College Football 1986
Ranking of Division I-A Teams

Based on games played between 1986/8/27 and 1987/1/2
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

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1986 - 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
65	-4.23	64	-3.82	1	25.91	California			11	2-9-0	2	11	2-9-0	PAC-10
13	18.59	10	19.13	2	26.92	Southern California			12	7-5-0	3	12	7-5-0	PAC-10
20	14.63	20	14.27	3	28.75	Florida		20	10	5-5-0	5	11	6-5-0	SEC
33	8.05	29	10.05	4	30.95	Oregon			11	5-6-0	4	11	5-6-0	PAC-10
53	-0.15	59	-1.74	5	32.27	Washington State			11	3-7-1	7	11	3-7-1	PAC-10
17	15.21	35	7.36	6	32.32	Notre Dame			11	5-6-0	9	11	5-6-0	EIC
8	21.49	5	24.05	7	32.46	LSU	10	11	12	9-3-0	11	12	9-3-0	SEC
72	-7.82	62	-3.20	8	32.50	Oregon State			10	2-8-0	6	11	3-8-0	PAC-10
24	12.90	22	13.50	9	32.64	Georgia			11	7-4-0	10	12	8-4-0	SEC
34	7.91	51	0.13	10	32.90	South Carolina			10	2-6-2	22	11	3-6-2	SIC
6	25.46	7	21.32	11	33.08	Alabama	9	9	13	10-3-0	14	13	10-3-0	SEC
16	15.36	17	15.68	12	34.12	Stanford		17	12	8-4-0	8	12	8-4-0	PAC-10
36	7.61	28	10.09	13	34.55	Southern Methodist			11	6-5-0	19	11	6-5-0	SWAC
11	19.18	14	17.57	14	35.17	Washington	18	13	12	8-3-1	13	12	8-3-1	PAC-10
74	-8.95	86	-14.54	15	35.50	East Carolina			10	1-9-0	16	11	2-9-0	SIC
25	10.30	34	7.40	16	35.50	Georgia Tech			9	4-5-0	15	11	5-5-1	ACC
9	20.15	12	17.78	17	35.58	UCLA	14	14	12	8-3-1	12	12	8-3-1	PAC-10
1	34.80	1	35.27	18	36.83	Penn State	1	1	12	12-0-0	18	12	12-0-0	EIC
19	14.90	13	17.59	19	37.64	Clemson	17	19	11	7-2-2	17	12	8-2-2	ACC
79	-10.03	78	-11.73	20	37.73	Houston			11	1-10-0	29	11	1-10-0	SWAC
46	3.51	26	10.97	21	37.75	Mississippi State			10	5-5-0	30	11	6-5-0	SEC
22	13.71	21	13.84	22	38.45	Texas A&M	13	12	11	8-3-0	40	12	9-3-0	SWAC
41	5.67	38	5.10	23	38.64	Texas			11	5-6-0	32	11	5-6-0	SWAC
29	8.80	33	7.42	24	38.77	Pittsburgh			11	5-5-1	23	11	5-5-1	EIC
10	19.31	23	13.24	25	38.79	Arizona	11	10	12	9-3-0	20	12	9-3-0	PAC-10
5	25.93	6	22.94	26	38.95	Auburn	6	8	10	8-2-0	37	12	10-2-0	SEC
7	24.95	3	27.30	27	39.04	Arizona State	4	5	12	10-1-1	21	12	10-1-1	PAC-10
87	-15.33	88	-14.68	28	39.59	Vanderbilt			11	1-10-0	27	11	1-10-0	SEC
27	9.77	31	9.34	29	39.85	Temple			10	5-5-0	28	11	6-5-0	EIC
48	2.10	66	-4.19	30	40.28	Wake Forest			9	3-6-0	24	11	5-6-0	ACC
78	-9.89	63	-3.62	31	40.35	Virginia			10	3-7-0	26	11	3-8-0	ACC
31	8.27	30	9.39	32	40.36	North Carolina			11	6-4-1	25	12	7-4-1	ACC
45	4.04	43	4.62	33	40.55	Rutgers			11	5-5-1	31	11	5-5-1	EIC
58	-3.20	50	1.74	34	40.78	Rice			9	3-6-0	39	11	4-7-0	SWAC
37	7.02	36	7.27	35	41.41	Maryland			11	5-5-1	33	11	5-5-1	ACC
51	1.09	42	4.69	36	42.05	Syracuse			11	5-6-0	34	11	5-6-0	EIC
63	-3.45	58	-1.56	37	42.05	West Virginia			11	4-7-0	36	11	4-7-0	EIC
14	17.34	24	12.43	38	42.68	Baylor	12		11	8-3-0	46	12	9-3-0	SWAC
21	14.18	15	17.11	39	42.86	Boston College	19	18	11	8-3-0	35	12	9-3-0	EIC
2	33.44	2	28.80	40	43.04	Miami (FL)	2	2	12	11-1-0	42	12	11-1-0	SIC
42	5.59	37	6.60	41	43.54	Texas Tech			12	7-5-0	47	12	7-5-0	SWAC
26	10.01	18	14.36	42	43.59	North Carolina State			11	7-3-1	49	12	8-3-1	ACC
47	2.24	40	4.79	43	43.68	Kentucky			11	5-5-1	43	11	5-5-1	SEC
18	15.14	16	15.98	44	44.42	Arkansas	15	15	12	9-3-0	50	12	9-3-0	SWAC
71	-7.73	53	-0.57	45	44.45	Cincinnati			10	4-6-0	63	11	5-6-0	EIC
64	-3.60	56	-1.33	46	44.55	Illinois			11	4-7-0	38	11	4-7-0	BIG 10
39	6.56	49	2.37	47	45.50	Colorado			12	6-6-0	45	12	6-6-0	BIG 8
80	-10.23	71	-5.75	48	45.68	Purdue			11	3-8-0	44	11	3-8-0	BIG 10
12	18.60	8	20.72	49	46.31	Michigan	8	7	13	11-2-0	41	13	11-2-0	BIG 10
23	13.70	32	7.60	50	46.62	Florida State		16	12	7-4-1	51	12	7-4-1	SIC
59	-3.25	65	-4.03	51	46.85	Texas Christian			10	3-7-0	61	11	3-8-0	SWAC
3	30.10	4	25.71	52	48.00	Oklahoma	3	3	12	11-1-0	54	12	11-1-0	BIG 8
38	6.67	11	18.43	53	48.00	Virginia Tech	20		10	7-2-1	52	12	9-2-1	SIC
15	15.70	19	14.33	54	48.19	Ohio State	7	6	13	10-3-0	48	13	10-3-0	BIG 10
32	8.19	25	11.18	55	48.32	Mississippi			11	8-3-0	60	12	8-3-1	SEC
88	-15.39	79	-11.78	56	49.14	Navy			7	1-6-0	53	11	3-8-0	EIC
28	9.27	39	4.85	57	50.38	Tennessee			12	7-5-0	56	12	7-5-0	SEC
68	-5.12	55	-0.90	58	50.86	Duke			11	4-7-0	58	11	4-7-0	ACC
52	0.55	57	-1.35	59	51.12	Minnesota			12	6-6-0	55	12	6-6-0	BIG 10
4	26.22	9	19.42	60	51.42	Nebraska	5	4	12	10-2-0	62	12	10-2-0	BIG 8
92	-17.46	93	-17.71	61	51.67	Kansas State			9	1-8-0	67	11	2-9-0	BIG 8
60	-3.29	47	2.86	62	52.81	Army			8	4-4-0	65	11	6-5-0	EIC
82	-11.20	82	-12.69	63	52.85	Northwestern			10	3-7-0	59	11	4-7-0	BIG 10
96	-22.39	85	-14.54	64	52.86	Wichita State			7	1-6-0	70	11	3-8-0	SIC
35	7.89	45	4.34	65	52.91	Michigan State			11	6-5-0	64	11	6-5-0	BIG 10
62	-3.41	54	-0.66	66	54.10	Southern Mississippi			10	5-5-0	73	11	6-5-0	SIC
101	-26.40	100	-22.98	67	54.11	Kansas			9	1-8-0	83	11	3-8-0	BIG 8
75	-9.16	84	-14.04	68	55.08	Wisconsin			12	3-9-0	66	12	3-9-0	BIG 10
99	-23.85	96	-20.71	69	55.45	Memphis			10	1-9-0	80	11	1-10-0	SIC
90	-15.68	97	-20.80	70	55.91	Utah			11	2-9-0	69	11	2-9-0	WAC
85	-12.84	77	-11.59	71	56.10	Louisville			10	2-8-0	76	11	3-8-0	SIC
83	-11.50	80	-12.06	72	56.36	Missouri			11	3-8-0	77	11	3-8-0	BIG 8
44	4.68	44	4.50	73	56.88	San Diego State			12	8-4-0	71	12	8-4-0	WAC
50	1.46	67	-4.41	74	57.67	Indiana			12	6-6-0	74	12	6-6-0	BIG 10
61	-3.31	68	-4.61	75	58.05	Iowa State			10	5-5-0	88	11	6-5-0	BIG 8
43	5.24	46	2.91	76	58.54	Brigham Young			13	8-5-0	75	13	8-5-0	WAC
76	-9.22	74	-9.06	77	58.86	Tulane			11	4-7-0	85	11	4-7-0	SIC
30	8.51	27	10.32	78	59.25	Iowa	16		12	9-3-0	78	12	9-3-0	BIG 10
66	-4.24	60	-2.12	79	59.50	Oklahoma State			10	5-5-0	86	11	6-5-0	BIG 8
49	2.04	52	-0.05	80	59.55	Colorado State			10	5-5-0	79	11	6-5-0	WAC
81	-10.63	91	-15.12	81	60.50	Texas El Paso			11	3-8-0	81	12	4-8-0	WAC
55	-0.59	61	-3.05	82	60.77	Air Force			11	6-5-0	82	11	6-5-0	WAC
57	-2.30	69	-4.77	83	64.17	Hawaii			12	7-5-0	84	12	7-5-0	WAC
67	-4.37	73	-7.58	84	64.33	Wyoming			12	6-6-0	87	12	6-6-0	WAC
69	-7.30	76	-10.88	85	64.71	Louisiana Lafayette			7	3-4-0	91	11	6-5-0	SIC
77	-9.86	75	-10.35	86	64.75	New Mexico			12	4-8-0	89	12	4-8-0	WAC
54	-0.25	48	2.78	87	65.22	Tulsa			9	6-3-0	90	11	7-4-0	SIC
98	-23.13	98	-21.82	88	71.55	Northern Illinois			10	2-8-0	95	11	2-9-0	EIC
40	6.26	41	4.76	89	71.83	San Jose State			12	10-2-0	92	12	10-2-0	BWC
84	-12.77	87	-14.60	90	73.35	Cal State Long Beach			10	5-5-0	94	11	6-5-0	BWC
104	-32.75	104	-30.89	91	73.70	New Mexico State			10	1-9-0	93	11	1-10-0	BWC
91	-17.39	99	-22.04	92	75.67	Cal State Fullerton			9	2-7-0	96	12	3-9-0	BWC
86	-15.26	101	-23.24	93	77.00	Pacific			9	3-6-0	97	11	4-7-0	BWC
70	-7.35	89	-14.79	94	79.78	Nevada Las Vegas			9	4-5-0	98	11	6-5-0	BWC
100	-26.29	102	-26.85	95	80.09	Utah State			11	3-8-0	100	11	3-8-0	BWC
103	-27.23	83	-13.32	96	80.35	Kent State			10	5-5-0	102	11	5-6-0	MAC
102	-26.91	103	-27.19	97	80.45	Western Michigan			11	3-8-0	101	11	3-8-0	MAC
73	-7.87	72	-7.13	98	80.62	Miami (OH)			12	8-4-0	103	12	8-4-0	MAC
56	-1.25	70	-4.87	99	81.00	Fresno State			9	7-2-0	99	11	9-2-0	BWC
94	-20.48	90	-14.95	100	82.36	Bowling Green			11	5-6-0	105	11	5-6-0	MAC
89	-15.54	81	-12.25	101	87.64	Toledo			11	7-4-0	106	11	7-4-0	MAC
93	-19.99	92	-16.51	102	87.94	Central Michigan			9	4-5-0	107	10	5-5-0	MAC
105	-34.03	105	-32.69	103	88.75	Ohio University			10	1-9-0	108	11	1-10-0	MAC
95	-21.49	95	-19.50	104	91.15	Ball State			10	5-5-0	109	11	6-5-0	MAC
97	-22.96	94	-18.99	105	92.83	Eastern Michigan			9	4-5-0	110	11	6-5-0	MAC

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College Football 1986Ranking of Division I-A Teams

Based on games played between 1986/8/27 and 1987/1/2Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

College Football 1986
Ranking of Division I-A Teams

Based on games played between 1986/8/27 and 1987/1/2
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)