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December 9, 1996 AP Football Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conf	Rec	Pts	Last Week
1	<	1	Florida State (62)	ACC	11-0	1670	DNP
2	<	2	Arizona State (5)	Pac-10	11-0	1612
3	<	4	Florida	SEC	11-1	1539
4	<	5	Ohio State	Big Ten	10-1	1454
5	<	6	BYU	WAC	13-1	1322
6	<	3	Nebraska	Big 12	10-2	1271	L 37-27 N Texas (Big 12 CG)
7	<	8	Penn State	Big Ten	10-2	1259
8	<	7	Colorado	Big 12	9-2	1248
9	<	9	Tennessee	SEC	9-2	1078
10	<	15	Virginia Tech	Big East	10-1	1037
11	<	10	Northwestern	Big Ten	9-2	1000
12	<	13	North Carolina	ACC	9-2	929
13	<	12	Washington	Pac-10	9-2	914
14	<	14	Kansas State	Big 12	9-2	838
15	<	16	Michigan	Big Ten	8-3	676
16	<	11	Alabama	SEC	9-3	655
17	<	17	LSU	SEC	9-2	645
18	<	18	Notre Dame	Ind	8-3	504
19	<	19	Miami (FL)	Big East	8-3	459
20	<	NR	Texas	Big 12	8-4	423
21	<	21	Iowa	Big Ten	8-3	291
22	<	20	Wyoming	WAC	10-2	288	L 28-25 N BYU (WAC)
23	<	22	Syracuse	Big East	8-3	242
24	<	23	Army	Ind	10-1	213
25	<	24	West Virginia	Big East	8-3	78
NR	<	25	Virginia	ACC		0

Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Big Ten	5	11.6	4680
SEC	4	11.3	3917
Big 12	4	12.0	3780
Big East	4	19.3	1816
ACC	2	6.5	2599
Pac-10	2	7.5	2526
WAC	2	13.5	1610
Ind	2	21.0	717

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