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1986 College Football School Ratings

1985 CFB School Ratings 1987 CFB School Ratings

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

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Vinny Testaverde (Miami (FL))

FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Joe Paterno (Penn State)

AP Preseason #1: Oklahoma

AP Final #1: Penn State

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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.

105 Schools

105 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	Oklahoma	Big 8	3	11	1	0	7.19	16.19	23.38	54.96	-5.14
2	Penn State	Ind	1	12	0	0	7.72	14.44	22.16	41.01	-3.01
3	Miami (FL)	Ind	2	11	1	0	11.00	10.63	21.64	48.22	-0.78
4	UCLA	Pac-10	14	8	3	1	11.90	7.26	19.16	48.22	3.59
5	Arizona State	Pac-10	4	10	1	1	5.76	12.47	18.23	43.26	-1.53
6	Nebraska	Big 8	5	10	2	0	10.06	7.99	18.05	48.98	1.90
7	Washington	Pac-10	18	8	3	1	10.45	7.38	17.83	47.36	3.66
8	Michigan	Big Ten	8	11	2	0	10.05	7.67	17.71	43.23	2.77
9	Alabama	SEC	9	10	3	0	6.17	11.07	17.24	41.06	-0.40
10	Arizona	Pac-10	11	9	3	0	10.64	6.57	17.21	43.82	4.69
11	Auburn	SEC	6	10	2	0	4.42	11.28	15.70	42.30	0.28
12	Ohio State	Big Ten	7	10	3	0	3.90	11.15	15.04	38.84	0.09
13	LSU	SEC	10	9	3	0	4.86	9.38	14.24	38.64	1.66
14	Stanford	Pac-10		8	4	0	3.99	10.15	14.14	37.17	1.28
15	USC	Pac-10		7	5	0	5.71	6.74	12.45	37.78	2.92
16	Notre Dame	Ind		5	6	0	9.03	2.41	11.44	42.68	6.78
17	Florida State	Ind		7	4	1	6.48	4.63	11.10	44.06	6.37
18	Clemson	ACC	17	8	2	2	2.43	7.71	10.14	35.18	4.47
19	Georgia	SEC		8	4	0	7.17	2.45	9.62	38.70	8.35
20	Arkansas	SWC	15	9	3	0	2.44	7.04	9.48	35.33	5.15
				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	Florida	SEC		6	5	0	1.61	7.76	9.37	34.32	3.00
22	Iowa	Big Ten	16	9	3	0	5.61	3.70	9.31	42.72	7.62
23	Texas A&M	SWC	13	9	3	0	5.67	3.16	8.84	41.00	9.31
24	Boston College	Ind	19	9	3	0	6.44	2.19	8.63	38.30	9.31
25	San Jose State	PCAA		10	2	0	7.75	0.84	8.60	39.77	12.17
26	Baylor	SWC	12	9	3	0	5.15	3.39	8.54	36.77	8.28
27	Michigan State	Big Ten		6	5	0	3.88	3.79	7.67	38.14	6.09
28	Pitt	Ind		5	5	1	1.67	5.42	7.09	35.44	5.51
29	Colorado	Big 8		6	6	0	-0.27	6.40	6.13	32.87	3.09
30	Temple	Ind		6	5	0	8.69	-2.79	5.90	40.82	15.13
31	North Carolina State	ACC		8	3	1	6.22	-0.42	5.80	37.24	12.93
32	Maryland	ACC		5	5	1	2.26	3.53	5.79	34.58	7.45
33	Ole Miss	SEC		8	3	1	-1.40	6.64	5.23	28.60	5.85
34	BYU	WAC		8	5	0	-0.05	5.10	5.05	32.74	7.25
35	Rutgers	Ind		5	5	1	-1.87	6.85	4.98	30.99	5.33
36	North Carolina	ACC		7	4	1	5.18	-0.48	4.70	36.23	12.19
37	South Carolina	Ind		3	6	2	6.82	-2.36	4.46	40.21	12.32
38	Virginia Tech	Ind	20	9	2	1	-0.46	4.90	4.44	30.58	7.53
39	Oregon	Pac-10		5	6	0	5.92	-1.81	4.11	38.14	14.99
40	Indiana	Big Ten		6	6	0	2.45	1.36	3.81	33.27	8.09
				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	San Diego State	WAC		8	4	0	3.21	0.58	3.79	33.90	11.53
42	Texas Tech	SWC		7	5	0	0.22	3.35	3.57	32.24	12.53
43	Minnesota	Big Ten		6	6	0	3.24	0.28	3.52	35.31	14.19
44	Fresno State	PCAA		9	2	0	-0.63	3.93	3.30	31.86	9.57
45	Washington State	Pac-10		3	7	1	3.01	0.08	3.09	35.25	12.63
46	Texas	SWC		5	6	0	2.16	0.68	2.84	31.94	10.31
47	Georgia Tech	ACC		5	5	1	0.30	2.41	2.70	34.99	8.99
48	Tennessee	SEC		7	5	0	2.03	0.45	2.48	33.73	10.94
49	Kentucky	SEC		5	5	1	-0.68	2.72	2.04	31.91	9.77
50	SMU	SWC		6	5	0	1.32	0.41	1.73	33.76	13.69
51	Colorado State	WAC		6	5	0	1.20	0.29	1.49	32.51	11.78
52	Syracuse	Ind		5	6	0	1.51	-0.23	1.28	32.58	13.08
53	Iowa State	Big 8		6	5	0	0.20	0.68	0.88	33.69	12.07
54	Wyoming	WAC		6	6	0	1.54	-0.82	0.71	32.89	13.21
55	Hawaii	WAC		7	5	0	-3.22	3.76	0.53	27.66	9.49
56	Illinois	Big Ten		4	7	0	-0.89	1.26	0.37	31.53	14.00
57	Tulsa	Ind		7	4	0	-1.74	1.87	0.13	32.68	10.54
58	Wake Forest	ACC		5	6	0	5.16	-5.92	-0.76	37.90	17.56
59	Air Force	WAC		6	5	0	-3.90	3.01	-0.88	27.27	9.54
60	Oregon State	Pac-10		3	8	0	-4.84	3.70	-1.14	26.86	9.96
				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	West Virginia	Ind		4	7	0	0.03	-1.38	-1.35	31.98	15.55
62	Oklahoma State	Big 8		6	5	0	-3.04	1.63	-1.41	26.75	8.36
63	Miami (OH)	MAC		8	4	0	0.18	-1.98	-1.80	31.97	16.44
64	Mississippi State	SEC		6	5	0	-1.54	-0.52	-2.06	29.84	16.02
65	California	Pac-10		2	9	0	-3.33	0.90	-2.43	29.02	12.55
66	Wisconsin	Big Ten		3	9	0	-3.08	0.25	-2.83	28.61	11.14
67	Cincinnati	Ind		5	6	0	4.91	-7.81	-2.90	36.04	21.50
68	Northwestern	Big Ten		4	7	0	-2.30	-1.59	-3.89	29.89	12.85
69	Army	Ind		6	5	0	1.80	-5.81	-4.01	32.43	19.41
70	Nevada-Las Vegas	PCAA		6	5	0	-0.20	-3.93	-4.13	30.67	16.89
71	Southern Mississippi	Ind		6	5	0	-3.99	-1.14	-5.13	25.90	14.82
72	Long Beach State	PCAA		6	5	0	-1.39	-4.24	-5.63	28.44	16.97
73	New Mexico	WAC		4	8	0	2.68	-8.39	-5.71	32.95	20.17
74	Missouri	Big 8		3	8	0	-3.17	-2.76	-5.93	30.50	19.07
75	Louisiana	Ind		6	5	0	-2.87	-3.42	-6.29	27.03	15.68
76	Purdue	Big Ten		3	8	0	-3.10	-3.73	-6.83	28.36	17.61
77	UTEP	WAC		4	8	0	1.32	-8.37	-7.05	32.79	23.66
78	Duke	ACC		4	7	0	-5.06	-2.03	-7.09	26.71	15.44
79	Pacific	PCAA		4	7	0	-0.64	-6.99	-7.63	29.16	18.90
80	Virginia	ACC		3	8	0	-3.45	-4.95	-8.39	27.62	18.05
				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	Utah	WAC		2	9	0	5.45	-14.10	-8.65	36.92	31.13
82	East Carolina	Ind		2	9	0	-3.31	-5.48	-8.79	28.04	19.92
83	Texas Christian	SWC		3	8	0	0.93	-9.86	-8.93	31.37	26.44
84	Toledo	MAC		7	4	0	-6.18	-2.93	-9.11	21.66	16.20
85	Houston	SWC		1	10	0	-9.17	-0.22	-9.39	21.99	13.15
86	Tulane	Ind		4	7	0	1.32	-11.07	-9.75	31.33	23.70
87	Rice	SWC		4	7	0	-4.26	-5.98	-10.24	25.41	22.00
88	Kansas	Big 8		3	8	0	-9.99	-0.66	-10.65	20.68	20.84
89	Vanderbilt	SEC		1	10	0	-1.71	-9.56	-11.26	30.26	21.80
90	Louisville	Ind		3	8	0	-8.47	-2.95	-11.41	24.22	19.03
91	Navy	Ind		3	8	0	-6.03	-5.75	-11.78	28.67	21.19
92	Ball State	MAC		6	5	0	-9.84	-2.40	-12.24	19.17	18.03
93	Utah State	PCAA		3	8	0	-13.69	1.31	-12.38	15.81	14.64
94	Central Michigan	MAC		5	5	0	-1.20	-11.56	-12.76	28.77	28.37
95	Bowling Green	MAC		5	6	0	-12.39	-0.61	-13.00	16.45	16.81
96	Kansas State	Big 8		2	9	0	-9.08	-4.05	-13.12	21.62	21.32
97	Wichita State	Ind		3	8	0	-8.15	-4.97	-13.12	25.27	21.79
98	Eastern Michigan	MAC		6	5	0	-6.30	-6.93	-13.23	21.10	21.18
99	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA		3	9	0	-3.48	-10.04	-13.53	26.93	24.96
100	Western Michigan	MAC		3	8	0	-10.25	-4.23	-14.48	20.15	19.87
				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	Kent State	MAC		5	6	0	-7.39	-8.28	-15.67	20.45	24.41
102	Northern Illinois	Ind		2	9	0	-10.80	-5.81	-16.62	19.76	22.93
103	Memphis	Ind		1	10	0	-14.03	-4.55	-18.58	16.55	19.38
104	New Mexico State	PCAA		1	10	0	-7.39	-13.55	-20.95	22.88	30.76
105	Ohio	MAC		1	10	0	-8.75	-15.68	-24.43	20.17	29.91