1996 Week 2 College Football Team Rankings

September 3, 1996By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1996 Season Tags: • No Comments

1996 rankings calculated with the Classic formula (Ken's 2016-based hybrid, applied retroactively); records, NOW and game results come from James Howell's historical college football score archive.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	Game Status
1	87	0.226	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat UNLV 62–3
2	49	0.236	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Kent State 64–6
3	0	0.363	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat San José State 45–0
4	59	0.363	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Clemson 45–0
5	48	0.432	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Purdue 52–14
6	21	0.471	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Louisiana 55–21
7	99	0.471	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND BE	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Pittsburgh 34–0
8	61	0.511	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Akron 44–14
9	80	0.511	Texas (TEXAS)	B12	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Missouri 40–10
10	1	0.521	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat UAB 29–0
11	-9	0.545	BYU	IND WAC	2–0	1.000	1	Beat Arkansas State 58–9
12	27	0.560	Kansas (KANSAS)	B12	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Ball State 35–10
13	33	0.570	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	USA	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Kentucky 38–14
14	34	0.570	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Northern Illinois 30–6
15	35	0.579	Miami (MIAMI)	IND BE	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Memphis 30–7
16	3	0.599	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Boise State 42–21
17	44	0.599	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat New Mexico State 28–7
18	-12	0.609	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat UTEP 23–3
19	73	0.609	Tulane (TULANE)	USA	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Cincinnati 34–14
20	2	0.629	Colorado (COLORADO)	B12	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Washington State 37–19
21	-20	0.638	Penn State (PENN STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	BYE
22	-17	0.668	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Bowling Green 21–7
23	29	0.688	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Illinois 20–8
24	16	0.737	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	B12	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Texas Tech 21–14
25	56	0.737	SMU	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Tulsa 17–10
26	57	0.766	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	USA	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Georgia 11–7
27	60	0.766	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND BE	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Eastern Michigan 28–24
28	-13	0.776	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND BE	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Hawai'i 24–21
29	44	0.776	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Fresno State 30–27
30	68	0.776	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND BW	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Utah 20–17
31	78	0.786	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Idaho 40–38
32	-25	1.304	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
33	-25	1.304	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	SEC	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
34	-24	1.304	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
35	-22	1.304	Baylor (BAYLOR)	B12	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
36	-19	1.304	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
37	-13	1.304	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
38	-13	1.304	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
39	-11	1.304	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	ACC	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
40	-9	1.304	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	ACC	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
41	-5	1.304	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
42	-5	1.304	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
43	-5	1.304	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	B12	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
44	3	1.304	LSU	SEC	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
45	9	1.304	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
46	10	1.304	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
47	11	1.304	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
48	11	1.304	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	B12	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
49	11	1.304	Nevada (NEVADA)	IND BW	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
50	14	1.304	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
51	14	1.304	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND BW	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
52	15	1.304	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
53	15	1.304	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
54	16	1.304	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
55	16	1.304	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	B12	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
56	18	1.304	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
57	20	1.304	Rice (RICE)	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
58	21	1.304	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
59	23	1.304	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
60	24	1.304	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
61	24	1.304	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND BE	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
62	24	1.304	TCU	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
63	28	1.304	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
64	31	1.304	UCLA	PAC	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
65	35	1.304	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
66	35	1.304	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
67	35	1.304	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND BE	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
68	36	1.304	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
69	39	1.304	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
70	-36	1.471	Idaho (IDAHO)	IND BW	0–1	0.000	41	Lost to Wyoming 38–40
71	-42	1.514	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	41	Lost to Oregon 27–30
72	-40	1.514	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	41	Lost to Boston College 21–24
73	24	1.514	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	41	Lost to Utah State 17–20
74	-48	1.557	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–1	0.000	41	Lost to Temple 24–28
75	-45	1.557	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	0–1	0.000	41	Lost to Southern Miss 7–11
76	34	1.557	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	B12	0–1	0.000	41	BYE
77	13	1.686	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	B12	0–1	0.000	41	Lost to Kansas State 14–21
78	15	1.686	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	41	Lost to SMU 10–17
79	-56	1.788	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 61–19
80	-45	1.900	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–1	0.000	41	Lost to Michigan 8–20
81	-26	1.964	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Idaho State 38–14
82	-66	1.986	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	0–1	0.000	41	Lost to Alabama 7–21
83	-38	2.004	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Middle Tennessee 20–0
84	-51	2.023	Houston (HOUSTON)	USA	1–0	1.000	1	Beat SAM Houston State 43–25
85	-7	2.102	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND BE	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Villanova 38–28
86	25	2.114	USC	PAC	0–1	0.000	41	BYE
87	-69	2.141	UCF (CENTRAL FLORIDA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat William & Mary 39–33
88	15	2.141	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat App State 19–13
89	16	2.157	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–1	0.000	41	Lost to Colorado 19–37
90	-18	2.171	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	B12	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Missouri State 23–20
91	-47	2.180	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Nicholls State 14–12
92	-72	2.243	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	USA	0–1	0.000	41	Lost to Tulane 14–34
93	6	2.243	UTEP	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	41	Lost to Arizona 3–23
94	-80	2.286	Boise State (BOISE STATE)	IND BW	0–1	0.000	41	Lost to Central Michigan 21–42
95	-33	2.286	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BW	0–1	0.000	41	Lost to New Mexico 7–28
96	-47	2.371	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	USA	0–1	0.000	41	Lost to Miami 7–30
97	-55	2.414	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	0–1	0.000	41	Lost to Louisville 14–38
98	-32	2.414	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	41	Lost to Maryland 6–30
99	-87	2.457	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	0–1	0.000	41	Lost to Kansas 10–35
100	-6	2.629	UAB	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	41	Lost to Auburn 0–29
101	-97	2.671	Akron (AKRON)	MAC	0–1	0.000	41	Lost to Ohio 14–44
102	-45	2.671	Missouri (MISSOURI)	B12	0–1	0.000	41	Lost to Texas 10–40
103	-60	2.843	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	41	Lost to Florida 21–55
104	-29	2.843	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND BE	0–1	0.000	41	Lost to West Virginia 0–34
105	-29	3.014	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–1	0.000	41	Lost to Michigan State 14–52
106	-85	3.314	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	0–1	0.000	41	Lost to North Carolina 0–45
107	-27	3.314	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	41	Lost to Air Force 0–45
108	-99	3.486	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	41	Lost to BYU 9–58
109	-68	3.871	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	0–1	0.000	41	Lost to Miami (OH) 6–64
110	-14	3.914	UNLV	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	41	Lost to Tennessee 3–62
111	-4	11.243	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–1	0.000	41	Lost to Eastern Illinois 20–28