Final OAF ranking (& ratings) for the 1976 college football season:
| Rank | Team Name | Rating | Record | AP | UPI | Bowl Game Results |
| 1 | PITTSBURGH | 117.8471 | 12-0 | 1 | 1 | Beat Georgia 27-3 |
| 2 | USC | 84.1511 | 11-1 | 2 | 2 | Beat Michigan 14-6 |
| 3 | MICHIGAN | 83.5714 | 10-2 | 3 | 3 | Lost to USC |
| 4 | TEXAS A+M | 83.5449 | 10-2 | 7 | 8 | Beat Florida 37-14 |
| 5 | OHIO STATE | 80.7988 | 9-2-1 | 6 | 5 | Beat Colorado 27-10 |
| 6 | GEORGIA | 79.8907 | 10-2 | 10 | 10 | Lost to Pittsburgh |
| 7 | HOUSTON | 78.5158 | 10-2 | 4 | 4 | Beat Maryland 30-21 |
| 8 | MARYLAND | 77.9361 | 11-1 | 8 | 11 | Lost to Houston |
| 9 | COLORADO | 73.7343 | 8-4 | 16 | 16 | Lost to Ohio State |
| 10 | NEBRASKA | 72.8248 | 9-3-1 | 9 | 7 | Beat Texas Tech 27-24 |
| 11 | TEXAS TECH | 72.2451 | 10-2 | 13 | 13 | Lost to Nebraska |
| 12 | OKLAHOMA STATE | 71.2121 | 9-3 | 14 | 14 | Beat BYU 49-21 |
| 13 | KENTUCKY | 71.0215 | 8-4 | 18 | 19 | Beat North Carolina 21-0 |
| 14 | OKLAHOMA | 70.9108 | 9-2 | 5 | 6 | Beat Wyoming 41-7 |
| 15 | NOTRE DAME | 70.5843 | 9-3 | 12 | 12 | Beat Penn State 20-9 |
| 16 | ALABAMA | 70.5629 | 9-3 | 11 | 9 | Beat UCLA 36-6 |
| 17 | UCLA | 69.9832 | 9-2-1 | 15 | 15 | Lost to Alabama |
| 18 | IOWA STATE | 69.7144 | 8-3 | 19 | 19 | No Bowl Game |
| 19 | FLORIDA | 69.5640 | 8-4 | NR | NR | Lost to Texas A+M |
| 20 | MISSISSIPPI STATE | 69.4444 | 9-2 | 20 | NR | No Bowl Game |
| 21 | LSU | 67.8583 | ||||
| 22 | BAYLOR | 66.9694 | ||||
| 23 | KANSAS | 65.9801 | ||||
| 24 | MISSOURI | 65.4004 | ||||
| 25 | TEXAS | 62.4856 | ||||
| 26 | NORTH CAROLINA | 60.5757 | ||||
| 27 | PENN STATE | 60.5662 | ||||
| 28 | PURDUE | 58.8020 | ||||
| 29 | ARKANSAS | 58.3197 | ||||
| 30 | INDIANA | 57.9417 | ||||
| 31 | TENNESSEE | 56.9650 | ||||
| 32 | MISSISSIPPI | 56.0430 | ||||
| 33 | GEORGIA TECH | 55.9318 | ||||
| 34 | ILLINOIS | 55.4629 | ||||
| 35 | RUTGERS | 55.2979 | ||||
| 36 | MIAMI (F) | 54.6508 | ||||
| 37 | DUKE | 54.3543 | ||||
| 38 | SOUTH CAROLINA | 53.9380 | ||||
| 39 | NORTH CAROLINA STATE | 53.8066 | ||||
| 40 | WISCONSIN | 53.3272 | ||||
| 41 | IOWA | 53.3127 | ||||
| 42 | WAKE FOREST | 53.1337 | ||||
| 43 | CLEMSON | 53.0922 | ||||
| 44 | MINNESOTA | 52.7475 | ||||
| 45 | NAVY | 52.5388 | ||||
| 46 | MICHIGAN STATE | 51.7189 | ||||
| 47 | SMU | 51.3259 | ||||
| 48 | EAST CAROLINA | 50.9941 | ||||
| 49 | FLORIDA STATE | 50.2740 | ||||
| 50 | AUBURN | 49.9634 | ||||
| 51 | STANFORD | 49.4080 | ||||
| 52 | CINCINNATI | 48.9945 | ||||
| 53 | BOSTON COLLEGE | 48.7945 | ||||
| 54 | WEST VIRGINIA | 47.8755 | ||||
| 55 | FURMAN | 47.7090 | ||||
| 56 | RICHMOND | 47.6651 | ||||
| 57 | MEMPHIS STATE | 47.1756 | ||||
| 58 | WILLIAM&MARY | 47.0327 | ||||
| 59 | RICE | 46.9511 | ||||
| 60 | VIRGINIA TECH | 46.0308 | ||||
| 61 | WASHINGTON | 45.8724 | ||||
| 62 | CALIFORNIA | 45.8427 | ||||
| 63 | VMI | 44.4485 | ||||
| 64 | NORTHWESTERN | 43.2648 | ||||
| 65 | ARMY | 43.2097 | ||||
| 66 | VIRGINIA | 42.8344 | ||||
| 67 | SAN DIEGO STATE | 42.7340 | ||||
| 68 | VANDERBILT | 42.6109 | ||||
| 69 | TULANE | 42.5905 | ||||
| 70 | CITADEL | 42.5703 | ||||
| 71 | APPALACHIAN STATE | 42.2200 | ||||
| 72 | BYU | 42.0693 | ||||
| 73 | NORTH TEXAS STATE | 41.2180 | ||||
| 74 | KANSAS STATE | 40.9682 | ||||
| 75 | COLGATE | 40.9436 | ||||
| 76 | VILLANOVA | 39.9388 | ||||
| 77 | SYRACUSE | 39.8369 | ||||
| 78 | YALE | 39.8012 | ||||
| 79 | OREGON | 39.4232 | ||||
| 80 | WASHINGTON STATE | 39.3559 | ||||
| 81 | OREGON STATE | 38.8465 | ||||
| 82 | TULSA | 38.3411 | ||||
| 83 | WYOMING | 38.2548 | ||||
| 84 | AIR FORCE | 38.0886 | ||||
| 85 | BROWN | 36.7205 | ||||
| 86 | KENT STATE | 36.7079 | ||||
| 87 | LOUISVILLE | 36.6474 | ||||
| 88 | MCNEESE STATE | 36.1334 | ||||
| 89 | ARIZONA STATE | 36.0013 | ||||
| 90 | ARIZONA | 35.4216 | ||||
| 91 | TCU | 35.2927 | ||||
| 92 | DAVIDSON | 34.7240 | ||||
| 93 | COLORADO STATE | 34.4657 | ||||
| 94 | SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI | 34.0499 | ||||
| 95 | SWLOUISIANA | 34.0490 | ||||
| 96 | WESTERN MICHIGAN | 33.5950 | ||||
| 97 | SAN JOSE STATE | 33.3589 | ||||
| 98 | BALL STATE | 32.8817 | ||||
| 99 | TEMPLE | 32.5136 | ||||
| 100 | OHIOU | 32.4839 | ||||
| 101 | BGU | 32.1028 | ||||
| 102 | HARVARD | 31.2780 | ||||
| 103 | DARTMOUTH | 31.1721 | ||||
| 104 | LOUISIANA TECH | 30.7252 | ||||
| 105 | NEW MEXICO | 29.7347 | ||||
| 106 | UTAH | 29.4922 | ||||
| 107 | MIAMI (O) | 28.9220 | ||||
| 108 | CENTRAL MICHIGAN | 28.3084 | ||||
| 109 | ARKANSAS STATE | 27.4310 | ||||
| 110 | CORNELL | 26.8205 | ||||
| 111 | UT ARLINGTON | 26.3361 | ||||
| 112 | PENNSYLVANIA | 26.2412 | ||||
| 113 | WEST TEXAS STATE | 25.5387 | ||||
| 114 | FRESNO STATE | 25.5075 | ||||
| 115 | WICHITA STATE | 25.3936 | ||||
| 116 | LONG BEACH | 24.1801 | ||||
| 117 | SOUTHERN ILLINOIS | 23.7782 | ||||
| 118 | COLUMBIA | 23.5899 | ||||
| 119 | TOLEDO | 23.5895 | ||||
| 120 | IDAHO | 23.4300 | ||||
| 121 | ILLINOIS STATE | 23.2801 | ||||
| 122 | PRINCETON | 23.1996 | ||||
| 123 | UTAH STATE | 22.6039 | ||||
| 124 | NEW MEXICO STATE | 21.3771 | ||||
| 125 | INDIANA STATE | 21.3524 | ||||
| 126 | DAYTON | 21.1813 | ||||
| 127 | NWLOUISIANA | 21.1696 | ||||
| 128 | EASTERN MICHIGAN | 20.8713 | ||||
| 129 | MARSHALL | 17.7674 | ||||
| 130 | HOLY CROSS | 15.6182 | ||||
| 131 | DRAKE | 15.2871 | ||||
| 132 | NELOUISIANA | 10.2734 | ||||
| 133 | UTEP | 7.6917 | ||||
| 134 | HAWAII | 6.4288 | ||||
| 135 | LAMAR | 5.3269 | ||||
| 136 | FULLERTON | 1.4580 | ||||
| 137 | PACIFIC | -1.0999 | ||||
| 138 | NORTHERN ILLINOIS | -12.2363 |
Back to Prof. Trono's Home page. (This page last modified January 09, 2004 .)