1976 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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FBS standings

137 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	USC FBS · Pac-8	—	11–1	325.51	405.53	154.24	—
2	Pittsburgh FBS · FBS Independents	★	12–0	315.62	398.02	131.81	—
3	Georgia FBS · SEC	—	10–2	280.74	328.59	166.21	—
4	Michigan FBS · Big Ten	—	10–2	276.76	342.18	137.33	—
5	Alabama FBS · SEC	—	9–3	270.71	328.16	155.66	—
6	UCLA FBS · Pac-8	—	9–2–1	259.32	307.18	148.63	—
7	Maryland FBS · ACC	—	11–1	258.94	305.99	133.18	—
8	Texas A&M FBS · Southwest	—	10–2	247.10	304.87	127.09	▲ 5
9	Ohio State FBS · Big Ten	—	9–2–1	246.10	287.38	150.62	▼ 1
10	Houston FBS · Southwest	—	10–2	237.19	275.60	139.25	▼ 1
11	Texas Tech FBS · Southwest	—	10–2	236.39	276.11	135.37	—
12	Oklahoma State FBS · Big 8	—	9–3	235.87	278.89	145.44	▼ 2
13	Oklahoma FBS · Big 8	—	9–2–1	234.92	269.83	152.06	▼ 1
14	Colorado FBS · Big 8	—	8–4	224.05	249.87	168.43	—
15	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–3	223.72	247.72	155.06	—
16	Kentucky FBS · SEC	—	8–4	222.22	240.60	173.44	—
17	Rutgers FBS · FBS Independents	—	11–0	221.16	283.52	80.22	—
18	Nebraska FBS · Big 8	—	9–3–1	218.20	245.30	150.78	—
19	Mississippi State FBS · SEC	—	9–2	207.56	233.91	134.70	—
20	Iowa State FBS · Big 8	—	8–3	202.23	223.16	145.35	▲ 1
21	Cincinnati FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–3	201.47	230.25	130.92	▲ 1
22	East Carolina FBS · Southern	—	9–2	197.45	229.72	112.92	▲ 1
23	Florida FBS · SEC	—	8–4	193.58	196.45	167.88	▼ 3
24	Yale FBS · Ivy	—	8–1	193.29	239.92	91.45	—
25	San Diego State FBS · FBS Independents	—	10–1	184.51	222.38	71.66	—
26	Kansas FBS · Big 8	—	6–5	178.46	185.04	169.69	—
27	Louisiana FBS · Southland	—	9–2	174.68	199.60	92.06	—
28	Penn State FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–5	172.35	188.38	147.21	—
29	Missouri FBS · Big 8	—	6–5	171.81	147.94	200.11	▲ 1
30	LSU FBS · SEC	—	6–4–1	171.03	186.81	143.05	▼ 1
31	Brown FBS · Ivy	—	8–1	166.93	193.68	88.59	—
32	Baylor FBS · Southwest	—	7–3–1	160.06	168.26	133.43	—
33	Stanford FBS · Pac-8	—	6–5	158.35	150.82	163.50	—
34	Tennessee FBS · SEC	—	6–5	154.52	172.77	135.07	—
35	BYU FBS · Western Athletic	—	9–3	152.97	175.51	86.80	—
36	North Carolina FBS · ACC	—	9–3	150.64	148.77	124.38	—
37	Richmond FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	146.39	158.54	139.40	—
38	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	145.95	154.81	154.84	—
39	McNeese FBS · Southland	—	10–2	145.37	157.99	78.61	—
40	Dartmouth FBS · Ivy	—	6–3	143.61	165.52	96.96	—
41	Villanova FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–4–1	141.69	170.44	94.49	—
42	California FBS · Pac-8	—	5–6	141.10	124.84	170.60	—
43	William & Mary FBS · Southern	—	7–4	137.10	138.77	120.86	—
44	Kent State FBS · Mid-American	—	8–4	136.65	163.15	78.01	—
45	Boston College FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–3	134.24	154.39	89.72	—
46	Washington FBS · Pac-8	—	5–6	131.89	130.10	148.87	—
47	Illinois FBS · Big Ten	—	5–6	131.34	131.96	145.81	—
48	Texas FBS · Southwest	—	5–5–1	130.58	123.95	146.73	—
49	Furman FBS · Southern	—	6–4–1	127.21	137.22	111.79	—
50	Clemson FBS · ACC	—	3–6–2	126.65	131.51	147.50	—
51	VMI FBS · Southern	—	5–5	125.95	137.97	114.54	—
52	Wake Forest FBS · ACC	—	5–6	125.85	136.78	129.71	—
53	Georgia Tech FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–6–1	125.00	118.39	152.28	—
54	Harvard FBS · Ivy	—	6–3	124.63	138.62	93.68	—
55	The Citadel FBS · Southern	—	6–5	123.34	125.84	118.44	—
56	Louisiana Tech FBS · Southland	—	6–5	122.42	141.43	91.72	—
57	San José State FBS · PCAA	—	7–4	120.59	137.57	81.84	—
58	Memphis FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4	120.22	123.86	106.07	—
59	Purdue FBS · Big Ten	—	5–6	116.17	95.43	153.32	—
60	South Carolina FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	115.13	103.02	135.43	—
61	Tulsa FBS · Missouri Valley	—	7–4–1	114.86	107.48	111.85	—
62	Oregon State FBS · Pac-8	—	2–10	113.95	131.64	151.31	—
63	Duke FBS · ACC	—	5–5–1	112.80	94.42	145.59	—
64	Western Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	7–4	112.71	134.24	69.74	—
65	Colgate FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–2	110.28	121.14	71.35	—
66	Southern Miss FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–9	107.37	110.13	150.60	—
67	Indiana FBS · Big Ten	—	5–6	106.44	100.27	132.03	—
68	Wisconsin FBS · Big Ten	—	5–6	105.01	101.89	126.86	—
69	West Virginia FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	104.72	76.18	153.04	—
70	Virginia Tech FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	102.51	83.15	127.42	▲ 1
71	App State FBS · Southern	—	6–4–1	102.43	106.45	98.36	▼ 1
72	Ohio FBS · Mid-American	—	7–4	100.14	95.41	87.31	—
73	Arkansas FBS · Southwest	—	5–5–1	98.58	69.00	145.55	▲ 2
74	Florida State FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	98.21	96.49	122.09	▼ 1
75	Ole Miss FBS · SEC	—	5–6	97.76	68.24	151.32	▼ 1
76	Arkansas State FBS · Southland	—	5–6	96.97	105.46	91.21	—
77	Vanderbilt FBS · SEC	—	2–9	94.73	73.52	172.41	▲ 1
78	Miami FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–8	94.39	60.12	178.32	▼ 1
79	Fresno State FBS · PCAA	—	5–6	94.34	105.79	84.17	—
80	Iowa FBS · Big Ten	—	5–6	93.65	80.15	130.43	—
81	Temple FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–6	93.04	98.53	104.05	—
82	Army FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	92.88	76.92	125.00	—
83	Southern Illinois FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4	91.91	94.03	72.29	—
84	Louisville FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	91.61	66.10	142.90	—
85	Ball State FBS · Mid-American	—	8–3	90.80	81.77	67.51	▲ 1
86	Auburn FBS · SEC	—	3–8	90.57	68.84	160.68	▼ 1
87	SMU FBS · Southwest	—	3–8	89.00	71.93	152.49	—
88	Columbia FBS · Ivy	—	3–6	87.67	81.30	116.41	—
89	Minnesota FBS · Big Ten	—	6–5	87.25	59.94	126.21	—
90	Arizona State FBS · Western Athletic	—	4–7	87.18	92.98	104.99	—
91	Cornell FBS · Ivy	—	2–7	85.53	79.00	127.00	—
92	Air Force FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	85.38	81.00	117.39	—
93	TTexas-Arlington FBS · Southland	—	5–6	85.35	94.53	81.85	—
94	North Texas FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	84.63	70.09	103.44	—
95	Washington State FBS · Pac-8	—	3–8	84.38	67.02	149.02	—
96	Oregon FBS · Pac-8	—	4–7	79.81	49.99	145.17	—
97	LLong Beach State FBS · PCAA	—	8–3	79.53	72.64	56.72	—
98	Miami (OH) FBS · Mid-American	—	3–8	77.95	88.59	101.26	—
99	NC State FBS · ACC	—	3–7–1	77.32	56.82	141.53	—
100	Bowling Green FBS · Mid-American	—	6–5	76.16	62.97	90.65	—
101	Wyoming FBS · Western Athletic	—	8–4	75.61	59.10	78.88	—
102	Illinois State FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	71.79	85.77	66.17	—
103	West Texas FBS · Missouri Valley	—	4–5–2	70.49	68.84	84.31	—
104	New Mexico FBS · Western Athletic	—	4–7	68.65	63.01	97.91	—
105	Central Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	7–4	63.63	40.21	74.20	—
106	WWichita State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	4–7	63.33	78.00	68.81	—
107	Michigan State FBS · Big Ten	—	4–6–1	63.33	30.68	133.73	—
108	Princeton FBS · Ivy	—	2–7	61.65	35.73	129.65	—
109	Toledo FBS · Mid-American	—	3–8	61.49	84.33	71.39	—
110	Rice FBS · Southwest	—	3–8	60.34	26.63	148.87	—
111	Arizona FBS · Western Athletic	—	5–6	59.15	37.01	101.69	—
112	Idaho FBS · Big Sky	—	2–3	58.57	68.05	61.45	—
113	Utah State FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–8	58.12	68.70	84.78	—
114	Colorado State FBS · Western Athletic	—	6–5	58.01	46.58	72.67	—
115	Virginia FBS · ACC	—	2–9	57.38	45.77	132.56	—
116	Davidson FBS · Southern	—	0–2	53.92	24.81	116.81	—
117	Kansas State FBS · Big 8	—	1–10	53.91	1.00	189.97	—
118	Tulane FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–9	51.94	39.14	127.97	—
119	Indiana State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	3–7	50.85	56.02	72.33	—
120	New Mexico State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	4–6–1	49.38	52.50	62.54	—
121	Syracuse FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–8	44.51	1.00	141.87	—
122	Utah FBS · Western Athletic	—	3–8	42.55	36.58	93.25	—
123	Marshall FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	38.37	14.67	87.30	—
124	Northwestern FBS · Big Ten	—	1–10	36.71	23.54	128.50	—
125	Pennsylvania FBS · Ivy	—	3–6	33.75	1.00	105.87	—
126	Holy Cross FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–8	33.09	21.31	93.40	—
127	TCU FBS · Southwest	—	0–11	31.54	1.00	156.94	—
128	Dayton FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	29.27	14.78	69.24	—
129	Eastern Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	2–9	24.08	1.85	100.59	—
130	Lamar FBS · Southland	—	2–9	20.08	2.23	92.74	—
131	Hawai'i FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–8	19.16	1.00	74.07	—
132	UL Monroe FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–9	18.31	1.00	91.97	—
133	Drake FBS · Missouri Valley	—	1–10	17.02	1.00	105.91	—
134	PPacific FBS · PCAA	—	2–9	15.36	1.00	80.96	—
135	CCal State Fullerton FBS · PCAA	—	3–7–1	14.88	1.00	62.14	—
136	Northern Illinois FBS · Mid-American	—	1–10	10.65	1.00	83.89	—
137	UTEP FBS · Western Athletic	—	1–11	10.65	1.00	93.20	—