1989 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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FBS standings

106 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	—	12–1	338.53	391.41	188.53	▲ 1
2	Florida State FBS · FBS Independents	—	10–2	329.49	397.81	179.58	▲ 2
3	Miami FBS · FBS Independents	★	11–1	322.92	401.45	151.94	—
4	Colorado FBS · Big 8	—	11–1	309.57	380.24	150.66	▼ 3
5	Houston FBS · Southwest	—	9–2	291.16	382.14	126.95	▲ 1
6	Nebraska FBS · Big 8	—	10–2	276.45	348.35	129.21	▼ 1
7	Alabama FBS · SEC	—	10–2	275.97	323.79	159.78	—
8	Auburn FBS · SEC	—	10–2	269.32	308.41	164.96	▲ 2
9	USC FBS · Pac-10	—	9–2–1	266.67	317.70	157.32	▲ 4
10	Tennessee FBS · SEC	—	11–1	265.70	303.61	154.24	▲ 2
11	Clemson FBS · ACC	—	10–2	258.96	304.88	153.97	▼ 2
12	Arkansas FBS · Southwest	—	10–2	254.66	299.11	146.12	▼ 4
13	Michigan FBS · Big Ten	—	10–2	249.81	296.16	143.95	▼ 2
14	Penn State FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–3–1	225.82	254.39	161.18	▲ 1
15	Washington FBS · Pac-10	—	8–4	219.35	249.03	158.39	▲ 1
16	Illinois FBS · Big Ten	—	10–2	215.12	234.48	142.22	▲ 4
17	Virginia FBS · ACC	—	10–3	212.90	223.50	160.48	▼ 3
18	Texas Tech FBS · Southwest	—	9–3	208.31	227.97	148.08	▼ 1
19	Texas A&M FBS · Southwest	—	8–4	205.55	221.81	163.37	▼ 1
20	Michigan State FBS · Big Ten	—	8–4	201.17	224.75	144.13	▼ 1
21	Pittsburgh FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–3–1	194.08	202.01	152.80	—
22	West Virginia FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–3–1	189.56	214.14	131.09	—
23	Arizona FBS · Pac-10	—	8–4	186.71	201.99	144.86	▲ 3
24	Georgia Tech FBS · ACC	—	7–4	178.76	207.79	130.60	▼ 1
25	Oklahoma FBS · Big 8	—	7–4	177.15	203.21	127.01	▼ 1
26	BYU FBS · Western Athletic	—	10–3	176.75	196.61	110.28	▼ 1
27	Fresno State FBS · Big West	—	11–1	173.36	217.19	59.00	—
28	Duke FBS · ACC	—	8–4	168.23	172.55	141.91	—
29	Hawai'i FBS · Western Athletic	—	9–3–1	167.48	196.94	95.42	▲ 1
30	Baylor FBS · Southwest	—	5–6	167.23	188.05	152.84	▼ 1
31	Florida FBS · SEC	—	7–5	166.99	177.96	144.59	—
32	Syracuse FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–4	163.60	168.23	135.10	—
33	South Carolina FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–4–1	160.95	157.30	160.53	—
34	Oregon FBS · Pac-10	—	8–4	153.51	166.43	119.69	—
35	LSU FBS · SEC	—	4–7	152.99	152.80	175.83	▲ 1
36	Ole Miss FBS · SEC	—	8–4	152.12	147.37	140.37	▼ 1
37	Ohio State FBS · Big Ten	—	8–4	145.80	143.88	131.26	—
38	Georgia FBS · SEC	—	6–6	145.64	146.31	151.78	▲ 2
39	Virginia Tech FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–4–1	144.96	136.32	150.00	—
40	Washington State FBS · Pac-10	—	6–5	142.10	140.51	144.60	▲ 1
41	Air Force FBS · Western Athletic	—	8–4–1	138.93	143.01	115.70	▲ 1
42	NC State FBS · ACC	—	7–5	138.35	140.22	131.78	▼ 4
43	Southern Miss FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	137.13	133.83	154.69	—
44	Northern Illinois FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–2	132.51	132.63	91.47	—
45	Louisiana Tech FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4–1	126.45	133.00	116.88	▲ 1
46	Louisiana FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4	126.34	132.70	105.09	▼ 1
47	Arizona State FBS · Pac-10	—	6–4–1	125.89	125.03	125.51	—
48	Colorado State FBS · Western Athletic	—	5–5–1	124.53	115.87	137.03	—
49	Minnesota FBS · Big Ten	—	6–5	122.67	126.76	119.60	—
50	Texas FBS · Southwest	—	5–6	115.64	69.50	187.22	—
51	Kentucky FBS · SEC	—	6–5	115.06	105.50	131.78	—
52	Louisville FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	113.68	122.96	105.22	—
53	Iowa State FBS · Big 8	—	6–5	108.16	104.44	114.14	—
54	Wyoming FBS · Western Athletic	—	5–6	106.59	114.71	110.29	—
55	California FBS · Pac-10	—	4–7	104.85	93.60	150.03	—
56	Stanford FBS · Pac-10	—	3–8	103.57	108.02	143.88	—
57	East Carolina FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–5–1	101.66	89.48	128.45	▲ 1
58	Tulsa FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–6	100.75	109.52	94.70	▼ 1
59	Toledo FBS · Mid-American	—	6–5	100.58	132.67	55.07	—
60	Akron FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–4–1	99.68	101.44	90.94	—
61	San Diego State FBS · Western Athletic	—	6–5–1	98.01	87.99	109.65	▲ 2
62	Eastern Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	7–3–1	97.68	101.05	66.41	—
63	Maryland FBS · ACC	—	3–7–1	96.92	71.36	162.04	▼ 2
64	Oklahoma State FBS · Big 8	—	4–7	93.09	74.23	142.97	—
65	TCU FBS · Southwest	—	4–7	92.69	70.12	154.10	—
66	Purdue FBS · Big Ten	—	3–8	91.27	75.84	151.48	▲ 1
67	Ball State FBS · Mid-American	—	7–3–2	90.76	89.48	67.42	▼ 1
68	Mississippi State FBS · SEC	—	5–6	86.24	65.57	133.65	—
69	CCal State Fullerton FBS · Big West	—	6–4–1	86.05	95.10	70.06	—
70	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–8	83.71	79.66	129.75	—
71	Oregon State FBS · Pac-10	—	4–7–1	80.99	46.65	151.55	—
72	Rice FBS · Southwest	—	2–8–1	76.79	59.52	149.78	—
73	New Mexico FBS · Western Athletic	—	2–10	74.70	84.00	117.25	—
74	Wake Forest FBS · ACC	—	2–8–1	72.44	66.41	128.84	—
75	Boston College FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–9	72.02	66.14	132.78	—
76	Temple FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–10	69.23	64.00	141.65	—
77	Iowa FBS · Big Ten	—	5–6	68.93	34.45	131.70	—
78	Army FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	67.38	61.03	78.73	—
79	UCLA FBS · Pac-10	—	3–7–1	66.60	17.27	168.64	▲ 1
80	Indiana FBS · Big Ten	—	5–6	65.75	36.18	122.83	▼ 1
81	Kansas FBS · Big 8	—	4–7	63.23	37.31	120.99	—
82	Tulane FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–8	63.07	43.03	128.79	—
83	San José State FBS · Big West	—	6–5	59.94	30.12	97.56	▲ 1
84	LLong Beach State FBS · Big West	—	4–8	59.83	74.00	73.30	▼ 1
85	Central Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	5–5–1	59.21	51.71	68.84	—
86	Western Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	5–6	57.80	60.94	63.17	▲ 1
87	Utah FBS · Western Athletic	—	4–8	56.94	28.64	125.14	▼ 1
88	SMU FBS · Southwest	—	2–9	50.47	8.10	158.98	▲ 1
89	Missouri FBS · Big 8	—	2–9	49.24	13.17	151.12	▼ 1
90	Wisconsin FBS · Big Ten	—	2–9	47.99	14.17	146.37	—
91	Memphis FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–9	37.58	10.31	131.25	—
92	Utah State FBS · Big West	—	4–7	34.36	1.00	105.18	—
93	PPacific FBS · Big West	—	2–10	32.02	15.00	113.28	—
94	UNLV FBS · Big West	—	4–7	29.97	1.18	86.30	▲ 1
95	North Carolina FBS · ACC	—	1–10	29.83	3.44	135.05	▼ 1
96	Rutgers FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–7–2	28.97	1.00	111.11	▲ 1
97	Kansas State FBS · Big 8	—	1–10	27.46	1.26	126.02	▼ 1
98	UTEP FBS · Western Athletic	—	2–10	26.99	4.82	114.16	—
99	Miami (OH) FBS · Mid-American	—	2–8–1	26.71	28.20	68.01	—
100	Vanderbilt FBS · SEC	—	1–10	26.13	1.00	132.54	—
101	Bowling Green FBS · Mid-American	—	5–6	25.33	1.00	66.98	—
102	Cincinnati FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–9–1	22.34	1.00	110.18	—
103	Northwestern FBS · Big Ten	—	0–11	12.41	1.00	117.71	—
104	Ohio FBS · Mid-American	—	1–9–1	4.64	1.00	67.52	—
105	New Mexico State FBS · Big West	—	0–11	0.29	1.00	77.74	—
106	Kent State FBS · Mid-American	—	0–11	-2.64	1.00	69.45	—