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1989 Post-Season Week 1 College Football Team Rankings

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1989 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
100.752Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI11–10.9172+67BYE
200.787Colorado (COLORADO)IND B811–01.0001+60BYE
300.980Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI10–10.9094+49BYE
401.032Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC10–10.9094+54BYE
501.047Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B810–10.9094+47BYE
601.052Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC10–10.9094+52BYE
701.114Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI9–20.81812+47BYE
801.123Michigan (MICHIGAN)B1010–10.9094+50BYE
901.192Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC10–10.9094+47BYE
1001.201Houston (HOUSTON)IND SWC9–20.81812+33BYE
1101.206Auburn (AUBURN)SEC9–20.81812+47BYE
1201.223USCPAC8–2–10.77319+40BYE
1301.335Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC9–20.81812+37BYE
1401.348Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC10–20.83310+44BYE
1501.377Illinois (ILLINOIS)B109–20.81812+41BYE
1601.557BYUIND WAC10–20.83310+39BYE
1721.580Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)IND BW11–10.9172+31Beat Ball State 27–6
1801.711Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI7–3–10.68226+28BYE
19-21.713West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI8–2–10.77319+27BYE
2001.774Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC8–30.72721+28BYE
2101.842Duke (DUKE)ACC8–30.72721+28BYE
2201.888Hawai'i (HAWAII)IND WAC9–2–10.79218+27Tied Air Force 35–35
2302.011Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)IND FBSI9–20.81812+21BYE
2402.045Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC8–30.72721+25BYE
2502.053Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC7–40.63630+25BYE
2602.084Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B107–40.63630+18BYE
2702.087Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND WAC8–3–10.70825+21Tied Hawai'i 35–35
2802.143Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B108–30.72721+22BYE
2912.260Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI7–3–10.68226+17BYE
3012.287Arizona (ARIZONA)PAC7–40.63630+18BYE
3112.375Oregon (OREGON)PAC7–40.63630+14BYE
3212.387Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B87–40.63630+11BYE
3312.439Florida (FLORIDA)SEC7–40.63630+12BYE
34-52.449Ball State (BALL STATE)MAC7–3–20.66729+12Lost to Fresno State 6–27
3502.472Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI7–40.63630+15BYE
3612.491South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI6–4–10.59141+17BYE
37-12.497Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI6–4–10.59141+16BYE
3802.566NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC7–40.63630+8BYE
3912.569Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)ACC7–40.63630+10BYE
40-12.580Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC7–40.63630+15BYE
4102.777Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC6–50.54547+10BYE
4202.883Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC6–50.54547+8BYE
4322.929Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)IND FBSI5–4–10.55046+6BYE
44-12.933Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND WAC5–5–10.50058+11BYE
45-12.946Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)MAC7–3–10.68226+11BYE
4602.962Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI7–40.63630+3BYE
4702.966Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)PAC6–4–10.59141+8BYE
4803.228CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)IND BW6–4–10.59141+1BYE
4903.277Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC6–50.54547+1BYE
5003.289Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC5–60.45561+8BYE
5103.317Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B106–50.54547+1BYE
5203.366San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)IND WAC6–5–10.54257+4BYE
5303.383Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND FBSI6–50.54547-5BYE
5403.401San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND BW6–50.545470BYE
5503.435Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC5–60.455610BYE
5603.441Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)IND FBSI5–60.45561+3BYE
5713.450Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B86–50.545470BYE
58-13.453LSUSEC4–70.36471-1BYE
5923.586Tulsa (TULSA)IND FBSI6–50.54547-4BYE
6003.595Akron (AKRON)IND FBSI6–4–10.59141+11BYE
6113.637Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC6–50.54547-6BYE
6213.726East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)IND FBSI5–5–10.50058-5BYE
6313.731Iowa (IOWA)B105–60.45561-2BYE
6413.767Indiana (INDIANA)B105–60.45561-7BYE
6513.911Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC5–60.45561-5BYE
66-74.030Army (ARMY)IND FBSI6–50.54547-23Lost to Navy 17–19
6704.075Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC5–60.45561-11BYE
6804.131Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)MAC5–5–10.50058-4BYE
6904.270Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC3–7–10.31881-10BYE
7004.304Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B84–70.36471-9BYE
7114.409Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC4–7–10.37570-9BYE
72-14.411Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC5–60.45561-11BYE
7304.549California (CALIFORNIA)PAC4–70.36471-12BYE
7404.573Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC5–60.45561-20BYE
7504.580UCLAPAC3–7–10.31881-13BYE
7604.606TCUIND SWC4–70.36471-13BYE
7704.857Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND BW4–70.36471-16BYE
7804.911Utah (UTAH)IND WAC4–80.33378-14BYE
7905.006Purdue (PURDUE)B103–80.27383-19BYE
8005.176Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI4–80.33378-24BYE
8105.258Stanford (STANFORD)PAC3–80.27383-22BYE
8205.305Kansas (KANSAS)IND B84–70.36471-25BYE
8305.318UNLVIND BW4–70.36471-15BYE
8405.799Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)IND BW4–80.33378-34BYE
8505.965Rice (RICE)IND SWC2–8–10.22787-27BYE
8605.974Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI2–90.18290-32BYE
8706.019Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B102–90.18290-29BYE
8806.183Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC2–8–10.22787-20BYE
8956.202Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI3–80.27383-4Beat Army 19–17
90-16.223Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI2–7–20.27383-30BYE
91-16.335Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B82–90.18290-30BYE
92-16.365New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC2–100.16795-39BYE
93-16.611Pacific (PACIFIC)IND BW2–100.16795-36BYE
94-17.017Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC2–8–10.22787-38BYE
9507.089SMUIND SWC2–90.18290-37BYE
9617.099UTEPIND WAC2–100.16795-35BYE
97-17.103Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND FBSI2–90.18290-34BYE
9807.279Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC1–100.091100-46BYE
9907.501Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI1–100.091100-41BYE
10007.623North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC1–100.091100-47BYE
10108.041Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–100.091100-39BYE
10208.090Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND FBSI1–9–10.13698-31BYE
10308.344Ohio (OHIO)MAC1–9–10.13698-50BYE
10408.872Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B100–110.000104-56BYE
10509.222Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC0–110.000104-60BYE
106010.030New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BW0–110.000104-71BYE

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