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1989 Post-Season Week 3 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
100.750Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI11–10.9172+68BYE
200.793Colorado (COLORADO)IND B811–01.0001+60BYE
300.978Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI10–10.9094+50BYE
401.035Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC10–10.9094+54BYE
501.052Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B810–10.9094+47BYE
601.061Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC10–10.9094+52BYE
711.123Michigan (MICHIGAN)B1010–10.9094+51BYE
8-11.124Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI9–20.81812+47BYE
901.201Houston (HOUSTON)IND SWC9–20.81812+33BYE
1001.211Auburn (AUBURN)SEC9–20.81812+47BYE
1101.218Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC10–10.9094+47BYE
1201.223USCPAC8–2–10.77318+40BYE
1301.346Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC9–20.81812+37BYE
1401.358Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC10–20.83310+44BYE
1501.374Illinois (ILLINOIS)B109–20.81812+42BYE
1601.575BYUIND WAC10–20.83310+39BYE
1701.580Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)IND BW11–10.9172+31BYE
1811.707West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI8–2–10.77318+27BYE
19-11.715Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI7–3–10.68226+28BYE
2001.780Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC8–30.72721+28BYE
2101.854Duke (DUKE)ACC8–30.72721+28BYE
2251.894Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B108–40.66729+27Beat Hawai'i 33–13
2302.016Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)IND FBSI9–20.81812+21BYE
2402.051Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC8–30.72721+25BYE
2512.084Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND WAC8–3–10.70825+21BYE
26-12.088Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC7–40.63632+26BYE
2712.140Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B108–30.72721+22BYE
28-62.165Hawai'i (HAWAII)IND WAC9–3–10.73120+23Lost to Michigan State 13–33
2902.263Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI7–3–10.68226+17BYE
3002.300Oregon (OREGON)PAC8–40.66729+20BYE
3102.328Arizona (ARIZONA)PAC7–40.63632+18BYE
3202.425Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B87–40.63632+11BYE
3302.445Ball State (BALL STATE)MAC7–3–20.66729+12BYE
3402.478Florida (FLORIDA)SEC7–40.63632+12BYE
3502.495Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI7–40.63632+15BYE
3612.496Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI6–4–10.59141+16BYE
37-12.499South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI6–4–10.59141+17BYE
3802.603NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC7–40.63632+8BYE
3902.607Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)ACC7–40.63632+10BYE
4002.617Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC7–40.63632+15BYE
4102.802Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC6–50.54547+10BYE
4202.896Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC6–50.54547+9BYE
4312.943Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)MAC7–3–10.68226+11BYE
44-12.952Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND WAC5–5–10.50057+11BYE
4502.983Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)PAC6–4–10.59141+8BYE
4602.996Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)IND FBSI5–4–10.55046+6BYE
4703.024Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI7–40.63632+3BYE
4803.223CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)IND BW6–4–10.59141+1BYE
4903.286Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC6–50.54547+1BYE
5003.298Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC5–60.45561+8BYE
5103.317Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B106–50.54547+1BYE
5213.401San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND BW6–50.545470BYE
53-13.401San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)IND WAC6–5–10.54256+3BYE
5403.431Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND FBSI6–50.54547-6BYE
5503.445Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC5–60.455610BYE
5603.446Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)IND FBSI5–60.45561+3BYE
5703.459Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B86–50.545470BYE
5803.474LSUSEC4–70.36471-1BYE
5903.591Akron (AKRON)IND FBSI6–4–10.59141+11BYE
6003.633Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC6–50.54547-6BYE
6103.718East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)IND FBSI5–5–10.50057-5BYE
6203.767Indiana (INDIANA)B105–60.45561-7BYE
6303.776Iowa (IOWA)B105–60.45561-2BYE
6403.887Tulsa (TULSA)IND FBSI6–60.50057-8BYE
6503.942Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC5–60.45561-5BYE
6604.039Army (ARMY)IND FBSI6–50.54547-23BYE
6704.094Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC5–60.45561-11BYE
6804.123Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)MAC5–5–10.50057-4BYE
6904.290Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC3–7–10.31881-10BYE
7004.369Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B84–70.36471-10BYE
7114.450Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC5–60.45561-12BYE
72-14.458Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC4–7–10.37570-10BYE
7304.564California (CALIFORNIA)PAC4–70.36471-12BYE
7404.568Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC5–60.45561-20BYE
7514.606TCUIND SWC4–70.36471-13BYE
76-14.606UCLAPAC3–7–10.31881-13BYE
7704.852Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND BW4–70.36471-16BYE
7804.947Utah (UTAH)IND WAC4–80.33378-15BYE
7905.018Purdue (PURDUE)B103–80.27383-19BYE
8005.238Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI4–80.33378-25BYE
8105.264Stanford (STANFORD)PAC3–80.27383-21BYE
8205.316Kansas (KANSAS)IND B84–70.36471-25BYE
8305.318UNLVIND BW4–70.36471-15BYE
8405.841Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)IND BW4–80.33378-35BYE
8505.980Rice (RICE)IND SWC2–8–10.22787-27BYE
8605.994Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI2–90.18290-32BYE
8706.019Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B102–90.18290-29BYE
8806.214Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI3–80.27383-4BYE
8906.230Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI2–7–20.27383-30BYE
9006.279Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC2–8–10.22787-20BYE
9106.349Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B82–90.18290-30BYE
9206.484New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC2–100.16795-41BYE
9306.673Pacific (PACIFIC)IND BW2–100.16795-37BYE
9407.010Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC2–8–10.22787-38BYE
9507.089SMUIND SWC2–90.18290-37BYE
9607.130Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND FBSI2–90.18290-34BYE
9707.206UTEPIND WAC2–100.16795-37BYE
9807.309Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC1–100.091100-46BYE
9907.508Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI1–100.091100-41BYE
10007.652North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC1–100.091100-47BYE
10108.056Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–100.091100-39BYE
10208.074Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND FBSI1–9–10.13698-31BYE
10308.336Ohio (OHIO)MAC1–9–10.13698-50BYE
10408.872Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B100–110.000104-56BYE
10509.231Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC0–110.000104-60BYE
106010.128New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BW0–110.000104-72BYE

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