Final OAF ranking (& ratings) for the 1997 college football season:

Rank Team Name Rating Record AP ESPN/USA Today Bowl Game Results
1 NEBRASKA 120.5806 13-0 2 1 Beat Tennessee 42-17
2 TENNESSEE 110.0328 11-2 7 8 Lost to Nebraska
3 MICHIGAN 104.4349 12-0 1 2 Beat Washington State 21-16
4 FLORIDA 99.5798 10-2 4 6 Beat Penn State 21-6
5 FLORIDA STATE 99.2563 11-1 3 3 Beat Ohio State 31-14
6 UCLA 89.7995 10-2 10 10 Beat Texas A+M 29-23
7 NORTH CAROLINA 89.5398 11-1 6 4 Beat Virginia Tech 42-3
8 GEORGIA 89.4973 10-2 10 10 Beat Wisconsin 33-6
9 AUBURN 86.9484 9-3 11 11 Beat Clemson 21-17
10 KANSAS STATE 84.2344 11-1 8 7 Beat Syracuse 35-18
11 LSU 78.1579 9-3 13 13 Beat Notre Dame 27-8
12 WASHINGTON STATE 77.1062 10-2 9 9 Lost to Michigan
13 WASHINGTON 75.3394 8-4 18 18 Beat Michigan State 51-23
14 ARIZONA STATE 73.6352 9-3 14 14 Beat Iowa 17-7
15 MISSISSIPPI 73.5665 8-4 22 22 Beat Marshall 34-31
16 ARIZONA 73.4303 7-5 26 32 Beat New Mexico 20-14
17 OREGON 72.7345 7-5 27 30 Beat Air Force 41-13
18 MISSISSIPPI STATE 72.3393 7-4 33 33 No Bowl Game
19 OHIO STATE 69.9381 10-3 12 12 Lost to Florida State
20 USC 69.6851        
21 NOTRE DAME 68.5125        
22 ARKANSAS 66.7533        
23 STANFORD 65.1359        
24 PENN STATE 64.3497        
25 SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI 63.8007        
26 LOUISIANA TECH 62.2866        
27 ALABAMA 61.4376        
28 MICHIGAN STATE 61.1486        
29 CLEMSON 60.2789        
30 SOUTH CAROLINA 59.5761        
31 KENTUCKY 59.2414        
32 GEORGIA TECH 57.7347        
33 PURDUE 57.6770        
34 NORTH CAROLINA STATE 55.8820        
35 VIRGINIA 54.7936        
36 WISCONSIN 54.1587        
37 NORTHWESTERN 53.5956        
38 SYRACUSE 53.5088        
39 IOWA 53.2781        
40 WAKE FOREST 52.3762        
41 CALIFORNIA 51.0834        
42 TEXAS A+M 50.1406        
43 COLORADO STATE 49.8592        
44 COLORADO 49.5227        
45 MISSOURI 49.1449        
46 OKLAHOMA STATE 47.4889        
47 TEXAS TECH 46.6889        
48 MARSHALL 46.1606        
49 OKLAHOMA 46.0614        
50 EAST CAROLINA 45.6009        
51 TULANE 45.3965        
52 MIAMI (O) 45.1758        
53 CINCINNATI 44.5051        
54 CENTRAL FLORIDA 44.4733        
55 WESTERN MICHIGAN 43.6098        
56 PITTSBURGH 43.1773        
57 VANDERBILT 42.9810        
58 TOLEDO 42.8151        
59 WEST VIRGINIA 42.8065        
60 OHIOU 42.7773        
61 OREGON STATE 42.6936        
62 NELOUISIANA 42.2053        
63 VIRGINIA TECH 41.6274        
64 KANSAS 41.4359        
65 TEXAS 41.0941        
66 MIAMI (F) 40.5905        
67 NAVY 40.4841        
68 BOSTON COLLEGE 40.3233        
69 RICE 40.0626        
70 DUKE 38.9074        
71 NEW MEXICO 38.8915        
72 UTAH 38.0038        
73 MARYLAND 37.5013        
74 BYU 37.2895        
75 MEMPHIS STATE 36.8473        
76 SMU 36.8089        
77 AIR FORCE 36.6444        
78 HOUSTON 36.0828        
79 MINNESOTA 35.7245        
80 FRESNO STATE 35.6897        
81 SAN DIEGO STATE 35.3457        
82 WYOMING 34.2688        
83 TEMPLE 33.5871        
84 INDIANA 32.5375        
85 BAYLOR 32.3443        
86 BALL STATE 31.4863        
87 UNRENO 29.7813        
88 UTEP 29.4631        
89 UTAH STATE 27.8859        
90 SAN JOSE STATE 27.4351        
91 BGU 27.1417        
92 IOWA STATE 26.4648        
93 ALABAMA (BIRMINGHAM) 26.1470        
94 TULSA 25.9625        
95 EASTERN MICHIGAN 25.4882        
96 NORTH TEXAS STATE 25.0648        
97 BOISE STATE 23.9584        
98 HAWAII 23.7615        
99 UNLV 21.6983        
100 KENT STATE 21.2973        
101 IDAHO 21.0771        
102 AKRON 20.1393        
103 LOUISVILLE 19.5796        
104 ILLINOIS 19.4869        
105 TCU 19.3695        
106 ARMY 18.5206        
107 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 8.2177        
108 SWLOUISIANA 4.9670        
109 ARKANSAS STATE -4.5722        
110 NEW MEXICO STATE -8.3626        
111 RUTGERS -14.1036        
112 NORTHERN ILLINOIS -15.8456        

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