College Football 1987
Ranking of University Division 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 University Division teams based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule		Team	Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
1	37.68	2	33.28	7	30.95	Florida State	11	10-1-0	1	12	11-1-0	SIC
2	36.96	1	40.78	25	38.67	Miami FL	12	12-0-0	2	12	12-0-0	SIC
3	31.65	3	30.52	58	46.73	Oklahoma	11	10-1-0	3	12	11-1-0	BIG 8
4	28.35	7	25.24	38	42.62	Nebraska	12	10-2-0	4	12	10-2-0	BIG 8
5	27.46	4	28.95	18	37.17	Louisiana State	12	10-1-1	5	12	10-1-1	SEC
6	27.35	6	27.66	9	32.96	Auburn	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	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	12	9-3-0	10	12	9-3-0	SEC
11	21.16	17	16.16	54	45.38	UCLA	12	10-2-0	12	12	10-2-0	PAC-10
12	20.86	13	18.86	1	26.20	South Carolina	10	6-4-0	11	12	8-4-0	SIC
13	19.63	9	23.36	15	35.04	Michigan State	12	9-2-1	13	12	9-2-1	BIG 10
14	18.60	8	23.46	31	41.68	Clemson	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	12	10-2-0	17	12	10-2-0	BIG 8
18	15.14	28	10.57	50	44.88	Michigan	12	8-4-0	18	12	8-4-0	BIG 10
19	14.33	18	15.27	44	44.08	Pittsburgh	12	8-4-0	19	12	8-4-0	EIC
20	13.96	22	14.07	22	38.08	Southern California	12	8-4-0	20	12	8-4-0	PAC-10
21	13.06	14	17.71	61	47.08	Tennessee	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	13	10-3-0	24	13	10-3-0	BIG 10
25	10.03	30	8.29	56	46.12	Washington	12	7-4-1	26	12	7-4-1	PAC-10
26	9.99	23	13.61	17	37.17	Penn State	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	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	12	7-4-1	33	12	7-4-1	PAC-10
35	6.53	34	6.60	83	67.04	Wyoming	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	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 University Division 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 University Division Teams

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