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September 29, 1997 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts Last Week
1 < 1 Florida (36) SEC 4-0 1704 W 55-28 A Kentucky
2 < 2 Penn State (25) Big Ten 3-0 1673  
3 < 3 Nebraska (6) Big 12 3-0 1606  
4 < 4 Florida State (1) ACC 3-0 1529  
5 < 5 North Carolina (2) ACC 4-0 1483  
6 < 6 Michigan Big Ten 3-0 1404  
7 < 7 Ohio State Big Ten 4-0 1285  
8 < 8 Auburn SEC 4-0 1215  
9 < 9 Tennessee SEC 2-1 1150  
10 < 10 Washington Pac-10 2-1 1111  
11 < 11 Iowa Big Ten 4-0 1103  
12 < 12 Michigan State Big Ten 3-0 967  
13 < 13 LSU SEC 3-1 847  
14 < 14 Virginia Tech Big East 4-0 824  
15 < 15 Washington State Pac-10 4-0 818 W 58-0 H Boise State
16 < 16 Colorado Big 12 2-1 637  
17 < 18 Kansas State Big 12 3-0 563  
18 < 19 Georgia SEC 3-0 513  
19 < 20 Stanford Pac-10 3-1 458  
20 < 21 Alabama SEC 3-1 407  
21 < 22 Texas A&M Big 12 3-0 388  
22 < 24 UCLA Pac-10 2-2 276  
23 < NR Air Force WAC 5-0 202  
24 < 23 BYU WAC 2-1 186  
25 < 25 Arizona State Pac-10 3-1 168  
NR < 17 Clemson ACC 0  

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 6 11.5 5836
Big Ten 5 7.6 6432
Pac-10 5 18.2 2831
Big 12 4 14.3 3194
ACC 2 4.5 3012
WAC 2 23.5 388
Big East 1 14.0 824

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.