College Football 1996
Ranking of Division I-A Teams

Based on games played between 1996/8/24 and 1997/1/2
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss (Win_Loss)

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

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College Football 1996Ranking of Division I-A Teams

Based on games played between 1996/8/24 and 1997/1/2Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss (Win_Loss)

College Football 1996
Ranking of Division I-A Teams

Based on games played between 1996/8/24 and 1997/1/2
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss (Win_Loss)