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1988 Pre-Season College Football Team Rankings

August 23, 1988By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1988 Season Tags: • No Comments

1988 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	Team	Conf	Record	Place	Game Status
1	26	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	93	Akron (AKRON)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	24	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	48	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	30	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	27	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	76	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	8	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	80	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	46	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	42	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	65	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	25	BYU	IND WAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	58	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND BW	0–0	1	Preseason
1	61	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	59	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	85	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	12	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	35	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	97	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	63	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	68	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	16	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	32	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	0	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	49	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND BW	0–0	1	Preseason
1	13	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	89	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	ACC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	73	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	66	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	84	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	28	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	15	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	86	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	98	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	102	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	39	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	51	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	81	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND BW	0–0	1	Preseason
1	57	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	—	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	92	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	5	LSU	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	62	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	55	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	1	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	56	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	23	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	7	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	52	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	82	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	72	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	45	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	99	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	2	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	103	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	100	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BW	0–0	1	Preseason
1	54	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	75	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	67	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	95	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	10	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	101	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	34	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	3	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	11	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	40	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	88	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	79	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND BW	0–0	1	Preseason
1	22	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	20	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	78	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	96	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	43	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	69	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	17	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND BW	0–0	1	Preseason
1	14	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	44	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	50	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	4	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	47	TCU	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	91	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	18	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	29	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	9	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	36	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	83	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	53	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	94	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	6	UCLA	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	64	UNLV	IND BW	0–0	1	Preseason
1	21	USC	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	77	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	60	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND BW	0–0	1	Preseason
1	37	UTEP	IND WAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	71	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	33	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	87	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	38	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	31	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	74	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	41	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	70	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	90	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	19	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	0–0	1	Preseason

1987 Final College Football Team Rankings

January 5, 1988By 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	1	0.698	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	11–1	0.917	3	+65	Beat Nebraska 31–28
2	-1	0.708	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	12–0	1.000	1	+76	Beat Oklahoma 20–14
3	0	0.930	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	10–2	0.833	6	+54	Lost to Florida State 28–31
4	0	1.009	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	11–1	0.917	3	+51	Lost to Miami 14–20
5	0	1.061	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	11–0–1	0.958	2	+51	Tied Auburn 16–16
6	1	1.063	LSU	SEC	10–1–1	0.875	5	+54	Beat South Carolina 30–13
7	-1	1.144	UCLA	PAC	10–2	0.833	6	+45	BYE
8	2	1.182	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	9–2–1	0.792	15	+51	Beat USC 20–17
9	-1	1.195	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	9–1–2	0.833	6	+44	Tied Syracuse 16–16
10	2	1.233	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	10–2	0.833	6	+49	Beat Notre Dame 35–10
11	-2	1.393	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	8–4	0.667	22	+41	Lost to Texas A&M 10–35
12	-1	1.425	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	10–2	0.833	6	+42	BYE
13	3	1.484	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	10–2	0.833	6	+39	Beat Penn State 35–10
14	5	1.542	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	9–3	0.750	18	+43	Beat Arkansas 20–17
15	-2	1.640	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	8–4	0.667	22	+30	Lost to LSU 13–30
16	7	1.663	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	10–3	0.769	16	+37	Beat Wyoming 20–19
17	0	1.711	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	10–2	0.833	6	+33	BYE
18	2	1.718	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	10–2	0.833	6	+29	BYE
19	5	1.742	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	10–2–1	0.808	14	+32	Beat Indiana 27–22
20	-6	1.855	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	10–3	0.769	16	+36	Lost to Iowa 19–20
21	-6	1.883	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	8–4	0.667	22	+31	Lost to Texas 27–32
22	0	1.896	USC	PAC	8–4	0.667	22	+26	Lost to Michigan State 17–20
23	-5	1.898	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	8–4	0.667	22	+30	Lost to Clemson 10–35
24	5	1.991	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	8–4	0.667	22	+24	Beat Alabama 28–24
25	-4	1.995	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	7–5	0.583	38	+28	Lost to Michigan 24–28
26	2	2.061	BYU	IND WAC	9–4	0.692	19	+27	BYE
27	-2	2.123	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	9–4	0.692	19	+20	Lost to Arizona State 28–33
28	-2	2.129	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	9–4	0.692	19	+24	Lost to Georgia 17–20
29	-2	2.140	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	8–4	0.667	22	+22	Lost to Tennessee 22–27
30	4	2.287	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	7–5	0.583	38	+24	Beat Pittsburgh 32–27
31	5	2.317	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	7–4–1	0.625	34	+20	Beat Air Force 33–28
32	-1	2.333	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	7–4–1	0.625	34	+17	BYE
33	-3	2.336	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	6–6	0.500	47	+20	BYE
34	-1	2.338	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	8–4	0.667	22	+18	BYE
35	-3	2.417	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	6–4–1	0.591	36	+15	BYE
36	-1	2.604	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	7–4	0.636	30	+8	BYE
37	0	2.789	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	6–4–1	0.591	36	+6	BYE
38	0	2.823	UTEP	IND WAC	7–4	0.636	30	+3	BYE
39	1	2.836	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	7–4	0.636	30	+4	BYE
40	-1	2.850	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	7–4	0.636	30	+5	BYE
41	0	2.942	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	6–5	0.545	40	+10	BYE
42	0	2.965	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	6–6	0.500	47	+2	BYE
43	0	2.967	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	55	+8	BYE
44	0	3.054	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	40	+6	BYE
45	0	3.261	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	40	+10	BYE
46	0	3.321	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	5–6	0.455	55	-1	BYE
47	0	3.361	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	6–5	0.545	40	-6	BYE
48	1	3.366	TCU	IND SWC	5–6	0.455	55	-4	BYE
49	-1	3.372	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	4–4–3	0.500	47	-4	BYE
50	0	3.451	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	6–5	0.545	40	-7	BYE
51	0	3.487	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	5–6	0.455	55	-1	BYE
52	1	3.498	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	5–6	0.455	55	-5	BYE
53	-1	3.503	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	6–5	0.545	40	-6	BYE
54	0	3.570	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	6–6	0.500	47	-1	BYE
55	1	3.573	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	5–6	0.455	55	-3	BYE
56	-1	3.647	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	5–5–1	0.500	47	-3	BYE
57	0	3.688	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	5–6	0.455	55	0	BYE
58	0	3.775	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	40	-11	BYE
59	0	3.784	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	6–6	0.500	47	-7	BYE
60	0	3.802	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	5–5–1	0.500	47	-9	BYE
61	0	3.856	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	5–6	0.455	55	-5	BYE
62	0	3.883	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–6–2	0.364	73	-4	BYE
63	0	3.975	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	4–7	0.364	73	0	BYE
64	3	4.072	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	5–6	0.455	55	-16	BYE
65	-1	4.108	UNLV	IND PCAA	5–6	0.455	55	-13	BYE
66	0	4.130	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	5–6	0.455	55	-2	BYE
67	-2	4.131	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	4–6–1	0.409	72	-10	BYE
68	0	4.234	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	5–5–1	0.500	47	-9	BYE
69	0	4.274	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	55	-10	BYE
70	0	4.303	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	5–7	0.417	69	-13	BYE
71	2	4.329	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	5–6	0.455	55	-5	BYE
72	0	4.336	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	4–7	0.364	73	-11	BYE
73	-2	4.341	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	4–7	0.364	73	-12	BYE
74	0	4.449	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	5–7	0.417	69	-22	BYE
75	0	4.507	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–7–1	0.318	83	-11	BYE
76	0	4.756	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	4–7	0.364	73	-7	BYE
77	0	4.964	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	55	-14	BYE
78	0	5.041	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	5–7	0.417	69	-31	BYE
79	0	5.065	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	3–7–1	0.318	83	-18	BYE
80	0	5.130	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	4–7	0.364	73	-21	BYE
81	0	5.328	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	4–7	0.364	73	-17	BYE
82	0	5.337	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	4–7	0.364	73	-30	BYE
83	0	5.363	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	3–8	0.273	88	-24	BYE
84	0	5.493	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	3–7–1	0.318	83	-21	BYE
85	0	5.516	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–7–1	0.318	83	-23	BYE
86	0	5.638	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	73	-22	BYE
87	0	5.723	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	3–8	0.273	88	-26	BYE
88	0	5.735	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	94	-28	BYE
89	0	5.897	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–9	0.182	94	-23	BYE
90	2	6.060	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	ACC	2–9	0.182	94	-35	BYE
91	0	6.091	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	3–8	0.273	88	-28	BYE
92	-2	6.168	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	88	-32	BYE
93	0	6.180	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	3–7–1	0.318	83	-18	BYE
94	1	6.257	Akron (AKRON)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	73	-19	BYE
95	-1	6.257	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	88	-21	BYE
96	0	6.470	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	2–8–1	0.227	93	-31	BYE
97	0	6.577	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	2–9	0.182	94	-37	BYE
98	0	7.083	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	1–11	0.083	102	-51	BYE
99	0	7.640	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–9–1	0.136	100	-28	BYE
100	0	7.729	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	94	-33	BYE
101	0	7.937	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND PCAA	2–9	0.182	94	-43	BYE
102	0	8.209	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–10	0.091	101	-55	BYE
103	0	8.971	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–10–1	0.045	103	-40	BYE
104	0	9.085	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	0–11	0.000	104	-64	BYE

1987 Post-Season Week 3 College Football Team Rankings

December 29, 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.763	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	11–0	1.000	1	+64	BYE
2	0	0.769	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	10–1	0.909	4	+54	BYE
3	0	0.846	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	10–1	0.909	4	+55	BYE
4	0	0.906	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	11–0	1.000	1	+50	BYE
5	0	1.051	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	11–0	1.000	1	+51	BYE
6	2	1.150	UCLA	PAC	10–2	0.833	8	+46	Beat Florida 20–16
7	-1	1.156	LSU	SEC	9–1–1	0.864	6	+45	BYE
8	-1	1.182	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	9–1–1	0.864	6	+42	BYE
9	0	1.240	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	20	+43	BYE
10	0	1.281	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	8–2–1	0.773	16	+42	BYE
11	1	1.400	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	10–2	0.833	8	+44	Beat West Virginia 35–33
12	-1	1.413	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	9–2	0.818	13	+40	BYE
13	0	1.565	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	20	+31	BYE
14	0	1.670	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	10–2	0.833	8	+39	BYE
15	0	1.691	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	20	+36	BYE
16	0	1.715	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	9–2	0.818	13	+31	BYE
17	3	1.723	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	10–2	0.833	8	+33	BYE
18	1	1.724	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	20	+34	BYE
19	-1	1.730	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	8–3	0.727	20	+34	BYE
20	1	1.730	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	10–2	0.833	8	+29	BYE
21	-4	1.738	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	7–4	0.636	29	+31	BYE
22	0	1.772	USC	PAC	8–3	0.727	20	+29	BYE
23	0	1.845	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	9–3	0.750	17	+27	BYE
24	1	1.941	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	9–2–1	0.792	15	+24	BYE
25	1	1.952	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	9–3	0.750	17	+26	BYE
26	1	2.023	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	9–3	0.750	17	+27	BYE
27	1	2.070	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	8–3	0.727	20	+23	BYE
28	-4	2.159	BYU	IND WAC	9–4	0.692	27	+28	Lost to Virginia 16–22
29	1	2.210	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	7–4	0.636	29	+18	BYE
30	-1	2.322	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	6–6	0.500	47	+20	Lost to UCLA 16–20
31	0	2.355	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	7–4–1	0.625	35	+17	BYE
32	0	2.437	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	6–4–1	0.591	36	+15	BYE
33	3	2.470	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	8–4	0.667	28	+19	Beat BYU 22–16
34	-1	2.548	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	6–5	0.545	39	+17	BYE
35	-1	2.569	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	7–4	0.636	29	+10	BYE
36	-1	2.645	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	6–4–1	0.591	36	+12	BYE
37	2	2.809	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	6–4–1	0.591	36	+6	BYE
38	-1	2.823	UTEP	IND WAC	7–4	0.636	29	+5	BYE
39	1	2.830	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	7–4	0.636	29	+6	BYE
40	1	2.859	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	7–4	0.636	29	+5	BYE
41	2	2.939	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	6–5	0.545	39	+10	BYE
42	-4	2.949	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	6–6	0.500	47	+4	Lost to Oklahoma State 33–35
43	-1	2.950	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	55	+10	BYE
44	0	3.019	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	39	+8	BYE
45	0	3.230	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	39	+11	BYE
46	0	3.281	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	5–6	0.455	55	+2	BYE
47	1	3.366	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	6–5	0.545	39	-5	BYE
48	1	3.372	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	4–4–3	0.500	47	-3	BYE
49	-2	3.412	TCU	IND SWC	5–6	0.455	55	-2	BYE
50	0	3.442	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	6–5	0.545	39	-7	BYE
51	1	3.473	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	5–6	0.455	55	0	BYE
52	1	3.512	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	6–5	0.545	39	-5	BYE
53	-2	3.529	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	5–6	0.455	55	-5	BYE
54	1	3.566	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	6–6	0.500	47	-1	BYE
55	1	3.599	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	5–5–1	0.500	47	-3	BYE
56	-2	3.618	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	5–6	0.455	55	-2	BYE
57	0	3.688	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	5–6	0.455	55	0	BYE
58	0	3.719	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	39	-10	BYE
59	0	3.788	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	6–6	0.500	47	-7	BYE
60	0	3.797	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	5–5–1	0.500	47	-9	BYE
61	0	3.882	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	5–6	0.455	55	-4	BYE
62	0	3.951	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–6–2	0.364	73	-4	BYE
63	0	4.023	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	4–7	0.364	73	+1	BYE
64	1	4.098	UNLV	IND PCAA	5–6	0.455	55	-13	BYE
65	1	4.113	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	4–6–1	0.409	72	-9	BYE
66	1	4.121	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	5–6	0.455	55	-1	BYE
67	-3	4.121	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	5–6	0.455	55	-16	BYE
68	3	4.239	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	5–5–1	0.500	47	-9	BYE
69	-1	4.264	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	55	-9	BYE
70	-1	4.289	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	5–7	0.417	69	-11	BYE
71	-1	4.320	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	4–7	0.364	73	-11	BYE
72	0	4.325	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	4–7	0.364	73	-10	BYE
73	0	4.329	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	5–6	0.455	55	-5	BYE
74	0	4.425	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	5–7	0.417	69	-19	BYE
75	0	4.505	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–7–1	0.318	83	-10	BYE
76	0	4.792	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	4–7	0.364	73	-6	BYE
77	0	4.944	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	55	-13	BYE
78	0	5.027	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	5–7	0.417	69	-29	BYE
79	0	5.038	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	3–7–1	0.318	83	-16	BYE
80	0	5.159	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	4–7	0.364	73	-21	BYE
81	0	5.329	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	4–7	0.364	73	-17	BYE
82	0	5.376	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	4–7	0.364	73	-30	BYE
83	0	5.401	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	3–8	0.273	88	-23	BYE
84	0	5.493	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	3–7–1	0.318	83	-21	BYE
85	0	5.582	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–7–1	0.318	83	-22	BYE
86	0	5.621	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	73	-21	BYE
87	0	5.649	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	3–8	0.273	88	-23	BYE
88	0	5.804	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	94	-27	BYE
89	0	5.945	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–9	0.182	94	-22	BYE
90	0	6.138	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	88	-31	BYE
91	0	6.141	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	3–8	0.273	88	-28	BYE
92	0	6.190	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	ACC	2–9	0.182	94	-35	BYE
93	0	6.219	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	3–7–1	0.318	83	-18	BYE
94	0	6.239	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	88	-19	BYE
95	0	6.256	Akron (AKRON)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	73	-19	BYE
96	0	6.514	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	2–8–1	0.227	93	-30	BYE
97	0	6.598	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	2–9	0.182	94	-35	BYE
98	0	7.090	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	1–11	0.083	102	-49	BYE
99	0	7.590	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–9–1	0.136	100	-26	BYE
100	0	7.688	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	94	-30	BYE
101	0	7.931	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND PCAA	2–9	0.182	94	-43	BYE
102	0	8.209	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–10	0.091	101	-55	BYE
103	0	8.934	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–10–1	0.045	103	-38	BYE
104	0	9.044	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	0–11	0.000	104	-61	BYE

1987 Post-Season Week 2 College Football Team Rankings

December 22, 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	1	0.751	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	11–0	1.000	1	+64	BYE
2	-1	0.760	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	10–1	0.909	4	+54	BYE
3	0	0.859	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	10–1	0.909	4	+53	BYE
4	0	0.910	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	11–0	1.000	1	+49	BYE
5	0	1.040	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	11–0	1.000	1	+51	BYE
6	0	1.140	LSU	SEC	9–1–1	0.864	6	+45	BYE
7	0	1.162	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	9–1–1	0.864	6	+42	BYE
8	0	1.202	UCLA	PAC	9–2	0.818	11	+40	BYE
9	0	1.257	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	21	+43	BYE
10	0	1.288	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	8–2–1	0.773	16	+42	BYE
11	0	1.386	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	9–2	0.818	11	+40	BYE
12	0	1.470	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	9–2	0.818	11	+38	BYE
13	0	1.573	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	21	+30	BYE
14	0	1.652	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	10–2	0.833	8	+39	BYE
15	0	1.652	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	21	+36	BYE
16	0	1.693	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	9–2	0.818	11	+30	BYE
17	0	1.699	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	7–4	0.636	28	+32	BYE
18	0	1.716	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	8–3	0.727	21	+33	BYE
19	0	1.716	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	21	+34	BYE
20	0	1.731	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	10–2	0.833	8	+33	BYE
21	0	1.735	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	10–2	0.833	8	+29	BYE
22	0	1.802	USC	PAC	8–3	0.727	21	+28	BYE
23	0	1.844	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	9–3	0.750	17	+27	BYE
24	0	1.887	BYU	IND WAC	9–3	0.750	17	+32	BYE
25	0	1.914	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	9–2–1	0.792	15	+24	BYE
26	0	1.923	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	9–3	0.750	17	+27	BYE
27	0	2.017	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	9–3	0.750	17	+27	BYE
28	0	2.081	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	8–3	0.727	21	+23	BYE
29	0	2.135	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	6–5	0.545	39	+22	BYE
30	0	2.203	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	7–4	0.636	28	+18	BYE
31	3	2.354	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	7–4–1	0.625	35	+17	Beat Tulane 24–12
32	-1	2.405	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	6–4–1	0.591	36	+15	BYE
33	-1	2.495	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	6–5	0.545	39	+18	BYE
34	-1	2.565	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	7–4	0.636	28	+10	BYE
35	0	2.650	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	6–4–1	0.591	36	+12	BYE
36	0	2.689	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	7–4	0.636	28	+10	BYE
37	0	2.769	UTEP	IND WAC	7–4	0.636	28	+6	BYE
38	0	2.782	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	39	+6	BYE
39	0	2.801	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	6–4–1	0.591	36	+6	BYE
40	0	2.826	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	7–4	0.636	28	+6	BYE
41	0	2.840	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	7–4	0.636	28	+5	BYE
42	0	2.921	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	55	+11	BYE
43	0	2.948	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	6–5	0.545	39	+10	BYE
44	0	2.993	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	39	+9	BYE
45	0	3.233	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	39	+11	BYE
46	0	3.296	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	5–6	0.455	55	+2	BYE
47	1	3.357	TCU	IND SWC	5–6	0.455	55	-2	BYE
48	1	3.357	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	6–5	0.545	39	-5	BYE
49	1	3.435	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	4–4–3	0.500	49	-3	BYE
50	1	3.463	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	6–5	0.545	39	-7	BYE
51	1	3.488	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	5–6	0.455	55	-4	BYE
52	2	3.492	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	5–6	0.455	55	0	BYE
53	0	3.520	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	6–5	0.545	39	-5	BYE
54	1	3.603	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	5–6	0.455	55	-2	BYE
55	-8	3.607	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	6–6	0.500	49	-1	Lost to Washington 12–24
56	0	3.641	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	5–5–1	0.500	49	-3	BYE
57	0	3.692	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	5–6	0.455	55	0	BYE
58	0	3.744	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	39	-10	BYE
59	0	3.799	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	6–6	0.500	49	-6	BYE
60	1	3.829	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	5–5–1	0.500	49	-9	BYE
61	-1	3.842	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	5–6	0.455	55	-3	BYE
62	0	3.965	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–6–2	0.364	73	-4	BYE
63	0	3.971	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	4–7	0.364	73	0	BYE
64	0	4.107	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	5–6	0.455	55	-16	BYE
65	1	4.118	UNLV	IND PCAA	5–6	0.455	55	-13	BYE
66	-1	4.119	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	4–6–1	0.409	72	-9	BYE
67	0	4.140	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	5–6	0.455	55	-1	BYE
68	1	4.229	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	55	-8	BYE
69	1	4.250	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	5–7	0.417	69	-10	BYE
70	-2	4.280	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	4–7	0.364	73	-10	BYE
71	1	4.286	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	5–5–1	0.500	49	-9	BYE
72	-1	4.335	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	4–7	0.364	73	-10	BYE
73	0	4.344	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	5–6	0.455	55	-5	BYE
74	0	4.381	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	5–7	0.417	69	-18	BYE
75	0	4.504	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–7–1	0.318	83	-10	BYE
76	0	4.788	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	4–7	0.364	73	-6	BYE
77	0	4.940	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	55	-13	BYE
78	0	4.975	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	5–7	0.417	69	-28	BYE
79	0	5.045	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	3–7–1	0.318	83	-16	BYE
80	0	5.163	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	4–7	0.364	73	-21	BYE
81	0	5.344	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	4–7	0.364	73	-17	BYE
82	1	5.381	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	4–7	0.364	73	-30	BYE
83	-1	5.420	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	3–8	0.273	88	-23	BYE
84	0	5.500	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	3–7–1	0.318	83	-21	BYE
85	0	5.582	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–7–1	0.318	83	-22	BYE
86	0	5.582	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	73	-20	BYE
87	0	5.674	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	3–8	0.273	88	-23	BYE
88	0	5.756	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	94	-26	BYE
89	0	5.986	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–9	0.182	94	-22	BYE
90	0	6.100	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	88	-30	BYE
91	0	6.134	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	3–8	0.273	88	-28	BYE
92	0	6.163	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	ACC	2–9	0.182	94	-35	BYE
93	0	6.232	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	3–7–1	0.318	83	-18	BYE
94	0	6.232	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	88	-18	BYE
95	0	6.261	Akron (AKRON)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	73	-19	BYE
96	0	6.514	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	2–8–1	0.227	93	-30	BYE
97	0	6.591	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	2–9	0.182	94	-35	BYE
98	0	6.993	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	1–11	0.083	102	-48	BYE
99	0	7.599	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–9–1	0.136	100	-26	BYE
100	0	7.702	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	94	-30	BYE
101	0	7.937	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND PCAA	2–9	0.182	94	-43	BYE
102	0	8.156	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–10	0.091	101	-54	BYE
103	0	8.952	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–10–1	0.045	103	-38	BYE
104	0	8.969	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	0–11	0.000	104	-60	BYE

1987 Post-Season Week 1 College Football Team Rankings

December 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.737	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	10–1	0.909	4	+54	BYE
2	0	0.751	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	11–0	1.000	1	+64	BYE
3	0	0.857	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	10–1	0.909	4	+53	BYE
4	0	0.910	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	11–0	1.000	1	+49	BYE
5	0	1.040	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	11–0	1.000	1	+51	BYE
6	0	1.118	LSU	SEC	9–1–1	0.864	6	+45	BYE
7	0	1.162	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	9–1–1	0.864	6	+42	BYE
8	0	1.220	UCLA	PAC	9–2	0.818	11	+39	BYE
9	0	1.257	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	21	+43	BYE
10	0	1.284	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	8–2–1	0.773	16	+42	BYE
11	0	1.402	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	9–2	0.818	11	+39	BYE
12	0	1.470	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	9–2	0.818	11	+38	BYE
13	0	1.573	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	21	+30	BYE
14	2	1.652	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	10–2	0.833	8	+39	BYE
15	0	1.652	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	21	+36	BYE
16	1	1.693	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	9–2	0.818	11	+30	BYE
17	1	1.703	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	7–4	0.636	28	+32	BYE
18	2	1.716	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	8–3	0.727	21	+33	BYE
19	0	1.716	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	21	+34	BYE
20	6	1.736	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	10–2	0.833	8	+33	Beat San José State 30–27
21	-7	1.738	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	10–2	0.833	8	+29	Lost to Eastern Michigan 27–30
22	-1	1.826	USC	PAC	8–3	0.727	21	+27	BYE
23	-1	1.844	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	9–3	0.750	17	+27	BYE
24	-1	1.887	BYU	IND WAC	9–3	0.750	17	+32	BYE
25	-1	1.914	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	9–2–1	0.792	15	+24	BYE
26	-1	1.923	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	9–3	0.750	17	+27	BYE
27	0	2.015	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	9–3	0.750	17	+27	BYE
28	0	2.078	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	8–3	0.727	21	+23	BYE
29	0	2.139	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	6–5	0.545	39	+22	BYE
30	0	2.199	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	7–4	0.636	28	+18	BYE
31	0	2.389	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	6–4–1	0.591	35	+15	BYE
32	0	2.491	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	6–5	0.545	39	+18	BYE
33	0	2.565	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	7–4	0.636	28	+10	BYE
34	0	2.616	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	6–4–1	0.591	35	+11	BYE
35	0	2.665	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	6–4–1	0.591	35	+12	BYE
36	0	2.689	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	7–4	0.636	28	+10	BYE
37	0	2.765	UTEP	IND WAC	7–4	0.636	28	+6	BYE
38	0	2.778	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	39	+6	BYE
39	0	2.785	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	6–4–1	0.591	35	+6	BYE
40	1	2.829	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	7–4	0.636	28	+6	BYE
41	-1	2.840	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	7–4	0.636	28	+5	BYE
42	0	2.921	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	55	+11	BYE
43	0	2.968	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	6–5	0.545	39	+9	BYE
44	0	2.993	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	39	+9	BYE
45	0	3.197	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	39	+11	BYE
46	0	3.296	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	5–6	0.455	55	+2	BYE
47	0	3.306	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	39	+3	BYE
48	0	3.352	TCU	IND SWC	5–6	0.455	55	-2	BYE
49	0	3.353	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	6–5	0.545	39	-5	BYE
50	1	3.453	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	4–4–3	0.500	50	-3	BYE
51	-1	3.468	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	6–5	0.545	39	-7	BYE
52	0	3.488	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	5–6	0.455	55	-4	BYE
53	1	3.520	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	6–5	0.545	39	-5	BYE
54	-1	3.532	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	5–6	0.455	55	0	BYE
55	0	3.603	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	5–6	0.455	55	-2	BYE
56	0	3.612	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	5–5–1	0.500	50	-3	BYE
57	1	3.696	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	5–6	0.455	55	0	BYE
58	-1	3.704	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	39	-9	BYE
59	0	3.821	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	6–6	0.500	50	-6	BYE
60	0	3.847	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	5–6	0.455	55	-3	BYE
61	0	3.847	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	5–5–1	0.500	50	-9	BYE
62	0	3.958	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–6–2	0.364	73	-4	BYE
63	0	3.971	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	4–7	0.364	73	0	BYE
64	0	4.107	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	5–6	0.455	55	-16	BYE
65	1	4.119	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	4–6–1	0.409	72	-9	BYE
66	-1	4.128	UNLV	IND PCAA	5–6	0.455	55	-13	BYE
67	0	4.150	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	5–6	0.455	55	-1	BYE
68	1	4.229	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	4–7	0.364	73	-9	BYE
69	-1	4.229	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	55	-8	BYE
70	0	4.250	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	5–7	0.417	69	-10	BYE
71	0	4.285	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	4–7	0.364	73	-9	BYE
72	0	4.310	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	5–5–1	0.500	50	-9	BYE
73	0	4.354	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	5–6	0.455	55	-5	BYE
74	0	4.386	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	5–7	0.417	69	-18	BYE
75	0	4.550	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–7–1	0.318	83	-10	BYE
76	0	4.788	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	4–7	0.364	73	-6	BYE
77	0	4.940	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	55	-13	BYE
78	0	4.975	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	5–7	0.417	69	-28	BYE
79	0	5.085	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	3–7–1	0.318	83	-16	BYE
80	0	5.202	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	4–7	0.364	73	-21	BYE
81	2	5.354	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	4–7	0.364	73	-17	BYE
82	-1	5.364	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	3–8	0.273	88	-22	BYE
83	-1	5.387	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	4–7	0.364	73	-30	BYE
84	0	5.507	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	3–7–1	0.318	83	-21	BYE
85	0	5.569	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–7–1	0.318	83	-22	BYE
86	0	5.582	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	73	-20	BYE
87	0	5.612	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	3–8	0.273	88	-22	BYE
88	0	5.687	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	94	-25	BYE
89	0	6.034	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–9	0.182	94	-22	BYE
90	0	6.100	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	88	-30	BYE
91	0	6.129	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	3–8	0.273	88	-28	BYE
92	0	6.163	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	ACC	2–9	0.182	94	-35	BYE
93	0	6.178	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	3–7–1	0.318	83	-18	BYE
94	0	6.239	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	88	-18	BYE
95	0	6.266	Akron (AKRON)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	73	-19	BYE
96	0	6.514	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	2–8–1	0.227	93	-30	BYE
97	0	6.584	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	2–9	0.182	94	-35	BYE
98	0	6.986	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	1–11	0.083	102	-48	BYE
99	0	7.599	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–9–1	0.136	100	-26	BYE
100	0	7.702	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	94	-30	BYE
101	0	7.944	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND PCAA	2–9	0.182	94	-43	BYE
102	0	8.164	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–10	0.091	101	-54	BYE
103	0	8.952	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–10–1	0.045	103	-38	BYE
104	0	8.977	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	0–11	0.000	104	-60	BYE

1987 Regular Season Final College Football Team Rankings

December 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.739	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	10–1	0.909	4	+54	BYE
2	0	0.751	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	11–0	1.000	1	+64	Beat South Carolina 20–16
3	0	0.852	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	10–1	0.909	4	+53	BYE
4	0	0.908	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	11–0	1.000	1	+49	BYE
5	0	1.040	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	11–0	1.000	1	+51	BYE
6	0	1.126	LSU	SEC	9–1–1	0.864	7	+45	BYE
7	0	1.173	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	9–1–1	0.864	7	+42	BYE
8	0	1.208	UCLA	PAC	9–2	0.818	10	+39	BYE
9	0	1.257	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	21	+43	BYE
10	0	1.284	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	8–2–1	0.773	16	+42	BYE
11	0	1.393	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	9–2	0.818	10	+39	BYE
12	1	1.461	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	9–2	0.818	10	+38	BYE
13	-1	1.570	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	21	+30	Lost to Miami 16–20
14	0	1.586	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	10–1	0.909	4	+31	BYE
15	1	1.652	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	21	+36	BYE
16	-1	1.661	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	10–2	0.833	9	+39	BYE
17	0	1.681	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	9–2	0.818	10	+30	BYE
18	2	1.707	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	7–4	0.636	28	+32	BYE
19	0	1.716	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	21	+34	BYE
20	-2	1.719	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	8–3	0.727	21	+33	BYE
21	1	1.823	USC	PAC	8–3	0.727	21	+27	BYE
22	1	1.842	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	9–3	0.750	17	+27	BYE
23	-2	1.890	BYU	IND WAC	9–3	0.750	17	+32	Beat Colorado State 30–26
24	0	1.901	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	9–2–1	0.792	15	+24	BYE
25	1	1.926	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	9–3	0.750	17	+27	BYE
26	-1	1.942	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	9–2	0.818	10	+23	BYE
27	1	2.012	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	9–3	0.750	17	+27	Beat Hawai'i 38–20
28	-1	2.078	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	8–3	0.727	21	+23	BYE
29	0	2.147	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	6–5	0.545	39	+22	BYE
30	0	2.199	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	7–4	0.636	28	+18	BYE
31	0	2.389	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	6–4–1	0.591	35	+15	BYE
32	0	2.491	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	6–5	0.545	39	+18	BYE
33	0	2.561	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	7–4	0.636	28	+10	BYE
34	0	2.607	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	6–4–1	0.591	35	+11	BYE
35	0	2.660	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	6–4–1	0.591	35	+12	BYE
36	0	2.685	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	7–4	0.636	28	+10	BYE
37	0	2.769	UTEP	IND WAC	7–4	0.636	28	+6	BYE
38	0	2.778	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	39	+6	BYE
39	0	2.781	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	6–4–1	0.591	35	+6	BYE
40	1	2.836	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	7–4	0.636	28	+5	BYE
41	-1	2.837	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	7–4	0.636	28	+6	BYE
42	1	2.916	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	55	+11	BYE
43	-1	2.963	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	6–5	0.545	39	+9	BYE
44	0	2.993	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	39	+9	BYE
45	0	3.192	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	39	+11	BYE
46	0	3.291	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	5–6	0.455	55	+2	BYE
47	0	3.310	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	39	+3	BYE
48	1	3.347	TCU	IND SWC	5–6	0.455	55	-2	BYE
49	-1	3.349	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	6–5	0.545	39	-5	BYE
50	0	3.446	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	6–5	0.545	39	-6	BYE
51	0	3.447	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	4–4–3	0.500	50	-3	BYE
52	0	3.488	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	5–6	0.455	55	-4	BYE
53	0	3.507	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	5–6	0.455	55	+1	BYE
54	0	3.520	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	6–5	0.545	39	-5	BYE
55	0	3.603	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	5–6	0.455	55	-2	BYE
56	0	3.612	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	5–5–1	0.500	50	-3	BYE
57	0	3.700	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	39	-9	BYE
58	0	3.706	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	5–6	0.455	55	0	BYE
59	0	3.809	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	6–6	0.500	50	-5	BYE
60	0	3.827	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	5–6	0.455	55	-2	BYE
61	0	3.857	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	5–5–1	0.500	50	-10	BYE
62	0	3.916	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–6–2	0.364	73	-3	BYE
63	0	3.966	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	4–7	0.364	73	0	BYE
64	1	4.102	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	5–6	0.455	55	-16	BYE
65	1	4.108	UNLV	IND PCAA	5–6	0.455	55	-12	BYE
66	1	4.113	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	4–6–1	0.409	72	-9	BYE
67	1	4.160	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	5–6	0.455	55	-1	BYE
68	2	4.229	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	55	-8	BYE
69	2	4.235	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	4–7	0.364	73	-9	BYE
70	-1	4.250	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	5–7	0.417	69	-10	BYE
71	1	4.285	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	4–7	0.364	73	-9	BYE
72	1	4.320	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	5–5–1	0.500	50	-9	BYE
73	1	4.364	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	5–6	0.455	55	-5	BYE
74	-10	4.390	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	5–7	0.417	69	-18	Lost to Arkansas 20–38
75	0	4.556	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–7–1	0.318	83	-10	BYE
76	0	4.783	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	4–7	0.364	73	-6	BYE
77	9	4.940	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	55	-13	Beat Navy 17–3
78	-1	4.979	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	5–7	0.417	69	-28	BYE
79	-1	5.085	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	3–7–1	0.318	83	-16	BYE
80	-1	5.179	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	4–7	0.364	73	-20	BYE
81	1	5.364	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	3–8	0.273	88	-22	BYE
82	-1	5.364	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	4–7	0.364	73	-29	BYE
83	-3	5.365	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	4–7	0.364	73	-17	BYE
84	-1	5.520	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	3–7–1	0.318	83	-21	BYE
85	-1	5.569	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–7–1	0.318	83	-22	BYE
86	-1	5.582	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	73	-20	BYE
87	0	5.612	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	3–8	0.273	88	-22	BYE
88	0	5.680	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	94	-25	BYE
89	0	6.002	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–9	0.182	94	-22	BYE
90	3	6.100	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	88	-30	BYE
91	-1	6.129	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	3–8	0.273	88	-28	BYE
92	0	6.156	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	ACC	2–9	0.182	94	-35	BYE
93	-2	6.171	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	3–7–1	0.318	83	-18	BYE
94	0	6.232	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	88	-18	BYE
95	0	6.276	Akron (AKRON)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	73	-20	BYE
96	0	6.514	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	2–8–1	0.227	93	-30	BYE
97	0	6.584	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	2–9	0.182	94	-35	BYE
98	0	6.986	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	1–11	0.083	102	-48	Lost to BYU 26–30
99	1	7.599	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–9–1	0.136	100	-26	BYE
100	-1	7.702	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	94	-30	Lost to Army 3–17
101	0	7.917	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND PCAA	2–9	0.182	94	-42	BYE
102	0	8.179	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–10	0.091	101	-54	BYE
103	1	8.943	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–10–1	0.045	103	-38	BYE
104	-1	8.986	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	0–11	0.000	104	-60	BYE

1987 Week 14 College Football Team Rankings

December 1, 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.739	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	10–1	0.909	4	+54	Beat Florida 28–14
2	0	0.793	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	10–0	1.000	1	+55	Beat Notre Dame 24–0
3	0	0.841	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	10–1	0.909	4	+53	Beat Colorado 24–7
4	0	0.908	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	11–0	1.000	1	+49	BYE
5	0	1.036	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	11–0	1.000	1	+51	BYE
6	1	1.126	LSU	SEC	9–1–1	0.864	7	+45	BYE
7	3	1.173	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	9–1–1	0.864	7	+42	Beat Alabama 10–0
8	0	1.208	UCLA	PAC	9–2	0.818	10	+39	BYE
9	-3	1.233	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	20	+43	Lost to Miami 0–24
10	-1	1.278	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	8–2–1	0.773	17	+42	BYE
11	2	1.401	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	9–2	0.818	10	+38	Beat Texas 20–13
12	-1	1.442	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	15	+30	BYE
13	-1	1.458	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	9–2	0.818	10	+38	BYE
14	1	1.591	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	10–1	0.909	4	+31	BYE
15	4	1.633	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	10–2	0.833	9	+38	Beat Hawai'i 24–20
16	0	1.639	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	20	+35	BYE
17	1	1.669	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	9–2	0.818	10	+31	BYE
18	-1	1.696	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	8–3	0.727	20	+33	Beat Georgia Tech 30–16
19	1	1.696	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	20	+34	BYE
20	-6	1.699	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	7–4	0.636	28	+32	Lost to Auburn 0–10
21	0	1.806	BYU	IND WAC	8–3	0.727	20	+31	BYE
22	0	1.809	USC	PAC	8–3	0.727	20	+27	BYE
23	0	1.852	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	9–3	0.750	18	+27	BYE
24	1	1.904	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	9–2–1	0.792	16	+24	Beat Vanderbilt 38–36
25	1	1.942	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	9–2	0.818	10	+23	BYE
26	-2	1.945	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	9–3	0.750	18	+26	BYE
27	1	2.070	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	8–3	0.727	20	+23	BYE
28	1	2.110	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	8–3	0.727	20	+22	Beat New Mexico 43–25
29	-2	2.143	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	6–5	0.545	39	+22	Lost to Florida State 14–28
30	0	2.195	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	7–4	0.636	28	+18	BYE
31	0	2.389	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	6–4–1	0.591	35	+15	BYE
32	1	2.520	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	6–5	0.545	39	+17	Lost to Texas A&M 13–20
33	-1	2.558	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	7–4	0.636	28	+10	Lost to Nebraska 7–24
34	0	2.607	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	6–4–1	0.591	35	+11	BYE
35	0	2.665	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	6–4–1	0.591	35	+12	Tied Arizona 24–24
36	0	2.669	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	7–4	0.636	28	+11	BYE
37	0	2.735	UTEP	IND WAC	7–4	0.636	28	+6	BYE
38	1	2.773	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	39	+6	BYE
39	-1	2.794	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	6–4–1	0.591	35	+6	BYE
40	0	2.833	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	7–4	0.636	28	+6	BYE
41	0	2.877	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	7–4	0.636	28	+5	BYE
42	1	2.963	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	6–5	0.545	39	+9	BYE
43	1	2.970	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	55	+10	BYE
44	1	3.048	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	39	+8	BYE
45	-3	3.192	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	39	+11	Lost to Louisiana 30–37
46	0	3.286	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	5–6	0.455	55	+2	BYE
47	0	3.314	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	39	+3	BYE
48	0	3.362	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	6–5	0.545	39	-5	BYE
49	2	3.381	TCU	IND SWC	5–6	0.455	55	-3	BYE
50	0	3.450	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	6–5	0.545	39	-6	BYE
51	-2	3.453	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	4–4–3	0.500	50	-3	Tied Arizona State 24–24
52	1	3.483	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	5–6	0.455	55	-4	BYE
53	-1	3.507	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	5–6	0.455	55	+1	BYE
54	0	3.520	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	6–5	0.545	39	-5	BYE
55	1	3.603	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	5–6	0.455	55	-2	BYE
56	-1	3.612	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	5–5–1	0.500	50	-3	BYE
57	12	3.696	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	39	-9	Beat Southern Miss 37–30
58	-1	3.706	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	5–6	0.455	55	0	BYE
59	-1	3.752	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	6–6	0.500	50	-4	BYE
60	-1	3.846	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	5–6	0.455	55	-2	BYE
61	-1	3.857	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	5–5–1	0.500	50	-10	BYE
62	1	3.909	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–6–2	0.364	73	-3	Tied Washington State 17–17
63	1	3.960	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	4–7	0.364	73	0	BYE
64	-2	4.052	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	5–6	0.455	55	-15	Lost to Wyoming 20–24
65	0	4.106	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	5–6	0.455	55	-16	BYE
66	-5	4.113	UNLV	IND PCAA	5–6	0.455	55	-12	Lost to Northern Illinois 31–34
67	6	4.115	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	4–6–1	0.409	71	-9	Beat Rice 45–21
68	-2	4.155	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	5–6	0.455	55	-1	BYE
69	-2	4.204	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	5–7	0.417	69	-10	BYE
70	-2	4.209	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	55	-7	BYE
71	-1	4.235	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	4–7	0.364	73	-9	BYE
72	-1	4.279	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	4–7	0.364	73	-9	Lost to Tennessee 36–38
73	5	4.320	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	5–5–1	0.500	50	-9	Beat UNLV 34–31
74	-2	4.364	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	5–6	0.455	55	-5	BYE
75	-1	4.549	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–7–1	0.318	83	-10	Tied California 17–17
76	-1	4.754	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	4–7	0.364	73	-5	BYE
77	-1	4.927	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	5–7	0.417	69	-27	BYE
78	-1	5.078	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	3–7–1	0.318	83	-16	BYE
79	0	5.185	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	4–7	0.364	73	-20	BYE
80	1	5.365	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	4–7	0.364	73	-17	BYE
81	-1	5.370	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	4–7	0.364	73	-29	BYE
82	0	5.376	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	3–8	0.273	88	-22	BYE
83	4	5.520	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	3–7–1	0.318	83	-21	BYE
84	-1	5.562	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–7–1	0.318	83	-22	BYE
85	1	5.582	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	73	-20	BYE
86	-2	5.586	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	72	-15	BYE
87	-2	5.618	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	3–8	0.273	88	-22	BYE
88	0	5.667	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	95	-24	BYE
89	1	6.016	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–9	0.182	95	-22	BYE
90	-1	6.055	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	3–8	0.273	88	-28	BYE
91	0	6.171	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	3–7–1	0.318	83	-18	BYE
92	0	6.177	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	ACC	2–9	0.182	95	-35	Lost to Georgia 16–30
93	1	6.181	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	88	-30	BYE
94	-1	6.251	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	88	-18	BYE
95	1	6.282	Akron (AKRON)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	73	-20	BYE
96	1	6.514	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	2–8–1	0.227	93	-30	BYE
97	-2	6.619	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	2–9	0.182	95	-35	Lost to Houston 21–45
98	0	7.000	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	1–10	0.091	101	-44	BYE
99	0	7.559	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–8	0.200	94	-24	BYE
100	0	7.599	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–9–1	0.136	100	-26	BYE
101	0	7.944	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND PCAA	2–9	0.182	95	-42	BYE
102	0	8.179	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–10	0.091	101	-54	BYE
103	1	8.927	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	0–11	0.000	104	-58	Lost to Arkansas 25–43
104	-1	9.099	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–10–1	0.045	103	-38	BYE

1987 Week 13 College Football Team Rankings

November 24, 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	1	0.748	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	9–1	0.900	5	+47	BYE
2	-1	0.879	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	9–0	1.000	1	+45	Beat Toledo 24–14
3	0	0.894	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	9–1	0.900	5	+46	Lost to Oklahoma 7–17
4	1	0.900	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	11–0	1.000	1	+48	Beat Nebraska 17–7
5	1	1.061	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	11–0	1.000	1	+51	Beat West Virginia 32–31
6	-2	1.079	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	14	+43	Lost to Penn State 20–21
7	2	1.116	LSU	SEC	9–1–1	0.864	7	+44	Beat Tulane 41–36
8	-1	1.220	UCLA	PAC	9–2	0.818	9	+39	Lost to USC 13–17
9	-1	1.252	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	8–2–1	0.773	17	+43	Beat Wisconsin 30–9
10	0	1.256	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	8–1–1	0.850	8	+34	BYE
11	4	1.458	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	14	+30	Beat Clemson 20–7
12	0	1.499	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	9–2	0.818	9	+35	Beat Iowa State 48–27
13	0	1.555	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	8–2	0.800	14	+30	Beat TCU 42–24
14	3	1.572	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	7–3	0.700	26	+33	BYE
15	1	1.593	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	10–1	0.909	4	+31	BYE
16	2	1.668	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	21	+35	Beat Kent State 28–5
17	-3	1.673	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	7–3	0.700	26	+31	BYE
18	-7	1.683	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	9–2	0.818	9	+30	Lost to South Carolina 7–20
19	3	1.712	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	9–2	0.818	9	+32	Beat UTEP 37–13
20	-1	1.713	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	21	+35	Beat Notre Dame 21–20
21	0	1.808	BYU	IND WAC	8–3	0.727	21	+31	Beat Utah 21–18
22	5	1.809	USC	PAC	8–3	0.727	21	+28	Beat UCLA 17–13
23	2	1.886	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	9–3	0.750	19	+27	Beat Minnesota 34–20
24	-1	1.936	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	9–3	0.750	19	+27	Beat Hawai'i 34–31
25	4	1.974	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	8–2–1	0.773	17	+21	Beat Kentucky 24–22
26	-2	1.988	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	9–2	0.818	9	+22	BYE
27	-1	2.025	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	6–4	0.600	35	+23	BYE
28	2	2.096	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	8–3	0.727	21	+23	Beat Purdue 35–14
29	-1	2.188	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	7–3	0.700	26	+22	BYE
30	-10	2.213	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	7–4	0.636	30	+19	Lost to Ohio State 20–23
31	5	2.434	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	6–4–1	0.591	39	+15	Beat Michigan 23–20
32	2	2.461	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	7–3	0.700	26	+11	Beat Kansas State 41–0
33	5	2.478	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	6–4	0.600	35	+18	Beat Baylor 34–16
34	5	2.650	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	6–4–1	0.591	39	+11	Beat Washington State 34–19
35	-2	2.689	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	6–4	0.600	35	+12	BYE
36	4	2.726	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	7–4	0.636	30	+11	Beat NC State 34–31
37	-6	2.760	UTEP	IND WAC	7–4	0.636	30	+6	Lost to Wyoming 13–37
38	-1	2.833	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	6–4–1	0.591	39	+6	Tied Houston 10–10
39	-4	2.863	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	42	+6	Lost to Syracuse 31–32
40	-8	2.872	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	7–4	0.636	30	+6	Lost to Pittsburgh 5–28
41	1	2.904	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	7–4	0.636	30	+5	Beat Georgia Tech 33–6
42	1	2.964	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	35	+17	BYE
43	8	3.016	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	6–5	0.545	42	+9	Beat Oregon State 44–0
44	-3	3.027	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	56	+10	BYE
45	1	3.126	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	42	+9	Beat Temple 17–14
46	9	3.315	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	5–6	0.455	56	+3	Beat Kansas 19–7
47	6	3.381	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	42	+3	Lost to LSU 36–41
48	-3	3.458	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	6–5	0.545	42	-5	Lost to Texas 16–34
49	7	3.464	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	4–4–2	0.500	49	-3	BYE
50	8	3.482	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	6–5	0.545	42	-6	Beat New Mexico State 34–10
51	-4	3.494	TCU	IND SWC	5–6	0.455	56	-3	Lost to Texas A&M 24–42
52	9	3.530	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	5–6	0.455	56	+2	Beat California 31–7
53	1	3.546	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	5–6	0.455	56	-2	Lost to Tennessee 22–24
54	-6	3.582	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	6–5	0.545	42	-5	Lost to Iowa 20–34
55	8	3.624	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	5–5–1	0.500	49	-1	Beat Tulsa 14–0
56	-12	3.638	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	5–6	0.455	56	-2	Lost to Duke 10–25
57	0	3.735	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	5–6	0.455	56	0	BYE
58	2	3.754	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	6–6	0.500	49	-3	Beat Montana 43–26
59	5	3.869	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	5–6	0.455	56	-1	Beat Long Beach State 17–14
60	-8	3.874	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	5–5–1	0.500	49	-10	Lost to Bowling Green 17–18
61	5	3.878	UNLV	IND PCAA	5–5	0.500	49	-7	Beat Pacific 30–24
62	-3	3.947	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	5–5	0.500	49	-13	Lost to Air Force 31–34
63	-13	3.962	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–6–1	0.350	81	-3	Lost to Stanford 7–31
64	-15	3.995	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	4–7	0.364	73	+1	Lost to Vanderbilt 24–34
65	8	4.142	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	5–6	0.455	56	-16	Beat North Carolina 25–10
66	6	4.184	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	5–6	0.455	56	-1	Beat Central Michigan 18–17
67	-2	4.211	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	5–7	0.417	69	-10	Beat New Mexico 53–30
68	-6	4.228	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	56	-6	BYE
69	7	4.236	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	49	-14	Beat Colorado State 35–28
70	5	4.258	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	4–7	0.364	73	-7	Beat Ole Miss 30–20
71	6	4.308	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	4–6	0.400	71	-6	Beat Maryland 34–24
72	-1	4.482	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	5–6	0.455	56	-5	Beat Ohio 31–13
73	-4	4.545	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	3–6–1	0.350	81	-11	Tied Texas Tech 10–10
74	-6	4.594	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–7	0.300	87	-10	Lost to Washington 19–34
75	-8	4.772	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	4–7	0.364	73	-5	Lost to Virginia 31–34
76	-6	4.923	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	5–7	0.417	69	-26	Lost to BYU 18–21
77	4	5.058	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	3–7–1	0.318	83	-15	Lost to Indiana 14–35
78	2	5.103	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	4–5–1	0.450	68	-14	BYE
79	0	5.172	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	4–7	0.364	73	-19	Lost to UNLV 24–30
80	3	5.374	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	4–7	0.364	73	-28	Lost to Utah State 14–17
81	-7	5.473	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	4–7	0.364	73	-18	Lost to Indiana State 23–24
82	2	5.527	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	3–8	0.273	88	-23	Lost to Mississippi State 20–30
83	-5	5.613	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–7–1	0.318	83	-22	Lost to Northwestern 10–28
84	1	5.627	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	71	-15	BYE
85	1	5.637	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	3–8	0.273	88	-21	Lost to Oklahoma State 27–48
86	-4	5.643	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	73	-20	Lost to Virginia Tech 20–21
87	0	5.665	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	3–7–1	0.318	83	-21	Lost to Miami 14–24
88	5	5.770	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	97	-24	Beat Cincinnati 21–20
89	0	6.046	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	3–8	0.273	88	-28	Lost to Michigan State 9–30
90	0	6.106	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–9	0.182	97	-21	Lost to Oregon 0–44
91	4	6.189	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	3–7–1	0.318	83	-17	BYE
92	2	6.218	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	ACC	2–8	0.200	94	-32	Lost to Wake Forest 6–33
93	-2	6.245	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	88	-17	Lost to Memphis 0–14
94	-2	6.261	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	88	-29	Lost to Rutgers 14–17
95	1	6.273	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	2–8	0.200	94	-28	BYE
96	-8	6.396	Akron (AKRON)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	73	-21	Lost to Youngstown State 6–10
97	1	6.566	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	2–8–1	0.227	93	-30	Beat Illinois 28–10
98	-1	7.068	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	1–10	0.091	101	-42	Lost to Louisiana 28–35
99	1	7.552	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–8	0.200	94	-23	BYE
100	-1	7.615	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–9–1	0.136	100	-25	Lost to Missouri 7–19
101	1	7.993	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND PCAA	2–9	0.182	97	-41	Lost to Fresno State 10–34
102	-1	8.232	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–10	0.091	101	-54	Lost to Western Michigan 13–31
103	1	9.099	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–10–1	0.045	103	-37	Lost to Colorado 0–41
104	-1	9.195	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	0–10	0.000	104	-54	Lost to San Diego State 30–53

1987 Week 12 College Football Team Rankings

November 17, 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.724	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	8–0	1.000	1	+41	Beat Virginia Tech 27–13
2	0	0.764	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	9–1	0.900	6	+45	Beat Furman 41–10
3	0	0.793	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	9–0	1.000	1	+42	BYE
4	3	0.847	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	9	+43	Beat Alabama 37–6
5	-1	1.015	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	10–0	1.000	1	+35	Beat Missouri 17–13
6	0	1.095	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	10–0	1.000	1	+40	Beat Boston College 45–17
7	1	1.122	UCLA	PAC	9–1	0.900	6	+38	Beat Washington 47–14
8	4	1.155	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	7–2–1	0.750	17	+36	Beat Indiana 27–3
9	-4	1.187	LSU	SEC	8–1–1	0.850	10	+35	Beat Mississippi State 34–14
10	1	1.307	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	8–1–1	0.850	10	+31	Beat Georgia 27–11
11	3	1.471	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	9–1	0.900	6	+29	Beat Maryland 45–16
12	3	1.565	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	8–2	0.800	13	+29	Beat Kansas 49–17
13	8	1.602	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	7–2	0.778	15	+24	Beat Arkansas 14–0
14	-5	1.602	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	7–3	0.700	21	+29	Lost to Auburn 11–27
15	5	1.628	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	15	+19	Beat Wake Forest 30–0
16	0	1.631	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	10–1	0.909	5	+27	Beat Long Beach State 44–16
17	-7	1.643	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	7–3	0.700	21	+28	Lost to Notre Dame 6–37
18	7	1.750	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	21	+26	Beat Penn State 10–0
19	-6	1.811	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	21	+25	Lost to Pittsburgh 0–10
20	-3	1.816	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	7–3	0.700	21	+22	Beat Illinois 17–14
21	10	1.828	BYU	IND WAC	7–3	0.700	21	+23	Beat UTEP 37–24
22	5	1.906	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	8–2	0.800	13	+23	Beat Utah 31–7
23	1	1.929	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	8–3	0.727	19	+22	Beat New Mexico 73–26
24	2	1.941	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	9–2	0.818	12	+22	Beat Bowling Green 38–18
25	5	1.992	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	8–3	0.727	19	+19	Beat Ohio State 29–27
26	-3	2.000	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	6–4	0.600	33	+21	Beat Kentucky 27–14
27	5	2.046	USC	PAC	7–3	0.700	21	+18	Beat Arizona 12–10
28	-9	2.070	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	7–3	0.700	21	+22	Lost to Texas A&M 0–14
29	-1	2.089	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	7–2–1	0.750	17	+14	Beat Ole Miss 55–13
30	-12	2.095	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	7–3	0.700	21	+18	Lost to Michigan State 3–27
31	-2	2.455	UTEP	IND WAC	7–3	0.700	21	+7	Lost to BYU 24–37
32	8	2.538	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	7–3	0.700	21	+9	Beat Miami (OH) 14–10
33	-11	2.561	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	6–4	0.600	33	+14	Lost to California 20–38
34	0	2.658	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	6–3	0.667	32	+9	BYE
35	9	2.683	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	33	+5	Beat Rutgers 37–13
36	-3	2.717	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	5–4–1	0.550	45	+8	Lost to Iowa 27–29
37	4	2.741	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	6–4	0.600	33	+6	BYE
38	10	2.758	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	5–4	0.556	43	+12	Beat TCU 24–21
39	-1	2.815	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	5–4–1	0.550	45	+8	Lost to UCLA 14–47
40	5	2.819	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	6–4	0.600	33	+6	Beat North Carolina 20–17
41	-4	2.894	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	55	+10	Lost to Syracuse 17–45
42	-7	2.938	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	6–4	0.600	33	+4	Lost to South Carolina 0–30
43	7	2.988	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	33	+15	Beat East Carolina 38–34
44	-8	3.120	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	5–5	0.500	48	+5	Lost to Virginia 17–20
45	6	3.135	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	6–4	0.600	33	-1	Beat Rice 34–31
46	-7	3.202	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	48	+6	Lost to West Virginia 13–37
47	-4	3.211	TCU	IND SWC	5–5	0.500	48	-2	Lost to Texas 21–24
48	6	3.268	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	6–4	0.600	33	-1	Beat Wisconsin 22–19
49	-3	3.323	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	4–6	0.400	64	+7	Lost to Clemson 16–45
50	18	3.327	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–5–1	0.389	78	+4	Beat Arizona State 38–20
51	8	3.347	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	5–5	0.500	48	+5	Beat Washington State 31–17
52	1	3.390	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	5–4–1	0.550	45	-2	Tied Toledo 17–17
53	5	3.391	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	33	0	Beat Louisiana 38–10
54	-12	3.447	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	5–5	0.500	48	-3	Lost to Florida 14–27
55	-3	3.459	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	4–6	0.400	64	+2	Lost to Oklahoma 13–17
56	-9	3.484	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	4–4–2	0.500	48	-3	Lost to USC 10–12
57	-2	3.626	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	5–6	0.455	55	+1	Lost to Kent State 10–14
58	-9	3.712	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	5–5	0.500	48	-7	Lost to Utah State 13–17
59	-2	3.716	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	5–4	0.556	43	-9	BYE
60	-4	3.905	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	5–6	0.455	55	-3	Lost to Pacific 14–22
61	2	3.962	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	4–6	0.400	64	-2	Beat Oregon State 38–7
62	-1	4.071	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	55	-5	Lost to Southern Miss 34–38
63	3	4.109	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	4–5–1	0.450	60	-4	Beat Louisville 43–8
64	11	4.158	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	4–6	0.400	64	-4	Beat Fresno State 17–13
65	11	4.406	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	4–7	0.364	79	-8	Beat Colorado State 26–12
66	11	4.420	UNLV	IND PCAA	4–5	0.444	62	-11	Beat New Mexico State 29–6
67	11	4.439	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	4–6	0.400	64	-1	Beat Duke 47–45
68	-8	4.446	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–6	0.333	83	-7	Lost to Oregon 17–31
69	11	4.469	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	3–6	0.333	83	-10	Beat Temple 37–7
70	1	4.628	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	5–6	0.455	55	-21	Lost to Wyoming 7–31
71	3	4.651	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	4–6	0.400	64	-5	BYE
72	-2	4.660	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	4–6	0.400	64	-6	Lost to Eastern Michigan 18–38
73	-11	4.698	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	4–6	0.400	64	-20	Lost to NC State 45–47
74	5	4.742	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	4–6	0.400	64	-16	Beat Ohio 30–17
75	-3	4.751	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	3–7	0.300	87	-11	Lost to LSU 14–34
76	-12	4.754	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	62	-15	Lost to Tulane 10–38
77	-10	4.759	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	3–6	0.333	83	-10	BYE
78	-13	4.816	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–6–1	0.350	80	-11	Lost to Michigan 14–17
79	9	4.856	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	4–6	0.400	64	-14	Beat CAL State Fullerton 22–14
80	-11	4.916	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	4–5–1	0.450	60	-13	Lost to Akron 21–27
81	1	4.918	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	3–6–1	0.350	80	-11	Beat Northwestern 20–15
82	3	5.007	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	64	-10	Beat Austin Peay 42–10
83	-2	5.053	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	4–6	0.400	64	-21	Lost to San José State 16–44
84	-11	5.162	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	3–7	0.300	87	-16	Lost to Tennessee 13–55
85	6	5.516	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	64	-15	Beat Lafayette 49–37
86	6	5.637	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	3–7	0.300	87	-17	Beat Kansas State 16–14
87	0	5.653	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	3–6–1	0.350	80	-19	Tied Central Michigan 17–17
88	9	5.712	Akron (AKRON)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	64	-18	Beat Northern Illinois 27–21
89	-3	5.759	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	3–7	0.300	87	-22	Lost to Minnesota 19–22
90	-6	5.803	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–8	0.200	94	-15	Lost to Stanford 7–38
91	-1	5.956	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	87	-11	BYE
92	-9	5.958	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	87	-24	Lost to Houston 7–37
93	2	6.008	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–9	0.100	100	-24	Lost to Miami 13–27
94	0	6.058	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	ACC	2–7	0.222	93	-25	BYE
95	-6	6.152	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	3–7–1	0.318	86	-15	Lost to Memphis 8–43
96	-3	6.219	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	2–8	0.200	94	-26	Lost to Baylor 31–34
97	-1	6.844	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	1–9	0.100	100	-34	Lost to San Diego State 12–26
98	0	7.242	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–8–1	0.150	98	-30	Lost to Purdue 15–20
99	1	7.367	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–8–1	0.150	98	-16	Lost to Oklahoma State 17–49
100	2	7.505	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–8	0.200	94	-21	Beat Delaware 31–22
101	-2	7.812	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–9	0.100	100	-42	Lost to Ball State 17–30
102	-1	7.863	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND PCAA	2–8	0.200	94	-33	Lost to UNLV 6–29
103	0	8.703	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	0–9	0.000	104	-42	Lost to Air Force 26–73
104	0	9.217	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–9–1	0.050	103	-31	Lost to Iowa State 14–16

1987 Week 11 College Football Team Rankings

November 10, 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	0	0.546	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	7–0	1.000	1	+37	Beat Miami (OH) 54–3
2	2	0.643	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	6	+40	Beat Auburn 34–6
3	0	0.816	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	9–0	1.000	1	+37	Beat Iowa State 42–3
4	2	0.988	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	9–0	1.000	1	+28	Beat Oklahoma State 29–10
5	-3	1.000	LSU	SEC	7–1–1	0.833	10	+31	Lost to Alabama 10–22
6	-1	1.086	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	9–0	1.000	1	+33	Beat Navy 34–10
7	1	1.092	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	9	+30	Beat Boston College 32–25
8	1	1.227	UCLA	PAC	8–1	0.889	6	+29	Beat Oregon State 52–17
9	3	1.330	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	7–2	0.778	13	+27	Beat Florida 23–10
10	5	1.360	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	7–2	0.778	13	+26	Beat LSU 22–10
11	-4	1.397	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	7–1–1	0.833	10	+22	Lost to Florida State 6–34
12	-1	1.455	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	6–2–1	0.722	23	+25	Beat Purdue 45–3
13	0	1.464	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	13	+27	Beat Maryland 21–16
14	2	1.481	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	8–1	0.889	6	+24	Beat North Carolina 13–10
15	-5	1.487	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	7–2	0.778	13	+26	Lost to Oklahoma 10–29
16	5	1.763	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	9–1	0.900	5	+19	Beat Pacific 42–17
17	6	1.768	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	6–3	0.667	27	+18	Beat Minnesota 30–20
18	-1	1.768	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	7–2	0.778	13	+19	Beat Illinois 34–22
19	6	1.846	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	7–2	0.778	13	+22	Beat Baylor 10–7
20	0	1.906	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	21	+12	BYE
21	-3	1.950	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	6–2	0.750	21	+14	BYE
22	0	1.960	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	6–3	0.667	27	+18	Beat Oregon 37–17
23	-9	1.981	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	5–4	0.556	38	+17	Lost to Georgia 10–23
24	0	2.017	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	7–3	0.700	25	+19	Beat Army 27–10
25	4	2.027	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	27	+16	Beat Rutgers 17–0
26	1	2.034	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	8–2	0.800	12	+16	Beat Toledo 38–9
27	-1	2.105	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	7–2	0.778	13	+14	Beat New Mexico 59–16
28	0	2.150	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	6–2–1	0.722	23	+11	Beat Louisville 41–10
29	6	2.176	UTEP	IND WAC	7–2	0.778	13	+10	Beat Utah 30–24
30	1	2.205	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	7–3	0.700	25	+12	Beat Northwestern 52–24
31	3	2.234	BYU	IND WAC	6–3	0.667	27	+13	Beat San Diego State 38–21
32	-2	2.317	USC	PAC	6–3	0.667	27	+12	Beat Stanford 39–24
33	-14	2.486	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	5–3–1	0.611	35	+9	Lost to Wisconsin 24–26
34	9	2.630	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	6–3	0.667	27	+7	Beat Missouri 27–10
35	9	2.717	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	6–3	0.667	27	+5	Beat Duke 30–27
36	1	2.743	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	5–4	0.556	38	+8	Lost to Clemson 10–13
37	4	2.746	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	53	+9	Lost to Notre Dame 25–32
38	2	2.769	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	5–3–1	0.611	35	+6	Tied Arizona 21–21
39	-6	2.774	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	38	+9	Lost to Pittsburgh 0–17
40	-4	2.811	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	6–3	0.667	27	+4	Lost to Bowling Green 20–30
41	9	2.822	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	6–4	0.600	37	+6	Beat TCU 36–35
42	-10	2.889	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	5–4	0.556	38	+2	Lost to Vanderbilt 29–38
43	-1	2.926	TCU	IND SWC	5–4	0.556	38	+1	Lost to Texas Tech 35–36
44	4	2.979	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	38	+2	Beat Virginia Tech 28–16
45	6	3.068	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	5–4	0.556	38	+3	Beat Georgia Tech 23–14
46	-1	3.125	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	4–5	0.444	61	+8	Lost to Penn State 16–21
47	6	3.164	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	4–3–2	0.556	38	0	Tied Washington 21–21
48	-10	3.212	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	4–4	0.500	53	+7	Lost to Houston 40–60
49	8	3.225	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	5–4	0.556	38	-1	Beat CAL State Fullerton 21–17
50	-11	3.237	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	38	+9	Lost to UL Monroe 24–34
51	-2	3.331	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	5–4	0.556	38	-2	Lost to Arkansas 7–10
52	-6	3.396	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	4–5	0.444	61	+1	Lost to Colorado 10–27
53	3	3.430	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	5–4	0.556	38	-2	Beat Ohio 31–17
54	-7	3.456	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	5–4	0.556	38	-3	Lost to Michigan 20–30
55	0	3.517	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	5–5	0.500	53	+3	Lost to Miami 3–54
56	-2	3.543	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	5–5	0.500	53	+2	Lost to Fresno State 17–21
57	1	3.580	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	5–4	0.556	38	-7	Beat Colorado State 39–38
58	9	3.676	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	38	-4	Beat Mississippi State 30–19
59	-7	3.778	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	4–5	0.444	61	+2	Lost to Arizona State 17–37
60	1	3.796	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–5	0.375	70	-2	BYE
61	7	3.907	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	53	-2	Beat Temple 31–26
62	-2	4.204	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	4–5	0.444	61	-11	Lost to Wake Forest 27–30
63	-4	4.233	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	3–6	0.333	73	-4	Lost to USC 24–39
64	15	4.268	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	53	-10	Beat Memphis 31–7
65	-1	4.273	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–5–1	0.389	68	-5	Lost to Indiana 22–34
66	-4	4.301	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	3–5–1	0.389	68	-6	Lost to Louisiana 7–31
67	14	4.321	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	3–6	0.333	73	-7	Beat Kentucky 38–29
68	-2	4.387	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	2–5–1	0.313	87	-4	BYE
69	8	4.455	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	53	-6	Beat Western Illinois 29–14
70	13	4.482	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	4–5	0.444	61	-3	Beat Kent State 30–20
71	1	4.511	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	5–5	0.500	53	-18	Lost to UTEP 24–30
72	-7	4.517	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	3–6	0.333	73	-10	Lost to Tulane 19–30
73	3	4.541	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	3–6	0.333	73	-11	BYE
74	11	4.700	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	4–6	0.400	67	-5	Beat Ball State 31–16
75	9	4.789	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	3–6	0.333	73	-8	Beat New Mexico State 25–6
76	-7	4.789	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	3–7	0.300	88	-8	Lost to BYU 21–38
77	15	4.814	UNLV	IND PCAA	3–5	0.375	70	-11	Beat Long Beach State 30–17
78	-15	4.910	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	3–6	0.333	73	-3	Lost to East Tennessee State 14–29
79	-6	4.937	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	3–6	0.333	73	-15	Lost to Western Michigan 16–31
80	7	5.026	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	2–6	0.250	91	-12	Beat Texas 60–40
81	-11	5.092	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	4–5	0.444	61	-19	Lost to UNLV 17–30
82	-8	5.159	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	2–6–1	0.278	90	-10	Lost to Michigan State 3–45
83	-8	5.210	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	73	-17	Lost to East Carolina 26–31
84	-4	5.250	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–7	0.222	92	-7	Lost to UCLA 17–52
85	-14	5.292	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	73	-7	Lost to Indiana State 16–40
86	11	5.388	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	3–6	0.333	73	-16	Beat Ohio State 26–24
87	-5	5.397	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	3–6	0.333	73	-17	Lost to Eastern Michigan 9–38
88	-2	5.494	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	3–6	0.333	73	-16	Lost to San José State 17–42
89	-1	5.719	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	3–6–1	0.350	72	-12	Lost to Tennessee 10–41
90	-12	5.798	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	88	-10	Lost to Northern Arizona 20–24
91	-2	5.867	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	73	-12	Lost to Air Force 10–27
92	1	6.049	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	2–7	0.222	92	-16	Lost to Nebraska 3–42
93	-2	6.091	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	2–7	0.222	92	-19	BYE
94	-4	6.096	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	ACC	2–7	0.222	92	-23	Lost to Virginia 14–23
95	-1	6.317	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–8	0.111	99	-23	Lost to West Virginia 16–28
96	-1	6.342	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	1–8	0.111	99	-25	Lost to Hawai'i 38–39
97	-1	6.396	Akron (AKRON)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	73	-20	BYE
98	0	6.775	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–7–1	0.167	97	-21	Lost to Iowa 24–52
99	1	7.445	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–8	0.111	99	-33	Lost to Central Michigan 17–31
100	1	7.550	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–7–1	0.167	97	-14	Tied Kansas State 17–17
101	-2	7.640	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND PCAA	2–7	0.222	92	-25	Lost to Utah State 6–25
102	0	8.239	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–8	0.111	99	-19	Lost to Syracuse 10–34
103	1	8.627	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	0–8	0.000	104	-34	Lost to Wyoming 16–59
104	-1	9.072	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–8–1	0.056	103	-23	Tied Kansas 17–17

1987 Week 10 College Football Team Rankings

November 3, 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.506	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	6–0	1.000	1	+29	Beat East Carolina 41–3
2	0	0.696	LSU	SEC	7–0–1	0.938	5	+32	Beat Ole Miss 42–13
3	0	0.728	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	8–0	1.000	1	+32	Beat Missouri 42–7
4	0	0.833	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	8	+29	Beat Tulane 73–14
5	0	0.910	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	8–0	1.000	1	+30	Beat Pittsburgh 24–10
6	0	1.035	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	8–0	1.000	1	+20	Beat Kansas 71–10
7	1	1.057	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	7–0–1	0.938	5	+22	Beat Florida 29–6
8	-1	1.135	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	6–1	0.857	12	+21	Beat Navy 56–13
9	4	1.177	UCLA	PAC	7–1	0.875	8	+25	Beat Arizona State 31–23
10	-1	1.323	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	7–1	0.875	8	+22	Beat Kansas State 56–7
11	11	1.414	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	5–2–1	0.688	24	+20	Beat Ohio State 13–7
12	2	1.463	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	6–2	0.750	14	+21	BYE
13	2	1.463	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	14	+21	Beat West Virginia 25–21
14	-3	1.501	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	5–3	0.625	29	+20	Lost to Auburn 6–29
15	1	1.587	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	6–2	0.750	14	+17	Beat Mississippi State 21–18
16	3	1.591	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	7–1	0.875	8	+17	Beat Wake Forest 31–17
17	-7	1.677	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	6–2	0.750	14	+16	Lost to Iowa 21–29
18	-1	1.795	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	6–2	0.750	14	+14	Beat Louisiana Tech 32–3
19	-7	1.822	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	5–2–1	0.688	24	+14	Lost to Michigan State 7–13
20	8	1.891	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	14	+10	Beat NC State 48–0
21	3	1.913	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	8–1	0.889	7	+14	Beat Utah State 24–14
22	-1	1.994	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	5–3	0.625	29	+13	Lost to UCLA 23–31
23	3	2.002	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	5–3	0.625	29	+11	Beat Northwestern 29–6
24	-4	2.010	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	6–3	0.667	27	+15	Lost to BYU 13–24
25	4	2.016	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	6–2	0.750	14	+16	Beat Rice 38–14
26	1	2.105	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	6–2	0.750	14	+12	Beat Colorado State 20–15
27	6	2.220	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–2	0.778	13	+11	Beat Ohio 34–16
28	-10	2.237	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	5–2–1	0.688	24	+8	Lost to Boston College 18–20
29	-4	2.262	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	29	+10	Lost to Syracuse 10–24
30	11	2.314	USC	PAC	5–3	0.625	29	+10	Beat Washington State 42–7
31	17	2.320	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	6–3	0.667	27	+9	Beat Indiana 29–21
32	-2	2.326	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	5–3	0.625	29	+8	Beat Virginia Tech 14–7
33	-10	2.336	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	29	+12	Lost to Vanderbilt 13–27
34	11	2.337	BYU	IND WAC	5–3	0.625	29	+8	Beat Air Force 24–13
35	-3	2.370	UTEP	IND WAC	6–2	0.750	14	+4	Beat New Mexico 34–0
36	10	2.383	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	6–2	0.750	14	+8	Beat Toledo 17–13
37	3	2.386	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	5–3	0.625	29	+10	Beat Maryland 27–14
38	9	2.428	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	4–3	0.571	45	+12	Beat Texas Tech 41–27
39	-5	2.461	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	29	+8	Beat Jackson State 17–7
40	2	2.524	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	5–3	0.625	29	+6	Beat Oregon State 28–12
41	9	2.531	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	47	+9	Beat Tennessee 20–18
42	2	2.541	TCU	IND SWC	5–3	0.625	29	+4	Beat Houston 35–7
43	6	2.748	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	5–3	0.625	29	+5	Beat Iowa State 42–10
44	-5	2.877	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	5–3	0.625	29	+2	Lost to Clemson 17–31
45	-14	2.886	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	4–4	0.500	52	+9	Lost to North Carolina 14–27
46	-11	2.905	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	4–4	0.500	52	+5	Lost to Nebraska 7–42
47	-10	3.061	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	5–3	0.625	29	+1	Lost to Illinois 17–27
48	-10	3.101	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	52	+2	Lost to Penn State 21–25
49	2	3.112	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	5–3	0.625	29	-1	BYE
50	-7	3.113	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	5–4	0.556	47	+3	Lost to Texas 27–41
51	1	3.226	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	4–4	0.500	52	+1	BYE
52	-16	3.246	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	4–4	0.500	52	+5	Lost to California 6–20
53	4	3.303	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	4–3–1	0.563	46	-1	Beat Stanford 23–13
54	1	3.367	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	5–4	0.556	47	+5	Beat New Mexico State 48–14
55	6	3.382	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	5–4	0.556	47	+2	Beat Bowling Green 17–7
56	10	3.599	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	4–4	0.500	52	-1	Beat Western Michigan 30–27
57	11	3.809	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	4–4	0.500	52	-6	Beat UNLV 45–10
58	-5	3.920	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	4–4	0.500	52	-7	Lost to San Diego State 21–29
59	-3	3.925	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	3–5	0.375	69	-1	Lost to Arizona 13–23
60	7	3.949	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	4–4	0.500	52	-7	Beat Georgia Tech 48–14
61	-3	3.971	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–5	0.375	69	-3	Lost to USC 7–42
62	0	3.989	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	3–4–1	0.438	64	-2	Tied Arkansas State 21–21
63	-9	4.019	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	3–5	0.375	69	-3	Lost to South Carolina 0–48
64	12	4.060	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–4–1	0.438	64	-2	Beat Minnesota 27–17
65	-5	4.078	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	3–5	0.375	69	-4	Lost to Alabama 18–21
66	7	4.165	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	2–5–1	0.313	85	-3	Beat Oregon 20–6
67	-8	4.227	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	52	-5	Lost to Florida State 14–73
68	-5	4.333	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	63	-4	Lost to Miami 3–41
69	6	4.417	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	3–6	0.333	80	-4	Beat Hawai'i 29–21
70	1	4.508	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	4–4	0.500	52	-12	BYE
71	-2	4.530	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	69	-6	Beat Tennessee Tech 38–17
72	-2	4.563	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	5–4	0.556	47	-16	Beat Boise State 31–27
73	13	4.616	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	3–5	0.375	69	-9	Beat Northern Illinois 42–17
74	9	4.710	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	2–5–1	0.313	85	-7	Beat Wisconsin 49–14
75	-10	4.714	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	69	-9	Lost to Army 7–17
76	-4	4.850	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	3–6	0.333	80	-10	Lost to LSU 13–42
77	-13	4.932	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	3–4–1	0.438	64	-5	Lost to Ball State 17–42
78	11	5.064	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	80	-8	Beat Louisville 26–22
79	-2	5.135	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	67	-12	BYE
80	-2	5.182	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–6	0.250	88	-6	Lost to Washington 12–28
81	15	5.215	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	2–6	0.250	88	-10	Beat Rutgers 27–13
82	-1	5.317	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	3–5	0.375	69	-13	Lost to Kent State 13–17
83	-3	5.391	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	3–5	0.375	69	-8	Lost to Miami (OH) 7–17
84	4	5.434	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	2–6	0.250	88	-8	Lost to San José State 14–24
85	-3	5.496	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	3–6	0.333	80	-7	Lost to Central Michigan 27–30
86	4	5.514	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	3–5	0.375	69	-15	BYE
87	-3	5.525	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	1–6	0.143	97	-13	Lost to TCU 7–35
88	-9	5.559	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	3–5–1	0.389	68	-8	Lost to Tulsa 22–26
89	8	5.605	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	69	-7	Beat Temple 17–7
90	-16	5.639	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	ACC	2–6	0.250	88	-15	Lost to Duke 14–48
91	0	6.002	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	2–7	0.222	95	-16	Lost to Arkansas 14–38
92	-7	6.069	UNLV	IND PCAA	2–5	0.286	87	-14	Lost to Fresno State 10–45
93	-6	6.102	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	2–6	0.250	88	-15	Lost to Colorado 10–42
94	-1	6.353	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–7	0.125	98	-18	Lost to Kentucky 7–14
95	0	6.364	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	1–7	0.125	98	-20	Lost to Wyoming 15–20
96	3	6.501	Akron (AKRON)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	80	-17	Beat Nicholls State 23–17
97	-5	6.569	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	2–6	0.250	88	-18	Lost to Purdue 14–49
98	-4	6.639	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–6–1	0.188	96	-16	Lost to Michigan 6–29
99	-1	7.077	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND PCAA	2–6	0.250	88	-16	Lost to CAL State Fullerton 14–48
100	0	7.271	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–7	0.125	98	-25	Lost to Eastern Michigan 16–34
101	0	7.348	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–7	0.125	98	-11	Lost to Oklahoma 10–71
102	0	8.563	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–7	0.125	98	-17	Lost to Notre Dame 13–56
103	0	8.810	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–8	0.000	103	-19	Lost to Oklahoma State 7–56
104	0	9.063	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	0–7	0.000	103	-29	Lost to UTEP 0–34

1987 Week 9 College Football Team Rankings

October 27, 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.390	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	5–0	1.000	1	+22	Beat Cincinnati 48–10
2	1	0.597	LSU	SEC	6–0–1	0.929	5	+26	BYE
3	-1	0.687	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	7–0	1.000	1	+25	Beat Kansas State 56–3
4	1	0.823	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	6–1	0.857	8	+23	BYE
5	-1	0.881	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	7–0	1.000	1	+23	Beat Colgate 52–6
6	1	1.052	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	7–0	1.000	1	+15	Beat Colorado 24–6
7	-1	1.058	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	13	+17	Beat USC 26–15
8	0	1.203	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	6–0–1	0.929	5	+14	Beat Mississippi State 38–7
9	4	1.250	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	6–1	0.857	8	+19	Beat Missouri 24–20
10	1	1.273	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	6–1	0.857	8	+18	Beat Michigan 14–10
11	1	1.277	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	5–2	0.714	19	+17	BYE
12	3	1.327	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	5–1–1	0.786	14	+15	Beat Minnesota 42–9
13	-4	1.329	UCLA	PAC	6–1	0.857	8	+16	Beat California 42–18
14	3	1.526	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	6–2	0.750	16	+18	Beat Kentucky 17–14
15	-1	1.566	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	19	+15	BYE
16	0	1.612	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	5–2	0.714	19	+12	BYE
17	5	1.754	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	5–2	0.714	19	+13	Beat Rice 34–21
18	3	1.759	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	5–1–1	0.786	14	+10	Beat Georgia Tech 29–15
19	-9	1.764	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	6–1	0.857	8	+12	Lost to NC State 28–30
20	13	1.778	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	6–2	0.750	16	+14	Beat UTEP 35–7
21	3	1.840	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	5–2	0.714	19	+12	Beat Oregon State 30–21
22	-2	1.848	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	4–2–1	0.643	33	+12	Tied Illinois 14–14
23	-4	1.891	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	19	+13	Beat Army 27–14
24	2	1.899	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	7–1	0.875	7	+10	Beat UNLV 48–24
25	6	1.957	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	19	+9	Beat Navy 10–6
26	-8	2.001	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	4–3	0.571	37	+10	Lost to Indiana 10–14
27	7	2.057	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	5–2	0.714	19	+10	BYE
28	9	2.062	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	19	+7	Beat East Carolina 34–12
29	6	2.087	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	5–2	0.714	19	+12	Beat Houston 21–17
30	-5	2.180	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	4–3	0.571	37	+8	Lost to Georgia 14–17
31	12	2.251	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	4–3	0.571	37	+12	Beat Duke 23–22
32	-5	2.295	UTEP	IND WAC	5–2	0.714	19	+5	Lost to Air Force 7–35
33	3	2.372	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	6–2	0.750	16	+7	Beat Western Michigan 23–17
34	16	2.379	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	37	+8	Beat Memphis 17–14
35	-3	2.439	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	4–3	0.571	37	+6	Lost to Oklahoma State 20–24
36	-13	2.467	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	4–3	0.571	37	+8	Lost to Stanford 10–13
37	-9	2.518	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	5–2	0.714	19	+4	Lost to Ohio State 9–42
38	13	2.526	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	37	+5	Beat Boston College 37–16
39	-9	2.592	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	5–2	0.714	19	+2	Lost to Virginia 21–35
40	1	2.656	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	4–3	0.571	37	+6	BYE
41	-12	2.656	USC	PAC	4–3	0.571	37	+5	Lost to Notre Dame 15–26
42	2	2.670	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	4–3	0.571	37	+4	BYE
43	6	2.691	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	5–3	0.625	34	+4	Beat Tulsa 42–7
44	12	2.734	TCU	IND SWC	4–3	0.571	37	+3	Beat Baylor 24–0
45	14	2.738	BYU	IND WAC	4–3	0.571	37	+2	Beat Hawai'i 16–14
46	-1	2.738	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	5–2	0.714	19	+3	Beat Ohio 24–10
47	-1	2.795	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	3–3	0.500	52	+6	BYE
48	0	2.809	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	5–3	0.625	34	+2	Beat Purdue 38–14
49	-9	2.829	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	4–3	0.571	37	+4	Lost to Oklahoma 6–24
50	-12	2.864	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	52	+4	Lost to West Virginia 16–37
51	-12	3.066	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	5–3	0.625	34	0	Lost to TCU 0–24
52	11	3.168	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	4–4	0.500	52	+1	Beat Wake Forest 35–21
53	-11	3.224	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	4–3	0.571	37	-2	Lost to BYU 14–16
54	13	3.315	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	3–4	0.429	63	+1	Beat Clemson 30–28
55	5	3.329	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	4–4	0.500	52	+5	Beat Northern Illinois 21–20
56	13	3.513	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	3–4	0.429	63	+1	Beat Oregon 13–10
57	-10	3.640	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	3–3–1	0.500	52	-3	Lost to Washington State 28–45
58	10	3.713	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–4	0.429	63	-1	Beat Arizona 45–28
59	12	3.728	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	37	-4	Beat Virginia Tech 57–38
60	-2	3.780	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	3–4	0.429	63	0	Lost to Auburn 7–38
61	-9	3.866	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	4–4	0.500	52	-2	Lost to Toledo 25–37
62	-7	3.926	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	63	-2	Lost to Southern Miss 14–17
63	-2	4.113	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	52	-4	Lost to South Carolina 12–34
64	-10	4.118	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	3–3–1	0.500	52	0	Lost to CAL State Fullerton 20–21
65	1	4.152	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	63	-4	BYE
66	-13	4.172	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	3–4	0.429	63	-5	Lost to Ball State 3–13
67	-3	4.324	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	3–4	0.429	63	-8	Lost to Maryland 22–23
68	-11	4.340	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	3–4	0.429	63	-7	Lost to Pacific 22–23
69	4	4.691	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	2–5	0.286	80	-4	Lost to Miami 10–48
70	-8	4.697	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	4–4	0.500	52	-13	Lost to Utah State 36–41
71	-6	4.708	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	4–4	0.500	52	-12	Lost to San Diego State 42–52
72	10	4.775	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	3–5	0.375	75	-10	Beat Vanderbilt 42–14
73	-3	4.807	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–5–1	0.214	93	-5	Lost to UCLA 18–42
74	1	4.930	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	ACC	2–5	0.286	80	-9	Lost to Tennessee 15–29
75	12	4.932	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	2–6	0.250	89	-6	Beat Long Beach State 52–42
76	-2	4.942	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	2–4–1	0.357	78	-5	Tied Michigan State 14–14
77	7	4.994	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	63	-10	Beat UL Monroe 17–7
78	-6	5.036	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–5	0.286	80	-4	Lost to Arizona State 21–30
79	10	5.078	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	3–4–1	0.438	62	-3	Beat Akron 31–10
80	-1	5.117	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	3–4	0.429	63	-4	BYE
81	9	5.119	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	3–4	0.429	63	-9	Beat Miami (OH) 37–25
82	-6	5.133	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	3–5	0.375	75	-3	Lost to Eastern Michigan 17–23
83	-6	5.419	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–5–1	0.214	93	-8	Lost to Iowa 14–38
84	-3	5.447	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	1–5	0.167	96	-10	Lost to Arkansas 17–21
85	0	5.474	UNLV	IND PCAA	2–4	0.333	79	-10	Lost to San José State 24–48
86	9	5.501	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	2–5	0.286	80	-11	Beat Central Michigan 13–3
87	6	5.574	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	2–5	0.286	80	-10	Beat Kansas 42–28
88	11	5.579	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	2–5	0.286	80	-7	Beat Utah 41–36
89	-9	5.623	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND FBSI	2–6	0.250	89	-9	Lost to Texas Tech 7–42
90	8	5.665	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	3–5	0.375	75	-14	Beat Fresno State 23–22
91	-3	5.864	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	2–6	0.250	89	-12	Lost to Texas A&M 21–34
92	-14	5.987	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	2–5	0.286	80	-13	Lost to Northwestern 24–27
93	-7	6.070	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–6	0.143	97	-13	Lost to Tulane 38–57
94	3	6.241	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–5–1	0.214	93	-10	Beat Wisconsin 27–24
95	-3	6.319	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	1–6	0.143	97	-15	BYE
96	-13	6.363	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–6	0.143	97	-13	Lost to Ole Miss 14–42
97	-6	6.498	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	2–5	0.286	80	-8	Lost to Rutgers 14–27
98	3	6.757	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND PCAA	2–5	0.286	80	-12	Beat Mcneese State 32–13
99	-5	7.085	Akron (AKRON)	IND FBSI	2–6	0.250	89	-14	Lost to Louisville 10–31
100	0	7.364	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–6	0.143	97	-20	Lost to Kent State 10–24
101	-5	7.501	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–6	0.143	97	-10	Lost to Iowa State 28–42
102	0	8.626	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–6	0.143	97	-13	Lost to Pittsburgh 6–10
103	1	9.312	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–7	0.000	103	-17	Lost to Nebraska 3–56
104	-1	9.455	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	0–6	0.000	103	-24	BYE

1987 Week 8 College Football Team Rankings

October 20, 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.293	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+18	BYE
2	1	0.622	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	6–0	1.000	1	+20	Beat Oklahoma State 35–0
3	-1	0.625	LSU	SEC	6–0–1	0.929	6	+23	Beat Kentucky 34–9
4	1	0.742	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	6–0	1.000	1	+21	Beat Penn State 48–21
5	1	0.870	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	6–1	0.857	8	+20	Beat Louisville 32–9
6	10	1.102	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	16	+12	Beat Air Force 35–14
7	1	1.172	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	6–0	1.000	1	+10	Beat Kansas State 59–10
8	2	1.194	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	5–0–1	0.917	7	+11	Beat Georgia Tech 20–10
9	6	1.197	UCLA	PAC	5–1	0.833	10	+13	Beat Oregon 41–10
10	-1	1.234	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	6–0	1.000	1	+14	Beat Duke 17–10
11	6	1.277	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	5–1	0.833	10	+13	Beat Minnesota 18–17
12	0	1.282	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	5–2	0.714	19	+16	Beat Temple 34–3
13	-9	1.305	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	5–1	0.833	10	+14	Lost to Nebraska 0–35
14	-3	1.551	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	19	+14	Lost to Syracuse 21–48
15	6	1.651	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	4–1–1	0.750	17	+9	Beat Purdue 20–17
16	15	1.673	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	5–2	0.714	19	+10	Beat Tennessee 41–22
17	1	1.711	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	5–2	0.714	19	+12	Beat Vanderbilt 52–24
18	11	1.726	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	4–2	0.667	27	+9	Beat Iowa 37–10
19	0	1.765	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	27	+11	Beat Boston College 38–24
20	2	1.772	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	4–2	0.667	27	+10	Beat Northwestern 38–0
21	-14	1.792	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	4–1–1	0.750	17	+7	Lost to Alabama 22–41
22	17	1.847	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	4–2	0.667	27	+10	Beat Baylor 34–10
23	-10	1.867	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	4–2	0.667	27	+11	Lost to UCLA 10–41
24	9	1.965	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	4–2	0.667	27	+8	Beat Washington State 38–7
25	0	2.013	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	4–2	0.667	27	+7	Lost to LSU 9–34
26	11	2.019	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	6–1	0.857	8	+6	Beat Fresno State 20–16
27	3	2.026	UTEP	IND WAC	5–1	0.833	10	+5	Beat Lamar 38–14
28	-8	2.093	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	5–1	0.833	10	+4	Lost to Indiana 17–18
29	7	2.141	USC	PAC	4–2	0.667	27	+7	Beat Washington 37–23
30	-16	2.164	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	5–1	0.833	10	+5	Lost to Maryland 0–14
31	-4	2.177	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	27	+5	BYE
32	3	2.217	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	4–2	0.667	27	+5	Beat Iowa State 42–17
33	-7	2.230	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	5–2	0.714	19	+7	Lost to Notre Dame 14–35
34	-2	2.295	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	5–2	0.714	19	+6	Beat Houston 37–35
35	-11	2.306	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	4–2	0.667	27	+8	Lost to Texas 14–16
36	5	2.446	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	5–2	0.714	19	+4	Beat Ball State 35–28
37	7	2.468	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	27	+2	Beat Virginia 58–10
38	-15	2.494	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	44	+6	Lost to Rutgers 24–38
39	-11	2.505	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	5–2	0.714	19	+3	Lost to Texas A&M 10–34
40	0	2.614	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	4–2	0.667	27	+3	Beat Kansas 35–10
41	2	2.636	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	4–3	0.571	44	+6	Beat NC State 17–14
42	10	2.691	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	4–2	0.667	27	+2	Beat Utah 25–14
43	15	2.828	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	3–3	0.500	53	+7	Beat Wake Forest 14–0
44	-6	2.830	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	4–3	0.571	44	+3	Lost to USC 23–37
45	8	2.850	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	4–2	0.667	27	+2	Beat Western Michigan 27–13
46	10	2.896	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	3–3	0.500	53	+5	Beat Arkansas 16–14
47	2	2.901	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	3–2–1	0.583	42	+1	Beat Oregon State 31–17
48	-14	2.915	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	4–3	0.571	44	+1	Lost to Michigan 10–37
49	-3	2.952	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	4–3	0.571	44	+2	Beat Rice 59–7
50	5	2.960	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	53	+3	Beat Mississippi State 18–14
51	13	3.155	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	53	+1	Beat Cincinnati 45–17
52	-7	3.174	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	4–3	0.571	44	+2	Beat Ohio 10–9
53	8	3.251	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	3–3	0.500	53	+1	Beat Tulsa 41–18
54	3	3.530	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	3–2–1	0.583	42	+3	Beat Missouri State 27–21
55	16	3.549	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	53	+1	Beat Tulane 45–36
56	-5	3.629	TCU	IND SWC	3–3	0.500	53	-2	Beat North Texas 19–10
57	-9	3.652	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	3–3	0.500	53	-2	Lost to San José State 16–20
58	-16	3.685	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	3–3	0.500	53	-1	Lost to Southern Miss 14–18
59	6	3.712	BYU	IND WAC	3–3	0.500	53	-3	BYE
60	20	3.799	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	3–4	0.429	65	+2	Beat UNLV 28–14
61	11	3.832	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	44	-3	Beat Virginia Tech 32–23
62	-8	4.049	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	4–3	0.571	44	-7	Lost to Hawai'i 14–25
63	-13	4.049	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	3–4	0.429	65	-3	Lost to South Carolina 10–58
64	-5	4.064	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	3–3	0.500	53	-5	Lost to Clemson 10–17
65	11	4.075	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	4–3	0.571	44	-6	Beat New Mexico State 33–6
66	-19	4.181	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	65	-4	Lost to Florida 3–34
67	-7	4.306	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	2–4	0.333	72	-4	Lost to North Carolina 14–17
68	-1	4.309	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	2–4	0.333	72	-2	Lost to Arizona State 7–38
69	13	4.437	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	2–4	0.333	72	-4	Beat San Diego State 44–40
70	-1	4.506	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–4–1	0.250	88	-3	BYE
71	-9	4.529	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	53	-6	Lost to Memphis 36–45
72	-2	4.571	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–4	0.333	72	-1	Lost to Arizona 17–31
73	-7	4.624	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	72	-4	Lost to West Virginia 17–45
74	19	4.754	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	2–4	0.333	72	-4	Beat Wisconsin 16–14
75	2	4.805	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	ACC	2–4	0.333	72	-7	Lost to Auburn 10–20
76	-1	4.876	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	3–4	0.429	65	0	Lost to Kent State 13–27
77	1	4.905	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–4–1	0.250	88	-4	Lost to Ohio State 17–20
78	-15	4.937	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	2–4	0.333	72	-7	Lost to Illinois 14–16
79	12	5.120	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	3–4	0.429	65	-4	Beat Toledo 20–6
80	-6	5.240	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND FBSI	2–5	0.286	83	-5	Lost to Central Michigan 18–41
81	3	5.270	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	1–4	0.200	90	-7	Lost to Wyoming 35–37
82	13	5.445	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	2–5	0.286	83	-10	Beat Louisiana 24–14
83	0	5.487	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–5	0.167	91	-7	Lost to Georgia 24–52
84	-16	5.493	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	72	-9	Lost to Ole Miss 14–24
85	-12	5.533	UNLV	IND PCAA	2–3	0.400	70	-9	Lost to CAL State Fullerton 14–28
86	0	5.683	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–5	0.167	91	-8	Lost to East Carolina 23–32
87	-6	5.711	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	1–6	0.143	100	-8	Lost to Stanford 40–44
88	0	6.005	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	2–5	0.286	83	-10	Lost to Texas Tech 7–59
89	0	6.108	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	2–4–1	0.357	71	-5	Lost to Florida State 9–32
90	-5	6.149	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	2–4	0.333	72	-12	Lost to Bowling Green 6–20
91	-12	6.190	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	72	-4	Lost to Colgate 20–22
92	4	6.272	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	1–6	0.143	100	-12	Beat New Mexico 35–13
93	-3	6.554	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–5	0.167	91	-10	Lost to Missouri 17–42
94	-7	6.563	Akron (AKRON)	IND FBSI	2–5	0.286	83	-9	Lost to Delaware State 26–52
95	3	6.708	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	1–5	0.167	91	-13	Lost to Eastern Michigan 28–35
96	1	6.759	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–5	0.167	91	-4	Lost to Colorado 10–35
97	-3	6.779	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–5–1	0.083	102	-9	Lost to Michigan State 0–38
98	-6	6.832	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	2–5	0.286	83	-16	Lost to Utah State 13–17
99	2	7.066	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	1–5	0.167	91	-10	Beat Pacific 17–13
100	-1	7.537	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–5	0.167	91	-16	Lost to Miami (OH) 9–10
101	-1	7.749	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND PCAA	1–5	0.167	91	-10	Lost to Long Beach State 6–33
102	2	8.959	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–5	0.167	91	-10	Beat Pennsylvania 38–28
103	-1	9.451	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	0–6	0.000	103	-21	Lost to Colorado State 13–35
104	-1	9.596	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–6	0.000	103	-14	Lost to Oklahoma 10–59

1987 Week 7 College Football Team Rankings

October 13, 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.340	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+15	Beat Maryland 46–16
2	2	0.815	LSU	SEC	5–0–1	0.917	9	+15	Beat Georgia 26–23
3	-1	0.890	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	5–0	1.000	1	+11	Beat Kansas 54–2
4	8	0.962	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	5–0	1.000	1	+12	Beat Colorado 42–17
5	1	0.981	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	5–0	1.000	1	+12	BYE
6	5	0.989	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	12	+13	Beat Southern Miss 61–10
7	1	1.024	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	4–0–1	0.900	10	+8	BYE
8	1	1.110	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	5–0	1.000	1	+8	Beat Texas 44–9
9	4	1.182	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	5–0	1.000	1	+10	Beat Virginia 38–21
10	-7	1.184	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	4–0–1	0.900	10	+7	Beat Vanderbilt 48–15
11	4	1.234	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	12	+12	Beat Rutgers 35–21
12	4	1.330	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	4–2	0.667	25	+11	Beat CAL State Fullerton 65–0
13	5	1.478	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	4–1	0.800	17	+10	Beat USC 34–27
14	7	1.488	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	5–0	1.000	1	+7	Beat North Carolina 22–14
15	7	1.532	UCLA	PAC	4–1	0.800	17	+7	BYE
16	-11	1.554	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	23	+5	Lost to Pittsburgh 22–30
17	14	1.610	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	4–1	0.800	17	+7	Beat Ohio State 31–10
18	1	1.698	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	4–2	0.667	25	+9	Lost to LSU 23–26
19	-9	1.704	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	35	+8	Lost to Penn State 21–35
20	4	1.710	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	5–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Northwestern 45–33
21	-14	1.757	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	3–1–1	0.700	24	+6	Lost to Indiana 10–31
22	5	1.778	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	3–2	0.600	35	+8	Beat Michigan 17–11
23	2	1.823	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	25	+8	Beat Army 29–24
24	15	1.858	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	4–1	0.800	17	+8	Beat Texas Tech 31–0
25	-2	1.892	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	4–1	0.800	17	+4	Beat Ole Miss 35–6
26	0	1.896	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	5–1	0.833	12	+5	Beat Navy 23–13
27	10	1.942	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	25	+5	Beat Notre Dame 30–22
28	2	2.052	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	5–1	0.833	12	+4	Beat Texas State 36–15
29	-15	2.109	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	3–2	0.600	35	+4	Lost to Michigan State 11–17
30	-2	2.127	UTEP	IND WAC	4–1	0.800	17	+3	Beat San Diego State 34–33
31	-11	2.133	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	4–2	0.667	25	+5	Lost to Memphis 10–13
32	8	2.153	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	4–2	0.667	25	+7	Beat BYU 29–27
33	-16	2.170	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	3–2	0.600	35	+5	Lost to Washington 14–27
34	12	2.208	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	4–2	0.667	25	+3	Beat Wisconsin 31–10
35	3	2.285	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	3–2	0.600	35	+4	Beat Kansas State 34–10
36	-3	2.313	USC	PAC	3–2	0.600	35	+4	Lost to Oregon 27–34
37	7	2.318	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	5–1	0.833	12	+2	Beat New Mexico State 57–6
38	13	2.356	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	4–2	0.667	25	+4	Beat Arizona State 27–14
39	-4	2.373	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	3–2	0.600	35	+4	Beat Houston 22–17
40	-4	2.734	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	3–2	0.600	35	+2	Lost to Oklahoma State 17–42
41	-12	2.738	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	4–2	0.667	25	+1	Lost to Central Michigan 6–16
42	8	2.823	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	3–2	0.600	35	+2	BYE
43	-1	2.858	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	3–3	0.500	50	+3	Lost to Wake Forest 14–22
44	10	2.990	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	35	-1	Beat Virginia Tech 40–10
45	23	3.241	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	3–3	0.500	50	+1	Beat Western Michigan 17–0
46	1	3.266	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	3–3	0.500	50	0	Lost to Arkansas 0–31
47	-13	3.299	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	50	+1	Lost to Tulsa 17–24
48	15	3.303	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	3–2	0.600	35	-1	Beat Southern Illinois 35–0
49	8	3.334	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	2–2–1	0.500	50	-1	Tied California 23–23
50	-5	3.348	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	3–3	0.500	50	-1	Lost to Clemson 21–38
51	15	3.349	TCU	IND SWC	2–3	0.400	63	+1	Beat Rice 30–16
52	8	3.356	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	3–2	0.600	35	-2	Beat New Mexico 41–31
53	-21	3.361	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	3–2	0.600	35	-1	Lost to Ball State 23–24
54	5	3.364	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	4–2	0.667	25	-4	Beat Colorado State 24–23
55	-12	3.383	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	63	0	Lost to Florida State 10–61
56	-7	3.468	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	2–3	0.400	63	+1	Lost to Oklahoma 9–44
57	20	3.608	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	2–2–1	0.500	50	+3	Beat Toledo 41–5
58	-6	3.627	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	2–3	0.400	63	+2	Lost to Miami 16–46
59	-6	3.631	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	3–2	0.600	35	-4	BYE
60	9	3.680	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	2–3	0.400	63	-1	BYE
61	23	3.763	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	2–3	0.400	63	-1	Beat Eastern Michigan 16–6
62	-4	3.812	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	35	-3	BYE
63	-7	3.819	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	2–3	0.400	63	-2	Lost to Iowa 10–31
64	-3	3.849	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	63	-2	BYE
65	-10	3.878	BYU	IND WAC	3–3	0.500	50	-5	Lost to Wyoming 27–29
66	-18	3.889	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	63	-1	Lost to East Carolina 28–56
67	-26	4.023	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	2–3	0.400	63	-1	Lost to Stanford 7–44
68	10	4.095	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	63	-2	Beat Northwestern State 13–3
69	-2	4.246	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–4–1	0.250	86	-1	Tied Arizona 23–23
70	6	4.261	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–3	0.400	63	0	Beat Akron 42–26
71	18	4.297	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	63	-2	Beat Alabama 13–10
72	15	4.330	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	50	-4	Beat Cincinnati 56–28
73	17	4.350	UNLV	IND PCAA	2–2	0.500	50	-4	Beat Utah State 28–27
74	14	4.371	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	79	0	Beat Temple 24–17
75	-10	4.544	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	3–3	0.500	50	+1	Lost to Miami (OH) 0–17
76	9	4.609	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	3–3	0.500	50	-6	Beat Pacific 9–6
77	9	4.718	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	ACC	2–3	0.400	63	-6	Beat Indiana State 38–0
78	4	4.734	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–3–1	0.300	85	-2	Beat Illinois 9–3
79	-6	4.755	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	63	-2	Lost to Boston College 24–29
80	-6	4.781	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	2–4	0.333	79	-2	Lost to Florida 0–65
81	0	4.813	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	1–5	0.167	97	-2	Lost to UTEP 33–34
82	10	4.835	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	1–4	0.200	88	-4	Beat Washington State 44–7
83	-4	4.929	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–4	0.200	88	-4	Lost to Auburn 15–48
84	-9	5.091	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	1–3	0.250	86	-3	Lost to Texas A&M 17–22
85	-21	5.124	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	2–3	0.400	63	-6	Lost to Northern Illinois 5–41
86	-16	5.252	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–4	0.200	88	-5	Lost to South Carolina 10–40
87	-25	5.306	Akron (AKRON)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	79	-7	Lost to Oregon State 26–42
88	-8	5.733	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	2–4	0.333	79	-7	Lost to TCU 16–30
89	-18	5.844	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	2–3–1	0.417	62	-3	Lost to Marshall 31–34
90	6	5.929	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–4	0.200	88	-6	Beat Northern Iowa 39–38
91	6	5.953	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	2–4	0.333	79	-4	Beat Ohio 28–7
92	-9	6.035	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	2–4	0.333	79	-10	Lost to Long Beach State 6–9
93	-21	6.129	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–4	0.200	88	-6	Lost to Purdue 3–9
94	5	6.175	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–4–1	0.100	99	-5	Lost to Minnesota 33–45
95	-2	6.236	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–5	0.167	97	-9	Lost to Kentucky 6–35
96	-5	6.392	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	0–6	0.000	100	-9	Lost to Utah 23–24
97	-2	6.744	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–4	0.200	88	-2	Lost to Nebraska 2–54
98	4	6.956	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	1–4	0.200	88	-10	Beat Kent State 24–23
99	-5	7.511	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–4	0.200	88	-11	Lost to Bowling Green 7–28
100	-2	7.567	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND PCAA	1–4	0.200	88	-6	Lost to San José State 6–57
101	-1	8.130	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	0–5	0.000	100	-10	Lost to UNLV 27–28
102	-1	8.331	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	0–5	0.000	100	-13	Lost to Hawai'i 31–41
103	0	9.812	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–5	0.000	100	-11	Lost to Missouri 10–34
104	0	10.772	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–5	0.000	100	-8	Lost to Air Force 13–23

1987 Week 6 College Football Team Rankings

October 6, 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	0	0.244	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+10	Beat Florida State 26–25
2	1	0.773	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	4–0	1.000	1	+9	Beat South Carolina 30–21
3	11	0.828	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	3–0–1	0.875	12	+6	Beat North Carolina 20–10
4	-2	0.885	LSU	SEC	4–0–1	0.900	10	+9	Beat Florida 13–10
5	3	0.943	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+5	BYE
6	4	0.972	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	5–0	1.000	1	+10	Beat Missouri 24–13
7	0	1.044	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	3–0–1	0.875	12	+6	Beat Illinois 10–6
8	-4	1.061	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	4–0–1	0.900	10	+7	Beat California 38–12
9	-3	1.171	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	4–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Iowa State 56–3
10	10	1.212	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	23	+8	Beat Duke 7–0
11	-6	1.218	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	14	+8	Lost to Miami 25–26
12	-3	1.220	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	4–0	1.000	1	+6	BYE
13	2	1.239	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	4–0	1.000	1	+6	BYE
14	2	1.241	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	3–1	0.750	23	+6	Beat Wisconsin 49–0
15	4	1.273	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	14	+8	Beat Temple 27–13
16	-5	1.433	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	3–2	0.600	34	+8	Lost to LSU 10–13
17	15	1.490	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	3–1	0.750	23	+6	Beat UTEP 35–16
18	9	1.491	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	3–1	0.750	23	+7	Beat Washington 29–22
19	-7	1.495	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	4–1	0.800	14	+7	Beat Ole Miss 31–14
20	-3	1.510	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	4–1	0.800	14	+6	Beat Louisiana 38–10
21	4	1.577	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	4–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Army 17–13
22	1	1.591	UCLA	PAC	4–1	0.800	14	+5	Beat Stanford 49–0
23	7	1.750	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	3–1	0.750	23	+3	Beat Ohio 28–0
24	-3	1.802	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	4–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Purdue 21–19
25	8	1.971	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	34	+5	Beat Pittsburgh 13–10
26	9	1.979	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	4–1	0.800	14	+3	Beat Utah 48–27
27	12	1.995	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	2–2	0.500	50	+5	Beat Iowa 19–14
28	-15	2.027	UTEP	IND WAC	3–1	0.750	23	+2	Lost to Arizona State 16–35
29	12	2.122	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	4–1	0.800	14	+3	Beat Northern Illinois 32–31
30	4	2.124	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	4–1	0.800	14	+3	Beat Houston 30–18
31	-7	2.141	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	3–1	0.750	23	+3	Beat Northwestern 35–18
32	13	2.161	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	3–1	0.750	23	+3	Beat Central Michigan 24–21
33	15	2.225	USC	PAC	3–1	0.750	23	+3	Beat Oregon State 48–14
34	-12	2.262	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	34	+4	Lost to Penn State 13–27
35	-17	2.306	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	2–2	0.500	50	+3	Lost to Texas Tech 21–27
36	2	2.332	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	3–1	0.750	23	+1	Beat Colorado State 29–16
37	-11	2.348	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	34	+3	Lost to Boston College 10–13
38	-7	2.421	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	2–2	0.500	50	+3	Lost to Syracuse 13–24
39	4	2.425	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	3–1	0.750	23	+3	Beat TCU 20–10
40	6	2.427	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	3–2	0.600	34	+3	Beat San Diego State 52–10
41	12	2.532	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	2–2	0.500	50	+3	BYE
42	-14	2.553	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	3–2	0.600	34	+2	Lost to Auburn 10–20
43	22	2.627	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	50	+2	Beat Louisville 65–6
44	5	2.660	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	4–1	0.800	14	0	Beat CAL State Fullerton 46–19
45	2	2.712	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	3–2	0.600	34	+1	Beat Virginia Military Institute 30–0
46	-17	2.730	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	3–2	0.600	34	0	Lost to Michigan State 14–19
47	9	2.835	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	3–2	0.600	34	0	Beat Texas A&M 27–21
48	2	2.863	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	50	+2	BYE
49	11	2.896	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	2–2	0.500	50	+1	Beat Rice 45–26
50	5	3.150	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	3–2	0.600	34	0	Beat Memphis 9–6
51	-14	3.176	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	3–2	0.600	34	-1	Lost to Oregon 22–29
52	7	3.183	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	2–2	0.500	50	+2	BYE
53	-11	3.257	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	3–2	0.600	34	-2	Lost to Rutgers 0–7
54	-2	3.414	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	50	-1	Lost to Nebraska 21–30
55	9	3.466	BYU	IND WAC	3–2	0.600	34	-3	Beat Utah State 45–24
56	-20	3.466	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	2–2	0.500	50	-1	Lost to Michigan 0–49
57	10	3.494	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	2–2	0.500	50	-2	Beat Bowling Green 45–7
58	13	3.515	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	34	-2	Beat Vanderbilt 27–17
59	-15	3.529	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	3–2	0.600	34	-3	Lost to Air Force 27–48
60	-6	3.592	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	2–2	0.500	50	-1	Beat Yale 62–10
61	15	3.716	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	66	-1	Beat East Carolina 49–0
62	12	3.807	Akron (AKRON)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	66	-1	Beat Eastern Illinois 24–10
63	23	3.818	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	2–2	0.500	50	-1	Beat Long Beach State 30–7
64	-24	3.826	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	2–2	0.500	50	-3	Lost to Western Michigan 14–21
65	19	3.921	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	3–2	0.600	34	+3	Beat Toledo 21–14
66	0	3.927	TCU	IND SWC	1–3	0.250	78	-1	Lost to Arkansas 10–20
67	5	4.003	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–4	0.200	90	0	Lost to Tennessee 12–38
68	11	4.096	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	2–3	0.400	66	-2	Beat Ball State 30–20
69	8	4.100	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	2–3	0.400	66	-2	Beat Georgia Tech 17–0
70	15	4.196	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	78	-2	Beat Navy 31–11
71	-20	4.225	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	2–2–1	0.500	50	-1	Lost to Southern Miss 6–65
72	-14	4.292	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–3	0.250	78	-1	Lost to Ohio State 6–10
73	-5	4.318	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	50	0	Lost to Wake Forest 13–17
74	-13	4.334	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	2–3	0.400	66	-1	Lost to San José State 19–46
75	-13	4.517	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	1–2	0.333	76	-1	Lost to Baylor 18–30
76	-1	4.686	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–3	0.250	78	0	Lost to USC 14–48
77	3	4.741	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	1–2–1	0.375	75	+2	Lost to Eastern Michigan 31–32
78	5	4.743	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	78	-2	Lost to Alabama 10–38
79	-22	4.756	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–3	0.250	78	-4	Lost to Tulane 17–27
80	-10	4.853	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	2–3	0.400	66	-3	Lost to Texas 26–45
81	-12	4.916	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	1–4	0.200	90	-2	Lost to Wyoming 10–52
82	0	5.006	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–3–1	0.125	95	-2	Lost to Minnesota 19–21
83	12	5.366	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	2–3	0.400	66	-6	Beat New Mexico State 23–7
84	3	5.409	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–3	0.250	78	-4	Lost to Kent State 21–24
85	-7	5.472	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	2–3	0.400	66	-6	Lost to Fresno State 7–30
86	-23	5.499	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	ACC	1–3	0.250	78	-5	Lost to NC State 0–17
87	-14	5.533	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	66	-5	Lost to West Virginia 0–49
88	3	5.556	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND FBSI	1–4	0.200	90	-3	Beat Kansas State 37–25
89	-8	5.829	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	78	-5	Lost to Mississippi State 6–9
90	8	5.830	UNLV	IND PCAA	1–2	0.333	76	-4	Beat Nevada 24–19
91	-2	6.027	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	0–5	0.000	97	-5	Lost to Colorado 16–29
92	-4	6.095	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–4	0.000	97	-5	Lost to UCLA 0–49
93	1	6.173	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–4	0.200	90	-7	Lost to Georgia 14–31
94	-2	6.482	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–3	0.250	78	-6	Lost to Kentucky 0–28
95	7	6.495	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–3	0.250	78	-1	Beat Southern Illinois 16–15
96	3	6.987	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–4	0.000	97	-6	Lost to Oklahoma 3–56
97	-1	7.096	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	1–4	0.200	90	-5	Lost to Arizona 7–45
98	-8	7.307	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND PCAA	1–3	0.250	78	-4	Lost to Pacific 7–23
99	-6	7.368	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–3–1	0.125	95	-5	Lost to Indiana 18–35
100	-3	7.501	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	0–4	0.000	97	-6	Lost to BYU 24–45
101	-1	8.152	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	0–4	0.000	97	-9	BYE
102	-1	9.718	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	0–4	0.000	97	-11	Lost to Miami (OH) 20–30
103	0	10.392	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–4	0.000	97	-8	Lost to Tulsa 25–37
104	0	11.524	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–4	0.000	97	-5	Lost to Virginia Tech 11–31