1983

1984 Rankings
​Final

1985

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Florida	(9-1-1)		0.7734	Southeastern
2	Washington	(11-1-0)		0.6759	Pac 10
3	Boston College	(10-2-0)		0.6607	Independent
4	Maryland	(9-3-0)		0.6438	Atlantic Coast
5	Nebraska	(10-2-0)		0.6334	Big Eight
6	Brigham Young	(13-0-0)		0.6083	Western Athletic
7	Southern California	(9-3-0)		0.5791	Pac 10
8	Louisiana State	(8-3-1)		0.5671	Southeastern
8=	Oklahoma State	(10-2-0)		0.5671	Big Eight
10	Southern Methodist	(10-2-0)		0.5595	Southwest
11	South Carolina	(10-2-0)		0.5424	Independent
12	Oklahoma	(9-2-1)		0.5423	Big Eight
13	Auburn	(9-4-0)		0.5388	Southeastern
14	Ohio State	(9-3-0)		0.5153	Big Ten
15	Rutgers	(7-3-0)		0.5104	Independent
16	West Virginia	(8-4-0)		0.5053	Independent
17	Virginia	(8-2-2)		0.5052	Atlantic Coast
18	UCLA	(9-3-0)		0.4943	Pac 10
19	Miami (Florida)	(8-5-0)		0.4937	Independent
20	Tennessee	(7-4-1)		0.4924	Southeastern
21	Kentucky	(9-3-0)		0.4922	Southeastern
22	Georgia	(7-4-1)		0.4786	Southeastern
23	Notre Dame	(7-5-0)		0.4759	Independent
24	Syracuse	(6-5-0)		0.4653	Independent
25	Florida State	(7-3-2)		0.4540	Independent
26	Clemson	(7-4-0)		0.4513	Atlantic Coast
27	Iowa	(8-4-1)		0.4362	Big Ten
28	Fullerton State	(11-1-0)		0.4338	PCAA
29	Nevada-Las Vegas	(11-2-0)		0.4313	PCAA
30	Penn State	(6-5-0)		0.4168	Independent
31	Arkansas	(7-4-1)		0.4147	Southwest
32	Georgia Tech	(6-4-1)		0.4117	Atlantic Coast
33	Texas	(7-4-1)		0.4059	Southwest
34	Army	(8-3-1)		0.3872	Independent
35	Wisconsin	(7-4-1)		0.3862	Big Ten
36	Illinois	(7-4-0)		0.3778	Big Ten
37	Purdue	(7-5-0)		0.3731	Big Ten
38	Houston	(7-5-0)		0.3614	Southwest
39	Arizona	(7-4-0)		0.3562	Pac 10
40	Air Force	(8-4-0)		0.3513	Western Athletic
41	Washington State	(6-5-0)		0.3463	Pac 10
42	Alabama	(5-6-0)		0.3424	Southeastern
43	Virginia Tech	(8-4-0)		0.3367	Independent
44	Texas Christian	(8-4-0)		0.3346	Southwest
45	Hawaii	(7-4-0)		0.3324	Western Athletic
46	Michigan	(6-6-0)		0.3232	Big Ten
47	North Carolina	(5-5-1)		0.3055	Atlantic Coast
48	Central Michigan	(8-2-1)		0.3031	Mid-American
49	Michigan State	(6-6-0)		0.2819	Big Ten
50	Vanderbilt	(5-6-0)		0.2777	Southeastern
51	Bowling Green State	(8-3-0)		0.2757	Mid-American
52	Baylor	(5-6-0)		0.2520	Southwest
53	Stanford	(5-6-0)		0.2504	Pac 10
54	Toledo	(8-3-1)		0.2431	Mid-American
55	Oregon	(6-5-0)		0.2391	Pac 10
56	Utah	(6-5-1)		0.2388	Western Athletic
57	Arizona State	(5-6-0)		0.2384	Pac 10
58	Temple	(6-5-0)		0.2174	Independent
59	Wake Forest	(6-5-0)		0.2092	Atlantic Coast
60	Texas A&M	(6-5-0)		0.2055	Southwest
61	Navy	(4-6-1)		0.1906	Independent
62	Mississippi	(4-6-1)		0.1836	Southeastern
63	Tulsa	(6-5-0)		0.1782	Missouri Valley
64	Pittsburgh	(3-7-1)		0.1748	Independent
65	Memphis	(5-5-1)		0.1710	Independent
66	San Jose State	(6-5-0)		0.1478	PCAA
67	Kansas	(5-6-0)		0.1337	Big Eight
68	San Diego State	(4-7-1)		0.1255	Western Athletic
69	Mississippi State	(4-7-0)		0.1217	Southeastern
70	Indiana State	(9-3-0)		0.1172	Missouri Valley
71	Missouri	(3-7-1)		0.1055	Big Eight
72	Minnesota	(4-7-0)		0.1024	Big Ten
73	Texas Tech	(4-7-0)		0.0764	Southwest
74	Wyoming	(6-6-0)		0.0676	Western Athletic
75	Fresno State	(6-6-0)		0.0669	PCAA
76	North Carolina State	(3-8-0)		0.0526	Atlantic Coast
77	Tulane	(3-8-0)		0.0438	Independent
78	Louisiana-Lafayette	(6-5-0)		0.0435	Independent
79	Long Beach State	(4-7-0)		0.0413	PCAA
80	Miami (Ohio)	(4-7-0)		0.0304	Mid-American
81	Western Michigan	(5-6-0)		0.0018	Mid-American
82	Northern Illinois	(4-6-1)		-0.0088	Mid-American
83	Kansas State	(3-7-1)		-0.0139	Big Eight
84	Duke	(2-9-0)		-0.0263	Atlantic Coast
85	Iowa State	(2-7-2)		-0.0333	Big Eight
86	Northwestern	(2-9-0)		-0.0624	Big Ten
87	Kent State	(4-7-0)		-0.0727	Mid-American
88	Colorado State	(3-8-0)		-0.0774	Western Athletic
89	California	(2-9-0)		-0.0827	Pac 10
90	Ohio	(4-6-1)		-0.0906	Mid-American
91	Southern Mississippi	(4-7-0)		-0.0998	Independent
92	New Mexico	(4-8-0)		-0.1173	Western Athletic
93	Oregon State	(2-9-0)		-0.1559	Pac 10
94	Colorado	(1-10-0)		-0.1574	Big Eight
95	Pacific	(4-7-0)		-0.1603	PCAA
96	Indiana	(0-11-0)		-0.1626	Big Ten
97	Cincinnati	(2-9-0)		-0.1686	Independent
98	Illinois State	(5-6-0)		-0.1823	Missouri Valley
99	East Carolina	(2-9-0)		-0.1860	Independent
100	Eastern Michigan	(2-7-2)		-0.2061	Mid-American
101	Utah State	(1-10-0)		-0.2293	Independent
102	Louisville	(2-9-0)		-0.2330	Independent
103	Rice	(1-10-0)		-0.2380	Southwest
104	Ball State	(3-8-0)		-0.2769	Mid-American
105	Texas-El Paso	(2-9-0)		-0.3241	Western Athletic
106	Drake	(4-7-0)		-0.3259	Missouri Valley
107	West Texas A&M	(3-8-0)		-0.3750	Missouri Valley
108	Wichita State	(2-9-0)		-0.3839	Missouri Valley
109	New Mexico State	(2-9-0)		-0.3997	PCAA
110	Southern Illinois	(3-8-0)		-0.4990	Missouri Valley

Average Ratings by Conference (1984)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Southeastern		0.4268
2	Atlantic Coast		0.3191
3	Pac 10		0.2941
4	Southwest		0.2636
5	Big Ten		0.2571
6	Independent		0.2351
7	Big Eight		0.2222
8	Western Athletic		0.1339
9	PCAA		0.0802
10	Mid-American		0.0199
11	Missouri Valley		-0.2101