College Football 1997
Ranking of Teams in each division

Based on games played between 1997/8/23 and 1998/1/2
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss (WinLoss)

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1997 - Ranking of teams in Division I-A based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule			Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Team	Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
3	30.63	1	36.25	8	31.67	Florida	12	10-2	1	12	10-2	SEC
1	38.78	2	35.55	44	50.35	Nebraska	13	13-0	2	13	13-0	BIG 12
6	27.15	3	33.15	2	25.73	Tennessee	13	11-2	3	13	11-2	SEC
4	28.67	4	32.90	37	46.29	Michigan	12	12-0	4	12	12-0	BIG 10
2	34.18	5	31.20	9	32.17	Florida State	12	11-1	5	12	11-1	ACC
9	22.88	6	29.47	21	37.96	Georgia	12	10-2	6	12	10-2	SEC
14	21.48	7	29.08	26	41.42	Washington State	12	10-2	7	12	10-2	PAC-10
8	24.15	8	28.42	1	23.04	Auburn	13	10-3	8	13	10-3	SEC
7	25.45	9	26.38	36	45.92	North Carolina	12	11-1	9	12	11-1	ACC
5	27.51	10	25.17	12	34.50	UCLA	12	10-2	10	12	10-2	PAC-10
17	15.09	11	22.73	11	34.00	Mississippi	12	8-4	11	12	8-4	SEC
10	22.57	12	21.54	57	57.29	Kansas State	12	11-1	12	12	11-1	BIG 12
13	21.92	13	20.46	6	31.38	Washington	12	8-4	13	12	8-4	PAC-10
26	11.87	14	20.05	45	51.46	Penn State	12	9-3	14	12	9-3	BIG 10
11	22.52	15	19.57	33	43.88	Arizona State	12	9-3	15	12	9-3	PAC-10
15	18.89	16	19.53	31	42.67	Louisiana State	12	9-3	16	12	9-3	SEC
16	15.35	17	18.75	10	33.45	Virginia	10	6-4	17	11	7-4	ACC
22	13.18	18	17.42	7	31.55	Southern California	11	6-5	18	11	6-5	PAC-10
12	22.22	19	16.32	41	48.69	Ohio State	13	10-3	19	13	10-3	BIG 10
18	15.03	20	14.67	17	36.36	Mississippi State	11	7-4	20	11	7-4	SEC
21	13.46	21	14.37	19	36.50	Georgia Tech	12	7-5	21	12	7-5	ACC
20	14.27	22	13.10	14	35.23	Clemson	11	6-5	22	12	7-5	ACC
25	12.05	23	12.95	18	36.42	Oregon	12	7-5	23	12	7-5	PAC-10
24	12.23	24	12.69	20	37.50	Arizona	12	7-5	24	12	7-5	PAC-10
32	9.67	25	12.28	3	29.00	South Carolina	11	5-6	25	11	5-6	SEC
33	9.11	26	11.81	5	30.95	Stanford	11	5-6	26	11	5-6	PAC-10
50	1.76	27	11.75	4	29.23	Arkansas	11	4-7	27	11	4-7	SEC
40	6.49	28	11.29	58	57.29	Purdue	12	9-3	29	12	9-3	BIG 10
36	8.67	29	11.24	52	56.00	Texas Tech	11	6-5	28	11	6-5	BIG 12
27	11.83	30	10.06	25	41.14	North Carolina State	11	6-5	30	11	6-5	ACC
30	10.17	31	9.60	60	57.54	Texas A&M	12	8-4	31	13	9-4	BIG 12
19	14.38	32	9.12	43	49.83	Michigan State	12	7-5	32	12	7-5	BIG 10
34	8.91	33	8.94	65	61.75	Southern Mississippi	12	9-3	33	12	9-3	CUSA
43	5.93	34	7.90	93	70.88	Air Force	12	9-3	37	13	10-3	WAC
28	10.91	35	7.81	63	61.23	Syracuse	13	9-4	34	13	9-4	BE
31	10.17	36	7.69	96	71.12	Colorado State	13	11-2	35	13	11-2	WAC
44	5.52	37	7.68	27	41.73	Kentucky	11	5-6	36	11	5-6	SEC
41	6.45	38	7.38	50	55.04	Missouri	12	7-5	38	12	7-5	BIG 12
53	1.35	39	7.09	105	75.73	Louisiana Tech	11	9-2	39	11	9-2	I-A-Ind
39	6.89	40	6.75	28	42.23	Wake Forest	11	5-6	40	11	5-6	ACC
38	7.04	41	5.72	94	71.04	Marshall	12	9-3	41	13	10-3	MAC
42	6.06	42	5.46	23	40.00	Notre Dame	13	7-6	42	13	7-6	I-A-Ind
55	0.53	43	4.93	49	54.54	Wisconsin	13	8-5	43	13	8-5	BIG 10
45	4.37	44	3.63	64	61.42	West Virginia	12	7-5	45	12	7-5	BE
48	2.59	45	3.51	15	35.50	California	11	3-8	44	11	3-8	PAC-10
52	1.66	46	3.48	104	74.12	Toledo	12	9-3	46	12	9-3	MAC
67	-3.89	47	2.54	89	69.59	Rice	11	7-4	47	11	7-4	WAC
29	10.75	48	2.51	106	76.41	Miami OH	11	8-3	48	11	8-3	MAC
46	4.07	49	2.03	72	63.42	Oklahoma State	12	8-4	49	12	8-4	BIG 12
37	7.10	50	1.62	13	34.68	Alabama	11	4-7	50	11	4-7	SEC
35	8.75	51	1.43	38	47.60	Central Florida	10	4-6	51	11	5-6	I-A-Ind
51	1.76	52	1.42	81	65.91	Tulane	11	7-4	53	11	7-4	CUSA
47	3.46	53	1.02	29	42.32	Colorado	11	5-6	52	11	5-6	BIG 12
62	-1.77	54	0.03	48	53.05	East Carolina	11	5-6	57	11	5-6	CUSA
69	-4.15	55	-0.08	77	64.75	Pittsburgh	12	6-6	54	12	6-6	BE
57	0.07	56	-0.51	35	45.29	Northwestern	12	5-7	55	12	5-7	BIG 10
60	-0.90	57	-0.65	98	72.50	New Mexico	12	8-4	56	13	9-4	WAC
49	1.91	58	-1.21	90	69.90	Ohio University	10	7-3	58	11	8-3	MAC
59	-0.19	59	-1.29	103	73.88	Cincinnati	12	8-4	59	12	8-4	CUSA
61	-1.10	60	-1.70	83	66.86	Southern Methodist	11	6-5	60	11	6-5	WAC
23	12.24	61	-1.96	55	56.86	Iowa	11	6-5	61	12	7-5	BIG 10
65	-3.77	62	-2.30	51	55.91	Texas	11	4-7	62	11	4-7	BIG 12
63	-2.24	63	-2.77	24	40.68	Oregon State	11	3-8	64	11	3-8	PAC-10
72	-5.95	64	-2.79	56	57.08	San Diego State	12	5-7	63	12	5-7	WAC
76	-6.84	65	-2.88	16	35.95	Maryland	11	2-9	65	11	2-9	ACC
58	-0.16	66	-3.19	74	63.71	Virginia Tech	12	7-5	67	12	7-5	BE
56	0.28	67	-3.42	76	64.59	Fresno State	11	5-6	66	12	6-6	WAC
64	-2.80	68	-4.41	79	65.46	Wyoming	12	6-6	68	13	7-6	WAC
80	-8.92	69	-4.83	61	57.91	Kansas	11	5-6	69	11	5-6	BIG 12
71	-4.85	70	-5.32	110	78.82	Western Michigan	11	8-3	70	11	8-3	MAC
66	-3.87	71	-6.17	101	73.73	Utah	11	6-5	71	11	6-5	WAC
74	-6.63	72	-6.69	85	67.77	Brigham Young	11	6-5	72	11	6-5	WAC
87	-12.77	73	-6.83	46	52.00	Louisiana Monroe	10	3-7	73	12	5-7	I-A-Ind
68	-3.95	74	-6.89	71	63.32	Miami FL	11	5-6	74	11	5-6	BE
70	-4.74	75	-7.51	22	38.82	Duke	11	2-9	75	11	2-9	ACC
54	1.00	76	-7.51	102	73.83	Navy	9	5-4	76	11	7-4	I-A-Ind
77	-6.87	77	-7.59	32	43.64	Vanderbilt	11	3-8	77	11	3-8	SEC
73	-5.99	78	-7.68	47	52.50	Minnesota	12	3-9	78	12	3-9	BIG 10
79	-7.89	79	-9.01	42	48.75	Oklahoma	12	4-8	79	12	4-8	BIG 12
82	-9.95	80	-10.16	80	65.55	Memphis	11	4-7	80	11	4-7	CUSA
83	-10.14	81	-10.39	70	63.09	San Jose State	11	4-7	81	11	4-7	WAC
88	-13.28	82	-11.12	54	56.27	Houston	11	3-8	82	11	3-8	CUSA
78	-7.50	83	-11.37	34	44.91	Indiana	11	2-9	83	11	2-9	BIG 10
84	-10.50	84	-11.50	67	62.32	Boston College	11	4-7	86	11	4-7	BE
81	-8.96	85	-11.55	97	71.64	Eastern Michigan	11	4-7	85	11	4-7	MAC
75	-6.76	86	-11.61	109	78.68	Utah State	11	5-6	84	12	6-6	BWC
90	-14.09	87	-12.16	39	47.68	Baylor	11	2-9	87	11	2-9	BIG 12
86	-12.57	88	-12.27	69	62.68	Temple	11	3-8	88	11	3-8	BE
92	-14.82	89	-12.99	53	56.27	Bowling Green	11	3-8	89	11	3-8	MAC
91	-14.38	90	-13.79	86	68.10	Kent State	10	3-7	90	11	3-8	MAC
85	-11.19	91	-14.13	99	73.00	Nevada Reno	11	5-6	92	11	5-6	BWC
96	-16.11	92	-14.77	40	47.86	Iowa State	11	1-10	93	11	1-10	BIG 12
89	-13.40	93	-15.00	87	68.18	Texas El Paso	11	4-7	91	11	4-7	WAC
95	-15.82	94	-15.60	82	66.30	Nevada Las Vegas	10	2-8	94	11	3-8	WAC
94	-15.27	95	-16.81	91	70.30	Ball State	10	4-6	95	11	5-6	MAC
93	-15.20	96	-16.97	62	59.91	Akron	11	2-9	96	11	2-9	MAC
97	-17.00	97	-18.00	84	67.28	Army	9	2-7	99	11	4-7	I-A-Ind
98	-18.49	98	-18.12	68	62.59	Tulsa	11	2-9	97	11	2-9	WAC
103	-21.23	99	-18.28	92	70.81	Alabama Birmingham	8	2-6	98	11	5-6	I-A-Ind
99	-19.11	100	-20.36	78	64.95	Hawaii	11	2-9	100	12	3-9	WAC
101	-19.62	101	-20.77	66	61.95	Louisville	11	1-10	101	11	1-10	CUSA
104	-22.41	102	-23.06	95	71.09	Central Michigan	11	2-9	102	11	2-9	MAC
102	-20.47	103	-23.11	111	81.36	Idaho	7	2-5	104	11	5-6	BWC
100	-19.40	104	-23.26	107	77.44	Boise State	9	3-6	103	11	4-7	BWC
106	-25.46	105	-25.32	30	42.55	Illinois	11	0-11	105	11	0-11	BIG 10
110	-32.91	106	-25.79	59	57.35	Louisiana Lafayette	10	1-9	106	11	1-10	I-A-Ind
105	-25.04	107	-28.80	88	69.14	Texas Christian	11	1-10	107	11	1-10	WAC
107	-26.95	108	-28.90	108	78.30	North Texas	10	3-7	109	11	4-7	BWC
108	-28.24	109	-28.92	75	64.27	Rutgers	11	0-11	108	11	0-11	BE
111	-32.96	110	-31.94	73	63.55	Northern Illinois	11	0-11	111	11	0-11	MAC
109	-32.82	111	-34.03	112	83.89	New Mexico State	9	1-8	110	11	2-9	BWC
112	-41.13	112	-43.41	100	73.31	Arkansas State	8	0-8	113	11	2-9	I-A-Ind

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Division I [Div I]	-	College Football 1997

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1997 - Ranking of teams in Division I based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss
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University Division [Uni]	-	College Football 1997

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Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Team	Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record

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College Football 1997Ranking of Teams in each division

Based on games played between 1997/8/23 and 1998/1/2Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss (WinLoss)

College Football 1997
Ranking of Teams in each division

Based on games played between 1997/8/23 and 1998/1/2
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss (WinLoss)