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The Sporting News Power Poll . . .

Major League 1970 09-14-1976 Team Power Rankings

Rank Last Week	Team	Points	Tendency	Record	PCT	AVG	ERA	Pyt.Rec	Diff
1st (1st)	Houston	147	o	111-36	.755	.274	2.70	107-40	4
2nd (2nd)	Detroit	114	o	86-59	.593	.265	3.24	87-58	-1
3rd (3rd)	New York	113	o	87-56	.608	.272	3.54	85-58	2
4th (4th)	Kansas City	103	o	83-61	.576	.255	3.21	80-64	3
5th (5th)	St. Louis	101	o	74-69	.517	.279	3.88	76-67	-2
6th (6th)	San Diego	101	o	88-60	.595	.268	3.37	84-64	4
7th (7th)	Minnesota	99	o	76-70	.521	.263	3.59	69-77	7
8th (8th)	Baltimore	98	o	81-64	.559	.268	2.68	96-49	-15
9th (9th)	Texas	96	o	78-65	.545	.258	3.59	75-68	3
10th (10th)	Atlanta	93	o	75-71	.514	.261	3.71	70-76	5
11th (11th)	Chicago	90	o	72-73	.497	.243	2.90	70-75	2
12th (12th)	Pittsburgh	86	o	68-76	.472	.248	4.06	63-81	5
13th (13th)	Cleveland	86	o	70-75	.483	.245	3.85	68-77	2
14th (14th)	Boston	86	o	66-78	.458	.238	3.68	61-83	5
15th (15th)	California	85	o	70-75	.483	.249	3.31	74-71	-4
16th (16th)	San Francisco	85	o	66-81	.449	.253	4.01	70-77	-4
17th (17th)	Philadelphia	85	o	71-73	.493	.261	4.04	68-76	3
18th (18th)	Oakland	85	o	68-75	.476	.238	3.27	71-72	-3
19th (19th)	Milwaukee	83	o	64-80	.444	.266	3.55	72-72	-8
20th (20th)	Cincinnati	78	o	67-78	.462	.261	3.92	72-73	-5
21st (21st)	Los Angeles	69	o	58-87	.400	.223	3.66	55-90	3
22nd (22nd)	Chicago	67	o	56-89	.386	.251	3.82	66-79	-10
23rd (23rd)	New York	58	o	53-92	.366	.246	4.23	44-101	9
24th (24th)	Montreal	55	o	49-94	.343	.246	5.03	54-89	-5