AP Rankings - 1976-1977

10 polls from November 25, 1976 to March 16, 1977; 32 schools ranked. Delta State finished No. 1, holding it for 5 polls.

1976-1977 rankings by school
School	Nov 25	Dec 8	Dec 15	Dec 22	Jan 12	Jan 19	Jan 26	Feb 2	Mar 9	Mar 16
Baylor	13	13	13	12	15	16	17	19	-	12
Cal State Fullerton	5	5	6	8	5	5	5	5	11	4
Delta State	1	2	1	3	3	2	1	2	1	1
Illinois State	16	-	-	-	-	20	20	-	-	-
Immaculata	3	3	4	2	2	3	3	3	2	2
Indiana State	-	18	20	20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kansas State	19	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	20
Kentucky	-	19	17	18	19	19	19	-	-	-
Long Beach State	18	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LSU	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11
Maryland	15	16	15	14	12	13	12	13	13	16
Memphis	-	-	-	-	18	17	15	18	16	-
Mercer	6	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michigan State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17
Mississippi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-
Mississippi College	10	10	9	9	8	11	18	-	-	18
Montclair State	8	8	8	10	7	7	7	7	3	8
NC State	-	-	18	17	16	15	14	9	8	10
Old Dominion	20	-	-	-	17	18	16	16	12	14
Queens College	9	11	10	15	20	-	-	-	-	-
Southeastern Louisiana	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	14	15
Southern Connecticut State	14	15	16	-	-	-	-	-	20	19
St. Joseph's	-	-	14	13	11	10	11	10	9	3
Stephen F. Austin	12	12	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	9
Tennessee	-	17	19	16	13	12	10	12	10	5
Tennessee Tech	4	7	12	6	6	6	6	6	7	6
Texas	-	-	-	-	14	14	13	17	18	-
UCLA	11	9	7	7	10	9	8	8	6	13
UNLV	17	4	3	5	9	8	9	11	15	-
Valdosta State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-
Wayland Baptist	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	4	7
William Penn	7	6	11	11	-	-	-	20	17	-