1989 Week 10 College Football Team Rankings

October 31, 1989By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1989 Season Tags: • No Comments

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.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	2	0.652	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	8–0	1.000	1	+35	Beat Pittsburgh 45–7
2	0	0.740	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	8–0	1.000	1	+32	Beat Oklahoma 20–3
3	-2	0.743	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	7–0	1.000	1	+29	Beat Penn State 17–16
4	0	0.943	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	8–0	1.000	1	+26	Beat Iowa State 49–17
5	0	1.049	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	6–1	0.857	7	+25	Beat Houston 45–39
6	1	1.246	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	6–1	0.857	7	+22	Beat LSU 45–39
7	6	1.322	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	6–1	0.857	7	+19	Beat Wisconsin 32–9
8	1	1.344	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND BW	8–0	1.000	1	+19	Beat UNLV 31–17
9	6	1.365	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	6–1	0.857	7	+19	Beat Indiana 38–10
10	1	1.416	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	6–1–1	0.813	13	+15	Beat Boston College 44–30
11	1	1.428	USC	PAC	6–2	0.750	17	+20	Beat Stanford 19–0
12	14	1.480	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	17	+15	Beat Miami 24–10
13	-7	1.495	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	6–1	0.857	7	+12	Lost to Florida State 10–24
14	-6	1.519	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	5–2	0.714	27	+10	Lost to Arkansas 39–45
15	3	1.546	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	7–2	0.778	15	+21	Beat Wake Forest 44–10
16	1	1.679	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	6–1	0.857	7	+11	BYE
17	-7	1.740	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	5–2–1	0.688	33	+14	Lost to NC State 10–20
18	5	1.800	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	7–2	0.778	15	+16	Beat Louisville 16–15
19	9	1.802	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	7–1	0.875	6	+11	Beat South Carolina 20–10
20	4	1.855	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	6–2	0.750	17	+14	Beat Rice 45–7
21	0	1.887	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	6–2	0.750	17	+16	Beat Pacific 38–14
22	11	1.930	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	5–2	0.714	27	+11	Beat Mississippi State 14–0
23	4	1.943	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	6–2	0.750	17	+14	Beat Vanderbilt 24–16
24	-8	1.945	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	27	+9	Lost to Alabama 16–17
25	-3	1.949	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	4–2	0.667	35	+12	BYE
26	-12	1.962	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	5–1–1	0.786	14	+8	Lost to Notre Dame 7–45
27	12	2.013	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	6–2	0.750	17	+10	Beat BYU 56–14
28	1	2.036	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	6–2	0.750	17	+11	BYE
29	2	2.127	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	5–2	0.714	27	+12	BYE
30	4	2.133	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	5–3	0.625	38	+13	Beat UCLA 28–27
31	7	2.141	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	5–2	0.714	27	+10	Beat Minnesota 41–37
32	-12	2.148	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	6–3	0.667	35	+12	Lost to Arizona State 39–44
33	-14	2.179	BYU	IND WAC	6–2	0.750	17	+9	Lost to Hawai'i 14–56
34	3	2.229	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	5–3	0.625	38	+13	Beat Georgia Tech 30–19
35	5	2.319	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	4–3	0.571	44	+8	Beat Kentucky 34–23
36	-6	2.335	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	5–3	0.625	38	+9	Lost to Colorado 3–20
37	8	2.522	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	5–3	0.625	38	+6	Beat Long Beach State 52–10
38	4	2.533	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	4–3–1	0.563	52	+7	Beat Tulane 30–13
39	4	2.540	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	44	+6	Beat East Carolina 18–16
40	1	2.589	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	17	+4	Beat Temple 20–17
41	11	2.670	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND FBSI	4–3–1	0.563	52	+8	Beat Tulsa 34–31
42	-17	2.698	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	4–2–1	0.643	37	+3	Lost to Syracuse 16–18
43	4	2.709	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	5–2–1	0.688	33	+3	Beat Indiana State 34–27
44	5	2.784	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	4–4–1	0.500	58	+8	Beat Utah 50–10
45	-13	2.819	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	6–2–1	0.722	26	+8	Lost to Central Michigan 9–24
46	-11	2.838	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	4–3	0.571	44	+4	Lost to Michigan 10–38
47	9	2.928	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	27	-3	Beat Rutgers 35–14
48	6	2.936	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	3–4	0.429	66	+3	Beat Purdue 28–21
49	-13	3.069	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	4–3	0.571	44	+3	Lost to Georgia 23–34
50	0	3.086	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	38	+5	BYE
51	7	3.153	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	4–4	0.500	58	+4	Beat TCU 27–9
52	9	3.205	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	4–3–1	0.563	52	+3	Beat Washington State 44–39
53	-7	3.229	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	4–3	0.571	44	+1	Lost to Auburn 0–14
54	3	3.308	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	4–3–1	0.563	52	+3	Beat California 25–14
55	4	3.361	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	4–3	0.571	44	+2	Beat Northwestern 35–22
56	4	3.389	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	4–3–1	0.563	52	0	Beat UTEP 34–31
57	-13	3.398	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	ACC	3–4	0.429	66	+3	Lost to Duke 19–30
58	-10	3.448	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	4–3	0.571	44	-1	Lost to Ohio State 37–41
59	-4	3.555	UCLA	PAC	3–5	0.375	70	0	Lost to Washington 27–28
60	6	3.591	Akron (AKRON)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	43	+9	Beat Cincinnati 31–0
61	-10	3.641	TCU	IND SWC	4–4	0.500	58	0	Lost to Baylor 9–27
62	-9	3.662	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	57	-1	Lost to Louisiana Tech 31–34
63	1	3.749	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	64	-1	Beat Memphis 31–7
64	3	3.840	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND BW	4–3	0.571	44	-5	Beat New Mexico State 34–6
65	15	4.018	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	4–4	0.500	58	0	Beat Eastern Michigan 24–9
66	-4	4.050	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	66	-5	Lost to Virginia 15–16
67	6	4.201	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	4–4	0.500	58	-9	Beat Ohio 28–13
68	7	4.208	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	3–6	0.333	77	-6	Beat North Carolina 38–0
69	0	4.302	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	4–4	0.500	58	-8	Beat Kent State 47–42
70	-5	4.362	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	3–5	0.375	70	-3	Lost to Nebraska 17–49
71	1	4.537	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	3–5	0.375	70	-6	Beat New Mexico 24–23
72	5	4.568	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	3–5	0.375	70	-5	Beat Missouri 31–30
73	-2	4.634	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND BW	3–4–1	0.438	65	-7	BYE
74	-6	4.722	UNLV	IND BW	3–4	0.429	66	-7	Lost to Fresno State 17–31
75	-12	4.732	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	3–5	0.375	70	-6	Lost to Miami (OH) 13–17
76	3	4.777	LSU	SEC	1–6	0.143	94	-10	Lost to Tennessee 39–45
77	-3	5.119	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	3–6	0.333	77	-9	Lost to Colorado State 10–50
78	3	5.121	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	2–5	0.286	80	-8	Lost to Illinois 9–32
79	3	5.209	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND BW	2–5	0.286	80	-8	BYE
80	-4	5.277	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	2–4–2	0.375	70	-9	Lost to Army 14–35
81	-3	5.287	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	2–6	0.250	84	-11	Lost to Oregon State 14–25
82	-12	5.331	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	2–6	0.250	84	-7	Lost to Oklahoma State 30–31
83	1	5.382	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	2–6	0.250	84	-13	Lost to Virginia Tech 13–30
84	6	5.614	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	3–5	0.375	70	-15	Beat Kansas State 21–16
85	3	5.823	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	1–7	0.125	98	-14	Lost to USC 0–19
86	0	5.874	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND BW	3–6	0.333	77	-19	Lost to Oregon 10–52
87	-2	5.947	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	2–6	0.250	84	-9	Lost to Southern Miss 7–31
88	1	5.967	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–6	0.143	94	-14	Lost to Ole Miss 16–24
89	-2	5.995	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–6	0.143	94	-12	Lost to Michigan State 21–28
90	1	6.261	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	1–6	0.143	94	-15	Lost to West Virginia 30–44
91	-8	6.280	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–5	0.286	80	-3	Lost to James Madison 20–24
92	1	6.507	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–6–1	0.188	89	-17	Lost to Texas A&M 7–45
93	-1	6.577	UTEP	IND WAC	2–7	0.222	88	-17	Lost to San Diego State 31–34
94	4	6.716	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–6–1	0.188	89	-12	Lost to Clemson 10–44
95	1	6.913	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND BW	1–8	0.111	101	-16	Lost to Arizona 14–38
96	-2	7.028	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	1–6–1	0.188	89	-16	Lost to Akron 0–31
97	2	7.075	SMU	IND SWC	2–5	0.286	80	-18	Beat North Texas 35–9
98	-3	7.220	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	1–8	0.111	101	-27	Lost to Wyoming 23–24
99	-2	7.867	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	1–7	0.125	98	-27	Lost to Maryland 0–38
100	6	8.162	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	1–6–1	0.188	89	-23	Beat Bowling Green 17–13
101	0	8.226	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–7	0.125	98	-21	Lost to Kansas 16–21
102	0	8.241	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–8	0.000	103	-23	Lost to Northern Illinois 17–20
103	-3	8.413	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–7	0.000	103	-23	Lost to Iowa 22–35
104	0	8.586	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	0–9	0.000	103	-32	Lost to Toledo 42–47
105	-2	8.819	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–7–1	0.167	93	-32	Lost to Western Michigan 13–28
106	-1	10.652	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BW	0–8	0.000	103	-40	Lost to San José State 6–34