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1987 College Football School Ratings

1986 CFB School Ratings 1988 CFB School Ratings

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

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Tim Brown (Notre Dame)

FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Dick MacPherson (Syracuse)

AP Preseason #1: Oklahoma

AP Final #1: Miami (FL)

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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.

104 Schools

104 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 State	Ind	2	11	1	0	13.89	9.61	23.50	53.05	0.60
2	Miami (FL)	Ind	1	12	0	0	9.98	12.75	22.73	48.24	-2.22
3	Nebraska	Big 8	6	10	2	0	8.74	10.43	19.18	49.57	0.16
4	UCLA	Pac-10	9	10	2	0	11.15	8.01	19.17	47.94	3.36
5	Oklahoma	Big 8	3	11	1	0	4.55	14.04	18.60	50.01	-1.97
6	Auburn	SEC	7	9	1	2	3.05	15.20	18.25	39.37	-3.70
7	LSU	SEC	5	10	1	1	9.26	8.77	18.03	43.26	3.01
8	Syracuse	Ind	4	11	0	1	9.75	6.72	16.47	43.87	6.30
9	South Carolina	Ind	15	8	4	0	3.87	12.51	16.38	41.08	-0.78
10	Notre Dame	Ind	17	8	4	0	9.48	5.77	15.25	44.28	5.33
11	Michigan State	Big Ten	8	9	2	1	1.12	13.19	14.31	36.05	-1.01
12	Georgia	SEC	13	9	3	0	7.82	6.48	14.29	40.23	3.47
13	Texas A&M	SWC	10	10	2	0	3.87	10.38	14.25	35.75	2.25
14	Clemson	ACC	12	10	2	0	5.96	7.75	13.71	39.59	4.38
15	USC	Pac-10	18	8	4	0	7.53	5.43	12.96	40.33	5.97
16	Tennessee	SEC	14	10	2	1	8.82	3.84	12.66	43.63	8.04
17	Michigan	Big Ten	19	8	4	0	3.31	8.59	11.90	39.43	3.52
18	Oklahoma State	Big 8	11	10	2	0	8.92	2.58	11.50	43.59	9.88
19	Iowa	Big Ten	16	10	3	0	8.03	3.13	11.16	39.79	9.02
20	Florida	SEC		6	6	0	0.78	10.36	11.14	40.37	0.44
				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	Alabama	SEC		7	5	0	3.85	6.95	10.80	36.97	4.20
22	Ohio State	Big Ten		6	4	1	2.29	6.54	8.83	34.71	4.61
23	Arizona State	Pac-10	20	7	4	1	7.57	1.10	8.68	39.61	10.57
24	Indiana	Big Ten		8	4	0	4.82	3.41	8.24	36.25	8.65
25	Pitt	Ind		8	4	0	-2.75	10.85	8.11	29.65	1.42
26	Arkansas	SWC		9	4	0	0.07	7.80	7.87	31.47	5.42
27	West Virginia	Ind		6	6	0	4.45	3.28	7.73	38.89	7.96
28	Washington	Pac-10		7	4	1	3.60	4.12	7.72	35.19	9.30
29	Wyoming	WAC		10	3	0	5.01	2.61	7.62	37.78	9.83
30	Penn State	Ind		8	4	0	3.86	3.39	7.26	36.84	9.63
31	Colorado	Big 8		7	4	0	0.72	5.83	6.55	33.59	5.05
32	Virginia	ACC		8	4	0	4.70	1.49	6.19	36.62	12.73
33	Texas	SWC		7	5	0	8.35	-2.57	5.78	40.72	15.40
34	San Jose State	PCAA		10	2	0	6.97	-1.30	5.67	38.21	15.09
35	Kentucky	SEC		5	6	0	0.37	5.07	5.45	35.23	5.94
36	Air Force	WAC		9	4	0	2.69	2.22	4.91	37.59	10.62
37	Stanford	Pac-10		5	6	0	1.59	3.32	4.90	34.38	11.37
38	Missouri	Big 8		5	6	0	0.13	4.34	4.47	31.09	6.84
39	Oregon	Pac-10		6	5	0	-1.15	5.44	4.30	31.78	7.17
40	Boston College	Ind		5	6	0	4.76	-0.61	4.15	36.61	13.11
				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	Arizona	Pac-10		4	4	3	0.22	3.85	4.07	32.46	7.76
42	North Carolina	ACC		5	6	0	0.50	2.94	3.44	32.92	7.90
43	BYU	WAC		9	4	0	3.50	-0.07	3.43	33.72	12.64
44	Texas Christian	SWC		5	6	0	0.85	2.43	3.28	32.82	9.79
45	Wake Forest	ACC		7	4	0	-3.08	5.57	2.49	28.13	7.38
46	Tulane	Ind		6	6	0	8.46	-6.02	2.44	40.07	21.02
47	Texas Tech	SWC		6	4	1	2.62	-0.32	2.29	37.25	13.90
48	Duke	ACC		5	6	0	3.61	-1.70	1.91	37.02	13.43
49	California	Pac-10		3	6	2	-0.12	1.22	1.10	33.57	11.05
50	Houston	SWC		4	6	1	3.68	-2.84	0.84	35.62	16.34
51	Minnesota	Big Ten		6	5	0	2.66	-2.40	0.26	33.90	15.62
52	Vanderbilt	SEC		4	7	0	7.14	-7.14	0.00	39.98	20.04
53	Maryland	ACC		4	7	0	-0.34	0.20	-0.14	31.10	12.80
54	Rutgers	Ind		6	5	0	-4.80	4.55	-0.25	26.34	7.74
55	UTEP	WAC		7	4	0	-1.14	0.57	-0.57	32.07	13.30
56	East Carolina	Ind		5	6	0	0.75	-2.19	-1.44	32.72	18.55
57	Washington State	Pac-10		3	7	1	3.49	-5.05	-1.56	36.18	20.46
58	Southern Mississippi	Ind		6	5	0	0.40	-1.98	-1.59	33.79	18.27
59	Memphis	Ind		5	5	1	-4.33	2.66	-1.67	26.74	9.23
60	Eastern Michigan	MAC		10	2	0	2.19	-4.03	-1.84	32.03	18.32
				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	Fresno State	PCAA		6	5	0	-3.76	1.78	-1.98	26.79	11.41
62	Baylor	SWC		6	5	0	-3.12	1.09	-2.03	27.81	12.01
63	Illinois	Big Ten		3	7	1	-5.82	3.74	-2.07	25.90	8.03
64	Virginia Tech	Ind		2	9	0	-0.38	-1.74	-2.12	30.94	13.10
65	Mississippi State	SEC		4	7	0	-3.35	1.16	-2.20	27.88	11.80
66	North Carolina State	ACC		4	7	0	0.44	-2.90	-2.46	31.87	17.58
67	Ole Miss	SEC		3	8	0	-1.93	-1.76	-3.69	31.83	17.04
68	San Diego State	WAC		5	7	0	6.23	-10.16	-3.93	37.68	25.54
69	Purdue	Big Ten		3	7	1	-2.81	-1.60	-4.41	30.02	15.39
70	Georgia Tech	ACC		2	9	0	-4.47	-0.22	-4.69	30.45	13.94
71	Hawaii	WAC		5	7	0	-0.93	-4.23	-5.15	33.08	16.66
72	Army	Ind		5	6	0	-1.80	-4.09	-5.89	30.57	16.98
73	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA		6	6	0	-2.81	-3.12	-5.94	28.15	23.59
74	Wisconsin	Big Ten		3	8	0	-2.89	-3.41	-6.30	29.06	17.79
75	Louisiana	Ind		6	5	0	-7.04	0.53	-6.50	23.90	14.96
76	Miami (OH)	MAC		5	6	0	-7.65	-0.21	-7.86	22.97	15.89
77	Cincinnati	Ind		4	7	0	-2.21	-5.75	-7.96	29.49	21.48
78	Kent State	MAC		7	4	0	-3.28	-4.86	-8.15	25.87	18.48
79	Oregon State	Pac-10		2	9	0	-2.11	-6.03	-8.15	30.03	25.99
80	Northwestern	Big Ten		2	8	1	-3.12	-5.20	-8.31	29.07	19.47
				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 State	PCAA		5	6	0	-4.14	-4.56	-8.70	25.27	21.05
82	Temple	Ind		3	8	0	-7.09	-1.83	-8.92	23.37	15.34
83	Utah	WAC		5	7	0	0.74	-9.95	-9.20	30.99	22.68
84	Central Michigan	MAC		5	5	1	-6.53	-2.78	-9.31	23.35	16.53
85	Colorado State	WAC		1	11	0	-3.63	-5.73	-9.36	28.02	19.93
86	Iowa State	Big 8		3	8	0	-1.83	-7.79	-9.63	28.43	25.19
87	Bowling Green	MAC		5	6	0	-5.35	-4.51	-9.85	25.16	20.04
88	Northern Illinois	Ind		5	5	1	-1.26	-8.63	-9.89	29.17	22.05
89	Pacific	PCAA		4	7	0	-8.36	-1.62	-9.98	20.97	17.40
90	Louisville	Ind		3	7	1	-4.72	-5.88	-10.60	25.53	22.95
91	Nevada-Las Vegas	PCAA		5	6	0	-2.33	-8.39	-10.73	26.30	23.81
92	Long Beach State	PCAA		4	7	0	-5.83	-4.95	-10.78	24.61	21.66
93	Rice	SWC		2	9	0	0.94	-12.34	-11.41	32.49	28.52
94	Tulsa	Ind		3	8	0	-4.81	-6.67	-11.48	26.05	25.27
95	Kansas	Big 8		1	9	1	-7.66	-5.56	-13.22	23.20	25.65
96	Toledo	MAC		3	7	1	-9.83	-3.63	-13.47	20.96	18.52
97	Ball State	MAC		4	7	0	-5.90	-7.66	-13.56	24.26	21.50
98	Western Michigan	MAC		5	6	0	-7.46	-6.34	-13.80	23.08	20.82
99	Navy	Ind		2	9	0	-8.19	-5.80	-13.99	23.59	20.79
100	Kansas State	Big 8		0	10	1	-9.02	-7.15	-16.16	22.11	26.89
				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	Akron	Ind		4	7	0	-8.94	-8.18	-17.13	20.11	22.31
102	New Mexico	WAC		0	11	0	-4.96	-14.42	-19.38	26.52	31.77
103	Ohio	MAC		1	10	0	-13.55	-7.15	-20.70	17.56	20.91
104	New Mexico State	PCAA		2	9	0	-15.35	-7.50	-22.85	13.56	26.07