College Football 1985
Ranking of Division I-A Teams

Based on games played between 1985/8/29 and 1986/1/1
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

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1985 - 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	29.54	6	24.99	5	33.96	Michigan	2	2	12	10-1-1	2	12	10-1-1	BIG 10
2	29.14	2	32.29	8	35.67	Tennessee	4	4	12	9-1-2	1	12	9-1-2	SEC
3	28.45	3	29.59	24	41.21	Oklahoma	1	1	12	11-1-0	4	12	11-1-0	BIG 8
4	28.39	1	36.52	4	33.64	Florida	5		11	9-1-1	3	11	9-1-1	SEC
5	25.07	8	23.68	22	40.83	UCLA	7	6	12	9-2-1	6	12	9-2-1	PAC-10
6	24.98	7	23.89	6	34.33	Alabama	13	14	12	9-2-1	5	12	9-2-1	SEC
7	23.15	10	21.19	16	39.77	Texas A&M	6	7	11	9-2-0	7	12	10-2-0	SWAC
8	22.97	4	27.64	30	43.12	Miami (FL)	9	8	12	10-2-0	8	12	10-2-0	SIC
9	21.53	5	26.71	50	47.58	Penn State	3	3	12	11-1-0	9	12	11-1-0	EIC
10	20.84	12	19.78	19	40.58	Ohio State	14	11	12	9-3-0	11	12	9-3-0	BIG 10
11	20.65	9	22.78	2	32.21	Auburn			12	8-4-0	10	12	8-4-0	SEC
12	20.47	14	19.27	74	57.12	Air Force	8	5	13	12-1-0	12	13	12-1-0	WAC
13	19.68	19	15.95	78	57.61	Brigham Young	16	17	14	11-3-0	14	14	11-3-0	WAC
14	19.66	17	16.76	7	34.75	Georgia			12	7-3-2	13	12	7-3-2	SEC
15	19.31	20	15.48	48	47.46	Nebraska	11	10	12	9-3-0	16	12	9-3-0	BIG 8
16	18.81	16	18.37	54	49.08	Arkansas	12	12	12	10-2-0	15	12	10-2-0	SWAC
17	18.12	22	15.15	29	43.00	Baylor	17	15	12	9-3-0	17	12	9-3-0	SWAC
18	17.92	11	20.96	33	43.60	Georgia Tech	19	18	10	7-2-1	18	12	9-2-1	ACC
19	17.20	15	18.48	39	45.12	Iowa	10	9	12	10-2-0	19	12	10-2-0	BIG 10
20	16.57	21	15.36	42	46.00	Maryland	18	19	12	9-3-0	20	12	9-3-0	ACC
21	15.18	27	11.99	67	53.17	Arizona			12	8-3-1	21	12	8-3-1	PAC-10
22	14.32	13	19.42	20	40.59	Florida State	15	13	11	8-3-0	23	12	9-3-0	SIC
23	14.19	18	16.34	38	45.08	LSU	20	20	12	9-2-1	22	12	9-2-1	SEC
24	13.54	34	8.03	56	49.25	Arizona State			12	8-4-0	24	12	8-4-0	PAC-10
25	13.36	26	12.17	1	26.45	Notre Dame			11	5-6-0	25	11	5-6-0	EIC
26	12.06	32	8.73	17	40.32	Minnesota			11	6-5-0	26	12	7-5-0	BIG 10
27	11.90	36	7.55	32	43.59	Southern Methodist			11	6-5-0	27	11	6-5-0	SWAC
28	11.71	25	13.62	47	47.41	Oklahoma State			11	7-4-0	28	12	8-4-0	BIG 8
29	10.81	30	9.91	15	39.54	Michigan State			12	7-5-0	29	12	7-5-0	BIG 10
30	10.34	24	14.01	105	86.05	Fresno State		16	11	10-0-1	30	12	11-0-1	BWC
31	9.16	33	8.10	37	45.04	Colorado			12	7-5-0	31	12	7-5-0	BIG 8
32	8.23	42	4.01	18	40.38	Southern California			12	6-6-0	33	12	6-6-0	PAC-10
33	8.01	29	10.01	14	39.25	Kentucky			10	4-6-0	32	11	5-6-0	SEC
34	7.52	31	8.83	35	44.21	Washington			12	7-5-0	35	12	7-5-0	PAC-10
35	7.28	23	14.27	34	44.04	Texas			12	8-4-0	34	12	8-4-0	SWAC
36	7.14	39	4.96	21	40.73	Purdue			11	5-6-0	36	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
37	6.08	43	3.96	26	41.54	Illinois			12	6-5-1	37	12	6-5-1	BIG 10
38	5.41	37	5.99	11	37.50	Mississippi			10	3-6-1	40	11	4-6-1	SEC
39	5.01	38	5.11	71	55.69	Army			8	5-3-0	38	12	9-3-0	EIC
40	4.94	45	2.86	70	54.39	Virginia Tech			9	5-4-0	39	11	6-5-0	SIC
41	4.52	40	4.34	43	46.12	Clemson			12	6-6-0	41	12	6-6-0	ACC
42	4.36	28	11.26	91	74.50	Bowling Green			11	10-1-0	43	12	11-1-0	MAC
43	4.15	50	0.90	84	61.64	Utah			11	7-4-0	44	12	8-4-0	WAC
44	4.09	35	7.59	75	57.14	West Virginia			11	7-3-1	42	11	7-3-1	EIC
45	3.80	48	1.47	63	52.45	Oregon			11	5-6-0	45	11	5-6-0	PAC-10
46	3.66	56	-1.21	61	50.60	Virginia			10	5-5-0	46	11	6-5-0	ACC
47	3.08	52	-0.16	79	57.96	Syracuse			12	7-5-0	47	12	7-5-0	EIC
48	2.70	74	-8.21	40	45.33	Navy			9	3-6-0	49	11	4-7-0	EIC
49	2.15	59	-2.44	69	54.18	Kansas			11	5-6-0	50	12	6-6-0	BIG 8
50	1.64	58	-2.21	73	56.71	San Diego State			12	5-6-1	51	12	5-6-1	WAC
51	1.41	51	0.22	44	46.20	North Carolina			10	4-6-0	53	11	5-6-0	ACC
52	1.03	64	-3.50	13	38.55	Washington State			10	3-7-0	55	11	4-7-0	PAC-10
53	0.85	44	3.72	12	38.25	Mississippi State			10	4-6-0	48	11	5-6-0	SEC
54	0.68	55	-0.91	64	52.64	Pittsburgh			11	5-5-1	54	11	5-5-1	EIC
55	-0.05	73	-7.55	83	60.88	Hawaii			12	4-6-2	57	12	4-6-2	WAC
56	-0.38	54	-0.91	52	48.68	Wisconsin			11	5-6-0	58	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
57	-0.63	41	4.17	94	75.73	Miami (OH)			11	8-2-1	59	11	8-2-1	MAC
58	-1.29	66	-4.01	85	63.17	Southern Mississippi			9	5-4-0	52	11	7-4-0	SIC
59	-1.31	70	-5.90	36	44.95	Texas Tech			10	3-7-0	56	11	4-7-0	SWAC
60	-2.21	85	-10.27	65	52.82	California			11	4-7-0	61	11	4-7-0	PAC-10
61	-2.22	47	2.05	80	58.23	Tulsa			11	6-5-0	60	11	6-5-0	MVC
62	-2.59	62	-2.93	51	48.39	South Carolina			9	3-6-0	63	11	5-6-0	SIC
63	-3.50	63	-3.41	60	50.14	Indiana			11	4-7-0	66	11	4-7-0	BIG 10
64	-3.62	71	-6.58	62	52.33	Temple			9	3-6-0	65	11	4-7-0	EIC
65	-3.69	53	-0.85	28	42.50	Cincinnati			9	3-6-0	67	11	5-6-0	EIC
66	-4.47	61	-2.83	59	49.50	Colorado State			12	5-7-0	72	12	5-7-0	WAC
67	-4.51	69	-5.88	46	46.59	Stanford			11	4-7-0	70	11	4-7-0	PAC-10
68	-4.52	49	1.31	45	46.27	Houston			11	4-7-0	69	11	4-7-0	SWAC
69	-4.85	67	-4.63	31	43.50	Memphis			10	2-7-1	68	11	2-7-2	SIC
70	-5.36	65	-3.61	23	40.86	Boston College			11	3-8-0	71	12	4-8-0	EIC
71	-5.72	60	-2.63	104	83.10	Central Michigan			10	7-3-0	75	10	7-3-0	MAC
72	-6.28	57	-1.49	3	33.00	Rice			10	2-8-0	73	11	3-8-0	SWAC
73	-6.36	87	-12.48	27	42.00	Wake Forest			8	1-7-0	74	11	4-7-0	ACC
74	-7.80	46	2.13	76	57.18	Iowa State			11	5-6-0	76	11	5-6-0	BIG 8
75	-8.73	68	-5.04	77	57.36	Duke			11	4-7-0	78	11	4-7-0	ACC
76	-9.30	72	-6.94	9	36.45	Vanderbilt			10	2-7-1	77	11	3-7-1	SEC
77	-9.69	76	-9.19	101	78.80	Cal State Long Beach			10	5-5-0	80	12	6-6-0	BWC
78	-9.69	91	-14.09	81	58.50	New Mexico			11	3-8-0	81	11	3-8-0	WAC
79	-10.12	79	-9.80	89	71.41	Western Michigan			11	4-6-1	85	11	4-6-1	MAC
80	-11.40	93	-14.95	41	45.90	East Carolina			10	1-9-0	84	11	2-9-0	SIC
81	-11.66	86	-11.80	55	49.10	Texas Christian			10	2-8-0	83	11	3-8-0	SWAC
82	-11.85	81	-9.91	53	48.82	Northwestern			11	3-8-0	86	11	3-8-0	BIG 10
83	-12.45	77	-9.47	25	41.33	Oregon State			9	2-7-0	87	11	3-8-0	PAC-10
84	-13.13	99	-18.17	10	36.50	Rutgers			9	0-8-1	89	11	2-8-1	EIC
85	-14.38	89	-13.26	72	55.82	Wyoming			11	3-8-0	91	11	3-8-0	WAC
86	-14.44	94	-16.61	100	77.90	Kent State			10	3-7-0	93	11	3-8-0	MAC
87	-14.49	83	-9.92	68	53.20	North Carolina State			10	3-7-0	90	11	3-8-0	ACC
88	-14.57	75	-8.81	109	92.42	West Texas A&M			6	4-1-1	99	10	6-3-1	MVC
89	-14.61	88	-12.91	103	82.67	Nevada Las Vegas			9	4-4-1	92	11	5-5-1	BWC
90	-15.11	106	-24.07	57	49.36	Missouri			11	1-10-0	94	11	1-10-0	BIG 8
91	-15.84	80	-9.83	88	70.41	Northern Illinois			11	4-7-0	98	11	4-7-0	MAC
92	-16.34	78	-9.55	86	64.31	Louisiana Lafayette			8	3-5-0	96	11	4-7-0	SIC
93	-16.53	82	-9.92	110	98.60	Illinois State			5	3-1-1	105	11	6-3-2	MVC
94	-16.78	96	-17.28	58	49.36	Tulane			11	1-10-0	97	11	1-10-0	SIC
95	-16.95	84	-10.10	106	86.25	Cal State Fullerton			8	5-3-0	100	11	6-5-0	BWC
96	-17.21	103	-20.76	108	87.75	Indiana State			6	2-4-0	112	10	4-6-0	MVC
97	-17.36	90	-13.95	97	76.36	Ball State			11	4-7-0	103	11	4-7-0	MAC
98	-18.29	107	-27.91	95	76.12	Drake			8	2-6-0	102	11	4-7-0	MVC
99	-19.12	95	-17.03	92	75.05	Toledo			11	4-7-0	107	11	4-7-0	MAC
100	-19.21	100	-18.46	93	75.10	Pacific			10	3-7-0	104	12	5-7-0	BWC
101	-19.41	92	-14.21	99	77.78	Eastern Michigan			9	3-6-0	109	11	4-7-0	MAC
102	-19.74	101	-19.58	90	72.91	San Jose State			11	2-8-1	106	11	2-8-1	BWC
103	-20.04	105	-21.15	66	52.94	Kansas State			9	1-8-0	111	11	1-10-0	BIG 8
104	-21.61	97	-17.36	87	67.59	Utah State			11	3-8-0	110	11	3-8-0	BWC
105	-22.49	110	-35.38	107	86.30	Southern Illinois			5	1-4-0	108	11	4-7-0	MVC
106	-23.27	98	-17.91	98	77.50	Wichita State			10	3-7-0	114	11	3-8-0	MVC
107	-25.69	104	-20.82	96	76.25	Ohio University			10	2-8-0	116	11	2-9-0	MAC
108	-25.75	109	-32.30	82	59.91	Texas El Paso			11	1-10-0	117	11	1-10-0	WAC
109	-25.85	102	-20.51	49	47.50	Louisville			8	0-8-0	115	11	2-9-0	SIC
110	-32.30	108	-30.32	102	79.45	New Mexico State			11	1-10-0	119	11	1-10-0	BWC

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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 Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

College Football 1985
Ranking of Division I-A Teams

Based on games played between 1985/8/29 and 1986/1/1
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)