College Football 1988
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1988/8/27 and 1989/1/2
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

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1988 - Ranking of University Division teams based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents)
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule		Team	Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
6	27.20	4	28.96	1	29.25	Southern California	12	10-2-0	1	12	10-2-0	PAC-10
68	-4.82	68	-5.29	2	30.36	North Carolina	11	1-10-0	2	11	1-10-0	ACC
56	-0.09	52	-0.01	3	31.75	Virginia Tech	10	2-8-0	3	11	3-8-0	SIC
19	14.54	14	18.20	4	32.64	Arizona	11	7-4-0	5	11	7-4-0	PAC-10
55	0.40	82	-13.92	5	32.89	Georgia Tech	9	1-8-0	4	11	3-8-0	ACC
46	4.69	26	10.12	6	33.50	Arizona State	10	5-5-0	6	11	6-5-0	PAC-10
31	8.30	43	4.81	7	33.59	Maryland	11	5-6-0	7	11	5-6-0	ACC
34	7.63	47	3.26	8	35.41	Stanford	11	3-6-2	8	11	3-6-2	PAC-10
69	-5.12	69	-5.88	9	35.55	East Carolina	10	2-8-0	12	11	3-8-0	SIC
39	5.36	39	6.97	10	35.59	Oregon State	11	4-6-1	9	11	4-6-1	PAC-10
36	6.90	32	8.40	11	35.94	Wake Forest	8	4-4-0	10	11	6-4-1	ACC
7	24.67	6	24.33	12	36.33	UCLA	12	10-2-0	11	12	10-2-0	PAC-10
79	-12.57	93	-19.33	13	36.43	Navy	7	0-7-0	16	11	3-8-0	EIC
5	27.21	3	29.56	14	36.50	Florida State	11	10-1-0	15	12	11-1-0	SIC
9	23.82	10	21.61	15	36.77	Clemson	11	9-2-0	14	12	10-2-0	ACC
52	1.87	44	4.26	16	36.82	Oregon	11	5-6-0	13	12	6-6-0	PAC-10
84	-14.60	90	-18.22	17	37.25	Rice	10	0-10-0	20	11	0-11-0	SWAC
18	14.63	15	18.18	18	37.33	Washington State	12	9-3-0	18	12	9-3-0	PAC-10
40	5.24	40	5.91	19	38.14	Tennessee	11	5-6-0	17	11	5-6-0	SEC
20	14.40	17	17.67	20	38.58	Louisiana State	12	8-4-0	19	12	8-4-0	SEC
1	38.71	1	42.44	21	38.71	Notre Dame	12	12-0-0	21	12	12-0-0	EIC
24	10.90	24	10.90	22	38.95	Washington	11	6-5-0	22	11	6-5-0	PAC-10
2	38.16	2	36.99	23	39.29	Miami FL	12	11-1-0	23	12	11-1-0	SIC
48	3.76	41	5.32	24	39.44	Texas Tech	9	4-5-0	26	11	5-6-0	SWAC
30	8.43	27	9.80	25	39.79	Texas A&M	12	7-5-0	28	12	7-5-0	SWAC
23	12.25	31	8.59	26	39.80	North Carolina State	10	6-3-1	25	12	8-3-1	ACC
78	-12.50	80	-13.03	27	40.00	Mississippi State	11	1-10-0	24	11	1-10-0	SEC
37	6.24	38	7.43	28	40.30	Florida	10	5-5-0	44	12	7-5-0	SEC
26	10.49	45	3.56	29	40.32	Penn State	11	5-6-0	27	11	5-6-0	EIC
32	7.82	37	7.46	30	40.75	Virginia	10	6-4-0	29	11	7-4-0	ACC
74	-7.85	71	-6.33	31	41.09	Missouri	11	3-7-1	31	11	3-7-1	BIG 8
50	2.53	54	-0.69	32	41.10	Mississippi	10	4-6-0	32	11	5-6-0	SEC
51	2.19	56	-1.01	33	41.70	Kentucky	10	4-6-0	30	11	5-6-0	SEC
88	-16.00	72	-6.69	34	41.94	Louisiana Tech	8	2-6-0	40	11	4-7-0	SIC
71	-6.64	79	-12.15	35	42.41	Boston College	11	3-8-0	33	11	3-8-0	EIC
3	29.10	8	24.05	36	42.46	Michigan	12	9-2-1	34	12	9-2-1	BIG 10
61	-2.86	67	-5.09	37	43.23	Ohio State	11	4-6-1	35	11	4-6-1	BIG 10
33	7.75	25	10.43	38	43.55	South Carolina	10	6-4-0	37	12	8-4-0	SIC
28	10.11	36	7.48	39	43.75	Pittsburgh	10	5-5-0	36	11	6-5-0	EIC
22	12.45	29	9.12	40	43.83	Michigan State	12	6-5-1	38	12	6-5-1	BIG 10
11	20.23	11	21.41	41	44.21	Oklahoma	12	9-3-0	41	12	9-3-0	BIG 8
59	-2.34	60	-2.90	42	44.40	Texas	10	3-7-0	43	11	4-7-0	SWAC
65	-3.50	70	-6.21	43	44.86	Vanderbilt	11	3-8-0	39	11	3-8-0	SEC
10	23.82	9	22.42	44	45.29	Auburn	12	10-2-0	42	12	10-2-0	SEC
47	4.44	49	1.29	45	45.41	California	11	5-5-1	45	11	5-5-1	PAC-10
41	5.19	34	7.91	46	46.10	Duke	10	6-3-1	46	11	7-3-1	ACC
93	-20.53	89	-18.11	47	46.27	Kansas	11	1-10-0	47	11	1-10-0	BIG 8
15	15.44	21	12.19	48	46.79	Alabama	12	9-3-0	48	12	9-3-0	SEC
53	1.62	64	-5.03	49	46.90	Rutgers	10	4-6-0	49	11	5-6-0	EIC
16	15.22	23	11.86	50	47.64	Georgia	11	8-3-0	50	12	9-3-0	SEC
75	-9.18	57	-1.44	51	48.25	Tulane	10	4-6-0	52	11	5-6-0	SIC
62	-2.88	62	-3.30	52	48.32	Texas Christian	11	4-7-0	54	11	4-7-0	SWAC
14	18.20	12	20.74	53	48.33	Arkansas	12	10-2-0	53	12	10-2-0	SWAC
64	-3.02	61	-3.17	54	48.41	Tulsa	11	4-7-0	51	11	4-7-0	SIC
8	24.53	5	25.50	55	48.77	Nebraska	13	11-2-0	56	13	11-2-0	BIG 8
96	-22.38	98	-21.08	56	48.94	Cincinnati	9	1-8-0	72	11	3-8-0	EIC
102	-28.04	100	-25.65	57	48.95	Kansas State	11	0-11-0	57	11	0-11-0	BIG 8
63	-2.92	58	-1.63	58	49.15	Iowa State	10	4-6-0	58	11	5-6-0	BIG 8
81	-13.27	75	-8.34	59	49.18	San Diego State	11	3-8-0	55	11	3-8-0	WAC
21	12.70	18	15.54	60	49.64	Southern Mississippi	11	9-2-0	61	12	10-2-0	SIC
17	14.73	22	11.95	61	50.46	Houston	12	9-3-0	60	12	9-3-0	SWAC
13	19.22	13	18.24	62	50.58	Syracuse	12	10-2-0	62	12	10-2-0	EIC
86	-15.13	97	-21.02	63	50.68	Colorado State	11	1-10-0	59	11	1-10-0	WAC
73	-7.73	77	-10.42	64	50.68	Northwestern	11	2-8-1	64	11	2-8-1	BIG 10
49	3.26	46	3.39	65	50.96	Illinois	12	6-5-1	63	12	6-5-1	BIG 10
43	4.97	30	8.80	66	51.50	Louisville	10	7-3-0	65	11	8-3-0	SIC
25	10.55	28	9.43	67	51.88	Colorado	12	8-4-0	66	12	8-4-0	BIG 8
54	0.73	50	0.50	68	52.00	Memphis	10	5-5-0	67	11	6-5-0	SIC
12	19.80	16	17.93	69	52.79	Oklahoma State	12	10-2-0	68	12	10-2-0	BIG 8
83	-13.82	73	-6.84	70	53.18	Purdue	11	4-7-0	69	11	4-7-0	BIG 10
94	-20.67	96	-20.68	71	53.27	Wisconsin	11	1-10-0	70	11	1-10-0	BIG 10
70	-6.20	74	-7.44	72	53.86	Temple	11	4-7-0	71	11	4-7-0	EIC
4	28.83	7	24.28	73	54.58	West Virginia	12	11-1-0	73	12	11-1-0	EIC
45	4.85	51	0.16	74	54.81	Iowa	13	6-4-3	74	13	6-4-3	BIG 10
27	10.35	33	8.32	75	55.67	Indiana	12	8-3-1	76	12	8-3-1	BIG 10
58	-2.00	66	-5.09	76	55.83	Air Force	12	5-7-0	75	12	5-7-0	WAC
57	-1.14	53	-0.22	77	56.00	Baylor	10	5-5-0	79	11	6-5-0	SWAC
29	9.96	20	13.79	78	56.12	Wyoming	13	11-2-0	77	13	11-2-0	WAC
35	7.44	19	14.34	79	56.69	Brigham Young	13	9-4-0	78	13	9-4-0	WAC
44	4.92	48	1.50	80	58.25	Army	8	5-3-0	80	12	9-3-0	EIC
80	-12.90	85	-14.98	81	59.50	Minnesota	11	2-7-2	82	11	2-7-2	BIG 10
67	-3.83	65	-5.05	82	59.55	Utah	10	5-5-0	81	11	6-5-0	WAC
38	5.66	35	7.73	83	61.27	Texas El Paso	11	8-3-0	83	13	10-3-0	WAC
99	-24.69	94	-19.87	84	62.25	New Mexico	12	2-10-0	84	12	2-10-0	WAC
60	-2.52	59	-2.22	85	62.44	Louisiana Lafayette	9	5-4-0	85	11	6-5-0	SIC
42	5.06	42	5.05	86	63.88	Hawaii	12	9-3-0	86	12	9-3-0	WAC
89	-18.63	86	-15.84	87	68.75	San Jose State	12	4-8-0	89	12	4-8-0	BWC
92	-20.31	88	-18.09	88	72.82	Utah State	11	4-7-0	91	11	4-7-0	BWC
101	-27.84	101	-25.86	89	73.59	Cal State Long Beach	11	3-8-0	92	12	3-9-0	BWC
77	-12.12	83	-14.23	90	74.86	Cal State Fullerton	11	5-6-0	93	11	5-6-0	BWC
103	-29.64	103	-28.57	91	75.15	Bowling Green	10	1-8-1	96	11	2-8-1	MAC
100	-27.73	102	-26.16	92	75.44	Pacific	9	2-7-0	94	11	2-9-0	BWC
97	-22.63	92	-19.19	93	76.45	Nevada Las Vegas	11	4-7-0	95	11	4-7-0	BWC
105	-35.44	104	-34.74	94	79.64	Miami OH	11	0-10-1	97	11	0-10-1	MAC
90	-19.69	91	-18.51	95	80.29	Northern Illinois	7	3-4-0	99	11	7-4-0	EIC
85	-15.03	76	-10.09	96	80.33	Eastern Michigan	9	5-3-1	101	10	6-3-1	MAC
66	-3.76	55	-0.90	97	80.73	Fresno State	11	9-2-0	98	12	10-2-0	BWC
95	-21.25	95	-20.23	98	81.17	Akron	9	4-5-0	100	11	5-6-0	EIC
91	-19.80	99	-21.62	99	84.05	Kent State	10	4-6-0	104	11	5-6-0	MAC
104	-33.35	105	-36.02	100	84.86	New Mexico State	11	1-10-0	102	11	1-10-0	BWC
82	-13.39	81	-13.57	101	85.40	Central Michigan	10	6-4-0	103	11	7-4-0	MAC
98	-24.57	87	-17.84	102	86.70	Ohio University	10	4-5-1	105	11	4-6-1	MAC
72	-6.70	63	-4.32	103	87.77	Western Michigan	11	8-3-0	106	12	9-3-0	MAC
87	-15.77	84	-14.63	104	88.00	Toledo	9	5-4-0	107	11	6-5-0	MAC
76	-10.06	78	-11.35	105	88.94	Ball State	9	6-3-0	108	11	8-3-0	MAC

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College Football 1988Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1988/8/27 and 1989/1/2Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

College Football 1988
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1988/8/27 and 1989/1/2
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)