessee 27–17
40	31	1.070	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Western Michigan 10–0
41	37	1.070	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pittsburgh 19–9
42	38	1.070	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Miami 10–0
43	61	1.070	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Baylor 17–7
44	31	1.077	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hawai'i 35–26
45	74	1.077	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Nebraska 19–10
46	19	1.092	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Clemson 21–14
47	-16	1.100	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Stanford 27–21
48	22	1.108	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Purdue 19–14
49	-1	1.115	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat UCLA 17–13
50	7	1.123	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Carolina 10–7
51	-34	1.130	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Drake 31–29
52	29	1.130	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Vanderbilt 25–23
53	83	1.428	Tennessee State (TENNESSEE STATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Jackson State 17–7
54	-42	1.753	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	0–0–1	0.500	62	0	Tied Wyoming 0–0
55	-40	1.753	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	131	0	BYE
56	-32	1.753	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	131	0	BYE
57	-24	1.753	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	131	0	BYE
58	-24	1.753	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	131	0	BYE
59	-24	1.753	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	131	0	BYE
60	-22	1.753	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	131	0	BYE
61	-16	1.753	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	131	0	BYE
62	-3	1.753	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	0–0	0.000	131	0	BYE
63	-2	1.753	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	0–0	0.000	131	0	BYE
64	-1	1.753	LSU	SEC	0–0	0.000	131	0	BYE
65	21	1.753	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	131	0	BYE
66	23	1.753	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	131	0	BYE
67	42	1.753	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	131	0	BYE
68	48	1.753	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	131	0	BYE
69	54	1.753	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	0–0–1	0.500	62	0	Tied Air Force 0–0
70	54	1.753	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	131	0	BYE
71	54	1.880	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	62	0	Beat UTEP 41–10
72	67	1.929	Mississippi Valley State (MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE)	IND SWAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lincoln 55–0
73	-36	1.959	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to East Carolina 16–17
74	-70	1.985	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–1	0.500	62	0	Lost to Central Michigan 3–9
75	-39	1.992	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Arkansas State 29–31
76	36	1.992	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Oklahoma 23–25
77	-59	2.019	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Massachusetts 34–10
78	23	2.019	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Western Kentucky 27–3
79	-3	2.025	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Kentucky 7–10
80	11	2.042	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Idaho 31–10
81	-73	2.048	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–1	0.500	62	+1	Lost to Alabama 13–34
82	47	2.052	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	1–1	0.500	62	0	Beat Virginia 14–0
83	24	2.058	UCLA	PAC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Houston 13–17
84	6	2.090	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Michigan State 14–19
85	55	2.095	Texas Southern (TEXAS SOUTHERN)	IND SWAC	1–0–1	0.750	60	0	Tied Southern 14–14
86	-81	2.098	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	62	+1	Lost to Arkansas 10–53
87	-64	2.117	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Grand Valley State 17–6
88	8	2.123	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Colorado 21–27
89	55	2.155	Southern (SOUTHERN)	IND SWAC	1–0–1	0.750	60	0	Tied Texas Southern 14–14
90	-61	2.156	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Maryland 14–21
91	-23	2.177	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Dayton 26–23
92	-46	2.222	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to New Mexico 26–35
93	-19	2.222	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Washington State 10–19
94	24	2.222	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Mississippi State 18–27
95	-74	2.255	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Texas Tech 7–17
96	-29	2.255	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Ohio State 0–10
97	-10	2.255	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Notre Dame 9–19
98	2	2.255	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to California 17–27
99	22	2.255	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Minnesota 0–10
100	-86	2.288	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Auburn 10–21
101	-60	2.288	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Wake Forest 13–24
102	-19	2.288	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Georgia 16–27
103	-9	2.321	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Utah State 10–22
104	-7	2.321	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Oregon State 12–24
105	-95	2.331	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	62	0	Lost to Iowa State 9–35
106	-52	2.386	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Texas A&M 14–28
107	-47	2.386	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Lamar 7–21
108	22	2.419	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	78	0	BYE
109	-59	2.452	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Wisconsin 14–30
110	-101	2.470	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	62	0	Lost to Cincinnati 0–41
111	-85	2.485	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to San Diego State 17–34
112	-69	2.485	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to South Carolina 0–17
113	-41	2.485	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to USC 10–27
114	-29	2.485	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Colorado State 3–20
115	-64	2.518	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Mcneese State 7–25
116	-76	2.616	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Louisiana 13–34
117	-53	2.649	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Ohio 27–49
118	15	2.649	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	0–2	0.000	78	0	Lost to Oklahoma State 17–34
119	-42	2.715	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Iowa 0–24
120	-22	2.715	TCU	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to SMU 21–45
121	13	2.830	Alcorn State (ALCORN STATE)	IND SWAC	0–2	0.000	78	0	Lost to Grambling State 17–42
122	-73	2.847	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Michigan 9–37
123	12	2.929	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	78	0	Lost to Colgate 0–23
124	-32	3.110	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to West Virginia 0–36
125	1	3.137	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	62	-1	Beat Tulane 27–9
126	-71	3.208	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to BYU 0–39
127	-22	3.241	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Ball State 3–43
128	13	3.285	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	62	0	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 13–23
129	13	3.311	Jackson State (JACKSON STATE)	IND SWAC	1–1	0.500	62	0	Lost to Tennessee State 7–17
130	8	3.317	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	62	0	Lost to Kent State 14–33
131	-109	3.373	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Texas 0–44
132	5	3.385	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	62	0	Lost to Florida State 6–35
133	-2	3.422	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	62	-1	Beat Temple 24–20
134	9	3.428	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	62	0	Lost to Navy 2–21
135	-3	4.934	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	0–2	0.000	78	-1	Lost to Louisville 0–38
136	-37	6.068	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	-1	Lost to Southern Illinois 20–24
137	-10	6.068	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	0–1	0.000	78	-1	BYE
138	-10	6.068	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	78	-1	BYE
139	-25	6.397	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	0–1	0.000	78	-1	Lost to NC State 0–14
140	-34	6.529	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	-1	Lost to Memphis 9–27
141	-30	6.956	UTEP	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	78	-1	Lost to North Texas 10–41
142	-29	11.559	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Youngstown State 10–13
143	2	11.871	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	78	0	Lost to Tennessee Tech 21–41
144	-97	11.888	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to NEW Hampshire 14–27
145	-57	12.381	Prairie View A&M (PRAIRIE VIEW A&M)	IND SWAC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Texas A&M Commerce 10–38

1977 Week 2 College Football Team Rankings

September 6, 1977By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1977 Season Tags: • No Comments

1977 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	Game Status
1	0	0.030	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Rutgers 45–7
2	-1	0.090	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Alcorn State 37–7
3	-2	0.113	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Tulsa 48–21
4	-3	0.143	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Northern Illinois 25–2
5	-4	0.151	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Southern Illinois 29–7
6	-5	0.203	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat App State 32–17
7	-6	0.279	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat NC State 28–23
8	-7	0.286	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Memphis 7–3
9	-8	0.286	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Texas Arlington 28–24
10	-9	0.286	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat West Texas A&M 14–10
11	-10	0.301	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat North Texas 17–15
12	-11	0.438	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
13	-12	0.438	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
14	-13	0.438	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
15	-14	0.438	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
16	-15	0.438	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
17	-16	0.438	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
18	-17	0.438	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
19	-18	0.438	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
20	-19	0.438	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
21	-20	0.438	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
22	-21	0.438	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
23	-22	0.438	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
24	-23	0.438	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
25	-24	0.438	BYU	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
26	-25	0.438	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
27	-26	0.438	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
28	-27	0.438	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
29	-28	0.438	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
30	-29	0.438	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
31	-30	0.438	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
32	-31	0.438	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
33	-32	0.438	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
34	-33	0.438	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
35	-34	0.438	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
36	-35	0.438	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
37	-36	0.438	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
38	-37	0.438	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
39	-38	0.438	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
40	-39	0.438	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
41	-40	0.438	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
42	-41	0.438	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
43	-42	0.438	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
44	-43	0.438	Grambling State (GRAMBLING STATE)	IND SWAC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
45	-44	0.438	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
46	-45	0.438	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
47	-46	0.438	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
48	-47	0.438	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
49	-48	0.438	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
50	-49	0.438	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
51	-50	0.438	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
52	-51	0.438	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
53	-52	0.438	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
54	-53	0.438	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
55	-54	0.438	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
56	-55	0.438	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
57	-56	0.438	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
58	-57	0.438	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
59	-58	0.438	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
60	-59	0.438	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
61	-60	0.438	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
62	-61	0.438	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
63	-62	0.438	LSU	SEC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
64	-63	0.438	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
65	-64	0.438	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
66	-65	0.438	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
67	-66	0.438	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
68	-67	0.438	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
69	-68	0.438	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
70	-69	0.438	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
71	-70	0.438	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
72	-71	0.438	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
73	-72	0.438	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
74	-73	0.438	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
75	-74	0.438	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
76	-75	0.438	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
77	-76	0.438	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
78	-77	0.438	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
79	-78	0.438	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
80	-79	0.438	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
81	-80	0.438	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
82	-81	0.438	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
83	-82	0.438	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
84	-83	0.438	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
85	-84	0.438	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
86	-85	0.438	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
87	-86	0.438	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
88	-87	0.438	Prairie View A&M (PRAIRIE VIEW A&M)	IND SWAC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
89	-88	0.438	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
90	-89	0.438	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
91	-90	0.438	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
92	-91	0.438	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
93	-92	0.438	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
94	-93	0.438	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
95	-94	0.438	SMU	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
96	-95	0.438	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
97	-96	0.438	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
98	-97	0.438	TCU	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
99	-98	0.438	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
100	-99	0.438	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
101	-100	0.438	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
102	-101	0.438	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
103	-102	0.438	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
104	-103	0.438	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
105	-104	0.438	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
106	-105	0.438	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
107	-106	0.438	UCLA	PAC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
108	-107	0.438	USC	PAC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
109	-108	0.438	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
110	-109	0.438	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
111	-110	0.438	UTEP	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
112	-111	0.438	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
113	-112	0.438	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
114	-113	0.438	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
115	-114	0.438	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
116	-115	0.438	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
117	-116	0.438	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
118	-117	0.438	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
119	-118	0.438	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
120	-119	0.438	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
121	-120	0.438	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
122	-121	0.438	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
123	-122	0.438	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
124	-123	0.438	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
125	-124	0.636	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	21	Lost to Mississippi State 15–17
126	-125	0.701	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	21	Lost to Ole Miss 3–7
127	-126	0.701	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	0–1	0.000	21	Lost to Northwestern State 24–28
128	-127	0.701	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	21	Lost to Wichita State 10–14
129	-128	0.734	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	0–1	0.000	21	Lost to East Carolina 23–28
130	-129	1.063	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	21	Lost to South Carolina 17–32
131	-130	1.293	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	21	Lost to New Mexico State 7–29
132	-131	1.326	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	0–1	0.000	21	Lost to Eastern Michigan 2–25
133	-132	1.458	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	21	Lost to Louisiana 21–48
134	-133	1.556	Alcorn State (ALCORN STATE)	IND SWAC	0–1	0.000	21	Lost to Central Michigan 7–37
135	-134	1.819	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	21	Lost to Penn State 7–45
136	-135	1.997	Tennessee State (TENNESSEE STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Middle Tennessee 27–0
137	-136	2.027	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Troy 42–19
138	-137	2.049	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Eastern Illinois 20–0
139	-138	2.072	Mississippi Valley State (MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE)	IND SWAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Bishop 27–10
140	-139	2.095	Texas Southern (TEXAS SOUTHERN)	IND SWAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Bethune Cookman 14–0
141	-140	2.095	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Norfolk State 27–13
142	-141	2.117	Jackson State (JACKSON STATE)	IND SWAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Alabama State 17–6
143	-142	2.147	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Wofford 7–0
144	-143	2.155	Southern (SOUTHERN)	IND SWAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Tuskegee 13–7
145	-144	10.268	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	21	Lost to Jacksonville State 16–21

1977 Pre-Season College Football Team Rankings

August 30, 1977By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1977 Season Tags: • No Comments

1977 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Team	Conf	Record	Place	Game Status
1	99	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	21	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	—	Alcorn State (ALCORN STATE)	IND SWAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	59	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	82	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	98	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	62	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	71	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	77	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	96	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	37	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	31	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	36	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	49	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	20	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	0–0	1	Preseason
1	30	BYU	IND WAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	126	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	0–0	1	Preseason
1	69	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	60	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	27	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	68	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	89	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	41	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	26	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	76	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	102	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	0–0	1	Preseason
1	104	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	0–0	1	Preseason
1	34	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	0–0	1	Preseason
1	133	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	66	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	12	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	127	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	22	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	84	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	88	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	0–0	1	Preseason
1	58	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	4	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	92	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	—	Grambling State (GRAMBLING STATE)	IND SWAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	44	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	0–0	1	Preseason
1	135	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	124	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	8	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	64	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	97	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	78	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	117	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	80	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	23	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	—	Jackson State (JACKSON STATE)	IND SWAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	43	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	119	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	35	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	24	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	123	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	42	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	0–0	1	Preseason
1	16	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	129	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	50	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	86	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	48	LSU	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	105	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	2	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	18	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	52	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	87	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	103	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	3	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	81	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	61	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	73	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	15	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	—	Mississippi Valley State (MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE)	IND SWAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	28	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	85	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	14	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	91	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	115	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	29	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	95	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	67	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	132	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	130	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	94	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	25	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	40	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	5	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	6	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	11	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	101	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	128	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	131	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	0–0	1	Preseason
1	38	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	113	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	0–0	1	Preseason
1	0	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	—	Prairie View A&M (PRAIRIE VIEW A&M)	IND SWAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	106	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	0–0	1	Preseason
1	70	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	108	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	46	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	17	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	10	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	45	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	0–0	1	Preseason
1	100	SMU	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	56	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	—	Southern (SOUTHERN)	IND SWAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	53	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	109	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	51	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	112	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	136	TCU	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	110	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	63	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	—	Tennessee State (TENNESSEE STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	75	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	55	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	9	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	—	Texas Southern (TEXAS SOUTHERN)	IND SWAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	7	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	90	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	116	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	122	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	32	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	13	UCLA	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	1	USC	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	120	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	111	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	134	UTEP	IND WAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	118	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	57	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	125	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	72	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	54	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	83	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	74	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	114	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	93	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	65	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	—	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	39	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	107	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	33	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	79	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	47	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	19	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	0–0	1	Preseason

1976 Final College Football Team Rankings

January 4, 1977By 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	1	0.999	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	12–0	1.000	1	+63	Beat Georgia 27–3
2	3	1.032	USC	PAC	11–1	0.917	3	+58	Beat Michigan 14–6
3	-2	1.182	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	11–1	0.917	3	+51	Lost to Houston 21–30
4	-1	1.212	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	10–2	0.833	8	+43	Lost to USC 6–14
5	-1	1.245	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	10–2	0.833	8	+50	Lost to Pittsburgh 3–27
6	3	1.287	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	9–2–1	0.792	18	+43	Beat Colorado 27–10
7	0	1.293	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	9–2–1	0.792	18	+43	BYE
8	-2	1.316	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	10–2	0.833	8	+45	Lost to Nebraska 24–27
9	4	1.335	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	10–2	0.833	8	+47	Beat Maryland 30–21
10	2	1.358	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	10–2	0.833	8	+39	Beat Florida 37–14
11	-3	1.445	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND FBSI	10–1	0.909	5	+41	BYE
12	-1	1.464	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	9–3	0.750	21	+41	BYE
13	-3	1.499	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	9–2	0.818	14	+34	BYE
14	0	1.555	UCLA	PAC	9–2–1	0.792	18	+34	BYE
15	10	1.577	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	9–3–1	0.731	26	+35	Beat Texas Tech 27–24
16	-1	1.588	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	9–2	0.818	14	+34	BYE
17	0	1.610	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	9–2	0.818	14	+34	BYE
18	0	1.630	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	11–0	1.000	1	+25	BYE
19	1	1.652	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	10–2	0.833	8	+38	BYE
20	2	1.653	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	8–1	0.889	6	+21	BYE
21	2	1.665	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	8–1	0.889	6	+24	BYE
22	-3	1.668	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	9–3	0.750	21	+33	BYE
23	-7	1.743	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	8–4	0.667	33	+34	Lost to Texas A&M 14–37
24	0	1.751	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	8–3	0.727	27	+29	BYE
25	4	1.769	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	8–4	0.667	33	+35	Beat North Carolina 21–0
26	0	1.770	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	9–3	0.750	21	+36	BYE
27	-6	1.850	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	8–4	0.667	33	+30	Lost to Ohio State 10–27
28	0	1.988	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	27	+26	BYE
29	1	2.023	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	6–5	0.545	54	+28	BYE
30	-3	2.122	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	9–3	0.750	21	+25	Lost to Kentucky 0–21
31	0	2.134	BYU	IND WAC	9–3	0.750	21	+21	BYE
32	0	2.145	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	7–3–1	0.682	32	+19	BYE
33	0	2.323	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	7–4–1	0.625	47	+17	BYE
34	0	2.473	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	7–4	0.636	40	+24	BYE
35	3	2.516	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	33	+8	BYE
36	-1	2.523	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	8–4	0.667	33	+13	BYE
37	-1	2.563	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	27	+9	BYE
38	-1	2.577	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	8–3	0.727	27	+18	BYE
39	1	2.611	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	7–5	0.583	53	+14	BYE
40	-1	2.637	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–4	0.636	40	+10	BYE
41	0	2.680	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	7–4	0.636	40	+8	BYE
42	1	2.710	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	17	+1	BYE
43	-1	2.720	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	8–3	0.727	27	+5	BYE
44	0	2.721	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	6–5	0.545	54	+10	BYE
45	2	2.733	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	33	+5	BYE
46	-1	2.779	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	7–4	0.636	40	+5	BYE
47	-1	2.789	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	5–6	0.455	71	+8	BYE
48	0	2.813	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	8–4	0.667	33	+9	BYE
49	1	2.851	LSU	SEC	6–4–1	0.591	48	+4	BYE
50	-1	2.852	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	6–5	0.545	54	+9	BYE
51	2	2.860	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	6–5	0.545	54	+4	BYE
52	-1	2.872	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	6–5	0.545	54	+10	BYE
53	-1	2.874	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	40	+6	BYE
54	0	2.896	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	40	+5	BYE
55	0	2.908	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	54	+5	BYE
56	4	2.949	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	5–5–1	0.500	66	+5	BYE
57	1	2.966	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	54	+5	BYE
58	-2	2.970	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	6–4–1	0.591	48	+4	BYE
59	-2	2.976	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	6–4–1	0.591	48	+1	BYE
60	-1	2.978	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	6–4–1	0.591	48	-3	BYE
61	0	3.082	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–4	0.636	40	+12	BYE
62	0	3.098	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	6–5	0.545	54	+3	BYE
63	0	3.186	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	5–5–1	0.500	66	+4	BYE
64	0	3.204	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	6–5	0.545	54	-3	BYE
65	3	3.251	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	5–6	0.455	71	+2	BYE
66	3	3.270	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	71	+2	BYE
67	-2	3.270	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	5–5–1	0.500	66	+3	BYE
68	-1	3.279	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	54	-4	BYE
69	-3	3.281	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	6–5	0.545	54	0	BYE
70	0	3.312	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	5–6	0.455	71	+1	BYE
71	0	3.519	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	5–6	0.455	71	0	BYE
72	0	3.603	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	5–6	0.455	71	-5	BYE
73	0	3.634	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	5–5	0.500	66	-4	BYE
74	0	3.698	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	5–6	0.455	71	-3	BYE
75	0	3.707	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	5–6	0.455	71	-7	BYE
76	0	3.767	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	6–4–1	0.591	48	+6	BYE
77	1	3.793	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	6–5	0.545	54	-10	BYE
78	-1	3.825	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	71	-6	BYE
79	1	3.837	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	5–6	0.455	71	-4	BYE
80	-1	3.839	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	5–6	0.455	71	-12	BYE
81	0	3.853	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	5–6	0.455	71	-6	BYE
82	0	3.879	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	4–6–1	0.409	90	-5	BYE
83	0	3.914	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	5–6	0.455	71	-11	BYE
84	0	3.963	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	5–6	0.455	71	-11	BYE
85	0	4.049	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	71	-9	BYE
86	0	4.124	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	94	-7	BYE
87	2	4.199	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	94	-9	BYE
88	0	4.201	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	109	-13	BYE
89	1	4.232	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	5–6	0.455	71	+3	BYE
90	-3	4.257	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	3–6–2	0.364	94	-7	BYE
91	1	4.270	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	5–6	0.455	71	-16	BYE
92	-1	4.279	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	4–7	0.364	94	-12	BYE
93	0	4.314	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	4–6–1	0.409	90	-8	BYE
94	0	4.341	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	4–5–2	0.455	71	-9	BYE
95	0	4.436	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	66	-11	BYE
96	0	4.508	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	3–7–1	0.318	106	-11	BYE
97	0	4.521	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	3–8	0.273	109	-14	BYE
98	0	4.544	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	71	-10	BYE
99	0	4.554	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	4–7	0.364	94	-17	BYE
100	0	4.702	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	94	-16	BYE
101	1	4.855	SMU	IND SWC	3–8	0.273	109	-18	BYE
102	-1	4.861	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	4–7	0.364	94	-17	BYE
103	1	4.933	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	3–6	0.333	104	-10	BYE
104	-1	4.964	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	3–8	0.273	109	-21	BYE
105	1	5.154	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	2–7	0.222	121	-11	BYE
106	-1	5.158	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	94	-14	BYE
107	1	5.178	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	2–7	0.222	121	-11	BYE
108	-1	5.248	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	4–7	0.364	94	-23	BYE
109	0	5.274	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	3–8	0.273	109	-21	BYE
110	0	5.315	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	123	-23	BYE
111	0	5.408	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	93	-18	BYE
112	0	5.470	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	109	-27	BYE
113	0	5.552	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	109	-25	BYE
114	0	5.604	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	3–6	0.333	104	-10	BYE
115	0	5.679	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–8	0.273	109	-30	BYE
116	0	5.711	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	4–6–1	0.409	90	-20	BYE
117	0	5.805	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	3–8	0.273	109	-23	BYE
118	0	5.836	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	108	-19	BYE
119	0	5.848	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	2–9	0.182	123	-29	BYE
120	0	5.902	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–10	0.091	132	-30	BYE
121	0	6.133	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	3–8	0.273	109	-34	BYE
122	1	6.242	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	94	-20	BYE
123	-1	6.242	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	123	-33	BYE
124	0	6.354	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	2–9	0.182	123	-33	BYE
125	1	6.394	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	109	-19	BYE
126	-1	6.422	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	2–9	0.182	123	-35	BYE
127	0	6.495	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	3–7–1	0.318	106	-20	BYE
128	0	6.557	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	2–9	0.182	123	-16	BYE
129	0	6.831	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–10	0.167	131	-42	BYE
130	1	7.086	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	123	-32	BYE
131	-1	7.124	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–10	0.091	132	-45	BYE
132	0	7.209	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	2–9	0.182	123	-35	BYE
133	0	7.553	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	1–10	0.091	132	-43	BYE
134	0	7.594	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	1–10	0.091	132	-45	BYE
135	0	7.776	UTEP	IND WAC	1–11	0.083	136	-53	BYE
136	0	7.808	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	109	-26	BYE
137	0	8.246	TCU	IND SWC	0–11	0.000	137	-51	BYE

1976 Post-Season Week 3 College Football Team Rankings

December 28, 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	1.071	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	11–0	1.000	1	+52	BYE
2	0	1.097	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	11–0	1.000	1	+53	BYE
3	0	1.117	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	10–1	0.909	4	+43	BYE
4	0	1.125	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	10–1	0.909	4	+49	BYE
5	0	1.140	USC	PAC	10–1	0.909	4	+48	BYE
6	0	1.182	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	10–1	0.909	4	+47	BYE
7	2	1.273	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	9–2–1	0.792	19	+43	Beat Wyoming 41–7
8	0	1.435	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND FBSI	10–1	0.909	4	+41	BYE
9	-2	1.437	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	8–2–1	0.773	21	+36	BYE
10	0	1.457	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	9–2	0.818	12	+35	BYE
11	0	1.463	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	9–3	0.750	22	+42	BYE
12	0	1.512	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	9–2	0.818	12	+32	BYE
13	0	1.516	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	9–2	0.818	12	+36	BYE
14	0	1.541	UCLA	PAC	9–2–1	0.792	19	+34	BYE
15	1	1.566	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	9–2	0.818	12	+34	BYE
16	-1	1.569	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	8–3	0.727	26	+37	BYE
17	0	1.596	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	9–2	0.818	12	+34	BYE
18	0	1.630	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	11–0	1.000	1	+25	BYE
19	0	1.663	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	9–3	0.750	22	+34	BYE
20	0	1.672	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	10–2	0.833	11	+38	BYE
21	0	1.679	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	8–3	0.727	26	+33	BYE
22	0	1.694	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	8–1	0.889	9	+21	BYE
23	0	1.706	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	8–1	0.889	9	+24	BYE
24	0	1.737	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	8–3	0.727	26	+29	BYE
25	0	1.779	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	8–3–1	0.708	33	+25	BYE
26	1	1.785	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	9–3	0.750	22	+36	Beat Penn State 20–9
27	-1	1.858	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	9–2	0.818	12	+29	BYE
28	0	1.953	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	26	+28	BYE
29	0	1.982	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	7–4	0.636	39	+28	BYE
30	0	2.004	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	6–5	0.545	54	+25	BYE
31	0	2.149	BYU	IND WAC	9–3	0.750	22	+21	BYE
32	0	2.178	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	7–3–1	0.682	34	+20	BYE
33	0	2.318	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	7–4–1	0.625	47	+17	BYE
34	1	2.452	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	7–4	0.636	39	+24	BYE
35	2	2.536	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	8–4	0.667	35	+13	BYE
36	0	2.552	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	26	+9	BYE
37	1	2.564	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	8–3	0.727	26	+18	BYE
38	1	2.566	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	35	+8	BYE
39	2	2.623	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–4	0.636	39	+10	BYE
40	-6	2.649	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	7–5	0.583	53	+14	Lost to Notre Dame 9–20
41	1	2.662	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	7–4	0.636	39	+8	BYE
42	1	2.704	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	8–3	0.727	26	+5	BYE
43	1	2.710	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	18	+1	BYE
44	1	2.726	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	6–5	0.545	54	+10	BYE
45	1	2.762	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	7–4	0.636	39	+5	BYE
46	1	2.767	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	5–6	0.455	71	+9	BYE
47	1	2.782	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	35	+5	BYE
48	-8	2.833	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	8–4	0.667	35	+9	Lost to Oklahoma 7–41
49	1	2.842	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	6–5	0.545	54	+9	BYE
50	1	2.844	LSU	SEC	6–4–1	0.591	48	+5	BYE
51	-2	2.852	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	6–5	0.545	54	+11	BYE
52	0	2.853	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	39	+6	BYE
53	0	2.860	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	6–5	0.545	54	+4	BYE
54	0	2.887	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	39	+5	BYE
55	0	2.921	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	54	+5	BYE
56	1	2.960	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	6–4–1	0.591	48	+5	BYE
57	1	2.960	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	6–4–1	0.591	48	+1	BYE
58	2	2.963	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	54	+6	BYE
59	0	2.965	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	6–4–1	0.591	48	-3	BYE
60	-4	2.968	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	5–5–1	0.500	66	+6	BYE
61	0	3.070	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–4	0.636	39	+12	BYE
62	0	3.101	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	6–5	0.545	54	+4	BYE
63	1	3.200	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	5–5–1	0.500	66	+4	BYE
64	-1	3.201	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	6–5	0.545	54	-2	BYE
65	0	3.227	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	5–5–1	0.500	66	+5	BYE
66	2	3.271	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	6–5	0.545	54	0	BYE
67	0	3.276	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	54	-4	BYE
68	1	3.281	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	5–6	0.455	71	+3	BYE
69	-3	3.282	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	71	+3	BYE
70	0	3.282	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	5–6	0.455	71	+2	BYE
71	0	3.536	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	5–6	0.455	71	0	BYE
72	0	3.599	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	5–6	0.455	71	-5	BYE
73	0	3.622	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	5–5	0.500	66	-4	BYE
74	1	3.676	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	5–6	0.455	71	-3	BYE
75	-1	3.677	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	5–6	0.455	71	-6	BYE
76	2	3.767	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	6–4–1	0.591	48	+6	BYE
77	-1	3.787	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	71	-5	BYE
78	-1	3.802	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	6–5	0.545	54	-10	BYE
79	1	3.847	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	5–6	0.455	71	-11	BYE
80	1	3.863	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	5–6	0.455	71	-3	BYE
81	-2	3.879	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	5–6	0.455	71	-6	BYE
82	1	3.901	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	4–6–1	0.409	90	-4	BYE
83	-1	3.903	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	5–6	0.455	71	-10	BYE
84	0	3.907	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	5–6	0.455	71	-8	BYE
85	0	4.008	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	71	-8	BYE
86	1	4.102	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	94	-6	BYE
87	1	4.177	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	3–6–2	0.364	94	-4	BYE
88	-2	4.178	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	109	-11	BYE
89	0	4.182	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	94	-9	BYE
90	0	4.213	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	5–6	0.455	71	+3	BYE
91	0	4.267	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	4–7	0.364	94	-11	BYE
92	0	4.273	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	5–6	0.455	71	-16	BYE
93	0	4.300	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	4–6–1	0.409	90	-7	BYE
94	0	4.368	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	4–5–2	0.455	71	-9	BYE
95	1	4.441	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	66	-11	BYE
96	-1	4.447	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	3–7–1	0.318	106	-10	BYE
97	0	4.469	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	3–8	0.273	109	-12	BYE
98	1	4.533	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	71	-10	BYE
99	-1	4.554	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	4–7	0.364	94	-17	BYE
100	0	4.705	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	94	-16	BYE
101	0	4.861	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	4–7	0.364	94	-17	BYE
102	0	4.883	SMU	IND SWC	3–8	0.273	109	-17	BYE
103	0	4.913	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	3–8	0.273	109	-20	BYE
104	0	4.987	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	3–6	0.333	104	-10	BYE
105	0	5.158	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	94	-14	BYE
106	0	5.214	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	2–7	0.222	121	-11	BYE
107	0	5.236	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	4–7	0.364	94	-23	BYE
108	0	5.239	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	2–7	0.222	121	-11	BYE
109	0	5.269	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	3–8	0.273	109	-19	BYE
110	0	5.294	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	123	-23	BYE
111	0	5.408	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	93	-18	BYE
112	0	5.470	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	109	-27	BYE
113	0	5.537	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	109	-24	BYE
114	0	5.656	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	3–6	0.333	104	-10	BYE
115	0	5.675	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–8	0.273	109	-30	BYE
116	0	5.706	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	4–6–1	0.409	90	-20	BYE
117	0	5.795	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	3–8	0.273	109	-23	BYE
118	0	5.821	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	108	-19	BYE
119	0	5.848	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	2–9	0.182	123	-28	BYE
120	0	5.907	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–10	0.091	132	-29	BYE
121	0	6.142	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	3–8	0.273	109	-34	BYE
122	0	6.227	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	123	-33	BYE
123	0	6.238	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	94	-20	BYE
124	0	6.348	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	2–9	0.182	123	-33	BYE
125	0	6.359	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	2–9	0.182	123	-33	BYE
126	0	6.413	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	109	-19	BYE
127	0	6.480	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	3–7–1	0.318	106	-20	BYE
128	0	6.562	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	2–9	0.182	123	-16	BYE
129	0	6.856	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–10	0.167	131	-42	BYE
130	0	7.055	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–10	0.091	132	-43	BYE
131	0	7.092	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	123	-32	BYE
132	0	7.183	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	2–9	0.182	123	-35	BYE
133	1	7.530	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	1–10	0.091	132	-43	BYE
134	-1	7.531	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	1–10	0.091	132	-44	BYE
135	0	7.792	UTEP	IND WAC	1–11	0.083	136	-53	BYE
136	0	7.837	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	109	-26	BYE
137	0	8.315	TCU	IND SWC	0–11	0.000	137	-50	BYE

1976 Post-Season Week 2 College Football Team Rankings

December 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	0	1.071	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	11–0	1.000	1	+52	BYE
2	0	1.081	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	11–0	1.000	1	+52	BYE
3	1	1.115	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	10–1	0.909	4	+43	BYE
4	-1	1.121	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	10–1	0.909	4	+49	BYE
5	0	1.145	USC	PAC	10–1	0.909	4	+47	BYE
6	0	1.182	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	10–1	0.909	4	+47	BYE
7	1	1.396	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	8–2–1	0.773	20	+36	BYE
8	1	1.433	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND FBSI	10–1	0.909	4	+41	BYE
9	1	1.451	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	8–2–1	0.773	20	+35	BYE
10	1	1.461	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	9–2	0.818	12	+35	BYE
11	6	1.471	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	9–3	0.750	22	+41	Beat BYU 49–21
12	1	1.514	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	9–2	0.818	12	+32	BYE
13	-1	1.516	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	9–2	0.818	12	+36	BYE
14	-7	1.541	UCLA	PAC	9–2–1	0.792	19	+34	Lost to Alabama 6–36
15	-1	1.561	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	8–3	0.727	25	+37	BYE
16	-1	1.566	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	9–2	0.818	12	+34	BYE
17	-1	1.596	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	9–2	0.818	12	+34	BYE
18	0	1.629	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	11–0	1.000	1	+25	BYE
19	7	1.672	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	9–3	0.750	22	+34	Beat UCLA 36–6
20	0	1.672	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	10–2	0.833	11	+38	BYE
21	-2	1.680	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	8–3	0.727	25	+32	BYE
22	-1	1.699	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	8–1	0.889	9	+21	BYE
23	0	1.710	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	8–1	0.889	9	+24	BYE
24	-2	1.742	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	8–3	0.727	25	+29	BYE
25	-1	1.781	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	8–3–1	0.708	34	+25	BYE
26	-1	1.856	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	9–2	0.818	12	+29	BYE
27	1	1.917	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	25	+29	BYE
28	1	1.942	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	25	+28	BYE
29	1	1.944	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	7–4	0.636	39	+28	BYE
30	1	2.015	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	6–5	0.545	54	+25	BYE
31	-4	2.126	BYU	IND WAC	9–3	0.750	22	+22	Lost to Oklahoma State 21–49
32	0	2.189	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	7–3–1	0.682	35	+20	BYE
33	0	2.315	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	7–4–1	0.625	48	+17	BYE
34	0	2.376	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	39	+17	BYE
35	0	2.458	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	7–4	0.636	39	+24	BYE
36	0	2.544	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	25	+9	BYE
37	1	2.545	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	8–4	0.667	36	+13	BYE
38	-1	2.556	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	8–3	0.727	25	+18	BYE
39	1	2.581	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	36	+8	BYE
40	-1	2.608	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	8–3	0.727	25	+11	BYE
41	0	2.623	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–4	0.636	39	+10	BYE
42	0	2.662	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	7–4	0.636	39	+8	BYE
43	0	2.694	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	8–3	0.727	25	+5	BYE
44	0	2.700	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	18	+1	BYE
45	0	2.739	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	6–5	0.545	54	+10	BYE
46	0	2.759	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	7–4	0.636	39	+5	BYE
47	0	2.777	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	5–6	0.455	71	+9	BYE
48	1	2.797	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	36	+5	BYE
49	-1	2.806	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	6–5	0.545	54	+12	BYE
50	0	2.848	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	6–5	0.545	54	+9	BYE
51	0	2.853	LSU	SEC	6–4–1	0.591	49	+5	BYE
52	0	2.853	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	39	+6	BYE
53	0	2.860	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	6–5	0.545	54	+4	BYE
54	0	2.887	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	39	+5	BYE
55	0	2.924	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	54	+5	BYE
56	1	2.968	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	5–5–1	0.500	66	+6	BYE
57	-1	2.969	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	6–4–1	0.591	49	+5	BYE
58	2	2.972	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	6–4–1	0.591	49	+1	BYE
59	-1	2.974	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	6–4–1	0.591	49	-3	BYE
60	-1	2.979	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	54	+6	BYE
61	0	3.073	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–4	0.636	39	+12	BYE
62	0	3.098	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	6–5	0.545	54	+4	BYE
63	0	3.198	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	6–5	0.545	54	-2	BYE
64	0	3.200	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	5–5–1	0.500	66	+4	BYE
65	1	3.227	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	5–5–1	0.500	66	+5	BYE
66	-1	3.228	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	71	+4	BYE
67	0	3.276	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	54	-4	BYE
68	0	3.280	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	6–5	0.545	54	0	BYE
69	0	3.281	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	5–6	0.455	71	+3	BYE
70	0	3.309	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	5–6	0.455	71	+2	BYE
71	0	3.543	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	5–6	0.455	71	0	BYE
72	0	3.599	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	5–6	0.455	71	-5	BYE
73	0	3.630	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	5–5	0.500	66	-4	BYE
74	0	3.673	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	5–6	0.455	71	-6	BYE
75	0	3.680	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	5–6	0.455	71	-3	BYE
76	0	3.727	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	71	-4	BYE
77	0	3.772	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	6–5	0.545	54	-10	BYE
78	0	3.779	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	6–4–1	0.591	49	+6	BYE
79	1	3.827	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	5–6	0.455	71	-6	BYE
80	1	3.843	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	5–6	0.455	71	-11	BYE
81	1	3.856	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	5–6	0.455	71	-3	BYE
82	-3	3.865	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	5–6	0.455	71	-9	BYE
83	0	3.869	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	4–6–1	0.409	90	-4	BYE
84	0	3.907	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	5–6	0.455	71	-8	BYE
85	0	4.027	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	71	-8	BYE
86	0	4.107	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	109	-10	BYE
87	0	4.111	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	94	-6	BYE
88	2	4.177	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	3–6–2	0.364	94	-4	BYE
89	-1	4.177	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	94	-9	BYE
90	1	4.210	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	5–6	0.455	71	+3	BYE
91	-2	4.225	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	4–7	0.364	94	-10	BYE
92	0	4.273	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	5–6	0.455	71	-16	BYE
93	0	4.312	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	4–6–1	0.409	90	-8	BYE
94	0	4.368	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	4–5–2	0.455	71	-9	BYE
95	0	4.381	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	3–7–1	0.318	106	-9	BYE
96	1	4.441	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	66	-11	BYE
97	1	4.469	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	3–8	0.273	109	-12	BYE
98	-2	4.508	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	4–7	0.364	94	-16	BYE
99	0	4.537	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	71	-10	BYE
100	0	4.667	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	94	-16	BYE
101	0	4.873	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	4–7	0.364	94	-17	BYE
102	1	4.888	SMU	IND SWC	3–8	0.273	109	-17	BYE
103	-1	4.908	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	3–8	0.273	109	-20	BYE
104	0	4.998	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	3–6	0.333	104	-10	BYE
105	0	5.162	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	94	-14	BYE
106	1	5.220	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	2–7	0.222	121	-11	BYE
107	-1	5.231	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	4–7	0.364	94	-23	BYE
108	1	5.245	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	2–7	0.222	121	-11	BYE
109	1	5.274	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	3–8	0.273	109	-19	BYE
110	-2	5.289	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	123	-23	BYE
111	0	5.350	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	93	-17	BYE
112	0	5.418	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	109	-26	BYE
113	0	5.467	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	109	-23	BYE
114	1	5.667	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	3–6	0.333	104	-10	BYE
115	-1	5.675	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–8	0.273	109	-30	BYE
116	0	5.706	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	4–6–1	0.409	90	-20	BYE
117	0	5.795	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	3–8	0.273	109	-23	BYE
118	0	5.815	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	108	-19	BYE
119	1	5.885	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	2–9	0.182	123	-28	BYE
120	-1	5.930	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–10	0.091	132	-29	BYE
121	0	6.095	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	3–8	0.273	109	-33	BYE
122	0	6.222	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	123	-33	BYE
123	0	6.238	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	94	-20	BYE
124	0	6.343	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	2–9	0.182	123	-33	BYE
125	0	6.359	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	2–9	0.182	123	-33	BYE
126	0	6.413	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	109	-19	BYE
127	0	6.475	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	3–7–1	0.318	106	-20	BYE
128	0	6.562	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	2–9	0.182	123	-16	BYE
129	0	6.860	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–10	0.167	131	-42	BYE
130	0	7.072	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–10	0.091	132	-43	BYE
131	0	7.092	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	123	-32	BYE
132	0	7.178	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	2–9	0.182	123	-35	BYE
133	0	7.514	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	1–10	0.091	132	-44	BYE
134	0	7.524	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	1–10	0.091	132	-43	BYE
135	0	7.739	UTEP	IND WAC	1–11	0.083	136	-52	BYE
136	0	7.837	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	109	-26	BYE
137	0	8.315	TCU	IND SWC	0–11	0.000	137	-50	BYE

1976 Post-Season Week 1 College Football Team Rankings

December 14, 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	1.068	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	11–0	1.000	1	+52	BYE
2	0	1.078	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	11–0	1.000	1	+52	BYE
3	1	1.116	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	10–1	0.909	4	+48	BYE
4	-1	1.117	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	10–1	0.909	4	+43	BYE
5	0	1.136	USC	PAC	10–1	0.909	4	+47	BYE
6	0	1.182	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	10–1	0.909	4	+47	BYE
7	0	1.359	UCLA	PAC	9–1–1	0.864	11	+37	BYE
8	0	1.405	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	8–2–1	0.773	21	+36	BYE
9	0	1.413	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND FBSI	10–1	0.909	4	+42	BYE
10	0	1.449	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	8–2–1	0.773	21	+35	BYE
11	0	1.473	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	9–2	0.818	13	+35	BYE
12	0	1.523	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	9–2	0.818	13	+36	BYE
13	0	1.525	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	9–2	0.818	13	+32	BYE
14	0	1.548	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	8–3	0.727	23	+37	BYE
15	0	1.573	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	9–2	0.818	13	+34	BYE
16	0	1.604	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	9–2	0.818	13	+34	BYE
17	0	1.621	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	8–3	0.727	23	+32	BYE
18	0	1.630	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	11–0	1.000	1	+25	BYE
19	0	1.654	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	8–3	0.727	23	+31	BYE
20	4	1.683	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	10–2	0.833	12	+38	Beat Tulsa 20–16
21	-1	1.710	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	8–1	0.889	9	+21	BYE
22	-1	1.716	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	8–3	0.727	23	+29	BYE
23	-1	1.721	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	8–1	0.889	9	+24	BYE
24	-1	1.756	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	8–3–1	0.708	34	+24	BYE
25	0	1.863	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	9–2	0.818	13	+29	BYE
26	0	1.884	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	8–3	0.727	23	+25	BYE
27	0	1.892	BYU	IND WAC	9–2	0.818	13	+25	BYE
28	0	1.898	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	23	+28	BYE
29	0	1.924	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	23	+28	BYE
30	0	1.942	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	7–4	0.636	39	+28	BYE
31	0	2.009	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	6–5	0.545	54	+25	BYE
32	0	2.195	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	7–3–1	0.682	35	+20	BYE
33	0	2.315	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	7–4–1	0.625	48	+17	Lost to Mcneese State 16–20
34	0	2.379	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	39	+17	BYE
35	0	2.461	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	7–4	0.636	39	+24	BYE
36	0	2.523	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	23	+9	BYE
37	0	2.535	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	8–3	0.727	23	+18	BYE
38	0	2.539	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	8–4	0.667	36	+13	BYE
39	0	2.566	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	8–3	0.727	23	+11	BYE
40	0	2.588	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	36	+8	BYE
41	0	2.618	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–4	0.636	39	+10	BYE
42	1	2.656	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	7–4	0.636	39	+8	BYE
43	-1	2.673	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	8–3	0.727	23	+5	BYE
44	0	2.710	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	20	+1	BYE
45	0	2.726	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	6–5	0.545	54	+10	BYE
46	0	2.754	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	7–4	0.636	39	+5	BYE
47	0	2.781	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	5–6	0.455	71	+9	BYE
48	0	2.796	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	6–5	0.545	54	+13	BYE
49	0	2.804	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	36	+5	BYE
50	3	2.848	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	6–5	0.545	54	+9	BYE
51	-1	2.853	LSU	SEC	6–4–1	0.591	49	+5	BYE
52	-1	2.856	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	39	+6	BYE
53	-1	2.860	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	6–5	0.545	54	+4	BYE
54	0	2.893	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	39	+5	BYE
55	0	2.927	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	54	+5	BYE
56	1	2.963	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	6–4–1	0.591	49	+5	BYE
57	-1	2.968	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	5–5–1	0.500	66	+6	BYE
58	0	2.970	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	6–4–1	0.591	49	-3	BYE
59	0	2.973	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	54	+6	BYE
60	0	2.979	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	6–4–1	0.591	49	+1	BYE
61	0	3.073	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–4	0.636	39	+12	BYE
62	0	3.101	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	6–5	0.545	54	+4	BYE
63	1	3.194	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	6–5	0.545	54	-2	BYE
64	-1	3.211	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	5–5–1	0.500	66	+3	BYE
65	1	3.221	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	71	+4	BYE
66	-1	3.231	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	5–5–1	0.500	66	+5	BYE
67	0	3.282	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	54	-4	BYE
68	0	3.284	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	6–5	0.545	54	0	BYE
69	0	3.288	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	5–6	0.455	71	+3	BYE
70	0	3.301	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	5–6	0.455	71	+3	BYE
71	0	3.539	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	5–6	0.455	71	0	BYE
72	0	3.607	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	5–6	0.455	71	-5	BYE
73	0	3.633	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	5–5	0.500	66	-4	BYE
74	0	3.654	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	5–6	0.455	71	-5	BYE
75	0	3.687	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	5–6	0.455	71	-4	BYE
76	0	3.727	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	71	-4	BYE
77	0	3.735	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	6–5	0.545	54	-9	BYE
78	0	3.779	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	6–4–1	0.591	49	+6	BYE
79	0	3.812	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	5–6	0.455	71	-7	BYE
80	0	3.831	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	5–6	0.455	71	-6	BYE
81	0	3.847	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	5–6	0.455	71	-11	BYE
82	0	3.852	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	5–6	0.455	71	-3	BYE
83	0	3.856	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	4–6–1	0.409	90	-4	BYE
84	0	3.910	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	5–6	0.455	71	-8	BYE
85	0	4.016	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	71	-8	BYE
86	0	4.066	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	109	-10	BYE
87	0	4.094	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	94	-6	BYE
88	0	4.177	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	94	-9	BYE
89	1	4.178	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	4–7	0.364	94	-9	BYE
90	-1	4.182	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	3–6–2	0.364	94	-4	BYE
91	0	4.206	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	5–6	0.455	71	+3	BYE
92	0	4.280	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	5–6	0.455	71	-16	BYE
93	0	4.304	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	4–6–1	0.409	90	-8	BYE
94	0	4.377	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	4–5–2	0.455	71	-9	BYE
95	0	4.391	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	3–7–1	0.318	106	-9	BYE
96	0	4.440	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	4–7	0.364	94	-14	BYE
97	0	4.448	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	66	-11	BYE
98	0	4.469	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	3–8	0.273	109	-12	BYE
99	0	4.530	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	71	-10	BYE
100	0	4.638	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	94	-15	BYE
101	0	4.852	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	4–7	0.364	94	-16	BYE
102	1	4.894	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	3–8	0.273	109	-20	BYE
103	-1	4.902	SMU	IND SWC	3–8	0.273	109	-17	BYE
104	0	5.008	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	3–6	0.333	104	-10	BYE
105	0	5.166	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	94	-14	BYE
106	0	5.223	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	4–7	0.364	94	-23	BYE
107	1	5.238	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	2–7	0.222	121	-11	BYE
108	-1	5.247	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	123	-22	BYE
109	1	5.264	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	2–7	0.222	121	-11	BYE
110	-1	5.274	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	3–8	0.273	109	-19	BYE
111	0	5.350	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	93	-17	BYE
112	0	5.357	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	109	-25	BYE
113	0	5.457	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	109	-23	BYE
114	0	5.661	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–8	0.273	109	-29	BYE
115	0	5.677	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	3–6	0.333	104	-10	BYE
116	0	5.706	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	4–6–1	0.409	90	-20	BYE
117	0	5.786	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	3–8	0.273	109	-23	BYE
118	0	5.805	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	108	-19	BYE
119	0	5.865	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–10	0.091	132	-29	BYE
120	0	5.885	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	2–9	0.182	123	-28	BYE
121	0	6.034	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	3–8	0.273	109	-32	BYE
122	0	6.201	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	123	-33	BYE
123	0	6.229	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	94	-20	BYE
124	0	6.343	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	2–9	0.182	123	-33	BYE
125	0	6.364	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	2–9	0.182	123	-33	BYE
126	0	6.413	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	109	-19	BYE
127	0	6.465	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	3–7–1	0.318	106	-20	BYE
128	0	6.557	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	2–9	0.182	123	-16	BYE
129	0	6.846	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–10	0.167	131	-41	BYE
130	0	7.067	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–10	0.091	132	-43	BYE
131	0	7.102	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	123	-32	BYE
132	0	7.173	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	2–9	0.182	123	-35	BYE
133	0	7.479	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	1–10	0.091	132	-44	BYE
134	0	7.501	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	1–10	0.091	132	-43	BYE
135	0	7.686	UTEP	IND WAC	1–11	0.083	136	-51	BYE
136	0	7.827	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	109	-26	BYE
137	0	8.315	TCU	IND SWC	0–11	0.000	137	-50	BYE

1976 Regular Season Final College Football Team Rankings

December 7, 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	1.070	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	11–0	1.000	1	+52	BYE
2	0	1.080	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	11–0	1.000	1	+52	BYE
3	0	1.117	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	10–1	0.909	4	+43	BYE
4	0	1.118	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	10–1	0.909	4	+48	BYE
5	0	1.136	USC	PAC	10–1	0.909	4	+47	BYE
6	0	1.179	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	10–1	0.909	4	+47	Beat Baylor 24–21
7	0	1.359	UCLA	PAC	9–1–1	0.864	11	+37	BYE
8	0	1.407	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	8–2–1	0.773	21	+36	BYE
9	0	1.412	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND FBSI	10–1	0.909	4	+42	BYE
10	1	1.449	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	8–2–1	0.773	21	+35	BYE
11	-1	1.465	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	9–2	0.818	12	+35	BYE
12	0	1.512	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	9–2	0.818	12	+36	Beat Miami 21–16
13	0	1.514	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	9–2	0.818	12	+32	BYE
14	0	1.543	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	8–3	0.727	23	+37	BYE
15	0	1.568	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	9–2	0.818	12	+34	BYE
16	0	1.595	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	9–2	0.818	12	+34	BYE
17	1	1.612	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	8–3	0.727	23	+32	BYE
18	-1	1.630	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	11–0	1.000	1	+25	BYE
19	0	1.654	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	8–3	0.727	23	+31	BYE
20	0	1.714	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	8–1	0.889	9	+21	BYE
21	1	1.718	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	8–3	0.727	23	+29	BYE
22	-1	1.725	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	8–1	0.889	9	+24	BYE
23	5	1.756	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	8–3–1	0.708	34	+24	Beat Hawai'i 68–3
24	-1	1.799	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	9–2	0.818	12	+31	BYE
25	-1	1.852	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	9–2	0.818	12	+29	BYE
26	0	1.882	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	8–3	0.727	23	+25	BYE
27	-2	1.883	BYU	IND WAC	9–2	0.818	12	+25	BYE
28	-1	1.898	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	23	+28	BYE
29	0	1.914	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	23	+28	BYE
30	0	1.953	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	7–4	0.636	40	+28	BYE
31	0	2.005	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	6–5	0.545	54	+25	BYE
32	0	2.189	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	7–3–1	0.682	35	+20	Lost to Texas Tech 21–24
33	0	2.196	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	7–3–1	0.682	35	+19	BYE
34	0	2.394	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	40	+17	BYE
35	0	2.473	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	7–4	0.636	40	+24	BYE
36	2	2.523	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	23	+9	BYE
37	-1	2.538	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	8–3	0.727	23	+18	BYE
38	-1	2.558	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	8–4	0.667	37	+13	BYE
39	0	2.564	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	8–3	0.727	23	+11	BYE
40	0	2.603	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	37	+8	BYE
41	0	2.638	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–4	0.636	40	+10	BYE
42	0	2.675	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	8–3	0.727	23	+5	BYE
43	0	2.679	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	7–4	0.636	40	+8	BYE
44	0	2.710	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	20	+1	BYE
45	2	2.729	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	6–5	0.545	54	+10	BYE
46	0	2.765	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	7–4	0.636	40	+5	BYE
47	-2	2.766	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	5–6	0.455	71	+10	BYE
48	1	2.802	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	6–5	0.545	54	+13	BYE
49	1	2.818	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	37	+5	BYE
50	2	2.853	LSU	SEC	6–4–1	0.591	49	+5	BYE
51	0	2.854	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	40	+7	BYE
52	1	2.856	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	6–5	0.545	54	+4	BYE
53	1	2.864	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	6–5	0.545	54	+9	BYE
54	1	2.902	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	40	+5	BYE
55	1	2.917	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	54	+6	BYE
56	15	2.961	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	5–5–1	0.500	66	+6	Beat Arkansas 29–12
57	1	2.963	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	6–4–1	0.591	49	+5	BYE
58	2	2.970	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	6–4–1	0.591	49	-3	BYE
59	-2	2.973	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	54	+6	BYE
60	-1	2.976	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	6–4–1	0.591	49	+1	BYE
61	0	3.094	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–4	0.636	40	+12	BYE
62	0	3.104	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	6–5	0.545	54	+4	BYE
63	-15	3.188	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	5–5–1	0.500	66	+4	Lost to Texas 12–29
64	1	3.201	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	6–5	0.545	54	-2	BYE
65	1	3.227	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	5–5–1	0.500	66	+5	BYE
66	-2	3.228	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	71	+4	BYE
67	2	3.279	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	54	-4	BYE
68	0	3.284	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	6–5	0.545	54	0	BYE
69	-6	3.285	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	5–6	0.455	71	+3	BYE
70	-3	3.305	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	5–6	0.455	71	+3	BYE
71	-1	3.539	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	5–6	0.455	71	0	BYE
72	0	3.606	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	5–6	0.455	71	-5	BYE
73	1	3.633	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	5–5	0.500	66	-4	BYE
74	-1	3.654	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	5–6	0.455	71	-5	BYE
75	0	3.687	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	5–6	0.455	71	-4	BYE
76	0	3.727	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	71	-4	BYE
77	0	3.732	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	6–5	0.545	54	-9	BYE
78	0	3.779	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	6–4–1	0.591	49	+6	BYE
79	1	3.808	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	5–6	0.455	71	-7	BYE
80	-1	3.834	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	5–6	0.455	71	-6	BYE
81	0	3.847	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	5–6	0.455	71	-11	BYE
82	1	3.852	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	5–6	0.455	71	-3	BYE
83	-1	3.856	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	4–6–1	0.409	90	-4	BYE
84	0	3.907	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	5–6	0.455	71	-8	BYE
85	0	4.020	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	71	-8	BYE
86	0	4.066	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	109	-10	Lost to Houston 16–21
87	0	4.098	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	94	-6	BYE
88	0	4.160	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	94	-8	BYE
89	0	4.177	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	3–6–2	0.364	94	-4	BYE
90	1	4.178	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	4–7	0.364	94	-9	BYE
91	-1	4.206	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	5–6	0.455	71	+3	BYE
92	0	4.276	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	5–6	0.455	71	-17	BYE
93	0	4.304	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	4–6–1	0.409	90	-8	BYE
94	1	4.377	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	4–5–2	0.455	71	-10	BYE
95	-1	4.386	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	3–7–1	0.318	106	-9	BYE
96	0	4.436	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	4–7	0.364	94	-14	BYE
97	1	4.445	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	66	-11	BYE
98	-1	4.469	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	3–8	0.273	109	-12	BYE
99	0	4.538	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	71	-10	BYE
100	0	4.642	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	94	-15	BYE
101	0	4.852	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	4–7	0.364	94	-16	BYE
102	1	4.898	SMU	IND SWC	3–8	0.273	109	-17	BYE
103	-1	4.903	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	3–8	0.273	109	-20	BYE
104	0	5.019	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	3–6	0.333	104	-10	BYE
105	0	5.179	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	94	-14	BYE
106	0	5.212	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	4–7	0.364	94	-23	BYE
107	0	5.236	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	123	-22	BYE
108	0	5.250	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	2–7	0.222	121	-11	BYE
109	3	5.265	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	3–8	0.273	109	-19	BYE
110	-1	5.276	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	2–7	0.222	121	-11	BYE
111	-1	5.354	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	93	-17	BYE
112	-1	5.357	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	109	-25	BYE
113	0	5.462	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	109	-23	BYE
114	2	5.661	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–8	0.273	109	-29	BYE
115	0	5.688	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	3–6	0.333	104	-10	BYE
116	-2	5.688	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	4–6–1	0.409	90	-19	BYE
117	1	5.805	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	3–8	0.273	109	-23	BYE
118	-1	5.815	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	108	-19	BYE
119	1	5.854	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–10	0.091	132	-29	BYE
120	-1	5.890	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	2–9	0.182	123	-28	BYE
121	0	6.029	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	3–8	0.273	109	-32	BYE
122	0	6.206	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	123	-33	BYE
123	0	6.229	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	94	-20	BYE
124	0	6.343	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	2–9	0.182	123	-33	BYE
125	0	6.364	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	2–9	0.182	123	-33	BYE
126	0	6.418	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	109	-19	BYE
127	0	6.470	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	3–7–1	0.318	106	-20	BYE
128	0	6.578	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	2–9	0.182	123	-16	BYE
129	0	6.851	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–10	0.167	131	-41	BYE
130	0	7.061	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–10	0.091	132	-43	BYE
131	0	7.097	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	123	-32	BYE
132	0	7.173	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	2–9	0.182	123	-35	BYE
133	0	7.462	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	1–10	0.091	132	-43	BYE
134	0	7.530	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	1–10	0.091	132	-43	BYE
135	0	7.680	UTEP	IND WAC	1–11	0.083	136	-51	BYE
136	0	7.837	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	109	-26	Lost to Nebraska 3–68
137	0	8.303	TCU	IND SWC	0–11	0.000	137	-50	BYE

1976 Week 14 College Football Team Rankings

November 30, 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	0	1.071	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	11–0	1.000	1	+52	BYE
2	0	1.078	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	11–0	1.000	1	+52	Beat Penn State 24–7
3	1	1.110	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	10–1	0.909	4	+43	BYE
4	-1	1.125	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	10–1	0.909	4	+48	Beat Georgia Tech 13–10
5	0	1.137	USC	PAC	10–1	0.909	4	+47	Beat Notre Dame 17–13
6	0	1.326	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	9–1	0.900	8	+39	Beat Arkansas 30–7
7	0	1.351	UCLA	PAC	9–1–1	0.864	11	+37	BYE
8	0	1.391	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	8–2–1	0.773	21	+36	BYE
9	0	1.416	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND FBSI	10–1	0.909	4	+42	Beat New Mexico 17–14
10	0	1.467	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	9–2	0.818	12	+35	BYE
11	7	1.474	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	8–2–1	0.773	21	+34	Beat Nebraska 20–17
12	-1	1.537	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	8–2	0.800	19	+32	Beat Rice 42–20
13	2	1.542	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	9–2	0.818	12	+31	Beat Texas 27–3
14	0	1.572	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	8–3	0.727	24	+36	Beat Miami 19–10
15	1	1.576	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	9–2	0.818	12	+34	BYE
16	-3	1.595	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	9–2	0.818	12	+34	Beat UL Monroe 7–5
17	0	1.629	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	11–0	1.000	1	+25	BYE
18	-6	1.632	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	8–3	0.727	24	+33	Beat UTEP 42–13
19	3	1.703	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	8–3	0.727	24	+31	BYE
20	0	1.714	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	8–1	0.889	9	+21	BYE
21	0	1.729	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	8–1	0.889	9	+24	BYE
22	1	1.769	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	8–3	0.727	24	+28	BYE
23	2	1.797	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	9–2	0.818	12	+31	BYE
24	2	1.858	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	9–2	0.818	12	+29	BYE
25	2	1.893	BYU	IND WAC	9–2	0.818	12	+25	BYE
26	4	1.904	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	8–3	0.727	24	+25	Beat Auburn 38–7
27	-3	1.904	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	24	+28	Lost to USC 13–17
28	-9	1.914	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	7–3–1	0.682	35	+21	Lost to Oklahoma 17–20
29	3	1.929	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	24	+28	Beat Louisville 20–6
30	-1	1.959	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	7–4	0.636	40	+28	BYE
31	0	2.059	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	6–5	0.545	55	+24	BYE
32	-4	2.080	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	7–2–1	0.750	23	+20	Beat TCU 24–19
33	0	2.169	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	7–3–1	0.682	35	+19	Tied West Texas A&M 17–17
34	0	2.383	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	40	+17	Lost to Pittsburgh 7–24
35	0	2.478	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	7–4	0.636	40	+24	BYE
36	1	2.557	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	8–3	0.727	24	+18	BYE
37	2	2.568	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	8–4	0.667	37	+13	Beat Northern Illinois 42–0
38	8	2.580	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	24	+9	Beat Holy Cross 59–6
39	-1	2.584	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	8–3	0.727	24	+11	BYE
40	-4	2.609	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	37	+8	BYE
41	0	2.658	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–4	0.636	40	+10	BYE
42	1	2.688	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	8–3	0.727	24	+5	BYE
43	1	2.696	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	7–4	0.636	40	+8	BYE
44	-4	2.702	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	19	+1	BYE
45	5	2.758	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	5–6	0.455	70	+10	BYE
46	-1	2.763	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	7–4	0.636	40	+5	BYE
47	2	2.795	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	6–5	0.545	55	+10	BYE
48	-6	2.803	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	5–4–1	0.550	54	+8	Lost to Texas Tech 7–30
49	-2	2.809	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	6–5	0.545	55	+13	BYE
50	-2	2.818	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	37	+5	BYE
51	0	2.862	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	40	+7	BYE
52	8	2.869	LSU	SEC	6–4–1	0.591	49	+5	Beat Utah 35–7
53	0	2.873	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	6–5	0.545	55	+4	BYE
54	1	2.896	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	6–5	0.545	55	+9	BYE
55	-3	2.896	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	40	+5	BYE
56	1	2.920	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	55	+6	BYE
57	-3	2.946	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	55	+7	BYE
58	1	2.962	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	6–4–1	0.591	49	+5	BYE
59	-1	2.979	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	6–4–1	0.591	49	+1	BYE
60	-4	2.983	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	6–4–1	0.591	49	-3	BYE
61	0	3.099	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–4	0.636	40	+12	BYE
62	0	3.104	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	6–5	0.545	55	+4	BYE
63	6	3.217	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	5–6	0.455	70	+4	BYE
64	2	3.224	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	70	+4	BYE
65	7	3.228	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	6–5	0.545	55	-2	Beat Vanderbilt 13–10
66	-2	3.234	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	5–5–1	0.500	67	+5	BYE
67	4	3.289	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	5–6	0.455	70	+3	BYE
68	-1	3.297	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	6–5	0.545	55	0	BYE
69	-1	3.370	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	55	-4	BYE
70	3	3.517	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	5–6	0.455	70	0	BYE
71	-8	3.535	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	4–5–1	0.450	89	+2	Lost to Texas A&M 3–27
72	3	3.595	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	5–6	0.455	70	-5	BYE
73	3	3.646	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	5–6	0.455	70	-5	BYE
74	0	3.651	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	5–5	0.500	67	-4	BYE
75	5	3.691	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	5–6	0.455	70	-4	BYE
76	-11	3.723	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	70	-4	Lost to Navy 10–38
77	1	3.751	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	6–5	0.545	55	-9	BYE
78	8	3.783	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	6–4–1	0.591	49	+6	Beat East Tennessee State 23–14
79	3	3.811	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	5–6	0.455	70	-6	BYE
80	-10	3.826	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	5–6	0.455	70	-7	Lost to Arizona State 10–27
81	3	3.827	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	5–6	0.455	70	-11	BYE
82	-1	3.848	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	4–6–1	0.409	90	-4	BYE
83	0	3.869	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	5–6	0.455	70	-3	BYE
84	1	3.902	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	5–6	0.455	70	-8	BYE
85	3	4.012	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	70	-7	BYE
86	-7	4.084	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	108	-8	Lost to Florida 10–19
87	11	4.110	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	94	-6	Beat Army 38–10
88	-1	4.169	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	94	-8	Lost to Cincinnati 6–20
89	1	4.182	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	3–6–2	0.364	94	-4	BYE
90	1	4.195	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	5–6	0.455	70	+3	BYE
91	-2	4.208	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	4–7	0.364	94	-9	Lost to San Diego State 14–17
92	-15	4.261	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	5–6	0.455	70	-17	Lost to Southern Miss 10–21
93	2	4.330	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	4–6–1	0.409	90	-8	Lost to Georgia 10–13
94	-1	4.387	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	3–7–1	0.318	106	-9	BYE
95	-1	4.395	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	4–5–2	0.455	70	-10	Tied Tulsa 17–17
96	7	4.444	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	4–7	0.364	94	-14	Beat Arizona 27–10
97	-5	4.450	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	3–8	0.273	111	-11	Lost to Alabama 7–38
98	-2	4.459	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	67	-11	BYE
99	-2	4.526	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	70	-10	BYE
100	-1	4.650	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	94	-15	BYE
101	-1	4.876	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	4–7	0.364	94	-16	BYE
102	2	4.959	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	3–8	0.273	111	-20	BYE
103	-1	5.001	SMU	IND SWC	3–8	0.273	111	-16	BYE
104	-3	5.019	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	3–6	0.333	104	-10	BYE
105	4	5.191	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	94	-14	BYE
106	1	5.212	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	4–7	0.364	94	-23	BYE
107	13	5.242	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	123	-22	Beat Texas Arlington 21–10
108	-3	5.244	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	2–7	0.222	121	-11	BYE
109	-3	5.270	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	2–7	0.222	121	-11	BYE
110	0	5.359	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	93	-17	BYE
111	0	5.361	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	111	-24	BYE
112	-4	5.367	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	3–8	0.273	111	-17	Lost to Houston 20–42
113	1	5.500	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	111	-23	BYE
114	-1	5.684	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	4–6–1	0.409	90	-19	BYE
115	-3	5.688	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	3–6	0.333	104	-10	BYE
116	-1	5.693	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–8	0.273	111	-29	BYE
117	0	5.816	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	108	-19	BYE
118	3	5.860	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	3–8	0.273	111	-23	BYE
119	0	5.890	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	2–9	0.182	123	-28	Lost to Tennessee 10–13
120	2	5.935	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–10	0.091	132	-29	BYE
121	-3	6.090	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	3–8	0.273	111	-32	Lost to LSU 7–35
122	3	6.212	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	123	-33	BYE
123	1	6.250	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	94	-20	BYE
124	2	6.343	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	2–9	0.182	123	-33	BYE
125	2	6.375	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	2–9	0.182	123	-33	BYE
126	-3	6.451	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	111	-19	Lost to Boston College 6–59
127	-11	6.455	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	3–7–1	0.318	106	-19	Lost to Northern Arizona 17–20
128	0	6.578	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	2–9	0.182	123	-16	BYE
129	5	6.852	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–10	0.167	131	-41	Beat Hawai'i 59–0
130	-1	7.038	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–10	0.091	132	-43	BYE
131	1	7.092	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	123	-32	Lost to Louisiana 5–7
132	-1	7.169	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	2–9	0.182	123	-35	BYE
133	0	7.479	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	1–10	0.091	132	-43	BYE
134	1	7.548	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	1–10	0.091	132	-43	Lost to Kent State 0–42
135	1	7.681	UTEP	IND WAC	1–11	0.083	136	-50	Lost to Oklahoma State 13–42
136	-6	7.815	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	108	-23	Lost to Oregon State 0–59
137	0	8.448	TCU	IND SWC	0–11	0.000	137	-47	Lost to Baylor 19–24

1976 Week 13 College Football Team Rankings

November 23, 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	1	1.106	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	11–0	1.000	1	+51	Beat Virginia 28–0
2	-1	1.137	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	10–0	1.000	1	+44	BYE
3	1	1.138	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	9–1	0.900	5	+41	BYE
4	3	1.166	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	10–1	0.909	4	+42	Beat Ohio State 22–0
5	4	1.273	USC	PAC	9–1	0.900	5	+38	Beat UCLA 24–14
6	-3	1.371	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	8–1	0.889	8	+33	Lost to Houston 19–27
7	-1	1.378	UCLA	PAC	9–1–1	0.864	11	+35	Lost to USC 14–24
8	-3	1.400	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	8–2–1	0.773	22	+36	Lost to Michigan 0–22
9	3	1.424	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND FBSI	9–1	0.900	5	+38	Beat Long Beach State 10–3
10	10	1.494	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	9–2	0.818	12	+34	Beat App State 35–7
11	8	1.498	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	7–2	0.778	21	+27	Beat Texas Tech 27–19
12	11	1.551	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	7–3	0.700	31	+33	Beat Iowa State 42–21
13	-5	1.599	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	8–2	0.800	17	+31	Lost to Mcneese State 19–20
14	8	1.621	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	7–3	0.700	31	+30	Beat Rice 50–22
15	-4	1.623	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	8–2	0.800	17	+26	Beat TCU 59–10
16	10	1.623	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	9–2	0.818	12	+32	Beat Ole Miss 28–11
17	7	1.641	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	11–0	1.000	1	+24	Beat Colgate 17–9
18	-3	1.672	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	7–2–1	0.750	23	+27	BYE
19	-1	1.690	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	7–2–1	0.750	23	+22	BYE
20	-6	1.699	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	8–1	0.889	8	+21	BYE
21	-5	1.705	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	8–1	0.889	8	+24	BYE
22	-9	1.719	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	8–3	0.727	25	+30	Beat Kansas State 35–28
23	-13	1.792	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	8–3	0.727	25	+27	Lost to Oklahoma State 21–42
24	1	1.811	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	17	+28	Beat Miami 40–27
25	4	1.819	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	9–2	0.818	12	+31	Beat Louisiana 20–19
26	4	1.880	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	9–2	0.818	12	+28	Beat Duke 39–38
27	1	1.918	BYU	IND WAC	9–2	0.818	12	+22	Beat Utah 34–12
28	7	1.978	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	6–2–1	0.722	30	+20	Beat Texas 20–10
29	8	2.011	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	7–4	0.636	40	+24	Beat Tennessee 7–0
30	1	2.033	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	7–3	0.700	31	+20	BYE
31	-10	2.076	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	6–5	0.545	55	+23	Lost to Kansas 14–41
32	1	2.106	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	31	+22	Beat Vanderbilt 33–7
33	-16	2.165	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	7–3	0.700	31	+19	Lost to Wichita State 13–30
34	2	2.227	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	31	+17	BYE
35	-1	2.533	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	7–4	0.636	40	+23	Lost to Richmond 10–21
36	6	2.592	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	38	+8	BYE
37	9	2.617	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	8–3	0.727	25	+18	Beat Eastern Michigan 52–3
38	-6	2.617	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	8–3	0.727	25	+10	Lost to Air Force 21–41
39	10	2.650	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	7–4	0.636	40	+12	Beat Toledo 35–9
40	0	2.664	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	17	+2	Lost to Rutgers 9–17
41	16	2.700	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–4	0.636	40	+10	Beat Central Michigan 42–14
42	-15	2.701	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	5–3–1	0.611	49	+7	Lost to SMU 31–35
43	-2	2.729	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	8–3	0.727	25	+5	Lost to San Diego State 3–10
44	7	2.746	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	7–4	0.636	40	+7	Beat Northern Illinois 63–15
45	7	2.774	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	7–4	0.636	40	+6	BYE
46	8	2.775	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	31	+6	Beat Massachusetts 35–0
47	12	2.804	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	6–5	0.545	55	+14	Beat California 27–24
48	-1	2.813	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	38	+5	BYE
49	16	2.826	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	6–5	0.545	55	+10	Beat Missouri 41–14
50	21	2.836	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	5–6	0.455	74	+10	Beat William & Mary 21–10
51	-12	2.927	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	40	+7	Lost to Southern Miss 12–14
52	8	2.930	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	40	+5	Beat Marshall 44–16
53	8	2.932	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	6–5	0.545	55	+3	Beat UL Monroe 55–35
54	-16	2.957	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	55	+8	Lost to Clemson 9–28
55	-12	2.966	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	6–5	0.545	55	+8	Lost to Tennessee Chattanooga 29–49
56	-8	3.000	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	6–4–1	0.591	50	-3	Lost to East Carolina 7–35
57	-12	3.009	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	55	+4	Lost to Florida State 21–28
58	6	3.022	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	6–4–1	0.591	50	+1	Beat Wofford 56–14
59	11	3.040	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	6–4–1	0.591	50	+4	Beat Temple 24–7
60	3	3.082	LSU	SEC	5–4–1	0.550	53	+1	Beat Tulane 17–7
61	-11	3.138	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–4	0.636	40	+12	Lost to Western Michigan 14–42
62	-9	3.178	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	6–5	0.545	55	+4	Lost to Wisconsin 17–26
63	-8	3.181	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	4–4–1	0.500	66	+4	Lost to Baylor 10–20
64	-8	3.265	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	5–5–1	0.500	66	+4	Lost to North Carolina 38–39
65	3	3.268	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	66	+4	BYE
66	7	3.318	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	74	+5	Beat Syracuse 34–28
67	9	3.324	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	6–5	0.545	55	-1	Beat Davidson 40–6
68	9	3.340	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	55	-3	Beat Drake 63–0
69	3	3.341	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	5–6	0.455	74	+4	Beat Northwestern 48–6
70	-26	3.356	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	5–5	0.500	66	+1	Lost to New Mexico 15–21
71	-9	3.440	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	5–6	0.455	74	+2	Lost to Stanford 24–27
72	-14	3.455	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	5–5	0.500	66	-3	Lost to Kentucky 0–7
73	-7	3.622	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	5–6	0.455	74	+1	Lost to Indiana 14–20
74	8	3.671	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	5–5	0.500	66	-4	Beat Indiana State 26–14
75	3	3.679	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	5–6	0.455	74	-5	BYE
76	8	3.767	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	5–6	0.455	74	-6	Beat Washington State 51–32
77	6	3.794	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	5–5	0.500	66	-6	Beat Lamar 34–14
78	-9	3.796	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	6–5	0.545	55	-7	Lost to Arizona State 19–21
79	0	3.817	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	103	-3	Lost to Notre Dame 27–40
80	-5	3.851	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	5–6	0.455	74	-6	Lost to Mississippi State 11–28
81	-14	3.899	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	4–6–1	0.409	91	-3	Lost to Iowa 17–30
82	6	3.914	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	5–6	0.455	74	-6	Beat Michigan State 30–17
83	6	3.935	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	5–6	0.455	74	-2	Beat Purdue 20–14
84	8	3.953	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	5–6	0.455	74	-11	Beat Minnesota 26–17
85	-4	3.963	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	5–6	0.455	74	-7	BYE
86	11	3.989	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	5–4–1	0.550	53	+6	Beat Bowling Green 49–29
87	-2	4.068	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	93	-5	Beat Boston University 16–7
88	7	4.116	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	74	-7	Beat Virginia Tech 28–21
89	4	4.226	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	4–6	0.400	93	-7	Beat Arizona 21–15
90	14	4.258	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	3–6–2	0.364	96	-4	Beat South Carolina 28–9
91	-17	4.285	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	5–6	0.455	74	+3	Lost to Santa Clara 17–20
92	-5	4.378	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	3–7	0.300	108	-7	BYE
93	-2	4.389	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	3–7–1	0.318	107	-8	BYE
94	-4	4.422	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	4–5–1	0.450	89	-9	Tied New Mexico State 13–13
95	-9	4.433	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	4–5–1	0.450	89	-7	BYE
96	-16	4.486	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	66	-12	Lost to Southeastern Louisiana 27–34
97	2	4.622	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	74	-9	Beat Eastern Illinois 13–8
98	-4	4.719	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	108	-10	BYE
99	11	4.792	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	96	-15	Beat Wyoming 41–21
100	7	4.926	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	4–7	0.364	96	-16	Beat Oregon State 23–14
101	-5	4.974	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	3–6	0.333	103	-10	BYE
102	13	5.017	SMU	IND SWC	3–8	0.273	115	-14	Beat Arkansas 35–31
103	15	5.073	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	3–7	0.300	108	-18	Beat Colorado State 21–19
104	7	5.147	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	3–8	0.273	115	-20	Beat Dayton 28–8
105	-4	5.208	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	2–7	0.222	121	-11	BYE
106	-3	5.234	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	2–7	0.222	121	-11	BYE
107	13	5.246	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	4–7	0.364	96	-22	Beat Tulsa 30–13
108	-10	5.250	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	3–7	0.300	108	-13	Lost to Florida 22–50
109	-7	5.285	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	96	-14	Lost to Southern Illinois 16–44
110	-10	5.383	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	93	-16	Lost to Villanova 7–24
111	2	5.437	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	115	-23	Beat Pacific 31–17
112	-3	5.643	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	3–6	0.333	103	-10	BYE
113	3	5.671	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	4–6–1	0.409	91	-18	Tied West Texas A&M 13–13
114	-8	5.682	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	115	-23	Lost to West Virginia 28–34
115	-7	5.829	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–8	0.273	115	-30	Lost to Washington 32–51
116	-11	5.870	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	3–6–1	0.350	102	-18	Lost to Northridge State 10–16
117	-5	5.888	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	108	-19	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 14–26
118	1	5.933	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	3–7	0.300	108	-27	Lost to BYU 12–34
119	2	5.964	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	2–8	0.200	123	-23	Lost to Cincinnati 7–33
120	10	5.975	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	1–9	0.100	130	-27	Beat Memphis 14–12
121	-4	5.986	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	3–8	0.273	115	-23	Lost to Kent State 9–35
122	2	6.015	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–10	0.091	132	-28	Lost to Colorado 28–35
123	6	6.317	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	108	-15	Beat UConn 41–40
124	-10	6.345	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	96	-20	Lost to Miami (OH) 8–28
125	-2	6.386	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	125	-32	Lost to LSU 7–17
126	-4	6.427	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	2–9	0.182	125	-31	Lost to Texas Arlington 14–34
127	-2	6.442	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	2–9	0.182	125	-32	Lost to Maryland 0–28
128	-2	6.686	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	2–9	0.182	125	-16	Lost to Ball State 3–52
129	-1	7.095	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–10	0.091	132	-41	Lost to Illinois 6–48
130	6	7.172	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	103	-13	Beat UTEP 28–12
131	-4	7.255	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	2–9	0.182	125	-34	Lost to Utah State 17–31
132	-1	7.322	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	2–8	0.200	123	-29	Lost to Louisiana Tech 35–55
133	-1	7.502	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	1–10	0.091	132	-42	Lost to North Texas 0–63
134	0	7.594	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–10	0.091	132	-44	Lost to Oregon 14–23
135	0	7.596	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	1–9	0.100	130	-39	Lost to Ohio 15–63
136	-3	7.690	UTEP	IND WAC	1–10	0.091	132	-43	Lost to Hawai'i 12–28
137	0	8.586	TCU	IND SWC	0–10	0.000	137	-40	Lost to Texas A&M 10–59

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.

entries per pageSearch:

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

1976 Week 11 College Football Team Rankings

November 9, 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	1.048	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	7–0	1.000	1	+25	Beat TCU 14–10
2	6	1.073	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	8–1	0.889	8	+32	Beat Florida 41–27
3	-1	1.087	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	9–0	1.000	1	+32	Beat Army 37–7
4	0	1.091	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	9–0	1.000	1	+35	Beat Cincinnati 21–0
5	1	1.149	UCLA	PAC	8–0–1	0.944	7	+27	Beat Oregon 46–0
6	-1	1.168	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	8–0	1.000	1	+29	Beat Arkansas State 23–14
7	4	1.213	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	7–1–1	0.833	15	+26	Beat Illinois 42–10
8	4	1.405	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	8–1	0.889	8	+25	Beat Richmond 20–10
9	-2	1.408	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	6–2	0.750	27	+24	Lost to Georgia 27–41
10	-7	1.410	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	8–1	0.889	8	+22	Lost to Purdue 14–16
11	2	1.441	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	7–1–1	0.833	15	+20	Beat Oklahoma State 14–10
12	6	1.478	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	6–3	0.667	34	+25	Beat Colorado 16–7
13	2	1.486	USC	PAC	7–1	0.875	11	+20	Beat Stanford 48–24
14	-4	1.539	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	5–3	0.625	48	+23	Lost to Nebraska 10–14
15	4	1.588	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	11	+23	Beat San José State 30–17
16	1	1.618	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	6–2	0.750	27	+21	Beat Virginia Tech 35–31
17	3	1.626	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	5–1–1	0.786	17	+14	Tied Baylor 7–7
18	-9	1.648	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	6–3	0.667	34	+22	Lost to Missouri 7–16
19	-3	1.699	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	6–2	0.750	27	+18	BYE
20	5	1.706	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	6–2	0.750	27	+15	Beat Texas 30–0
21	1	1.719	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	7–1	0.875	11	+18	Beat Dartmouth 35–21
22	10	1.757	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	7–2	0.778	18	+18	Beat Kansas 31–17
23	1	1.770	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	9–0	1.000	1	+11	Beat Louisville 34–0
24	5	1.783	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	7–2	0.778	18	+16	Beat LSU 28–17
25	-4	1.817	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	7–2	0.778	18	+18	Beat Auburn 28–19
26	0	1.851	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	34	+19	BYE
27	-4	1.869	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	7–1	0.875	11	+13	Beat Princeton 39–7
28	-14	1.931	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	27	+15	Lost to Georgia Tech 14–23
29	-2	1.973	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	6–2–1	0.722	33	+15	Beat Kansas State 49–20
30	-2	2.014	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	8–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Bucknell 24–13
31	-1	2.016	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	7–2	0.778	18	+17	Beat Clemson 27–23
32	-1	2.018	BYU	IND WAC	7–2	0.778	18	+12	Beat UTEP 40–27
33	4	2.024	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	7–2	0.778	18	+17	Beat Northwestern State 24–15
34	6	2.069	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	7–2	0.778	18	+13	Beat Arizona 26–24
35	1	2.237	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	4–2–1	0.643	47	+11	Tied Arkansas 7–7
36	-1	2.284	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	34	+12	Lost to Tulsa 31–35
37	20	2.310	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	6–3	0.667	34	+21	Beat App State 23–22
38	5	2.328	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	34	+11	Beat NC State 41–20
39	5	2.459	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	7–2	0.778	18	+15	Beat Indiana State 24–9
40	9	2.470	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	4–4–1	0.500	62	+11	Beat Indiana 23–0
41	-3	2.508	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	48	+11	Lost to Maryland 0–21
42	-9	2.519	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	34	+10	Lost to Tennessee 14–21
43	8	2.553	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	6–2	0.750	27	+5	Beat Pennsylvania 20–8
44	1	2.555	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	6–3	0.667	34	+8	Beat Northwestern 38–10
45	3	2.565	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	5–4	0.556	54	+9	Beat Vanderbilt 14–0
46	18	2.588	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	6–3	0.667	34	+6	Beat Bowling Green 31–26
47	-8	2.594	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	6–3–1	0.650	46	+1	Lost to William & Mary 22–23
48	-14	2.683	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	7–2	0.778	18	+2	Lost to Fresno State 0–23
49	-7	2.703	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	5–3	0.625	48	+5	Lost to Brown 21–35
50	10	2.812	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	5–4	0.556	54	+6	Beat Hawai'i 27–6
51	-5	2.887	LSU	SEC	4–3–1	0.563	53	+2	Lost to Alabama 17–28
52	14	2.897	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	34	+3	Beat Illinois State 17–3
53	1	2.925	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	5–4	0.556	54	+6	Lost to Iowa State 17–31
54	7	2.942	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	6–3	0.667	34	+3	Beat Idaho 31–14
55	-8	2.957	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	3–3–1	0.500	62	+5	Lost to Houston 0–30
56	-15	2.975	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	6–3	0.667	34	+11	Lost to Eastern Michigan 27–30
57	-4	3.005	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	6–4	0.600	52	+2	Lost to San Diego State 17–30
58	-8	3.031	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	4–4–1	0.500	62	+4	Lost to Wake Forest 17–38
59	4	3.032	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	4–5	0.444	73	+6	Lost to Ohio State 10–42
60	-5	3.072	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	5–4	0.556	54	+3	Lost to Ohio 26–31
61	1	3.072	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	5–4	0.556	54	+3	BYE
62	9	3.098	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	4–5	0.444	73	+2	Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 49–7
63	-4	3.167	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	4–4	0.500	62	+2	Lost to Wyoming 24–26
64	-12	3.248	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	48	+1	Lost to Miami 6–13
65	5	3.268	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	54	0	BYE
66	13	3.287	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	4–4	0.500	62	-2	Beat Memphis 21–14
67	-11	3.348	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	5–4	0.556	54	0	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 14–30
68	-3	3.357	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	4–5	0.444	73	+4	Lost to USC 24–48
69	3	3.366	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	4–5	0.444	73	+3	Beat Washington 7–0
70	16	3.369	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	62	+2	Beat Notre Dame 23–14
71	-13	3.450	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	5–4	0.556	54	-3	Lost to Miami (OH) 0–31
72	2	3.474	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	4–4	0.500	62	0	BYE
73	14	3.518	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	89	0	Beat Boston College 13–6
74	16	3.536	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	4–5	0.444	73	+1	Beat Michigan 16–14
75	2	3.537	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	73	-1	Beat Tulane 32–28
76	9	3.690	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	62	-4	Beat Marshall 23–10
77	-2	3.773	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	4–4–1	0.500	62	-6	BYE
78	-11	3.801	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	4–5	0.444	73	-3	Lost to Wisconsin 21–38
79	-10	3.812	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	92	0	Lost to Rutgers 0–34
80	11	3.863	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	4–5	0.444	73	-5	Beat Citadel 30–14
81	-3	3.933	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	3–6	0.333	100	-4	Lost to East Carolina 10–20
82	14	3.984	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	4–5	0.444	73	-9	Beat Iowa 38–21
83	-15	3.991	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	4–5	0.444	73	-7	Lost to California 0–7
84	16	3.999	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	4–5	0.444	73	+1	Beat Long Beach State 23–0
85	-5	4.061	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	73	-6	Lost to Pittsburgh 7–37
86	-5	4.090	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	3–6	0.333	100	-5	Lost to Mississippi State 19–28
87	-4	4.148	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	4–6	0.400	90	-7	Lost to Louisiana 14–23
88	-12	4.175	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	3–6–1	0.350	99	-5	Lost to Penn State 20–41
89	-16	4.465	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	3–5	0.375	92	-6	Lost to Utah 31–34
90	-6	4.469	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	73	-4	Lost to Villanova 10–23
91	11	4.519	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	4–6	0.400	90	-10	Beat Duke 38–17
92	11	4.642	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	3–5	0.375	92	-5	Beat SMU 41–34
93	-11	4.662	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	3–6	0.333	100	-8	Lost to Michigan State 0–23
94	12	4.665	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	3–5	0.375	92	-9	Beat Lamar 21–6
95	-3	4.669	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	2–6	0.250	112	-5	Lost to Yale 7–39
96	-2	4.673	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	62	-18	Lost to Mcneese State 15–24
97	8	4.820	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	3–5	0.375	92	-8	Beat Cornell 35–17
98	-5	4.846	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	3–5	0.375	92	-2	Lost to Harvard 8–20
99	0	4.883	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	3–6	0.333	100	-9	Lost to UCLA 0–46
100	10	4.932	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	100	-12	Beat Arizona State 31–30
101	-12	4.978	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	62	-3	Lost to Louisiana Tech 7–49
102	10	5.015	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	4–5	0.444	73	-9	Beat Wichita State 26–6
103	5	5.047	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–6	0.333	100	-14	Beat Oregon State 29–24
104	11	5.094	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	3–4–1	0.438	88	-13	Beat Pacific 17–7
105	-17	5.146	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	100	-13	Lost to Navy 10–27
106	11	5.157	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	73	-5	Beat UL Monroe 37–13
107	0	5.305	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	2–5–2	0.333	100	-11	Lost to North Carolina 23–27
108	8	5.333	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	118	-12	Beat Syracuse 27–10
109	-14	5.348	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	2–6	0.250	112	-14	Lost to Air Force 30–31
110	-9	5.358	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	100	-9	Lost to Southern Illinois 3–17
111	-13	5.362	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	3–6	0.333	100	-17	Lost to New Mexico State 6–26
112	13	5.480	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	2–7	0.222	118	-17	Beat Western Michigan 31–0
113	-16	5.496	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	1–7	0.125	128	-10	Lost to Columbia 17–35
114	-1	5.497	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	100	-16	Beat Southern Miss 30–27
115	-11	5.557	SMU	IND SWC	2–7	0.222	118	-14	Lost to Rice 34–41
116	3	5.644	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	118	-18	Beat Weber State 36–10
117	9	5.734	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	92	-13	Beat Drake 31–7
118	-9	6.036	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	2–7	0.222	118	-19	Lost to West Texas A&M 6–21
119	3	6.137	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–8	0.111	131	-19	Lost to Oklahoma 20–49
120	-9	6.215	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	118	-23	Lost to West Virginia 28–32
121	9	6.224	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	2–7	0.222	118	-23	Beat Lehigh 21–20
122	-2	6.301	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND FBSI	2–6	0.250	112	-14	Lost to Ball State 9–24
123	8	6.335	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	2–7	0.222	118	-18	Beat Northern Illinois 17–2
124	9	6.461	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	2–6	0.250	112	-22	Beat New Mexico 34–31
125	11	6.543	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	2–7	0.222	118	-7	Beat Central Michigan 30–27
126	-2	6.594	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–7	0.125	128	-19	Lost to Kentucky 0–14
127	-4	6.594	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	2–7	0.222	118	-16	Lost to CAL State Fullerton 7–17
128	-10	6.657	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	2–6	0.250	112	-16	Lost to Dayton 13–37
129	-15	6.691	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	2–6	0.250	112	-9	Lost to Massachusetts 14–21
130	-9	6.799	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	0–8	0.000	135	-23	Lost to Florida State 27–30
131	-4	7.211	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	1–8	0.111	131	-28	Lost to Temple 7–31
132	2	7.391	UTEP	IND WAC	1–8	0.111	131	-28	Lost to BYU 27–40
133	-1	7.537	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	2–5	0.286	111	-12	Lost to Kent State 6–27
134	-5	7.572	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–8	0.111	131	-30	Lost to Washington State 24–29
135	0	7.720	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–9	0.000	135	-33	Lost to Minnesota 10–38
136	-8	7.780	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	1–7	0.125	128	-27	Lost to Toledo 2–17
137	0	8.086	TCU	IND SWC	0–8	0.000	135	-24	Lost to Texas Tech 10–14