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1985 College Football School Ratings

1984 CFB School Ratings 1986 CFB School Ratings

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

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Bo Jackson (Auburn)

FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Fisher DeBerry (Air Force)

AP Preseason #1: Oklahoma

AP Final #1: Oklahoma

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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	Michigan	Big Ten	2	10	1	1	5.44	18.37	23.81	39.58	-6.37
2	Oklahoma	Big 8	1	11	1	0	6.51	14.44	20.95	41.40	-0.57
3	Tennessee	SEC	4	9	1	2	6.99	12.55	19.54	39.28	1.18
4	Alabama	SEC	13	9	2	1	10.69	7.26	17.95	39.93	5.59
5	Miami (FL)	Ind	9	10	2	0	8.45	8.79	17.24	43.07	5.07
6	UCLA	Pac-10	7	9	2	1	11.92	5.30	17.22	41.90	7.02
7	Florida	SEC	5	9	1	1	7.37	9.80	17.16	37.73	3.40
8	Iowa	Big Ten	10	10	2	0	8.53	7.95	16.48	46.20	6.49
9	Air Force	WAC	8	12	1	0	6.27	10.09	16.36	41.32	4.01
10	Penn State	Ind	3	11	1	0	6.17	10.04	16.20	35.11	3.61
11	Maryland	ACC	18	9	3	0	9.23	6.40	15.63	39.62	6.47
12	Texas A&M	SWC	6	10	2	0	8.19	7.27	15.46	38.34	7.58
13	Nebraska	Big 8	11	9	3	0	5.81	9.42	15.23	43.72	3.97
14	Ohio State	Big Ten	14	9	3	0	8.55	6.58	15.13	38.42	5.55
15	Auburn	SEC		8	4	0	8.17	6.86	15.03	40.76	6.23
16	Georgia	SEC		7	3	2	4.87	8.71	13.58	36.49	4.81
17	BYU	WAC	16	11	3	0	3.59	9.71	13.29	37.71	4.04
18	Arkansas	SWC	12	10	2	0	3.27	9.85	13.12	32.35	4.78
19	Baylor	SWC	17	9	3	0	3.60	9.52	13.12	33.08	4.76
20	Notre Dame	Ind		5	6	0	5.24	6.42	11.65	35.91	8.41
				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	Georgia Tech	ACC	19	9	2	1	0.50	10.91	11.42	30.84	2.45
22	Florida State	Ind	15	9	3	0	8.79	2.35	11.15	42.75	11.18
23	Arizona State	Pac-10		8	4	0	2.22	8.60	10.82	32.85	4.84
24	LSU	SEC	20	9	2	1	-1.71	12.03	10.33	27.95	2.65
25	Michigan State	Big Ten		7	5	0	3.11	5.70	8.82	32.86	7.33
26	Arizona	Pac-10		8	3	1	-0.88	9.62	8.74	28.77	4.09
27	SMU	SWC		6	5	0	5.07	3.15	8.23	34.09	10.97
28	Minnesota	Big Ten		7	5	0	3.47	4.53	8.00	34.79	9.59
29	Illinois	Big Ten		6	5	1	7.95	-0.45	7.50	36.76	14.95
30	Army	Ind		9	3	0	6.20	1.27	7.48	39.39	13.86
31	Texas	SWC		8	4	0	3.30	3.81	7.11	30.77	11.51
32	Colorado	Big 8		7	5	0	-0.97	8.06	7.10	28.78	5.76
33	USC	Pac-10		6	6	0	-3.93	10.55	6.62	28.26	4.14
34	Oklahoma State	Big 8		8	4	0	0.71	5.84	6.54	28.59	7.61
35	Purdue	Big Ten		5	6	0	8.36	-2.29	6.07	37.44	16.75
36	Fresno State	PCAA		11	0	1	6.87	-0.91	5.96	39.70	17.22
37	Syracuse	Ind		7	5	0	-0.34	5.72	5.38	31.49	8.55
38	Virginia	ACC		6	5	0	4.75	0.48	5.24	33.70	12.47
39	Clemson	ACC		6	6	0	1.27	3.90	5.17	30.63	9.03
40	West Virginia	Ind		7	3	1	-4.18	9.06	4.88	25.96	5.93
				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	Washington	Pac-10		7	5	0	0.20	4.55	4.75	29.39	9.17
42	Pitt	Ind		5	5	1	-2.16	6.54	4.38	28.13	7.70
43	Southern Mississippi	Ind		7	4	0	-2.02	5.57	3.56	26.92	8.99
44	Washington State	Pac-10		4	7	0	7.02	-3.52	3.50	38.27	16.44
45	Utah	WAC		8	4	0	10.76	-7.48	3.28	39.33	20.70
46	Kansas	Big 8		6	6	0	3.03	0.12	3.14	32.27	16.66
47	Kentucky	SEC		5	6	0	-1.06	4.10	3.04	27.12	11.23
48	Virginia Tech	Ind		6	5	0	3.66	-0.62	3.04	32.16	14.68
49	Oregon	Pac-10		5	6	0	5.16	-3.01	2.15	33.70	19.08
50	Bowling Green	MAC		11	1	0	3.50	-1.44	2.05	31.21	18.91
51	North Carolina	ACC		5	6	0	0.07	1.97	2.03	30.78	11.61
52	Mississippi State	SEC		5	6	0	6.53	-4.73	1.80	34.52	18.38
53	Wisconsin	Big Ten		5	6	0	2.27	-0.62	1.65	30.40	14.87
54	San Diego State	WAC		5	6	1	3.27	-2.17	1.10	33.50	16.20
55	Ole Miss	SEC		4	6	1	1.44	-0.79	0.65	29.93	16.39
56	Navy	Ind		4	7	0	1.76	-1.16	0.60	31.56	12.09
57	Temple	Ind		4	7	0	2.52	-2.33	0.19	30.87	14.68
58	South Carolina	Ind		5	6	0	2.26	-2.26	0.00	34.32	18.69
59	Boston College	Ind		4	8	0	1.15	-1.61	-0.45	30.49	15.88
60	Hawaii	WAC		4	6	2	-2.23	1.22	-1.01	26.15	11.70
				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
61	Texas Tech	SWC		4	7	0	-1.72	0.37	-1.35	27.37	13.60
62	Tulsa	MVC		6	5	0	2.56	-3.92	-1.36	30.89	23.71
63	Cincinnati	Ind		5	6	0	-2.83	1.17	-1.66	25.02	15.55
64	Colorado State	WAC		5	7	0	1.44	-3.44	-2.00	29.98	17.64
65	Memphis	Ind		2	7	2	-5.19	2.78	-2.40	23.95	12.48
66	Indiana	Big Ten		4	7	0	2.29	-4.72	-2.43	31.33	20.63
67	California	Pac-10		4	7	0	0.33	-2.82	-2.48	28.90	15.77
68	Wake Forest	ACC		4	7	0	-0.92	-2.05	-2.97	28.23	15.43
69	Stanford	Pac-10		4	7	0	2.37	-5.52	-3.15	31.54	20.55
70	Miami (OH)	MAC		8	2	1	-0.50	-3.27	-3.77	26.57	20.32
71	Houston	SWC		4	7	0	3.26	-7.28	-4.03	29.39	22.84
72	Rutgers	Ind		2	8	1	-3.65	-0.60	-4.24	24.93	15.27
73	Duke	ACC		4	7	0	-2.76	-1.69	-4.44	26.11	15.88
74	Iowa State	Big 8		5	6	0	-4.16	-1.21	-5.37	22.87	21.49
75	Rice	SWC		3	8	0	4.22	-10.81	-6.59	31.07	26.97
76	Vanderbilt	SEC		3	7	1	-3.49	-3.15	-6.63	24.51	19.99
77	Illinois State	MVC		6	3	2	-8.72	1.87	-6.85	17.99	13.59
78	Central Michigan	MAC		7	3	0	-7.26	0.23	-7.03	19.25	15.28
79	East Carolina	Ind		2	9	0	-5.10	-2.11	-7.21	23.16	16.98
80	North Carolina State	ACC		3	8	0	-1.68	-5.86	-7.54	26.52	20.19
				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	Long Beach State	PCAA		6	6	0	1.39	-9.15	-7.76	27.36	23.15
82	Missouri	Big 8		1	10	0	0.25	-8.51	-8.26	27.91	23.62
83	Wyoming	WAC		3	8	0	-3.11	-5.47	-8.58	25.74	24.47
84	Northwestern	Big Ten		3	8	0	-5.19	-3.57	-8.76	23.36	19.63
85	West Texas State	MVC		6	3	1	-0.04	-8.78	-8.82	25.25	25.03
86	New Mexico	WAC		3	8	0	4.20	-13.32	-9.12	32.86	28.65
87	Southern Illinois	MVC		4	7	0	-1.26	-7.90	-9.16	30.73	22.81
88	Pacific	PCAA		5	7	0	-1.30	-8.00	-9.29	26.71	23.62
89	Western Michigan	MAC		4	6	1	-10.04	0.64	-9.40	18.90	18.01
90	Drake	MVC		4	7	0	-7.40	-2.08	-9.48	19.00	19.67
91	Oregon State	Pac-10		3	8	0	-5.45	-4.11	-9.56	22.40	23.83
92	Texas Christian	SWC		3	8	0	-6.93	-3.58	-10.51	20.38	28.29
93	Nevada-Las Vegas	PCAA		5	5	1	-10.53	-0.44	-10.97	16.45	17.02
94	Tulane	Ind		1	10	0	-4.74	-6.91	-11.65	22.86	23.99
95	Louisiana	Ind		4	7	0	-6.30	-6.41	-12.71	20.38	24.90
96	Indiana State	MVC		4	6	0	-2.31	-10.58	-12.89	24.06	25.64
97	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA		6	5	0	-5.17	-8.36	-13.53	20.17	24.08
98	Northern Illinois	MAC		4	7	0	-8.37	-5.50	-13.88	19.02	21.71
99	Utah State	PCAA		3	8	0	-8.02	-6.24	-14.26	18.98	23.76
100	Toledo	MAC		4	7	0	-12.59	-1.74	-14.33	13.72	17.56
				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	Kansas State	Big 8		1	10	0	-11.25	-3.60	-14.84	15.24	21.02
102	Kent State	MAC		3	8	0	-6.82	-8.39	-15.22	21.07	25.51
103	UTEP	WAC		1	10	0	-6.16	-9.36	-15.53	22.41	25.60
104	Ball State	MAC		4	7	0	-7.48	-8.35	-15.83	19.57	25.51
105	San Jose State	PCAA		2	8	1	-6.86	-9.29	-16.16	21.66	26.72
106	Louisville	Ind		2	9	0	-2.91	-13.33	-16.24	24.96	32.89
107	Wichita State	MVC		3	8	0	-7.50	-9.12	-16.62	18.44	26.49
108	Eastern Michigan	MAC		4	7	0	-8.12	-8.59	-16.71	17.87	24.09
109	Ohio	MAC		2	9	0	-8.70	-12.28	-20.98	18.22	28.59
110	New Mexico State	PCAA		1	10	0	-9.46	-12.67	-22.12	17.74	29.99