College Football 1984
Ranking of Division I-A Teams

Based on games played between 1984/8/28 and 1985/1/1
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

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1984 - Ranking of Division I-A teams based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents)
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule		Team	Other Rankings		Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		AP	Coach	Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
52	3.87	23	13.24	1	25.20	Penn State			10	5-5-0	5	11	6-5-0	EIC
33	8.88	22	13.62	2	29.68	Syracuse			11	6-5-0	2	11	6-5-0	EIC
19	14.45	16	15.93	3	31.33	Georgia			12	7-4-1	3	12	7-4-1	SEC
60	0.45	60	-0.71	4	31.72	Navy			9	2-6-1	4	11	4-6-1	EIC
20	13.39	26	12.81	5	32.67	Tennessee			12	7-4-1	6	12	7-4-1	SEC
5	20.31	2	22.80	6	33.45	Boston College	5	6	10	8-2-0	7	12	10-2-0	EIC
1	26.98	1	28.01	7	33.86	Florida	3	3	11	9-1-1	8	11	9-1-1	SEC
17	14.72	29	12.63	8	35.00	Clemson			10	6-4-0	9	11	7-4-0	ACC
38	7.57	48	5.76	9	35.32	Alabama			11	5-6-0	10	11	5-6-0	SEC
56	2.90	57	1.40	10	36.77	Pittsburgh			11	3-7-1	11	11	3-7-1	EIC
32	9.52	35	9.26	11	37.19	Army			8	4-3-1	12	12	8-3-1	EIC
50	4.03	50	5.18	12	37.38	Wake Forest			8	3-5-0	56	11	6-5-0	ACC
6	18.42	10	18.89	13	37.38	Auburn	14	15	13	9-4-0	13	13	9-4-0	SEC
77	-5.56	66	-3.63	14	37.45	Duke			11	2-9-0	15	11	2-9-0	ACC
15	14.98	28	12.65	15	37.50	Georgia Tech			10	5-4-1	14	11	6-4-1	ACC
43	6.38	42	6.80	16	37.77	Vanderbilt			11	5-6-0	16	11	5-6-0	SEC
28	10.34	31	10.83	17	38.08	Notre Dame			12	7-5-0	17	12	7-5-0	EIC
12	17.25	4	22.15	18	38.29	Maryland	12	9	12	9-3-0	18	12	9-3-0	ACC
26	10.57	17	15.21	19	38.50	Texas			12	7-4-1	19	12	7-4-1	SWAC
59	1.80	52	4.15	20	38.95	Stanford			11	5-6-0	20	11	5-6-0	PAC-10
11	17.54	19	15.07	21	40.00	Florida State	17	17	11	6-3-2	21	12	7-3-2	SIC
18	14.55	27	12.68	22	40.12	Miami (FL)	18	16	13	8-5-0	27	13	8-5-0	SIC
25	10.99	21	14.73	23	40.25	West Virginia		20	12	8-4-0	25	12	8-4-0	EIC
71	-3.74	68	-4.02	24	40.45	Tulane			11	3-8-0	22	11	3-8-0	SIC
13	15.76	8	19.30	25	40.58	LSU	15	13	12	8-3-1	30	12	8-3-1	SEC
40	7.34	45	6.50	26	40.88	Michigan			12	6-6-0	23	12	6-6-0	BIG 10
83	-9.29	77	-5.96	27	40.91	Northwestern			11	2-9-0	24	11	2-9-0	BIG 10
34	8.70	12	16.73	28	41.04	Southern California	10	11	12	9-3-0	28	12	9-3-0	PAC-10
73	-4.25	75	-5.76	29	41.10	Kansas State			10	2-7-1	29	11	3-7-1	BIG 8
55	3.15	39	7.39	30	41.18	North Carolina			11	5-5-1	31	11	5-5-1	ACC
46	5.01	53	3.99	31	41.25	Mississippi			10	3-6-1	45	11	4-6-1	SEC
96	-16.67	98	-18.69	32	41.35	Rice			10	0-10-0	26	11	1-10-0	SWAC
22	12.07	14	16.58	33	41.73	Virginia	20	18	11	7-2-2	32	12	8-2-2	ACC
39	7.51	33	10.06	34	42.22	Virginia Tech			9	5-4-0	66	12	8-4-0	SIC
23	11.59	15	16.18	35	42.56	Rutgers			9	6-3-0	38	10	7-3-0	EIC
48	4.71	54	2.98	36	42.73	Baylor			11	5-6-0	34	11	5-6-0	SWAC
89	-13.14	91	-14.97	37	42.78	Cincinnati			9	1-8-0	37	11	2-9-0	EIC
91	-13.52	87	-12.61	38	43.18	Colorado			11	1-10-0	35	11	1-10-0	BIG 8
49	4.27	41	7.09	39	43.71	Purdue			12	7-5-0	36	12	7-5-0	BIG 10
70	-3.45	78	-5.98	40	43.80	North Carolina State			10	3-7-0	40	11	3-8-0	ACC
76	-5.54	67	-3.69	41	43.80	Oregon State			10	2-8-0	39	11	2-9-0	PAC-10
29	10.25	13	16.73	42	44.09	Kentucky	19	19	11	8-3-0	52	12	9-3-0	SEC
67	-2.86	69	-4.04	43	44.73	Mississippi State			11	4-7-0	42	11	4-7-0	SEC
90	-13.47	99	-19.46	44	45.23	Indiana			11	0-11-0	41	11	0-11-0	BIG 10
41	7.09	47	5.94	45	45.50	Temple			9	5-4-0	61	11	6-5-0	EIC
53	3.44	62	-2.19	46	46.18	Missouri			11	3-7-1	43	11	3-7-1	BIG 8
104	-24.11	102	-22.21	47	46.56	Louisville			8	1-7-0	44	11	2-9-0	SIC
42	6.67	37	7.65	48	47.23	Washington State			11	6-5-0	47	11	6-5-0	PAC-10
35	8.41	40	7.10	49	47.42	Houston			12	7-5-0	48	12	7-5-0	SWAC
78	-6.25	73	-5.35	50	47.77	Minnesota			11	4-7-0	46	11	4-7-0	BIG 10
84	-11.16	85	-11.68	51	47.82	California			11	2-9-0	49	11	2-9-0	PAC-10
21	12.20	36	8.28	52	48.17	Arkansas			12	7-4-1	51	12	7-4-1	SWAC
4	20.95	6	21.05	53	48.33	Oklahoma	6	5	12	9-2-1	50	12	9-2-1	BIG 8
44	6.36	49	5.70	54	48.73	Arizona State			11	5-6-0	53	11	5-6-0	PAC-10
8	17.99	5	21.38	55	48.82	South Carolina	11	10	11	9-2-0	54	12	10-2-0	SIC
66	-2.38	61	-1.32	56	49.45	Kansas			11	5-6-0	57	11	5-6-0	BIG 8
54	3.21	55	2.59	57	49.75	Michigan State			12	6-6-0	55	12	6-6-0	BIG 10
2	22.83	7	19.60	58	50.75	Nebraska	4	4	12	10-2-0	58	12	10-2-0	BIG 8
3	22.66	3	22.79	59	51.12	Washington	2	2	12	11-1-0	59	12	11-1-0	PAC-10
45	5.79	32	10.58	60	51.41	Texas Christian			11	7-4-0	71	12	8-4-0	SWAC
9	17.84	24	13.04	61	51.42	Ohio State	13	14	12	9-3-0	60	12	9-3-0	BIG 10
65	-2.03	72	-4.93	62	51.60	Texas Tech			10	3-7-0	76	11	4-7-0	SWAC
14	15.21	11	16.82	63	51.64	Southern Methodist	8	8	11	9-2-0	73	12	10-2-0	SWAC
16	14.96	25	12.81	64	52.38	Iowa	16		13	8-4-1	63	13	8-4-1	BIG 10
36	8.14	43	6.71	65	52.75	Wisconsin			12	7-4-1	65	12	7-4-1	BIG 10
24	11.39	38	7.44	66	52.86	Illinois			11	7-4-0	64	11	7-4-0	BIG 10
93	-14.66	96	-17.41	67	53.05	Utah State			11	1-10-0	67	11	1-10-0	BWC
61	0.21	59	-0.41	68	53.10	Memphis			10	4-5-1	77	11	5-5-1	SIC
98	-17.00	104	-23.91	69	54.11	East Carolina			9	0-9-0	69	11	2-9-0	SIC
27	10.36	18	15.18	70	54.21	UCLA	9	12	12	9-3-0	68	12	9-3-0	PAC-10
62	-0.32	58	0.77	71	54.27	Oregon			11	6-5-0	72	11	6-5-0	PAC-10
10	17.62	20	14.82	72	54.46	Oklahoma State	7	7	12	10-2-0	70	12	10-2-0	BIG 8
86	-12.10	92	-15.25	73	54.68	Iowa State			11	2-7-2	75	11	2-7-2	BIG 8
51	3.97	64	-2.78	74	55.00	Texas A&M			10	5-5-0	79	11	6-5-0	SWAC
30	10.11	30	10.95	75	55.73	Arizona			11	7-4-0	74	11	7-4-0	PAC-10
64	-1.25	74	-5.59	76	57.62	San Diego State			12	4-7-1	78	12	4-7-1	WAC
80	-7.89	80	-8.13	77	59.85	Wyoming			10	4-6-0	80	12	6-6-0	WAC
87	-12.24	83	-10.28	78	60.33	Southern Mississippi			9	3-6-0	85	11	4-7-0	SIC
31	9.81	46	6.09	79	60.82	Air Force			11	7-4-0	81	12	8-4-0	WAC
85	-11.23	89	-13.81	80	61.41	Colorado State			11	3-8-0	82	11	3-8-0	WAC
57	2.86	51	4.30	81	62.77	Hawaii			11	7-4-0	83	11	7-4-0	WAC
58	2.09	71	-4.71	82	63.18	Utah			11	5-5-1	84	12	6-5-1	WAC
88	-12.78	82	-10.28	83	65.36	Cal State Long Beach			11	4-7-0	86	11	4-7-0	BWC
105	-28.09	107	-29.61	84	66.25	Texas El Paso			10	1-9-0	88	11	2-9-0	WAC
79	-7.77	79	-8.07	85	69.72	Fresno State			9	4-5-0	89	12	6-6-0	BWC
94	-14.71	97	-17.46	86	70.25	New Mexico			12	4-8-0	91	12	4-8-0	WAC
7	18.28	9	19.27	87	70.42	Brigham Young	1	1	13	13-0-0	90	13	13-0-0	WAC
72	-4.11	81	-9.80	88	72.36	Tulsa			11	6-5-0	95	11	6-5-0	MVC
74	-4.32	70	-4.20	89	73.05	San Jose State			11	6-5-0	93	11	6-5-0	BWC
81	-8.68	88	-12.62	90	73.36	Miami (OH)			11	4-7-0	92	11	4-7-0	MAC
102	-22.53	103	-22.44	91	73.83	Pacific			9	2-7-0	94	11	4-7-0	BWC
37	7.60	34	9.59	92	74.46	Nevada Las Vegas			12	10-2-0	96	13	11-2-0	BWC
106	-29.76	105	-28.04	93	75.33	Wichita State			9	2-7-0	101	11	2-9-0	MVC
68	-3.13	65	-2.87	94	77.57	Louisiana Lafayette			7	5-2-0	103	11	6-5-0	SIC
100	-17.54	100	-20.49	95	77.75	Kent State			10	3-7-0	97	11	4-7-0	MAC
97	-16.74	86	-11.70	96	78.36	Ohio University			11	4-6-1	99	11	4-6-1	MAC
75	-4.35	56	1.78	97	79.14	Toledo			11	7-3-1	105	12	8-3-1	MAC
47	4.89	44	6.55	98	79.78	Cal State Fullerton			9	8-1-0	102	12	11-1-0	BWC
101	-20.62	90	-14.87	99	79.90	Ball State			10	3-7-0	100	11	3-8-0	MAC
69	-3.43	76	-5.86	100	79.90	Bowling Green			10	7-3-0	104	11	8-3-0	MAC
95	-15.01	94	-16.36	101	82.68	Northern Illinois			11	4-6-1	106	11	4-6-1	MAC
99	-17.38	95	-17.34	102	84.39	Eastern Michigan			9	2-5-2	107	11	2-7-2	MAC
109	-33.79	108	-32.63	103	85.59	New Mexico State			11	2-9-0	108	11	2-9-0	BWC
92	-13.52	93	-16.36	104	86.60	Western Michigan			10	4-6-0	109	11	5-6-0	MAC
63	-0.89	63	-2.20	105	89.45	Central Michigan			10	7-2-1	110	11	8-2-1	MAC
110	-41.65	110	-47.74	106	95.30	Southern Illinois			5	0-5-0	113	11	3-8-0	MVC
103	-23.67	101	-21.52	107	95.75	Illinois State			6	3-3-0	112	11	5-6-0	MVC
107	-32.26	109	-34.49	108	98.31	West Texas A&M			8	2-6-0	118	11	3-8-0	MVC
82	-8.94	84	-10.55	109	99.00	Indiana State			6	5-1-0	117	12	9-3-0	MVC
108	-33.37	106	-29.12	110	100.86	Drake			7	3-4-0	116	11	4-7-0	MVC

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College Football 1984Ranking of Division I-A Teams

Based on games played between 1984/8/28 and 1985/1/1Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

College Football 1984
Ranking of Division I-A Teams

Based on games played between 1984/8/28 and 1985/1/1
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)