College Football 1985
Ranking of University Division 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 University Division teams based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule		Team	Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
1	29.54	6	24.99	5	33.96	Michigan	12	10-1-1	2	12	10-1-1	BIG 10
2	29.14	2	32.29	8	35.67	Tennessee	12	9-1-2	1	12	9-1-2	SEC
3	28.45	3	29.59	24	41.21	Oklahoma	12	11-1-0	4	12	11-1-0	BIG 8
4	28.39	1	36.52	4	33.64	Florida	11	9-1-1	3	11	9-1-1	SEC
5	25.07	8	23.68	22	40.83	UCLA	12	9-2-1	6	12	9-2-1	PAC-10
6	24.98	7	23.89	6	34.33	Alabama	12	9-2-1	5	12	9-2-1	SEC
7	23.15	10	21.19	16	39.77	Texas A&M	11	9-2-0	7	12	10-2-0	SWAC
8	22.97	4	27.64	30	43.12	Miami FL	12	10-2-0	8	12	10-2-0	SIC
9	21.53	5	26.71	50	47.58	Penn State	12	11-1-0	9	12	11-1-0	EIC
10	20.84	12	19.78	19	40.58	Ohio State	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	13	12-1-0	12	13	12-1-0	WAC
13	19.68	19	15.95	78	57.61	Brigham Young	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	12	9-3-0	16	12	9-3-0	BIG 8
16	18.81	16	18.37	54	49.08	Arkansas	12	10-2-0	15	12	10-2-0	SWAC
17	18.12	22	15.15	29	43.00	Baylor	12	9-3-0	17	12	9-3-0	SWAC
18	17.92	11	20.96	33	43.60	Georgia Tech	10	7-2-1	18	12	9-2-1	ACC
19	17.20	15	18.48	39	45.12	Iowa	12	10-2-0	19	12	10-2-0	BIG 10
20	16.57	21	15.36	42	46.00	Maryland	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	11	8-3-0	23	12	9-3-0	SIC
23	14.19	18	16.34	38	45.08	Louisiana State	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	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 University Division 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 University Division Teams

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