1990 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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FBS standings

107 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	Georgia Tech FBS · ACC	★	11–0–1	315.03	378.41	170.16	▲ 1
2	Colorado FBS · Big 8	★	11–1–1	307.17	351.56	183.88	▼ 1
3	Miami FBS · FBS Independents	—	10–2	306.86	379.02	163.69	▲ 1
4	Tennessee FBS · SEC	—	9–2–2	289.57	359.09	153.73	▼ 1
5	Washington FBS · Pac-10	—	10–2	283.42	342.74	155.91	▲ 1
6	Florida State FBS · FBS Independents	—	10–2	275.66	329.74	157.89	▼ 1
7	Clemson FBS · ACC	—	10–2	267.71	326.84	147.31	▲ 3
8	Michigan FBS · Big Ten	—	9–3	266.42	323.51	155.40	▲ 4
9	Oklahoma FBS · Big 8	—	8–3	265.42	336.06	145.26	▼ 2
10	Nebraska FBS · Big 8	—	9–3	251.93	298.50	150.80	▼ 2
11	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–3	244.56	249.25	196.67	—
12	Penn State FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–3	240.43	281.32	155.89	▲ 1
13	Florida FBS · SEC	—	9–2	238.06	281.90	144.48	▲ 1
14	Texas FBS · Southwest	—	10–2	235.58	241.30	171.32	▼ 5
15	Texas A&M FBS · Southwest	—	9–3–1	233.97	290.43	122.75	—
16	Virginia FBS · ACC	—	8–4	227.88	255.35	172.88	—
17	Houston FBS · Southwest	—	10–1	221.48	270.90	108.36	—
18	Louisville FBS · FBS Independents	—	10–1–1	207.99	255.61	104.60	▲ 8
19	Virginia Tech FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	206.78	229.40	172.79	▼ 1
20	San José State FBS · Big West	—	9–2–1	203.77	240.65	106.23	▼ 1
21	Michigan State FBS · Big Ten	—	8–3–1	200.40	228.22	139.16	—
22	Auburn FBS · SEC	—	8–3–1	188.69	191.19	153.37	—
23	Iowa FBS · Big Ten	—	8–4	186.20	196.01	151.00	—
24	Hawai'i FBS · Western Athletic	—	7–5	183.36	239.69	102.04	▲ 1
25	California FBS · Pac-10	—	7–4–1	182.22	192.14	156.00	▲ 5
26	Maryland FBS · ACC	—	6–5–1	180.76	170.62	188.71	▲ 2
27	BYU FBS · Western Athletic	—	10–3	174.86	175.70	129.70	▲ 4
28	Alabama FBS · SEC	—	7–5	173.88	185.15	150.08	▼ 8
29	Ole Miss FBS · SEC	—	9–3	173.53	192.51	119.01	▼ 5
30	USC FBS · Pac-10	—	8–4–1	173.25	170.51	158.71	▼ 3
31	North Carolina FBS · ACC	—	6–4–1	170.56	178.63	157.70	▲ 2
32	NC State FBS · ACC	—	7–5	170.51	174.84	163.22	—
33	Southern Miss FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–4	165.12	177.05	135.00	▲ 1
34	Illinois FBS · Big Ten	—	8–4	164.73	159.21	151.96	▼ 5
35	Oregon FBS · Pac-10	—	8–4	161.02	168.46	134.79	—
36	Colorado State FBS · Western Athletic	—	9–4	159.98	186.02	100.91	—
37	Syracuse FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4–2	158.53	173.15	127.63	▲ 1
38	Stanford FBS · Pac-10	—	5–6	157.69	157.44	172.36	▲ 1
39	Ohio State FBS · Big Ten	—	7–4–1	156.89	169.83	131.01	▼ 2
40	Louisiana Tech FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–3–1	152.13	175.41	102.10	—
41	Toledo FBS · Mid-American	—	9–2	152.06	174.66	74.21	—
42	UCLA FBS · Pac-10	—	5–6	150.83	148.35	164.31	▲ 1
43	Air Force FBS · Western Athletic	—	7–5	149.96	159.10	130.53	▼ 1
44	South Carolina FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	148.98	132.31	169.64	—
45	Minnesota FBS · Big Ten	—	6–5	141.95	146.35	137.10	—
46	Temple FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4	139.44	137.08	133.19	—
47	Indiana FBS · Big Ten	—	6–5–1	133.72	144.43	123.52	▲ 1
48	Baylor FBS · Southwest	—	6–4–1	133.28	131.92	128.78	▼ 1
49	East Carolina FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	128.98	132.70	138.69	▲ 1
50	San Diego State FBS · Western Athletic	—	6–5	128.29	127.13	129.68	▲ 1
51	Wyoming FBS · Western Athletic	—	9–4	127.02	124.84	107.56	▼ 2
52	Northern Illinois FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	123.84	147.72	98.19	—
53	Central Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	8–3–1	116.18	121.81	78.99	▲ 1
54	Mississippi State FBS · SEC	—	5–6	114.62	101.43	144.74	▼ 1
55	Western Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	7–4	114.05	125.93	80.46	—
56	Oklahoma State FBS · Big 8	—	4–7	112.59	108.60	146.74	—
57	Texas Tech FBS · Southwest	—	4–7	108.28	102.33	140.59	—
58	Arizona FBS · Pac-10	—	7–5	107.12	85.07	136.02	▲ 1
59	Louisiana FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	106.92	105.19	119.66	▼ 1
60	LSU FBS · SEC	—	5–6	103.18	82.89	143.57	—
61	Duke FBS · ACC	—	4–7	102.04	84.41	156.33	▲ 1
62	Ball State FBS · Mid-American	—	7–4	99.96	113.72	65.02	▲ 1
63	Iowa State FBS · Big 8	—	4–6–1	99.43	75.16	154.51	▼ 2
64	Arizona State FBS · Pac-10	—	4–7	98.53	84.15	145.56	—
65	Missouri FBS · Big 8	—	4–7	96.85	83.38	145.21	—
66	Kansas State FBS · Big 8	—	5–6	95.33	77.24	130.87	—
67	Army FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	93.59	112.83	78.32	—
68	Kansas FBS · Big 8	—	3–7–1	93.29	49.57	181.53	▲ 1
69	Rice FBS · Southwest	—	5–6	91.87	88.31	114.99	▼ 1
70	Pittsburgh FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–7–1	91.52	62.30	161.23	▲ 3
71	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	90.83	86.03	112.56	▼ 1
72	Georgia FBS · SEC	—	4–7	90.67	51.89	169.39	▼ 1
73	Fresno State FBS · Big West	—	8–2–1	90.15	87.82	59.63	▼ 1
74	Miami (OH) FBS · Mid-American	—	5–5–1	86.73	91.86	84.55	—
75	Memphis FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–6–1	86.38	69.55	127.90	—
76	Purdue FBS · Big Ten	—	2–9	85.99	65.39	167.00	—
77	Boston College FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	85.28	58.53	145.30	▲ 2
78	Kentucky FBS · SEC	—	4–7	83.15	65.82	135.85	—
79	Tulane FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	83.05	77.20	120.72	▼ 2
80	Bowling Green FBS · Mid-American	—	3–5–2	74.43	76.77	87.54	—
81	West Virginia FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	73.92	55.97	129.49	—
82	Utah State FBS · Big West	—	5–5–1	71.29	67.19	85.75	—
83	Wake Forest FBS · ACC	—	3–8	71.09	41.20	155.10	▲ 1
84	TCU FBS · Southwest	—	5–6	68.56	40.57	124.51	▼ 1
85	LLong Beach State FBS · Big West	—	6–5	65.41	48.49	83.51	—
86	Tulsa FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–8	63.30	52.79	112.09	—
87	Washington State FBS · Pac-10	—	3–8	57.18	31.23	140.81	▲ 1
88	Arkansas FBS · Southwest	—	3–8	56.04	25.55	137.48	▼ 1
89	Utah FBS · Western Athletic	—	4–7	50.83	23.08	116.66	—
90	Wisconsin FBS · Big Ten	—	1–10	45.26	14.03	154.82	—
91	PPacific FBS · Big West	—	4–7	44.70	23.99	89.44	—
92	Arkansas State FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–7–1	40.38	20.07	101.67	—
93	Rutgers FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–8	38.29	16.11	111.68	—
94	UTEP FBS · Western Athletic	—	3–8	36.88	1.00	121.40	—
95	Kent State FBS · Mid-American	—	2–9	36.21	46.77	74.08	—
96	Akron FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–7–1	34.16	7.81	95.26	—
97	Northwestern FBS · Big Ten	—	2–9	31.03	1.00	130.26	—
98	Cincinnati FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–10	29.67	1.00	131.20	—
99	Vanderbilt FBS · SEC	—	1–10	26.00	1.00	131.67	—
100	Oregon State FBS · Pac-10	—	1–10	25.38	8.43	122.69	—
101	New Mexico State FBS · Big West	—	1–10	24.19	45.00	65.62	—
102	UNLV FBS · Big West	—	4–7	23.95	1.00	75.63	▲ 1
103	SMU FBS · Southwest	—	1–10	22.48	1.00	122.55	▼ 1
104	Eastern Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	2–9	20.93	1.00	92.56	—
105	New Mexico FBS · Western Athletic	—	2–10	19.49	1.00	107.19	—
106	Ohio FBS · Mid-American	—	1–9–1	12.82	1.00	81.69	—
107	CCal State Fullerton FBS · Big West	—	1–11	7.52	1.00	86.89	—