1984

1985 Rankings
​Final

1986

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Oklahoma	(11-1-0)		0.8317	Big Eight
2	Michigan	(10-1-1)		0.8289	Big Ten
3	Tennessee	(9-1-2)		0.7835	Southeastern
4	Florida	(9-1-1)		0.7708	Southeastern
5	UCLA	(9-2-1)		0.7473	Pac 10
6	Penn State	(11-1-0)		0.7465	Independent
7	Alabama	(9-2-1)		0.7458	Southeastern
8	Texas A&M	(10-2-0)		0.6878	Southwest
9	Miami (Florida)	(10-2-0)		0.6874	Independent
10	Iowa	(10-2-0)		0.6863	Big Ten
11	Arkansas	(10-2-0)		0.6656	Southwest
12	Ohio State	(9-3-0)		0.6520	Big Ten
13	Air Force	(12-1-0)		0.6405	Western Athletic
14	Baylor	(9-3-0)		0.6393	Southwest
15	Louisiana State	(9-2-1)		0.5715	Southeastern
16	Auburn	(8-4-0)		0.5638	Southeastern
17	Nebraska	(9-3-0)		0.5618	Big Eight
18	Maryland	(9-3-0)		0.5589	Atlantic Coast
19	Georgia Tech	(9-2-1)		0.5559	Atlantic Coast
20	Georgia	(7-3-2)		0.5529	Southeastern
21	Florida State	(9-3-0)		0.5376	Independent
22	Arizona	(8-3-1)		0.5275	Pac 10
23	Brigham Young	(11-3-0)		0.5259	Western Athletic
24	Arizona State	(8-4-0)		0.5071	Pac 10
25	Bowling Green State	(11-1-0)		0.4995	Mid-American
26	Texas	(8-4-0)		0.4944	Southwest
27	Fresno State	(11-0-1)		0.4761	PCAA
28	Oklahoma State	(8-4-0)		0.4656	Big Eight
29	Michigan State	(7-5-0)		0.4344	Big Ten
30	Illinois	(6-5-1)		0.4177	Big Ten
31	Washington	(7-5-0)		0.4119	Pac 10
32	Colorado	(7-5-0)		0.4090	Big Eight
33	Southern Methodist	(6-5-0)		0.3849	Southwest
34	Minnesota	(7-5-0)		0.3821	Big Ten
35	Notre Dame	(5-6-0)		0.3796	Independent
36	West Virginia	(7-3-1)		0.3734	Independent
37	Southern California	(6-6-0)		0.3719	Pac 10
38	Miami (Ohio)	(8-2-1)		0.3698	Mid-American
39	Army	(9-3-0)		0.3429	Independent
40	Utah	(8-4-0)		0.3333	Western Athletic
41	Central Michigan	(7-3-0)		0.3147	Mid-American
42	Purdue	(5-6-0)		0.3036	Big Ten
43	Syracuse	(7-5-0)		0.2861	Independent
44	Virginia	(6-5-0)		0.2859	Atlantic Coast
45	Clemson	(6-6-0)		0.2847	Atlantic Coast
46	Kentucky	(5-6-0)		0.2621	Southeastern
47	Tulsa	(6-5-0)		0.2419	Missouri Valley
48	Wisconsin	(5-6-0)		0.2387	Big Ten
49	Pittsburgh	(5-5-1)		0.2373	Independent
50	Oregon	(5-6-0)		0.2266	Pac 10
51	Washington State	(4-7-0)		0.2235	Pac 10
52	Kansas	(6-6-0)		0.2194	Big Eight
53	North Carolina	(5-6-0)		0.2130	Atlantic Coast
54	Southern Mississippi	(7-4-0)		0.2109	Independent
55	Mississippi State	(5-6-0)		0.2044	Southeastern
56	Virginia Tech	(6-5-0)		0.1817	Independent
57	Iowa State	(5-6-0)		0.1559	Big Eight
58	Texas Tech	(4-7-0)		0.1555	Southwest
59	Cincinnati	(5-6-0)		0.1498	Independent
60	Navy	(4-7-0)		0.1496	Independent
61	California	(4-7-0)		0.1445	Pac 10
62	Mississippi	(4-6-1)		0.1310	Southeastern
63	Houston	(4-7-0)		0.1251	Southwest
64	Boston College	(4-8-0)		0.1087	Independent
65	South Carolina	(5-6-0)		0.1054	Independent
66	Stanford	(4-7-0)		0.1040	Pac 10
67	Temple	(4-7-0)		0.1012	Independent
68	San Diego State	(5-6-1)		0.0957	Western Athletic
69	Colorado State	(5-7-0)		0.0927	Western Athletic
70	Hawaii	(4-6-2)		0.0907	Western Athletic
71	Indiana	(4-7-0)		0.0723	Big Ten
72	Rice	(3-8-0)		0.0600	Southwest
73	Vanderbilt	(3-7-1)		0.0316	Southeastern
74	Western Michigan	(4-6-1)		0.0288	Mid-American
75	Long Beach State	(6-6-0)		0.0253	PCAA
76	West Texas A&M	(6-3-1)		0.0219	Missouri Valley
77	Wake Forest	(4-7-0)		0.0209	Atlantic Coast
78	Duke	(4-7-0)		0.0061	Atlantic Coast
79	Rutgers	(2-8-1)		-0.0017	Independent
80	Toledo	(4-7-0)		-0.0198	Mid-American
81	Pacific	(5-7-0)		-0.0227	PCAA
82	Nevada-Las Vegas	(5-5-1)		-0.0468	PCAA
83	Fullerton State	(6-5-0)		-0.0689	PCAA
84	Texas Christian	(3-8-0)		-0.0713	Southwest
85	Northern Illinois	(4-7-0)		-0.0746	Mid-American
86	Northwestern	(3-8-0)		-0.0768	Big Ten
87	Memphis	(2-7-2)		-0.0788	Independent
88	Drake	(4-7-0)		-0.0817	Missouri Valley
89	Illinois State	(6-3-2)		-0.0899	Missouri Valley
90	Oregon State	(3-8-0)		-0.1010	Pac 10
91	Utah State	(3-8-0)		-0.1200	PCAA
92	Eastern Michigan	(4-7-0)		-0.1234	Mid-American
93	Ball State	(4-7-0)		-0.1262	Mid-American
94	Wyoming	(3-8-0)		-0.1380	Western Athletic
95	East Carolina	(2-9-0)		-0.1419	Independent
96	New Mexico	(3-8-0)		-0.1428	Western Athletic
97	Missouri	(1-10-0)		-0.1556	Big Eight
98	Louisiana-Lafayette	(4-7-0)		-0.1743	Independent
99	North Carolina State	(3-8-0)		-0.1799	Atlantic Coast
100	Indiana State	(4-6-0)		-0.1914	Missouri Valley
101	San Jose State	(2-8-1)		-0.2349	PCAA
102	Kent State	(3-8-0)		-0.2401	Mid-American
103	Southern Illinois	(4-7-0)		-0.2405	Missouri Valley
104	Tulane	(1-10-0)		-0.2794	Independent
105	Wichita State	(3-8-0)		-0.2891	Missouri Valley
106	Kansas State	(1-10-0)		-0.3190	Big Eight
107	Ohio	(2-9-0)		-0.3712	Mid-American
108	Texas-El Paso	(1-10-0)		-0.3792	Western Athletic
109	Louisville	(2-9-0)		-0.4192	Independent
110	New Mexico State	(1-10-0)		-0.4952	PCAA

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Southeastern	0.4617
2	Big Ten	0.3939
3	Southwest	0.3490
4	Pac 10	0.3163
5	Big Eight	0.2711
6	Atlantic Coast	0.2182
7	Independent	0.1668
8	Western Athletic	0.1243
9	Mid-American	0.0257
10	PCAA	-0.0609
11	Missouri Valley	-0.0898