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1984 Final College Football Team Rankings

1984 rankings calculated with the Classic formula (Ken's 2016-based hybrid, applied retroactively); records, NOW and game results come from James Howell's historical college football score archive.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
100.993Florida (FLORIDA)SEC9–1–10.8644+49BYE
201.131BYUIND WAC13–01.0001+61BYE
301.145Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC11–10.9172+53Beat Oklahoma 28–17
421.280Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B810–20.8336+44Beat LSU 28–10
501.352Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI10–20.8336+43Beat Houston 45–28
6-21.395Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B810–20.8336+43BYE
701.480SMUIND SWC10–20.8336+42BYE
881.580USCPAC9–30.75013+41Beat Ohio State 20–17
911.591UNLVIND PCAA11–20.8465+40BYE
1011.638Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC9–30.75013+38BYE
1111.639Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC8–2–20.75013+31BYE
12-41.656Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B89–2–10.79211+35Lost to Washington 17–28
1301.681CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)IND PCAA11–10.9172+31BYE
1411.711South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI10–20.8336+33BYE
15-61.744Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B109–30.75013+29Lost to USC 17–20
1611.777West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI8–40.66725+34BYE
1711.850Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC9–30.75013+29BYE
18-41.891LSUSEC8–3–10.70820+28Lost to Nebraska 10–28
1901.898Auburn (AUBURN)SEC9–40.69224+32BYE
2001.929Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI7–3–20.66725+22BYE
2111.951Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC7–4–10.62535+26BYE
22-11.964Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)MAC8–2–10.77312+21BYE
2301.971Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI7–30.70023+22BYE
2402.014Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC7–4–10.62535+28BYE
2522.092Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC7–40.63631+19BYE
2672.095UCLAPAC9–30.75013+28Beat Miami 39–37
27-12.117Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC8–30.72719+19BYE
2802.167Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC7–4–10.62535+19BYE
2902.229Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC8–3–10.70820+20BYE
3002.242Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC7–4–10.62535+25BYE
3102.252Iowa (IOWA)B108–4–10.65430+17BYE
3222.304Hawai'i (HAWAII)IND WAC7–40.63631+26BYE
33-12.310Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND WAC8–40.66725+18BYE
34-92.365Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI8–50.61540+23Lost to UCLA 37–39
3522.385Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI6–50.54545+21BYE
3602.392Army (ARMY)IND FBSI8–3–10.70820+10BYE
37-22.404Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI7–50.58342+19BYE
3802.458TCUIND SWC8–40.66725+13BYE
3912.545Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI8–40.66725+8BYE
4012.550Arizona (ARIZONA)PAC7–40.63631+12BYE
4112.587Illinois (ILLINOIS)B107–40.63631+10BYE
42-32.670Houston (HOUSTON)IND SWC7–50.58342+17Lost to Boston College 28–45
4312.712Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B107–4–10.62535+11BYE
44-12.761Purdue (PURDUE)B107–50.58342+15BYE
4502.789Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI6–50.54545+14BYE
4602.821Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC6–50.54545+10BYE
4702.856Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)ACC6–4–10.59141+6BYE
4803.073Michigan (MICHIGAN)B106–60.50056+9BYE
4903.176Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI6–50.54545+11BYE
5023.270Oregon (OREGON)PAC6–50.54545+3BYE
5103.294Utah (UTAH)IND WAC6–5–10.54255-1BYE
52-23.343Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC5–60.45562+5BYE
5313.379Stanford (STANFORD)PAC5–60.45562+5BYE
54-13.389Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC5–60.45562+4BYE
5513.401Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)PAC5–60.45562-2BYE
5613.455San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND PCAA6–50.54545-1BYE
57-23.463Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC6–50.54545-4BYE
5823.571North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC5–5–10.50056+1BYE
59-13.572Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC5–60.455620BYE
60-13.598Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B106–60.50056-3BYE
6103.601Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC6–50.54545-7BYE
6203.847Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC6–50.54545-16BYE
6303.982Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI4–6–10.40969-8BYE
6414.055San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)IND WAC4–7–10.37573-7BYE
65-14.067Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)IND PCAA6–60.50056-5BYE
6604.088Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC6–60.50056-10BYE
6704.219Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND FBSI5–5–10.50056-11BYE
6804.365Kansas (KANSAS)IND B85–60.45562-10BYE
6904.543Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI6–50.54545+7BYE
7004.569Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC5–60.45562-17BYE
7134.599Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)IND PCAA4–70.36474-15BYE
7204.605Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC4–6–10.40969-16BYE
7324.638Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)MAC4–6–10.40969-14BYE
74-14.642Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC4–70.36474-14BYE
75-44.705Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI3–7–10.31883-12BYE
7604.715Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC4–70.36474-20BYE
7714.770Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B83–7–10.31883-17BYE
78-14.783Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC4–70.36474-14BYE
7904.930Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B104–70.36474-19BYE
8005.091Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC4–70.36474-19BYE
8105.160Ohio (OHIO)MAC4–6–10.40969-17BYE
8205.408Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B83–7–10.31883-19BYE
8305.436Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI3–80.27386-20BYE
8405.650Pacific (PACIFIC)IND PCAA4–70.36474-31BYE
8505.657NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC3–80.27386-18BYE
8605.783Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND WAC3–80.27386-23BYE
8705.929Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)IND FBSI4–70.36474-25BYE
8805.938New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC4–80.33382-32BYE
8906.034Duke (DUKE)ACC2–90.18292-29BYE
9006.176California (CALIFORNIA)PAC2–90.18292-32BYE
9106.421Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B82–7–20.27386-31BYE
9206.446Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B102–90.18292-34BYE
9306.490Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC2–90.18292-25BYE
9406.576Ball State (BALL STATE)MAC3–80.27386-15BYE
9506.600Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND PCAA1–100.091101-33BYE
9607.065East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)IND FBSI2–90.18292-44BYE
9717.449Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)MAC2–7–20.27386-18BYE
9817.512UTEPIND WAC2–90.18292-44BYE
99-27.520Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND FBSI2–90.18292-34BYE
10017.535Colorado (COLORADO)IND B81–100.091101-43BYE
101-17.716Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–100.091101-49BYE
10207.830Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND FBSI2–90.18292-23BYE
10308.039New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND PCAA2–90.18292-34BYE
10408.563Indiana (INDIANA)B100–110.000104-60BYE

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