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 Win/Loss (WinLoss)

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

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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 Win/Loss (WinLoss)

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 Win/Loss (WinLoss)