Final OAF ranking (& ratings) for the 1985 college football season:

Rank Team Name Rating Record AP UPI Bowl Game Results
1 OKLAHOMA 111.1026 11-1 1 1 Beat Penn State 25-10
2 PENN STATE 110.1501 11-1 3 3 Lost to Oklahoma
3 MICHIGAN 104.7908 10-1-1 2 2 Beat Nebraska 27-23
4 TENNESSEE 97.1247 9-1-2 4 4 Beat Miami (F) 35-7
5 MIAMI (F) 96.3627 10-2 9 8 Lost to Tennessee
6 MARYLAND 94.9692 9-3 18 19 Beat Syracuse 35-18
7 NEBRASKA 94.9606 9-3 11 10 Lost to Michigan
8 UCLA 94.0966 9-2-1 7 6 Beat Iowa 45-28
9 IOWA 93.7607 10-2 10 9 Lost to UCLA
10 OHIO STATE 88.8917 9-3 14 11 Beat BYU 10-7
11 ALABAMA 88.4533 9-2-1 13 14 Beat USC 24-3
12 FLORIDA 88.1711 9-1-1 5 Probation No Bowl Game
13 TEXAS A+M 87.6039 10-2 6 7 Beat Auburn 36-16
14 FLORIDA STATE 85.2728 9-3 15 13 Beat Oklahoma State 34-23
15 AUBURN 84.9076 8-4 22 21..28 Lost to Texas A+M
16 ILLINOIS 84.6553 6-5-1 NR NR Lost to Army
17 GEORGIA TECH 83.7331 9-2-1 19 18 Beat Michigan State 17-14
18 MICHIGAN STATE 82.9712        
19 MINNESOTA 80.3545        
20 LSU 79.1852        
21 NOTRE DAME 79.1008        
22 ARKANSAS 78.6929        
23 BAYLOR 78.1316        
24 USC 77.8854        
25 PURDUE 77.3285        
26 GEORGIA 77.1274        
27 ARIZONA 76.3655        
28 ARIZONA STATE 74.7522        
29 AIR FORCE 73.5757        
30 TEXAS 72.8107        
31 SMU 71.4328        
32 ARMY 70.8038        
33 WISCONSIN 70.2762        
34 BYU 67.6600        
35 WASHINGTON 67.4709        
36 COLORADO 66.7090        
37 STANFORD 66.2262        
38 CALIFORNIA 65.4643        
39 WASHINGTON STATE 65.3924        
40 OKLAHOMA STATE 63.5890        
41 OREGON 63.1640        
42 OREGON STATE 61.3397        
43 NORTHWESTERN 59.9633        
44 NAVY 59.6808        
45 WEST VIRGINIA 59.6534        
46 SYRACUSE 58.8742        
47 FRESNO STATE 57.8769        
48 INDIANA 57.6799        
49 CLEMSON 57.2636        
50 PITTSBURGH 56.7142        
51 VIRGINIA TECH 56.6379        
52 VIRGINIA 56.5640        
53 KENTUCKY 54.6920        
54 VANDERBILT 54.6225        
55 MISSISSIPPI 54.2912        
56 IOWA STATE 54.0714        
57 KANSAS 53.8750        
58 DUKE 53.6378        
59 MISSISSIPPI STATE 53.5293        
60 NORTH CAROLINA 52.9707        
61 BGU 52.8351        
62 SOUTH CAROLINA 51.4730        
63 UTAH 50.1239        
64 NORTH CAROLINA STATE 50.0295        
65 TEMPLE 49.7212        
66 BOSTON COLLEGE 49.2864        
67 RUTGERS 48.6196        
68 WAKE FOREST 47.7985        
69 COLORADO STATE 47.7810        
70 TULSA 45.2741        
71 HOUSTON 45.2068        
72 CINCINNATI 44.8817        
73 RICE 44.4359        
74 MEMPHIS STATE 44.0384        
75 TEXAS TECH 44.0319        
76 SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI 43.1707        
77 SAN DIEGO STATE 42.7324        
78 HAWAII 41.4947        
79 MIAMI (O) 40.5483        
80 MISSOURI 40.1521        
81 FULLERTON 36.4845        
82 LONG BEACH 35.6396        
83 WYOMING 33.6853        
84 UNLV 33.5855        
85 SAN JOSE STATE 32.8236        
86 NEW MEXICO 31.5004        
87 KANSAS STATE 30.4099        
88 PACIFIC 30.2003        
89 SWLOUISIANA 29.6917        
90 EAST CAROLINA 26.9056        
91 UTAH STATE 26.0363        
92 TULANE 23.1299        
93 TCU 23.0785        
94 WICHITA STATE 22.6603        
95 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 21.1726        
96 WESTERN MICHIGAN 20.4367        
97 TOLEDO 18.5161        
98 OHIOU 16.7380        
99 NORTHERN ILLINOIS 16.4408        
100 EASTERN MICHIGAN 7.3791        
101 BALL STATE 7.0037        
102 KENT STATE 4.6696        
103 UTEP -4.9856        
104 LOUISVILLE -10.3355        
105 NEW MEXICO STATE -11.2222        

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