1985 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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FBS standings

106 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	Michigan FBS · Big Ten	—	10–1–1	337.13	416.91	172.15	—
2	Oklahoma FBS · Big 8	★	11–1	304.70	367.55	154.31	▲ 2
3	Florida FBS · SEC	—	9–1–1	283.34	329.39	169.22	▲ 2
4	Iowa FBS · Big Ten	—	10–2	281.65	338.17	155.24	▼ 2
5	Tennessee FBS · SEC	—	9–1–2	280.53	328.13	167.18	▲ 7
6	Air Force FBS · Western Athletic	—	12–1	278.69	351.34	114.53	▲ 1
7	Miami FBS · FBS Independents	—	10–2	266.95	309.48	160.81	▼ 4
8	Penn State FBS · FBS Independents	—	11–1	263.12	305.64	144.97	▼ 2
9	Alabama FBS · SEC	—	9–2–1	257.41	292.52	167.88	▼ 1
10	Texas A&M FBS · Southwest	—	10–2	249.99	293.78	149.03	▲ 7
11	Nebraska FBS · Big 8	—	9–3	248.99	297.99	144.65	▼ 1
12	Fresno State FBS · PCAA	—	11–0–1	244.16	324.11	73.03	▼ 1
13	UCLA FBS · Pac-10	—	9–2–1	241.24	268.25	158.58	▲ 8
14	Ohio State FBS · Big Ten	—	9–3	237.11	269.79	158.42	▼ 1
15	Auburn FBS · SEC	—	8–4	235.49	261.48	175.36	▼ 6
16	Arkansas FBS · Southwest	—	10–2	230.54	273.40	125.93	▼ 2
17	Baylor FBS · Southwest	—	9–3	226.24	265.11	141.43	▼ 1
18	Maryland FBS · ACC	—	9–3	225.76	254.44	147.95	▼ 3
19	Georgia FBS · SEC	—	7–3–2	220.60	247.70	161.39	▼ 1
20	BYU FBS · Western Athletic	—	11–3	213.42	245.67	122.64	—
21	Bowling Green FBS · Mid-American	—	11–1	212.20	244.79	99.56	▼ 2
22	Florida State FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–3	209.15	229.40	149.39	▲ 1
23	Georgia Tech FBS · ACC	—	9–2–1	207.95	236.59	133.62	▲ 1
24	LSU FBS · SEC	—	9–2–1	202.69	226.64	135.52	▼ 2
25	Arizona State FBS · Pac-10	—	8–4	185.08	204.63	136.79	▲ 1
26	Michigan State FBS · Big Ten	—	7–5	180.77	188.97	164.13	▼ 1
27	Minnesota FBS · Big Ten	—	7–5	177.42	184.01	161.46	—
28	Arizona FBS · Pac-10	—	8–3–1	176.63	192.19	128.16	▲ 1
29	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	174.15	160.20	197.98	▼ 1
30	SMU FBS · Southwest	—	6–5	163.68	173.96	149.15	▲ 1
31	Texas FBS · Southwest	—	8–4	157.94	142.82	155.31	▲ 2
32	Oklahoma State FBS · Big 8	—	8–4	154.85	154.74	133.05	▼ 2
33	West Virginia FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–3–1	148.35	149.52	124.77	▲ 2
34	Colorado FBS · Big 8	—	7–5	144.93	138.77	145.62	▼ 2
35	Army FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–3	143.42	152.67	106.40	▲ 6
36	Virginia Tech FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	142.44	172.28	106.06	—
37	Illinois FBS · Big Ten	—	6–5–1	142.19	127.28	162.45	▼ 3
38	USC FBS · Pac-10	—	6–6	137.83	134.02	152.07	▲ 1
39	Syracuse FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–5	136.58	145.80	117.99	▼ 2
40	Washington FBS · Pac-10	—	7–5	136.45	134.16	135.69	▲ 6
41	Miami (OH) FBS · Mid-American	—	8–2–1	135.73	142.11	93.53	▼ 3
42	Utah FBS · Western Athletic	—	8–4	133.50	132.95	114.17	▼ 2
43	Central Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	7–3	131.92	149.27	84.86	▼ 1
44	San Diego State FBS · Western Athletic	—	5–6–1	130.25	144.52	123.74	—
45	Purdue FBS · Big Ten	—	5–6	127.83	111.72	165.57	▼ 2
46	Ole Miss FBS · SEC	—	4–6–1	125.51	118.37	154.86	▼ 1
47	Washington State FBS · Pac-10	—	4–7	122.38	131.87	139.65	▲ 2
48	Wisconsin FBS · Big Ten	—	5–6	120.16	106.28	154.00	▼ 1
49	Tulsa FBS · Missouri Valley	—	6–5	118.87	125.60	111.09	▲ 1
50	Iowa State FBS · Big 8	—	5–6	118.69	120.48	130.44	▼ 2
51	Virginia FBS · ACC	—	6–5	116.61	116.41	116.32	—
52	Pittsburgh FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–5–1	114.37	111.36	128.25	▲ 1
53	Clemson FBS · ACC	—	6–6	114.30	107.86	130.91	▲ 1
54	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	113.88	127.80	124.96	▲ 1
55	Colorado State FBS · Western Athletic	—	5–7	113.82	105.33	142.97	▼ 3
56	Southern Miss FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4	110.29	115.17	95.28	—
57	Kentucky FBS · SEC	—	5–6	104.34	80.90	151.24	▲ 1
58	Boston College FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–8	101.02	91.04	149.09	▼ 1
59	Oregon FBS · Pac-10	—	5–6	101.00	93.78	125.09	—
60	Northern Illinois FBS · Mid-American	—	4–7	97.87	104.17	113.26	—
61	CCal State Fullerton FBS · PCAA	—	6–5	97.43	111.31	78.14	—
62	North Carolina FBS · ACC	—	5–6	96.87	83.04	129.12	▲ 1
63	Stanford FBS · Pac-10	—	4–7	96.78	93.24	131.65	▲ 1
64	Western Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	4–6–1	96.43	103.57	104.58	▼ 2
65	Kansas FBS · Big 8	—	6–6	93.51	76.05	124.10	—
66	California FBS · Pac-10	—	4–7	88.97	86.82	120.95	▲ 2
67	Houston FBS · Southwest	—	4–7	88.82	75.55	136.80	—
68	Cincinnati FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	87.11	62.23	131.67	▼ 2
69	Duke FBS · ACC	—	4–7	84.71	89.34	109.19	▲ 1
70	South Carolina FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	84.47	66.33	121.14	▲ 2
71	Hawai'i FBS · Western Athletic	—	4–6–2	84.18	67.94	123.96	—
72	Mississippi State FBS · SEC	—	5–6	84.14	44.70	150.29	▼ 3
73	Toledo FBS · Mid-American	—	4–7	80.44	87.11	95.27	—
74	Rutgers FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–8–1	79.13	61.79	150.91	—
75	Vanderbilt FBS · SEC	—	3–7–1	77.86	50.61	150.13	—
76	Texas Tech FBS · Southwest	—	4–7	76.12	58.23	130.52	—
77	Rice FBS · Southwest	—	3–8	73.54	33.93	164.17	—
78	LLong Beach State FBS · PCAA	—	6–6	71.59	63.90	85.08	▲ 1
79	Temple FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	71.58	58.70	120.39	▼ 1
80	New Mexico FBS · Western Athletic	—	3–8	67.91	54.28	124.80	—
81	Indiana FBS · Big Ten	—	4–7	65.26	31.30	142.56	—
82	Memphis FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–7–2	64.91	42.75	134.80	—
83	Wake Forest FBS · ACC	—	4–7	62.08	45.54	112.08	▲ 1
84	Wyoming FBS · Western Athletic	—	3–8	61.04	34.69	135.22	▼ 1
85	UNLV FBS · PCAA	—	5–5–1	59.26	46.39	80.31	—
86	PPacific FBS · PCAA	—	5–7	57.92	50.95	83.70	—
87	Ball State FBS · Mid-American	—	4–7	56.99	50.29	92.09	—
88	Northwestern FBS · Big Ten	—	3–8	54.26	23.72	141.38	—
89	Oregon State FBS · Pac-10	—	3–8	52.95	18.75	133.06	—
90	NC State FBS · ACC	—	3–8	47.68	30.43	113.02	—
91	West Texas FBS · Missouri Valley	—	6–3–1	44.00	29.63	46.03	—
92	Tulane FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–10	43.11	45.68	115.43	▲ 2
93	Ohio FBS · Mid-American	—	2–9	42.73	38.48	96.77	—
94	Missouri FBS · Big 8	—	1–10	40.23	25.91	132.14	▲ 1
95	San José State FBS · PCAA	—	2–8–1	39.82	31.99	94.84	▲ 1
96	East Carolina FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–9	39.50	9.66	132.54	▼ 4
97	Utah State FBS · PCAA	—	3–8	38.46	10.42	111.99	▲ 1
98	Louisville FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–9	37.15	27.05	104.16	▼ 1
99	Louisiana FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	35.93	13.29	91.22	—
100	Kent State FBS · Mid-American	—	3–8	34.92	15.52	98.54	—
101	TCU FBS · Southwest	—	3–8	34.33	1.00	123.22	—
102	Eastern Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	4–7	33.34	3.30	95.76	—
103	WWichita State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	3–8	29.24	18.08	79.97	—
104	UTEP FBS · Western Athletic	—	1–10	21.78	1.00	117.49	▲ 1
105	Kansas State FBS · Big 8	—	1–10	21.48	1.00	115.77	▼ 1
106	New Mexico State FBS · PCAA	—	1–10	11.03	1.00	88.44	—