College Football 1997
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Division I-A [I-A]	-	College Football 1997

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1997 - 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
8	24.15	8	28.42	1	23.04	Auburn	13	10-3	1	13	10-3	SEC
6	27.15	3	33.15	2	25.73	Tennessee	13	11-2	2	13	11-2	SEC
32	9.67	25	12.28	3	29.00	South Carolina	11	5-6	3	11	5-6	SEC
50	1.76	27	11.75	4	29.23	Arkansas	11	4-7	4	11	4-7	SEC
33	9.11	26	11.81	5	30.95	Stanford	11	5-6	5	11	5-6	PAC-10
13	21.92	13	20.46	6	31.38	Washington	12	8-4	6	12	8-4	PAC-10
22	13.18	18	17.42	7	31.55	Southern California	11	6-5	8	11	6-5	PAC-10
3	30.63	1	36.25	8	31.67	Florida	12	10-2	7	12	10-2	SEC
2	34.18	5	31.20	9	32.17	Florida State	12	11-1	9	12	11-1	ACC
16	15.35	17	18.75	10	33.45	Virginia	10	6-4	10	11	7-4	ACC
17	15.09	11	22.73	11	34.00	Mississippi	12	8-4	11	12	8-4	SEC
5	27.51	10	25.17	12	34.50	UCLA	12	10-2	12	12	10-2	PAC-10
37	7.10	50	1.62	13	34.68	Alabama	11	4-7	13	11	4-7	SEC
20	14.27	22	13.10	14	35.23	Clemson	11	6-5	14	12	7-5	ACC
48	2.59	45	3.51	15	35.50	California	11	3-8	15	11	3-8	PAC-10
76	-6.84	65	-2.88	16	35.95	Maryland	11	2-9	16	11	2-9	ACC
18	15.03	20	14.67	17	36.36	Mississippi State	11	7-4	17	11	7-4	SEC
25	12.05	23	12.95	18	36.42	Oregon	12	7-5	18	12	7-5	PAC-10
21	13.46	21	14.37	19	36.50	Georgia Tech	12	7-5	19	12	7-5	ACC
24	12.23	24	12.69	20	37.50	Arizona	12	7-5	20	12	7-5	PAC-10
9	22.88	6	29.47	21	37.96	Georgia	12	10-2	21	12	10-2	SEC
70	-4.74	75	-7.51	22	38.82	Duke	11	2-9	22	11	2-9	ACC
42	6.06	42	5.46	23	40.00	Notre Dame	13	7-6	23	13	7-6	I-A-Ind
63	-2.24	63	-2.77	24	40.68	Oregon State	11	3-8	24	11	3-8	PAC-10
27	11.83	30	10.06	25	41.14	North Carolina State	11	6-5	25	11	6-5	ACC
14	21.48	7	29.08	26	41.42	Washington State	12	10-2	26	12	10-2	PAC-10
44	5.52	37	7.68	27	41.73	Kentucky	11	5-6	27	11	5-6	SEC
39	6.89	40	6.75	28	42.23	Wake Forest	11	5-6	28	11	5-6	ACC
47	3.46	53	1.02	29	42.32	Colorado	11	5-6	29	11	5-6	BIG 12
106	-25.46	105	-25.32	30	42.55	Illinois	11	0-11	30	11	0-11	BIG 10
15	18.89	16	19.53	31	42.67	Louisiana State	12	9-3	31	12	9-3	SEC
77	-6.87	77	-7.59	32	43.64	Vanderbilt	11	3-8	32	11	3-8	SEC
11	22.52	15	19.57	33	43.88	Arizona State	12	9-3	33	12	9-3	PAC-10
78	-7.50	83	-11.37	34	44.91	Indiana	11	2-9	34	11	2-9	BIG 10
57	0.07	56	-0.51	35	45.29	Northwestern	12	5-7	35	12	5-7	BIG 10
7	25.45	9	26.38	36	45.92	North Carolina	12	11-1	36	12	11-1	ACC
4	28.67	4	32.90	37	46.29	Michigan	12	12-0	37	12	12-0	BIG 10
35	8.75	51	1.43	38	47.60	Central Florida	10	4-6	39	11	5-6	I-A-Ind
90	-14.09	87	-12.16	39	47.68	Baylor	11	2-9	38	11	2-9	BIG 12
96	-16.11	92	-14.77	40	47.86	Iowa State	11	1-10	40	11	1-10	BIG 12
12	22.22	19	16.32	41	48.69	Ohio State	13	10-3	42	13	10-3	BIG 10
79	-7.89	79	-9.01	42	48.75	Oklahoma	12	4-8	41	12	4-8	BIG 12
19	14.38	32	9.12	43	49.83	Michigan State	12	7-5	43	12	7-5	BIG 10
1	38.78	2	35.55	44	50.35	Nebraska	13	13-0	44	13	13-0	BIG 12
26	11.87	14	20.05	45	51.46	Penn State	12	9-3	45	12	9-3	BIG 10
87	-12.77	73	-6.83	46	52.00	Louisiana Monroe	10	3-7	46	12	5-7	I-A-Ind
73	-5.99	78	-7.68	47	52.50	Minnesota	12	3-9	47	12	3-9	BIG 10
62	-1.77	54	0.03	48	53.05	East Carolina	11	5-6	48	11	5-6	CUSA
55	0.53	43	4.93	49	54.54	Wisconsin	13	8-5	49	13	8-5	BIG 10
41	6.45	38	7.38	50	55.04	Missouri	12	7-5	50	12	7-5	BIG 12
65	-3.77	62	-2.30	51	55.91	Texas	11	4-7	51	11	4-7	BIG 12
36	8.67	29	11.24	52	56.00	Texas Tech	11	6-5	52	11	6-5	BIG 12
92	-14.82	89	-12.99	53	56.27	Bowling Green	11	3-8	54	11	3-8	MAC
88	-13.28	82	-11.12	54	56.27	Houston	11	3-8	53	11	3-8	CUSA
23	12.24	61	-1.96	55	56.86	Iowa	11	6-5	55	12	7-5	BIG 10
72	-5.95	64	-2.79	56	57.08	San Diego State	12	5-7	56	12	5-7	WAC
10	22.57	12	21.54	57	57.29	Kansas State	12	11-1	59	12	11-1	BIG 12
40	6.49	28	11.29	58	57.29	Purdue	12	9-3	58	12	9-3	BIG 10
110	-32.91	106	-25.79	59	57.35	Louisiana Lafayette	10	1-9	57	11	1-10	I-A-Ind
30	10.17	31	9.60	60	57.54	Texas A&M	12	8-4	60	13	9-4	BIG 12
80	-8.92	69	-4.83	61	57.91	Kansas	11	5-6	61	11	5-6	BIG 12
93	-15.20	96	-16.97	62	59.91	Akron	11	2-9	62	11	2-9	MAC
28	10.91	35	7.81	63	61.23	Syracuse	13	9-4	63	13	9-4	BE
45	4.37	44	3.63	64	61.42	West Virginia	12	7-5	64	12	7-5	BE
34	8.91	33	8.94	65	61.75	Southern Mississippi	12	9-3	65	12	9-3	CUSA
101	-19.62	101	-20.77	66	61.95	Louisville	11	1-10	66	11	1-10	CUSA
84	-10.50	84	-11.50	67	62.32	Boston College	11	4-7	67	11	4-7	BE
98	-18.49	98	-18.12	68	62.59	Tulsa	11	2-9	68	11	2-9	WAC
86	-12.57	88	-12.27	69	62.68	Temple	11	3-8	69	11	3-8	BE
83	-10.14	81	-10.39	70	63.09	San Jose State	11	4-7	70	11	4-7	WAC
68	-3.95	74	-6.89	71	63.32	Miami FL	11	5-6	73	11	5-6	BE
46	4.07	49	2.03	72	63.42	Oklahoma State	12	8-4	71	12	8-4	BIG 12
111	-32.96	110	-31.94	73	63.55	Northern Illinois	11	0-11	72	11	0-11	MAC
58	-0.16	66	-3.19	74	63.71	Virginia Tech	12	7-5	74	12	7-5	BE
108	-28.24	109	-28.92	75	64.27	Rutgers	11	0-11	75	11	0-11	BE
56	0.28	67	-3.42	76	64.59	Fresno State	11	5-6	76	12	6-6	WAC
69	-4.15	55	-0.08	77	64.75	Pittsburgh	12	6-6	77	12	6-6	BE
99	-19.11	100	-20.36	78	64.95	Hawaii	11	2-9	87	12	3-9	WAC
64	-2.80	68	-4.41	79	65.46	Wyoming	12	6-6	78	13	7-6	WAC
82	-9.95	80	-10.16	80	65.55	Memphis	11	4-7	79	11	4-7	CUSA
51	1.76	52	1.42	81	65.91	Tulane	11	7-4	80	11	7-4	CUSA
95	-15.82	94	-15.60	82	66.30	Nevada Las Vegas	10	2-8	81	11	3-8	WAC
61	-1.10	60	-1.70	83	66.86	Southern Methodist	11	6-5	82	11	6-5	WAC
97	-17.00	97	-18.00	84	67.28	Army	9	2-7	84	11	4-7	I-A-Ind
74	-6.63	72	-6.69	85	67.77	Brigham Young	11	6-5	83	11	6-5	WAC
91	-14.38	90	-13.79	86	68.10	Kent State	10	3-7	85	11	3-8	MAC
89	-13.40	93	-15.00	87	68.18	Texas El Paso	11	4-7	86	11	4-7	WAC
105	-25.04	107	-28.80	88	69.14	Texas Christian	11	1-10	88	11	1-10	WAC
67	-3.89	47	2.54	89	69.59	Rice	11	7-4	89	11	7-4	WAC
49	1.91	58	-1.21	90	69.90	Ohio University	10	7-3	90	11	8-3	MAC
94	-15.27	95	-16.81	91	70.30	Ball State	10	4-6	91	11	5-6	MAC
103	-21.23	99	-18.28	92	70.81	Alabama Birmingham	8	2-6	94	11	5-6	I-A-Ind
43	5.93	34	7.90	93	70.88	Air Force	12	9-3	93	13	10-3	WAC
38	7.04	41	5.72	94	71.04	Marshall	12	9-3	95	13	10-3	MAC
104	-22.41	102	-23.06	95	71.09	Central Michigan	11	2-9	96	11	2-9	MAC
31	10.17	36	7.69	96	71.12	Colorado State	13	11-2	92	13	11-2	WAC
81	-8.96	85	-11.55	97	71.64	Eastern Michigan	11	4-7	97	11	4-7	MAC
60	-0.90	57	-0.65	98	72.50	New Mexico	12	8-4	98	13	9-4	WAC
85	-11.19	91	-14.13	99	73.00	Nevada Reno	11	5-6	100	11	5-6	BWC
112	-41.13	112	-43.41	100	73.31	Arkansas State	8	0-8	99	11	2-9	I-A-Ind
66	-3.87	71	-6.17	101	73.73	Utah	11	6-5	101	11	6-5	WAC
54	1.00	76	-7.51	102	73.83	Navy	9	5-4	104	11	7-4	I-A-Ind
59	-0.19	59	-1.29	103	73.88	Cincinnati	12	8-4	102	12	8-4	CUSA
52	1.66	46	3.48	104	74.12	Toledo	12	9-3	103	12	9-3	MAC
53	1.35	39	7.09	105	75.73	Louisiana Tech	11	9-2	105	11	9-2	I-A-Ind
29	10.75	48	2.51	106	76.41	Miami OH	11	8-3	106	11	8-3	MAC
100	-19.40	104	-23.26	107	77.44	Boise State	9	3-6	110	11	4-7	BWC
107	-26.95	108	-28.90	108	78.30	North Texas	10	3-7	107	11	4-7	BWC
75	-6.76	86	-11.61	109	78.68	Utah State	11	5-6	109	12	6-6	BWC
71	-4.85	70	-5.32	110	78.82	Western Michigan	11	8-3	108	11	8-3	MAC
102	-20.47	103	-23.11	111	81.36	Idaho	7	2-5	111	11	5-6	BWC
109	-32.82	111	-34.03	112	83.89	New Mexico State	9	1-8	112	11	2-9	BWC

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Division I [Div I]	-	College Football 1997

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University Division [Uni]	-	College Football 1997

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1997 - Ranking of teams in University Division 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

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       Soren Sorensen  -  Updated Tue Mar  3 22:09:26 2026

College Football 1997Ranking of Teams in each division

Based on games played between 1997/8/23 and 1998/1/2Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

College Football 1997
Ranking of Teams in each division

Based on games played between 1997/8/23 and 1998/1/2
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)