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1997 Final AP Football Poll

Rank

 

Team (FPV)

 

Conf

 

W-L

 

PTS

 

CP

 

Last Week

1

  <  1

 

Michigan (51.5)

 

Big Ten

 

12-0

 

1731.5

 

 

W 21-16 vs #8 Washington State (Rose)

2

  <  2

 

Nebraska (18.5)

 

Big 12

 

13-0

 

1698.5

 

 

 

3

  <  4

 

Florida State

 

ACC

 

11-1

 

1599

 

 

 

4

  <  6

 

Florida

 

SEC

 

10-2

 

1455

 

 

 

5

  <  5

 

UCLA

 

Pac-10

 

10-2

 

1413

 

 

 

6

  <  7

 

North Carolina

 

ACC

 

11-1

 

1397

 

 

 

7

  <  3

 

Tennessee

 

SEC

 

11-2

 

1320

 

 

 

8

  <  10

 

Kansas State

 

Big 12

 

11-1

 

1302

 

 

 

9

  <  8

 

Washington State

 

Pac-10

 

10-2

 

1259

 

 

L 21-16 vs Michigan (Rose)

10

  <  12

 

Georgia

 

SEC

 

10-2

 

1121

 

 

 

11

  <  13

 

Auburn

 

SEC

 

10-3

 

1025

 

 

 

12

  <  9

 

Ohio State

 

Big Ten

 

10-3

 

975

 

 

 

13

  <  15

 

LSU

 

SEC

 

9-3

 

856

 

 

 

14

  <  16

 

Arizona State

 

Pac-10

 

8-3

 

773

 

 

 

15

  <  17

 

Purdue

 

Big Ten

 

9-3

 

715

 

 

 

16

  <  11

 

Penn State

 

Big Ten

 

9-3

 

706

 

 

 

17

  <  18

 

Colorado State

 

WAC

 

11-2

 

673

 

 

W 35-24 vs Missouri (Holiday)

18

  <  21

 

Washington

 

Pac-10

 

8-4

 

617

 

 

 

19

  <  22

 

Southern Miss

 

C-USA

 

9-3

 

490

 

 

W 41-7 vs Pittsburgh (Liberty)

20

  <  20

 

Texas A&M

 

Big 12

 

9-4

 

421

 

 

 

21

  <  14

 

Syracuse

 

Big East

 

9-4

 

331

 

 

 

22

  <  NR

 

Mississippi

 

SEC

 

8-4

 

255

 

 

 

23

  <  19

 

Missouri

 

Big 12

 

7-5

 

175

 

 

 

24

  <  24

 

Oklahoma State

 

Big 12

 

8-4

 

72

 

 

L 33-20 vs Purdue (Alamo)

25

  <  NR

 

Georgia Tech

 

ACC

 

7-5

 

64

 

 

 

NR

  <  23

 

Air Force

 

WAC

 

 

 

 

 

NR

  <  25

 

Michigan State

 

Big Ten

 

 

 

 

 

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Arizona 59, Oregon 50, Air Force 37, Marshall 33, Virginia 31, Clemson 27, Louisiana Tech 20, Mississippi State 15, Michigan State 9, Wisconsin 8, New Mexico 6, Cincinnati 5, Notre Dame 3, Iowa 2, Virginia Tech 1

NOTES
- Hold the mouse cursor over the non-AP rankings to see the first place votes, total points, and previous rank in a tooltip (for browsers that support tooltips), where available
- * = Received first place votes (non-AP rankings)
- CP = Coaches Poll (1950 to present)
- HP = Harris Poll (2005 to present; starts in late September)
- BCS = BCS Rankings (1998 to present; starts in mid-October)
- Clicking on the team name will display the week-by-week ranking for that team.
- Regular-season polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, from 1961-67 had 10 teams (except for the 1961 final poll which had 20), and 1989-present had 25 teams.
- This weekly poll data was contributed to the ESPN College Football Encyclopedia

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