1985 Independent Year Summary

Record: 111-121-5, .479 W-L% (8th of 11) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 1.39 (7th of 11), SOS: 2.05 (7th of 11)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 4 (Florida State, Notre Dame, Penn State and South Carolina)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 (Florida State, Miami (FL) and Penn State)

Standings

Standings Table
	Overall				Conference				Points Per Game		SRS		Polls
School	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
Penn State	11	1	0	.917					22.9	12.8	16.20	5.62	18	1	3
Miami (FL)	10	2	0	.833					33.8	16.3	17.24	5.16		2	9
Army	9	3	0	.750					33.0	19.3	7.48	-2.11		19
Florida State	9	3	0	.750					33.5	21.5	11.15	4.15	19	4	15
West Virginia	7	3	1	.682					17.2	14.4	4.88	2.24
Southern Mississippi	7	4	0	.636					23.2	14.5	3.56	-3.63
Syracuse	7	5	0	.583					23.7	16.3	5.38	0.88
Virginia Tech	6	5	0	.545					24.9	19.9	3.04	-1.05
Pitt	5	5	1	.500					18.4	17.0	4.38	3.29
Cincinnati	5	6	0	.455					18.1	23.7	-1.66	1.34
Notre Dame	5	6	0	.455					20.9	21.3	11.65	10.38	14	13
South Carolina	5	6	0	.455					24.5	26.4	0.00	1.55	17	15
Louisiana	4	7	0	.364					14.7	27.8	-12.71	-4.25
Navy	4	7	0	.364					23.0	21.7	0.60	2.51
Temple	4	7	0	.364					21.2	20.3	0.19	0.74
Boston College	4	8	0	.333					18.5	25.6	-0.45	5.63
Memphis	2	7	2	.273					16.4	22.1	-2.40	2.69
Rutgers	2	8	1	.227					13.5	24.2	-4.24	4.76
East Carolina	2	9	0	.182					14.6	25.5	-7.21	2.70
Louisville	2	9	0	.182					18.1	39.0	-16.24	-0.70
Tulane	1	10	0	.091					15.1	30.4	-11.65	1.08

5 Bowl Games Table
Date	Bowl		Pts		Pts	Notes
1986-01-01	Orange Bowl	Oklahoma (3)	25	Penn State (1)	10	Miami, FL
1986-01-01	Sugar Bowl	Tennessee (8)	35	Miami (FL) (2)	7	New Orleans, LA
1985-12-31	Peach Bowl	Army	31	Illinois	29	Atlanta, GA
1985-12-30	Gator Bowl	Florida State (18)	34	Oklahoma State (19)	23	Jacksonville, FL
1985-12-21	Cherry Bowl	Maryland (20)	35	Syracuse	18	Pontiac, MI