1976 College Football School Ratings

The SRS columns are SRS broken up into offensive and defensive components.
The Scoring columns are points per game adjusted for strength of opposition.
The Passing, Rushing, and Total columns are yards per attempt adjusted for strength of opposition.
AP Rank reflects the current AP poll ranking or the last ranking from the year.

137 Schools

137 Schools Table
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
1	Michigan	Big Ten	3	10	2	0	9.79	14.87	24.67	47.20	-4.09
2	Pitt	Ind	1	12	0	0	12.50	10.56	23.06	42.03	0.95
3	Texas A&M	SWC	7	10	2	0	9.32	12.25	21.57	38.08	0.43
4	USC	Pac-8	2	11	1	0	9.26	11.75	21.01	44.23	-1.54
5	Georgia	SEC	10	10	2	0	9.68	11.10	20.78	40.56	0.16
6	Ohio State	Big Ten	6	9	2	1	8.80	11.85	20.66	38.74	-1.96
7	Oklahoma	Big 8	5	9	2	1	10.25	8.90	19.16	38.88	2.32
8	Maryland	ACC	8	11	1	0	7.85	10.99	18.84	35.01	1.21
9	Alabama	SEC	11	9	3	0	8.40	10.01	18.41	39.21	0.04
10	Houston	SWC	4	10	2	0	9.18	8.90	18.08	37.30	4.71
11	Texas Tech	SWC	13	10	2	0	11.79	6.09	17.89	36.97	5.40
12	Nebraska	Big 8	9	9	3	1	8.15	9.48	17.63	42.50	1.45
13	UCLA	Pac-8	15	9	2	1	8.91	8.45	17.36	42.84	2.67
14	Oklahoma State	Big 8	14	9	3	0	11.31	5.58	16.90	38.67	4.86
15	Colorado	Big 8	16	8	4	0	9.58	7.26	16.83	37.61	3.26
16	Notre Dame	Ind	12	9	3	0	7.15	9.47	16.62	37.28	0.82
17	Kentucky	SEC	18	8	4	0	2.99	11.48	14.47	30.24	-0.22
18	Missouri	Big 8		6	5	0	9.81	4.66	14.47	37.13	4.63
19	Iowa State	Big 8	19	8	3	0	9.64	4.25	13.89	41.73	7.24
20	Florida	SEC		8	4	0	12.98	-0.37	12.61	40.36	11.30
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
21	Penn State	Ind		7	5	0	4.80	7.36	12.16	32.07	3.36
22	Mississippi State	SEC	20	9	2	0	7.51	4.06	11.57	35.94	7.16
23	LSU	SEC		6	4	1	2.26	9.18	11.43	32.32	1.72
24	Kansas	Big 8		6	5	0	7.78	3.45	11.24	35.76	7.33
25	Tennessee	SEC		6	5	0	3.53	7.24	10.77	31.14	3.80
26	South Carolina	Ind		6	5	0	1.73	8.18	9.92	29.04	2.43
27	East Carolina	Southern		9	2	0	3.14	6.76	9.90	32.64	4.81
28	Baylor	SWC		7	3	1	2.82	6.89	9.71	28.09	5.19
29	Illinois	Big Ten		5	6	0	5.94	3.26	9.19	34.86	8.94
30	Texas	SWC		5	5	1	2.48	5.97	8.45	27.75	5.85
31	Cincinnati	Ind		8	3	0	-0.53	8.57	8.04	27.36	3.30
32	Minnesota	Big Ten		6	5	0	1.17	6.34	7.51	28.35	6.75
33	Washington	Pac-8		5	6	0	4.67	2.77	7.44	32.27	7.75
34	North Carolina	ACC		9	3	0	4.41	3.03	7.43	29.56	9.29
35	California	Pac-8		5	6	0	4.82	2.42	7.24	31.72	6.50
36	Wisconsin	Big Ten		5	6	0	10.60	-3.57	7.03	38.19	13.16
37	Miami (FL)	Ind		3	8	0	0.06	6.70	6.76	31.23	4.49
38	Arkansas	SWC		5	5	1	1.82	4.82	6.64	28.18	7.76
39	BYU	WAC		9	3	0	7.16	-0.57	6.58	36.08	13.42
40	Boston College	Ind		8	3	0	-1.10	7.66	6.56	27.85	4.89
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
41	Ole Miss	SEC		5	6	0	-0.93	7.44	6.52	26.67	5.24
42	Duke	ACC		5	5	1	6.63	-0.12	6.51	33.66	11.76
43	Rutgers	Ind	17	11	0	0	-0.82	6.74	5.93	29.07	6.37
44	Memphis	Ind		7	4	0	3.42	2.29	5.71	29.78	9.39
45	Purdue	Big Ten		5	6	0	3.30	2.33	5.63	29.86	7.73
46	Stanford	Pac-8		6	5	0	6.52	-0.97	5.55	33.02	11.96
47	Virginia Tech	Ind		6	5	0	2.40	2.83	5.24	29.44	9.46
48	Yale	Ivy		8	1	0	-1.26	5.78	4.52	25.77	7.87
49	Georgia Tech	Ind		4	6	1	5.17	-0.76	4.41	32.53	13.07
50	West Virginia	Ind		5	6	0	0.82	3.47	4.29	28.94	9.05
51	William & Mary	Southern		7	4	0	1.38	2.89	4.27	27.27	7.66
52	Michigan State	Big Ten		4	6	1	6.26	-2.20	4.07	34.13	13.57
53	Wake Forest	ACC		5	6	0	0.99	2.62	3.61	27.00	8.10
54	Clemson	ACC		3	6	2	0.82	2.47	3.29	27.62	10.50
55	Dartmouth	Ivy		6	3	0	1.37	1.82	3.18	29.69	11.74
56	Navy	Ind		4	7	0	0.73	2.45	3.18	28.03	12.77
57	Florida State	Ind		5	6	0	3.50	-0.33	3.17	29.47	13.42
58	Iowa	Big Ten		5	6	0	-1.52	4.62	3.10	26.39	9.25
59	Tulsa	MVC		7	4	1	1.87	1.02	2.89	27.43	11.80
60	Richmond	Southern		5	6	0	-2.84	5.47	2.63	25.58	6.45
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
61	Auburn	SEC		3	8	0	2.31	0.11	2.42	29.81	11.05
62	Louisiana	Southland		9	2	0	0.16	2.12	2.29	26.69	9.60
63	Appalachian State	Southern		6	4	1	1.03	1.11	2.14	32.28	10.98
64	San Jose State	PCAA		7	4	0	5.85	-3.76	2.09	36.05	16.60
65	North Carolina State	ACC		3	7	1	3.80	-1.77	2.03	30.97	13.31
66	Furman	Southern		6	4	1	-0.38	2.14	1.75	28.01	8.98
67	North Texas	Ind		6	5	0	-4.66	6.33	1.67	24.27	5.73
68	Brown	Ivy		8	1	0	-1.86	2.84	0.98	22.27	9.92
69	Indiana	Big Ten		5	6	0	-2.82	3.68	0.86	24.20	9.27
70	San Diego State	Ind		10	1	0	-5.16	5.80	0.64	20.01	6.39
71	Wyoming	WAC		8	4	0	0.78	-1.01	-0.23	27.37	13.76
72	SMU	SWC		3	8	0	3.53	-3.79	-0.26	29.43	19.53
73	Washington State	Pac-8		3	8	0	4.26	-4.79	-0.53	32.32	17.92
74	Kansas State	Big 8		1	10	0	0.04	-0.76	-0.73	27.92	14.95
75	Harvard	Ivy		6	3	0	-1.72	0.95	-0.78	23.77	11.87
76	Arizona	WAC		5	6	0	2.98	-4.05	-1.07	32.01	15.99
77	McNeese State	Southland		10	2	0	0.79	-2.25	-1.47	24.99	15.16
78	Villanova	Ind		6	4	1	1.87	-3.50	-1.63	28.18	15.82
79	Louisiana Tech	Southland		6	5	0	6.18	-7.88	-1.70	34.54	19.95
80	Oregon	Pac-8		4	7	0	-5.33	3.40	-1.93	22.36	12.93
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
81	Vanderbilt	SEC		2	9	0	-0.47	-1.49	-1.95	26.91	14.67
82	The Citadel	Southern		6	5	0	-3.26	1.00	-2.27	22.96	10.38
83	Arizona State	WAC		4	7	0	0.16	-2.97	-2.81	26.80	13.37
84	Army	Ind		5	6	0	0.93	-3.89	-2.96	26.28	16.80
85	Louisville	Ind		4	7	0	-3.49	0.07	-3.42	23.41	12.73
86	Tulane	Ind		2	9	0	-2.33	-1.19	-3.52	24.45	12.40
87	Syracuse	Ind		3	8	0	-1.96	-1.75	-3.72	24.17	14.60
88	Colorado State	WAC		6	5	0	-3.39	-0.46	-3.85	21.98	12.38
89	Southern Mississippi	Ind		2	9	0	-3.29	-0.56	-3.86	23.50	15.49
90	Kent State	MAC		8	4	0	-2.76	-1.18	-3.93	23.13	15.16
91	New Mexico	WAC		4	7	0	-0.74	-3.20	-3.93	25.69	14.24
92	Northwestern	Big Ten		1	10	0	-3.67	-0.60	-4.27	23.81	15.39
93	Ball State	MAC		8	3	0	-5.06	0.44	-4.63	22.35	12.06
94	Ohio	MAC		7	4	0	-3.75	-1.08	-4.83	23.95	15.25
95	Temple	Ind		4	6	0	-2.15	-2.74	-4.89	23.75	15.88
96	Colgate	Ind		8	2	0	-5.63	0.66	-4.97	19.16	12.25
97	Oregon State	Pac-8		2	10	0	-3.77	-1.73	-5.50	25.49	15.65
98	Fresno State	PCAA		5	6	0	-3.87	-1.66	-5.53	24.43	13.66
99	Virginia Military Institute	Southern		5	5	0	-4.69	-0.85	-5.54	22.05	15.29
100	Western Michigan	MAC		7	4	0	-0.69	-4.90	-5.59	24.91	18.60
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
101	Chattanooga	Ind		6	4	1	-2.91	-2.87	-5.78	23.28	16.73
102	Long Beach State	PCAA		8	3	0	-6.11	0.29	-5.82	20.27	12.78
103	Rice	SWC		3	8	0	5.41	-11.52	-6.11	31.10	26.14
104	Bowling Green	MAC		6	5	0	2.79	-8.92	-6.13	28.69	21.77
105	Arkansas State	Southland		5	6	0	-0.35	-6.44	-6.79	26.03	18.91
106	Air Force	Ind		4	7	0	-3.81	-3.34	-7.15	23.17	16.78
107	Texas-Arlington	Southland		5	6	0	-0.57	-7.26	-7.83	24.84	19.25
108	Virginia	ACC		2	9	0	-6.26	-2.25	-8.51	19.91	15.32
109	Texas Christian	SWC		0	11	0	-2.83	-6.07	-8.90	23.79	26.23
110	West Texas State	MVC		4	5	2	-2.84	-6.42	-9.26	21.85	20.27
111	Cornell	Ivy		2	7	0	-6.46	-3.48	-9.93	19.34	17.33
112	Miami (OH)	MAC		3	8	0	-7.24	-2.72	-9.96	19.32	15.36
113	Utah	WAC		3	8	0	1.87	-12.22	-10.35	27.53	24.27
114	Northwestern State	Ind		5	5	0	-8.26	-2.18	-10.44	19.89	15.72
115	Southern Illinois	Ind		7	4	0	-6.44	-4.55	-10.99	21.10	20.67
116	Utah State	Ind		3	8	0	-6.00	-5.18	-11.18	20.34	18.43
117	Princeton	Ivy		2	7	0	-11.08	-0.85	-11.93	13.89	14.28
118	Pennsylvania	Ivy		3	6	0	-8.94	-3.14	-12.08	14.64	15.75
119	Holy Cross	Ind		3	8	0	-2.54	-9.59	-12.13	22.96	26.69
120	Central Michigan	MAC		7	4	0	-4.61	-7.66	-12.28	18.58	21.88
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
121	Columbia	Ivy		3	6	0	-2.90	-9.41	-12.31	22.80	25.41
122	Wichita State	MVC		4	7	0	-7.10	-6.34	-13.44	17.78	19.64
123	New Mexico State	MVC		4	6	1	-9.47	-5.17	-14.64	15.34	20.12
124	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA		3	7	1	-9.09	-5.62	-14.71	18.10	17.76
125	Dayton	Ind		4	7	0	-8.26	-7.36	-15.62	17.55	20.56
126	UTEP	WAC		1	11	0	-7.84	-8.67	-16.51	18.56	23.65
127	Toledo	MAC		3	8	0	-7.82	-8.71	-16.53	17.09	21.07
128	Pacific	PCAA		2	9	0	-5.11	-11.92	-17.03	20.68	25.08
129	Drake	MVC		1	10	0	-1.65	-15.64	-17.29	24.46	33.61
130	Illinois State	Ind		5	6	0	-13.86	-3.89	-17.75	9.40	17.11
131	Marshall	Ind		4	7	0	-10.65	-7.73	-18.39	14.95	22.01
132	Hawaii	Ind		3	8	0	-9.33	-9.20	-18.53	16.20	30.24
133	Louisiana-Monroe	Ind		2	9	0	-4.54	-14.28	-18.82	21.16	26.43
134	Indiana State	Ind		3	7	0	-9.13	-9.72	-18.85	15.16	23.13
135	Lamar	Southland		2	9	0	-15.10	-5.94	-21.04	10.69	20.60
136	Eastern Michigan	MAC		2	9	0	-10.87	-11.66	-22.53	14.15	30.30
137	Northern Illinois	MAC		1	10	0	-18.22	-11.57	-29.78	7.10	33.87

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