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1976 NCAA football ratings

Champion: Pittsburgh
Rank Team Record against NCAA opponents BRR
1. Pittsburgh 12-0 1.94
2. Southern California 11-1 1.64
3. Maryland 11-1 1.61
4. Georgia 10-2 1.41
5. Houston 10-2 1.40
6. Texas Tech 10-2 1.38
7. Texas A&M 10-2 1.33
8. San Diego State 10-1 1.27
9. Michigan 10-2 1.26
10. Ohio State 9-2-1 1.25
11. Oklahoma 9-2-1 1.24
12. Rutgers 7-0 1.21
13. Oklahoma State 9-3 1.12
14. Mississippi State 8-2 1.11
15. UCLA 9-2-1 1.08
16. Nebraska 9-3-1 1.03
17. McNeese State 10-2 1.03
18. Notre Dame 9-3 1.01
19. Alabama 9-3 1.00
20. East Carolina 8-2 0.99
21. Louisiana-Lafayette 9-2 0.97
22. Brown 7-1 0.96
23. Yale 6-1 0.94
24. Iowa State 8-3 0.93
25. Florida 8-4 0.91
26. Colorado 8-4 0.89
27. Kentucky 8-4 0.88
28. North Carolina 9-3 0.86
29. Cincinnati 8-3 0.83
30. Baylor 7-3-1 0.73
31. Ball State 8-2 0.72
32. Missouri 6-5 0.66
33. Brigham Young 9-3 0.65
34. William & Mary 7-3 0.61
35. Central Michigan 7-3 0.48
36. Kent State 8-4 0.47
37. Tulsa 7-4-1 0.45
38. Penn State 7-5 0.42
39. Boston College 7-3 0.40
40. Kansas 6-5 0.37
41. Western Michigan 7-4 0.36
42. Louisiana State 6-4-1 0.34
43. Ohio 6-4 0.31
44. Memphis 7-4 0.29
45. Long Beach State 7-3 0.29
46. Southern Illinois 7-4 0.26
47. Dartmouth 5-3 0.24
48. Texas 5-5-1 0.23
49. Chattanooga 3-2 0.22
50. Stanford 6-5 0.22
51. Wyoming 7-4 0.22
52. Bowling Green State 6-5 0.19
53. Arkansas 5-5-1 0.18
54. South Carolina 6-5 0.18
55. Virginia Tech 6-5 0.17
56. San Jose State 6-4 0.13
57. Minnesota 6-5 0.13
58. Harvard 4-3 0.13
59. Tennessee 6-5 0.13
60. Duke 5-5-1 0.09
61. Villanova 5-4 0.08
62. Louisiana Tech 6-5 0.08
63. Colgate 3-2 0.06
64. Richmond 5-6 0.06
65. Illinois 5-6 0.04
66. West Virginia 5-6 0.00
67. Purdue 5-6 -0.01
68. North Texas 5-5 -0.06
69. California 5-6 -0.06
70. Furman 3-4-1 -0.06
71. Mississippi 5-6 -0.07
72. Fresno State 4-4 -0.07
73. Indiana 5-6 -0.10
74. Iowa 5-6 -0.12
75. Citadel 4-5 -0.14
76. Wake Forest 5-6 -0.17
77. Florida State 5-6 -0.17
78. Washington 5-6 -0.17
79. Virginia Military Institute 4-5 -0.21
80. Arkansas State 5-6 -0.22
81. Michigan State 4-6-1 -0.22
82. Appalachian State 2-4-1 -0.25
83. Georgia Tech 4-6-1 -0.25
84. Illinois State 4-5 -0.28
85. West Texas A&M 4-5-2 -0.28
86. Clemson 3-6-2 -0.30
87. Colorado State 5-5 -0.31
88. Wisconsin 4-6 -0.31
89. Arizona 5-6 -0.32
90. Army 4-6 -0.33
91. Texas-Arlington 5-6 -0.37
92. North Carolina State 3-7-1 -0.42
93. Navy 3-7 -0.43
94. Miami (FL) 3-8 -0.46
95. Northwestern State 2-4 -0.46
96. Louisville 3-7 -0.50
97. New Mexico State 4-5-1 -0.52
98. Auburn 3-8 -0.52
99. New Mexico 4-7 -0.52
100. Marshall 3-6 -0.54
101. Oregon 4-7 -0.55
102. Air Force 4-7 -0.55
103. Arizona State 4-7 -0.57
104. Southern Methodist 3-8 -0.58
105. Pennsylvania 2-5 -0.60
106. Dayton 3-5 -0.63
107. Rice 3-8 -0.65
108. Indiana State 3-6 -0.65
109. Miami (OH) 3-8 -0.66
110. Eastern Michigan 2-7 -0.68
111. Temple 2-5 -0.68
112. Wichita State 4-7 -0.69
113. Columbia 2-6 -0.70
114. Toledo 3-7 -0.72
115. Syracuse 3-8 -0.78
116. Cornell 2-7 -0.82
117. Princeton 2-7 -0.83
118. Southern Mississippi 2-9 -0.86
119. Hawaii 2-5 -0.90
120. Vanderbilt 2-9 -0.93
121. Cal State Fullerton 1-5 -0.96
122. Washington State 2-8 -0.97
123. Utah 3-8 -0.97
124. Kansas State 1-10 -1.04
125. Utah State 2-8 -1.06
126. Tulane 2-9 -1.09
127. Louisiana-Monroe 2-8 -1.11
128. Lamar 2-9 -1.15
129. Oregon State 2-10 -1.19
130. Virginia 1-9 -1.23
131. Holy Cross 0-6 -1.26
132. Northwestern 1-10 -1.35
133. Pacific 1-8 -1.36
134. Northern Illinois 1-10 -1.43
135. Drake 1-10 -1.46
136. Texas-El Paso 1-11 -1.63
137. Texas Christian 0-11 -1.68