1997 Week 2 College Football Team Rankings

September 2, 1997By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1997 Season Tags: • No Comments

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.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	60	0.243	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	B12	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Akron 59–14
2	102	0.292	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND BE	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Rutgers 59–19
3	85	0.341	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Texas Tech 52–17
4	16	0.350	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northern Illinois 44–10
5	19	0.370	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Nevada 45–13
6	70	0.370	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND BE	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Louisiana 45–13
7	0	0.380	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat New Mexico State 41–10
8	23	0.380	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Arkansas State 38–7
9	43	0.380	Miami (MIAMI)	IND BE	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Baylor 45–14
10	-5	0.438	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Houston 42–17
11	29	0.448	Kansas (KANSAS)	B12	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat UAB 24–0
12	-10	0.448	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
13	57	0.448	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kent State 31–7
14	95	0.487	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Temple 34–14
15	38	0.516	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ball State 27–10
16	86	0.516	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Texas 29–12
17	11	0.535	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Southern Miss 21–6
18	15	0.545	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Minnesota 17–3
19	24	0.545	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Louisville 38–24
20	51	0.545	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wyoming 24–10
21	87	0.574	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND BE	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Marshall 42–31
22	-1	0.584	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	USA	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tulsa 34–24
23	23	0.613	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Bowling Green 30–23
24	48	0.613	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	B12	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Iowa State 21–14
25	75	0.613	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND BW	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Utah 21–14
26	-23	0.642	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Idaho 14–10
27	31	0.652	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Memphis 13–10
28	38	0.652	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Syracuse 32–31
29	78	0.652	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat UCLA 37–34
30	27	0.672	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat UCF 24–23
31	-30	1.004	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND BE	1–1	0.500	34	0	Lost to NC State 31–32
32	-26	1.150	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
33	-25	1.150	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	SEC	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
34	-24	1.150	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
35	-24	1.150	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
36	-21	1.150	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND BE	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
37	-20	1.150	BYU	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
38	-20	1.150	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
39	-17	1.150	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
40	-17	1.150	Colorado (COLORADO)	B12	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
41	-16	1.150	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
42	-16	1.150	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	USA	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
43	-16	1.150	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
44	-15	1.150	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	ACC	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
45	-13	1.150	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	ACC	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
46	-10	1.150	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
47	-10	1.150	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
48	-10	1.150	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
49	-8	1.150	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	B12	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
50	-2	1.150	LSU	SEC	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
51	-1	1.150	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
52	2	1.150	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
53	2	1.150	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
54	5	1.150	Missouri (MISSOURI)	B12	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
55	5	1.150	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
56	9	1.150	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
57	12	1.150	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
58	15	1.150	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
59	15	1.150	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
60	15	1.150	Penn State (PENN STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
61	16	1.150	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
62	16	1.150	Rice (RICE)	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
63	17	1.150	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
64	17	1.150	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
65	17	1.150	SMU	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
66	17	1.150	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
67	18	1.150	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
68	18	1.150	TCU	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
69	20	1.150	Texas (TEXAS)	B12	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
70	20	1.150	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	B12	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
71	21	1.150	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
72	21	1.150	Tulane (TULANE)	USA	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
73	24	1.150	UNLV	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
74	24	1.150	USC	PAC	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
75	26	1.150	UTEP	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
76	27	1.150	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
77	28	1.150	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
78	28	1.150	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	66	0	BYE
79	-60	1.225	UCF (CENTRAL FLORIDA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	35	0	Lost to Ole Miss 23–24
80	-29	1.310	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	USA	0–1	0.000	35	0	Lost to Mississippi State 10–13
81	15	1.310	UCLA	PAC	0–1	0.000	35	0	Lost to Washington State 34–37
82	-47	1.352	Idaho (IDAHO)	IND BW	0–1	0.000	35	0	Lost to Air Force 10–14
83	-67	1.480	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	0–1	0.000	35	0	Lost to Louisiana Tech 23–30
84	-45	1.480	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	B12	0–1	0.000	35	0	Lost to Oklahoma State 14–21
85	14	1.480	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	35	0	Lost to Utah State 14–21
86	8	1.607	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	35	0	Lost to Cincinnati 24–34
87	-38	1.650	Marshall (MARSHALL)	MAC	0–1	0.000	35	0	Lost to West Virginia 31–42
88	-41	1.777	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	USA	0–1	0.000	35	0	Lost to Kentucky 24–38
89	-33	1.777	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–1	0.000	35	0	Lost to Hawai'i 3–17
90	20	1.777	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	35	0	Lost to Ohio State 10–24
91	-7	1.819	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	USA	0–1	0.000	35	0	Lost to Florida 6–21
92	-80	1.904	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	0–1	0.000	35	0	Lost to Miami (OH) 10–27
93	-26	1.904	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND BW	0–1	0.000	35	0	Lost to Vanderbilt 12–29
94	-64	1.927	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Portland State 35–7
95	-50	1.927	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Nicholls State 28–0
96	-33	1.976	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northern Arizona 33–10
97	-10	2.032	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND BE	0–1	0.000	35	0	Lost to Western Michigan 14–34
98	-56	2.202	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	0–1	0.000	35	0	Lost to Ohio 7–31
99	12	2.202	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	B12	0–1	0.000	35	0	BYE
100	-5	2.202	UAB	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	35	0	Lost to Kansas 0–24
101	-67	2.244	Houston (HOUSTON)	USA	0–1	0.000	35	0	Lost to Alabama 17–42
102	-93	2.499	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	35	0	Lost to Georgia 7–38
103	-90	2.499	Baylor (BAYLOR)	B12	0–1	0.000	35	0	Lost to Miami 14–45
104	-40	2.499	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BW	0–1	0.000	35	0	Lost to Arizona State 10–41
105	-61	2.542	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	35	0	Lost to Pittsburgh 13–45
106	-44	2.542	Nevada (NEVADA)	IND BW	0–1	0.000	35	0	Lost to Colorado State 13–45
107	-39	2.627	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	0–1	0.000	35	0	Lost to Central Michigan 10–44
108	-17	2.669	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	B12	0–1	0.000	35	0	Lost to Tennessee 17–52
109	-30	2.881	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND BE	0–1	0.000	35	0	Lost to Virginia Tech 19–59
110	-106	3.094	Akron (AKRON)	MAC	0–1	0.000	35	0	Lost to Nebraska 14–59
111	1	5.430	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–1	0.000	35	-1	BYE
112	-98	12.396	Boise State (BOISE STATE)	IND BW	0–1	0.000	35	0	Lost to Northridge State 23–63