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1987

1986

1987 Rankings
​Final

1988
Rk Team W L T Rating
1 Miami (Florida) 12 0 0 0.8665
2 Florida State 11 1 0 0.8402
3 Louisiana State 10 1 1 0.8132
4 Syracuse 11 0 1 0.8110
5 Auburn 9 1 2 0.8047
6 Texas A&M 10 2 0 0.7687
7 Michigan State 9 2 1 0.7625
8 Nebraska 10 2 0 0.7550
9 UCLA 10 2 0 0.7538
10 Oklahoma 11 1 0 0.7410
11 Clemson 10 2 0 0.7278
12 Notre Dame 8 4 0 0.7202
13 Georgia 9 3 0 0.7170
14 Tennessee 10 2 1 0.6791
15 Oklahoma State 10 2 0 0.6755
16 Iowa 10 3 0 0.6611
17 Southern California 8 4 0 0.6578
18 Alabama 7 5 0 0.6419
19 Pittsburgh 8 4 0 0.6397
20 South Carolina 8 4 0 0.6383
21 Penn State 8 4 0 0.6262
22 Michigan 8 4 0 0.6216
23 Ohio State 6 4 1 0.6097
24 Indiana 8 4 0 0.6059
25 Wyoming 10 3 0 0.6008
26 Arkansas 9 4 0 0.5938
27 Virginia 8 4 0 0.5794
28 Texas 7 5 0 0.5770
29 San Jose State 10 2 0 0.5711
30 Washington 7 4 1 0.5688
31 Brigham Young 9 4 0 0.5676
32 Florida 6 6 0 0.5605
33 Arizona State 7 4 1 0.5496
34 Eastern Michigan 10 2 0 0.5429
35 Air Force 9 4 0 0.5344
36 Colorado 7 4 0 0.5295
37 Oregon 6 5 0 0.5272
38 Boston College 5 6 0 0.5170
39 West Virginia 6 6 0 0.5164
40 Rutgers 6 5 0 0.4939
41 Wake Forest 7 4 0 0.4910
42 Kentucky 5 6 0 0.4808
43 Texas Christian 5 6 0 0.4711
44 Texas Tech 6 4 1 0.4677
45 Tulane 6 6 0 0.4580
46 Stanford 5 6 0 0.4572
47 Missouri 5 6 0 0.4484
48 North Carolina 5 6 0 0.4469
49 Southern Mississippi 6 5 0 0.4467
50 Baylor 6 5 0 0.4443
51 Minnesota 6 5 0 0.4414
52 Maryland 4 7 0 0.4367
53 Texas-El Paso 7 4 0 0.4296
54 Vanderbilt 4 7 0 0.4219
55 Kent 7 4 0 0.4202
56 Duke 5 6 0 0.4173
57 Arizona 4 4 3 0.4093
58 Mississippi State 4 7 0 0.3953
59 Houston 4 6 1 0.3868
60 Memphis 5 5 1 0.3868
61 East Carolina 5 6 0 0.3841
62 Louisiana-Lafayette 6 5 0 0.3721
63 Fresno State 6 5 0 0.3701
64 California 3 6 2 0.3674
65 Miami (Ohio) 5 6 0 0.3552
66 North Carolina State 4 7 0 0.3489
67 San Diego State 5 7 0 0.3463
68 Utah State 5 6 0 0.3290
69 Washington State 3 7 1 0.3237
70 Purdue 3 7 1 0.3226
71 Illinois 3 7 1 0.3199
72 Mississippi 3 8 0 0.3198
73 Fullerton State 6 6 0 0.3113
74 Hawaii 5 7 0 0.3066
75 Virginia Tech 2 9 0 0.2926
76 Central Michigan 5 5 1 0.2886
77 Bowling Green State 5 6 0 0.2879
78 Army 5 6 0 0.2800
79 Utah 5 7 0 0.2770
80 Wisconsin 3 8 0 0.2689
81 Iowa State 3 8 0 0.2635
82 Nevada-Las Vegas 5 6 0 0.2614
83 Oregon State 2 9 0 0.2422
84 Pacific 4 7 0 0.2417
85 Western Michigan 5 6 0 0.2354
86 Temple 3 8 0 0.2347
87 Cincinnati 4 7 0 0.2333
88 Georgia Tech 2 9 0 0.2273
89 Northern Illinois 5 5 1 0.2213
90 Rice 2 9 0 0.2170
91 Northwestern 2 8 1 0.2126
92 Ball State 4 7 0 0.2018
93 Long Beach State 4 7 0 0.1965
94 Tulsa 3 8 0 0.1962
95 Toledo 3 7 1 0.1590
96 Colorado State 1 11 0 0.1572
97 Louisville 3 7 1 0.1409
98 Akron 4 7 0 0.1181
99 Kansas 1 9 1 0.1123
100 Navy 2 9 0 0.1063
101 Ohio 1 10 0 0.0249
102 Kansas State 0 10 1 0.0119
103 New Mexico 0 11 0 -0.0020
104 New Mexico State 2 9 0 -0.0390
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