1996

1997 Rankings
​Final

1998

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Florida State	(11-1)		0.8763	Atlantic Coast
2	Michigan	(12-0)		0.8635	Big Ten
3	Nebraska	(13-0)		0.8484	Big Twelve
4	Tennessee	(11-2)		0.8175	Southeastern
5	Florida	(10-2)		0.7925	Southeastern
6	Auburn	(10-3)		0.7691	Southeastern
7	UCLA	(10-2)		0.7496	Pac 10
8	Washington State	(10-2)		0.7324	Pac 10
9	Georgia	(10-2)		0.7251	Southeastern
10	North Carolina	(11-1)		0.6970	Atlantic Coast
11	Kansas State	(11-1)		0.6398	Big Twelve
12	Washington	(8-4)		0.6090	Pac 10
13	Arizona State	(9-3)		0.5971	Pac 10
14	Louisiana State	(9-3)		0.5935	Southeastern
15	Mississippi	(8-4)		0.5882	Southeastern
16	Ohio State	(10-3)		0.5730	Big Ten
17	Colorado State	(11-2)		0.5069	Western Athletic
18	Oregon	(7-5)		0.5055	Pac 10
19	Penn State	(9-3)		0.4923	Big Ten
20	Mississippi State	(7-4)		0.4903	Southeastern
21	Arizona	(7-5)		0.4649	Pac 10
22	Southern California	(6-5)		0.4573	Pac 10
23	Georgia Tech	(7-5)		0.4521	Atlantic Coast
24	Virginia	(7-4)		0.4482	Atlantic Coast
25	Purdue	(9-3)		0.4423	Big Ten
26	Air Force	(10-3)		0.4311	Western Athletic
27	Southern Mississippi	(9-3)		0.4294	Conference USA
28	Louisiana Tech	(9-2)		0.4258	Independent
29	Miami (Ohio)	(8-3)		0.4173	Mid-American
30	Clemson	(7-5)		0.4077	Atlantic Coast
31	Marshall	(10-3)		0.4055	Mid-American
32	Notre Dame	(7-6)		0.3901	Independent
33	Syracuse	(9-4)		0.3866	Big East
34	Texas A&M	(9-4)		0.3841	Big Twelve
35	Michigan State	(7-5)		0.3810	Big Ten
36	North Carolina State	(6-5)		0.3761	Atlantic Coast
37	Toledo	(9-3)		0.3517	Mid-American
38	Stanford	(5-6)		0.3433	Pac 10
39	Ohio	(8-3)		0.3224	Mid-American
40	Missouri	(7-5)		0.3218	Big Twelve
41	New Mexico	(9-4)		0.3216	Western Athletic
42	Cincinnati	(8-4)		0.3195	Conference USA
43	Oklahoma State	(8-4)		0.3097	Big Twelve
44	Iowa	(7-5)		0.3045	Big Ten
45	Colorado	(5-6)		0.3038	Big Twelve
46	Wisconsin	(8-5)		0.2971	Big Ten
47	West Virginia	(7-5)		0.2937	Big East
48	Tulane	(7-4)		0.2917	Conference USA
49	Western Michigan	(8-3)		0.2891	Mid-American
50	Alabama	(4-7)		0.2872	Southeastern
51	South Carolina	(5-6)		0.2831	Southeastern
52	Virginia Tech	(7-5)		0.2700	Big East
53	Rice	(7-4)		0.2664	Western Athletic
54	Arkansas	(4-7)		0.2656	Southeastern
55	Texas Tech	(6-5)		0.2655	Big Twelve
56	Central Florida	(5-6)		0.2529	Independent
57	Wake Forest	(5-6)		0.2493	Atlantic Coast
58	Brigham Young	(6-5)		0.2434	Western Athletic
59	Southern Methodist	(6-5)		0.2378	Western Athletic
60	Northwestern	(5-7)		0.2339	Big Ten
61	Kentucky	(5-6)		0.2302	Southeastern
62	Navy	(7-4)		0.2258	Independent
63	Wyoming	(7-6)		0.2200	Western Athletic
64	Utah	(6-5)		0.2020	Western Athletic
65	Pittsburgh	(6-6)		0.1764	Big East
66	Fresno State	(6-6)		0.1738	Western Athletic
67	California	(3-8)		0.1556	Pac 10
68	Utah State	(6-6)		0.1488	Big West
69	Miami (Florida)	(5-6)		0.1389	Big East
70	East Carolina	(5-6)		0.1279	Conference USA
71	San Diego State	(5-7)		0.1174	Western Athletic
72	Kansas	(5-6)		0.1140	Big Twelve
73	Nevada	(5-6)		0.0770	Big West
74	Louisiana-Monroe	(5-7)		0.0591	Independent
75	Texas	(4-7)		0.0541	Big Twelve
76	Oregon State	(3-8)		0.0504	Pac 10
77	Boston College	(4-7)		0.0481	Big East
78	Ball State	(5-6)		0.0429	Mid-American
79	Oklahoma	(4-8)		0.0289	Big Twelve
80	Vanderbilt	(3-8)		0.0213	Southeastern
81	Memphis	(4-7)		0.0076	Conference USA
82	Duke	(2-9)		-0.0052	Atlantic Coast
83	Alabama-Birmingham	(5-6)		-0.0115	Independent
84	Bowling Green State	(3-8)		-0.0117	Mid-American
85	Eastern Michigan	(4-7)		-0.0276	Mid-American
86	Minnesota	(3-9)		-0.0506	Big Ten
87	Texas-El Paso	(4-7)		-0.0542	Western Athletic
88	Army	(4-7)		-0.0608	Independent
89	Maryland	(2-9)		-0.0705	Atlantic Coast
90	Nevada-Las Vegas	(3-8)		-0.0962	Western Athletic
91	Idaho	(5-6)		-0.1031	Big West
92	San Jose State	(4-7)		-0.1065	Western Athletic
93	Indiana	(2-9)		-0.1394	Big Ten
94	Temple	(3-8)		-0.1431	Big East
95	Hawaii	(3-9)		-0.1464	Western Athletic
96	Baylor	(2-9)		-0.1468	Big Twelve
97	Boise State	(4-7)		-0.1518	Big West
98	Houston	(3-8)		-0.1662	Conference USA
99	Akron	(2-9)		-0.1741	Mid-American
100	North Texas	(4-7)		-0.1772	Big West
101	Tulsa	(2-9)		-0.1957	Western Athletic
102	Kent State	(3-8)		-0.2568	Mid-American
103	Iowa State	(1-10)		-0.2572	Big Twelve
104	Central Michigan	(2-9)		-0.2930	Mid-American
105	Illinois	(0-11)		-0.3398	Big Ten
106	Texas Christian	(1-10)		-0.3414	Western Athletic
107	Louisville	(1-10)		-0.3657	Conference USA
108	Arkansas State	(2-9)		-0.3803	Independent
109	Louisiana-Lafayette	(1-10)		-0.4235	Independent
110	New Mexico State	(2-9)		-0.4481	Big West
111	Northern Illinois	(0-11)		-0.4702	Mid-American
112	Rutgers	(0-11)		-0.5689	Big East

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Southeastern	0.4886
2	Pac 10	0.4665
3	Atlantic Coast	0.3812
4	Big Ten	0.2780
5	Big Twelve	0.2388
6	Western Athletic	0.1113
7	Conference USA	0.0920
8	Big East	0.0752
9	Independent	0.0531
10	Mid-American	0.0496
11	Big West	-0.1091