1996-1997

1996-1997 rankings by position
Rank	School	Nov 12	Nov 18	Nov 25	Dec 2	Dec 9	Dec 16	Dec 23	Dec 30	Jan 6	Jan 13	Jan 20	Jan 27	Feb 3	Feb 10	Feb 17	Feb 24	Mar 3	Mar 10
1	Stanford
1	Connecticut
2	Alabama
	Georgia
	Connecticut
	Old Dominion
3	Georgia
	Tennessee
	Connecticut
	Louisiana Tech
	Stanford
4	Tennessee
	Alabama
	Georgia
	Old Dominion
	Louisiana Tech
	North Carolina
5	Connecticut
	Tennessee
	Georgia
	Louisiana Tech
	Alabama
	North Carolina
6	Iowa
	Vanderbilt
	Louisiana Tech
	Old Dominion
	Tennessee
	Alabama
	North Carolina
	Georgia
	Florida
7	Old Dominion
	Virginia
	Vanderbilt
	Notre Dame
	Alabama
	NC State
	Texas Tech
	Georgia
	Louisiana Tech
	Florida
8	Western Kentucky
	NC State
	Old Dominion
	Alabama
	Texas Tech
	Tennessee
	Vanderbilt
	Virginia
	Texas
9	Vanderbilt
	Old Dominion
	Notre Dame
	Iowa
	NC State
	Penn State
	Western Kentucky
	Virginia
	Tennessee
	North Carolina
	Texas
	LSU
	Kansas
10	Virginia
	Iowa
	Texas Tech
	Notre Dame
	Western Kentucky
	Arkansas
	North Carolina
	Clemson
	Texas
	Florida
	LSU
	Tennessee
11	Texas Tech
	Louisiana Tech
	NC State
	Western Kentucky
	Vanderbilt
	Kansas
	LSU
	Texas
	Virginia
	Tennessee
12	Kansas
	Western Kentucky
	Virginia
	Iowa
	Penn State
	Texas
	Auburn
	Clemson
	Vanderbilt
13	NC State
	Texas Tech
	Vanderbilt
	Texas
	Duke
	Arkansas
	Virginia
	Florida
	LSU
	Notre Dame
	Auburn
14	Louisiana Tech
	Notre Dame
	Virginia
	Western Kentucky
	Vanderbilt
	Texas
	Duke
	Texas Tech
	LSU
	Kansas
15	Penn State
	Kansas
	Duke
	Vanderbilt
	Western Kentucky
	NC State
	Notre Dame
	Illinois
	Texas Tech
16	Duke
	Penn State
	Texas
	Notre Dame
	Wisconsin
	North Carolina
	Vanderbilt
	Texas Tech
	Stephen F. Austin
	Illinois
17	Colorado
	Duke
	Kansas
	Auburn
	Notre Dame
	Wisconsin
	LSU
	NC State
	Clemson
	Arkansas
	Illinois
	Vanderbilt
	Stephen F. Austin
	Texas Tech
18	Arkansas
	Colorado
	Kansas
	Wisconsin
	Notre Dame
	Auburn
	Western Kentucky
	LSU
	Illinois
	Duke
	Stephen F. Austin
	George Washington
19	Texas
	Arkansas
	Florida
	Wisconsin
	North Carolina
	Kansas
	Western Kentucky
	Duke
	Notre Dame
	Clemson
	Stephen F. Austin
	Michigan State
	George Washington
	Auburn
20	Notre Dame
	Florida
	Arkansas
	Clemson
	North Carolina
	Auburn
	Wisconsin
	Stephen F. Austin
	Duke
	Michigan State
	Vanderbilt
21	Florida
	Texas
	Arkansas
	Colorado
	Iowa
	Clemson
	Notre Dame
	Auburn
	NC State
	Stephen F. Austin
	Western Kentucky
22	Wisconsin
	North Carolina
	Clemson
	Arkansas
	Penn State
	LSU
	Auburn
	Stephen F. Austin
	Duke
	Western Kentucky
	George Washington
23	North Carolina
	Wisconsin
	Arkansas
	Stephen F. Austin
	Western Kentucky
	Michigan State
	Nebraska
	George Washington
	Tulane
24	Stephen F. Austin
	Clemson
	Florida
	DePaul
	Duke
	Western Kentucky
	Michigan State
	George Washington
	Tulane
	Purdue
25	Auburn
	Clemson
	Stephen F. Austin
	DePaul
	Nebraska
	Florida
	Illinois
	NC State
	Tulane
	Western Kentucky
	Duke