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1987 College Football Standings

1986 CFB Standings 1988 CFB Standings

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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104 Schools

104 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	10	2	0	.833	6	1	0	.857	27.8	14.7	13.71	2.30	9	7	12
2	Virginia	ACC	8	4	0	.667	5	2	0	.714	24.3	23.0	6.19	2.60
3	Wake Forest	ACC	7	4	0	.636	4	3	0	.571	18.3	16.8	2.49	-0.14
4	North Carolina State	ACC	4	7	0	.364	4	3	0	.571	19.3	27.5	-2.46	2.81
5	Maryland	ACC	4	7	0	.364	3	3	0	.500	17.6	27.4	-0.14	7.22
6	North Carolina	ACC	5	6	0	.455	3	4	0	.429	19.5	18.8	3.44	3.44
7	Duke	ACC	5	6	0	.455	2	5	0	.286	27.4	22.1	1.91	-0.46
8	Georgia Tech	ACC	2	9	0	.182	0	6	0	.000	18.1	25.0	-4.69	3.68
			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
9	Oklahoma	Big 8	11	1	0	.917	7	0	0	1.000	41.1	8.5	18.60	0.68	1	1	3
10	Nebraska	Big 8	10	2	0	.833	6	1	0	.857	37.6	13.7	19.18	5.09	2	1	6
11	Oklahoma State	Big 8	10	2	0	.833	5	2	0	.714	34.1	20.2	11.50	0.67		11	11
12	Colorado	Big 8	7	4	0	.636	4	3	0	.571	24.4	16.4	6.55	1.18
13	Missouri	Big 8	5	6	0	.455	3	4	0	.429	20.5	19.0	4.47	2.83
14	Iowa State	Big 8	3	8	0	.273	2	5	0	.286	17.7	37.9	-9.63	3.37
15	Kansas	Big 8	1	9	1	.136	0	6	1	.071	12.3	36.2	-13.22	1.33
16	Kansas State	Big 8	0	10	1	.045	0	6	1	.071	12.3	38.3	-16.16	1.47
			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
17	Michigan State	Big Ten	9	2	1	.792	7	0	1	.938	21.8	12.8	14.31	6.98		8	8
18	Iowa	Big Ten	10	3	0	.769	6	2	0	.750	29.2	19.2	11.16	1.78	16	16	16
19	Indiana	Big Ten	8	4	0	.667	6	2	0	.750	23.6	19.8	8.24	3.57		11
20	Michigan	Big Ten	8	4	0	.667	5	3	0	.625	27.6	14.3	11.90	3.32	7	7	19
21	Ohio State	Big Ten	6	4	1	.591	4	4	0	.500	20.4	16.5	8.83	5.74	4	4
22	Minnesota	Big Ten	6	5	0	.545	3	5	0	.375	23.4	23.8	0.26	-0.38
23	Purdue	Big Ten	3	7	1	.318	3	5	0	.375	17.9	25.9	-4.41	3.50
24	Illinois	Big Ten	3	7	1	.318	2	5	1	.313	13.9	18.9	-2.07	3.20
25	Northwestern	Big Ten	2	8	1	.227	2	6	0	.250	16.9	29.8	-8.31	2.69
26	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3	8	0	.273	1	7	0	.125	18.4	27.2	-6.30	0.34
			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	Miami (FL)	Ind	12	0	0	1.000					34.3	10.4	22.73	4.98	10	1	1
28	Syracuse	Ind	11	0	1	.958					31.6	14.1	16.47	0.88		4	4
29	Florida State	Ind	11	1	0	.917					40.1	13.6	23.50	5.00	8	2	2
30	Notre Dame	Ind	8	4	0	.667					28.3	18.2	15.25	7.75	18	4	17
31	Penn State	Ind	8	4	0	.667					23.8	20.3	7.26	4.09	11	10
32	Pitt	Ind	8	4	0	.667					19.2	12.2	8.11	2.19		16
33	South Carolina	Ind	8	4	0	.667					28.4	11.8	16.38	5.05		8	15
34	Louisiana	Ind	6	5	0	.545					17.4	22.9	-6.50	-3.14
35	Rutgers	Ind	6	5	0	.545					15.3	19.4	-0.25	2.57
36	Southern Mississippi	Ind	6	5	0	.545					24.5	26.9	-1.59	-0.13
37	Memphis	Ind	5	5	1	.500					20.0	19.1	-1.67	-1.30
38	Northern Illinois	Ind	5	5	1	.500					27.7	23.8	-9.89	-11.80
39	Tulane	Ind	6	6	0	.500					30.8	31.3	2.44	0.94
40	West Virginia	Ind	6	6	0	.500					27.5	17.7	7.73	1.98
41	Army	Ind	5	6	0	.455					25.2	20.3	-5.89	-7.98
42	Boston College	Ind	5	6	0	.455					22.2	25.5	4.15	6.24
43	East Carolina	Ind	5	6	0	.455					20.8	30.0	-1.44	2.75
44	Akron	Ind	4	7	0	.364					18.5	24.8	-17.13	-11.03
45	Cincinnati	Ind	4	7	0	.364					21.3	28.5	-7.96	-2.69
46	Louisville	Ind	3	7	1	.318					19.5	31.6	-10.60	-3.24
47	Temple	Ind	3	8	0	.273					14.0	22.8	-8.92	-1.65				record adjusted to 4-7-0 by NCAA
48	Tulsa	Ind	3	8	0	.273					15.9	33.7	-11.48	-0.94
49	Navy	Ind	2	9	0	.182					14.5	28.8	-13.99	-1.81
50	Virginia Tech	Ind	2	9	0	.182					18.5	27.3	-2.12	6.16
			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	Eastern Michigan	MAC	10	2	0	.833	7	1	0	.875	28.6	19.8	-1.84	-11.09
52	Kent State	MAC	7	4	0	.636	5	3	0	.625	21.2	19.3	-8.15	-10.24
53	Bowling Green	MAC	5	6	0	.455	5	3	0	.625	19.5	22.6	-9.85	-8.40
54	Miami (OH)	MAC	5	6	0	.455	5	3	0	.625	16.4	21.4	-7.86	-5.40
55	Western Michigan	MAC	5	6	0	.455	4	4	0	.500	19.8	21.8	-13.80	-11.52
56	Central Michigan	MAC	5	5	1	.500	3	4	1	.438	20.2	18.5	-9.31	-10.50
57	Toledo	MAC	3	7	1	.318	3	4	1	.438	15.0	22.3	-13.47	-7.38
58	Ball State	MAC	4	7	0	.364	3	5	0	.375	20.5	23.2	-13.56	-10.56
59	Ohio	MAC	1	10	0	.091	0	8	0	.000	11.5	24.6	-20.70	-7.24
			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	UCLA	Pac-10	10	2	0	.833	7	1	0	.875	35.5	16.3	19.17	5.00	3	3	9
61	USC	Pac-10	8	4	0	.667	7	1	0	.875	26.8	19.1	12.96	6.63	19	16	18
62	Washington	Pac-10	7	4	1	.625	4	3	1	.563	24.6	21.2	7.72	3.89	13	10
63	Arizona State	Pac-10	7	4	1	.625	3	3	1	.500	27.8	21.9	8.68	3.18	14	12	20
64	Oregon	Pac-10	6	5	0	.545	4	4	0	.500	20.9	20.7	4.30	5.12		16
65	Stanford	Pac-10	5	6	0	.455	4	4	0	.500	23.8	24.4	4.90	4.36
66	Arizona	Pac-10	4	4	3	.500	2	3	3	.438	23.9	20.0	4.07	2.43
67	California	Pac-10	3	6	2	.364	2	3	2	.429	21.7	24.3	1.10	5.56
68	Washington State	Pac-10	3	7	1	.318	1	5	1	.214	21.6	32.4	-1.56	6.17
69	Oregon State	Pac-10	2	9	0	.182	0	7	0	.000	17.2	39.4	-8.15	6.40
			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	34.8	18.6	5.67	-7.50
71	Fresno State	PCAA	6	5	0	.545	4	3	0	.571	23.6	16.3	-1.98	-6.88
72	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	6	6	0	.500	4	3	0	.571	21.9	29.3	-5.94	-5.02
73	Nevada-Las Vegas	PCAA	5	6	0	.455	4	3	0	.571	22.2	26.4	-10.73	-8.00
74	Utah State	PCAA	5	6	0	.455	4	3	0	.571	18.6	27.8	-8.70	-3.43
75	Pacific	PCAA	4	7	0	.364	3	4	0	.429	15.8	22.9	-9.98	-4.80
76	Long Beach State	PCAA	4	7	0	.364	2	5	0	.286	21.0	26.1	-10.78	-6.96
77	New Mexico State	PCAA	2	9	0	.182	0	7	0	.000	11.0	29.8	-22.85	-8.40
			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	Auburn	SEC	9	1	2	.833	5	0	1	.917	26.2	11.0	18.25	6.50	5	3	7
79	LSU	SEC	10	1	1	.875	5	1	0	.833	30.4	15.3	18.03	5.03	6	4	5
80	Tennessee	SEC	10	2	1	.808	4	1	1	.750	32.5	18.9	12.66	2.20	17	8	14
81	Georgia	SEC	9	3	0	.750	4	2	0	.667	25.9	17.0	14.29	6.71	20	8	13
82	Alabama	SEC	7	5	0	.583	4	2	0	.667	22.3	17.8	10.80	6.88		11
83	Florida	SEC	6	6	0	.500	3	3	0	.500	24.9	14.8	11.14	8.64	20	10
84	Kentucky	SEC	5	6	0	.455	1	5	0	.167	23.5	17.0	5.45	2.63
85	Mississippi State	SEC	4	7	0	.364	1	5	0	.167	15.4	23.5	-2.20	4.08
86	Vanderbilt	SEC	4	7	0	.364	1	5	0	.167	26.0	32.3	0.00	5.46
87	Ole Miss	SEC	3	8	0	.273	1	5	0	.167	20.3	28.1	-3.69	3.22
			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	10	2	0	.833	6	1	0	.857	26.1	14.0	14.25	2.59	15	10	10
89	Arkansas	SWC	9	4	0	.692	5	2	0	.714	23.1	16.8	7.87	0.79	12	10
90	Texas	SWC	7	5	0	.583	5	2	0	.714	27.9	27.0	5.78	4.61
91	Texas Tech	SWC	6	4	1	.591	3	3	1	.500	28.6	24.2	2.29	0.57
92	Baylor	SWC	6	5	0	.545	3	4	0	.429	20.1	20.7	-2.03	-1.22
93	Texas Christian	SWC	5	6	0	.455	3	4	0	.429	23.7	20.5	3.28	1.37
94	Houston	SWC	4	6	1	.409	2	4	1	.357	25.8	26.5	0.84	1.38
95	Rice	SWC	2	9	0	.182	0	7	0	.000	21.5	38.8	-11.41	2.59
			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
96	Wyoming	WAC	10	3	0	.769	8	0	0	1.000	32.8	20.8	7.62	-2.07
97	BYU	WAC	9	4	0	.692	7	1	0	.875	26.9	22.5	3.43	-1.57
98	Air Force	WAC	9	4	0	.692	6	2	0	.750	31.2	20.7	4.91	-2.25
99	UTEP	WAC	7	4	0	.636	5	3	0	.625	28.1	21.3	-0.57	-5.48
100	San Diego State	WAC	5	7	0	.417	4	4	0	.500	29.8	35.7	-3.93	-0.84
101	Hawaii	WAC	5	7	0	.417	3	5	0	.375	28.1	24.9	-5.15	-3.82
102	Utah	WAC	5	7	0	.417	2	6	0	.250	26.8	30.2	-9.20	-5.62
103	Colorado State	WAC	1	11	0	.083	1	7	0	.125	20.4	30.8	-9.36	-0.61
104	New Mexico	WAC	0	11	0	.000	0	8	0	.000	19.0	40.4	-19.38	-2.11