1987 Week 3 College Football Team Rankings

September 15, 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	NOW	Game Status
1	10	0.456	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat East Carolina 44–3
2	4	0.471	UTEP	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
3	6	0.513	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
4	37	0.566	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Rice 35–13
5	48	0.576	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat West Virginia 24–3
6	55	0.576	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Hawai'i 28–7
7	10	0.629	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Wyoming 43–28
8	12	0.634	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Rutgers 20–3
9	49	0.691	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Memphis 27–17
10	38	0.744	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Baylor 23–18
11	1	0.772	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Mississippi State 38–10
12	-10	0.875	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat UCLA 42–33
13	10	0.922	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat NC State 34–0
14	-9	0.927	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Penn State 24–13
15	0	0.948	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Temple 28–7
16	49	1.063	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat North Carolina 28–0
17	28	1.079	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Utah State 41–0
18	-11	1.105	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kansas 49–0
19	-16	1.144	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–1	0.500	38	+1	Lost to San José State 25–27
20	-2	1.205	LSU	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat CAL State Fullerton 56–12
21	1	1.268	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Houston 35–0
22	13	1.289	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ole Miss 31–10
23	3	1.289	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oregon State 41–7
24	28	1.310	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Michigan 26–7
25	55	1.336	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Miami (OH) 33–17
26	-22	1.340	UCLA	PAC	1–1	0.500	38	+1	Lost to Nebraska 33–42
27	7	1.362	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Illinois 21–7
28	-9	1.362	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
29	-5	1.362	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Purdue 28–10
30	47	1.378	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat California 27–25
31	13	1.467	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Akron 27–23
32	22	1.477	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado 10–7
33	36	1.566	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Virginia Tech 22–10
34	38	1.592	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northwestern 31–16
35	-14	1.641	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	38	+1	Lost to Washington State 28–43
36	-28	1.643	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	1–1	0.500	38	+1	Lost to Tennessee 10–38
37	-23	1.647	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	38	+1	Lost to Ohio State 3–24
38	-13	1.712	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	1–1	0.500	38	+1	Lost to Eastern Michigan 17–33
39	0	1.791	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Citadel 51–12
40	-10	1.796	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	38	+1	Lost to Syracuse 3–20
41	-9	1.871	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	38	+1	Lost to Boston College 7–28
42	29	1.891	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Weber State 30–7
43	17	1.949	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Richmond 24–0
44	34	1.959	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Western Carolina 31–6
45	2	2.022	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northern Iowa 24–7
46	48	2.149	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–1	0.500	38	0	Beat Tulsa 52–0
47	-46	2.166	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	38	0	Lost to Wisconsin 7–28
48	-38	2.249	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	38	0	Lost to Alabama 13–24
49	17	2.308	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	38	0	Beat Louisville 25–0
50	12	2.415	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–1	0.500	38	0	Beat Arizona 15–14
51	-24	2.472	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	38	0	Lost to Vanderbilt 17–27
52	23	2.484	BYU	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	38	0	Beat Texas 22–17
53	-40	2.539	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	1–1	0.500	38	0	Lost to Oklahoma 0–28
54	29	2.571	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	1–1	0.500	38	0	Beat Virginia 21–19
55	37	2.617	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	38	0	Beat Colorado State 33–24
56	-18	2.678	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	72	0	Lost to Oregon 7–10
57	-41	2.729	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	38	0	Lost to Florida State 3–44
58	41	2.776	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	38	0	Beat Utah 52–34
59	38	2.777	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND PCAA	1–1	0.500	38	0	Beat New Mexico 17–14
60	-29	2.862	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	38	0	Lost to Cincinnati 0–25
61	15	2.998	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–1	0.000	72	0	BYE
62	-3	3.090	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	72	0	Lost to Clemson 10–22
63	18	3.139	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	38	0	Lost to Missouri 18–23
64	20	3.181	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	72	0	BYE
65	20	3.181	USC	PAC	0–1	0.000	72	0	BYE
66	-15	3.227	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–1	0.000	72	0	Lost to Duke 16–31
67	-3	3.238	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	38	-1	Beat Iowa State 25–12
68	-5	3.331	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	1–1	0.500	38	-1	Beat Ball State 21–17
69	-13	3.364	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–1	0.000	72	0	Lost to Washington 10–28
70	17	3.375	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	1–1	0.500	38	0	Beat Western Illinois 20–17
71	-25	3.410	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–1	0.000	72	0	Lost to Notre Dame 7–26
72	10	3.416	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	38	-1	Beat TCU 21–10
73	13	3.428	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	38	0	Lost to Indiana 13–35
74	-45	3.550	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	38	-1	Lost to San Diego State 34–52
75	20	3.596	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	38	-1	Beat UNLV 21–10
76	22	4.004	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	72	0	BYE
77	-22	4.095	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–1	0.000	72	0	Lost to Georgia 7–41
78	-4	4.118	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–1	0.500	38	-1	Beat Idaho 30–18
79	-39	4.141	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	72	0	Lost to Oklahoma State 0–35
80	11	4.306	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–1	0.500	38	-1	Beat Marshall 23–15
81	19	4.401	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	1–1	0.500	38	-1	Beat Sacramento State 31–7
82	-14	4.438	Akron (AKRON)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	72	-1	Lost to Kent State 23–27
83	-10	4.461	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	0–2	0.000	72	-1	Lost to Maryland 19–21
84	18	4.484	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	0–2	0.000	72	0	Lost to Kentucky 0–41
85	-42	4.781	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	72	0	Lost to Auburn 0–49
86	-16	4.850	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	0–2	0.000	72	-1	Lost to Arkansas 10–31
87	2	4.895	TCU	IND SWC	0–2	0.000	72	-1	Lost to Air Force 10–21
88	8	4.987	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	0–2	0.000	72	-1	Lost to BYU 17–22
89	1	5.010	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–2	0.000	72	-1	Lost to Arizona State 7–21
90	-62	5.210	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–1	0.500	38	0	Lost to Illinois State 6–20
91	-3	5.421	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	0–2	0.000	72	-1	Lost to Pittsburgh 0–34
92	11	5.490	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	0–2	0.000	72	-1	Lost to Texas Tech 24–33
93	-14	5.672	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	72	-1	Lost to Florida 0–52
94	-61	5.970	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	0–1	0.000	72	-1	Lost to Iowa 14–15
95	-28	6.084	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	0–2	0.000	72	-2	Lost to New Mexico State 14–17
96	-59	6.107	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	0–1	0.000	72	-1	Lost to Toledo 17–21
97	4	6.244	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	0–2	0.000	72	-1	Lost to LSU 12–56
98	-41	6.427	UNLV	IND PCAA	0–1	0.000	72	-1	Lost to Louisiana 10–21
99	-57	6.518	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	72	-1	Lost to Tulane 12–25
100	-7	9.650	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	0–2	0.000	72	-1	Lost to Youngstown State 17–20
101	3	12.232	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	72	0	BYE
102	-52	12.232	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	72	0	Lost to Lamar 35–39
103	-67	12.507	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	72	0	Lost to Holy Cross 24–34
104	-55	12.735	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	72	0	Lost to William & Mary 12–27