NCAA Standings 1976-77
1976-1977
1976-1977 Season
Univ. of Wisconsin finished first in the 1976-77 NCAA standings with 53 points. Univ. of New Hampshire (42 points) and Univ. of Notre Dame (41 points) followed.
1976-77 NCAA Standings
| # | Team | GP | W | T | L | OTW | OTL | GF | GA | +/- | TP | PPG | Postseason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CCHA | |||||||||||||
| 1. | St. Louis Univ. | 39 | 27 | 1 | 11 | - | - | 197 | 128 | 69 | 27 | 0.69 | - |
| 2. | Bowling Green State Univ. | 39 | 28 | 0 | 11 | - | - | 209 | 113 | 96 | 20 | 0.51 | First round loss  |
| 3. | Ohio State Univ. | 38 | 17 | 1 | 20 | - | - | 160 | 178 | -18 | 17 | 0.45 | - |
| 4. | Western Michigan Univ. | 37 | 17 | 1 | 19 | - | - | 179 | 180 | -1 | 10 | 0.27 | - |
| 5. | Lake Superior State Univ. | 33 | 10 | 0 | 23 | - | - | 139 | 197 | -58 | 6 | 0.18 | - |
| ECAC | |||||||||||||
| 1. | Clarkson Univ. | 34 | 26 | 0 | 8 | - | - | 222 | 127 | 95 | 38 | 1.12 | - |
| 2. | Univ. of New Hampshire | 39 | 27 | 0 | 12 | - | - | 245 | 181 | 64 | 42 | 1.08 | Frozen Four |
| 3. | Cornell Univ. | 29 | 20 | 1 | 8 | - | - | 204 | 134 | 70 | 33 | 1.14 | - |
| 4. | Boston Univ. | 34 | 22 | 1 | 11 | - | - | 198 | 160 | 38 | 33 | 0.97 | Frozen Four |
| 5. | Boston College | 30 | 18 | 1 | 11 | - | - | 174 | 130 | 44 | 27 | 0.90 | - |
| 6. | RPI (Rensselaer Polytech. Inst.) | 30 | 17 | 1 | 12 | - | - | 184 | 168 | 16 | 28 | 0.93 | - |
| 7. | Brown Univ. | 27 | 16 | 0 | 11 | - | - | 145 | 118 | 27 | 24 | 0.89 | - |
| 8. | Providence College | 30 | 17 | 0 | 13 | - | - | 146 | 128 | 18 | 28 | 0.93 | - |
| 9. | Harvard Univ. | 26 | 15 | 0 | 11 | - | - | 108 | 95 | 13 | 24 | 0.92 | - |
| 10. | Dartmouth College | 26 | 12 | 2 | 12 | - | - | 146 | 124 | 22 | 23 | 0.88 | - |
| 11. | Univ. of Vermont | 30 | 15 | 0 | 15 | - | - | 141 | 122 | 19 | 20 | 0.67 | - |
| 12. | Colgate Univ. | 28 | 12 | 0 | 16 | - | - | 128 | 170 | -42 | 20 | 0.71 | - |
| 13. | Northeastern Univ. | 27 | 11 | 0 | 16 | - | - | 121 | 141 | -20 | 18 | 0.67 | - |
| 14. | Univ. of Pennsylvania | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | - | - | 105 | 157 | -52 | 14 | 0.58 | - |
| 15. | Yale Univ. | 26 | 7 | 1 | 18 | - | - | 84 | 140 | -56 | 11 | 0.42 | - |
| 16. | St. Lawrence Univ. | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 | - | - | 134 | 182 | -48 | 6 | 0.21 | - |
| 17. | Princeton Univ. | 25 | 3 | 1 | 21 | - | - | 72 | 150 | -78 | 7 | 0.28 | - |
| Independent | |||||||||||||
| 1. | Air Force Academy | 27 | 20 | 0 | 7 | - | - | 170 | 104 | 66 | - | - | - |
| 2. | Northern Michigan Univ. | 33 | 19 | 1 | 13 | - | - | 174 | 130 | 44 | - | - | - |
| WCHA | |||||||||||||
| 1. | Univ. of Wisconsin | 45 | 37 | 1 | 7 | - | - | 264 | 161 | 103 | 53 | 1.18 | Champion |
| 2. | Univ. of Notre Dame | 38 | 22 | 3 | 13 | - | - | 191 | 147 | 44 | 41 | 1.08 | - |
| 3. | Univ. of Michigan | 45 | 26 | 0 | 17 | - | - | 260 | 211 | 49 | 40 | 0.89 | Final loss |
| 4. | Univ. of Denver | 41 | 22 | 2 | 17 | - | - | 206 | 187 | 19 | 34 | 0.83 | - |
| 5. | Univ. of North Dakota | 38 | 19 | 0 | 19 | - | - | 202 | 184 | 18 | 32 | 0.84 | - |
| 6. | Michigan Tech | 38 | 19 | 1 | 18 | - | - | 177 | 178 | -1 | 31 | 0.82 | - |
| 7. | Univ. of Minnesota | 42 | 17 | 3 | 22 | - | - | 177 | 202 | -25 | 29 | 0.69 | - |
| 8. | Colorado College | 40 | 13 | 2 | 25 | - | - | 194 | 209 | -15 | 23 | 0.58 | - |
| 9. | Michigan State Univ. | 36 | 14 | 1 | 21 | - | - | 145 | 189 | -44 | 23 | 0.64 | - |
| 10. | Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth | 37 | 9 | 2 | 26 | - | - | 148 | 219 | -71 | 14 | 0.38 | - |
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