1989 College Football Standings and Rankings

1988 CFB Standings and Rankings 1990 CFB Standings and Rankings

Champions: Miami (FL) (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI, USA-CNN)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Andre Ware (Houston)

FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Bill McCartney (Colorado)

AP Preseason #1: Michigan

AP Final #1: Miami (FL)

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106 Schools

106 Schools Table
			Overall				Conference				Points Per Game		SRS		Polls
Rk	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
1	Virginia	ACC	10	3	0	.769	6	1	0	.857	28.5	20.9	11.73	4.58		15	18
2	Duke	ACC	8	4	0	.667	6	1	0	.857	31.4	27.9	5.87	3.20		20
3	Clemson	ACC	10	2	0	.833	5	2	0	.714	30.7	11.5	18.25	3.08	12	7	12
4	Georgia Tech	ACC	7	4	0	.636	4	3	0	.571	24.1	19.4	6.58	1.40
5	North Carolina State	ACC	7	5	0	.583	4	3	0	.571	24.2	19.2	4.23	0.23	24	12
6	Maryland	ACC	3	7	1	.318	2	5	0	.286	19.5	21.6	0.57	4.48
7	Wake Forest	ACC	2	8	1	.227	1	6	0	.143	17.6	29.0	-8.52	1.39
8	North Carolina	ACC	1	10	0	.091	0	7	0	.000	12.5	27.0	-9.95	1.96
			Overall				Conference				Points Per Game		SRS		Polls
Rk	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
9	Colorado	Big 8	11	1	0	.917	7	0	0	1.000	38.2	14.3	21.54	3.63	14	1	4
10	Nebraska	Big 8	10	2	0	.833	6	1	0	.857	42.4	17.9	16.03	0.20	3	3	11
11	Oklahoma	Big 8	7	4	0	.636	5	2	0	.714	34.5	18.2	8.87	-0.22	15	6
12	Iowa State	Big 8	6	5	0	.545	4	3	0	.571	26.7	27.7	-0.65	-1.65
13	Oklahoma State	Big 8	4	7	0	.364	3	4	0	.429	20.5	29.0	-5.01	2.54
14	Kansas	Big 8	4	7	0	.364	2	5	0	.286	22.5	34.8	-8.68	-1.59
15	Missouri	Big 8	2	9	0	.182	1	6	0	.143	15.5	33.0	-8.97	3.57
16	Kansas State	Big 8	1	10	0	.091	0	7	0	.000	12.2	31.7	-15.11	-0.38
			Overall				Conference				Points Per Game		SRS		Polls
Rk	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
17	Michigan	Big Ten	10	2	0	.833	8	0	0	1.000	27.9	15.3	17.70	5.61	1	1	7
18	Illinois	Big Ten	10	2	0	.833	7	1	0	.875	27.7	15.2	14.62	4.12	22	8	10
19	Michigan State	Big Ten	8	4	0	.667	6	2	0	.750	29.7	13.6	12.15	2.56		16	16
20	Ohio State	Big Ten	8	4	0	.667	6	2	0	.750	28.3	24.8	7.70	2.70	25	20	24
21	Minnesota	Big Ten	6	5	0	.545	4	4	0	.500	23.9	25.7	1.93	1.11
22	Indiana	Big Ten	5	6	0	.455	3	5	0	.375	26.3	23.8	1.66	0.48
23	Iowa	Big Ten	5	6	0	.455	3	5	0	.375	17.9	25.3	-1.98	3.02	23	23
24	Purdue	Big Ten	3	8	0	.273	2	6	0	.250	15.6	25.5	-3.96	4.77
25	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2	9	0	.182	1	7	0	.125	15.6	31.0	-8.67	4.05
26	Northwestern	Big Ten	0	11	0	.000	0	8	0	.000	21.9	45.2	-14.37	2.45
			Overall				Conference				Points Per Game		SRS		Polls
Rk	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
27	Fresno State	Big West	11	1	0	.917	7	0	0	1.000	36.8	18.3	3.72	-10.78		23
28	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	6	4	1	.591	5	2	0	.714	28.5	25.4	-6.07	-8.62
29	San Jose State	Big West	6	5	0	.545	5	2	0	.714	28.1	25.2	-3.09	-5.45
30	Utah State	Big West	4	7	0	.364	4	3	0	.571	17.4	32.3	-12.39	-3.30
31	Nevada-Las Vegas	Big West	4	7	0	.364	3	4	0	.429	21.2	30.9	-11.89	-7.62
32	Long Beach State	Big West	4	8	0	.333	2	5	0	.286	20.5	33.9	-14.53	-6.94
33	Pacific	Big West	2	10	0	.167	2	5	0	.286	14.9	33.8	-16.44	-2.44
34	New Mexico State	Big West	0	11	0	.000	0	7	0	.000	14.7	38.9	-24.04	-6.85
			Overall				Conference				Points Per Game		SRS		Polls
Rk	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
35	Notre Dame	Ind	12	1	0	.923					32.8	14.5	21.34	7.96	2	1	2
36	Miami (FL)	Ind	11	1	0	.917					35.5	10.6	20.29	3.04	4	1	1
37	Florida State	Ind	10	2	0	.833					35.3	16.6	21.39	7.64	6	3	3
38	Northern Illinois	Ind	9	2	0	.818					31.3	24.5	-2.81	-8.54
39	Penn State	Ind	8	3	1	.708					21.6	14.1	11.41	4.83	11	11	15
40	Pitt	Ind	8	3	1	.708					27.8	22.3	7.74	1.90	20	7	17
41	West Virginia	Ind	8	3	1	.708					28.3	18.4	7.81	1.23	17	9	21
42	Syracuse	Ind	8	4	0	.667					23.8	20.2	5.52	1.35	13	10
43	Louisiana	Ind	7	4	0	.636					21.9	21.1	-2.63	-4.63
44	Akron	Ind	6	4	1	.591					26.9	21.9	-6.72	-10.18
45	South Carolina	Ind	6	4	1	.591					20.7	22.7	4.27	4.72		24
46	Virginia Tech	Ind	6	4	1	.591					18.5	16.4	6.36	2.91
47	Louisiana Tech	Ind	5	4	1	.550					28.3	26.5	-1.01	-3.41
48	Army	Ind	6	5	0	.545					28.7	19.3	-0.52	-6.15
49	Louisville	Ind	6	5	0	.545					28.4	20.2	2.14	-2.86
50	East Carolina	Ind	5	5	1	.500					27.4	26.0	-2.25	-1.61
51	Tulsa	Ind	6	6	0	.500					25.2	22.6	-3.15	-4.57
52	Southern Mississippi	Ind	5	6	0	.455					21.8	22.9	2.59	4.50		18
53	Tulane	Ind	4	8	0	.333					20.6	28.1	-3.76	1.75
54	Navy	Ind	3	8	0	.273					13.2	24.7	-9.97	-0.24
55	Rutgers	Ind	2	7	2	.273					22.3	29.0	-9.60	-2.42
56	Boston College	Ind	2	9	0	.182					18.8	23.0	-4.68	1.33
57	Memphis	Ind	2	9	0	.182					15.8	30.7	-11.51	1.31
58	Cincinnati	Ind	1	9	1	.136					10.1	34.5	-17.46	-3.37
59	Temple	Ind	1	10	0	.091					12.8	35.2	-14.24	1.95
			Overall				Conference				Points Per Game		SRS		Polls
Rk	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
60	Ball State	MAC	7	3	2	.667	6	1	1	.813	22.8	19.9	-9.79	-13.38
61	Eastern Michigan	MAC	7	3	1	.682	6	2	0	.750	22.9	17.8	-10.59	-15.78
62	Toledo	MAC	6	5	0	.545	6	2	0	.750	23.1	24.7	-14.81	-13.99
63	Central Michigan	MAC	5	5	1	.500	5	2	1	.688	20.7	16.5	-13.72	-15.26
64	Bowling Green	MAC	5	6	0	.455	5	3	0	.625	21.2	29.0	-18.41	-13.87
65	Western Michigan	MAC	5	6	0	.455	3	5	0	.375	19.1	19.1	-15.88	-14.33
66	Miami (OH)	MAC	2	8	1	.227	2	5	1	.313	11.1	23.8	-22.93	-13.20
67	Ohio	MAC	1	9	1	.136	1	6	1	.188	17.4	31.6	-22.97	-12.52
68	Kent State	MAC	0	11	0	.000	0	8	0	.000	16.3	34.3	-29.75	-12.75
			Overall				Conference				Points Per Game		SRS		Polls
Rk	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
69	USC	Pac-10	9	2	1	.792	6	0	1	.929	28.0	11.0	18.32	6.99	5	5	8
70	Arizona	Pac-10	8	4	0	.667	5	3	0	.625	20.7	14.8	10.77	5.35	18	15	25
71	Oregon	Pac-10	8	4	0	.667	5	3	0	.625	31.6	20.9	9.94	2.36		22
72	Washington	Pac-10	8	4	0	.667	5	3	0	.625	27.7	18.8	14.64	7.64		11	23
73	Arizona State	Pac-10	6	4	1	.591	3	3	1	.500	21.9	23.5	2.23	3.32
74	Oregon State	Pac-10	4	7	1	.375	3	4	1	.438	17.3	29.8	-2.38	5.71
75	Washington State	Pac-10	6	5	0	.545	3	5	0	.375	31.9	24.4	8.99	4.53		15
76	Stanford	Pac-10	3	8	0	.273	3	5	0	.375	17.0	23.5	-0.56	5.62
77	UCLA	Pac-10	3	7	1	.318	2	5	1	.313	19.0	22.4	3.68	7.68	9	6
78	California	Pac-10	4	7	0	.364	2	6	0	.250	18.2	26.2	-0.28	6.54
			Overall				Conference				Points Per Game		SRS		Polls
Rk	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
79	Tennessee	SEC	11	1	0	.917	6	1	0	.857	28.8	18.1	15.57	5.41		5	5
80	Alabama	SEC	10	2	0	.833	6	1	0	.857	29.8	18.1	15.97	4.97	16	2	9
81	Auburn	SEC	10	2	0	.833	6	1	0	.857	23.7	10.9	16.83	6.08	8	4	6
82	Ole Miss	SEC	8	4	0	.667	4	3	0	.571	25.8	26.2	4.82	3.49
83	Florida	SEC	7	5	0	.583	4	3	0	.571	22.3	16.8	9.24	3.90		19
84	Georgia	SEC	6	6	0	.500	4	3	0	.571	20.9	16.5	7.01	4.17		23
85	Kentucky	SEC	6	5	0	.545	2	5	0	.286	19.3	20.0	1.92	2.56
86	LSU	SEC	4	7	0	.364	2	5	0	.286	26.8	22.9	7.56	6.74	7	7
87	Mississippi State	SEC	5	6	0	.455	1	6	0	.143	18.6	18.8	1.52	2.42		25
88	Vanderbilt	SEC	1	10	0	.091	0	7	0	.000	14.7	24.1	-8.71	2.20
			Overall				Conference				Points Per Game		SRS		Polls
Rk	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
89	Arkansas	SWC	10	2	0	.833	7	1	0	.875	32.1	19.2	15.17	3.50	10	7	13
90	Houston	SWC	9	2	0	.818	6	2	0	.750	53.5	13.6	18.57	0.93	21	8	14
91	Texas A&M	SWC	8	4	0	.667	6	2	0	.750	28.6	16.0	13.64	5.97		14	20
92	Texas Tech	SWC	9	3	0	.750	5	3	0	.625	30.0	23.4	10.60	3.85		18	19
93	Baylor	SWC	5	6	0	.455	4	4	0	.500	22.3	17.3	6.74	4.84
94	Texas	SWC	5	6	0	.455	4	4	0	.500	20.0	26.3	4.96	8.15		22
95	Texas Christian	SWC	4	7	0	.364	2	6	0	.250	16.6	27.4	-1.87	5.04
96	Rice	SWC	2	8	1	.227	2	6	0	.250	15.9	28.5	-4.93	3.89
97	SMU	SWC	2	9	0	.182	0	8	0	.000	17.0	45.4	-10.14	5.22
			Overall				Conference				Points Per Game		SRS		Polls
Rk	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
98	BYU	WAC	10	3	0	.769	7	1	0	.875	40.2	28.4	10.84	-0.62	19	18	22
99	Air Force	WAC	8	4	1	.654	5	1	1	.786	36.5	27.5	7.20	-0.41		17
100	Hawaii	WAC	9	3	1	.731	5	2	1	.688	36.2	21.6	5.13	-2.72		23
101	Wyoming	WAC	5	6	0	.455	5	3	0	.625	25.5	27.2	-0.26	0.11
102	San Diego State	WAC	6	5	1	.542	4	3	0	.571	30.7	31.5	-1.44	-1.53
103	Colorado State	WAC	5	5	1	.500	4	3	0	.571	31.8	27.6	1.47	1.38
104	Utah	WAC	4	8	0	.333	2	6	0	.250	30.4	43.7	-7.72	0.78
105	UTEP	WAC	2	10	0	.167	1	7	0	.125	19.8	34.3	-12.82	-1.48
106	New Mexico	WAC	2	10	0	.167	0	7	0	.000	24.8	31.5	-7.62	-0.70