1987

1988 Rankings
​Final

1989

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Notre Dame	(12-0-0)		0.8320	Independent
2	Miami (Florida)	(11-1-0)		0.7966	Independent
3	Southern California	(10-2-0)		0.7795	Pac 10
4	UCLA	(10-2-0)		0.7470	Pac 10
5	Florida State	(11-1-0)		0.7003	Independent
6	Clemson	(10-2-0)		0.6457	Atlantic Coast
7	Michigan	(9-2-1)		0.6160	Big Ten
8	Washington State	(9-3-0)		0.6085	Pac 10
9	Nebraska	(11-2-0)		0.5951	Big Eight
10	Auburn	(10-2-0)		0.5902	Southeastern
11	West Virginia	(11-1-0)		0.5822	Independent
12	Oklahoma State	(10-2-0)		0.5601	Big Eight
13	Wyoming	(11-2-0)		0.5460	Western Athletic
14	Arkansas	(10-2-0)		0.5421	Southwest
15	Oklahoma	(9-3-0)		0.5406	Big Eight
16	Arizona	(7-4-0)		0.5288	Pac 10
17	Syracuse	(10-2-0)		0.4977	Independent
18	Southern Mississippi	(10-2-0)		0.4823	Independent
19	Alabama	(9-3-0)		0.4667	Southeastern
20	Louisiana State	(8-4-0)		0.4596	Southeastern
21	Houston	(9-3-0)		0.4366	Southwest
22	North Carolina State	(8-3-1)		0.4277	Atlantic Coast
23	Washington	(6-5-0)		0.4186	Pac 10
24	Georgia	(9-3-0)		0.4130	Southeastern
25	Hawaii	(9-3-0)		0.4098	Western Athletic
26	Colorado	(8-4-0)		0.4071	Big Eight
27	Texas-El Paso	(10-3-0)		0.3923	Western Athletic
28	Louisville	(8-3-0)		0.3879	Independent
29	Brigham Young	(9-4-0)		0.3800	Western Athletic
30	Virginia	(7-4-0)		0.3769	Atlantic Coast
31	Arizona State	(6-5-0)		0.3588	Pac 10
32	Duke	(7-3-1)		0.3494	Atlantic Coast
33	Indiana	(8-3-1)		0.3457	Big Ten
34	Fresno State	(10-2-0)		0.3373	Big West
35	Oregon	(6-6-0)		0.3338	Pac 10
36	Maryland	(5-6-0)		0.3274	Atlantic Coast
37	Texas A&M	(7-5-0)		0.3265	Southwest
38	Michigan State	(6-5-1)		0.3216	Big Ten
39	Oregon State	(4-6-1)		0.3048	Pac 10
40	Iowa	(6-4-3)		0.3007	Big Ten
41	South Carolina	(8-4-0)		0.3000	Independent
42	Wake Forest	(6-4-1)		0.2996	Atlantic Coast
43	California	(5-5-1)		0.2911	Pac 10
44	Ball State	(8-3-0)		0.2894	Mid-American
45	Western Michigan	(9-3-0)		0.2883	Mid-American
46	Army	(9-3-0)		0.2799	Independent
47	Stanford	(3-6-2)		0.2773	Pac 10
48	Pittsburgh	(6-5-0)		0.2690	Independent
49	Illinois	(6-5-1)		0.2594	Big Ten
50	Florida	(7-5-0)		0.2542	Southeastern
51	Penn State	(5-6-0)		0.2537	Independent
52	Tennessee	(5-6-0)		0.2451	Southeastern
53	Kentucky	(5-6-0)		0.2432	Southeastern
54	Eastern Michigan	(6-3-1)		0.2137	Mid-American
55	Central Michigan	(7-4-0)		0.1979	Mid-American
56	Mississippi	(5-6-0)		0.1974	Southeastern
57	Utah	(6-5-0)		0.1963	Western Athletic
58	Memphis	(6-5-0)		0.1884	Independent
59	Rutgers	(5-6-0)		0.1701	Independent
60	Air Force	(5-7-0)		0.1583	Western Athletic
61	Tulsa	(4-7-0)		0.1413	Independent
62	Ohio State	(4-6-1)		0.1398	Big Ten
63	Texas Tech	(5-6-0)		0.1390	Southwest
64	Baylor	(6-5-0)		0.1236	Southwest
65	Northern Illinois	(7-4-0)		0.1036	Independent
66	Iowa State	(5-6-0)		0.0877	Big Eight
67	Virginia Tech	(3-8-0)		0.0850	Independent
68	Georgia Tech	(3-8-0)		0.0844	Atlantic Coast
69	Texas	(4-7-0)		0.0787	Southwest
70	Tulane	(5-6-0)		0.0688	Independent
71	Louisiana-Lafayette	(6-5-0)		0.0616	Independent
72	Fullerton State	(5-6-0)		0.0538	Big West
73	Missouri	(3-7-1)		0.0419	Big Eight
74	Toledo	(6-5-0)		0.0391	Mid-American
75	Vanderbilt	(3-8-0)		0.0331	Southeastern
76	Kent State	(5-6-0)		0.0120	Mid-American
77	Texas Christian	(4-7-0)		0.0103	Southwest
78	San Diego State	(3-8-0)		-0.0034	Western Athletic
79	East Carolina	(3-8-0)		-0.0113	Independent
80	Boston College	(3-8-0)		-0.0160	Independent
81	Minnesota	(2-7-2)		-0.0210	Big Ten
82	Temple	(4-7-0)		-0.0392	Independent
83	North Carolina	(1-10-0)		-0.0499	Atlantic Coast
84	Akron	(5-6-0)		-0.0676	Independent
85	Purdue	(4-7-0)		-0.0710	Big Ten
86	Navy	(3-8-0)		-0.0769	Independent
87	Utah State	(4-7-0)		-0.0831	Big West
88	San Jose State	(4-8-0)		-0.0926	Big West
89	Northwestern	(2-8-1)		-0.1244	Big Ten
90	Colorado State	(1-10-0)		-0.1284	Western Athletic
91	Ohio	(4-6-1)		-0.1399	Mid-American
92	Mississippi State	(1-10-0)		-0.1874	Southeastern
93	Nevada-Las Vegas	(4-7-0)		-0.2034	Big West
94	New Mexico	(2-10-0)		-0.2362	Western Athletic
95	Long Beach State	(3-9-0)		-0.2496	Big West
96	Cincinnati	(3-8-0)		-0.2740	Independent
97	Wisconsin	(1-10-0)		-0.2849	Big Ten
98	Bowling Green State	(2-8-1)		-0.3112	Mid-American
99	Kansas	(1-10-0)		-0.3227	Big Eight
100	Rice	(0-11-0)		-0.3516	Southwest
101	Pacific	(2-9-0)		-0.3615	Big West
102	Kansas State	(0-11-0)		-0.4135	Big Eight
103	Miami (Ohio)	(0-10-1)		-0.4979	Mid-American
103=	New Mexico State	(1-10-0)		-0.4979	Big West

Average Ratings by Conference (1988)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Pac 10		0.4648
2	Atlantic Coast		0.3077
3	Southeastern		0.2715
4	Independent		0.2381
5	Western Athletic		0.1905
6	Big Eight		0.1870
7	Southwest		0.1632
8	Big Ten		0.1482
9	Mid-American		0.0102
10	Big West		-0.1371