1976_NCAA_Division_II_football_rankings

1976 NCAA Division II football rankings

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The 1976 NCAA Division II football rankings are from the Associated Press and Jet. This is for the 1976 NCAA Division II football season.

Associated Press poll

More information Week 1 Sept 22, Week 2 Sept 29 ...

	Week 1 Sept 22^[1]	Week 2 Sept 29^[2]	Week 3 Oct 6^[3]	Week 4 Oct 13^[4]	Week 5 Oct 20^[5]	Week 6 Oct 27^[6]	Week 7 Nov 3^[7]	Week 8 Nov 10^[8]	Week 9 Nov 17^[9]
1.	Northern Michigan (3–0)	Northern Michigan (4–0)	Northern Michigan (5–0)	Northern Michigan (6–0)	Northern Michigan (7–0)	Northern Michigan (8–0)	Northern Michigan (9–0)	Northern Michigan (10–0)	Montana State (9–1)	1.
2.	Alcorn State (2–0)	Alcorn State (3–0)	UNLV (4–0)	Delaware (4–1)	Southern (6–0)	Alcorn State (5–1)	Alcorn State (6–1)	Alcorn State (7–1)	Northern Michigan (10–1)	2.
3.	Montana State (2–0)	Tennessee State (4–0)	Western Illinois (4–0)	Southern (5–0)	Alcorn State (4–1)	Akron (6–1)	Montana State (7–1)	Montana State (8–1)	Akron (8–2)	3.
4.	New Hampshire (2–0)	UNLV (3–0)	Delaware (3–1)	Alcorn State (4–1)	Delaware (4–1–1)	Montana State (6–1) т	Tennessee State (7–1)	Delaware (6–2–1)	Delaware (7–2–1)	4.
5.	Tennessee State (2–0)	Western Illinois (3–0)	Troy State (4–0–1)	Akron (4–1) т	Akron (5–1) т	Southern (6–1) т	Delaware (5–2–1)	Akron (7–2)	Eastern Kentucky (7–2)	5.
6.	Western Carolina (3–0)	Lehigh (3–0)	Southern (4–0)	UNLV (4–1) т	UNLV (5–1) т	Tennessee Tech (6–1)	Northern Arizona (6–1)	South Carolina State (8–1)	Troy State (8–1–1)	6.
7.	Delta State (2–0)	Jacksonville State (3–0)	Alcorn State (3–1) т	Tennessee State (5–1)	Montana State (5–1)	Tennessee State (6–1)	Western Illinois (7–1)	Eastern Kentucky (7–2)	UNLV (8–2)	7.
8.	UMass (2–0) ^{[note 1]}	Western Kentucky (2–0–1)	Eastern Illinois (4–0) т	Montana State (4–1)	Eastern Kentucky (5–1)	Delaware (4–2–1)	Akron (6–2) т	Troy State (7–1–1)	Alcorn State (7–2) т	8.
9.	UNLV (2–0) ^{[note 2]}	Troy State (3–0–1)	Lehigh (3–1)	Eastern Kentucky (5–1) т	Tennessee Tech (5–1)	Western Illinois (6–1)	South Carolina State (7–1) т	UNLV (7–2)	South Carolina State (9–1) т	9.
10.	North Carolina A&T (2–0) т	Cal State Northridge (3–0) т ^{[note 3]}	Santa Clara (4–0)	Western Illinois (4–1) т	Tennessee State (5–1) т	Northern Arizona (5–1)	Troy State (6–1–1)	Western Illinois (7–2)	New Hampshire (8–2) т	10.
11.	Western Illinois (2–0) т	Eastern Illinois (3–0) т			Western Illinois (5–1) т				North Dakota State (8–2) т	11.
	Week 1 Sept 22^[10]	Week 2 Sept 29^[11]	Week 3 Oct 6^[12]	Week 4 Oct 13^[13]	Week 5 Oct 20^[14]	Week 6 Oct 27^[15]	Week 7 Nov 3^[16]	Week 8 Nov 10^[17]	Week 9 Nov 17^[18]
		Dropped: 3 Montana State 4 New Hampshire 6 Western Carolina 7 Delta State 8 UMass 10 North Carolina A&T	Dropped: 3 Tennessee State 7 Jacksonville State 8 Western Kentucky 10 Cal State Northridge	Dropped: 5 Troy State 8 Eastern Illinois 9 Lehigh 10 Santa Clara	None	Dropped: 6 UNLV 8 Eastern Kentucky	Dropped: 5 Southern 6 Tennessee Tech	Dropped: 4 Tennessee State 6 Northern Arizona	Dropped: 10 Western Illinois

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In the actual printed polls, UMass was listed as Massachusetts

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In the actual printed polls, UNLV was listed as Nevada Las Vegas

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In the actual printed polls, Cal State Northridge was listed as Northridge State

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"AP Division II poll". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. September 30, 1976. p. C2. Retrieved May 29, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.

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"NCAA Division II Poll". The Lawton Constitution. Lawton, Oklahoma. October 6, 1976. p. 15. Retrieved May 29, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.

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"AP NCAA Division II Poll". The Pantagraph. Bloomington, Illinois. October 14, 1976. p. B-3. Retrieved May 29, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.

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"NCAA Division II Poll". News-Press. Fort Myers, Florida. October 20, 1976. p. 2C. Retrieved May 29, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.

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"NCAA Division II Poll". The Jackson Sun. Jackson, Tennessee. October 28, 1976. p. 4-B. Retrieved May 29, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.

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"Division II Poll". The Jackson Sun. Jackson, Tennessee. November 3, 1976. p. 6-B. Retrieved May 29, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.

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"NCAA Division II". The Daily Times. Salisbury, Maryland. November 11, 1976. p. 28. Retrieved May 29, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.

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"NCAA Division II poll". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. November 17, 1976. p. D3. Retrieved May 29, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.

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"NCAA Division II Poll". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, New York. September 22, 1976. p. 16. Retrieved May 29, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.

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"AP Division II poll". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. September 30, 1976. p. C2. Retrieved May 29, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.

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"NCAA Division II Poll". The Lawton Constitution. Lawton, Oklahoma. October 6, 1976. p. 15. Retrieved May 29, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.

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"AP NCAA Division II Poll". The Pantagraph. Bloomington, Illinois. October 14, 1976. p. B-3. Retrieved May 29, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.

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"NCAA Division II Poll". News-Press. Fort Myers, Florida. October 20, 1976. p. 2C. Retrieved May 29, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.

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"NCAA Division II Poll". The Jackson Sun. Jackson, Tennessee. October 28, 1976. p. 4-B. Retrieved May 29, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.

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"Division II Poll". The Jackson Sun. Jackson, Tennessee. November 3, 1976. p. 6-B. Retrieved May 29, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.

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"NCAA Division II". The Daily Times. Salisbury, Maryland. November 11, 1976. p. 28. Retrieved May 29, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.

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"NCAA Division II poll". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. November 17, 1976. p. D3. Retrieved May 29, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.

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Frank Bannister (December 16, 1976). "Top 20 Black Colleges". Jet (p. 50).

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		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(#–#)		Win–loss record
(Italics)		Number of first place votes
т		Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

1976_NCAA_Division_II_football_rankings

1976 NCAA Division II football rankings

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