1991 Week 3 College Football Team Rankings

September 10, 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	0.428	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
2	31	0.458	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Hawai'i 53–10
3	21	0.509	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pacific 86–24
4	63	0.601	TCU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat New Mexico 60–7
5	-1	0.611	Miami (MIAMI)	IND BE	1–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
6	-3	0.631	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND BE	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Southern Miss 35–14
7	24	0.652	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND BW	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northern Illinois 55–7
8	3	0.667	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Cincinnati 81–0
9	50	0.672	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Eastern Michigan 49–3
10	13	0.693	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat UTEP 27–7
11	58	0.723	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Louisville 28–11
12	7	0.754	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Temple 41–3
13	17	0.754	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat San José State 59–21
14	47	0.774	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Long Beach State 49–13
15	64	0.784	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Stanford 42–7
16	56	0.794	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat CAL State Fullerton 41–7
17	29	0.825	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Utah State 59–28
18	31	0.825	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Virginia Tech 7–0
19	18	0.866	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Miami (OH) 23–20
20	46	0.866	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND BE	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Vanderbilt 37–10
21	-16	0.871	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Memphis 10–0
22	35	0.876	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Washington State 40–14
23	-21	0.881	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Texas 13–6
24	30	0.896	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Arizona 38–14
25	10	0.906	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Toledo 30–7
26	15	0.917	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Boston College 35–13
27	25	0.917	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Indiana 49–27
28	-22	0.922	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tulane 38–11
29	-1	0.968	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wyoming 30–13
30	-13	1.008	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Akron 35–12
31	9	1.029	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Virginia 17–6
32	-16	1.054	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oregon State 22–10
33	-19	1.069	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
34	-19	1.069	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND BE	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
35	39	1.100	UCLA	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat BYU 27–23
36	-11	1.110	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–0–1	0.750	43	0	Beat Louisiana 27–24
37	57	1.319	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat LSU 31–10
38	61	1.436	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Colorado State 31–26
39	58	1.533	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oklahoma State 13–7
40	-19	1.685	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	95	0	BYE
41	-19	1.685	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	95	0	BYE
42	-13	1.685	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	0–0–1	0.500	44	0	Tied South Carolina 24–24
43	-1	1.685	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	95	0	BYE
44	-1	1.685	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	95	0	BYE
45	-1	1.685	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	95	0	BYE
46	1	1.685	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BW	0–0	0.000	95	0	BYE
47	1	1.685	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	0–0	0.000	95	0	BYE
48	3	1.685	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	95	0	BYE
49	4	1.685	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	0–0–1	0.500	44	0	BYE
50	5	1.685	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	95	0	BYE
51	9	1.685	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	95	0	BYE
52	12	1.685	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	0–0–1	0.500	44	0	Tied Duke 24–24
53	18	1.685	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	95	0	BYE
54	24	1.685	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	0–0	0.000	95	0	BYE
55	26	1.685	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	95	0	BYE
56	-43	1.760	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	1–1	0.500	44	+1	Lost to Kentucky 20–23
57	-30	1.854	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat App State 34–0
58	-24	1.905	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Eastern Illinois 42–13
59	-50	1.991	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	44	0	Lost to Air Force 26–31
60	40	2.047	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
61	-51	2.053	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	44	0	Lost to Ole Miss 0–10
62	20	2.070	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	0–1	0.000	59	0	BYE
63	40	2.121	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND BE	1–1	0.500	44	+1	Beat Bowling Green 24–17
64	-57	2.156	UTEP	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	44	0	Lost to Baylor 7–27
65	-29	2.190	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Indiana State 26–25
66	-10	2.204	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Tulsa 7–13
67	18	2.248	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	59	0	BYE
68	2	2.248	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Mississippi State 6–13
69	33	2.313	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	44	0	Beat SMU 17–6
70	22	2.381	BYU	IND WAC	0–2	0.000	59	0	Lost to UCLA 23–27
71	6	2.426	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Maryland 6–17
72	-64	2.455	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	44	0	Lost to Iowa 10–53
73	15	2.470	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	ACC	0–1	0.000	59	0	BYE
74	-16	2.470	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Utah 10–22
75	9	2.581	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND BE	0–2	0.000	59	0	Lost to Michigan 13–35
76	7	2.737	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND BW	0–2	0.000	59	0	Lost to Nebraska 28–59
77	-38	2.870	LSU	SEC	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Georgia 10–31
78	-46	2.915	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Notre Dame 27–49
79	-61	2.959	Akron (AKRON)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Western Michigan 12–35
80	-7	2.959	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Kansas 7–30
81	14	2.959	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	59	0	Lost to Florida State 11–38
82	4	3.000	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	1–1	0.500	44	-1	Beat Navy 33–10
83	-63	3.004	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Ohio State 14–38
84	12	3.036	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND BE	1–1	0.500	44	0	Lost to NC State 0–7
85	-5	3.093	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Oregon 14–40
86	-74	3.125	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	1–1	0.500	44	-1	Lost to West Virginia 17–24
87	-11	3.137	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Syracuse 10–37
88	10	3.337	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	44	0	Lost to Pittsburgh 14–35
89	12	3.378	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	44	0	Lost to Tennessee 11–28
90	-25	3.493	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Washington 7–42
91	-53	3.537	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND BW	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to San Diego State 13–49
92	-30	3.626	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND BW	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Florida 21–59
93	-25	3.626	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND BE	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Alabama 3–41
94	10	3.670	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND BW	0–2	0.000	59	0	Lost to Texas Tech 7–41
95	-45	4.070	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Fresno State 7–55
96	-5	4.559	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	0–2	0.000	59	-1	Lost to Colorado 13–30
97	8	5.048	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	59	0	BYE
98	-11	5.115	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–2	0.000	59	-1	Lost to Purdue 3–49
99	-6	5.381	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	0–2	0.000	59	-1	Lost to TCU 7–60
100	-74	5.537	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Penn State 0–81
101	-38	6.248	SMU	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	59	-1	Lost to Arkansas 6–17
102	-12	6.381	USC	PAC	0–1	0.000	59	-1	BYE
103	-58	6.781	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	59	-1	Lost to Ball State 10–33
104	3	7.004	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	59	0	Lost to Central Michigan 24–27
105	1	8.137	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND BW	0–2	0.000	59	0	Lost to California 24–86
106	-17	9.470	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	59	-1	Lost to Northwestern State 3–28
107	-32	13.315	UNLV	IND BW	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Nevada 8–50