September
In the preseason poll released on September 7, 1976, the AP ranked Nebraska #1, followed by #2 Michigan, #3 Arizona State (the highest preseason ranking for a WAC team), #4 Ohio State and #5 Oklahoma.
September 11 #1 Nebraska failed to win its opening game, being tied 6-6 by LSU in Baton Rouge, escaping with the stalemate only after the Bayou Bengals missed a 44-yard field goal attempt in the closing seconds. #2 Michigan beat Wisconsin, 40-27. #3 Arizona State lost its home opener to #17 UCLA, 28-10, and dropped to 18th, then out of the Top 20 entirely. #4 Ohio State beat Michigan State, 49-21. #5 Oklahoma won at Vanderbilt, 24-3. After a 31-10 win at #11 Notre Dame, #9 Pittsburgh rose to third. With Nebraska and Arizona State dropping to 8th and 18th, and Pitt and UCLA moving up, the Top Five was: 1.Michigan 2.Ohio State 3.Pittsburgh 4.Oklahoma 5.UCLA.
September 18 #1 Michigan beat Stanford 51-0. #2 Ohio State won at #7 Penn State, 12-7 #3 Pittsburgh went to Atlanta, beating Georgia Tech 42-14. #4 Oklahoma beat California, 28-17 #5 UCLA beat Arizona, 37-9. The poll remained unchanged: 1.Michigan 2.Ohio State 3.Pittsburgh 4.Oklahoma 5.UCLA.
September 25 #1 Michigan crushed Navy, 70-14 #2 Ohio State lost a close game to Missouri, 22-21, and fell to 6th place. #3 Pittsburgh beat the visiting (from Philadelphia) Temple Owls, 21-7. #4 Oklahoma beat Florida State, 24-9 #5 UCLA beat Air Force, 40-7. #6 Nebraska, which beat TCU 64-10, returned to the Top 5: 1.Michigan 2.Pittsburgh 3.Oklahoma 4.UCLA and 5.Nebraska
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