1976 NCAA Division II football rankings explained

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

Legend

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

Jet magazine ranked the top 1976 teams from historically black colleges and universities based on a poll of coaches and conference commissioners.

The poll was published on December 16.^[1]

1. South Carolina State (10–1)
2. Grambling State (8–4)
3. Alcorn State (8–2)
4. Alabama State (8–3)
5. Bethune-Cookman (9–2)
6. Norfolk State (8–3)
7. Southern (8–3)
8. Fort Valley State (8–2)
9. Tennessee State (7–2–1)
10. Knoxville (8–2)
11. Fayetteville State (7–3)
12. Virginia Union (7–4)
13. Hampton (7–4)
14. Tuskegee (7–2–1)
15. Morris Brown (5–4–1)
16. Central State (6–5)
17. Morgan State (6–4)
18. North Carolina A&T (6–4–1)
19. Jackson State (5–4)
20. Prairie View A&M (6–5) and Florida A&M (6–3–2)

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