College Football 1984
Ranking of ALL 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 all teams based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents)
ScoreDif WinLoss Schedule Total Division Conference
Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Team Games Record Rank Games Record Name Rank Games Record Name
102 -15.71 80 -5.97 1 23.83 North Texas 3 0-3-0 4 0 0-0-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 Major-Ind
33 10.02 22 14.76 2 29.95 Syracuse 11 6-5-0 2 11 6-5-0 I-A 8 7 3-4-0 EIC
19 15.42 17 17.17 3 31.67 Georgia 12 7-4-1 3 12 7-4-1 I-A 8 6 4-2-0 SEC
61 1.70 61 0.66 4 31.72 Navy 11 4-6-1 4 9 2-6-1 I-A 10 4 0-3-1 EIC
50 5.17 26 13.98 5 31.95 Penn State 11 6-5-0 1 10 5-5-0 I-A 1 6 3-3-0 EIC
20 14.70 24 14.18 6 33.21 Tennessee 12 7-4-1 5 12 7-4-1 I-A 9 6 3-3-0 SEC
5 21.43 3 24.00 7 33.65 Boston College 12 10-2-0 6 10 8-2-0 I-A 5 6 4-2-0 EIC
1 28.29 1 29.32 8 34.55 Florida 11 9-1-1 7 11 9-1-1 I-A 2 6 5-0-1 SEC
17 15.88 28 13.80 9 35.45 Clemson 11 7-4-0 8 10 6-4-0 I-A 6 7 5-2-0 ACC
40 8.64 48 7.21 10 36.41 Alabama 11 5-6-0 9 11 5-6-0 I-A 4 6 2-4-0 SEC
55 4.24 57 2.70 11 37.50 Pittsburgh 11 3-7-1 10 11 3-7-1 I-A 9 5 1-3-1 EIC
32 10.61 35 10.49 12 37.56 Army 12 8-3-1 11 8 4-3-1 I-A 6 4 1-3-0 EIC
6 19.93 10 20.00 13 37.88 Auburn 13 9-4-0 13 13 9-4-0 I-A 7 6 4-2-0 SEC
15 16.22 29 13.68 14 37.95 Georgia Tech 11 6-4-1 15 10 5-4-1 I-A 7 6 3-2-1 ACC
78 -4.38 69 -2.38 15 37.95 Duke 11 2-9-0 14 11 2-9-0 I-A 1 7 1-6-0 ACC
44 6.85 45 7.91 16 38.14 Vanderbilt 11 5-6-0 16 11 5-6-0 I-A 6 6 2-4-0 SEC
27 11.80 32 12.52 17 38.25 Notre Dame 12 7-5-0 17 12 7-5-0 I-A 11 2 2-0-0 EIC
12 18.44 4 23.34 18 38.67 Maryland 12 9-3-0 18 12 9-3-0 I-A 8 6 6-0-0 ACC
26 12.01 15 17.66 19 38.88 Texas 12 7-4-1 19 12 7-4-1 I-A 5 8 5-3-0 SWAC
60 3.08 52 5.37 20 39.32 Stanford 11 5-6-0 20 11 5-6-0 I-A 3 8 3-5-0 PAC-10
11 18.78 19 16.42 21 40.73 Florida State 12 7-3-2 21 11 6-3-2 I-A 5 5 3-1-1 SIC
71 -1.96 72 -2.72 22 40.77 Tulane 11 3-8-0 24 11 3-8-0 I-A 1 4 2-2-0 SIC
39 8.64 44 7.92 23 41.00 Michigan 12 6-6-0 26 12 6-6-0 I-A 5 9 5-4-0 BIG 10
83 -7.99 78 -4.52 24 41.05 Northwestern 11 2-9-0 27 11 2-9-0 I-A 2 9 2-7-0 BIG 10
25 12.27 21 15.93 25 41.08 West Virginia 12 8-4-0 23 12 8-4-0 I-A 3 6 4-2-0 EIC
100 -15.38 102 -16.46 26 41.25 Rice 11 1-10-0 32 10 0-10-0 I-A 1 8 0-8-0 SWAC
18 15.84 25 14.01 27 41.42 Miami FL 13 8-5-0 22 13 8-5-0 I-A 7 2 1-1-0 SIC
34 10.01 12 18.22 28 41.62 Southern California 12 9-3-0 28 12 9-3-0 I-A 5 8 7-1-0 PAC-10
73 -2.89 77 -4.27 29 41.75 Kansas State 11 3-7-1 29 10 2-7-1 I-A 3 7 2-4-1 BIG 8
13 17.00 9 20.73 30 41.83 Louisiana State 12 8-3-1 25 12 8-3-1 I-A 10 6 4-1-1 SEC
54 4.41 41 8.34 31 41.86 North Carolina 11 5-5-1 30 11 5-5-1 I-A 4 7 3-3-1 ACC
22 13.27 14 17.76 32 42.09 Virginia 12 8-2-2 33 11 7-2-2 I-A 5 7 3-2-2 ACC
104 -16.75 93 -12.89 33 42.12 William & Mary 4 0-4-0 8 0 0-0-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 Major-Ind
48 5.79 53 5.29 34 43.27 Baylor 11 5-6-0 36 11 5-6-0 I-A 4 8 4-4-0 SWAC
92 -12.18 88 -11.08 35 43.77 Colorado 11 1-10-0 38 11 1-10-0 I-A 1 7 1-6-0 BIG 8
49 5.57 40 8.46 36 43.88 Purdue 12 7-5-0 39 12 7-5-0 I-A 6 9 6-3-0 BIG 10
94 -12.28 97 -14.24 37 44.17 Cincinnati 11 2-9-0 37 9 1-8-0 I-A 2 2 0-2-0 EIC
24 12.30 16 17.29 38 44.22 Rutgers 10 7-3-0 35 9 6-3-0 I-A 7 7 5-2-0 EIC
77 -4.22 68 -2.08 39 44.30 Oregon State 11 2-9-0 41 10 2-8-0 I-A 4 8 1-7-0 PAC-10
72 -2.25 79 -4.85 40 44.75 North Carolina State 11 3-8-0 40 10 3-7-0 I-A 2 7 1-6-0 ACC
93 -12.20 104 -18.11 41 45.23 Indiana 11 0-11-0 44 11 0-11-0 I-A 1 9 0-9-0 BIG 10
68 -1.19 71 -2.62 42 45.41 Mississippi State 11 4-7-0 43 11 4-7-0 I-A 3 6 1-5-0 SEC
52 4.85 63 -0.73 43 46.86 Missouri 11 3-7-1 46 11 3-7-1 I-A 4 7 2-4-1 BIG 8
112 -23.25 110 -22.43 44 47.81 Louisville 11 2-9-0 47 8 1-7-0 I-A 10 2 0-2-0 SIC
46 6.30 54 4.87 45 48.09 Mississippi 11 4-6-1 31 10 3-6-1 I-A 5 6 1-5-0 SEC
79 -4.95 74 -3.89 46 48.27 Minnesota 11 4-7-0 50 11 4-7-0 I-A 3 9 3-6-0 BIG 10
42 7.98 38 9.06 47 48.41 Washington State 11 6-5-0 48 11 6-5-0 I-A 6 7 4-3-0 PAC-10
36 9.46 37 9.23 48 48.54 Houston 12 7-5-0 49 12 7-5-0 I-A 8 8 6-2-0 SWAC
89 -9.87 86 -10.16 49 48.64 California 11 2-9-0 51 11 2-9-0 I-A 1 9 1-8-0 PAC-10
4 22.30 6 22.66 50 48.71 Oklahoma 12 9-2-1 53 12 9-2-1 I-A 7 7 6-1-0 BIG 8
21 13.30 36 10.32 51 48.75 Arkansas 12 7-4-1 52 12 7-4-1 I-A 7 8 5-3-0 SWAC
28 11.70 13 18.05 52 49.08 Kentucky 12 9-3-0 42 11 8-3-0 I-A 1 6 3-3-0 SEC
43 7.65 47 7.28 53 49.59 Arizona State 11 5-6-0 54 11 5-6-0 I-A 7 7 3-4-0 PAC-10
8 19.36 5 22.69 54 49.73 South Carolina 12 10-2-0 55 11 9-2-0 I-A 6 2 2-0-0 SIC
53 4.50 55 4.02 55 50.08 Michigan State 12 6-6-0 57 12 6-6-0 I-A 4 9 5-4-0 BIG 10
51 4.93 50 5.96 56 50.60 Wake Forest 11 6-5-0 12 8 3-5-0 I-A 3 7 3-4-0 ACC
67 -1.09 62 0.02 57 50.91 Kansas 11 5-6-0 56 11 5-6-0 I-A 5 7 4-3-0 BIG 8
2 24.14 7 20.92 58 51.62 Nebraska 12 10-2-0 58 12 10-2-0 I-A 8 7 6-1-0 BIG 8
3 23.94 2 24.33 59 51.62 Washington 12 11-1-0 59 12 11-1-0 I-A 8 7 6-1-0 PAC-10
9 19.15 23 14.63 60 51.79 Ohio State 12 9-3-0 61 12 9-3-0 I-A 10 9 7-2-0 BIG 10
41 8.15 49 7.03 61 51.90 Temple 11 6-5-0 45 9 5-4-0 I-A 4 5 3-2-0 EIC
105 -16.76 106 -18.50 62 52.50 Richmond 3 0-3-0 6 0 0-0-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 Major-Ind
14 16.27 27 13.83 63 52.77 Iowa 13 8-4-1 64 13 8-4-1 I-A 7 9 5-3-1 BIG 10
23 12.70 39 9.05 64 53.14 Illinois 11 7-4-0 66 11 7-4-0 I-A 9 9 6-3-0 BIG 10
35 9.47 43 8.05 65 53.21 Wisconsin 12 7-4-1 65 12 7-4-1 I-A 8 9 5-3-1 BIG 10
37 9.45 33 11.27 66 53.73 Virginia Tech 12 8-4-0 34 9 5-4-0 I-A 3 1 1-0-0 SIC
95 -13.30 100 -15.76 67 54.05 Utah State 11 1-10-0 67 11 1-10-0 I-A 2 6 1-5-0 BWC
29 11.68 18 16.85 68 54.88 UCLA 12 9-3-0 70 12 9-3-0 I-A 10 7 5-2-0 PAC-10
101 -15.62 111 -22.56 69 54.89 East Carolina 11 2-9-0 69 9 0-9-0 I-A 2 4 0-4-0 SIC
10 18.97 20 16.30 70 55.17 Oklahoma State 12 10-2-0 72 12 10-2-0 I-A 6 7 5-2-0 BIG 8
45 6.83 30 12.79 71 55.38 Texas Christian 12 8-4-0 60 11 7-4-0 I-A 6 8 5-3-0 SWAC
63 0.98 58 2.27 72 55.59 Oregon 11 6-5-0 71 11 6-5-0 I-A 2 8 3-5-0 PAC-10
16 16.06 11 18.86 73 55.79 Southern Methodist 12 10-2-0 63 11 9-2-0 I-A 9 8 6-2-0 SWAC
30 11.41 31 12.54 74 56.68 Arizona 11 7-4-0 75 11 7-4-0 I-A 9 7 5-2-0 PAC-10
90 -10.75 95 -13.72 75 56.77 Iowa State 11 2-7-2 73 11 2-7-2 I-A 2 7 0-5-2 BIG 8
66 -0.26 67 -1.63 76 57.23 Texas Tech 11 4-7-0 62 10 3-7-0 I-A 2 8 2-6-0 SWAC
62 1.66 60 1.41 77 58.05 Memphis 11 5-5-1 68 10 4-5-1 I-A 4 4 2-1-1 SIC
65 0.09 76 -4.06 78 59.25 San Diego State 12 4-7-1 76 12 4-7-1 I-A 5 8 4-3-1 WAC
57 4.03 65 -0.91 79 59.73 Texas A&M 11 6-5-0 74 10 5-5-0 I-A 3 8 3-5-0 SWAC
81 -6.57 82 -6.49 80 61.50 Wyoming 12 6-6-0 77 10 4-6-0 I-A 4 8 4-4-0 WAC
31 10.96 46 7.55 81 62.41 Air Force 12 8-4-0 79 11 7-4-0 I-A 7 7 4-3-0 WAC
88 -9.85 92 -12.36 82 62.59 Colorado State 11 3-8-0 80 11 3-8-0 I-A 3 8 3-5-0 WAC
56 4.24 51 5.94 83 64.45 Hawaii 11 7-4-0 81 11 7-4-0 I-A 9 7 5-2-0 WAC
59 3.40 73 -3.62 84 64.82 Utah 12 6-5-1 82 11 5-5-1 I-A 6 8 4-3-1 WAC
85 -9.33 85 -9.15 85 67.30 Southern Mississippi 11 4-7-0 78 9 3-6-0 I-A 8 5 2-3-0 SIC
91 -11.53 84 -8.61 86 67.41 Cal State Long Beach 11 4-7-0 83 11 4-7-0 I-A 4 7 3-4-0 BWC
108 -20.02 112 -24.69 87 67.67 Louisiana Tech 3 0-3-0 2 0 0-0-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 Major-Ind
113 -26.60 114 -28.05 88 68.35 Texas El Paso 11 2-9-0 84 10 1-9-0 I-A 1 8 1-7-0 WAC
80 -6.41 81 -6.34 89 71.94 Fresno State 12 6-6-0 85 9 4-5-0 I-A 5 7 3-4-0 BWC
7 19.55 8 20.89 90 72.04 Brigham Young 13 13-0-0 87 13 13-0-0 I-A 8 8 8-0-0 WAC
96 -13.34 101 -16.14 91 72.54 New Mexico 12 4-8-0 86 12 4-8-0 I-A 2 8 1-7-0 WAC
82 -7.70 90 -11.94 92 74.86 Miami OH 11 4-7-0 90 11 4-7-0 I-A 5 8 3-5-0 MAC
74 -3.15 70 -2.48 93 75.32 San Jose State 11 6-5-0 89 11 6-5-0 I-A 6 7 5-2-0 BWC
111 -21.12 108 -20.76 94 75.83 Pacific 11 4-7-0 91 9 2-7-0 I-A 3 7 2-5-0 BWC
75 -3.23 83 -7.71 95 75.95 Tulsa 11 6-5-0 88 11 6-5-0 I-A 5 5 5-0-0 MVC
38 8.91 34 11.15 96 77.08 Nevada Las Vegas 13 11-2-0 92 12 10-2-0 I-A 8 7 7-0-0 BWC
103 -15.80 103 -17.99 97 79.55 Kent State 11 4-7-0 95 10 3-7-0 I-A 3 9 3-6-0 MAC
86 -9.65 107 -20.73 98 80.00 Arkansas State 3 1-2-0 1 0 0-0-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 Major-Ind
99 -15.29 87 -10.84 99 80.32 Ohio University 11 4-6-1 96 11 4-6-1 I-A 7 9 4-4-1 MAC
107 -19.46 99 -14.78 100 81.65 Ball State 11 3-8-0 99 10 3-7-0 I-A 4 8 3-5-0 MAC
114 -27.64 113 -27.26 101 81.85 Wichita State 11 2-9-0 93 9 2-7-0 I-A 2 4 2-2-0 MVC
47 6.27 42 8.16 102 82.56 Cal State Fullerton 12 11-1-0 98 9 8-1-0 I-A 7 7 6-1-0 BWC
70 -1.78 66 -1.43 103 83.81 Louisiana Lafayette 11 6-5-0 94 7 5-2-0 I-A 9 3 2-1-0 SIC
69 -1.29 75 -3.93 104 84.23 Bowling Green 11 8-3-0 100 10 7-3-0 I-A 10 9 7-2-0 MAC
76 -3.63 56 2.77 105 84.33 Toledo 12 8-3-1 97 11 7-3-1 I-A 9 9 7-1-1 MAC
97 -13.66 98 -14.74 106 85.05 Northern Illinois 11 4-6-1 101 11 4-6-1 I-A 6 9 3-5-1 MAC
106 -18.52 105 -18.41 107 86.85 Eastern Michigan 11 2-7-2 102 9 2-5-2 I-A 1 9 2-5-2 MAC
117 -31.41 116 -30.20 108 89.73 New Mexico State 11 2-9-0 103 11 2-9-0 I-A 1 6 0-6-0 BWC
87 -9.68 89 -11.57 109 90.45 Western Michigan 11 5-6-0 104 10 4-6-0 I-A 2 9 3-6-0 MAC
64 0.72 64 -0.90 110 92.00 Central Michigan 11 8-2-1 105 10 7-2-1 I-A 8 9 6-2-1 MAC
119 -40.99 119 -51.54 111 95.12 Eastern Illinois 4 0-4-0 5 0 0-0-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 Major-Ind
109 -20.52 109 -21.58 112 97.22 Illinois State 11 5-6-0 107 6 3-3-0 I-A 3 5 3-2-0 MVC
118 -35.35 118 -40.89 113 97.62 Southern Illinois 11 3-8-0 106 5 0-5-0 I-A 1 5 0-5-0 MVC
110 -21.04 96 -14.12 114 98.67 Texas Arlington 3 2-1-0 9 0 0-0-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 Major-Ind
98 -14.64 94 -13.60 115 100.83 Marshall 3 2-1-0 3 0 0-0-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 Major-Ind
116 -30.21 115 -28.22 116 101.44 Drake 11 4-7-0 110 7 3-4-0 I-A 6 5 2-3-0 MVC
84 -9.08 91 -12.16 117 101.62 Indiana State 12 9-3-0 109 6 5-1-0 I-A 4 4 3-1-0 MVC
115 -29.47 117 -31.55 118 103.78 West Texas A&M 11 3-8-0 108 8 2-6-0 I-A 7 4 1-3-0 MVC
58 3.57 59 1.42 119 107.50 Western Illinois 4 4-0-0 7 0 0-0-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 Major-Ind
Unrated teams with less than 3 games against rated teams
Akron 2 0-2-0
Appalachian State 2 0-2-0
Boise State 2 0-2-0
Central Florida 2 1-1-0
Georgia Southern 1 0-1-0
Louisiana Monroe 1 1-0-0
Massachusetts 1 1-0-0
Middle Tennessee 1 1-0-0
Nevada Reno 2 0-2-0
Texas State 1 1-0-0
Western Kentucky 1 0-1-0
Abilene Christian 1 0-1-0
California Poly 1 0-1-0
Citadel 2 0-2-0
Colgate 2 0-2-0
Delaware 1 1-0-0
East Tennessee State 1 0-1-0
Furman 1 1-0-0
Harvard 1 0-1-0
Holy Cross 1 0-1-0
Idaho 2 1-1-0
Idaho State 2 0-2-0
Lamar 1 0-1-0
Lehigh 1 0-1-0
McNeese State 2 2-0-0
Missouri State 2 2-0-0
Montana 1 0-1-0
Montana State 1 1-0-0
Murray State 1 1-0-0
Northern Arizona 1 0-1-0
Northern Colorado 1 0-1-0
Northern Iowa 2 1-1-0
Northwestern State (LA) 1 1-0-0
Pennsylvania 1 0-1-0
Princeton 1 0-1-0
South Dakota 1 0-1-0
South Dakota State 1 0-1-0
SE Missouri State 1 0-1-0
Tennessee Chattanooga 2 1-1-0
Tennessee State 1 1-0-0
Tennessee Tech 1 0-1-0
Virginia Military 2 0-2-0
Weber State 1 0-1-0
Western Carolina 1 0-1-0
Youngstown State 2 2-0-0
Central Missouri 1 0-1-0
Lincoln (MO) 1 0-1-0
Northern Michigan 1 0-1-0
Truman State 1 0-1-0
Wayne State (MI) 1 0-1-0
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