Standings
| Overall | Conference | Points Per Game | SRS | Polls | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | W | L | T | Pct | W | L | T | Pct | Off | Def | SRS | SOS | AP Pre | AP High | AP Rank | Notes |
| Miami (FL) | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 34.3 | 10.4 | 22.73 | 4.98 | 10 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Syracuse | 11 | 0 | 1 | .958 | 31.6 | 14.1 | 16.47 | 0.88 | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| Florida State | 11 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 40.1 | 13.6 | 23.50 | 5.00 | 8 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Notre Dame | 8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | 28.3 | 18.2 | 15.25 | 7.75 | 18 | 4 | 17 | |||||
| Penn State | 8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | 23.8 | 20.3 | 7.26 | 4.09 | 11 | 10 | ||||||
| Pitt | 8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | 19.2 | 12.2 | 8.11 | 2.19 | 16 | |||||||
| South Carolina | 8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | 28.4 | 11.8 | 16.38 | 5.05 | 8 | 15 | ||||||
| Louisiana | 6 | 5 | 0 | .545 | 17.4 | 22.9 | -6.50 | -3.14 | ||||||||
| Rutgers | 6 | 5 | 0 | .545 | 15.3 | 19.4 | -0.25 | 2.57 | ||||||||
| Southern Mississippi | 6 | 5 | 0 | .545 | 24.5 | 26.9 | -1.59 | -0.13 | ||||||||
| Memphis | 5 | 5 | 1 | .500 | 20.0 | 19.1 | -1.67 | -1.30 | ||||||||
| Northern Illinois | 5 | 5 | 1 | .500 | 27.7 | 23.8 | -9.89 | -11.80 | ||||||||
| Tulane | 6 | 6 | 0 | .500 | 30.8 | 31.3 | 2.44 | 0.94 | ||||||||
| West Virginia | 6 | 6 | 0 | .500 | 27.5 | 17.7 | 7.73 | 1.98 | ||||||||
| Army | 5 | 6 | 0 | .455 | 25.2 | 20.3 | -5.89 | -7.98 | ||||||||
| Boston College | 5 | 6 | 0 | .455 | 22.2 | 25.5 | 4.15 | 6.24 | ||||||||
| East Carolina | 5 | 6 | 0 | .455 | 20.8 | 30.0 | -1.44 | 2.75 | ||||||||
| Akron | 4 | 7 | 0 | .364 | 18.5 | 24.8 | -17.13 | -11.03 | ||||||||
| Cincinnati | 4 | 7 | 0 | .364 | 21.3 | 28.5 | -7.96 | -2.69 | ||||||||
| Louisville | 3 | 7 | 1 | .318 | 19.5 | 31.6 | -10.60 | -3.24 | ||||||||
| Temple | 3 | 8 | 0 | .273 | 14.0 | 22.8 | -8.92 | -1.65 | record adjusted to 4-7-0 by NCAA | |||||||
| Tulsa | 3 | 8 | 0 | .273 | 15.9 | 33.7 | -11.48 | -0.94 | ||||||||
| Navy | 2 | 9 | 0 | .182 | 14.5 | 28.8 | -13.99 | -1.81 | ||||||||
| Virginia Tech | 2 | 9 | 0 | .182 | 18.5 | 27.3 | -2.12 | 6.16 | ||||||||
9 Bowl Games
- Number in parentheses indicates AP rank at time of bowl game
| Date | Bowl | Pts | Pts | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988-01-01 | Citrus Bowl | Clemson (14) | 35 | Penn State (20) | 10 | Orlando, FL |
| 1988-01-01 | Cotton Bowl | Texas A&M (13) | 35 | Notre Dame (12) | 10 | Dallas, TX |
| 1988-01-01 | Fiesta Bowl | Florida State (3) | 31 | Nebraska (5) | 28 | Tempe, AZ |
| 1988-01-01 | Orange Bowl | Miami (FL) (2) | 20 | Oklahoma (1) | 14 | Miami, FL |
| 1988-01-01 | Sugar Bowl | Syracuse (4) | 16 | Auburn (6) | 16 | New Orleans, LA |
| 1987-12-31 | Bluebonnet Bowl | Texas | 32 | Pittsburgh (19) | 27 | Houston, TX |
| 1987-12-31 | Gator Bowl | Louisiana State (7) | 30 | South Carolina (9) | 13 | Jacksonville, FL |
| 1987-12-25 | Sun Bowl | Oklahoma State (11) | 35 | West Virginia | 33 | El Paso, TX |
| 1987-12-19 | Independence Bowl | Washington | 24 | Tulane | 12 | Shreveport, LA |
1987 Conference Leaders