For Games Through 11/17/96 Home Field Advantage =.091 points LAST LAST RANK TEAM JWB RANK JWB 1 Florida State 2.192 1 2.160 2 Ohio State 2.042 2 2.087 3 North Carolina 1.847 3 1.987 4 Arizona State 1.811 5 1.825 5 Nebraska 1.788 4 1.849 6 Florida 1.773 6 1.787 7 Penn State 1.729 8 1.661 8 Colorado 1.701 12 1.572 9 Notre Dame 1.635 10 1.630 10 Washington 1.594 9 1.649 11 Syracuse 1.577 15 1.526 12 Kansas State 1.563 7 1.662 13 Virginia Tech 1.539 16 1.444 14 Southern Mississippi 1.511 14 1.535 15 Northwestern 1.488 17 1.420 16 Clemson 1.467 18 1.408 17 Michigan 1.446 13 1.547 18 Virginia 1.408 29 1.198 19 Tennessee 1.402 20 1.381 20 Alabama 1.400 11 1.619 21 Georgia Tech 1.373 23 1.347 22 Brigham Young 1.356 19 1.392 23 Louisiana State 1.344 22 1.355 24 West Virginia 1.334 24 1.343 25 Houston 1.304 25 1.290 26 Navy 1.271 28 1.221 27 Miami-Florida 1.257 21 1.378 28 Iowa 1.249 35 1.121 29 Utah 1.248 27 1.255 30 Texas Tech 1.182 38 1.093 31 East Carolina 1.180 33 1.154 32 Rice 1.170 34 1.143 33 Wyoming 1.164 41 1.062 34 Army 1.102 32 1.155 35 Southern California 1.101 37 1.109 36 Auburn 1.101 26 1.255 37 Michigan State 1.099 36 1.120 38 Wisconsin 1.099 31 1.175 39 Texas 1.094 44 0.954 40 California 1.040 30 1.189 41 Stanford 0.989 47 0.928 42 Oregon 0.969 52 0.885 43 Marshall 0.968 48 0.927 44 Air Force 0.966 53 0.874 45 Purdue 0.955 42 1.024 46 UCLA 0.945 39 1.089 47 Texas A&M 0.941 54 0.872 48 Georgia 0.931 67 0.687 49 Minnesota 0.915 51 0.886 50 Wake Forest 0.912 56 0.844 51 Kansas 0.899 43 1.022 52 Southwestern Louisiana 0.885 45 0.949 53 Missouri 0.875 62 0.740 54 Louisville 0.870 46 0.930 55 Colorado State 0.850 50 0.896 56 Arizona 0.847 61 0.754 57 San Diego State 0.838 40 1.076 58 Washington State 0.831 49 0.915 59 South Carolina 0.825 59 0.769 60 Boston College 0.810 58 0.773 61 Memphis 0.803 57 0.791 62 North Carolina State 0.764 55 0.848 63 Mississippi State 0.749 79 0.532 64 Kentucky 0.724 71 0.629 65 Pittsburgh 0.719 63 0.732 66 Southern Methodist 0.711 66 0.697 67 East Tennessee State 0.708 65 0.698 68 Cincinnati 0.684 69 0.656 69 New Mexico 0.656 68 0.684 70 Montana 0.654 72 0.619 71 Arkansas 0.650 60 0.754 72 Ball State 0.644 76 0.592 73 Baylor 0.639 64 0.714 74 Utah State 0.611 74 0.598 75 Maryland 0.603 73 0.609 76 Northern Iowa 0.583 88 0.447 77 Nevada 0.581 77 0.569 78 Tulsa 0.566 81 0.520 79 Oklahoma State 0.561 85 0.484 80 Oklahoma 0.541 70 0.644 81 Rutgers 0.524 80 0.525 82 Texas Christian 0.518 75 0.592 83 Tulane 0.493 82 0.518 84 Indiana 0.488 92 0.405 85 Mississippi 0.469 78 0.547 86 Illinois 0.459 83 0.492 87 Ohio University 0.450 86 0.469 88 Iowa State 0.422 102 0.328 89 New Hampshire 0.421 84 0.488 90 Furman 0.418 89 0.436 91 William and Mary 0.412 95 0.383 92 Villanova 0.407 100 0.341 93 Miami-Ohio 0.385 91 0.407 94 Fresno State 0.383 90 0.423 95 Troy State 0.381 99 0.352 96 Louisiana Tech 0.364 96 0.371 97 Vanderbilt 0.357 87 0.458 98 Northern Arizona 0.356 98 0.361 99 Appalachian State 0.344 101 0.329 100 Northeast Louisiana 0.341 93 0.401 101 Oregon State 0.315 103 0.309 102 Toledo 0.308 94 0.389 103 Central Florida 0.302 107 0.217 104 Western Illinois 0.285 97 0.368 105 Duke 0.276 104 0.272 106 North Texas 0.232 112 0.149 107 Jackson State 0.204 105 0.245 108 Delaware 0.199 111 0.154 109 Dartmouth 0.164 116 0.080 110 San Jose State 0.157 114 0.134 111 Idaho 0.116 106 0.220 112 Nicholls State 0.109 110 0.158 113 Nevada-Las Vegas 0.097 130 -0.080 114 Temple 0.069 115 0.112 115 Citadel 0.048 108 0.205 116 Stephen Austin 0.033 109 0.171 117 Cal State-Northridge 0.030 124 -0.041 118 Bowling Green 0.029 113 0.148 119 Murray State 0.025 117 0.075 120 Central Michigan 0.001 121 -0.006 121 Youngstown State -0.022 132 -0.145 122 Buffalo -0.024 139 -0.187 123 Texas-El Paso -0.029 118 0.035 124 James Madison -0.046 120 0.020 125 Southwest Missouri State -0.052 144 -0.243 126 Akron -0.083 125 -0.058 127 Eastern Michigan -0.093 128 -0.064 128 Alabama-Birmingham -0.098 123 -0.031 129 Texas Southern -0.110 137 -0.173 130 Georgia Southern -0.127 133 -0.146 131 Weber State -0.130 126 -0.062 132 Eastern Washington -0.132 127 -0.063 133 Northeastern -0.141 134 -0.149 134 Indiana State -0.151 119 0.024 135 Florida A&M -0.159 138 -0.174 136 Montana State -0.167 135 -0.150 137 Hawaii -0.171 141 -0.217 138 Mississippi Valley State -0.190 142 -0.225 139 Arkansas State -0.211 136 -0.154 140 Maine -0.220 131 -0.108 141 Eastern Illinois -0.235 122 -0.006 142 Western Kentucky -0.247 143 -0.225 143 Virginia Military -0.248 153 -0.384 144 Tennessee-Chattanooga -0.264 145 -0.265 145 Northwestern State -0.267 129 -0.078 146 Massachusetts -0.308 155 -0.403 147 Columbia -0.323 158 -0.449 148 Southwest Texas State -0.337 161 -0.477 149 Western Michigan -0.343 154 -0.397 150 Sam Houston State -0.348 146 -0.287 151 Northern Illinois -0.359 148 -0.314 152 Southern University -0.365 140 -0.201 153 Howard -0.371 157 -0.417 154 Eastern Kentucky -0.376 149 -0.343 155 Kent -0.382 147 -0.287 156 Rhode Island -0.385 150 -0.345 157 Western Carolina -0.404 151 -0.367 158 Lafayette -0.432 159 -0.469 159 Pennsylvania -0.445 164 -0.574 160 Connecticut -0.471 152 -0.368 161 Idaho State -0.482 163 -0.552 162 North Carolina A&T -0.487 170 -0.675 163 Boise State -0.498 165 -0.582 164 New Mexico State -0.505 156 -0.413 165 Illinois State -0.515 171 -0.680 166 Cal Poly SLO -0.549 162 -0.544 167 Middle Tennessee State -0.591 173 -0.703 168 Samford -0.623 167 -0.604 169 Tennessee Tech -0.624 160 -0.473 170 Southern Illinois -0.631 172 -0.688 171 Brown -0.633 169 -0.650 172 Hofstra -0.649 166 -0.582 173 Dayton -0.691 168 -0.634 174 Colgate -0.694 186 -0.874 175 Richmond -0.708 176 -0.752 176 Jacksonville State -0.743 178 -0.777 177 Saint Mary's -0.743 175 -0.744 178 McNeese State -0.756 189 -1.014 179 Cornell -0.772 177 -0.768 180 Alcorn State -0.778 174 -0.737 181 Southern Utah -0.778 180 -0.810 182 Liberty -0.841 179 -0.791 183 Lehigh -0.853 181 -0.812 184 Tennessee State -0.873 183 -0.822 185 Alabama State -0.905 182 -0.813 186 Portland State -0.937 185 -0.863 187 Bucknell -0.965 192 -1.076 188 Grambling -0.967 187 -0.875 189 Yale -0.971 184 -0.830 190 South Carolina State -0.986 188 -0.988 191 Hampton -0.992 190 -1.034 192 Wofford -1.048 191 -1.064 193 Harvard -1.061 193 -1.102 194 Princeton -1.080 200 -1.299 195 Cal State-Sacramento -1.152 195 -1.148 196 Boston University -1.174 197 -1.224 197 Southeast Missouri State -1.195 194 -1.117 198 Fordham -1.203 196 -1.158 199 Morgan State -1.223 198 -1.233 200 Tennessee-Martin -1.317 199 -1.267 201 Morehead State -1.324 203 -1.388 202 Delaware State -1.356 202 -1.373 203 Drake -1.368 201 -1.362 204 Holy Cross -1.400 205 -1.499 205 Austin Peay -1.477 204 -1.421 206 Robert Morris -1.568 207 -1.551 207 Prairie View -1.598 206 -1.544 208 Towson State -1.638 208 -1.704 209 Duquesne -1.794 210 -1.815 210 Bethune-Cookman -1.831 211 -1.898 211 Georgetown -1.850 209 -1.783 212 Charleston Southern -1.965 212 -1.947 213 Central Connecticut -2.039 215 -2.181 214 Evansville -2.049 214 -1.979 215 Marist -2.190 216 -2.191 216 Butler -2.193 217 -2.202 217 Monmouth-NJ -2.194 213 -1.968 218 San Diego -2.225 219 -2.304 219 Saint John's -2.268 218 -2.270 220 Valparaiso -2.308 220 -2.312 221 Wagner -2.377 221 -2.322 222 Canisius -2.646 222 -2.580 223 Saint Francis-PA -2.935 223 -2.924 224 Saint Peter's -3.027 224 -3.042 225 Siena -3.141 225 -3.078 226 Fairfield -3.161 227 -3.165 227 Iona -3.164 226 -3.117