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1988 Week 6 College Football Team Rankings

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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.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
130.799UCLAPAC4–01.0001+8Beat Washington 24–17
230.886Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC5–01.0001+12Beat CAL State Fullerton 35–16
370.898USCPAC4–01.0001+9Beat Arizona 38–15
420.937Houston (HOUSTON)IND SWC3–01.0001+6Beat Baylor 27–24
530.957Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI4–01.0001+7Beat Missouri 55–0
6-51.034Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC3–01.0001+5Beat Kentucky 31–27
7-51.048Colorado (COLORADO)IND B84–01.0001+8Beat Colorado State 27–23
8-11.086BYUIND WAC3–10.75028+8Beat Utah State 38–3
9-61.123West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI5–01.0001+7Beat Virginia Tech 22–10
1051.147Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI4–01.0001+5Beat Stanford 42–14
11-21.160Oregon (OREGON)PAC4–01.0001+5Beat San Diego State 34–13
1251.193Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC4–01.0001+5Beat TCU 53–10
1301.242Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI4–10.80022+10Beat Tulane 48–28
1471.349Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B83–01.0001+2Beat Tulsa 56–35
1591.392Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B84–10.80022+6Beat UNLV 48–6
1641.397Florida (FLORIDA)SEC5–01.0001+4Beat LSU 19–6
1711.448Hawai'i (HAWAII)IND WAC4–01.0001+4BYE
18-61.470Indiana (INDIANA)B103–0–10.87521+2Beat Northwestern 48–17
19-31.480South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI5–01.0001+5Beat App State 35–9
20-61.492Auburn (AUBURN)SEC4–01.0001+2Beat North Carolina 47–21
2141.542Duke (DUKE)ACC5–01.0001+4Beat Vanderbilt 17–15
22-111.599Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC3–10.75028+6Lost to UCLA 17–24
23-41.614Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC3–10.75028+4Beat Tennessee 52–24
24-21.616Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI4–01.0001+3Beat East Carolina 48–36
2521.733Ball State (BALL STATE)MAC4–01.0001+1Beat Miami (OH) 45–14
2601.741Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC4–01.0001+1Beat Bowling Green 37–10
2711.842Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B83–10.75028+4Beat Iowa State 35–7
28111.874Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI3–10.75028+4Beat Temple 45–9
2911.912Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC4–10.80022+4Beat Ole Miss 36–12
30-71.959Arizona (ARIZONA)PAC3–20.60043+6Lost to USC 15–38
3172.047Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI3–10.75028+3Beat Cincinnati 38–9
3282.293Michigan (MICHIGAN)B102–20.50050+2Beat Wisconsin 62–14
33132.324Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC3–20.60043+5Beat Fresno State 21–10
3482.344Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI3–10.75028+2Beat Maryland 20–9
35-22.351Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC2–30.40064+5Lost to Alabama 27–31
3672.376UTEPIND WAC4–10.80022+1Beat Utah 38–28
3782.429Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)IND FBSI4–10.80022+3Beat Louisville 30–23
38-22.432Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC3–10.75028+1BYE
3992.453NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC3–10.75028+1Beat Georgia Tech 14–6
40-62.462Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC2–20.50050+4Lost to Duke 15–17
41-122.529Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC2–20.50050+4Lost to Syracuse 9–20
42192.576Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)MAC3–10.75028+1Beat Kent State 31–7
43102.609Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)PAC3–10.75028+1Beat Lamar 24–13
44152.654California (CALIFORNIA)PAC3–10.750280Beat San José State 21–14
45-12.674Iowa (IOWA)B102–2–10.50050+1Tied Michigan State 10–10
4682.772Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)IND FBSI4–10.800220Beat Missouri State 17–3
4752.810Army (ARMY)IND FBSI3–10.75028-1Beat Bucknell 58–10
48122.876Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC3–10.750280Beat Rice 20–13
49162.929Purdue (PURDUE)B102–20.50050+2Beat Minnesota 14–10
50-153.012Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)IND BW3–20.600430Lost to Oregon State 10–21
51-23.047Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)MAC3–10.750280BYE
52-113.145Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC3–20.60043-1Lost to Houston 24–27
53243.147Illinois (ILLINOIS)B102–20.50050+1Beat Ohio State 31–12
54-73.179Stanford (STANFORD)PAC1–30.25073+1Lost to Notre Dame 14–42
55-43.198TCUIND SWC2–20.50050+1Lost to Arkansas 10–53
56113.228Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND WAC3–20.60043-2Beat New Mexico 63–14
57-203.232Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B102–20.50050+1Lost to Purdue 10–14
58-273.235Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI2–20.50050-1Lost to Boston College 31–34
59-273.298Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B102–20.50050+1Lost to Illinois 12–31
60-53.303LSUSEC2–20.50050-1Lost to Florida 6–19
6193.359Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI2–30.40064+1Beat Pittsburgh 34–31
62-63.377CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)IND BW2–30.40064+2Lost to Wyoming 16–35
63-63.493Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC1–30.25073+1Lost to Georgia 12–36
64-13.516Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC2–20.500500BYE
65-153.758Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B81–2–10.37572+1Lost to Miami 0–55
66-83.760Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI3–20.60043-2Lost to Florida State 28–48
67-53.767Tulsa (TULSA)IND FBSI1–30.25073-1Lost to Oklahoma State 35–56
68-44.075Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND FBSI2–30.40064-1Lost to Southern Miss 23–30
6974.168Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC2–20.50050-3BYE
70-44.172Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI1–30.25073+1Lost to Penn State 9–45
71-24.457Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND FBSI2–20.50050-4Lost to Rutgers 9–38
72-14.567Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC2–30.40064-3Lost to Central Michigan 7–31
73194.601Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC1–30.25073-2Beat Texas Tech 50–15
7454.604San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)IND WAC1–30.250730Lost to Oregon 13–34
75144.610Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI3–20.60043-3Beat Yale 41–7
76124.720Akron (AKRON)IND FBSI2–30.40064-4Beat Youngstown State 33–7
77-54.815San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND BW1–40.20086-3Lost to California 14–21
78134.914Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)IND FBSI2–30.40064-4Beat Kansas State 31–28
79-54.970Rice (RICE)IND SWC0–30.00095-1Lost to Texas 13–20
8004.997Utah (UTAH)IND WAC1–30.25073-3Lost to UTEP 28–38
81-135.074Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B81–30.25073-2Lost to Oklahoma 7–35
82125.155Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND WAC0–40.00095-3Lost to Colorado 23–27
8315.275Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI1–40.20086-2Lost to West Virginia 10–22
8425.377East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)IND FBSI1–40.20086-5Lost to Louisiana 36–48
8525.377Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B100–3–10.12594-2Tied Iowa 10–10
86-45.457Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)ACC1–30.25073-4Lost to NC State 6–14
87-125.468Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC1–40.20086-4Lost to Memphis 10–31
8885.500Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND FBSI2–30.40064-7Beat Mississippi State 31–10
89-165.755Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B100–40.00095-3Lost to Michigan 14–62
90-95.813UNLVIND BW1–30.25073-5Lost to Nebraska 6–48
9185.868Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B100–40.00095-3Lost to Indiana 17–48
92-95.936Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC0–50.00095-4Lost to Washington State 24–52
93-86.066Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND BW1–30.25073-3Lost to BYU 3–38
9436.196North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC0–40.00095-4Lost to Auburn 21–47
95-56.516Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC1–40.20086-3Lost to Ohio 14–24
96-36.597Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC0–50.00095-5Lost to Ball State 14–45
97-196.600Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC1–30.25073-2Lost to Texas A&M 15–50
9857.011Pacific (PACIFIC)IND BW1–40.20086-4Beat Long Beach State 22–10
99-17.103New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC1–40.20086-7Lost to Air Force 14–63
10007.186Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC0–50.00095-6Lost to Western Michigan 10–37
10147.494Ohio (OHIO)MAC1–30.25073-4Beat Toledo 24–14
102-77.951Kansas (KANSAS)IND B80–40.00095-7Lost to New Mexico State 29–42
10318.464New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BW1–40.20086-13Beat Kansas 42–29
104-39.072Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)IND BW0–40.00095-4Lost to Pacific 10–22
105-39.151Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B80–40.00095-10Lost to Louisiana Tech 28–31

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