Division I-A Football Conference Standings as of 1/2/97
Perfomance Ratings are from
David Wilson's system.
The Atlantic Coast Conference
648 Ave. Rating /--Conference---\ /---Over-all----\ Perf
W L T Pts Opp W L T Pts Opp Rate
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Florida St. 8 0 0 314 71 11 1 0 446 174 858
North Carolina 6 2 0 240 76 10 2 0 357 123 758
Clemson 6 2 0 164 156 7 5 0 245 241 673
Virginia 5 3 0 219 112 7 5 0 341 203 676
Georgia Tech 4 4 0 157 161 5 6 0 220 236 627
Maryland 3 5 0 118 205 5 6 0 187 239 611
N. Carolina St. 3 5 0 199 285 3 8 0 268 401 600
Wake Forest 1 7 0 79 287 3 8 0 144 374 582
Duke 0 8 0 105 242 0 11 0 162 379 450
The Big 12 Conference
653 Ave. Rating /--Conference---\ /---Over-all----\ Perf
W L T Pts Opp W L T Pts Opp Rate
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Nebraska 8 1 0 392 111 11 2 0 553 174 747
Colorado 7 1 0 221 126 10 2 0 352 220 754
Texas 7 2 0 354 196 8 5 0 447 305 694
Kansas St. 6 2 0 197 162 9 3 0 340 191 709
Texas Tech 5 3 0 197 149 7 5 0 323 232 662
Texas A&M 4 4 0 174 174 6 6 0 351 257 634
Missouri 3 5 0 197 307 5 6 0 278 376 649
Oklahoma 3 5 0 193 290 3 8 0 255 392 589
Oklahoma St. 2 6 0 159 281 5 6 0 243 327 608
Kansas 2 6 0 171 286 4 7 0 300 358 615
Baylor 1 7 0 186 281 4 7 0 266 320 599
Iowa St. 1 7 0 221 299 2 9 0 314 401 572
The Big 10 Conference
682 Ave. Rating /--Conference---\ /---Over-all----\ Perf
W L T Pts Opp W L T Pts Opp Rate
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Ohio St. 7 1 0 264 91 11 1 0 455 131 812
Northwestern 7 1 0 215 182 9 3 0 336 278 708
Penn St. 6 2 0 224 174 11 2 0 400 203 764
Iowa 6 2 0 233 183 9 3 0 339 243 722
Michigan 5 3 0 185 131 8 4 0 277 184 719
Michigan St. 5 3 0 277 179 6 6 0 358 303 657
Wisconsin 3 5 0 190 203 8 5 0 377 243 689
Purdue 2 6 0 146 248 3 8 0 194 324 634
Minnesota 1 7 0 145 281 4 7 0 236 340 633
Indiana 1 7 0 181 268 3 8 0 242 291 591
Illinois 1 7 0 149 269 2 9 0 190 372 579
The Big East Conference
643 Ave. Rating /--Conference---\ /---Over-all----\ Perf
W L T Pts Opp W L T Pts Opp Rate
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Virginia Tech 6 1 0 220 111 10 2 0 370 209 735
Miami 6 1 0 233 111 9 3 0 368 210 739
Syracuse 6 1 0 291 105 9 3 0 437 208 727
West Virginia 4 3 0 181 112 8 4 0 271 156 695
Pittsburgh 3 4 0 121 242 4 7 0 214 430 632
Boston College 2 5 0 138 220 5 7 0 264 364 642
Rutgers 1 6 0 78 238 2 9 0 143 380 535
Temple 0 7 0 140 263 1 10 0 218 386 437
The Big West Conference
463 Ave. Rating /--Conference---\ /---Over-all----\ Perf
W L T Pts Opp W L T Pts Opp Rate
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Nevada 4 1 0 238 106 9 3 0 515 278 573
Utah St. 4 1 0 175 130 6 5 0 330 339 579
Idaho 3 2 0 167 112 6 5 0 374 296 465
North Texas 3 2 0 93 105 5 6 0 161 293 498
Boise St. 1 4 0 121 231 2 10 0 240 459 359
New Mexico St. 0 5 0 86 196 1 10 0 166 396 303
Conference USA
658 Ave. Rating /--Conference---\ /---Over-all----\ Perf
W L T Pts Opp W L T Pts Opp Rate
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Southern Miss. 4 1 0 141 108 8 3 0 287 247 724
Houston 4 1 0 171 124 7 5 0 361 341 680
Cincinnati 2 3 0 88 100 6 5 0 228 212 641
Louisville 2 3 0 57 102 5 6 0 182 205 650
Memphis 2 3 0 65 92 4 7 0 141 219 648
Tulane 1 4 0 109 105 2 9 0 213 268 602
The Mid-America Conference
461 Ave. Rating /--Conference---\ /---Over-all----\ Perf
W L T Pts Opp W L T Pts Opp Rate
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Ball St. 7 1 0 217 121 8 4 0 296 210 533
Toledo 6 2 0 153 134 7 4 0 210 259 511
Miami, Ohio 6 2 0 229 90 6 5 0 273 168 512
Ohio U. 5 3 0 209 107 6 6 0 302 237 492
Cent. Michigan 4 4 0 251 239 5 6 0 351 353 457
Bowling Green 3 5 0 130 176 4 7 0 176 240 448
Akron 3 5 0 116 193 4 7 0 175 269 437
E. Michigan 3 5 0 183 185 3 8 0 210 284 429
W. Michigan 2 6 0 151 200 2 9 0 208 304 393
Kent 1 7 0 171 365 2 9 0 255 492 394
The Pacific Ten Conference
666 Ave. Rating /--Conference---\ /---Over-all----\ Perf
W L T Pts Opp W L T Pts Opp Rate
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Arizona St. 8 0 0 344 182 11 1 0 488 216 776
Washington 7 1 0 268 140 9 3 0 391 254 728
Stanford 5 3 0 174 196 7 5 0 248 229 683
UCLA 4 4 0 257 245 5 6 0 330 318 669
Oregon 3 5 0 269 271 6 5 0 378 356 651
Southern Cal 3 5 0 210 211 6 6 0 325 267 672
California 3 5 0 224 288 6 6 0 382 407 634
Arizona 3 5 0 226 256 5 6 0 310 280 640
Washington St. 3 5 0 205 230 5 6 0 314 317 632
Oregon St. 1 7 0 125 283 2 9 0 216 388 573
The Southeastern Conference
702 Ave. Rating /--Conference---\ /---Over-all----\ Perf
W L T Pts Opp W L T Pts Opp Rate
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Florida 9 0 0 421 142 12 1 0 611 221 891
Tennessee 7 1 0 275 113 10 2 0 437 185 765
Louisiana St. 6 2 0 192 145 10 2 0 335 210 762
Alabama 6 3 0 234 145 10 3 0 316 195 766
Auburn 4 4 0 247 224 8 4 0 398 277 720
South Carolina 4 4 0 171 170 6 5 0 245 238 687
Georgia 3 5 0 189 224 5 6 0 230 257 670
Mississippi St. 3 5 0 136 181 5 6 0 249 229 654
Kentucky 3 5 0 118 260 4 7 0 138 322 653
Mississippi 2 6 0 96 228 5 6 0 203 270 633
Arkansas 2 6 0 88 202 4 7 0 174 267 648
Vanderbilt 0 8 0 65 198 2 9 0 122 234 575
The Western Athletic Conference
596 Ave. Rating /--Conference---\ /---Over-all----\ Perf
W L T Pts Opp W L T Pts Opp Rate
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Brigham Young 10 0 0 410 170 14 1 0 590 277 760
Wyoming 7 2 0 341 180 10 2 0 464 284 671
San Diego St. 6 2 0 300 209 8 3 0 428 303 625
Utah 6 2 0 224 199 8 4 0 313 309 652
Rice 6 2 0 261 194 7 4 0 296 312 671
Colorado St. 6 2 0 248 169 7 5 0 380 336 624
Air Force 5 3 0 316 171 6 5 0 360 231 628
Southern Meth. 4 4 0 180 211 5 6 0 246 267 626
New Mexico 3 5 0 237 233 6 5 0 331 280 598
Texas Christian 3 5 0 167 208 4 7 0 211 302 571
Fresno St. 3 5 0 199 245 4 7 0 267 344 559
San Jose St. 3 5 0 168 273 3 9 0 221 448 536
Tulsa 2 6 0 178 259 4 7 0 245 333 596
Hawaii 1 7 0 100 315 2 10 0 161 433 469
Nevada LV 1 8 0 239 383 1 11 0 276 551 489
Texas-El Paso 0 8 0 129 278 2 9 0 183 314 465
The I-A Independents
582 Ave. Rating /--Conference---\ /---Over-all----\ Perf
W L T Pts Opp W L T Pts Opp Rate
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East Carolina 2 0 0 62 23 8 3 0 316 214 711
Army 1 0 0 28 24 10 2 0 379 224 679
Notre Dame 1 0 0 54 27 8 3 0 407 181 713
NE Louisiana 1 0 0 39 38 5 6 0 192 353 559
SW Louisiana 3 1 0 153 132 5 6 0 304 404 617
Louisiana Tech 2 2 0 144 137 6 5 0 351 342 555
Ala.-Birmingham 2 2 0 125 116 5 6 0 266 279 522
Cent. Florida 1 2 0 80 80 5 6 0 277 261 519
N. Illinois 1 2 0 76 115 1 10 0 157 400 394
Arkansas St. 1 4 0 149 187 4 7 0 272 365 457
Navy 0 2 0 51 82 9 3 0 392 309 677