1976 College Football Polls

AP Polls

AP Polls Table
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
14	Final	1	Pitt	1		59	Ind
14	Final	2	USC	3	1	3	Pac-8
14	Final	3	Michigan	2	1		Big Ten
14	Final	4	Houston	6	2		SWC
14	Final	5	Oklahoma	8	3		Big 8
14	Final	6	Ohio State	11	5		Big Ten
14	Final	7	Texas A&M	10	3		SWC
14	Final	8	Maryland	4	4		ACC
14	Final	9	Nebraska	13	4		Big 8
14	Final	10	Georgia	5	5		SEC
14	Final	11	Alabama	16	5		SEC
14	Final	12	Notre Dame	15	3		Ind
14	Final	13	Texas Tech	9	4		SWC
14	Final	14	Oklahoma State	14			Big 8
14	Final	15	UCLA	7	8		Pac-8
14	Final	16	Colorado	12	4		Big 8
14	Final	17	Rutgers	17			Ind
14	Final	18	Kentucky				SEC
14	Final	19	Iowa State				Big 8
14	Final	20	Mississippi State	20			SEC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
13	1976-11-30	1	Pitt (11-0-0)	1		45	Ind
13	1976-11-30	2	Michigan (10-1-0)	2		8	Big Ten
13	1976-11-30	3	USC (10-1-0)	3		3	Pac-8
13	1976-11-30	4	Maryland (11-0-0)	5	1	2	ACC
13	1976-11-30	5	Georgia (10-1-0)	4	1		SEC
13	1976-11-30	6	Houston (8-2-0)	7	1		SWC
13	1976-11-30	7	UCLA (9-1-1)	6	1		Pac-8
13	1976-11-30	8	Oklahoma (8-2-1)	8			Big 8
13	1976-11-30	9	Texas Tech (9-1-0)	9			SWC
13	1976-11-30	10	Texas A&M (9-2-0)	11	1		SWC
13	1976-11-30	11	Ohio State (8-2-1)	12	1		Big Ten
13	1976-11-30	12	Colorado (8-3-0)	14	2		Big 8
13	1976-11-30	13	Nebraska (7-3-1)	10	3		Big 8
13	1976-11-30	14	Oklahoma State (8-3-0)	14			Big 8
13	1976-11-30	15	Notre Dame (8-3-0)	13	2		Ind
13	1976-11-30	16	Alabama (8-3-0)	18	2		SEC
13	1976-11-30	17	Rutgers (11-0-0)	17			Ind
13	1976-11-30	18	Baylor (7-2-1)				SWC
13	1976-11-30	19	North Carolina (9-2-0)	19			ACC
13	1976-11-30	20	Mississippi State (9-2-0)	19	1		SEC
13	1976-11-30	20	Penn State (7-4-0)	16	4		Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
12	1976-11-23	1	Pitt (10-0-0)	1		39	Ind
12	1976-11-23	2	Michigan (10-1-0)	4	2	13	Big Ten
12	1976-11-23	3	USC (9-1-0)	3		7	Pac-8
12	1976-11-23	4	Georgia (9-1-0)	6	2	1	SEC
12	1976-11-23	5	Maryland (11-0-0)	6	1	2	ACC
12	1976-11-23	6	UCLA (9-1-1)	2	4		Pac-8
12	1976-11-23	7	Houston (7-2-0)	9	2		SWC
12	1976-11-23	8	Oklahoma (7-2-1)	10	2		Big 8
12	1976-11-23	9	Texas Tech (8-1-0)	5	4		SWC
12	1976-11-23	10	Nebraska (7-2-1)	12	2		Big 8
12	1976-11-23	11	Texas A&M (8-2-0)	11			SWC
12	1976-11-23	12	Ohio State (8-2-1)	8	4		Big Ten
12	1976-11-23	13	Notre Dame (8-2-0)	13			Ind
12	1976-11-23	14	Colorado (8-3-0)	15	1		Big 8
12	1976-11-23	14	Oklahoma State (7-3-0)	16	2		Big 8
12	1976-11-23	16	Penn State (7-3-0)	17	1		Ind
12	1976-11-23	17	Rutgers (10-0-0)	19	2		Ind
12	1976-11-23	18	Alabama (7-3-0)	18			SEC
12	1976-11-23	19	Mississippi State (9-2-0)				SEC
12	1976-11-23	19	North Carolina (9-2-0)				ACC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
11	1976-11-16	1	Pitt (10-0-0)	1		44	Ind
11	1976-11-16	2	UCLA (9-0-1)	2		13	Pac-8
11	1976-11-16	3	USC (8-1-0)	3		1	Pac-8
11	1976-11-16	4	Michigan (9-1-0)	4		2	Big Ten
11	1976-11-16	5	Texas Tech (8-0-0)	5		1	SWC
11	1976-11-16	6	Georgia (9-1-0)	7	1		SEC
11	1976-11-16	6	Maryland (10-0-0)	6			ACC
11	1976-11-16	8	Ohio State (8-1-1)	8			Big Ten
11	1976-11-16	9	Houston (6-2-0)	12	3		SWC
11	1976-11-16	10	Oklahoma (7-2-1)	14	4		Big 8
11	1976-11-16	11	Texas A&M (7-2-0)	16	5	1	SWC
11	1976-11-16	12	Nebraska (7-2-1)	9	3		Big 8
11	1976-11-16	13	Notre Dame (7-2-0)	18	5		Ind
11	1976-11-16	14	Iowa State (8-2-0)				Big 8
11	1976-11-16	15	Colorado (7-3-0)	19	4		Big 8
11	1976-11-16	16	Oklahoma State (6-3-0)	17	1		Big 8
11	1976-11-16	17	Penn State (7-3-0)				Ind
11	1976-11-16	18	Alabama (7-3-0)	10	8		SEC
11	1976-11-16	19	Missouri (6-4-0)	11	8		Big 8
11	1976-11-16	19	Rutgers (10-0-0)				Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
10	1976-11-09	1	Pitt (9-0-0)	2	1	49	Ind
10	1976-11-09	2	UCLA (8-0-1)	3	1	7	Pac-8
10	1976-11-09	3	USC (7-1-0)	4	1	2	Pac-8
10	1976-11-09	4	Michigan (8-1-0)	1	3	2	Big Ten
10	1976-11-09	5	Texas Tech (7-0-0)	5		1	SWC
10	1976-11-09	6	Maryland (9-0-0)	6		2	ACC
10	1976-11-09	7	Georgia (8-1-0)	7			SEC
10	1976-11-09	8	Ohio State (7-1-1)	8			Big Ten
10	1976-11-09	9	Nebraska (7-1-1)	9			Big 8
10	1976-11-09	10	Alabama (7-2-0)	15	5		SEC
10	1976-11-09	11	Missouri (6-3-0)	16	5		Big 8
10	1976-11-09	12	Houston (6-2-0)	19	7		SWC
10	1976-11-09	13	Arkansas (5-1-1)	12	1		SWC
10	1976-11-09	14	Oklahoma (6-2-1)	17	3		Big 8
10	1976-11-09	15	Florida (6-2-0)	10	5		SEC
10	1976-11-09	16	Texas A&M (6-2-0)	18	2		SWC
10	1976-11-09	17	Oklahoma State (5-3-0)	13	4		Big 8
10	1976-11-09	18	Notre Dame (6-2-0)	11	7		Ind
10	1976-11-09	19	Colorado (6-3-0)	14	5		Big 8
10	1976-11-09	20	South Carolina (6-3-0)				Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
9	1976-11-02	1	Michigan (8-0-0)	1		57	Big Ten
9	1976-11-02	2	Pitt (8-0-0)	2		5	Ind
9	1976-11-02	3	UCLA (7-0-1)	3			Pac-8
9	1976-11-02	4	USC (6-1-0)	4			Pac-8
9	1976-11-02	5	Texas Tech (6-0-0)	6	1		SWC
9	1976-11-02	6	Maryland (8-0-0)	5	1		ACC
9	1976-11-02	7	Georgia (7-1-0)	7			SEC
9	1976-11-02	8	Ohio State (6-1-1)	8			Big Ten
9	1976-11-02	9	Nebraska (6-1-1)	9			Big 8
9	1976-11-02	10	Florida (6-1-0)	12	2		SEC
9	1976-11-02	11	Notre Dame (6-1-0)	11			Ind
9	1976-11-02	12	Arkansas (5-1-0)	14	2		SWC
9	1976-11-02	13	Oklahoma State (5-2-0)	16	3		Big 8
9	1976-11-02	14	Colorado (6-2-0)	19	5		Big 8
9	1976-11-02	15	Alabama (6-2-0)	17	2		SEC
9	1976-11-02	16	Missouri (5-3-0)	10	6		Big 8
9	1976-11-02	17	Oklahoma (5-2-1)	13	4		Big 8
9	1976-11-02	18	Texas A&M (6-2-0)				SWC
9	1976-11-02	19	Houston (5-2-0)				SWC
9	1976-11-02	20	Texas (3-2-1)	15	5		SWC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
8	1976-10-26	1	Michigan (7-0-0)	1		53	Big Ten
8	1976-10-26	2	Pitt (7-0-0)	2		6	Ind
8	1976-10-26	3	UCLA (6-0-1)	4	1		Pac-8
8	1976-10-26	4	USC (5-1-0)	7	3		Pac-8
8	1976-10-26	5	Maryland (7-0-0)	6	1		ACC
8	1976-10-26	6	Texas Tech (5-0-0)	8	2	1	SWC
8	1976-10-26	7	Georgia (6-1-0)	10	3		SEC
8	1976-10-26	8	Ohio State (5-1-1)	9	1		Big Ten
8	1976-10-26	9	Nebraska (5-1-1)	3	6		Big 8
8	1976-10-26	10	Missouri (5-2-0)	17	7		Big 8
8	1976-10-26	11	Notre Dame (5-1-0)	12	1		Ind
8	1976-10-26	12	Florida (5-1-0)	11	1		SEC
8	1976-10-26	13	Oklahoma (5-1-1)	5	8		Big 8
8	1976-10-26	14	Arkansas (4-1-0)	15	1		SWC
8	1976-10-26	15	Texas (3-1-1)	13	2		SWC
8	1976-10-26	16	Oklahoma State (4-2-0)				Big 8
8	1976-10-26	17	Alabama (5-2-0)	18	1		SEC
8	1976-10-26	18	Mississippi State (6-1-0)	20	2		SEC
8	1976-10-26	19	Colorado (5-2-0)				Big 8
8	1976-10-26	20	Cincinnati (5-1-0)				Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
7	1976-10-19	1	Michigan (6-0-0)	1		58	Big Ten
7	1976-10-19	2	Pitt (6-0-0)	2		4	Ind
7	1976-10-19	3	Nebraska (5-0-1)	3			Big 8
7	1976-10-19	4	UCLA (5-0-1)	4			Pac-8
7	1976-10-19	5	Oklahoma (5-0-1)	6	1		Big 8
7	1976-10-19	6	Maryland (6-0-0)	5	1		ACC
7	1976-10-19	7	USC (4-1-0)	8	1		Pac-8
7	1976-10-19	8	Texas Tech (4-0-0)	10	2		SWC
7	1976-10-19	9	Ohio State (4-1-1)	9			Big Ten
7	1976-10-19	10	Georgia (5-1-0)	11	1		SEC
7	1976-10-19	11	Florida (4-1-0)	12	1		SEC
7	1976-10-19	12	Notre Dame (4-1-0)	14	2		Ind
7	1976-10-19	13	Texas (2-1-1)	13			SWC
7	1976-10-19	14	Houston (4-1-0)	19	5		SWC
7	1976-10-19	15	Arkansas (3-1-0)	18	3		SWC
7	1976-10-19	16	Iowa State (5-1-0)				Big 8
7	1976-10-19	17	Missouri (4-2-0)	7	10		Big 8
7	1976-10-19	18	Alabama (4-2-0)	20	2		SEC
7	1976-10-19	19	South Carolina (5-2-0)				Ind
7	1976-10-19	20	East Carolina (6-0-0)				Southern
7	1976-10-19	20	Mississippi State (5-1-0)				SEC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
6	1976-10-12	1	Michigan (5-0-0)	1		57	Big Ten
6	1976-10-12	2	Pitt (5-0-0)	2		3	Ind
6	1976-10-12	3	Nebraska (4-0-1)	6	3		Big 8
6	1976-10-12	4	UCLA (4-0-1)	5	1		Pac-8
6	1976-10-12	5	Maryland (5-0-0)	7	2		ACC
6	1976-10-12	6	Oklahoma (4-0-1)	3	3		Big 8
6	1976-10-12	7	Missouri (4-1-0)	9	2		Big 8
6	1976-10-12	8	USC (4-1-0)	11	3		Pac-8
6	1976-10-12	9	Ohio State (3-1-1)	10	1		Big Ten
6	1976-10-12	10	Texas Tech (3-0-0)	15	5		SWC
6	1976-10-12	11	Georgia (4-1-0)	4	7		SEC
6	1976-10-12	12	Florida (3-1-0)	12			SEC
6	1976-10-12	13	Texas (2-1-1)	16	3		SWC
6	1976-10-12	14	Notre Dame (3-1-0)	14			Ind
6	1976-10-12	15	Kansas (4-1-0)	8	7		Big 8
6	1976-10-12	16	LSU (3-1-1)	20	4		SEC
6	1976-10-12	16	Ole Miss (4-2-0)				SEC
6	1976-10-12	18	Arkansas (3-1-0)	18			SWC
6	1976-10-12	19	Houston (3-1-0)				SWC
6	1976-10-12	20	Alabama (3-2-0)				SEC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
5	1976-10-05	1	Michigan (4-0-0)	1		52	Big Ten
5	1976-10-05	2	Pitt (4-0-0)	2		3	Ind
5	1976-10-05	3	Oklahoma (4-0-0)	3		3	Big 8
5	1976-10-05	4	Georgia (4-0-0)	6	2	2	SEC
5	1976-10-05	5	UCLA (3-0-1)	4	1		Pac-8
5	1976-10-05	6	Nebraska (3-0-1)	5	1		Big 8
5	1976-10-05	7	Maryland (4-0-0)	7			ACC
5	1976-10-05	8	Kansas (4-0-0)	9	1		Big 8
5	1976-10-05	9	Missouri (3-1-0)	12	3		Big 8
5	1976-10-05	10	Ohio State (2-1-1)	8	2		Big Ten
5	1976-10-05	11	USC (3-1-0)	13	2		Pac-8
5	1976-10-05	12	Florida (3-1-0)	19	7		SEC
5	1976-10-05	13	Boston College (3-0-0)	15	2		Ind
5	1976-10-05	14	Notre Dame (3-1-0)	18	4		Ind
5	1976-10-05	15	Texas Tech (2-0-0)	17	2		SWC
5	1976-10-05	16	Texas (2-1-0)				SWC
5	1976-10-05	17	Texas A&M (3-1-0)				SWC
5	1976-10-05	18	Arkansas (3-1-0)				SWC
5	1976-10-05	19	North Carolina (4-1-0)	14	5		ACC
5	1976-10-05	20	LSU (2-1-1)	11	9		SEC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
4	1976-09-28	1	Michigan (3-0-0)	1		56	Big Ten
4	1976-09-28	2	Pitt (3-0-0)	3	1	2	Ind
4	1976-09-28	3	Oklahoma (3-0-0)	4	1	2	Big 8
4	1976-09-28	4	UCLA (3-0-0)	5	1		Pac-8
4	1976-09-28	5	Nebraska (2-0-1)	6	1		Big 8
4	1976-09-28	6	Georgia (3-0-0)	7	1		SEC
4	1976-09-28	7	Maryland (3-0-0)	8	1		ACC
4	1976-09-28	8	Ohio State (2-1-0)	2	6		Big Ten
4	1976-09-28	9	Kansas (3-0-0)	10	1		Big 8
4	1976-09-28	10	Alabama (2-1-0)	13	3		SEC
4	1976-09-28	11	LSU (2-0-1)	15	4		SEC
4	1976-09-28	12	Missouri (2-1-0)				Big 8
4	1976-09-28	13	USC (2-1-0)	19	6		Pac-8
4	1976-09-28	14	North Carolina (4-0-0)	16	2		ACC
4	1976-09-28	15	Boston College (2-0-0)	18	3		Ind
4	1976-09-28	16	Ole Miss (3-1-0)	17	1		SEC
4	1976-09-28	17	Texas Tech (2-0-0)	20	3		SWC
4	1976-09-28	18	Notre Dame (2-1-0)				Ind
4	1976-09-28	19	Florida (2-1-0)				SEC
4	1976-09-28	20	Penn State (1-2-0)	11	9		Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
3	1976-09-21	1	Michigan (2-0-0)	1		47	Big Ten
3	1976-09-21	2	Ohio State (2-0-0)	2		3	Big Ten
3	1976-09-21	3	Pitt (2-0-0)	3		7	Ind
3	1976-09-21	4	Oklahoma (2-0-0)	4		3	Big 8
3	1976-09-21	5	UCLA (2-0-0)	5			Pac-8
3	1976-09-21	6	Nebraska (1-0-1)	8	2		Big 8
3	1976-09-21	7	Georgia (2-0-0)	9	2		SEC
3	1976-09-21	8	Maryland (2-0-0)	10	2		ACC
3	1976-09-21	9	Texas A&M (2-0-0)	11	2		SWC
3	1976-09-21	10	Kansas (3-0-0)	13	3		Big 8
3	1976-09-21	11	Penn State (1-1-0)	7	4		Ind
3	1976-09-21	12	Arkansas (2-0-0)	12			SWC
3	1976-09-21	13	Alabama (1-1-0)	14	1		SEC
3	1976-09-21	14	Illinois (2-0-0)				Big Ten
3	1976-09-21	15	LSU (1-0-1)	16	1		SEC
3	1976-09-21	16	North Carolina (3-0-0)	17	1		ACC
3	1976-09-21	17	Ole Miss (2-1-0)	20	3		SEC
3	1976-09-21	18	Boston College (1-0-0)	15	3		Ind
3	1976-09-21	19	USC (1-1-0)				Pac-8
3	1976-09-21	20	Texas Tech (1-0-0)				SWC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
2	1976-09-14	1	Michigan (1-0-0)	2	1	28	Big Ten
2	1976-09-14	2	Ohio State (1-0-0)	4	2	18	Big Ten
2	1976-09-14	3	Pitt (1-0-0)	9	6	9	Ind
2	1976-09-14	4	Oklahoma (1-0-0)	5	1	4	Big 8
2	1976-09-14	5	UCLA (1-0-0)	17	12	2	Pac-8
2	1976-09-14	6	Missouri (1-0-0)				Big 8
2	1976-09-14	7	Penn State (1-0-0)	10	3		Ind
2	1976-09-14	8	Nebraska (0-0-1)	1	7		Big 8
2	1976-09-14	9	Georgia (1-0-0)	16	7		SEC
2	1976-09-14	10	Maryland (1-0-0)	12	2		ACC
2	1976-09-14	11	Texas A&M (1-0-0)	14	3		SWC
2	1976-09-14	12	Arkansas (1-0-0)	13	1		SWC
2	1976-09-14	13	Kansas (2-0-0)	19	6		Big 8
2	1976-09-14	14	Alabama (0-1-0)	6	8		SEC
2	1976-09-14	15	Boston College (1-0-0)				Ind
2	1976-09-14	16	LSU (0-0-1)				SEC
2	1976-09-14	17	North Carolina (2-0-0)				ACC
2	1976-09-14	18	Arizona State (0-1-0)	3	15		WAC
2	1976-09-14	19	Texas (0-1-0)	7	12		SWC
2	1976-09-14	20	Ole Miss (1-1-0)				SEC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
1	Preseason	1	Nebraska	NA	—	25	Big 8
1	Preseason	2	Michigan	NA	—	10	Big Ten
1	Preseason	3	Arizona State	NA	—	7	WAC
1	Preseason	4	Ohio State	NA	—	3	Big Ten
1	Preseason	5	Oklahoma	NA	—	6	Big 8
1	Preseason	6	Alabama	NA	—	3	SEC
1	Preseason	7	Texas	NA	—	3	SWC
1	Preseason	8	USC	NA	—	2	Pac-8
1	Preseason	9	Pitt	NA	—	1	Ind
1	Preseason	10	Penn State	NA	—		Ind
1	Preseason	11	Notre Dame	NA	—		Ind
1	Preseason	12	Maryland	NA	—		ACC
1	Preseason	13	Arkansas	NA	—		SWC
1	Preseason	14	Texas A&M	NA	—		SWC
1	Preseason	15	California	NA	—		Pac-8
1	Preseason	16	Georgia	NA	—		SEC
1	Preseason	17	UCLA	NA	—		Pac-8
1	Preseason	18	Florida	NA	—		SEC
1	Preseason	19	Kansas	NA	—		Big 8
1	Preseason	20	Miami (OH)	NA	—		MAC

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