1990 Week 3 College Football Team Rankings

September 11, 1990By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1990 Season Tags: • No Comments

1990 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	35	0.418	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Oklahoma State 50–7
2	0	0.540	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Clemson 20–7
3	28	0.642	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat CAL State Fullerton 38–17
4	33	0.642	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat East Carolina 45–24
5	2	0.662	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND BW	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat New Mexico 24–17
6	4	0.672	USC	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
7	11	0.688	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat North Carolina 27–5
8	56	0.693	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Kentucky 24–8
9	-6	0.728	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	2–0–1	0.833	38	+1	Beat Mississippi State 40–7
10	29	0.774	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat NC State 21–13
11	10	0.800	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat West Virginia 14–10
12	5	0.840	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Northern Illinois 60–14
13	2	0.957	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Washington State 34–13
14	-6	1.003	BYU	IND WAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Miami 28–21
15	-6	1.013	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Minnesota 35–29
16	51	1.049	SMU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Vanderbilt 44–7
17	23	1.141	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat UNLV 37–9
18	-12	1.146	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Boston College 29–6
19	8	1.212	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Baylor 34–13
20	41	1.212	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat San Diego State 42–21
21	39	1.222	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat UCLA 34–14
22	12	1.263	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wisconsin 28–12
23	-9	1.273	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
24	-20	1.299	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Nicholls State 24–21
25	1	1.304	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Illinois 28–16
26	-2	1.334	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Montana State 41–5
27	32	1.355	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Texas Tech 17–10
28	43	1.365	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Miami (OH) 20–14
29	18	1.375	LSU	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Georgia 18–13
30	5	1.385	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	1–0–1	0.750	39	0	Beat Stanford 21–17
31	38	1.385	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Penn State 17–13
32	42	1.395	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat San José State 20–17
33	20	1.406	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Memphis 23–21
34	12	1.507	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	1–0–1	0.750	39	0	Beat Murray State 68–0
35	63	1.619	Akron (AKRON)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kent State 38–10
36	44	1.659	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	42	+1	Beat Bowling Green 21–7
37	59	1.737	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Alabama 27–24
38	-27	1.788	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–1	0.500	42	+1	Lost to Wyoming 13–34
39	-11	1.833	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	100	0	BYE
40	-10	1.833	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	100	0	BYE
41	1	1.833	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	0.000	100	0	BYE
42	1	1.833	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	0.000	100	0	BYE
43	7	1.833	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	100	0	BYE
44	7	1.833	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	100	0	BYE
45	13	1.833	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	100	0	BYE
46	17	1.833	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	0.000	100	0	BYE
47	-46	1.860	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	1–1	0.500	42	0	Lost to Virginia 7–20
48	-28	1.880	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	42	+1	Lost to Florida State 24–45
49	-26	1.898	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–1	0.500	42	+1	Lost to Rutgers 8–24
50	-6	1.905	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northern Iowa 35–6
51	-6	1.986	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Western Illinois 27–6
52	4	2.088	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Richmond 28–17
53	-21	2.098	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Illinois State 13–3
54	23	2.124	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	42	0	Beat Hawai'i 27–3
55	47	2.131	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	42	+1	Beat Rice 21–10
56	-27	2.149	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0–1	0.750	39	0	Beat UL Monroe 23–18
57	-35	2.189	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	42	+1	Lost to Florida 7–50
58	-53	2.259	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	1–1	0.500	42	0	Lost to South Carolina 5–27
59	-47	2.266	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	42	0	Lost to Fresno State 17–24
60	-41	2.298	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	42	0	Lost to Maryland 10–14
61	32	2.451	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND BW	1–1	0.500	42	0	Beat Long Beach State 27–13
62	21	2.477	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	1–1	0.500	42	0	Beat Northwestern 27–24
63	28	2.484	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	42	0	Beat Temple 19–9
64	-16	2.493	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	0–1–1	0.250	70	0	Lost to Ole Miss 21–23
65	-40	2.537	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	0–1	0.000	72	0	Lost to Southern Miss 24–27
66	0	2.537	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND BW	0–1–1	0.250	70	0	Lost to Washington 17–20
67	15	2.577	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	1–1	0.500	42	0	Lost to Georgia Tech 13–21
68	-6	2.581	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	72	0	Lost to Texas 13–17
69	-1	2.581	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–1	0.000	72	0	Lost to Colorado 17–21
70	24	2.589	UTEP	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	42	0	Beat New Mexico State 27–24
71	-33	2.626	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	0–1	0.000	72	0	Lost to LSU 13–18
72	-20	2.670	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–1	0.000	72	0	Lost to Utah 29–35
73	31	2.688	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	42	0	Beat Oregon State 38–12
74	-61	2.711	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	42	0	Lost to Tulane 10–21
75	-26	2.715	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	72	0	Lost to BYU 21–28
76	-6	2.715	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	72	0	Lost to Ohio State 10–17
77	22	2.727	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–1	0.500	42	0	Beat Western Michigan 27–24
78	-37	2.937	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–1	0.000	72	0	Lost to Arizona 16–28
79	-1	3.047	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–1	0.500	42	-1	Beat Cincinnati 34–0
80	-4	3.115	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–1	0.000	72	0	Lost to California 12–28
81	4	3.159	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–2	0.000	72	0	Lost to Arizona State 13–34
82	-10	3.293	UCLA	PAC	0–1	0.000	72	0	Lost to Oklahoma 14–34
83	-18	3.337	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	72	0	Lost to Oregon 21–42
84	11	3.347	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND BW	1–1	0.500	42	0	Lost to Auburn 17–38
85	-69	3.413	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	1–1	0.500	42	-1	Lost to Virginia Tech 7–21
86	-53	3.426	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	72	0	Lost to Pittsburgh 6–29
87	5	3.612	TCU	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	42	-1	Beat Missouri 20–19
88	9	3.693	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	42	0	Lost to Nebraska 14–60
89	14	3.753	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND BW	1–1	0.500	42	0	Beat Sacramento State 41–33
90	10	3.826	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	0–1	0.000	72	0	BYE
91	-10	3.844	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	42	-1	Beat Mcneese State 51–3
92	-38	3.870	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	0–1	0.000	72	0	Lost to Tennessee 7–40
93	-20	4.048	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–1	0.000	72	0	Lost to SMU 7–44
94	-15	4.208	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	42	-1	Beat Missouri State 41–28
95	-6	4.343	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–1	0.500	42	-1	Beat App State 23–12
96	-8	4.781	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	72	-1	Lost to Syracuse 9–19
97	-10	5.093	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	0–2	0.000	72	-1	Lost to Air Force 3–27
98	-14	5.093	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	0–2	0.000	72	-1	Lost to Akron 10–38
99	2	5.115	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	0–2	0.000	72	-1	Lost to Toledo 14–20
100	-45	6.093	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	72	-1	Lost to TCU 19–20
101	-44	6.181	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–1	0.000	72	-1	Lost to Duke 24–27
102	-27	6.181	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–1	0.000	72	-1	Lost to Eastern Michigan 24–27
103	-13	6.493	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BW	0–2	0.000	72	-2	Lost to UTEP 24–27
104	-18	7.115	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	72	-2	Lost to Central Michigan 0–34
105	0	7.670	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND BW	0–2	0.000	72	-2	Lost to Utah State 13–27
106	1	7.937	UNLV	IND BW	0–2	0.000	72	0	Lost to Houston 9–37
107	-1	9.715	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–2	0.000	72	-1	Lost to Kansas 12–38