1986

1987 Rankings
​Final

1988

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Miami (Florida)	(12-0-0)		0.8192	Independent
2	Florida State	(11-1-0)		0.7932	Independent
3	Louisiana State	(10-1-1)		0.7022	Southeastern
4	Syracuse	(11-0-1)		0.6950	Independent
5	Auburn	(9-1-2)		0.6725	Southeastern
6	Michigan State	(9-2-1)		0.6691	Big Ten
7	Nebraska	(10-2-0)		0.6440	Big Eight
8	Texas A&M	(10-2-0)		0.6394	Southwest
9	UCLA	(10-2-0)		0.6339	Pac 10
10	Oklahoma	(11-1-0)		0.6304	Big Eight
11	Notre Dame	(8-4-0)		0.5969	Independent
12	Georgia	(9-3-0)		0.5671	Southeastern
13	Tennessee	(10-2-1)		0.5499	Southeastern
14	Iowa	(10-3-0)		0.5421	Big Ten
15	Clemson	(10-2-0)		0.5414	Atlantic Coast
16	Southern California	(8-4-0)		0.5299	Pac 10
17	Alabama	(7-5-0)		0.5243	Southeastern
18	Oklahoma State	(10-2-0)		0.5090	Big Eight
19	Pittsburgh	(8-4-0)		0.4851	Independent
20	Michigan	(8-4-0)		0.4787	Big Ten
21	Ohio State	(6-4-1)		0.4554	Big Ten
22	South Carolina	(8-4-0)		0.4519	Independent
23	Penn State	(8-4-0)		0.4517	Independent
24	Indiana	(8-4-0)		0.4466	Big Ten
25	Wyoming	(10-3-0)		0.4300	Western Athletic
26	San Jose State	(10-2-0)		0.4204	PCAA
27	Arkansas	(9-4-0)		0.4162	Southwest
28	Eastern Michigan	(10-2-0)		0.3879	Mid-American
29	Texas	(7-5-0)		0.3875	Southwest
30	Brigham Young	(9-4-0)		0.3817	Western Athletic
31	Washington	(7-4-1)		0.3755	Pac 10
32	Virginia	(8-4-0)		0.3689	Atlantic Coast
33	Arizona State	(7-4-1)		0.3644	Pac 10
34	Florida	(6-6-0)		0.3633	Southeastern
35	Air Force	(9-4-0)		0.3327	Western Athletic
36	Oregon	(6-5-0)		0.3305	Pac 10
37	Colorado	(7-4-0)		0.3111	Big Eight
38	Boston College	(5-6-0)		0.3069	Independent
39	West Virginia	(6-6-0)		0.3045	Independent
40	Arizona	(4-4-3)		0.2709	Pac 10
41	Rutgers	(6-5-0)		0.2595	Independent
42	Texas Tech	(6-4-1)		0.2586	Southwest
43	Kentucky	(5-6-0)		0.2486	Southeastern
44	Stanford	(5-6-0)		0.2376	Pac 10
45	Minnesota	(6-5-0)		0.2363	Big Ten
46	Texas Christian	(5-6-0)		0.2323	Southwest
47	Wake Forest	(7-4-0)		0.2279	Atlantic Coast
48	Tulane	(6-6-0)		0.2223	Independent
49	Missouri	(5-6-0)		0.2164	Big Eight
50	Kent State	(7-4-0)		0.2129	Mid-American
51	Southern Mississippi	(6-5-0)		0.2033	Independent
52	Baylor	(6-5-0)		0.1980	Southwest
53	Texas-El Paso	(7-4-0)		0.1895	Western Athletic
54	California	(3-6-2)		0.1853	Pac 10
55	North Carolina	(5-6-0)		0.1783	Atlantic Coast
56	Memphis	(5-5-1)		0.1687	Independent
57	Vanderbilt	(4-7-0)		0.1637	Southeastern
58	Duke	(5-6-0)		0.1634	Atlantic Coast
59	Houston	(4-6-1)		0.1560	Southwest
60	Maryland	(4-7-0)		0.1532	Atlantic Coast
61	Fresno State	(6-5-0)		0.1330	PCAA
62	Mississippi State	(4-7-0)		0.1302	Southeastern
63	East Carolina	(5-6-0)		0.1217	Independent
64	Miami (Ohio)	(5-6-0)		0.1146	Mid-American
65	Louisiana-Lafayette	(6-5-0)		0.1064	Independent
66	San Diego State	(5-7-0)		0.1030	Western Athletic
67	Washington State	(3-7-1)		0.0904	Pac 10
68	Purdue	(3-7-1)		0.0889	Big Ten
69	Central Michigan	(5-5-1)		0.0842	Mid-American
70	Illinois	(3-7-1)		0.0736	Big Ten
71	Fullerton State	(6-6-0)		0.0651	PCAA
72	Utah State	(5-6-0)		0.0540	PCAA
73	Bowling Green State	(5-6-0)		0.0363	Mid-American
74	Mississippi	(3-8-0)		0.0223	Southeastern
75	Hawaii	(5-7-0)		0.0206	Western Athletic
76	North Carolina State	(4-7-0)		0.0169	Atlantic Coast
77	Wisconsin	(3-8-0)		-0.0053	Big Ten
78	Utah	(5-7-0)		-0.0056	Western Athletic
79	Army	(5-6-0)		-0.0128	Independent
80	Virginia Tech	(2-9-0)		-0.0141	Independent
81	Northern Illinois	(5-5-1)		-0.0183	Independent
82	Pacific	(4-7-0)		-0.0272	PCAA
83	Nevada-Las Vegas	(5-6-0)		-0.0273	PCAA
84	Oregon State	(2-9-0)		-0.0509	Pac 10
85	Northwestern	(2-8-1)		-0.0596	Big Ten
86	Temple	(3-8-0)		-0.0629	Independent
87	Iowa State	(3-8-0)		-0.0638	Big Eight
88	Western Michigan	(5-6-0)		-0.0793	Mid-American
89	Toledo	(3-7-1)		-0.0799	Mid-American
90	Cincinnati	(4-7-0)		-0.0892	Independent
91	Ball State	(4-7-0)		-0.1132	Mid-American
92	Long Beach State	(4-7-0)		-0.1206	PCAA
93	Tulsa	(3-8-0)		-0.1238	Independent
94	Georgia Tech	(2-9-0)		-0.1301	Atlantic Coast
95	Rice	(2-9-0)		-0.1333	Southwest
96	Louisville	(3-7-1)		-0.1557	Independent
97	Colorado State	(1-11-0)		-0.1640	Western Athletic
98	Kansas	(1-9-1)		-0.2198	Big Eight
99	Akron	(4-7-0)		-0.2602	Independent
100	Navy	(2-9-0)		-0.3475	Independent
101	Kansas State	(0-10-1)		-0.3535	Big Eight
102	Ohio	(1-10-0)		-0.4180	Mid-American
103	New Mexico	(0-11-0)		-0.4203	Western Athletic
104	New Mexico State	(2-9-0)		-0.5077	PCAA

Average Ratings by Conference (1987)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Southeastern		0.3944
2	Pac 10		0.2968
3	Big Ten		0.2926
4	Southwest		0.2693
5	Big Eight		0.2092
6	Independent		0.2042
7	Atlantic Coast		0.1900
8	Western Athletic		0.0964
9	Mid-American		0.0162
10	PCAA		-0.0013