1976 NCAA Division I Soccer Tournament
# 1976 NCAA Division I Soccer Tournament

The 1976 NCAA Division I Soccer Tournament was the eighteenth organized men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college soccer team in the United States. The final match was played at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on December 5, 1976.

San Francisco won their third national title, and second consecutive, by defeating Indiana in the championship game, 1–0.

## Tournament bracket

| First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Connecticut | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Rhode Island | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Rhode Island | 1 | Connecticut | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | Brown | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Brown | 6 | Brown | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Bridgeport | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Bridgeport | 2 | | | Connecticut | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | | Hartwick College | 2 | | | | | |
| Hartwick College | 1 | | | | | Hartwick College | 2 | | | | | |
| Cornell | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Cornell | 0 | Hartwick College | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | St. Francis (NY) | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Adelphi | 0 | St. Francis (NY) | 0 | | | | | | | |
| St. Francis (NY) | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| St. Francis (NY) | 2 | | | | | | Hartwick College | 1 | | |
| | | | | | | | Indiana | 2 | | |
| | | Indiana | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | Akron | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Indiana | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | | SIU Edwardsville | 0 | | | | | |
| | | SIU Edwardsville | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | Saint Louis | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Indiana | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | San Francisco | 1 |
| Clemson | 8 | | | | | | | | | | San Francisco | 1 |
| Madison College | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Madison College | 0 | Clemson | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | Howard | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Howard | 3 | Howard | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Maryland | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Maryland | 1 | | | Clemson | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | Philadelphia Textile | 2 | | | | | |
| Temple | 4 | | | | | Philadelphia Textile | 2 | | | | | |
| Bucknell | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Bucknell | 0 | Temple | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | Philadelphia Textile | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Philadelphia Textile | 4 | Philadelphia Textile | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Penn State | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Penn State | 0 | | | | | | Clemson | 0 | | |
| | | | | | | | San Francisco | 1 | | |
| | | San Francisco | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | UCLA | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | San Francisco | 5 | | | | | |
| | | | | San Jose State | 0 | | | | | |
| | | San Jose State | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | Washington | 1 | | | | | | | |
