Sports headlines for Friday February 18, 1977:
- Tanana Signs 5-Year Contract
- Barons Issue Ultimatum
Associated Press Final Poll for 1976: 1 Pittsburgh (59) 12-0 1234 2 Southern California (3) 11-1-1 1118 3 Michigan 10-2 847 4 Houston 10-2 804 5 Oklahoma 9-2-1 638 6 Ohio State 9-2-1 510 7 Texas A&M 10-2 487 8 Maryland 11-1 415 9 Nebraska 9-3-1 422 10 Georgia 10-2 388 11 Alabama 9-3 331 12 Notre Dame 9-3 321 13 Texas Tech 10-2 276 14 Oklahoma State 9-3 190 15 UCLA 9-2-1 172 16 Colorado 8-4 52 17 Rutgers 11-0 50 18 Kentucky 8-4 30 19 Iowa State 8-3 14 20 Mississippi State 9-2 11 |
Associated Press Preseason Poll for 1977: 1 Oklahoma (23) 0-0 1068 2 Michigan (19) 0-0 1020 3 Notre Dame (10) 0-0 948 4 Southern California (3) 0-0 766 5 Ohio State (2) 0-0 673 6 Alabama (1) 0-0 541 7 Pittsburgh (2) 0-0 408 8 Texas Tech (1) 0-0 388 9 Texas A&M (1) 0-0 376 10 Maryland 0-0 361 11 UCLA 0-0 324 12 Colorado 0-0 313 13 Penn State 0-0 238 14 Houston 0-0 219 15 Nebraska 0-0 190 16 Mississippi State 0-0 124 17 Arizona State 0-0 69 17 Florida 0-0 69 19 Georgia 0-0 40 20 Oklahoma State 0-0 37 |