1985 Week 3 College Football Team Rankings

September 10, 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	0.461	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
2	13	0.461	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Louisiana 49–7
3	87	0.492	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Louisville 52–13
4	-2	0.576	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	1–0–1	0.750	37	0	Tied Ole Miss 17–17
5	13	0.639	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ball State 31–6
6	18	0.660	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northwestern 40–17
7	10	0.681	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wyoming 39–18
8	17	0.702	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat NC State 33–14
9	47	0.723	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Western Michigan 17–0
10	-6	0.744	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Nebraska 17–13
11	51	0.754	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Washington 31–17
12	-1	0.765	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Toledo 23–10
13	9	0.765	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado State 23–10
14	-5	0.765	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
15	66	0.765	UCLA	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat BYU 27–24
16	11	0.775	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Miami 35–23
17	52	0.775	SMU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat UTEP 35–23
18	65	0.796	USC	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Illinois 20–10
19	61	0.828	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Houston 31–24
20	-13	0.838	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
21	-13	0.859	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
22	32	0.880	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Navy 21–19
23	42	0.880	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Maryland 20–18
24	61	0.880	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Long Beach State 19–17
25	-15	0.890	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
26	52	0.890	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat New Mexico 32–31
27	-15	1.333	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	72	0	BYE
28	-15	1.333	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	72	0	BYE
29	-15	1.333	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	72	0	BYE
30	-10	1.333	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–0	0.000	72	0	BYE
31	-10	1.333	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	0–0	0.000	72	0	BYE
32	-4	1.333	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	0–0	0.000	72	0	BYE
33	-4	1.333	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	ACC	0–0	0.000	72	0	BYE
34	-2	1.333	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	0.000	72	0	BYE
35	-2	1.333	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	0.000	72	0	BYE
36	-2	1.333	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	72	0	BYE
37	-1	1.333	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	0–0	0.000	72	0	BYE
38	-1	1.333	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	0–0	0.000	72	0	BYE
39	1	1.333	LSU	SEC	0–0	0.000	72	0	BYE
40	3	1.333	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	0–0	0.000	72	0	BYE
41	3	1.333	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	72	0	BYE
42	3	1.333	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	72	0	BYE
43	3	1.333	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	72	0	BYE
44	3	1.333	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	0–0–1	0.500	38	0	Tied Memphis 17–17
45	4	1.333	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	72	0	BYE
46	12	1.333	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	72	0	BYE
47	12	1.333	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	0–0	0.000	72	0	BYE
48	12	1.333	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	72	0	BYE
49	12	1.333	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	72	0	BYE
50	16	1.333	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	72	0	BYE
51	16	1.333	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	72	0	BYE
52	16	1.333	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	72	0	BYE
53	18	1.333	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–0	0.000	72	0	BYE
54	18	1.333	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	72	0	BYE
55	18	1.333	TCU	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	72	0	BYE
56	19	1.333	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	72	0	BYE
57	19	1.333	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	72	0	BYE
58	19	1.333	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	72	0	BYE
59	28	1.333	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	0–0	0.000	72	0	BYE
60	32	1.333	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	72	0	BYE
61	-56	1.346	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Austin Peay 31–9
62	-56	1.486	BYU	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	38	+1	Lost to UCLA 24–27
63	-11	1.592	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	44	0	Lost to Texas Tech 31–32
64	30	1.592	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–1	0.000	44	0	BYE
65	-27	1.638	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	0–1	0.000	44	0	Lost to Utah State 17–19
66	-25	1.638	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	0–1	0.000	44	0	Lost to Penn State 18–20
67	-17	1.638	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	44	0	Lost to North Carolina 19–21
68	27	1.640	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–1	0.500	38	+1	Beat California 20–19
69	27	1.730	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	0–1	0.000	44	0	BYE
70	-19	1.730	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	44	0	Lost to Florida State 13–17
71	26	1.821	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	44	0	BYE
72	-8	1.865	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Sacramento State 49–17
73	-43	1.867	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	44	0	Lost to Tulsa 24–31
74	-4	1.907	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Louisiana Tech 28–0
75	7	1.907	UNLV	IND PCAA	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tennessee Tech 35–7
76	26	1.959	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat App State 20–13
77	-46	2.004	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–1	0.000	44	0	Lost to USC 10–20
78	-15	2.043	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Idaho 43–28
79	-37	2.095	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	44	0	Lost to Florida 23–35
80	-32	2.116	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Arkansas State 22–14
81	5	2.127	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 7–0
82	6	2.127	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat William & Mary 30–23
83	-60	2.141	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	44	0	Lost to Colorado 10–23
84	-5	2.141	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	0–1	0.000	44	0	Lost to Arizona 10–23
85	-59	2.148	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Youngstown State 27–22
86	-2	2.169	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Boise State 20–17
87	2	2.187	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–1	0.000	44	0	Lost to Oklahoma State 17–31
88	-85	2.259	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–1	0.500	38	0	Lost to Washington State 19–20
89	2	2.324	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–1	0.000	44	0	Lost to Northern Illinois 0–17
90	-35	2.415	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	0–1	0.000	44	0	Lost to East Carolina 14–33
91	2	2.507	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	44	0	Lost to Baylor 18–39
92	-35	2.598	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–1	0.000	44	0	Lost to Duke 17–40
93	8	2.688	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	1–1	0.500	38	-1	Beat New Mexico State 32–3
94	-78	2.690	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	0–1	0.000	44	0	Lost to Bowling Green 6–31
95	5	2.735	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	44	0	BYE
96	8	2.781	UTEP	IND WAC	0–2	0.000	44	0	Lost to SMU 23–35
97	1	2.827	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	38	-1	Beat Temple 28–25
98	5	3.215	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	44	0	Lost to Auburn 7–49
99	-60	3.330	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	44	0	Lost to West Virginia 13–52
100	-26	5.067	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	44	-1	Lost to Boston College 25–28
101	-48	6.255	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND PCAA	0–1	0.000	44	-1	Lost to San José State 3–32
102	-3	6.918	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	44	0	Lost to Richmond 14–24
103	-84	11.101	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	0–1	0.000	44	0	Lost to Montana 30–31
104	-69	11.330	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	44	0	Lost to Wichita State 10–16