College Football 1986
Ranking of Teams in each division

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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Division I-A [I-A]	-	College Football 1986

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1986 - Ranking of teams in Division I-A based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule			Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Team	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	EIC
2	33.44	2	28.80	40	43.04	Miami FL	12	11-1-0	2	12	11-1-0	SIC
3	30.10	4	25.71	52	48.00	Oklahoma	12	11-1-0	3	12	11-1-0	BIG 8
4	26.22	9	19.42	60	51.42	Nebraska	12	10-2-0	6	12	10-2-0	BIG 8
5	25.93	6	22.94	26	38.95	Auburn	10	8-2-0	5	12	10-2-0	SEC
6	25.46	7	21.32	11	33.08	Alabama	13	10-3-0	4	13	10-3-0	SEC
7	24.95	3	27.30	27	39.04	Arizona State	12	10-1-1	7	12	10-1-1	PAC-10
8	21.49	5	24.05	7	32.46	Louisiana State	12	9-3-0	8	12	9-3-0	SEC
9	20.15	12	17.78	17	35.58	UCLA	12	8-3-1	9	12	8-3-1	PAC-10
10	19.31	23	13.24	25	38.79	Arizona	12	9-3-0	10	12	9-3-0	PAC-10
11	19.18	14	17.57	14	35.17	Washington	12	8-3-1	11	12	8-3-1	PAC-10
12	18.60	8	20.72	49	46.31	Michigan	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	11	8-3-0	14	12	9-3-0	SWAC
15	15.70	19	14.33	54	48.19	Ohio State	13	10-3-0	16	13	10-3-0	BIG 10
16	15.36	17	15.68	12	34.12	Stanford	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	12	9-3-0	20	12	9-3-0	SWAC
19	14.90	13	17.59	19	37.64	Clemson	11	7-2-2	18	12	8-2-2	ACC
20	14.63	20	14.27	3	28.75	Florida	10	5-5-0	19	11	6-5-0	SEC
21	14.18	15	17.11	39	42.86	Boston College	11	8-3-0	21	12	9-3-0	EIC
22	13.71	21	13.84	22	38.45	Texas A&M	11	8-3-0	23	12	9-3-0	SWAC
23	13.70	32	7.60	50	46.62	Florida State	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	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	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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Division I [Div I]	-	College Football 1986

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1986 - Ranking of teams in Division I based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference
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University Division [Uni]	-	College Football 1986

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1986 - Ranking of teams in University Division based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule			Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Team	Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record

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College Football 1986Ranking of Teams in each division

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 Teams in each division

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