Final 1997 Sagarin Football Rankings

Rank Team Division Rating Wins Losses Schedule
1 Nebraska A 104.99 13 0 74.37
2 Florida St. A 101.96 11 1 80.05
3 Florida A 99.76 10 2 82.04
4 Michigan A 98.20 12 0 75.96
5 Tennessee A 97.37 11 2 84.44
6 UCLA A 95.47 10 2 79.70
7 Georgia A 93.88 10 2 77.58
8 Washington St. A 93.61 10 2 76.60
9 Auburn A 92.20 10 3 83.66
10 North Carolina A 91.81 11 1 73.79
11 Washington A 91.45 8 4 82.40
12 Kansas St. A 91.40 11 1 71.62
13 Ohio St. A 90.35 10 3 75.55
14 LSU A 89.64 9 3 76.20
15 Arizona St. A 86.45 9 3 76.26
16 Penn St. A 85.75 9 3 74.19
17 Mississippi A 85.00 8 4 80.80
18 Southern Cal A 84.46 6 5 82.82
19 Colorado St. A 84.19 11 2 68.38
20 Oregon A 83.05 7 5 79.65
21 Texas A&M A 82.13 9 4 69.73
22 Clemson A 82.00 7 5 76.13
23 Arizona A 81.75 7 5 79.55
24 Michigan St. A 81.58 7 5 75.20
25 Southern Mississippi A 81.45 9 3 71.31
26 Purdue A 81.43 9 3 71.57
27 Mississippi St. A 81.06 7 4 78.25
28 Virginia A 81.04 7 4 76.92
29 Georgia Tech A 80.89 7 5 78.92
30 Iowa A 80.44 7 5 70.39
31 South Carolina A 80.38 5 6 82.22
32 Syracuse A 79.48 9 4 68.42
33 Notre Dame A 79.01 7 6 78.11
34 No. Carolina St. A 78.82 6 5 75.31
35 Stanford A 78.75 5 6 81.49
36 Marshall A 78.30 10 3 65.16
37 Colorado A 77.05 5 6 79.21
38 Alabama A 76.86 4 7 79.37
39 Missouri A 76.79 7 5 74.24
40 Kentucky A 76.77 5 6 78.13
41 Miami-Ohio A 76.76 8 3 64.44
42 Arkansas A 75.59 4 7 82.52
43 Oklahoma St. A 75.41 8 4 67.81
44 Central Florida A 75.25 5 6 73.37
45 Tulane A 74.96 7 4 65.89
46 Wisconsin A 74.79 8 5 73.12
47 Texas Tech A 74.65 6 5 73.22
48 Toledo A 74.53 9 3 65.28
49 New Mexico A 74.21 9 4 65.30
50 California A 73.91 3 8 79.95
51 Air Force A 73.55 10 3 65.05
52 Ohio A 73.38 8 3 62.82
53 Louisiana Tech A 73.37 9 2 62.85
54 Wyoming A 73.11 7 6 69.21
55 Wake Forest A 72.88 5 6 75.69
56 West Virginia A 72.72 7 5 67.65
57 Northwestern A 72.70 5 7 76.03
58 Rice A 71.12 7 4 67.85
59 Virginia Tech A 71.03 7 5 65.79
60 Cincinnati A 70.84 8 4 65.13
61 Navy A 70.54 7 4 58.19
62 SMU A 70.24 6 5 69.11
63 Brigham Young A 69.43 6 5 68.79
64 Fresno St. A 69.24 6 6 67.79
65 Utah A 69.16 6 5 66.68
66 Oregon St. A 68.98 3 8 77.22
67 San Diego St. A 68.69 5 7 73.33
68 Western Michigan A 68.59 8 3 62.95
69 Villanova AA 68.34 12 1 50.90
70 East Carolina A 68.09 5 6 71.70
71 Vanderbilt A 67.88 3 8 77.51
72 Utah St. A 67.35 6 6 63.56
73 Miami-Florida A 67.14 5 6 67.00
74 Delaware AA 66.63 12 2 53.59
75 Nevada A 66.54 5 6 66.96
76 Texas A 66.39 4 7 71.74
77 Pittsburgh A 66.08 6 6 66.96
78 Kansas A 65.73 5 6 71.98
79 Oklahoma A 65.29 4 8 74.83
80 Duke A 65.16 2 9 77.09
81 Youngstown St. AA 65.13 13 2 48.63
82 McNeese St. AA 64.19 13 2 52.05
83 Minnesota A 64.09 3 9 73.94
84 NE Louisiana A 63.62 5 7 69.42
85 Maryland A 62.70 2 9 77.68
86 Memphis A 62.35 4 7 65.92
87 Eastern Washington A 62.24 12 2 49.31
88 Ball St. A 62.08 5 6 64.07
89 Eastern Michigan A 61.87 4 7 65.54
90 Baylor A 61.68 2 9 76.40
91 Boston College A 61.47 4 7 67.37
92 San Jose St. A 61.46 4 7 70.20
93 Western Illinois AA 61.02 11 2 46.00
94 Bowling Green A 60.99 3 8 72.30
95 Northeastern AA 60.75 8 3 53.46
96 UNLV A 60.23 3 8 66.23
97 Montana AA 59.80 8 4 50.64
98 Indiana A 59.47 2 9 77.32
99 Tulsa A 58.85 2 9 71.20
100 UTEP A 58.79 4 7 68.18
101 William & Mary AA 58.54 7 4 53.39
102 Hofstra AA 58.23 9 3 49.44
103 Idaho A 58.22 5 6 57.50
104 Hawaii A 58.22 3 9 66.84
105 Houston A 58.13 3 8 71.73
106 Harvard AA 57.82 9 1 41.47
107 Richmond AA 57.47 6 5 54.18
108 Temple A 57.41 3 8 68.45
109 Connecticut AA 57.40 7 4 47.38
110 Cal Poly SLO AA 57.27 10 1 46.13
111 UAB A 56.91 5 6 58.32
112 Kent St. A 56.81 3 8 67.27
113 Iowa St. A 56.58 1 10 77.86
114 Army A 56.30 4 7 62.17
115 North Texas A 56.16 4 7 62.76
116 Boise St. A 56.06 4 7 62.49
117 Georgia Southern AA 55.34 10 3 43.33
118 Akron A 55.03 2 9 72.79
119 Stephen F. Austin AA 54.76 8 3 49.16
120 Hampton AA 54.62 10 2 42.70
121 TCU A 54.43 1 10 69.19
122 Liberty AA 54.13 9 2 42.24
123 NW Louisiana AA 53.89 8 4 51.71
124 New Hampshire AA 53.89 5 6 54.35
125 Western Kentucky AA 53.82 10 2 37.26
126 Maine AA 53.48 5 6 50.96
127 Louisville A 53.14 1 10 69.25
128 Colgate AA 53.07 7 5 47.77
129 Northern Iowa AA 52.75 7 4 51.55
130 Illinois A 52.57 0 11 77.37
131 Florida A&M AA 52.21 9 3 40.76
132 Bucknell AA 51.52 10 1 39.37
133 Southern U. AA 50.81 11 1 32.78
134 Central Michigan A 50.58 2 9 66.91
135 Appalachian St. AA 50.51 7 4 45.55
136 Montana St. AA 50.07 6 5 48.89
137 Cal St. Northridge AA 49.82 6 6 50.59
138 Eastern Kentucky AA 49.24 8 4 36.99
139 Northern Arizona AA 49.15 6 5 51.57
140 James Madison AA 48.60 5 6 53.17
141 Dartmouth AA 48.04 8 2 41.17
142 Weber St. AA 47.59 6 5 48.43
143 Brown AA 46.51 6 4 41.08
144 SW Texas St. AA 46.20 5 6 47.14
145 So. Carolina St. AA 46.16 9 3 38.08
146 Sam Houston St. AA 46.07 5 6 50.38
147 Northern Illinois A 45.99 0 11 69.39
148 New Mexico St. A 45.80 2 9 60.52
149 Furman AA 45.77 7 4 40.53
150 Pennsylvania AA 45.27 6 4 42.56
151 Princeton AA 45.25 5 5 44.86
152 East Tennessee St. AA 45.06 7 4 38.41
153 Troy St. AA 44.88 5 6 43.11
154 Portland St. AA 44.72 4 7 51.07
155 Lehigh AA 44.12 4 7 47.35
156 Nicholls St. AA 44.12 5 6 48.41
157 Rutgers A 43.79 0 11 67.73
158 UC Davis II 43.44 8 5 47.84
159 Jackson St. AA 43.42 9 3 32.71
160 Dayton AA 43.09 9 1 25.44
161 Cornell AA 43.08 5 5 42.46
162 Rhode Island AA 42.73 2 9 52.87
163 SW Louisiana A 42.48 1 10 69.92
164 Howard AA 41.86 7 4 39.96
165 Murray St. AA 41.42 7 4 33.32
166 SW Missouri St. AA 41.18 5 6 42.80
167 Eastern Illinois AA 40.44 8 3 34.24
168 Southern Utah AA 40.34 5 6 45.65
169 St. Mary's-Cal. AA 40.00 4 6 47.62
170 Idaho St. AA 39.54 3 8 50.75
171 Chattanooga AA 38.88 7 4 38.58
172 Fordham AA 38.73 5 6 40.35
173 Arkansas St. A 38.49 2 9 60.17
174 Citadel AA 38.47 6 5 43.30
175 Tennessee Tech AA 37.77 6 5 35.39
176 No. Carolina A&T AA 37.68 7 4 37.05
177 Samford AA 37.57 7 4 36.14
178 Boston U. AA 37.43 1 10 54.99
179 Lafayette AA 37.32 3 8 42.55
180 Western Carolina AA 37.16 3 8 42.04
181 Norfolk St. AA 36.82 3 7 41.39
182 Massachusetts AA 35.93 2 9 51.78
183 Wofford AA 35.38 3 7 38.30
184 Elon College II 34.43 7 4 42.49
185 Ark.-Pine Bluff AA 33.95 8 3 28.61
186 Southern Illinois AA 33.86 3 8 43.83
187 Indiana St. AA 33.81 3 8 47.68
188 Middle Tennessee AA 33.45 4 6 32.67
189 Tennessee St. AA 33.07 4 7 38.44
190 Jacksonville St. AA 33.04 1 10 48.55
191 Sacramento St. AA 32.55 1 10 50.31
192 Morgan St. AA 32.37 3 7 39.62
193 Columbia AA 31.55 3 7 40.50
194 Holy Cross AA 31.12 3 8 41.18
195 Illinois St. AA 31.06 2 9 44.32
196 San Diego AA 30.33 8 3 22.16
197 Morehead St. AA 30.20 7 3 24.24
198 Robert Morris AA 29.73 8 3 17.26
199 Towson St. AA 29.51 3 7 37.93
200 Delaware St. AA 29.21 3 8 41.26
201 Buffalo AA 28.96 2 9 52.86
202 Yale AA 28.23 1 9 43.04
203 South Florida AA 28.06 5 6 35.50
204 Bethune-Cookman AA 27.78 4 7 40.24
205 Alcorn St. AA 27.49 4 7 33.72
206 Drake AA 26.75 8 3 25.01
207 Texas Southern AA 26.62 5 6 29.78
208 SE Missouri St. AA 26.19 4 7 31.44
209 Miss. Valley St. AA 25.67 4 6 29.79
210 VMI AA 23.25 0 11 48.79
211 Alabama St. AA 21.23 3 8 30.36
212 Grambling AA 19.75 3 8 32.03
213 Georgetown AA 19.69 8 3 9.62
214 Butler AA 18.39 6 4 21.35
215 Charleston Southern AA 18.36 1 9 42.23
216 Duquesne AA 17.04 7 3 5.69
217 Monmouth-NJ AA 16.87 5 4 13.40
218 Valparaiso AA 14.79 3 7 26.20
219 Tenn.-Martin AA 14.65 1 10 36.11
220 Marist AA 9.32 6 4 2.06
221 St. John's AA 8.27 8 3 2.28
222 Evansville AA 8.19 2 8 28.46
223 Wagner AA 7.48 6 4 6.83
224 Fairfield AA 7.38 7 3 0.95
225 Siena AA 6.69 6 3 2.85
226 Austin Peay AA 6.63 0 10 37.19
227 Prairie View A&M AA 4.24 0 9 32.02
228 Central Conn. St. AA 2.88 5 5 8.29
229 Canisius AA -4.30 3 7 4.22
230 St. Francis-Pa. AA -7.05 2 9 10.78
231 La Salle AA -15.47 1 8 0.10
232 St. Peter's AA -15.98 1 9 3.03
233 Iona AA -18.63 0 10 6.58