1988

1989 Rankings
​Final

1990

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Notre Dame	(12-1-0)		0.9067	Independent
2	Tennessee	(11-1-0)		0.7934	Southeastern
3	Florida State	(10-2-0)		0.7933	Independent
4	Miami (Florida)	(11-1-0)		0.7869	Independent
5	Southern California	(9-2-1)		0.7359	Pac 10
6	Alabama	(10-2-0)		0.7321	Southeastern
7	Colorado	(11-1-0)		0.7193	Big Eight
8	Auburn	(10-2-0)		0.7091	Southeastern
9	Clemson	(10-2-0)		0.7075	Atlantic Coast
10	Michigan	(10-2-0)		0.6914	Big Ten
11	Illinois	(10-2-0)		0.6719	Big Ten
12	Arkansas	(10-2-0)		0.6697	Southwest
13	Virginia	(10-3-0)		0.6184	Atlantic Coast
14	Washington	(8-4-0)		0.5767	Pac 10
15	Penn State	(8-3-1)		0.5696	Independent
16	Houston	(9-2-0)		0.5653	Southwest
17	Arizona	(8-4-0)		0.5445	Pac 10
18	Nebraska	(10-2-0)		0.5430	Big Eight
19	Texas Tech	(9-3-0)		0.5095	Southwest
20	Texas A&M	(8-4-0)		0.5092	Southwest
21	West Virginia	(8-3-1)		0.5061	Independent
22	Pittsburgh	(8-3-1)		0.4914	Independent
23	Oregon	(8-4-0)		0.4819	Pac 10
24	Duke	(8-4-0)		0.4532	Atlantic Coast
25	Michigan State	(8-4-0)		0.4503	Big Ten
26	Brigham Young	(10-3-0)		0.4413	Western Athletic
27	Mississippi	(8-4-0)		0.4260	Southeastern
28	Georgia Tech	(7-4-0)		0.4162	Atlantic Coast
29	Washington State	(6-5-0)		0.4094	Pac 10
30	South Carolina	(6-4-1)		0.4083	Independent
31	Virginia Tech	(6-4-1)		0.4070	Independent
32	Syracuse	(8-4-0)		0.4003	Independent
33	Ohio State	(8-4-0)		0.3900	Big Ten
34	Fresno State	(11-1-0)		0.3858	Big West
35	Florida	(7-5-0)		0.3728	Southeastern
36	North Carolina State	(7-5-0)		0.3649	Atlantic Coast
37	Georgia	(6-6-0)		0.3464	Southeastern
38	Oklahoma	(7-4-0)		0.3443	Big Eight
39	Northern Illinois	(9-2-0)		0.3430	Independent
40	Hawaii	(9-3-1)		0.3316	Western Athletic
41	Arizona State	(6-4-1)		0.3106	Pac 10
42	Southern Mississippi	(5-6-0)		0.3033	Independent
43	Air Force	(8-4-1)		0.2990	Western Athletic
44	Kentucky	(6-5-0)		0.2835	Southeastern
45	Texas	(5-6-0)		0.2809	Southwest
46	Louisiana State	(4-7-0)		0.2734	Southeastern
47	Louisiana-Lafayette	(7-4-0)		0.2609	Independent
48	UCLA	(3-7-1)		0.2478	Pac 10
49	Baylor	(5-6-0)		0.2415	Southwest
50	Louisiana Tech	(5-4-1)		0.2414	Independent
51	Louisville	(6-5-0)		0.2397	Independent
52	Minnesota	(6-5-0)		0.2303	Big Ten
53	East Carolina	(5-5-1)		0.2211	Independent
54	San Jose State	(6-5-0)		0.1997	Big West
55	Indiana	(5-6-0)		0.1865	Big Ten
56	California	(4-7-0)		0.1857	Pac 10
57	Iowa State	(6-5-0)		0.1789	Big Eight
58	Oregon State	(4-7-1)		0.1750	Pac 10
59	Maryland	(3-7-1)		0.1721	Atlantic Coast
60	Tulsa	(6-6-0)		0.1675	Independent
61	San Diego State	(6-5-1)		0.1661	Western Athletic
62	Mississippi State	(5-6-0)		0.1573	Southeastern
63	Eastern Michigan	(7-3-1)		0.1475	Mid-American
64	Stanford	(3-8-0)		0.1432	Pac 10
65	Iowa	(5-6-0)		0.1403	Big Ten
66	Ball State	(7-3-2)		0.1398	Mid-American
67	Colorado State	(5-5-1)		0.1293	Western Athletic
68	Fullerton State	(6-4-1)		0.1239	Big West
69	Army	(6-5-0)		0.1175	Independent
70	Akron	(6-4-1)		0.1045	Independent
71	Wyoming	(5-6-0)		0.0916	Western Athletic
72	Texas Christian	(4-7-0)		0.0801	Southwest
73	Toledo	(6-5-0)		0.0658	Mid-American
74	Tulane	(4-8-0)		0.0456	Independent
75	Oklahoma State	(4-7-0)		0.0349	Big Eight
76	Purdue	(3-8-0)		-0.0009	Big Ten
77	Western Michigan	(5-6-0)		-0.0262	Mid-American
78	Boston College	(2-9-0)		-0.0307	Independent
79	Central Michigan	(5-5-1)		-0.0522	Mid-American
80	Kansas	(4-7-0)		-0.0528	Big Eight
81	Wisconsin	(2-9-0)		-0.0815	Big Ten
82	Utah	(4-8-0)		-0.0830	Western Athletic
83	Bowling Green State	(5-6-0)		-0.0871	Mid-American
84	Utah State	(4-7-0)		-0.1020	Big West
85	Rice	(2-8-1)		-0.1021	Southwest
86	Navy	(3-8-0)		-0.1059	Independent
87	Rutgers	(2-7-2)		-0.1183	Independent
88	Nevada-Las Vegas	(4-7-0)		-0.1269	Big West
89	Wake Forest	(2-8-1)		-0.1296	Atlantic Coast
90	Long Beach State	(4-8-0)		-0.1369	Big West
91	Missouri	(2-9-0)		-0.1379	Big Eight
92	New Mexico	(2-10-0)		-0.1730	Western Athletic
93	North Carolina	(1-10-0)		-0.1744	Atlantic Coast
94	Temple	(1-10-0)		-0.1935	Independent
95	Memphis	(2-9-0)		-0.2019	Independent
96	Vanderbilt	(1-10-0)		-0.2035	Southeastern
97	Southern Methodist	(2-9-0)		-0.2446	Southwest
98	Pacific	(2-10-0)		-0.2546	Big West
99	Texas-El Paso	(2-10-0)		-0.2760	Western Athletic
100	Kansas State	(1-10-0)		-0.3166	Big Eight
101	Cincinnati	(1-9-1)		-0.3753	Independent
102	Northwestern	(0-11-0)		-0.3845	Big Ten
103	Miami (Ohio)	(2-8-1)		-0.3885	Mid-American
104	Ohio	(1-9-1)		-0.4667	Mid-American
105	New Mexico State	(0-11-0)		-0.5901	Big West
106	Kent State	(0-11-0)		-0.6248	Mid-American

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Southeastern	0.3891
2	Pac 10	0.3811
3	Atlantic Coast	0.3035
4	Southwest	0.2788
5	Independent	0.2515
6	Big Ten	0.2294
7	Big Eight	0.1641
8	Western Athletic	0.1030
9	Big West	-0.0626
10	Mid-American	-0.1436