1996-97 Season: Final Bowl Alliance Poll

Updated August 28, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Combined point totals of the final regular season AP media and USA Today/CNN coaches' polls to help determine bowl match-ups. Polls were released Dec. 8, 1996.

AP PollCoachesTotal
No.PtsNo.Pts Pts
1Florida St.1(1670)1(1545)3215
2Arizona St.2(1612)2(1491)3103
3Florida3(1539)3(1410)2949
4Ohio St.4(1454)4(1340)2794
5Brigham Young5(1322)5(1235)2557
6Nebraska 6(1271)6(1185)2456
7Penn St.7(1259)7(1162)2421
8Colorado8(1248)8(1106)2354
9Virginia Tech10(1037)9(1098)2135
10Tennessee9(1078)10(989)2067
11Northwestern11(1000)11(889)1889
12Washington13(914)12(847)1761
13North Carolina12(929)13(815)1744
14Kansas St.14(838)14(727)1565
15Alabama16(655)15(651)1306
16LSU17(645)16(615)1260
17Michigan15(676)17(529)1205
18Notre Dame18(504)18(421)925
19Miami19(459)19(408)867
20Texas20(423)20(324)747
21Iowa21(291)21(312)603
22Wyoming22(288)23(246)534
23Syracuse23(242)22(251)493
24Army24(213)24(231)444
25West Virginia25(78)25(130)208

1996-97 Bowl Games1996-97 SeasonBowl MVPs
1997 NCAA College Football Season Overview
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