1995

1996 Rankings
​Final

1997

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Florida	(12-1)		0.8330	Southeastern
2	Ohio State	(11-1)		0.8030	Big Ten
3	Florida State	(11-1)		0.7280	Atlantic Coast
4	Arizona State	(11-1)		0.7207	Pac 10
5	Nebraska	(11-2)		0.6762	Big Twelve
6	Colorado	(10-2)		0.6759	Big Twelve
7	Penn State	(11-2)		0.6555	Big Ten
8	Tennessee	(10-2)		0.6277	Southeastern
9	Alabama	(10-3)		0.6210	Southeastern
10	Brigham Young	(14-1)		0.6121	Western Athletic
11	North Carolina	(10-2)		0.5975	Atlantic Coast
12	Washington	(9-3)		0.5829	Pac 10
13	Virginia Tech	(10-2)		0.5719	Big East
14	Michigan	(8-4)		0.5476	Big Ten
15	Notre Dame	(8-3)		0.5442	Independent
16	Syracuse	(9-3)		0.5349	Big East
17	Southern Mississippi	(8-3)		0.5327	Conference USA
18	Louisiana State	(10-2)		0.5320	Southeastern
19	Iowa	(9-3)		0.5171	Big Ten
20	Kansas State	(9-3)		0.5002	Big Twelve
21	Northwestern	(9-3)		0.4963	Big Ten
22	Miami (Florida)	(9-3)		0.4884	Big East
23	Wyoming	(10-2)		0.4729	Western Athletic
24	Army	(10-2)		0.4707	Independent
25	East Carolina	(8-3)		0.4477	Independent
26	Auburn	(8-4)		0.4461	Southeastern
27	Navy	(9-3)		0.4163	Independent
28	Texas	(8-5)		0.4075	Big Twelve
29	San Diego State	(8-3)		0.3960	Western Athletic
30	West Virginia	(8-4)		0.3778	Big East
31	Southern California	(6-6)		0.3539	Pac 10
32	Virginia	(7-5)		0.3498	Atlantic Coast
33	Texas Tech	(7-5)		0.3410	Big Twelve
34	Air Force	(6-5)		0.3368	Western Athletic
35	Wisconsin	(8-5)		0.3356	Big Ten
35=	Stanford	(7-5)		0.3356	Pac 10
37	Houston	(7-5)		0.3331	Conference USA
38	South Carolina	(6-5)		0.3262	Southeastern
39	Rice	(7-4)		0.3236	Western Athletic
40	Utah	(8-4)		0.3166	Western Athletic
41	UCLA	(5-6)		0.3097	Pac 10
42	Georgia	(5-6)		0.3059	Southeastern
43	Colorado State	(7-5)		0.3041	Western Athletic
44	Oregon	(6-5)		0.2971	Pac 10
45	Clemson	(7-5)		0.2891	Atlantic Coast
46	California	(6-6)		0.2733	Pac 10
47	Nevada	(9-3)		0.2678	Big West
48	Michigan State	(6-6)		0.2515	Big Ten
49	Texas A&M	(6-6)		0.2432	Big Twelve
50	Arizona	(5-6)		0.2275	Pac 10
51	Cincinnati	(6-5)		0.2183	Conference USA
52	Ball State	(8-4)		0.2113	Mid-American
53	Georgia Tech	(5-6)		0.2092	Atlantic Coast
54	Washington State	(5-6)		0.2007	Pac 10
55	Louisville	(5-6)		0.1925	Conference USA
56	Southern Methodist	(5-6)		0.1849	Western Athletic
57	Mississippi State	(5-6)		0.1841	Southeastern
58	Boston College	(5-7)		0.1762	Big East
59	Miami (Ohio)	(6-5)		0.1747	Mid-American
60	New Mexico	(6-5)		0.1696	Western Athletic
61	Missouri	(5-6)		0.1682	Big Twelve
62	Arkansas	(4-7)		0.1680	Southeastern
63	Louisiana-Lafayette	(5-6)		0.1563	Independent
64	Memphis	(4-7)		0.1505	Conference USA
65	Minnesota	(4-7)		0.1468	Big Ten
66	Utah State	(6-5)		0.1465	Big West
67	Idaho	(6-5)		0.1293	Big West
68	Ohio	(6-6)		0.1204	Mid-American
69	Mississippi	(5-6)		0.1162	Southeastern
70	Kentucky	(4-7)		0.1064	Southeastern
71	Pittsburgh	(4-7)		0.1055	Big East
72	Kansas	(4-7)		0.0983	Big Twelve
73	Indiana	(3-8)		0.0771	Big Ten
74	Purdue	(3-8)		0.0732	Big Ten
75	Oklahoma State	(5-6)		0.0587	Big Twelve
76	Toledo	(7-4)		0.0571	Mid-American
77	Maryland	(5-6)		0.0479	Atlantic Coast
78	Louisiana Tech	(6-5)		0.0426	Independent
79	Tulane	(2-9)		0.0367	Conference USA
80	Central Florida	(5-6)		0.0354	Independent
81	Fresno State	(4-7)		0.0260	Western Athletic
82	Baylor	(4-7)		0.0194	Big Twelve
82=	Tulsa	(4-7)		0.0194	Western Athletic
84	Central Michigan	(5-6)		0.0141	Mid-American
85	North Texas	(5-6)		-0.0022	Big West
86	Bowling Green State	(4-7)		-0.0301	Mid-American
87	North Carolina State	(3-8)		-0.0307	Atlantic Coast
88	Iowa State	(2-9)		-0.0327	Big Twelve
89	Vanderbilt	(2-9)		-0.0358	Southeastern
90	Oklahoma	(3-8)		-0.0521	Big Twelve
91	Illinois	(2-9)		-0.0538	Big Ten
92	Louisiana-Monroe	(5-6)		-0.0566	Independent
93	Texas Christian	(4-7)		-0.0883	Western Athletic
94	Wake Forest	(3-8)		-0.0931	Atlantic Coast
95	Rutgers	(2-9)		-0.1025	Big East
96	Alabama-Birmingham	(5-6)		-0.1098	Independent
97	Arkansas State	(4-7)		-0.1148	Independent
98	Temple	(1-10)		-0.1333	Big East
99	San Jose State	(3-9)		-0.1376	Western Athletic
100	Eastern Michigan	(3-8)		-0.1825	Mid-American
101	Akron	(4-7)		-0.2147	Mid-American
102	Nevada-Las Vegas	(1-11)		-0.2274	Western Athletic
103	Oregon State	(2-9)		-0.2513	Pac 10
104	Duke	(0-11)		-0.2576	Atlantic Coast
105	Hawaii	(2-10)		-0.2617	Western Athletic
106	Texas-El Paso	(2-9)		-0.3080	Western Athletic
107	Western Michigan	(2-9)		-0.3250	Mid-American
108	Kent State	(2-9)		-0.4020	Mid-American
109	Boise State	(2-10)		-0.4146	Big West
110	New Mexico State	(1-10)		-0.4715	Big West
111	Northern Illinois	(1-10)		-0.6445	Independent

Average Ratings by Conference (1996)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Southeastern		0.3526
2	Big Ten		0.3500
3	Pac 10		0.3050
4	Big Twelve		0.2586
5	Big East		0.2524
6	Conference USA		0.2440
7	Atlantic Coast		0.2044
8	Western Athletic		0.1337
9	Independent		0.1079
10	Big West		-0.0575
11	Mid-American		-0.0577