1989 Week 3 College Football Team Rankings

September 12, 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	1	0.093	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
2	54	0.483	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Northern Illinois 48–17
3	21	0.504	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Long Beach State 63–10
4	4	0.535	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–0–1	0.750	37	+1	Tied South Carolina 17–17
5	6	0.565	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
6	27	0.607	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pacific 55–0
7	66	0.668	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Texas A&M 19–6
8	41	0.678	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wisconsin 51–3
9	-8	0.678	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Baylor 33–7
10	59	0.699	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Arizona 24–14
11	12	0.740	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	1–0–1	0.750	37	+1	Tied Virginia Tech 17–17
12	55	0.761	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Temple 43–3
13	-10	0.792	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Southern Miss 26–23
14	26	0.812	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Bowling Green 41–6
15	15	0.853	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kansas State 31–0
16	-2	0.894	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wyoming 45–7
17	-13	0.894	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Boston College 29–10
18	28	0.915	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ohio 28–3
19	1	0.925	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Kansas 33–28
20	2	0.930	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Louisiana Tech 24–20
21	-8	0.936	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado State 45–20
22	42	0.997	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Miami (OH) 27–10
23	38	1.007	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat California 35–19
24	-15	1.023	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Maryland 14–10
25	2	1.064	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat UCLA 24–6
26	-7	1.074	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oklahoma State 20–10
27	-9	1.079	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
28	-3	1.100	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Georgia Tech 38–28
29	-8	1.110	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Florida 24–19
30	24	1.131	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat TCU 14–10
31	31	1.131	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Stanford 20–16
32	16	1.141	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Indiana 17–14
33	-5	1.162	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
34	-29	1.270	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND BW	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Montana 52–37
35	53	1.300	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat BYU 46–41
36	-29	1.374	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	39	+1	Lost to Western Michigan 20–24
37	-25	1.444	BYU	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	39	+1	Lost to Washington State 41–46
38	51	1.475	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Florida State 34–23
39	-29	1.511	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Youngstown State 14–3
40	39	1.676	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	39	+1	Beat Rice 20–19
41	-12	1.738	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	96	0	BYE
42	-11	1.738	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	96	0	BYE
43	-11	1.738	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	96	0	BYE
44	-5	1.738	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	0–0–1	0.500	39	0	BYE
45	-3	1.738	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	96	0	BYE
46	-1	1.738	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	0.000	96	0	BYE
47	4	1.738	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	96	0	BYE
48	4	1.738	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	96	0	BYE
49	4	1.738	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	96	0	BYE
50	5	1.738	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	96	0	BYE
51	8	1.738	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	96	0	BYE
52	13	1.738	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–0–2	0.500	39	0	Tied Ball State 31–31
53	13	1.738	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND BW	0–0	0.000	96	0	BYE
54	3	1.768	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Virginia Military Institute 49–7
55	-38	1.911	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	39	+1	Lost to Nebraska 17–48
56	-41	1.982	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	1–1	0.500	39	0	Lost to Texas Tech 14–24
57	42	1.987	Akron (AKRON)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	39	0	Beat Kent State 40–7
58	22	2.000	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	1–1	0.500	39	0	Beat Northwestern 41–31
59	43	2.014	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	39	0	Beat Utah State 45–10
60	-34	2.032	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	39	0	Lost to Mississippi State 23–26
61	14	2.034	USC	PAC	0–1	0.000	60	0	BYE
62	-46	2.066	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	39	0	Lost to Washington 6–19
63	-19	2.123	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–1	0.000	60	0	Lost to Kentucky 14–17
64	14	2.168	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	0–2	0.000	60	0	Lost to West Virginia 10–14
65	3	2.168	TCU	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	60	0	Lost to Missouri 10–14
66	-25	2.213	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–1	0.000	60	0	Lost to Ole Miss 19–24
67	30	2.238	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	1–1	0.500	39	0	Beat Penn State 14–6
68	-25	2.437	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	ACC	0–1	0.000	60	0	Lost to NC State 28–38
69	-9	2.437	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	60	0	Lost to Tulsa 10–20
70	6	2.617	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	0–2	0.000	60	0	Lost to Colorado 20–45
71	-65	2.677	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	39	-1	Lost to Tulane 19–20
72	-35	2.707	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–1	0.000	60	0	Lost to Oregon 19–35
73	17	2.707	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	60	0	BYE
74	-24	2.751	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	0–1	0.000	60	0	Lost to Purdue 10–27
75	10	2.751	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	0–2	0.000	60	0	Lost to Iowa State 3–28
76	-6	2.796	UCLA	PAC	0–1	0.000	60	0	Lost to Tennessee 6–24
77	-42	2.841	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	60	0	Lost to Pittsburgh 10–29
78	16	2.894	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	39	-1	Beat New Mexico State 45–13
79	16	2.931	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	60	0	BYE
80	12	2.982	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	39	0	Lost to Louisville 28–33
81	2	2.998	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	0–2	0.000	60	0	Lost to Air Force 7–45
82	0	3.043	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	60	0	Lost to Syracuse 3–43
83	15	3.110	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	0–1–1	0.250	59	0	Tied Rutgers 31–31
84	-50	3.155	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	60	0	Lost to Oklahoma 7–33
85	15	3.304	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	39	-1	Beat Central Michigan 22–20
86	-39	3.379	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	60	0	Lost to Arizona State 0–31
87	-51	3.559	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	0–1	0.000	60	0	Lost to East Carolina 6–41
88	16	3.559	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–1	0.000	60	0	BYE
89	4	3.646	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND BW	1–1	0.500	39	0	Lost to Hawai'i 10–63
90	13	4.007	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND BW	0–2	0.000	60	0	Lost to Auburn 0–55
91	14	4.021	UNLV	IND BW	1–1	0.500	39	0	Beat Weber State 16–12
92	-15	4.030	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	60	-1	Lost to Clemson 23–34
93	-2	4.142	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–2	0.000	60	-1	Lost to Oregon State 16–20
94	-20	4.142	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–1	0.000	60	0	Lost to Miami 3–51
95	-11	4.188	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND BW	1–1	0.500	39	-1	Beat Northridge State 27–20
96	0	4.950	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	0–2	0.000	60	-1	Lost to Akron 7–40
97	-59	5.488	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–1	0.000	60	-1	Lost to Louisiana 20–22
98	-35	5.757	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	60	-1	Lost to Virginia 6–14
99	-41	5.847	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–1	0.000	60	-1	Lost to Duke 31–41
100	-13	5.936	LSU	SEC	0–1	0.000	60	-1	BYE
101	5	5.981	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BW	0–2	0.000	60	-1	Lost to New Mexico 13–45
102	-1	6.699	SMU	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	60	-1	BYE
103	-32	6.968	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND BW	0–1	0.000	60	-1	Lost to Utah 10–45
104	-23	6.991	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	60	0	Lost to Arkansas State 13–17
105	-19	6.991	UTEP	IND WAC	0–2	0.000	60	0	Lost to Lamar 19–21
106	-34	11.723	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	0–1	0.000	60	0	Lost to App State 10–15