🏀 The 1975-76 men’s college basketball season

What the record holds for this season: the champion, the tournament bracket, the AP poll week by week, the conference tables, and the Elo ratings with the biggest upsets.

Source: Citizen of Nowhere college basketball database · 21 conferences · 32-team tournament

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1976season

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1975-76 national champion

The NCAA tournament winner.

National champion

Indiana

32-0Final AP #1

Title gameIndiana 86, Michigan 68 (Mar 29)

Final FourIndianaMichiganRutgersUCLA

The 1976 NCAA tournament

32 teams. Winners in bold, seeds before each team.

32-team field · 4 regions

First Round

Alabama79

Indiana90

Second Round

Alabama69

Indiana74

Marquette62

Western Michigan51

Regional Finals

Indiana65

Marquette56

Mideast region

First Round

Alabama79

Indiana90

Second Round

Alabama69

Indiana74

Marquette62

Western Michigan51

Regional Finals

Indiana65

Marquette56

West region

First Round

Arizona83

UNLV103

UCLA74

Second Round

Arizona114

UNLV109

Pepperdine61

UCLA70

Regional Finals

Arizona66

UCLA82

Midwest region

First Round

Second Round

Regional Finals

East region

First Round

Connecticut80

Hofstra78

Princeton53

Rutgers54

DePaul69

Virginia60

Tennessee75

VMI81

Second Round

Connecticut79

Rutgers93

DePaul66

VMI71

Regional Finals

Rutgers91

VMI75

Final Four and the title game

Final Four

Indiana65

UCLA51

Mideast vs West · Mar 27

Michigan86

Rutgers70

Midwest vs East · Mar 27

Championship game: Indiana

Indiana86

Michigan68

Mideast vs Midwest · Mar 29

Third-place games

Rutgers92

UCLA106

Third Place Game · East vs West · Mar 29

Conference tournaments

The champion and the other finalist of each of the 9 conference tournaments held in 1975-76.

Conference	Champion	Runner-up	Final
Atlantic Coast	Virginia 67-62, Mar 6	North Carolina	67-62, Mar 6
Big Sky	Boise State	Weber State
East Coast	Hofstra 79-72, Mar 6	Temple	79-72, Mar 6
Metro	Cincinnati 103-95, Mar 6	Memphis State	103-95, Mar 6
Mid-Eastern	North Carolina A&T	Morgan State
Ohio Valley	Western Kentucky 65-60, Mar 5	Morehead State	65-60, Mar 5
Pacific Coast	San Diego State	Pacific
Southern	VMI 41-33, Mar 4	Richmond	41-33, Mar 4
Southwest	Texas Tech 74-72, Mar 6	Texas A&M	74-72, Mar 6

The 1975-76 AP poll, week by week

Each team's rank in every poll. Tap a rank to read it.

Team	Nov25	Dec2	9	16	23	30	Jan6	13	20	27	Feb3	10	17	24	Mar2	9	16
Indiana	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Marquette	4	3	3	3	7	6	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
UNLV			16	13	12	10	5	4	4	3	3	7	6	5	5	4	3
Rutgers				15	15	14	12	10	7	5	7	5	4	3	3	3	4
UCLA	2	5	5	6	4	4	3	8	6	12	9	6	5	9	7	6	5
Alabama	12	14	11	8	8	8	10	11	12	11	14	11	10	7	6	8	6
Notre Dame	7	9	8	5	5	5	13	15	15	10	11	10	8	6	8	7	7
North Carolina	5	4	4	4	3	3	6	7	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	8
Michigan	16	16	18	16	16	17	19	16	17	15		16	15	13	11	14	9
Western Michigan											17	15	17	16	14	16	10
Maryland	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	7	5	4	7	10	9	12	11
Cincinnati	10	10	9	7	6	7	15	14	16	18	16	13	13	18	13	15	12
Tennessee	9	8	7	11	10	12	9	9	10	9	8	8	9	11	12	9	13
Missouri			20					20	18	13	13	14	14	12	15	10	14
Arizona	11	11	10													18	15
Texas Tech																19	16
DePaul																	17
Virginia																13	18
Centenary					19	18		18		19	18	19	20	19	20	20	19
Pepperdine																	20
Washington		20	15	12	13	13	8	6	8	6	6	9	11	8	10	11
St. John's				18	17	15	14	12	9	14	12	17	16	14	16	17
North Carolina State	13	13	13	9	9	9	11	13	11	8	10	12	12	15	17
Florida State															18
Texas A&M														20	19
Oregon														17
Virginia Tech									20	20	19	18	18
Louisville	8	6	6	10	11	11	16						19
North Texas											20	19
Princeton										17	15
Oregon State								17	13	16
West Texas State								19	19	20
Wake Forest							7	5	14
Minnesota					19	16	17
USC							18
San Francisco	15	12	12	14	14	19	20
LSU						20
Kentucky	6	7	14	20	18
Auburn	20	17	17	17
Arizona State	18	19	19	19
Providence	17	15
Kansas State	14	18
Memphis State	19
Syracuse	20

Tap a rank to read it.

1976 final AP Top 20

The last Associated Press ranking of the season, with each team's record.

1976 final AP Top 20AP

1Indiana32-0
2Marquette27-2
3UNLV29-2
4Rutgers31-2
5UCLA27-5
6Alabama23-5
7Notre Dame23-6
8North Carolina25-4
9Michigan25-7
10Western Michigan25-3

11Maryland22-6
12Cincinnati25-6
13Tennessee21-6
14Missouri26-5
15Arizona24-9
16Texas Tech25-6
17DePaul20-9
18Virginia18-12
19Centenary22-5
20Pepperdine22-6

1976 standings by conference

Overall and conference record. A star marks the regular-season champion, a trophy the conference-tournament champion.

1976 standings by conference21 conferences

Atlantic Coast7 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
North Carolina	25-4	11-1	★ NCAA AP 8
Maryland	22-6	7-5	AP 11
North Carolina State	21-9	7-5
Clemson	18-10	5-7
Wake Forest	17-10	5-7
Virginia	18-12	4-8	🏆 NCAA AP 18
Duke	13-14	3-9

Big Eight8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Missouri	26-5	12-2	★ NCAA AP 14
Kansas State	20-8	11-3
Nebraska	19-8	10-4
Kansas	13-13	6-8
Oklahoma	9-17	6-8
Oklahoma State	10-16	4-10
Colorado	7-19	4-10
Iowa State	3-24	3-11

Big Sky8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Weber State	21-11	9-5	★
Boise State	18-11	9-5	★ 🏆 NCAA
Idaho State	16-11	9-5	★
Northern Arizona	15-12	8-6
Montana	13-12	7-7
Montana State	9-16	6-8
Gonzaga	13-13	5-9
Idaho	7-19	3-11

Big Ten10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Indiana	32-0	18-0	★ NCAA AP 1
Michigan	25-7	14-4	NCAA AP 9
Purdue	16-11	11-7
Michigan State	14-13	10-8
Iowa	19-10	9-9
Minnesota	16-10	8-10
Illinois	14-13	7-11
Northwestern	12-15	7-11
Wisconsin	10-16	4-14
Ohio State	6-20	2-16

East Coast12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Lafayette	19-7	9-1	★
St. Joseph's	10-16	4-1	★
Drexel	17-6	3-2
Hofstra	18-12	3-2	🏆 NCAA
Rider	14-13	6-4
Temple	9-18	3-2
Bucknell	13-13	5-5
Delaware	10-15	4-6
West Chester	8-17	4-6
La Salle	11-15	1-4
Lehigh	9-15	2-8
American	9-16	1-4

Ivy8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Princeton	22-5	14-0	★ NCAA
Pennsylvania	17-9	11-3
Dartmouth	16-10	7-7
Columbia	8-17	6-8
Brown	7-19	6-8
Yale	7-21	5-9
Cornell	8-18	4-10
Harvard	8-18	3-11

Metro6 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Tulane	18-9	1-0	★
Cincinnati	25-6	2-1	🏆 NCAA AP 12
Louisville	20-8	2-1
Memphis State	21-9	1-1	NCAA
Georgia Tech	13-14	0-1
Saint Louis	13-14	0-2

Mid-American10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Western Michigan	25-3	15-1	★ NCAA AP 10
Miami (OH)	18-8	14-2
Toledo	18-7	13-3
Central Michigan	12-14	8-8
Bowling Green	12-15	8-8
Kent State	12-14	7-9
Ohio	11-15	7-9
Ball State	11-14	5-11
Northern Illinois	5-21	2-14
Eastern Michigan	7-20	1-15

Mid-Eastern7 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
North Carolina A&T	20-6	11-1	★ 🏆
South Carolina State	17-8	8-4
Howard	8-16	5-7
Delaware State	6-17	4-8
Morgan State	20-4		★
North Carolina Central	8-20
MD-Eastern Shore	2-20

Missouri Valley7 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Wichita State	18-10	10-2	★ NCAA
Southern Illinois	16-10	9-3
West Texas State	19-7	8-4
New Mexico State	15-12	4-8
Bradley	13-13	4-8
Tulsa	9-18	4-8
Drake	8-19	3-9

Ohio Valley8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Western Kentucky	20-9	11-3	★ 🏆 NCAA
Austin Peay	20-7	10-4
Tennessee Tech	14-10	7-7
Morehead State	13-14	7-7
Middle Tennessee State	16-12	6-8
Eastern Kentucky	10-15	6-8
Murray State	9-17	5-9
East Tennessee State	6-20	4-10

Pacific Coast6 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
CSU-Fullerton	15-10	6-4	★
Long Beach State	14-12	6-4	★
San Jose State	17-10	5-5
San Diego State	16-13	5-5	🏆 NCAA
Pacific	14-14	4-6
Fresno State	12-14	4-6

Pacific-88 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
UCLA	27-5	12-2	★ NCAA AP 5
Oregon State	18-9	10-4
Oregon	19-11	10-4
Washington	22-6	9-5	NCAA
Washington State	18-8	8-6
California	12-14	4-10
Stanford	9-18	3-11
USC	11-16	0-14

Southeastern10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Alabama	23-5	15-3	★ NCAA AP 6
Tennessee	21-6	14-4	NCAA AP 13
Vanderbilt	16-11	12-6
Kentucky	20-10	11-7
Auburn	16-10	11-7
Florida	12-14	7-11
Georgia	12-15	7-11
Mississippi State	13-13	6-12
LSU	12-14	5-13
Mississippi	6-21	2-16

Southern8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
VMI	22-10	9-3	★ 🏆 NCAA
William & Mary	15-13	8-3
Richmond	14-14	7-7
Appalachian State	13-14	6-6
East Carolina	11-15	7-7
Citadel	10-17	6-7
Furman	9-18	5-7
Davidson	5-21	1-9

Southland6 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Louisiana Tech	15-11	9-1	★
McNeese State	16-11	7-3
Lamar	10-14	6-4
SW Louisiana	7-19	4-6
Arkansas State	10-15	3-7
Texas-Arlington	6-21	1-9

Southwest9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Texas A&M	21-6	14-2	★
Texas Tech	25-6	13-3	🏆 NCAA AP 16
SMU	16-12	10-6
Arkansas	19-9	9-7
Baylor	12-15	8-8
Houston	17-11	7-9
TCU	11-16	6-10
Texas	9-17	4-12
Rice	3-24	1-15

West Coast7 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Pepperdine	22-6	10-2	★ NCAA AP 20
San Francisco	22-8	9-3
Nevada	12-14	7-5
Seattle	11-16	6-6
Santa Clara	10-16	4-8
Loyola Marymount	7-19	4-8
St. Mary's	3-23	2-10

Western Athletic8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Arizona	24-9	11-3	★ NCAA AP 15
UTEP	19-7	9-5
Utah	19-8	9-5
New Mexico	16-11	8-6
BYU	12-14	6-8
Colorado State	10-16	6-8
Arizona State	16-11	5-9
Wyoming	10-17	2-12

Yankee7 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Massachusetts	21-6	11-1
Connecticut	19-10	7-5	NCAA
Rhode Island	14-12	7-5
Vermont	15-10	6-6
Maine	14-11	5-7
New Hampshire	8-18	3-9
Boston University	7-19	3-9

Independent77 teams

School	W-L	Note
Rutgers	31-2	NCAA AP 4
UNLV	29-2	NCAA AP 3
Marquette	27-2	NCAA AP 2
North Texas	22-4
Centenary	22-5	AP 19
Charlotte	24-6
Texas-Pan American	20-5
Notre Dame	23-6	NCAA AP 7
St. John's	23-6	NCAA
Florida State	21-6
Oral Roberts	20-6
Georgetown	21-7	NCAA
Virginia Tech	21-7	NCAA
George Washington	20-7
Illinois State	20-7
Creighton	19-7
Northeast Louisiana	18-7
Detroit	19-8
South Florida	19-8
New Orleans	18-8
DePaul	20-9	NCAA AP 17
Syracuse	20-9	NCAA
Holy Cross	22-10
Seton Hall	18-9
South Alabama	18-9
South Carolina	18-9
Providence	21-11
Stetson	17-9
UC Santa Barbara	17-9
Air Force	16-9
Virginia Commonwealth	16-9
St. Peter's	19-11
Portland State	17-10
St. Bonaventure	17-10
Mercer	15-10
Villanova	16-11
Niagara	17-12
LIU-Brooklyn	15-12
Colgate	13-11
Xavier	14-12
West Virginia	15-13
Georgia State	12-11
Indiana State	13-12
Dayton	14-13
Hardin-Simmons	14-13
Jacksonville	13-13
Manhattan	14-14
St. Francis (NY)	13-13
St. Francis (PA)	14-14
Marshall	13-14
Duquesne	12-13
Northeastern	12-13
Fairfield	12-14
Utah State	12-14
Butler	12-15
Denver	12-15
Pittsburgh	12-15
Army	11-14
Iona	11-15
Southern Mississippi	11-15
Wisconsin-Milwaukee	11-15
Navy	10-14
Fairleigh Dickinson	9-13
Georgia Southern	11-16
Hawaii	11-16
Penn State	10-15
Buffalo	10-16
Loyola-Chicago	10-16
Canisius	10-17
Boston College	9-17
Oklahoma City	9-18
Portland	9-18
Fordham	7-19
Cleveland State	6-19
Houston Baptist	5-21
Charleston Southern	3-23
Samford	3-23

Elo ratings and upsets use the games in our record for this season, which is incomplete before 1995-96; team records come from the season standings.

1976 Elo and upsets

The ten highest-rated teams when the season ended, and the results the ratings gave the winner the least chance of.

1976 Elo and upsetsElo

Elo, top 10

1Indiana2200
2UCLA2006
3North Carolina2005
4Michigan2002
5Marquette1997
6Alabama1946
7Maryland1941
8Rutgers1919
9Oregon State1885
10UNLV1881

Biggest upsets

Yale 46, Pennsylvania 44
Feb 28 · regular season · 3.5% win chance
Furman 83, South Carolina 77
Feb 18 · regular season · 3.6% win chance
Maine 64, Connecticut 63
Feb 19 · regular season · 5.3% win chance
Georgia Tech 78, North Carolina State 67
Feb 7 · regular season · 5.4% win chance
Wyoming 64, Utah 61
Mar 5 · regular season · 7.8% win chance
Texas-Arlington 99, Denver 97
Jan 10 · regular season · 8.1% win chance
Wisconsin 86, Michigan State 82
Mar 6 · regular season · 8.3% win chance
Bradley 78, Creighton 77
Feb 16 · regular season · 8.6% win chance
Davidson 74, UC Santa Barbara 67
Jan 29 · regular season · 8.8% win chance
Boston University 69, Vermont 67
Feb 21 · regular season · 9.2% win chance

Where these numbers come from

Enough to disbelieve this page on purpose rather than by accident.

Champions, brackets, polls and standings are read from the Citizen of Nowhere college basketball database, one season at a time. A section appears only where the database holds its data: the NCAA tournament began in 1939 (earlier champions are retroactive selections), the AP poll in 1949, and game-by-game results, and so the Elo ratings and upsets, in 1950.

Elo ratings and upsets come from the site’s own men’s college basketball Elo, built from every game since 1950. An upset’s win chance is the winner’s pre-game probability from those ratings.