College Football 1976
Ranking of University Division 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 University Division teams based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule		Team	Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
1	36.72	1	35.63	63	56.21	Pittsburgh	12	12-0-0	1	12	12-0-0	EIC
2	30.04	7	24.98	32	45.12	Michigan	12	10-2-0	2	12	10-2-0	BIG 10
3	28.89	4	27.77	16	39.96	Georgia	12	10-2-0	3	12	10-2-0	SEC
4	27.69	2	32.21	31	44.62	Houston	12	10-2-0	5	12	10-2-0	SWAC
5	27.61	3	29.59	43	48.96	Southern California	12	11-1-0	4	12	11-1-0	PAC-8
6	25.23	5	26.72	39	47.62	Texas Tech	12	10-2-0	6	12	10-2-0	SWAC
7	24.49	13	22.52	30	44.29	Texas A&M	12	10-2-0	8	12	10-2-0	SWAC
8	24.34	9	24.51	53	52.71	Maryland	12	11-1-0	7	12	11-1-0	ACC
9	23.95	17	19.23	46	50.00	Alabama	12	9-3-0	9	12	9-3-0	SEC
10	23.08	15	21.39	7	35.17	Ohio State	12	9-2-1	10	12	9-2-1	BIG 10
11	22.86	8	24.55	18	40.88	Nebraska	13	9-3-1	11	13	9-3-1	BIG 8
12	22.62	6	25.02	15	39.71	Oklahoma	12	9-2-1	12	12	9-2-1	BIG 8
13	22.08	10	24.28	25	42.62	Notre Dame	12	9-3-0	13	12	9-3-0	EIC
14	21.60	11	22.85	22	42.08	Oklahoma State	12	9-3-0	14	12	9-3-0	BIG 8
15	21.05	14	21.79	6	34.17	Colorado	12	8-4-0	15	12	8-4-0	BIG 8
16	18.89	19	18.75	9	37.83	Kentucky	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	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	12	9-2-1	19	12	9-2-1	PAC-8
21	16.65	16	21.32	54	52.73	Iowa State	11	8-3-0	21	11	8-3-0	BIG 8
22	15.50	21	17.45	24	42.32	Baylor	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	Louisiana State	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	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 University Division 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 University Division Teams

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