1988 Week 3 College Football Team Rankings

September 13, 1988By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1988 Season Tags: • No Comments

1988 rankings calculated with the Classic formula (Ken's 2016-based hybrid, applied retroactively); records, NOW and game results come from James Howell's historical college football score archive.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	36	0.623	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Fresno State 45–3
2	-1	0.706	UCLA	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Nebraska 41–28
3	5	0.737	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
4	49	0.768	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Virginia 42–14
5	34	0.872	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Louisiana Tech 60–0
6	35	0.882	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Tulane 30–13
7	42	0.882	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Syracuse 26–9
8	26	0.955	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Kentucky 20–10
9	43	0.986	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Long Beach State 49–0
10	-7	1.001	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Tulsa 30–26
11	50	1.017	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Mississippi State 24–20
12	13	1.043	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Louisville 44–9
13	-9	1.064	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat CAL State Fullerton 45–10
14	17	1.110	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Temple 37–0
15	-4	1.116	USC	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Stanford 24–20
16	1	1.136	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Texas Tech 35–19
17	-11	1.136	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Minnesota 41–9
18	33	1.162	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Miami (OH) 52–20
19	31	1.204	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Carolina 28–0
20	43	1.209	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Ole Miss 27–15
21	19	1.214	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Rice 41–14
22	-12	1.214	LSU	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
23	6	1.219	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Colorado State 31–23
24	11	1.256	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pacific 30–7
25	-7	1.292	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat TCU 38–10
26	-13	1.302	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kansas 27–14
27	-6	1.318	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Bowling Green 34–10
28	-4	1.328	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Toledo 31–9
29	-13	1.339	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
30	16	1.349	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Utah State 35–21
31	31	1.349	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Purdue 20–6
32	-25	1.354	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Furman 23–3
33	-13	1.380	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
34	-12	1.417	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tennessee 31–26
35	-3	1.442	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Illinois 21–16
36	20	1.453	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Michigan State 17–13
37	10	1.474	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Michigan 19–17
38	-24	1.541	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Western Carolina 38–0
39	34	1.583	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Akron 32–12
40	26	1.692	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
41	-15	1.785	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Youngstown State 17–12
42	27	1.795	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
43	-13	1.821	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Middle Tennessee 14–10
44	28	1.883	UTEP	IND WAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Weber State 48–21
45	34	1.915	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Illinois State 35–0
46	14	1.941	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Idaho State 41–16
47	-14	1.992	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Holy Cross 23–3
48	38	1.992	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Delaware 30–3
49	-11	2.055	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 24–10
50	-35	2.083	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–1	0.500	51	+1	Lost to Florida 15–27
51	44	2.115	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	51	+1	Beat Southern Miss 49–13
52	30	2.117	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–1	0.500	51	+1	Beat San José State 41–27
53	-48	2.127	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND BW	1–1	0.500	51	+1	Lost to Colorado 3–45
54	-45	2.237	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	2–1	0.667	50	0	Lost to UCLA 28–41
55	10	2.260	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–1	0.500	51	0	Beat Kansas State 45–10
56	18	2.279	BYU	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	51	0	Beat Texas 47–6
57	-45	2.378	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	51	0	Lost to Arkansas 26–30
58	38	2.432	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	51	+1	Beat East Carolina 27–16
59	35	2.578	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	51	0	Beat Cincinnati 41–7
60	-33	2.600	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	1–1	0.500	51	0	Lost to Vanderbilt 20–24
61	-18	2.608	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–1	0.000	72	0	Lost to Notre Dame 17–19
62	-43	2.630	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–1	0.500	51	0	Lost to Auburn 10–20
63	-19	2.698	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	0–1	0.000	72	0	Lost to Rutgers 13–17
64	-7	2.698	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–1	0.000	72	0	Lost to USC 20–24
65	-42	2.730	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	51	0	Lost to Ohio State 9–26
66	37	2.780	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	51	+1	Beat Air Force 39–36
67	16	2.879	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–2	0.000	72	0	Lost to Duke 26–31
68	7	2.970	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–1	0.000	72	0	BYE
69	9	2.970	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–1	0.000	72	0	BYE
70	-6	2.992	Akron (AKRON)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	72	0	Lost to Kent State 12–32
71	-29	3.106	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	72	0	Lost to Baylor 14–27
72	-18	3.151	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–1	0.000	72	0	Lost to Washington 6–20
73	4	3.242	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	0–2	0.000	72	0	Lost to Western Michigan 9–31
74	-3	3.400	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	0–2	0.000	72	0	Lost to Oklahoma State 20–52
75	22	3.468	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–2	0.000	72	0	Lost to Arizona State 16–21
76	9	3.478	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	51	0	Lost to Iowa State 13–30
77	-75	3.487	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND BW	1–1	0.500	51	-1	Lost to Oregon State 27–41
78	3	3.558	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	72	0	Lost to Wyoming 9–44
79	13	3.604	UNLV	IND BW	0–1	0.000	72	0	BYE
80	11	3.626	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	0–2	0.000	72	0	Lost to Oklahoma 0–28
81	7	3.649	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND BW	0–2	0.000	72	0	Lost to West Virginia 10–45
82	5	3.688	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	1–1	0.500	51	0	Lost to Penn State 14–42
83	-28	3.740	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	72	0	Lost to Indiana 14–41
84	-26	3.785	TCU	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	72	0	Lost to Georgia 10–38
85	-57	3.872	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	51	-1	Lost to San Diego State 36–39
86	-41	3.966	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–1	0.000	72	0	Lost to Washington State 9–41
87	12	4.147	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	0–2	0.000	72	0	Lost to Ball State 10–34
88	12	4.147	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND BW	0–2	0.000	72	0	Lost to California 7–30
89	-21	4.383	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	51	-1	Lost to Virginia Tech 16–27
90	8	4.479	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	51	-1	Beat New Mexico State 36–34
91	-2	4.904	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	51	-1	Beat Arkansas State 9–7
92	-8	4.993	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	51	-1	Lost to Florida State 13–49
93	-26	5.098	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	0–2	0.000	72	-1	Lost to Hawai'i 23–31
94	-4	5.551	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	0–2	0.000	72	-1	BYE
95	-19	5.845	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	72	-1	Lost to Alabama 0–37
96	5	6.185	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND BW	0–2	0.000	72	-1	Lost to Missouri 21–35
97	-27	6.298	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	72	-1	Lost to Houston 0–60
98	-18	7.543	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–1	0.000	72	-1	BYE
99	5	7.747	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	0–2	0.000	72	0	Lost to Arizona 19–35
100	2	8.245	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BW	0–2	0.000	72	-2	Lost to New Mexico 34–36
101	-8	8.426	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–2	0.000	72	-2	Lost to Iowa 10–45
102	-66	8.585	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	72	-1	Lost to Boston College 7–41
103	2	8.811	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND BW	0–2	0.000	72	0	Lost to Oregon 0–49
104	-45	8.902	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	72	-1	Lost to BYU 6–47
105	-57	12.796	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	0–1	0.000	72	0	Lost to Marshall 14–31