1986

1987 Rankings
​Final

1988

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Miami (Florida)	(12-0-0)		0.8797	Independent
2	Florida State	(11-1-0)		0.8308	Independent
3	Syracuse	(11-0-1)		0.7776	Independent
4	Auburn	(9-1-2)		0.7582	Southeastern
5	Louisiana State	(10-1-1)		0.7458	Southeastern
6	Nebraska	(10-2-0)		0.6868	Big Eight
7	Oklahoma	(11-1-0)		0.6761	Big Eight
8	Texas A&M	(10-2-0)		0.6649	Southwest
9	Michigan State	(9-2-1)		0.6561	Big Ten
10	UCLA	(10-2-0)		0.6532	Pac 10
11	Notre Dame	(8-4-0)		0.6043	Independent
12	Georgia	(9-3-0)		0.6034	Southeastern
13	Tennessee	(10-2-1)		0.5784	Southeastern
14	Clemson	(10-2-0)		0.5581	Atlantic Coast
15	Iowa	(10-3-0)		0.5460	Big Ten
16	Oklahoma State	(10-2-0)		0.5336	Big Eight
17	Southern California	(8-4-0)		0.5195	Pac 10
18	Alabama	(7-5-0)		0.5147	Southeastern
19	Pittsburgh	(8-4-0)		0.4808	Independent
20	Michigan	(8-4-0)		0.4798	Big Ten
21	South Carolina	(8-4-0)		0.4696	Independent
22	Penn State	(8-4-0)		0.4522	Independent
23	Ohio State	(6-4-1)		0.4520	Big Ten
24	Indiana	(8-4-0)		0.4410	Big Ten
25	Arkansas	(9-4-0)		0.4316	Southwest
26	Wyoming	(10-3-0)		0.4221	Western Athletic
27	San Jose State	(10-2-0)		0.4133	PCAA
28	Brigham Young	(9-4-0)		0.3709	Western Athletic
29	Texas	(7-5-0)		0.3672	Southwest
30	Florida	(6-6-0)		0.3666	Southeastern
31	Virginia	(8-4-0)		0.3648	Atlantic Coast
32	Eastern Michigan	(10-2-0)		0.3641	Mid-American
33	Washington	(7-4-1)		0.3405	Pac 10
34	Air Force	(9-4-0)		0.3212	Western Athletic
35	Arizona State	(7-4-1)		0.3167	Pac 10
36	Colorado	(7-4-0)		0.3011	Big Eight
37	West Virginia	(6-6-0)		0.2916	Independent
38	Boston College	(5-6-0)		0.2706	Independent
39	Oregon	(6-5-0)		0.2602	Pac 10
40	Kentucky	(5-6-0)		0.2251	Southeastern
41	Rutgers	(6-5-0)		0.2152	Independent
42	Texas Tech	(6-4-1)		0.2082	Southwest
43	Texas Christian	(5-6-0)		0.1995	Southwest
44	Missouri	(5-6-0)		0.1988	Big Eight
45	Arizona	(4-4-3)		0.1964	Pac 10
46	Minnesota	(6-5-0)		0.1900	Big Ten
47	Wake Forest	(7-4-0)		0.1877	Atlantic Coast
48	Stanford	(5-6-0)		0.1662	Pac 10
49	Tulane	(6-6-0)		0.1623	Independent
50	Kent State	(7-4-0)		0.1602	Mid-American
51	Baylor	(6-5-0)		0.1558	Southwest
52	North Carolina	(5-6-0)		0.1432	Atlantic Coast
53	Texas-El Paso	(7-4-0)		0.1281	Western Athletic
54	Southern Mississippi	(6-5-0)		0.1260	Independent
55	Duke	(5-6-0)		0.1131	Atlantic Coast
56	Houston	(4-6-1)		0.0892	Southwest
57	Vanderbilt	(4-7-0)		0.0757	Southeastern
58	Fresno State	(6-5-0)		0.0610	PCAA
59	California	(3-6-2)		0.0579	Pac 10
60	Maryland	(4-7-0)		0.0552	Atlantic Coast
61	Mississippi State	(4-7-0)		0.0545	Southeastern
62	East Carolina	(5-6-0)		0.0482	Independent
63	Memphis	(5-5-1)		0.0376	Independent
64	Miami (Ohio)	(5-6-0)		0.0245	Mid-American
65	San Diego State	(5-7-0)		0.0115	Western Athletic
66	Louisiana-Lafayette	(6-5-0)		-0.0148	Independent
67	Purdue	(3-7-1)		-0.0364	Big Ten
68	Illinois	(3-7-1)		-0.0381	Big Ten
69	Fullerton State	(6-6-0)		-0.0609	PCAA
70	Utah State	(5-6-0)		-0.0623	PCAA
71	Central Michigan	(5-5-1)		-0.0651	Mid-American
72	Washington State	(3-7-1)		-0.0867	Pac 10
73	Mississippi	(3-8-0)		-0.0939	Southeastern
74	Hawaii	(5-7-0)		-0.1003	Western Athletic
75	Virginia Tech	(2-9-0)		-0.1081	Independent
76	Bowling Green State	(5-6-0)		-0.1123	Mid-American
77	Utah	(5-7-0)		-0.1278	Western Athletic
78	Army	(5-6-0)		-0.1292	Independent
79	North Carolina State	(4-7-0)		-0.1414	Atlantic Coast
80	Wisconsin	(3-8-0)		-0.1615	Big Ten
81	Nevada-Las Vegas	(5-6-0)		-0.1814	PCAA
82	Pacific	(4-7-0)		-0.1939	PCAA
83	Iowa State	(3-8-0)		-0.2024	Big Eight
84	Northern Illinois	(5-5-1)		-0.2045	Independent
85	Temple	(3-8-0)		-0.2340	Independent
86	Northwestern	(2-8-1)		-0.2388	Big Ten
87	Oregon State	(2-9-0)		-0.2488	Pac 10
88	Western Michigan	(5-6-0)		-0.2752	Mid-American
89	Cincinnati	(4-7-0)		-0.2821	Independent
90	Georgia Tech	(2-9-0)		-0.2917	Atlantic Coast
91	Rice	(2-9-0)		-0.2942	Southwest
92	Toledo	(3-7-1)		-0.2977	Mid-American
93	Long Beach State	(4-7-0)		-0.3052	PCAA
94	Tulsa	(3-8-0)		-0.3101	Independent
95	Ball State	(4-7-0)		-0.3336	Mid-American
96	Colorado State	(1-11-0)		-0.3396	Western Athletic
97	Louisville	(3-7-1)		-0.4310	Independent
98	Kansas	(1-9-1)		-0.4510	Big Eight
99	Akron	(4-7-0)		-0.5758	Independent
100	Navy	(2-9-0)		-0.6340	Independent
101	Kansas State	(0-10-1)		-0.6701	Big Eight
102	Ohio	(1-10-0)		-0.7466	Mid-American
103	New Mexico	(0-11-0)		-0.7520	Western Athletic
104	New Mexico State	(2-9-0)		-0.9275	PCAA

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Southeastern	0.3829
2	Big Ten	0.2290
3	Southwest	0.2278
4	Pac 10	0.2175
5	Big Eight	0.1341
6	Atlantic Coast	0.1236
7	Independent	0.1135
8	Western Athletic	-0.0073
9	Mid-American	-0.1424
10	PCAA	-0.1571