1987 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings
The 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings are from the NCAA Division I-AA football committee. This is for the 1987 season.
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NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
Preseason Southwest Missouri State Furman (2–1) | Western Illinois (3–1) т | Western Carolina (2–2) | Northern Iowa (3–3) | Chattanooga (4–2) т | Western Carolina (4–3) | Marshall (6–3) | New Hampshire (6–2) | Marshall (7–4) | Howard (9–1) | 18. | | ||
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19. | New Hampshire | Penn | Eastern Kentucky (1–1) | Chattanooga (2–1) | Nevada (2–2) | Boise State (4–1) | Richmond (4–3) | Northern Arizona (5–2) | Northern Arizona (6–2) | Western Illinois (7–3) | Youngstown State (7–3) | Sam Houston State (8–3) | 19. |
20. | Idaho | Southern | Southern (2–0) | East Tennessee State (3–1) | Northwestern State (2–2) | Middle Tennessee (3–2) | Georgia Southern (4–3) | Howard (5–1) т | Harvard (6–1) т | Howard (7–1) т | Howard (8–1) т | Delaware State (7–3) | 20. |
21. | Middle Tennessee (4–2–1) т | Howard (6–1) т | Marshall (6–4) т | North Texas State (6–4) т | 21. | ||||||||
22. | Sam Houston State (6–3) т | 22. | |||||||||||
23. | Youngstown State (6–3) т | 23. | |||||||||||
Preseason [1] | Week 1 Sept 15[2] | Week 2 Sept 22[3] | Week 3 Sept 29[4] | Week 4 Oct 6[5] | Week 5 Oct 13[6] | Week 6 Oct 20[7] | Week 7 Oct 27[8] | Week 8 Nov 3[9] | Week 9 Nov 10[10] | Week 10 Nov 17[11] | Week 11 Nov 24[12] | ||
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| Dropped: 18 Chattanooga | Dropped:
| Dropped: 20 Harvard | Dropped:
| Dropped: 16 New Hampshire |