1985 Post-Season Week 3 College Football Team Rankings

December 31, 1985By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1985 Season Tags: • No Comments

1985 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	0	0.720	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	9–1–1	0.864	8	+61	BYE
2	0	0.768	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	9–1–1	0.864	8	+55	BYE
3	0	0.859	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	10–1	0.909	5	+57	BYE
4	0	0.987	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	10–1	0.909	5	+48	BYE
5	0	0.993	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	11–0	1.000	1	+59	BYE
6	0	1.095	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	10–1	0.909	5	+53	BYE
7	0	1.119	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	9–2–1	0.792	14	+51	Beat USC 24–3
8	1	1.215	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	11–0–1	0.958	2	+42	BYE
9	-1	1.230	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	11–1	0.917	3	+46	BYE
10	0	1.296	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	9–2	0.818	11	+38	BYE
11	0	1.321	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	8–1–2	0.818	11	+36	BYE
12	0	1.355	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	8–3	0.727	24	+42	BYE
13	0	1.368	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	11–1	0.917	3	+45	BYE
14	0	1.424	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	9–2	0.818	11	+39	BYE
15	0	1.440	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	10–2	0.833	10	+43	BYE
16	1	1.504	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	9–3	0.750	20	+44	BYE
17	-1	1.517	UCLA	PAC	8–2–1	0.773	17	+36	BYE
18	3	1.527	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	9–3	0.750	20	+45	Beat BYU 10–7
19	1	1.584	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	7–3–2	0.667	30	+32	Tied Arizona 13–13
20	3	1.623	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	9–3	0.750	20	+39	Beat LSU 21–7
21	1	1.632	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	9–3	0.750	20	+37	Beat Oklahoma State 34–23
22	-3	1.727	BYU	IND WAC	11–3	0.786	16	+42	Lost to Ohio State 7–10
23	-5	1.739	LSU	SEC	9–2–1	0.792	14	+31	Lost to Baylor 7–21
24	0	1.834	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	8–2–1	0.773	17	+28	BYE
25	1	1.909	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	ACC	8–2–1	0.773	17	+21	BYE
26	1	2.009	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	8–4	0.667	30	+30	BYE
27	1	2.053	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	8–3	0.727	24	+30	BYE
28	1	2.133	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	8–3–1	0.708	27	+22	Tied Georgia 13–13
29	-4	2.150	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	8–4	0.667	30	+24	Lost to Florida State 23–34
30	1	2.224	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	7–4	0.636	34	+24	BYE
31	1	2.317	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	7–3–1	0.682	29	+21	BYE
32	-2	2.453	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	7–5	0.583	37	+16	Lost to Washington 17–20
33	1	2.456	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–3	0.700	28	+16	BYE
34	-1	2.522	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	53	+18	BYE
35	1	2.596	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	7–5	0.583	37	+13	BYE
36	-1	2.625	SMU	IND SWC	6–5	0.545	41	+12	BYE
37	0	2.661	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	6–4–1	0.591	36	+13	BYE
38	3	2.731	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	7–5	0.583	37	+12	Beat Colorado 20–17
39	-1	2.755	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	8–4	0.667	30	+8	BYE
40	-1	2.828	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	24	-2	BYE
41	1	2.899	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	7–5	0.583	37	+7	BYE
42	-2	3.006	USC	PAC	6–6	0.500	46	+3	Lost to Alabama 3–24
43	0	3.079	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	6–6	0.500	46	+3	BYE
44	0	3.122	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	6–5	0.545	41	-1	BYE
45	0	3.223	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	5–6	0.455	53	+3	BYE
46	0	3.295	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	34	-7	BYE
47	0	3.400	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	5–6	0.455	53	+2	BYE
48	0	3.424	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	5–6	0.455	53	+2	BYE
49	0	3.501	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	41	+4	BYE
50	2	3.553	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	5–5–1	0.500	46	-4	BYE
51	-1	3.582	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	6–5	0.545	41	-6	BYE
52	-1	3.592	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	5–6	0.455	53	-5	BYE
53	1	3.637	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	5–6	0.455	53	-3	BYE
54	-1	3.642	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	5–6–1	0.458	52	-5	BYE
55	0	3.704	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	6–6	0.500	46	-12	BYE
56	0	3.875	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	5–7	0.417	63	-2	BYE
57	0	3.877	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	5–6	0.455	53	-10	BYE
58	0	3.902	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	53	-6	BYE
59	0	4.077	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	6–6	0.500	46	-7	BYE
60	0	4.148	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	4–7	0.364	68	-14	BYE
61	1	4.162	UNLV	IND PCAA	5–5–1	0.500	46	-4	BYE
62	-1	4.195	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	4–6–1	0.409	66	-8	BYE
63	1	4.256	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	53	-16	BYE
64	-1	4.302	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	5–6	0.455	53	+2	BYE
65	0	4.318	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	6–5	0.545	41	+4	BYE
66	0	4.352	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	4–6–2	0.417	63	-15	BYE
67	2	4.476	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	4–7	0.364	68	-13	BYE
68	0	4.501	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	4–6–1	0.409	66	-12	BYE
69	-2	4.512	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	4–7	0.364	68	-15	BYE
70	0	4.543	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	4–7	0.364	68	-18	BYE
71	1	4.618	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	68	-12	BYE
72	-1	4.630	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	4–8	0.333	83	-13	BYE
73	0	4.686	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	4–7	0.364	68	-14	BYE
74	0	4.712	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	5–7	0.417	63	-23	BYE
75	0	4.798	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	4–7	0.364	68	-19	BYE
76	0	4.861	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	4–7	0.364	68	-19	BYE
77	0	4.910	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	4–7	0.364	68	-22	BYE
78	0	4.979	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	4–7	0.364	68	-21	BYE
79	0	5.026	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	68	-15	BYE
80	0	5.058	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	4–7	0.364	68	-27	BYE
81	0	5.207	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	4–7	0.364	68	-23	BYE
82	0	5.224	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	3–8	0.273	85	-17	BYE
83	0	5.452	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	4–7	0.364	68	-17	BYE
84	0	5.509	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	2–7–2	0.273	85	-19	BYE
85	0	5.594	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	3–7–1	0.318	84	-22	BYE
86	0	5.660	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	3–8	0.273	85	-25	BYE
87	0	5.785	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	3–8	0.273	85	-26	BYE
88	0	5.828	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	3–8	0.273	85	-27	BYE
89	0	6.044	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	3–8	0.273	85	-31	BYE
90	0	6.160	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	3–8	0.273	85	-23	BYE
91	1	6.246	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	3–8	0.273	85	-24	BYE
92	-1	6.265	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	3–8	0.273	85	-20	BYE
93	0	6.306	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	68	-18	BYE
94	0	6.374	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	97	-32	BYE
95	0	6.585	TCU	IND SWC	3–8	0.273	85	-35	BYE
96	0	6.613	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	2–8–1	0.227	95	-32	BYE
97	0	6.989	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	2–8–1	0.227	95	-36	BYE
98	0	7.416	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	2–9	0.182	97	-34	BYE
99	0	7.543	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	1–10	0.091	100	-48	BYE
100	0	7.791	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	97	-38	BYE
101	0	8.157	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	1–10	0.091	100	-48	BYE
102	0	8.498	UTEP	IND WAC	1–10	0.091	100	-52	BYE
103	1	8.812	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND PCAA	1–10	0.091	100	-48	BYE
104	-1	8.907	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–10	0.091	100	-31	BYE