College Football 1988
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1988/8/27 and 1989/1/2
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

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

College Football 1988
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1988/8/27 and 1989/1/2
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)