1984 Week 3 College Football Team Rankings

September 11, 1984By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1984 Season Tags: • No Comments

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.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	31	0.587	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Kent State 42–0
2	41	0.660	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Wyoming 42–7
3	47	0.796	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Arizona State 45–3
4	40	0.817	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat New Mexico State 61–21
5	23	0.838	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Iowa State 59–21
6	40	0.849	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ohio 43–6
7	33	0.859	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Memphis 22–6
8	61	0.870	UNLV	IND PCAA	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat San José State 30–15
9	61	0.870	USC	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Utah State 42–7
10	68	0.890	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Northern Illinois 27–14
11	-9	0.911	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
12	-11	0.911	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Louisville 30–6
13	24	0.922	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Miami 22–14
14	-6	0.953	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
15	61	0.964	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northwestern 26–0
16	-5	0.995	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
17	-8	1.027	BYU	IND WAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Baylor 47–13
18	49	1.048	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ball State 20–2
19	45	1.058	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat East Carolina 17–0
20	-17	1.069	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado State 14–9
21	41	1.069	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Maryland 23–7
22	27	1.110	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Stanford 19–7
23	49	1.110	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kansas State 26–14
24	27	1.121	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Long Beach State 28–17
25	23	1.152	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oregon State 22–14
26	-4	1.163	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Indiana 31–24
27	-4	1.163	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Southern Miss 26–19
28	-22	1.163	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Missouri 30–24
29	10	1.163	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Rice 31–24
30	47	1.194	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Miami (OH) 17–13
31	7	1.205	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado 24–21
32	22	1.205	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Rutgers 15–12
33	35	1.205	UCLA	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat San Diego State 18–15
34	21	1.215	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Notre Dame 23–21
35	39	1.226	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wake Forest 21–20
36	53	1.257	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Virginia 55–0
37	-33	1.268	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northern Colorado 75–7
38	-28	1.503	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Boise State 37–21
39	52	1.577	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Alabama 38–31
40	58	1.666	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hawai'i 21–13
41	-27	1.771	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	95	0	BYE
42	-27	1.771	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	95	0	BYE
43	-19	1.771	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	ACC	0–0	0.000	95	0	BYE
44	-18	1.771	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	95	0	BYE
45	-11	1.771	LSU	SEC	0–0–1	0.500	49	0	Tied Florida 21–21
46	-4	1.771	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	95	0	BYE
47	-2	1.771	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	0–0	0.000	95	0	BYE
48	10	1.771	SMU	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	95	0	BYE
49	14	1.771	TCU	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	95	0	BYE
50	15	1.771	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	95	0	BYE
51	15	1.771	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	95	0	BYE
52	-35	1.917	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Richmond 55–28
53	-23	1.949	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wichita State 31–7
54	36	1.959	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
55	40	2.064	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
56	3	2.127	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Citadel 31–24
57	18	2.141	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	0–1	0.000	61	0	Lost to Virginia Tech 20–21
58	25	2.143	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–1	0.500	49	+1	Beat Utah 42–40
59	-6	2.148	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Nevada 12–7
60	-53	2.151	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	48	0	Lost to Michigan 14–22
61	-14	2.187	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	61	0	Lost to Purdue 21–23
62	-43	2.190	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Akron 28–27
63	-43	2.232	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	61	0	Lost to Michigan State 21–24
64	-7	2.232	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	61	0	Lost to Penn State 12–15
65	16	2.259	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	1–1	0.500	49	0	Beat California 23–13
66	-30	2.278	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	0–1	0.000	61	0	Lost to Western Michigan 13–17
67	-46	2.324	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	61	0	Lost to Mississippi State 9–14
68	-63	2.340	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	1–1	0.500	49	0	Lost to UNLV 15–30
69	-28	2.370	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	61	0	Lost to Illinois 24–30
70	12	2.370	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	61	0	BYE
71	-59	2.415	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	0–1	0.000	61	0	Lost to Boston College 31–38
72	-45	2.415	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–1	0.000	61	0	Lost to Duke 24–31
73	-17	2.415	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	61	0	Lost to Minnesota 24–31
74	-14	2.415	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	61	0	Lost to Georgia 19–26
75	-50	2.461	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	61	0	Lost to CAL State Fullerton 13–21
76	-24	2.461	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–1	0.000	61	0	Lost to Ohio State 14–22
77	10	2.575	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	0–2	0.000	61	0	Lost to UCLA 15–18
78	-45	2.598	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	0–1	0.000	61	0	Lost to Oregon 17–28
79	-48	2.644	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	61	0	Lost to Vanderbilt 14–26
80	-19	2.644	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–1	0.000	61	0	Lost to Oklahoma 7–19
81	-46	2.827	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	0–1	0.000	61	0	Lost to Syracuse 7–23
82	2	2.872	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–2	0.000	61	0	Lost to Washington 0–26
83	16	3.192	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	61	0	Lost to Temple 0–17
84	10	3.330	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	61	0	BYE
85	-5	3.411	UTEP	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	49	0	Beat Idaho State 16–14
86	7	3.425	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	49	0	Lost to Ole Miss 6–22
87	10	3.481	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	1–1	0.500	49	0	Lost to Wisconsin 14–27
88	4	3.634	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	49	0	Lost to Nebraska 7–42
89	-73	3.650	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	61	0	Lost to BYU 13–47
90	-19	3.695	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	0–1	0.000	61	0	Lost to USC 7–42
91	9	3.810	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	0–2	0.000	61	0	Lost to NC State 6–43
92	-63	3.832	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	61	0	Lost to Iowa 21–59
93	3	3.854	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	1–1	0.500	49	0	Lost to Kentucky 0–42
94	-81	4.015	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	0–1	0.000	61	0	Lost to Oklahoma State 3–45
95	-7	4.232	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	49	-1	Lost to Washington State 40–42
96	-23	4.610	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	0–1	0.000	61	0	Lost to Clemson 0–55
97	-11	5.524	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND PCAA	0–2	0.000	61	-1	Lost to New Mexico 21–61
98	3	6.085	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	49	0	Beat Louisiana Tech 17–16
99	-20	6.484	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–1	0.000	61	-1	BYE
100	-82	6.941	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–1	0.000	61	-1	Lost to Arizona 13–23
101	-16	6.941	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–1–1	0.250	60	-1	Tied LSU 21–21
102	0	7.467	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	61	0	Lost to West Virginia 6–30
103	0	7.627	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	0–2	0.000	61	0	Lost to Toledo 2–20
104	0	12.701	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–1	0.000	61	0	BYE