1996 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
1996 NCAA Division I-A football rankings | |
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Season | 1996 |
Bowl season | 1996–97 bowl games |
Preseason No. 1 | |
End of season champions | Florida |
Conference with most teams in final AP poll | Big Ten, SEC (5) |
Two human polls comprised the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll.
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AP Poll
Preseason Aug 12 [1] | Week 1 Aug 26 [2] | Week 2 Sep 2 [3] | Week 3 Sep 9 [4] | Week 4 Sep 16 [5] | Week 5 Sep 23 [6] | Week 6 Sep 30 [7] | Week 7 Oct 7 [8] | Week 8 Oct 14 [9] | Week 9 Oct 21 [10] | Week 10 Oct 28 [11] | Week 11 Nov 4 [12] | Week 12 Nov 11 [13] | Week 13 Nov 18 [14] | Week 14 Nov 25 [15] | Week 15 Dec 2 [16] | Week 16 Dec 9 [17] | Week 17 (Final) Jan 3 [18][19] | ||
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1. | Nebraska (50) | Nebraska (0–0) (50) | Nebraska (0–0) | Nebraska (1–0) (57) | Nebraska (1–0) (58) | Florida (3–0) (52) | Florida (4–0) (57) | Florida (5–0) (38) | Florida (6–0) (54) | Florida (7–0) (57) | Florida (7–0) (59) | Florida (7–0) (59) | Florida (9–0) (46) | Florida (10–0) (54) | Florida (10–0) (59) | Florida State (11–0) (61) | Florida State (11–0) (62) | Florida (12–1) (65½) | 1. |
2. | Tennessee (7) | Tennessee (0–0) (8) | Tennessee (1–0) (8) | Tennessee (2–0) (4) | Tennessee (2–0) (5) | Florida State (2–0) (13) | Florida State (3–0) (8) | Ohio State (4–0) (24) | Ohio State (5–0) (7) | Ohio State (6–0) (4) | Ohio State (7–0) (4) | Ohio State (8–0) (5) | Ohio State (9–0) (17) | Ohio State (10–0) (7) | Florida State (10–0) (5) | Arizona State (11–0) (5) | Arizona State (11–0) (5) | Ohio State (11–1) (1½) | 2. |
3. | Florida State (5) | Florida State (0–0) (5) | Florida State (0–0) (5) | Florida State (1–0) (3) | Florida State (1–0) (4) | Penn State (4–0) (1) | Ohio State (3–0) (1) | Florida State (4–0) (4) | Florida State (5–0) (5) | Florida State (5–0) (5) | Florida State (6–0) (3) | Florida State (7–0) (2) | Florida State (8–0) (2) | Florida State (9–0) (4) | Arizona State (11–0) (3) | Nebraska (10–1) (1) | Florida (11–1) | Florida State (11–1) | 3. |
4. | Florida (1) | Florida (0–0) | Florida (1–0) (1) | Florida (2–0) | Florida (2–0) | Ohio State (2–0) | Penn State (5–0) | Arizona State (5–0) (1) | Arizona State (6–0) (1) | Arizona State (7–0) (1) | Arizona State (8–0) (1) | Arizona State (9–0) (1) | Arizona State (10–0) (2) | Arizona State (10–0) (2) | Nebraska (9–1) | Florida (10–1) | Ohio State (10–1) | Arizona State (11–1) | 4. |
5. | Colorado (3) | Colorado (0–0) (3) | Colorado (1–0) (3) | Colorado (2–0) (3) | Penn State (3–0) | Notre Dame (3–0) | Arizona State (4–0) (1) | Nebraska (3–1) | Nebraska (4–1) | Nebraska (5–1) | Nebraska (6–1) | Nebraska (7–1) | Nebraska (8–1) | Nebraska (9–1) | Colorado (9–1) | Ohio State (10–1) | BYU (13–1) | BYU (14–1) | 5. |
6. | Notre Dame (1) | Notre Dame (0–0) (1) | Notre Dame (0–0) (1) | Penn State (2–0) | Texas (2–0) | Arizona State (3–0) (1) | Michigan (4–0) | Miami (FL) (4–0) | Tennessee (4–1) | Tennessee (4–1) | Tennessee (5–1) | Tennessee (6–1) | Colorado (8–1) T | Colorado (9–1) | Ohio State (10–1) | BYU (12–1) | Nebraska (10–2) | Nebraska (11–2) | 6. |
7. | USC | Penn State (1–0) | Penn State (1–0) | Texas (2–0) | Ohio State (1–0) | Michigan (3–0) | Nebraska (2–1) | Tennessee (3–1) | Alabama (6–0) | Alabama (7–0) | Colorado (6–1) | Colorado (7–1) | North Carolina (8–1) T | Penn State (9–2) | BYU (12–1) | Colorado (9–2) | Penn State (10–2) | Penn State (11–2) | 7. |
8. | Texas | Texas (0–0) | Texas (1–0) | Ohio State (1–0) | Michigan (2–0) | Nebraska (1–1) | Miami (FL) (4–0) | Alabama (5–0) | Notre Dame (4–1) | Colorado (5–1) | North Carolina (6–1) | North Carolina (7–1) | Alabama (8–1) | BYU (11–1) | Penn State (10–2) | Penn State (10–2) | Colorado (9–2) | Colorado (10–2) | 8. |
9. | Ohio State | Ohio State (0–0) | Syracuse (0–0) | Notre Dame (1–0) (1) | Notre Dame (2–0) | Tennessee (2–1) | Tennessee (2–1) | Colorado (3–1) | Colorado (4–1) | North Carolina (5–1) | Michigan (6–1) | Michigan (7–1) | Kansas State (8–1) | Tennessee (7–2) | Tennessee (8–2) | Tennessee (9–2) | Tennessee (9–2) | Tennessee (10–2) | 9. |
10. | Syracuse | Syracuse (0–0) | Ohio State (0–0) | Miami (FL) (2–0) | Miami (FL) (3–0) | Miami (FL) (3–0) | Colorado (3–1) | Penn State (5–1) | Penn State (6–1) | Michigan (5–1) | Alabama (7–1) | Alabama (7–1) | BYU (10–1) | Notre Dame (7–2) | Notre Dame (8–2) | Northwestern (9–2) | Virginia Tech (10–1) | North Carolina (10–2) | 10. |
11. | Penn State | Miami (FL) (0–0) | Miami (FL) (1–0) | Michigan (1–0) | North Carolina (2–0) | North Carolina (3–0) | Notre Dame (3–1) | Notre Dame (3–1) | North Carolina (5–1) | Northwestern (6–1) | Northwestern (7–1) | LSU (7–1) | Penn State (8–2) | Northwestern (9–2) | Northwestern (9–2) | Alabama (9–2) | Northwestern (9–2) | Alabama (10–3) | 11. |
12. | Miami (FL) | Michigan (0–0) | Michigan (1–0) | North Carolina (2–0) | Colorado (2–1) | Colorado (2–1) | Virginia (4–0) | LSU (4–0) | Miami (FL) (4–1) | West Virginia (7–0) | LSU (6–1) | BYU (9–1) | Tennessee (6–2) | Washington (8–2) | Washington (9–2) | Washington (9–2) | North Carolina (9–2) | LSU (10–2) | 12. |
13. | Texas A&M | Alabama (0–0) | Northwestern (0–0) | Alabama (2–0) | Alabama (3–0) T | Texas (2–1) | Alabama (4–0) | North Carolina (4–1) | Michigan (4–1) | LSU (5–1) | BYU (8–1) | Kansas State (8–1) | Northwestern (8–2) | North Carolina (8–2) | North Carolina (9–2) | North Carolina (9–2) | Washington (9–2) | Virginia Tech (10–2) | 13. |
14. | Michigan | Virginia Tech (0–0) | Alabama (1–0) | BYU (2–0) | Auburn (3–0) T | Alabama (4–0) | LSU (3–0) | Michigan (4–1) | Northwestern (5–1) | Virginia (5–1) | Kansas State (7–1) | Penn State (8–2) | Notre Dame (6–2) | Kansas State (8–2) | Kansas State (9–2) | Kansas State (9–2) | Kansas State (9–2) | Miami (FL) (9–3) | 14. |
15. | Alabama | Northwestern (0–0) | Virginia Tech (0–0) | Auburn (2–0) | USC (2–1) | USC (3–1) | North Carolina (3–1) | Northwestern (4–1) | West Virginia (6–0) | BYU (7–1) | Penn State (7–2) | Virginia (6–2) | Washington (7–2) | Alabama (8–2) | Alabama (9–2) | Virginia Tech (9–2) | Michigan (8–3) | Northwestern (9–3) | 15. |
16. | Virginia Tech | Auburn (0–0) | BYU (2–0) | USC (1–1) | Kansas State (3–0) | Kansas State (4–0) | Kansas State (4–0) | Washington (3–1) | Auburn (5–1) | Kansas State (6–1) | Virginia (5–2) | Wyoming (9–0) | Michigan (7–2) | Syracuse (7–2) | Syracuse (8–2) | Michigan (8–3) | Alabama (9–3) | Washington (9–3) | 16. |
17. | Auburn | USC (0–1) | LSU (0–0) | Kansas State (2–0) | Arizona State (2–0) | LSU (2–0) | USC (3–1) | West Virginia (6–0) | LSU (4–1) | Penn State (6–2) | Wyoming (8–0) | Notre Dame (5–2) | LSU (6–2) | Virginia Tech (8–1) | Virginia Tech (9–1) | LSU (9–2) | LSU (9–2) | Kansas State (9–3) | 17. |
18. | Northwestern | LSU (0–0) | Auburn (1–0) | Arizona State (1–0) | Virginia Tech (2–0) | Virginia Tech (3–0) | Washington (2–1) | Auburn (4–1) | BYU (6–1) | Wyoming (8–0) | West Virginia (7–1) | Northwestern (7–2) | Miami (FL) (6–2) | LSU (7–2) | Michigan (8–3) | Notre Dame (8–3) | Notre Dame (8–3) | Iowa (9–3) | 18. |
19. | LSU | BYU (1–0) | USC (0–1) | Virginia Tech (1–0) | Iowa (2–0) | Virginia (3–0) | West Virginia (5–0) | BYU (5–1) | California (5–0) | Notre Dame (4–2) | Notre Dame (4–2) | Washington (6–2) | Syracuse (6–2) | Virginia (7–3) | LSU (8–2) | Miami (FL) (8–3) | Miami (FL) (8–3) | Notre Dame (8–3) | 19. |
20. | Arizona State | Arizona State (0–0) | Arizona State (0–0) | LSU (1–0) | Virginia (2–0) | Kansas (2–0) | Auburn (3–1) | Virginia (4–1) | Virginia (4–1) | Iowa (5–1) | Utah (7–1) | Southern Miss (8–2) | Auburn (7–2) | Wyoming (10–1) | Virginia (7–3) | Wyoming (10–1) | Texas (8–4) | Michigan (8–4) | 20. |
21. | Kansas State | Kansas State (0–0) | Kansas State (1–0) | Iowa (1–0) | LSU (1–0) | Washington (2–1) | BYU (4–1) | California (5–0) | Kansas State (5–1) | Utah (6–1) | Washington (5–2) | Miami (FL) (6–2) | Virginia Tech (7–1) | Michigan (7–3) | Wyoming (10–1) | Iowa (8–3) | Iowa (8–3) | Syracuse (9–3) | 21. |
22. | Iowa | Iowa (0–0) | Iowa (0–0) | Virginia (1–0) | Kansas (2–0) | Auburn (3–1) | Northwestern (3–1) | Kansas State (4–1) | Georgia Tech (4–1) | Auburn (5–2) | Miami (FL) (5–2) | Auburn (6–2) | Army (9–0) | Clemson (7–3) | Iowa (8–3) | Syracuse (8–3) | Wyoming (10–2) | Wyoming (10–2) | 22. |
23. | Virginia | Texas A&M (0–1) | Virginia (0–0) | Syracuse (0–1) | Syracuse (0–1) | West Virginia (4–0) | Texas (2–2) | Georgia Tech (4–1) | Wyoming (7–0) | Washington (4–2) | Southern Miss (7–1) | Iowa (6–2) | Wyoming (9–1) | West Virginia (8–2) | Miami (FL) (7–3) | Army (9–1) | Syracuse (8–3) | Texas (8–5) | 23. |
24. | Kansas | Virginia (0–0) | North Carolina (1–0) | Kansas (1–0) | Washington (1–1) | BYU (3–1) | Utah (4–1) | Wyoming (6–0) | Utah (5–1) | Southern Miss (6–1) | Auburn (5–2) | Syracuse (5–2) | Virginia (6–3) | Iowa (7–3) | Army (9–1) | West Virginia (8–3) | Army (10–1) | Auburn (8–4) | 24. |
25. | Clemson | Kansas (0–0) | Texas A&M (0–1) | Texas A&M (0–1) | Oregon (3–0) | Northwestern (2–1) | Wyoming (5–0) | Texas (3–2) | Washington (3–2) | Miami (FL) (4–2) | Iowa (5–2) | Virginia Tech (6–1) | Southern Miss (8–2) | Miami (FL) (6–3) | West Virginia (8–3) | Virginia (7–4) | West Virginia (8–3) | Army (10–2) | 25. |
Preseason Aug 12 [1] | Week 1 Aug 26 [2] | Week 2 Sep 2 [3] | Week 3 Sep 9 [4] | Week 4 Sep 16 [5] | Week 5 Sep 23 [6] | Week 6 Sep 30 [7] | Week 7 Oct 7 [8] | Week 8 Oct 14 [9] | Week 9 Oct 21 [10] | Week 10 Oct 28 [11] | Week 11 Nov 4 [12] | Week 12 Nov 11 [13] | Week 13 Nov 18 [14] | Week 14 Nov 25 [15] | Week 15 Dec 2 [16] | Week 16 Dec 9 [17] | Week 17 (Final) Jan 3 [18][19] | ||
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Coaches Poll
Preseason Aug 12[20] | Week 2 Sep 3[21] | Week 3 Sep 9[22] | Week 4 Sep 16[23] | Week 5 Sep 23[24] | Week 6 Sep 30[25] | Week 7 Oct 7[26][27] | Week 8 Oct 14[28] | Week 9 Oct 21[29] | Week 10 Oct 28[30] | Week 11 Nov 4[31] | Week 12 Nov 11[32] | Week 13 Nov 18[33] | Week 14 Nov 25[34] | Week 15 Dec 2[35] | Week 16 Dec 9[36] | Week 17 (Final) Jan 3[37] | ||
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1. | Nebraska (47) | Nebraska (0–0) (51) | Nebraska (1–0) (57) | Nebraska (1–0) (58) | Florida (3–0) (38) | Florida (4–0) (48) | Florida (5–0) (36) | Florida (6–0) (53) | Florida (7–0) (56) | Florida (7–0) (53) | Florida (8–0) (53) | Florida (9–0) (37) | Florida (10–0) (46) | Florida (10–0) (52) | Florida State (11–0) (56) | Florida State (11–0) (57) | Florida (12–1) (58) | 1. |
2. | Tennessee (6) | Tennessee (1–0) (4) | Tennessee (2–0) (1) | Tennessee (2–0) (2) | Florida State (2–0) (22) | Florida State (3–0) (9) | Ohio State (4–0) (20) | Florida State (5–0) (7) | Florida State (5–0) (5) | Florida State (6–0) (5) | Florida State (7–0) (5) | Ohio State (9–0) (16) | Ohio State (10–0) (9) | Florida State (10–0) (7) | Arizona State (11–0) (6) | Arizona State (11–0) (5) | Ohio State (11–1) (4) | 2. |
3. | Florida State (6) | Florida State (0–0) (3) | Florida State (1–0) (1) | Florida State (1–0) (1) | Penn State (4–0) | Ohio State (3–0) (5) | Florida State (4–0) (6) | Ohio State (5–0) (2) | Ohio State (6–0) (1) | Ohio State (7–0) (4) | Ohio State (8–0) (4) | Florida State (8–0) (8) | Florida State (9–0) (7) | Arizona State (11–0) (3) | Nebraska (10–1) | Florida (11–1) | Florida State (11–1) | 3. |
4. | Florida (3) | Florida (1–0) (3) | Florida (2–0) (3) | Florida (2–0) (1) | Ohio State (2–0) (2) | Penn State (5–0) | Nebraska (3–1) | Nebraska (4–1) | Arizona State (7–0) | Arizona State (8–0) | Arizona State (9–0) | Arizona State (10–0) (1) | Arizona State (10–0) | Nebraska (9–1) | Florida (10–1) | Ohio State (10–1) | Arizona State (11–1) | 4. |
5. | Colorado | Colorado (1–0) | Colorado (2–0) | Penn State (3–0) | Notre Dame (3–0) | Michigan (4–0) | Arizona State (5–0) | Arizona State (6–0) | Nebraska (5–1) | Nebraska (6–1) | Nebraska (7–1) | Nebraska (8–1) | Nebraska (9–1) | Colorado (9–1) | Ohio State (10–1) | BYU (13–1) | BYU (14–1) | 5. |
6. | USC | Penn State (1–0) (1) | Penn State (2–0) | Ohio State (1–0) | Michigan (3–0) | Nebraska (2–1) | Miami (FL) (4–0) | Tennessee (4–1) | Alabama (7–0) | Tennessee (5–1) | Tennessee (6–1) | Colorado (8–1) | Colorado (9–1) | Ohio State (10–1) | BYU (12–1) | Nebraska (10–2) | Nebraska (11–2) | 6. |
7. | Notre Dame | Notre Dame (0–0) | Ohio State (1–0) | Michigan (2–0) | Nebraska (1–1) | Arizona State (4–0) | Tennessee (3–1) | Alabama (6–0) | Tennessee (4–1) | Colorado (6–1) | Colorado (7–1) | North Carolina (8–1) | BYU (11–1) | BYU (12–1) | Penn State (10–2) | Penn State (10–2) | Penn State (11–2) | 7. |
8. | Penn State | Texas (1–0) | Texas (2–0) | Texas (2–0) | Tennessee (2–1) | Miami (FL) (4–0) | Alabama (5–0) | Penn State (6–1) | Colorado (5–1) | North Carolina (6–1) | North Carolina (7–1) | Alabama (8–1) | Penn State (9–2) | Penn State (10–2) | Colorado (9–2) | Colorado (9–2) | Colorado (10–2) | 8. |
9. | Texas | Ohio State (0–0) | Michigan (1–0) | Notre Dame (2–0) | Miami (FL) (3–0) | Tennessee (2–1) | Penn State (5–1) | Notre Dame (4–1) | North Carolina (5–1) | Michigan (6–1) | Michigan (7–1) | Kansas State (8–1) | Virginia Tech (8–1) | Virginia Tech (9–1) | Virginia Tech (10–1) | Virginia Tech (10–1) | Tennessee (10–2) | 9. |
10. | Ohio State | Michigan (1–0) | Notre Dame (1–0) | Miami (FL) (3–0) | Alabama (4–0) | Alabama (4–0) | Colorado (3–1) | Colorado (4–1) | Michigan (5–1) | Northwestern (7–1) | Alabama (7–1) | BYU (10–1) | Tennessee (7–2) | Tennessee (8–2) | Tennessee (10–2) | Tennessee (9–2) | North Carolina (10–2) | 10. |
11. | Michigan | Syracuse (0–0) | Miami (FL) (2–0) | Alabama (3–0) | North Carolina (3–0) | Virginia (4–0) | LSU (4–0) | North Carolina (5–1) | West Virginia (7–0) | Alabama (7–1) | Kansas State (7–1) | Penn State (8–2) | Northwestern (9–2) | Northwestern (9–2) | Alabama (9–2) | Northwestern (9–2) | Alabama (10–3) | 11. |
12. | Texas A&M | Miami (FL) (1–0) | Alabama (2–0) | Colorado (2–1) | Arizona State (3–0) | Kansas State (4–0) | Notre Dame (3–1) | Michigan (4–1) | Northwestern (6–1) | Kansas State (7–1) | BYU (9–1) | Tennessee (6–2) | Alabama (8–2) | Alabama (9–2) | Northwestern (9–2) | Washington (9–2) | Virginia Tech (10–2) | 12. |
13. | Syracuse | Alabama (1–0) | North Carolina (2–0) | North Carolina (2–0) | Kansas State (4–0) | Colorado (3–1) | Michigan (4–1) | Miami (FL) (4–1) | Virginia (5–1) | LSU (6–1) | LSU (6–1) | Virginia Tech (7–1) | Notre Dame (7–2) | Notre Dame (8–2) | Washington (9–2) | North Carolina (9–2) | LSU (10–2) | 13. |
14. | Alabama | Virginia Tech (0–0) | Kansas State (2–0) | Kansas State (3–0) | Texas (2–1) | Notre Dame (3–1) | North Carolina (4–1) | West Virginia (6–0) | Kansas State (6–1) | BYU (8–1) | Penn State (8–2) | Northwestern (8–2) | North Carolina (8–2) | North Carolina (9–2) | North Carolina (9–2) | Kansas State (9–2) | Miami (FL) (9–3) | 14. |
15. | Virginia Tech | Kansas State (1–0) | BYU (2–0) | Auburn (3–0) | Colorado (2–1) | LSU (3–0) | West Virginia (6–0) | Northwestern (5–1) | LSU (5–1) | Penn State (7–2) | Wyoming (9–0) | Notre Dame (6–2) | Washington (8–2) | Washington (9–2) | Kansas State (9–2) | Alabama (9–3) | Washington (9–3) | 15. |
16. | Miami (FL) | BYU (2–0) | Auburn (2–0) | Virginia Tech (2–0) | Virginia Tech (3–0) | USC (3–1) | Washington (3–1) | Auburn (5–1) | BYU (7–1) | Wyoming (8–0) | Virginia (6–2) | Michigan (7–2) | Kansas State (8–2) | Kansas State (9–2) | LSU (9–2) | LSU (9–2) | Northwestern (9–3) | 16. |
17. | Auburn | Auburn (1–0) | Virginia (1–0) | Virginia (2–0) | Virginia (3–0) | North Carolina (3–1) | Virginia (4–1) | Virginia (4–1) | Penn State (6–2) | West Virginia (7–1) | Virginia Tech (6–1) | Washington (7–2) | Syracuse (7–2) | Syracuse (8–2) | Michigan (8–3) | Michigan (8–3) | Kansas State (9–3) | 17. |
18. | Kansas State | Northwestern (0–0) | USC (1–1) | USC (2–1) | USC (3–1) | Washington (2–1) | Northwestern (4–1) | LSU (4–1) | Wyoming (8–0) | Virginia (5–2) | Northwestern (7–2) | Miami (FL) (6–2) | LSU (7–2) | LSU (8–2) | Notre Dame (8–3) | Notre Dame (8–3) | Iowa (9–3) | 18. |
19. | Northwestern | LSU (0–0) | Virginia Tech (1–0) | Iowa (2–0) | LSU (2–0) | West Virginia (5–0) | Auburn (4–1) | Kansas State (5–1) | Iowa (5–1) | Utah (7–1) | Notre Dame (5–2) | Syracuse (6–2) | Virginia (7–3) т | Michigan (8–3) | Wyoming (10–1) | Miami (FL) (8–3) | Syracuse (9–3) | 19. |
20. | LSU | Virginia (0–0) | LSU (1–0) | Kansas (2–0) | Kansas (2–0) | Auburn (3–1) | BYU (5–1) | BYU (6–1) | Notre Dame (4–2) | Virginia Tech (5–1) | Washington (6–2) | LSU (6–2) | Wyoming (10–1) т | Wyoming (10–1) | Miami (FL) (8–3) | Texas (8–4) | Michigan (8–4) | 20. |
21. | Virginia | USC (0–1) | Iowa (1–0) | LSU (1–0) | Washington (2–1) | BYU (4–1) | Kansas State (4–1) | California (5–0) | Virginia Tech (4–1) | Notre Dame (4–2) | Miami (FL) (6–2) | Auburn (7–2) | West Virginia (8–2) | Virginia (7–3) | Iowa (8–3) | Iowa (8–3) | Notre Dame (8–3) | 21. |
22. | Washington | North Carolina (1–0) | Kansas (1–0) | Arizona State (2–0) | Auburn (3–1) | Virginia Tech (3–1) | California (5–0) | Wyoming (7–0) | Utah (6–1) | Miami (FL) (5–2) | Southern Miss (8–1) | Wyoming (9–1) | Michigan (7–3) | Iowa (8–3) | Syracuse (8–3) | Syracuse (8–3) | Wyoming (10–2) | 22. |
23. | Clemson | Washington (0–0) | Arizona State (1–0) | Washington (1–1) | West Virginia (4–0) | Texas (2–2) | Virginia Tech (3–1) | Virginia Tech (4–1) | Miami (FL) (4–2) | Washington (5–2) | Syracuse (5–2) | Army (9–0) | Iowa (7–3) | Miami (FL) (7–3) | Army (9–1) | Wyoming (10–2) | Texas (8–5) | 23. |
24. | Kansas | Kansas (1–0) | Syracuse (0–1) | Syracuse (0–1) | BYU (3–1) | Utah (4–1) | Wyoming (6–0) | Georgia Tech (4–1) | Washington (4–2) | Southern Miss (7–1) | Auburn (6–2) | West Virginia (8–2) | Clemson (7–3) | Army (9–1) | West Virginia (8–3) | Army (10–1) | Army (10–2) | 24. |
25. | Iowa | Texas A&M (0–1) | Texas A&M (0–1) | BYU (2–1) | Iowa (2–1) | Wyoming (5–0) | Texas (3–2) | Utah (5–1) | California (5–1) | Auburn (5–2) | Iowa (6–2) | Virginia (6–3) | Miami (FL) (6–3) | West Virginia (8–3) | Virginia (7–4) | West Virginia (8–3) | Auburn (8–4) | 25. |
Preseason Aug 12[20] | Week 2 Sep 3[21] | Week 3 Sep 9[22] | Week 4 Sep 16[23] | Week 5 Sep 23[24] | Week 6 Sep 30[25] | Week 7 Oct 7[26][27] | Week 8 Oct 14[28] | Week 9 Oct 21[29] | Week 10 Oct 28[30] | Week 11 Nov 4[31] | Week 12 Nov 11[32] | Week 13 Nov 18[33] | Week 14 Nov 25[34] | Week 15 Dec 2[35] | Week 16 Dec 9[36] | Week 17 (Final) Jan 3[37] | ||
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