1986 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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105 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	Penn State FBS · FBS Independents	★	12–0	335.54	406.58	162.13	▲ 1
2	Miami FBS · FBS Independents	—	11–1	334.39	413.57	158.53	▼ 1
3	Oklahoma FBS · Big 8	—	11–1	330.28	417.34	144.67	—
4	Alabama FBS · SEC	—	10–3	283.30	324.65	178.56	—
5	Arizona State FBS · Pac-10	—	10–1–1	263.97	309.51	151.70	▲ 3
6	Auburn FBS · SEC	—	10–2	259.26	325.60	136.51	▲ 1
7	UCLA FBS · Pac-10	—	8–3–1	258.30	298.52	173.92	▲ 2
8	Nebraska FBS · Big 8	—	10–2	250.49	302.51	132.47	▲ 5
9	LSU FBS · SEC	—	9–3	249.08	279.25	169.39	▼ 4
10	Ohio State FBS · Big Ten	—	10–3	248.22	287.29	150.01	▲ 1
11	Michigan FBS · Big Ten	—	11–2	247.51	281.38	146.19	▼ 5
12	Washington FBS · Pac-10	—	8–3–1	238.31	271.87	168.82	▼ 2
13	Arizona FBS · Pac-10	—	9–3	227.17	271.06	141.62	▼ 1
14	Baylor FBS · Southwest	—	9–3	208.19	250.87	121.52	▲ 8
15	Boston College FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–3	208.06	237.54	138.62	—
16	San José State FBS · PCAA	—	10–2	203.90	252.68	93.00	—
17	Texas A&M FBS · Southwest	—	9–3	202.89	229.15	134.50	▼ 3
18	Clemson FBS · ACC	—	8–2–2	200.04	235.29	123.98	—
19	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	198.70	227.75	172.12	—
20	Georgia FBS · SEC	—	8–4	195.95	211.29	153.99	—
21	Florida FBS · SEC	—	6–5	195.63	209.04	175.40	—
22	Florida State FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4–1	193.50	216.80	142.46	▲ 1
23	Arkansas FBS · Southwest	—	9–3	192.54	206.18	135.63	▼ 6
24	Stanford FBS · Pac-10	—	8–4	183.27	181.83	166.76	—
25	Ole Miss FBS · SEC	—	8–3–1	178.58	203.46	120.27	—
26	Iowa FBS · Big Ten	—	9–3	178.06	193.78	122.01	▲ 1
27	USC FBS · Pac-10	—	7–5	175.17	156.94	190.10	▼ 1
28	Tennessee FBS · SEC	—	7–5	167.18	190.30	125.50	▲ 3
29	Virginia Tech FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–2–1	165.71	188.89	108.11	▲ 3
30	Fresno State FBS · PCAA	—	9–2	159.47	186.42	85.31	—
31	Colorado FBS · Big 8	—	6–6	155.05	163.40	147.01	▼ 3
32	San Diego State FBS · Western Athletic	—	8–4	154.73	172.76	110.63	▼ 3
33	Pittsburgh FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–5–1	154.48	153.86	160.44	—
34	Temple FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	149.20	140.32	158.12	—
35	North Carolina FBS · ACC	—	7–4–1	145.92	148.14	132.15	—
36	Texas Tech FBS · Southwest	—	7–5	145.06	148.36	132.85	—
37	Oregon FBS · Pac-10	—	5–6	143.19	126.48	180.01	▲ 2
38	Tulsa FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4	143.03	165.59	101.41	▼ 1
39	NC State FBS · ACC	—	8–3–1	138.09	139.24	116.24	▼ 1
40	Syracuse FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	132.75	138.55	140.66	▲ 2
41	Maryland FBS · ACC	—	5–5–1	131.59	130.09	140.68	▲ 2
42	SMU FBS · Southwest	—	6–5	130.23	111.22	153.90	▲ 2
43	BYU FBS · Western Athletic	—	8–5	130.14	136.80	108.51	▼ 2
44	Minnesota FBS · Big Ten	—	6–6	129.74	121.69	144.18	▼ 4
45	Georgia Tech FBS · ACC	—	5–5–1	127.33	126.87	133.44	—
46	Michigan State FBS · Big Ten	—	6–5	125.57	111.73	141.22	—
47	Mississippi State FBS · SEC	—	6–5	119.28	88.51	156.61	—
48	Kentucky FBS · SEC	—	5–5–1	118.64	116.11	134.93	—
49	Texas FBS · Southwest	—	5–6	117.41	106.57	145.54	—
50	West Virginia FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	115.90	102.19	156.83	—
51	Army FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	115.26	130.29	101.86	—
52	South Carolina FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–6–2	111.55	93.63	160.76	—
53	Illinois FBS · Big Ten	—	4–7	108.80	100.12	146.98	▲ 1
54	Hawai'i FBS · Western Athletic	—	7–5	107.92	108.91	98.64	▼ 1
55	Southern Miss FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	107.21	105.51	111.16	—
56	LLong Beach State FBS · PCAA	—	6–5	101.12	91.10	105.54	▲ 1
57	California FBS · Pac-10	—	2–9	99.98	74.37	189.47	▲ 2
58	Toledo FBS · Mid-American	—	7–4	99.82	112.37	65.85	—
59	Oklahoma State FBS · Big 8	—	6–5	99.72	90.75	111.36	▲ 1
60	Indiana FBS · Big Ten	—	6–6	98.45	89.51	119.36	▼ 4
61	Rutgers FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–5–1	98.07	69.51	147.93	—
62	Purdue FBS · Big Ten	—	3–8	97.24	91.50	146.34	—
63	UNLV FBS · PCAA	—	6–5	93.20	106.09	78.70	▲ 1
64	Miami (OH) FBS · Mid-American	—	8–4	92.96	81.96	85.36	▼ 1
65	Northwestern FBS · Big Ten	—	4–7	92.22	97.24	115.52	—
66	Washington State FBS · Pac-10	—	3–7–1	91.99	53.50	179.76	▲ 1
67	Oregon State FBS · Pac-10	—	3–8	90.87	68.07	164.44	▼ 1
68	Wake Forest FBS · ACC	—	5–6	87.20	84.58	107.08	—
69	Iowa State FBS · Big 8	—	6–5	85.35	65.98	110.53	—
70	East Carolina FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–9	81.80	67.70	156.61	—
71	Western Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	3–8	79.39	109.26	78.65	▲ 1
72	Rice FBS · Southwest	—	4–7	78.73	72.79	116.69	▼ 1
73	Central Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	5–5	77.16	83.42	70.19	▲ 1
74	UTEP FBS · Western Athletic	—	4–8	77.16	93.41	89.75	▼ 1
75	Louisiana FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	69.11	60.46	83.17	—
76	Wyoming FBS · Western Athletic	—	6–6	68.46	59.96	89.56	—
77	Duke FBS · ACC	—	4–7	68.15	53.91	113.95	—
78	CCal State Fullerton FBS · PCAA	—	3–9	63.73	69.27	94.98	—
79	Air Force FBS · Western Athletic	—	6–5	61.72	34.65	98.38	—
80	Eastern Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	6–5	60.23	55.87	59.98	—
81	Wisconsin FBS · Big Ten	—	3–9	59.34	43.46	128.04	▲ 1
82	Utah FBS · Western Athletic	—	2–9	59.18	56.53	114.29	▲ 1
83	Colorado State FBS · Western Athletic	—	6–5	58.50	27.24	100.07	▼ 2
84	Virginia FBS · ACC	—	3–8	57.48	44.83	115.97	▲ 1
85	Bowling Green FBS · Mid-American	—	5–6	57.38	45.75	83.42	▼ 1
86	Cincinnati FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	57.35	3.03	141.05	—
87	Missouri FBS · Big 8	—	3–8	52.31	29.25	124.80	—
88	Tulane FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	50.30	38.11	98.43	—
89	Louisville FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–8	44.48	40.85	97.03	▲ 1
90	TCU FBS · Southwest	—	3–8	44.12	27.60	113.51	▼ 1
91	New Mexico FBS · Western Athletic	—	4–8	43.74	29.33	95.34	—
92	Utah State FBS · PCAA	—	3–8	42.60	39.57	85.29	—
93	Ohio FBS · Mid-American	—	1–10	40.93	69.00	66.24	—
94	Northern Illinois FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–9	38.26	29.08	99.70	—
95	Vanderbilt FBS · SEC	—	1–10	36.67	1.00	148.70	—
96	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–8	33.42	18.63	89.07	▲ 1
97	Houston FBS · Southwest	—	1–10	33.27	1.00	144.46	▼ 1
98	Kent State FBS · Mid-American	—	5–6	32.80	2.13	83.37	—
99	Kansas FBS · Big 8	—	3–8	30.70	1.00	108.24	—
100	Kansas State FBS · Big 8	—	2–9	30.05	1.37	118.57	▲ 1
101	PPacific FBS · PCAA	—	4–7	28.69	1.00	86.21	▼ 1
102	Ball State FBS · Mid-American	—	6–5	28.01	1.00	61.19	—
103	WWichita State FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–8	23.75	1.00	90.86	—
104	Memphis FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–10	16.99	2.15	107.48	▲ 1
105	New Mexico State FBS · PCAA	—	1–10	15.75	1.00	95.80	▼ 1