College Football 1987
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1987/8/30 and 1988/1/2
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

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1987 - Ranking of University Division teams based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents)
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule		Team	Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
12	20.86	13	18.86	1	26.20	South Carolina	10	6-4-0	1	12	8-4-0	SIC
16	16.98	15	17.17	2	27.42	Alabama	12	7-5-0	3	12	7-5-0	SEC
84	-14.39	79	-12.80	3	29.17	Georgia Tech	9	0-9-0	4	11	2-9-0	ACC
60	-1.56	35	6.52	4	29.82	Maryland	11	4-7-0	2	11	4-7-0	ACC
9	22.70	12	19.82	5	30.54	Notre Dame	12	8-4-0	5	12	8-4-0	EIC
42	3.14	43	4.22	6	30.60	Mississippi State	10	3-7-0	14	11	4-7-0	SEC
1	37.68	2	33.28	7	30.95	Florida State	11	10-1-0	7	12	11-1-0	SIC
15	17.42	20	14.13	8	31.83	Florida	12	6-6-0	9	12	6-6-0	SEC
6	27.35	6	27.66	9	32.96	Auburn	12	9-1-2	6	12	9-1-2	SEC
61	-1.64	61	-3.73	10	33.25	Mississippi	10	2-8-0	10	11	3-8-0	SEC
10	21.17	11	20.25	11	33.50	Georgia	12	9-3-0	8	12	9-3-0	SEC
37	5.25	44	4.17	12	33.55	Boston College	11	5-6-0	13	11	5-6-0	EIC
66	-3.96	63	-4.19	13	33.59	Virginia Tech	11	2-9-0	15	11	2-9-0	SIC
38	5.13	38	5.73	14	34.45	Vanderbilt	11	4-7-0	11	11	4-7-0	SEC
13	19.63	9	23.36	15	35.04	Michigan State	12	9-2-1	16	12	9-2-1	BIG 10
88	-16.08	89	-17.67	16	35.44	Rice	9	0-9-0	27	11	2-9-0	SWAC
26	9.99	23	13.61	17	37.17	Penn State	12	8-4-0	24	12	8-4-0	EIC
5	27.46	4	28.95	18	37.17	Louisiana State	12	10-1-1	17	12	10-1-1	SEC
22	12.77	25	13.25	19	37.36	Ohio State	11	6-4-1	20	11	6-4-1	BIG 10
91	-18.66	92	-19.73	20	37.57	Navy	7	0-7-0	18	11	2-9-0	EIC
55	-0.66	54	0.61	21	37.70	North Carolina State	10	4-6-0	12	11	4-7-0	ACC
20	13.96	22	14.07	22	38.08	Southern California	12	8-4-0	21	12	8-4-0	PAC-10
77	-12.21	74	-8.16	23	38.55	Oregon State	11	2-9-0	23	11	2-9-0	PAC-10
33	7.13	27	11.57	24	38.61	Southern Mississippi	9	5-4-0	28	11	6-5-0	SIC
2	36.96	1	40.78	25	38.67	Miami FL	12	12-0-0	30	12	12-0-0	SIC
78	-12.40	72	-7.39	26	38.70	Iowa State	10	2-8-0	25	11	3-8-0	BIG 8
97	-22.38	91	-19.10	27	38.89	Kansas	9	0-8-1	42	11	1-9-1	BIG 8
8	23.80	10	23.31	28	40.23	Texas A&M	11	9-2-0	34	12	10-2-0	SWAC
41	3.17	45	2.92	29	40.80	East Carolina	10	4-6-0	33	11	5-6-0	SIC
28	9.54	31	7.77	30	41.25	West Virginia	12	6-6-0	38	12	6-6-0	EIC
14	18.60	8	23.46	31	41.68	Clemson	11	9-2-0	19	12	10-2-0	ACC
65	-3.59	62	-3.79	32	41.86	Washington State	11	3-7-1	35	11	3-7-1	PAC-10
31	8.40	24	13.54	33	42.04	Texas	12	7-5-0	32	12	7-5-0	SWAC
64	-2.81	66	-5.17	34	42.18	Illinois	11	3-7-1	36	11	3-7-1	BIG 10
32	8.23	26	11.67	35	42.36	Virginia	11	7-4-0	22	12	8-4-0	ACC
47	2.42	36	6.31	36	42.41	Rutgers	11	6-5-0	39	11	6-5-0	EIC
59	-1.36	59	-1.81	37	42.59	Purdue	11	3-7-1	40	11	3-7-1	BIG 10
4	28.35	7	25.24	38	42.62	Nebraska	12	10-2-0	44	12	10-2-0	BIG 8
29	8.91	50	1.33	39	42.68	Kentucky	11	5-6-0	41	11	5-6-0	SEC
27	9.85	21	14.09	40	43.12	Indiana	12	8-4-0	37	12	8-4-0	BIG 10
48	2.31	39	5.68	41	43.59	North Carolina	11	5-6-0	26	11	5-6-0	ACC
98	-22.76	95	-20.53	42	43.80	Kansas State	10	0-9-1	50	11	0-10-1	BIG 8
7	24.94	5	27.85	43	43.86	Syracuse	11	10-0-1	56	12	11-0-1	EIC
19	14.33	18	15.27	44	44.08	Pittsburgh	12	8-4-0	45	12	8-4-0	EIC
40	3.87	46	2.72	45	44.14	Missouri	11	5-6-0	48	11	5-6-0	BIG 8
45	2.84	41	4.53	46	44.14	Oregon	11	6-5-0	47	11	6-5-0	PAC-10
44	2.93	32	7.33	47	44.50	Wake Forest	9	5-4-0	29	11	7-4-0	ACC
56	-0.79	71	-7.34	48	44.85	Houston	10	3-6-1	43	11	4-6-1	SWAC
62	-1.99	65	-4.74	49	44.86	California	11	3-6-2	52	11	3-6-2	PAC-10
18	15.14	28	10.57	50	44.88	Michigan	12	8-4-0	51	12	8-4-0	BIG 10
36	5.56	42	4.33	51	45.12	Tulane	12	6-6-0	55	12	6-6-0	SIC
67	-5.80	67	-5.38	52	45.25	Cincinnati	8	2-6-0	63	11	4-7-0	EIC
50	1.89	47	2.49	53	45.35	Memphis	10	5-5-0	54	11	5-5-1	SIC
11	21.16	17	16.16	54	45.38	UCLA	12	10-2-0	53	12	10-2-0	PAC-10
52	1.22	53	1.14	55	45.75	Duke	10	4-6-0	46	11	5-6-0	ACC
25	10.03	30	8.29	56	46.12	Washington	12	7-4-1	57	12	7-4-1	PAC-10
49	2.24	58	-1.24	57	46.68	Stanford	11	5-6-0	61	11	5-6-0	PAC-10
3	31.65	3	30.52	58	46.73	Oklahoma	11	10-1-0	58	12	11-1-0	BIG 8
71	-8.74	75	-8.49	59	46.77	Northwestern	11	2-8-1	60	11	2-8-1	BIG 10
24	11.10	19	14.28	60	47.00	Iowa	13	10-3-0	62	13	10-3-0	BIG 10
21	13.06	14	17.71	61	47.08	Tennessee	13	10-2-1	59	13	10-2-1	SEC
43	3.01	56	0.11	62	47.15	Texas Christian	10	4-6-0	49	11	5-6-0	SWAC
86	-15.36	78	-12.31	63	48.67	Louisville	9	2-6-1	64	11	3-7-1	SIC
69	-6.80	64	-4.58	64	49.33	Louisiana Lafayette	9	4-5-0	65	11	6-5-0	SIC
58	-0.93	55	0.38	65	49.80	Texas Tech	10	5-4-1	74	11	6-4-1	SWAC
39	5.01	48	1.91	66	50.32	Arizona	11	4-4-3	66	11	4-4-3	PAC-10
57	-0.88	60	-2.95	67	50.89	Baylor	9	4-5-0	71	11	6-5-0	SWAC
85	-14.56	70	-6.95	68	50.90	Tulsa	10	3-7-0	70	11	3-8-0	SIC
54	0.11	52	1.29	69	51.05	Minnesota	10	5-5-0	67	11	6-5-0	BIG 10
17	15.73	16	16.40	70	51.83	Oklahoma State	12	10-2-0	73	12	10-2-0	BIG 8
34	7.02	33	6.73	71	51.92	Arizona State	12	7-4-1	68	12	7-4-1	PAC-10
23	11.12	29	8.65	72	53.23	Arkansas	13	9-4-0	72	13	9-4-0	SWAC
83	-14.36	81	-14.74	73	53.50	Temple	11	3-8-0	76	11	3-8-0	EIC
30	8.81	37	5.98	74	53.64	Colorado	11	7-4-0	75	11	7-4-0	BIG 8
72	-8.89	83	-15.36	75	54.77	Wisconsin	11	3-8-0	77	11	3-8-0	BIG 10
92	-19.43	101	-29.85	76	61.96	Colorado State	12	1-11-0	78	12	1-11-0	WAC
68	-6.61	69	-6.92	77	63.07	Army	7	3-4-0	80	11	5-6-0	EIC
51	1.70	49	1.84	78	63.77	Brigham Young	13	9-4-0	79	13	9-4-0	WAC
75	-9.89	76	-10.01	79	66.32	Miami OH	11	5-6-0	85	11	5-6-0	MAC
73	-9.15	80	-13.17	80	66.71	San Diego State	12	5-7-0	81	12	5-7-0	WAC
46	2.59	57	-0.94	81	66.77	Air Force	13	9-4-0	84	13	9-4-0	WAC
103	-33.18	104	-41.50	82	66.86	New Mexico	11	0-11-0	82	11	0-11-0	WAC
35	6.53	34	6.60	83	67.04	Wyoming	13	10-3-0	83	13	10-3-0	WAC
102	-30.24	102	-33.51	84	69.75	Ohio University	10	0-10-0	87	11	1-10-0	MAC
82	-14.04	88	-17.51	85	70.14	Hawaii	11	4-7-0	86	12	5-7-0	WAC
76	-11.29	77	-10.58	86	72.20	Bowling Green	10	5-5-0	89	11	5-6-0	MAC
94	-19.91	97	-20.98	87	73.05	Toledo	11	3-7-1	94	11	3-7-1	MAC
70	-6.85	73	-7.79	88	73.15	Texas El Paso	10	6-4-0	92	11	7-4-0	WAC
99	-23.41	99	-22.96	89	73.45	Pacific	10	3-7-0	91	11	4-7-0	BWC
96	-21.20	98	-22.64	90	73.50	Utah	10	3-7-0	88	12	5-7-0	WAC
93	-19.52	84	-15.73	91	73.86	Utah State	11	5-6-0	93	11	5-6-0	BWC
89	-16.24	85	-15.74	92	74.00	Cal State Fullerton	11	5-6-0	96	12	6-6-0	BWC
100	-23.86	96	-20.89	93	76.21	Akron	7	2-5-0	97	11	4-7-0	EIC
79	-12.74	82	-15.05	94	78.05	Central Michigan	10	4-5-1	100	11	5-5-1	MAC
81	-13.36	87	-16.98	95	78.06	Fresno State	9	4-5-0	99	11	6-5-0	BWC
101	-28.05	100	-26.65	96	78.67	Cal State Long Beach	9	2-7-0	101	11	4-7-0	BWC
74	-9.72	68	-6.69	97	79.09	Kent State	11	7-4-0	102	11	7-4-0	MAC
90	-18.16	93	-19.75	98	80.15	Ball State	10	4-6-0	103	11	4-7-0	MAC
53	0.85	51	1.33	99	81.91	San Jose State	11	9-2-0	104	12	10-2-0	BWC
95	-20.61	94	-20.10	100	82.45	Nevada Las Vegas	10	4-6-0	105	11	5-6-0	BWC
87	-15.85	86	-15.88	101	82.70	Western Michigan	10	5-5-0	107	11	5-6-0	MAC
63	-2.45	40	5.07	102	83.09	Eastern Michigan	11	9-2-0	106	12	10-2-0	MAC
80	-12.76	90	-18.05	103	84.69	Northern Illinois	8	3-4-1	108	11	5-5-1	EIC
104	-41.51	103	-34.77	104	86.72	New Mexico State	9	1-8-0	109	11	2-9-0	BWC

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College Football 1987Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1987/8/30 and 1988/1/2Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

College Football 1987
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1987/8/30 and 1988/1/2
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)