1996

1997 Rankings
​Final

1998

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Florida State	(11-1)		0.8254	Atlantic Coast
2	Michigan	(12-0)		0.8177	Big Ten
3	Nebraska	(13-0)		0.8029	Big Twelve
4	Tennessee	(11-2)		0.7658	Southeastern
5	Florida	(10-2)		0.7458	Southeastern
6	Auburn	(10-3)		0.7170	Southeastern
7	UCLA	(10-2)		0.7090	Pac 10
8	Washington State	(10-2)		0.6928	Pac 10
9	Georgia	(10-2)		0.6859	Southeastern
10	North Carolina	(11-1)		0.6580	Atlantic Coast
11	Kansas State	(11-1)		0.6085	Big Twelve
12	Washington	(8-4)		0.5733	Pac 10
13	Arizona State	(9-3)		0.5664	Pac 10
14	Mississippi	(8-4)		0.5500	Southeastern
15	Louisiana State	(9-3)		0.5477	Southeastern
16	Ohio State	(10-3)		0.5431	Big Ten
17	Oregon	(7-5)		0.4771	Pac 10
18	Colorado State	(11-2)		0.4741	Western Athletic
19	Penn State	(9-3)		0.4687	Big Ten
20	Mississippi State	(7-4)		0.4570	Southeastern
21	Arizona	(7-5)		0.4399	Pac 10
22	Southern California	(6-5)		0.4314	Pac 10
23	Virginia	(7-4)		0.4238	Atlantic Coast
24	Georgia Tech	(7-5)		0.4232	Atlantic Coast
24=	Purdue	(9-3)		0.4232	Big Ten
26	Air Force	(10-3)		0.4070	Western Athletic
27	Miami (Ohio)	(8-3)		0.4022	Mid-American
28	Southern Mississippi	(9-3)		0.4000	Conference USA
29	Louisiana Tech	(9-2)		0.3968	Independent
30	Marshall	(10-3)		0.3881	Mid-American
31	Clemson	(7-5)		0.3816	Atlantic Coast
32	Syracuse	(9-4)		0.3687	Big East
33	Notre Dame	(7-6)		0.3657	Independent
34	Michigan State	(7-5)		0.3639	Big Ten
35	Texas A&M	(9-4)		0.3617	Big Twelve
36	North Carolina State	(6-5)		0.3551	Atlantic Coast
37	Toledo	(9-3)		0.3419	Mid-American
38	Stanford	(5-6)		0.3223	Pac 10
39	Ohio	(8-3)		0.3114	Mid-American
40	Missouri	(7-5)		0.3037	Big Twelve
41	New Mexico	(9-4)		0.3001	Western Athletic
42	Cincinnati	(8-4)		0.2997	Conference USA
43	Oklahoma State	(8-4)		0.2929	Big Twelve
44	Iowa	(7-5)		0.2911	Big Ten
45	Colorado	(5-6)		0.2876	Big Twelve
46	Wisconsin	(8-5)		0.2859	Big Ten
47	West Virginia	(7-5)		0.2815	Big East
48	Western Michigan	(8-3)		0.2761	Mid-American
49	Tulane	(7-4)		0.2739	Conference USA
50	Alabama	(4-7)		0.2660	Southeastern
51	South Carolina	(5-6)		0.2618	Southeastern
52	Virginia Tech	(7-5)		0.2568	Big East
53	Texas Tech	(6-5)		0.2518	Big Twelve
54	Rice	(7-4)		0.2479	Western Athletic
55	Arkansas	(4-7)		0.2431	Southeastern
56	Central Florida	(5-6)		0.2388	Independent
57	Wake Forest	(5-6)		0.2333	Atlantic Coast
58	Brigham Young	(6-5)		0.2250	Western Athletic
59	Northwestern	(5-7)		0.2235	Big Ten
60	Southern Methodist	(6-5)		0.2196	Western Athletic
61	Kentucky	(5-6)		0.2122	Southeastern
61=	Navy	(7-4)		0.2122	Independent
63	Wyoming	(7-6)		0.2049	Western Athletic
64	Utah	(6-5)		0.1849	Western Athletic
65	Pittsburgh	(6-6)		0.1665	Big East
66	Fresno State	(6-6)		0.1644	Western Athletic
67	California	(3-8)		0.1467	Pac 10
68	Utah State	(6-6)		0.1387	Big West
69	Miami (Florida)	(5-6)		0.1349	Big East
70	East Carolina	(5-6)		0.1181	Conference USA
71	San Diego State	(5-7)		0.1120	Western Athletic
72	Kansas	(5-6)		0.1025	Big Twelve
73	Nevada	(5-6)		0.0722	Big West
74	Louisiana-Monroe	(5-7)		0.0562	Independent
75	Texas	(4-7)		0.0507	Big Twelve
76	Ball State	(5-6)		0.0485	Mid-American
77	Oregon State	(3-8)		0.0464	Pac 10
78	Boston College	(4-7)		0.0460	Big East
79	Oklahoma	(4-8)		0.0330	Big Twelve
80	Vanderbilt	(3-8)		0.0128	Southeastern
81	Memphis	(4-7)		0.0025	Conference USA
82	Bowling Green State	(3-8)		-0.0008	Mid-American
83	Duke	(2-9)		-0.0054	Atlantic Coast
84	Alabama-Birmingham	(5-6)		-0.0088	Independent
85	Eastern Michigan	(4-7)		-0.0161	Mid-American
86	Minnesota	(3-9)		-0.0462	Big Ten
87	Army	(4-7)		-0.0550	Independent
88	Texas-El Paso	(4-7)		-0.0577	Western Athletic
89	Maryland	(2-9)		-0.0674	Atlantic Coast
90	Nevada-Las Vegas	(3-8)		-0.0935	Western Athletic
91	Idaho	(5-6)		-0.0971	Big West
92	San Jose State	(4-7)		-0.0995	Western Athletic
93	Temple	(3-8)		-0.1246	Big East
94	Indiana	(2-9)		-0.1270	Big Ten
95	Baylor	(2-9)		-0.1367	Big Twelve
96	Hawaii	(3-9)		-0.1407	Western Athletic
97	Boise State	(4-7)		-0.1428	Big West
98	Akron	(2-9)		-0.1599	Mid-American
99	Houston	(3-8)		-0.1626	Conference USA
100	North Texas	(4-7)		-0.1641	Big West
101	Tulsa	(2-9)		-0.1897	Western Athletic
102	Kent State	(3-8)		-0.2283	Mid-American
103	Iowa State	(1-10)		-0.2397	Big Twelve
104	Central Michigan	(2-9)		-0.2688	Mid-American
105	Illinois	(0-11)		-0.3148	Big Ten
106	Texas Christian	(1-10)		-0.3265	Western Athletic
107	Louisville	(1-10)		-0.3484	Conference USA
108	Arkansas State	(2-9)		-0.3552	Independent
109	Louisiana-Lafayette	(1-10)		-0.3952	Independent
110	New Mexico State	(2-9)		-0.4251	Big West
111	Northern Illinois	(0-11)		-0.4389	Mid-American
112	Rutgers	(0-11)		-0.5308	Big East

Average Ratings by Conference (1997)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Southeastern		0.4554
2	Pac 10		0.4405
3	Atlantic Coast		0.3586
4	Big Ten		0.2663
5	Big Twelve		0.2266
6	Western Athletic		0.1020
7	Conference USA		0.0833
8	Big East		0.0749
9	Mid-American		0.0546
10	Independent		0.0506
11	Big West		-0.1030