College Football 1985
Ranking of Teams Globally

Based on games played between 1985/8/29 and 1986/1/1
Ranking of Schedule
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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank OppoRank 1 8 Louisiana Monroe 1 0 - 1 - 0 1 8 2 20 Western Carolina 2 0 - 2 - 0 2 20 3 29 Notre Dame 11 5 - 6 - 0 3 29 4 36 Michigan 12 10 - 1 - 1 4 36 5 36 Auburn 12 8 - 4 - 0 5 36 6 37 California Poly 1 0 - 1 - 0 6 37 7 38 Alabama 12 9 - 2 - 1 7 38 8 39 Florida 11 9 - 1 - 1 8 39 9 42 Georgia 12 7 - 3 - 2 9 42 10 43 Tennessee 12 9 - 1 - 2 10 43 11 44 Purdue 11 5 - 6 - 0 11 44 12 44 Rice 11 3 - 8 - 0 12 44 13 44 Ohio State 12 9 - 3 - 0 13 44 14 44 Michigan State 12 7 - 5 - 0 14 44 15 46 East Tennessee State 1 0 - 1 - 0 15 46 16 46 Texas A&M 12 10 - 2 - 0 16 46 17 47 Pennsylvania 1 0 - 1 - 0 17 47 18 47 Yale 1 0 - 1 - 0 18 47 19 47 Mississippi State 11 5 - 6 - 0 19 47 20 47 Mississippi 11 4 - 6 - 1 20 47 21 47 Illinois 12 6 - 5 - 1 21 47 22 48 Southern California 12 6 - 6 - 0 22 48 23 49 Rutgers 11 2 - 8 - 1 23 49 24 49 Oklahoma 12 11 - 1 - 0 24 49 25 49 UCLA 12 9 - 2 - 1 25 49 26 49 Baylor 12 9 - 3 - 0 26 49 27 50 Texas 12 8 - 4 - 0 27 50 28 50 Minnesota 12 7 - 5 - 0 28 50 29 51 Northwestern State LA 1 0 - 1 - 0 29 51 30 51 Southern Methodist 11 6 - 5 - 0 30 51 31 51 Kentucky 11 5 - 6 - 0 31 51 32 51 Penn State 12 11 - 1 - 0 32 51 33 51 Iowa 12 10 - 2 - 0 33 51 34 51 Miami FL 12 10 - 2 - 0 34 51 35 51 Florida State 12 9 - 3 - 0 35 51 36 52 Maryland 12 9 - 3 - 0 36 52 37 52 Boston College 12 4 - 8 - 0 37 52 38 53 Memphis 11 2 - 7 - 2 38 53 39 53 Houston 11 4 - 7 - 0 39 53 40 53 Vanderbilt 11 3 - 7 - 1 40 53 41 53 Louisiana State 12 9 - 2 - 1 41 53 42 55 Tennessee Chattanooga 2 0 - 2 - 0 42 55 43 55 Wisconsin 11 5 - 6 - 0 43 55 44 55 Northwestern 11 3 - 8 - 0 44 55 45 55 Washington 12 7 - 5 - 0 45 55 46 56 Indiana 11 4 - 7 - 0 46 56 47 56 Navy 11 4 - 7 - 0 47 56 48 56 Colorado 12 7 - 5 - 0 48 56 49 56 Clemson 12 6 - 6 - 0 49 56 50 57 Pittsburgh 11 5 - 5 - 1 50 57 51 57 Washington State 11 4 - 7 - 0 51 57 52 57 Tulane 11 1 - 10 - 0 52 57 53 58 Texas Tech 11 4 - 7 - 0 53 58 54 58 Stanford 11 4 - 7 - 0 54 58 55 58 Nebraska 12 9 - 3 - 0 55 58 56 59 Virginia Military 2 0 - 2 - 0 56 59 57 59 North Carolina State 11 3 - 8 - 0 57 59 58 59 Oregon State 11 3 - 8 - 0 58 59 59 59 Missouri 11 1 - 10 - 0 59 59 60 59 Arkansas 12 10 - 2 - 0 60 59 61 59 Arizona State 12 8 - 4 - 0 61 59 62 59 Colorado State 12 5 - 7 - 0 62 59 63 60 Holy Cross 2 0 - 2 - 0 63 60 64 60 East Carolina 11 2 - 9 - 0 64 60 65 61 North Carolina 11 5 - 6 - 0 65 61 66 61 Georgia Tech 12 9 - 2 - 1 66 61 67 62 Temple 11 4 - 7 - 0 67 62 68 62 Texas Christian 11 3 - 8 - 0 68 62 69 63 Oklahoma State 12 8 - 4 - 0 69 63 70 64 West Virginia 11 7 - 3 - 1 70 64 71 65 Oregon 11 5 - 6 - 0 71 65 72 65 California 11 4 - 7 - 0 72 65 73 65 Arizona 12 8 - 3 - 1 73 65 74 65 Syracuse 12 7 - 5 - 0 74 65 75 67 Virginia 11 6 - 5 - 0 75 67 76 68 Lafayette 1 0 - 1 - 0 76 68 77 68 Iowa State 11 5 - 6 - 0 77 68 78 68 Duke 11 4 - 7 - 0 78 68 79 68 Wyoming 11 3 - 8 - 0 79 68 80 69 Montana State 1 0 - 1 - 0 80 69 81 69 Cincinnati 11 5 - 6 - 0 81 69 82 70 Montana 2 1 - 1 - 0 82 70 83 70 Colgate 2 0 - 2 - 0 83 70 84 70 Air Force 13 12 - 1 - 0 84 70 85 70 Brigham Young 14 11 - 3 - 0 85 70 86 71 Delaware 2 2 - 0 - 0 86 71 87 71 Virginia Tech 11 6 - 5 - 0 87 71 88 71 Tulsa 11 6 - 5 - 0 88 71 89 71 San Diego State 12 5 - 6 - 1 89 71 90 72 South Carolina 11 5 - 6 - 0 90 72 91 72 Kansas State 11 1 - 10 - 0 91 72 92 72 Kansas 12 6 - 6 - 0 92 72 93 73 New Mexico 11 3 - 8 - 0 93 73 94 73 Louisville 11 2 - 9 - 0 94 73 95 76 Richmond 2 1 - 1 - 0 95 76 96 76 Boise State 2 0 - 2 - 0 96 76 97 76 William & Mary 3 0 - 3 - 0 97 76 98 76 Wake Forest 11 4 - 7 - 0 98 76 99 76 Texas El Paso 11 1 - 10 - 0 99 76 100 76 Hawaii 12 4 - 6 - 2 100 76 101 77 Citadel 1 0 - 1 - 0 101 77 102 78 Austin Peay 1 0 - 1 - 0 102 78 103 79 Louisiana Lafayette 11 4 - 7 - 0 103 79 104 80 Lamar 1 0 - 1 - 0 104 80 105 80 Southern Mississippi 11 7 - 4 - 0 105 80 106 81 Arkansas State 3 1 - 2 - 0 106 81 107 81 Utah 12 8 - 4 - 0 107 81 108 85 Murray State 1 0 - 0 - 1 108 85 109 85 North Texas 4 1 - 3 - 0 109 85 110 85 Northern Illinois 11 4 - 7 - 0 110 85 111 86 Utah State 11 3 - 8 - 0 111 86 112 86 Army 12 9 - 3 - 0 112 86 113 87 Appalachian State 2 0 - 2 - 0 113 87 114 87 Louisiana Tech 3 2 - 1 - 0 114 87 115 88 Western Michigan 11 4 - 6 - 1 115 88 116 92 Ohio University 11 2 - 9 - 0 116 92 117 93 Akron 3 2 - 1 - 0 117 93 118 93 San Jose State 11 2 - 8 - 1 118 93 119 93 Bowling Green 12 11 - 1 - 0 119 93 120 94 Kent State 11 3 - 8 - 0 120 94 121 95 Miami OH 11 8 - 2 - 1 121 95 122 95 Toledo 11 4 - 7 - 0 122 95 123 96 Ball State 11 4 - 7 - 0 123 96 124 97 Boston University 1 0 - 1 - 0 124 97 125 98 Furman 1 1 - 0 - 0 125 98 126 98 Cal State Long Beach 12 6 - 6 - 0 126 98 127 99 Eastern Washington 1 1 - 0 - 0 127 99 128 99 Drake 11 4 - 7 - 0 128 99 129 99 Eastern Michigan 11 4 - 7 - 0 129 99 130 100 Youngstown State 2 0 - 2 - 0 130 100 131 100 Wichita State 11 3 - 8 - 0 131 100 132 100 New Mexico State 11 1 - 10 - 0 132 100 133 102 Grambling 1 1 - 0 - 0 133 102 134 102 Idaho 1 0 - 1 - 0 134 102 135 102 Nevada Las Vegas 11 5 - 5 - 1 135 102 136 104 Central Michigan 10 7 - 3 - 0 136 104 137 104 Cal State Fullerton 11 6 - 5 - 0 137 104 138 105 Abilene Christian 1 1 - 0 - 0 138 105 139 105 Angelo State 1 0 - 1 - 0 139 105 140 105 Texas A&M Kingsville 1 0 - 1 - 0 140 105 141 106 McNeese State 1 1 - 0 - 0 141 106 142 106 Idaho State 1 0 - 1 - 0 142 106 143 106 Pacific 12 5 - 7 - 0 143 106 144 108 Tennessee Tech 1 0 - 1 - 0 144 108 145 109 Texas State 1 0 - 1 - 0 145 109 146 109 Nevada Reno 2 2 - 0 - 0 146 109 147 110 Northern Arizona 1 0 - 1 - 0 147 110 148 111 Fresno State 12 11 - 0 - 1 148 111 149 114 Wayne State MI 1 0 - 1 - 0 149 114 150 114 Eastern Illinois 4 2 - 2 - 0 150 114 151 115 West Texas A&M 10 6 - 3 - 1 151 115 152 118 Indiana State 10 4 - 6 - 0 152 118 153 120 Southern Illinois 11 4 - 7 - 0 153 120 154 123 Weber State 1 0 - 1 - 0 154 123 155 123 Cal State Sacramento 1 0 - 1 - 0 155 123 156 123 Central Florida 2 0 - 2 - 0 156 123 157 125 Missouri State 3 2 - 0 - 1 157 125 158 125 Northern Iowa 4 3 - 1 - 0 158 125 159 127 Texas Arlington 2 1 - 1 - 0 159 127 160 128 Illinois State 11 6 - 3 - 2 160 128 161 130 Western Illinois 3 1 - 2 - 0 161 130 162 132 Eastern Kentucky 1 1 - 0 - 0 162 132 163 132 Western Kentucky 1 0 - 1 - 0 163 132 164 135 Saint Cloud State 1 0 - 1 - 0 164 135 165 138 Marshall 1 1 - 0 - 0 165 138 166 143 Southeast Missouri State 1 0 - 1 - 0 166 143 167 143 Lincoln MO 1 0 - 1 - 0 167 143