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1986 College Football Standings

1985 CFB Standings 1987 CFB Standings

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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105 Schools

105 Schools Table
			Overall				Conference				Points Per Game		SRS		Polls
Rk	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
1	Clemson	ACC	8	2	2	.750	5	1	1	.786	24.7	15.6	10.14	1.72		15	17
2	North Carolina State	ACC	8	3	1	.708	5	2	0	.714	27.3	22.8	5.80	-0.04		15
3	North Carolina	ACC	7	4	1	.625	5	2	0	.714	25.4	23.3	4.70	2.11		18
4	Georgia Tech	ACC	5	5	1	.500	3	3	0	.500	25.6	19.2	2.70	0.25
5	Maryland	ACC	5	5	1	.500	2	3	1	.417	23.8	19.2	5.79	2.70		13
6	Wake Forest	ACC	5	6	0	.455	2	5	0	.286	29.5	26.8	-0.76	-1.40
7	Duke	ACC	4	7	0	.364	2	5	0	.286	18.2	25.8	-7.09	-0.91
8	Virginia	ACC	3	8	0	.273	2	5	0	.286	18.0	28.6	-8.39	0.33
			Overall				Conference				Points Per Game		SRS		Polls
Rk	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
9	Oklahoma	Big 8	11	1	0	.917	7	0	0	1.000	42.3	6.8	23.38	4.21	1	1	3
10	Colorado	Big 8	6	6	0	.500	6	1	0	.857	20.2	16.1	6.13	4.80
11	Nebraska	Big 8	10	2	0	.833	5	2	0	.714	37.2	13.8	18.05	2.80	8	3	5
12	Oklahoma State	Big 8	6	5	0	.545	4	3	0	.571	16.5	17.4	-1.41	-1.05
13	Iowa State	Big 8	6	5	0	.545	3	4	0	.429	23.4	22.2	0.88	-0.13
14	Missouri	Big 8	3	8	0	.273	2	5	0	.286	17.8	28.5	-5.93	1.71
15	Kansas State	Big 8	2	9	0	.182	1	6	0	.143	12.2	31.2	-13.12	-0.40
16	Kansas	Big 8	3	8	0	.273	0	7	0	.000	10.2	29.7	-10.65	-0.83
			Overall				Conference				Points Per Game		SRS		Polls
Rk	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
17	Michigan	Big Ten	11	2	0	.846	7	1	0	.875	29.2	15.6	17.71	5.40	2	2	8
18	Ohio State	Big Ten	10	3	0	.769	7	1	0	.875	26.7	13.8	15.04	4.81	9	7	7
19	Iowa	Big Ten	9	3	0	.750	5	3	0	.625	32.6	17.8	9.31	0.98		8	16
20	Minnesota	Big Ten	6	6	0	.500	5	3	0	.625	21.8	26.3	3.52	3.77
21	Michigan State	Big Ten	6	5	0	.545	4	4	0	.500	25.9	17.9	7.67	3.31	20	17
22	Indiana	Big Ten	6	6	0	.500	3	5	0	.375	22.8	18.9	3.81	1.06
23	Illinois	Big Ten	4	7	0	.364	3	5	0	.375	17.2	27.2	0.37	5.37
24	Northwestern	Big Ten	4	7	0	.364	2	6	0	.250	19.7	22.8	-3.89	0.39
25	Purdue	Big Ten	3	8	0	.273	2	6	0	.250	14.5	30.5	-6.83	5.44
26	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3	9	0	.250	2	6	0	.250	16.8	22.2	-2.83	2.84
			Overall				Conference				Points Per Game		SRS		Polls
Rk	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
27	Penn State	Ind	12	0	0	1.000					28.3	11.1	22.16	5.91	6	1	1
28	Miami (FL)	Ind	11	1	0	.917					35.8	12.5	21.64	4.30	3	1	2
29	Virginia Tech	Ind	9	2	1	.792					23.8	17.3	4.44	-1.98		20	20	record adjusted to 10-1-1 by NCAA
30	Boston College	Ind	9	3	0	.750					28.2	19.4	8.63	1.46		19	19
31	Tulsa	Ind	7	4	0	.636					26.6	16.9	0.13	-5.50
32	Florida State	Ind	7	4	1	.625					32.8	18.2	11.10	2.60	11	11
33	Army	Ind	6	5	0	.545					25.1	26.5	-4.01	-4.01
34	Louisiana	Ind	6	5	0	.545					22.0	18.5	-6.29	-8.84
35	Southern Mississippi	Ind	6	5	0	.545					18.0	22.9	-5.13	-2.94
36	Temple	Ind	6	5	0	.545					28.0	24.6	5.90	2.99				record adjusted to 0-11-0 by NCAA
37	Pitt	Ind	5	5	1	.500					23.0	19.0	7.09	5.37				record adjusted to 6-4-1 by NCAA
38	Rutgers	Ind	5	5	1	.500					20.1	17.2	4.98	3.35				record adjusted to 6-4-1 by NCAA
39	Cincinnati	Ind	5	6	0	.455					24.3	31.4	-2.90	1.92
40	Notre Dame	Ind	5	6	0	.455					27.2	19.9	11.44	7.35		20
41	Syracuse	Ind	5	6	0	.455					21.9	24.2	1.28	2.55
42	South Carolina	Ind	3	6	2	.364					28.5	26.0	4.46	4.37
43	Tulane	Ind	4	7	0	.364					24.1	30.4	-9.75	-4.20
44	West Virginia	Ind	4	7	0	.364					19.1	26.0	-1.35	3.56
45	Louisville	Ind	3	8	0	.273					16.3	27.5	-11.41	-2.14
46	Navy	Ind	3	8	0	.273					21.6	27.8	-11.78	-4.42
47	Wichita State	Ind	3	8	0	.273					19.0	29.5	-13.12	-4.58
48	East Carolina	Ind	2	9	0	.182					17.0	33.1	-8.79	4.12				record adjusted to 3-8-0 by NCAA
49	Northern Illinois	Ind	2	9	0	.182					13.1	28.0	-16.62	-5.62
50	Memphis	Ind	1	10	0	.091					9.5	26.5	-18.58	-3.76
			Overall				Conference				Points Per Game		SRS		Polls
Rk	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
51	Miami (OH)	MAC	8	4	0	.667	6	2	0	.750	28.8	19.0	-1.80	-9.30
52	Toledo	MAC	7	4	0	.636	5	3	0	.625	19.6	17.9	-9.11	-11.48
53	Bowling Green	MAC	5	6	0	.455	5	3	0	.625	13.5	20.2	-13.00	-9.00
54	Kent State	MAC	5	6	0	.455	5	3	0	.625	16.3	26.2	-15.67	-9.49
55	Ball State	MAC	6	5	0	.545	4	4	0	.500	18.1	18.3	-12.24	-12.97
56	Eastern Michigan	MAC	6	5	0	.545	4	4	0	.500	20.2	20.7	-13.23	-13.60
57	Central Michigan	MAC	5	5	0	.500	4	4	0	.500	25.8	28.4	-12.76	-11.86
58	Western Michigan	MAC	3	8	0	.273	3	5	0	.375	16.6	23.4	-14.48	-8.57				record adjusted to 4-7-0 by NCAA
59	Ohio	MAC	1	10	0	.091	0	8	0	.000	17.8	29.9	-24.43	-11.88
			Overall				Conference				Points Per Game		SRS		Polls
Rk	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
60	Arizona State	Pac-10	10	1	1	.875	5	1	1	.786	31.6	13.9	18.23	6.40		4	4
61	UCLA	Pac-10	8	3	1	.708	5	2	1	.688	32.1	18.5	19.16	8.83	4	4	14
62	Washington	Pac-10	8	3	1	.708	5	2	1	.688	31.5	16.4	17.83	7.66	16	6	18
63	Arizona	Pac-10	9	3	0	.750	5	3	0	.625	29.3	17.0	17.21	5.88		10	11
64	Stanford	Pac-10	8	4	0	.667	5	3	0	.625	23.3	15.9	14.14	7.97		16
65	USC	Pac-10	7	5	0	.583	5	3	0	.625	22.0	19.9	12.45	10.62		9
66	Oregon	Pac-10	5	6	0	.455	3	5	0	.375	21.4	30.7	4.11	10.20
67	Washington State	Pac-10	3	7	1	.318	2	6	1	.278	20.1	28.4	3.09	9.46
68	California	Pac-10	2	9	0	.182	2	7	0	.222	13.2	29.5	-2.43	11.12
69	Oregon State	Pac-10	3	8	0	.273	1	6	0	.143	13.0	24.5	-1.14	7.68
			Overall				Conference				Points Per Game		SRS		Polls
Rk	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
70	San Jose State	PCAA	10	2	0	.833	7	0	0	1.000	33.1	19.3	8.60	-3.65
71	Fresno State	PCAA	9	2	0	.818	6	1	0	.857	27.5	13.6	3.30	-7.79		19
72	Long Beach State	PCAA	6	5	0	.545	4	3	0	.571	22.7	23.6	-5.63	-4.82
73	Nevada-Las Vegas	PCAA	6	5	0	.545	3	4	0	.429	26.0	21.9	-4.13	-7.04
74	Utah State	PCAA	3	8	0	.273	3	4	0	.429	12.2	22.1	-12.38	-5.47
75	Pacific	PCAA	4	7	0	.364	2	5	0	.286	24.6	24.5	-7.63	-6.36
76	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	3	9	0	.250	2	5	0	.286	21.7	29.6	-13.53	-6.86
77	New Mexico State	PCAA	1	10	0	.091	1	6	0	.143	17.2	37.8	-20.95	-4.49
			Overall				Conference				Points Per Game		SRS		Polls
Rk	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
78	LSU	SEC	9	3	0	.750	5	1	0	.833	25.5	15.4	14.24	6.08	15	5	10
79	Auburn	SEC	10	2	0	.833	4	2	0	.667	32.9	10.2	15.70	-0.05	14	5	6
80	Alabama	SEC	10	3	0	.769	4	2	0	.667	27.0	12.5	17.24	5.93	5	2	9
81	Ole Miss	SEC	8	3	1	.708	4	2	0	.667	20.0	13.9	5.23	-1.77		20
82	Georgia	SEC	8	4	0	.667	4	2	0	.667	25.8	19.4	9.62	3.29	16	14
83	Tennessee	SEC	7	5	0	.583	3	3	0	.500	24.4	20.8	2.48	-0.19	10	8
84	Florida	SEC	6	5	0	.545	2	4	0	.333	20.3	15.7	9.37	5.83	13	13
85	Mississippi State	SEC	6	5	0	.545	2	4	0	.333	17.7	25.0	-2.06	1.58		13
86	Kentucky	SEC	5	5	1	.500	2	4	0	.333	20.7	18.8	2.04	1.40
87	Vanderbilt	SEC	1	10	0	.091	0	6	0	.000	17.5	31.5	-11.26	2.47
			Overall				Conference				Points Per Game		SRS		Polls
Rk	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
88	Texas A&M	SWC	9	3	0	.750	7	1	0	.875	31.0	17.9	8.84	0.59	7	7	13
89	Arkansas	SWC	9	3	0	.750	6	2	0	.750	25.9	15.3	9.48	0.40	19	8	15
90	Baylor	SWC	9	3	0	.750	6	2	0	.750	27.1	17.3	8.54	0.21	12	9	12
91	Texas Tech	SWC	7	5	0	.583	5	3	0	.625	22.6	22.3	3.57	0.91
92	SMU	SWC	6	5	0	.545	5	3	0	.625	22.3	25.6	1.73	3.91		18
93	Texas	SWC	5	6	0	.455	4	4	0	.500	20.8	22.3	2.84	3.20
94	Rice	SWC	4	7	0	.364	2	6	0	.250	16.8	30.0	-10.24	-1.24
95	Texas Christian	SWC	3	8	0	.273	1	7	0	.125	23.5	34.2	-8.93	-2.02
96	Houston	SWC	1	10	0	.091	0	8	0	.000	11.4	24.3	-9.39	2.89
			Overall				Conference				Points Per Game		SRS		Polls
Rk	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
97	San Diego State	WAC	8	4	0	.667	7	1	0	.875	24.3	23.3	3.79	1.87
98	BYU	WAC	8	5	0	.615	6	2	0	.750	23.8	18.2	5.05	1.05	18	11
99	Air Force	WAC	6	5	0	.545	5	2	0	.714	20.8	19.5	-0.88	-1.70
100	Hawaii	WAC	7	5	0	.583	4	4	0	.500	19.8	19.6	0.53	-0.55
101	Colorado State	WAC	6	5	0	.545	4	4	0	.500	24.2	21.5	1.49	-0.33
102	Wyoming	WAC	6	6	0	.500	4	4	0	.500	24.9	22.7	0.71	-1.04
103	New Mexico	WAC	4	8	0	.333	2	5	0	.286	26.4	28.2	-5.71	-3.12
104	UTEP	WAC	4	8	0	.333	2	6	0	.250	25.8	32.6	-7.05	-2.30
105	Utah	WAC	2	9	0	.182	1	7	0	.125	25.3	40.4	-8.65	1.71