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1996 College Football School Ratings

1995 CFB School Ratings 1997 CFB School Ratings

Champions: Florida (AP, FWAA, NFF, USA-CNN)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Danny Wuerffel (Florida)

FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Bruce Snyder (Arizona State)

AP Preseason #1: Nebraska

AP Final #1: Florida

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The SRS columns are SRS broken up into offensive and defensive components.
The Scoring columns are points per game adjusted for strength of opposition.
The Passing, Rushing, and Total columns are yards per attempt adjusted for strength of opposition.
AP Rank reflects the current AP poll ranking or the last ranking from the year.

111 Schools

111 Schools Table
				Overall		SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
1	Florida	SEC (East)	1	12	1	15.69	7.91	23.60	61.83	4.47
2	Ohio State	Big Ten	2	11	1	6.61	15.84	22.45	51.91	-3.30
3	Nebraska	Big 12 (North)	6	11	2	6.35	15.87	22.22	55.65	-3.10
4	Florida State	ACC	3	11	1	9.20	12.34	21.54	50.92	0.58
5	Arizona State	Pac-10	4	11	1	12.70	7.22	19.92	53.93	4.17
6	North Carolina	ACC	10	10	2	3.94	13.62	17.55	42.64	0.11
7	Colorado	Big 12 (North)	8	10	2	7.66	9.50	17.16	43.44	2.10
8	Syracuse	Big East	21	9	3	9.40	7.59	16.99	47.36	6.88
9	Penn State	Big Ten	7	11	2	6.51	10.47	16.97	44.75	2.92
10	Tennessee	SEC (East)	9	10	2	7.56	8.56	16.12	49.57	5.25
11	Notre Dame	Ind	19	8	3	7.59	8.48	16.07	50.09	4.17
12	Washington	Pac-10	16	9	3	7.85	7.17	15.02	46.38	5.64
13	Virginia Tech	Big East	13	10	2	6.21	7.64	13.84	41.91	6.62
14	BYU	WAC (Mountain)	5	14	1	9.43	4.22	13.65	46.48	10.42
15	Iowa	Big Ten	18	9	3	6.18	7.48	13.65	41.46	5.72
16	Kansas State	Big 12 (North)	17	9	3	1.50	11.63	13.13	40.04	1.34
17	Michigan	Big Ten	20	8	4	1.29	11.75	13.03	37.56	0.64
18	Alabama	SEC (West)	11	10	3	3.41	9.10	12.51	38.02	3.41
19	Miami (FL)	Big East	14	9	3	4.73	6.47	11.20	42.72	7.72
20	Virginia	ACC		7	5	2.85	8.19	11.03	40.40	5.19
				Overall		SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
21	Texas	Big 12 (South)	23	8	5	8.92	1.73	10.65	48.30	9.19
22	LSU	SEC (West)	12	10	2	2.78	7.48	10.25	40.29	7.95
23	Auburn	SEC (West)	24	8	4	7.73	1.93	9.66	45.87	12.85
24	Texas Tech	Big 12 (South)		7	5	2.20	7.30	9.50	39.37	4.91
25	Southern Mississippi	CUSA		8	3	4.75	4.48	9.23	39.15	11.75
26	Wisconsin	Big Ten		8	5	3.64	5.36	8.99	40.08	8.22
27	West Virginia	Big East		8	4	-1.57	10.45	8.88	33.19	3.52
28	Northwestern	Big Ten	15	9	3	7.78	0.97	8.75	40.72	12.25
29	Michigan State	Big Ten		6	6	7.18	1.48	8.66	45.70	13.81
30	Army	Ind	25	10	2	6.54	1.96	8.49	39.93	11.70
31	USC	Pac-10		6	6	2.47	5.76	8.23	40.63	6.17
32	East Carolina	Ind		8	3	5.19	2.98	8.17	39.46	10.88
33	UCLA	Pac-10		5	6	7.07	-0.96	6.12	44.94	13.39
34	Stanford	Pac-10		7	5	-3.77	9.82	6.05	31.63	3.71
35	Wyoming	WAC (Pacific)	22	10	2	6.92	-1.00	5.92	43.19	15.48
36	Texas A&M	Big 12 (South)		6	6	0.61	5.04	5.65	40.02	8.84
37	Air Force	WAC (Pacific)		6	5	2.17	3.08	5.24	38.69	10.04
38	South Carolina	SEC (East)		6	5	2.05	3.09	5.14	36.57	9.42
39	Georgia	SEC (East)		5	6	1.72	3.11	4.83	36.03	10.35
40	Arizona	Pac-10		5	6	2.32	2.48	4.80	39.59	10.95
				Overall		SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
41	Oregon	Pac-10		6	5	9.96	-5.51	4.46	45.85	17.94
42	Navy	Ind		9	3	7.52	-3.35	4.17	41.64	17.76
43	Rice	WAC (Mountain)		7	4	2.19	1.69	3.88	39.11	18.66
44	San Diego State	WAC (Pacific)		8	3	7.87	-4.10	3.76	42.86	18.77
45	Houston	CUSA		7	5	8.76	-5.08	3.68	42.81	18.85
46	Clemson	ACC		7	5	-2.30	5.21	2.90	31.96	9.84
47	Colorado State	WAC (Pacific)		7	5	4.73	-1.86	2.87	38.93	17.56
48	Georgia Tech	ACC		5	6	-2.35	4.13	1.78	31.85	10.90
49	Nevada	Big West		9	3	4.16	-2.67	1.49	42.91	18.18
50	Washington State	Pac-10		5	6	3.96	-2.54	1.41	39.82	15.91
51	California	Pac-10		6	6	7.99	-6.75	1.23	42.47	19.44
52	Cincinnati	CUSA		6	5	-1.72	2.77	1.05	32.07	12.60
53	Kansas	Big 12 (North)		4	7	4.10	-3.24	0.87	41.01	18.64
54	Mississippi State	SEC (West)		5	6	-1.55	2.31	0.76	34.84	12.68
55	Louisville	CUSA		5	6	-4.71	4.97	0.27	28.69	8.93
56	Utah	WAC (Mountain)		8	4	1.31	-1.14	0.17	34.76	17.36
57	Minnesota	Big Ten		4	7	2.66	-2.70	-0.04	36.34	17.92
58	Purdue	Big Ten		3	8	-1.26	1.17	-0.09	33.81	13.52
59	Indiana	Big Ten		3	8	1.78	-2.28	-0.50	36.91	14.59
60	Arkansas	SEC (West)		4	7	-5.22	4.44	-0.78	28.77	10.86
				Overall		SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
61	Missouri	Big 12 (North)		5	6	5.10	-6.22	-1.12	40.20	21.20
62	Boston College	Big East		5	7	2.18	-4.25	-2.07	34.07	19.86
63	Baylor	Big 12 (South)		4	7	-0.67	-1.43	-2.10	35.04	15.58
64	New Mexico	WAC (Mountain)		6	5	2.71	-4.90	-2.19	35.84	19.25
65	Tulane	CUSA		2	9	-2.58	0.20	-2.38	31.95	13.48
66	SMU	WAC (Mountain)		5	6	-3.66	1.19	-2.48	30.21	14.56
67	Memphis	CUSA		4	7	-8.94	6.09	-2.85	24.68	7.36
68	Ole Miss	SEC (West)		5	6	-3.66	0.73	-2.93	30.34	15.63
69	Miami (OH)	MAC		6	5	-6.79	3.77	-3.03	29.98	11.80
70	Kentucky	SEC (East)		4	7	-6.02	2.71	-3.31	29.01	16.59
71	Iowa State	Big 12 (North)		2	9	7.18	-10.54	-3.36	42.25	22.30
72	Ball State	MAC		8	4	-5.54	2.13	-3.41	28.33	12.28
73	Vanderbilt	SEC (East)		2	9	-8.72	5.30	-3.42	25.96	8.50
74	Oklahoma State	Big 12 (South)		5	6	-3.08	-0.41	-3.50	31.43	17.28
75	Maryland	ACC		5	6	-7.28	3.57	-3.71	28.37	13.30
76	Pitt	Big East		4	7	-3.51	-0.43	-3.94	30.83	25.76
77	North Carolina State	ACC		3	8	4.84	-9.09	-4.25	39.46	26.48
78	Illinois	Big Ten		2	9	-3.13	-1.38	-4.52	32.77	20.33
79	Utah State	Big West		6	5	2.52	-7.44	-4.92	36.42	23.76
80	Oklahoma	Big 12 (South)		3	8	2.10	-7.19	-5.10	36.66	22.13
				Overall		SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
81	Louisiana	Ind		5	6	3.90	-9.24	-5.34	37.90	25.46
82	Ohio	MAC		6	6	-4.11	-1.99	-6.09	31.12	17.27
83	Louisiana Tech	Ind		6	5	2.36	-8.60	-6.24	36.54	25.66
84	Fresno State	WAC (Pacific)		4	7	-4.85	-3.00	-7.85	28.64	21.35
85	Tulsa	WAC (Mountain)		4	7	-2.50	-5.41	-7.92	30.96	21.10
86	UCF	Ind		5	6	-2.62	-5.34	-7.97	32.25	19.89
87	Idaho	Big West		6	5	0.77	-8.86	-8.09	35.86	22.40
88	UAB	Ind		5	6	-4.89	-5.30	-10.19	29.55	19.60
89	Texas Christian	WAC (Mountain)		4	7	-7.92	-2.40	-10.32	25.23	18.40
90	Rutgers	Big East		2	9	-9.48	-0.98	-10.47	24.28	22.03
91	Wake Forest	ACC		3	8	-7.85	-2.87	-10.72	25.36	23.05
92	Temple	Big East		1	10	-1.24	-9.63	-10.87	31.56	25.85
93	Toledo	MAC		7	4	-7.94	-3.15	-11.08	24.21	20.85
94	Central Michigan	MAC		5	6	2.79	-14.40	-11.61	35.85	30.66
95	Oregon State	Pac-10		2	9	-6.23	-5.81	-12.04	30.70	22.56
96	Arkansas State	Ind		4	7	-4.92	-7.50	-12.42	28.81	25.99
97	North Texas	Big West		5	6	-12.45	-0.22	-12.67	20.27	19.11
98	Duke	ACC		0	11	-6.08	-6.69	-12.77	28.20	22.45
99	Bowling Green	MAC		4	7	-11.62	-1.68	-13.30	20.45	18.12
100	Louisiana-Monroe	Ind		5	6	-7.36	-6.62	-13.98	24.50	25.17
				Overall		SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
101	Eastern Michigan	MAC		3	8	-10.25	-3.86	-14.11	23.64	20.72
102	Nevada-Las Vegas	WAC (Pacific)		1	11	-0.95	-13.34	-14.29	31.94	34.65
103	San Jose State	WAC (Pacific)		3	9	-6.57	-8.03	-14.59	26.20	27.42
104	Akron	MAC		4	7	-12.62	-4.07	-16.69	18.96	21.68
105	Hawaii	WAC (Pacific)		2	10	-13.68	-3.09	-16.77	19.30	26.24
106	UTEP	WAC (Mountain)		2	9	-11.03	-6.68	-17.71	22.04	22.42
107	Western Michigan	MAC		2	9	-10.95	-8.09	-19.04	23.57	24.80
108	Kent State	MAC		2	9	-4.41	-17.65	-22.06	27.96	42.01
109	New Mexico State	Big West		1	10	-14.30	-7.95	-22.25	19.96	29.19
110	Boise State	Big West		2	10	-9.00	-13.78	-22.78	22.80	32.98
111	Northern Illinois	Ind		1	10	-12.03	-13.56	-25.59	20.27	32.60