1996 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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FBS standings

111 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	Florida FBS · SEC	★	12–1	390.45	492.39	192.45	—
2	Nebraska FBS · Big 12	—	11–2	345.15	433.69	167.64	▲ 1
3	Ohio State FBS · Big Ten	—	11–1	342.59	422.86	169.51	▲ 1
4	Florida State FBS · ACC	—	11–1	332.77	394.78	178.70	▼ 2
5	Arizona State FBS · Pac-10	—	11–1	314.04	376.12	161.30	—
6	BYU FBS · Western Athletic	—	14–1	285.45	352.81	113.62	—
7	Penn State FBS · Big Ten	—	11–2	278.22	329.33	152.99	▲ 1
8	Tennessee FBS · SEC	—	10–2	272.78	326.19	155.75	▲ 2
9	Colorado FBS · Big 12	—	10–2	267.49	305.93	167.53	—
10	Syracuse FBS · Big East	—	9–3	253.87	315.59	138.33	▼ 3
11	North Carolina FBS · ACC	—	10–2	252.99	298.13	143.61	▲ 1
12	Alabama FBS · SEC	—	10–3	242.13	269.94	164.24	▲ 3
13	Virginia Tech FBS · Big East	—	10–2	239.23	270.50	147.58	▼ 2
14	Kansas State FBS · Big 12	—	9–3	224.57	240.39	169.52	▲ 2
15	Texas FBS · Big 12	—	8–5	223.98	254.13	163.67	▼ 2
16	Washington FBS · Pac-10	—	9–3	223.52	233.06	171.45	▼ 2
17	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–3	221.28	257.38	149.65	—
18	Iowa FBS · Big Ten	—	9–3	216.26	242.05	150.28	▲ 10
19	Miami FBS · Big East	—	9–3	212.17	233.51	153.78	—
20	Michigan FBS · Big Ten	—	8–4	208.16	225.29	169.03	▼ 2
21	Wyoming FBS · Western Athletic	—	10–2	207.03	244.66	105.28	▲ 1
22	LSU FBS · SEC	—	10–2	203.59	210.86	149.21	▲ 2
23	Army FBS · FBS Independents	—	10–2	200.03	234.15	115.59	▼ 3
24	Southern Miss FBS · Conference USA	—	8–3	198.07	214.38	152.90	▲ 1
25	Northwestern FBS · Big Ten	—	9–3	196.35	219.16	138.20	▼ 2
26	Auburn FBS · SEC	—	8–4	193.75	205.73	156.35	▲ 6
27	East Carolina FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–3	190.50	213.64	136.37	▼ 1
28	Virginia FBS · ACC	—	7–5	188.32	212.01	150.16	▼ 1
29	Stanford FBS · Pac-10	—	7–5	184.73	212.43	144.14	▲ 10
30	Texas Tech FBS · Big 12	—	7–5	180.25	197.72	153.51	▼ 9
31	Rice FBS · Western Athletic	—	7–4	179.10	197.32	138.80	▼ 1
32	Nevada FBS · Big West	—	9–3	178.66	227.15	80.98	▼ 1
33	West Virginia FBS · Big East	—	8–4	173.51	187.57	136.78	▼ 4
34	Oregon FBS · Pac-10	—	6–5	165.35	178.86	147.02	▼ 1
35	Houston FBS · Conference USA	—	7–5	162.17	173.05	144.38	—
36	Wisconsin FBS · Big Ten	—	8–5	161.19	164.93	143.66	—
37	USC FBS · Pac-10	—	6–6	159.24	162.85	162.29	—
38	Texas A&M FBS · Big 12	—	6–6	152.98	163.71	146.38	—
39	South Carolina FBS · SEC	—	6–5	151.81	136.82	171.35	▲ 2
40	Clemson FBS · ACC	—	7–5	151.20	160.32	140.64	—
41	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–3	148.58	165.66	104.16	▲ 1
42	Colorado State FBS · Western Athletic	—	7–5	146.42	150.83	132.91	▲ 1
43	Air Force FBS · Western Athletic	—	6–5	143.12	147.76	132.03	▲ 1
44	Georgia FBS · SEC	—	5–6	139.44	123.24	176.00	▲ 1
45	UCLA FBS · Pac-10	—	5–6	135.52	117.45	173.01	▲ 2
46	Cincinnati FBS · Conference USA	—	6–5	134.28	146.96	121.43	—
47	Michigan State FBS · Big Ten	—	6–6	133.99	119.89	160.39	▼ 13
48	San Diego State FBS · Western Athletic	—	8–3	131.94	135.71	101.89	—
49	Kentucky FBS · SEC	—	4–7	131.06	115.41	179.39	▲ 2
50	Missouri FBS · Big 12	—	5–6	131.02	121.51	159.89	▼ 1
51	Ball State FBS · Mid-American	—	8–4	130.31	153.71	76.13	▼ 1
52	Mississippi State FBS · SEC	—	5–6	129.48	138.50	138.66	—
53	Memphis FBS · Conference USA	—	4–7	116.98	110.42	154.75	—
54	Arkansas FBS · SEC	—	4–7	115.95	90.82	174.67	▲ 2
55	Arizona FBS · Pac-10	—	5–6	114.95	110.75	140.65	—
56	Indiana FBS · Big Ten	—	3–8	114.62	105.56	167.53	▼ 2
57	California FBS · Pac-10	—	6–6	113.86	94.73	145.20	—
58	Utah FBS · Western Athletic	—	8–4	113.63	99.12	117.88	—
59	Idaho FBS · Big West	—	6–5	111.10	126.66	91.12	—
60	Miami (OH) FBS · Mid-American	—	6–5	110.41	125.96	84.66	—
61	SMU FBS · Western Athletic	—	5–6	106.77	100.99	129.05	—
62	Kansas FBS · Big 12	—	4–7	102.73	73.90	167.72	—
63	Louisville FBS · Conference USA	—	5–6	100.73	84.20	140.58	▲ 1
64	Georgia Tech FBS · ACC	—	5–6	100.11	82.52	140.92	▼ 1
65	Louisiana FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	99.20	64.15	154.10	—
66	Pittsburgh FBS · Big East	—	4–7	98.49	70.97	161.04	—
67	Oklahoma State FBS · Big 12	—	5–6	97.14	92.05	125.46	—
68	Maryland FBS · ACC	—	5–6	96.42	80.65	132.79	—
69	Minnesota FBS · Big Ten	—	4–7	95.38	61.53	168.06	—
70	Ole Miss FBS · SEC	—	5–6	94.20	72.83	141.34	▲ 2
71	Vanderbilt FBS · SEC	—	2–9	93.99	66.88	183.50	▲ 2
72	Oklahoma FBS · Big 12	—	3–8	92.83	81.78	149.54	▼ 2
73	Utah State FBS · Big West	—	6–5	91.91	67.07	120.34	▼ 2
74	Purdue FBS · Big Ten	—	3–8	89.72	52.16	182.25	—
75	New Mexico FBS · Western Athletic	—	6–5	88.50	79.93	100.54	—
76	Washington State FBS · Pac-10	—	5–6	87.90	65.44	137.94	—
77	UAB FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	86.66	100.51	87.18	—
78	North Texas FBS · Big West	—	5–6	85.08	74.51	109.40	—
79	Arkansas State FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	79.72	81.87	101.46	▲ 2
80	Ohio FBS · Mid-American	—	6–6	79.57	67.44	95.85	▼ 1
81	NC State FBS · ACC	—	3–8	79.44	55.43	157.18	▼ 1
82	Toledo FBS · Mid-American	—	7–4	78.42	70.36	72.22	—
83	Louisiana Tech FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	77.76	81.79	79.25	—
84	UCF FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	76.20	81.69	84.95	—
85	Boston College FBS · Big East	—	5–7	74.69	35.98	149.51	—
86	Eastern Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	3–8	72.86	96.04	79.62	—
87	Tulane FBS · Conference USA	—	2–9	71.84	43.90	160.57	—
88	TCU FBS · Western Athletic	—	4–7	68.90	64.90	107.58	—
89	San José State FBS · Western Athletic	—	3–9	67.78	68.10	117.40	—
90	Iowa State FBS · Big 12	—	2–9	66.82	33.04	165.88	—
91	Fresno State FBS · Western Athletic	—	4–7	63.90	47.13	115.20	—
92	Tulsa FBS · Western Athletic	—	4–7	61.31	32.70	128.65	▲ 1
93	UNLV FBS · Western Athletic	—	1–11	61.12	47.40	146.02	▼ 1
94	UL Monroe FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	58.59	48.41	92.06	▲ 1
95	Illinois FBS · Big Ten	—	2–9	57.65	20.95	163.49	▼ 1
96	Baylor FBS · Big 12	—	4–7	55.94	17.43	138.40	—
97	Akron FBS · Mid-American	—	4–7	55.65	64.02	69.85	—
98	Western Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	2–9	53.84	64.92	86.41	—
99	Oregon State FBS · Pac-10	—	2–9	53.69	31.78	138.62	—
100	Wake Forest FBS · ACC	—	3–8	49.43	8.75	145.49	—
101	Rutgers FBS · Big East	—	2–9	48.26	10.56	151.85	—
102	Duke FBS · ACC	—	0–11	35.36	1.00	163.24	—
103	Temple FBS · Big East	—	1–10	31.20	1.00	142.13	—
104	Central Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	5–6	28.76	1.00	74.20	—
105	Hawai'i FBS · Western Athletic	—	2–10	25.13	1.00	119.51	—
106	Bowling Green FBS · Mid-American	—	4–7	24.26	1.00	81.72	—
107	UTEP FBS · Western Athletic	—	2–9	20.11	1.00	101.06	—
108	New Mexico State FBS · Big West	—	1–10	14.37	1.00	96.49	—
109	Kent State FBS · Mid-American	—	2–9	12.44	1.00	75.57	—
110	Boise State FBS · Big West	—	2–10	11.89	1.00	83.83	—
111	Northern Illinois FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–10	10.87	1.00	92.09	—