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1984 Regular Season Final College Football Team Rankings

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1984 rankings calculated with the Classic formula (Ken's 2016-based hybrid, applied retroactively); records, NOW and game results come from James Howell's historical college football score archive.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
100.992Florida (FLORIDA)SEC9–1–10.8645+48Beat Florida State 27–17
201.152BYUIND WAC12–01.0001+54BYE
301.230Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC10–10.9093+44BYE
401.426Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B89–20.8188+35BYE
521.460Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI9–20.8188+35Beat Holy Cross 45–10
6121.490SMUIND SWC9–20.8188+36Beat UNLV 38–21
721.490Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B109–20.8188+33BYE
8-21.494Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B89–1–10.8645+34BYE
921.557Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B89–20.8188+34BYE
10-21.564South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI10–10.9093+35BYE
1121.693CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)IND PCAA11–10.9172+31BYE
1231.701LSUSEC8–2–10.77313+29BYE
1361.741USCPAC8–30.72716+33BYE
14-41.772UNLVIND PCAA10–20.8337+32Lost to SMU 21–38
1561.795Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC7–2–20.72716+23BYE
1641.801Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC8–30.72716+29BYE
1771.813Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC7–3–10.68225+29Beat Vanderbilt 29–13
1851.834Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC7–3–10.68225+25BYE
19-141.867Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC7–3–10.68225+28Lost to Texas A&M 12–37
20-41.927Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI7–3–10.68225+23Lost to Florida 17–27
2111.951Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)MAC8–2–10.77313+22BYE
2231.994Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC8–30.72716+23BYE
23-92.039Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC8–2–10.77313+22Lost to Temple 6–35
2472.043West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI7–40.63633+25BYE
2572.047Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI7–30.70024+20BYE
26-142.054Auburn (AUBURN)SEC8–40.66731+27Lost to Alabama 15–17
2712.079Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC8–30.72716+20BYE
28-12.095Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI8–40.66731+26BYE
2912.096Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI7–40.63633+23BYE
30-132.097Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC7–40.63633+28Lost to Georgia Tech 18–35
3122.109TCUIND SWC8–30.72716+18BYE
32-32.132Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC7–40.63633+19BYE
3312.289UCLAPAC8–30.72716+19BYE
3412.307Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI8–30.72716+12BYE
3532.373Houston (HOUSTON)IND SWC7–40.63633+20Beat Rice 38–26
36-102.383Hawai'i (HAWAII)IND WAC7–40.63633+25Lost to Iowa 6–17
3702.387Purdue (PURDUE)B107–40.63633+19BYE
38-22.390Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B107–3–10.68225+15BYE
3902.474Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI6–50.54545+18BYE
4052.476Iowa (IOWA)B107–4–10.62543+12Beat Hawai'i 17–6
41-12.484Illinois (ILLINOIS)B107–40.63633+12BYE
42-12.581Arizona (ARIZONA)PAC7–40.63633+13BYE
4342.634Army (ARMY)IND FBSI7–3–10.68225+3Beat Navy 28–11
44-22.639Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND WAC7–40.63633+10BYE
45-22.719Michigan (MICHIGAN)B106–50.54545+12BYE
46-22.794Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC6–50.54545+12BYE
47-12.801Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI6–50.54545+13BYE
4812.926Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)ACC6–4–10.59144+7Beat Georgia 35–18
49103.158Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI6–50.54545+11Beat Toledo 35–6
5013.167Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC5–60.45562+9BYE
51-33.177Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B106–50.54545+3BYE
5213.309Oregon (OREGON)PAC6–50.54545+2BYE
53-13.309Utah (UTAH)IND WAC6–5–10.54257-1BYE
54103.337Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC6–50.54545-2Beat Texas 37–12
5573.387Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC5–60.45562+5Beat Auburn 17–15
56-13.402Stanford (STANFORD)PAC5–60.45562+5BYE
57-13.456Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)PAC5–60.45562-2BYE
58-43.472San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND PCAA6–50.54545-1BYE
59-93.501Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC5–60.45562+2Lost to Tennessee 13–29
60-33.622Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC6–50.54545-6BYE
61-33.668North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC5–5–10.50058+1BYE
62-13.825Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC6–50.54545-15BYE
63-33.977Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI4–6–10.40969-6Lost to Army 11–28
64-14.129Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)IND PCAA6–60.50058-5BYE
6504.155San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)IND WAC4–7–10.37573-7BYE
6604.170Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC6–60.50058-11BYE
6704.240Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND FBSI5–5–10.50058-10BYE
6804.373Kansas (KANSAS)IND B85–60.45562-10BYE
6914.535Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC5–60.45562-16BYE
7054.548Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC4–70.36474-16BYE
7114.552Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI6–50.54545+7BYE
72-14.556Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)MAC4–6–10.40969-12BYE
7304.558Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC4–70.36474-12BYE
74-54.586Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC4–6–10.40969-14BYE
7514.633Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI3–7–10.31883-9BYE
76-24.649Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)IND PCAA4–70.36474-15BYE
7704.665Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B83–7–10.31883-14BYE
7814.746Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B104–70.36474-16BYE
79-14.819Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC4–70.36474-14BYE
8005.072Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC4–70.36474-19BYE
8105.195Ohio (OHIO)MAC4–6–10.40969-17BYE
8205.316Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B83–7–10.31883-16BYE
8305.385Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI3–80.27386-18BYE
8405.671Pacific (PACIFIC)IND PCAA4–70.36474-31BYE
8505.724NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC3–80.27386-17BYE
8605.850Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND WAC3–80.27386-23BYE
8705.985Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)IND FBSI4–70.36474-25BYE
8805.996New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC4–80.33382-32BYE
8906.082Duke (DUKE)ACC2–90.18292-27BYE
9016.212Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B102–90.18292-29BYE
91-16.237California (CALIFORNIA)PAC2–90.18292-32BYE
9236.461Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B82–7–20.27386-30BYE
9306.503Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC2–90.18292-24BYE
94-26.533Ball State (BALL STATE)MAC3–80.27386-14BYE
95-16.600Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND PCAA1–100.091101-32BYE
9607.058East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)IND FBSI2–90.18292-43BYE
9707.384Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)MAC2–7–20.27386-17BYE
9807.391Colorado (COLORADO)IND B81–100.091101-40BYE
9907.421Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–100.091101-44Lost to Houston 26–38
10007.527Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND FBSI2–90.18292-33BYE
10107.587UTEPIND WAC2–90.18292-44BYE
10207.780Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND FBSI2–90.18292-22BYE
10308.066New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND PCAA2–90.18292-34BYE
10408.297Indiana (INDIANA)B100–110.000104-55BYE

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