1989

1990 Rankings
​Final

1991

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Colorado	(11-1-1)		0.7976	Big Eight
2	Georgia Tech	(11-0-1)		0.7542	Atlantic Coast
3	Miami (Florida)	(10-2-0)		0.7298	Independent
4	Washington	(10-2-0)		0.7096	Pac 10
5	Notre Dame	(9-3-0)		0.6929	Independent
6	Florida State	(10-2-0)		0.6572	Independent
7	Texas	(10-2-0)		0.6515	Southwest
8	Tennessee	(9-2-2)		0.6129	Southeastern
9	Penn State	(9-3-0)		0.6019	Independent
10	Clemson	(10-2-0)		0.5967	Atlantic Coast
11	Michigan	(9-3-0)		0.5915	Big Ten
12	Florida	(9-2-0)		0.5676	Southeastern
13	Auburn	(8-3-1)		0.5295	Southeastern
14	Southern California	(8-4-1)		0.5237	Pac 10
15	Michigan State	(8-3-1)		0.5210	Big Ten
16	Houston	(10-1-0)		0.5143	Southwest
17	Southern Mississippi	(8-4-0)		0.5074	Independent
18	Louisville	(10-1-1)		0.4874	Independent
19	San Jose State	(9-2-1)		0.4759	Big West
20	Iowa	(8-4-0)		0.4696	Big Ten
21	Oklahoma	(8-3-0)		0.4692	Big Eight
22	California	(7-4-1)		0.4485	Pac 10
23	Virginia	(8-4-0)		0.4473	Atlantic Coast
24	Alabama	(7-5-0)		0.4459	Southeastern
25	Nebraska	(9-3-0)		0.4375	Big Eight
26	Mississippi	(9-3-0)		0.4351	Southeastern
27	Illinois	(8-4-0)		0.4292	Big Ten
28	Texas A&M	(9-3-1)		0.4225	Southwest
29	Virginia Tech	(6-5-0)		0.4209	Independent
30	Brigham Young	(10-3-0)		0.4171	Western Athletic
31	Oregon	(8-4-0)		0.3997	Pac 10
32	North Carolina State	(7-5-0)		0.3887	Atlantic Coast
33	Toledo	(9-2-0)		0.3836	Mid-American
34	Maryland	(6-5-1)		0.3818	Atlantic Coast
35	Stanford	(5-6-0)		0.3643	Pac 10
36	Syracuse	(7-4-2)		0.3444	Independent
37	Ohio State	(7-4-1)		0.3400	Big Ten
38	Louisiana Tech	(8-3-1)		0.3280	Independent
39	Arizona	(7-5-0)		0.3259	Pac 10
40	UCLA	(5-6-0)		0.3242	Pac 10
41	Temple	(7-4-0)		0.3220	Independent
42	North Carolina	(6-4-1)		0.3214	Atlantic Coast
43	South Carolina	(6-5-0)		0.3161	Independent
44	Colorado State	(9-4-0)		0.3005	Western Athletic
45	Wyoming	(9-4-0)		0.2899	Western Athletic
46	Central Michigan	(8-3-1)		0.2761	Mid-American
47	Mississippi State	(5-6-0)		0.2635	Southeastern
48	Baylor	(6-4-1)		0.2540	Southwest
49	East Carolina	(5-6-0)		0.2456	Independent
50	Fresno State	(8-2-1)		0.2443	Big West
51	San Diego State	(6-5-0)		0.2378	Western Athletic
52	Minnesota	(6-5-0)		0.2341	Big Ten
53	Western Michigan	(7-4-0)		0.2235	Mid-American
54	Indiana	(6-5-1)		0.2212	Big Ten
55	Georgia	(4-7-0)		0.2160	Southeastern
56	Air Force	(7-5-0)		0.2113	Western Athletic
57	Louisiana State	(5-6-0)		0.2091	Southeastern
58	Hawaii	(7-5-0)		0.2004	Western Athletic
59	Memphis	(4-6-1)		0.1583	Independent
60	Iowa State	(4-6-1)		0.1477	Big Eight
61	Northern Illinois	(6-5-0)		0.1450	Independent
62	Ball State	(7-4-0)		0.1378	Mid-American
63	Arizona State	(4-7-0)		0.1269	Pac 10
64	Louisiana-Lafayette	(5-6-0)		0.1125	Independent
65	Rice	(5-6-0)		0.1098	Southwest
66	Duke	(4-7-0)		0.1000	Atlantic Coast
67	Texas Tech	(4-7-0)		0.0874	Southwest
68	Pittsburgh	(3-7-1)		0.0859	Independent
69	Long Beach State	(6-5-0)		0.0825	Big West
70	Oklahoma State	(4-7-0)		0.0738	Big Eight
71	Kansas State	(5-6-0)		0.0724	Big Eight
72	Kentucky	(4-7-0)		0.0673	Southeastern
73	Tulane	(4-7-0)		0.0659	Independent
74	Kansas	(3-7-1)		0.0601	Big Eight
75	Texas Christian	(5-6-0)		0.0551	Southwest
76	Miami (Ohio)	(5-5-1)		0.0492	Mid-American
77	West Virginia	(4-7-0)		0.0463	Independent
78	Missouri	(4-7-0)		0.0411	Big Eight
79	Bowling Green State	(3-5-2)		0.0306	Mid-American
80	Boston College	(4-7-0)		0.0141	Independent
81	Utah State	(5-5-1)		0.0109	Big West
82	Washington State	(3-8-0)		0.0029	Pac 10
83	Navy	(5-6-0)		-0.0005	Independent
84	Army	(6-5-0)		-0.0145	Independent
85	Arkansas	(3-8-0)		-0.0246	Southwest
86	Akron	(3-7-1)		-0.0300	Independent
87	Wake Forest	(3-8-0)		-0.0582	Atlantic Coast
88	Purdue	(2-9-0)		-0.0756	Big Ten
89	Arkansas State	(3-7-1)		-0.0797	Independent
90	Utah	(4-7-0)		-0.0869	Western Athletic
91	Pacific	(4-7-0)		-0.0906	Big West
92	Rutgers	(3-8-0)		-0.1004	Independent
93	Texas-El Paso	(3-8-0)		-0.1516	Western Athletic
94	Wisconsin	(1-10-0)		-0.1606	Big Ten
95	Tulsa	(3-8-0)		-0.1641	Independent
96	Northwestern	(2-9-0)		-0.1781	Big Ten
97	Nevada-Las Vegas	(4-7-0)		-0.1857	Big West
98	New Mexico	(2-10-0)		-0.1968	Western Athletic
99	Eastern Michigan	(2-9-0)		-0.2267	Mid-American
100	Cincinnati	(1-10-0)		-0.2631	Independent
101	Vanderbilt	(1-10-0)		-0.2846	Southeastern
102	Kent State	(2-9-0)		-0.3710	Mid-American
103	Southern Methodist	(1-10-0)		-0.3770	Southwest
104	Oregon State	(1-10-0)		-0.3776	Pac 10
105	Ohio	(1-9-1)		-0.4558	Mid-American
106	Fullerton State	(1-11-0)		-0.5470	Big West
107	New Mexico State	(1-10-0)		-0.5504	Big West

Average Ratings by Conference (1990)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Atlantic Coast		0.3665
2	Southeastern		0.3062
3	Pac 10		0.2848
4	Big Eight		0.2624
5	Big Ten		0.2392
6	Independent		0.2165
7	Southwest		0.1881
8	Western Athletic		0.1358
9	Mid-American		0.0052
10	Big West		-0.0700