1989 Week 4 College Football Team Rankings

September 19, 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	0	0.216	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
2	40	0.483	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Tulsa 26–7
3	4	0.586	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Purdue 38–9
4	45	0.822	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Iowa State 30–20
5	3	0.864	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat California 31–3
6	26	0.874	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat North Carolina 13–6
7	17	0.881	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat South Carolina 45–21
8	-6	0.910	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Utah 42–30
9	1	0.920	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat New Mexico 27–20
10	9	0.946	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+3	BYE
11	-6	0.987	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Michigan 24–19
12	23	1.004	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Oregon State 41–3
13	8	1.018	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Illinois 38–7
14	11	1.052	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Duke 28–6
15	-9	1.069	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Southern Miss 24–3
16	32	1.079	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Miami (OH) 49–0
17	-1	1.258	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Northwestern 48–31
18	-5	1.264	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
19	19	1.278	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Virginia Tech 27–7
20	21	1.295	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Memphis 35–7
21	2	1.306	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Iowa 44–6
22	-5	1.306	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
23	28	1.336	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oklahoma State 37–13
24	-12	1.362	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Army 10–7
25	-11	1.367	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Cincinnati 21–14
26	-11	1.388	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat San José State 28–21
27	1	1.419	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Wake Forest 27–17
28	17	1.460	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Baylor 15–3
29	5	1.508	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND BW	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Pacific 27–14
30	-1	1.518	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Arkansas State 34–31
31	-27	1.546	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–1–1	0.500	45	+2	Lost to Clemson 7–27
32	20	1.563	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	1–0–2	0.667	32	0	Beat Boston College 9–7
33	6	1.655	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ohio 30–25
34	29	1.713	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–1	0.500	45	+1	Beat Missouri 24–7
35	21	1.776	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	2–1	0.667	32	+2	Beat Oklahoma 6–3
36	-33	1.820	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	2–1	0.667	32	+2	Lost to Wyoming 15–20
37	27	1.981	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	1–2	0.333	65	+2	Beat Western Michigan 23–0
38	-1	1.993	BYU	IND WAC	2–1	0.667	32	+1	Beat Navy 31–10
39	28	2.033	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	2–1	0.667	32	+1	Beat Georgia Tech 17–10
40	26	2.086	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–1	0.500	45	+1	Beat Louisiana Tech 34–7
41	21	2.149	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	32	0	Beat TCU 44–7
42	-33	2.222	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	2–1	0.667	32	-1	Lost to Arizona 3–6
43	-17	2.226	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	32	+1	Lost to Arkansas 7–26
44	-4	2.235	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	32	+1	Beat Louisiana 17–10
45	-12	2.252	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–1	0.500	45	+1	Lost to Colorado 7–38
46	48	2.327	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–1	0.500	45	+1	Beat Toledo 23–10
47	24	2.357	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	45	0	BYE
48	-30	2.449	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	45	0	Lost to Minnesota 20–30
49	32	2.536	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	1–2	0.333	65	+2	Beat Hawai'i 20–15
50	-39	2.568	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	1–1–1	0.500	45	+1	Lost to West Virginia 21–45
51	29	2.571	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–1	0.667	32	0	Beat Kent State 28–21
52	3	2.622	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	45	+1	BYE
53	30	2.639	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	1–1–1	0.500	45	0	Beat Bowling Green 28–3
54	16	2.750	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	1–2	0.333	65	+1	Beat CAL State Fullerton 42–14
55	-33	2.782	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–1	0.500	45	0	Lost to Washington 9–38
56	-13	2.796	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Syracuse 7–10
57	19	2.805	UCLA	PAC	1–1	0.500	45	0	Beat San Diego State 28–25
58	-11	2.886	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Notre Dame 19–24
59	-5	2.909	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	1–1	0.500	45	0	Lost to Kentucky 6–13
60	-3	2.912	Akron (AKRON)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	32	-1	Beat Central Michigan 27–26
61	-1	2.937	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	65	+1	Lost to Auburn 3–24
62	-18	2.976	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	0–1–1	0.250	77	0	Lost to East Carolina 14–21
63	-10	2.976	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND BW	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Arizona State 21–28
64	-33	3.046	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–1	0.500	45	0	Lost to Washington State 3–41
65	-6	3.057	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	1–2	0.333	65	0	Lost to Nebraska 30–42
66	32	3.070	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	45	-1	Beat Temple 42–3
67	-6	3.088	USC	PAC	1–1	0.500	45	-1	Beat Utah State 66–10
68	9	3.133	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	78	0	Lost to Rutgers 7–9
69	-49	3.152	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	2–1	0.667	32	-1	Lost to Maryland 0–23
70	9	3.604	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	78	0	BYE
71	7	3.605	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	1–2	0.333	65	-1	Lost to Texas Tech 20–27
72	0	3.649	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–2	0.000	78	0	Lost to Miami 3–31
73	16	3.736	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND BW	2–1	0.667	32	-1	Beat Boise State 17–14
74	-47	3.783	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	1–1	0.500	45	-1	Lost to Wisconsin 10–23
75	-45	3.891	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	45	-1	Lost to Indiana 7–24
76	-18	4.064	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	1–2	0.333	65	-1	Lost to Tennessee 6–28
77	14	4.131	UNLV	IND BW	1–1	0.500	45	0	BYE
78	12	4.202	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND BW	0–3	0.000	78	0	Lost to Fresno State 14–27
79	9	4.232	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–1	0.000	78	0	BYE
80	12	4.344	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	65	-2	Beat LSU 31–21
81	-35	4.366	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Oregon 6–44
82	-46	4.379	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	65	-1	Lost to Florida 7–34
83	-15	4.479	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	ACC	0–2	0.000	78	-1	Lost to Virginia 10–17
84	18	4.771	SMU	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	45	-1	Beat UConn 31–30
85	-16	4.860	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	0–2	0.000	78	-1	Lost to Ohio State 13–37
86	-2	4.950	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–2	0.000	78	-1	Lost to Georgia 3–15
87	-14	5.062	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	0–2	0.000	78	-1	Lost to UCLA 25–28
88	-3	5.272	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	65	-3	Lost to Tulane 10–17
89	7	5.518	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	0–3	0.000	78	-2	Lost to Kansas 21–28
90	-15	5.877	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	0–3	0.000	78	-2	Lost to Eastern Michigan 25–30
91	14	5.916	UTEP	IND WAC	1–2	0.333	65	-1	Beat New Mexico State 29–27
92	-5	5.981	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	0–2	0.000	78	-1	Lost to Ball State 3–28
93	2	6.086	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND BW	1–2	0.333	65	-3	Lost to Colorado State 14–42
94	-20	6.116	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	0–2	0.000	78	-1	Lost to Michigan State 0–49
95	4	6.138	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–2	0.000	78	-2	Lost to Air Force 31–48
96	-14	6.221	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	78	-2	Lost to Penn State 3–42
97	7	6.415	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	78	0	Lost to Alabama 7–35
98	-48	6.475	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	-1	Lost to BYU 10–31
99	-6	6.520	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–2	0.000	78	-2	BYE
100	-35	6.991	TCU	IND SWC	0–2	0.000	78	-2	Lost to Texas A&M 7–44
101	-4	7.036	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–2	0.000	78	-3	Lost to Akron 26–27
102	-2	7.462	LSU	SEC	0–2	0.000	78	-3	Lost to Florida State 21–31
103	3	7.753	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	0–2	0.000	78	0	Lost to NC State 17–27
104	-18	8.157	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–2	0.000	78	0	Lost to Northern Iowa 8–10
105	-4	9.002	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BW	0–3	0.000	78	-5	Lost to UTEP 27–29
106	-3	9.548	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND BW	0–2	0.000	78	-3	Lost to USC 10–66