1995

1996 Rankings
​Final

1997

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Florida	(12-1)		0.8880	Southeastern
2	Ohio State	(11-1)		0.8465	Big Ten
3	Florida State	(11-1)		0.7702	Atlantic Coast
4	Arizona State	(11-1)		0.7660	Pac 10
5	Colorado	(10-2)		0.7159	Big Twelve
6	Nebraska	(11-2)		0.7143	Big Twelve
7	Penn State	(11-2)		0.6932	Big Ten
8	Tennessee	(10-2)		0.6758	Southeastern
9	Alabama	(10-3)		0.6634	Southeastern
10	Brigham Young	(14-1)		0.6432	Western Athletic
11	North Carolina	(10-2)		0.6325	Atlantic Coast
12	Washington	(9-3)		0.6193	Pac 10
13	Virginia Tech	(10-2)		0.6037	Big East
14	Michigan	(8-4)		0.5802	Big Ten
15	Notre Dame	(8-3)		0.5763	Independent
16	Louisiana State	(10-2)		0.5717	Southeastern
17	Southern Mississippi	(8-3)		0.5658	Conference USA
17=	Syracuse	(9-3)		0.5658	Big East
19	Iowa	(9-3)		0.5436	Big Ten
20	Kansas State	(9-3)		0.5275	Big Twelve
21	Northwestern	(9-3)		0.5216	Big Ten
22	Miami (Florida)	(9-3)		0.5158	Big East
23	Wyoming	(10-2)		0.4992	Western Athletic
24	Army	(10-2)		0.4939	Independent
25	Auburn	(8-4)		0.4816	Southeastern
26	East Carolina	(8-3)		0.4753	Independent
27	Navy	(9-3)		0.4396	Independent
28	Texas	(8-5)		0.4323	Big Twelve
29	San Diego State	(8-3)		0.4175	Western Athletic
30	West Virginia	(8-4)		0.3975	Big East
31	Southern California	(6-6)		0.3763	Pac 10
32	Virginia	(7-5)		0.3707	Atlantic Coast
33	Texas Tech	(7-5)		0.3641	Big Twelve
34	Wisconsin	(8-5)		0.3554	Big Ten
35	Air Force	(6-5)		0.3540	Western Athletic
36	Stanford	(7-5)		0.3536	Pac 10
37	Houston	(7-5)		0.3524	Conference USA
37=	South Carolina	(6-5)		0.3524	Southeastern
39	Rice	(7-4)		0.3382	Western Athletic
40	Georgia	(5-6)		0.3302	Southeastern
41	UCLA	(5-6)		0.3293	Pac 10
42	Utah	(8-4)		0.3285	Western Athletic
43	Colorado State	(7-5)		0.3246	Western Athletic
44	Oregon	(6-5)		0.3151	Pac 10
45	Clemson	(7-5)		0.3069	Atlantic Coast
46	California	(6-6)		0.2917	Pac 10
47	Nevada	(9-3)		0.2806	Big West
48	Michigan State	(6-6)		0.2656	Big Ten
49	Texas A&M	(6-6)		0.2577	Big Twelve
50	Arizona	(5-6)		0.2412	Pac 10
51	Cincinnati	(6-5)		0.2305	Conference USA
52	Georgia Tech	(5-6)		0.2216	Atlantic Coast
53	Ball State	(8-4)		0.2203	Mid-American
54	Washington State	(5-6)		0.2144	Pac 10
55	Mississippi State	(5-6)		0.2082	Southeastern
56	Louisville	(5-6)		0.2066	Conference USA
57	Southern Methodist	(5-6)		0.1939	Western Athletic
58	Arkansas	(4-7)		0.1856	Southeastern
59	Boston College	(5-7)		0.1848	Big East
60	Miami (Ohio)	(6-5)		0.1798	Mid-American
61	Missouri	(5-6)		0.1770	Big Twelve
62	New Mexico	(6-5)		0.1767	Western Athletic
63	Louisiana-Lafayette	(5-6)		0.1680	Independent
64	Memphis	(4-7)		0.1656	Conference USA
65	Minnesota	(4-7)		0.1523	Big Ten
66	Utah State	(6-5)		0.1508	Big West
67	Idaho	(6-5)		0.1366	Big West
68	Mississippi	(5-6)		0.1339	Southeastern
69	Ohio	(6-6)		0.1246	Mid-American
70	Kentucky	(4-7)		0.1172	Southeastern
71	Pittsburgh	(4-7)		0.1108	Big East
72	Kansas	(4-7)		0.0999	Big Twelve
73	Indiana	(3-8)		0.0813	Big Ten
74	Purdue	(3-8)		0.0757	Big Ten
75	Oklahoma State	(5-6)		0.0641	Big Twelve
76	Toledo	(7-4)		0.0554	Mid-American
77	Louisiana Tech	(6-5)		0.0532	Independent
78	Maryland	(5-6)		0.0512	Atlantic Coast
79	Tulane	(2-9)		0.0370	Conference USA
80	Central Florida	(5-6)		0.0330	Independent
81	Fresno State	(4-7)		0.0281	Western Athletic
82	Baylor	(4-7)		0.0215	Big Twelve
83	Tulsa	(4-7)		0.0129	Western Athletic
84	Central Michigan	(5-6)		0.0114	Mid-American
85	North Texas	(5-6)		-0.0033	Big West
86	Vanderbilt	(2-9)		-0.0317	Southeastern
87	North Carolina State	(3-8)		-0.0332	Atlantic Coast
88	Iowa State	(2-9)		-0.0336	Big Twelve
89	Bowling Green State	(4-7)		-0.0393	Mid-American
90	Louisiana-Monroe	(5-6)		-0.0505	Independent
91	Oklahoma	(3-8)		-0.0538	Big Twelve
92	Illinois	(2-9)		-0.0597	Big Ten
93	Texas Christian	(4-7)		-0.0989	Western Athletic
94	Wake Forest	(3-8)		-0.1003	Atlantic Coast
95	Rutgers	(2-9)		-0.1096	Big East
96	Alabama-Birmingham	(5-6)		-0.1160	Independent
97	Arkansas State	(4-7)		-0.1183	Independent
98	Temple	(1-10)		-0.1426	Big East
99	San Jose State	(3-9)		-0.1442	Western Athletic
100	Eastern Michigan	(3-8)		-0.2032	Mid-American
101	Akron	(4-7)		-0.2331	Mid-American
102	Nevada-Las Vegas	(1-11)		-0.2435	Western Athletic
103	Oregon State	(2-9)		-0.2643	Pac 10
104	Duke	(0-11)		-0.2727	Atlantic Coast
105	Hawaii	(2-10)		-0.2813	Western Athletic
106	Texas-El Paso	(2-9)		-0.3319	Western Athletic
107	Western Michigan	(2-9)		-0.3510	Mid-American
108	Kent State	(2-9)		-0.4325	Mid-American
109	Boise State	(2-10)		-0.4423	Big West
110	New Mexico State	(1-10)		-0.5051	Big West
111	Northern Illinois	(1-10)		-0.6813	Independent

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Southeastern	0.3814
2	Big Ten	0.3687
3	Pac 10	0.3243
4	Big Twelve	0.2739
5	Big East	0.2658
6	Conference USA	0.2596
7	Atlantic Coast	0.2163
8	Western Athletic	0.1386
9	Independent	0.1157
10	Big West	-0.0638
11	Mid-American	-0.0668