Final OAF ranking (& ratings) for the 1987 college football season:

Rank Team Name Rating Record AP UPI Bowl Game Results
1 MIAMI (F) 120.6792 12-0 1 1 Beat Oklahoma 20-14
2 FLORIDA STATE 120.3306 11-1 2 2 Beat Nebraska 31-28
3 OKLAHOMA 102.2108 11-1 3 3 Lost to Miami (F)
4 NEBRASKA 99.9802 10-2 6 6 Lost to Florida State
5 SYRACUSE 92.7893 11-0-1 4 4 Tied Auburn 16-16
6 AUBURN 92.0201 9-1-2 7 7 Tied Syracuse
7 TEXAS A+M 84.1539 10-2 10 8 Beat Notre Dame 35-10
8 OKLAHOMA STATE 81.6371 10-2 11 12 Beat West Virginia 35-33
9 MICHIGAN STATE 80.7763 9-2-1 8 8 Beat USC 20-17
10 LSU 79.7152 10-1-1 5 5 Beat South Carolina 30-13
11 SOUTH CAROLINA 78.9459 8-4 15 15 Lost to LSU
12 CLEMSON 78.6580 10-2 12 10 Beat Penn State 35-10
13 GEORGIA 78.4768 9-3 13 14 Beat Arkansas 20-17
14 NOTRE DAME 76.8320 8-4 17 21..28 Lost to Texas A+M
15 PENN STATE 76.6939 8-4 25 21..28 Lost to Clemson
16 UCLA 75.8427 10-2 9 11 Beat Florida 20-16
17 USC 74.8098 8-4 18 17 Lost to Michigan State
18 TENNESSEE 73.1503 10-2-1 14 13 Beat Indiana 27-22
19 FLORIDA 71.9200 6-6 32 NR Lost to UCLA
20 TEXAS 71.0222 7-5 21 19 Beat Pittsburgh 32-27
21 PITTSBURGH 70.2532 8-4 23 21..28 Lost to Texas
22 ALABAMA 70.1346 7-5 27 21..28 Lost to Michigan
23 IOWA 69.5214 10-3 16 16 Beat Wyoming 20-19
24 MICHIGAN 69.4958 8-4 19 18 Beat Alabama 28-24
25 ARKANSAS 68.1105 9-4 29 21..28 Lost to Georgia
26 INDIANA 67.9984 8-4 22 20 Lost to Tennessee
27 WEST VIRGINIA 67.2310 6-6 32 NR Lost to Oklahoma State
28 BOSTON COLLEGE 66.8595        
29 OHIO STATE 66.4274        
30 VIRGINIA 65.5893        
31 TEXAS TECH 64.0245        
32 TCU 63.9490        
33 HOUSTON 63.7142        
34 NORTH CAROLINA STATE 63.5427        
35 WAKE FOREST 61.2704        
36 COLORADO 61.1567        
37 WASHINGTON 60.7530        
38 WYOMING 60.5395        
39 RUTGERS 60.5318        
40 BYU 60.4150        
41 DUKE 60.1916        
42 VANDERBILT 59.7496        
43 ARIZONA STATE 59.7040        
44 NORTH CAROLINA 59.4223        
45 BAYLOR 59.1087        
46 MARYLAND 58.9384        
47 OREGON 58.6590        
48 AIRFORCE 58.3723        
49 KENTUCKY 57.9743        
50 STANFORD 57.8147        
51 ARIZONA 57.7484        
52 MEMPHIS STATE 57.5281        
53 MISSOURI 57.4501        
54 TULANE 57.1319        
55 SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI 56.8270        
56 MISSISSIPPI STATE 55.6064        
57 CALIFORNIA 54.9867        
58 SWLOUISIANA 54.9576        
59 WASHINGTON STATE 54.2174        
60 EAST CAROLINA 53.5213        
61 MISSISSIPPI 53.4199        
62 MINNESOTA 53.1316        
63 ARMY 52.0581        
64 PURDUE 51.7972        
65 ILLINOIS 50.9505        
66 SAN JOSE STATE 49.2355        
67 TEMPLE 48.6562        
68 EASTERN MICHIGAN 47.9151        
69 NORTHWESTERN 47.7782        
70 VIRGINIA TECH 47.4532        
71 TULSA 47.0368        
72 CINCINNATI 46.6840        
73 UTEP 45.6913        
74 RICE 45.6586        
75 LOUISVILLE 45.4585        
76 OREGON STATE 44.0999        
77 GEORGIA TECH 43.5940        
78 WISCONSIN 43.1121        
79 SAN DIEGO STATE 40.9799        
80 IOWA STATE 40.7079        
81 AKRON 39.9691        
82 KENT STATE 39.0750        
83 BGU 38.8084        
84 NAVY 38.6872        
85 MIAMI (O) 38.4229        
86 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 38.0475        
87 BALL STATE 38.0190        
88 UTAH STATE 37.4538        
89 WESTERN MICHIGAN 37.1543        
90 HAWAII 37.0183        
91 NORTHERN ILLINOIS 36.5255        
92 FRESNO STATE 36.3706        
93 TOLEDO 36.3310        
94 UTAH 35.1171        
95 KANSAS 35.0238        
96 FULLERTON 33.8695        
97 KANSAS STATE 33.7205        
98 PACIFIC 30.2680        
99 UNLV 29.7338        
100 COLORADO STATE 24.2362        
101 LONG BEACH 21.6141        
102 OHIOU -5.4809        
103 NEW MEXICO -14.2546        
104 NEW MEXICO STATE -23.2737        

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