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1988 College Football Rankings

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                                                                  STRENGTH OF
                                     AVERAGE   OVERALL     CONF     SCHEDULE     AP
RANK TEAM                       CONF   SCORE    W- L-T   W- L-T     AVG  RANK   RANK

   1 Notre Dame                  IND   97.88   12- 0-0   0- 0-0   64.21    14      1
   2 Miami (Florida)             IND   97.55   11- 1-0   0- 0-0   63.29    15      2
   3 Southern California         P10   97.02   10- 2-0   8- 0-0   74.37     1      7
   4 Florida State               IND   95.82   11- 1-0   0- 0-0   59.44    24      3
   5 UCLA                        P10   94.88   10- 2-0   6- 2-0   67.38     6      6
   6 Michigan                    B10   93.06    9- 2-1   7- 0-1   60.84    19      4
   7 West Virginia               IND   92.93   11- 1-0   0- 0-0   51.61    51      5
   8 Clemson                     ACC   90.57   10- 2-0   6- 1-0   57.59    29      9
   9 Nebraska                    BG8   90.33   11- 2-0   7- 0-0   50.92    56     10
  10 Auburn                      SEC   89.13   10- 2-0   6- 1-0   55.09    36      8
  11 Syracuse                    IND   88.59   10- 2-0   0- 0-0   55.63    34     13
  12 Washington State            P10   87.05    9- 3-0   5- 3-0   66.62     7     16
  13 Arkansas                    SWC   85.13   10- 2-0   7- 0-0   50.26    58     12
  14 Oklahoma                    BG8   85.01    9- 3-0   6- 1-0   54.63    39     14
  15 Wyoming                     WAC   84.71   11- 2-0   8- 0-0   46.24    75       
  16 Arizona                     P10   84.53    7- 4-0   5- 3-0   70.39     2       
  17 Houston                     SWC   84.36    9- 3-0   5- 2-0   48.82    64     18
  18 Alabama                     SEC   83.40    9- 3-0   4- 3-0   54.70    37     17
  19 Louisiana State             SEC   80.02    8- 4-0   6- 1-0   63.06    16     19
  20 Oklahoma State              BG8   79.62   10- 2-0   5- 2-0   47.75    70     11
  21 Georgia                     SEC   78.27    9- 3-0   5- 2-0   48.95    63     15
  22 Southern Mississippi        IND   77.82   10- 2-0   0- 0-0   48.16    66       
  23 Indiana                     B10   76.97    8- 3-1   5- 3-0   47.76    69     20
  24 North Carolina State        ACC   76.79    8- 3-1   4- 2-1   52.12    50       
  25 Washington                  P10   75.95    6- 5-0   3- 5-0   65.82     9       
  26 Michigan State              B10   74.05    6- 5-1   6- 1-1   60.14    23       
  27 Pittsburgh                  IND   73.69    6- 5-0   0- 0-0   57.85    27       
  28 Colorado                    BG8   71.97    8- 4-0   4- 3-0   50.46    57       
  29 Brigham Young               WAC   70.30    9- 4-0   5- 3-0   45.02    78       
  30 Texas A&M                   SWC   69.13    7- 5-0   6- 1-0   57.35    31       
  31 Oregon                      P10   68.56    6- 6-0   3- 5-0   61.36    17       
  32 Penn State                  IND   67.59    5- 6-0   0- 0-0   64.44    12       
  33 Stanford                    P10   66.72    3- 6-2   1- 5-2   68.24     5       
  34 Texas-El Paso               WAC   66.08   10- 3-0   6- 2-0   37.33    85       
  35 Florida                     SEC   65.87    7- 5-0   4- 3-0   52.33    48       
  36 Oregon State                P10   65.33    4- 6-1   2- 5-1   69.85     3       
  37 Virginia                    ACC   65.13    7- 4-0   5- 2-0   54.69    38       
  38 South Carolina              IND   64.65    8- 4-0   0- 0-0   51.29    53       
  39 Hawaii                      WAC   63.35    9- 3-0   5- 3-0   42.12    82       
  40 Louisville                  IND   63.03    8- 3-0   0- 0-0   46.15    76       
  41 Maryland                    ACC   62.91    5- 6-0   4- 3-0   66.47     8       
  42 Arizona State               P10   62.34    6- 5-0   3- 4-0   65.05    10       
  43 Duke                        ACC   62.13    7- 3-1   3- 3-1   49.13    61       
  44 Iowa                        B10   61.49    6- 4-3   4- 1-3   48.38    65       
  45 Wake Forest                 ACC   61.33    6- 4-1   4- 3-0   49.49    59       
  46 Army                        IND   59.06    9- 3-0   0- 0-0   34.83    88       
  47 California                  P10   58.99    5- 5-1   1- 5-1   57.95    26       
  48 Illinois                    B10   57.39    6- 5-1   5- 2-1   52.91    46       
  49 Fresno State                BWC   56.54   10- 2-0   7- 0-0   22.67   104       
  50 Tennessee                   SEC   55.83    5- 6-0   3- 4-0   64.29    13       
  51 Kentucky                    SEC   54.62    5- 6-0   2- 5-0   57.65    28       
  52 Rutgers                     IND   53.83    5- 6-0   0- 0-0   53.66    43       
  53 Mississippi                 SEC   51.06    5- 6-0   3- 4-0   53.95    41       
  54 Ohio State                  B10   49.13    4- 6-1   2- 5-1   60.61    20       
  55 Western Michigan            MID   48.69    9- 3-0   7- 1-0   24.20   100       
  56 Memphis State               IND   48.67    6- 5-0   0- 0-0   44.70    79       
  57 Texas Tech                  SWC   45.06    5- 6-0   4- 3-0   49.25    60       
  58 Air Force                   WAC   44.63    5- 7-0   3- 5-0   47.63    71       
  59 East Carolina               IND   44.15    3- 8-0   0- 0-0   60.50    21       
  60 Utah                        WAC   44.06    6- 5-0   4- 4-0   40.56    83       
  61 Virginia Tech               IND   43.95    3- 8-0   0- 0-0   64.49    11       
  62 Ball State                  MID   43.49    8- 3-0   5- 3-0   21.59   105       
  63 Southwest Louisiana         IND   42.71    6- 5-0   0- 0-0   35.93    87       
  64 Baylor                      SWC   42.27    6- 5-0   2- 5-0   38.32    84       
  65 Central Michigan            MID   40.43    7- 4-0   5- 3-0   24.89    98       
  66 Boston College              IND   39.21    3- 8-0   0- 0-0   61.03    18       
  67 Tulsa                       IND   39.14    4- 7-0   0- 0-0   53.10    45       
  68 Georgia Tech                ACC   38.00    3- 8-0   0- 7-0   55.21    35       
  69 Iowa State                  BG8   36.06    5- 6-0   3- 4-0   47.54    72       
  70 Missouri                    BG8   35.30    3- 7-1   2- 5-0   58.60    25       
  71 Temple                      IND   34.78    4- 7-0   0- 0-0   53.77    42       
  72 Eastern Michigan            MID   34.10    6- 3-1   5- 2-1   29.26    94       
  73 Vanderbilt                  SEC   33.66    3- 8-0   2- 5-0   57.42    30       
  74 Tulane                      IND   33.57    5- 6-0   0- 0-0   48.13    67       
  75 Texas                       SWC   31.96    4- 7-0   2- 5-0   49.12    62       
  76 Texas Christian             SWC   31.50    4- 7-0   2- 5-0   51.40    52       
  77 Northern Illinois           IND   28.58    7- 4-0   0- 0-0   23.00   103       
  78 Navy                        IND   25.43    3- 8-0   0- 0-0   45.83    77       
  79 Purdue                      B10   25.13    4- 7-0   3- 5-0   51.06    55       
  80 North Carolina              ACC   25.09    1-10-0   1- 6-0   68.97     4       
  81 Minnesota                   B10   24.54    2- 7-2   0- 6-2   46.79    73       
  82 Cal-Fullerton               BWC   24.07    5- 6-0   5- 2-0   31.06    93       
  83 Toledo                      MID   23.35    6- 5-0   4- 4-0   23.42   102       
  84 San Diego State             WAC   22.82    3- 8-0   3- 5-0   56.39    32       
  85 Louisiana Tech              IND   21.78    4- 7-0   0- 0-0   46.29    74       
  86 Northwestern                B10   20.92    2- 8-1   2- 5-1   53.66    44       
  87 Kent State                  MID   20.31    5- 6-0   3- 5-0   26.72    96       
  88 San Jose State              BWC   19.78    4- 8-0   4- 3-0   36.54    86       
  89 Mississippi State           SEC   18.84    1-10-0   0- 7-0   60.29    22       
  90 Akron                       IND   17.49    5- 6-0   0- 0-0   24.49    99       
  91 Cincinnati                  IND   16.48    3- 8-0   0- 0-0   47.80    68       
  92 Rice                        SWC   12.77    0-11-0   0- 7-0   56.11    33       
  93 Colorado State              WAC   12.46    1-10-0   1- 7-0   52.17    49       
  94 Wisconsin                   B10   11.81    1-10-0   1- 7-0   52.78    47       
  95 Ohio                        MID   11.48    4- 6-1   4- 3-1   23.92   101       
  96 Division I-AA                     10.23   11-60-1   0- 0-0   43.99    80       
  97 Utah State                  BWC    9.68    4- 7-0   4- 3-0   32.57    90       
  98 Kansas                      BG8    7.97    1-10-0   1- 6-0   54.08    40       
  99 Nevada-Las Vegas            BWC    7.30    4- 7-0   3- 4-0   27.62    95       
 100 Bowling Green               MID    6.96    2- 8-1   1- 6-1   32.69    89       
 101 Long Beach State            BWC    6.07    3- 9-0   3- 4-0   31.36    92       
 102 Kansas State                BG8    5.13    0-11-0   0- 7-0   51.11    54       
 103 New Mexico                  WAC    4.51    2-10-0   1- 7-0   42.95    81       
 104 Pacific                     BWC    3.43    2- 9-0   2- 5-0   26.28    97       
 105 Miami (Ohio)                MID    3.13    0-10-1   0- 7-1   31.77    91       
 106 New Mexico State            BWC    1.02    1-10-0   0- 7-0   20.27   106       

Team Rankings | Conference Rankings


                        # OF AVERAGE AVERAGE      OVERALL     NON-CONF                                   
CONFERENCE      ABBREV TEAMS   SCORE    RANK     W-  L- T     W-  L- T  BEST TEAM            RANK   SCORE

Pac 10             P10    10   76.14   25.00    66- 44- 4    29-  7- 0  Southern California     3   97.02
Southeastern       SEC    10   61.07   41.90    62- 53- 0    27- 18- 0  Auburn                 10   89.13
Atlantic Coast     ACC     8   60.24   43.25    47- 40- 3    20- 13- 1  Clemson                 8   90.57
Independent        IND    25   54.73   48.80   162-121- 0   162-121- 0  Notre Dame              1   97.88
Big 8              BG8     8   51.43   51.25    47- 45- 1    19- 17- 1  Nebraska                9   90.33
Southwest          SWC     8   50.27   53.00    45- 46- 0    17- 18- 0  Arkansas               13   85.13
Big 10             B10    10   49.45   54.10    48- 57-11    13- 22- 1  Michigan                6   93.06
Western Athletic   WAC     9   45.88   57.22    56- 52- 0    20- 16- 0  Wyoming                15   84.71
Mid American       MID     9   25.77   80.44    47- 48- 4    13- 14- 0  Western Michigan       55   48.69
Big West           BWC     8   15.99   90.75    33- 58- 0     5- 30- 0  Fresno State           49   56.54

The database used to produce the above rankings was constructed from data listed on James Howell's website.
Click here for criteria used for determining what scores to use and which team was the home team.

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