1976 NCAA Division II football season

1976 NCAA Division II football season
Regular season	August – November 1976
Playoffs	November 27 – December 11, 1976
National Championship	Pioneer Bowl Memorial Stadium Wichita Falls, TX
Champions	Montana State
← 1975 Division II football season 1977 →

1976 Big Sky football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Montana State $^	6	–	0	–	0			12	–	1	–	0
Idaho	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Northern Arizona	4	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Montana	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Boise State	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	1
Weber State	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Idaho State	0	–	6	–	0			0	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – Division II playoff participant Montana State won Div. II championship.

1976 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Cal Poly $	2	–	0	–	0			7	–	1	–	1
Cal Poly Pomona	1	–	1	–	0			4	–	5	–	1
Cal State Northridge	0	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1976 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
SE Missouri State +	4	–	1	–	1			7	–	3	–	1
NE Missouri State +	4	–	1	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
NW Missouri State	4	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
SW Missouri State	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Missouri-Rolla	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	1
Central Missouri State	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Lincoln (MO)	0	–	6	–	0			0	–	11	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – Division II playoff participant

1976 NCAA Division II National Football Championship playoffs
Teams	8
Finals Site	Memorial Stadium Wichita Falls, TX
Champions	Montana State 1st title 1st championship game 1 tournaments
Runner-Up	Akron 1st championship game 1 tournaments
Semifinalists	Northern Michigan 2 tournaments North Dakota State 1 tournaments
Winning Coach	Sonny Holland 1st championship
Attendance	13,200 (Pioneer Bowl)

The 1976 NCAA Division II football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division II level, began in August 1976 and concluded with the championship game on December 11 at Memorial Stadium in Wichita Falls, Texas. The Montana State Bobcats defeated the Akron Zips 24-13 in the Pioneer Bowl to win their only Division II national title.

Big Sky Conference – Montana State
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Norfolk State
Far Western Football Conference – UC Davis
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Northwood
Gulf South Conference – Troy State
Lone Star Conference – Texas A&I
Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Northeast Missouri State and Southeast Missouri State
North Central Conference – North Dakota State
Northern Intercollegiate Conference – Minnesota–Morris
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference – East Stroudsburg
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference – Western State
South Atlantic Conference – Elon
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (Division II) – Bethune-Cookman
Yankee Conference – New Hampshire

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