1994

1995 Rankings
​Final

1996

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Nebraska	(12-0-0)		0.9083	Big Eight
2	Northwestern	(10-2-0)		0.8129	Big Ten
3	Ohio State	(11-2-0)		0.7703	Big Ten
4	Tennessee	(11-1-0)		0.7625	Southeastern
5	Florida	(12-1-0)		0.7303	Southeastern
6	Colorado	(10-2-0)		0.6865	Big Eight
7	Toledo	(11-0-1)		0.6622	Mid-American
8	Notre Dame	(9-3-0)		0.6604	Independent
9	Southern California	(9-2-1)		0.6509	Pac 10
10	Penn State	(9-3-0)		0.6322	Big Ten
11	Florida State	(10-2-0)		0.6118	Atlantic Coast
12	Kansas	(10-2-0)		0.6007	Big Eight
13	Michigan	(9-4-0)		0.5975	Big Ten
14	Kansas State	(10-2-0)		0.5698	Big Eight
15	Oregon	(9-3-0)		0.5678	Pac 10
16	Virginia Tech	(10-2-0)		0.5419	Big East
17	Washington	(7-4-1)		0.5395	Pac 10
18	East Carolina	(9-3-0)		0.5345	Independent
19	Miami (Ohio)	(8-2-1)		0.5300	Mid-American
20	Texas	(10-2-1)		0.5109	Southwest
21	Texas A&M	(9-3-0)		0.5103	Southwest
22	Stanford	(7-4-1)		0.4686	Pac 10
23	Alabama	(8-3-0)		0.4524	Southeastern
24	Syracuse	(9-3-0)		0.4493	Big East
25	Virginia	(9-4-0)		0.4476	Atlantic Coast
26	UCLA	(7-5-0)		0.4445	Pac 10
27	Iowa	(8-4-0)		0.4387	Big Ten
28	Texas Tech	(9-3-0)		0.4372	Southwest
29	Miami (Florida)	(8-3-0)		0.4197	Big East
30	Illinois	(5-5-1)		0.4028	Big Ten
31	Arizona State	(6-5-0)		0.3994	Pac 10
32	Auburn	(8-4-0)		0.3993	Southeastern
33	Utah	(7-4-0)		0.3610	Western Athletic
34	Cincinnati	(6-5-0)		0.3529	Independent
35	Nevada	(9-3-0)		0.3309	Big West
36	Arizona	(6-5-0)		0.3308	Pac 10
37	Wisconsin	(4-5-2)		0.3280	Big Ten
38	Louisiana State	(7-4-1)		0.3271	Southeastern
39	Purdue	(4-6-1)		0.3053	Big Ten
40	Air Force	(8-5-0)		0.3030	Western Athletic
41	Colorado State	(8-4-0)		0.3023	Western Athletic
42	Michigan State	(6-5-1)		0.2948	Big Ten
43	Arkansas	(8-5-0)		0.2935	Southeastern
44	Brigham Young	(7-4-0)		0.2728	Western Athletic
45	San Diego State	(8-4-0)		0.2597	Western Athletic
46	Southern Mississippi	(6-5-0)		0.2583	Independent
47	Clemson	(8-4-0)		0.2562	Atlantic Coast
48	Baylor	(7-4-0)		0.2519	Southwest
49	North Carolina	(7-5-0)		0.2377	Atlantic Coast
50	Georgia	(6-6-0)		0.2275	Southeastern
51	Ball State	(7-4-0)		0.2136	Mid-American
52	Oklahoma	(5-5-1)		0.1770	Big Eight
53	Louisville	(7-4-0)		0.1763	Independent
54	Western Michigan	(7-4-0)		0.1668	Mid-American
55	Texas Christian	(6-5-0)		0.1645	Southwest
56	Mississippi	(6-5-0)		0.1359	Southeastern
57	Georgia Tech	(6-5-0)		0.1343	Atlantic Coast
58	Wyoming	(6-5-0)		0.1003	Western Athletic
59	West Virginia	(5-6-0)		0.0999	Big East
60	Army	(5-5-1)		0.0907	Independent
61	Kentucky	(4-7-0)		0.0621	Southeastern
62	Minnesota	(3-8-0)		0.0574	Big Ten
63	Maryland	(6-5-0)		0.0355	Atlantic Coast
64	Eastern Michigan	(6-5-0)		0.0321	Mid-American
65	Boston College	(4-8-0)		0.0116	Big East
66	Washington State	(3-8-0)		0.0088	Pac 10
67	Louisiana-Lafayette	(6-5-0)		0.0048	Big West
68	California	(3-8-0)		-0.0240	Pac 10
69	Oklahoma State	(4-8-0)		-0.0287	Big Eight
70	Central Michigan	(4-7-0)		-0.0387	Mid-American
71	South Carolina	(4-6-1)		-0.0555	Southeastern
72	Bowling Green State	(5-6-0)		-0.0695	Mid-American
73	Missouri	(3-8-0)		-0.0734	Big Eight
74	Indiana	(2-9-0)		-0.0987	Big Ten
75	Fresno State	(5-7-0)		-0.1140	Western Athletic
76	Tulsa	(4-7-0)		-0.1207	Independent
77	Rutgers	(4-7-0)		-0.1367	Big East
78	Navy	(5-6-0)		-0.1551	Independent
79	Arkansas State	(6-5-0)		-0.1636	Big West
80	Iowa State	(3-8-0)		-0.1659	Big Eight
81	Mississippi State	(3-8-0)		-0.1719	Southeastern
82	New Mexico	(4-7-0)		-0.1780	Western Athletic
83	Memphis	(3-8-0)		-0.1897	Independent
84	North Carolina State	(3-8-0)		-0.2120	Atlantic Coast
85	Rice	(2-8-1)		-0.2358	Southwest
86	Temple	(1-10-0)		-0.2482	Big East
87	Houston	(2-9-0)		-0.2508	Southwest
88	Vanderbilt	(2-9-0)		-0.2579	Southeastern
89	Pittsburgh	(2-9-0)		-0.2631	Big East
90	Duke	(3-8-0)		-0.2888	Atlantic Coast
91	Louisiana Tech	(5-6-0)		-0.2909	Big West
92	Utah State	(4-7-0)		-0.3051	Big West
93	Oregon State	(1-10-0)		-0.3098	Pac 10
94	Hawaii	(4-8-0)		-0.3492	Western Athletic
95	San Jose State	(3-8-0)		-0.3534	Big West
96	New Mexico State	(4-7-0)		-0.3638	Big West
97	Pacific	(3-8-0)		-0.4171	Big West
98	Ohio	(2-8-1)		-0.4589	Mid-American
99	Akron	(2-9-0)		-0.4793	Mid-American
100	Northern Illinois	(3-8-0)		-0.4834	Big West
101	North Texas	(2-9-0)		-0.5272	Independent
102	Tulane	(2-9-0)		-0.5486	Independent
103	Southern Methodist	(1-10-0)		-0.6057	Southwest
104	Louisiana-Monroe	(2-9-0)		-0.6251	Independent
105	Wake Forest	(1-10-0)		-0.7018	Atlantic Coast
106	Texas-El Paso	(2-10-0)		-0.7065	Western Athletic
107	Kent State	(1-9-1)		-0.7882	Mid-American
108	Nevada-Las Vegas	(2-9-0)		-1.2687	Big West

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Big Ten	0.4128
2	Big Eight	0.3343
3	Pac 10	0.3076
4	Southeastern	0.2421
5	Big East	0.1093
6	Southwest	0.0978
7	Atlantic Coast	0.0578
8	Western Athletic	0.0251
9	Independent	-0.0078
10	Mid-American	-0.0230
11	Big West	-0.3310