1986

1987 Rankings
​Final

1988

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Miami (Florida)	(12-0-0)		0.8749	Independent
2	Florida State	(11-1-0)		0.8406	Independent
3	Syracuse	(11-0-1)		0.7608	Independent
4	Auburn	(9-1-2)		0.7576	Southeastern
5	Louisiana State	(10-1-1)		0.7517	Southeastern
6	Texas A&M	(10-2-0)		0.6837	Southwest
7	Nebraska	(10-2-0)		0.6770	Big Eight
8	Michigan State	(9-2-1)		0.6705	Big Ten
9	Oklahoma	(11-1-0)		0.6671	Big Eight
10	UCLA	(10-2-0)		0.6597	Pac 10
11	Notre Dame	(8-4-0)		0.6310	Independent
12	Georgia	(9-3-0)		0.6055	Southeastern
13	Tennessee	(10-2-1)		0.5930	Southeastern
14	Clemson	(10-2-0)		0.5876	Atlantic Coast
15	Alabama	(7-5-0)		0.5596	Southeastern
16	Iowa	(10-3-0)		0.5590	Big Ten
17	Southern California	(8-4-0)		0.5455	Pac 10
18	Oklahoma State	(10-2-0)		0.5390	Big Eight
19	Pittsburgh	(8-4-0)		0.5229	Independent
20	Michigan	(8-4-0)		0.5028	Big Ten
21	Penn State	(8-4-0)		0.4900	Independent
22	Ohio State	(6-4-1)		0.4863	Big Ten
23	South Carolina	(8-4-0)		0.4847	Independent
24	Indiana	(8-4-0)		0.4619	Big Ten
25	Wyoming	(10-3-0)		0.4547	Western Athletic
26	Arkansas	(9-4-0)		0.4470	Southwest
27	San Jose State	(10-2-0)		0.4419	PCAA
28	Texas	(7-5-0)		0.4212	Southwest
29	Brigham Young	(9-4-0)		0.4095	Western Athletic
30	Eastern Michigan	(10-2-0)		0.4045	Mid-American
31	Virginia	(8-4-0)		0.4013	Atlantic Coast
32	Florida	(6-6-0)		0.3927	Southeastern
33	Washington	(7-4-1)		0.3763	Pac 10
34	Arizona State	(7-4-1)		0.3648	Pac 10
35	Air Force	(9-4-0)		0.3551	Western Athletic
36	Oregon	(6-5-0)		0.3337	Pac 10
37	Boston College	(5-6-0)		0.3319	Independent
38	West Virginia	(6-6-0)		0.3281	Independent
39	Colorado	(7-4-0)		0.3259	Big Eight
40	Rutgers	(6-5-0)		0.2845	Independent
41	Texas Tech	(6-4-1)		0.2651	Southwest
42	Kentucky	(5-6-0)		0.2647	Southeastern
43	Texas Christian	(5-6-0)		0.2564	Southwest
44	Wake Forest	(7-4-0)		0.2531	Atlantic Coast
45	Arizona	(4-4-3)		0.2471	Pac 10
46	Minnesota	(6-5-0)		0.2355	Big Ten
47	Stanford	(5-6-0)		0.2346	Pac 10
48	Tulane	(6-6-0)		0.2315	Independent
49	Missouri	(5-6-0)		0.2260	Big Eight
50	Kent State	(7-4-0)		0.2228	Mid-American
51	Baylor	(6-5-0)		0.2195	Southwest
52	Southern Mississippi	(6-5-0)		0.2165	Independent
53	North Carolina	(5-6-0)		0.2051	Atlantic Coast
54	Texas-El Paso	(7-4-0)		0.2016	Western Athletic
55	Duke	(5-6-0)		0.1822	Atlantic Coast
56	Maryland	(4-7-0)		0.1772	Atlantic Coast
57	Vanderbilt	(4-7-0)		0.1769	Southeastern
58	Houston	(4-6-1)		0.1686	Southwest
59	Fresno State	(6-5-0)		0.1421	PCAA
60	California	(3-6-2)		0.1420	Pac 10
61	Mississippi State	(4-7-0)		0.1392	Southeastern
62	East Carolina	(5-6-0)		0.1376	Independent
63	Memphis	(5-5-1)		0.1272	Independent
64	Miami (Ohio)	(5-6-0)		0.1171	Mid-American
65	Louisiana-Lafayette	(6-5-0)		0.1143	Independent
66	San Diego State	(5-7-0)		0.1074	Western Athletic
67	Illinois	(3-7-1)		0.0744	Big Ten
68	Fullerton State	(6-6-0)		0.0701	PCAA
69	Utah State	(5-6-0)		0.0636	PCAA
70	Washington State	(3-7-1)		0.0557	Pac 10
71	Central Michigan	(5-5-1)		0.0412	Mid-American
72	Purdue	(3-7-1)		0.0347	Big Ten
73	Bowling Green State	(5-6-0)		0.0305	Mid-American
74	North Carolina State	(4-7-0)		0.0274	Atlantic Coast
75	Mississippi	(3-8-0)		0.0246	Southeastern
76	Hawaii	(5-7-0)		0.0230	Western Athletic
77	Utah	(5-7-0)		-0.0055	Western Athletic
78	Army	(5-6-0)		-0.0076	Independent
79	Virginia Tech	(2-9-0)		-0.0130	Independent
80	Wisconsin	(3-8-0)		-0.0202	Big Ten
81	Nevada-Las Vegas	(5-6-0)		-0.0254	PCAA
82	Pacific	(4-7-0)		-0.0343	PCAA
83	Temple	(3-8-0)		-0.0584	Independent
84	Northern Illinois	(5-5-1)		-0.0612	Independent
85	Oregon State	(2-9-0)		-0.0662	Pac 10
86	Iowa State	(3-8-0)		-0.0747	Big Eight
87	Cincinnati	(4-7-0)		-0.0925	Independent
88	Western Michigan	(5-6-0)		-0.0932	Mid-American
89	Northwestern	(2-8-1)		-0.1151	Big Ten
90	Toledo	(3-7-1)		-0.1200	Mid-American
91	Long Beach State	(4-7-0)		-0.1227	PCAA
92	Georgia Tech	(2-9-0)		-0.1235	Atlantic Coast
93	Ball State	(4-7-0)		-0.1284	Mid-American
94	Rice	(2-9-0)		-0.1308	Southwest
95	Tulsa	(3-8-0)		-0.1319	Independent
96	Colorado State	(1-11-0)		-0.1747	Western Athletic
97	Louisville	(3-7-1)		-0.1998	Independent
98	Akron	(4-7-0)		-0.2788	Independent
99	Kansas	(1-9-1)		-0.2864	Big Eight
100	Navy	(2-9-0)		-0.3664	Independent
101	Kansas State	(0-10-1)		-0.4288	Big Eight
102	Ohio	(1-10-0)		-0.4456	Mid-American
103	New Mexico	(0-11-0)		-0.4463	Western Athletic
104	New Mexico State	(2-9-0)		-0.5312	PCAA

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Southeastern	0.4265
2	Southwest	0.2913
3	Pac 10	0.2893
4	Big Ten	0.2890
5	Independent	0.2153
6	Atlantic Coast	0.2138
7	Big Eight	0.2056
8	Western Athletic	0.1027
9	Mid-American	0.0032
10	PCAA	0.0005