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1987 College Football Rankings

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                                                                  STRENGTH OF
                                     AVERAGE   OVERALL     CONF     SCHEDULE     AP
RANK TEAM                       CONF   SCORE    W- L-T   W- L-T     AVG  RANK   RANK

   1 Miami (Florida)             IND   98.31   12- 0-0   0- 0-0   60.04    26      1
   2 Florida State               IND   98.11   11- 1-0   0- 0-0   61.46    20      2
   3 Oklahoma                    BG8   96.74   11- 1-0   7- 0-0   49.46    59      3
   4 Nebraska                    BG8   95.78   10- 2-0   6- 1-0   60.17    25      6
   5 UCLA                        P10   94.94   10- 2-0   7- 1-0   62.37    16      9
   6 Louisiana State             SEC   93.85   10- 1-1   5- 1-0   61.91    18      5
   7 Auburn                      SEC   93.80    9- 1-2   5- 0-1   65.61    10      7
   8 Syracuse                    IND   92.45   11- 0-1   0- 0-0   51.11    55      4
   9 Notre Dame                  IND   91.47    8- 4-0   0- 0-0   70.94     1     17
  10 Michigan State              B10   90.79    9- 2-1   7- 0-1   65.91     9      8
  11 Georgia                     SEC   89.73    9- 3-0   4- 2-0   64.79    11     13
  12 Texas A&M                   SWC   88.47   10- 2-0   6- 1-0   57.55    32     10
  13 South Carolina              IND   88.25    8- 4-0   0- 0-0   60.25    24     15
  14 Southern California         P10   86.88    8- 4-0   7- 1-0   67.35     5     18
  15 Clemson                     ACC   86.55   10- 2-0   6- 1-0   53.65    50     12
  16 Oklahoma State              BG8   85.92   10- 2-0   5- 2-0   49.37    60     11
  17 Tennessee                   SEC   85.52   10- 2-1   4- 1-1   52.80    52     14
  18 Florida                     SEC   83.62    6- 6-0   3- 3-0   68.46     4       
  19 Alabama                     SEC   83.54    7- 5-0   4- 2-0   68.98     2       
  20 Iowa                        B10   83.27   10- 3-0   6- 2-0   53.18    51     16
  21 Michigan                    B10   82.25    8- 4-0   5- 3-0   56.67    36     19
  22 Penn State                  IND   76.43    8- 4-0   0- 0-0   60.40    22       
  23 Ohio State                  B10   75.81    6- 4-1   4- 4-0   63.43    13       
  24 Indiana                     B10   75.16    8- 4-0   6- 2-0   57.40    33       
  25 Wyoming                     WAC   74.45   10- 3-0   8- 0-0   42.27    77       
  26 Pittsburgh                  IND   73.60    8- 4-0   0- 0-0   55.97    41       
  27 Arizona State               P10   73.22    7- 4-1   3- 3-1   56.29    38     20
  28 Arkansas                    SWC   72.92    9- 4-0   5- 2-0   50.38    57       
  29 Washington                  P10   71.96    7- 4-1   4- 3-1   58.50    28       
  30 Texas                       SWC   71.10    7- 5-0   5- 2-0   61.64    19       
  31 Virginia                    ACC   70.07    8- 4-0   5- 2-0   53.78    49       
  32 Colorado                    BG8   69.58    7- 4-0   4- 3-0   50.00    58       
  33 San Jose State              PCA   69.15   10- 2-0   7- 0-0   28.88    95       
  34 Oregon                      P10   68.29    6- 5-0   4- 4-0   62.17    17       
  35 West Virginia               IND   67.44    6- 6-0   0- 0-0   56.19    39       
  36 Air Force                   WAC   65.68    9- 4-0   6- 2-0   41.03    78       
  37 Brigham Young               WAC   61.57    9- 4-0   7- 1-0   44.68    73       
  38 Boston College              IND   61.54    5- 6-0   0- 0-0   66.26     8       
  39 Kentucky                    SEC   60.85    5- 6-0   1- 5-0   56.81    35       
  40 Arizona                     P10   60.63    4- 4-3   2- 3-3   55.65    43       
  41 Texas Tech                  SWC   60.26    6- 4-1   3- 3-1   48.99    61       
  42 Stanford                    P10   60.00    5- 6-0   4- 4-0   61.17    21       
  43 North Carolina              ACC   57.53    5- 6-0   3- 4-0   55.54    44       
  44 Wake Forest                 ACC   57.22    7- 4-0   4- 3-0   46.20    69       
  45 Texas Christian             SWC   56.30    5- 6-0   3- 4-0   55.03    46       
  46 Rutgers                     IND   54.89    6- 5-0   0- 0-0   54.32    47       
  47 Missouri                    BG8   54.70    5- 6-0   3- 4-0   56.16    40       
  48 California                  P10   53.46    3- 6-2   2- 3-2   64.16    12       
  49 Eastern Michigan            MID   52.21   10- 2-0   7- 1-0   20.56   102       
  50 Tulane                      IND   51.45    6- 6-0   0- 0-0   48.60    63       
  51 Duke                        ACC   50.28    5- 6-0   2- 5-0   46.96    67       
  52 Maryland                    ACC   50.27    4- 7-0   3- 3-0   67.18     6       
  53 Southern Mississippi        IND   49.02    6- 5-0   0- 0-0   47.68    65       
  54 Houston                     SWC   48.16    4- 6-1   2- 4-1   55.05    45       
  55 Vanderbilt                  SEC   47.98    4- 7-0   1- 5-0   63.35    14       
  56 Baylor                      SWC   46.86    6- 5-0   3- 4-0   46.14    70       
  57 Minnesota                   B10   46.30    6- 5-0   3- 5-0   46.67    68       
  58 Memphis State               IND   45.90    5- 5-1   0- 0-0   43.62    74       
  59 Texas-El Paso               WAC   45.19    7- 4-0   5- 3-0   35.11    85       
  60 East Carolina               IND   43.00    5- 6-0   0- 0-0   50.77    56       
  61 Mississippi State           SEC   42.44    4- 7-0   1- 5-0   60.31    23       
  62 Washington State            P10   41.48    3- 7-1   1- 5-1   67.16     7       
  63 Fresno State                PCA   38.09    6- 5-0   4- 3-0   30.56    91       
  64 Illinois                    B10   35.88    3- 7-1   2- 5-1   56.30    37       
  65 Southwest Louisiana         IND   35.51    6- 5-0   0- 0-0   39.91    80       
  66 North Carolina State        ACC   34.68    4- 7-0   4- 3-0   55.76    42       
  67 Purdue                      B10   34.45    3- 7-1   3- 5-0   56.95    34       
  68 San Diego State             WAC   33.69    5- 7-0   4- 4-0   45.85    71       
  69 Virginia Tech               IND   32.76    2- 9-0   0- 0-0   62.80    15       
  70 Mississippi                 SEC   30.67    3- 8-0   1- 5-0   57.88    30       
  71 Kent State                  MID   30.21    7- 4-0   5- 3-0   22.93    99       
  72 Cal-Fullerton               PCA   29.84    6- 6-0   4- 3-0   35.10    86       
  73 Miami (Ohio)                MID   27.92    5- 6-0   5- 3-0   34.33    87       
  74 Hawaii                      WAC   26.73    5- 7-0   3- 5-0   37.66    83       
  75 Utah State                  PCA   26.08    5- 6-0   4- 3-0   39.06    82       
  76 Georgia Tech                ACC   26.04    2- 9-0   0- 6-0   58.77    27       
  77 Army                        IND   23.41    5- 6-0   0- 0-0   28.78    96       
  78 Cincinnati                  IND   23.05    4- 7-0   0- 0-0   40.67    79       
  79 Oregon State                P10   22.84    2- 9-0   0- 7-0   68.52     3       
  80 Central Michigan            MID   21.73    5- 5-1   3- 4-1   22.05   100       
  81 Utah                        WAC   20.79    5- 7-0   2- 6-0   32.64    89       
  82 Northwestern                B10   20.76    2- 8-1   2- 6-0   53.89    48       
  83 Temple                      IND   20.48    3- 8-0   0- 0-0   45.49    72       
  84 Wisconsin                   B10   20.05    3- 8-0   1- 7-0   47.96    64       
  85 Iowa State                  BG8   19.95    3- 8-0   2- 5-0   57.91    29       
  86 Northern Illinois           IND   19.60    5- 5-1   0- 0-0   17.65   105       
  87 Bowling Green               MID   19.58    5- 6-0   5- 3-0   29.07    93       
  88 Pacific                     PCA   19.33    4- 7-0   3- 4-0   36.96    84       
  89 Rice                        SWC   18.20    2- 9-0   0- 7-0   57.65    31       
  90 Nevada-Las Vegas            PCA   16.37    5- 6-0   4- 3-0   28.44    97       
  91 Tulsa                       IND   15.60    3- 8-0   0- 0-0   47.13    66       
  92 Long Beach State            PCA   15.47    4- 7-0   2- 5-0   30.75    90       
  93 Louisville                  IND   15.01    3- 7-1   0- 0-0   39.27    81       
  94 Colorado State              WAC   12.62    1-11-0   1- 7-0   48.62    62       
  95 Western Michigan            MID   12.61    5- 6-0   4- 4-0   19.74   103       
  96 Toledo                      MID   12.38    3- 7-1   3- 4-1   28.89    94       
  97 Ball State                  MID   10.56    4- 7-0   3- 5-0   21.04   101       
  98 Division I-AA                     10.54   18-56-1   0- 0-0   33.25    88       
  99 Navy                        IND    9.36    2- 9-0   0- 0-0   43.55    75       
 100 Kansas                      BG8    9.26    1- 9-1   0- 6-1   52.09    53       
 101 Akron                       IND    7.79    4- 7-0   0- 0-0   19.56   104       
 102 Kansas State                BG8    5.27    0-10-1   0- 6-1   51.34    54       
 103 Ohio                        MID    4.60    1-10-0   0- 8-0   29.64    92       
 104 New Mexico                  WAC    4.51    0-11-0   0- 8-0   43.33    76       
 105 New Mexico State            PCA    2.38    2- 9-0   0- 7-0   25.92    98       

Team Rankings | Conference Rankings


                        # OF AVERAGE AVERAGE      OVERALL     NON-CONF                                   
CONFERENCE      ABBREV TEAMS   SCORE    RANK     W-  L- T     W-  L- T  BEST TEAM            RANK   SCORE

Southeastern       SEC    10   71.20   30.30    67- 46- 4    38- 17- 2  Louisiana State         6   93.85
Pac 10             P10    10   63.37   38.00    55- 51- 8    21- 17- 0  UCLA                    5   94.94
Southwest          SWC     8   57.78   44.38    49- 41- 2    22- 14- 0  Texas A&M              12   88.47
Big 10             B10    10   56.47   45.20    58- 52- 5    19- 13- 3  Michigan State         10   90.79
Big 8              BG8     8   54.65   48.63    47- 42- 2    20- 15- 0  Oklahoma                3   96.74
Atlantic Coast     ACC     8   54.08   47.25    45- 45- 0    18- 18- 0  Clemson                15   86.55
Independent        IND    24   49.77   52.63   142-127- 4   142-127- 4  Miami (Florida)         1   98.31
Western Athletic   WAC     9   38.36   64.22    51- 58- 0    15- 22- 0  Wyoming                25   74.45
Pacific Coast Athl PCA     8   27.09   77.25    42- 48- 0    14- 20- 0  San Jose State         33   69.15
Mid American       MID     9   21.31   83.44    45- 53- 2    10- 18- 0  Eastern Michigan       49   52.21

The database used to produce the above rankings was constructed from data listed on James Howell's website.
Click here for criteria used for determining what scores to use and which team was the home team.

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