1997 Week 7 College Football Team Rankings

October 7, 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	0	0.491	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	5–0	1.000	1	+14	Beat Arkansas 56–7
2	3	0.639	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	5–0	1.000	1	+16	Beat Iowa 23–7
3	10	0.842	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	B12	4–0	1.000	1	+9	Beat Kansas State 56–26
4	-1	0.853	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	5–0	1.000	1	+13	Beat South Carolina 23–6
5	4	0.925	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	ACC	4–0	1.000	1	+8	Beat Miami 47–0
6	4	0.981	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	4–0	1.000	1	+8	Beat Mississippi State 47–0
7	9	1.059	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	5–0	1.000	1	+9	Beat Oregon 24–13
8	-4	1.087	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	6–0	1.000	1	+12	Beat Citadel 17–3
9	-2	1.088	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	5–0	1.000	1	+9	Beat TCU 31–10
10	1	1.137	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	4–0	1.000	1	+8	BYE
11	15	1.154	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	3–1	0.750	29	+8	Beat Ole Miss 31–17
12	0	1.185	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	4–0	1.000	1	+7	Beat Minnesota 31–10
13	-5	1.261	Penn State (PENN STATE)	B10	4–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat Illinois 41–6
14	-8	1.268	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	4–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Indiana 37–0
15	7	1.313	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	3–1	0.750	29	+7	Beat Arizona State 26–14
16	-2	1.326	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	B12	4–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Colorado 16–10
17	4	1.345	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	B12	5–0	1.000	1	+7	Beat Texas 42–16
18	0	1.426	LSU	SEC	4–1	0.800	19	+7	Beat Vanderbilt 7–6
19	-17	1.437	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	B12	3–1	0.750	29	+8	Lost to Nebraska 26–56
20	-5	1.542	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	5–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat SMU 22–15
21	3	1.703	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	4–1	0.800	19	+6	Beat Notre Dame 33–15
22	11	1.755	Kansas (KANSAS)	B12	4–1	0.800	19	+7	Beat Oklahoma 20–17
23	4	1.799	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	5–1	0.833	17	+6	Beat Eastern Michigan 47–7
24	10	1.803	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	19	+7	Beat California 41–34
25	-8	1.812	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND BE	4–1	0.800	19	+5	Lost to Miami (OH) 17–24
26	-3	1.822	Colorado (COLORADO)	B12	2–2	0.500	53	+7	Lost to Texas A&M 10–16
27	11	1.889	UCLA	PAC	3–2	0.600	36	+4	Beat Houston 66–10
28	4	1.974	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	USA	4–1	0.800	19	+5	Beat Memphis 20–17
29	17	2.000	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	4–1	0.800	19	+4	Beat Virginia Tech 24–17
30	9	2.070	BYU	IND WAC	3–1	0.750	29	+5	Beat Utah State 42–35
31	-3	2.085	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND BE	4–1	0.800	19	+3	Beat Rutgers 48–0
32	8	2.181	USC	PAC	2–2	0.500	53	+4	Beat UNLV 35–21
33	-13	2.192	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	4–1	0.800	19	0	Lost to Ohio State 7–23
34	10	2.240	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	ACC	3–1	0.750	29	+3	Beat Boston College 42–14
35	0	2.261	Marshall (MARSHALL)	MAC	4–1	0.800	19	+2	BYE
36	-11	2.282	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	3–2	0.600	36	+5	Lost to Georgia 0–47
37	5	2.314	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	5–1	0.833	17	+2	Beat Northwestern 26–25
38	-7	2.321	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	3–1	0.750	29	+4	BYE
39	-20	2.379	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	3–2	0.600	36	+2	Lost to Kentucky 34–40
40	9	2.392	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	3–2	0.600	36	+3	Beat Hawai'i 63–0
41	0	2.401	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	3–2	0.600	36	+4	Lost to Washington State 13–24
42	11	2.454	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	3–2	0.600	36	+3	Beat UTEP 39–7
43	8	2.475	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	3–2	0.600	36	+3	Beat Alabama 40–34
44	-14	2.520	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	SEC	3–2	0.600	36	+5	Lost to Florida 7–56
45	-16	2.574	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	3–2	0.600	36	+4	Lost to Tennessee 17–31
46	-9	2.640	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	3–2	0.600	36	+2	Lost to Washington 14–26
47	12	2.751	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND BE	3–3	0.500	53	+2	Beat East Carolina 56–0
48	-3	2.800	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	4–2	0.667	35	0	Beat Montana 28–13
49	3	2.835	Rice (RICE)	IND WAC	3–2	0.600	36	+2	Beat Tulsa 42–24
50	6	2.855	Missouri (MISSOURI)	B12	3–2	0.600	36	0	Beat Iowa State 45–21
51	-1	2.887	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	3–2	0.600	36	0	BYE
52	29	2.926	Tulane (TULANE)	USA	2–2	0.500	53	0	Beat Army 41–0
53	17	2.971	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	2–2	0.500	53	+2	Beat Wake Forest 21–13
54	6	3.027	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	USA	3–2	0.600	36	0	Beat Louisville 42–24
55	6	3.094	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	3–3	0.500	53	+3	Beat Northern Illinois 35–10
56	-1	3.206	Texas (TEXAS)	B12	2–2	0.500	53	+1	Lost to Oklahoma State 16–42
57	-21	3.222	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND BE	3–2	0.600	36	-1	Lost to Temple 13–17
58	18	3.284	Idaho (IDAHO)	IND BW	3–2	0.600	36	-2	Beat North Texas 30–17
59	9	3.287	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	3–3	0.500	53	+2	Beat Ball State 21–13
60	22	3.300	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	2–3	0.400	66	+3	Beat Duke 16–10
61	-13	3.341	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	2–2	0.500	53	0	Lost to Louisiana Tech 34–41
62	-15	3.392	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND BW	2–3	0.400	66	0	Lost to BYU 35–42
63	0	3.401	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–2	0.500	53	-1	Beat San José State 26–12
64	-10	3.476	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	SEC	2–3	0.400	66	+1	Lost to Auburn 6–23
65	12	3.536	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	2–3	0.400	66	0	Beat San Diego State 31–28
66	-9	3.555	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–4	0.200	87	+1	Lost to Stanford 15–33
67	-24	3.700	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	3–2	0.600	36	-4	Lost to Fresno State 13–27
68	6	3.804	UCF (CENTRAL FLORIDA)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	79	-1	Beat Kent State 59–43
69	-11	4.088	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	2–3	0.400	66	-3	Lost to LSU 6–7
70	-4	4.090	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND BE	2–3	0.400	66	-2	Lost to Georgia Tech 14–42
71	23	4.099	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND WAC	2–3	0.400	66	-2	Beat Utah 27–13
72	23	4.116	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	B12	2–2	0.500	53	-3	Beat Baylor 35–14
73	-11	4.261	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	2–3	0.400	66	-1	Lost to Virginia 13–21
74	23	4.274	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND BE	2–4	0.333	79	-2	Beat Pittsburgh 17–13
75	-11	4.315	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	2–4	0.333	79	-3	Lost to Wisconsin 25–26
76	3	4.452	SMU	IND WAC	1–4	0.200	87	-2	Lost to New Mexico 15–22
77	12	4.503	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	79	-3	Beat Northwestern State 17–7
78	-7	4.530	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	B12	2–3	0.400	66	-3	Lost to Kansas 17–20
79	-14	4.546	UNLV	IND WAC	2–3	0.400	66	-4	Lost to USC 21–35
80	0	4.652	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	USA	1–4	0.200	87	-3	Lost to Cincinnati 17–20
81	-3	4.657	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	53	-6	BYE
82	14	4.700	UAB	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	53	-7	Beat Western Kentucky 20–16
83	3	4.722	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–4	0.200	87	-2	Lost to Michigan 0–37
84	-12	4.772	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	1–4	0.200	87	-3	Lost to Arizona 28–31
85	-18	4.806	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	2–3	0.400	66	-6	Lost to Maryland 10–16
86	-13	4.813	Miami (MIAMI)	IND BE	1–4	0.200	87	-4	Lost to Florida State 0–47
87	3	4.875	Nevada (NEVADA)	IND BW	1–4	0.200	87	-4	BYE
88	-3	4.930	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND BW	2–4	0.333	79	-5	Lost to Idaho 17–30
89	-6	4.944	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	2–3	0.400	66	-6	Lost to Michigan State 10–31
90	-21	4.973	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	2–3	0.400	66	-5	Lost to Colorado State 0–63
91	16	5.100	Akron (AKRON)	MAC	1–4	0.200	87	-3	Beat Central Michigan 53–14
92	0	5.515	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–4	0.200	87	-5	Lost to Ohio 7–47
93	-5	5.548	UTEP	IND WAC	1–4	0.200	87	-4	Lost to Clemson 7–39
94	-7	5.819	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	2–4	0.333	79	-8	Lost to Akron 14–53
95	-20	5.936	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	USA	1–3	0.250	85	-5	Lost to Syracuse 0–56
96	-3	5.961	Baylor (BAYLOR)	B12	1–3	0.250	85	-4	Lost to Texas Tech 14–35
97	-13	6.057	Houston (HOUSTON)	USA	1–4	0.200	87	-6	Lost to UCLA 10–66
98	-7	6.121	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	1–4	0.200	87	-7	Lost to Tulane 0–41
99	0	6.414	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	USA	1–5	0.167	103	-9	Lost to Southern Miss 24–42
100	11	6.524	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	1–5	0.167	103	-6	Beat Arkansas State 41–38
101	1	6.619	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND WAC	0–4	0.000	106	-6	Lost to Rice 24–42
102	2	6.651	TCU	IND WAC	0–4	0.000	106	-6	Lost to North Carolina 10–31
103	0	6.820	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	1–5	0.167	103	-10	Lost to Western Michigan 13–21
104	4	6.970	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–5	0.000	106	-8	Lost to Penn State 6–41
105	-5	6.977	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	1–4	0.200	87	-5	Lost to UCF 43–59
106	0	7.012	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND WAC	0–4	0.000	106	-6	Lost to Oregon State 12–26
107	2	7.202	Boise State (BOISE STATE)	IND BW	1–4	0.200	87	-5	BYE
108	-3	7.250	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	B12	0–5	0.000	106	-8	Lost to Missouri 21–45
109	-11	7.336	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BW	1–4	0.200	87	-6	Lost to CAL Poly SAN Luis Obispo 35–38
110	-9	7.482	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND FBSI	1–4	0.200	87	-6	Lost to Louisiana 38–41
111	-1	8.329	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND BE	0–5	0.000	106	-9	Lost to West Virginia 0–48
112	0	8.745	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	0–5	0.000	106	-13	Lost to Bowling Green 10–35