Rivers Performance Ratings - 1997 NCAA Division I-A Season Rank Team WP SOS SR Rating -------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Michigan (AP/FWAA/NFF) 1.0000 0.5628 0.7385 0.7160 **Co-Champion** 2 Nebraska (C) 1.0000 0.5572 0.7393 0.7134 **Co-Champion** 3 Florida State 0.9167 0.5906 0.7211 0.7048 4 Florida 0.8333 0.6376 0.6772 0.6964 5 Tennessee 0.8462 0.6528 0.5994 0.6878 6 Kansas State 0.9167 0.5392 0.7025 0.6744 7 Georgia 0.8333 0.5985 0.6609 0.6728 8 UCLA 0.8333 0.5760 0.6588 0.6610 9 North Carolina 0.9167 0.5102 0.7045 0.6604 10 Auburn 0.7692 0.6478 0.5763 0.6603 11 Washington State 0.8333 0.5605 0.6200 0.6436 12 Ohio State 0.7692 0.5468 0.6986 0.6403 13 Colorado State 0.8462 0.4994 0.7015 0.6366 14 LSU 0.7500 0.5503 0.6649 0.6289 15 Washington 0.6667 0.6114 0.6186 0.6270 16 Ole Miss 0.6667 0.6174 0.5266 0.6070 17 Arizona State 0.7500 0.5339 0.6067 0.6061 18 Penn State 0.7500 0.5386 0.5903 0.6044 19 Purdue 0.7500 0.5133 0.5973 0.5935 20 Marshall 0.7692 0.4756 0.6514 0.5929 21 Southern Miss 0.7500 0.4997 0.6161 0.5914 22 Syracuse 0.6923 0.4993 0.6612 0.5880 23 Texas A&M 0.6923 0.5029 0.6535 0.5879 24 Miami (OH) 0.7273 0.4865 0.6458 0.5865 25 Air Force 0.7692 0.4881 0.5949 0.5851 26 Oregon 0.5833 0.5989 0.5205 0.5754 27 Virginia 0.6364 0.5581 0.5337 0.5716 28 Mississippi State 0.6364 0.5666 0.5125 0.5705 29 Toledo 0.7500 0.4807 0.5705 0.5705 30 Ohio 0.7273 0.4614 0.6297 0.5699 31 Michigan State 0.5833 0.5485 0.5907 0.5678 32 Arizona 0.5833 0.5896 0.5040 0.5666 33 Iowa 0.5833 0.4778 0.7211 0.5650 34 Clemson 0.5833 0.5409 0.5714 0.5591 35 Georgia Tech 0.5833 0.5686 0.5148 0.5588 36 USC 0.5455 0.5914 0.5000 0.5570 37 Louisiana Tech 0.8182 0.4226 0.5643 0.5570 38 Tulane 0.6364 0.4822 0.6250 0.5564 39 New Mexico 0.6923 0.4647 0.5959 0.5544 40 Oklahoma State 0.6667 0.4661 0.6017 0.5501 41 Colorado 0.4545 0.6192 0.5042 0.5493 42 Notre Dame 0.5385 0.5704 0.5155 0.5487 43 Missouri 0.5833 0.5458 0.5165 0.5478 44 Texas Tech 0.5455 0.5477 0.5303 0.5428 45 Wisconsin 0.6154 0.5286 0.4874 0.5400 46 NC State 0.5455 0.5295 0.5481 0.5381 47 Virginia Tech 0.5833 0.4883 0.5880 0.5370 48 Cincinnati 0.6667 0.4594 0.5602 0.5364 49 South Carolina 0.4545 0.6022 0.4804 0.5348 50 Western Michigan 0.7273 0.4347 0.5318 0.5321 51 Rice 0.6364 0.4863 0.5178 0.5317 52 Navy 0.6364 0.4101 0.6557 0.5281 53 UCF 0.4545 0.5475 0.5524 0.5255 54 West Virginia 0.5833 0.4774 0.5581 0.5241 55 Stanford 0.4545 0.5880 0.4654 0.5240 56 Wyoming 0.5385 0.4819 0.5865 0.5222 57 Alabama 0.3636 0.5907 0.4980 0.5107 58 SMU 0.5455 0.4900 0.5103 0.5090 59 Kentucky 0.4545 0.5418 0.4901 0.5071 60 BYU 0.5455 0.4859 0.4960 0.5033 61 Utah 0.5455 0.4530 0.5585 0.5025 62 Arkansas 0.3636 0.6284 0.3892 0.5024 63 Utah State 0.5000 0.4663 0.5679 0.5001 64 Fresno State 0.5000 0.4819 0.5248 0.4971 65 Nevada 0.4545 0.5001 0.5245 0.4948 66 Northwestern 0.4167 0.5496 0.4576 0.4934 67 San Diego State 0.4167 0.5426 0.4356 0.4844 68 Wake Forest 0.4545 0.5103 0.4597 0.4837 69 Miami 0.4545 0.4722 0.5242 0.4808 70 Pittsburgh 0.5000 0.4665 0.4847 0.4794 71 Kansas 0.4545 0.5154 0.3882 0.4684 72 East Carolina 0.4545 0.4982 0.4180 0.4672 73 California 0.2727 0.5612 0.4653 0.4651 74 Ball State 0.4545 0.4548 0.4790 0.4608 75 Idaho 0.4545 0.4216 0.5345 0.4581 76 UAB 0.4545 0.4434 0.4826 0.4560 77 UL Monroe 0.4167 0.4948 0.4147 0.4552 78 Texas 0.3636 0.4979 0.4361 0.4489 79 Eastern Michigan 0.3636 0.4660 0.4831 0.4447 80 Oklahoma 0.3333 0.5237 0.3797 0.4401 81 Bowling Green 0.2727 0.5618 0.3590 0.4388 82 Oregon State 0.2727 0.5351 0.4063 0.4373 83 Boston College 0.3636 0.4774 0.4301 0.4372 84 Memphis 0.3636 0.4531 0.4729 0.4357 85 Vanderbilt 0.2727 0.5287 0.4035 0.4334 86 Boise State 0.3636 0.4507 0.4432 0.4271 87 San Jose State 0.3636 0.4863 0.3676 0.4260 88 Army 0.3636 0.4569 0.4154 0.4232 89 Minnesota 0.2500 0.5101 0.4161 0.4216 90 Duke 0.1818 0.5408 0.3954 0.4147 91 UNLV 0.2727 0.4568 0.4584 0.4112 92 UTEP 0.3636 0.4646 0.3425 0.4088 93 Baylor 0.1818 0.5416 0.3478 0.4032 94 Kent State 0.2727 0.4638 0.4075 0.4019 95 Maryland 0.1818 0.5512 0.3120 0.3990 96 Temple 0.2727 0.4791 0.3636 0.3987 97 Tulsa 0.1818 0.5171 0.3772 0.3983 98 North Texas 0.3636 0.4075 0.4121 0.3977 99 Akron 0.1818 0.5370 0.3338 0.3974 100 Hawai'i 0.2500 0.4685 0.3803 0.3918 101 Houston 0.2727 0.4686 0.3450 0.3888 102 Indiana 0.1818 0.5499 0.2505 0.3830 103 Central Michigan 0.1818 0.4810 0.3706 0.3786 104 Iowa State 0.0909 0.5424 0.3027 0.3696 105 Louisville 0.0909 0.4560 0.3758 0.3447 106 New Mexico State 0.1818 0.4163 0.3570 0.3429 107 TCU 0.0909 0.4668 0.3461 0.3426 108 Arkansas State 0.1818 0.4217 0.3367 0.3405 109 Louisiana 0.0909 0.4948 0.2414 0.3305 110 Illinois 0.0000 0.5379 0.2444 0.3301 111 Northern Illinois 0.0000 0.4961 0.2524 0.3112 112 Rutgers 0.0000 0.4460 0.2780 0.2925 Non-FBS Placeholder 0.1818 0.4507 0.3055 0.3472 Best Win %: Michigan/Nebraska Best SOS: Tennessee Best Score Ratio: Nebraska Automatic co-champion declared if team within 0.0050 of leader. Teams within 0.0150 of leader declared co-champion at my discretion.