College Football 1987
Ranking of Division I-A Teams

Based on games played between 1987/8/30 and 1988/1/2
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

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

Based on games played between 1987/8/30 and 1988/1/2Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

College Football 1987
Ranking of Division I-A Teams

Based on games played between 1987/8/30 and 1988/1/2
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)