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 Win/Loss (WinLoss)

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

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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 Win/Loss (WinLoss)

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 Win/Loss (WinLoss)