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1996 Post-Season Week 3 College Football Team Rankings

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1996 rankings calculated with the Classic formula (Ken's 2016-based hybrid, applied retroactively); records, NOW and game results come from James Howell's historical college football score archive.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
100.684Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)ACC11–01.0001+67BYE
200.803Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)PAC11–01.0001+62BYE
300.817Florida (FLORIDA)SEC11–10.9174+61BYE
400.912Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B1010–10.9095+55BYE
500.941Nebraska (NEBRASKA)B1210–20.8338+53BYE
601.097BYUIND WAC13–10.9293+62BYE
711.110Colorado (COLORADO)B1210–20.8338+55Beat Washington 33–21
8-11.143Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND BE10–10.9095+50BYE
921.317Penn State (PENN STATE)B1010–20.8338+46BYE
1001.335North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC9–20.81813+39BYE
11-21.409Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC9–30.75017+46Lost to Colorado 21–33
1201.481Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)B129–20.81813+36BYE
1301.483Army (ARMY)IND FBSI10–10.9095+33BYE
1411.495LSUSEC10–20.8338+40Beat Clemson 10–7
15-11.534Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC9–20.81813+33BYE
1631.541Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND BE9–30.75017+37Beat Houston 30–17
1701.629Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC9–30.75017+38BYE
18-21.630Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC10–20.8338+34BYE
1951.676Miami (MIAMI)IND BE9–30.75017+36Beat Virginia 31–21
2051.721Iowa (IOWA)B109–30.75017+37Beat Texas Tech 27–0
21-11.726Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI8–30.72724+30BYE
22-41.727Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)USA8–30.72724+33BYE
2301.782Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B109–20.81813+33BYE
24-31.806Michigan (MICHIGAN)B108–30.72724+33BYE
25-31.835East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)IND FBSI8–30.72724+30BYE
2611.994Auburn (AUBURN)SEC7–40.63633+22BYE
27-12.045West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND BE8–30.72724+23BYE
2812.045Texas (TEXAS)B128–40.66730+24BYE
2932.166Nevada (NEVADA)IND BW9–30.75017+13BYE
3012.195San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)IND WAC8–30.72724+18BYE
3142.214Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI9–30.75017+18Beat California 42–38
32-22.231Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC7–50.58337+18Lost to Miami 21–31
3312.320Rice (RICE)IND WAC7–40.63633+22BYE
34-12.351Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)B127–50.58337+16Lost to Iowa 0–27
35-72.351Utah (UTAH)IND WAC8–40.66730+20Lost to Wisconsin 10–38
3672.455Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B108–50.61536+16Beat Utah 38–10
37-12.487Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND WAC6–50.54542+11BYE
3812.580Ball State (BALL STATE)MAC8–40.66730+12BYE
39-12.634Oregon (OREGON)PAC6–50.54542+13BYE
40-32.656Houston (HOUSTON)USA7–50.58337+10Lost to Syracuse 17–30
41-12.723South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)SEC6–50.54542+11BYE
4232.777Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B106–50.54542+7BYE
43-12.820Stanford (STANFORD)PAC6–50.54542+10BYE
44-32.821Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC7–50.58337+8Lost to LSU 7–10
45-12.864UCLAPAC5–60.45557+9BYE
4632.868Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND WAC7–50.58337+6BYE
4712.878Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)B126–60.50053+5BYE
48-22.879USCPAC6–60.50053+7BYE
4912.994Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND BW6–50.54542+4BYE
5023.025Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC6–50.54542+3BYE
5103.060Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)USA6–50.54542+4BYE
52-53.097California (CALIFORNIA)PAC6–60.50053+8Lost to Navy 38–42
5313.158Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC7–40.63633+2BYE
54-13.175New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC6–50.54542-2BYE
5503.309Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC5–60.45557+2BYE
5603.351SMUIND WAC5–60.455570BYE
5703.373Ohio (OHIO)MAC6–60.50053-2BYE
5803.432Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC5–60.45557-2BYE
5913.552Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI5–60.455570BYE
60-13.556Arizona (ARIZONA)PAC5–60.45557-7BYE
6103.569Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)ACC5–60.45557-4BYE
6203.642Missouri (MISSOURI)B125–60.45557-1BYE
6313.668Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)IND FBSI6–50.54542-10BYE
64-13.673Idaho (IDAHO)IND BW6–50.54542-4BYE
6503.728Louisville (LOUISVILLE)USA5–60.45557-7BYE
6603.736Arkansas (ARKANSAS)SEC4–70.36476-2BYE
6703.824Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC5–60.45557-10BYE
6803.910Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC5–60.45557-9BYE
6903.972Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B104–70.36476-3BYE
7004.012Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND BE5–70.41775-3BYE
7104.075Kansas (KANSAS)B124–70.36476-8BYE
7204.091Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC5–60.45557-13BYE
7304.184Memphis (MEMPHIS)USA4–70.36476-10BYE
7404.192UCF (CENTRAL FLORIDA)IND FBSI5–60.45557-20BYE
7514.234Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)B125–60.45557-15BYE
76-14.238Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)MAC5–60.45557-17BYE
7704.364North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND BW5–60.45557-14BYE
7804.431Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC4–70.36476-9BYE
7904.493Tulsa (TULSA)IND WAC4–70.36476-12BYE
8004.596Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND BE4–70.36476-9BYE
8104.610UABIND FBSI5–60.45557-26BYE
8204.710Indiana (INDIANA)B103–80.27389-16BYE
8314.832Baylor (BAYLOR)B124–70.36476-22BYE
84-14.839Purdue (PURDUE)B103–80.27389-14BYE
8504.886Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)IND WAC4–70.36476-20BYE
8605.062Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC4–70.36476-25BYE
8705.121Tulane (TULANE)USA2–90.18296-24BYE
8805.155UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)IND FBSI5–60.45557-30BYE
8915.305Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)IND FBSI4–70.36476-29BYE
90-15.337TCUIND WAC4–70.36476-26BYE
9105.416NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC3–80.27389-24BYE
9205.427Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)B123–80.27389-22BYE
9305.430Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC2–90.18296-25BYE
9405.586Akron (AKRON)MAC4–70.36476-30BYE
9505.765Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC3–80.27389-26BYE
9605.791Iowa State (IOWA STATE)B122–90.18296-32BYE
9706.027Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)MAC3–80.27389-37BYE
9806.119Illinois (ILLINOIS)B102–90.18296-31BYE
9906.205Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND BE2–90.18296-30BYE
10006.380San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND WAC3–90.25095-37BYE
10116.912Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC2–90.18296-34BYE
102-16.931Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC2–90.18296-32BYE
10307.185UTEPIND WAC2–90.18296-47BYE
10417.451Hawai'i (HAWAII)IND WAC2–100.167105-47BYE
105-17.452Temple (TEMPLE)IND BE1–100.091107-45BYE
10617.568UNLVIND WAC1–110.083110-48BYE
107-17.629Duke (DUKE)ACC0–110.000111-46BYE
10807.803Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC2–90.18296-51BYE
10908.345Boise State (BOISE STATE)IND BW2–100.167105-41BYE
11008.540New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BW1–100.091107-49BYE
11109.102Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)IND FBSI1–100.091107-52BYE

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