1985

1986 Rankings
​Final

1987

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Penn State	(12-0-0)		0.8945	Independent
2	Arizona State	(10-1-1)		0.7521	Pac 10
3	Miami (Florida)	(11-1-0)		0.7034	Independent
4	Oklahoma	(11-1-0)		0.6907	Big Eight
5	Alabama	(10-3-0)		0.6853	Southeastern
6	Louisiana State	(9-3-0)		0.6586	Southeastern
7	Michigan	(11-2-0)		0.6383	Big Ten
8	UCLA	(8-3-1)		0.5991	Pac 10
9	Auburn	(10-2-0)		0.5973	Southeastern
10	Stanford	(8-4-0)		0.5841	Pac 10
11	Washington	(8-3-1)		0.5821	Pac 10
12	Arizona	(9-3-0)		0.5788	Pac 10
13	Nebraska	(10-2-0)		0.5766	Big Eight
14	Clemson	(8-2-2)		0.5512	Atlantic Coast
15	Ohio State	(10-3-0)		0.5427	Big Ten
16	Boston College	(9-3-0)		0.5225	Independent
17	Southern California	(7-5-0)		0.5168	Pac 10
18	Georgia	(8-4-0)		0.4890	Southeastern
19	Arkansas	(9-3-0)		0.4831	Southwest
20	Texas A&M	(9-3-0)		0.4701	Southwest
21	Baylor	(9-3-0)		0.4697	Southwest
22	Virginia Tech	(9-2-1)		0.4606	Independent
23	San Jose State	(10-2-0)		0.4538	PCAA
24	Florida	(6-5-0)		0.4491	Southeastern
25	Iowa	(9-3-0)		0.4453	Big Ten
26	North Carolina State	(8-3-1)		0.4295	Atlantic Coast
27	Mississippi	(8-3-1)		0.4253	Southeastern
28	San Diego State	(8-4-0)		0.3913	Western Athletic
29	Temple	(6-5-0)		0.3718	Independent
30	Florida State	(7-4-1)		0.3672	Independent
31	North Carolina	(7-4-1)		0.3651	Atlantic Coast
32	Notre Dame	(5-6-0)		0.3576	Independent
33	Fresno State	(9-2-0)		0.3487	PCAA
34	Southern Methodist	(6-5-0)		0.3434	Southwest
35	Brigham Young	(8-5-0)		0.3383	Western Athletic
36	Pittsburgh	(5-5-1)		0.3193	Independent
37	Maryland	(5-5-1)		0.3171	Atlantic Coast
38	Michigan State	(6-5-0)		0.3139	Big Ten
39	Tennessee	(7-5-0)		0.3078	Southeastern
40	Rutgers	(5-5-1)		0.3064	Independent
41	Texas Tech	(7-5-0)		0.2976	Southwest
42	Oregon	(5-6-0)		0.2969	Pac 10
43	Mississippi State	(6-5-0)		0.2862	Southeastern
44	Miami (Ohio)	(8-4-0)		0.2831	Mid-American
45	Kentucky	(5-5-1)		0.2679	Southeastern
46	Colorado	(6-6-0)		0.2604	Big Eight
47	Georgia Tech	(5-5-1)		0.2587	Atlantic Coast
48	Colorado State	(6-5-0)		0.2497	Western Athletic
49	Syracuse	(5-6-0)		0.2485	Independent
50	Minnesota	(6-6-0)		0.2444	Big Ten
51	Hawaii	(7-5-0)		0.2443	Western Athletic
52	Texas	(5-6-0)		0.2388	Southwest
53	Tulsa	(7-4-0)		0.2162	Independent
54	Air Force	(6-5-0)		0.2062	Western Athletic
55	Indiana	(6-6-0)		0.1957	Big Ten
56	Wyoming	(6-6-0)		0.1900	Western Athletic
57	Washington State	(3-7-1)		0.1896	Pac 10
58	South Carolina	(3-6-2)		0.1801	Independent
59	Cincinnati	(5-6-0)		0.1695	Independent
60	Wake Forest	(5-6-0)		0.1627	Atlantic Coast
61	Southern Mississippi	(6-5-0)		0.1523	Independent
62	Toledo	(7-4-0)		0.1485	Mid-American
63	Iowa State	(6-5-0)		0.1473	Big Eight
64	Illinois	(4-7-0)		0.1391	Big Ten
65	Long Beach State	(6-5-0)		0.1198	PCAA
66	Army	(6-5-0)		0.1162	Independent
67	West Virginia	(4-7-0)		0.1060	Independent
68	Oklahoma State	(6-5-0)		0.1026	Big Eight
69	Nevada-Las Vegas	(6-5-0)		0.0963	PCAA
70	Oregon State	(3-8-0)		0.0827	Pac 10
71	Louisiana-Lafayette	(6-5-0)		0.0738	Independent
72	California	(2-9-0)		0.0674	Pac 10
73	Duke	(4-7-0)		0.0646	Atlantic Coast
74	Eastern Michigan	(6-5-0)		0.0540	Mid-American
75	New Mexico	(4-8-0)		0.0410	Western Athletic
76	Ball State	(6-5-0)		0.0128	Mid-American
77	Texas-El Paso	(4-8-0)		0.0120	Western Athletic
78	Wisconsin	(3-9-0)		0.0054	Big Ten
79	Northwestern	(4-7-0)		-0.0024	Big Ten
80	Bowling Green State	(5-6-0)		-0.0101	Mid-American
81	Central Michigan	(5-5-0)		-0.0186	Mid-American
82	Pacific	(4-7-0)		-0.0342	PCAA
83	Purdue	(3-8-0)		-0.0391	Big Ten
84	Virginia	(3-8-0)		-0.0410	Atlantic Coast
85	Kent State	(5-6-0)		-0.0670	Mid-American
86	Tulane	(4-7-0)		-0.0765	Independent
87	Rice	(4-7-0)		-0.0774	Southwest
88	East Carolina	(2-9-0)		-0.0778	Independent
89	Missouri	(3-8-0)		-0.1046	Big Eight
90	Texas Christian	(3-8-0)		-0.1136	Southwest
91	Utah	(2-9-0)		-0.1171	Western Athletic
92	Western Michigan	(3-8-0)		-0.1620	Mid-American
93	Vanderbilt	(1-10-0)		-0.1789	Southeastern
94	Wichita State	(3-8-0)		-0.1821	Independent
95	Houston	(1-10-0)		-0.1955	Southwest
96	Kansas	(3-8-0)		-0.1987	Big Eight
97	Louisville	(3-8-0)		-0.2066	Independent
98	Fullerton State	(3-9-0)		-0.2122	PCAA
99	Utah State	(3-8-0)		-0.2202	PCAA
100	Northern Illinois	(2-9-0)		-0.2439	Independent
101	Navy	(3-8-0)		-0.2570	Independent
102	Kansas State	(2-9-0)		-0.3803	Big Eight
103	Memphis	(1-10-0)		-0.4149	Independent
104	Ohio	(1-10-0)		-0.4811	Mid-American
105	New Mexico State	(1-10-0)		-0.5038	PCAA

Average Ratings by Conference (1986)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Pac 10		0.4249
2	Southeastern		0.3987
3	Atlantic Coast		0.2635
4	Big Ten		0.2483
5	Southwest		0.2129
6	Western Athletic		0.1729
7	Independent		0.1711
8	Big Eight		0.1367
9	PCAA		0.0061
10	Mid-American		-0.0267