College Football 1985
Ranking of Division I-A Teams

Based on games played between 1985/8/29 and 1986/1/1
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

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1985 - 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
25	13.36	26	12.17	1	26.45	Notre Dame			11	5-6-0	1	11	5-6-0	EIC
11	20.65	9	22.78	2	32.21	Auburn			12	8-4-0	2	12	8-4-0	SEC
72	-6.28	57	-1.49	3	33.00	Rice			10	2-8-0	3	11	3-8-0	SWAC
4	28.39	1	36.52	4	33.64	Florida	5		11	9-1-1	5	11	9-1-1	SEC
1	29.54	6	24.99	5	33.96	Michigan	2	2	12	10-1-1	6	12	10-1-1	BIG 10
6	24.98	7	23.89	6	34.33	Alabama	13	14	12	9-2-1	4	12	9-2-1	SEC
14	19.66	17	16.76	7	34.75	Georgia			12	7-3-2	7	12	7-3-2	SEC
2	29.14	2	32.29	8	35.67	Tennessee	4	4	12	9-1-2	8	12	9-1-2	SEC
76	-9.30	72	-6.94	9	36.45	Vanderbilt			10	2-7-1	10	11	3-7-1	SEC
84	-13.13	99	-18.17	10	36.50	Rutgers			9	0-8-1	9	11	2-8-1	EIC
38	5.41	37	5.99	11	37.50	Mississippi			10	3-6-1	16	11	4-6-1	SEC
53	0.85	44	3.72	12	38.25	Mississippi State			10	4-6-0	18	11	5-6-0	SEC
52	1.03	64	-3.50	13	38.55	Washington State			10	3-7-0	11	11	4-7-0	PAC-10
33	8.01	29	10.01	14	39.25	Kentucky			10	4-6-0	13	11	5-6-0	SEC
29	10.81	30	9.91	15	39.54	Michigan State			12	7-5-0	14	12	7-5-0	BIG 10
7	23.15	10	21.19	16	39.77	Texas A&M	6	7	11	9-2-0	12	12	10-2-0	SWAC
26	12.06	32	8.73	17	40.32	Minnesota			11	6-5-0	23	12	7-5-0	BIG 10
32	8.23	42	4.01	18	40.38	Southern California			12	6-6-0	15	12	6-6-0	PAC-10
10	20.84	12	19.78	19	40.58	Ohio State	14	11	12	9-3-0	19	12	9-3-0	BIG 10
22	14.32	13	19.42	20	40.59	Florida State	15	13	11	8-3-0	17	12	9-3-0	SIC
36	7.14	39	4.96	21	40.73	Purdue			11	5-6-0	22	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
5	25.07	8	23.68	22	40.83	UCLA	7	6	12	9-2-1	20	12	9-2-1	PAC-10
70	-5.36	65	-3.61	23	40.86	Boston College			11	3-8-0	21	12	4-8-0	EIC
3	28.45	3	29.59	24	41.21	Oklahoma	1	1	12	11-1-0	25	12	11-1-0	BIG 8
83	-12.45	77	-9.47	25	41.33	Oregon State			9	2-7-0	24	11	3-8-0	PAC-10
37	6.08	43	3.96	26	41.54	Illinois			12	6-5-1	26	12	6-5-1	BIG 10
73	-6.36	87	-12.48	27	42.00	Wake Forest			8	1-7-0	57	11	4-7-0	ACC
65	-3.69	53	-0.85	28	42.50	Cincinnati			9	3-6-0	29	11	5-6-0	EIC
17	18.12	22	15.15	29	43.00	Baylor	17	15	12	9-3-0	27	12	9-3-0	SWAC
8	22.97	4	27.64	30	43.12	Miami (FL)	9	8	12	10-2-0	33	12	10-2-0	SIC
69	-4.85	67	-4.63	31	43.50	Memphis			10	2-7-1	28	11	2-7-2	SIC
27	11.90	36	7.55	32	43.59	Southern Methodist			11	6-5-0	30	11	6-5-0	SWAC
18	17.92	11	20.96	33	43.60	Georgia Tech	19	18	10	7-2-1	31	12	9-2-1	ACC
35	7.28	23	14.27	34	44.04	Texas			12	8-4-0	32	12	8-4-0	SWAC
34	7.52	31	8.83	35	44.21	Washington			12	7-5-0	34	12	7-5-0	PAC-10
59	-1.31	70	-5.90	36	44.95	Texas Tech			10	3-7-0	49	11	4-7-0	SWAC
31	9.16	33	8.10	37	45.04	Colorado			12	7-5-0	43	12	7-5-0	BIG 8
23	14.19	18	16.34	38	45.08	LSU	20	20	12	9-2-1	35	12	9-2-1	SEC
19	17.20	15	18.48	39	45.12	Iowa	10	9	12	10-2-0	40	12	10-2-0	BIG 10
48	2.70	74	-8.21	40	45.33	Navy			9	3-6-0	37	11	4-7-0	EIC
80	-11.40	93	-14.95	41	45.90	East Carolina			10	1-9-0	36	11	2-9-0	SIC
20	16.57	21	15.36	42	46.00	Maryland	18	19	12	9-3-0	39	12	9-3-0	ACC
41	4.52	40	4.34	43	46.12	Clemson			12	6-6-0	42	12	6-6-0	ACC
51	1.41	51	0.22	44	46.20	North Carolina			10	4-6-0	44	11	5-6-0	ACC
68	-4.52	49	1.31	45	46.27	Houston			11	4-7-0	38	11	4-7-0	SWAC
67	-4.51	69	-5.88	46	46.59	Stanford			11	4-7-0	45	11	4-7-0	PAC-10
28	11.71	25	13.62	47	47.41	Oklahoma State			11	7-4-0	60	12	8-4-0	BIG 8
15	19.31	20	15.48	48	47.46	Nebraska	11	10	12	9-3-0	48	12	9-3-0	BIG 8
109	-25.85	102	-20.51	49	47.50	Louisville			8	0-8-0	41	11	2-9-0	SIC
9	21.53	5	26.71	50	47.58	Penn State	3	3	12	11-1-0	47	12	11-1-0	EIC
62	-2.59	62	-2.93	51	48.39	South Carolina			9	3-6-0	51	11	5-6-0	SIC
56	-0.38	54	-0.91	52	48.68	Wisconsin			11	5-6-0	52	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
82	-11.85	81	-9.91	53	48.82	Northwestern			11	3-8-0	53	11	3-8-0	BIG 10
16	18.81	16	18.37	54	49.08	Arkansas	12	12	12	10-2-0	50	12	10-2-0	SWAC
81	-11.66	86	-11.80	55	49.10	Texas Christian			10	2-8-0	61	11	3-8-0	SWAC
24	13.54	34	8.03	56	49.25	Arizona State			12	8-4-0	55	12	8-4-0	PAC-10
90	-15.11	106	-24.07	57	49.36	Missouri			11	1-10-0	56	11	1-10-0	BIG 8
94	-16.78	96	-17.28	58	49.36	Tulane			11	1-10-0	46	11	1-10-0	SIC
66	-4.47	61	-2.83	59	49.50	Colorado State			12	5-7-0	54	12	5-7-0	WAC
63	-3.50	63	-3.41	60	50.14	Indiana			11	4-7-0	59	11	4-7-0	BIG 10
46	3.66	56	-1.21	61	50.60	Virginia			10	5-5-0	58	11	6-5-0	ACC
64	-3.62	71	-6.58	62	52.33	Temple			9	3-6-0	75	11	4-7-0	EIC
45	3.80	48	1.47	63	52.45	Oregon			11	5-6-0	63	11	5-6-0	PAC-10
54	0.68	55	-0.91	64	52.64	Pittsburgh			11	5-5-1	62	11	5-5-1	EIC
60	-2.21	85	-10.27	65	52.82	California			11	4-7-0	65	11	4-7-0	PAC-10
103	-20.04	105	-21.15	66	52.94	Kansas State			9	1-8-0	81	11	1-10-0	BIG 8
21	15.18	27	11.99	67	53.17	Arizona			12	8-3-1	66	12	8-3-1	PAC-10
87	-14.49	83	-9.92	68	53.20	North Carolina State			10	3-7-0	64	11	3-8-0	ACC
49	2.15	59	-2.44	69	54.18	Kansas			11	5-6-0	77	12	6-6-0	BIG 8
40	4.94	45	2.86	70	54.39	Virginia Tech			9	5-4-0	80	11	6-5-0	SIC
39	5.01	38	5.11	71	55.69	Army			8	5-3-0	67	12	9-3-0	EIC
85	-14.38	89	-13.26	72	55.82	Wyoming			11	3-8-0	68	11	3-8-0	WAC
50	1.64	58	-2.21	73	56.71	San Diego State			12	5-6-1	72	12	5-6-1	WAC
12	20.47	14	19.27	74	57.12	Air Force	8	5	13	12-1-0	71	13	12-1-0	WAC
44	4.09	35	7.59	75	57.14	West Virginia			11	7-3-1	70	11	7-3-1	EIC
74	-7.80	46	2.13	76	57.18	Iowa State			11	5-6-0	74	11	5-6-0	BIG 8
75	-8.73	68	-5.04	77	57.36	Duke			11	4-7-0	69	11	4-7-0	ACC
13	19.68	19	15.95	78	57.61	Brigham Young	16	17	14	11-3-0	76	14	11-3-0	WAC
47	3.08	52	-0.16	79	57.96	Syracuse			12	7-5-0	73	12	7-5-0	EIC
61	-2.22	47	2.05	80	58.23	Tulsa			11	6-5-0	79	11	6-5-0	MVC
78	-9.69	91	-14.09	81	58.50	New Mexico			11	3-8-0	78	11	3-8-0	WAC
108	-25.75	109	-32.30	82	59.91	Texas El Paso			11	1-10-0	82	11	1-10-0	WAC
55	-0.05	73	-7.55	83	60.88	Hawaii			12	4-6-2	83	12	4-6-2	WAC
43	4.15	50	0.90	84	61.64	Utah			11	7-4-0	85	12	8-4-0	WAC
58	-1.29	66	-4.01	85	63.17	Southern Mississippi			9	5-4-0	87	11	7-4-0	SIC
92	-16.34	78	-9.55	86	64.31	Louisiana Lafayette			8	3-5-0	88	11	4-7-0	SIC
104	-21.61	97	-17.36	87	67.59	Utah State			11	3-8-0	89	11	3-8-0	BWC
91	-15.84	80	-9.83	88	70.41	Northern Illinois			11	4-7-0	91	11	4-7-0	MAC
79	-10.12	79	-9.80	89	71.41	Western Michigan			11	4-6-1	93	11	4-6-1	MAC
102	-19.74	101	-19.58	90	72.91	San Jose State			11	2-8-1	92	11	2-8-1	BWC
42	4.36	28	11.26	91	74.50	Bowling Green			11	10-1-0	94	12	11-1-0	MAC
99	-19.12	95	-17.03	92	75.05	Toledo			11	4-7-0	98	11	4-7-0	MAC
100	-19.21	100	-18.46	93	75.10	Pacific			10	3-7-0	95	12	5-7-0	BWC
57	-0.63	41	4.17	94	75.73	Miami (OH)			11	8-2-1	99	11	8-2-1	MAC
98	-18.29	107	-27.91	95	76.12	Drake			8	2-6-0	107	11	4-7-0	MVC
107	-25.69	104	-20.82	96	76.25	Ohio University			10	2-8-0	102	11	2-9-0	MAC
97	-17.36	90	-13.95	97	76.36	Ball State			11	4-7-0	103	11	4-7-0	MAC
106	-23.27	98	-17.91	98	77.50	Wichita State			10	3-7-0	105	11	3-8-0	MVC
101	-19.41	92	-14.21	99	77.78	Eastern Michigan			9	3-6-0	100	11	4-7-0	MAC
86	-14.44	94	-16.61	100	77.90	Kent State			10	3-7-0	101	11	3-8-0	MAC
77	-9.69	76	-9.19	101	78.80	Cal State Long Beach			10	5-5-0	104	12	6-6-0	BWC
110	-32.30	108	-30.32	102	79.45	New Mexico State			11	1-10-0	106	11	1-10-0	BWC
89	-14.61	88	-12.91	103	82.67	Nevada Las Vegas			9	4-4-1	108	11	5-5-1	BWC
71	-5.72	60	-2.63	104	83.10	Central Michigan			10	7-3-0	109	10	7-3-0	MAC
30	10.34	24	14.01	105	86.05	Fresno State		16	11	10-0-1	110	12	11-0-1	BWC
95	-16.95	84	-10.10	106	86.25	Cal State Fullerton			8	5-3-0	111	11	6-5-0	BWC
105	-22.49	110	-35.38	107	86.30	Southern Illinois			5	1-4-0	112	11	4-7-0	MVC
96	-17.21	103	-20.76	108	87.75	Indiana State			6	2-4-0	114	10	4-6-0	MVC
88	-14.57	75	-8.81	109	92.42	West Texas A&M			6	4-1-1	115	10	6-3-1	MVC
93	-16.53	82	-9.92	110	98.60	Illinois State			5	3-1-1	116	11	6-3-2	MVC

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College Football 1985Ranking of Division I-A Teams

Based on games played between 1985/8/29 and 1986/1/1Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

College Football 1985
Ranking of Division I-A Teams

Based on games played between 1985/8/29 and 1986/1/1
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)