1977 NCAA Division II football rankings

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The 1977 NCAA Division II football rankings are from the Associated Press. This is for the 1977 season.

Contents

Legend

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

Associated Press poll

Week 1
Sept 21 [1] 		Week 2
Sept 28 [2] 		Week 3
Oct 5 [3] 		Week 4
Oct 12 [4] 		Week 5
Oct 19 [5] 		Week 6
Oct 26 [6] 		Week 7
Nov 2 [7] 		Week 8
Nov 9 [8] 		Week 9
Nov 16 [9]
1. Montana State (2–0)Montana State (3–0)South Carolina State (4–0)South Carolina State (5–0)South Carolina State (6–0)New Hampshire (7–0)South Carolina State (7–0–1)South Carolina State (8–0–1)North Dakota State (8–1–1)1.
2. South Carolina State (2–0)South Carolina State (3–0)New Hampshire (4–0)New Hampshire (5–0)New Hampshire (6–0)South Carolina State (6–0–1)North Dakota State (6–1–1)North Dakota State (7–1–1)UMass (8–1)2.
3. New Hampshire (2–0)New Hampshire (3–0)Jacksonville State (5–0)Boise State (4–1)Montana State (5–1)Northern Michigan (7–1)UMass (6–1) тUMass (7–1)UC Davis (9–0)3.
4. Akron (2–0–1)Jacksonville State (4–0) Boise State (3–1)Montana State (4–1)Northern Michigan (6–1)North Dakota State (5–1–1)Tennessee Tech (8–0) тNevada (8–1)South Carolina State (8–1–1)4.
5. Jacksonville State (3–0)North Dakota State (2–1–1)Montana State (3–1)Northern Michigan (5–1)North Dakota State (4–1–1)UMass (6–1)Nevada (7–1)New Hampshire (8–1)Boise State (8–2) т5.
6. North Dakota State (1–1–1)Northern Michigan (3–1)North Dakota State (3–1–1)North Dakota State (3–1–1)UMass (5–1)Tennessee Tech (7–0)New Hampshire (7–1)Boise State (7–2)Northern Arizona (8–2) т6.
7. Northern Michigan (2–1)Tennessee Tech (3–0)Northern Michigan (4–1)UMass (4–1)Tennessee Tech (6–0)Nevada (6–1)UC Davis (7–0)Tennessee Tech (8–1)Nevada (8–2) т7.
8. Florida A&M (2–0) Northern Arizona UMass (3–1)Akron (4–1–1) тNevada (5–1) UC Davis (6–0) т [note 1] Boise State (6–2)UC Davis (8–0)Lehigh (8–2)8.
9. Nevada (2–0) т North Alabama (3–0)Akron (3–1–1)Tennessee Tech (5–0) тJacksonville State (5–1)Winston–Salem State (8–0) т Troy State (6–2)Northern Michigan (7–2)Jacksonville State (8–2)9.
10. Tennessee Tech (2–0) т UMass (2–1) [note 2] North Alabama (4–0) тJacksonville State (5–1) т Austin Peay (5–1) т Bethune–Cookman (6–1) тWinston–Salem State (9–0)Winston–Salem State (10–0) тWinston–Salem State (8–2) т10.
11.  Tennessee Tech (4–0) тNorth Alabama (5–0) т Winston–Salem State (7–0) т Northeast Missouri State (6–1) т Northern Arizona (7–2) тNorthern Michigan (7–2) т11.
12.        Lehigh (7–2) тNew Hampshire (8–2) т12.
Week 1
Sept 21 [10] 		Week 2
Sept 28 [11] 		Week 3
Oct 5 [12] 		Week 4
Oct 12 [13] 		Week 5
Oct 19 [14] 		Week 6
Oct 26 [15] 		Week 7
Nov 2 [16] 		Week 8
Nov 9 [17] 		Week 9
Nov 16 [18]
Dropped:
  • 4 Akron
  • 8 Florida A&M
  • 9 Nevada
Dropped:
8 Northern Arizona		NoneDropped:
  • 3 Boise State
  • 8 Akron
  • 10 North Alabama
Dropped:
  • 3 Montana State
  • 9 Jacksonville State
  • 10 Austin Peay
Dropped:
  • 3 Northern Michigan
  • 10 Bethune–Cookman
  • 10 Northeast Missouri State
Dropped:
9 Troy State		Dropped:
7 Tennessee Tech

Notes

  1. ↑ In the actual printed polls, UC Davis was listed as California Davis
  2. ↑ In the actual printed polls, UMass was listed as Massachusetts

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