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1997 Post-Season Week 3 College Football Team Rankings

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1997 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.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
110.820Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC11–10.9173+68BYE
2-10.844Nebraska (NEBRASKA)B1212–01.0001+64BYE
310.869Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)ACC10–10.9094+55BYE
4-10.882Michigan (MICHIGAN)B1011–01.0001+65BYE
500.965Florida (FLORIDA)SEC9–20.81810+52BYE
601.139Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)B1210–10.9094+48BYE
701.161Auburn (AUBURN)SEC9–30.75017+53BYE
801.163Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC10–10.9094+47BYE
901.177Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC9–20.81810+47BYE
1001.223UCLAPAC9–20.81810+44BYE
1101.287North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC10–10.9094+43BYE
1201.344Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B1010–20.8339+46BYE
1301.414Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND WAC11–20.8468+48Beat Missouri 35–24
1401.500Penn State (PENN STATE)B109–20.81810+39BYE
1531.650Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC8–40.66730+37Beat Michigan State 51–23
1611.690LSUSEC9–30.75017+32Beat Notre Dame 27–9
17-11.754Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND BE9–30.75017+28BYE
1841.766Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC8–40.66730+38Beat Marshall 34–31
19-41.806Marshall (MARSHALL)MAC10–30.76915+28Lost to Ole Miss 31–34
20-11.856Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC8–30.72722+24BYE
2101.885Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)PAC8–30.72722+27BYE
22-21.908Purdue (PURDUE)B108–30.72722+28BYE
2311.938Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND WAC10–30.76915+34BYE
2411.955Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)B129–30.75017+23BYE
25-21.963Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC9–30.75017+25BYE
2602.025Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)USA8–30.72722+23BYE
2722.119Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)IND FBSI9–20.81810+19BYE
2822.201Ohio (OHIO)MAC8–30.72722+15BYE
2942.206Oregon (OREGON)PAC7–50.58342+28BYE
3012.261Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC7–40.63634+20BYE
3112.306Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)B128–30.72722+15BYE
3222.315Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC7–40.63634+21BYE
33132.328Arizona (ARIZONA)PAC7–50.58342+24Beat New Mexico 20–14
3442.375Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B108–40.66730+22BYE
3502.381Tulane (TULANE)USA7–40.63634+12BYE
36-92.412New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC9–40.69229+16Lost to Arizona 14–20
3722.414Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC8–30.72722+14BYE
38-12.445Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND BE7–40.63634+11BYE
3922.463Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC7–40.63634+13BYE
40-122.465Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B107–50.58342+17Lost to Washington 23–51
4162.469Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)ACC7–50.58342+19Beat West Virginia 35–30
4262.532Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)USA8–40.66730+14Beat Utah State 35–19
4302.561Iowa (IOWA)B107–40.63634+3BYE
44-42.626Missouri (MISSOURI)B127–50.58342+15Lost to Colorado State 24–35
4502.629USCPAC6–50.54548+17BYE
46-22.641Rice (RICE)IND WAC7–40.63634+14BYE
47-112.663Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI7–60.53855+21Lost to LSU 9–27
4812.749Colorado (COLORADO)B125–60.45559+16BYE
4912.803NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC6–50.54548+8BYE
5012.829Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)B126–50.54548+12BYE
51-92.867West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND BE7–50.58342+6Lost to Georgia Tech 30–35
5213.064South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)SEC5–60.45559+6BYE
53-13.114Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI7–40.63634-9BYE
5403.205SMUIND WAC6–50.54548+3BYE
5523.231Stanford (STANFORD)PAC5–60.45559+7BYE
56-13.260BYUIND WAC6–50.54548+2BYE
5743.372Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC7–60.53855-3BYE
5803.390Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND BE6–50.54548-3BYE
5913.392UCF (CENTRAL FLORIDA)IND FBSI5–60.45559-3BYE
60-13.397Utah (UTAH)IND WAC6–50.54548-3BYE
61-53.558Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND BW6–60.50057-8Lost to Cincinnati 19–35
6213.579Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC5–60.45559-3BYE
63-13.602Nevada (NEVADA)IND BW5–60.45559-7BYE
6413.653Arkansas (ARKANSAS)SEC4–70.36475+1BYE
6533.703Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)IND WAC6–60.50057-5BYE
66-23.708Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B105–70.41772-1BYE
6723.726Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC4–70.36475-4BYE
68-23.762Miami (MIAMI)IND BE5–60.45559-10BYE
6913.783Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC5–60.45559-6BYE
70-33.801East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)USA5–60.45559-5BYE
7103.889San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)IND WAC5–70.41772-5BYE
7203.998Kansas (KANSAS)B125–60.45559-5BYE
7304.130Ball State (BALL STATE)MAC5–60.45559-15BYE
7414.563UABIND FBSI5–60.45559-25BYE
7514.590UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)IND FBSI5–70.41772-18BYE
76-24.646Texas (TEXAS)B124–70.36475-17BYE
7704.687Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)MAC4–70.36475-22BYE
7814.704Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC3–80.27387-15BYE
79-14.707Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND BE4–70.36475-19BYE
8014.792California (CALIFORNIA)PAC3–80.27387-18BYE
81-14.892Memphis (MEMPHIS)USA4–70.36475-24BYE
8204.907Idaho (IDAHO)IND BW5–60.45559-22BYE
8305.041UTEPIND WAC4–70.36475-21BYE
8405.051Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)B124–80.33386-17BYE
8515.142San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND WAC4–70.36475-19BYE
86-15.224Army (ARMY)IND FBSI4–70.36475-29BYE
8715.237Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC3–80.27387-26BYE
88-15.271Boise State (BOISE STATE)IND BW4–70.36475-17BYE
8905.305Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC3–80.27387-24BYE
9005.498Temple (TEMPLE)IND BE3–80.27387-26BYE
9115.657North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND BW4–70.36475-31BYE
92-15.667Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B103–90.25095-30BYE
9336.006Duke (DUKE)ACC2–90.18297-31BYE
9416.012Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC3–80.27387-22BYE
95-26.016Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC2–90.18297-29BYE
9626.040UNLVIND WAC3–80.27387-38BYE
9706.126Indiana (INDIANA)B102–90.18297-29BYE
9816.128Houston (HOUSTON)USA3–80.27387-30BYE
99-56.137Tulsa (TULSA)IND WAC2–90.18297-33BYE
10006.243Baylor (BAYLOR)B122–90.18297-30BYE
10106.266Akron (AKRON)MAC2–90.18297-31BYE
10206.516Hawai'i (HAWAII)IND WAC3–90.25095-42BYE
10306.700Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)MAC2–90.18297-39BYE
10407.357Iowa State (IOWA STATE)B121–100.091106-41BYE
10517.863TCUIND WAC1–100.091106-51BYE
106-17.873New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BW2–90.18297-44BYE
10717.889Louisville (LOUISVILLE)USA1–100.091106-53BYE
108-17.908Illinois (ILLINOIS)B100–110.000110-50BYE
10907.975Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI1–100.091106-34BYE
11008.011Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)IND FBSI2–90.18297-46BYE
11108.634Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)MAC0–110.000110-56BYE
11209.337Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND BE0–110.000110-62BYE

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