1988

1989 Rankings
​Final

1990

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Notre Dame	(12-1-0)		0.8473	Independent
2	Tennessee	(11-1-0)		0.7571	Southeastern
3	Florida State	(10-2-0)		0.7532	Independent
4	Miami (Florida)	(11-1-0)		0.7405	Independent
5	Alabama	(10-2-0)		0.6913	Southeastern
6	Southern California	(9-2-1)		0.6760	Pac 10
7	Clemson	(10-2-0)		0.6751	Atlantic Coast
8	Colorado	(11-1-0)		0.6723	Big Eight
9	Auburn	(10-2-0)		0.6685	Southeastern
10	Michigan	(10-2-0)		0.6354	Big Ten
11	Arkansas	(10-2-0)		0.6326	Southwest
12	Illinois	(10-2-0)		0.6204	Big Ten
13	Virginia	(10-3-0)		0.5871	Atlantic Coast
14	Penn State	(8-3-1)		0.5632	Independent
15	Houston	(9-2-0)		0.5297	Southwest
16	Washington	(8-4-0)		0.5206	Pac 10
17	Nebraska	(10-2-0)		0.5019	Big Eight
18	Arizona	(8-4-0)		0.4921	Pac 10
19	West Virginia	(8-3-1)		0.4906	Independent
20	Texas Tech	(9-3-0)		0.4788	Southwest
21	Texas A&M	(8-4-0)		0.4779	Southwest
22	Pittsburgh	(8-3-1)		0.4662	Independent
23	Oregon	(8-4-0)		0.4293	Pac 10
24	Duke	(8-4-0)		0.4280	Atlantic Coast
25	Brigham Young	(10-3-0)		0.4210	Western Athletic
26	Michigan State	(8-4-0)		0.4166	Big Ten
27	Mississippi	(8-4-0)		0.4037	Southeastern
28	Virginia Tech	(6-4-1)		0.3976	Independent
29	Georgia Tech	(7-4-0)		0.3945	Atlantic Coast
30	South Carolina	(6-4-1)		0.3926	Independent
31	Syracuse	(8-4-0)		0.3862	Independent
32	Washington State	(6-5-0)		0.3666	Pac 10
33	Fresno State	(11-1-0)		0.3640	Big West
34	Ohio State	(8-4-0)		0.3575	Big Ten
35	Florida	(7-5-0)		0.3487	Southeastern
36	North Carolina State	(7-5-0)		0.3460	Atlantic Coast
37	Northern Illinois	(9-2-0)		0.3270	Independent
38	Georgia	(6-6-0)		0.3249	Southeastern
39	Hawaii	(9-3-1)		0.3235	Western Athletic
40	Oklahoma	(7-4-0)		0.3173	Big Eight
41	Air Force	(8-4-1)		0.2921	Western Athletic
42	Arizona State	(6-4-1)		0.2892	Pac 10
43	Southern Mississippi	(5-6-0)		0.2864	Independent
44	Kentucky	(6-5-0)		0.2720	Southeastern
45	Texas	(5-6-0)		0.2626	Southwest
46	Louisiana State	(4-7-0)		0.2590	Southeastern
47	Louisiana-Lafayette	(7-4-0)		0.2543	Independent
48	Louisiana Tech	(5-4-1)		0.2541	Independent
49	Louisville	(6-5-0)		0.2262	Independent
50	East Carolina	(5-5-1)		0.2249	Independent
51	Baylor	(5-6-0)		0.2233	Southwest
52	Ball State	(7-3-2)		0.2132	Mid-American
53	UCLA	(3-7-1)		0.2097	Pac 10
54	Minnesota	(6-5-0)		0.2078	Big Ten
55	Eastern Michigan	(7-3-1)		0.1793	Mid-American
56	San Diego State	(6-5-1)		0.1775	Western Athletic
57	San Jose State	(6-5-0)		0.1728	Big West
58	Indiana	(5-6-0)		0.1694	Big Ten
59	Tulsa	(6-6-0)		0.1618	Independent
60	Iowa State	(6-5-0)		0.1609	Big Eight
61	Akron	(6-4-1)		0.1602	Independent
62	Maryland	(3-7-1)		0.1600	Atlantic Coast
63	Colorado State	(5-5-1)		0.1550	Western Athletic
64	Oregon State	(4-7-1)		0.1521	Pac 10
65	California	(4-7-0)		0.1478	Pac 10
66	Mississippi State	(5-6-0)		0.1476	Southeastern
67	Fullerton State	(6-4-1)		0.1419	Big West
68	Iowa	(5-6-0)		0.1222	Big Ten
69	Army	(6-5-0)		0.1188	Independent
70	Stanford	(3-8-0)		0.1115	Pac 10
71	Wyoming	(5-6-0)		0.0957	Western Athletic
72	Toledo	(6-5-0)		0.0814	Mid-American
73	Texas Christian	(4-7-0)		0.0759	Southwest
74	Tulane	(4-8-0)		0.0413	Independent
75	Oklahoma State	(4-7-0)		0.0254	Big Eight
76	Central Michigan	(5-5-1)		-0.0019	Mid-American
77	Western Michigan	(5-6-0)		-0.0047	Mid-American
78	Purdue	(3-8-0)		-0.0131	Big Ten
79	Boston College	(2-9-0)		-0.0215	Independent
80	Rutgers	(2-7-2)		-0.0292	Independent
81	Bowling Green State	(5-6-0)		-0.0410	Mid-American
82	Kansas	(4-7-0)		-0.0550	Big Eight
83	Rice	(2-8-1)		-0.0590	Southwest
84	Utah	(4-8-0)		-0.0705	Western Athletic
85	Wake Forest	(2-8-1)		-0.0868	Atlantic Coast
86	Wisconsin	(2-9-0)		-0.0948	Big Ten
86=	Navy	(3-8-0)		-0.0948	Independent
88	Utah State	(4-7-0)		-0.1026	Big West
89	Nevada-Las Vegas	(4-7-0)		-0.1198	Big West
90	Long Beach State	(4-8-0)		-0.1285	Big West
91	Missouri	(2-9-0)		-0.1419	Big Eight
92	New Mexico	(2-10-0)		-0.1540	Western Athletic
93	North Carolina	(1-10-0)		-0.1647	Atlantic Coast
94	Temple	(1-10-0)		-0.1724	Independent
95	Memphis	(2-9-0)		-0.1925	Independent
96	Vanderbilt	(1-10-0)		-0.1928	Southeastern
97	Southern Methodist	(2-9-0)		-0.2335	Southwest
98	Pacific	(2-10-0)		-0.2412	Big West
99	Texas-El Paso	(2-10-0)		-0.2490	Western Athletic
100	Miami (Ohio)	(2-8-1)		-0.2923	Mid-American
101	Cincinnati	(1-9-1)		-0.2951	Independent
102	Kansas State	(1-10-0)		-0.3034	Big Eight
103	Ohio	(1-9-1)		-0.3668	Mid-American
104	Northwestern	(0-11-0)		-0.3683	Big Ten
105	Kent State	(0-11-0)		-0.5556	Mid-American
106	New Mexico State	(0-11-0)		-0.5632	Big West

Average Ratings by Conference (1989)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Southeastern		0.3680
2	Pac 10		0.3395
3	Atlantic Coast		0.2924
4	Southwest		0.2654
5	Independent		0.2515
6	Big Ten		0.2053
7	Big Eight		0.1472
8	Western Athletic		0.1101
9	Big West		-0.0596
10	Mid-American		-0.0876