College Football 1976
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1976/9/4 and 1977/1/2
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

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1976 - Ranking of University Division teams based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents)
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule		Team	Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
17	18.65	12	22.69	1	22.14	Missouri	11	6-5-0	1	11	6-5-0	BIG 8
76	-2.47	78	-2.13	2	24.23	Kansas State	11	1-10-0	2	11	1-10-0	BIG 8
107	-12.03	108	-11.61	3	30.27	Texas Christian	11	0-11-0	3	11	0-11-0	SWAC
38	7.80	38	8.52	4	30.77	Miami FL	11	3-8-0	4	11	3-8-0	SWIC
19	17.50	18	19.01	5	31.58	Florida	12	8-4-0	5	12	8-4-0	SEC
15	21.05	14	21.79	6	34.17	Colorado	12	8-4-0	6	12	8-4-0	BIG 8
10	23.08	15	21.39	7	35.17	Ohio State	12	9-2-1	7	12	9-2-1	BIG 10
54	3.97	67	1.53	8	37.05	North Carolina State	11	3-7-1	8	11	3-7-1	ACC
16	18.89	19	18.75	9	37.83	Kentucky	12	8-4-0	9	12	8-4-0	SEC
39	7.36	34	9.70	10	37.86	Illinois	11	5-6-0	10	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
64	2.15	73	0.29	11	38.32	Southern Methodist	11	3-8-0	13	11	3-8-0	SWAC
24	14.28	23	14.52	12	38.45	Kansas	11	6-5-0	11	11	6-5-0	BIG 8
56	3.33	50	4.59	13	39.23	Clemson	11	3-6-2	12	11	3-6-2	ACC
50	4.88	74	0.20	14	39.41	Auburn	11	3-8-0	14	11	3-8-0	SEC
12	22.62	6	25.02	15	39.71	Oklahoma	12	9-2-1	16	12	9-2-1	BIG 8
3	28.89	4	27.77	16	39.96	Georgia	12	10-2-0	15	12	10-2-0	SEC
91	-5.08	84	-4.56	17	40.59	Vanderbilt	11	2-9-0	18	11	2-9-0	SEC
11	22.86	8	24.55	18	40.88	Nebraska	13	9-3-1	19	13	9-3-1	BIG 8
33	10.03	33	10.35	19	40.91	Duke	11	5-5-1	17	11	5-5-1	ACC
83	-3.52	57	3.26	20	41.45	Rice	11	3-8-0	20	11	3-8-0	SWAC
105	-10.90	102	-10.40	21	41.60	Virginia	10	1-9-0	38	11	2-9-0	ACC
14	21.60	11	22.85	22	42.08	Oklahoma State	12	9-3-0	26	12	9-3-0	BIG 8
31	10.63	30	11.25	23	42.18	Texas	11	5-5-1	24	11	5-5-1	SWAC
22	15.50	21	17.45	24	42.32	Baylor	11	7-3-1	23	11	7-3-1	SWAC
13	22.08	10	24.28	25	42.62	Notre Dame	12	9-3-0	22	12	9-3-0	EIC
100	-8.67	107	-11.59	26	42.91	Northwestern	11	1-10-0	21	11	1-10-0	BIG 10
52	4.45	63	2.06	27	43.45	Georgia Tech	11	4-6-1	25	11	4-6-1	SWIC
58	2.99	49	4.80	28	44.00	Purdue	11	5-6-0	27	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
42	7.09	46	6.02	29	44.14	Arkansas	11	5-5-1	31	11	5-5-1	SWAC
7	24.49	13	22.52	30	44.29	Texas A&M	12	10-2-0	30	12	10-2-0	SWAC
4	27.69	2	32.21	31	44.62	Houston	12	10-2-0	32	12	10-2-0	SWAC
2	30.04	7	24.98	32	45.12	Michigan	12	10-2-0	29	12	10-2-0	BIG 10
67	1.73	41	8.07	33	45.27	Indiana	11	5-6-0	28	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
62	2.52	82	-3.32	34	46.18	Mississippi	11	5-6-0	34	11	5-6-0	SEC
27	12.86	29	11.41	35	47.23	South Carolina	11	6-5-0	37	11	6-5-0	SWIC
68	0.76	51	4.42	36	47.27	Iowa	11	5-6-0	33	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
44	6.29	42	7.76	37	47.45	Michigan State	11	4-6-1	36	11	4-6-1	BIG 10
47	6.16	56	3.63	38	47.55	Wisconsin	10	4-6-0	35	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
6	25.23	5	26.72	39	47.62	Texas Tech	12	10-2-0	40	12	10-2-0	SWAC
60	2.73	58	3.23	40	47.95	Navy	10	3-7-0	61	11	4-7-0	EIC
88	-4.67	83	-3.90	41	48.00	Washington State	10	2-8-0	53	11	3-8-0	PAC-8
48	5.55	35	9.53	42	48.23	Wake Forest	11	5-6-0	39	11	5-6-0	ACC
5	27.61	3	29.59	43	48.96	Southern California	12	11-1-0	41	12	11-1-0	PAC-8
89	-4.81	104	-10.63	44	49.55	Southern Mississippi	11	2-9-0	46	11	2-9-0	SWIC
25	13.09	27	12.34	45	49.58	Penn State	12	7-5-0	42	12	7-5-0	EIC
9	23.95	17	19.23	46	50.00	Alabama	12	9-3-0	43	12	9-3-0	SEC
26	12.98	39	8.32	47	51.18	Tennessee	11	6-5-0	45	11	6-5-0	SEC
59	2.78	69	1.25	48	51.77	Florida State	11	5-6-0	51	11	5-6-0	SWIC
18	18.63	22	15.49	49	52.00	Mississippi State	10	8-2-0	66	11	9-2-0	SEC
49	5.53	36	9.30	50	52.14	Minnesota	11	6-5-0	44	11	6-5-0	BIG 10
109	-12.29	117	-15.00	51	52.17	Oregon State	12	2-10-0	48	12	2-10-0	PAC-8
63	2.41	61	3.12	52	52.43	Appalachian State	7	2-4-1	68	11	6-4-1	SoCon
8	24.34	9	24.51	53	52.71	Maryland	12	11-1-0	49	12	11-1-0	ACC
21	16.65	16	21.32	54	52.73	Iowa State	11	8-3-0	56	11	8-3-0	BIG 8
66	1.95	59	3.18	55	53.00	West Virginia	11	5-6-0	47	11	5-6-0	EIC
51	4.77	64	1.87	56	53.59	Richmond	11	5-6-0	50	11	5-6-0	SoCon
34	8.74	48	5.55	57	54.32	California	11	5-6-0	54	11	5-6-0	PAC-8
61	2.70	79	-2.67	58	54.81	Furman	8	3-4-1	57	11	6-4-1	SoCon
45	6.26	70	0.77	59	55.00	Washington	11	5-6-0	55	11	5-6-0	PAC-8
32	10.04	20	18.24	60	55.17	North Carolina	12	9-3-0	60	12	9-3-0	ACC
92	-5.22	91	-6.79	61	55.35	Louisville	10	3-7-0	71	11	4-7-0	SWIC
37	8.19	43	7.46	62	55.86	Stanford	11	6-5-0	59	11	6-5-0	PAC-8
1	36.72	1	35.63	63	56.21	Pittsburgh	12	12-0-0	58	12	12-0-0	EIC
28	12.61	37	9.19	64	56.95	Louisiana State	11	6-4-1	62	11	6-4-1	SEC
86	-4.34	96	-9.01	65	58.55	Tulane	11	2-9-0	63	11	2-9-0	SWIC
46	6.20	52	4.13	66	59.45	Virginia Tech	11	6-5-0	65	11	6-5-0	SWIC
99	-7.83	87	-4.95	67	60.09	Syracuse	11	3-8-0	64	11	3-8-0	EIC
20	17.43	24	14.23	68	61.42	UCLA	12	9-2-1	67	12	9-2-1	PAC-8
82	-3.42	71	0.67	69	61.78	Citadel	9	4-5-0	69	11	6-5-0	SoCon
96	-7.04	81	-3.18	70	64.25	Army	10	4-6-0	75	11	5-6-0	EIC
80	-3.19	90	-6.52	71	65.18	Oregon	11	4-7-0	70	11	4-7-0	PAC-8
35	8.55	40	8.16	72	65.40	William & Mary	10	7-3-0	72	11	7-4-0	SoCon
29	12.49	28	11.59	73	65.95	Cincinnati	11	8-3-0	73	11	8-3-0	EIC
23	14.47	26	12.61	74	66.40	East Carolina	10	8-2-0	77	11	9-2-0	SoCon
79	-2.99	76	-0.98	75	66.83	Virginia Military	9	4-5-0	74	10	5-5-0	SoCon
36	8.39	47	5.56	76	68.86	Memphis	11	7-4-0	76	11	7-4-0	SWIC
104	-9.89	103	-10.45	77	69.82	Miami OH	11	3-8-0	79	11	3-8-0	MAC
40	7.28	32	10.42	78	71.62	Tulsa	12	7-4-1	81	12	7-4-1	MVC
112	-13.01	109	-12.36	79	72.07	Temple	7	2-5-0	83	10	4-6-0	EIC
55	3.74	45	6.67	80	73.65	Boston College	10	7-3-0	80	11	8-3-0	EIC
65	2.10	85	-4.81	81	74.20	North Texas	10	5-5-0	93	11	6-5-0	SWIC
127	-21.66	106	-11.09	82	74.94	Eastern Michigan	9	2-7-0	90	11	2-9-0	MAC
113	-13.69	98	-9.93	83	76.14	Air Force	11	4-7-0	82	11	4-7-0	SWIC
87	-4.37	92	-7.28	84	79.59	Arizona	11	5-6-0	87	11	5-6-0	WAC
116	-15.80	113	-13.73	85	79.68	Utah	11	3-8-0	88	11	3-8-0	WAC
84	-3.84	97	-9.26	86	79.86	Arizona State	11	4-7-0	89	11	4-7-0	WAC
75	-2.43	62	2.27	87	80.20	Tennessee Chattanooga	5	3-2-0	98	11	6-4-1	SWIC
77	-2.53	72	0.43	88	81.55	Ohio University	10	6-4-0	101	11	7-4-0	MAC
78	-2.54	80	-3.03	89	82.67	Villanova	9	5-4-0	92	11	6-4-1	EIC
130	-24.39	134	-28.66	90	83.09	Drake	11	1-10-0	94	11	1-10-0	MVC
129	-24.28	133	-28.05	91	83.83	Holy Cross	6	0-6-0	104	11	3-8-0	EIC
85	-4.20	75	-0.42	92	84.95	Bowling Green	11	6-5-0	99	11	6-5-0	MAC
95	-6.63	111	-13.52	93	85.68	New Mexico	11	4-7-0	97	11	4-7-0	WAC
71	-0.51	60	3.12	94	87.23	Western Michigan	11	7-4-0	108	11	7-4-0	MAC
106	-11.25	100	-10.02	95	87.40	Toledo	10	3-7-0	109	11	3-8-0	MAC
123	-20.94	123	-20.19	96	87.75	Northwestern State (LA)	6	2-4-0	112	10	5-5-0	SWIC
70	-0.51	65	1.78	97	87.83	Kent State	12	8-4-0	105	12	8-4-0	MAC
90	-5.06	77	-1.12	98	87.86	Wyoming	11	7-4-0	100	12	8-4-0	WAC
73	-1.77	86	-4.94	99	87.91	Louisiana Tech	11	6-5-0	111	11	6-5-0	SLC
133	-26.39	136	-30.12	100	88.25	Texas El Paso	12	1-11-0	103	12	1-11-0	WAC
119	-17.23	122	-19.23	101	88.35	Utah State	10	2-8-0	102	11	3-8-0	SWIC
118	-17.06	93	-7.85	102	88.67	Marshall	9	3-6-0	110	11	4-7-0	EIC
110	-12.56	116	-14.98	103	90.73	West Texas A&M	11	4-5-2	113	11	4-5-2	MVC
43	6.41	55	3.78	104	91.00	Brigham Young	12	9-3-0	107	12	9-3-0	WAC
137	-33.71	130	-26.92	105	91.73	Northern Illinois	11	1-10-0	114	11	1-10-0	MAC
131	-25.02	124	-20.80	106	94.15	Louisiana Monroe	10	2-8-0	118	11	2-9-0	SWIC
120	-19.05	95	-8.70	107	95.22	Illinois State	9	4-5-0	117	11	5-6-0	EIC
41	7.24	44	6.83	108	95.45	Louisiana Lafayette	11	9-2-0	122	11	9-2-0	SLC
97	-7.05	99	-10.00	109	95.95	Arkansas State	11	5-6-0	124	11	5-6-0	SLC
98	-7.80	110	-13.13	110	96.68	Texas Arlington	11	5-6-0	125	11	5-6-0	SLC
132	-26.07	129	-25.22	111	97.05	Lamar	11	2-9-0	127	11	2-9-0	SLC
126	-21.61	125	-22.30	112	97.12	Columbia	8	2-6-0	106	9	3-6-0	Ivy
122	-20.66	127	-23.53	113	97.36	Hawaii	7	2-5-0	116	11	3-8-0	SWIC
94	-6.56	66	1.66	114	97.45	Central Michigan	10	7-3-0	123	11	7-4-0	MAC
81	-3.41	94	-8.06	115	97.85	San Jose State	10	6-4-0	128	11	7-4-0	BWC
72	-0.99	25	13.56	116	98.00	McNeese State	12	10-2-0	130	12	10-2-0	SLC
124	-20.95	118	-15.09	117	98.22	Indiana State	9	3-6-0	126	10	3-7-0	EIC
128	-22.57	131	-27.79	118	98.44	Cornell	9	2-7-0	95	9	2-7-0	Ivy
101	-9.19	114	-14.34	119	98.45	Colorado State	10	5-5-0	120	11	6-5-0	WAC
125	-21.33	128	-23.59	120	98.78	Princeton	9	2-7-0	96	9	2-7-0	Ivy
136	-28.75	137	-32.70	121	99.28	Pacific	9	1-8-0	132	11	2-9-0	BWC
111	-12.86	89	-5.73	122	99.45	Southern Illinois	11	7-4-0	131	11	7-4-0	EIC
53	4.29	53	3.90	123	100.30	Ball State	10	8-2-0	135	11	8-3-0	MAC
117	-16.86	105	-10.81	124	100.38	Dayton	8	3-5-0	133	11	4-7-0	EIC
121	-20.65	126	-23.21	125	101.05	Wichita State	11	4-7-0	134	11	4-7-0	MVC
114	-15.06	112	-13.55	126	101.20	Colgate	5	3-2-0	146	10	8-2-0	EIC
93	-6.54	115	-14.45	127	102.12	Fresno State	8	4-4-0	143	11	5-6-0	BWC
134	-26.90	132	-27.84	128	104.75	Cal State Fullerton	6	1-5-0	147	11	3-7-1	BWC
30	10.74	31	11.03	129	105.14	Rutgers	7	7-0-0	137	11	11-0-0	EIC
135	-27.33	135	-29.52	130	105.29	Pennsylvania	7	2-5-0	115	9	3-6-0	Ivy
57	3.03	68	1.28	131	105.41	San Diego State	11	10-1-0	141	11	10-1-0	SWIC
115	-15.37	121	-17.23	132	105.55	New Mexico State	10	4-5-1	144	11	4-6-1	MVC
103	-9.78	101	-10.21	133	110.00	Harvard	7	4-3-0	129	9	6-3-0	Ivy
102	-9.41	120	-16.25	134	111.50	Dartmouth	8	5-3-0	119	9	6-3-0	Ivy
74	-2.05	88	-5.70	135	113.00	Yale	7	6-1-0	138	9	8-1-0	Ivy
108	-12.20	119	-16.07	136	116.35	Cal State Long Beach	10	7-3-0	148	11	8-3-0	BWC
69	0.68	54	3.85	137	117.69	Brown	8	7-1-0	139	9	8-1-0	Ivy

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College Football 1976Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1976/9/4 and 1977/1/2Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

College Football 1976
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1976/9/4 and 1977/1/2
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)