1985

1986 Rankings
​Final

1987

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Penn State	(12-0-0)		0.9510	Independent
2	Arizona State	(10-1-1)		0.7697	Pac 10
3	Miami (Florida)	(11-1-0)		0.7476	Independent
4	Oklahoma	(11-1-0)		0.7282	Big Eight
5	Alabama	(10-3-0)		0.7241	Southeastern
6	Louisiana State	(9-3-0)		0.6746	Southeastern
7	Michigan	(11-2-0)		0.6722	Big Ten
8	UCLA	(8-3-1)		0.6253	Pac 10
9	Auburn	(10-2-0)		0.6243	Southeastern
10	Washington	(8-3-1)		0.6102	Pac 10
11	Arizona	(9-3-0)		0.6000	Pac 10
12	Nebraska	(10-2-0)		0.5943	Big Eight
13	Stanford	(8-4-0)		0.5917	Pac 10
14	Ohio State	(10-3-0)		0.5659	Big Ten
15	Boston College	(9-3-0)		0.5370	Independent
16	Clemson	(8-2-2)		0.5315	Atlantic Coast
17	Southern California	(7-5-0)		0.5095	Pac 10
18	Georgia	(8-4-0)		0.5047	Southeastern
19	Baylor	(9-3-0)		0.4834	Southwest
20	Texas A&M	(9-3-0)		0.4823	Southwest
21	Arkansas	(9-3-0)		0.4793	Southwest
22	San Jose State	(10-2-0)		0.4654	PCAA
23	Iowa	(9-3-0)		0.4492	Big Ten
24	Florida	(6-5-0)		0.4491	Southeastern
25	Virginia Tech	(9-2-1)		0.4474	Independent
26	North Carolina State	(8-3-1)		0.3925	Atlantic Coast
27	Mississippi	(8-3-1)		0.3718	Southeastern
28	Florida State	(7-4-1)		0.3710	Independent
29	San Diego State	(8-4-0)		0.3642	Western Athletic
30	Temple	(6-5-0)		0.3620	Independent
31	Notre Dame	(5-6-0)		0.3582	Independent
32	North Carolina	(7-4-1)		0.3549	Atlantic Coast
33	Fresno State	(9-2-0)		0.3516	PCAA
34	Pittsburgh	(5-5-1)		0.3134	Independent
35	Maryland	(5-5-1)		0.3105	Atlantic Coast
36	Southern Methodist	(6-5-0)		0.3086	Southwest
37	Brigham Young	(8-5-0)		0.3051	Western Athletic
38	Michigan State	(6-5-0)		0.3033	Big Ten
39	Tennessee	(7-5-0)		0.2805	Southeastern
40	Rutgers	(5-5-1)		0.2675	Independent
41	Texas Tech	(7-5-0)		0.2629	Southwest
42	Oregon	(5-6-0)		0.2562	Pac 10
43	Mississippi State	(6-5-0)		0.2488	Southeastern
44	Kentucky	(5-5-1)		0.2211	Southeastern
45	Colorado	(6-6-0)		0.2190	Big Eight
46	Miami (Ohio)	(8-4-0)		0.2135	Mid-American
47	Texas	(5-6-0)		0.2123	Southwest
48	Syracuse	(5-6-0)		0.2047	Independent
49	Georgia Tech	(5-5-1)		0.1799	Atlantic Coast
50	Minnesota	(6-6-0)		0.1791	Big Ten
51	Hawaii	(7-5-0)		0.1775	Western Athletic
52	Tulsa	(7-4-0)		0.1743	Independent
53	Colorado State	(6-5-0)		0.1723	Western Athletic
54	Indiana	(6-6-0)		0.1483	Big Ten
55	South Carolina	(3-6-2)		0.1403	Independent
56	Washington State	(3-7-1)		0.1347	Pac 10
57	Wyoming	(6-6-0)		0.1250	Western Athletic
58	Air Force	(6-5-0)		0.1120	Western Athletic
59	Cincinnati	(5-6-0)		0.0834	Independent
60	Wake Forest	(5-6-0)		0.0817	Atlantic Coast
61	Iowa State	(6-5-0)		0.0667	Big Eight
62	Illinois	(4-7-0)		0.0646	Big Ten
63	Southern Mississippi	(6-5-0)		0.0604	Independent
64	Toledo	(7-4-0)		0.0532	Mid-American
65	Long Beach State	(6-5-0)		0.0437	PCAA
66	West Virginia	(4-7-0)		0.0271	Independent
67	Nevada-Las Vegas	(6-5-0)		0.0095	PCAA
68	Oklahoma State	(6-5-0)		0.0053	Big Eight
69	Oregon State	(3-8-0)		-0.0100	Pac 10
70	Army	(6-5-0)		-0.0104	Independent
71	Louisiana-Lafayette	(6-5-0)		-0.0226	Independent
72	California	(2-9-0)		-0.0320	Pac 10
73	Duke	(4-7-0)		-0.0427	Atlantic Coast
74	New Mexico	(4-8-0)		-0.0562	Western Athletic
75	Eastern Michigan	(6-5-0)		-0.0629	Mid-American
76	Wisconsin	(3-9-0)		-0.0937	Big Ten
77	Texas-El Paso	(4-8-0)		-0.1245	Western Athletic
78	Northwestern	(4-7-0)		-0.1387	Big Ten
79	Ball State	(6-5-0)		-0.1510	Mid-American
80	Bowling Green State	(5-6-0)		-0.1722	Mid-American
81	Pacific	(4-7-0)		-0.1745	PCAA
82	Purdue	(3-8-0)		-0.1925	Big Ten
83	Central Michigan	(5-5-0)		-0.2028	Mid-American
84	Virginia	(3-8-0)		-0.2227	Atlantic Coast
85	East Carolina	(2-9-0)		-0.2280	Independent
86	Tulane	(4-7-0)		-0.2552	Independent
87	Missouri	(3-8-0)		-0.2689	Big Eight
88	Rice	(4-7-0)		-0.2782	Southwest
89	Texas Christian	(3-8-0)		-0.2801	Southwest
90	Kent State	(5-6-0)		-0.2838	Mid-American
91	Utah	(2-9-0)		-0.3087	Western Athletic
92	Vanderbilt	(1-10-0)		-0.3577	Southeastern
93	Houston	(1-10-0)		-0.3920	Southwest
94	Western Michigan	(3-8-0)		-0.3953	Mid-American
95	Wichita State	(3-8-0)		-0.4008	Independent
96	Kansas	(3-8-0)		-0.4384	Big Eight
97	Fullerton State	(3-9-0)		-0.4495	PCAA
98	Louisville	(3-8-0)		-0.4499	Independent
99	Utah State	(3-8-0)		-0.4837	PCAA
100	Northern Illinois	(2-9-0)		-0.5020	Independent
101	Navy	(3-8-0)		-0.5229	Independent
102	Kansas State	(2-9-0)		-0.7222	Big Eight
103	Memphis	(1-10-0)		-0.7523	Independent
104	Ohio	(1-10-0)		-0.8730	Mid-American
105	New Mexico State	(1-10-0)		-0.9158	PCAA

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Pac 10	0.4055
2	Southeastern	0.3741
3	Atlantic Coast	0.1982
4	Big Ten	0.1958
5	Southwest	0.1421
6	Western Athletic	0.0852
7	Independent	0.0792
8	Big Eight	0.0230
9	PCAA	-0.1442
10	Mid-American	-0.2083