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 Win/Loss (WinLoss)

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

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 Win/Loss (WinLoss)