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 Poll | Coaches | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Pts | No. | Pts | Pts | ||
| 1 | Florida St. | 1 | (1670) | 1 | (1545) | 3215 |
| 2 | Arizona St. | 2 | (1612) | 2 | (1491) | 3103 |
| 3 | Florida | 3 | (1539) | 3 | (1410) | 2949 |
| 4 | Ohio St. | 4 | (1454) | 4 | (1340) | 2794 |
| 5 | Brigham Young | 5 | (1322) | 5 | (1235) | 2557 |
| 6 | Nebraska | 6 | (1271) | 6 | (1185) | 2456 |
| 7 | Penn St. | 7 | (1259) | 7 | (1162) | 2421 |
| 8 | Colorado | 8 | (1248) | 8 | (1106) | 2354 |
| 9 | Virginia Tech | 10 | (1037) | 9 | (1098) | 2135 |
| 10 | Tennessee | 9 | (1078) | 10 | (989) | 2067 |
| 11 | Northwestern | 11 | (1000) | 11 | (889) | 1889 |
| 12 | Washington | 13 | (914) | 12 | (847) | 1761 |
| 13 | North Carolina | 12 | (929) | 13 | (815) | 1744 |
| 14 | Kansas St. | 14 | (838) | 14 | (727) | 1565 |
| 15 | Alabama | 16 | (655) | 15 | (651) | 1306 |
| 16 | LSU | 17 | (645) | 16 | (615) | 1260 |
| 17 | Michigan | 15 | (676) | 17 | (529) | 1205 |
| 18 | Notre Dame | 18 | (504) | 18 | (421) | 925 |
| 19 | Miami | 19 | (459) | 19 | (408) | 867 |
| 20 | Texas | 20 | (423) | 20 | (324) | 747 |
| 21 | Iowa | 21 | (291) | 21 | (312) | 603 |
| 22 | Wyoming | 22 | (288) | 23 | (246) | 534 |
| 23 | Syracuse | 23 | (242) | 22 | (251) | 493 |
| 24 | Army | 24 | (213) | 24 | (231) | 444 |
| 25 | West Virginia | 25 | (78) | 25 | (130) | 208 |
| 1996-97 Bowl Games | 1996-97 Season | Bowl MVPs |
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