1985

1986 Rankings
​Final

1987

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Penn State	(12-0-0)		0.9410	Independent
2	Arizona State	(10-1-1)		0.7958	Pac 10
3	Miami (Florida)	(11-1-0)		0.7414	Independent
4	Oklahoma	(11-1-0)		0.7381	Big Eight
5	Alabama	(10-3-0)		0.7315	Southeastern
6	Louisiana State	(9-3-0)		0.6995	Southeastern
7	Michigan	(11-2-0)		0.6835	Big Ten
8	UCLA	(8-3-1)		0.6499	Pac 10
9	Washington	(8-3-1)		0.6361	Pac 10
10	Auburn	(10-2-0)		0.6341	Southeastern
11	Stanford	(8-4-0)		0.6250	Pac 10
12	Arizona	(9-3-0)		0.6192	Pac 10
13	Nebraska	(10-2-0)		0.6153	Big Eight
14	Ohio State	(10-3-0)		0.5836	Big Ten
15	Southern California	(7-5-0)		0.5554	Pac 10
16	Boston College	(9-3-0)		0.5515	Independent
17	Clemson	(8-2-2)		0.5455	Atlantic Coast
18	Arkansas	(9-3-0)		0.5117	Southwest
19	Georgia	(8-4-0)		0.5096	Southeastern
20	Texas A&M	(9-3-0)		0.5010	Southwest
21	Baylor	(9-3-0)		0.5009	Southwest
22	San Jose State	(10-2-0)		0.4826	PCAA
23	Iowa	(9-3-0)		0.4809	Big Ten
24	Florida	(6-5-0)		0.4701	Southeastern
25	Virginia Tech	(9-2-1)		0.4650	Independent
26	North Carolina State	(8-3-1)		0.4351	Atlantic Coast
27	San Diego State	(8-4-0)		0.4193	Western Athletic
28	Mississippi	(8-3-1)		0.3949	Southeastern
29	Temple	(6-5-0)		0.3890	Independent
30	Notre Dame	(5-6-0)		0.3886	Independent
31	Florida State	(7-4-1)		0.3824	Independent
32	North Carolina	(7-4-1)		0.3756	Atlantic Coast
33	Fresno State	(9-2-0)		0.3682	PCAA
34	Southern Methodist	(6-5-0)		0.3650	Southwest
35	Brigham Young	(8-5-0)		0.3630	Western Athletic
36	Michigan State	(6-5-0)		0.3408	Big Ten
37	Pittsburgh	(5-5-1)		0.3378	Independent
38	Maryland	(5-5-1)		0.3374	Atlantic Coast
39	Tennessee	(7-5-0)		0.3238	Southeastern
40	Oregon	(5-6-0)		0.3188	Pac 10
41	Texas Tech	(7-5-0)		0.3162	Southwest
42	Rutgers	(5-5-1)		0.3107	Independent
43	Mississippi State	(6-5-0)		0.3039	Southeastern
44	Miami (Ohio)	(8-4-0)		0.2962	Mid-American
45	Colorado	(6-6-0)		0.2814	Big Eight
46	Kentucky	(5-5-1)		0.2711	Southeastern
47	Colorado State	(6-5-0)		0.2688	Western Athletic
48	Minnesota	(6-6-0)		0.2630	Big Ten
49	Hawaii	(7-5-0)		0.2610	Western Athletic
50	Syracuse	(5-6-0)		0.2582	Independent
51	Texas	(5-6-0)		0.2544	Southwest
52	Tulsa	(7-4-0)		0.2281	Independent
53	Air Force	(6-5-0)		0.2264	Western Athletic
54	Washington State	(3-7-1)		0.2175	Pac 10
55	Georgia Tech	(5-5-1)		0.2141	Atlantic Coast
56	Indiana	(6-6-0)		0.2128	Big Ten
57	Wyoming	(6-6-0)		0.2055	Western Athletic
58	South Carolina	(3-6-2)		0.1906	Independent
59	Cincinnati	(5-6-0)		0.1710	Independent
60	Wake Forest	(5-6-0)		0.1638	Atlantic Coast
61	Iowa State	(6-5-0)		0.1613	Big Eight
62	Southern Mississippi	(6-5-0)		0.1570	Independent
63	Illinois	(4-7-0)		0.1557	Big Ten
64	Toledo	(7-4-0)		0.1537	Mid-American
65	Long Beach State	(6-5-0)		0.1242	PCAA
66	Army	(6-5-0)		0.1236	Independent
67	Oklahoma State	(6-5-0)		0.1082	Big Eight
68	West Virginia	(4-7-0)		0.1043	Independent
69	Nevada-Las Vegas	(6-5-0)		0.1010	PCAA
70	Oregon State	(3-8-0)		0.0935	Pac 10
71	California	(2-9-0)		0.0769	Pac 10
72	Louisiana-Lafayette	(6-5-0)		0.0753	Independent
73	Duke	(4-7-0)		0.0571	Atlantic Coast
74	Eastern Michigan	(6-5-0)		0.0548	Mid-American
75	New Mexico	(4-8-0)		0.0435	Western Athletic
76	Texas-El Paso	(4-8-0)		0.0183	Western Athletic
77	Wisconsin	(3-9-0)		0.0132	Big Ten
77=	Ball State	(6-5-0)		0.0132	Mid-American
79	Northwestern	(4-7-0)		0.0051	Big Ten
80	Bowling Green State	(5-6-0)		-0.0109	Mid-American
81	Central Michigan	(5-5-0)		-0.0256	Mid-American
82	Purdue	(3-8-0)		-0.0302	Big Ten
83	Pacific	(4-7-0)		-0.0381	PCAA
84	Virginia	(3-8-0)		-0.0591	Atlantic Coast
85	Kent State	(5-6-0)		-0.0738	Mid-American
86	Rice	(4-7-0)		-0.0775	Southwest
87	East Carolina	(2-9-0)		-0.0864	Independent
88	Tulane	(4-7-0)		-0.0866	Independent
89	Missouri	(3-8-0)		-0.1082	Big Eight
90	Utah	(2-9-0)		-0.1175	Western Athletic
91	Texas Christian	(3-8-0)		-0.1176	Southwest
92	Western Michigan	(3-8-0)		-0.1739	Mid-American
93	Vanderbilt	(1-10-0)		-0.1962	Southeastern
94	Wichita State	(3-8-0)		-0.1998	Independent
95	Houston	(1-10-0)		-0.2066	Southwest
96	Kansas	(3-8-0)		-0.2097	Big Eight
97	Louisville	(3-8-0)		-0.2243	Independent
98	Fullerton State	(3-9-0)		-0.2288	PCAA
99	Utah State	(3-8-0)		-0.2343	PCAA
100	Northern Illinois	(2-9-0)		-0.2629	Independent
101	Navy	(3-8-0)		-0.2687	Independent
102	Kansas State	(2-9-0)		-0.4005	Big Eight
103	Memphis	(1-10-0)		-0.4426	Independent
104	Ohio	(1-10-0)		-0.5130	Mid-American
105	New Mexico State	(1-10-0)		-0.5367	PCAA

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Pac 10	0.4588
2	Southeastern	0.4142
3	Big Ten	0.2708
4	Atlantic Coast	0.2587
5	Southwest	0.2275
6	Western Athletic	0.1876
7	Independent	0.1768
8	Big Eight	0.1483
9	PCAA	0.0048
10	Mid-American	-0.0310