1987 Week 2 College Football Team Rankings

September 8, 1987By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1987 Season Tags: • No Comments

1987 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	Game Status
1	29	0.419	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat CAL State Fullerton 44–0
2	52	0.419	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Utah State 56–12
3	13	0.440	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Pacific 42–0
4	84	0.534	UCLA	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat San Diego State 47–14
5	-1	0.545	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Southern Miss 38–6
6	87	0.555	UTEP	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat New Mexico State 31–0
7	2	0.587	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Texas 31–3
8	43	0.587	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Louisiana 31–3
9	36	0.597	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Florida 31–4
10	59	0.608	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Bowling Green 45–19
11	15	0.629	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Texas Tech 40–16
12	-11	0.634	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	Beat Colorado State 49–3
13	44	0.670	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Illinois 34–14
14	86	0.670	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Ohio 23–3
15	-3	0.691	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat TCU 38–20
16	7	0.691	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat NC State 32–14
17	82	0.702	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Fresno State 41–24
18	24	0.733	LSU	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Texas A&M 17–3
19	29	0.733	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	Beat USC 27–13
20	59	0.733	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Maryland 25–11
21	82	0.733	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Air Force 27–13
22	43	0.765	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Tulsa 39–28
23	47	0.775	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat BYU 27–17
24	74	0.775	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Stanford 31–21
25	21	0.786	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Central Michigan 15–6
26	2	0.796	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Virginia 30–22
27	17	0.817	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Ole Miss 16–10
28	73	0.828	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Akron 24–19
29	62	0.838	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat New Mexico 24–20
30	43	0.849	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Cincinnati 10–7
31	10	0.859	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Tulane 42–40
32	49	0.870	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Toledo 13–12
33	-28	1.429	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	0–0	0.000	76	BYE
34	-28	1.429	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	76	BYE
35	-28	1.429	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	76	BYE
36	-28	1.429	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	76	BYE
37	-27	1.429	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	0–0	0.000	76	BYE
38	-18	1.429	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	76	BYE
39	-10	1.429	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	ACC	0–0	0.000	76	BYE
40	-9	1.429	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	76	BYE
41	-8	1.429	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	0.000	76	BYE
42	-8	1.429	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	76	BYE
43	-8	1.429	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	76	BYE
44	-7	1.429	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	0–0	0.000	76	BYE
45	-7	1.429	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	0–0	0.000	76	BYE
46	1	1.429	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	76	BYE
47	2	1.429	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	76	BYE
48	4	1.429	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	76	BYE
49	4	1.429	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	76	BYE
50	9	1.429	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	76	BYE
51	9	1.429	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	76	BYE
52	9	1.429	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	76	BYE
53	10	1.429	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	76	BYE
54	12	1.429	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	76	BYE
55	12	1.429	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	76	BYE
56	15	1.429	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	0.000	76	BYE
57	32	1.429	UNLV	IND PCAA	0–0	0.000	76	BYE
58	36	1.429	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–0	0.000	76	BYE
59	37	1.429	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	76	BYE
60	37	1.429	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	0–0	0.000	76	BYE
61	41	1.429	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	76	BYE
62	42	1.558	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–1	0.000	42	BYE
63	22	1.558	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Temple 12–13
64	22	1.604	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Louisville 40–42
65	-1	1.624	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	Beat North Texas 69–14
66	-48	1.650	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Rutgers 7–10
67	-12	1.695	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Utah 20–24
68	-65	1.741	Akron (AKRON)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Western Michigan 19–24
69	-50	1.750	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Western Carolina 43–0
70	-20	1.787	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Memphis 10–16
71	-32	1.823	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Montana State 51–15
72	-50	1.833	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Colgate 41–6
73	22	1.878	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Georgia 22–30
74	-57	1.924	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Miami (OH) 6–15
75	-61	1.970	BYU	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Pittsburgh 17–27
76	2	1.970	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Washington 21–31
77	-2	1.980	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Eastern Illinois 24–3
78	-2	1.980	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat App State 24–3
79	8	2.015	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Oklahoma State 28–39
80	-56	2.043	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Youngstown State 35–20
81	-70	2.095	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Louisiana Tech 13–3
82	-80	2.152	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Wyoming 13–27
83	-40	2.152	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Syracuse 11–25
84	-1	2.152	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to LSU 3–17
85	5	2.152	USC	PAC	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Michigan State 13–27
86	-14	2.158	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Lamar 34–30
87	-60	2.290	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Washington State 24–41
88	-30	2.335	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to East Carolina 14–32
89	-9	2.335	TCU	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Boston College 20–38
90	-58	2.427	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to North Carolina 14–34
91	-29	2.427	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to West Virginia 3–23
92	-8	2.610	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Florida State 16–40
93	-80	2.701	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Penn State 19–45
94	-69	2.747	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Miami 4–31
95	-55	2.792	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Mississippi State 3–31
96	-14	2.792	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Auburn 3–31
97	-41	2.930	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND PCAA	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to UTEP 0–31
98	-21	2.975	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Alabama 6–38
99	-25	3.021	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to UCLA 14–47
100	-32	3.432	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to California 0–42
101	-86	3.524	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Hawai'i 0–44
102	-10	3.524	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Nebraska 12–56
103	-82	3.615	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Tennessee 3–49
104	-68	11.204	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Austin Peay 22–26