College Football 1997
Ranking of Division I-A Teams

Based on games played between 1997/8/23 and 1998/1/2
Ratings based on USA Today's Coaches Poll (USA)

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1997 - Ranking of Division I-A teams based on USA Today's Coaches Poll
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	38.78	2	35.55	44	50.35	Nebraska	1	2	1	13	13-0	0	13	13-0	Big 12
4	28.67	4	32.90	37	46.29	Michigan	3	1	2	12	12-0	0	12	12-0	Big 10
2	34.18	5	31.20	9	32.17	Florida State	2	3	3	12	11-1	0	12	11-1	ACC
7	25.45	9	26.38	36	45.92	North Carolina	8	6	4	12	11-1	0	12	11-1	ACC
5	27.51	10	25.17	12	34.50	UCLA	6	5	5	12	10-2	0	12	10-2	PAC 10
3	30.63	1	36.25	8	31.67	Florida	4	4	6	12	10-2	0	12	10-2	SEC
10	22.57	12	21.54	57	57.29	Kansas State	7	8	7	12	11-1	0	12	11-1	Big 12
6	27.15	3	33.15	2	25.73	Tennessee	5	7	8	13	11-2	0	13	11-2	SEC
14	21.48	7	29.08	26	41.42	Washington State	10	9	9	12	10-2	0	12	10-2	PAC 10
9	22.88	6	29.47	21	37.96	Georgia	9	10	10	12	10-2	0	12	10-2	SEC
8	24.15	8	28.42	1	23.04	Auburn	12	11	11	13	10-3	0	13	10-3	SEC
12	22.22	19	16.32	41	48.69	Ohio State	11	12	12	13	10-3	0	13	10-3	Big 10
15	18.89	16	19.53	31	42.67	Louisiana State	14	13	13	12	9-3	0	12	9-3	SEC
11	22.52	15	19.57	33	43.88	Arizona State	16	14	14	12	9-3	0	12	9-3	PAC 10
40	6.49	28	11.29	58	57.29	Purdue	19	15	15	12	9-3	0	12	9-3	Big 10
31	10.17	36	7.69	96	71.12	Colorado State	15	17	16	13	11-2	0	13	11-2	Western AC
26	11.87	14	20.05	45	51.46	Penn State	17	16	17	12	9-3	0	12	9-3	Big 10
13	21.92	13	20.46	6	31.38	Washington	13	18	18	12	8-4	0	12	8-4	PAC 10
34	8.91	33	8.94	65	61.75	Southern Mississippi	20	19	19	12	9-3	0	12	9-3	USA
28	10.91	35	7.81	63	61.23	Syracuse	22	21	20	13	9-4	0	13	9-4	Big East
30	10.17	31	9.60	60	57.54	Texas A&M	21	20	21	12	8-4	0	13	9-4	Big 12
17	15.09	11	22.73	11	34.00	Mississippi	18	22	22	12	8-4	0	12	8-4	SEC
41	6.45	38	7.38	50	55.04	Missouri	36	23	23	12	7-5	0	12	7-5	Big 12
46	4.07	49	2.03	72	63.42	Oklahoma State	37	24	24	12	8-4	0	12	8-4	Big 12
43	5.93	34	7.90	93	70.88	Air Force	35		25	12	9-3	0	13	10-3	Western AC
16	15.35	17	18.75	10	33.45	Virginia	27			10	6-4	0	11	7-4	ACC
18	15.03	20	14.67	17	36.36	Mississippi State	28			11	7-4	0	11	7-4	SEC
19	14.38	32	9.12	43	49.83	Michigan State	26			12	7-5	0	12	7-5	Big 10
20	14.27	22	13.10	14	35.23	Clemson	29			11	6-5	0	12	7-5	ACC
21	13.46	21	14.37	19	36.50	Georgia Tech	32	25		12	7-5	0	12	7-5	ACC
22	13.18	18	17.42	7	31.55	Southern California	25			11	6-5	0	11	6-5	PAC 10
23	12.24	61	-1.96	55	56.86	Iowa	31			11	6-5	0	12	7-5	Big 10
24	12.23	24	12.69	20	37.50	Arizona	24			12	7-5	0	12	7-5	PAC 10
25	12.05	23	12.95	18	36.42	Oregon	23			12	7-5	0	12	7-5	PAC 10
27	11.83	30	10.06	25	41.14	North Carolina State	39			11	6-5	0	11	6-5	ACC
29	10.75	48	2.51	106	76.41	Miami OH	33			11	8-3	0	11	8-3	Mid-American
32	9.67	25	12.28	3	29.00	South Carolina	40			11	5-6	0	11	5-6	SEC
33	9.11	26	11.81	5	30.95	Stanford	42			11	5-6	0	11	5-6	PAC 10
36	8.67	29	11.24	52	56.00	Texas Tech	45			11	6-5	0	11	6-5	Big 12
35	8.75	51	1.43	38	47.60	Central Florida	56			10	4-6	0	11	5-6	I-A Indep
37	7.10	50	1.62	13	34.68	Alabama	48			11	4-7	0	11	4-7	SEC
38	7.04	41	5.72	94	71.04	Marshall	30			12	9-3	0	13	10-3	Mid-American
39	6.89	40	6.75	28	42.23	Wake Forest	61			11	5-6	0	11	5-6	ACC
42	6.06	42	5.46	23	40.00	Notre Dame	34			13	7-6	0	13	7-6	I-A Indep
44	5.52	37	7.68	27	41.73	Kentucky	51			11	5-6	0	11	5-6	SEC
45	4.37	44	3.63	64	61.42	West Virginia	49			12	7-5	0	12	7-5	Big East
47	3.46	53	1.02	29	42.32	Colorado	38			11	5-6	0	11	5-6	Big 12
48	2.59	45	3.51	15	35.50	California	64			11	3-8	0	11	3-8	PAC 10
49	1.91	58	-1.21	90	69.90	Ohio University	52			10	7-3	0	11	8-3	Mid-American
50	1.76	27	11.75	4	29.23	Arkansas	54			11	4-7	0	11	4-7	SEC
51	1.76	52	1.42	81	65.91	Tulane	44			11	7-4	0	11	7-4	USA
52	1.66	46	3.48	104	74.12	Toledo	41			12	9-3	0	12	9-3	Mid-American
53	1.35	39	7.09	105	75.73	Louisiana Tech	47			11	9-2	0	11	9-2	I-A Indep
54	1.00	76	-7.51	102	73.83	Navy	57			9	5-4	0	11	7-4	I-A Indep
55	0.53	43	4.93	49	54.54	Wisconsin	46			13	8-5	0	13	8-5	Big 10
56	0.28	67	-3.42	76	64.59	Fresno State	66			11	5-6	0	12	6-6	Western AC
57	0.07	56	-0.51	35	45.29	Northwestern	58			12	5-7	0	12	5-7	Big 10
58	-0.16	66	-3.19	74	63.71	Virginia Tech	53			12	7-5	0	12	7-5	Big East
59	-0.19	59	-1.29	103	73.88	Cincinnati	50			12	8-4	0	12	8-4	USA
60	-0.90	57	-0.65	98	72.50	New Mexico	43			12	8-4	0	13	9-4	Western AC
61	-1.10	60	-1.70	83	66.86	Southern Methodist	60			11	6-5	0	11	6-5	Western AC
62	-1.77	54	0.03	48	53.05	East Carolina	69			11	5-6	0	11	5-6	USA
63	-2.24	63	-2.77	24	40.68	Oregon State	77			11	3-8	0	11	3-8	PAC 10
64	-2.80	68	-4.41	79	65.46	Wyoming	59			12	6-6	0	13	7-6	Western AC
65	-3.77	62	-2.30	51	55.91	Texas	71			11	4-7	0	11	4-7	Big 12
66	-3.87	71	-6.17	101	73.73	Utah	62			11	6-5	0	11	6-5	Western AC
68	-3.95	74	-6.89	71	63.32	Miami FL	67			11	5-6	0	11	5-6	Big East
69	-4.15	55	-0.08	77	64.75	Pittsburgh	68			12	6-6	0	12	6-6	Big East
67	-3.89	47	2.54	89	69.59	Rice	55			11	7-4	0	11	7-4	Western AC
71	-4.85	70	-5.32	110	78.82	Western Michigan	65			11	8-3	0	11	8-3	Mid-American
70	-4.74	75	-7.51	22	38.82	Duke	80			11	2-9	0	11	2-9	ACC
72	-5.95	64	-2.79	56	57.08	San Diego State	70			12	5-7	0	12	5-7	Western AC
73	-5.99	78	-7.68	47	52.50	Minnesota	81			12	3-9	0	12	3-9	Big 10
74	-6.63	72	-6.69	85	67.77	Brigham Young	63			11	6-5	0	11	6-5	Western AC
76	-6.84	65	-2.88	16	35.95	Maryland	88			11	2-9	0	11	2-9	ACC
75	-6.76	86	-11.61	109	78.68	Utah State	72			11	5-6	0	12	6-6	Big West
77	-6.87	77	-7.59	32	43.64	Vanderbilt	74			11	3-8	0	11	3-8	SEC
78	-7.50	83	-11.37	34	44.91	Indiana	90			11	2-9	0	11	2-9	Big 10
79	-7.89	79	-9.01	42	48.75	Oklahoma	76			12	4-8	0	12	4-8	Big 12
80	-8.92	69	-4.83	61	57.91	Kansas	75			11	5-6	0	11	5-6	Big 12
81	-8.96	85	-11.55	97	71.64	Eastern Michigan	84			11	4-7	0	11	4-7	Mid-American
82	-9.95	80	-10.16	80	65.55	Memphis	82			11	4-7	0	11	4-7	USA
83	-10.14	81	-10.39	70	63.09	San Jose State	85			11	4-7	0	11	4-7	Western AC
84	-10.50	84	-11.50	67	62.32	Boston College	79			11	4-7	0	11	4-7	Big East
85	-11.19	91	-14.13	99	73.00	Nevada Reno	73			11	5-6	0	11	5-6	Big West
87	-12.77	73	-6.83	46	52.00	Louisiana Monroe	83			10	3-7	0	12	5-7	I-A Indep
86	-12.57	88	-12.27	69	62.68	Temple	93			11	3-8	0	11	3-8	Big East
88	-13.28	82	-11.12	54	56.27	Houston	91			11	3-8	0	11	3-8	USA
89	-13.40	93	-15.00	87	68.18	Texas El Paso	87			11	4-7	0	11	4-7	Western AC
90	-14.09	87	-12.16	39	47.68	Baylor	86			11	2-9	0	11	2-9	Big 12
91	-14.38	90	-13.79	86	68.10	Kent State	100			10	3-7	0	11	3-8	Mid-American
92	-14.82	89	-12.99	53	56.27	Bowling Green	89			11	3-8	0	11	3-8	Mid-American
94	-15.27	95	-16.81	91	70.30	Ball State	78			10	4-6	0	11	5-6	Mid-American
93	-15.20	96	-16.97	62	59.91	Akron	103			11	2-9	0	11	2-9	Mid-American
95	-15.82	94	-15.60	82	66.30	Nevada Las Vegas	92			10	2-8	0	11	3-8	Western AC
96	-16.11	92	-14.77	40	47.86	Iowa State	101			11	1-10	0	11	1-10	Big 12
99	-19.11	100	-20.36	78	64.95	Hawaii	95			11	2-9	0	12	3-9	Western AC
97	-17.00	97	-18.00	84	67.28	Army	98			9	2-7	0	11	4-7	I-A Indep
98	-18.49	98	-18.12	68	62.59	Tulsa	96			11	2-9	0	11	2-9	Western AC
101	-19.62	101	-20.77	66	61.95	Louisville	106			11	1-10	0	11	1-10	USA
103	-21.23	99	-18.28	92	70.81	Alabama Birmingham	94			8	2-6	0	11	5-6	I-A Indep
104	-22.41	102	-23.06	95	71.09	Central Michigan	107			11	2-9	0	11	2-9	Mid-American
102	-20.47	103	-23.11	111	81.36	Idaho	99			7	2-5	0	11	5-6	Big West
100	-19.40	104	-23.26	107	77.44	Boise State	97			9	3-6	0	11	4-7	Big West
105	-25.04	107	-28.80	88	69.14	Texas Christian	104			11	1-10	0	11	1-10	Western AC
106	-25.46	105	-25.32	30	42.55	Illinois	105			11	0-11	0	11	0-11	Big 10
107	-26.95	108	-28.90	108	78.30	North Texas	102			10	3-7	0	11	4-7	Big West
108	-28.24	109	-28.92	75	64.27	Rutgers	111			11	0-11	0	11	0-11	Big East
109	-32.82	111	-34.03	112	83.89	New Mexico State	108			9	1-8	0	11	2-9	Big West
110	-32.91	106	-25.79	59	57.35	Louisiana Lafayette	110			10	1-9	0	11	1-10	I-A Indep
111	-32.96	110	-31.94	73	63.55	Northern Illinois	109			11	0-11	0	11	0-11	Mid-American

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College Football 1997Ranking of Division I-A Teams

Based on games played between 1997/8/23 and 1998/1/2Ratings based on USA Today's Coaches Poll (USA)

College Football 1997
Ranking of Division I-A Teams

Based on games played between 1997/8/23 and 1998/1/2
Ratings based on USA Today's Coaches Poll (USA)