Final OAF ranking (& ratings) for the 1996 college football season:

Rank Team Name Rating Record AP ESPN/USA Today Bowl Game Results
1 FLORIDA 123.0800 12-1 1 1 Beat Florida State 52-20
2 FLORIDA STATE 116.0897 11-1 3 3 Lost to Florida
3 OHIO STATE 86.0082 11-1 2 2 Beat Arizona State 20-17
4 ARIZONA STATE 85.2810 11-1 4 4 Lost to Ohio State
5 NEBRASKA 79.7571 11-2 6 6 Beat Virginia Tech 41-21
6 PENN STATE 79.6408 11-2 7 7 Beat Texas 38-15
7 VIRGINIA TECH 74.1156 10-2 13 12 Lost to Nebraska
8 IOWA 74.0850 9-3 18 18 Beat Texas Tech 27-0
9 COLORADO 73.8705 10-2 8 8 Beat Washington 33-21
10 TENNESSEE 73.7834 10-2 9 9 Beat Northwestern 48-28
11 ALABAMA 73.1782 10-3 11 11 Beat Michigan 17-14
12 NORTH CAROLINA 72.5716 10-2 10 10 Beat West Virginia 20-13
13 MICHIGAN 72.5155 8-4 20 20 Lost to Alabama
14 WASHINGTON 71.7453 9-3 16 15 Lost to Colorado
15 NORTHWESTERN 68.9915 9-3 15 16 Beat Virginia 31-21
16 MIAMI (F) 68.9901 9-3 14 14 Lost to Tennessee
17 LSU 68.5316 10-2 12 13 Beat Clemson 10-7
18 SYRACUSE 68.3573 9-3 21 19 Beat Houston 30-17
19 BYU 67.6178 14-1 5 5 Beat Kansas State 19-15
20 TEXAS 65.6453 8-5 23 23 Lost to Penn State
21 KANSAS STATE 65.2355 9-3 17 17 Lost to BYU
22 EAST CAROLINA 62.5691
23 VIRGINIA 61.8380
24 WEST VIRGINIA 61.7341
25 WISCONSIN 60.7963
26 NOTRE DAME 58.9153
27 HOUSTON 58.7568
28 STANFORD 58.1093
29 MICHIGAN STATE 56.6336
30 SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI 56.2398
31 USC 55.2299
32 PURDUE 54.5246
33 SOUTH CAROLINA 54.0879
34 CLEMSON 53.3310
35 AUBURN 51.7442
36 MINNESOTA 51.5646
37 OREGON 51.1694
38 UCLA 51.1018
39 ARMY 51.0162
40 MISSISSIPPI STATE 50.7949
41 MEMPHIS STATE 50.2998
42 ARIZONA 50.0944
43 CINCINNATI 49.6794
44 WASHINGTON STATE 49.3563
45 NAVY 49.0441
46 TEXAS TECH 48.9855
47 LOUISVILLE 48.6982
48 CALIFORNIA 48.2988
49 KENTUCKY 47.9048
50 GEORGIA 47.5215
51 RICE 46.6853
52 ARKANSAS 46.3895
53 INDIANA 46.2145
54 MARYLAND 46.2126
55 PITTSBURGH 45.6166
56 GEORGIA TECH 45.5583
57 MISSISSIPPI 45.4063
58 BOSTON COLLEGE 44.5611
59 NORTH CAROLINA STATE 43.8507
60 MISSOURI 43.7393
61 UTAH 43.6322
62 UNRENO 42.2770
63 ILLINOIS 41.7810
64 TULANE 41.7263
65 TEXAS A+M 41.5657
66 WYOMING 41.1292
67 COLORADO STATE 40.4460
68 AIR FORCE 38.3914
69 SWLOUISIANA 38.2927
70 SMU 38.1709
71 KANSAS 37.8396
72 WAKE FOREST 36.9277
73 OREGON STATE 36.3781
74 OKLAHOMA STATE 35.4250
75 NEW MEXICO 35.3308
76 OKLAHOMA 35.1622
77 UTAH STATE 34.9628
78 SAN DIEGO STATE 34.8228
79 IOWA STATE 34.5734
80 VANDERBILT 33.5045
81 BAYLOR 32.4361
82 TCU 31.5444
83 TULSA 31.1351
84 RUTGERS 30.6958
85 BALL STATE 28.0129
86 NELOUISIANA 26.7645
87 CENTRAL FLORIDA 26.1398
88 ALABAMA (BIRMINGHAM) 24.6302
89 DUKE 24.0071
90 LOUISIANA TECH 23.4537
91 ARKANSAS STATE 21.8870
92 MIAMI (O) 20.5676
93 TOLEDO 17.7111
94 OHIOU 16.9838
95 TEMPLE 16.8391
96 FRESNO STATE 16.4903
97 NORTH TEXAS STATE 15.4829
98 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 12.8865
99 EASTERN MICHIGAN 11.6175
100 AKRON 10.8903
101 SAN JOSE STATE 7.9522
102 WESTERN MICHIGAN 7.4229
103 UNLV 7.2249
104 UTEP 5.1958
105 BGU 5.0866
106 NORTHERN ILLINOIS 2.7129
107 HAWAII -0.0533
108 BOISE STATE -3.1945
109 NEW MEXICO STATE -3.9218
110 KENT STATE -15.9299

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