Rivers Performance Ratings - 1996 NCAA Division I-A Season Rank Team WP SOS SR Rating -------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Ohio State 0.9167 0.5907 0.7765 0.7186 **Co-Champion** 2 Florida (AP/C) 0.9231 0.5940 0.7344 0.7113 **Co-Champion** 3 Florida State 0.9167 0.5741 0.7194 0.6961 4 Nebraska 0.8462 0.5850 0.7607 0.6942 5 Arizona State 0.9167 0.5663 0.6932 0.6856 6 BYU 0.9333 0.5222 0.6805 0.6646 7 North Carolina 0.8333 0.5360 0.7438 0.6623 8 Colorado 0.8333 0.5808 0.6154 0.6526 9 Tennessee 0.8333 0.5362 0.7026 0.6521 10 Penn State 0.8462 0.5403 0.6633 0.6475 11 Virginia Tech 0.8333 0.5510 0.6390 0.6436 12 Alabama 0.7692 0.5783 0.6184 0.6360 13 Washington 0.7500 0.5860 0.6062 0.6320 14 Kansas State 0.7500 0.5646 0.6403 0.6299 15 Syracuse 0.7500 0.5437 0.6775 0.6287 16 LSU 0.8333 0.5300 0.6147 0.6270 17 Notre Dame 0.7273 0.5405 0.6922 0.6251 18 Miami 0.7500 0.5402 0.6367 0.6167 19 Army 0.8333 0.4855 0.6285 0.6082 20 Auburn 0.6667 0.5848 0.5896 0.6065 21 Michigan 0.6667 0.5773 0.6009 0.6055 22 Iowa 0.7500 0.5412 0.5825 0.6037 23 Southern Miss 0.7273 0.5696 0.5375 0.6010 24 East Carolina 0.7273 0.5375 0.5962 0.5996 25 Wyoming 0.8333 0.4693 0.6203 0.5981 26 West Virginia 0.6667 0.5195 0.6347 0.5851 27 Northwestern 0.7500 0.5157 0.5472 0.5822 28 Texas 0.6154 0.5506 0.5944 0.5777 29 Virginia 0.5833 0.5479 0.6268 0.5765 30 Texas Tech 0.5833 0.5482 0.5820 0.5654 31 Wisconsin 0.6154 0.5169 0.6081 0.5643 32 Rice 0.6364 0.5584 0.4868 0.5600 33 San Diego State 0.7273 0.4595 0.5855 0.5580 34 Navy 0.7500 0.4558 0.5592 0.5552 35 Nevada 0.7500 0.4077 0.6494 0.5537 36 Utah 0.6667 0.5223 0.5032 0.5536 37 Air Force 0.5455 0.5260 0.6091 0.5517 38 Stanford 0.5833 0.5406 0.5189 0.5458 39 South Carolina 0.5455 0.5653 0.5072 0.5458 40 Texas A&M 0.5000 0.5445 0.5773 0.5416 41 Houston 0.5833 0.5339 0.5142 0.5414 42 USC 0.5000 0.5582 0.5490 0.5413 43 Oregon 0.5455 0.5449 0.5150 0.5376 44 UCLA 0.4545 0.5907 0.5093 0.5363 45 Ball State 0.6667 0.4406 0.5850 0.5332 46 Michigan State 0.5000 0.5333 0.5424 0.5273 47 Clemson 0.5833 0.5101 0.5041 0.5269 48 Colorado State 0.5833 0.4966 0.5307 0.5268 49 Miami (OH) 0.5455 0.4596 0.6190 0.5209 50 Georgia 0.4545 0.5703 0.4723 0.5169 51 Cincinnati 0.5455 0.5016 0.5182 0.5167 52 California 0.5000 0.5362 0.4842 0.5142 53 Utah State 0.5455 0.5088 0.4933 0.5141 54 Mississippi State 0.4545 0.5390 0.5209 0.5134 55 New Mexico 0.5455 0.4829 0.5417 0.5133 56 SMU 0.4545 0.5494 0.4795 0.5082 57 Idaho 0.5455 0.4633 0.5582 0.5076 58 Arizona 0.4545 0.5103 0.5254 0.5002 59 Ohio 0.5000 0.4657 0.5603 0.4979 60 Arkansas 0.3636 0.6061 0.3946 0.4926 61 Georgia Tech 0.4545 0.5166 0.4825 0.4926 62 Louisiana 0.4545 0.5400 0.4294 0.4910 63 Missouri 0.4545 0.5414 0.4251 0.4906 64 Ole Miss 0.4545 0.5317 0.4292 0.4868 65 Kansas 0.3636 0.5604 0.4559 0.4851 66 Louisville 0.4545 0.5057 0.4703 0.4841 67 Washington State 0.4545 0.4917 0.4976 0.4839 68 UCF 0.4545 0.4805 0.5149 0.4826 69 Minnesota 0.3636 0.5747 0.4097 0.4807 70 Toledo 0.6364 0.4146 0.4478 0.4783 71 Boston College 0.4167 0.5367 0.4204 0.4776 72 Louisiana Tech 0.5455 0.4193 0.5065 0.4727 73 Maryland 0.4545 0.4844 0.4390 0.4656 74 Indiana 0.2727 0.5663 0.4540 0.4648 75 Memphis 0.3636 0.5512 0.3917 0.4644 76 Tulsa 0.3636 0.5266 0.4239 0.4602 77 UAB 0.4545 0.4470 0.4881 0.4592 78 Oklahoma State 0.4545 0.4739 0.4263 0.4572 79 Purdue 0.2727 0.5797 0.3745 0.4517 80 Kentucky 0.3636 0.5693 0.3000 0.4506 81 Pittsburgh 0.3636 0.5476 0.3323 0.4478 82 Arkansas State 0.3636 0.4977 0.4270 0.4465 83 Tulane 0.1818 0.5750 0.4428 0.4437 84 Baylor 0.3636 0.4782 0.4539 0.4435 85 Central Michigan 0.4545 0.4082 0.4986 0.4424 86 Fresno State 0.3636 0.4732 0.4370 0.4368 87 UL Monroe 0.4545 0.4673 0.3523 0.4354 88 NC State 0.2727 0.5326 0.4006 0.4346 89 Iowa State 0.1818 0.5522 0.4392 0.4313 90 Oklahoma 0.2727 0.5277 0.3941 0.4305 91 North Texas 0.4545 0.4499 0.3546 0.4272 92 Vanderbilt 0.1818 0.5863 0.3427 0.4243 93 TCU 0.3636 0.4605 0.4113 0.4240 94 Bowling Green 0.3636 0.4375 0.4231 0.4154 95 Illinois 0.1818 0.5398 0.3381 0.3999 96 Wake Forest 0.2727 0.5158 0.2780 0.3956 97 Rutgers 0.1818 0.5469 0.2734 0.3872 98 Akron 0.3636 0.3925 0.3941 0.3857 99 Eastern Michigan 0.2727 0.4225 0.4251 0.3857 100 San Jose State 0.2500 0.4724 0.3303 0.3813 101 Oregon State 0.1818 0.4795 0.3576 0.3746 102 UNLV 0.0833 0.5316 0.3337 0.3701 103 Temple 0.0909 0.5141 0.3609 0.3700 104 Western Michigan 0.1818 0.4358 0.4063 0.3649 105 UTEP 0.1818 0.4458 0.3682 0.3604 106 Duke 0.0000 0.5572 0.2994 0.3534 107 Hawai'i 0.1667 0.4844 0.2710 0.3516 108 Boise State 0.1667 0.4246 0.3433 0.3398 109 Kent State 0.1818 0.4049 0.3414 0.3332 110 New Mexico State 0.0909 0.4499 0.2954 0.3215 111 Northern Illinois 0.0909 0.3988 0.2819 0.2926 Non-FBS Placeholder 0.1818 0.4556 0.3514 0.3611 Best Win %: BYU Best SOS: Arkansas Best Score Ratio: Ohio State Automatic co-champion declared if team within 0.0050 of leader. Teams within 0.0150 of leader declared co-champion at my discretion.