1976 season · week 12
Polls
AP Top 25
20 ranked
- Big 84
- FBS Independents4
- SEC3
- Other9
- 1–PittsburghFBS Independents—
- 2▲2MichiganBig Ten—
- 3–USCPac-8—
- 4▲2GeorgiaSEC—
- 5▲1MarylandACC—
- 6▼4UCLAPac-8—
- 7▲2HoustonSouthwest—
- 8▲2OklahomaBig 8—
- 9▼4Texas TechSouthwest—
- 10▲2NebraskaBig 8—
- 11–Texas A&MSouthwest—
- 12▼4Ohio StateBig Ten—
- 13–Notre DameFBS Independents—
- 14▲1ColoradoBig 8—
- 14▲2Oklahoma StateBig 8—
- 16▲1Penn StateFBS Independents—
- 17▲2RutgersFBS Independents—
- 18–AlabamaSEC—
- 19NewMississippi StateSEC—
- 19NewNorth CarolinaACC—