AP Poll Summary
| Pre | 9/14 | 9/21 | 9/28 | 10/5 | 10/12 | 10/19 | 10/26 | 11/2 | 11/9 | 11/16 | 11/23 | 11/30 | Final |
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| 8 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
12 Games
| G | Date | Day | School | Opponent | Conf | Pts | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 11, 1976 | Sat | (8) USC | Missouri | Big 8 | L | 25 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Sep 18, 1976 | Sat | USC | @ | Oregon | Pac-8 | W | 53 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |
| 3 | Sep 25, 1976 | Sat | (19) USC | @ | Purdue | Big Ten | W | 31 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | W 2 | |
| 4 | Oct 2, 1976 | Sat | (13) USC | Iowa | Big Ten | W | 55 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 5 | Oct 9, 1976 | Sat | (11) USC | @ | Washington State | Pac-8 | W | 23 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | W 4 | Seattle, WA |
| 6 | Oct 23, 1976 | Sat | (7) USC | Oregon State | Pac-8 | W | 56 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | W 5 | ||
| 7 | Oct 30, 1976 | Sat | (4) USC | California | Pac-8 | W | 20 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | W 6 | ||
| 8 | Nov 6, 1976 | Sat | (4) USC | @ | Stanford | Pac-8 | W | 48 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 0 | W 7 | |
| 9 | Nov 13, 1976 | Sat | (3) USC | Washington | Pac-8 | W | 20 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | W 8 | ||
| 10 | Nov 20, 1976 | Sat | (3) USC | @ | (2) UCLA | Pac-8 | W | 24 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 | W 9 | |
| 11 | Nov 27, 1976 | Sat | (3) USC | (13) Notre Dame | Ind | W | 17 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | W 10 | ||
| 12 | Jan 1, 1977 | Sat | (3) USC | (2) Michigan | Big Ten | W | 14 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | W 11 | Rose Bowl (Rose Bowl (Pasadena, CA)) |
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