Season 1996 Preseason #1 Nebraska Conference with most
teams in final AP poll Big Ten, SEC (5) | Bowl Season 1996–97 bowl games End of season champions Florida | |
Two human polls comprised the 1996 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I-A football rankings. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship, instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll.
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1996 NCAA Division I-A football rankings Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA