1987

1988 Rankings
​Final

1989

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Notre Dame	(12-0-0)		0.8807	Independent
2	Miami (Florida)	(11-1-0)		0.8395	Independent
3	Southern California	(10-2-0)		0.8361	Pac 10
4	UCLA	(10-2-0)		0.7990	Pac 10
5	Florida State	(11-1-0)		0.7469	Independent
6	Clemson	(10-2-0)		0.6761	Atlantic Coast
7	Washington State	(9-3-0)		0.6473	Pac 10
8	Nebraska	(11-2-0)		0.6338	Big Eight
9	Auburn	(10-2-0)		0.6304	Southeastern
10	West Virginia	(11-1-0)		0.6201	Independent
11	Michigan	(9-2-1)		0.6092	Big Ten
12	Oklahoma State	(10-2-0)		0.5947	Big Eight
13	Arkansas	(10-2-0)		0.5795	Southwest
14	Wyoming	(11-2-0)		0.5787	Western Athletic
15	Oklahoma	(9-3-0)		0.5737	Big Eight
16	Arizona	(7-4-0)		0.5680	Pac 10
17	Syracuse	(10-2-0)		0.5327	Independent
18	Southern Mississippi	(10-2-0)		0.5124	Independent
19	Alabama	(9-3-0)		0.5073	Southeastern
20	Louisiana State	(8-4-0)		0.4952	Southeastern
21	Houston	(9-3-0)		0.4623	Southwest
22	Washington	(6-5-0)		0.4516	Pac 10
23	Georgia	(9-3-0)		0.4442	Southeastern
24	North Carolina State	(8-3-1)		0.4386	Atlantic Coast
25	Hawaii	(9-3-0)		0.4329	Western Athletic
26	Colorado	(8-4-0)		0.4259	Big Eight
27	Texas-El Paso	(10-3-0)		0.4157	Western Athletic
28	Louisville	(8-3-0)		0.4124	Independent
29	Brigham Young	(9-4-0)		0.4044	Western Athletic
30	Virginia	(7-4-0)		0.3915	Atlantic Coast
31	Arizona State	(6-5-0)		0.3871	Pac 10
32	Fresno State	(10-2-0)		0.3660	Big West
33	Duke	(7-3-1)		0.3610	Atlantic Coast
34	Oregon	(6-6-0)		0.3601	Pac 10
35	Texas A&M	(7-5-0)		0.3467	Southwest
36	Maryland	(5-6-0)		0.3392	Atlantic Coast
37	Oregon State	(4-6-1)		0.3205	Pac 10
38	Indiana	(8-3-1)		0.3159	Big Ten
39	South Carolina	(8-4-0)		0.3080	Independent
40	Michigan State	(6-5-1)		0.3060	Big Ten
41	California	(5-5-1)		0.3053	Pac 10
42	Ball State	(8-3-0)		0.3023	Mid-American
43	Western Michigan	(9-3-0)		0.3002	Mid-American
44	Army	(9-3-0)		0.2986	Independent
45	Pittsburgh	(6-5-0)		0.2890	Independent
46	Stanford	(3-6-2)		0.2883	Pac 10
47	Iowa	(6-4-3)		0.2833	Big Ten
48	Florida	(7-5-0)		0.2729	Southeastern
49	Penn State	(5-6-0)		0.2723	Independent
50	Tennessee	(5-6-0)		0.2689	Southeastern
51	Wake Forest	(6-4-1)		0.2584	Atlantic Coast
52	Kentucky	(5-6-0)		0.2542	Southeastern
53	Illinois	(6-5-1)		0.2225	Big Ten
54	Mississippi	(5-6-0)		0.2171	Southeastern
55	Central Michigan	(7-4-0)		0.2103	Mid-American
56	Memphis	(6-5-0)		0.2084	Independent
57	Utah	(6-5-0)		0.2063	Western Athletic
58	Rutgers	(5-6-0)		0.1868	Independent
59	Eastern Michigan	(6-3-1)		0.1805	Mid-American
60	Air Force	(5-7-0)		0.1700	Western Athletic
61	Tulsa	(4-7-0)		0.1523	Independent
62	Texas Tech	(5-6-0)		0.1475	Southwest
63	Baylor	(6-5-0)		0.1327	Southwest
64	Ohio State	(4-6-1)		0.1096	Big Ten
65	Northern Illinois	(7-4-0)		0.1088	Independent
66	Iowa State	(5-6-0)		0.0913	Big Eight
67	Virginia Tech	(3-8-0)		0.0900	Independent
68	Georgia Tech	(3-8-0)		0.0854	Atlantic Coast
69	Texas	(4-7-0)		0.0849	Southwest
70	Tulane	(5-6-0)		0.0774	Independent
71	Louisiana-Lafayette	(6-5-0)		0.0689	Independent
72	Fullerton State	(5-6-0)		0.0633	Big West
73	Vanderbilt	(3-8-0)		0.0454	Southeastern
74	Toledo	(6-5-0)		0.0408	Mid-American
75	Missouri	(3-7-1)		0.0357	Big Eight
76	Kent State	(5-6-0)		0.0130	Mid-American
77	Texas Christian	(4-7-0)		0.0125	Southwest
78	San Diego State	(3-8-0)		0.0032	Western Athletic
79	Boston College	(3-8-0)		-0.0076	Independent
80	East Carolina	(3-8-0)		-0.0107	Independent
81	Temple	(4-7-0)		-0.0296	Independent
82	North Carolina	(1-10-0)		-0.0596	Atlantic Coast
83	Akron	(5-6-0)		-0.0712	Independent
84	Navy	(3-8-0)		-0.0737	Independent
85	Utah State	(4-7-0)		-0.0827	Big West
86	San Jose State	(4-8-0)		-0.0886	Big West
87	Minnesota	(2-7-2)		-0.1085	Big Ten
88	Purdue	(4-7-0)		-0.1117	Big Ten
89	Colorado State	(1-10-0)		-0.1341	Western Athletic
90	Ohio	(4-6-1)		-0.1750	Mid-American
91	Mississippi State	(1-10-0)		-0.1854	Southeastern
92	Northwestern	(2-8-1)		-0.2048	Big Ten
93	Nevada-Las Vegas	(4-7-0)		-0.2081	Big West
94	New Mexico	(2-10-0)		-0.2467	Western Athletic
95	Long Beach State	(3-9-0)		-0.2536	Big West
96	Cincinnati	(3-8-0)		-0.2911	Independent
97	Wisconsin	(1-10-0)		-0.3339	Big Ten
98	Kansas	(1-10-0)		-0.3380	Big Eight
99	Pacific	(2-9-0)		-0.3758	Big West
100	Rice	(0-11-0)		-0.3782	Southwest
101	Bowling Green State	(2-8-1)		-0.3874	Mid-American
102	Kansas State	(0-11-0)		-0.4494	Big Eight
103	New Mexico State	(1-10-0)		-0.5172	Big West
104	Miami (Ohio)	(0-10-1)		-0.5867	Mid-American

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Pac 10	0.4963
2	Atlantic Coast	0.3113
3	Southeastern	0.2950
4	Independent	0.2551
5	Western Athletic	0.2034
6	Big Eight	0.1960
7	Southwest	0.1735
8	Big Ten	0.1088
9	Mid-American	-0.0113
10	Big West	-0.1371