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 Win/Loss (Win_Loss)

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1985 - Ranking of Division I-A teams based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss
ScoreDif		Win_Loss		Schedule		Team	Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
4	28.39	1	36.52	4	33.64	Florida	11	9-1-1	1	11	9-1-1	SEC
2	29.14	2	32.29	8	35.67	Tennessee	12	9-1-2	2	12	9-1-2	SEC
3	28.45	3	29.59	24	41.21	Oklahoma	12	11-1-0	3	12	11-1-0	Big 8
8	22.97	4	27.64	30	43.12	Miami FL	12	10-2-0	4	12	10-2-0	Southern Indep
9	21.53	5	26.71	50	47.58	Penn State	12	11-1-0	5	12	11-1-0	Eastern Indep
1	29.54	6	24.99	5	33.96	Michigan	12	10-1-1	6	12	10-1-1	Big 10
6	24.98	7	23.89	6	34.33	Alabama	12	9-2-1	7	12	9-2-1	SEC
5	25.07	8	23.68	22	40.83	UCLA	12	9-2-1	8	12	9-2-1	PAC 10
11	20.65	9	22.78	2	32.21	Auburn	12	8-4-0	9	12	8-4-0	SEC
7	23.15	10	21.19	16	39.77	Texas A&M	11	9-2-0	10	12	10-2-0	Southwest AC
18	17.92	11	20.96	33	43.60	Georgia Tech	10	7-2-1	11	12	9-2-1	ACC
10	20.84	12	19.78	19	40.58	Ohio State	12	9-3-0	12	12	9-3-0	Big 10
22	14.32	13	19.42	20	40.59	Florida State	11	8-3-0	14	12	9-3-0	Southern Indep
12	20.47	14	19.27	74	57.12	Air Force	13	12-1-0	13	13	12-1-0	Western AC
19	17.20	15	18.48	39	45.12	Iowa	12	10-2-0	16	12	10-2-0	Big 10
16	18.81	16	18.37	54	49.08	Arkansas	12	10-2-0	15	12	10-2-0	Southwest AC
14	19.66	17	16.76	7	34.75	Georgia	12	7-3-2	18	12	7-3-2	SEC
23	14.19	18	16.34	38	45.08	Louisiana State	12	9-2-1	17	12	9-2-1	SEC
13	19.68	19	15.95	78	57.61	Brigham Young	14	11-3-0	19	14	11-3-0	Western AC
15	19.31	20	15.48	48	47.46	Nebraska	12	9-3-0	21	12	9-3-0	Big 8
20	16.57	21	15.36	42	46.00	Maryland	12	9-3-0	22	12	9-3-0	ACC
17	18.12	22	15.15	29	43.00	Baylor	12	9-3-0	20	12	9-3-0	Southwest AC
35	7.28	23	14.27	34	44.04	Texas	12	8-4-0	23	12	8-4-0	Southwest AC
30	10.34	24	14.01	105	86.05	Fresno State	11	10-0-1	26	12	11-0-1	Big West
28	11.71	25	13.62	47	47.41	Oklahoma State	11	7-4-0	24	12	8-4-0	Big 8
25	13.36	26	12.17	1	26.45	Notre Dame	11	5-6-0	25	11	5-6-0	Eastern Indep
21	15.18	27	11.99	67	53.17	Arizona	12	8-3-1	27	12	8-3-1	PAC 10
42	4.36	28	11.26	91	74.50	Bowling Green	11	10-1-0	28	12	11-1-0	Mid-American
33	8.01	29	10.01	14	39.25	Kentucky	10	4-6-0	30	11	5-6-0	SEC
29	10.81	30	9.91	15	39.54	Michigan State	12	7-5-0	29	12	7-5-0	Big 10
34	7.52	31	8.83	35	44.21	Washington	12	7-5-0	31	12	7-5-0	PAC 10
26	12.06	32	8.73	17	40.32	Minnesota	11	6-5-0	32	12	7-5-0	Big 10
31	9.16	33	8.10	37	45.04	Colorado	12	7-5-0	35	12	7-5-0	Big 8
24	13.54	34	8.03	56	49.25	Arizona State	12	8-4-0	34	12	8-4-0	PAC 10
44	4.09	35	7.59	75	57.14	West Virginia	11	7-3-1	36	11	7-3-1	Eastern Indep
27	11.90	36	7.55	32	43.59	Southern Methodist	11	6-5-0	33	11	6-5-0	Southwest AC
38	5.41	37	5.99	11	37.50	Mississippi	10	3-6-1	37	11	4-6-1	SEC
39	5.01	38	5.11	71	55.69	Army	8	5-3-0	39	12	9-3-0	Eastern Indep
36	7.14	39	4.96	21	40.73	Purdue	11	5-6-0	40	11	5-6-0	Big 10
41	4.52	40	4.34	43	46.12	Clemson	12	6-6-0	41	12	6-6-0	ACC
57	-0.63	41	4.17	94	75.73	Miami OH	11	8-2-1	43	11	8-2-1	Mid-American
32	8.23	42	4.01	18	40.38	Southern California	12	6-6-0	42	12	6-6-0	PAC 10
37	6.08	43	3.96	26	41.54	Illinois	12	6-5-1	44	12	6-5-1	Big 10
53	0.85	44	3.72	12	38.25	Mississippi State	10	4-6-0	38	11	5-6-0	SEC
40	4.94	45	2.86	70	54.39	Virginia Tech	9	5-4-0	45	11	6-5-0	Southern Indep
74	-7.80	46	2.13	76	57.18	Iowa State	11	5-6-0	46	11	5-6-0	Big 8
61	-2.22	47	2.05	80	58.23	Tulsa	11	6-5-0	50	11	6-5-0	MVC
45	3.80	48	1.47	63	52.45	Oregon	11	5-6-0	48	11	5-6-0	PAC 10
68	-4.52	49	1.31	45	46.27	Houston	11	4-7-0	47	11	4-7-0	Southwest AC
43	4.15	50	0.90	84	61.64	Utah	11	7-4-0	49	12	8-4-0	Western AC
51	1.41	51	0.22	44	46.20	North Carolina	10	4-6-0	51	11	5-6-0	ACC
47	3.08	52	-0.16	79	57.96	Syracuse	12	7-5-0	52	12	7-5-0	Eastern Indep
65	-3.69	53	-0.85	28	42.50	Cincinnati	9	3-6-0	55	11	5-6-0	Eastern Indep
56	-0.38	54	-0.91	52	48.68	Wisconsin	11	5-6-0	56	11	5-6-0	Big 10
54	0.68	55	-0.91	64	52.64	Pittsburgh	11	5-5-1	57	11	5-5-1	Eastern Indep
46	3.66	56	-1.21	61	50.60	Virginia	10	5-5-0	59	11	6-5-0	ACC
72	-6.28	57	-1.49	3	33.00	Rice	10	2-8-0	54	11	3-8-0	Southwest AC
50	1.64	58	-2.21	73	56.71	San Diego State	12	5-6-1	61	12	5-6-1	Western AC
49	2.15	59	-2.44	69	54.18	Kansas	11	5-6-0	60	12	6-6-0	Big 8
71	-5.72	60	-2.63	104	83.10	Central Michigan	10	7-3-0	65	10	7-3-0	Mid-American
66	-4.47	61	-2.83	59	49.50	Colorado State	12	5-7-0	62	12	5-7-0	Western AC
62	-2.59	62	-2.93	51	48.39	South Carolina	9	3-6-0	64	11	5-6-0	Southern Indep
63	-3.50	63	-3.41	60	50.14	Indiana	11	4-7-0	63	11	4-7-0	Big 10
52	1.03	64	-3.50	13	38.55	Washington State	10	3-7-0	66	11	4-7-0	PAC 10
70	-5.36	65	-3.61	23	40.86	Boston College	11	3-8-0	67	12	4-8-0	Eastern Indep
58	-1.29	66	-4.01	85	63.17	Southern Mississippi	9	5-4-0	53	11	7-4-0	Southern Indep
69	-4.85	67	-4.63	31	43.50	Memphis	10	2-7-1	68	11	2-7-2	Southern Indep
75	-8.73	68	-5.04	77	57.36	Duke	11	4-7-0	70	11	4-7-0	ACC
67	-4.51	69	-5.88	46	46.59	Stanford	11	4-7-0	71	11	4-7-0	PAC 10
59	-1.31	70	-5.90	36	44.95	Texas Tech	10	3-7-0	69	11	4-7-0	Southwest AC
64	-3.62	71	-6.58	62	52.33	Temple	9	3-6-0	72	11	4-7-0	Eastern Indep
76	-9.30	72	-6.94	9	36.45	Vanderbilt	10	2-7-1	73	11	3-7-1	SEC
55	-0.05	73	-7.55	83	60.88	Hawaii	12	4-6-2	74	12	4-6-2	Western AC
48	2.70	74	-8.21	40	45.33	Navy	9	3-6-0	76	11	4-7-0	Eastern Indep
88	-14.57	75	-8.81	109	92.42	West Texas A&M	6	4-1-1	91	10	6-3-1	MVC
77	-9.69	76	-9.19	101	78.80	Cal State Long Beach	10	5-5-0	79	12	6-6-0	Big West
83	-12.45	77	-9.47	25	41.33	Oregon State	9	2-7-0	77	11	3-8-0	PAC 10
92	-16.34	78	-9.55	86	64.31	Louisiana Lafayette	8	3-5-0	84	11	4-7-0	Southern Indep
79	-10.12	79	-9.80	89	71.41	Western Michigan	11	4-6-1	86	11	4-6-1	Mid-American
91	-15.84	80	-9.83	88	70.41	Northern Illinois	11	4-7-0	83	11	4-7-0	Mid-American
82	-11.85	81	-9.91	53	48.82	Northwestern	11	3-8-0	80	11	3-8-0	Big 10
93	-16.53	82	-9.92	110	98.60	Illinois State	5	3-1-1	101	11	6-3-2	MVC
87	-14.49	83	-9.92	68	53.20	North Carolina State	10	3-7-0	78	11	3-8-0	ACC
95	-16.95	84	-10.10	106	86.25	Cal State Fullerton	8	5-3-0	85	11	6-5-0	Big West
60	-2.21	85	-10.27	65	52.82	California	11	4-7-0	81	11	4-7-0	PAC 10
81	-11.66	86	-11.80	55	49.10	Texas Christian	10	2-8-0	82	11	3-8-0	Southwest AC
73	-6.36	87	-12.48	27	42.00	Wake Forest	8	1-7-0	87	11	4-7-0	ACC
89	-14.61	88	-12.91	103	82.67	Nevada Las Vegas	9	4-4-1	93	11	5-5-1	Big West
85	-14.38	89	-13.26	72	55.82	Wyoming	11	3-8-0	92	11	3-8-0	Western AC
97	-17.36	90	-13.95	97	76.36	Ball State	11	4-7-0	97	11	4-7-0	Mid-American
78	-9.69	91	-14.09	81	58.50	New Mexico	11	3-8-0	94	11	3-8-0	Western AC
101	-19.41	92	-14.21	99	77.78	Eastern Michigan	9	3-6-0	99	11	4-7-0	Mid-American
80	-11.40	93	-14.95	41	45.90	East Carolina	10	1-9-0	96	11	2-9-0	Southern Indep
86	-14.44	94	-16.61	100	77.90	Kent State	10	3-7-0	104	11	3-8-0	Mid-American
99	-19.12	95	-17.03	92	75.05	Toledo	11	4-7-0	105	11	4-7-0	Mid-American
94	-16.78	96	-17.28	58	49.36	Tulane	11	1-10-0	98	11	1-10-0	Southern Indep
104	-21.61	97	-17.36	87	67.59	Utah State	11	3-8-0	102	11	3-8-0	Big West
106	-23.27	98	-17.91	98	77.50	Wichita State	10	3-7-0	109	11	3-8-0	MVC
84	-13.13	99	-18.17	10	36.50	Rutgers	9	0-8-1	103	11	2-8-1	Eastern Indep
100	-19.21	100	-18.46	93	75.10	Pacific	10	3-7-0	106	12	5-7-0	Big West
102	-19.74	101	-19.58	90	72.91	San Jose State	11	2-8-1	108	11	2-8-1	Big West
109	-25.85	102	-20.51	49	47.50	Louisville	8	0-8-0	107	11	2-9-0	Southern Indep
96	-17.21	103	-20.76	108	87.75	Indiana State	6	2-4-0	112	10	4-6-0	MVC
107	-25.69	104	-20.82	96	76.25	Ohio University	10	2-8-0	110	11	2-9-0	Mid-American
103	-20.04	105	-21.15	66	52.94	Kansas State	9	1-8-0	113	11	1-10-0	Big 8
90	-15.11	106	-24.07	57	49.36	Missouri	11	1-10-0	111	11	1-10-0	Big 8
98	-18.29	107	-27.91	95	76.12	Drake	8	2-6-0	114	11	4-7-0	MVC
110	-32.30	108	-30.32	102	79.45	New Mexico State	11	1-10-0	117	11	1-10-0	Big West
108	-25.75	109	-32.30	82	59.91	Texas El Paso	11	1-10-0	118	11	1-10-0	Western AC
105	-22.49	110	-35.38	107	86.30	Southern Illinois	5	1-4-0	119	11	4-7-0	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 Chi Square fit to Win/Loss (Win_Loss)

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 Win/Loss (Win_Loss)