College Football 1987
Ranking of Teams Globally

Based on games played between 1987/8/30 and 1988/1/2
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Sorensen's Rankings - Sat Oct 28 22:35:58 2023

 
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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 21876 Miami FL 12 12 - 0 - 0 20 3795 2 21308 Florida State 12 11 - 1 - 0 11 4661 3 17998 Auburn 12 9 - 1 - 2 12 4498 4 17767 Oklahoma 12 11 - 1 - 0 65 2396 5 17280 Syracuse 12 11 - 0 - 1 49 2813 6 17207 Louisiana State 12 10 - 1 - 1 24 3710 7 16792 Nebraska 12 10 - 2 - 0 33 3280 8 16408 East Tennessee State 1 1 - 0 - 0 64 2430 9 15091 Michigan State 12 9 - 2 - 1 18 4083 10 14945 Texas A&M 12 10 - 2 - 0 35 3163 11 14903 Clemson 12 10 - 2 - 0 32 3384 12 14903 Georgia 12 9 - 3 - 0 13 4470 13 14699 South Carolina 12 8 - 4 - 0 10 4703 14 14319 Notre Dame 12 8 - 4 - 0 9 4792 15 14158 UCLA 12 10 - 2 - 0 53 2726 16 12330 Tennessee 13 10 - 2 - 1 60 2539 17 11980 Oklahoma State 12 10 - 2 - 0 76 2016 18 11761 Alabama 12 7 - 5 - 0 7 4870 19 11650 Pittsburgh 12 8 - 4 - 0 39 3020 20 11477 Southern California 12 8 - 4 - 0 21 3795 21 11251 Florida 12 6 - 6 - 0 6 5005 22 10767 Iowa 13 10 - 3 - 0 67 2330 23 10371 Penn State 12 8 - 4 - 0 22 3764 24 10033 Michigan 12 8 - 4 - 0 56 2622 25 9999 Ohio State 11 6 - 4 - 1 25 3678 26 9696 Virginia 12 8 - 4 - 0 36 3151 27 9653 Holy Cross 1 1 - 0 - 0 101 -234 28 9546 Indiana 12 8 - 4 - 0 41 2998 29 9273 Arkansas 13 9 - 4 - 0 70 2190 30 9070 Texas 12 7 - 5 - 0 26 3678 31 8359 Washington 12 7 - 4 - 1 57 2621 32 7864 West Virginia 12 6 - 6 - 0 38 3044 33 7776 Illinois State 1 1 - 0 - 0 127 -2183 34 7641 Furman 1 0 - 1 - 0 1 10654 35 7511 Arizona State 12 7 - 4 - 1 72 2120 36 7476 Wake Forest 11 7 - 4 - 0 62 2462 37 7269 Colorado 11 7 - 4 - 0 79 1779 38 7080 Wyoming 13 10 - 3 - 0 96 71 39 6823 Boston College 11 5 - 6 - 0 17 4222 40 6478 Northern Arizona 1 1 - 0 - 0 114 -1192 41 6301 Southern Mississippi 11 6 - 5 - 0 47 2883 42 6301 Kentucky 11 5 - 6 - 0 44 2926 43 6274 North Carolina 11 5 - 6 - 0 28 3615 44 6182 Lehigh 1 1 - 0 - 0 136 -2885 45 6140 Rutgers 11 6 - 5 - 0 40 3018 46 6097 Maryland 11 4 - 7 - 0 5 5070 47 6086 Oregon 11 6 - 5 - 0 48 2859 48 6067 Tulane 12 6 - 6 - 0 51 2787 49 5917 William & Mary 1 1 - 0 - 0 137 -2885 50 5713 Vanderbilt 11 4 - 7 - 0 16 4223 51 5460 Missouri 11 5 - 6 - 0 42 2983 52 5433 Texas Tech 11 6 - 4 - 1 74 2092 53 5226 Duke 11 5 - 6 - 0 52 2743 54 5114 Texas Christian 11 5 - 6 - 0 58 2558 55 5095 Arizona 11 4 - 4 - 3 78 1942 56 4945 Brigham Young 13 9 - 4 - 0 93 384 57 4861 North Carolina State 11 4 - 7 - 0 14 4386 58 4807 Air Force 13 9 - 4 - 0 98 -1 59 4776 Mississippi State 11 4 - 7 - 0 19 4063 60 4519 Delaware State 1 1 - 0 - 0 147 -3939 61 4250 Stanford 11 5 - 6 - 0 59 2544 62 4135 Eastern Michigan 12 10 - 2 - 0 123 -1853 63 4028 East Carolina 11 5 - 6 - 0 34 3184 64 4024 Memphis 11 5 - 5 - 1 68 2232 65 3667 San Jose State 12 10 - 2 - 0 132 -2572 66 3586 Minnesota 11 6 - 5 - 0 85 1312 67 3532 Louisiana Monroe 2 1 - 1 - 0 69 2218 68 3425 Baylor 11 6 - 5 - 0 86 1295 69 2741 Houston 11 4 - 6 - 1 63 2460 70 2572 Louisiana Lafayette 11 6 - 5 - 0 88 1207 71 2488 California 11 3 - 6 - 2 50 2791 72 2073 Mississippi 11 3 - 8 - 0 29 3577 73 1950 Purdue 11 3 - 7 - 1 45 2916 74 1232 Illinois 11 3 - 7 - 1 46 2905 75 1217 Washington State 11 3 - 7 - 1 43 2981 76 1048 Virginia Tech 11 2 - 9 - 0 15 4352 77 806 Colgate 3 1 - 2 - 0 27 3673 78 533 Western Carolina 2 0 - 2 - 0 2 7400 79 503 Texas El Paso 11 7 - 4 - 0 115 -1455 80 403 Youngstown State 3 2 - 1 - 0 109 -979 81 49 Georgia Tech 11 2 - 9 - 0 30 3564 82 -234 Kent State 11 7 - 4 - 0 117 -1527 83 -445 Appalachian State 2 0 - 2 - 0 4 5543 84 -468 Army 11 5 - 6 - 0 103 -296 85 -771 Indiana State 3 2 - 1 - 0 112 -1174 86 -971 Miami OH 11 5 - 6 - 0 94 367 87 -1178 Cincinnati 11 4 - 7 - 0 89 1149 88 -1658 Northwestern 11 2 - 8 - 1 61 2489 89 -1843 Iowa State 11 3 - 8 - 0 54 2676 90 -1881 Oregon State 11 2 - 9 - 0 31 3486 91 -1946 San Diego State 12 5 - 7 - 0 97 1 92 -2046 North Texas 2 0 - 2 - 0 3 5720 93 -2135 Bowling Green 11 5 - 6 - 0 106 -584 94 -2181 Louisiana Tech 4 1 - 3 - 0 75 2048 95 -2384 Tulsa 11 3 - 8 - 0 73 2117 96 -2446 Wisconsin 11 3 - 8 - 0 82 1585 97 -3129 Rice 11 2 - 9 - 0 55 2671 98 -3175 Temple 11 3 - 8 - 0 80 1624 99 -3640 Hawaii 12 5 - 7 - 0 113 -1177 100 -3663 Central Michigan 11 5 - 5 - 1 122 -1837 101 -4055 Fresno State 11 6 - 5 - 0 140 -2899 102 -4366 Western Michigan 11 5 - 6 - 0 116 -1466 103 -4454 Arkansas State 2 0 - 1 - 1 83 1524 104 -4596 Cal State Fullerton 12 6 - 6 - 0 119 -1814 105 -4627 Louisville 11 3 - 7 - 1 91 620 106 -4665 Utah State 11 5 - 6 - 0 111 -1148 107 -4776 Georgia Southern 1 0 - 1 - 0 77 2014 108 -4853 Virginia Military 1 0 - 1 - 0 8 4848 109 -4949 Jackson State 1 0 - 1 - 0 37 3150 110 -5671 Northern Illinois 11 5 - 5 - 1 141 -3205 111 -5771 Navy 11 2 - 9 - 0 81 1612 112 -5882 Sam Houston 1 0 - 1 - 0 84 1370 113 -5917 Ball State 11 4 - 7 - 0 118 -1537 114 -6243 Austin Peay 2 1 - 1 - 0 130 -2335 115 -6543 Toledo 11 3 - 7 - 1 105 -513 116 -6554 Utah 12 5 - 7 - 0 126 -2161 117 -6700 Lamar 4 1 - 3 - 0 104 -358 118 -6708 Richmond 1 0 - 1 - 0 23 3738 119 -6758 Kansas 11 1 - 9 - 1 71 2186 120 -6931 Nevada Las Vegas 11 5 - 6 - 0 134 -2738 121 -7453 Angelo State 1 1 - 0 - 0 153 -8204 122 -7637 Colorado State 12 1 - 11 - 0 90 804 123 -7879 Akron 11 4 - 7 - 0 124 -1995 124 -7968 Pacific 11 4 - 7 - 0 125 -2108 125 -8163 Kansas State 11 0 - 10 - 1 66 2379 126 -9200 Marshall 2 1 - 1 - 0 149 -3948 127 -9369 Northern Iowa 2 0 - 2 - 0 92 435 128 -9373 Northwestern State LA 1 0 - 1 - 0 87 1286 129 -10467 Cal State Long Beach 11 4 - 7 - 0 145 -3668 130 -10640 Lafayette 1 0 - 1 - 0 102 -234 131 -11166 Ohio University 11 1 - 10 - 0 108 -669 132 -11285 Texas State 2 0 - 2 - 0 95 74 133 -13416 Tennessee Tech 1 0 - 1 - 0 107 -589 134 -13486 New Mexico 11 0 - 11 - 0 100 -203 135 -14430 Idaho 1 0 - 1 - 0 121 -1831 136 -14469 Citadel 2 0 - 2 - 0 99 -104 137 -15014 Missouri State 1 0 - 1 - 0 135 -2835 138 -15041 Western Illinois 2 0 - 2 - 0 131 -2431 139 -15275 Boise State 1 0 - 1 - 0 143 -3277 140 -15644 Eastern Illinois 2 0 - 2 - 0 110 -1053 141 -15763 Delaware 1 0 - 1 - 0 138 -2885 142 -15778 Pennsylvania 1 0 - 1 - 0 139 -2885 143 -15878 Montana 1 0 - 1 - 0 128 -2298 144 -16089 Nevada Reno 1 0 - 1 - 0 144 -3465 145 -16408 New Mexico State 11 2 - 9 - 0 146 -3822 146 -16746 Southern Illinois 2 0 - 2 - 0 133 -2703 147 -17368 Nicholls State 1 0 - 1 - 0 148 -3939 148 -17687 Murray State 1 0 - 1 - 0 129 -2313 149 -18201 Yale 1 0 - 1 - 0 120 -1820 150 -20125 Idaho State 1 0 - 1 - 0 142 -3277 151 -21288 Cal State Sacramento 1 0 - 1 - 0 150 -3984 152 -23688 Weber State 1 0 - 1 - 0 152 -5233 153 -24153 Montana State 1 0 - 1 - 0 151 -5233 154 -28638 McNeese State 1 0 - 1 - 0 154 -8204