1997

1998 Rankings
​Final

1999

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Tennessee	(13-0)		0.8774	Southeastern
2	Ohio State	(11-1)		0.7997	Big Ten
3	Florida State	(11-2)		0.7714	Atlantic Coast
4	UCLA	(10-2)		0.7578	Pac 10
5	Wisconsin	(11-1)		0.7273	Big Ten
6	Arizona	(12-1)		0.7032	Pac 10
7	Texas A&M	(11-3)		0.6843	Big Twelve
8	Kansas State	(11-2)		0.6741	Big Twelve
9	Florida	(10-2)		0.6310	Southeastern
10	Georgia Tech	(10-2)		0.6270	Atlantic Coast
11	Air Force	(12-1)		0.6243	Western Athletic
12	Texas	(9-3)		0.6045	Big Twelve
13	Michigan	(10-3)		0.5884	Big Ten
14	Tulane	(12-0)		0.5763	Conference USA
15	Nebraska	(9-4)		0.5752	Big Twelve
16	Purdue	(9-4)		0.5669	Big Ten
17	Penn State	(9-3)		0.5500	Big Ten
18	Georgia	(9-3)		0.5478	Southeastern
19	Virginia	(9-3)		0.5389	Atlantic Coast
20	Notre Dame	(9-3)		0.5367	Independent
21	Missouri	(8-4)		0.5292	Big Twelve
22	Arkansas	(9-3)		0.5143	Southeastern
23	Southern California	(8-5)		0.5019	Pac 10
24	Miami (Ohio)	(10-1)		0.4878	Mid-American
25	Oregon	(8-4)		0.4857	Pac 10
26	Virginia Tech	(9-3)		0.4856	Big East
27	Miami (Florida)	(9-3)		0.4820	Big East
28	Colorado	(8-4)		0.4756	Big Twelve
29	Syracuse	(8-4)		0.4658	Big East
30	Wyoming	(8-3)		0.4593	Western Athletic
31	Marshall	(12-1)		0.4453	Mid-American
32	Colorado State	(8-4)		0.4097	Western Athletic
33	Central Florida	(9-2)		0.3966	Independent
34	West Virginia	(8-4)		0.3889	Big East
35	Michigan State	(6-6)		0.3734	Big Ten
36	North Carolina State	(7-5)		0.3708	Atlantic Coast
37	Texas Christian	(7-5)		0.3670	Western Athletic
38	Alabama	(7-5)		0.3669	Southeastern
39	Texas Tech	(7-5)		0.3639	Big Twelve
40	Kentucky	(7-5)		0.3637	Southeastern
41	Washington	(6-6)		0.3461	Pac 10
42	North Carolina	(7-5)		0.3335	Atlantic Coast
43	Brigham Young	(9-5)		0.3327	Western Athletic
44	Mississippi State	(8-5)		0.3136	Southeastern
45	Utah	(7-4)		0.3019	Western Athletic
46	San Diego State	(7-5)		0.2956	Western Athletic
47	Southern Mississippi	(7-5)		0.2829	Conference USA
48	Oklahoma State	(5-6)		0.2722	Big Twelve
49	California	(5-6)		0.2707	Pac 10
50	Oklahoma	(5-6)		0.2673	Big Twelve
51	Rice	(5-6)		0.2662	Western Athletic
52	Toledo	(7-5)		0.2642	Mid-American
53	Minnesota	(5-6)		0.2523	Big Ten
54	Oregon State	(5-6)		0.2473	Pac 10
55	Arizona State	(5-6)		0.2324	Pac 10
56	Mississippi	(7-5)		0.2290	Southeastern
57	Louisiana State	(4-7)		0.2230	Southeastern
58	Idaho	(9-3)		0.2167	Big West
59	Fresno State	(5-6)		0.1892	Western Athletic
60	Western Michigan	(7-4)		0.1724	Mid-American
61	Louisville	(7-5)		0.1604	Conference USA
62	Bowling Green State	(5-6)		0.1595	Mid-American
63	Southern Methodist	(5-7)		0.1581	Western Athletic
64	Indiana	(4-7)		0.1562	Big Ten
65	Louisiana Tech	(6-6)		0.1437	Independent
66	Kansas	(4-7)		0.1302	Big Twelve
67	Auburn	(3-8)		0.1277	Southeastern
68	Ohio	(5-6)		0.1245	Mid-American
69	Nevada	(6-5)		0.1113	Big West
70	East Carolina	(6-5)		0.1066	Conference USA
71	Boston College	(4-7)		0.0904	Big East
72	Stanford	(3-8)		0.0845	Pac 10
73	Tulsa	(4-7)		0.0751	Western Athletic
74	Iowa State	(3-8)		0.0636	Big Twelve
75	Baylor	(2-9)		0.0599	Big Twelve
76	Central Michigan	(6-5)		0.0555	Mid-American
77	Rutgers	(5-6)		0.0377	Big East
78	Louisiana-Monroe	(5-6)		0.0332	Independent
79	Washington State	(3-8)		0.0317	Pac 10
80	Clemson	(3-8)		0.0270	Atlantic Coast
81	Boise State	(6-5)		0.0166	Big West
82	Wake Forest	(3-8)		0.0151	Atlantic Coast
83	Houston	(3-8)		0.0095	Conference USA
84	San Jose State	(4-8)		0.0084	Western Athletic
85	Iowa	(3-8)		0.0064	Big Ten
86	Duke	(4-7)		0.0024	Atlantic Coast
87	Army	(3-8)		-0.0120	Conference USA
88	Texas-El Paso	(3-8)		-0.0451	Western Athletic
89	Northwestern	(3-9)		-0.0502	Big Ten
90	New Mexico State	(3-8)		-0.0504	Big West
91	Alabama-Birmingham	(4-7)		-0.0509	Independent
92	Maryland	(3-8)		-0.0562	Atlantic Coast
93	Navy	(3-8)		-0.0812	Independent
94	Akron	(4-7)		-0.0943	Mid-American
95	Illinois	(3-8)		-0.0981	Big Ten
96	South Carolina	(1-10)		-0.0992	Southeastern
97	Utah State	(3-8)		-0.1067	Big West
98	Vanderbilt	(2-9)		-0.1095	Southeastern
99	Pittsburgh	(2-9)		-0.1304	Big East
100	New Mexico	(3-9)		-0.1479	Western Athletic
101	North Texas	(3-8)		-0.1610	Big West
102	Eastern Michigan	(3-8)		-0.1734	Mid-American
103	Memphis	(2-9)		-0.1882	Conference USA
104	Temple	(2-9)		-0.2138	Big East
105	Northern Illinois	(2-9)		-0.2547	Mid-American
106	Louisiana-Lafayette	(2-9)		-0.2562	Independent
107	Arkansas State	(4-8)		-0.2846	Independent
108	Nevada-Las Vegas	(0-11)		-0.2990	Western Athletic
109	Cincinnati	(2-9)		-0.3082	Conference USA
110	Ball State	(1-10)		-0.3950	Mid-American
111	Kent State	(0-11)		-0.6125	Mid-American
112	Hawaii	(0-12)		-0.6195	Western Athletic

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Big Twelve	0.3916
2	Pac 10	0.3661
3	Big Ten	0.3520
4	Southeastern	0.3321
5	Atlantic Coast	0.2922
6	Big East	0.2008
7	Western Athletic	0.1485
8	Conference USA	0.0784
9	Independent	0.0547
10	Mid-American	0.0149
11	Big West	0.0044