1996

1997 Rankings
​Final

1998

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Florida State	(11-1)		0.8905	Atlantic Coast
2	Michigan	(12-0)		0.8670	Big Ten
3	Nebraska	(13-0)		0.8525	Big Twelve
4	Tennessee	(11-2)		0.8065	Southeastern
5	Florida	(10-2)		0.7795	Southeastern
6	Auburn	(10-3)		0.7601	Southeastern
7	UCLA	(10-2)		0.7513	Pac 10
8	Washington State	(10-2)		0.7278	Pac 10
9	Georgia	(10-2)		0.7188	Southeastern
10	North Carolina	(11-1)		0.7097	Atlantic Coast
11	Kansas State	(11-1)		0.6339	Big Twelve
12	Washington	(8-4)		0.5921	Pac 10
13	Arizona State	(9-3)		0.5823	Pac 10
14	Ohio State	(10-3)		0.5729	Big Ten
15	Mississippi	(8-4)		0.5602	Southeastern
16	Louisiana State	(9-3)		0.5518	Southeastern
17	Colorado State	(11-2)		0.4761	Western Athletic
18	Oregon	(7-5)		0.4749	Pac 10
19	Penn State	(9-3)		0.4584	Big Ten
20	Mississippi State	(7-4)		0.4553	Southeastern
21	Arizona	(7-5)		0.4438	Pac 10
22	Georgia Tech	(7-5)		0.4426	Atlantic Coast
23	Virginia	(7-4)		0.4388	Atlantic Coast
24	Southern California	(6-5)		0.4344	Pac 10
25	Louisiana Tech	(9-2)		0.4031	Independent
26	Clemson	(7-5)		0.4024	Atlantic Coast
27	Southern Mississippi	(9-3)		0.3979	Conference USA
28	Purdue	(9-3)		0.3960	Big Ten
29	Air Force	(10-3)		0.3850	Western Athletic
30	Miami (Ohio)	(8-3)		0.3753	Mid-American
31	Marshall	(10-3)		0.3663	Mid-American
32	Texas A&M	(9-4)		0.3642	Big Twelve
33	North Carolina State	(6-5)		0.3585	Atlantic Coast
34	Michigan State	(7-5)		0.3416	Big Ten
35	Notre Dame	(7-6)		0.3307	Independent
36	Syracuse	(9-4)		0.3299	Big East
37	Stanford	(5-6)		0.3042	Pac 10
38	Missouri	(7-5)		0.2836	Big Twelve
39	Iowa	(7-5)		0.2811	Big Ten
40	Ohio	(8-3)		0.2782	Mid-American
41	Colorado	(5-6)		0.2700	Big Twelve
42	Toledo	(9-3)		0.2648	Mid-American
43	New Mexico	(9-4)		0.2629	Western Athletic
44	Cincinnati	(8-4)		0.2595	Conference USA
45	Oklahoma State	(8-4)		0.2554	Big Twelve
46	Wisconsin	(8-5)		0.2395	Big Ten
47	South Carolina	(5-6)		0.2390	Southeastern
48	Tulane	(7-4)		0.2332	Conference USA
49	Alabama	(4-7)		0.2305	Southeastern
50	West Virginia	(7-5)		0.2248	Big East
51	Western Michigan	(8-3)		0.2203	Mid-American
52	Wake Forest	(5-6)		0.2171	Atlantic Coast
53	Central Florida	(5-6)		0.2135	Independent
54	Virginia Tech	(7-5)		0.2044	Big East
55	Texas Tech	(6-5)		0.1974	Big Twelve
56	Northwestern	(5-7)		0.1832	Big Ten
57	Arkansas	(4-7)		0.1747	Southeastern
58	Kentucky	(5-6)		0.1746	Southeastern
59	Wyoming	(7-6)		0.1635	Western Athletic
60	Navy	(7-4)		0.1588	Independent
61	Rice	(7-4)		0.1513	Western Athletic
62	Brigham Young	(6-5)		0.1443	Western Athletic
63	Southern Methodist	(6-5)		0.1308	Western Athletic
64	California	(3-8)		0.1100	Pac 10
65	Utah	(6-5)		0.0972	Western Athletic
66	Pittsburgh	(6-6)		0.0706	Big East
67	Fresno State	(6-6)		0.0658	Western Athletic
68	Miami (Florida)	(5-6)		0.0615	Big East
68=	Utah State	(6-6)		0.0615	Big West
70	East Carolina	(5-6)		0.0198	Conference USA
71	San Diego State	(5-7)		0.0080	Western Athletic
72	Kansas	(5-6)		-0.0028	Big Twelve
73	Nevada	(5-6)		-0.0258	Big West
74	Oregon State	(3-8)		-0.0433	Pac 10
75	Louisiana-Monroe	(5-7)		-0.0600	Independent
76	Texas	(4-7)		-0.0611	Big Twelve
77	Vanderbilt	(3-8)		-0.0744	Southeastern
78	Boston College	(4-7)		-0.0888	Big East
79	Duke	(2-9)		-0.0941	Atlantic Coast
80	Ball State	(5-6)		-0.0960	Mid-American
81	Oklahoma	(4-8)		-0.1020	Big Twelve
82	Memphis	(4-7)		-0.1212	Conference USA
83	Bowling Green State	(3-8)		-0.1563	Mid-American
84	Alabama-Birmingham	(5-6)		-0.1578	Independent
85	Eastern Michigan	(4-7)		-0.1620	Mid-American
86	Minnesota	(3-9)		-0.1771	Big Ten
87	Maryland	(2-9)		-0.1919	Atlantic Coast
88	Army	(4-7)		-0.2226	Independent
89	Texas-El Paso	(4-7)		-0.2418	Western Athletic
90	Nevada-Las Vegas	(3-8)		-0.2481	Western Athletic
91	Idaho	(5-6)		-0.2861	Big West
92	Indiana	(2-9)		-0.3221	Big Ten
93	Baylor	(2-9)		-0.3370	Big Twelve
94	San Jose State	(4-7)		-0.3401	Western Athletic
95	Hawaii	(3-9)		-0.3471	Western Athletic
96	Temple	(3-8)		-0.3652	Big East
97	Boise State	(4-7)		-0.3708	Big West
98	Akron	(2-9)		-0.4022	Mid-American
99	Houston	(3-8)		-0.4040	Conference USA
100	North Texas	(4-7)		-0.4062	Big West
101	Tulsa	(2-9)		-0.4243	Western Athletic
102	Iowa State	(1-10)		-0.4719	Big Twelve
103	Kent State	(3-8)		-0.5183	Mid-American
104	Central Michigan	(2-9)		-0.5714	Mid-American
105	Illinois	(0-11)		-0.5723	Big Ten
106	Texas Christian	(1-10)		-0.6253	Western Athletic
107	Louisville	(1-10)		-0.6350	Conference USA
108	Arkansas State	(2-9)		-0.6768	Independent
109	Louisiana-Lafayette	(1-10)		-0.7612	Independent
110	New Mexico State	(2-9)		-0.7950	Big West
111	Northern Illinois	(0-11)		-0.8162	Mid-American
112	Rutgers	(0-11)		-0.9865	Big East

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Southeastern	0.4481
2	Pac 10	0.4378
3	Atlantic Coast	0.3526
4	Big Ten	0.2062
5	Big Twelve	0.1569
6	Western Athletic	-0.0214
7	Conference USA	-0.0357
8	Big East	-0.0687
9	Independent	-0.0858
10	Mid-American	-0.1015
11	Big West	-0.3037