College Football 1988
Ranking of Division I-A 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 Division I-A teams based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule		Team	Other Rankings		Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		AP	Coach	Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
1	38.71	1	42.44	21	38.71	Notre Dame	1	1	12	12-0-0	1	12	12-0-0	EIC
2	38.16	2	36.99	23	39.29	Miami (FL)	2	2	12	11-1-0	2	12	11-1-0	SIC
3	29.10	8	24.05	36	42.46	Michigan	4	4	12	9-2-1	4	12	9-2-1	BIG 10
4	28.83	7	24.28	73	54.58	West Virginia	5	5	12	11-1-0	3	12	11-1-0	EIC
5	27.21	3	29.56	14	36.50	Florida State	3	3	11	10-1-0	5	12	11-1-0	SIC
6	27.20	4	28.96	1	29.25	Southern California	7		12	10-2-0	6	12	10-2-0	PAC-10
7	24.67	6	24.33	12	36.33	UCLA	6	6	12	10-2-0	7	12	10-2-0	PAC-10
8	24.53	5	25.50	55	48.77	Nebraska	10	9	13	11-2-0	8	13	11-2-0	BIG 8
9	23.82	10	21.61	15	36.77	Clemson	9	8	11	9-2-0	9	12	10-2-0	ACC
10	23.82	9	22.42	44	45.29	Auburn	8	7	12	10-2-0	10	12	10-2-0	SEC
11	20.23	11	21.41	41	44.21	Oklahoma	14	13	12	9-3-0	11	12	9-3-0	BIG 8
12	19.80	16	17.93	69	52.79	Oklahoma State	11	10	12	10-2-0	12	12	10-2-0	BIG 8
13	19.22	13	18.24	62	50.58	Syracuse	13	12	12	10-2-0	13	12	10-2-0	EIC
14	18.20	12	20.74	53	48.33	Arkansas	12	11	12	10-2-0	14	12	10-2-0	SWAC
15	15.44	21	12.19	48	46.79	Alabama	17	17	12	9-3-0	15	12	9-3-0	SEC
16	15.22	23	11.86	50	47.64	Georgia	15	14	11	8-3-0	16	12	9-3-0	SEC
17	14.73	22	11.95	61	50.46	Houston	18		12	9-3-0	17	12	9-3-0	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
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	LSU	19		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		16	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	20	18	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		19	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		20	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 Division I-A 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 Division I-A Teams

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