1991 Week 12 College Football Team Rankings

November 12, 1991By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1991 Season Tags: • No Comments

1991 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	0.682	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	9–0	1.000	1	+43	Beat USC 14–3
2	1	0.784	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	8–1	0.889	5	+39	Beat Georgia 45–13
3	-1	0.895	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	10–0	1.000	1	+43	Beat South Carolina 38–10
4	0	0.913	Miami (MIAMI)	IND BE	8–0	1.000	1	+33	Beat West Virginia 27–3
5	0	1.031	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	8–1	0.889	5	+35	Beat Northwestern 59–14
6	2	1.183	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	8–1	0.889	5	+31	Beat Indiana 38–21
7	3	1.219	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	7–1	0.875	12	+27	Beat TCU 44–7
8	1	1.268	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	8–1	0.889	5	+28	Beat LSU 20–17
9	-3	1.305	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	8–1	0.889	5	+28	Beat Oregon State 27–14
10	3	1.310	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	7–1–1	0.833	13	+24	Beat Kansas 59–23
11	7	1.423	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	6–2	0.750	24	+29	Beat Notre Dame 35–34
12	-1	1.429	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	5	+27	Beat Southern Miss 48–20
13	-6	1.439	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	15	+30	Lost to Tennessee 34–35
14	0	1.467	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	15	+30	Beat Maryland 47–7
15	-3	1.512	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	9–1	0.900	4	+25	Beat Kent State 35–7
16	3	1.571	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	6–1–1	0.813	14	+19	Beat North Carolina 21–6
17	0	1.579	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND BE	7–2	0.778	18	+28	BYE
18	2	1.701	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	7–2	0.778	18	+22	BYE
19	6	1.799	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	7–2	0.778	18	+18	Beat Missouri 56–16
20	-4	1.815	UCLA	PAC	6–3	0.667	31	+21	Lost to Stanford 10–27
21	0	1.845	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	6–2–1	0.722	28	+16	Beat Oklahoma State 16–12
22	4	1.850	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND BW	8–1	0.889	5	+12	Beat Pacific 59–14
23	1	1.888	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	5–1–4	0.700	29	+13	BYE
24	-9	1.901	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	7–2	0.778	18	+19	Lost to Virginia 10–42
25	-2	1.930	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	8–2	0.800	15	+23	Beat Colorado State 42–32
26	5	1.981	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	7–2–1	0.750	24	+12	Beat NC State 42–10
27	0	2.056	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	7–2	0.778	18	+15	Beat Minnesota 35–6
28	2	2.096	BYU	IND WAC	7–3	0.700	29	+23	Beat Wyoming 56–31
29	-7	2.150	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	6–3	0.667	31	+12	Lost to Florida 13–45
30	5	2.263	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	6–3	0.667	31	+14	Beat Purdue 41–14
31	-2	2.267	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	24	+13	BYE
32	4	2.388	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	8–3	0.727	27	+14	Beat Army 25–0
33	6	2.416	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	6–3	0.667	31	+10	Beat UCLA 27–10
34	-1	2.469	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	ACC	6–4	0.600	38	+13	Beat Furman 19–17
35	-7	2.510	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	5–3–1	0.611	37	+9	Lost to Iowa 21–38
36	-4	2.541	TCU	IND SWC	6–3	0.667	31	+10	Lost to Texas A&M 7–44
37	-3	2.552	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND BE	6–4	0.600	38	+15	Lost to Miami 3–27
38	5	2.613	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND FBSI	6–1–2	0.778	18	0	Beat Southern Illinois 48–16
39	6	2.709	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND BE	6–4	0.600	38	+11	Beat Rutgers 22–17
40	6	2.741	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND BW	6–3	0.667	31	+6	Beat CAL State Fullerton 35–7
41	0	2.768	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	5–4	0.556	45	+5	BYE
42	8	2.830	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND BE	5–4	0.556	45	+8	Beat Akron 42–24
43	-6	2.856	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	5–4	0.556	45	+5	Lost to Nebraska 23–59
44	13	3.041	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	6–4	0.600	38	+7	Beat Miami (OH) 24–23
45	-1	3.065	LSU	SEC	4–5	0.444	60	+8	Lost to Alabama 17–20
46	7	3.113	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	5–4	0.556	45	+2	Beat Louisiana 50–7
47	12	3.114	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	5–4	0.556	45	+4	Beat Iowa State 37–7
48	-10	3.139	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	5–4	0.556	45	+4	Lost to Texas Tech 21–38
49	-2	3.142	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	5–4	0.556	45	+2	Lost to Clemson 6–21
50	6	3.165	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	5–4	0.556	45	+3	Beat Oregon 24–21
51	-9	3.194	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	3–4–2	0.444	60	+4	Lost to Florida State 10–38
52	3	3.225	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	6–4	0.600	38	+1	Beat New Mexico 30–7
53	-4	3.318	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	5–4–1	0.550	54	0	Lost to Western Michigan 23–24
54	6	3.342	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	6–4	0.600	38	-3	Beat Toledo 9–3
55	-4	3.352	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	5–4	0.556	45	-1	BYE
56	2	3.391	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	5–5	0.500	55	+3	Beat Kentucky 17–7
57	10	3.467	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	3–5	0.375	75	+1	Beat Texas 23–14
58	-18	3.499	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	4–3–1	0.563	44	-1	Lost to Wake Forest 14–31
59	-11	3.502	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	4–4	0.500	55	-1	Lost to Houston 14–23
60	6	3.608	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND BE	4–5	0.444	60	-3	Beat Temple 33–13
61	2	3.626	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	55	+1	Beat Louisville 35–7
62	-10	3.741	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND BE	5–5	0.500	55	-3	Lost to Pittsburgh 17–22
63	-2	3.793	USC	PAC	3–6	0.333	77	0	Lost to Washington 3–14
64	-10	3.943	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	4–5	0.444	60	-2	Lost to UTEP 24–41
65	7	4.021	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	4–5	0.444	60	-7	Beat Arizona 40–27
66	14	4.141	UTEP	IND WAC	4–5–1	0.450	59	-9	Beat Hawai'i 41–24
67	11	4.152	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	4–5	0.444	60	-9	Beat Arkansas 38–21
68	5	4.158	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	4–5	0.444	60	-6	Beat SMU 31–10
69	-5	4.245	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	3–5–1	0.389	72	-5	Lost to Ball State 3–9
70	-8	4.316	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	3–6	0.333	77	-3	Lost to Washington State 27–40
71	-3	4.362	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	3–5–1	0.389	72	-1	Lost to Oklahoma 16–56
72	-7	4.377	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	3–6	0.333	77	-6	Lost to Illinois 14–41
73	-4	4.448	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	4–6–1	0.409	68	-9	Lost to BYU 31–56
74	-3	4.480	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	3–6	0.333	77	-8	Lost to Arizona State 21–24
75	10	4.625	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND BW	3–6	0.333	77	-9	Beat UNLV 27–14
76	-2	4.801	Akron (AKRON)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	60	-8	Lost to Virginia Tech 24–42
77	2	4.807	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	69	-17	Lost to East Carolina 20–48
78	-8	4.823	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	3–5–1	0.389	72	-10	Lost to Kansas State 7–37
79	-2	4.882	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND BW	4–6	0.400	69	-7	Lost to Fresno State 14–59
80	6	4.977	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	69	-14	Beat Middle Tennessee 30–10
81	-5	5.109	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	3–6	0.333	77	-14	Lost to Vanderbilt 7–17
82	-1	5.110	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	3–6	0.333	77	-12	Lost to Michigan 14–59
83	5	5.131	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	3–6–1	0.350	76	-13	Beat Ohio 13–10
84	-9	5.208	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	3–6	0.333	77	-16	Lost to Michigan State 7–20
85	-1	5.338	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	3–7	0.300	87	-16	Lost to San Diego State 32–42
86	-4	5.382	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	2–7	0.222	89	-14	Lost to Penn State 7–47
87	3	5.579	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	2–7	0.222	89	-15	Beat Wisconsin 20–7
88	-1	5.616	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	2–7	0.222	89	-13	Lost to Ohio State 6–35
89	-6	5.649	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND BE	2–7	0.222	89	-19	Lost to Boston College 13–33
90	-1	6.153	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	77	-20	Lost to Air Force 0–25
91	0	6.573	UNLV	IND BW	3–6	0.333	77	-20	Lost to Utah State 14–27
92	0	6.616	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	2–7–1	0.250	88	-27	Lost to Eastern Michigan 10–13
93	0	6.649	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	2–9	0.182	97	-25	Lost to Utah 7–30
94	6	6.652	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	2–7	0.222	89	-18	Beat Duke 31–14
95	0	6.743	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	2–8	0.200	95	-26	Lost to Memphis 7–35
96	1	6.936	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	1–8	0.111	99	-24	BYE
97	4	6.951	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BW	2–7	0.222	89	-31	Beat Long Beach State 28–24
98	-4	7.068	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND BW	2–8	0.200	95	-19	Lost to New Mexico State 24–28
99	-1	7.326	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	0–8–1	0.056	105	-21	Lost to Colorado 12–16
100	-4	7.406	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	1–8–1	0.150	98	-21	Lost to Auburn 7–50
101	2	7.440	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	1–9	0.100	102	-31	Beat Navy 34–7
102	0	7.485	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	1–9	0.100	102	-34	Lost to Bowling Green 7–35
103	-4	7.843	SMU	IND SWC	1–8	0.111	99	-32	Lost to Rice 10–31
104	0	8.079	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–9	0.000	106	-33	Lost to California 14–27
105	1	8.814	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND BW	1–8	0.111	99	-40	Lost to San José State 7–35
106	-1	9.319	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–9	0.000	106	-28	Lost to Tulane 7–34
107	0	10.057	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND FBSI	1–9	0.100	102	-31	Beat Troy 20–17