College Football 1987
Ranking of Teams Globally

Based on games played between 1987/8/30 and 1988/1/2
Ranking of Schedule
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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank OppoRank 1 2 Furman 1 0 - 1 - 0 1 2 2 12 Western Carolina 2 0 - 2 - 0 2 12 3 24 Appalachian State 2 0 - 2 - 0 3 24 4 26 Virginia Military 1 0 - 1 - 0 4 26 5 29 North Texas 2 0 - 2 - 0 5 29 6 30 Maryland 11 4 - 7 - 0 6 30 7 32 Alabama 12 7 - 5 - 0 7 32 8 33 Notre Dame 12 8 - 4 - 0 8 33 9 36 Richmond 1 0 - 1 - 0 9 36 10 36 North Carolina State 11 4 - 7 - 0 10 36 11 37 Boston College 11 5 - 6 - 0 11 37 12 37 Florida State 12 11 - 1 - 0 12 37 13 37 Georgia 12 9 - 3 - 0 13 37 14 37 Florida 12 6 - 6 - 0 14 37 15 38 Vanderbilt 11 4 - 7 - 0 15 38 16 38 Auburn 12 9 - 1 - 2 16 38 17 38 South Carolina 12 8 - 4 - 0 17 38 18 39 Virginia Tech 11 2 - 9 - 0 18 39 19 40 Michigan State 12 9 - 2 - 1 19 40 20 41 Jackson State 1 0 - 1 - 0 20 41 21 41 Mississippi State 11 4 - 7 - 0 21 41 22 42 Penn State 12 8 - 4 - 0 22 42 23 43 Ohio State 11 6 - 4 - 1 23 43 24 43 Georgia Tech 11 2 - 9 - 0 24 43 25 43 Louisiana State 12 10 - 1 - 1 25 43 26 43 Southern California 12 8 - 4 - 0 26 43 27 44 Oregon State 11 2 - 9 - 0 27 44 28 45 North Carolina 11 5 - 6 - 0 28 45 29 45 Mississippi 11 3 - 8 - 0 29 45 30 45 Clemson 12 10 - 2 - 0 30 45 31 45 Texas 12 7 - 5 - 0 31 45 32 46 Miami FL 12 12 - 0 - 0 32 46 33 47 Colgate 3 1 - 2 - 0 33 47 34 47 Washington State 11 3 - 7 - 1 34 47 35 48 Rutgers 11 6 - 5 - 0 35 48 36 48 Texas A&M 12 10 - 2 - 0 36 48 37 48 Indiana 12 8 - 4 - 0 37 48 38 48 West Virginia 12 6 - 6 - 0 38 48 39 49 Virginia 12 8 - 4 - 0 39 49 40 49 Pittsburgh 12 8 - 4 - 0 40 49 41 50 Oregon 11 6 - 5 - 0 41 50 42 50 Duke 11 5 - 6 - 0 42 50 43 50 Illinois 11 3 - 7 - 1 43 50 44 50 Purdue 11 3 - 7 - 1 44 50 45 50 Syracuse 12 11 - 0 - 1 45 50 46 51 Kentucky 11 5 - 6 - 0 46 51 47 51 Nebraska 12 10 - 2 - 0 47 51 48 52 California 11 3 - 6 - 2 48 52 49 52 UCLA 12 10 - 2 - 0 49 52 50 53 Missouri 11 5 - 6 - 0 50 53 51 53 East Carolina 11 5 - 6 - 0 51 53 52 53 Michigan 12 8 - 4 - 0 52 53 53 54 Stanford 11 5 - 6 - 0 53 54 54 54 Texas Christian 11 5 - 6 - 0 54 54 55 54 Iowa State 11 3 - 8 - 0 55 54 56 54 Rice 11 2 - 9 - 0 56 54 57 54 Washington 12 7 - 4 - 1 57 54 58 54 Tennessee 13 10 - 2 - 1 58 54 59 55 Louisiana Monroe 2 1 - 1 - 0 59 55 60 55 Wake Forest 11 7 - 4 - 0 60 55 61 55 Southern Mississippi 11 6 - 5 - 0 61 55 62 55 Houston 11 4 - 6 - 1 62 55 63 55 Northwestern 11 2 - 8 - 1 63 55 64 55 Tulane 12 6 - 6 - 0 64 55 65 56 Iowa 13 10 - 3 - 0 65 56 66 57 East Tennessee State 1 1 - 0 - 0 66 57 67 58 Arizona 11 4 - 4 - 3 67 58 68 58 Kansas State 11 0 - 10 - 1 68 58 69 58 Oklahoma 12 11 - 1 - 0 69 58 70 59 Tulsa 11 3 - 8 - 0 70 59 71 59 Kansas 11 1 - 9 - 1 71 59 72 60 Memphis 11 5 - 5 - 1 72 60 73 60 Arizona State 12 7 - 4 - 1 73 60 74 61 Navy 11 2 - 9 - 0 74 61 75 61 Oklahoma State 12 10 - 2 - 0 75 61 76 61 Arkansas 13 9 - 4 - 0 76 61 77 63 Georgia Southern 1 0 - 1 - 0 77 63 78 63 Texas Tech 11 6 - 4 - 1 78 63 79 63 Temple 11 3 - 8 - 0 79 63 80 64 Louisiana Tech 4 1 - 3 - 0 80 64 81 64 Wisconsin 11 3 - 8 - 0 81 64 82 65 Colorado 11 7 - 4 - 0 82 65 83 66 Minnesota 11 6 - 5 - 0 83 66 84 67 Baylor 11 6 - 5 - 0 84 67 85 68 Arkansas State 2 0 - 1 - 1 85 68 86 68 Louisiana Lafayette 11 6 - 5 - 0 86 68 87 69 Sam Houston 1 0 - 1 - 0 87 69 88 69 Cincinnati 11 4 - 7 - 0 88 69 89 70 Northwestern State LA 1 0 - 1 - 0 89 70 90 70 Colorado State 12 1 - 11 - 0 90 70 91 74 Louisville 11 3 - 7 - 1 91 74 92 74 Brigham Young 13 9 - 4 - 0 92 74 93 77 Northern Iowa 2 0 - 2 - 0 93 77 94 79 San Diego State 12 5 - 7 - 0 94 79 95 79 Wyoming 13 10 - 3 - 0 95 79 96 79 Air Force 13 9 - 4 - 0 96 79 97 80 Army 11 5 - 6 - 0 97 80 98 80 New Mexico 11 0 - 11 - 0 98 80 99 81 Miami OH 11 5 - 6 - 0 99 81 100 82 Texas State 2 0 - 2 - 0 100 82 101 82 Citadel 2 0 - 2 - 0 101 82 102 84 Holy Cross 1 1 - 0 - 0 102 84 103 84 Lafayette 1 0 - 1 - 0 103 84 104 84 Lamar 4 1 - 3 - 0 104 84 105 86 Bowling Green 11 5 - 6 - 0 105 86 106 86 Ohio University 11 1 - 10 - 0 106 86 107 87 Tennessee Tech 1 0 - 1 - 0 107 87 108 88 Toledo 11 3 - 7 - 1 108 88 109 89 Hawaii 12 5 - 7 - 0 109 89 110 91 Texas El Paso 11 7 - 4 - 0 110 91 111 91 Utah State 11 5 - 6 - 0 111 91 112 92 Youngstown State 3 2 - 1 - 0 112 92 113 93 Indiana State 3 2 - 1 - 0 113 93 114 94 Eastern Illinois 2 0 - 2 - 0 114 94 115 95 Northern Arizona 1 1 - 0 - 0 115 95 116 95 Western Michigan 11 5 - 6 - 0 116 95 117 96 Kent State 11 7 - 4 - 0 117 96 118 96 Ball State 11 4 - 7 - 0 118 96 119 96 Pacific 11 4 - 7 - 0 119 96 120 97 Akron 11 4 - 7 - 0 120 97 121 97 Cal State Fullerton 12 6 - 6 - 0 121 97 122 97 Utah 12 5 - 7 - 0 122 97 123 98 Central Michigan 11 5 - 5 - 1 123 98 124 99 Yale 1 0 - 1 - 0 124 99 125 100 Idaho 1 0 - 1 - 0 125 100 126 100 Eastern Michigan 12 10 - 2 - 0 126 100 127 102 Illinois State 1 1 - 0 - 0 127 102 128 104 Montana 1 0 - 1 - 0 128 104 129 104 San Jose State 12 10 - 2 - 0 129 104 130 105 Murray State 1 0 - 1 - 0 130 105 131 105 Western Illinois 2 0 - 2 - 0 131 105 132 106 Austin Peay 2 1 - 1 - 0 132 106 133 106 Fresno State 11 6 - 5 - 0 133 106 134 106 Nevada Las Vegas 11 5 - 6 - 0 134 106 135 107 Cal State Long Beach 11 4 - 7 - 0 135 107 136 110 Missouri State 1 0 - 1 - 0 136 110 137 110 Southern Illinois 2 0 - 2 - 0 137 110 138 110 Northern Illinois 11 5 - 5 - 1 138 110 139 111 William & Mary 1 1 - 0 - 0 139 111 140 111 Lehigh 1 1 - 0 - 0 140 111 141 111 Pennsylvania 1 0 - 1 - 0 141 111 142 111 Delaware 1 0 - 1 - 0 142 111 143 112 New Mexico State 11 2 - 9 - 0 143 112 144 116 Boise State 1 0 - 1 - 0 144 116 145 116 Idaho State 1 0 - 1 - 0 145 116 146 118 Marshall 2 1 - 1 - 0 146 118 147 120 Nevada Reno 1 0 - 1 - 0 147 120 148 123 Delaware State 1 1 - 0 - 0 148 123 149 123 Nicholls State 1 0 - 1 - 0 149 123 150 124 Cal State Sacramento 1 0 - 1 - 0 150 124 151 129 Montana State 1 0 - 1 - 0 151 129 152 129 Weber State 1 0 - 1 - 0 152 129 153 145 Angelo State 1 1 - 0 - 0 153 145 154 145 McNeese State 1 0 - 1 - 0 154 145