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1987 NCAA Division I-A football season

1987 NCAA Division I-A season
Number of teams 104
Preseason AP #1 Oklahoma Sooners
Post-season
Bowl games 18
Heisman Trophy Tim Brown, Notre Dame WR
Winner Miami Hurricanes
Division I-A football seasons
← 1986
1988 →
1987 ACC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#12 Clemson $ 6 1 0     10 2 0
Virginia 5 2 0     8 4 0
Wake Forest 4 3 0     7 4 0
NC State 4 3 0     4 7 0
Maryland 3 3 0     4 7 0
North Carolina 3 4 0     5 6 0
Duke 2 5 0     5 6 0
Georgia Tech 0 6 0     2 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1987 Big 8 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#3 Oklahoma $ 7 0 0     11 1 0
#6 Nebraska 6 1 0     10 2 0
#11 Oklahoma State 5 2 0     10 2 0
Colorado 4 3 0     7 4 0
Missouri 3 4 0     5 6 0
Iowa State 2 5 0     3 8 0
Kansas 0 6 1     1 9 1
Kansas State 0 6 1     0 10 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1987 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#8 Michigan State $ 7 0 1     9 2 1
#16 Iowa 6 2 0     10 3 0
Indiana 6 2 0     8 4 0
#19 Michigan 5 3 0     8 4 0
Ohio State 4 4 0     6 4 1
Minnesota 3 5 0     6 5 0
Purdue 3 5 0     3 7 1
Illinois 2 5 1     3 7 1
Northwestern 2 6 0     2 8 1
Wisconsin 1 7 0     3 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1987 Mid-American football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Eastern Michigan $ 7 1 0     10 2 0
Kent State 5 3 0     7 4 0
Miami 5 3 0     5 6 0
Bowling Green 5 3 0     5 6 0
Western Michigan 4 4 0     5 6 0
Central Michigan 3 4 1     5 5 1
Toledo 3 4 1     3 7 1
Ball State 3 5 0     4 7 0
Ohio 0 8 0     1 10 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1987 Pacific Coast Athletic Association football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
San Jose State $ 7 0 0     10 2 0
Fresno State 4 3 0     6 5 0
Cal State Fullerton 4 3 0     6 6 0
UNLV 4 3 0     5 6 0
Utah State 4 3 0     5 6 0
Pacific (CA) 3 4 0     4 7 0
Long Beach State 2 5 0     4 7 0
New Mexico State 0 7 0     2 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1987 Pacific-10 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#18 USC + 7 1 0     8 4 0
#9 UCLA + 7 1 0     10 2 0
Washington 4 3 1     7 4 1
#20 Arizona State 3 3 1     7 4 1
Oregon 4 4 0     6 5 0
Stanford 4 4 0     5 6 0
Arizona 2 3 3     4 4 3
California 2 3 2     3 6 2
Washington State 1 5 1     3 7 1
Oregon State 0 7 0     2 9 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
1987 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#7 Auburn $ 5 0 1     9 1 2
#5 LSU 5 1 0     10 1 1
#14 Tennessee 4 1 1     10 2 1
#13 Georgia 4 2 0     9 3 0
Alabama 4 2 0     7 5 0
Florida 3 3 0     6 6 0
Kentucky 1 5 0     5 6 0
Mississippi State 1 5 0     4 7 0
Vanderbilt 1 5 0     4 7 0
Ole Miss 1 5 0     3 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll
1987 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#10 Texas A&M $ 6 1 0     10 2 0
Arkansas 5 2 0     9 4 0
Texas 5 2 0     7 5 0
Texas Tech 3 3 1     6 4 1
Baylor 3 4 0     6 5 0
TCU 3 4 0     5 6 0
Houston 2 4 1     4 6 1
Rice 0 8 0     2 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1987 WAC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Wyoming $ 8 0 0     10 3 0
BYU 7 1 0     9 4 0
Air Force 6 2 0     9 4 0
UTEP 5 3 0     7 4 0
San Diego State 4 4 0     5 7 0
Hawaii 3 5 0     5 7 0
Utah 2 6 0     5 7 0
Colorado State 1 7 0     1 11 0
New Mexico 0 8 0     0 11 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with Miami winning its second national championship during the 80s in an Orange Bowl match-up featuring a rare No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup between the top ranked Oklahoma Sooners and the Hurricanes.

Miami's first three games were against ranked opponents, in what was labeled as a rebuilding year, when after some late game theatrics by Michael Irvin against rival Florida State, the Hurricanes were 3–0, the national media started to take notice.

Oklahoma was also seen as quite the juggernaut, averaging 428.8 yards rushing per game with their potent wishbone offense. Miami was able to hold Oklahoma to just 179 yards on the ground, winning the game 20–14.

Also having notable seasons were Syracuse, LSU and Florida State. Syracuse finished the season 11–0–1 and ranked No. 4 after a controversial Sugar Bowl game in which Auburn kicked a late field goal to end the game in a tie. LSU went 10–1–1, ending the season ranked No. 5. This was LSU's first ten win season in 26 years and their highest ranking since 1961.

Florida State finished ranked No. 2, their only loss to Miami, and began a streak of 14 years where FSU finished in the top 5. The Seminoles beat Rose Bowl champion Michigan State and SEC champion Auburn on the road and beat Nebraska in the Fiesta Bowl.


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