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1995

1996 Rankings
​Final

1997
Rk Team W L Rating
1 Florida 12 1 0.8856
2 Ohio State 11 1 0.8494
3 Arizona State 11 1 0.8184
4 Florida State 11 1 0.8129
5 Nebraska 11 2 0.7917
6 Colorado 10 2 0.7795
7 Penn State 11 2 0.7677
8 Tennessee 10 2 0.7507
9 North Carolina 10 2 0.7342
10 Brigham Young 14 1 0.7252
11 Washington 9 3 0.7170
12 Alabama 10 3 0.7168
13 Virginia Tech 10 2 0.7125
14 Louisiana State 10 2 0.7015
15 Syracuse 9 3 0.6960
16 Iowa 9 3 0.6907
17 Southern Mississippi 8 3 0.6835
18 Notre Dame 8 3 0.6797
19 Michigan 8 4 0.6686
20 Kansas State 9 3 0.6656
21 Miami (Florida) 9 3 0.6524
22 Northwestern 9 3 0.6474
23 Auburn 8 4 0.6287
24 East Carolina 8 3 0.6185
25 Army 10 2 0.6120
26 Wyoming 10 2 0.6104
27 Texas 8 5 0.5825
28 Navy 9 3 0.5815
29 Stanford 7 5 0.5759
30 West Virginia 8 4 0.5735
31 Wisconsin 8 5 0.5619
32 San Diego State 8 3 0.5530
33 South Carolina 6 5 0.5516
34 Texas Tech 7 5 0.5500
35 Houston 7 5 0.5467
36 Southern California 6 6 0.5461
37 Virginia 7 5 0.5389
38 Rice 7 4 0.5354
39 Oregon 6 5 0.5322
40 UCLA 5 6 0.5309
41 Utah 8 4 0.5225
42 Georgia 5 6 0.5164
43 Air Force 6 5 0.5107
44 Clemson 7 5 0.4985
45 California 6 6 0.4947
46 Michigan State 6 6 0.4909
47 Colorado State 7 5 0.4873
48 Nevada 9 3 0.4741
49 Cincinnati 6 5 0.4667
50 Texas A&M 6 6 0.4645
51 Arizona 5 6 0.4630
52 Louisville 5 6 0.4503
53 Mississippi State 5 6 0.4496
54 Washington State 5 6 0.4422
55 Missouri 5 6 0.4386
56 Georgia Tech 5 6 0.4328
57 Arkansas 4 7 0.4276
58 Southern Methodist 5 6 0.4259
59 Memphis 4 7 0.4206
60 Boston College 5 7 0.4179
61 Ball State 8 4 0.4155
62 Minnesota 4 7 0.4101
63 New Mexico 6 5 0.4042
64 Kentucky 4 7 0.4039
65 Louisiana-Lafayette 5 6 0.4009
66 Utah State 6 5 0.3945
67 Mississippi 5 6 0.3890
68 Kansas 4 7 0.3863
69 Miami (Ohio) 6 5 0.3842
70 Pittsburgh 4 7 0.3623
71 Purdue 3 8 0.3586
72 Indiana 3 8 0.3572
73 Oklahoma State 5 6 0.3540
74 Ohio 6 6 0.3467
75 Idaho 6 5 0.3459
76 Maryland 5 6 0.3375
77 Tulane 2 9 0.3280
78 Louisiana Tech 6 5 0.3225
79 Baylor 4 7 0.3216
80 Tulsa 4 7 0.3122
81 Toledo 7 4 0.3025
82 Fresno State 4 7 0.2982
83 Central Florida 5 6 0.2972
84 North Texas 5 6 0.2855
85 Vanderbilt 2 9 0.2837
86 North Carolina State 3 8 0.2828
87 Oklahoma 3 8 0.2777
88 Iowa State 2 9 0.2730
89 Illinois 2 9 0.2516
90 Louisiana-Monroe 5 6 0.2514
91 Central Michigan 5 6 0.2441
92 Texas Christian 4 7 0.2389
93 Alabama-Birmingham 5 6 0.2334
94 Wake Forest 3 8 0.2236
95 Rutgers 2 9 0.2229
96 Bowling Green State 4 7 0.2157
97 Arkansas State 4 7 0.2056
98 Temple 1 10 0.1892
99 San Jose State 3 9 0.1851
100 Oregon State 2 9 0.1496
101 Eastern Michigan 3 8 0.1440
102 Duke 0 11 0.1218
103 Nevada-Las Vegas 1 11 0.1183
104 Hawaii 2 10 0.1139
105 Akron 4 7 0.1112
106 Texas-El Paso 2 9 0.0988
107 Western Michigan 2 9 0.0453
108 Boise State 2 10 -0.0105
109 New Mexico State 1 10 -0.0326
110 Kent 2 9 -0.0594
111 Northern Illinois 1 10 -0.1026
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