1997

1998 Rankings
​Final

1999

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Tennessee	(13-0)		0.8390	Southeastern
2	Ohio State	(11-1)		0.7522	Big Ten
3	Florida State	(11-2)		0.7333	Atlantic Coast
4	UCLA	(10-2)		0.7063	Pac 10
5	Wisconsin	(11-1)		0.6802	Big Ten
6	Arizona	(12-1)		0.6549	Pac 10
7	Texas A&M	(11-3)		0.6491	Big Twelve
8	Kansas State	(11-2)		0.6373	Big Twelve
9	Florida	(10-2)		0.6043	Southeastern
10	Georgia Tech	(10-2)		0.5972	Atlantic Coast
11	Air Force	(12-1)		0.5871	Western Athletic
12	Texas	(9-3)		0.5702	Big Twelve
13	Michigan	(10-3)		0.5481	Big Ten
14	Tulane	(12-0)		0.5468	Conference USA
15	Nebraska	(9-4)		0.5441	Big Twelve
16	Georgia	(9-3)		0.5280	Southeastern
17	Purdue	(9-4)		0.5245	Big Ten
18	Virginia	(9-3)		0.5165	Atlantic Coast
19	Penn State	(9-3)		0.5142	Big Ten
20	Missouri	(8-4)		0.5015	Big Twelve
21	Notre Dame	(9-3)		0.4958	Independent
22	Arkansas	(9-3)		0.4933	Southeastern
23	Virginia Tech	(9-3)		0.4662	Big East
24	Miami (Ohio)	(10-1)		0.4632	Mid-American
25	Southern California	(8-5)		0.4608	Pac 10
26	Miami (Florida)	(9-3)		0.4580	Big East
27	Colorado	(8-4)		0.4470	Big Twelve
28	Oregon	(8-4)		0.4467	Pac 10
29	Syracuse	(8-4)		0.4414	Big East
30	Wyoming	(8-3)		0.4298	Western Athletic
31	Marshall	(12-1)		0.4275	Mid-American
32	Colorado State	(8-4)		0.3765	Western Athletic
33	Central Florida	(9-2)		0.3738	Independent
34	West Virginia	(8-4)		0.3695	Big East
35	North Carolina State	(7-5)		0.3540	Atlantic Coast
36	Alabama	(7-5)		0.3526	Southeastern
37	Kentucky	(7-5)		0.3478	Southeastern
38	Texas Tech	(7-5)		0.3468	Big Twelve
39	Michigan State	(6-6)		0.3447	Big Ten
40	Texas Christian	(7-5)		0.3430	Western Athletic
41	North Carolina	(7-5)		0.3231	Atlantic Coast
42	Washington	(6-6)		0.3173	Pac 10
43	Brigham Young	(9-5)		0.3134	Western Athletic
44	Mississippi State	(8-5)		0.3048	Southeastern
45	Utah	(7-4)		0.2808	Western Athletic
46	San Diego State	(7-5)		0.2763	Western Athletic
47	Southern Mississippi	(7-5)		0.2725	Conference USA
48	Oklahoma State	(5-6)		0.2581	Big Twelve
49	Toledo	(7-5)		0.2510	Mid-American
50	Oklahoma	(5-6)		0.2500	Big Twelve
51	California	(5-6)		0.2493	Pac 10
52	Rice	(5-6)		0.2428	Western Athletic
53	Minnesota	(5-6)		0.2320	Big Ten
54	Oregon State	(5-6)		0.2230	Pac 10
55	Mississippi	(7-5)		0.2198	Southeastern
56	Louisiana State	(4-7)		0.2150	Southeastern
57	Arizona State	(5-6)		0.2082	Pac 10
58	Idaho	(9-3)		0.1986	Big West
59	Fresno State	(5-6)		0.1739	Western Athletic
60	Western Michigan	(7-4)		0.1658	Mid-American
61	Louisville	(7-5)		0.1558	Conference USA
62	Bowling Green State	(5-6)		0.1548	Mid-American
63	Southern Methodist	(5-7)		0.1476	Western Athletic
64	Indiana	(4-7)		0.1420	Big Ten
65	Louisiana Tech	(6-6)		0.1377	Independent
66	Auburn	(3-8)		0.1282	Southeastern
67	Kansas	(4-7)		0.1273	Big Twelve
68	Ohio	(5-6)		0.1213	Mid-American
69	East Carolina	(6-5)		0.1098	Conference USA
70	Nevada	(6-5)		0.1016	Big West
71	Boston College	(4-7)		0.0860	Big East
72	Tulsa	(4-7)		0.0689	Western Athletic
73	Stanford	(3-8)		0.0660	Pac 10
74	Iowa State	(3-8)		0.0587	Big Twelve
75	Baylor	(2-9)		0.0574	Big Twelve
76	Central Michigan	(6-5)		0.0486	Mid-American
77	Rutgers	(5-6)		0.0372	Big East
78	Clemson	(3-8)		0.0354	Atlantic Coast
79	Louisiana-Monroe	(5-6)		0.0341	Independent
80	Wake Forest	(3-8)		0.0214	Atlantic Coast
81	Washington State	(3-8)		0.0177	Pac 10
82	Houston	(3-8)		0.0114	Conference USA
83	Boise State	(6-5)		0.0102	Big West
84	Duke	(4-7)		0.0098	Atlantic Coast
85	San Jose State	(4-8)		0.0051	Western Athletic
86	Iowa	(3-8)		0.0022	Big Ten
87	Army	(3-8)		-0.0039	Conference USA
88	Alabama-Birmingham	(4-7)		-0.0436	Independent
89	Maryland	(3-8)		-0.0439	Atlantic Coast
90	Texas-El Paso	(3-8)		-0.0464	Western Athletic
91	New Mexico State	(3-8)		-0.0524	Big West
92	Northwestern	(3-9)		-0.0581	Big Ten
93	Navy	(3-8)		-0.0750	Independent
94	Akron	(4-7)		-0.0855	Mid-American
95	South Carolina	(1-10)		-0.0878	Southeastern
96	Vanderbilt	(2-9)		-0.0937	Southeastern
97	Illinois	(3-8)		-0.1033	Big Ten
98	Utah State	(3-8)		-0.1062	Big West
99	Pittsburgh	(2-9)		-0.1224	Big East
100	New Mexico	(3-9)		-0.1445	Western Athletic
101	North Texas	(3-8)		-0.1553	Big West
102	Eastern Michigan	(3-8)		-0.1618	Mid-American
103	Memphis	(2-9)		-0.1694	Conference USA
104	Temple	(2-9)		-0.1974	Big East
105	Louisiana-Lafayette	(2-9)		-0.2348	Independent
106	Northern Illinois	(2-9)		-0.2349	Mid-American
107	Arkansas State	(4-8)		-0.2674	Independent
108	Cincinnati	(2-9)		-0.2832	Conference USA
109	Nevada-Las Vegas	(0-11)		-0.2933	Western Athletic
110	Ball State	(1-10)		-0.3638	Mid-American
111	Kent State	(0-11)		-0.5747	Mid-American
112	Hawaii	(0-12)		-0.5944	Western Athletic

Average Ratings by Conference (1998)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Big Twelve		0.3706
2	Pac 10		0.3350
3	Big Ten		0.3253
4	Southeastern		0.3209
5	Atlantic Coast		0.2830
6	Big East		0.1923
7	Western Athletic		0.1354
8	Conference USA		0.0800
9	Independent		0.0526
10	Mid-American		0.0176
11	Big West		-0.0006