College Football 1976
Ranking of Division I 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 Division I teams based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents)
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule		Team	Other Rankings		Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		AP	Coach	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	16	16	12	8-4-0	6	12	8-4-0	BIG 8
10	23.08	15	21.39	7	35.17	Ohio State	6	5	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	18	20	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	5	6	12	9-2-1	16	12	9-2-1	BIG 8
3	28.89	4	27.77	16	39.96	Georgia	10	10	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	9	7	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	14	14	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		19	11	7-3-1	23	11	7-3-1	SWAC
13	22.08	10	24.28	25	42.62	Notre Dame	12	12	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	7	8	12	10-2-0	30	12	10-2-0	SWAC
4	27.69	2	32.21	31	44.62	Houston	4	4	12	10-2-0	32	12	10-2-0	SWAC
2	30.04	7	24.98	32	45.12	Michigan	3	3	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	13	13	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	2	2	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	11	9	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	20		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	8	11	12	11-1-0	49	12	11-1-0	ACC
21	16.65	16	21.32	54	52.73	Iowa State	19	18	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	1	1	12	12-0-0	58	12	12-0-0	EIC
28	12.61	37	9.19	64	56.95	LSU			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	15	15	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	17	17	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 Division I 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 Division I Teams

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