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1996 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings

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
160.593Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC3–01.0001+6Beat Wake Forest 42–7
230.702LSUSEC2–01.0001+5Beat Auburn 19–15
330.769Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)PAC3–01.0001+4Beat Nebraska 19–0
4-30.850Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B102–01.0001+2Beat Pittsburgh 72–0
540.913Penn State (PENN STATE)B104–01.0001+7Beat Temple 41–0
650.999Baylor (BAYLOR)B123–01.0001+5Beat Oregon State 42–10
781.051Kansas (KANSAS)B122–01.0001+2BYE
861.054North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC3–01.0001+3Beat Georgia Tech 16–0
9211.071Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC4–01.0001+5Beat Air Force 22–19
10131.090California (CALIFORNIA)PAC3–01.0001+4Beat Nevada 33–15
1191.107Florida (FLORIDA)SEC3–01.0001+3Beat Tennessee 35–29
1201.149Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC4–01.0001+5Beat Arkansas 17–7
1341.149Michigan (MICHIGAN)B103–01.0001+4Beat Boston College 20–14
14221.207Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC2–10.66734+5Beat Arizona 31–17
15-71.228Auburn (AUBURN)SEC3–10.75024+5Lost to LSU 15–19
1661.230Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)B124–01.0001+3Beat Rice 34–7
17-151.292Army (ARMY)IND FBSI2–01.0001+2Beat Duke 35–17
1891.296Miami (MIAMI)IND BE3–01.0001+3BYE
19201.313Colorado (COLORADO)B122–10.66734+4BYE
2091.316Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI2–01.0001+3Beat SMU 19–17
21141.372Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI3–01.0001+2Beat Texas 27–24
22-31.385West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND BE4–01.0001+3Beat Purdue 20–6
2321.427Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B103–01.0001+2Beat Stanford 14–0
2481.440Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B103–01.0001+3Beat Syracuse 35–33
25-71.470Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND BE3–01.0001+2Beat Rutgers 30–14
2621.596Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)ACC2–01.00010Beat NC State 51–17
27141.614Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)USA3–10.75024+4Beat Louisiana 52–27
28261.776BYUIND WAC3–10.75024+4Beat New Mexico 17–14
29141.805USCPAC3–10.75024+3Beat Houston 26–9
30-201.819Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC2–10.66734+1Lost to Florida 29–35
31201.821Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)IND FBSI3–10.75024+3Beat Mississippi State 38–23
32131.907Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC2–10.66734+3BYE
33271.951East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)IND FBSI2–10.66734+2Beat South Carolina 23–7
34-32.056Texas (TEXAS)B122–10.66734+1Lost to Notre Dame 24–27
35-312.074Indiana (INDIANA)B102–10.66734+2Lost to Kentucky 0–3
36162.115Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC2–10.66734+3Beat Miami (OH) 14–10
37-132.120Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND WAC2–10.66734+1Lost to Wyoming 19–22
38-252.127Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)ACC2–10.66734+2Lost to North Carolina 0–16
39-362.138Nebraska (NEBRASKA)B121–10.50050+1Lost to Arizona State 0–19
40-142.186Oregon (OREGON)PAC3–10.75024+2Lost to Washington State 44–55
4152.215San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)IND WAC2–10.66734+1Beat Oklahoma 51–31
42282.216Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC2–10.66734+3Beat Oregon 55–44
43-32.229Utah (UTAH)IND WAC3–10.75024+1Beat Fresno State 45–17
44152.282Louisville (LOUISVILLE)USA2–20.50050+2Beat Michigan State 30–20
45-12.476UCLAPAC1–10.50050+1BYE
46-252.489Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC1–10.50050+1Lost to Louisiana Tech 23–38
47-312.571Iowa (IOWA)B102–10.66734+1Lost to Tulsa 20–27
48192.573Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B102–10.667340Beat Ohio 28–7
49202.580Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)B123–10.75024+1Beat Utah State 31–17
50-132.610New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC3–10.750240Lost to BYU 14–17
51-182.628South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)SEC2–10.66734+1Lost to East Carolina 7–23
5252.814Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC3–10.75024-1Beat Vanderbilt 20–9
53-32.883Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND BW2–20.50050+1Lost to Oklahoma State 17–31
5412.918SMUIND WAC2–20.500500Lost to Navy 17–19
55-213.056Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)B121–20.33367+1Lost to Georgia 12–15
56-143.069Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC2–20.500500Lost to Bowling Green 10–14
5713.080Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC2–10.667340Beat Eastern Michigan 24–7
58-203.132Arizona (ARIZONA)PAC2–20.500500Lost to Washington 17–31
59133.162Memphis (MEMPHIS)USA2–20.50050+1Beat Tulane 17–10
60-123.185Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC2–20.50050+1Lost to Virginia 7–42
61153.253Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)MAC2–20.500500Beat Western Michigan 38–28
62-133.328Houston (HOUSTON)USA2–20.500500Lost to USC 9–26
63-163.337Ohio (OHIO)MAC2–20.500500Lost to Northwestern 7–28
64-33.347TCUIND WAC1–10.500500BYE
65-13.457Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND BE1–20.33367+1Lost to Michigan 14–20
6653.503Stanford (STANFORD)PAC1–20.333670Lost to Wisconsin 0–14
67-143.513Rice (RICE)IND WAC1–20.33367+1Lost to Kansas State 7–34
6863.657Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND BE0–20.000990Lost to Minnesota 33–35
69-73.662Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI1–20.333670Lost to Southern Miss 27–52
70133.677Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND WAC2–20.50050-2Beat UNLV 35–16
71303.726Tulsa (TULSA)IND WAC1–20.33367-1Beat Iowa 27–20
72163.896Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC1–20.33367-1Beat Texas Tech 15–12
7383.898UABIND FBSI2–20.50050-1Beat Jacksonville State 24–17
74124.047Idaho (IDAHO)IND BW1–20.33367-1BYE
75-104.058Nevada (NEVADA)IND BW1–20.33367-1Lost to California 15–33
76294.058Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)B121–20.33367-2Beat North Texas 55–0
7754.151Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND BE1–30.250870Lost to Virginia Tech 14–30
78-104.262Iowa State (IOWA STATE)B121–20.33367-1Beat Northern Iowa 42–23
79-164.307Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC0–30.00099-1Lost to Ole Miss 9–20
80134.347UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)IND FBSI2–20.50050-1Beat SAM Houston State 34–31
8164.348Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)USA1–20.33367-1BYE
8234.373Ball State (BALL STATE)MAC1–30.25087-1Beat UCF 31–10
83204.511Missouri (MISSOURI)B121–20.33367-2Beat Clemson 38–24
84-94.559Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND BE1–30.25087-1Lost to Ohio State 0–72
85254.784Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC1–20.33367-2Beat Indiana 3–0
8654.870Temple (TEMPLE)IND BE1–30.25087-1Lost to Penn State 0–41
87-144.922Tulane (TULANE)USA1–20.33367-3Lost to Memphis 10–17
88-115.251Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC1–20.33367-2Lost to Missouri 24–38
8995.336Duke (DUKE)ACC0–30.00099-1Lost to Army 17–35
90-345.370Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B101–20.33367-3Lost to Louisville 20–30
9165.405Illinois (ILLINOIS)B101–30.25087-3Beat Akron 38–7
9225.453San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND WAC1–30.25087-2Beat UTEP 26–25
93-275.650NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC0–20.00099-1Lost to Florida State 17–51
94-155.749North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND BW1–20.33367-2Lost to Texas A&M 0–55
95-65.840Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)MAC1–30.25087-4Lost to Toledo 7–24
9635.843Arkansas (ARKANSAS)SEC0–20.00099-2Lost to Alabama 7–17
9735.913Hawai'i (HAWAII)IND WAC1–30.25087-3Beat Boise State 20–14
98-186.089UTEPIND WAC1–20.33367-5Lost to San José State 25–26
9956.379Purdue (PURDUE)B100–30.00099-2Lost to West Virginia 6–20
100-226.486UCF (CENTRAL FLORIDA)IND FBSI1–30.25087-5Lost to Ball State 10–31
10176.508Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)IND FBSI1–30.250870Beat Arkansas State 31–30
102-186.550Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)IND WAC0–30.00099-3Lost to Utah 17–45
103-76.818Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)IND FBSI1–30.25087-6Lost to Northern Illinois 30–31
104-26.987Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC1–20.33367-5BYE
105-157.439UNLVIND WAC0–40.00099-4Lost to Colorado State 16–35
10617.471Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)B120–20.00099-2Lost to San Diego State 31–51
107-127.718Akron (AKRON)MAC0–40.00099-6Lost to Illinois 7–38
108-28.015Boise State (BOISE STATE)IND BW1–30.25087-5Lost to Hawai'i 14–20
10928.250Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC0–30.00099-1Lost to Baylor 10–42
110-19.057Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC0–40.00099-5Lost to Central Michigan 28–38
111-199.261New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BW0–40.00099-4Lost to Northridge State 0–33

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