College Football 1989
Ranking of University Division 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 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	33.18	2	32.16	1	31.71	Florida State	12	10-2-0	1	12	10-2-0	SIC
2	31.50	4	29.61	45	46.71	Miami FL	12	11-1-0	2	12	11-1-0	SIC
3	31.25	1	34.93	3	32.81	Notre Dame	13	12-1-0	3	13	12-1-0	EIC
4	31.18	3	29.80	8	36.23	Clemson	11	9-2-0	4	12	10-2-0	ACC
5	28.27	5	29.07	58	49.21	Colorado	12	11-1-0	5	12	11-1-0	BIG 8
6	26.11	8	24.36	13	37.50	Southern California	12	9-2-1	6	12	9-2-1	PAC-10
7	24.59	12	21.73	21	40.50	Alabama	12	10-2-0	7	12	10-2-0	SEC
8	24.14	9	23.72	12	37.38	Michigan	12	10-2-0	8	12	10-2-0	BIG 10
9	23.81	10	23.60	11	37.29	Auburn	12	10-2-0	9	12	10-2-0	SEC
10	22.76	6	28.34	10	36.54	Tennessee	12	11-1-0	10	12	11-1-0	SEC
11	21.23	7	24.88	31	42.96	Illinois	12	10-2-0	11	12	10-2-0	BIG 10
12	20.76	11	22.98	55	48.38	Arkansas	12	10-2-0	12	12	10-2-0	SWAC
13	19.93	16	16.29	70	56.33	Nebraska	12	10-2-0	13	12	10-2-0	BIG 8
14	19.90	22	14.31	69	56.00	Houston	11	9-2-0	14	11	9-2-0	SWAC
15	19.02	23	13.94	9	36.42	Washington	12	8-4-0	15	12	8-4-0	PAC-10
16	18.93	13	21.62	6	35.33	Virginia	12	9-3-0	16	13	10-3-0	ACC
17	17.97	21	14.91	41	46.00	Michigan State	12	8-4-0	17	12	8-4-0	BIG 10
18	17.37	14	20.31	20	40.17	Penn State	12	8-3-1	18	12	8-3-1	EIC
19	14.80	28	10.01	26	41.92	Texas A&M	12	8-4-0	19	12	8-4-0	SWAC
20	13.12	18	16.17	61	50.25	Texas Tech	12	9-3-0	20	12	9-3-0	SWAC
21	12.92	19	15.41	44	46.54	West Virginia	12	8-3-1	21	12	8-3-1	EIC
22	12.68	15	16.65	49	47.50	Pittsburgh	12	8-3-1	22	12	8-3-1	EIC
23	11.83	27	11.51	27	42.08	Arizona	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	Louisiana State	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	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	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	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 University Division 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 University Division Teams

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