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 Win/Loss (Win_Loss)

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1976 - Ranking of Division I teams based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss
ScoreDif		Win_Loss		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	Eastern Indep
4	27.69	2	32.21	31	44.62	Houston	12	10-2-0	2	12	10-2-0	Southwest AC
5	27.61	3	29.59	43	48.96	Southern California	12	11-1-0	3	12	11-1-0	PAC 8
3	28.89	4	27.77	16	39.96	Georgia	12	10-2-0	4	12	10-2-0	SEC
6	25.23	5	26.72	39	47.62	Texas Tech	12	10-2-0	5	12	10-2-0	Southwest AC
12	22.62	6	25.02	15	39.71	Oklahoma	12	9-2-1	7	12	9-2-1	Big 8
2	30.04	7	24.98	32	45.12	Michigan	12	10-2-0	6	12	10-2-0	Big 10
11	22.86	8	24.55	18	40.88	Nebraska	13	9-3-1	9	13	9-3-1	Big 8
8	24.34	9	24.51	53	52.71	Maryland	12	11-1-0	8	12	11-1-0	ACC
13	22.08	10	24.28	25	42.62	Notre Dame	12	9-3-0	10	12	9-3-0	Eastern Indep
14	21.60	11	22.85	22	42.08	Oklahoma State	12	9-3-0	11	12	9-3-0	Big 8
17	18.65	12	22.69	1	22.14	Missouri	11	6-5-0	13	11	6-5-0	Big 8
7	24.49	13	22.52	30	44.29	Texas A&M	12	10-2-0	12	12	10-2-0	Southwest AC
15	21.05	14	21.79	6	34.17	Colorado	12	8-4-0	15	12	8-4-0	Big 8
10	23.08	15	21.39	7	35.17	Ohio State	12	9-2-1	14	12	9-2-1	Big 10
21	16.65	16	21.32	54	52.73	Iowa State	11	8-3-0	16	11	8-3-0	Big 8
9	23.95	17	19.23	46	50.00	Alabama	12	9-3-0	17	12	9-3-0	SEC
19	17.50	18	19.01	5	31.58	Florida	12	8-4-0	18	12	8-4-0	SEC
16	18.89	19	18.75	9	37.83	Kentucky	12	8-4-0	19	12	8-4-0	SEC
32	10.04	20	18.24	60	55.17	North Carolina	12	9-3-0	20	12	9-3-0	ACC
22	15.50	21	17.45	24	42.32	Baylor	11	7-3-1	21	11	7-3-1	Southwest AC
18	18.63	22	15.49	49	52.00	Mississippi State	10	8-2-0	22	11	9-2-0	SEC
24	14.28	23	14.52	12	38.45	Kansas	11	6-5-0	23	11	6-5-0	Big 8
20	17.43	24	14.23	68	61.42	UCLA	12	9-2-1	24	12	9-2-1	PAC 8
72	-0.99	25	13.56	116	98.00	McNeese State	12	10-2-0	27	12	10-2-0	Southland
23	14.47	26	12.61	74	66.40	East Carolina	10	8-2-0	25	11	9-2-0	Southern C
25	13.09	27	12.34	45	49.58	Penn State	12	7-5-0	26	12	7-5-0	Eastern Indep
29	12.49	28	11.59	73	65.95	Cincinnati	11	8-3-0	29	11	8-3-0	Eastern Indep
27	12.86	29	11.41	35	47.23	South Carolina	11	6-5-0	28	11	6-5-0	Southwest Indep
31	10.63	30	11.25	23	42.18	Texas	11	5-5-1	30	11	5-5-1	Southwest AC
30	10.74	31	11.03	129	105.14	Rutgers	7	7-0-0	32	11	11-0-0	Eastern Indep
40	7.28	32	10.42	78	71.62	Tulsa	12	7-4-1	33	12	7-4-1	MVC
33	10.03	33	10.35	19	40.91	Duke	11	5-5-1	31	11	5-5-1	ACC
39	7.36	34	9.70	10	37.86	Illinois	11	5-6-0	34	11	5-6-0	Big 10
48	5.55	35	9.53	42	48.23	Wake Forest	11	5-6-0	36	11	5-6-0	ACC
49	5.53	36	9.30	50	52.14	Minnesota	11	6-5-0	35	11	6-5-0	Big 10
28	12.61	37	9.19	64	56.95	Louisiana State	11	6-4-1	37	11	6-4-1	SEC
38	7.80	38	8.52	4	30.77	Miami FL	11	3-8-0	41	11	3-8-0	Southwest Indep
26	12.98	39	8.32	47	51.18	Tennessee	11	6-5-0	39	11	6-5-0	SEC
35	8.55	40	8.16	72	65.40	William & Mary	10	7-3-0	46	11	7-4-0	Southern C
67	1.73	41	8.07	33	45.27	Indiana	11	5-6-0	40	11	5-6-0	Big 10
44	6.29	42	7.76	37	47.45	Michigan State	11	4-6-1	44	11	4-6-1	Big 10
37	8.19	43	7.46	62	55.86	Stanford	11	6-5-0	42	11	6-5-0	PAC 8
41	7.24	44	6.83	108	95.45	Louisiana Lafayette	11	9-2-0	49	11	9-2-0	Southland
55	3.74	45	6.67	80	73.65	Boston College	10	7-3-0	43	11	8-3-0	Eastern Indep
42	7.09	46	6.02	29	44.14	Arkansas	11	5-5-1	45	11	5-5-1	Southwest AC
36	8.39	47	5.56	76	68.86	Memphis	11	7-4-0	47	11	7-4-0	Southwest Indep
34	8.74	48	5.55	57	54.32	California	11	5-6-0	48	11	5-6-0	PAC 8
58	2.99	49	4.80	28	44.00	Purdue	11	5-6-0	51	11	5-6-0	Big 10
56	3.33	50	4.59	13	39.23	Clemson	11	3-6-2	50	11	3-6-2	ACC
68	0.76	51	4.42	36	47.27	Iowa	11	5-6-0	52	11	5-6-0	Big 10
46	6.20	52	4.13	66	59.45	Virginia Tech	11	6-5-0	53	11	6-5-0	Southwest Indep
53	4.29	53	3.90	123	100.30	Ball State	10	8-2-0	80	11	8-3-0	Mid-American
69	0.68	54	3.85	137	117.69	Brown	8	7-1-0	38	9	8-1-0	Ivy League
43	6.41	55	3.78	104	91.00	Brigham Young	12	9-3-0	55	12	9-3-0	Western AC
47	6.16	56	3.63	38	47.55	Wisconsin	10	4-6-0	54	11	5-6-0	Big 10
83	-3.52	57	3.26	20	41.45	Rice	11	3-8-0	57	11	3-8-0	Southwest AC
60	2.73	58	3.23	40	47.95	Navy	10	3-7-0	62	11	4-7-0	Eastern Indep
66	1.95	59	3.18	55	53.00	West Virginia	11	5-6-0	56	11	5-6-0	Eastern Indep
71	-0.51	60	3.12	94	87.23	Western Michigan	11	7-4-0	61	11	7-4-0	Mid-American
63	2.41	61	3.12	52	52.43	Appalachian State	7	2-4-1	74	11	6-4-1	Southern C
75	-2.43	62	2.27	87	80.20	Tennessee Chattanooga	5	3-2-0	63	11	6-4-1	Southwest Indep
52	4.45	63	2.06	27	43.45	Georgia Tech	11	4-6-1	58	11	4-6-1	Southwest Indep
51	4.77	64	1.87	56	53.59	Richmond	11	5-6-0	59	11	5-6-0	Southern C
70	-0.51	65	1.78	97	87.83	Kent State	12	8-4-0	70	12	8-4-0	Mid-American
94	-6.56	66	1.66	114	97.45	Central Michigan	10	7-3-0	69	11	7-4-0	Mid-American
54	3.97	67	1.53	8	37.05	North Carolina State	11	3-7-1	65	11	3-7-1	ACC
57	3.03	68	1.28	131	105.41	San Diego State	11	10-1-0	68	11	10-1-0	Southwest Indep
59	2.78	69	1.25	48	51.77	Florida State	11	5-6-0	66	11	5-6-0	Southwest Indep
45	6.26	70	0.77	59	55.00	Washington	11	5-6-0	64	11	5-6-0	PAC 8
82	-3.42	71	0.67	69	61.78	Citadel	9	4-5-0	60	11	6-5-0	Southern C
77	-2.53	72	0.43	88	81.55	Ohio University	10	6-4-0	75	11	7-4-0	Mid-American
64	2.15	73	0.29	11	38.32	Southern Methodist	11	3-8-0	73	11	3-8-0	Southwest AC
50	4.88	74	0.20	14	39.41	Auburn	11	3-8-0	71	11	3-8-0	SEC
85	-4.20	75	-0.42	92	84.95	Bowling Green	11	6-5-0	76	11	6-5-0	Mid-American
79	-2.99	76	-0.98	75	66.83	Virginia Military	9	4-5-0	67	10	5-5-0	Southern C
90	-5.06	77	-1.12	98	87.86	Wyoming	11	7-4-0	77	12	8-4-0	Western AC
76	-2.47	78	-2.13	2	24.23	Kansas State	11	1-10-0	78	11	1-10-0	Big 8
61	2.70	79	-2.67	58	54.81	Furman	8	3-4-1	82	11	6-4-1	Southern C
78	-2.54	80	-3.03	89	82.67	Villanova	9	5-4-0	81	11	6-4-1	Eastern Indep
96	-7.04	81	-3.18	70	64.25	Army	10	4-6-0	83	11	5-6-0	Eastern Indep
62	2.52	82	-3.32	34	46.18	Mississippi	11	5-6-0	79	11	5-6-0	SEC
88	-4.67	83	-3.90	41	48.00	Washington State	10	2-8-0	84	11	3-8-0	PAC 8
91	-5.08	84	-4.56	17	40.59	Vanderbilt	11	2-9-0	86	11	2-9-0	SEC
65	2.10	85	-4.81	81	74.20	North Texas	10	5-5-0	90	11	6-5-0	Southwest Indep
73	-1.77	86	-4.94	99	87.91	Louisiana Tech	11	6-5-0	95	11	6-5-0	Southland
99	-7.83	87	-4.95	67	60.09	Syracuse	11	3-8-0	88	11	3-8-0	Eastern Indep
74	-2.05	88	-5.70	135	113.00	Yale	7	6-1-0	72	9	8-1-0	Ivy League
111	-12.86	89	-5.73	122	99.45	Southern Illinois	11	7-4-0	92	11	7-4-0	Eastern Indep
80	-3.19	90	-6.52	71	65.18	Oregon	11	4-7-0	93	11	4-7-0	PAC 8
92	-5.22	91	-6.79	61	55.35	Louisville	10	3-7-0	96	11	4-7-0	Southwest Indep
87	-4.37	92	-7.28	84	79.59	Arizona	11	5-6-0	94	11	5-6-0	Western AC
118	-17.06	93	-7.85	102	88.67	Marshall	9	3-6-0	91	11	4-7-0	Eastern Indep
81	-3.41	94	-8.06	115	97.85	San Jose State	10	6-4-0	100	11	7-4-0	Big West
120	-19.05	95	-8.70	107	95.22	Illinois State	9	4-5-0	107	11	5-6-0	Eastern Indep
86	-4.34	96	-9.01	65	58.55	Tulane	11	2-9-0	98	11	2-9-0	Southwest Indep
84	-3.84	97	-9.26	86	79.86	Arizona State	11	4-7-0	99	11	4-7-0	Western AC
113	-13.69	98	-9.93	83	76.14	Air Force	11	4-7-0	102	11	4-7-0	Southwest Indep
97	-7.05	99	-10.00	109	95.95	Arkansas State	11	5-6-0	108	11	5-6-0	Southland
106	-11.25	100	-10.02	95	87.40	Toledo	10	3-7-0	120	11	3-8-0	Mid-American
103	-9.78	101	-10.21	133	110.00	Harvard	7	4-3-0	85	9	6-3-0	Ivy League
105	-10.90	102	-10.40	21	41.60	Virginia	10	1-9-0	97	11	2-9-0	ACC
104	-9.89	103	-10.45	77	69.82	Miami OH	11	3-8-0	113	11	3-8-0	Mid-American
89	-4.81	104	-10.63	44	49.55	Southern Mississippi	11	2-9-0	109	11	2-9-0	Southwest Indep
117	-16.86	105	-10.81	124	100.38	Dayton	8	3-5-0	112	11	4-7-0	Eastern Indep
127	-21.66	106	-11.09	82	74.94	Eastern Michigan	9	2-7-0	117	11	2-9-0	Mid-American
100	-8.67	107	-11.59	26	42.91	Northwestern	11	1-10-0	105	11	1-10-0	Big 10
107	-12.03	108	-11.61	3	30.27	Texas Christian	11	0-11-0	110	11	0-11-0	Southwest AC
112	-13.01	109	-12.36	79	72.07	Temple	7	2-5-0	103	10	4-6-0	Eastern Indep
98	-7.80	110	-13.13	110	96.68	Texas Arlington	11	5-6-0	119	11	5-6-0	Southland
95	-6.63	111	-13.52	93	85.68	New Mexico	11	4-7-0	114	11	4-7-0	Western AC
114	-15.06	112	-13.55	126	101.20	Colgate	5	3-2-0	106	10	8-2-0	Eastern Indep
116	-15.80	113	-13.73	85	79.68	Utah	11	3-8-0	115	11	3-8-0	Western AC
101	-9.19	114	-14.34	119	98.45	Colorado State	10	5-5-0	111	11	6-5-0	Western AC
93	-6.54	115	-14.45	127	102.12	Fresno State	8	4-4-0	129	11	5-6-0	Big West
110	-12.56	116	-14.98	103	90.73	West Texas A&M	11	4-5-2	122	11	4-5-2	MVC
109	-12.29	117	-15.00	51	52.17	Oregon State	12	2-10-0	116	12	2-10-0	PAC 8
124	-20.95	118	-15.09	117	98.22	Indiana State	9	3-6-0	124	10	3-7-0	Eastern Indep
108	-12.20	119	-16.07	136	116.35	Cal State Long Beach	10	7-3-0	121	11	8-3-0	Big West
102	-9.41	120	-16.25	134	111.50	Dartmouth	8	5-3-0	104	9	6-3-0	Ivy League
115	-15.37	121	-17.23	132	105.55	New Mexico State	10	4-5-1	131	11	4-6-1	MVC
119	-17.23	122	-19.23	101	88.35	Utah State	10	2-8-0	127	11	3-8-0	Southwest Indep
123	-20.94	123	-20.19	96	87.75	Northwestern State LA	6	2-4-0	130	10	5-5-0	Southwest Indep
131	-25.02	124	-20.80	106	94.15	Louisiana Monroe	10	2-8-0	134	11	2-9-0	Southwest Indep
126	-21.61	125	-22.30	112	97.12	Columbia	8	2-6-0	125	9	3-6-0	Ivy League
121	-20.65	126	-23.21	125	101.05	Wichita State	11	4-7-0	137	11	4-7-0	MVC
122	-20.66	127	-23.53	113	97.36	Hawaii	7	2-5-0	132	11	3-8-0	Southwest Indep
125	-21.33	128	-23.59	120	98.78	Princeton	9	2-7-0	128	9	2-7-0	Ivy League
132	-26.07	129	-25.22	111	97.05	Lamar	11	2-9-0	140	11	2-9-0	Southland
137	-33.71	130	-26.92	105	91.73	Northern Illinois	11	1-10-0	141	11	1-10-0	Mid-American
128	-22.57	131	-27.79	118	98.44	Cornell	9	2-7-0	135	9	2-7-0	Ivy League
134	-26.90	132	-27.84	128	104.75	Cal State Fullerton	6	1-5-0	139	11	3-7-1	Big West
129	-24.28	133	-28.05	91	83.83	Holy Cross	6	0-6-0	133	11	3-8-0	Eastern Indep
130	-24.39	134	-28.66	90	83.09	Drake	11	1-10-0	142	11	1-10-0	MVC
135	-27.33	135	-29.52	130	105.29	Pennsylvania	7	2-5-0	138	9	3-6-0	Ivy League
133	-26.39	136	-30.12	100	88.25	Texas El Paso	12	1-11-0	144	12	1-11-0	Western AC
136	-28.75	137	-32.70	121	99.28	Pacific	9	1-8-0	145	11	2-9-0	Big West

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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 Win/Loss (Win_Loss)

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 Win/Loss (Win_Loss)