1996 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
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| 1996 NCAA Division I-A football rankings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Season | 1996 | ||
| Bowl Season | 1996–97 bowl games | ||
| Preseason #1 | Nebraska | ||
| End of Season Champions | Florida | ||
| Conference with most teams in final AP poll |
Big Ten, SEC (5) | ||
NCAA Division I-A football rankings
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| Decrease in ranking | ||
| Not ranked previous week | ||
| (#-#) | Win-loss record | |
| (Italics) | Number of first place votes | |
| т | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |
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] |
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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 (10-3) | 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] |
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| Dropped: Clemson |
Dropped: Kansas |
Dropped: Northwestern |
Dropped: BYU Texas A&M |
Dropped: Iowa Syracuse Oregon |
Dropped: Virginia Tech Kansas |
Dropped: USC Utah |
Dropped: Texas |
Dropped: California Georgia Tech |
Dropped: None |
Dropped: West Virginia Utah |
Dropped: Iowa |
Dropped: Auburn Army Southern Miss |
Dropped: Clemson |
Dropped: None |
Dropped: Virginia |
Dropped: West Virginia |
Final Coaches' poll
| Ranking | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Florida |
| 2 | Ohio State |
| 3 | Florida State |
| 4 | Arizona State |
| 5 | BYU |
| 6 | Nebraska |
| 7 | Penn State |
| 8 | Colorado |
| 9 | Tennessee |
| 10 | North Carolina |
| 11 | Alabama |
| 12 | Virginia Tech |
| 13 | LSU |
| 14 | Miami (FL) |
| 15 | Washington |
| 16 | Northwestern |
| 17 | Kansas State |
| 18 | Iowa |
| 19 | Syracuse |
| 20 | Michigan |
| 21 | Notre Dame |
| 22 | Wyoming |
| 23 | Texas |
| 24 | Army |
| 25 | Auburn |
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- ↑ http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~dwilson/rfsc/history/CoachPolls.txt
