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1997 College Football School Ratings

1996 CFB School Ratings 1998 CFB School Ratings

Champions:
Michigan (AP, FWAA, NFF)
Nebraska (USA-ESPN)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Charles Woodson (Michigan)

Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award: Mike Price (Washington State)

AP Preseason #1: Penn State

AP Final #1: Michigan

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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.

112 Schools

112 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 State	ACC	3	11	1	11.93	11.45	23.38	54.38	1.97
2	Nebraska	Big 12 (North)	2	13	0	12.38	9.93	22.30	57.31	3.69
3	Florida	SEC (East)	4	10	2	9.77	11.29	21.07	51.06	1.41
4	Tennessee	SEC (East)	7	11	2	14.53	6.33	20.87	50.86	6.14
5	Michigan	Big Ten	1	12	0	3.71	16.42	20.14	40.86	-3.41
6	UCLA	Pac-10	5	10	2	11.25	7.87	19.12	52.98	4.50
7	Washington	Pac-10	18	8	4	11.72	6.93	18.65	50.73	4.76
8	Georgia	SEC (East)	10	10	2	7.03	10.40	17.42	45.91	4.10
9	Ohio State	Big Ten	12	10	3	5.99	11.43	17.41	44.57	1.28
10	North Carolina	ACC	6	11	1	3.85	12.61	16.46	40.66	1.35
11	Auburn	SEC (West)	11	10	3	7.15	9.18	16.33	42.62	3.74
12	Kansas State	Big 12 (North)	8	11	1	6.48	8.95	15.43	45.35	4.73
13	Washington State	Pac-10	9	10	2	12.27	1.94	14.21	53.04	11.06
14	LSU	SEC (West)	13	9	3	5.82	8.35	14.18	45.92	5.41
15	Arizona State	Pac-10	14	9	3	3.12	9.31	12.43	39.97	3.09
16	Ole Miss	SEC (West)	22	8	4	4.43	7.40	11.83	38.54	6.00
17	Colorado State	WAC (Pacific)	17	11	2	2.57	8.74	11.31	44.91	5.26
18	Penn State	Big Ten	16	9	3	5.14	5.17	10.31	42.88	9.75
19	USC	Pac-10		6	5	0.58	9.64	10.22	36.65	2.93
20	Michigan State	Big Ten		7	5	5.09	4.39	9.47	42.71	8.88
				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	Oregon	Pac-10		7	5	11.91	-2.62	9.29	47.90	14.60
22	Mississippi State	SEC (West)		7	4	-0.04	9.05	9.00	34.84	6.29
23	Iowa	Big Ten		7	5	0.20	8.57	8.77	44.62	4.07
24	Southern Mississippi	CUSA	19	9	3	1.35	7.27	8.62	37.62	6.96
25	Purdue	Big Ten	15	9	3	7.78	0.71	8.49	45.99	13.40
26	Clemson	ACC		7	5	2.04	6.37	8.41	37.02	6.84
27	Georgia Tech	ACC	25	7	5	6.21	1.86	8.07	40.39	11.96
28	Arizona	Pac-10		7	5	5.49	2.43	7.91	41.24	10.13
29	Marshall	MAC (East)		10	3	5.99	1.56	7.55	42.26	13.28
30	Miami (OH)	MAC (East)		8	3	7.89	-0.37	7.51	44.02	15.33
31	Texas A&M	Big 12 (South)	20	9	4	0.45	6.76	7.22	41.96	7.15
32	North Carolina State	ACC		6	5	7.90	-0.86	7.03	42.49	13.55
33	South Carolina	SEC (East)		5	6	3.89	2.96	6.85	39.83	10.89
34	Virginia	ACC		7	4	2.62	4.16	6.79	38.82	9.97
35	Notre Dame	Ind		7	6	0.50	6.12	6.62	35.71	6.88
36	Syracuse	Big East	21	9	4	0.72	5.61	6.34	41.90	8.36
37	Alabama	SEC (West)		4	7	2.15	3.40	5.55	36.91	9.71
38	Colorado	Big 12 (North)		5	6	6.68	-1.34	5.34	41.67	12.60
39	Missouri	Big 12 (North)	23	7	5	9.19	-4.22	4.97	43.04	17.53
40	Oklahoma State	Big 12 (South)	24	8	4	1.19	3.66	4.86	35.61	9.76
				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	Stanford	Pac-10		5	6	5.32	-0.68	4.64	40.64	13.35
42	Tulane	CUSA		7	4	2.20	1.51	3.70	41.08	13.29
43	Kentucky	SEC (East)		5	6	9.36	-5.78	3.58	46.56	20.78
44	UCF	Ind		5	6	7.22	-4.06	3.16	44.35	16.72
45	Texas Tech	Big 12 (South)		6	5	-2.99	6.04	3.05	31.75	8.20
46	Air Force	WAC (Pacific)		10	3	-4.61	7.46	2.85	29.54	5.41
47	Arkansas	SEC (West)		4	7	-2.04	4.64	2.60	32.57	11.73
48	Northwestern	Big Ten		5	7	0.27	2.29	2.56	34.12	11.44
49	Toledo	MAC (West)		9	3	0.39	1.89	2.28	34.40	13.37
50	Navy	Ind		7	4	2.48	-0.21	2.27	40.79	14.46
51	Wyoming	WAC (Pacific)		7	6	-2.92	4.97	2.06	33.69	7.82
52	New Mexico	WAC (Mountain)		9	4	1.73	0.19	1.92	38.51	13.85
53	Wisconsin	Big Ten		8	5	0.38	1.28	1.66	34.61	12.62
54	West Virginia	Big East		7	5	2.71	-1.09	1.62	38.11	15.57
55	Ohio	MAC (East)		8	3	-4.32	5.82	1.50	31.60	8.76
56	Cincinnati	CUSA		8	4	0.45	0.96	1.41	33.73	13.38
57	Wake Forest	ACC		5	6	0.46	0.79	1.25	34.18	14.93
58	California	Pac-10		3	8	4.60	-3.37	1.24	40.66	15.93
59	Virginia Tech	Big East		7	5	-3.94	4.98	1.04	34.15	10.89
60	Louisiana Tech	Ind		9	2	4.76	-4.18	0.59	37.61	20.55
				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	SMU	WAC (Mountain)		6	5	-0.67	0.35	-0.33	32.52	13.78
62	Rice	WAC (Mountain)		7	4	3.01	-4.03	-1.02	37.18	19.04
63	Vanderbilt	SEC (East)		3	8	-9.60	8.53	-1.07	25.39	4.82
64	Miami (FL)	Big East		5	6	0.68	-1.90	-1.22	36.25	17.18
65	Fresno State	WAC (Pacific)		6	6	0.08	-1.35	-1.27	36.68	15.89
66	BYU	WAC (Mountain)		6	5	-1.50	-0.45	-1.95	32.52	14.26
67	Utah State	Big West		6	6	2.81	-5.18	-2.37	40.54	17.62
68	Utah	WAC (Mountain)		6	5	-7.66	5.00	-2.66	29.31	9.06
69	East Carolina	CUSA		5	6	-3.88	0.82	-3.07	29.66	16.36
70	Nevada	Big West		5	6	2.76	-5.84	-3.07	40.70	19.15
71	Western Michigan	MAC (West)		8	3	-0.49	-2.95	-3.44	31.68	19.18
72	Oregon State	Pac-10		3	8	-5.86	2.28	-3.58	30.55	10.29
73	San Diego State	WAC (Pacific)		5	7	-1.20	-2.67	-3.88	33.64	16.25
74	Duke	ACC		2	9	-0.61	-4.07	-4.68	34.14	18.64
75	Texas	Big 12 (South)		4	7	0.65	-5.37	-4.72	35.66	22.79
76	Oklahoma	Big 12 (South)		4	8	-2.35	-2.73	-5.08	31.73	19.51
77	Pitt	Big East		6	6	2.18	-7.67	-5.48	34.37	21.43
78	Kansas	Big 12 (North)		5	6	-8.45	2.90	-5.55	25.63	14.15
79	Minnesota	Big Ten		3	9	-1.31	-4.47	-5.78	32.11	16.68
80	Memphis	CUSA		4	7	-5.71	-0.41	-6.12	28.33	14.86
				Overall		SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
81	Indiana	Big Ten		2	9	-9.71	2.48	-7.23	26.19	19.77
82	Ball State	MAC (West)		5	6	-6.37	-1.37	-7.74	25.85	16.13
83	Maryland	ACC		2	9	-6.09	-2.10	-8.19	28.38	19.79
84	Boston College	Big East		4	7	-3.07	-5.22	-8.28	29.94	20.21
85	Louisiana-Monroe	Ind		5	7	-6.76	-1.57	-8.33	25.89	17.93
86	Eastern Michigan	MAC (West)		4	7	-0.78	-8.28	-9.06	34.33	24.06
87	Bowling Green	MAC (East)		3	8	-7.36	-1.90	-9.26	25.76	20.57
88	Nevada-Las Vegas	WAC (Pacific)		3	8	0.32	-9.92	-9.60	35.81	22.49
89	Baylor	Big 12 (South)		2	9	-3.46	-6.27	-9.73	29.96	21.07
90	Hawaii	WAC (Pacific)		3	9	-9.28	-1.16	-10.44	26.01	18.04
91	San Jose State	WAC (Pacific)		4	7	-2.10	-8.73	-10.83	32.43	27.25
92	Idaho	Big West		5	6	-7.60	-3.29	-10.89	31.15	18.40
93	UAB	Ind		5	6	-8.77	-2.71	-11.48	24.37	17.73
94	Houston	CUSA		3	8	-4.30	-7.22	-11.52	30.32	26.55
95	UTEP	WAC (Mountain)		4	7	-11.82	-0.09	-11.91	22.66	20.05
96	Iowa State	Big 12 (North)		1	10	-1.96	-10.33	-12.28	33.99	31.24
97	Army	Ind		4	7	-7.42	-5.10	-12.52	26.24	20.41
98	Tulsa	WAC (Mountain)		2	9	-0.01	-12.67	-12.69	34.91	29.30
99	Boise State	Big West		4	7	-5.68	-7.11	-12.80	29.51	24.07
100	Temple	Big East		3	8	-7.90	-5.02	-12.92	27.09	24.43
				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	Illinois	Big Ten		0	11	-10.34	-2.63	-12.97	24.58	19.19
102	Akron	MAC (East)		2	9	-7.19	-5.92	-13.11	27.78	28.03
103	North Texas	Big West		4	7	-5.60	-8.09	-13.68	29.61	23.95
104	Louisville	CUSA		1	10	-1.64	-13.25	-14.89	32.21	28.45
105	Texas Christian	WAC (Mountain)		1	10	-7.87	-8.17	-16.04	26.27	22.86
106	Kent State	MAC (East)		3	8	3.38	-19.53	-16.15	35.92	35.68
107	Central Michigan	MAC (West)		2	9	-3.11	-13.18	-16.29	30.81	35.36
108	Northern Illinois	MAC (West)		0	11	-12.70	-6.67	-19.37	21.11	26.54
109	Louisiana	Ind		1	10	-9.43	-11.93	-21.36	24.71	41.88
110	New Mexico State	Big West		2	9	-8.72	-13.28	-22.01	25.32	30.27
111	Rutgers	Big East		0	11	-8.56	-13.50	-22.06	25.41	36.26
112	Arkansas State	Ind		2	9	-9.65	-13.13	-22.77	22.33	31.09