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 (Win_Loss)

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1989 - Ranking of Division I-A teams based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss
ScoreDif		Win_Loss		Schedule		Team	Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
3	31.25	1	34.93	3	32.81	Notre Dame	13	12-1-0	1	13	12-1-0	Eastern Indep
1	33.18	2	32.16	1	31.71	Florida State	12	10-2-0	2	12	10-2-0	Southern Indep
4	31.18	3	29.80	8	36.23	Clemson	11	9-2-0	3	12	10-2-0	ACC
2	31.50	4	29.61	45	46.71	Miami FL	12	11-1-0	4	12	11-1-0	Southern Indep
5	28.27	5	29.07	58	49.21	Colorado	12	11-1-0	5	12	11-1-0	Big 8
10	22.76	6	28.34	10	36.54	Tennessee	12	11-1-0	6	12	11-1-0	SEC
11	21.23	7	24.88	31	42.96	Illinois	12	10-2-0	7	12	10-2-0	Big 10
6	26.11	8	24.36	13	37.50	Southern California	12	9-2-1	8	12	9-2-1	PAC 10
8	24.14	9	23.72	12	37.38	Michigan	12	10-2-0	9	12	10-2-0	Big 10
9	23.81	10	23.60	11	37.29	Auburn	12	10-2-0	10	12	10-2-0	SEC
12	20.76	11	22.98	55	48.38	Arkansas	12	10-2-0	11	12	10-2-0	Southwest AC
7	24.59	12	21.73	21	40.50	Alabama	12	10-2-0	12	12	10-2-0	SEC
16	18.93	13	21.62	6	35.33	Virginia	12	9-3-0	13	13	10-3-0	ACC
18	17.37	14	20.31	20	40.17	Penn State	12	8-3-1	14	12	8-3-1	Eastern Indep
22	12.68	15	16.65	49	47.50	Pittsburgh	12	8-3-1	15	12	8-3-1	Eastern Indep
13	19.93	16	16.29	70	56.33	Nebraska	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	Southern Indep
20	13.12	18	16.17	61	50.25	Texas Tech	12	9-3-0	17	12	9-3-0	Southwest AC
21	12.92	19	15.41	44	46.54	West Virginia	12	8-3-1	19	12	8-3-1	Eastern Indep
35	9.46	20	14.91	2	32.05	South Carolina	10	5-4-1	21	11	6-4-1	Southern Indep
17	17.97	21	14.91	41	46.00	Michigan State	12	8-4-0	18	12	8-4-0	Big 10
14	19.90	22	14.31	69	56.00	Houston	11	9-2-0	22	11	9-2-0	Southwest AC
15	19.02	23	13.94	9	36.42	Washington	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	12	8-4-0	25	12	8-4-0	Big 10
23	11.83	27	11.51	27	42.08	Arizona	12	8-4-0	27	12	8-4-0	PAC 10
19	14.80	28	10.01	26	41.92	Texas A&M	12	8-4-0	28	12	8-4-0	Southwest AC
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	Eastern Indep
36	8.84	31	8.65	80	59.54	Brigham Young	13	10-3-0	31	13	10-3-0	Western AC
46	3.22	32	7.79	105	85.14	Fresno State	11	10-1-0	32	12	11-1-0	Big West
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	Eastern Indep
42	4.48	35	7.23	30	42.95	Georgia Tech	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	Southwest AC
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	Western AC
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	Western AC
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	Southern Indep
62	-4.43	47	2.54	94	74.11	Northern Illinois	9	7-2-0	49	11	9-2-0	Eastern Indep
27	10.69	48	2.51	5	34.09	Louisiana State	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	Southwest AC
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	Southern Indep
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	Southern Indep
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	Eastern Indep
57	-1.53	59	-2.29	72	57.23	Colorado State	11	5-5-1	57	11	5-5-1	Western AC
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	Southern Indep
64	-4.94	63	-3.39	71	56.94	Louisiana Lafayette	8	4-4-0	60	11	7-4-0	Southern Indep
60	-3.32	64	-3.49	46	46.86	Texas Christian	11	4-7-0	65	11	4-7-0	Southwest AC
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	Western AC
63	-4.83	67	-5.71	62	51.04	Tulane	12	4-8-0	72	12	4-8-0	Southern Indep
69	-6.51	68	-5.76	89	66.12	Tulsa	12	6-6-0	69	12	6-6-0	Southern Indep
80	-11.65	69	-7.18	98	81.18	Ball State	11	6-3-2	71	12	7-3-2	Mid-American
72	-7.98	70	-7.25	92	71.91	San Jose State	11	6-5-0	73	11	6-5-0	Big West
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	Eastern Indep
82	-12.03	74	-8.89	79	59.21	Utah	12	4-8-0	78	12	4-8-0	Western AC
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	Western AC
78	-9.97	77	-9.34	95	77.30	Cal State Fullerton	10	5-4-1	79	11	6-4-1	Big West
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	Mid-American
79	-10.42	80	-11.27	51	47.73	Rice	11	2-8-1	84	11	2-8-1	Southwest AC
68	-6.32	81	-11.48	53	48.09	Boston College	11	2-9-0	85	11	2-9-0	Eastern Indep
90	-17.11	82	-12.40	102	83.27	Toledo	11	6-5-0	83	11	6-5-0	Mid-American
81	-11.97	83	-12.41	54	48.25	Memphis	10	2-8-0	90	11	2-9-0	Southern Indep
98	-21.62	84	-12.60	99	81.68	Bowling Green	11	5-6-0	82	11	5-6-0	Mid-American
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	Big West
85	-13.84	87	-13.88	74	58.05	Rutgers	11	2-7-2	89	11	2-7-2	Eastern Indep
74	-9.28	88	-14.98	104	84.80	Central Michigan	10	5-4-1	88	11	5-5-1	Mid-American
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	Big West
96	-20.60	91	-17.92	68	55.00	Cincinnati	10	1-8-1	96	11	1-9-1	Eastern Indep
91	-17.18	92	-18.20	84	60.86	Texas El Paso	11	2-9-0	93	12	2-10-0	Western AC
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	Eastern Indep
92	-17.21	95	-19.46	103	83.68	Western Michigan	11	5-6-0	94	11	5-6-0	Mid-American
99	-23.78	96	-19.60	4	33.78	Southern Methodist	9	0-9-0	98	11	2-9-0	Southwest AC
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	Big West
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	Western AC
101	-25.38	101	-26.70	91	71.30	Cal State Long Beach	10	2-8-0	105	12	4-8-0	Big West
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	Mid-American
103	-28.57	104	-30.12	101	82.64	Ohio University	11	1-9-1	107	11	1-9-1	Mid-American
105	-35.30	105	-38.15	96	78.36	New Mexico State	11	0-11-0	108	11	0-11-0	Big West
106	-37.99	106	-39.94	97	79.55	Kent State	11	0-11-0	109	11	0-11-0	Mid-American

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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 (Win_Loss)

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 (Win_Loss)