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COLLEGE FOOTBALL'S TOP TEAMS ARE UNPREDICTABLE
The 1984 college football season was full of surprises. Brigham Young, which was voted No. 1 in three national polls so far, did not even make the Top Ten in most preseason polls. Pittsburgh, Texas and Penn State, which were in most preseason Top Tens, finished far down or out of most final polls. A list of the final USA TODAY/CNN, AP, UPI and The Sporting News polls, and eight major preseason polls (standings and points, with first-place votes in parentheses):
FINAL USA TODAY/CNN TOP 25
1. BYU (26)................ 789
2. Washington (3)........... 751
3. Florida (3)............... 746
4. Nebraska............... 689
5. Oklahoma............... 660
6. Boston College........... 648
7. Okla. State.............. 625
8 SMU................... 543
9 Maryland............... 512
10. South Carolina........... 486
1.1. Southern Cal............ 465
12 UCLA.................. 442
13 LSU................... 438
14 Ohio State.............. 376
15 Auburn................. 368
16. Miami (Fla.)....'.......... 279
17. Florida St................ 242
18. Virginia................. 212
19. Kentucky............... 210
20 Iowa................... 173
21. West Virginia............ 129
22. Army.................. 110
23. Georgia................. 97
24 Air Force................ 93
25. Notre Dame.............. 91
FINAL ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 20_
1. Brigham Young (38)...... 1.160
2. Washington (16)......... 1.140
3. Florida (6) ............. 1.092
4. Nebraska.............. 1.017
5. Boston College ...........932
6. Oklahoma ...............883
7. Oklahoma State...........864
8 So Methodist ............761
9. UCLA ..................613
10. Southern Cal.............596
11 South Carolina............557
12. Maryland................552
13. Ohio State...............497
14. Auburn .................432
15. LSU....................314
16. Iowa ...................228
17. Florida State .............207
18. Miami. Fla................166
19. Kentucky................152
20. Virginia .................119
FINAL UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL TOP 20_
1 Brigham Young (28)........ 579
2. Washington (11)...........561
3. Nebraska................508
4. Boston College ...........429
5. Oklahoma State...........376
6. Oklahoma ...............345
7. Florida (1) ...............328
8. Southern Methodist........310
9. Southern Cal.............245
10. UCLA ..................229
11. Maryland................175
12 Ohio State...............166
13. South Carolina............143
14. Auburn .................118
15. Iowa ................... 73
16. Louisiana State........... 48
17. Virginia ................. 45
18. West Virginia............. 34
19 Kentucky................ 28
20. Florida St................ 28
THE SPORTING NEWS FINAL TOP 20
As selected by Joe Marcin, The Sport-mg News college tootball writer_
1. Florida 2 Nebraska
3. Washington
4. Brigham Young
5. Boston College
6. Oklahoma
7. Oklahoma State 8 South Carolina
9. Southern Methodist 10 Maryland
11. UCLA
12. Miami
13 Ohio State 14. Auburn
15 Southern California
16 Florida State
17. Iowa
18. Virginia
19. Army 20 Georgia
THE 1984 PRESEASON COLLEGE FOOTBALL RANKINGS
USA TODAY/ CNN TOP 25
1. Auburn
2. Clemson 3 Nebraska
4. Pittsburgh
5. Ohio St.
6. UCLA 7 Texas
8. Miami (Fla.)
9. Alabama
10. Arizona St.
11. Penn St.
12. Iowa
13 Notre Dame
14. SMU
15. Oklahoma
16. Michigan
17. Boston Col.
18. LSU
19. Florida
20. Washington
21. Okla. St.
22. Arkansas
23 Tennessee
24 Georgia 25. Missouri
ASSOCIATED PRESS
1. Auburn . Nebraska . Pittsburgh . Clemson UCLA . Texas . Ohio St.
8 Notre Dame
9 Alabama
10. Miami (Fla.)
11. Penn St.
12. Iowa
13. Arizona St.
14. Michigan
15. SMU
16. Oklahoma
17. Florida
18. Washington
19. Boston Col.
20. Florida St.
UNITED PRESS
1. Auburn
2. Nebraska
3. Texas
4. Miami (Fla.)
5. UCLA
6. Penn St.
7. Pittsburgh
8. Clemson
9. Ohio St.
10. Michigan
11. Oklahoma
12. Alabama
13. Arizona St.
14. Iowa
15. Notre Dame
16. SMU
17. Washington
18. Florida
19. Georgia
20. Boston Col.
SPORTING NEWS
1. Texas
2. Clemson 3 Pittsburgh
4. UCLA
5. Alabama
6. Ohio St.
7. Washington
8. Nebraska
9. Michigan
10. Miami (Fla.)
11. Penn St.
12. Arizona St.
13. Notre Dame
14. Okla. St. 15 LSU
16. Oklahoma
17. N. Carolina
18. Tennessee
19. BYU
20. Missouri
SPORT MAGAZINE
1. Arizona St.
2. Florida
3. Texas
4. Ohio St.
5. Michigan
6. Notre Dame
7. Clemson
8. Oklahoma
9. UCLA
10. Texas A&M
11. Tennessee
12. Auburn 13 Penn St.
14. Georgia
15. Nebraska
16. SMU
17. Washington
18. Alabama
19. Pittsburgh
20. BYU
STREET AND SMITH
1. Auburn
2. Miami
3. Iowa
4. Clemson
5. Penn St.
6. Notre Dame
7. Arizona St 8 SMU
9. Washington
10. Michigan
11. Nebraska 12 BYU
13. Texas A&M
14. UCLA
15. Alabama
16. Pittsburgh
17. Oklahoma
18. Florida
19. Texas
20. Okla. St.
PLAYBOY MAGAZINE
. Auburn . Alabama . Pittsburgh . Clemson . Michigan
6. Texas
7. Washington
8. Wisconsin
9 Notre Dame
10. Arizona St.
11. Missouri 12 So. Cal
13. Nebraska
14. Miami
15. Florida St.
16. Okla. St.
17. Florida
18. Illinois
19. SMU
20. Oklahoma
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED
1. UCLA 2 Nebraska
3. Pittsburgh
4. Auburn
5. Ohio St. 6 Iowa
7. Clemson
8. SMU 9 Texas
10. Notre Dame 11 Penn St.
12. Arizona St.
13. Miami
14. Oklahoma
15. Florida
16. Alabama 17 Boston Col
18. Michigan
19. Washington 20 Okla. St.
FINAL COLLEGE FOOTBALL MATHEMATICAL RANKINGS
The mathematical method of ranking NCAA Division l-A teams was devised by Dr. Thomas Jech, professor of mathematics at Pennsylvania State University. II is an extension of what the standings would be if all the listed teams could play each other. Each team is assigned one point for a win and one-half for a tie, and the playing schedules are compared; for example, if two teams play identical schedules, the team with more wins is ranked higher. The following are the final mathematical rankings. Kev: The first number (scale) gives a mathematical measure of performance on a logarithmic scale, the second (pet.) is the estimated percentage of the games that the team would win if it played all the listed teams.
NO.	Team	Record	Scale	Pet
1.	Brigham Young	13-0-0	0.00	97.4
2.	Florida	9-1-1	1.32	91.6
3.	Washington	11-1-0	1.43	90.8
4.	Boston College	10-2-0	1.87	87.4
5.	Nebraska	10-2-0	2.05	85.7
6.	Oklahoma	9-2-1	2.28	83.3
7.	South Carolina	10-2-0	2.36	82.6
8.	Maryland	9-3-0	2.42	81.9
9.	Oklahoma St.	10-2-0	2.44	81.7
10.	Southern Cal	9-3-0	2.48	81.1
11.	Kentucky	9-3-0	2.49	81.0
12.	SMU	10-2-0	2.52	80.7
13.	Louisiana St.	8-3-1	2.54	80.5
14.	Rutgers	7-3-0	2.60	79.8
15.	West Virginia	8-4-0	2.73	78.2
16.	Syracuse	6-5-0	2.77	77.7
17.	Auburn	9-4-0	2.79	77.5
18.	Virginia	8-2-2	2.87	76.5
19.	Georgia	7-4-1	2.94	75.6
20.	Miami (Florida)	8-5-0	2.97	75.2
21.	Tennessee	7-4-1	2.98	75.1
22.	Ohio St.	9-3-0	2.99	74.9
23.	Penn St.	6-5-0	3.05	74.1
24.	UCLA	9-3-0	3.13	73.1
25.	Texas	7-4-1	3.15	72.8
26.	Notre Dame	7-5-0	3.16	72.7
27.	Florida St.	7-3-2	3.19	72.3
28.	Army	8-3-1	3.22	71.8
29.	Fullerton St.	11-1-0	3.26	71.3
30.	Clemson	7-4-0	3.33	70.3
31.	Nev.-Las Vegas	11-2-0	3.42	69.0
32.	Iowa	8-4-1	3.48	68.3
33.	Purdue	7-5-0	3.55	67.2
34.	Texas Christian	8-4-0	3 68	65.3
35.	Georgia Tech	6-4-1	3.68	65.3
36.	Houston	7-5-0	3.71	65.0
37.	Arkansas	7-4-1	3.71	65.0
38.	Michigan	6-6-0	3.73	64.7
39.	Illinois	7-4-0	3.76	64.2
40.	Wisconsin	7-4-1	3.79	63.8
41.	Virginia Tech	8-4-0	3.90	62.2
42.	Washington St.	6-5-0	3.96	61.3
43.	Air Force	8-4-0	3.98	60.9
44.	Alabama	5-6-0	3.99	60.8
45.	Arizona	7-4-0	4.03	60.2
46.	Vanderbilt	5-6-0	4.09	59.4
47.	Hawaii	7-4-0	4.19	57.9
48.	Baylor	5-6-0	4.22	57.5
49.	North Carolina	5-5-1	4.24	57.1
50.	Michigan St.	6-6-0	4.26	56.9
51.	Stanford	5-6-0	4.32	56.0
52.	Navy	4-6-1	4.45	54.1
53.	Pittsburgh	3-7-1	4.56	52.6
54.	Temple	6-5-0	4.56	52.6
55.	Oregon	6-5-0	4.66	51.1
56.	Texas A&M	6-5-0	4.68	50.9
57.	Wake Forest	6-5-0	4.72	50.2
58.	Arizona St.	5-6-0	4.77	49.5
59.	Kansas	5-6-0	4.99	46.4
60.	Mississippi	4-6-1	5.02	46.1
61.	Minnesota	4-7-0	5.12	44.6
62.	Utah	6-5-1	5.17	44.0
63.	Mississippi SI.	4-7-0	5.33	41.8
64.	Memphis St.	5-5-1	5.34	41.6
65.	Tulane	3-8-0	5.48	39.8
66.	Missouri	3-7-1	5.53	39.0
67.	San Diego St. .	4-7-1	5.62	37.9
68.	Toledo	8-3-1	5.71	36.7
69.	Wyoming	6-6-0	5.73	36.4
70.	Texas Tech	4-7-0	5.79	35.7
71.	San Jose St.	6-5-0	5.80	35.6
72.	Bowling Green	8-3-0	5.83	35.1
73.	Kansas St.	3-7-1	5.84	35.1
74.	Northwestern	2-9-0	5.95	33.7
75.	Central Michigan	8-2-1	6.04	32.5
76.	Colorado St.	3-8-0	6.35	28.8
77.	Long Beach St.	4-7-0	6.37	28.5
78.	Fresno St.	6-6-0	6.42	28.0
79.	Tulsa	6-5-0	6.50	27.0
80.	Duke	2-9-0	6.52	26.8
81.	California	2-9-0	6.65	25.3
82.	N. Carolina St.	3-8-0	6.72	24.5
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83.	New Mexico	4-8-0	6.73	24.4
84.	Oregon St.	2-9-0	6.75	24.2
85.	Iowa St.	2-7-2	6.75	24.2
86.	SW Louisiana	6-5-0	6.91	22.4
87.	So. Mississippi	4-7-0	7.01	21.4
88.	Colorado	1-10-0	7.24	19.1
89.	Pacific	4-7-0	7.28	18.7
90.	Ohio U.	4-6-1	7.38	17.7
91.	Miami (Ohio)	4-7-0	7.43	17.3
92.	N. Illinois	4-6-1	7.51	16.5
93.	W. Michigan	5-6-0	7.55	16.2
94.	Rice	1-10-0	7.56	16.0
95.	Kent St.	4-7-0	7.72	14.6
96.	Utah St.	1-10-0	7.82	13.7
97.	Louisville	3-8-0	7.83	13.7
98.	Texas-El Paso	2-9-0	7.87	13.4
99.	Cincinnati	2-9-0	7.94	12.8
100.	East Carolina	2-9-0	8.08	11.8
101.	Ball St.	3-8-0	8.23	10.6
102.	E. Michigan	2-7-2	8.36	9.7
103.	New Mexico St.	2-9-0	8.76	7.3
104.	Wichita St.	2-9-0	8.97	6.2
105.	Indiana	0-11-0	9.61	3.6
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