1994

1995 Rankings
​Final

1996

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Nebraska	(12-0-0)		0.8647	Big Eight
2	Northwestern	(10-2-0)		0.7651	Big Ten
3	Tennessee	(11-1-0)		0.7374	Southeastern
4	Ohio State	(11-2-0)		0.7229	Big Ten
5	Florida	(12-1-0)		0.7110	Southeastern
6	Colorado	(10-2-0)		0.6600	Big Eight
7	Notre Dame	(9-3-0)		0.6291	Independent
8	Southern California	(9-2-1)		0.6185	Pac 10
9	Toledo	(11-0-1)		0.6146	Mid-American
10	Penn State	(9-3-0)		0.6085	Big Ten
11	Florida State	(10-2-0)		0.5902	Atlantic Coast
12	Kansas	(10-2-0)		0.5877	Big Eight
13	Michigan	(9-4-0)		0.5705	Big Ten
14	Oregon	(9-3-0)		0.5537	Pac 10
15	Kansas State	(10-2-0)		0.5454	Big Eight
16	Virginia Tech	(10-2-0)		0.5447	Big East
17	East Carolina	(9-3-0)		0.5236	Independent
18	Washington	(7-4-1)		0.5187	Pac 10
19	Texas	(10-2-1)		0.5090	Southwest
20	Miami (Ohio)	(8-2-1)		0.5067	Mid-American
21	Texas A&M	(9-3-0)		0.5001	Southwest
22	Stanford	(7-4-1)		0.4614	Pac 10
23	UCLA	(7-5-0)		0.4611	Pac 10
24	Alabama	(8-3-0)		0.4536	Southeastern
25	Syracuse	(9-3-0)		0.4462	Big East
26	Virginia	(9-4-0)		0.4390	Atlantic Coast
27	Iowa	(8-4-0)		0.4380	Big Ten
28	Texas Tech	(9-3-0)		0.4369	Southwest
29	Miami (Florida)	(8-3-0)		0.4207	Big East
30	Auburn	(8-4-0)		0.4105	Southeastern
31	Illinois	(5-5-1)		0.4070	Big Ten
32	Arizona State	(6-5-0)		0.4010	Pac 10
33	Cincinnati	(6-5-0)		0.3779	Independent
34	Louisiana State	(7-4-1)		0.3748	Southeastern
35	Utah	(7-4-0)		0.3676	Western Athletic
36	Arkansas	(8-5-0)		0.3501	Southeastern
37	Michigan State	(6-5-1)		0.3450	Big Ten
38	Wisconsin	(4-5-2)		0.3438	Big Ten
39	Colorado State	(8-4-0)		0.3423	Western Athletic
40	Arizona	(6-5-0)		0.3334	Pac 10
41	Nevada	(9-3-0)		0.3298	Big West
42	Air Force	(8-5-0)		0.3248	Western Athletic
43	Brigham Young	(7-4-0)		0.3183	Western Athletic
44	Purdue	(4-6-1)		0.3141	Big Ten
45	Clemson	(8-4-0)		0.3011	Atlantic Coast
46	San Diego State	(8-4-0)		0.2970	Western Athletic
47	Baylor	(7-4-0)		0.2895	Southwest
48	North Carolina	(7-5-0)		0.2868	Atlantic Coast
49	Southern Mississippi	(6-5-0)		0.2782	Independent
50	Georgia	(6-6-0)		0.2721	Southeastern
51	Ball State	(7-4-0)		0.2660	Mid-American
52	Louisville	(7-4-0)		0.2309	Independent
53	Oklahoma	(5-5-1)		0.2223	Big Eight
54	Western Michigan	(7-4-0)		0.2181	Mid-American
55	Mississippi	(6-5-0)		0.2072	Southeastern
56	Texas Christian	(6-5-0)		0.2045	Southwest
57	Wyoming	(6-5-0)		0.1942	Western Athletic
58	Georgia Tech	(6-5-0)		0.1930	Atlantic Coast
59	Army	(5-5-1)		0.1665	Independent
60	West Virginia	(5-6-0)		0.1606	Big East
61	Kentucky	(4-7-0)		0.1559	Southeastern
62	Maryland	(6-5-0)		0.1418	Atlantic Coast
63	Eastern Michigan	(6-5-0)		0.1352	Mid-American
64	Minnesota	(3-8-0)		0.1331	Big Ten
65	Boston College	(4-8-0)		0.1185	Big East
66	Louisiana-Lafayette	(6-5-0)		0.1013	Big West
67	Washington State	(3-8-0)		0.0828	Pac 10
68	Oklahoma State	(4-8-0)		0.0763	Big Eight
69	South Carolina	(4-6-1)		0.0752	Southeastern
70	California	(3-8-0)		0.0533	Pac 10
71	Central Michigan	(4-7-0)		0.0487	Mid-American
72	Bowling Green State	(5-6-0)		0.0413	Mid-American
73	Missouri	(3-8-0)		0.0211	Big Eight
74	Tulsa	(4-7-0)		0.0187	Independent
75	Fresno State	(5-7-0)		0.0182	Western Athletic
76	Indiana	(2-9-0)		0.0153	Big Ten
77	Rutgers	(4-7-0)		0.0000	Big East
78	Arkansas State	(6-5-0)		-0.0036	Big West
79	Mississippi State	(3-8-0)		-0.0059	Southeastern
80	Navy	(5-6-0)		-0.0155	Independent
81	New Mexico	(4-7-0)		-0.0250	Western Athletic
82	Memphis	(3-8-0)		-0.0336	Independent
83	Iowa State	(3-8-0)		-0.0364	Big Eight
84	Louisiana Tech	(5-6-0)		-0.0596	Big West
85	North Carolina State	(3-8-0)		-0.0697	Atlantic Coast
86	Vanderbilt	(2-9-0)		-0.0711	Southeastern
87	Rice	(2-8-1)		-0.0749	Southwest
88	Houston	(2-9-0)		-0.0843	Southwest
89	Pittsburgh	(2-9-0)		-0.0915	Big East
90	Temple	(1-10-0)		-0.1055	Big East
91	Duke	(3-8-0)		-0.1084	Atlantic Coast
92	Utah State	(4-7-0)		-0.1150	Big West
93	Hawaii	(4-8-0)		-0.1339	Western Athletic
94	Oregon State	(1-10-0)		-0.1532	Pac 10
95	San Jose State	(3-8-0)		-0.1555	Big West
96	New Mexico State	(4-7-0)		-0.1565	Big West
97	Pacific	(3-8-0)		-0.1776	Big West
98	Northern Illinois	(3-8-0)		-0.1939	Big West
99	Ohio	(2-8-1)		-0.1985	Mid-American
100	Akron	(2-9-0)		-0.2280	Mid-American
101	North Texas	(2-9-0)		-0.2580	Independent
102	Tulane	(2-9-0)		-0.2810	Independent
103	Southern Methodist	(1-10-0)		-0.3047	Southwest
104	Louisiana-Monroe	(2-9-0)		-0.3266	Independent
105	Texas-El Paso	(2-10-0)		-0.3623	Western Athletic
106	Wake Forest	(1-10-0)		-0.3802	Atlantic Coast
107	Kent State	(1-9-1)		-0.3992	Mid-American
108	Nevada-Las Vegas	(2-9-0)		-0.6649	Big West

Average Ratings by Conference (1995)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Big Ten		0.4239
2	Big Eight		0.3676
3	Pac 10		0.3331
4	Southeastern		0.3059
5	Big East		0.1867
6	Southwest		0.1845
7	Atlantic Coast		0.1548
8	Western Athletic		0.1341
9	Independent		0.1092
10	Mid-American		0.1005
11	Big West		-0.1095