College Football 1989
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1989/8/31 and 1990/1/1
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

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1989 - 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
1	33.18	2	32.16	1	31.71	Florida State	12	10-2-0	2	12	10-2-0	SIC
35	9.46	20	14.91	2	32.05	South Carolina	10	5-4-1	1	11	6-4-1	SIC
3	31.25	1	34.93	3	32.81	Notre Dame	13	12-1-0	3	13	12-1-0	EIC
99	-23.78	96	-19.60	4	33.78	Southern Methodist	9	0-9-0	4	11	2-9-0	SWAC
27	10.69	48	2.51	5	34.09	Louisiana State	11	4-7-0	5	11	4-7-0	SEC
16	18.93	13	21.62	6	35.33	Virginia	12	9-3-0	6	13	10-3-0	ACC
41	4.54	52	0.41	7	36.14	UCLA	11	3-7-1	8	11	3-7-1	PAC-10
4	31.18	3	29.80	8	36.23	Clemson	11	9-2-0	9	12	10-2-0	ACC
15	19.02	23	13.94	9	36.42	Washington	12	8-4-0	7	12	8-4-0	PAC-10
10	22.76	6	28.34	10	36.54	Tennessee	12	11-1-0	11	12	11-1-0	SEC
9	23.81	10	23.60	11	37.29	Auburn	12	10-2-0	12	12	10-2-0	SEC
8	24.14	9	23.72	12	37.38	Michigan	12	10-2-0	10	12	10-2-0	BIG 10
6	26.11	8	24.36	13	37.50	Southern California	12	9-2-1	13	12	9-2-1	PAC-10
49	2.67	39	5.07	14	37.59	Texas	11	5-6-0	14	11	5-6-0	SWAC
84	-13.73	93	-18.49	15	37.75	North Carolina	10	0-10-0	16	11	1-10-0	ACC
56	-1.15	50	1.67	16	37.95	Oregon State	11	3-7-1	15	12	4-7-1	PAC-10
50	2.05	54	-0.92	17	38.05	Maryland	11	3-7-1	17	11	3-7-1	ACC
73	-8.02	61	-3.36	18	39.05	Purdue	11	3-8-0	18	11	3-8-0	BIG 10
67	-6.25	65	-4.00	19	39.23	California	11	4-7-0	19	11	4-7-0	PAC-10
18	17.37	14	20.31	20	40.17	Penn State	12	8-3-1	20	12	8-3-1	EIC
7	24.59	12	21.73	21	40.50	Alabama	12	10-2-0	21	12	10-2-0	SEC
24	11.66	17	16.20	22	40.59	Virginia Tech	11	6-4-1	23	11	6-4-1	SIC
76	-9.60	75	-9.07	23	41.82	Wisconsin	11	2-9-0	22	11	2-9-0	BIG 10
30	10.06	37	6.62	24	41.83	Georgia	12	6-6-0	25	12	6-6-0	SEC
65	-5.05	72	-7.66	25	41.86	Stanford	11	3-8-0	24	11	3-8-0	PAC-10
19	14.80	28	10.01	26	41.92	Texas A&M	12	8-4-0	27	12	8-4-0	SWAC
23	11.83	27	11.51	27	42.08	Arizona	12	8-4-0	26	12	8-4-0	PAC-10
25	11.63	24	13.32	28	42.27	Mississippi	11	7-4-0	35	12	8-4-0	SEC
26	11.27	38	5.11	29	42.50	Washington State	10	5-5-0	28	11	6-5-0	PAC-10
42	4.48	35	7.23	30	42.95	Georgia Tech	10	6-4-0	30	11	7-4-0	ACC
11	21.23	7	24.88	31	42.96	Illinois	12	10-2-0	29	12	10-2-0	BIG 10
87	-14.74	97	-19.60	32	43.32	Vanderbilt	11	1-10-0	31	11	1-10-0	SEC
51	1.68	57	-1.26	33	43.75	Mississippi State	10	4-6-0	55	11	5-6-0	SEC
31	9.94	29	9.85	34	43.77	North Carolina State	11	6-5-0	32	12	7-5-0	ACC
33	9.87	25	12.37	35	44.00	Duke	12	8-4-0	33	12	8-4-0	ACC
48	3.01	56	-1.22	36	44.05	Southern Mississippi	11	5-6-0	34	11	5-6-0	SIC
28	10.52	36	7.07	37	44.79	Florida	12	7-5-0	37	12	7-5-0	SEC
97	-20.70	99	-23.15	38	45.09	Northwestern	11	0-11-0	36	11	0-11-0	BIG 10
66	-6.08	58	-2.08	39	45.31	Navy	8	3-5-0	38	11	3-8-0	EIC
94	-19.09	94	-19.40	40	45.82	Temple	11	1-10-0	41	11	1-10-0	EIC
17	17.97	21	14.91	41	46.00	Michigan State	12	8-4-0	39	12	8-4-0	BIG 10
53	-0.13	49	2.01	42	46.09	Iowa	11	5-6-0	40	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
38	6.28	51	0.97	43	46.45	Baylor	11	5-6-0	42	11	5-6-0	SWAC
21	12.92	19	15.41	44	46.54	West Virginia	12	8-3-1	47	12	8-3-1	EIC
2	31.50	4	29.61	45	46.71	Miami FL	12	11-1-0	43	12	11-1-0	SIC
60	-3.32	64	-3.49	46	46.86	Texas Christian	11	4-7-0	44	11	4-7-0	SWAC
34	9.69	26	12.01	47	46.96	Ohio State	12	8-4-0	46	12	8-4-0	BIG 10
40	4.70	40	4.55	48	47.35	Minnesota	10	5-5-0	45	11	6-5-0	BIG 10
22	12.68	15	16.65	49	47.50	Pittsburgh	12	8-3-1	49	12	8-3-1	EIC
75	-9.50	78	-9.45	50	47.60	Wake Forest	10	2-7-1	50	11	2-8-1	ACC
79	-10.42	80	-11.27	51	47.73	Rice	11	2-8-1	48	11	2-8-1	SWAC
58	-1.87	53	-0.32	52	47.90	East Carolina	10	4-5-1	51	11	5-5-1	SIC
68	-6.32	81	-11.48	53	48.09	Boston College	11	2-9-0	53	11	2-9-0	EIC
81	-11.97	83	-12.41	54	48.25	Memphis	10	2-8-0	60	11	2-9-0	SIC
12	20.76	11	22.98	55	48.38	Arkansas	12	10-2-0	52	12	10-2-0	SWAC
43	4.07	45	3.28	56	49.05	Kentucky	11	6-5-0	54	11	6-5-0	SEC
83	-13.65	89	-17.45	57	49.18	Missouri	11	2-9-0	56	11	2-9-0	BIG 8
5	28.27	5	29.07	58	49.21	Colorado	12	11-1-0	57	12	11-1-0	BIG 8
37	6.56	30	9.47	59	49.33	Syracuse	12	8-4-0	58	12	8-4-0	EIC
54	-0.30	44	3.52	60	50.09	Arizona State	11	6-4-1	59	11	6-4-1	PAC-10
20	13.12	18	16.17	61	50.25	Texas Tech	12	9-3-0	61	12	9-3-0	SWAC
63	-4.83	67	-5.71	62	51.04	Tulane	12	4-8-0	64	12	4-8-0	SIC
29	10.44	33	7.74	63	51.08	Oregon	12	8-4-0	62	12	8-4-0	PAC-10
44	3.58	55	-1.05	64	51.18	Indiana	11	5-6-0	63	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
100	-24.40	102	-26.97	65	51.78	Kansas State	9	0-9-0	65	11	1-10-0	BIG 8
45	3.32	46	3.16	66	52.50	Louisiana Tech	8	3-4-1	76	10	5-4-1	SIC
77	-9.96	71	-7.52	67	52.73	Oklahoma State	11	4-7-0	66	11	4-7-0	BIG 8
96	-20.60	91	-17.92	68	55.00	Cincinnati	10	1-8-1	71	11	1-9-1	EIC
14	19.90	22	14.31	69	56.00	Houston	11	9-2-0	69	11	9-2-0	SWAC
13	19.93	16	16.29	70	56.33	Nebraska	12	10-2-0	72	12	10-2-0	BIG 8
64	-4.94	63	-3.39	71	56.94	Louisiana Lafayette	8	4-4-0	88	11	7-4-0	SIC
57	-1.53	59	-2.29	72	57.23	Colorado State	11	5-5-1	70	11	5-5-1	WAC
71	-7.18	73	-8.42	73	57.36	Army	7	2-5-0	73	11	6-5-0	EIC
85	-13.84	87	-13.88	74	58.05	Rutgers	11	2-7-2	75	11	2-7-2	EIC
39	5.24	41	3.91	75	58.62	Air Force	13	8-4-1	77	13	8-4-1	WAC
32	9.93	42	3.81	76	58.64	Oklahoma	11	7-4-0	79	11	7-4-0	BIG 8
86	-13.85	85	-12.73	77	58.70	Kansas	10	3-7-0	80	11	4-7-0	BIG 8
89	-16.03	100	-25.04	78	58.75	New Mexico	12	2-10-0	74	12	2-10-0	WAC
82	-12.03	74	-8.89	79	59.21	Utah	12	4-8-0	78	12	4-8-0	WAC
36	8.84	31	8.65	80	59.54	Brigham Young	13	10-3-0	81	13	10-3-0	WAC
55	-0.96	62	-3.37	81	59.70	Louisville	10	5-5-0	83	11	6-5-0	SIC
61	-4.03	60	-2.50	82	60.23	Iowa State	11	6-5-0	84	11	6-5-0	BIG 8
70	-6.64	76	-9.07	83	60.68	Wyoming	11	5-6-0	82	11	5-6-0	WAC
91	-17.18	92	-18.20	84	60.86	Texas El Paso	11	2-9-0	85	12	2-10-0	WAC
102	-28.31	98	-22.99	85	61.33	Pacific	12	2-10-0	86	12	2-10-0	BWC
52	1.26	34	7.58	86	63.64	Akron	7	5-2-0	87	11	6-4-1	EIC
95	-19.34	86	-13.37	87	64.77	Utah State	11	4-7-0	89	11	4-7-0	BWC
59	-3.12	66	-5.03	88	65.29	San Diego State	12	6-5-1	90	12	6-5-1	WAC
69	-6.51	68	-5.76	89	66.12	Tulsa	12	6-6-0	91	12	6-6-0	SIC
47	3.05	43	3.58	90	66.85	Hawaii	13	9-3-1	92	13	9-3-1	WAC
101	-25.38	101	-26.70	91	71.30	Cal State Long Beach	10	2-8-0	94	12	4-8-0	BWC
72	-7.98	70	-7.25	92	71.91	San Jose State	11	6-5-0	95	11	6-5-0	BWC
93	-18.93	90	-17.52	93	72.94	Nevada Las Vegas	9	3-6-0	96	11	4-7-0	BWC
62	-4.43	47	2.54	94	74.11	Northern Illinois	9	7-2-0	97	11	9-2-0	EIC
78	-9.97	77	-9.34	95	77.30	Cal State Fullerton	10	5-4-1	98	11	6-4-1	BWC
105	-35.30	105	-38.15	96	78.36	New Mexico State	11	0-11-0	99	11	0-11-0	BWC
106	-37.99	106	-39.94	97	79.55	Kent State	11	0-11-0	100	11	0-11-0	MAC
80	-11.65	69	-7.18	98	81.18	Ball State	11	6-3-2	101	12	7-3-2	MAC
98	-21.62	84	-12.60	99	81.68	Bowling Green	11	5-6-0	104	11	5-6-0	MAC
104	-29.28	103	-27.04	100	81.68	Miami OH	11	2-8-1	103	11	2-8-1	MAC
103	-28.57	104	-30.12	101	82.64	Ohio University	11	1-9-1	105	11	1-9-1	MAC
90	-17.11	82	-12.40	102	83.27	Toledo	11	6-5-0	106	11	6-5-0	MAC
92	-17.21	95	-19.46	103	83.68	Western Michigan	11	5-6-0	107	11	5-6-0	MAC
74	-9.28	88	-14.98	104	84.80	Central Michigan	10	5-4-1	102	11	5-5-1	MAC
46	3.22	32	7.79	105	85.14	Fresno State	11	10-1-0	109	12	11-1-0	BWC
88	-15.30	79	-10.82	106	88.56	Eastern Michigan	9	6-2-1	108	11	7-3-1	MAC

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College Football 1989Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1989/8/31 and 1990/1/1Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

College Football 1989
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1989/8/31 and 1990/1/1
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)