1987 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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FBS standings

104 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	Florida State FBS · FBS Independents	—	11–1	362.06	448.37	186.50	—
2	Miami FBS · FBS Independents	★	12–0	345.71	417.51	169.76	—
3	Nebraska FBS · Big 8	—	10–2	308.23	368.92	169.79	—
4	Syracuse FBS · FBS Independents	—	11–0–1	301.80	378.97	136.40	—
5	Auburn FBS · SEC	—	9–1–2	297.67	348.81	177.99	▲ 1
6	LSU FBS · SEC	—	10–1–1	293.56	353.77	158.27	▲ 2
7	Oklahoma FBS · Big 8	—	11–1	292.18	362.43	140.17	▼ 2
8	UCLA FBS · Pac-10	—	10–2	270.63	324.40	147.65	▼ 1
9	Texas A&M FBS · Southwest	—	10–2	257.03	308.51	140.78	▲ 4
10	Michigan State FBS · Big Ten	—	9–2–1	252.26	278.56	170.97	▲ 1
11	South Carolina FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–4	252.18	290.95	181.32	▼ 2
12	Clemson FBS · ACC	—	10–2	244.41	297.69	134.92	▲ 2
13	Georgia FBS · SEC	—	9–3	237.24	259.08	172.08	▼ 1
14	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–4	236.22	250.97	189.71	▼ 4
15	Tennessee FBS · SEC	—	10–2–1	221.08	258.36	129.12	▲ 5
16	Florida FBS · SEC	—	6–6	218.17	227.56	203.47	▼ 1
17	Michigan FBS · Big Ten	—	8–4	212.12	253.67	137.69	▲ 5
18	Oklahoma State FBS · Big 8	—	10–2	210.93	232.26	133.41	▲ 1
19	USC FBS · Pac-10	—	8–4	207.64	230.60	159.77	▼ 1
20	Alabama FBS · SEC	—	7–5	205.05	211.17	185.70	▼ 4
21	Iowa FBS · Big Ten	—	10–3	201.88	222.09	133.71	▲ 2
22	Penn State FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–4	195.06	210.04	154.72	▼ 5
23	Pittsburgh FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–4	187.47	206.64	142.68	▼ 2
24	Indiana FBS · Big Ten	—	8–4	178.14	193.49	139.27	—
25	San José State FBS · PCAA	—	10–2	175.16	206.39	86.37	▲ 1
26	Wyoming FBS · Western Athletic	—	10–3	169.37	191.82	99.24	▼ 1
27	Arkansas FBS · Southwest	—	9–4	166.07	172.70	131.17	—
28	Eastern Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	10–2	164.00	186.24	81.85	▲ 1
29	Ohio State FBS · Big Ten	—	6–4–1	163.55	164.23	154.97	▲ 1
30	Texas FBS · Southwest	—	7–5	162.65	158.94	159.04	▲ 7
31	Virginia FBS · ACC	—	8–4	160.92	169.86	135.64	—
32	West Virginia FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–6	156.00	176.05	139.59	—
33	Washington FBS · Pac-10	—	7–4–1	154.49	158.70	137.46	▲ 1
34	BYU FBS · Western Athletic	—	9–4	152.45	165.11	106.40	▼ 1
35	Colorado FBS · Big 8	—	7–4	150.56	159.54	128.45	—
36	Air Force FBS · Western Athletic	—	9–4	148.81	162.93	99.95	▼ 8
37	Arizona State FBS · Pac-10	—	7–4–1	147.38	151.42	131.93	▲ 4
38	Stanford FBS · Pac-10	—	5–6	146.71	164.08	137.77	▼ 2
39	Texas Tech FBS · Southwest	—	6–4–1	140.69	142.72	131.13	▼ 1
40	Vanderbilt FBS · SEC	—	4–7	132.93	138.43	155.52	—
41	Boston College FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	132.02	112.61	167.55	▼ 2
42	Kentucky FBS · SEC	—	5–6	131.19	127.23	151.48	—
43	Tulane FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–6	121.86	119.87	135.83	▲ 1
44	Missouri FBS · Big 8	—	5–6	120.03	98.76	159.28	▼ 1
45	Arizona FBS · Pac-10	—	4–4–3	118.55	114.96	132.90	—
46	California FBS · Pac-10	—	3–6–2	117.60	112.14	150.08	—
47	Oregon FBS · Pac-10	—	6–5	117.08	101.66	142.03	—
48	TCU FBS · Southwest	—	5–6	116.49	118.22	135.94	—
49	Houston FBS · Southwest	—	4–6–1	115.47	120.89	132.04	—
50	Duke FBS · ACC	—	5–6	110.27	122.32	117.57	—
51	Southern Miss FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	109.00	86.14	141.45	▲ 2
52	North Carolina FBS · ACC	—	5–6	108.45	94.48	142.98	—
53	Memphis FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–5–1	108.35	108.62	121.03	▼ 2
54	Maryland FBS · ACC	—	4–7	106.88	70.76	177.34	—
55	Minnesota FBS · Big Ten	—	6–5	106.54	101.80	114.23	—
56	Utah State FBS · PCAA	—	5–6	104.91	106.76	110.65	—
57	East Carolina FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	104.84	84.63	146.94	▲ 1
58	Rutgers FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	103.00	75.70	138.67	▼ 1
59	Louisiana FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	102.93	105.57	106.20	—
60	Wake Forest FBS · ACC	—	7–4	102.92	84.57	120.95	—
61	CCal State Fullerton FBS · PCAA	—	6–6	101.29	98.56	107.55	▲ 1
62	Mississippi State FBS · SEC	—	4–7	101.26	75.92	164.53	▲ 1
63	UTEP FBS · Western Athletic	—	7–4	100.68	102.13	83.19	▼ 2
64	Fresno State FBS · PCAA	—	6–5	99.41	106.18	88.65	—
65	Virginia Tech FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–9	95.37	70.33	176.57	—
66	Northwestern FBS · Big Ten	—	2–8–1	95.24	103.31	132.01	—
67	NC State FBS · ACC	—	4–7	92.24	80.54	139.00	—
68	Western Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	5–6	91.57	105.59	81.55	—
69	Baylor FBS · Southwest	—	6–5	88.44	70.74	116.32	▲ 1
70	Bowling Green FBS · Mid-American	—	5–6	86.93	89.75	95.88	▼ 1
71	San Diego State FBS · Western Athletic	—	5–7	84.29	80.63	106.89	—
72	Northern Illinois FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–5–1	83.74	89.49	78.38	—
73	Central Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	5–5–1	82.66	91.50	78.35	—
74	Army FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	81.83	100.42	81.27	—
75	Miami (OH) FBS · Mid-American	—	5–6	81.62	55.62	122.86	▲ 1
76	Kent State FBS · Mid-American	—	7–4	81.29	68.13	84.38	▼ 1
77	UNLV FBS · PCAA	—	5–6	78.21	84.11	82.60	—
78	PPacific FBS · PCAA	—	4–7	72.91	75.80	95.45	—
79	Purdue FBS · Big Ten	—	3–7–1	70.32	47.67	140.56	—
80	Ole Miss FBS · SEC	—	3–8	68.11	38.93	149.46	▲ 1
81	Washington State FBS · Pac-10	—	3–7–1	67.24	32.19	149.17	▼ 1
82	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–9	63.00	51.72	125.97	—
83	Hawai'i FBS · Western Athletic	—	5–7	62.31	55.49	91.03	—
84	Wisconsin FBS · Big Ten	—	3–8	62.09	48.83	121.18	▲ 2
85	Ball State FBS · Mid-American	—	4–7	62.09	65.53	80.79	▼ 1
86	Toledo FBS · Mid-American	—	3–7–1	61.17	53.08	102.71	▲ 2
87	Iowa State FBS · Big 8	—	3–8	60.83	24.73	150.82	▼ 2
88	Cincinnati FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	60.38	45.28	111.65	▼ 1
89	Tulsa FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–8	59.53	40.34	126.53	—
90	Akron FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	59.30	73.01	73.80	—
91	Illinois FBS · Big Ten	—	3–7–1	54.70	23.25	136.45	—
92	Oregon State FBS · Pac-10	—	2–9	52.20	9.28	163.35	▲ 1
93	Utah FBS · Western Athletic	—	5–7	52.01	45.41	79.66	▼ 1
94	Georgia Tech FBS · ACC	—	2–9	47.62	8.42	151.86	—
95	Rice FBS · Southwest	—	2–9	42.28	6.49	143.96	▲ 1
96	Louisville FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–7–1	41.05	12.82	110.67	▼ 1
97	Kansas FBS · Big 8	—	1–9–1	37.62	2.42	148.09	—
98	Temple FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–8	36.44	8.57	119.80	—
99	LLong Beach State FBS · PCAA	—	4–7	29.41	1.00	87.55	—
100	Kansas State FBS · Big 8	—	0–10–1	28.13	1.00	139.54	—
101	Colorado State FBS · Western Athletic	—	1–11	24.04	7.96	116.20	—
102	New Mexico State FBS · PCAA	—	2–9	16.84	9.70	74.86	—
103	Ohio FBS · Mid-American	—	1–10	13.81	1.00	94.67	—
104	New Mexico FBS · Western Athletic	—	0–11	9.21	1.00	99.58	—