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The 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season was play of college football by the National Collegiate Athletic Association teams at the Division I-A level. It began in the summer of 1997 and culminated with the bowl games in early January 1998.
WEEK
No. 1
No. 2
No. 3
Event
PRE-1
Penn State +
Florida
Florida State
2
Penn State+
Florida
Tennessee
3
Penn State+
Florida
Washington +
4
Penn State+
Washington+
Florida
5-7
Florida
Penn State+
Nebraska
8
Penn State+
Nebraska
Florida State
9-11
Nebraska
Penn State+
Florida State
12-13
Michigan +
Florida State
Nebraska
14-16
Michigan+
Nebraska
Tennessee
+Penn State and Michigan were Big Ten teams, and Washington was a Pac-10 team. The Big Ten and Pac-10 conferences played in the Rose Bowl rather than the Bowl Alliance championship game.
Michigan
Nebraska
Florida State
Florida
UCLA
North Carolina
Tennessee
Kansas St.
Washington St.
Georgia
Auburn
Ohio St.
LSU
Arizona St.
Purdue
Penn St.
Colorado St.
Washington
So. Mississippi
Texas A&M
Syracuse
Mississippi
Missouri
Oklahoma St.
Georgia Tech