1984

1985 Rankings
​Final

1986

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Oklahoma	(11-1-0)		0.8323	Big Eight
2	Michigan	(10-1-1)		0.8230	Big Ten
3	Tennessee	(9-1-2)		0.7795	Southeastern
4	Florida	(9-1-1)		0.7610	Southeastern
5	Alabama	(9-2-1)		0.7466	Southeastern
6	Penn State	(11-1-0)		0.7436	Independent
7	UCLA	(9-2-1)		0.7063	Pac 10
8	Texas A&M	(10-2-0)		0.6890	Southwest
9	Miami (Florida)	(10-2-0)		0.6788	Independent
10	Arkansas	(10-2-0)		0.6684	Southwest
11	Iowa	(10-2-0)		0.6672	Big Ten
12	Air Force	(12-1-0)		0.6392	Western Athletic
13	Ohio State	(9-3-0)		0.6324	Big Ten
14	Baylor	(9-3-0)		0.6297	Southwest
15	Louisiana State	(9-2-1)		0.5641	Southeastern
16	Auburn	(8-4-0)		0.5586	Southeastern
17	Georgia	(7-3-2)		0.5526	Southeastern
18	Nebraska	(9-3-0)		0.5522	Big Eight
19	Maryland	(9-3-0)		0.5479	Atlantic Coast
20	Georgia Tech	(9-2-1)		0.5368	Atlantic Coast
21	Florida State	(9-3-0)		0.5205	Independent
22	Brigham Young	(11-3-0)		0.5061	Western Athletic
23	Arizona	(8-3-1)		0.4853	Pac 10
24	Arizona State	(8-4-0)		0.4736	Pac 10
25	Fresno State	(11-0-1)		0.4718	PCAA
26	Bowling Green State	(11-1-0)		0.4664	Mid-American
27	Texas	(8-4-0)		0.4642	Southwest
28	Oklahoma State	(8-4-0)		0.4413	Big Eight
29	Michigan State	(7-5-0)		0.3910	Big Ten
30	Colorado	(7-5-0)		0.3710	Big Eight
31	Southern Methodist	(6-5-0)		0.3679	Southwest
32	Illinois	(6-5-1)		0.3600	Big Ten
33	Minnesota	(7-5-0)		0.3567	Big Ten
34	Miami (Ohio)	(8-2-1)		0.3366	Mid-American
35	Notre Dame	(5-6-0)		0.3294	Independent
36	West Virginia	(7-3-1)		0.3257	Independent
37	Washington	(7-5-0)		0.3195	Pac 10
38	Utah	(8-4-0)		0.3098	Western Athletic
39	Army	(9-3-0)		0.2974	Independent
40	Southern California	(6-6-0)		0.2819	Pac 10
41	Central Michigan	(7-3-0)		0.2775	Mid-American
42	Purdue	(5-6-0)		0.2514	Big Ten
43	Clemson	(6-6-0)		0.2337	Atlantic Coast
44	Kentucky	(5-6-0)		0.2219	Southeastern
45	Syracuse	(7-5-0)		0.2188	Independent
46	Virginia	(6-5-0)		0.2074	Atlantic Coast
47	Tulsa	(6-5-0)		0.1918	Missouri Valley
48	Kansas	(6-6-0)		0.1763	Big Eight
49	Southern Mississippi	(7-4-0)		0.1720	Independent
50	Pittsburgh	(5-5-1)		0.1629	Independent
51	Wisconsin	(5-6-0)		0.1620	Big Ten
52	Mississippi State	(5-6-0)		0.1555	Southeastern
53	North Carolina	(5-6-0)		0.1519	Atlantic Coast
54	Washington State	(4-7-0)		0.1497	Pac 10
55	Oregon	(5-6-0)		0.1417	Pac 10
56	Texas Tech	(4-7-0)		0.1061	Southwest
57	Virginia Tech	(6-5-0)		0.0909	Independent
58	Mississippi	(4-6-1)		0.0841	Southeastern
59	Cincinnati	(5-6-0)		0.0747	Independent
60	Iowa State	(5-6-0)		0.0605	Big Eight
61	Houston	(4-7-0)		0.0532	Southwest
62	Navy	(4-7-0)		0.0488	Independent
63	California	(4-7-0)		0.0313	Pac 10
64	Hawaii	(4-6-2)		0.0260	Western Athletic
65	Temple	(4-7-0)		0.0184	Independent
66	Boston College	(4-8-0)		0.0108	Independent
67	South Carolina	(5-6-0)		0.0030	Independent
68	San Diego State	(5-6-1)		-0.0053	Western Athletic
69	Colorado State	(5-7-0)		-0.0114	Western Athletic
70	Rice	(3-8-0)		-0.0239	Southwest
71	Indiana	(4-7-0)		-0.0242	Big Ten
72	Stanford	(4-7-0)		-0.0443	Pac 10
73	West Texas A&M	(6-3-1)		-0.0761	Missouri Valley
74	Wake Forest	(4-7-0)		-0.0854	Atlantic Coast
75	Vanderbilt	(3-7-1)		-0.0929	Southeastern
76	Long Beach State	(6-6-0)		-0.0996	PCAA
77	Western Michigan	(4-6-1)		-0.1130	Mid-American
78	Rutgers	(2-8-1)		-0.1355	Independent
79	Duke	(4-7-0)		-0.1379	Atlantic Coast
80	Pacific	(5-7-0)		-0.1565	PCAA
81	Memphis	(2-7-2)		-0.1634	Independent
82	Toledo	(4-7-0)		-0.1636	Mid-American
83	Nevada-Las Vegas	(5-5-1)		-0.1934	PCAA
84	Texas Christian	(3-8-0)		-0.2091	Southwest
85	Illinois State	(6-3-2)		-0.2178	Missouri Valley
86	Drake	(4-7-0)		-0.2353	Missouri Valley
87	Northwestern	(3-8-0)		-0.2602	Big Ten
88	Fullerton State	(6-5-0)		-0.2734	PCAA
89	Northern Illinois	(4-7-0)		-0.2737	Mid-American
90	Utah State	(3-8-0)		-0.3031	PCAA
91	East Carolina	(2-9-0)		-0.3091	Independent
92	New Mexico	(3-8-0)		-0.3156	Western Athletic
93	Eastern Michigan	(4-7-0)		-0.3159	Mid-American
94	Missouri	(1-10-0)		-0.3195	Big Eight
95	Wyoming	(3-8-0)		-0.3254	Western Athletic
96	Ball State	(4-7-0)		-0.3439	Mid-American
97	Oregon State	(3-8-0)		-0.3567	Pac 10
98	Louisiana-Lafayette	(4-7-0)		-0.3694	Independent
99	North Carolina State	(3-8-0)		-0.4130	Atlantic Coast
100	Indiana State	(4-6-0)		-0.4173	Missouri Valley
101	Tulane	(1-10-0)		-0.4696	Independent
102	San Jose State	(2-8-1)		-0.4775	PCAA
103	Southern Illinois	(4-7-0)		-0.4844	Missouri Valley
104	Kent State	(3-8-0)		-0.5016	Mid-American
105	Wichita State	(3-8-0)		-0.5372	Missouri Valley
106	Kansas State	(1-10-0)		-0.5513	Big Eight
107	Texas-El Paso	(1-10-0)		-0.6713	Western Athletic
108	Ohio	(2-9-0)		-0.6842	Mid-American
109	Louisville	(2-9-0)		-0.7456	Independent
110	New Mexico State	(1-10-0)		-0.8271	PCAA

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Southeastern	0.4331
2	Big Ten	0.3359
3	Southwest	0.3051
4	Pac 10	0.2188
5	Big Eight	0.1953
6	Atlantic Coast	0.1302
7	Independent	0.0716
8	Western Athletic	0.0169
9	Mid-American	-0.1316
10	PCAA	-0.2323
11	Missouri Valley	-0.2537