1988 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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FBS standings

104 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	★	12–0	344.66	412.25	174.30	▲ 1
2	Miami FBS · FBS Independents	—	11–1	331.24	384.54	189.78	▲ 1
3	USC FBS · Pac-10	—	10–2	324.24	381.57	196.84	▼ 2
4	Florida State FBS · FBS Independents	—	11–1	312.43	372.85	173.59	▲ 1
5	UCLA FBS · Pac-10	—	10–2	305.36	360.82	179.66	▲ 1
6	West Virginia FBS · FBS Independents	—	11–1	295.33	366.27	137.69	▼ 2
7	Nebraska FBS · Big 8	—	11–2	272.51	320.28	152.34	—
8	Michigan FBS · Big Ten	—	9–2–1	271.46	312.77	167.86	▲ 4
9	Clemson FBS · ACC	—	10–2	266.68	324.65	148.66	▲ 2
10	Oklahoma State FBS · Big 8	—	10–2	262.88	324.96	132.22	▼ 1
11	Arkansas FBS · Southwest	—	10–2	257.63	305.95	143.35	▼ 3
12	Auburn FBS · SEC	—	10–2	252.35	295.94	144.32	▼ 2
13	Houston FBS · Southwest	—	9–3	237.10	288.58	135.20	—
14	Syracuse FBS · FBS Independents	—	10–2	229.30	267.42	135.09	▲ 4
15	Washington State FBS · Pac-10	—	9–3	225.98	250.31	162.85	—
16	Oklahoma FBS · Big 8	—	9–3	224.57	244.48	161.25	▼ 2
17	Arizona FBS · Pac-10	—	7–4	224.06	242.28	186.58	▼ 1
18	Wyoming FBS · Western Athletic	—	11–2	215.01	235.65	128.26	▼ 1
19	Alabama FBS · SEC	—	9–3	206.65	238.47	132.93	—
20	Georgia FBS · SEC	—	9–3	206.30	249.01	122.05	▲ 3
21	Southern Miss FBS · FBS Independents	—	10–2	204.17	221.80	137.53	▼ 1
22	Michigan State FBS · Big Ten	—	6–5–1	189.98	206.20	162.44	▼ 1
23	Texas A&M FBS · Southwest	—	7–5	184.27	192.84	161.03	▲ 1
24	LSU FBS · SEC	—	8–4	183.70	185.80	162.05	▼ 2
25	Washington FBS · Pac-10	—	6–5	179.14	188.03	169.85	▲ 1
26	Colorado FBS · Big 8	—	8–4	178.43	193.74	137.71	▼ 1
27	NC State FBS · ACC	—	8–3–1	176.11	198.70	127.71	—
28	Hawai'i FBS · Western Athletic	—	9–3	170.28	195.15	104.10	—
29	Indiana FBS · Big Ten	—	8–3–1	170.09	197.75	113.78	—
30	Fresno State FBS · Big West	—	10–2	164.61	199.30	72.12	—
31	UTEP FBS · Western Athletic	—	10–3	163.66	182.25	104.97	—
32	Virginia FBS · ACC	—	7–4	157.75	170.91	134.68	—
33	Oregon State FBS · Pac-10	—	4–6–1	156.13	149.63	184.97	—
34	Pittsburgh FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	155.52	155.02	154.84	—
35	Stanford FBS · Pac-10	—	3–6–2	153.07	148.35	188.06	—
36	Penn State FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	152.95	144.41	173.87	—
37	Utah FBS · Western Athletic	—	6–5	147.97	185.00	102.05	—
38	BYU FBS · Western Athletic	—	9–4	147.45	145.92	124.65	▲ 1
39	Tennessee FBS · SEC	—	5–6	146.16	145.26	159.39	▼ 1
40	Louisville FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–3	145.77	148.29	123.78	—
41	Iowa FBS · Big Ten	—	6–4–3	142.89	156.49	120.72	—
42	Wake Forest FBS · ACC	—	6–4–1	140.34	144.73	133.40	▲ 1
43	Arizona State FBS · Pac-10	—	6–5	138.43	118.65	169.72	▼ 1
44	East Carolina FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–8	136.12	139.01	172.25	▲ 1
45	Memphis FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	136.07	158.22	112.59	▼ 1
46	Florida FBS · SEC	—	7–5	133.79	127.89	137.19	—
47	Oregon FBS · Pac-10	—	6–6	133.67	115.79	169.20	—
48	Kentucky FBS · SEC	—	5–6	132.88	129.65	146.94	—
49	Maryland FBS · ACC	—	5–6	130.72	111.18	167.49	—
50	California FBS · Pac-10	—	5–5–1	129.20	109.31	163.32	—
51	Western Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	9–3	127.68	130.22	86.59	—
52	Army FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–3	126.11	133.57	92.04	—
53	Texas Tech FBS · Southwest	—	5–6	124.64	118.73	144.46	—
54	Ball State FBS · Mid-American	—	8–3	123.29	135.22	78.48	—
55	South Carolina FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–4	122.18	95.07	141.07	—
56	Illinois FBS · Big Ten	—	6–5–1	119.17	112.49	131.67	—
57	Duke FBS · ACC	—	7–3–1	118.64	98.07	127.27	▲ 1
58	Tulsa FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	118.48	100.78	160.40	▼ 1
59	Temple FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	114.00	124.34	131.98	▲ 1
60	Central Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	7–4	113.57	125.58	83.08	▼ 1
61	Rutgers FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	112.67	100.27	142.47	—
62	Eastern Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	6–3–1	111.01	112.63	91.77	—
63	Missouri FBS · Big 8	—	3–7–1	109.16	87.51	169.17	—
64	Ole Miss FBS · SEC	—	5–6	106.08	87.20	143.86	—
65	Virginia Tech FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–8	102.42	72.62	177.54	▲ 1
66	Boston College FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–8	102.38	86.57	163.06	▼ 1
67	Northern Illinois FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4	100.63	117.00	72.69	—
68	Toledo FBS · Mid-American	—	6–5	99.96	112.15	81.98	—
69	Baylor FBS · Southwest	—	6–5	95.13	87.69	110.74	—
70	Georgia Tech FBS · ACC	—	3–8	94.26	95.87	134.38	—
71	Ohio State FBS · Big Ten	—	4–6–1	90.17	66.49	145.96	—
72	Tulane FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	89.29	79.30	122.98	—
73	Air Force FBS · Western Athletic	—	5–7	86.73	68.93	129.75	▲ 1
74	Texas FBS · Southwest	—	4–7	86.50	71.55	135.21	▼ 1
75	Iowa State FBS · Big 8	—	5–6	83.55	58.53	134.30	—
76	Vanderbilt FBS · SEC	—	3–8	82.26	76.55	133.44	▲ 1
77	Kent State FBS · Mid-American	—	5–6	81.66	88.16	83.57	▲ 1
78	CCal State Fullerton FBS · Big West	—	5–6	81.00	79.92	92.47	▼ 2
79	Ohio FBS · Mid-American	—	4–6–1	76.32	82.81	85.50	—
80	San Diego State FBS · Western Athletic	—	3–8	74.16	53.52	143.38	▲ 1
81	TCU FBS · Southwest	—	4–7	73.80	47.46	137.98	▼ 1
82	Louisiana FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	71.92	42.79	110.78	—
83	Northwestern FBS · Big Ten	—	2–8–1	68.68	65.56	124.42	—
84	North Carolina FBS · ACC	—	1–10	65.20	41.33	166.31	—
85	Cincinnati FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–8	63.62	46.79	131.57	▲ 1
86	Akron FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	63.43	55.44	82.79	▼ 1
87	UNLV FBS · Big West	—	4–7	61.99	62.00	86.63	—
88	Wisconsin FBS · Big Ten	—	1–10	60.17	52.92	138.66	—
89	San José State FBS · Big West	—	4–8	57.64	53.00	98.56	—
90	Purdue FBS · Big Ten	—	4–7	50.58	10.21	134.00	—
91	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–8	45.09	19.02	119.42	—
92	Mississippi State FBS · SEC	—	1–10	42.43	9.24	154.28	—
93	Bowling Green FBS · Mid-American	—	2–8–1	40.96	26.83	102.98	—
94	Utah State FBS · Big West	—	4–7	38.70	11.78	99.17	—
95	Rice FBS · Southwest	—	0–11	35.42	4.37	156.91	▲ 1
96	Kansas FBS · Big 8	—	1–10	34.72	1.00	148.65	▼ 1
97	Minnesota FBS · Big Ten	—	2–7–2	32.75	1.00	119.46	—
98	Kansas State FBS · Big 8	—	0–11	27.11	1.00	146.62	—
99	Colorado State FBS · Western Athletic	—	1–10	26.99	1.00	133.42	—
100	New Mexico FBS · Western Athletic	—	2–10	26.98	7.60	112.26	—
101	LLong Beach State FBS · Big West	—	3–9	26.10	2.77	98.89	—
102	PPacific FBS · Big West	—	2–9	22.16	12.00	84.31	—
103	Miami (OH) FBS · Mid-American	—	0–10–1	14.23	1.00	103.06	—
104	New Mexico State FBS · Big West	—	1–10	0.27	1.00	67.36	—