1992 Final College Football Team Rankings

January 5, 1993By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1992 Season Tags: • No Comments

1992 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	0.788	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	ACC	11–1	0.917	3	+67	Beat Nebraska 27–14
2	0	0.799	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	13–0	1.000	1	+78	Beat Miami 34–13
3	2	1.002	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	10–1–1	0.875	5	+54	Beat Texas A&M 28–3
4	2	1.080	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	9–0–3	0.875	5	+41	Beat Washington 38–31
5	-2	1.121	Miami (MIAMI)	IND BE	11–1	0.917	3	+54	Lost to Alabama 13–34
6	-2	1.209	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	12–1	0.923	2	+58	Lost to Notre Dame 3–28
7	3	1.238	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND BE	10–2	0.833	8	+47	Beat Colorado 26–22
8	3	1.296	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	10–3	0.769	12	+50	Beat Penn State 24–3
9	0	1.330	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	10–2	0.833	8	+44	BYE
10	4	1.399	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	10–2	0.833	8	+38	Beat Ohio State 21–14
11	-4	1.400	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	9–3	0.750	13	+42	Lost to Michigan 31–38
12	-4	1.431	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	9–3	0.750	13	+35	Lost to Florida State 14–27
13	3	1.550	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	11–2	0.846	7	+49	Beat Illinois 27–17
14	-2	1.576	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	9–2–1	0.792	11	+38	Lost to Syracuse 22–26
15	-2	1.679	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	9–3–1	0.731	19	+33	Lost to Florida 10–27
16	3	1.699	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	9–4	0.692	23	+42	Beat NC State 27–10
17	-2	1.744	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	8–3–1	0.708	21	+32	Lost to Georgia 14–21
18	5	1.751	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	9–3	0.750	13	+35	Beat Boston College 38–23
19	2	1.801	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	9–3	0.750	13	+30	Beat Utah 31–28
20	4	1.833	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	9–3	0.750	13	+32	Beat Air Force 13–0
21	4	1.875	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	9–3	0.750	13	+28	Beat Mississippi State 21–17
22	-5	1.901	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND BE	8–3–1	0.708	21	+25	Lost to Tennessee 23–38
23	-1	1.981	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	8–3	0.727	20	+21	BYE
24	-6	2.011	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	6–5–1	0.542	49	+21	Lost to Baylor 15–20
25	-5	2.142	USC	PAC	6–5–1	0.542	49	+20	Lost to Fresno State 7–24
26	1	2.202	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–3–1	0.682	25	+17	BYE
27	1	2.224	BYU	IND WAC	8–5	0.615	33	+26	BYE
28	3	2.264	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND WAC	9–4	0.692	23	+20	Beat USC 24–7
29	3	2.340	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	8–4	0.667	27	+19	Beat Oregon 39–35
30	-1	2.393	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	8–4	0.667	27	+16	BYE
31	-5	2.398	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	7–5	0.583	35	+10	Lost to Stanford 3–24
32	8	2.508	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	7–5	0.583	35	+13	Beat Arizona 20–15
33	1	2.511	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	7–4	0.636	29	+8	BYE
34	1	2.538	Akron (AKRON)	MAC	7–3–1	0.682	25	+10	BYE
35	-5	2.544	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	7–5	0.583	35	+14	Lost to North Carolina 17–21
36	0	2.622	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	29	+12	BYE
37	-4	2.718	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	6–6	0.500	52	+9	Lost to Wake Forest 35–39
38	-1	2.739	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND BE	5–4–2	0.545	40	+6	BYE
39	-1	2.767	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	6–5	0.545	40	+5	BYE
40	1	2.867	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND BE	7–4	0.636	29	-1	BYE
41	1	2.872	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	5–4–2	0.545	40	+2	BYE
42	1	2.879	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND BW	7–4	0.636	29	+6	BYE
43	1	2.917	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	6–5	0.545	40	+4	BYE
44	1	2.986	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	6–4–1	0.591	34	+2	BYE
45	-6	2.990	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	7–5	0.583	35	+3	Lost to Ole Miss 0–13
46	0	2.992	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	40	-2	BYE
47	0	3.037	UCLA	PAC	6–5	0.545	40	+5	BYE
48	1	3.139	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	5–5–1	0.500	52	+1	BYE
49	1	3.228	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	5–5–1	0.500	52	+6	BYE
50	3	3.316	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	ACC	5–6	0.455	56	0	BYE
51	-3	3.336	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	6–6	0.500	52	+1	Lost to Washington State 28–31
52	-1	3.451	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	5–6	0.455	56	+1	BYE
53	1	3.454	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	5–6	0.455	56	-5	BYE
54	4	3.484	Nevada (NEVADA)	IND BW	7–5	0.583	35	0	BYE
55	1	3.485	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	6–5	0.545	40	-7	BYE
56	-1	3.516	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	SEC	5–6	0.455	56	+4	BYE
57	-5	3.530	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	6–5–1	0.542	49	-3	Lost to Hawai'i 17–27
58	-1	3.578	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	5–6	0.455	56	-1	BYE
59	0	3.621	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	5–6	0.455	56	-8	BYE
60	2	3.647	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND BW	5–6	0.455	56	-8	BYE
61	-1	3.671	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	56	-4	BYE
62	2	3.713	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	56	-9	BYE
63	0	3.722	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	5–6	0.455	56	-6	BYE
64	-3	3.733	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	5–6	0.455	56	-6	BYE
65	0	3.748	UNLV	IND BW	6–5	0.545	40	-11	BYE
66	1	3.787	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BW	6–5	0.545	40	-11	BYE
67	-1	3.914	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	5–7	0.417	73	-2	BYE
68	0	3.935	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	5–7	0.417	73	-7	BYE
69	0	4.079	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	5–6	0.455	56	-12	BYE
70	1	4.151	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	5–6	0.455	56	-11	BYE
71	-1	4.169	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	4–7	0.364	77	-12	BYE
72	0	4.170	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	56	-11	BYE
73	0	4.202	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	4–7	0.364	77	-8	BYE
74	0	4.366	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	56	-12	BYE
75	0	4.433	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	56	-12	BYE
76	0	4.482	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	4–7	0.364	77	-14	BYE
77	1	4.509	SMU	IND SWC	5–6	0.455	56	-19	BYE
78	-1	4.525	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	4–7	0.364	77	-15	BYE
79	2	4.720	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	SEC	3–7–1	0.318	84	-5	BYE
80	-1	4.726	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	4–7	0.364	77	-13	BYE
81	-1	4.757	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	4–6–1	0.409	76	-12	BYE
82	0	4.892	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	5–7	0.417	73	-12	BYE
83	0	4.897	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	3–8	0.273	85	-20	BYE
84	0	5.008	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	77	-21	BYE
85	0	5.080	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	3–8	0.273	85	-14	BYE
86	1	5.109	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	85	-23	BYE
87	-1	5.174	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	3–8	0.273	85	-21	BYE
88	0	5.262	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	4–7	0.364	77	-14	BYE
89	1	5.604	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND BW	3–8	0.273	85	-24	BYE
90	-1	5.657	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND BE	2–8–1	0.227	92	-30	BYE
91	0	5.782	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	2–9	0.182	94	-31	BYE
92	0	5.870	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	3–8	0.273	85	-35	BYE
93	0	5.871	LSU	SEC	2–9	0.182	94	-28	BYE
94	0	5.982	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND BE	3–9	0.250	91	-33	BYE
95	1	6.206	TCU	IND SWC	2–8–1	0.227	92	-29	BYE
96	-1	6.244	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	2–9	0.182	94	-32	BYE
97	0	6.305	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	94	-30	BYE
98	0	6.641	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–9–1	0.136	102	-33	BYE
99	0	7.020	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	2–9	0.182	94	-43	BYE
100	0	7.374	UTEP	IND WAC	1–10	0.091	103	-47	BYE
101	2	7.394	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND BW	2–9	0.182	94	-38	BYE
102	-1	7.462	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND BE	1–10	0.091	103	-44	BYE
103	-1	7.520	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–10	0.091	103	-36	BYE
104	0	7.904	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–10	0.091	103	-50	BYE
105	0	8.037	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	94	-56	BYE
106	0	8.176	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	94	-33	BYE
107	0	8.234	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–10	0.091	103	-46	BYE