1984

1985 Rankings
​Final

1986

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Oklahoma	(11-1-0)		0.7912	Big Eight
2	Michigan	(10-1-1)		0.7802	Big Ten
3	Florida	(9-1-1)		0.7567	Southeastern
4	Tennessee	(9-1-2)		0.7276	Southeastern
5	Penn State	(11-1-0)		0.7028	Independent
6	Alabama	(9-2-1)		0.7021	Southeastern
7	UCLA	(9-2-1)		0.6787	Pac 10
8	Miami (Florida)	(10-2-0)		0.6487	Independent
9	Texas A&M	(10-2-0)		0.6449	Southwest
10	Iowa	(10-2-0)		0.6402	Big Ten
11	Arkansas	(10-2-0)		0.6257	Southwest
12	Ohio State	(9-3-0)		0.6142	Big Ten
13	Air Force	(12-1-0)		0.6100	Western Athletic
14	Baylor	(9-3-0)		0.5925	Southwest
15	Auburn	(8-4-0)		0.5388	Southeastern
16	Georgia	(7-3-2)		0.5377	Southeastern
17	Nebraska	(9-3-0)		0.5314	Big Eight
18	Louisiana State	(9-2-1)		0.5296	Southeastern
19	Maryland	(9-3-0)		0.5249	Atlantic Coast
20	Florida State	(9-3-0)		0.5131	Independent
21	Georgia Tech	(9-2-1)		0.5072	Atlantic Coast
22	Brigham Young	(11-3-0)		0.5070	Western Athletic
23	Fresno State	(11-0-1)		0.4782	PCAA
24	Bowling Green State	(11-1-0)		0.4772	Mid-American
25	Arizona State	(8-4-0)		0.4640	Pac 10
26	Arizona	(8-3-1)		0.4624	Pac 10
27	Texas	(8-4-0)		0.4581	Southwest
28	Oklahoma State	(8-4-0)		0.4483	Big Eight
29	Michigan State	(7-5-0)		0.4016	Big Ten
30	Colorado	(7-5-0)		0.3818	Big Eight
31	Illinois	(6-5-1)		0.3756	Big Ten
32	Miami (Ohio)	(8-2-1)		0.3729	Mid-American
33	Washington	(7-5-0)		0.3710	Pac 10
34	West Virginia	(7-3-1)		0.3582	Independent
35	Minnesota	(7-5-0)		0.3562	Big Ten
36	Notre Dame	(5-6-0)		0.3561	Independent
37	Southern Methodist	(6-5-0)		0.3552	Southwest
38	Southern California	(6-6-0)		0.3301	Pac 10
39	Utah	(8-4-0)		0.3279	Western Athletic
40	Army	(9-3-0)		0.3215	Independent
41	Central Michigan	(7-3-0)		0.2954	Mid-American
42	Purdue	(5-6-0)		0.2797	Big Ten
43	Syracuse	(7-5-0)		0.2684	Independent
44	Virginia	(6-5-0)		0.2637	Atlantic Coast
45	Clemson	(6-6-0)		0.2612	Atlantic Coast
46	Kentucky	(5-6-0)		0.2484	Southeastern
47	Tulsa	(6-5-0)		0.2299	Missouri Valley
48	Wisconsin	(5-6-0)		0.2234	Big Ten
49	Pittsburgh	(5-5-1)		0.2225	Independent
50	Kansas	(6-6-0)		0.2125	Big Eight
51	Southern Mississippi	(7-4-0)		0.2109	Independent
52	Mississippi State	(5-6-0)		0.2083	Southeastern
53	Oregon	(5-6-0)		0.2015	Pac 10
54	Washington State	(4-7-0)		0.1940	Pac 10
55	North Carolina	(5-6-0)		0.1932	Atlantic Coast
56	Virginia Tech	(6-5-0)		0.1783	Independent
57	Mississippi	(4-6-1)		0.1634	Southeastern
58	Iowa State	(5-6-0)		0.1508	Big Eight
59	Texas Tech	(4-7-0)		0.1449	Southwest
60	Cincinnati	(5-6-0)		0.1441	Independent
61	Navy	(4-7-0)		0.1328	Independent
62	Hawaii	(4-6-2)		0.1204	Western Athletic
63	San Diego State	(5-6-1)		0.1170	Western Athletic
64	California	(4-7-0)		0.1156	Pac 10
65	Houston	(4-7-0)		0.1117	Southwest
66	Colorado State	(5-7-0)		0.1085	Western Athletic
67	Boston College	(4-8-0)		0.1040	Independent
68	Temple	(4-7-0)		0.0973	Independent
69	South Carolina	(5-6-0)		0.0950	Independent
70	Stanford	(4-7-0)		0.0826	Pac 10
71	West Texas A&M	(6-3-1)		0.0687	Missouri Valley
72	Indiana	(4-7-0)		0.0623	Big Ten
73	Rice	(3-8-0)		0.0512	Southwest
74	Long Beach State	(6-6-0)		0.0411	PCAA
75	Western Michigan	(4-6-1)		0.0319	Mid-American
76	Vanderbilt	(3-7-1)		0.0294	Southeastern
77	Wake Forest	(4-7-0)		0.0112	Atlantic Coast
78	Nevada-Las Vegas	(5-5-1)		0.0079	PCAA
79	Memphis	(2-7-2)		0.0039	Independent
80	Illinois State	(6-3-2)		-0.0040	Missouri Valley
81	Duke	(4-7-0)		-0.0044	Atlantic Coast
82	Pacific	(5-7-0)		-0.0089	PCAA
83	Rutgers	(2-8-1)		-0.0120	Independent
84	Toledo	(4-7-0)		-0.0182	Mid-American
85	Fullerton State	(6-5-0)		-0.0537	PCAA
86	Drake	(4-7-0)		-0.0676	Missouri Valley
87	Northern Illinois	(4-7-0)		-0.0722	Mid-American
88	Texas Christian	(3-8-0)		-0.0737	Southwest
89	Northwestern	(3-8-0)		-0.0808	Big Ten
90	Utah State	(3-8-0)		-0.1061	PCAA
91	Eastern Michigan	(4-7-0)		-0.1137	Mid-American
92	New Mexico	(3-8-0)		-0.1138	Western Athletic
93	Wyoming	(3-8-0)		-0.1147	Western Athletic
94	Ball State	(4-7-0)		-0.1166	Mid-American
95	Oregon State	(3-8-0)		-0.1183	Pac 10
96	East Carolina	(2-9-0)		-0.1340	Independent
97	Louisiana-Lafayette	(4-7-0)		-0.1440	Independent
98	Missouri	(1-10-0)		-0.1507	Big Eight
99	Indiana State	(4-6-0)		-0.1722	Missouri Valley
100	North Carolina State	(3-8-0)		-0.1795	Atlantic Coast
101	San Jose State	(2-8-1)		-0.2003	PCAA
102	Kent State	(3-8-0)		-0.2213	Mid-American
103	Southern Illinois	(4-7-0)		-0.2228	Missouri Valley
104	Tulane	(1-10-0)		-0.2455	Independent
105	Wichita State	(3-8-0)		-0.2548	Missouri Valley
106	Kansas State	(1-10-0)		-0.2987	Big Eight
107	Texas-El Paso	(1-10-0)		-0.3361	Western Athletic
108	Ohio	(2-9-0)		-0.3557	Mid-American
109	Louisville	(2-9-0)		-0.3892	Independent
110	New Mexico State	(1-10-0)		-0.4473	PCAA

Average Ratings by Conference (1985)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Southeastern		0.4442
2	Big Ten		0.3653
3	Southwest		0.3234
4	Pac 10		0.2782
5	Big Eight		0.2583
6	Atlantic Coast		0.1972
7	Independent		0.1635
8	Western Athletic		0.1362
9	Mid-American		0.0280
10	PCAA		-0.0361
11	Missouri Valley		-0.0604