College Football 1976
Ranking of Division I Teams

Based on games played between 1976/9/4 and 1977/1/2
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

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1976 - Ranking of Division I teams based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule		Team	Other Rankings		Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		AP	Coach	Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
1	36.72	1	35.63	63	56.21	Pittsburgh	1	1	12	12-0-0	1	12	12-0-0	EIC
2	30.04	7	24.98	32	45.12	Michigan	3	3	12	10-2-0	2	12	10-2-0	BIG 10
3	28.89	4	27.77	16	39.96	Georgia	10	10	12	10-2-0	3	12	10-2-0	SEC
4	27.69	2	32.21	31	44.62	Houston	4	4	12	10-2-0	5	12	10-2-0	SWAC
5	27.61	3	29.59	43	48.96	Southern California	2	2	12	11-1-0	4	12	11-1-0	PAC-8
6	25.23	5	26.72	39	47.62	Texas Tech	13	13	12	10-2-0	6	12	10-2-0	SWAC
7	24.49	13	22.52	30	44.29	Texas A&M	7	8	12	10-2-0	8	12	10-2-0	SWAC
8	24.34	9	24.51	53	52.71	Maryland	8	11	12	11-1-0	7	12	11-1-0	ACC
9	23.95	17	19.23	46	50.00	Alabama	11	9	12	9-3-0	9	12	9-3-0	SEC
10	23.08	15	21.39	7	35.17	Ohio State	6	5	12	9-2-1	10	12	9-2-1	BIG 10
11	22.86	8	24.55	18	40.88	Nebraska	9	7	13	9-3-1	11	13	9-3-1	BIG 8
12	22.62	6	25.02	15	39.71	Oklahoma	5	6	12	9-2-1	12	12	9-2-1	BIG 8
13	22.08	10	24.28	25	42.62	Notre Dame	12	12	12	9-3-0	13	12	9-3-0	EIC
14	21.60	11	22.85	22	42.08	Oklahoma State	14	14	12	9-3-0	14	12	9-3-0	BIG 8
15	21.05	14	21.79	6	34.17	Colorado	16	16	12	8-4-0	15	12	8-4-0	BIG 8
16	18.89	19	18.75	9	37.83	Kentucky	18	20	12	8-4-0	16	12	8-4-0	SEC
17	18.65	12	22.69	1	22.14	Missouri			11	6-5-0	17	11	6-5-0	BIG 8
18	18.63	22	15.49	49	52.00	Mississippi State	20		10	8-2-0	18	11	9-2-0	SEC
19	17.50	18	19.01	5	31.58	Florida			12	8-4-0	20	12	8-4-0	SEC
20	17.43	24	14.23	68	61.42	UCLA	15	15	12	9-2-1	19	12	9-2-1	PAC-8
21	16.65	16	21.32	54	52.73	Iowa State	19	18	11	8-3-0	21	11	8-3-0	BIG 8
22	15.50	21	17.45	24	42.32	Baylor		19	11	7-3-1	22	11	7-3-1	SWAC
23	14.47	26	12.61	74	66.40	East Carolina			10	8-2-0	25	11	9-2-0	SoCon
24	14.28	23	14.52	12	38.45	Kansas			11	6-5-0	23	11	6-5-0	BIG 8
25	13.09	27	12.34	45	49.58	Penn State			12	7-5-0	24	12	7-5-0	EIC
26	12.98	39	8.32	47	51.18	Tennessee			11	6-5-0	27	11	6-5-0	SEC
27	12.86	29	11.41	35	47.23	South Carolina			11	6-5-0	26	11	6-5-0	SWIC
28	12.61	37	9.19	64	56.95	LSU			11	6-4-1	28	11	6-4-1	SEC
29	12.49	28	11.59	73	65.95	Cincinnati			11	8-3-0	29	11	8-3-0	EIC
30	10.74	31	11.03	129	105.14	Rutgers	17	17	7	7-0-0	30	11	11-0-0	EIC
31	10.63	30	11.25	23	42.18	Texas			11	5-5-1	31	11	5-5-1	SWAC
32	10.04	20	18.24	60	55.17	North Carolina			12	9-3-0	32	12	9-3-0	ACC
33	10.03	33	10.35	19	40.91	Duke			11	5-5-1	33	11	5-5-1	ACC
34	8.74	48	5.55	57	54.32	California			11	5-6-0	34	11	5-6-0	PAC-8
35	8.55	40	8.16	72	65.40	William & Mary			10	7-3-0	39	11	7-4-0	SoCon
36	8.39	47	5.56	76	68.86	Memphis			11	7-4-0	37	11	7-4-0	SWIC
37	8.19	43	7.46	62	55.86	Stanford			11	6-5-0	35	11	6-5-0	PAC-8
38	7.80	38	8.52	4	30.77	Miami (FL)			11	3-8-0	36	11	3-8-0	SWIC
39	7.36	34	9.70	10	37.86	Illinois			11	5-6-0	38	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
40	7.28	32	10.42	78	71.62	Tulsa			12	7-4-1	47	12	7-4-1	MVC
41	7.24	44	6.83	108	95.45	Louisiana Lafayette			11	9-2-0	51	11	9-2-0	SLC
42	7.09	46	6.02	29	44.14	Arkansas			11	5-5-1	41	11	5-5-1	SWAC
43	6.41	55	3.78	104	91.00	Brigham Young			12	9-3-0	44	12	9-3-0	WAC
44	6.29	42	7.76	37	47.45	Michigan State			11	4-6-1	45	11	4-6-1	BIG 10
45	6.26	70	0.77	59	55.00	Washington			11	5-6-0	42	11	5-6-0	PAC-8
46	6.20	52	4.13	66	59.45	Virginia Tech			11	6-5-0	46	11	6-5-0	SWIC
47	6.16	56	3.63	38	47.55	Wisconsin			10	4-6-0	43	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
48	5.55	35	9.53	42	48.23	Wake Forest			11	5-6-0	49	11	5-6-0	ACC
49	5.53	36	9.30	50	52.14	Minnesota			11	6-5-0	48	11	6-5-0	BIG 10
50	4.88	74	0.20	14	39.41	Auburn			11	3-8-0	53	11	3-8-0	SEC
51	4.77	64	1.87	56	53.59	Richmond			11	5-6-0	52	11	5-6-0	SoCon
52	4.45	63	2.06	27	43.45	Georgia Tech			11	4-6-1	54	11	4-6-1	SWIC
53	4.29	53	3.90	123	100.30	Ball State			10	8-2-0	71	11	8-3-0	MAC
54	3.97	67	1.53	8	37.05	North Carolina State			11	3-7-1	56	11	3-7-1	ACC
55	3.74	45	6.67	80	73.65	Boston College			10	7-3-0	50	11	8-3-0	EIC
56	3.33	50	4.59	13	39.23	Clemson			11	3-6-2	57	11	3-6-2	ACC
57	3.03	68	1.28	131	105.41	San Diego State			11	10-1-0	63	11	10-1-0	SWIC
58	2.99	49	4.80	28	44.00	Purdue			11	5-6-0	58	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
59	2.78	69	1.25	48	51.77	Florida State			11	5-6-0	65	11	5-6-0	SWIC
60	2.73	58	3.23	40	47.95	Navy			10	3-7-0	59	11	4-7-0	EIC
61	2.70	79	-2.67	58	54.81	Furman			8	3-4-1	61	11	6-4-1	SoCon
62	2.52	82	-3.32	34	46.18	Mississippi			11	5-6-0	62	11	5-6-0	SEC
63	2.41	61	3.12	52	52.43	Appalachian State			7	2-4-1	64	11	6-4-1	SoCon
64	2.15	73	0.29	11	38.32	Southern Methodist			11	3-8-0	66	11	3-8-0	SWAC
65	2.10	85	-4.81	81	74.20	North Texas			10	5-5-0	70	11	6-5-0	SWIC
66	1.95	59	3.18	55	53.00	West Virginia			11	5-6-0	60	11	5-6-0	EIC
67	1.73	41	8.07	33	45.27	Indiana			11	5-6-0	67	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
68	0.76	51	4.42	36	47.27	Iowa			11	5-6-0	68	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
69	0.68	54	3.85	137	117.69	Brown			8	7-1-0	40	9	8-1-0	Ivy
70	-0.51	65	1.78	97	87.83	Kent State			12	8-4-0	72	12	8-4-0	MAC
71	-0.51	60	3.12	94	87.23	Western Michigan			11	7-4-0	73	11	7-4-0	MAC
72	-0.99	25	13.56	116	98.00	McNeese State			12	10-2-0	80	12	10-2-0	SLC
73	-1.77	86	-4.94	99	87.91	Louisiana Tech			11	6-5-0	90	11	6-5-0	SLC
74	-2.05	88	-5.70	135	113.00	Yale			7	6-1-0	55	9	8-1-0	Ivy
75	-2.43	62	2.27	87	80.20	Tennessee Chattanooga			5	3-2-0	69	11	6-4-1	SWIC
76	-2.47	78	-2.13	2	24.23	Kansas State			11	1-10-0	78	11	1-10-0	BIG 8
77	-2.53	72	0.43	88	81.55	Ohio University			10	6-4-0	81	11	7-4-0	MAC
78	-2.54	80	-3.03	89	82.67	Villanova			9	5-4-0	74	11	6-4-1	EIC
79	-2.99	76	-0.98	75	66.83	Virginia Military			9	4-5-0	76	10	5-5-0	SoCon
80	-3.19	90	-6.52	71	65.18	Oregon			11	4-7-0	79	11	4-7-0	PAC-8
81	-3.41	94	-8.06	115	97.85	San Jose State			10	6-4-0	89	11	7-4-0	BWC
82	-3.42	71	0.67	69	61.78	Citadel			9	4-5-0	77	11	6-5-0	SoCon
83	-3.52	57	3.26	20	41.45	Rice			11	3-8-0	87	11	3-8-0	SWAC
84	-3.84	97	-9.26	86	79.86	Arizona State			11	4-7-0	84	11	4-7-0	WAC
85	-4.20	75	-0.42	92	84.95	Bowling Green			11	6-5-0	91	11	6-5-0	MAC
86	-4.34	96	-9.01	65	58.55	Tulane			11	2-9-0	86	11	2-9-0	SWIC
87	-4.37	92	-7.28	84	79.59	Arizona			11	5-6-0	85	11	5-6-0	WAC
88	-4.67	83	-3.90	41	48.00	Washington State			10	2-8-0	82	11	3-8-0	PAC-8
89	-4.81	104	-10.63	44	49.55	Southern Mississippi			11	2-9-0	95	11	2-9-0	SWIC
90	-5.06	77	-1.12	98	87.86	Wyoming			11	7-4-0	93	12	8-4-0	WAC
91	-5.08	84	-4.56	17	40.59	Vanderbilt			11	2-9-0	92	11	2-9-0	SEC
92	-5.22	91	-6.79	61	55.35	Louisville			10	3-7-0	97	11	4-7-0	SWIC
93	-6.54	115	-14.45	127	102.12	Fresno State			8	4-4-0	105	11	5-6-0	BWC
94	-6.56	66	1.66	114	97.45	Central Michigan			10	7-3-0	99	11	7-4-0	MAC
95	-6.63	111	-13.52	93	85.68	New Mexico			11	4-7-0	96	11	4-7-0	WAC
96	-7.04	81	-3.18	70	64.25	Army			10	4-6-0	94	11	5-6-0	EIC
97	-7.05	99	-10.00	109	95.95	Arkansas State			11	5-6-0	101	11	5-6-0	SLC
98	-7.80	110	-13.13	110	96.68	Texas Arlington			11	5-6-0	107	11	5-6-0	SLC
99	-7.83	87	-4.95	67	60.09	Syracuse			11	3-8-0	98	11	3-8-0	EIC
100	-8.67	107	-11.59	26	42.91	Northwestern			11	1-10-0	102	11	1-10-0	BIG 10
101	-9.19	114	-14.34	119	98.45	Colorado State			10	5-5-0	104	11	6-5-0	WAC
102	-9.41	120	-16.25	134	111.50	Dartmouth			8	5-3-0	83	9	6-3-0	Ivy
103	-9.78	101	-10.21	133	110.00	Harvard			7	4-3-0	75	9	6-3-0	Ivy
104	-9.89	103	-10.45	77	69.82	Miami (OH)			11	3-8-0	112	11	3-8-0	MAC
105	-10.90	102	-10.40	21	41.60	Virginia			10	1-9-0	108	11	2-9-0	ACC
106	-11.25	100	-10.02	95	87.40	Toledo			10	3-7-0	116	11	3-8-0	MAC
107	-12.03	108	-11.61	3	30.27	Texas Christian			11	0-11-0	113	11	0-11-0	SWAC
108	-12.20	119	-16.07	136	116.35	Cal State Long Beach			10	7-3-0	117	11	8-3-0	BWC
109	-12.29	117	-15.00	51	52.17	Oregon State			12	2-10-0	111	12	2-10-0	PAC-8
110	-12.56	116	-14.98	103	90.73	West Texas A&M			11	4-5-2	119	11	4-5-2	MVC
111	-12.86	89	-5.73	122	99.45	Southern Illinois			11	7-4-0	118	11	7-4-0	EIC
112	-13.01	109	-12.36	79	72.07	Temple			7	2-5-0	106	10	4-6-0	EIC
113	-13.69	98	-9.93	83	76.14	Air Force			11	4-7-0	115	11	4-7-0	SWIC
114	-15.06	112	-13.55	126	101.20	Colgate			5	3-2-0	109	10	8-2-0	EIC
115	-15.37	121	-17.23	132	105.55	New Mexico State			10	4-5-1	135	11	4-6-1	MVC
116	-15.80	113	-13.73	85	79.68	Utah			11	3-8-0	123	11	3-8-0	WAC
117	-16.86	105	-10.81	124	100.38	Dayton			8	3-5-0	129	11	4-7-0	EIC
118	-17.06	93	-7.85	102	88.67	Marshall			9	3-6-0	126	11	4-7-0	EIC
119	-17.23	122	-19.23	101	88.35	Utah State			10	2-8-0	124	11	3-8-0	SWIC
120	-19.05	95	-8.70	107	95.22	Illinois State			9	4-5-0	131	11	5-6-0	EIC
121	-20.65	126	-23.21	125	101.05	Wichita State			11	4-7-0	133	11	4-7-0	MVC
122	-20.66	127	-23.53	113	97.36	Hawaii			7	2-5-0	128	11	3-8-0	SWIC
123	-20.94	123	-20.19	96	87.75	Northwestern State (LA)			6	2-4-0	136	10	5-5-0	SWIC
124	-20.95	118	-15.09	117	98.22	Indiana State			9	3-6-0	137	10	3-7-0	EIC
125	-21.33	128	-23.59	120	98.78	Princeton			9	2-7-0	122	9	2-7-0	Ivy
126	-21.61	125	-22.30	112	97.12	Columbia			8	2-6-0	121	9	3-6-0	Ivy
127	-21.66	106	-11.09	82	74.94	Eastern Michigan			9	2-7-0	139	11	2-9-0	MAC
128	-22.57	131	-27.79	118	98.44	Cornell			9	2-7-0	125	9	2-7-0	Ivy
129	-24.28	133	-28.05	91	83.83	Holy Cross			6	0-6-0	127	11	3-8-0	EIC
130	-24.39	134	-28.66	90	83.09	Drake			11	1-10-0	141	11	1-10-0	MVC
131	-25.02	124	-20.80	106	94.15	Louisiana Monroe			10	2-8-0	144	11	2-9-0	SWIC
132	-26.07	129	-25.22	111	97.05	Lamar			11	2-9-0	145	11	2-9-0	SLC
133	-26.39	136	-30.12	100	88.25	Texas El Paso			12	1-11-0	142	12	1-11-0	WAC
134	-26.90	132	-27.84	128	104.75	Cal State Fullerton			6	1-5-0	138	11	3-7-1	BWC
135	-27.33	135	-29.52	130	105.29	Pennsylvania			7	2-5-0	134	9	3-6-0	Ivy
136	-28.75	137	-32.70	121	99.28	Pacific			9	1-8-0	143	11	2-9-0	BWC
137	-33.71	130	-26.92	105	91.73	Northern Illinois			11	1-10-0	147	11	1-10-0	MAC

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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 Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

College Football 1976
Ranking of Division I Teams

Based on games played between 1976/9/4 and 1977/1/2
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)