1986
1986 saw Oklahoma finish atop the initial RPR following their Orange Bowl win over Arkansas. The Sooners sported the nation’s best Score Ratio and tied for 2nd-best Win %. Two other teams finished within the CCT cutoff: consensus poll champion Penn State and Miami. The Nittany Lions boasted the nation’s best Win % as the lone unbeaten following their Fiesta Bowl win over Miami. The Hurricanes boasted a head-to-head win over the Sooners. When looking into the two teams, Penn State came out ahead while Miami pushed even at best even with the head-to-head win. It was hard to deny the Hurricanes co-champion status but given how Penn State stacked up and with Miami having fell to the Nittany Lions, my co-champion decision was to stick with just Penn State here.
Co-champion Consideration Threshold: 0.0377; CCT Rating Cutoff: 0.6942
| Rank | Team | Adj. Rating |
| T-1 | Oklahoma | 0.7277 (0.7319) |
| T-1 | Penn St. (AP/C) | 0.7277 (0.7235) |
| 3 | Miami, FL | 0.7035 |
| 4 | Arizona State | 0.6735 |
| 5 | Auburn | 0.6706 |
| 6 | Alabama | 0.6629 |
| 7 | Nebraska | 0.6572 |
| 8 | Louisiana State | 0.6567 |
| 9 | Michigan | 0.6518 |
| 10 | UCLA | 0.6392 |
| 11 | Washington | 0.6351 |
| 12 | Ohio State | 0.6337 |
| 13 | Texas A&M | 0.6257 |
| 14 | Clemson | 0.6191 |
| 15 | Arkansas | 0.6157 |
| 16 | Arizona | 0.6152 |
| 17 | Boston College | 0.6086 |
| 18 | Stanford | 0.6063 |
| 19 | Baylor | 0.6056 |
| 20 | San Jose State | 0.6046 |
| 21 | Iowa | 0.6037 |
| 22 | Fresno State | 0.6025 |
| 23 | Florida State | 0.5996 |
| 24 | Georgia | 0.5980 |
| 25 | Florida | 0.5960 |
| 26 | Virginia Tech | 0.5937 |
| 27 | Mississippi | 0.5877 |
| 28 | So. California | 0.5778 |
| 29 | NC State | 0.5695 |
| 30 | Miami, OH | 0.5631 |
| 31 | North Carolina | 0.5626 |
| 32 | Temple | 0.5615 |
| 33 | San Diego State | 0.5612 |
| 34 | Notre Dame | 0.5586 |
| 35 | Tulsa | 0.5583 |
| 36 | Georgia Tech | 0.5526 |
| 37 | Colorado | 0.5474 |
| 38 | Brigham Young | 0.5455 |
| 39 | Michigan State | 0.5422 |
| 40 | Pittsburgh | 0.5407 |
| 41 | Rutgers | 0.5363 |
| 42 | Kentucky | 0.5359 |
| 43 | Texas Tech | 0.5358 |
| 44 | Maryland | 0.5353 |
| 45 | So. Methodist | 0.5343 |
| 46 | Tennessee | 0.5334 |
| 47 | Mississippi St. | 0.5242 |
| 48 | Hawaii | 0.5213 |
| 49 | Colorado State | 0.5205 |
| 50 | Iowa State | 0.5172 |
| 51 | South Carolina | 0.5161 |
| 52 | Oregon | 0.5127 |
| 53 | Minnesota | 0.5124 |
| 54 | Toledo | 0.5123 |
| 55 | Syracuse | 0.5093 |
| 56 | Texas | 0.5086 |
| 57 | Oklahoma State | 0.5075 |
| 58 | Cincinnati | 0.5075 |
| 59 | Air Force | 0.5055 |
| 60 | Army | 0.5053 |
| 61 | Wake Forest | 0.5021 |
| 62 | Long Beach St. | 0.5018 |
| 63 | Indiana | 0.4998 |
| 64 | Wyoming | 0.4977 |
| 65 | LA-Lafayette | 0.4953 |
| 66 | So. Mississippi | 0.4901 |
| 67 | UNLV | 0.4883 |
| 68 | C. Michigan | 0.4781 |
| 69 | Washington St. | 0.4768 |
| 70 | E. Michigan | 0.4755 |
| 71 | West Virginia | 0.4711 |
| 72 | Ball State | 0.4684 |
| 73 | Illinois | 0.4565 |
| 74 | Pacific | 0.4504 |
| 75 | Northwestern | 0.4498 |
| 76 | Oregon State | 0.4476 |
| 77 | Bowling Green | 0.4471 |
| 78 | Kent State | 0.4468 |
| 79 | Rice | 0.4424 |
| 80 | Wichita State | 0.4364 |
| 81 | Texas-El Paso | 0.4336 |
| 82 | New Mexico | 0.4327 |
| 83 | Duke | 0.4314 |
| 84 | Wisconsin | 0.4303 |
| 85 | Tulane | 0.4271 |
| 86 | Virginia | 0.4265 |
| 87 | California | 0.4242 |
| 88 | East Carolina | 0.4224 |
| 89 | Purdue | 0.4200 |
| 90 | Texas Christian | 0.4125 |
| 91 | W. Michigan | 0.4111 |
| 92 | Missouri | 0.4110 |
| 93 | Cal St. Fullerton | 0.4084 |
| 94 | Navy | 0.4059 |
| 95 | Utah | 0.4005 |
| 96 | Louisville | 0.3887 |
| 97 | Vanderbilt | 0.3772 |
| 98 | Kansas | 0.3769 |
| 99 | Houston | 0.3755 |
| 100 | Utah State | 0.3736 |
| 101 | N. Illinois | 0.3695 |
| 102 | Kansas State | 0.3689 |
| 103 | New Mexico St. | 0.3332 |
| 104 | Ohio | 0.3317 |
| 105 | Memphis | 0.3175 |
Best Win Percentage: Penn State
Best SOS: Florida
Best Score Ratio: Oklahoma