College Football 1989
Ranking of Division I-A Teams

Based on games played between 1989/8/31 and 1990/1/1
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

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

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College Football 1989Ranking of Division I-A Teams

Based on games played between 1989/8/31 and 1990/1/1Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

College Football 1989
Ranking of Division I-A Teams

Based on games played between 1989/8/31 and 1990/1/1
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)