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December 2, 1996 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts Last Week
1 < 2 Florida State (61) ACC 11-0 1669 W 24-21 H #1 Florida
2 < 3 Arizona State (5) Pac-10 11-0 1609  
3 < 4 Nebraska (1) Big 12 10-1 1526 W 17-12 H #5 Colorado
4 < 1 Florida SEC 10-1 1484 L 24-21 A #2 Florida State
5 < 6 Ohio State Big Ten 10-1 1383  
6 < 7 BYU WAC 12-1 1274  
7 < 5 Colorado Big 12 9-2 1250  
8 < 8 Penn State Big Ten 10-2 1233  
9 < 9 Tennessee SEC 9-2 1043  
10 < 11 Northwestern Big Ten 9-2 990  
11 < 15 Alabama SEC 10-3 977  
12 < 12 Washington Pac-10 9-2 916  
13 < 13 North Carolina ACC 9-2 910  
14 < 14 Kansas State Big 12 9-2 857  
15 < 17 Virginia Tech Big East 9-2 829  
16 < 18 Michigan Big Ten 8-3 657  
17 < 19 LSU SEC 9-2 640  
18 < 10 Notre Dame Ind 8-3 535  
19 < 23 Miami (FL) Big East 8-3 454  
20 < 21 Wyoming WAC 10-1 450 DNP
21 < 22 Iowa Big Ten 8-3 306  
22 < 16 Syracuse Big East 8-3 280  
23 < 24 Army Ind 9-1 144  
24 < 25 West Virginia Big East 8-3 96  
25 < 20 Virginia ACC 7-4 75  

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big Ten 5 12.0 4569
SEC 4 10.3 4144
Big East 4 20.0 1659
Big 12 3 8.0 3633
ACC 3 13.0 2654
Pac-10 2 7.0 2525
WAC 2 13.0 1724
Ind 2 20.5 679

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.