For Games Through 11/17/96 Home Field Advantage =3.27 points LAST LAST RANK TEAM BOMB RANK BOMB 1 Nebraska 63.97 1 64.43 2 Ohio State 52.82 2 55.53 3 Florida State 52.19 3 50.15 4 Florida 48.87 4 49.39 5 Notre Dame 44.71 5 43.26 6 Arizona State 42.67 8 41.24 7 Syracuse 42.57 6 42.94 8 North Carolina 41.32 7 42.65 9 Penn State 41.10 10 39.28 10 Washington 39.30 11 37.47 11 Kansas State 38.94 9 40.39 12 Colorado 38.13 15 34.75 13 Tennessee 37.81 13 36.30 14 Texas Tech 36.88 14 35.61 15 Texas 35.70 19 32.46 16 Michigan 34.97 12 36.57 17 Virginia 33.83 22 30.83 18 Brigham Young 33.08 16 33.46 19 Texas A&M 32.98 18 32.85 20 Virginia Tech 32.64 21 30.93 21 Michigan State 32.51 20 32.11 22 Iowa 31.01 30 25.38 23 Alabama 30.78 17 32.94 24 Southern California 30.64 25 28.73 25 Northwestern 29.45 26 28.40 26 Arizona 28.34 39 24.06 27 Miami-Florida 28.17 23 30.64 28 West Virginia 27.80 27 28.39 29 Louisiana State 27.19 36 24.58 30 UCLA 27.04 28 28.31 31 Wisconsin 26.48 24 30.51 32 Wyoming 25.76 31 25.04 33 Clemson 25.43 43 22.46 34 Oregon 24.96 47 21.12 35 Air Force 24.64 33 25.00 36 Southern Mississippi 24.41 29 25.87 37 Purdue 24.19 37 24.52 38 Nevada 23.98 52 19.40 39 East Carolina 23.86 32 25.01 40 Navy 23.61 42 22.86 41 Army 23.11 41 22.98 42 Georgia 22.94 53 19.40 43 Kansas 22.79 38 24.41 44 Houston 22.77 51 19.63 45 Auburn 22.47 34 24.85 46 South Carolina 22.35 46 21.45 47 Baylor 22.33 40 23.95 48 Marshall 22.23 44 21.85 49 California 21.37 45 21.75 50 Stanford 21.31 55 18.49 51 San Diego State 21.25 35 24.60 52 Georgia Tech 21.15 50 20.37 53 Colorado State 20.56 54 19.13 54 Washington State 20.11 49 20.46 55 Iowa State 19.64 59 17.33 56 Rice 18.66 56 18.25 57 Indiana 18.56 78 12.35 58 Mississippi State 18.14 67 15.55 59 Montana 17.60 62 16.82 60 Missouri 17.51 70 13.81 61 Louisville 17.00 48 20.95 62 Miami-Ohio 16.85 66 15.77 63 Utah 16.77 65 15.88 64 Cincinnati 16.68 61 17.01 65 Oklahoma 16.50 64 16.03 66 Ohio University 16.15 69 14.37 67 Minnesota 15.97 58 17.77 68 Tulane 15.90 60 17.01 69 North Carolina State 15.88 57 18.01 70 Ball State 15.51 63 16.66 71 Memphis 15.31 68 15.54 72 Northern Iowa 15.19 73 13.21 73 Illinois 13.68 80 11.53 74 Southern Methodist 13.41 75 12.99 75 William and Mary 13.36 72 13.34 76 New Mexico 12.82 76 12.60 77 Kentucky 12.71 87 8.33 78 Villanova 11.62 82 10.59 79 Oregon State 11.51 86 8.40 80 Boston College 11.32 74 13.17 81 Oklahoma State 10.58 85 8.78 82 Delaware 10.29 84 10.35 83 New Hampshire 10.11 79 11.99 84 Arkansas 9.38 71 13.40 85 Troy State 9.08 90 7.48 86 Southwestern Louisiana 9.02 83 10.46 87 Vanderbilt 8.83 77 12.37 88 Tulsa 8.79 93 6.61 89 Utah State 8.43 92 6.87 90 Maryland 8.33 89 7.98 91 Central Florida 7.31 88 8.33 92 Northern Arizona 6.91 96 5.72 93 Texas Christian 6.46 95 6.38 94 Mississippi 6.12 81 10.86 95 Fresno State 5.84 112 2.51 96 East Tennessee State 5.65 91 7.02 97 Louisiana Tech 5.37 94 6.40 98 Murray State 5.27 100 4.45 99 Wake Forest 5.08 98 4.72 100 Duke 4.82 105 3.53 101 Idaho 4.24 99 4.68 102 Northeastern 4.06 101 4.31 103 Rutgers 3.73 104 3.67 104 Jackson State 3.71 107 3.25 105 Southwest Missouri State 3.10 119 0.92 106 Cal State-Northridge 3.08 125 -0.75 107 Furman 3.03 108 3.13 108 Pittsburgh 3.00 97 5.11 109 Central Michigan 2.94 115 2.00 110 Temple 2.86 120 0.71 111 Western Illinois 2.61 102 4.25 112 Eastern Michigan 2.53 113 2.30 113 James Madison 1.92 103 4.21 114 Toledo 1.49 128 -1.39 115 Youngstown State 1.32 126 -0.79 116 Appalachian State 0.97 116 1.73 117 Connecticut 0.85 109 2.70 118 Western Michigan 0.70 142 -4.72 119 Stephen Austin 0.54 106 3.26 120 Maine -0.01 110 2.59 121 Northwestern State -0.24 111 2.59 122 Dartmouth -0.36 124 -0.41 123 McNeese State -0.39 144 -4.78 124 Eastern Illinois -0.99 118 1.30 125 Eastern Washington -1.19 123 -0.30 126 Bowling Green -1.36 135 -3.42 127 Buffalo -1.43 134 -3.02 128 San Jose State -1.45 131 -2.16 129 Eastern Kentucky -1.51 117 1.37 130 Rhode Island -2.04 129 -1.84 131 Weber State -2.11 139 -4.20 132 Georgia Southern -2.63 140 -4.25 133 Texas-El Paso -2.90 130 -1.89 134 North Texas -2.90 145 -5.35 135 Nevada-Las Vegas -2.95 154 -8.15 136 Montana State -3.29 149 -7.04 137 Akron -3.81 143 -4.74 138 Richmond -3.95 138 -3.89 139 Hofstra -4.24 127 -1.27 140 Howard -4.46 132 -2.57 141 Alabama-Birmingham -4.63 133 -2.78 142 Florida A&M -4.72 121 0.18 143 Arkansas State -4.73 122 0.08 144 Idaho State -4.90 147 -6.51 145 Northeast Louisiana -5.79 137 -3.51 146 Indiana State -6.10 136 -3.44 147 Nicholls State -6.50 146 -5.89 148 Massachusetts -6.53 150 -7.07 149 Virginia Military -7.00 152 -7.64 150 Pennsylvania -7.50 153 -8.14 151 Southern University -7.66 141 -4.52 152 Citadel -7.70 151 -7.36 153 North Carolina A&T -7.91 114 2.23 154 Sam Houston State -8.04 148 -6.94 155 Brown -8.16 156 -9.26 156 Colgate -8.45 155 -9.22 157 Hawaii -8.46 157 -10.16 158 Middle Tennessee State -8.92 159 -10.42 159 Tennessee-Chattanooga -9.64 160 -11.59 160 Illinois State -10.19 158 -10.31 161 Saint Mary's -10.71 165 -12.89 162 Southwest Texas State -11.28 175 -15.21 163 Lafayette -11.59 162 -11.98 164 Boise State -11.60 168 -13.64 165 Southern Illinois -12.39 163 -11.99 166 New Mexico State -12.47 171 -13.97 167 Bucknell -12.55 182 -17.13 168 Jacksonville State -12.60 169 -13.84 169 Western Kentucky -12.63 161 -11.71 170 Texas Southern -12.72 178 -16.00 171 Harvard -13.46 177 -15.34 172 Western Carolina -13.93 174 -14.97 173 Lehigh -14.27 172 -14.21 174 Northern Illinois -14.54 164 -12.11 175 Columbia -14.57 181 -16.82 176 Cal Poly SLO -14.63 179 -16.07 177 Cornell -16.19 176 -15.29 178 Tennessee State -16.48 166 -13.15 179 Princeton -17.29 186 -19.48 180 Kent -17.31 167 -13.52 181 Yale -17.71 183 -17.13 182 Hampton -18.01 170 -13.95 183 Liberty -19.37 173 -14.81 184 Alcorn State -19.59 188 -20.82 185 Tennessee Tech -19.90 184 -19.12 186 Mississippi Valley State -19.91 190 -22.61 187 Fordham -20.82 180 -16.73 188 Southern Utah -20.83 191 -22.78 189 South Carolina State -21.29 187 -20.13 190 Samford -21.82 192 -22.92 191 Drake -22.52 193 -23.08 192 Boston University -22.84 194 -23.78 193 Dayton -23.06 185 -19.20 194 Cal State-Sacramento -23.21 189 -22.25 195 Grambling -23.36 199 -28.17 196 Portland State -23.74 195 -24.57 197 Alabama State -25.04 197 -26.34 198 Wofford -26.25 198 -26.92 199 Southeast Missouri State -26.63 196 -25.49 200 Holy Cross -29.25 202 -30.50 201 Tennessee-Martin -30.29 200 -28.35 202 Austin Peay -31.77 203 -33.01 203 Delaware State -33.55 201 -30.36 204 Morehead State -34.88 205 -34.92 205 Towson State -36.70 207 -37.02 206 Robert Morris -37.14 204 -34.40 207 Duquesne -39.72 206 -35.92 208 Georgetown -42.39 208 -41.03 209 Valparaiso -42.66 211 -42.92 210 Charleston Southern -47.08 209 -42.82 211 Morgan State -47.42 213 -44.66 212 Bethune-Cookman -47.48 212 -43.01 213 Monmouth-NJ -49.33 210 -42.82 214 Prairie View -49.76 217 -51.33 215 Marist -50.31 215 -50.28 216 Evansville -50.76 216 -50.54 217 San Diego -50.87 222 -57.24 218 Butler -51.67 219 -52.76 219 Wagner -52.35 214 -48.29 220 Central Connecticut -53.33 218 -52.42 221 Saint John's -56.87 220 -54.84 222 Canisius -58.96 221 -55.62 223 Saint Francis-PA -65.57 223 -63.00 224 Siena -70.53 224 -63.28 225 Saint Peter's -75.47 225 -69.83 226 Fairfield -79.86 227 -76.28 227 Iona -81.21 226 -75.93