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

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Division I [Div I]	-	College Football 1996

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University Division [Uni]	-	College Football 1996

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College Football 1996Ranking of Teams in each division

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 Teams in each division

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