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September 2, 1997 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts Last Week
1 < 1 Penn State (23) Big Ten 0-0 1616 DNP
2 < 2 Florida (14) SEC 1-0 1543  
3 < 5 Tennessee (7) SEC 1-0 1523  
4 < 4 Washington (9) Pac-10 0-0 1502 DNP
5 < 3 Florida State (6) ACC 0-0 1494 DNP
6 < 6 Nebraska (4) Big 12 1-0 1434  
7 < 7 North Carolina (4) ACC 0-0 1335 DNP
8 < 8 Colorado (3) Big 12 0-0 1323 DNP
9 < 9 Ohio State Big Ten 1-0 1149  
10 < 10 LSU SEC 0-0 1098 DNP
11 < 11 Notre Dame Ind 0-0 1051 DNP
12 < 12 Texas Big 12 0-0 999 DNP
13 < 14 Miami (FL) Big East 1-0 887  
14 < 15 Michigan Big Ten 0-0 820 DNP
15 < 16 Alabama SEC 1-0 783  
16 < 17 Auburn SEC 0-0 619 DNP
17 < 18 Stanford Pac-10 0-0 561 DNP
18 < 20 Clemson ACC 0-0 417 DNP
19 < 19 BYU WAC 0-0 411 DNP
20 < 21 Iowa Big Ten 0-0 374 DNP
21 < 22 Kansas State Big 12 0-0 245 DNP
21 < 24 Northwestern Big Ten 1-0 245  
23 < 23 USC Pac-10 0-0 216 DNP
24 < NR Colorado State WAC 1-0 197 W 45-13 H Nevada
25 < 25 Michigan State Big Ten 0-0 162 DNP
NR < 13 Syracuse Big East 0  

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big Ten 6 15.0 4366
SEC 5 9.2 5566
Big 12 4 11.8 4001
ACC 3 10.0 3246
Pac-10 3 14.7 2279
WAC 2 21.5 608
Ind 1 11.0 1051
Big East 1 13.0 887

Notes

  • * = Received first place votes (non-AP rankings); Hold the mouse cursor over these rankings to see the first place votes (where available) in a tooltip (for browsers that support tooltips)
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  • Polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, 1961-67 had 10 teams, 1968-88 had 20 teams, and 1989-present had 25 teams.