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1984 College Football School Ratings

1983 CFB School Ratings 1985 CFB School Ratings

Champions: Brigham Young (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI, USA-CNN)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Doug Flutie (Boston College)

FWAA Coach of the Year Award: LaVell Edwards (Brigham Young)

AP Preseason #1: Auburn

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The SRS columns are SRS broken up into offensive and defensive components.
The Scoring columns are points per game adjusted for strength of opposition.
The Passing, Rushing, and Total columns are yards per attempt adjusted for strength of opposition.
AP Rank reflects the current AP poll ranking or the last ranking from the year.

110 Schools

110 Schools Table
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
1	Florida	SEC	3	9	1	1	9.71	10.01	19.72	42.30	2.84
2	Nebraska	Big 8	4	10	2	0	4.64	12.93	17.57	41.06	0.57
3	Washington	Pac-10	2	11	1	0	6.71	9.18	15.89	38.84	5.04
4	BYU	WAC	1	13	0	0	7.75	6.93	14.68	41.60	6.14
5	Boston College	Ind	5	10	2	0	17.83	-3.38	14.46	49.02	17.10
6	Oklahoma State	Big 8	7	10	2	0	2.97	10.72	13.69	34.33	1.75
7	Florida State	Ind	17	7	3	2	11.70	1.81	13.51	44.22	10.57
8	Oklahoma	Big 8	6	9	2	1	4.05	9.22	13.27	34.81	3.54
9	Maryland	ACC	12	9	3	0	13.30	-0.22	13.09	43.05	12.75
10	Auburn	SEC	14	9	4	0	7.56	4.52	12.08	39.44	7.57
11	LSU	SEC	15	8	3	1	8.52	3.56	12.08	38.86	8.63
12	Ohio State	Big Ten	13	9	3	0	7.73	4.28	12.00	42.50	8.17
13	Tennessee	SEC		7	4	1	9.09	2.56	11.65	39.12	9.42
14	Virginia	ACC	20	8	2	2	4.92	6.18	11.09	36.77	9.54
15	South Carolina	Ind	11	10	2	0	10.22	0.75	10.97	39.81	11.91
16	Miami (FL)	Ind	18	8	5	0	8.74	2.13	10.87	38.89	10.47
17	Arkansas	SWC		7	4	1	1.54	9.28	10.82	31.71	2.88
18	SMU	SWC	8	10	2	0	4.35	6.37	10.72	34.74	7.38
19	Clemson	ACC		7	4	0	7.39	2.97	10.35	41.15	9.44
20	Georgia	SEC		7	4	1	3.66	6.60	10.26	34.44	5.70
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
21	West Virginia	Ind		8	4	0	1.70	8.54	10.24	31.41	3.83
22	Iowa	Big Ten	16	8	4	1	4.99	5.19	10.18	37.93	7.17
23	Illinois	Big Ten		7	4	0	5.67	3.79	9.46	38.57	8.84
24	USC	Pac-10	10	9	3	0	-1.30	10.69	9.39	27.59	2.34
25	Georgia Tech	ACC		6	4	1	4.78	4.40	9.18	37.10	8.18
26	Notre Dame	Ind		7	5	0	4.51	4.39	8.90	35.87	7.81
27	Kentucky	SEC	19	9	3	0	3.51	5.08	8.59	34.79	9.23
28	Air Force	WAC		8	4	0	3.04	5.53	8.58	37.56	7.16
29	Syracuse	Ind		6	5	0	-3.95	12.25	8.30	25.59	0.23
30	Rutgers	Ind		7	3	0	0.88	7.08	7.96	29.39	6.12
31	Arizona State	Pac-10		5	6	0	2.78	5.01	7.80	36.85	9.86
32	Army	Ind		8	3	1	4.75	2.83	7.57	35.03	11.10
33	Texas	SWC		7	4	1	3.73	3.58	7.32	33.39	10.59
34	Alabama	SEC		5	6	0	0.94	6.11	7.04	30.06	5.81
35	Virginia Tech	Ind		8	4	0	-1.11	7.90	6.79	29.69	5.01
36	Arizona	Pac-10		7	4	0	3.14	3.42	6.56	33.01	9.28
37	UCLA	Pac-10	9	9	3	0	3.93	2.39	6.32	31.61	11.35
38	Texas Christian	SWC		8	4	0	8.18	-2.06	6.12	39.59	15.91
39	Michigan	Big Ten		6	6	0	-1.74	7.51	5.77	28.69	4.49
40	Penn State	Ind		6	5	0	1.01	4.68	5.69	31.32	9.55
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
41	Purdue	Big Ten		7	5	0	4.71	0.63	5.34	34.85	12.57
42	Wisconsin	Big Ten		7	4	1	0.84	4.30	5.14	29.37	7.26
43	Vanderbilt	SEC		5	6	0	5.71	-1.02	4.68	36.56	14.27
44	Washington State	Pac-10		6	5	0	10.03	-5.42	4.61	38.90	20.18
45	Utah	WAC		6	5	1	4.00	0.50	4.50	34.01	11.81
46	Nevada-Las Vegas	PCAA		11	2	0	6.09	-1.75	4.35	34.02	16.38
47	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA		11	1	0	2.81	0.75	3.56	29.91	14.32
48	Hawaii	WAC		7	4	0	-2.97	6.53	3.56	25.55	6.64
49	Houston	SWC		7	5	0	1.57	1.91	3.48	30.48	11.37
50	Temple	Ind		6	5	0	-1.53	4.52	2.99	27.73	8.33
51	Baylor	SWC		5	6	0	2.65	0.30	2.95	32.77	13.12
52	Stanford	Pac-10		5	6	0	4.84	-2.13	2.72	33.18	15.23
53	Texas A&M	SWC		6	5	0	1.27	1.19	2.46	29.61	12.22
54	Michigan State	Big Ten		6	6	0	-3.54	5.93	2.39	25.38	6.23
55	Bowling Green	MAC		8	3	0	5.49	-3.21	2.28	34.72	18.50
56	Missouri	Big 8		3	7	1	6.81	-4.62	2.19	39.65	17.88
57	Ole Miss	SEC		4	6	1	-1.34	3.42	2.08	28.77	8.59
58	North Carolina	ACC		5	5	1	1.61	0.08	1.70	30.28	12.85
59	Oregon	Pac-10		6	5	0	1.39	0.26	1.66	29.87	14.58
60	Navy	Ind		4	6	1	2.07	-0.49	1.58	32.88	13.64
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
61	Mississippi State	SEC		4	7	0	-0.74	1.67	0.93	28.84	9.91
62	Memphis	Ind		5	5	1	-5.12	5.78	0.67	26.10	8.00
63	Central Michigan	MAC		8	2	1	-0.87	1.39	0.52	28.46	13.50
64	San Diego State	WAC		4	7	1	-1.60	1.59	0.00	29.36	11.07
65	Pitt	Ind		3	7	1	-1.42	1.18	-0.25	28.79	11.80
66	San Jose State	PCAA		6	5	0	-2.21	1.29	-0.92	27.37	15.07
67	Texas Tech	SWC		4	7	0	-4.43	3.50	-0.93	25.69	10.15
68	Kansas	Big 8		5	6	0	-0.04	-1.20	-1.25	28.44	16.86
69	Indiana State	MVC		9	3	0	-3.22	1.52	-1.70	27.94	12.89
70	Tulane	Ind		3	8	0	-1.83	0.02	-1.82	28.45	13.89
71	Tulsa	MVC		6	5	0	0.50	-2.42	-1.92	31.20	14.55
72	Wake Forest	ACC		6	5	0	-2.71	0.43	-2.28	26.22	12.40
73	Wyoming	WAC		6	6	0	5.31	-7.65	-2.35	35.28	20.87
74	Fresno State	PCAA		6	6	0	-0.45	-3.20	-3.65	27.63	17.33
75	North Carolina State	ACC		3	8	0	1.18	-5.06	-3.88	31.56	19.17
76	Toledo	MAC		8	3	1	-7.79	3.33	-4.46	19.57	12.40
77	Minnesota	Big Ten		4	7	0	-1.18	-3.64	-4.83	28.35	17.88
78	Kansas State	Big 8		3	7	1	-4.44	-0.57	-5.00	25.64	18.76
79	Long Beach State	PCAA		4	7	0	-0.29	-5.97	-6.26	27.09	21.26
80	Oregon State	Pac-10		2	9	0	-6.85	0.27	-6.58	22.47	14.14
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
81	Colorado State	WAC		3	8	0	-0.15	-6.51	-6.65	29.46	22.94
82	California	Pac-10		2	9	0	-5.82	-1.11	-6.92	22.93	14.92
83	Louisiana	Ind		6	5	0	-5.05	-1.93	-6.98	23.04	15.26
84	Iowa State	Big 8		2	7	2	-6.90	-0.72	-7.62	21.87	15.67
85	Southern Mississippi	Ind		4	7	0	-5.73	-2.06	-7.79	24.48	16.05
86	Miami (OH)	MAC		4	7	0	-6.81	-1.09	-7.90	20.71	17.11
87	Northwestern	Big Ten		2	9	0	-4.24	-4.12	-8.35	25.40	21.14
88	Duke	ACC		2	9	0	-8.16	-0.20	-8.36	21.42	14.85
89	New Mexico	WAC		4	8	0	-3.56	-4.84	-8.41	27.26	22.96
90	Indiana	Big Ten		0	11	0	-1.98	-6.54	-8.52	27.97	21.12
91	Western Michigan	MAC		5	6	0	-3.25	-5.49	-8.74	25.17	20.07
92	Colorado	Big 8		1	10	0	-1.80	-7.20	-8.99	27.05	23.36
93	East Carolina	Ind		2	9	0	-3.78	-6.69	-10.47	26.01	20.63
94	Illinois State	MVC		5	6	0	-9.84	-0.73	-10.57	22.31	15.57
95	Rice	SWC		1	10	0	-0.64	-10.42	-11.06	29.07	25.11
96	Northern Illinois	MAC		4	6	1	-9.05	-2.49	-11.54	18.21	17.19
97	Pacific	PCAA		4	7	0	-6.13	-5.47	-11.60	21.64	21.33
98	Utah State	PCAA		1	10	0	-3.40	-8.54	-11.93	25.98	26.15
99	Louisville	Ind		2	9	0	-0.38	-11.69	-12.07	28.50	26.41
100	Kent State	MAC		4	7	0	-11.21	-1.10	-12.31	16.44	16.88
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
101	Cincinnati	Ind		2	9	0	-1.67	-10.88	-12.55	27.49	30.76
102	Ohio	MAC		4	6	1	-10.16	-4.11	-14.27	17.58	22.33
103	UTEP	WAC		2	9	0	-5.89	-9.15	-15.04	22.64	25.98
104	Eastern Michigan	MAC		2	7	2	-10.24	-5.01	-15.25	17.03	20.11
105	Ball State	MAC		3	8	0	-10.83	-6.12	-16.96	16.28	22.73
106	Southern Illinois	MVC		3	8	0	-8.90	-10.03	-18.93	20.52	24.86
107	Drake	MVC		4	7	0	-8.82	-10.13	-18.94	18.59	24.47
108	Wichita State	MVC		2	9	0	-10.07	-9.64	-19.70	18.45	26.63
109	New Mexico State	PCAA		2	9	0	-9.69	-10.46	-20.15	17.98	27.96
110	West Texas State	MVC		3	8	0	-13.05	-7.97	-21.02	14.73	22.75