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 Win/Loss (Win_Loss)

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

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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 Win/Loss (Win_Loss)

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 Win/Loss (Win_Loss)