1997

1998 Rankings
​Final

1999

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Tennessee	(13-0)		0.8805	Southeastern
2	Ohio State	(11-1)		0.7906	Big Ten
3	Florida State	(11-2)		0.7680	Atlantic Coast
4	UCLA	(10-2)		0.7358	Pac 10
5	Wisconsin	(11-1)		0.7103	Big Ten
6	Texas A&M	(11-3)		0.6837	Big Twelve
7	Arizona	(12-1)		0.6800	Pac 10
8	Kansas State	(11-2)		0.6733	Big Twelve
9	Florida	(10-2)		0.6342	Southeastern
10	Air Force	(12-1)		0.6156	Western Athletic
11	Georgia Tech	(10-2)		0.6047	Atlantic Coast
12	Texas	(9-3)		0.5868	Big Twelve
13	Tulane	(12-0)		0.5768	Conference USA
14	Michigan	(10-3)		0.5658	Big Ten
15	Nebraska	(9-4)		0.5651	Big Twelve
16	Georgia	(9-3)		0.5415	Southeastern
17	Purdue	(9-4)		0.5368	Big Ten
18	Virginia	(9-3)		0.5367	Atlantic Coast
19	Penn State	(9-3)		0.5293	Big Ten
20	Missouri	(8-4)		0.5225	Big Twelve
21	Arkansas	(9-3)		0.5075	Southeastern
22	Notre Dame	(9-3)		0.5015	Independent
23	Miami (Ohio)	(10-1)		0.4824	Mid-American
24	Virginia Tech	(9-3)		0.4603	Big East
25	Miami (Florida)	(9-3)		0.4575	Big East
26	Southern California	(8-5)		0.4529	Pac 10
27	Oregon	(8-4)		0.4411	Pac 10
28	Syracuse	(8-4)		0.4349	Big East
29	Colorado	(8-4)		0.4320	Big Twelve
30	Marshall	(12-1)		0.4225	Mid-American
31	Wyoming	(8-3)		0.3917	Western Athletic
32	Central Florida	(9-2)		0.3712	Independent
33	West Virginia	(8-4)		0.3709	Big East
34	Colorado State	(8-4)		0.3573	Western Athletic
35	Kentucky	(7-5)		0.3410	Southeastern
36	North Carolina State	(7-5)		0.3327	Atlantic Coast
37	Texas Tech	(7-5)		0.3176	Big Twelve
38	Alabama	(7-5)		0.3139	Southeastern
39	Michigan State	(6-6)		0.3136	Big Ten
40	North Carolina	(7-5)		0.3083	Atlantic Coast
41	Texas Christian	(7-5)		0.3074	Western Athletic
42	Brigham Young	(9-5)		0.2918	Western Athletic
43	Washington	(6-6)		0.2882	Pac 10
44	Utah	(7-4)		0.2561	Western Athletic
45	Mississippi State	(8-5)		0.2504	Southeastern
46	San Diego State	(7-5)		0.2393	Western Athletic
47	Southern Mississippi	(7-5)		0.2334	Conference USA
48	Toledo	(7-5)		0.2235	Mid-American
49	Oklahoma State	(5-6)		0.2203	Big Twelve
50	Minnesota	(5-6)		0.2079	Big Ten
51	Oklahoma	(5-6)		0.2070	Big Twelve
52	Rice	(5-6)		0.1864	Western Athletic
53	California	(5-6)		0.1771	Pac 10
54	Louisiana State	(4-7)		0.1719	Southeastern
55	Oregon State	(5-6)		0.1652	Pac 10
56	Mississippi	(7-5)		0.1476	Southeastern
57	Arizona State	(5-6)		0.1424	Pac 10
58	Fresno State	(5-6)		0.1223	Western Athletic
59	Idaho	(9-3)		0.0957	Big West
60	Western Michigan	(7-4)		0.0926	Mid-American
61	Southern Methodist	(5-7)		0.0779	Western Athletic
62	Indiana	(4-7)		0.0724	Big Ten
63	Bowling Green State	(5-6)		0.0701	Mid-American
64	Louisville	(7-5)		0.0615	Conference USA
65	Louisiana Tech	(6-6)		0.0555	Independent
66	Kansas	(4-7)		0.0551	Big Twelve
67	Auburn	(3-8)		0.0477	Southeastern
68	Ohio	(5-6)		0.0437	Mid-American
69	East Carolina	(6-5)		-0.0009	Conference USA
70	Nevada	(6-5)		-0.0257	Big West
71	Iowa State	(3-8)		-0.0267	Big Twelve
72	Boston College	(4-7)		-0.0276	Big East
73	Baylor	(2-9)		-0.0336	Big Twelve
74	Tulsa	(4-7)		-0.0500	Western Athletic
75	Stanford	(3-8)		-0.0540	Pac 10
76	Clemson	(3-8)		-0.0542	Atlantic Coast
77	Wake Forest	(3-8)		-0.0743	Atlantic Coast
78	Central Michigan	(6-5)		-0.0868	Mid-American
79	Rutgers	(5-6)		-0.0889	Big East
80	Houston	(3-8)		-0.0906	Conference USA
81	Louisiana-Monroe	(5-6)		-0.0939	Independent
82	Washington State	(3-8)		-0.1108	Pac 10
83	Duke	(4-7)		-0.1139	Atlantic Coast
84	Iowa	(3-8)		-0.1217	Big Ten
85	Army	(3-8)		-0.1236	Conference USA
86	San Jose State	(4-8)		-0.1402	Western Athletic
87	Boise State	(6-5)		-0.1630	Big West
88	Maryland	(3-8)		-0.1686	Atlantic Coast
89	Texas-El Paso	(3-8)		-0.1867	Western Athletic
90	Alabama-Birmingham	(4-7)		-0.1984	Independent
91	New Mexico State	(3-8)		-0.2010	Big West
92	Navy	(3-8)		-0.2163	Independent
93	Northwestern	(3-9)		-0.2176	Big Ten
94	South Carolina	(1-10)		-0.2184	Southeastern
95	Akron	(4-7)		-0.2707	Mid-American
96	Vanderbilt	(2-9)		-0.2732	Southeastern
97	Pittsburgh	(2-9)		-0.2783	Big East
98	Utah State	(3-8)		-0.2802	Big West
99	Illinois	(3-8)		-0.3014	Big Ten
100	New Mexico	(3-9)		-0.3298	Western Athletic
101	Memphis	(2-9)		-0.3663	Conference USA
102	Eastern Michigan	(3-8)		-0.3703	Mid-American
103	North Texas	(3-8)		-0.3739	Big West
104	Temple	(2-9)		-0.4375	Big East
105	Northern Illinois	(2-9)		-0.4652	Mid-American
106	Louisiana-Lafayette	(2-9)		-0.4921	Independent
107	Nevada-Las Vegas	(0-11)		-0.5548	Western Athletic
108	Cincinnati	(2-9)		-0.5686	Conference USA
109	Arkansas State	(4-8)		-0.5915	Independent
110	Ball State	(1-10)		-0.6802	Mid-American
111	Kent State	(0-11)		-1.0193	Mid-American
112	Hawaii	(0-12)		-1.0427	Western Athletic

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Big Twelve	0.3503
2	Pac 10	0.2918
3	Big Ten	0.2806
4	Southeastern	0.2787
5	Atlantic Coast	0.2377
6	Big East	0.1114
7	Western Athletic	0.0338
8	Conference USA	-0.0348
9	Independent	-0.0830
10	Mid-American	-0.1298
11	Big West	-0.1580