1987

1988 Rankings
​Final

1989

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Notre Dame	(12-0-0)		0.8844	Independent
2	Miami (Florida)	(11-1-0)		0.8405	Independent
3	Southern California	(10-2-0)		0.8351	Pac 10
4	UCLA	(10-2-0)		0.8014	Pac 10
5	Florida State	(11-1-0)		0.7246	Independent
6	Clemson	(10-2-0)		0.6679	Atlantic Coast
7	Nebraska	(11-2-0)		0.6271	Big Eight
8	Washington State	(9-3-0)		0.6236	Pac 10
9	West Virginia	(11-1-0)		0.6221	Independent
10	Michigan	(9-2-1)		0.6202	Big Ten
11	Auburn	(10-2-0)		0.6200	Southeastern
12	Oklahoma State	(10-2-0)		0.5803	Big Eight
13	Arkansas	(10-2-0)		0.5760	Southwest
14	Oklahoma	(9-3-0)		0.5692	Big Eight
15	Wyoming	(11-2-0)		0.5552	Western Athletic
16	Arizona	(7-4-0)		0.5416	Pac 10
17	Syracuse	(10-2-0)		0.4968	Independent
18	Southern Mississippi	(10-2-0)		0.4934	Independent
19	Alabama	(9-3-0)		0.4844	Southeastern
20	Houston	(9-3-0)		0.4457	Southwest
21	Louisiana State	(8-4-0)		0.4444	Southeastern
22	Washington	(6-5-0)		0.4442	Pac 10
23	Hawaii	(9-3-0)		0.4169	Western Athletic
24	Colorado	(8-4-0)		0.4120	Big Eight
25	Georgia	(9-3-0)		0.4063	Southeastern
26	North Carolina State	(8-3-1)		0.4037	Atlantic Coast
27	Texas-El Paso	(10-3-0)		0.3883	Western Athletic
28	Louisville	(8-3-0)		0.3792	Independent
29	Virginia	(7-4-0)		0.3507	Atlantic Coast
30	Brigham Young	(9-4-0)		0.3480	Western Athletic
31	Arizona State	(6-5-0)		0.3403	Pac 10
32	Fresno State	(10-2-0)		0.3294	Big West
33	Oregon	(6-6-0)		0.3229	Pac 10
34	Duke	(7-3-1)		0.3182	Atlantic Coast
35	Texas A&M	(7-5-0)		0.3095	Southwest
36	Oregon State	(4-6-1)		0.2985	Pac 10
37	Maryland	(5-6-0)		0.2949	Atlantic Coast
38	Michigan State	(6-5-1)		0.2817	Big Ten
39	California	(5-5-1)		0.2802	Pac 10
40	Indiana	(8-3-1)		0.2758	Big Ten
41	Stanford	(3-6-2)		0.2727	Pac 10
42	Iowa	(6-4-3)		0.2659	Big Ten
43	Army	(9-3-0)		0.2570	Independent
44	Pittsburgh	(6-5-0)		0.2464	Independent
45	Ball State	(8-3-0)		0.2443	Mid-American
46	Penn State	(5-6-0)		0.2244	Independent
47	Wake Forest	(6-4-1)		0.2239	Atlantic Coast
48	Western Michigan	(9-3-0)		0.2153	Mid-American
49	South Carolina	(8-4-0)		0.2129	Independent
50	Tennessee	(5-6-0)		0.2065	Southeastern
51	Florida	(7-5-0)		0.1955	Southeastern
52	Kentucky	(5-6-0)		0.1916	Southeastern
53	Illinois	(6-5-1)		0.1802	Big Ten
54	Utah	(6-5-0)		0.1339	Western Athletic
55	Mississippi	(5-6-0)		0.1336	Southeastern
56	Memphis	(6-5-0)		0.1277	Independent
57	Central Michigan	(7-4-0)		0.1204	Mid-American
58	Rutgers	(5-6-0)		0.1198	Independent
59	Air Force	(5-7-0)		0.1136	Western Athletic
60	Eastern Michigan	(6-3-1)		0.0993	Mid-American
61	Tulsa	(4-7-0)		0.0930	Independent
62	Texas Tech	(5-6-0)		0.0738	Southwest
63	Baylor	(6-5-0)		0.0366	Southwest
64	Virginia Tech	(3-8-0)		0.0140	Independent
65	Texas	(4-7-0)		0.0041	Southwest
66	Georgia Tech	(3-8-0)		0.0025	Atlantic Coast
67	Ohio State	(4-6-1)		-0.0066	Big Ten
68	Iowa State	(5-6-0)		-0.0093	Big Eight
69	Northern Illinois	(7-4-0)		-0.0226	Independent
70	Tulane	(5-6-0)		-0.0445	Independent
71	Fullerton State	(5-6-0)		-0.0446	Big West
72	Louisiana-Lafayette	(6-5-0)		-0.0656	Independent
73	Vanderbilt	(3-8-0)		-0.0704	Southeastern
74	Missouri	(3-7-1)		-0.0717	Big Eight
75	Texas Christian	(4-7-0)		-0.1122	Southwest
76	East Carolina	(3-8-0)		-0.1303	Independent
77	San Diego State	(3-8-0)		-0.1355	Western Athletic
78	Toledo	(6-5-0)		-0.1367	Mid-American
79	Boston College	(3-8-0)		-0.1469	Independent
80	Kent State	(5-6-0)		-0.1491	Mid-American
81	North Carolina	(1-10-0)		-0.1937	Atlantic Coast
82	Temple	(4-7-0)		-0.1999	Independent
83	Minnesota	(2-7-2)		-0.2142	Big Ten
84	Navy	(3-8-0)		-0.2187	Independent
85	Akron	(5-6-0)		-0.2480	Independent
86	Utah State	(4-7-0)		-0.2503	Big West
87	San Jose State	(4-8-0)		-0.2608	Big West
88	Colorado State	(1-10-0)		-0.2921	Western Athletic
89	Purdue	(4-7-0)		-0.2952	Big Ten
90	Mississippi State	(1-10-0)		-0.3712	Southeastern
91	Northwestern	(2-8-1)		-0.3740	Big Ten
92	Nevada-Las Vegas	(4-7-0)		-0.4541	Big West
93	Ohio	(4-6-1)		-0.4601	Mid-American
94	New Mexico	(2-10-0)		-0.4893	Western Athletic
95	Long Beach State	(3-9-0)		-0.5177	Big West
96	Cincinnati	(3-8-0)		-0.5689	Independent
97	Wisconsin	(1-10-0)		-0.5837	Big Ten
98	Kansas	(1-10-0)		-0.6137	Big Eight
99	Rice	(0-11-0)		-0.6365	Southwest
100	Pacific	(2-9-0)		-0.6518	Big West
101	Bowling Green State	(2-8-1)		-0.7006	Mid-American
102	Kansas State	(0-11-0)		-0.7472	Big Eight
103	New Mexico State	(1-10-0)		-0.8956	Big West
104	Miami (Ohio)	(0-10-1)		-0.9533	Mid-American

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Pac 10	0.4761
2	Atlantic Coast	0.2585
3	Southeastern	0.2241
4	Independent	0.1704
5	Western Athletic	0.1154
6	Big Eight	0.0933
7	Southwest	0.0871
8	Big Ten	0.0150
9	Mid-American	-0.1912
10	Big West	-0.3432