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1989 Post-Season Week 2 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
100.754Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI11–10.9172+67BYE
200.789Colorado (COLORADO)IND B811–01.0001+60BYE
300.980Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI10–10.9094+49BYE
401.032Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC10–10.9094+54BYE
501.050Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B810–10.9094+47BYE
601.057Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC10–10.9094+52BYE
701.119Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI9–20.81812+47BYE
801.125Michigan (MICHIGAN)B1010–10.9094+50BYE
911.201Houston (HOUSTON)IND SWC9–20.81812+33BYE
1011.209Auburn (AUBURN)SEC9–20.81812+47BYE
11-21.216Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC10–10.9094+47BYE
1201.229USCPAC8–2–10.77319+40BYE
1301.341Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC9–20.81812+37BYE
1401.353Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC10–20.83310+44BYE
1501.379Illinois (ILLINOIS)B109–20.81812+41BYE
1601.555BYUIND WAC10–20.83310+40BYE
1701.580Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)IND BW11–10.9172+31BYE
1801.715Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI7–3–10.68226+28BYE
1901.716West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI8–2–10.77319+27BYE
2001.777Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC8–30.72721+28BYE
2101.848Duke (DUKE)ACC8–30.72721+28BYE
2201.885Hawai'i (HAWAII)IND WAC9–2–10.79218+27BYE
2302.014Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)IND FBSI9–20.81812+21BYE
2402.048Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC8–30.72721+25BYE
2502.072Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC7–40.63631+26BYE
2612.084Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND WAC8–3–10.70825+21BYE
27-12.099Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B107–40.63631+18BYE
2802.143Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B108–30.72721+22BYE
2902.260Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI7–3–10.68226+17BYE
3012.294Oregon (OREGON)PAC8–40.66729+20Beat Tulsa 27–24
31-12.310Arizona (ARIZONA)PAC7–40.63631+18BYE
3202.406Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B87–40.63631+11BYE
3312.449Ball State (BALL STATE)MAC7–3–20.66729+12BYE
34-12.458Florida (FLORIDA)SEC7–40.63631+12BYE
3502.484Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI7–40.63631+15BYE
3602.495South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI6–4–10.59141+17BYE
3702.496Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI6–4–10.59141+16BYE
3802.585NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC7–40.63631+8BYE
3902.588Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)ACC7–40.63631+10BYE
4002.599Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC7–40.63631+15BYE
4102.790Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC6–50.54547+10BYE
4202.892Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC6–50.54547+9BYE
4312.915Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND WAC5–5–10.50057+11BYE
4412.943Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)MAC7–3–10.68226+11BYE
4522.974Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)PAC6–4–10.59141+8BYE
46-32.986Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)IND FBSI5–4–10.55046+6BYE
47-13.009Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI7–40.63631+3BYE
4803.223CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)IND BW6–4–10.59141+1BYE
4903.281Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC6–50.54547+1BYE
5003.293Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC5–60.45561+8BYE
5103.321Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B106–50.54547+1BYE
5203.366San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)IND WAC6–5–10.54256+4BYE
5313.401San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND BW6–50.545470BYE
54-13.431Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND FBSI6–50.54547-6BYE
5503.440Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC5–60.455610BYE
5603.442Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)IND FBSI5–60.45561+3BYE
5703.454Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B86–50.545470BYE
5803.463LSUSEC4–70.36471-1BYE
5913.591Akron (AKRON)IND FBSI6–4–10.59141+11BYE
6013.633Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC6–50.54547-6BYE
6113.713East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)IND FBSI5–5–10.50057-5BYE
6223.771Indiana (INDIANA)B105–60.45561-7BYE
6303.781Iowa (IOWA)B105–60.45561-2BYE
64-53.883Tulsa (TULSA)IND FBSI6–60.50057-8Lost to Oregon 24–27
6503.907Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC5–60.45561-5BYE
6604.035Army (ARMY)IND FBSI6–50.54547-23BYE
6704.084Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC5–60.45561-11BYE
6804.118Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)MAC5–5–10.50057-4BYE
6904.283Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC3–7–10.31881-10BYE
7004.364Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B84–70.36471-10BYE
7104.414Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC4–7–10.37570-9BYE
7204.450Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC5–60.45561-12BYE
7304.559California (CALIFORNIA)PAC4–70.36471-12BYE
7404.568Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC5–60.45561-20BYE
7504.593UCLAPAC3–7–10.31881-13BYE
7604.606TCUIND SWC4–70.36471-13BYE
7704.857Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND BW4–70.36471-16BYE
7804.905Utah (UTAH)IND WAC4–80.33378-14BYE
7905.018Purdue (PURDUE)B103–80.27383-19BYE
8005.186Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI4–80.33378-24BYE
8105.264Stanford (STANFORD)PAC3–80.27383-21BYE
8205.310Kansas (KANSAS)IND B84–70.36471-25BYE
8305.318UNLVIND BW4–70.36471-15BYE
8405.799Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)IND BW4–80.33378-34BYE
8505.972Rice (RICE)IND SWC2–8–10.22787-27BYE
8605.988Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI2–90.18290-32BYE
8706.026Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B102–90.18290-29BYE
8816.208Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI3–80.27383-4BYE
8916.230Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI2–7–20.27383-30BYE
90-26.265Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC2–8–10.22787-20BYE
9106.342Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B82–90.18290-30BYE
9206.428New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC2–100.16795-40BYE
9306.617Pacific (PACIFIC)IND BW2–100.16795-36BYE
9407.017Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC2–8–10.22787-38BYE
9507.089SMUIND SWC2–90.18290-37BYE
9617.116Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND FBSI2–90.18290-34BYE
97-17.156UTEPIND WAC2–100.16795-36BYE
9807.294Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC1–100.091100-46BYE
9907.501Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI1–100.091100-41BYE
10007.637North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC1–100.091100-47BYE
10108.049Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–100.091100-39BYE
10208.082Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND FBSI1–9–10.13698-31BYE
10308.336Ohio (OHIO)MAC1–9–10.13698-50BYE
10408.880Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B100–110.000104-56BYE
10509.222Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC0–110.000104-60BYE
106010.120New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BW0–110.000104-72BYE

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