College Football 1996
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1996/8/24 and 1997/1/2
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

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1996 - Ranking of University Division teams based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents)
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule		Team	Other Rankings			Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		Comp	AP	Coach	Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
57	-0.12	53	3.14	1	29.45	Purdue	57			11	3-8	1	11	3-8	BIG 10
1	38.96	1	36.77	2	32.00	Florida	1	1	1	12	11-1	2	13	12-1	SEC
28	12.14	26	12.50	3	32.27	UCLA	35			11	5-6	3	11	5-6	PAC-10
13	21.56	18	18.14	4	33.04	Michigan	17	20	13	12	8-4	4	12	8-4	BIG 10
2	35.52	2	34.81	5	35.12	Ohio State	2	2	2	12	11-1	5	12	11-1	BIG 10
27	12.50	32	8.92	6	35.29	Southern California	28			12	6-6	6	12	6-6	PAC-10
82	-11.10	79	-9.19	7	35.95	Rutgers	99			10	1-9	7	11	2-9	BE
62	-1.11	44	4.83	8	35.95	Kentucky	68			11	4-7	8	11	4-7	SEC
70	-4.14	70	-4.38	9	36.00	Illinois	82			11	2-9	9	11	2-9	BIG 10
16	19.66	15	18.86	10	36.12	Washington	11	16	16	12	9-3	10	12	9-3	PAC-10
64	-1.62	60	0.03	11	37.14	Minnesota	60			11	4-7	11	11	4-7	BIG 10
51	2.77	62	-0.57	12	38.59	Indiana	55			11	3-8	12	11	3-8	BIG 10
88	-12.84	75	-7.02	13	39.14	Vanderbilt	81			11	2-9	13	11	2-9	SEC
61	-0.97	45	4.77	14	39.95	Arkansas	61			11	4-7	14	11	4-7	SEC
7	25.98	7	25.19	15	39.96	Penn State	7	7	7	13	11-2	15	13	11-2	BIG 10
38	7.89	35	8.00	16	40.05	Houston	41			11	6-5	16	12	7-5	CUSA
67	-3.23	61	-0.21	17	40.18	Memphis	65			11	4-7	17	11	4-7	CUSA
60	-0.97	69	-3.74	18	40.27	Tulane	75			11	2-9	18	11	2-9	CUSA
29	11.18	30	9.74	19	40.54	Michigan State	34			12	6-6	19	12	6-6	BIG 10
40	7.24	34	8.06	20	40.55	Georgia	46			11	5-6	20	11	5-6	SEC
73	-5.87	91	-16.03	21	40.85	Iowa State	74			10	1-9	21	11	2-9	BIG 12
23	13.23	23	14.04	22	41.08	Stanford	30		23	12	7-5	22	12	7-5	PAC-10
97	-19.54	95	-20.32	23	42.00	Duke	96			11	0-11	23	11	0-11	ACC
63	-1.51	51	3.88	24	42.14	Pittsburgh	86			11	4-7	24	11	4-7	BE
37	7.92	28	11.51	25	42.55	South Carolina	38			11	6-5	25	11	6-5	SEC
10	24.08	14	19.65	26	42.58	Colorado	6	8	10	12	10-2	26	12	10-2	BIG 12
6	27.01	8	25.12	27	42.81	Nebraska	4	6	6	13	11-2	27	13	11-2	BIG 12
4	31.81	3	33.76	28	42.88	Florida State	3	3	4	12	11-1	28	12	11-1	ACC
21	14.20	17	18.61	29	42.95	Miami FL	19	14	21	11	8-3	29	12	9-3	BE
87	-12.75	88	-13.80	30	43.00	Oregon State	90			10	2-8	30	11	2-9	PAC-10
72	-5.86	63	-1.07	31	43.22	Mississippi	76			9	3-6	31	11	5-6	SEC
15	20.67	12	20.70	32	43.42	Iowa	16	18	15	12	9-3	32	12	9-3	BIG 10
3	33.46	4	30.75	33	43.50	Arizona State	5	4	3	12	11-1	33	12	11-1	PAC-10
59	-0.66	47	4.18	34	43.54	Boston College	67			12	5-7	34	12	5-7	BE
12	21.96	6	26.76	35	43.58	Alabama	13	11	12	13	10-3	35	13	10-3	SEC
95	-19.11	87	-13.10	36	43.75	Wake Forest	92			10	2-8	36	11	3-8	ACC
35	8.53	49	3.96	37	43.86	Arizona	44			11	5-6	37	11	5-6	PAC-10
19	14.68	21	16.06	38	44.68	Southern Mississippi	27		19	11	8-3	38	11	8-3	CUSA
9	24.39	16	18.64	39	45.05	Notre Dame	15	19	9	11	8-3	39	11	8-3	I-A-Ind
5	27.10	5	30.27	40	45.29	Tennessee	8	9	5	12	10-2	40	12	10-2	SEC
11	23.10	19	18.00	41	45.54	Syracuse	14	21	11	12	9-3	41	12	9-3	BE
71	-4.65	68	-3.66	42	45.59	North Carolina State	78			11	3-8	42	11	3-8	ACC
34	8.94	39	6.53	43	45.68	Oregon	36			11	6-5	43	11	6-5	PAC-10
48	3.58	55	1.59	44	45.91	Washington State	51			11	5-6	44	11	5-6	PAC-10
20	14.42	29	11.34	45	46.18	Kansas State	18	17	20	11	8-3	45	12	9-3	BIG 12
49	3.34	46	4.48	46	46.29	California	50			12	6-6	46	12	6-6	PAC-10
54	1.40	41	5.56	47	46.86	Louisville	56			11	5-6	47	11	5-6	CUSA
24	13.21	22	15.80	48	47.17	Auburn	23	24	24	12	8-4	48	12	8-4	SEC
50	3.17	48	4.11	49	47.23	Missouri	54			11	5-6	49	11	5-6	BIG 12
22	13.32	31	9.18	50	47.69	Texas	21	23	22	13	8-5	50	13	8-5	BIG 12
55	0.93	56	1.48	51	47.95	Mississippi State	52			11	5-6	51	11	5-6	SEC
92	-17.08	97	-21.51	52	48.09	Temple	94			11	1-10	52	11	1-10	BE
31	11.01	24	13.39	53	48.31	Wisconsin	25			13	8-5	53	13	8-5	BIG 10
43	4.67	36	7.21	54	48.91	Clemson	45			11	6-5	54	12	7-5	ACC
66	-2.00	66	-3.16	55	48.91	Kansas	59			11	4-7	55	11	4-7	BIG 12
14	20.98	11	20.94	56	48.92	Virginia Tech	12	13	14	12	10-2	56	12	10-2	BE
18	15.43	9	22.89	57	49.08	Northwestern	22	15	18	12	9-3	57	12	9-3	BIG 10
25	12.97	13	20.24	58	49.58	Louisiana State	20	12	25	12	10-2	58	12	10-2	SEC
8	25.49	10	21.94	59	49.62	North Carolina	10	10	8	12	10-2	59	12	10-2	ACC
39	7.74	52	3.68	60	49.92	Texas Tech	33			12	7-5	60	12	7-5	BIG 12
30	11.15	38	6.56	61	49.92	Virginia	24			12	7-5	61	12	7-5	ACC
32	10.82	25	13.23	62	50.50	West Virginia	31			12	8-4	62	12	8-4	BE
94	-18.62	77	-7.82	63	51.57	Louisiana Monroe	98			7	1-6	63	11	5-6	I-A-Ind
58	-0.39	65	-1.55	64	52.73	Georgia Tech	58			11	5-6	64	11	5-6	ACC
80	-11.02	83	-11.24	65	52.77	Oklahoma	73			11	3-8	65	11	3-8	BIG 12
33	10.57	27	11.63	66	53.15	East Carolina	26			10	7-3	66	11	8-3	I-A-Ind
46	4.33	37	7.15	67	55.50	Rice	39			11	7-4	67	11	7-4	WAC
44	4.63	64	-1.18	68	56.25	Texas A&M	40			12	6-6	68	12	6-6	BIG 12
52	1.94	50	3.89	69	56.32	Cincinnati	53			11	6-5	69	11	6-5	CUSA
104	-25.47	105	-28.22	70	56.38	Nevada Las Vegas	104			12	1-11	70	12	1-11	WAC
56	0.82	59	0.80	71	57.14	Southern Methodist	63			11	5-6	71	11	5-6	WAC
74	-5.97	54	2.31	72	57.27	Louisiana Lafayette	71			11	5-6	72	11	5-6	I-A-Ind
69	-3.81	76	-7.79	73	57.50	Baylor	69			11	4-7	73	11	4-7	BIG 12
85	-12.06	82	-10.98	74	57.73	Tulsa	80			11	4-7	74	11	4-7	WAC
42	6.04	72	-4.66	75	58.05	Air Force	42			11	6-5	75	11	6-5	WAC
79	-10.65	67	-3.25	76	58.09	Maryland	72			11	5-6	76	11	5-6	ACC
65	-1.87	71	-4.44	77	59.10	Oklahoma State	70			10	4-6	77	11	5-6	BIG 12
36	8.25	40	6.40	78	59.14	Navy	37			11	8-3	78	12	9-3	I-A-Ind
45	4.52	58	0.93	79	60.14	Colorado State	48			11	6-5	79	12	7-5	WAC
91	-16.88	89	-14.29	80	60.17	San Jose State	101			12	3-9	80	12	3-9	WAC
53	1.75	42	5.13	81	61.33	Utah	47			12	8-4	81	12	8-4	WAC
26	12.61	33	8.58	82	63.30	Army	29	25		10	8-2	82	12	10-2	I-A-Ind
101	-23.67	96	-21.36	83	64.42	Hawaii	107			12	2-10	83	12	2-10	WAC
77	-10.06	80	-9.73	84	64.64	Fresno State	88			11	4-7	84	11	4-7	WAC
81	-11.09	81	-10.16	85	67.23	Texas Christian	87			11	4-7	85	11	4-7	WAC
17	15.98	20	17.57	86	67.67	Brigham Young	9	5	17	15	14-1	86	15	14-1	WAC
106	-28.78	106	-29.95	87	68.19	Arkansas State	103			8	1-7	87	11	4-7	I-A-Ind
75	-6.94	73	-4.82	88	68.25	New Mexico	66			10	5-5	88	11	6-5	WAC
83	-11.13	86	-12.28	89	68.45	Utah State	77			10	5-5	89	11	6-5	BWC
100	-23.36	101	-23.33	90	68.64	Texas El Paso	106			11	2-9	90	11	2-9	WAC
89	-15.01	90	-15.50	91	70.75	Central Florida	89			8	2-6	91	11	5-6	I-A-Ind
98	-20.50	98	-21.86	92	71.50	Alabama Birmingham	93			8	2-6	92	11	5-6	I-A-Ind
41	7.04	43	4.88	93	74.33	Wyoming	32	22		12	10-2	93	12	10-2	WAC
47	4.11	57	1.25	94	74.50	San Diego State	43			11	8-3	94	11	8-3	WAC
99	-21.87	93	-16.82	95	75.05	North Texas	95			10	4-6	95	11	5-6	BWC
111	-37.01	111	-42.18	96	75.39	New Mexico State	111			9	0-9	96	11	1-10	BWC
110	-36.77	107	-31.30	97	77.00	Northern Illinois	110			10	1-9	97	11	1-10	I-A-Ind
86	-12.27	94	-19.31	98	78.75	Ohio University	79			12	6-6	98	12	6-6	MAC
84	-11.89	84	-11.25	99	80.20	Louisiana Tech	83			10	5-5	99	11	6-5	I-A-Ind
90	-15.23	99	-22.13	100	81.29	Idaho	84			7	3-4	100	11	7-4	BWC
108	-35.21	109	-32.99	101	82.17	Boise State	109			9	1-8	101	12	2-10	BWC
102	-24.04	102	-24.84	102	82.55	Eastern Michigan	100			11	3-8	102	11	3-8	MAC
68	-3.70	78	-8.66	103	83.45	Miami OH	64			11	6-5	103	11	6-5	MAC
107	-30.45	108	-32.94	104	85.15	Western Michigan	105			10	2-8	104	11	2-9	MAC
103	-24.48	103	-24.90	105	86.32	Bowling Green	97			11	4-7	105	11	4-7	MAC
105	-26.57	104	-25.38	106	87.86	Akron	102			11	4-7	106	11	4-7	MAC
78	-10.44	85	-11.83	107	89.00	Ball State	62			12	8-4	107	12	8-4	MAC
76	-6.96	74	-6.02	108	89.09	Nevada Reno	49			11	8-3	108	12	9-3	BWC
109	-36.76	110	-38.07	109	89.15	Kent State	108			10	1-9	109	11	2-9	MAC
93	-17.22	92	-16.63	110	90.00	Toledo	85			10	6-4	110	11	7-4	MAC
96	-19.45	100	-22.88	111	90.91	Central Michigan	91			11	5-6	111	11	5-6	MAC

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College Football 1996Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1996/8/24 and 1997/1/2Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

College Football 1996
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1996/8/24 and 1997/1/2
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)