1997 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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FBS standings

112 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	Nebraska FBS · Big 12	★	13–0	362.94	459.16	151.03	—
2	Florida FBS · SEC	—	10–2	331.69	394.30	196.19	▲ 1
3	Florida State FBS · ACC	—	11–1	329.01	402.06	165.82	▲ 2
4	Michigan FBS · Big Ten	★	12–0	317.54	386.14	151.02	—
5	Tennessee FBS · SEC	—	11–2	316.05	352.69	208.84	▼ 3
6	UCLA FBS · Pac-10	—	10–2	300.38	371.10	160.84	—
7	Georgia FBS · SEC	—	10–2	278.50	322.97	173.83	—
8	Kansas State FBS · Big 12	—	11–1	275.13	333.78	135.19	▲ 2
9	Auburn FBS · SEC	—	10–3	273.11	297.07	199.08	—
10	North Carolina FBS · ACC	—	11–1	262.91	319.65	129.01	▲ 1
11	Ohio State FBS · Big Ten	—	10–3	256.51	303.24	151.87	▼ 3
12	Colorado State FBS · Western Athletic	—	11–2	246.33	311.48	102.63	▲ 1
13	Washington FBS · Pac-10	—	8–4	245.70	273.74	182.99	▼ 1
14	Washington State FBS · Pac-10	—	10–2	234.45	252.67	161.79	—
15	LSU FBS · SEC	—	9–3	234.12	266.70	161.09	—
16	Ole Miss FBS · SEC	—	8–4	210.61	216.64	182.15	—
17	Arizona State FBS · Pac-10	—	9–3	209.96	243.26	137.25	▲ 2
18	Penn State FBS · Big Ten	—	9–3	204.64	219.07	148.63	▼ 1
19	Southern Miss FBS · Conference USA	—	9–3	196.16	221.61	126.50	▲ 8
20	Michigan State FBS · Big Ten	—	7–5	194.98	219.12	153.13	—
21	Syracuse FBS · Big East	—	9–4	194.72	235.29	110.71	▼ 3
22	Miami (OH) FBS · Mid-American	—	8–3	193.44	245.08	94.61	▼ 1
23	Oregon FBS · Pac-10	—	7–5	187.99	196.03	168.98	▲ 1
24	Marshall FBS · Mid-American	—	10–3	187.41	227.85	97.74	▼ 1
25	Arizona FBS · Pac-10	—	7–5	186.14	191.75	170.13	—
26	Texas A&M FBS · Big 12	—	9–4	184.79	195.04	142.86	—
27	Purdue FBS · Big Ten	—	9–3	177.59	194.67	125.04	▲ 6
28	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–6	174.79	185.97	156.98	▼ 6
29	Virginia FBS · ACC	—	7–4	172.93	175.32	160.96	—
30	Clemson FBS · ACC	—	7–5	170.32	181.17	155.26	▼ 2
31	Georgia Tech FBS · ACC	—	7–5	168.46	167.71	162.04	▲ 3
32	USC FBS · Pac-10	—	6–5	166.28	153.82	183.17	▼ 2
33	Mississippi State FBS · SEC	—	7–4	165.38	158.28	166.83	▼ 2
34	NC State FBS · ACC	—	6–5	155.16	158.55	149.05	▲ 3
35	Iowa FBS · Big Ten	—	7–5	154.58	172.62	128.23	▼ 3
36	Missouri FBS · Big 12	—	7–5	153.26	149.05	150.12	▼ 1
37	Ohio FBS · Mid-American	—	8–3	152.66	171.02	102.23	▲ 1
38	Colorado FBS · Big 12	—	5–6	152.57	137.00	180.84	▲ 1
39	Air Force FBS · Western Athletic	—	10–3	150.95	157.07	102.62	▲ 1
40	Louisiana Tech FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–2	147.17	162.51	91.33	▲ 1
41	South Carolina FBS · SEC	—	5–6	145.88	122.42	194.58	▲ 1
42	UCF FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	145.08	161.87	141.12	▲ 1
43	Cincinnati FBS · Conference USA	—	8–4	143.49	165.77	92.36	▲ 5
44	Oklahoma State FBS · Big 12	—	8–4	141.81	152.94	113.01	▼ 8
45	Arkansas FBS · SEC	—	4–7	141.04	123.01	194.59	—
46	Texas Tech FBS · Big 12	—	6–5	135.58	120.72	153.95	—
47	Wisconsin FBS · Big Ten	—	8–5	134.68	119.64	141.58	▼ 3
48	Fresno State FBS · Western Athletic	—	6–6	131.71	151.40	109.94	▼ 1
49	Alabama FBS · SEC	—	4–7	129.26	119.61	176.03	—
50	Tulane FBS · Conference USA	—	7–4	128.00	134.11	106.24	▲ 1
51	Toledo FBS · Mid-American	—	9–3	127.17	118.58	103.36	▲ 1
52	Kentucky FBS · SEC	—	5–6	126.67	111.85	167.09	▲ 1
53	New Mexico FBS · Western Athletic	—	9–4	125.42	126.57	96.54	▲ 2
54	Northwestern FBS · Big Ten	—	5–7	124.63	117.99	154.02	—
55	Stanford FBS · Pac-10	—	5–6	124.08	93.77	179.28	▲ 2
56	Western Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	8–3	121.90	137.37	78.96	▲ 2
57	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4	117.89	143.87	75.35	▲ 2
58	Virginia Tech FBS · Big East	—	7–5	117.26	109.45	114.05	▼ 8
59	Wyoming FBS · Western Athletic	—	7–6	115.93	113.90	118.09	▲ 1
60	West Virginia FBS · Big East	—	7–5	113.81	113.42	108.29	▼ 4
61	Utah FBS · Western Athletic	—	6–5	112.78	128.85	90.13	—
62	East Carolina FBS · Conference USA	—	5–6	109.36	113.33	119.28	▲ 2
63	Oklahoma FBS · Big 12	—	4–8	109.33	107.59	145.40	▼ 1
64	San Diego State FBS · Western Athletic	—	5–7	109.10	102.84	134.76	▼ 1
65	SMU FBS · Western Athletic	—	6–5	104.69	104.62	105.66	▲ 1
66	Rice FBS · Western Athletic	—	7–4	102.47	97.80	96.62	▲ 1
67	Nevada FBS · Big West	—	5–6	101.94	106.12	105.27	▲ 1
68	Wake Forest FBS · ACC	—	5–6	100.92	78.13	146.61	▲ 1
69	California FBS · Pac-10	—	3–8	97.98	80.52	166.34	▲ 1
70	Ball State FBS · Mid-American	—	5–6	97.25	108.44	96.46	▲ 1
71	Pittsburgh FBS · Big East	—	6–6	91.66	87.01	106.36	▼ 6
72	Miami FBS · Big East	—	5–6	91.37	79.81	116.80	—
73	San José State FBS · Western Athletic	—	4–7	87.79	95.18	109.60	▲ 1
74	UAB FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	86.57	102.57	84.37	▲ 1
75	Vanderbilt FBS · SEC	—	3–8	83.13	45.52	173.65	▲ 2
76	UL Monroe FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–7	82.58	75.14	116.11	—
77	BYU FBS · Western Athletic	—	6–5	82.29	64.69	105.68	▲ 1
78	Texas FBS · Big 12	—	4–7	80.30	69.90	128.26	▲ 1
79	Utah State FBS · Big West	—	6–6	80.23	77.07	87.26	▼ 6
80	Boston College FBS · Big East	—	4–7	72.79	67.16	107.91	—
81	North Texas FBS · Big West	—	4–7	71.72	95.07	74.31	—
82	Memphis FBS · Conference USA	—	4–7	68.25	56.84	109.28	▲ 1
83	Akron FBS · Mid-American	—	2–9	67.69	51.87	137.93	▲ 2
84	Baylor FBS · Big 12	—	2–9	67.10	36.76	160.25	▼ 2
85	Minnesota FBS · Big Ten	—	3–9	64.76	46.04	140.15	▼ 1
86	Oregon State FBS · Pac-10	—	3–8	63.42	22.99	159.84	—
87	Duke FBS · ACC	—	2–9	62.39	34.80	154.90	—
88	Kansas FBS · Big 12	—	5–6	57.02	1.00	145.58	▲ 1
89	Eastern Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	4–7	56.82	43.48	102.52	▼ 1
90	UTEP FBS · Western Athletic	—	4–7	54.91	38.21	102.87	—
91	Iowa State FBS · Big 12	—	1–10	54.14	29.82	157.26	—
92	Maryland FBS · ACC	—	2–9	50.95	14.41	156.61	▲ 2
93	Tulsa FBS · Western Athletic	—	2–9	50.81	35.55	120.75	▼ 1
94	Army FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	50.74	33.66	94.20	▼ 1
95	Indiana FBS · Big Ten	—	2–9	48.57	1.00	165.46	—
96	TCU FBS · Western Athletic	—	1–10	48.09	64.00	98.50	▲ 2
97	Arkansas State FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–9	47.76	56.78	86.74	▼ 1
98	Bowling Green FBS · Mid-American	—	3–8	47.69	2.91	143.50	▼ 1
99	UNLV FBS · Western Athletic	—	3–8	47.09	28.22	109.45	▲ 1
100	Boise State FBS · Big West	—	4–7	45.55	39.77	79.00	▼ 1
101	Houston FBS · Conference USA	—	3–8	42.84	14.07	122.92	—
102	Temple FBS · Big East	—	3–8	34.12	10.00	107.60	—
103	Illinois FBS · Big Ten	—	0–11	32.61	1.00	159.06	—
104	Kent State FBS · Mid-American	—	3–8	31.82	1.00	108.35	—
105	Hawai'i FBS · Western Athletic	—	3–9	27.45	1.00	109.51	▲ 1
106	Louisiana FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–10	27.22	5.06	121.61	▼ 1
107	Idaho FBS · Big West	—	5–6	27.04	6.33	63.71	—
108	Central Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	2–9	25.89	1.00	112.00	—
109	Louisville FBS · Conference USA	—	1–10	22.80	5.65	115.83	—
110	Northern Illinois FBS · Mid-American	—	0–11	17.58	1.00	121.48	—
111	New Mexico State FBS · Big West	—	2–9	12.78	1.00	75.68	—
112	Rutgers FBS · Big East	—	0–11	6.57	1.00	96.87	—