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Sports > College Football > 1996-97 Season

Final AP Top 25 Poll

Voted on by panel of 67 sportswriters & broadcasters and released on Jan. 3, 1997, following the Sugar Bowl: winning team receives the Bear Bryant Trophy, given since 1983; first place votes in parentheses, records, total points (based on 25 for 1st, 24 for 2nd, etc.) bowl game result, head coach and career record, preseason rank (released on Aug. 11, 1996) and final regular season rank (released Dec. 8, 1996).

		Final Record	Points	Bowl Game	Head Coach	Aug. 11 Rank	Dec. 8 Rank
1	Florida (65¹/2)	12-1-0	1673¹/2	won Sugar	Steve Spurrier (10 yrs: 93-27-2)	4	3
2	Ohio St. (1¹/2)	11-1-0	1585¹/2	won Rose	John Cooper (20 yrs: 157-70-6)	9	4
3	Florida St.	11-1-0	1529	lost Sugar	Bobby Bowden (31 yrs: 270-82-4)	3	1
4	Arizona St.	11-1-0	1486	lost Rose	Bruce Snyder (17 yrs: 100-85-5)	20	2
5	Brigham Young	14-1-0	1360	won Cotton	LaVell Edwards (25 yrs: 228-81-3)	NR	5
6	Nebraska	11-2-0	1316	won Orange	Tom Osborne (24 yrs: 242-49-3)	1	6
7	Penn St.	11-2-0	1293	won Fiesta	Joe Paterno (31 yrs: 289-74-3)	11	7
8	Colorado	10-2-0	1228	won Holiday	Rick Neuheisel (2 yrs: 20-4-0)	5	8
9	Tennessee	10-2-0	1172	won Citrus	Phillip Fulmer (5 yrs: 42-9-0)	2	9
10	North Carolina	10-2-0	1070	won Gator	Mack Brown (13 yrs: 76-73-1)	NR	12
11	Alabama	10-3-0	977	won Outback	Gene Stallings (14 yrs: 97-61-2)	15	16
12	LSU	10-2-0	849	won Peach	Gerry DiNardo (6 yrs: 36-31-1)	19	17
13	Virginia Tech	10-2-0	786	lost Orange	Frank Beamer (16 yrs: 103-74-4)	16	10
14	Miami-FL	9-3-0	690	won Carquest	Butch Davis (2 yrs: 17-6-0)	12	19
15	Northwestern	9-3-0	663	lost Citrus	Gary Barnett (7 yrs: 35-40-2)	18	11
16	Washington	9-3-0	643	lost Holiday	Jim Lambright (3 yrs: 30-14-1)	NR	13
17	Kansas St.	9-3-0	625	lost Cotton	Bill Snyder (8 yrs: 55-36-1)	21	14
18	Iowa	9-3-0	535	won Alamo	Hayden Fry (35 yrs: 222-165-10)	22	21
19	Notre Dame	8-3-0	511	no bowl	Lou Holtz (27 yrs: 216-95-7)	6	18
20	Michigan	8-4-0	466	lost Outback	Lloyd Carr (2 yrs: 17-8-0)	14	15
21	Syracuse	9-3-0	451	won Liberty	Paul Pasqualoni (11 yrs: 85-35-1)	10	23
22	Wyoming	10-2-0	314	no bowl	Joe Tiller (6 yrs: 39-30-1)	NR	22
23	Texas	8-5-0	169	lost Fiesta	John Mackovic (12 yrs: 81-57-3)	8	20
24	Auburn	8-4-0	130	won Independence	Terry Bowden (13 yrs: 101-44-2)	17	NR
25	Army	10-2-0	71	lost Independence	Bob Sutton (6 yrs: 34-32-1)	NR	24

Other teams receiving votes: 26. West Virginia (8-4-0, 43 points, lost Gator); 27. East Carolina (8-3-0, 37 pts, no bowl); 28. Southern Mississippi (8-3-0, 22 pts, no bowl); 29. Stanford (7-5-0, 16 pts, won Sun); 30. Wisconsin (8-5-0, 14 pts, won Copper); 31. San Diego St. (8-3-0, 4 pts, no bowl); 32. Virginia (7-5-0, 3 pts, lost Carquest); 33. Clemson (7-5-0, 2 pts, lost Peach).

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