College Football 1986
Ranking of Division I-A Teams

Based on games played between 1986/8/27 and 1987/1/2
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

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

College Football 1986
Ranking of Division I-A Teams

Based on games played between 1986/8/27 and 1987/1/2
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)