College Football 1988
Ranking of Division I-A 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 Division I-A teams based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents)
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule		Team	Other Rankings		Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		AP	Coach	Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
6	27.20	4	28.96	1	29.25	Southern California	7		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	6	6	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	3	3	11	10-1-0	15	12	11-1-0	SIC
9	23.82	10	21.61	15	36.77	Clemson	9	8	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	16	15	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	LSU	19		12	8-4-0	19	12	8-4-0	SEC
1	38.71	1	42.44	21	38.71	Notre Dame	1	1	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)	2	2	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		16	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	4	4	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	14	13	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	8	7	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	17	17	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	15	14	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	11	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	10	9	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	18		12	9-3-0	60	12	9-3-0	SWAC
13	19.22	13	18.24	62	50.58	Syracuse	13	12	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	11	10	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	5	5	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	20	18	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		19	13	11-2-0	77	13	11-2-0	WAC
35	7.44	19	14.34	79	56.69	Brigham Young		20	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 Division I-A 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 Division I-A Teams

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