College Football 1985
Ranking of Teams in each division

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Division I-A [I-A]	-	College Football 1985

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1985 - Ranking of teams in Division I-A based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents)
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule			Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Team	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	11	9-1-1	5	11	9-1-1	SEC
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	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	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	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	12	9-3-0	19	12	9-3-0	BIG 10
22	14.32	13	19.42	20	40.59	Florida State	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	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	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	12	9-3-0	27	12	9-3-0	SWAC
8	22.97	4	27.64	30	43.12	Miami FL	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	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	Louisiana State	12	9-2-1	35	12	9-2-1	SEC
19	17.20	15	18.48	39	45.12	Iowa	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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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Division I [Div I]	-	College Football 1985

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1985 - Ranking of teams in Division I based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents)
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Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Team	Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record

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University Division [Uni]	-	College Football 1985

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1985 - Ranking of teams in University Division based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents)
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule			Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Team	Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record

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College Football 1985Ranking of Teams in each division

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 Teams in each division

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