1996 season · week 5
Polls
AP Top 25
25 ranked
- Big 125
- SEC5
- Big Ten4
- Other11
- 1–NebraskaBig 1211–2
- 2–TennesseeSEC10–2
- 3–Florida StateACC11–1
- 4–FloridaSEC12–1
- 5▲1Penn StateBig Ten11–2
- 6▲1TexasBig 128–5
- 7▲1Ohio StateBig Ten11–1
- 8▲3MichiganBig Ten8–4
- 9–Notre DameFBS Independents8–3
- 10–MiamiBig East9–3
- 11▲1North CarolinaACC10–2
- 12▼7ColoradoBig 1210–2
- 13▲2AuburnSEC8–4
- 13–AlabamaSEC10–3
- 15▲1USCPac-106–6
- 16▲1Kansas StateBig 129–3
- 17▲1Arizona StatePac-1011–1
- 18▲1Virginia TechBig East10–2
- 19▲2IowaBig Ten9–3
- 20▲2VirginiaACC7–5
- 21▼1LSUSEC10–2
- 22▲2KansasBig 124–7
- 23–SyracuseBig East9–3
- 24NewWashingtonPac-109–3
- 25NewOregonPac-106–5