College Football 1986
Ranking of Teams Globally

Based on games played between 1986/8/27 and 1987/1/2
Ranking of Schedule
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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank OppoRank 1 6 Tennessee Chattanooga 1 0 - 1 - 0 1 6 2 22 Richmond 2 0 - 2 - 0 2 22 3 23 East Tennessee State 1 0 - 1 - 0 3 23 4 25 California 11 2 - 9 - 0 4 25 5 26 Citadel 2 0 - 2 - 0 5 26 6 27 Southern California 12 7 - 5 - 0 6 27 7 28 Western Carolina 3 0 - 3 - 0 7 28 8 31 Oregon 11 5 - 6 - 0 8 31 9 33 Washington State 11 3 - 7 - 1 9 33 10 35 Stanford 12 8 - 4 - 0 10 35 11 36 Florida A&M 1 0 - 1 - 0 11 36 12 36 Louisiana State 12 9 - 3 - 0 12 36 13 37 UCLA 12 8 - 3 - 1 13 37 14 38 Notre Dame 11 5 - 6 - 0 14 38 15 38 Washington 12 8 - 3 - 1 15 38 16 40 Alabama 13 10 - 3 - 0 16 40 17 41 Oregon State 11 3 - 8 - 0 17 41 18 42 Furman 1 0 - 0 - 1 18 42 19 42 Virginia Military 1 0 - 1 - 0 19 42 20 42 Florida 11 6 - 5 - 0 20 42 21 42 Southern Methodist 11 6 - 5 - 0 21 42 22 43 South Carolina 11 3 - 6 - 2 22 43 23 43 Penn State 12 12 - 0 - 0 23 43 24 43 Arizona State 12 10 - 1 - 1 24 43 25 43 Arizona 12 9 - 3 - 0 25 43 26 43 Georgia 12 8 - 4 - 0 26 43 27 45 Holy Cross 2 1 - 1 - 0 27 45 28 45 Houston 11 1 - 10 - 0 28 45 29 46 Pittsburgh 11 5 - 5 - 1 29 46 30 47 Texas 11 5 - 6 - 0 30 47 31 47 Virginia 11 3 - 8 - 0 31 47 32 48 Vanderbilt 11 1 - 10 - 0 32 48 33 49 Maryland 11 5 - 5 - 1 33 49 34 49 Mississippi State 11 6 - 5 - 0 34 49 35 49 Clemson 12 8 - 2 - 2 35 49 36 50 Rutgers 11 5 - 5 - 1 36 50 37 50 Georgia Tech 11 5 - 5 - 1 37 50 38 51 Syracuse 11 5 - 6 - 0 38 51 39 51 East Carolina 11 2 - 9 - 0 39 51 40 51 Boston College 12 9 - 3 - 0 40 51 41 51 Texas A&M 12 9 - 3 - 0 41 51 42 51 Colorado 12 6 - 6 - 0 42 51 43 51 Michigan 13 11 - 2 - 0 43 51 44 52 Montana State 1 0 - 1 - 0 44 52 45 52 Temple 11 6 - 5 - 0 45 52 46 52 Kentucky 11 5 - 5 - 1 46 52 47 52 Illinois 11 4 - 7 - 0 47 52 48 52 West Virginia 11 4 - 7 - 0 48 52 49 52 Purdue 11 3 - 8 - 0 49 52 50 52 North Carolina 12 7 - 4 - 1 50 52 51 53 Rice 11 4 - 7 - 0 51 53 52 53 Miami FL 12 11 - 1 - 0 52 53 53 53 Baylor 12 9 - 3 - 0 53 53 54 54 Auburn 12 10 - 2 - 0 54 54 55 54 Texas Tech 12 7 - 5 - 0 55 54 56 54 Ohio State 13 10 - 3 - 0 56 54 57 55 Oklahoma 12 11 - 1 - 0 57 55 58 55 Arkansas 12 9 - 3 - 0 58 55 59 56 Louisiana Tech 4 2 - 2 - 0 59 56 60 56 North Carolina State 12 8 - 3 - 1 60 56 61 58 Florida State 12 7 - 4 - 1 61 58 62 59 Nebraska 12 10 - 2 - 0 62 59 63 60 Texas Christian 11 3 - 8 - 0 63 60 64 60 Mississippi 12 8 - 3 - 1 64 60 65 60 Minnesota 12 6 - 6 - 0 65 60 66 61 Northern Colorado 1 0 - 1 - 0 66 61 67 61 Georgia Southern 2 0 - 2 - 0 67 61 68 61 Michigan State 11 6 - 5 - 0 68 61 69 61 Duke 11 4 - 7 - 0 69 61 70 62 Tennessee 12 7 - 5 - 0 70 62 71 63 Cincinnati 11 5 - 6 - 0 71 63 72 63 Kansas State 11 2 - 9 - 0 72 63 73 63 Wisconsin 12 3 - 9 - 0 73 63 74 64 Tennessee Tech 1 0 - 1 - 0 74 64 75 64 Virginia Tech 12 9 - 2 - 1 75 64 76 65 Appalachian State 1 0 - 1 - 0 76 65 77 65 Boston University 1 0 - 1 - 0 77 65 78 65 North Texas 3 1 - 2 - 0 78 65 79 65 Wake Forest 11 5 - 6 - 0 79 65 80 65 Utah 11 2 - 9 - 0 80 65 81 65 San Diego State 12 8 - 4 - 0 81 65 82 66 Missouri 11 3 - 8 - 0 82 66 83 67 Arkansas State 3 1 - 1 - 1 83 67 84 68 Brigham Young 13 8 - 5 - 0 84 68 85 69 Indiana 12 6 - 6 - 0 85 69 86 70 Northwestern 11 4 - 7 - 0 86 70 87 70 Memphis 11 1 - 10 - 0 87 70 88 70 Iowa 12 9 - 3 - 0 88 70 89 73 Southern Mississippi 11 6 - 5 - 0 89 73 90 73 Air Force 11 6 - 5 - 0 90 73 91 74 Yale 1 0 - 1 - 0 91 74 92 74 Lafayette 1 0 - 1 - 0 92 74 93 74 Army 11 6 - 5 - 0 93 74 94 74 Colorado State 11 6 - 5 - 0 94 74 95 74 Oklahoma State 11 6 - 5 - 0 95 74 96 75 Iowa State 11 6 - 5 - 0 96 75 97 75 Tulane 11 4 - 7 - 0 97 75 98 75 Navy 11 3 - 8 - 0 98 75 99 75 Louisville 11 3 - 8 - 0 99 75 100 75 Hawaii 12 7 - 5 - 0 100 75 101 75 Wyoming 12 6 - 6 - 0 101 75 102 77 New Mexico 12 4 - 8 - 0 102 77 103 78 Boise State 1 0 - 1 - 0 103 78 104 78 Texas El Paso 12 4 - 8 - 0 104 78 105 79 Kansas 11 3 - 8 - 0 105 79 106 80 Texas State 1 1 - 0 - 0 106 80 107 80 Lamar 1 0 - 1 - 0 107 80 108 81 San Jose State 12 10 - 2 - 0 108 81 109 83 Louisiana Monroe 2 0 - 2 - 0 109 83 110 84 William & Mary 1 1 - 0 - 0 110 84 111 84 Wichita State 11 3 - 8 - 0 111 84 112 85 Tulsa 11 7 - 4 - 0 112 85 113 85 New Mexico State 11 1 - 10 - 0 113 85 114 87 Portland State 1 0 - 1 - 0 114 87 115 89 Cal State Long Beach 11 6 - 5 - 0 115 89 116 89 Cal State Fullerton 12 3 - 9 - 0 116 89 117 90 Eastern Washington 1 0 - 1 - 0 117 90 118 91 McNeese State 1 0 - 1 - 0 118 91 119 91 Stephen F Austin 1 0 - 1 - 0 119 91 120 91 Pacific 11 4 - 7 - 0 120 91 121 91 Northern Illinois 11 2 - 9 - 0 121 91 122 92 Utah State 11 3 - 8 - 0 122 92 123 93 Illinois State 2 1 - 1 - 0 123 93 124 94 Louisiana Lafayette 11 6 - 5 - 0 124 94 125 95 Fresno State 11 9 - 2 - 0 125 95 126 96 Princeton 1 0 - 1 - 0 126 96 127 96 Indiana State 4 0 - 4 - 0 127 96 128 96 Nevada Las Vegas 11 6 - 5 - 0 128 96 129 98 Western Michigan 11 3 - 8 - 0 129 98 130 101 Kent State 11 5 - 6 - 0 130 101 131 101 Miami OH 12 8 - 4 - 0 131 101 132 103 Bowling Green 11 5 - 6 - 0 132 103 133 104 Northern Michigan 1 0 - 1 - 0 133 104 134 109 California Davis 1 1 - 0 - 0 134 109 135 109 Cal State Sacramento 1 0 - 1 - 0 135 109 136 110 Ohio University 11 1 - 10 - 0 136 110 137 111 Western Kentucky 1 0 - 1 - 0 137 111 138 111 Central Michigan 10 5 - 5 - 0 138 111 139 111 Toledo 11 7 - 4 - 0 139 111 140 112 Delaware 1 1 - 0 - 0 140 112 141 112 Pennsylvania 1 1 - 0 - 0 141 112 142 112 Dartmouth 1 0 - 1 - 0 142 112 143 112 Lehigh 1 0 - 1 - 0 143 112 144 113 Northern Iowa 1 1 - 0 - 0 144 113 145 118 Youngstown State 1 0 - 1 - 0 145 118 146 118 Ball State 11 6 - 5 - 0 146 118 147 119 Akron 2 1 - 1 - 0 147 119 148 120 Idaho 2 1 - 1 - 0 148 120 149 120 Eastern Michigan 11 6 - 5 - 0 149 120 150 121 Morehead State 1 1 - 0 - 0 150 121 151 121 San Francisco 1 0 - 1 - 0 151 121 152 121 Central Florida 1 0 - 1 - 0 152 121 153 122 Southern Illinois 1 0 - 1 - 0 153 122 154 125 Nevada Reno 1 1 - 0 - 0 154 125 155 125 Idaho State 1 0 - 1 - 0 155 125 156 125 Western Illinois 2 1 - 1 - 0 156 125 157 139 Angelo State 1 1 - 0 - 0 157 139 158 145 Marshall 1 1 - 0 - 0 158 145