1995

1996 Rankings
​Final

1997

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Florida	(12-1)		0.8804	Southeastern
2	Ohio State	(11-1)		0.8416	Big Ten
3	Florida State	(11-1)		0.7591	Atlantic Coast
4	Arizona State	(11-1)		0.7561	Pac 10
5	Colorado	(10-2)		0.7118	Big Twelve
6	Nebraska	(11-2)		0.7031	Big Twelve
7	Penn State	(11-2)		0.6801	Big Ten
8	Tennessee	(10-2)		0.6561	Southeastern
9	Brigham Young	(14-1)		0.6390	Western Athletic
10	Alabama	(10-3)		0.6383	Southeastern
11	North Carolina	(10-2)		0.6237	Atlantic Coast
12	Washington	(9-3)		0.5970	Pac 10
13	Virginia Tech	(10-2)		0.5850	Big East
14	Notre Dame	(8-3)		0.5666	Independent
15	Michigan	(8-4)		0.5566	Big Ten
16	Louisiana State	(10-2)		0.5514	Southeastern
17	Southern Mississippi	(8-3)		0.5499	Conference USA
18	Syracuse	(9-3)		0.5477	Big East
19	Kansas State	(9-3)		0.5139	Big Twelve
20	Iowa	(9-3)		0.5072	Big Ten
21	Wyoming	(10-2)		0.5060	Western Athletic
22	Northwestern	(9-3)		0.4920	Big Ten
23	Miami (Florida)	(9-3)		0.4881	Big East
24	Army	(10-2)		0.4845	Independent
25	Auburn	(8-4)		0.4551	Southeastern
26	East Carolina	(8-3)		0.4532	Independent
27	Navy	(9-3)		0.4216	Independent
28	San Diego State	(8-3)		0.3931	Western Athletic
29	Texas	(8-5)		0.3869	Big Twelve
30	West Virginia	(8-4)		0.3755	Big East
31	Southern California	(6-6)		0.3383	Pac 10
32	Air Force	(6-5)		0.3360	Western Athletic
33	Virginia	(7-5)		0.3320	Atlantic Coast
34	Texas Tech	(7-5)		0.3244	Big Twelve
35	South Carolina	(6-5)		0.3111	Southeastern
36	Wisconsin	(8-5)		0.3082	Big Ten
37	Houston	(7-5)		0.3041	Conference USA
38	Colorado State	(7-5)		0.2890	Western Athletic
39	Rice	(7-4)		0.2870	Western Athletic
40	Georgia	(5-6)		0.2720	Southeastern
41	UCLA	(5-6)		0.2707	Pac 10
42	Stanford	(7-5)		0.2704	Pac 10
43	Oregon	(6-5)		0.2582	Pac 10
44	Clemson	(7-5)		0.2565	Atlantic Coast
45	Utah	(8-4)		0.2502	Western Athletic
46	Nevada	(9-3)		0.2309	Big West
47	Texas A&M	(6-6)		0.2118	Big Twelve
48	California	(6-6)		0.2099	Pac 10
49	Arizona	(5-6)		0.1923	Pac 10
50	Michigan State	(6-6)		0.1812	Big Ten
51	Georgia Tech	(5-6)		0.1680	Atlantic Coast
52	Cincinnati	(6-5)		0.1433	Conference USA
53	Washington State	(5-6)		0.1411	Pac 10
54	Ball State	(8-4)		0.1376	Mid-American
55	Louisville	(5-6)		0.1333	Conference USA
56	Southern Methodist	(5-6)		0.1258	Western Athletic
57	New Mexico	(6-5)		0.1113	Western Athletic
58	Boston College	(5-7)		0.1111	Big East
59	Arkansas	(4-7)		0.1071	Southeastern
60	Miami (Ohio)	(6-5)		0.0918	Mid-American
61	Mississippi State	(5-6)		0.0838	Southeastern
62	Missouri	(5-6)		0.0828	Big Twelve
63	Louisiana-Lafayette	(5-6)		0.0731	Independent
64	Idaho	(6-5)		0.0599	Big West
65	Memphis	(4-7)		0.0547	Conference USA
66	Minnesota	(4-7)		0.0542	Big Ten
67	Utah State	(6-5)		0.0481	Big West
68	Ohio	(6-6)		0.0458	Mid-American
69	Mississippi	(5-6)		0.0306	Southeastern
70	Pittsburgh	(4-7)		0.0195	Big East
71	Kansas	(4-7)		0.0034	Big Twelve
72	Kentucky	(4-7)		0.0030	Southeastern
73	Indiana	(3-8)		-0.0212	Big Ten
74	Purdue	(3-8)		-0.0510	Big Ten
75	Tulane	(2-9)		-0.0513	Conference USA
76	Oklahoma State	(5-6)		-0.0621	Big Twelve
77	Central Florida	(5-6)		-0.0685	Independent
78	Fresno State	(4-7)		-0.0745	Western Athletic
79	Maryland	(5-6)		-0.0897	Atlantic Coast
80	Louisiana Tech	(6-5)		-0.1024	Independent
81	Baylor	(4-7)		-0.1139	Big Twelve
82	Toledo	(7-4)		-0.1224	Mid-American
83	Central Michigan	(5-6)		-0.1250	Mid-American
84	North Texas	(5-6)		-0.1403	Big West
85	Tulsa	(4-7)		-0.1443	Western Athletic
86	Iowa State	(2-9)		-0.1573	Big Twelve
87	Vanderbilt	(2-9)		-0.1643	Southeastern
88	North Carolina State	(3-8)		-0.1769	Atlantic Coast
89	Bowling Green State	(4-7)		-0.1932	Mid-American
90	Illinois	(2-9)		-0.2106	Big Ten
91	Oklahoma	(3-8)		-0.2368	Big Twelve
92	Louisiana-Monroe	(5-6)		-0.2387	Independent
93	Rutgers	(2-9)		-0.2687	Big East
94	Texas Christian	(4-7)		-0.2883	Western Athletic
95	Temple	(1-10)		-0.2899	Big East
96	Wake Forest	(3-8)		-0.3066	Atlantic Coast
97	Arkansas State	(4-7)		-0.3127	Independent
98	Alabama-Birmingham	(5-6)		-0.3165	Independent
99	San Jose State	(3-9)		-0.3296	Western Athletic
100	Eastern Michigan	(3-8)		-0.4112	Mid-American
101	Nevada-Las Vegas	(1-11)		-0.4625	Western Athletic
102	Duke	(0-11)		-0.4842	Atlantic Coast
103	Hawaii	(2-10)		-0.5071	Western Athletic
104	Akron	(4-7)		-0.5209	Mid-American
105	Oregon State	(2-9)		-0.5438	Pac 10
106	Texas-El Paso	(2-9)		-0.5943	Western Athletic
107	Western Michigan	(2-9)		-0.6340	Mid-American
108	Boise State	(2-10)		-0.7642	Big West
109	Kent State	(2-9)		-0.8043	Mid-American
110	New Mexico State	(1-10)		-0.8670	Big West
111	Northern Illinois	(1-10)		-1.1687	Independent

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Southeastern	0.3187
2	Big Ten	0.3035
3	Pac 10	0.2490
4	Big Twelve	0.1973
5	Big East	0.1960
6	Conference USA	0.1890
7	Atlantic Coast	0.1202
8	Western Athletic	0.0336
9	Independent	-0.0189
10	Big West	-0.2388
11	Mid-American	-0.2536