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class="infobox-label">Preseason <abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> 1</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/1997_Penn_State_Nittany_Lions_football_team" title="1997 Penn State Nittany Lions football team">Penn State</a> (AP)</li><li><a href="/wiki/1997_Florida_Gators_football_team" title="1997 Florida Gators football team">Florida</a> (Coaches)</li></ul></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/College_football_national_championships_in_NCAA_Division_I_FBS" title="College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS">End of season champions</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/1997_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1997 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> (AP)</li><li><a href="/wiki/1997_Nebraska_Cornhuskers_football_team" title="1997 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team">Nebraska</a> (Coaches)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Conference with most<br />teams in final AP poll</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">SEC</a> (6)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint" style="background:#eee; padding:0 0.3em;">NCAA Division I-A football rankings <div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/1996_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_rankings" title="1996 NCAA Division I-A football rankings">1996</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/1998_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_rankings" title="1998 NCAA Division I-A football rankings">1998</a> →</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Two human polls comprised the <b><a href="/wiki/1997_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season" title="1997 NCAA Division I-A football season">1997</a> <a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">National Collegiate Athletic Association</a> (NCAA) <a href="/wiki/Division_I-A" class="mw-redirect" title="Division I-A">Division I-A</a> football rankings</b>. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, did not bestow a <a href="/wiki/National_championship" title="National championship">national championship</a>; instead that title was bestowed by one or more different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the <a href="/wiki/AP_Poll" class="mw-redirect" title="AP Poll">AP Poll</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Coaches_Poll" title="Coaches Poll">Coaches Poll</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legend">Legend</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_rankings&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Legend"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="border:1px solid black;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background:#D8FFEB; width:20px; border:1px solid black;"> </td> <td>  </td> <td>Increase in ranking </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFE6E6; width:20px; border:1px solid black;"> </td> <td>  </td> <td>Decrease in ranking </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFFFE6; width:20px; border:1px solid black;"> </td> <td>  </td> <td>Not ranked previous week </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#9cf; width:20px; border:1px solid black;"> </td> <td>  </td> <td>National champion </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">(#–#)</div> </td> <td>  </td> <td>Win–loss record </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><i>(Italics)</i></div> </td> <td>  </td> <td>Number of first place votes </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">т</div> </td> <td> </td> <td>Tied with team above or below also with this symbol </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="AP_Poll">AP Poll</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_rankings&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: AP Poll"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> 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id="cite_ref-AP_Week_4_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP_Week_4-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 5<br />Sep 22<sup id="cite_ref-AP_Week_5_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP_Week_5-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 6<br />Sep 29<sup id="cite_ref-AP_Week_6_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP_Week_6-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 7<br />Oct 6<sup id="cite_ref-AP_Week_7_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP_Week_7-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 8<br />Oct 13<sup id="cite_ref-AP_Week_8_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP_Week_8-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 9<br />Oct 20<sup id="cite_ref-AP_Week_9_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP_Week_9-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 10<br />Oct 27<sup id="cite_ref-AP_Week_10_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP_Week_10-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 11<br />Nov 3<sup id="cite_ref-AP_Week_11_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP_Week_11-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 12<br />Nov 10<sup id="cite_ref-AP_Week_12_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP_Week_12-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 13<br />Nov 17<sup id="cite_ref-AP_Week_13_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP_Week_13-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 14<br />Nov 24<sup id="cite_ref-AP_Week_14_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP_Week_14-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 15<br />Dec 1<sup id="cite_ref-AP_Week_15_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP_Week_15-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 16<br />Dec 8<sup id="cite_ref-AP_Week_16_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP_Week_16-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 17 (Final)<br />Jan 3<sup id="cite_ref-AP_Final_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP_Final-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th></th></tr><tr><th>1.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_Penn_State_Nittany_Lions_football_team" title="1997 Penn State Nittany Lions football team">Penn State</a> <i>(21)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Penn State (0–0) <i>(22)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Penn State (0–0) <i>(23)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Penn State (1–0) <i>(22)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Penn State (2–0) <i>(25)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Florida (3–0) <i>(32)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Florida (4–0) <i>(36)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Florida (5–0) <i>(35)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Penn State (5–0) <i>(51)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Nebraska (6–0) <i>(33)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Nebraska (7–0) <i>(35)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Nebraska (8–0) <i>(46)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Michigan (9–0) <i>(44)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Michigan (10–0) <i>(44)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Michigan (11–0) <i>(69)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Michigan (11–0) <i>(69)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Michigan (11–0) <i>(69)</i></td><td style="background-color:#99CCFF">Michigan (12–0) <i>(51½)</i></td><th>1.</th></tr><tr><th>2.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_Florida_Gators_football_team" title="1997 Florida Gators football team">Florida</a> <i>(12)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Florida (0–0) <i>(14)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Florida (1–0) <i>(14)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Florida (2–0) <i>(15)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Washington (2–0) <i>(19)</i></td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Penn State (3–0) <i>(28)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Penn State (3–0) <i>(25)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Penn State (4–0) <i>(26)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Nebraska (5–0) <i>(14)</i></td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Penn State (6–0) <i>(26)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Penn State (6–0) <i>(25)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Penn State (7–0) <i>(16)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Florida State (9–0) <i>(23)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Florida State (10–0) <i>(24)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Nebraska (10–0) <i>(1)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Nebraska (11–0) <i>(1)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Nebraska (12–0) <i>(1)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Nebraska (13–0) <i>(18½)</i></td><th>2.</th></tr><tr><th>3.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_Florida_State_Seminoles_football_team" title="1997 Florida State Seminoles football team">Florida State</a> <i>(7)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Florida State (0–0) <i>(6)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Tennessee (1–0) <i>(7)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Washington (1–0) <i>(14)</i></td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Florida (2–0) <i>(14)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Nebraska (3–0) <i>(7)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Nebraska (3–0) <i>(6)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Nebraska (4–0) <i>(6)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Florida State (5–0) <i>(3)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Florida State (6–0) <i>(9)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Florida State (7–0) <i>(8)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Florida State (8–0) <i>(5)</i></td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Nebraska (9–0) <i>(3)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Nebraska (10–0) <i>(2)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Tennessee (9–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">Tennessee (10–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">Tennessee (11–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Florida State (11–1)</td><th>3.</th></tr><tr><th>4.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_Washington_Huskies_football_team" title="1997 Washington Huskies football team">Washington</a> <i>(10)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Washington (0–0) <i>(9)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Washington (0–0) <i>(9)</i></td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Tennessee (2–0) <i>(6)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Tennessee (2–0) <i>(6)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Florida State (3–0) <i>(1)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Florida State (3–0) <i>(1)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Florida State (4–0) <i>(1)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">North Carolina (6–0) <i>(2)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">North Carolina (7–0) <i>(2)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Michigan (7–0)</td><td style="background-color:white">Michigan (8–0) <i>(1)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Ohio State (9–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">Ohio State (10–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Penn State (9–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Florida State (10–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">Florida State (10–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Florida (10–2)</td><th>4.</th></tr><tr><th>5.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_Tennessee_Volunteers_football_team" title="1997 Tennessee Volunteers football team">Tennessee</a> <i>(8)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Tennessee (0–0) <i>(7)</i></td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Florida State (0–0) <i>(6)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Florida State (1–0) <i>(4)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Florida State (2–0) <i>(3)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">North Carolina (3–0) <i>(2)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">North Carolina (4–0) <i>(2)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">North Carolina (5–0) <i>(2)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Michigan (5–0)</td><td style="background-color:white">Michigan (6–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">North Carolina (7–0) <i>(2)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">North Carolina (8–0) <i>(2)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Tennessee (7–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">Tennessee (8–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Florida State (10–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">UCLA (9–2)</td><td style="background-color:white">UCLA (9–2)</td><td style="background-color:white">UCLA (10–2)</td><th>5.</th></tr><tr><th>6.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_Nebraska_Cornhuskers_football_team" title="1997 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team">Nebraska</a> <i>(4)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Nebraska (0–0) <i>(4)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Nebraska (1–0) <i>(4)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Nebraska (1–0) <i>(4)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">North Carolina (2–0) <i>(1)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Michigan (2–0)</td><td style="background-color:white">Michigan (3–0)</td><td style="background-color:white">Michigan (4–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Auburn (6–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Florida (6–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">Florida (6–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Washington (7–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Penn State (7–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">Penn State (8–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">UCLA (9–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Florida (9–2)</td><td style="background-color:white">Florida (9–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">North Carolina (11–1)</td><th>6.</th></tr><tr><th>7.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_North_Carolina_Tar_Heels_football_team" title="1997 North Carolina Tar Heels football team">North Carolina</a> <i>(4)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">North Carolina (0–0) <i>(4)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">North Carolina (0–0) <i>(4)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">North Carolina (1–0) <i>(2)</i></td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Nebraska (2–0) <i>(2)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Ohio State (3–0)</td><td style="background-color:white">Ohio State (4–0)</td><td style="background-color:white">Ohio State (5–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Florida (5–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Washington (5–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">Washington (6–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Ohio State (8–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Georgia (7–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">UCLA (8–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Florida (9–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">North Carolina (10–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">North Carolina (10–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Tennessee (11–2)</td><th>7.</th></tr><tr><th>8.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_Colorado_Buffaloes_football_team" title="1997 Colorado Buffaloes football team">Colorado</a> <i>(3)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Colorado (0–0) <i>(3)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Colorado (0–0) <i>(3)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Colorado (1–0) <i>(3)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Michigan (1–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Auburn (3–0)</td><td style="background-color:white">Auburn (4–0)</td><td style="background-color:white">Auburn (5–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">LSU (5–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Tennessee (5–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">Tennessee (5–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">Tennessee (6–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">North Carolina (8–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">North Carolina (9–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">North Carolina (10–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Washington State (10–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">Washington State (10–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Kansas State (11–1)</td><th>8.</th></tr><tr><th>9.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1997 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> <i>(1)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Ohio State (0–0) <i>(1)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Ohio State (1–0)</td><td style="background-color:white">Ohio State (1–0)</td><td style="background-color:white">Ohio State (2–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Tennessee (2–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">Tennessee (2–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">Tennessee (3–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">Tennessee (4–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Ohio State (6–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">Ohio State (7–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Georgia (7–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">UCLA (7–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Kansas State (9–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Ohio State (10–2)</td><td style="background-color:white">Ohio State (10–2)</td><td style="background-color:white">Ohio State (10–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Washington State (10–2)</td><th>9.</th></tr><tr><th>10.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1997 LSU Tigers football team">LSU</a></td><td style="background-color:white">LSU (0–0)</td><td style="background-color:white">LSU (0–0)</td><td style="background-color:white">LSU (1–0)</td><td style="background-color:white">LSU (2–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Washington (2–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">Washington (2–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">Washington (3–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">Washington (4–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Washington State (6–0)</td><td style="background-color:white">Washington State (7–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">UCLA (7–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Kansas State (8–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Florida (8–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Washington State (10–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Kansas State (10–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">Kansas State (10–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Georgia (10–2)</td><th>10.</th></tr><tr><th>11.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football_team" title="1997 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team">Notre Dame</a></td><td style="background-color:white">Notre Dame (0–0)</td><td style="background-color:white">Notre Dame (0–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Texas (1–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Alabama (2–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Iowa (3–0)</td><td style="background-color:white">Iowa (4–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Michigan State (4–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Ohio State (5–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Auburn (6–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">Auburn (7–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Kansas State (7–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">LSU (7–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Washington State (9–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Kansas State (10–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Auburn (9–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Penn State (9–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Auburn (10–3)</td><th>11.</th></tr><tr><th>12.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_Texas_Longhorns_football_team" title="1997 Texas Longhorns football team">Texas</a></td><td style="background-color:white">Texas (0–0)</td><td style="background-color:white">Texas (0–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Notre Dame (1–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Auburn (2–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Michigan State (3–0)</td><td style="background-color:white">Michigan State (3–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Washington State (5–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Michigan State (5–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Oklahoma State (6–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">UCLA (6–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Iowa (6–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Florida (7–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Arizona State (8–2)</td><td style="background-color:white">Arizona State (8–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Penn State (9–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Georgia (9–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Ohio State (10–3)</td><th>12.</th></tr><tr><th>13.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_Miami_Hurricanes_football_team" title="1997 Miami Hurricanes football team">Miami (FL)</a></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Syracuse (1–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Miami (FL) (1–0)</td><td style="background-color:white">Miami (FL) (1–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Iowa (2–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">LSU (2–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">LSU (3–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Georgia (4–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Washington State (5–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">UCLA (5–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Kansas State (6–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Florida (6–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Washington (7–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Auburn (8–2)</td><td style="background-color:white">Auburn (9–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Georgia (9–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Auburn (9–3)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">LSU (9–3)</td><th>13.</th></tr><tr><th>14.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1997 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a></td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Miami (FL) (0–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Michigan (0–0)</td><td style="background-color:white">Michigan (0–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Arizona State (2–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Virginia Tech (3–0)</td><td style="background-color:white">Virginia Tech (4–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">LSU (4–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Texas A&M (5–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Kansas State (5–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Georgia (6–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">LSU (6–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Washington State (8–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Georgia (7–2)</td><td style="background-color:white">Georgia (8–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Texas A&M (9–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Syracuse (9–3)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Arizona State (8–3)</td><th>14.</th></tr><tr><th>15.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="1997 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a></td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Michigan (0–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Alabama (1–0)</td><td style="background-color:white">Alabama (1–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Colorado (1–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Washington State (3–0)</td><td style="background-color:white">Washington State (4–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Texas A&M (4–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Iowa (4–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Michigan State (5–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Iowa (5–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Arizona State (6–2)</td><td style="background-color:white">Arizona State (7–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Mississippi State (7–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Texas A&M (8–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Syracuse (9–3)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">LSU (8–3)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Purdue (9–3)</td><th>15.</th></tr><tr><th>16.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_Auburn_Tigers_football_team" title="1997 Auburn Tigers football team">Auburn</a></td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Alabama (0–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Auburn (0–0)</td><td style="background-color:white">Auburn (1–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Clemson (2–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Colorado (1–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">Colorado (2–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Stanford (4–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Oklahoma State (6–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Georgia (5–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">LSU (5–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Washington State (7–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Auburn (7–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Texas A&M (8–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Syracuse (8–3)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">LSU (8–3)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Arizona State (8–3)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Penn State (9–3)</td><th>16.</th></tr><tr><th>17.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_Syracuse_Orangemen_football_team" title="1997 Syracuse Orangemen football team">Syracuse</a></td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Auburn (0–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Stanford (0–0)</td><td style="background-color:white">Stanford (1–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Michigan State (2–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Clemson (2–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Kansas State (3–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Iowa (4–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">UCLA (4–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">LSU (5–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">West Virginia (6–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Auburn (7–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Mississippi State (6–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Washington (7–3)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">LSU (7–3)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Arizona State (8–3)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Purdue (8–3)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Colorado State (11–2)</td><th>17.</th></tr><tr><th>18.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_Stanford_Cardinal_football_team" title="1997 Stanford Cardinal football team">Stanford</a></td><td style="background-color:white">Stanford (0–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Clemson (0–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Iowa (1–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Virginia Tech (2–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Kansas State (2–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Georgia (3–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">UCLA (3–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Air Force (7–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Iowa (4–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Purdue (6–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Toledo (8–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Texas A&M (7–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Syracuse (8–3)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Purdue (8–3)</td><td style="background-color:white">Purdue (8–3)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Colorado State (10–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Washington (8–4)</td><th>18.</th></tr><tr><th>19.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_BYU_Cougars_football_team" title="1997 BYU Cougars football team">BYU</a></td><td style="background-color:white">BYU (0–0)</td><td style="background-color:white">BYU (0–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Clemson (1–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6"><a href="/wiki/1997_Washington_State_Cougars_football_team" title="1997 Washington State Cougars football team">Washington State</a> (2–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Georgia (3–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Stanford (3–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Air Force (6–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Georgia (4–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Virginia Tech (5–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Oklahoma State (6–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6"><a href="/wiki/1997_Mississippi_State_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1997 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team">Mississippi State</a> (6–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB;border-bottom:1px solid #D8FFEB;">Purdue (7–2) T</td><td style="background-color:white">Virginia Tech (7–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Missouri (7–4)</td><td style="background-color:white">Missouri (7–4)</td><td style="background-color:white">Missouri (7–4)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Southern Miss (9–3)</td><th>19.</th></tr><tr><th>20.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_Clemson_Tigers_football_team" title="1997 Clemson Tigers football team">Clemson</a></td><td style="background-color:white">Clemson (0–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Iowa (0–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Kansas State (1–0)</td><td style="background-color:white">Kansas State (2–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Stanford (2–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Alabama (3–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6"><a href="/wiki/1997_Oklahoma_State_Cowboys_football_team" title="1997 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team">Oklahoma State</a> (5–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Kansas State (4–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Texas A&M (5–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Arizona State (5–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Virginia Tech (6–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Virginia Tech (7–2) T</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">LSU (7–3)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Colorado State (9–2)</td><td style="background-color:white">Colorado State (9–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Texas A&M (9–3)</td><td style="background-color:white">Texas A&M (9–4)</td><th>20.</th></tr><tr><th>21.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_Iowa_Hawkeyes_football_team" title="1997 Iowa Hawkeyes football team">Iowa</a></td><td style="background-color:white">Iowa (0–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB;border-bottom:1px solid #D8FFEB;">Kansas State (0–0) T</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Michigan State (1–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Stanford (1–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Alabama (2–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Texas A&M (3–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">BYU (3–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Georgia Tech (4–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">West Virginia (5–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Michigan State (5–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Texas A&M (6–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Syracuse (7–3)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Missouri (7–4)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Washington (7–4)</td><td style="background-color:white">Washington (7–4)</td><td style="background-color:white">Washington (7–4)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Syracuse (9–4)</td><th>21.</th></tr><tr><th>22.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_USC_Trojans_football_team" title="1997 USC Trojans football team">USC</a></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Kansas State (0–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Northwestern (1–0) T</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6"><a href="/wiki/1997_Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football_team" title="1997 Virginia Tech Hokies football team">Virginia Tech</a> (1–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Miami (FL) (1–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6"><a href="/wiki/1997_Texas_A%26M_Aggies_football_team" title="1997 Texas A&M Aggies football team">Texas A&M</a> (2–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">UCLA (2–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Kansas State (3–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Virginia Tech (5–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6"><a href="/wiki/1997_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1997 Purdue Boilermakers football team">Purdue</a> (5–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Toledo (7–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6">Syracuse (6–3)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Iowa (6–3)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6">West Virginia (7–4)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Mississippi State (7–3)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Southern Miss (8–3)</td><td style="background-color:white">Southern Miss (8–3)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6">Mississippi (8–4)</td><th>22.</th></tr><tr><th>23.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_Kansas_State_Wildcats_football_team" title="1997 Kansas State Wildcats football team">Kansas State</a></td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">USC (0–0)</td><td style="background-color:white">USC (0–0)</td><td style="background-color:white">USC (0–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Colorado State (2–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6">BYU (1–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6"><a href="/wiki/1997_Air_Force_Falcons_football_team" title="1997 Air Force Falcons football team">Air Force</a> (5–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Virginia Tech (4–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6"><a href="/wiki/1997_West_Virginia_Mountaineers_football_team" title="1997 West Virginia Mountaineers football team">West Virginia</a> (5–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6">Arizona State (5–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Virginia Tech (5–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Purdue (6–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6">Wisconsin (8–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Purdue (7–3)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6">Southern Miss (8–3)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Air Force (10–2)</td><td style="background-color:white">Air Force (10–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Missouri (7–5)</td><th>23.</th></tr><tr><th>24.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_Wisconsin_Badgers_football_team" title="1997 Wisconsin Badgers football team">Wisconsin</a></td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6"><a href="/wiki/1997_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1997 Northwestern Wildcats football team">Northwestern</a> (1–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6"><a href="/wiki/1997_Colorado_State_Rams_football_team" title="1997 Colorado State Rams football team">Colorado State</a> (1–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6"><a href="/wiki/1997_Arizona_State_Sun_Devils_football_team" title="1997 Arizona State Sun Devils football team">Arizona State</a> (1–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6"><a href="/wiki/1997_UCLA_Bruins_football_team" title="1997 UCLA Bruins football team">UCLA</a> (1–2)</td><td style="background-color:white">UCLA (1–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">BYU (2–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Colorado (2–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6">Wisconsin (6–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6"><a href="/wiki/1997_Toledo_Rockets_football_team" title="1997 Toledo Rockets football team">Toledo</a> (6–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6"><a href="/wiki/1997_Southern_Miss_Golden_Eagles_football_team" title="1997 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team">Southern Miss</a> (5–2)</td><td style="background-color:white">Southern Miss (6–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Oklahoma State (7–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Wisconsin (8–3)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6">Air Force (10–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Oklahoma State (8–3)</td><td style="background-color:white">Oklahoma State (8–3)</td><td style="background-color:white">Oklahoma State (8–4)</td><th>24.</th></tr><tr><th>25.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_Michigan_State_Spartans_football_team" title="1997 Michigan State Spartans football team">Michigan State</a></td><td style="background-color:white">Michigan State (0–0)</td><td style="background-color:white">Michigan State (0–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Colorado State (1–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6"><a href="/wiki/1997_Georgia_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1997 Georgia Bulldogs football team">Georgia</a> (2–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Arizona State (2–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">Arizona State (3–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6"><a href="/wiki/1997_Georgia_Tech_Yellow_Jackets_football_team" title="1997 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team">Georgia Tech</a> (3–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Stanford (4–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6"><a href="/wiki/1997_Ole_Miss_Rebels_football_team" title="1997 Ole Miss Rebels football team">Mississippi</a> (4–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Texas A&M (5–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Oklahoma State (6–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6"><a href="/wiki/1997_Missouri_Tigers_football_team" title="1997 Missouri Tigers football team">Missouri</a> (6–4)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6">Colorado State (8–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6">Oklahoma State (8–3)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6">Michigan State (7–4)</td><td style="background-color:white">Michigan State (7–4)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6">Georgia Tech (7–5)</td><th>25.</th></tr><tr><th></th><th>Preseason<br />Aug 11<sup id="cite_ref-AP_preseason_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP_preseason-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 1<br />Aug 25<sup id="cite_ref-AP_Week_1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP_Week_1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 2<br />Sep 2<sup id="cite_ref-AP_Week_2_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP_Week_2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 3<br />Sep 8<sup id="cite_ref-AP_Week_3_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP_Week_3-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 4<br />Sep 15<sup id="cite_ref-AP_Week_4_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP_Week_4-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 5<br />Sep 22<sup id="cite_ref-AP_Week_5_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP_Week_5-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 6<br />Sep 29<sup id="cite_ref-AP_Week_6_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP_Week_6-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 7<br />Oct 6<sup id="cite_ref-AP_Week_7_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP_Week_7-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 8<br />Oct 13<sup id="cite_ref-AP_Week_8_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP_Week_8-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 9<br />Oct 20<sup id="cite_ref-AP_Week_9_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP_Week_9-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 10<br />Oct 27<sup id="cite_ref-AP_Week_10_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP_Week_10-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 11<br />Nov 3<sup id="cite_ref-AP_Week_11_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP_Week_11-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 12<br />Nov 10<sup id="cite_ref-AP_Week_12_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP_Week_12-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 13<br />Nov 17<sup id="cite_ref-AP_Week_13_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP_Week_13-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 14<br />Nov 24<sup id="cite_ref-AP_Week_14_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP_Week_14-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 15<br />Dec 1<sup id="cite_ref-AP_Week_15_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP_Week_15-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 16<br />Dec 8<sup id="cite_ref-AP_Week_16_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP_Week_16-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 17 (Final)<br />Jan 3<sup id="cite_ref-AP_Final_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP_Final-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom-style:hidden;background:transparent;border-left-style:hidden"></td><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#FFE6E6"><b>Dropped:</b><br />Wisconsin</td><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#FFE6E6"><b>Dropped:</b><br />Syracuse</td><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#FFE6E6"><b>Dropped:</b><br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>BYU</li><li>Northwestern</li></ul></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#FFE6E6"><b>Dropped:</b><br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Texas</li><li>Notre Dame</li><li>USC</li></ul></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#FFE6E6"><b>Dropped:</b><br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Miami (FL)</li><li>Colorado State</li></ul></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#FFE6E6"><b>Dropped:</b><br />Clemson</td><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#FFE6E6"><b>Dropped:</b><br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Alabama</li><li>Arizona State</li></ul></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#FFE6E6"><b>Dropped:</b><br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>BYU</li><li>Colorado</li></ul></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#FFE6E6"><b>Dropped:</b><br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Air Force</li><li>Georgia Tech</li><li>Wisconsin</li><li>Stanford</li></ul></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#FFE6E6"><b>Dropped:</b><br />Mississippi</td><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#FFE6E6"><b>Dropped:</b><br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>West Virginia</li><li>Michigan State</li></ul></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#FFE6E6"><b>Dropped:</b><br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Toledo</li><li>Southern Miss</li></ul></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#FFE6E6"><b>Dropped:</b><br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Iowa</li><li>Oklahoma State</li></ul></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#FFE6E6"><b>Dropped:</b><br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Virginia Tech</li><li>West Virginia</li><li>Wisconsin</li></ul></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#FFE6E6"><b>Dropped:</b><br />Mississippi State</td><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#FFFFFF"><i>None</i></td><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#FFE6E6"><b>Dropped:</b><br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Air Force</li><li>Michigan State</li></ul></div></td><td style="border-bottom-style:hidden;background:transparent;border-right-style:hidden"></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coaches_Poll">Coaches Poll</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_rankings&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Coaches Poll"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the final Coaches Poll of the 1997 season, Nebraska leapfrogged Michigan to secure a share of the national championship, making it the 3rd split championship of the 1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eight coaches split their first-place votes, with a final tally of 32 first-place votes for Nebraska and 30 for Michigan. The final vote count was Nebraska 1,520, Michigan 1,516.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:right;" class=""></div> <div style="overflow:auto"><table class="wikitable" style="background-color:white;white-space:nowrap;font-size:90%"><tbody><tr><th></th><th>Preseason<br />Aug 11<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 2<br />Sep 2<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 3<br />Sep 8<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 4<br />Sep 15<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 5<br />Sep 22<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 6<br />Sep 29<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 7<br />Oct 6<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 8<br />Oct 13<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 9<br />Oct 20<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 10<br />Oct 27<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 11<br />Nov 3<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 12<br />Nov 10<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 13<br />Nov 17<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 14<br />Nov 24<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 15<br />Dec 1<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 16<br />Dec 8<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 17 (Final)<br />Jan 4<sup id="cite_ref-CoachesFinal_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CoachesFinal-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th></th></tr><tr><th>1.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_Florida_Gators_football_team" title="1997 Florida Gators football team">Florida</a> <i>(19)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Florida (1–0) <i>(25)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Florida (2–0) <i>(25)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Florida (2–0) <i>(25)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Florida (3–0) <i>(43)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Florida (4–0) <i>(45)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Florida (5–0) <i>(48)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Penn State (5–0) <i>(51)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Nebraska (6–0) <i>(28)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Nebraska (7–0) <i>(37)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Nebraska (8–0) <i>(50)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Florida State (9–0) <i>(26)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Florida State (10–0) <i>(29)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Michigan (11–0) <i>(46)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Michigan (11–0) <i>(58)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Michigan (11–0) <i>(53½)</i></td><td style="background-color:#99CCFF">Nebraska (13–0) <i>(32)</i></td><th>1.</th></tr><tr><th>2.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_Penn_State_Nittany_Lions_football_team" title="1997 Penn State Nittany Lions football team">Penn State</a> <i>(9)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Penn State (0–0) <i>(13)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Penn State (1–0) <i>(12)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Penn State (2–0) <i>(14)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Penn State (3–0) <i>(14)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Penn State (3–0) <i>(13)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Penn State (4–0) <i>(11)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Nebraska (5–0) <i>(9)</i></td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Penn State (6–0) <i>(29)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Penn State (6–0) <i>(20)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Florida State (8–0) <i>(2)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Michigan (9–0) <i>(20)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Michigan (10–0) <i>(20)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Nebraska (10–0) <i>(16)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Nebraska (11–0) <i>(4)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Nebraska (12–0) <i>(8½)</i></td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Michigan (12–0) <i>(30)</i></td><th>2.</th></tr><tr><th>3.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_Washington_Huskies_football_team" title="1997 Washington Huskies football team">Washington</a> <i>(15)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Tennessee (1–0) <i>(10)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Washington (1–0) <i>(13)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Washington (2–0) <i>(12)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Nebraska (3–0) <i>(3)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Nebraska (3–0) <i>(3)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Nebraska (4–0) <i>(2)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Florida State (5–0) <i>(1)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Florida State (6–0) <i>(3)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Florida State (7–0) <i>(3)</i></td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Penn State (7–0) <i>(8)</i></td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Nebraska (9–0) <i>(16)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Nebraska (10–0) <i>(13)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Tennessee (9–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">Tennessee (10–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">Tennessee (11–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Florida State (11–1)</td><th>3.</th></tr><tr><th>4.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_Florida_State_Seminoles_football_team" title="1997 Florida State Seminoles football team">Florida State</a> <i>(3)</i></td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Washington (0–0) <i>(7)</i></td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Tennessee (2–0) <i>(5)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Tennessee (2–0) <i>(6)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Florida State (3–0) <i>(1)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Florida State (3–0)</td><td style="background-color:white">Florida State (4–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">North Carolina (6–0) <i>(1)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">North Carolina (7–0) <i>(1)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Michigan (7–0) <i>(2)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Michigan (8–0) <i>(2)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Ohio State (9–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">Ohio State (10–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Penn State (9–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Florida State (10–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">Florida State (10–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">North Carolina (11–1)</td><th>4.</th></tr><tr><th>5.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_Tennessee_Volunteers_football_team" title="1997 Tennessee Volunteers football team">Tennessee</a> <i>(8)</i></td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Florida State (0–0) <i>(3)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Nebraska (1–0) <i>(2)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Florida State (2–0) <i>(2)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">North Carolina (3–0) <i>(1)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">North Carolina (4–0) <i>(1)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">North Carolina (5–0) <i>(1)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Michigan (5–0)</td><td style="background-color:white">Michigan (6–0) <i>(1)</i></td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">North Carolina (7–0)</td><td style="background-color:white">North Carolina (8–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Tennessee (7–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">Tennessee (8–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Florida State (10–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">North Carolina (10–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">North Carolina (10–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">UCLA (10–2)</td><th>5.</th></tr><tr><th>6.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_Nebraska_Cornhuskers_football_team" title="1997 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team">Nebraska</a> <i>(4)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Nebraska (1–0) <i>(2)</i></td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Florida State (1–0) <i>(3)</i></td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Nebraska (2–0) <i>(1)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Michigan (2–0)</td><td style="background-color:white">Michigan (3–0)</td><td style="background-color:white">Michigan (4–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Florida (6–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">Florida (6–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">Florida (6–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Washington (7–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Penn State (7–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">Penn State (8–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">North Carolina (10–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">UCLA (9–2)</td><td style="background-color:white">UCLA (9–2)</td><td style="background-color:white">Florida (10–2)</td><th>6.</th></tr><tr><th>7.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_Colorado_Buffaloes_football_team" title="1997 Colorado Buffaloes football team">Colorado</a> <i>(3)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Colorado (0–0) <i>(1)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">Colorado (1–0) <i>(1)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">North Carolina (2–0) <i>(1)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Ohio State (3–0)</td><td style="background-color:white">Ohio State (4–0)</td><td style="background-color:white">Ohio State (5–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Auburn (6–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Washington (5–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">Washington (6–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Tennessee (6–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Georgia (7–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Kansas State (9–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">UCLA (9–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Washington State (10–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">Washington State (10–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Kansas State (11–1)</td><th>7.</th></tr><tr><th>8.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_North_Carolina_Tar_Heels_football_team" title="1997 North Carolina Tar Heels football team">North Carolina</a> <i>(1)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">North Carolina (0–0) <i>(1)</i></td><td style="background-color:white">North Carolina (1–0) <i>(1)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Ohio State (2–0) <i>(1)</i></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Auburn (3–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Iowa (4–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Auburn (5–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Washington (4–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Tennessee (5–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">Tennessee (5–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Ohio State (8–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Kansas State (8–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">North Carolina (9–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Florida (9–2)</td><td style="background-color:white">Florida (9–2)</td><td style="background-color:white">Florida (9–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Tennessee (11–2)</td><th>8.</th></tr><tr><th>9.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1997 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a></td><td style="background-color:white">Ohio State (1–0)</td><td style="background-color:white">Ohio State (1–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Michigan (1–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Iowa (3–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Auburn (4–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Washington (3–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Tennessee (4–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Ohio State (6–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">Ohio State (7–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Georgia (7–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">North Carolina (8–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">UCLA (8–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Kansas State (10–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">Kansas State (10–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">Kansas State (10–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Washington State (10–2)</td><th>9.</th></tr><tr><th>10.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_Texas_Longhorns_football_team" title="1997 Texas Longhorns football team">Texas</a></td><td style="background-color:white">Texas (0–0)</td><td style="background-color:white">Texas (1–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">LSU (2–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Tennessee (2–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">Tennessee (2–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">Tennessee (3–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">LSU (5–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Washington State (6–0)</td><td style="background-color:white">Washington State (7–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Kansas State (7–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">UCLA (7–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Florida (8–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Washington State (10–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Ohio State (10–2)</td><td style="background-color:white">Ohio State (10–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Georgia (10–2)</td><th>10.</th></tr><tr><th>11.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1997 LSU Tigers football team">LSU</a></td><td style="background-color:white">LSU (0–0)</td><td style="background-color:white">LSU (1–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Alabama (2–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Washington (2–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">Washington (2–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Michigan State (4–0)</td><td style="background-color:white">Michigan State (5–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Auburn (6–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">Auburn (7–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">UCLA (7–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">LSU (7–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Washington State (9–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Ohio State (10–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Auburn (9–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Georgia (9–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Auburn (10–3)</td><th>11.</th></tr><tr><th>12.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football_team" title="1997 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team">Notre Dame</a></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Miami (FL) (1–0)</td><td style="background-color:white">Miami (FL) (1–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Auburn (2–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Virginia Tech (3–0)</td><td style="background-color:white">Virginia Tech (4–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Washington State (5–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Ohio State (5–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Oklahoma State (6–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Kansas State (6–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">LSU (6–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Florida (7–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Arizona State (8–2)</td><td style="background-color:white">Arizona State (8–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Penn State (9–2)</td><td style="background-color:white">Penn State (9–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Ohio State (10–3)</td><th>12.</th></tr><tr><th>13.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1997 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a></td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Notre Dame (0–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Michigan (0–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Iowa (2–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Michigan State (3–0)</td><td style="background-color:white">Michigan State (3–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Texas A&M (4–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Washington State (5–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Kansas State (5–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">UCLA (6–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Florida (6–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Washington State (8–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Auburn (8–2)</td><td style="background-color:white">Auburn (9–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Georgia (9–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Auburn (9–3)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">LSU (9–3)</td><th>13.</th></tr><tr><th>14.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_Miami_Hurricanes_football_team" title="1997 Miami Hurricanes football team">Miami (FL)</a></td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Michigan (0–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Alabama (1–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Virginia Tech (2–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Washington State (3–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">LSU (3–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">LSU (4–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Texas A&M (5–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Michigan State (5–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">LSU (5–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Iowa (6–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Washington (7–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Georgia (7–2)</td><td style="background-color:white">Georgia (8–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Texas A&M (9–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Syracuse (9–3)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Arizona State (9–3)</td><th>14.</th></tr><tr><th>15.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="1997 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a></td><td style="background-color:white">Alabama (1–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Notre Dame (1–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Clemson (2–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">LSU (2–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Washington State (4–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Georgia (4–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Iowa (4–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">LSU (5–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Georgia (6–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Washington State (7–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Arizona State (7–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Virginia Tech (7–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Texas A&M (8–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Syracuse (9–3)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">LSU (8–3)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Purdue (9–3)</td><th>15.</th></tr><tr><th>16.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_Syracuse_Orangemen_football_team" title="1997 Syracuse Orangemen football team">Syracuse</a></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">BYU (0–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Auburn (1–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Colorado (1–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">Colorado (1–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Kansas State (3–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Iowa (4–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Oklahoma State (6–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">UCLA (5–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Iowa (5–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Arizona State (6–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Auburn (7–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Texas A&M (8–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Syracuse (8–3)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">LSU (8–3)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Purdue (8–3)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Colorado State (11–2)</td><th>16.</th></tr><tr><th>17.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_BYU_Cougars_football_team" title="1997 BYU Cougars football team">BYU</a></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Stanford (0–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Iowa (1–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6"><a href="/wiki/1997_Arizona_State_Sun_Devils_football_team" title="1997 Arizona State Sun Devils football team">Arizona State</a> (2–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Kansas State (2–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Texas A&M (3–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Stanford (4–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Air Force (7–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Virginia Tech (5–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">West Virginia (6–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Auburn (7–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Virginia Tech (7–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Syracuse (8–3)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">LSU (7–3)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Purdue (8–3)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Colorado State (10–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Penn State (9–3)</td><th>17.</th></tr><tr><th>18.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_Stanford_Cardinal_football_team" title="1997 Stanford Cardinal football team">Stanford</a></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Auburn (0–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Stanford (1–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Michigan State (2–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Texas A&M (2–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Colorado (2–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Air Force (6–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">UCLA (4–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Georgia (5–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Purdue (6–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Virginia Tech (6–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Texas A&M (7–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">LSU (7–3)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Purdue (8–3)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Colorado State (9–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Arizona State (8–3)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Washington (8–4)</td><th>18.</th></tr><tr><th>19.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_Auburn_Tigers_football_team" title="1997 Auburn Tigers football team">Auburn</a></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Iowa (0–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Virginia Tech (1–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Kansas State (2–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Alabama (2–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Georgia (3–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">UCLA (3–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Virginia Tech (5–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Iowa (4–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Oklahoma State (6–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Syracuse (6–3)</td><td style="background-color:white">Syracuse (7–3)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Mississippi State (7–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Colorado State (9–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Arizona State (8–3)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Texas A&M (9–3)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Southern Miss (9–3)</td><th>19.</th></tr><tr><th>20.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_Iowa_Hawkeyes_football_team" title="1997 Iowa Hawkeyes football team">Iowa</a></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Clemson (0–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Kansas State (1–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6"><a href="/wiki/1997_Washington_State_Cougars_football_team" title="1997 Washington State Cougars football team">Washington State</a> (2–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Georgia (3–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Alabama (3–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6;border-bottom:1px solid #FFFFE6;"><a href="/wiki/1997_Oklahoma_State_Cowboys_football_team" title="1997 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team">Oklahoma State</a> (5–0) т</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Kansas State (4–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">West Virginia (5–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Michigan State (5–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Toledo (8–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Purdue (7–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Washington (7–3)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Missouri (7–4)</td><td style="background-color:white">Missouri (7–4)</td><td style="background-color:white">Missouri (7–4)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Syracuse (9–4)</td><th>20.</th></tr><tr><th>21.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_Clemson_Tigers_football_team" title="1997 Clemson Tigers football team">Clemson</a></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">USC (0–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Clemson (1–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Miami (FL) (1–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Clemson (2–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Stanford (3–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Virginia Tech (4–1) т</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Georgia (4–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Texas A&M (5–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Arizona State (5–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6">Texas A&M (6–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Oklahoma State (7–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">West Virginia (7–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Virginia Tech (7–3)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Air Force (10–2)</td><td style="background-color:white">Air Force (10–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Texas A&M (9–4)</td><th>21.</th></tr><tr><th>22.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_USC_Trojans_football_team" title="1997 USC Trojans football team">USC</a></td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Virginia Tech (1–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">USC (0–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6"><a href="/wiki/1997_Texas_A%26M_Aggies_football_team" title="1997 Texas A&M Aggies football team">Texas A&M</a> (1–0)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Stanford (2–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Arizona State (3–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">BYU (3–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">West Virginia (5–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6">Arizona State (5–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Virginia Tech (5–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">West Virginia (6–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Iowa (6–3)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6">Colorado State (8–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Washington (7–4)</td><td style="background-color:white">Washington (7–4)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Southern Miss (8–3)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6"><a href="/wiki/1997_Ole_Miss_Rebels_football_team" title="1997 Ole Miss Rebels football team">Mississippi</a> (8–4)</td><th>22.</th></tr><tr><th>23.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_Kansas_State_Wildcats_football_team" title="1997 Kansas State Wildcats football team">Kansas State</a></td><td style="background-color:white">Kansas State (0–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6"><a href="/wiki/1997_Michigan_State_Spartans_football_team" title="1997 Michigan State Spartans football team">Michigan State</a> (1–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Stanford (1–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Arizona State (2–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Air Force (5–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Kansas State (3–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Stanford (4–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6"><a href="/wiki/1997_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1997 Purdue Boilermakers football team">Purdue</a> (5–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6"><a href="/wiki/1997_Toledo_Rockets_football_team" title="1997 Toledo Rockets football team">Toledo</a> (7–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Oklahoma State (6–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">West Virginia (6–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6"><a href="/wiki/1997_Missouri_Tigers_football_team" title="1997 Missouri Tigers football team">Missouri</a> (7–4)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6">Air Force (10–2)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Southern Miss (8–3)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Washington (7–4)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Missouri (7–5)</td><th>23.</th></tr><tr><th>24.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_Wisconsin_Badgers_football_team" title="1997 Wisconsin Badgers football team">Wisconsin</a></td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6"><a href="/wiki/1997_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1997 Northwestern Wildcats football team">Northwestern</a> (1–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6"><a href="/wiki/1997_West_Virginia_Mountaineers_football_team" title="1997 West Virginia Mountaineers football team">West Virginia</a> (2–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Texas (1–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6">BYU (1–1)</td><td style="background-color:white">BYU (2–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6">West Virginia (4–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6">Wisconsin (6–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Air Force (7–1)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Syracuse (5–3)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Purdue (6–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6">Wisconsin (8–2)</td><td style="background-color:white">Wisconsin (8–3)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6">Southern Miss (8–3)</td><td style="background-color:#D8FFEB">Oklahoma State (8–3)</td><td style="background-color:white">Oklahoma State (8–3)</td><td style="background-color:white">Oklahoma State (8–4)</td><th>24.</th></tr><tr><th>25.</th><td style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/1997_Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football_team" title="1997 Virginia Tech Hokies football team">Virginia Tech</a></td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6"><a href="/wiki/1997_Colorado_State_Rams_football_team" title="1997 Colorado State Rams football team">Colorado State</a> (1–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6"><a href="/wiki/1997_NC_State_Wolfpack_football_team" title="1997 NC State Wolfpack football team">NC State</a> (2–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6"><a href="/wiki/1997_Georgia_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1997 Georgia Bulldogs football team">Georgia</a> (2–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6"><a href="/wiki/1997_Air_Force_Falcons_football_team" title="1997 Air Force Falcons football team">Air Force</a> (4–0)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6"><a href="/wiki/1997_UCLA_Bruins_football_team" title="1997 UCLA Bruins football team">UCLA</a> (2–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Colorado (2–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6"><a href="/wiki/1997_Georgia_Tech_Yellow_Jackets_football_team" title="1997 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team">Georgia Tech</a> (4–1)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6">Syracuse (5–3)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6">BYU (5–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6"><a href="/wiki/1997_Southern_Miss_Golden_Eagles_football_team" title="1997 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team">Southern Miss</a> (6–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6"><a href="/wiki/1997_Mississippi_State_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1997 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team">Mississippi State</a> (6–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Purdue (7–3)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6">Oklahoma State (8–3)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6"><a href="/wiki/1997_New_Mexico_Lobos_football_team" title="1997 New Mexico Lobos football team">New Mexico</a> (9–2)</td><td style="background-color:#FFFFE6">Michigan State (7–4)</td><td style="background-color:#FFE6E6">Air Force (10–3)</td><th>25.</th></tr><tr><th></th><th>Preseason<br />Aug 11<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 2<br />Sep 2<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 3<br />Sep 8<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 4<br />Sep 15<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 5<br />Sep 22<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 6<br />Sep 29<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 7<br />Oct 6<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 8<br />Oct 13<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 9<br />Oct 20<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 10<br />Oct 27<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 11<br />Nov 3<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 12<br />Nov 10<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 13<br />Nov 17<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 14<br />Nov 24<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 15<br />Dec 1<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 16<br />Dec 8<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th>Week 17 (Final)<br />Jan 4<sup id="cite_ref-CoachesFinal_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CoachesFinal-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom-style:hidden;background:transparent;border-left-style:hidden"></td><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#FFE6E6"><b>Dropped:</b><br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Syracuse</li><li>Wisconsin</li></ul></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#FFE6E6"><b>Dropped:</b><br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>BYU</li><li>Northwestern</li><li>Colorado State</li></ul></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#FFE6E6"><b>Dropped:</b><br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Notre Dame</li><li>USC</li><li>West Virginia</li><li>NC State</li></ul></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#FFE6E6"><b>Dropped:</b><br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Miami (FL)</li><li>Texas</li></ul></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#FFE6E6"><b>Dropped:</b><br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Clemson</li></ul></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#FFE6E6"><b>Dropped:</b><br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Alabama</li><li>Arizona State</li></ul></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#FFE6E6"><b>Dropped:</b><br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>BYU</li><li>Colorado</li></ul></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#FFE6E6"><b>Dropped:</b><br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Stanford</li><li>Wisconsin</li><li>Georgia Tech</li></ul></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#FFE6E6"><b>Dropped:</b><br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Texas A&M</li><li>Air Force</li></ul></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#FFE6E6"><b>Dropped:</b><br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Michigan State</li><li>BYU</li></ul></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#FFE6E6"><b>Dropped:</b><br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Toledo</li><li>Southern Miss</li></ul></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#FFE6E6"><b>Dropped:</b><br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Oklahoma State</li><li>Iowa</li></ul></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#FFE6E6"><b>Dropped:</b><br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Mississippi State</li><li>West Virginia</li><li>Wisconsin</li></ul></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#FFE6E6"><b>Dropped:</b><br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Virginia Tech</li></ul></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#FFE6E6"><b>Dropped:</b><br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>New Mexico</li></ul></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#FFE6E6"><b>Dropped:</b><br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Michigan State</li></ul></div></td><td style="border-bottom-style:hidden;background:transparent;border-right-style:hidden"></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_rankings&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-AP_preseason-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-AP_preseason_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.collegepollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=789">"1997 AP Preseason Poll"</a>. <i>College Poll Archive</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 27,</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=College+Poll+Archive&rft.atitle=1997+AP+Preseason+Poll&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.collegepollarchive.com%2Ffootball%2Fap%2Fseasons.cfm%3Fappollid%3D789&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1997+NCAA+Division+I-A+football+rankings" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AP_Week_1-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-AP_Week_1_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.collegepollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=790">"1997 AP Week 1 Poll"</a>. <i>College Poll Archive</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 27,</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=College+Poll+Archive&rft.atitle=1997+AP+Week+1+Poll&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.collegepollarchive.com%2Ffootball%2Fap%2Fseasons.cfm%3Fappollid%3D790&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1997+NCAA+Division+I-A+football+rankings" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AP_Week_2-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-AP_Week_2_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120313132509/http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=791">"1997 AP Week 2 Poll"</a>. <i>AP Poll Archive</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=791">the original</a> on March 13, 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 16,</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=AP+Poll+Archive&rft.atitle=1997+AP+Week+2+Poll&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.appollarchive.com%2Ffootball%2Fap%2Fseasons.cfm%3Fappollid%3D791&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1997+NCAA+Division+I-A+football+rankings" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AP_Week_3-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-AP_Week_3_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120313132517/http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=792">"1997 AP Week 3 Poll"</a>. <i>AP Poll Archive</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=792">the original</a> on March 13, 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 17,</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=AP+Poll+Archive&rft.atitle=1997+AP+Week+3+Poll&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.appollarchive.com%2Ffootball%2Fap%2Fseasons.cfm%3Fappollid%3D792&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1997+NCAA+Division+I-A+football+rankings" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AP_Week_4-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-AP_Week_4_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120313132521/http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=793">"1997 AP Week 4 Poll"</a>. <i>AP Poll Archive</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=793">the original</a> on March 13, 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 17,</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=AP+Poll+Archive&rft.atitle=1997+AP+Week+4+Poll&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.appollarchive.com%2Ffootball%2Fap%2Fseasons.cfm%3Fappollid%3D793&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1997+NCAA+Division+I-A+football+rankings" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AP_Week_5-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-AP_Week_5_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120313132526/http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=794">"1997 AP Week 5 Poll"</a>. <i>AP Poll Archive</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=794">the original</a> on March 13, 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 17,</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=AP+Poll+Archive&rft.atitle=1997+AP+Week+5+Poll&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.appollarchive.com%2Ffootball%2Fap%2Fseasons.cfm%3Fappollid%3D794&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1997+NCAA+Division+I-A+football+rankings" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AP_Week_6-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-AP_Week_6_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120313132530/http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=795">"1997 AP Week 6 Poll"</a>. <i>AP Poll Archive</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=795">the original</a> on March 13, 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 17,</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=AP+Poll+Archive&rft.atitle=1997+AP+Week+6+Poll&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.appollarchive.com%2Ffootball%2Fap%2Fseasons.cfm%3Fappollid%3D795&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1997+NCAA+Division+I-A+football+rankings" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AP_Week_7-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-AP_Week_7_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120313132535/http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=796">"1997 AP Week 7 Poll"</a>. <i>AP Poll Archive</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=796">the original</a> on March 13, 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 17,</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=AP+Poll+Archive&rft.atitle=1997+AP+Week+7+Poll&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.appollarchive.com%2Ffootball%2Fap%2Fseasons.cfm%3Fappollid%3D796&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1997+NCAA+Division+I-A+football+rankings" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AP_Week_8-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-AP_Week_8_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120313132540/http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=797">"1997 AP Week 8 Poll"</a>. <i>AP Poll Archive</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=797">the original</a> on March 13, 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 17,</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=AP+Poll+Archive&rft.atitle=1997+AP+Week+8+Poll&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.appollarchive.com%2Ffootball%2Fap%2Fseasons.cfm%3Fappollid%3D797&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1997+NCAA+Division+I-A+football+rankings" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AP_Week_9-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-AP_Week_9_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120313132544/http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=798">"1997 AP Week 9 Poll"</a>. <i>AP Poll Archive</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=798">the original</a> on March 13, 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 17,</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=AP+Poll+Archive&rft.atitle=1997+AP+Week+9+Poll&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.appollarchive.com%2Ffootball%2Fap%2Fseasons.cfm%3Fappollid%3D798&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1997+NCAA+Division+I-A+football+rankings" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AP_Week_10-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-AP_Week_10_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120313132549/http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=799">"1997 AP Week 10 Poll"</a>. <i>AP Poll Archive</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=799">the original</a> on March 13, 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 17,</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=AP+Poll+Archive&rft.atitle=1997+AP+Week+10+Poll&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.appollarchive.com%2Ffootball%2Fap%2Fseasons.cfm%3Fappollid%3D799&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1997+NCAA+Division+I-A+football+rankings" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AP_Week_11-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-AP_Week_11_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120313132554/http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=800">"1997 AP Week 11 Poll"</a>. <i>AP Poll Archive</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=800">the original</a> on March 13, 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 17,</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=AP+Poll+Archive&rft.atitle=1997+AP+Week+11+Poll&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.appollarchive.com%2Ffootball%2Fap%2Fseasons.cfm%3Fappollid%3D800&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1997+NCAA+Division+I-A+football+rankings" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AP_Week_12-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-AP_Week_12_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120313132606/http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=801">"1997 AP Week 12 Poll"</a>. <i>AP Poll Archive</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=801">the original</a> on March 13, 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 17,</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=AP+Poll+Archive&rft.atitle=1997+AP+Week+12+Poll&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.appollarchive.com%2Ffootball%2Fap%2Fseasons.cfm%3Fappollid%3D801&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1997+NCAA+Division+I-A+football+rankings" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AP_Week_13-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-AP_Week_13_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120313132611/http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=802">"1997 AP Week 13 Poll"</a>. <i>AP Poll Archive</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=802">the original</a> on March 13, 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 17,</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=AP+Poll+Archive&rft.atitle=1997+AP+Week+13+Poll&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.appollarchive.com%2Ffootball%2Fap%2Fseasons.cfm%3Fappollid%3D802&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1997+NCAA+Division+I-A+football+rankings" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AP_Week_14-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-AP_Week_14_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120313132616/http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=803">"1997 AP Week 14 Poll"</a>. <i>AP Poll Archive</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=803">the original</a> on March 13, 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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href="/w/index.php?title=1920_college_football_rankings&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1920 college football rankings (page does not exist)">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1921_college_football_rankings&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1921 college football rankings (page does not exist)">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1922_college_football_rankings&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1922 college football rankings (page does not exist)">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1923_college_football_rankings&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1923 college football rankings (page does not exist)">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1924_college_football_rankings&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1924 college football rankings (page does not exist)">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1925_college_football_rankings&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1925 college football rankings (page does not exist)">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1926_college_football_rankings&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1926 college football rankings (page does not exist)">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1927_college_football_rankings&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1927 college football rankings (page does not exist)">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1928_college_football_rankings&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1928 college football rankings (page does not exist)">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1929_college_football_rankings&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1929 college football rankings (page does not exist)">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1930_college_football_rankings&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1930 college football rankings (page does not exist)">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_college_football_rankings" title="1931 college football rankings">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_college_football_rankings" title="1932 college football rankings">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_college_football_rankings" title="1933 college football rankings">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_college_football_rankings" title="1934 college football rankings">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_college_football_rankings" title="1935 college football rankings">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_college_football_rankings" title="1936 college football rankings">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_college_football_rankings" title="1937 college football rankings">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_college_football_rankings" title="1938 college football rankings">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_college_football_rankings" title="1939 college football rankings">1939</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_college_football_rankings" title="1940 college football rankings">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_college_football_rankings" title="1941 college football rankings">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_college_football_rankings" title="1942 college football rankings">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_college_football_rankings" title="1943 college football rankings">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_college_football_rankings" title="1944 college football rankings">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_college_football_rankings" title="1945 college football rankings">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_college_football_rankings" title="1946 college football rankings">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_college_football_rankings" title="1947 college football rankings">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_college_football_rankings" title="1948 college football rankings">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_college_football_rankings" title="1949 college football rankings">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_college_football_rankings" title="1950 college football rankings">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_college_football_rankings" title="1951 college football rankings">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_college_football_rankings" title="1952 college football rankings">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_college_football_rankings" title="1953 college football rankings">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_college_football_rankings" title="1954 college football rankings">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_college_football_rankings" title="1955 college football rankings">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_college_football_rankings" title="1956 college football rankings">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_college_football_rankings" title="1957 college football rankings">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_major_college_football_rankings" title="1958 major college football rankings">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_major_college_football_rankings" title="1959 major college football rankings">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_major_college_football_rankings" title="1960 major college football rankings">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_major_college_football_rankings" title="1961 major college football rankings">1961</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#009CDE;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;;width:1%">NCAA University Division</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1962_NCAA_University_Division_football_rankings" title="1962 NCAA University Division football rankings">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_NCAA_University_Division_football_rankings" title="1963 NCAA University Division football rankings">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_NCAA_University_Division_football_rankings" title="1964 NCAA University Division football rankings">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_NCAA_University_Division_football_rankings" title="1965 NCAA University Division football rankings">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_NCAA_University_Division_football_rankings" title="1966 NCAA University Division football rankings">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_NCAA_University_Division_football_rankings" title="1967 NCAA University Division football rankings">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_NCAA_University_Division_football_rankings" title="1968 NCAA University Division football rankings">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_NCAA_University_Division_football_rankings" title="1969 NCAA University Division football rankings">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_NCAA_University_Division_football_rankings" title="1970 NCAA University Division football rankings">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_NCAA_University_Division_football_rankings" title="1971 NCAA University Division football rankings">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_NCAA_University_Division_football_rankings" title="1972 NCAA University Division football rankings">1972</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#009CDE;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;;width:1%">NCAA Division I</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1973_NCAA_Division_I_football_rankings" title="1973 NCAA Division I football rankings">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_NCAA_Division_I_football_rankings" title="1974 NCAA Division I football rankings">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_NCAA_Division_I_football_rankings" title="1975 NCAA Division I football rankings">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_NCAA_Division_I_football_rankings" title="1976 NCAA Division I football rankings">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_NCAA_Division_I_football_rankings" title="1977 NCAA Division I football rankings">1977</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#009CDE;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;;width:1%">NCAA Division I-A/FBS</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1978_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_rankings" title="1978 NCAA Division I-A football rankings">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_rankings" title="1979 NCAA Division I-A football rankings">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_rankings" title="1980 NCAA Division I-A football rankings">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_rankings" title="1981 NCAA Division I-A football rankings">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_rankings" title="1982 NCAA Division I-A football rankings">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_rankings" title="1983 NCAA Division I-A football rankings">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_rankings" title="1984 NCAA Division I-A football rankings">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_rankings" title="1985 NCAA Division I-A football rankings">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_rankings" title="1986 NCAA Division I-A football rankings">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_rankings" title="1987 NCAA Division I-A football rankings">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_rankings" title="1988 NCAA Division I-A football rankings">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_rankings" title="1989 NCAA Division I-A football rankings">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_rankings" title="1990 NCAA Division I-A football rankings">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_rankings" title="1991 NCAA Division I-A football rankings">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_rankings" title="1992 NCAA Division I-A football rankings">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_rankings" title="1993 NCAA Division I-A football rankings">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_rankings" title="1994 NCAA Division I-A football rankings">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_rankings" title="1995 NCAA Division I-A football rankings">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_rankings" title="1996 NCAA Division I-A football rankings">1996</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_rankings" title="1998 NCAA Division I-A football rankings">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_rankings" title="1999 NCAA Division I-A football rankings">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_rankings" title="2000 NCAA Division I-A football rankings">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_rankings" title="2001 NCAA Division I-A football rankings">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_rankings" title="2002 NCAA Division I-A football rankings">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_rankings" title="2003 NCAA Division I-A football rankings">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_rankings" title="2004 NCAA Division I-A football rankings">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_rankings" title="2005 NCAA Division I-A football rankings">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_rankings" title="2006 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_rankings" title="2007 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_rankings" title="2008 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_rankings" title="2009 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_rankings" title="2010 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_rankings" title="2011 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_rankings" title="2012 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_rankings" title="2013 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_rankings" title="2014 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_rankings" title="2015 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_rankings" title="2016 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_rankings" title="2017 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_rankings" title="2018 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_rankings" title="2019 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_rankings" title="2020 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_rankings" title="2021 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_rankings" title="2022 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_rankings" title="2023 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_rankings" title="2024 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#009CDE;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;;width:1%">NCAA Division I-AA/FCS</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1978_NCAA_Division_I-AA_football_rankings" title="1978 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_NCAA_Division_I-AA_football_rankings" title="1979 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_NCAA_Division_I-AA_football_rankings" title="1980 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_NCAA_Division_I-AA_football_rankings" title="1981 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_NCAA_Division_I-AA_football_rankings" title="1982 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_NCAA_Division_I-AA_football_rankings" title="1983 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_NCAA_Division_I-AA_football_rankings" title="1984 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_NCAA_Division_I-AA_football_rankings" title="1985 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_NCAA_Division_I-AA_football_rankings" title="1986 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_NCAA_Division_I-AA_football_rankings" title="1987 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_NCAA_Division_I-AA_football_rankings" title="1988 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_NCAA_Division_I-AA_football_rankings" title="1989 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_NCAA_Division_I-AA_football_rankings" title="1990 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_NCAA_Division_I-AA_football_rankings" title="1991 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_NCAA_Division_I-AA_football_rankings" title="1992 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_NCAA_Division_I-AA_football_rankings" title="1993 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_NCAA_Division_I-AA_football_rankings" title="1994 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_NCAA_Division_I-AA_football_rankings" title="1995 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_NCAA_Division_I-AA_football_rankings" title="1996 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_NCAA_Division_I-AA_football_rankings" title="1997 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_NCAA_Division_I-AA_football_rankings" title="1998 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_NCAA_Division_I-AA_football_rankings" title="1999 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_NCAA_Division_I-AA_football_rankings" title="2000 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_NCAA_Division_I-AA_football_rankings" title="2001 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_NCAA_Division_I-AA_football_rankings" title="2002 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_NCAA_Division_I-AA_football_rankings" title="2003 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_NCAA_Division_I-AA_football_rankings" title="2004 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_NCAA_Division_I-AA_football_rankings" title="2005 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_NCAA_Division_I_FCS_football_rankings" title="2006 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_NCAA_Division_I_FCS_football_rankings" title="2007 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_NCAA_Division_I_FCS_football_rankings" title="2008 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_NCAA_Division_I_FCS_football_rankings" title="2009 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_NCAA_Division_I_FCS_football_rankings" title="2010 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_NCAA_Division_I_FCS_football_rankings" title="2011 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_NCAA_Division_I_FCS_football_rankings" title="2012 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_NCAA_Division_I_FCS_football_rankings" title="2013 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_NCAA_Division_I_FCS_football_rankings" title="2014 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_NCAA_Division_I_FCS_football_rankings" title="2015 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_NCAA_Division_I_FCS_football_rankings" title="2016 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_NCAA_Division_I_FCS_football_rankings" title="2017 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_NCAA_Division_I_FCS_football_rankings" title="2018 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_NCAA_Division_I_FCS_football_rankings" title="2019 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_NCAA_Division_I_FCS_football_rankings" title="2020 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_NCAA_Division_I_FCS_football_rankings" title="2021 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_NCAA_Division_I_FCS_football_rankings" title="2022 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_NCAA_Division_I_FCS_football_rankings" title="2023 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_NCAA_Division_I_FCS_football_rankings" title="2024 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#009CDE;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;;width:1%">Small college</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1958_small_college_football_rankings" title="1958 small college football rankings">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_small_college_football_rankings" title="1959 small college football rankings">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_small_college_football_rankings" title="1960 small college football rankings">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_small_college_football_rankings" title="1961 small college football rankings">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_small_college_football_rankings" title="1962 small college football rankings">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_small_college_football_rankings" title="1963 small college football rankings">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_small_college_football_rankings" title="1964 small college football rankings">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_small_college_football_rankings" title="1965 small college football rankings">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_small_college_football_rankings" title="1966 small college football rankings">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_small_college_football_rankings" title="1967 small college football rankings">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_small_college_football_rankings" title="1968 small college football rankings">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_small_college_football_rankings" title="1969 small college football rankings">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_small_college_football_rankings" title="1970 small college football rankings">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_small_college_football_rankings" title="1971 small college football rankings">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_small_college_football_rankings" title="1972 small college football rankings">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_small_college_football_rankings" title="1973 small college football rankings">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_small_college_football_rankings" title="1974 small college football rankings">1974</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#009CDE;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;;width:1%">NCAA Division II</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1975_NCAA_Division_II_football_rankings" title="1975 NCAA Division II football rankings">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_NCAA_Division_II_football_rankings" title="1976 NCAA Division II football rankings">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_NCAA_Division_II_football_rankings" title="1977 NCAA Division II football rankings">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_NCAA_Division_II_football_rankings" title="1978 NCAA Division II football rankings">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_NCAA_Division_II_football_rankings" title="1979 NCAA Division II football rankings">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_NCAA_Division_II_football_rankings" title="1980 NCAA Division II football rankings">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_NCAA_Division_II_football_rankings" title="1981 NCAA Division II football rankings">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_NCAA_Division_II_football_rankings" title="1982 NCAA Division II football rankings">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_NCAA_Division_II_football_rankings" title="1983 NCAA Division II football rankings">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_NCAA_Division_II_football_rankings" title="1984 NCAA Division II football rankings">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_NCAA_Division_II_football_rankings" title="1985 NCAA Division II football rankings">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_NCAA_Division_II_football_rankings" title="1986 NCAA Division II football rankings">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_NCAA_Division_II_football_rankings" title="1987 NCAA Division II football rankings">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_NCAA_Division_II_football_rankings" title="1988 NCAA Division II football rankings">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_NCAA_Division_II_football_rankings" title="1989 NCAA Division II football rankings">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_NCAA_Division_II_football_rankings" title="1990 NCAA Division II football rankings">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_NCAA_Division_II_football_rankings" title="1991 NCAA Division II football rankings">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_NCAA_Division_II_football_rankings" title="1992 NCAA Division II football rankings">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_NCAA_Division_II_football_rankings" title="1993 NCAA Division II football rankings">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_NCAA_Division_II_football_rankings" title="1994 NCAA Division II football rankings">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_NCAA_Division_II_football_rankings" title="1995 NCAA Division II football rankings">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_NCAA_Division_II_football_rankings" title="1996 NCAA Division II football rankings">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_NCAA_Division_II_football_rankings" title="1997 NCAA Division II football rankings">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_NCAA_Division_II_football_rankings" title="1998 NCAA Division II football rankings">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_NCAA_Division_II_football_rankings" title="1999 NCAA Division II football rankings">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_NCAA_Division_II_football_rankings" title="2000 NCAA Division II football rankings">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_NCAA_Division_II_football_rankings" title="2001 NCAA Division II football rankings">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_NCAA_Division_II_football_rankings" title="2002 NCAA Division II football rankings">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_NCAA_Division_II_football_rankings" title="2003 NCAA Division II football rankings">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_NCAA_Division_II_football_rankings" title="2004 NCAA Division II football rankings">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_NCAA_Division_II_football_rankings" title="2005 NCAA Division II football rankings">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_NCAA_Division_II_football_rankings" title="2006 NCAA Division II football rankings">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_NCAA_Division_II_football_rankings" title="2007 NCAA Division II football rankings">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_NCAA_Division_II_football_rankings" title="2008 NCAA Division II football rankings">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_NCAA_Division_II_football_rankings" title="2009 NCAA Division II football rankings">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_NCAA_Division_II_football_rankings" title="2010 NCAA Division II football rankings">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_NCAA_Division_II_football_rankings" title="2011 NCAA Division II football rankings">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_NCAA_Division_II_football_rankings" title="2012 NCAA Division II football rankings">2012</a></li> <li><a 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