College Football 1984
Ranking of Division I-A Teams

Based on games played between 1984/8/28 and 1985/1/1
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

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1984 - Ranking of Division I-A teams based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule		Team	Other Rankings		Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		AP	Coach	Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
1	26.98	1	28.01	7	33.86	Florida	3	3	11	9-1-1	1	11	9-1-1	SEC
2	22.83	7	19.60	58	50.75	Nebraska	4	4	12	10-2-0	2	12	10-2-0	BIG 8
3	22.66	3	22.79	59	51.12	Washington	2	2	12	11-1-0	3	12	11-1-0	PAC-10
4	20.95	6	21.05	53	48.33	Oklahoma	6	5	12	9-2-1	4	12	9-2-1	BIG 8
5	20.31	2	22.80	6	33.45	Boston College	5	6	10	8-2-0	5	12	10-2-0	EIC
6	18.42	10	18.89	13	37.38	Auburn	14	15	13	9-4-0	6	13	9-4-0	SEC
7	18.28	9	19.27	87	70.42	Brigham Young	1	1	13	13-0-0	7	13	13-0-0	WAC
8	17.99	5	21.38	55	48.82	South Carolina	11	10	11	9-2-0	8	12	10-2-0	SIC
9	17.84	24	13.04	61	51.42	Ohio State	13	14	12	9-3-0	9	12	9-3-0	BIG 10
10	17.62	20	14.82	72	54.46	Oklahoma State	7	7	12	10-2-0	10	12	10-2-0	BIG 8
11	17.54	19	15.07	21	40.00	Florida State	17	17	11	6-3-2	11	12	7-3-2	SIC
12	17.25	4	22.15	18	38.29	Maryland	12	9	12	9-3-0	12	12	9-3-0	ACC
13	15.76	8	19.30	25	40.58	LSU	15	13	12	8-3-1	13	12	8-3-1	SEC
14	15.21	11	16.82	63	51.64	Southern Methodist	8	8	11	9-2-0	16	12	10-2-0	SWAC
15	14.98	28	12.65	15	37.50	Georgia Tech			10	5-4-1	15	11	6-4-1	ACC
16	14.96	25	12.81	64	52.38	Iowa	16		13	8-4-1	14	13	8-4-1	BIG 10
17	14.72	29	12.63	8	35.00	Clemson			10	6-4-0	17	11	7-4-0	ACC
18	14.55	27	12.68	22	40.12	Miami (FL)	18	16	13	8-5-0	18	13	8-5-0	SIC
19	14.45	16	15.93	3	31.33	Georgia			12	7-4-1	19	12	7-4-1	SEC
20	13.39	26	12.81	5	32.67	Tennessee			12	7-4-1	20	12	7-4-1	SEC
21	12.20	36	8.28	52	48.17	Arkansas			12	7-4-1	21	12	7-4-1	SWAC
22	12.07	14	16.58	33	41.73	Virginia	20	18	11	7-2-2	22	12	8-2-2	ACC
23	11.59	15	16.18	35	42.56	Rutgers			9	6-3-0	24	10	7-3-0	EIC
24	11.39	38	7.44	66	52.86	Illinois			11	7-4-0	23	11	7-4-0	BIG 10
25	10.99	21	14.73	23	40.25	West Virginia		20	12	8-4-0	25	12	8-4-0	EIC
26	10.57	17	15.21	19	38.50	Texas			12	7-4-1	26	12	7-4-1	SWAC
27	10.36	18	15.18	70	54.21	UCLA	9	12	12	9-3-0	29	12	9-3-0	PAC-10
28	10.34	31	10.83	17	38.08	Notre Dame			12	7-5-0	27	12	7-5-0	EIC
29	10.25	13	16.73	42	44.09	Kentucky	19	19	11	8-3-0	28	12	9-3-0	SEC
30	10.11	30	10.95	75	55.73	Arizona			11	7-4-0	30	11	7-4-0	PAC-10
31	9.81	46	6.09	79	60.82	Air Force			11	7-4-0	31	12	8-4-0	WAC
32	9.52	35	9.26	11	37.19	Army			8	4-3-1	32	12	8-3-1	EIC
33	8.88	22	13.62	2	29.68	Syracuse			11	6-5-0	33	11	6-5-0	EIC
34	8.70	12	16.73	28	41.04	Southern California	10	11	12	9-3-0	34	12	9-3-0	PAC-10
35	8.41	40	7.10	49	47.42	Houston			12	7-5-0	36	12	7-5-0	SWAC
36	8.14	43	6.71	65	52.75	Wisconsin			12	7-4-1	35	12	7-4-1	BIG 10
37	7.60	34	9.59	92	74.46	Nevada Las Vegas			12	10-2-0	38	13	11-2-0	BWC
38	7.57	48	5.76	9	35.32	Alabama			11	5-6-0	40	11	5-6-0	SEC
39	7.51	33	10.06	34	42.22	Virginia Tech			9	5-4-0	37	12	8-4-0	SIC
40	7.34	45	6.50	26	40.88	Michigan			12	6-6-0	39	12	6-6-0	BIG 10
41	7.09	47	5.94	45	45.50	Temple			9	5-4-0	41	11	6-5-0	EIC
42	6.67	37	7.65	48	47.23	Washington State			11	6-5-0	42	11	6-5-0	PAC-10
43	6.38	42	6.80	16	37.77	Vanderbilt			11	5-6-0	44	11	5-6-0	SEC
44	6.36	49	5.70	54	48.73	Arizona State			11	5-6-0	43	11	5-6-0	PAC-10
45	5.79	32	10.58	60	51.41	Texas Christian			11	7-4-0	45	12	8-4-0	SWAC
46	5.01	53	3.99	31	41.25	Mississippi			10	3-6-1	46	11	4-6-1	SEC
47	4.89	44	6.55	98	79.78	Cal State Fullerton			9	8-1-0	47	12	11-1-0	BWC
48	4.71	54	2.98	36	42.73	Baylor			11	5-6-0	48	11	5-6-0	SWAC
49	4.27	41	7.09	39	43.71	Purdue			12	7-5-0	49	12	7-5-0	BIG 10
50	4.03	50	5.18	12	37.38	Wake Forest			8	3-5-0	51	11	6-5-0	ACC
51	3.97	64	-2.78	74	55.00	Texas A&M			10	5-5-0	57	11	6-5-0	SWAC
52	3.87	23	13.24	1	25.20	Penn State			10	5-5-0	50	11	6-5-0	EIC
53	3.44	62	-2.19	46	46.18	Missouri			11	3-7-1	52	11	3-7-1	BIG 8
54	3.21	55	2.59	57	49.75	Michigan State			12	6-6-0	53	12	6-6-0	BIG 10
55	3.15	39	7.39	30	41.18	North Carolina			11	5-5-1	54	11	5-5-1	ACC
56	2.90	57	1.40	10	36.77	Pittsburgh			11	3-7-1	55	11	3-7-1	EIC
57	2.86	51	4.30	81	62.77	Hawaii			11	7-4-0	56	11	7-4-0	WAC
58	2.09	71	-4.71	82	63.18	Utah			11	5-5-1	59	12	6-5-1	WAC
59	1.80	52	4.15	20	38.95	Stanford			11	5-6-0	60	11	5-6-0	PAC-10
60	0.45	60	-0.71	4	31.72	Navy			9	2-6-1	61	11	4-6-1	EIC
61	0.21	59	-0.41	68	53.10	Memphis			10	4-5-1	62	11	5-5-1	SIC
62	-0.32	58	0.77	71	54.27	Oregon			11	6-5-0	63	11	6-5-0	PAC-10
63	-0.89	63	-2.20	105	89.45	Central Michigan			10	7-2-1	64	11	8-2-1	MAC
64	-1.25	74	-5.59	76	57.62	San Diego State			12	4-7-1	65	12	4-7-1	WAC
65	-2.03	72	-4.93	62	51.60	Texas Tech			10	3-7-0	66	11	4-7-0	SWAC
66	-2.38	61	-1.32	56	49.45	Kansas			11	5-6-0	67	11	5-6-0	BIG 8
67	-2.86	69	-4.04	43	44.73	Mississippi State			11	4-7-0	68	11	4-7-0	SEC
68	-3.13	65	-2.87	94	77.57	Louisiana Lafayette			7	5-2-0	70	11	6-5-0	SIC
69	-3.43	76	-5.86	100	79.90	Bowling Green			10	7-3-0	69	11	8-3-0	MAC
70	-3.45	78	-5.98	40	43.80	North Carolina State			10	3-7-0	72	11	3-8-0	ACC
71	-3.74	68	-4.02	24	40.45	Tulane			11	3-8-0	71	11	3-8-0	SIC
72	-4.11	81	-9.80	88	72.36	Tulsa			11	6-5-0	75	11	6-5-0	MVC
73	-4.25	75	-5.76	29	41.10	Kansas State			10	2-7-1	73	11	3-7-1	BIG 8
74	-4.32	70	-4.20	89	73.05	San Jose State			11	6-5-0	74	11	6-5-0	BWC
75	-4.35	56	1.78	97	79.14	Toledo			11	7-3-1	76	12	8-3-1	MAC
76	-5.54	67	-3.69	41	43.80	Oregon State			10	2-8-0	77	11	2-9-0	PAC-10
77	-5.56	66	-3.63	14	37.45	Duke			11	2-9-0	78	11	2-9-0	ACC
78	-6.25	73	-5.35	50	47.77	Minnesota			11	4-7-0	79	11	4-7-0	BIG 10
79	-7.77	79	-8.07	85	69.72	Fresno State			9	4-5-0	80	12	6-6-0	BWC
80	-7.89	80	-8.13	77	59.85	Wyoming			10	4-6-0	81	12	6-6-0	WAC
81	-8.68	88	-12.62	90	73.36	Miami (OH)			11	4-7-0	82	11	4-7-0	MAC
82	-8.94	84	-10.55	109	99.00	Indiana State			6	5-1-0	84	12	9-3-0	MVC
83	-9.29	77	-5.96	27	40.91	Northwestern			11	2-9-0	83	11	2-9-0	BIG 10
84	-11.16	85	-11.68	51	47.82	California			11	2-9-0	89	11	2-9-0	PAC-10
85	-11.23	89	-13.81	80	61.41	Colorado State			11	3-8-0	88	11	3-8-0	WAC
86	-12.10	92	-15.25	73	54.68	Iowa State			11	2-7-2	90	11	2-7-2	BIG 8
87	-12.24	83	-10.28	78	60.33	Southern Mississippi			9	3-6-0	85	11	4-7-0	SIC
88	-12.78	82	-10.28	83	65.36	Cal State Long Beach			11	4-7-0	91	11	4-7-0	BWC
89	-13.14	91	-14.97	37	42.78	Cincinnati			9	1-8-0	94	11	2-9-0	EIC
90	-13.47	99	-19.46	44	45.23	Indiana			11	0-11-0	93	11	0-11-0	BIG 10
91	-13.52	87	-12.61	38	43.18	Colorado			11	1-10-0	92	11	1-10-0	BIG 8
92	-13.52	93	-16.36	104	86.60	Western Michigan			10	4-6-0	87	11	5-6-0	MAC
93	-14.66	96	-17.41	67	53.05	Utah State			11	1-10-0	95	11	1-10-0	BWC
94	-14.71	97	-17.46	86	70.25	New Mexico			12	4-8-0	96	12	4-8-0	WAC
95	-15.01	94	-16.36	101	82.68	Northern Illinois			11	4-6-1	97	11	4-6-1	MAC
96	-16.67	98	-18.69	32	41.35	Rice			10	0-10-0	100	11	1-10-0	SWAC
97	-16.74	86	-11.70	96	78.36	Ohio University			11	4-6-1	99	11	4-6-1	MAC
98	-17.00	104	-23.91	69	54.11	East Carolina			9	0-9-0	101	11	2-9-0	SIC
99	-17.38	95	-17.34	102	84.39	Eastern Michigan			9	2-5-2	106	11	2-7-2	MAC
100	-17.54	100	-20.49	95	77.75	Kent State			10	3-7-0	103	11	4-7-0	MAC
101	-20.62	90	-14.87	99	79.90	Ball State			10	3-7-0	107	11	3-8-0	MAC
102	-22.53	103	-22.44	91	73.83	Pacific			9	2-7-0	111	11	4-7-0	BWC
103	-23.67	101	-21.52	107	95.75	Illinois State			6	3-3-0	109	11	5-6-0	MVC
104	-24.11	102	-22.21	47	46.56	Louisville			8	1-7-0	112	11	2-9-0	SIC
105	-28.09	107	-29.61	84	66.25	Texas El Paso			10	1-9-0	113	11	2-9-0	WAC
106	-29.76	105	-28.04	93	75.33	Wichita State			9	2-7-0	114	11	2-9-0	MVC
107	-32.26	109	-34.49	108	98.31	West Texas A&M			8	2-6-0	115	11	3-8-0	MVC
108	-33.37	106	-29.12	110	100.86	Drake			7	3-4-0	116	11	4-7-0	MVC
109	-33.79	108	-32.63	103	85.59	New Mexico State			11	2-9-0	117	11	2-9-0	BWC
110	-41.65	110	-47.74	106	95.30	Southern Illinois			5	0-5-0	118	11	3-8-0	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 Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

College Football 1984
Ranking of Division I-A Teams

Based on games played between 1984/8/28 and 1985/1/1
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)