1992 Week 2 College Football Team Rankings

September 8, 1992By 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	Game Status
1	86	0.479	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Arkansas State 49–0
2	4	0.509	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Utah State 49–3
3	69	0.560	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND BE	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Kent State 51–10
4	59	0.621	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Northwestern 42–7
5	79	0.621	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Louisiana 38–3
6	12	0.672	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat San José State 46–16
7	30	0.682	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Oregon State 49–20
8	20	0.703	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Duke 48–21
9	47	0.703	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Utah 49–22
10	26	0.713	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Ohio 35–9
11	55	0.723	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Texas Tech 34–9
12	40	0.733	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Auburn 45–21
13	87	0.733	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Arizona State 31–7
14	16	0.754	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat South Carolina 28–6
15	14	0.764	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Pacific 42–21
16	65	0.764	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND BE	1–0	1.000	1	Beat East Carolina 42–21
17	5	0.774	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Colorado State 37–17
18	87	0.784	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Nevada 25–6
19	-15	0.794	Akron (AKRON)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Eastern Michigan 27–9
20	33	0.794	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Texas 28–10
21	39	0.794	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Wake Forest 35–17
22	-17	0.805	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Vanderbilt 25–8
23	-9	0.805	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND BE	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Rutgers 37–20
24	23	0.805	Miami (MIAMI)	IND BE	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Iowa 24–7
25	33	0.805	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat TCU 24–7
26	8	0.815	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Northern Illinois 30–14
27	-6	0.835	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Ball State 24–10
28	69	0.845	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Maryland 28–15
29	-14	0.876	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Western Michigan 29–19
30	-14	0.876	BYU	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat UTEP 38–28
31	-28	0.886	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Rice 30–21
32	8	0.906	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Central Michigan 21–14
33	-31	0.917	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	Beat LSU 31–22
34	37	0.937	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Cincinnati 24–20
35	-3	0.947	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Oregon 24–21
36	53	0.947	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Houston 28–25
37	43	0.957	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Memphis 23–21
38	4	0.968	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Baylor 10–9
39	26	0.968	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Louisville 20–19
40	48	0.968	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat SMU 13–12
41	-40	1.411	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	2–0	1.000	1	Beat App State 35–10
42	-32	1.648	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	94	BYE
43	-16	1.648	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	94	BYE
44	-13	1.648	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	ACC	0–0	0.000	94	BYE
45	-10	1.648	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	0.000	94	BYE
46	-8	1.648	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	94	BYE
47	1	1.648	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	0–0–1	0.500	48	Tied West Virginia 29–29
48	1	1.648	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	94	BYE
49	1	1.648	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	94	BYE
50	1	1.648	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	94	BYE
51	3	1.648	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	94	BYE
52	3	1.648	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	94	BYE
53	20	1.648	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	0.000	94	BYE
54	22	1.648	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	0–0–1	0.500	48	Tied USC 31–31
55	35	1.648	UCLA	PAC	0–0	0.000	94	BYE
56	35	1.648	UNLV	IND BW	0–0	0.000	94	BYE
57	35	1.648	USC	PAC	0–0–1	0.500	48	Tied San Diego State 31–31
58	44	1.648	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND BE	0–0–1	0.500	48	Tied Miami (OH) 29–29
59	45	1.648	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	94	BYE
60	-47	1.715	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	52	Lost to Louisiana Tech 9–10
61	-18	1.715	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	52	Lost to Ohio State 19–20
62	16	1.715	SMU	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	52	Lost to Tulane 12–13
63	-17	1.759	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	52	Lost to Southern Miss 21–23
64	-31	1.804	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	52	Lost to Tulsa 25–28
65	3	1.804	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–1	0.000	52	Lost to Hawai'i 21–24
66	40	1.804	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–1	0.000	52	BYE
67	16	1.844	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND BE	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Boston University 35–0
68	-48	1.848	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	52	Lost to Penn State 20–24
69	-2	1.874	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Indiana State 35–3
70	28	1.905	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND BE	1–0	1.000	1	Beat James Madison 49–20
71	-52	1.981	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–1	0.000	52	Lost to Kentucky 14–21
72	-55	1.986	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND BW	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Northridge State 28–7
73	-14	2.037	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BW	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Weber State 37–21
74	-30	2.070	LSU	SEC	0–1	0.000	52	Lost to Texas A&M 22–31
75	-1	2.070	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	52	Lost to Air Force 21–30
76	25	2.078	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Montana 25–13
77	18	2.115	UTEP	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	52	Lost to BYU 28–38
78	25	2.115	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–1	0.000	52	Lost to Bowling Green 19–29
79	-34	2.248	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	0–1	0.000	52	Lost to Virginia 15–28
80	27	2.270	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–2	0.000	52	Lost to Miami 7–24
81	-69	2.293	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	0–1	0.000	52	Lost to Clemson 10–24
82	-21	2.381	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	52	Lost to Illinois 14–30
83	-8	2.426	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND BE	0–1	0.000	52	Lost to Boston College 20–37
84	-2	2.426	TCU	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	52	Lost to New Mexico 7–24
85	11	2.426	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–1	0.000	52	Lost to Alabama 8–25
86	-60	2.470	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–1	0.000	52	Lost to Akron 9–27
87	-2	2.470	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	52	Lost to Mississippi State 10–28
88	11	2.470	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	0–1	0.000	52	Lost to North Carolina 17–35
89	-32	2.515	Nevada (NEVADA)	IND BW	0–1	0.000	52	Lost to Wyoming 6–25
90	-67	2.559	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	52	Lost to Colorado 17–37
91	-66	2.604	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	52	Lost to Syracuse 21–42
92	-22	2.604	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND BW	0–1	0.000	52	Lost to Fresno State 21–42
93	-14	2.648	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	SEC	0–1	0.000	52	Lost to Georgia 6–28
94	-87	2.737	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	0–1	0.000	52	Lost to Washington 7–31
95	-84	2.737	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–1	0.000	52	Lost to Ole Miss 21–45
96	-10	2.781	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	52	Lost to Oklahoma 9–34
97	-33	2.826	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	0–1	0.000	52	Lost to Iowa State 9–35
98	-74	2.870	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	0–1	0.000	52	Lost to Florida State 21–48
99	-6	2.870	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	52	Lost to Nebraska 22–49
100	-31	2.959	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–1	0.000	52	Lost to Kansas 20–49
101	-24	3.004	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND BW	0–1	0.000	52	Lost to California 16–46
102	-61	3.226	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	52	Lost to Tennessee 3–38
103	-41	3.226	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–1	0.000	52	Lost to Notre Dame 7–42
104	-65	3.493	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	0–1	0.000	52	Lost to Pittsburgh 10–51
105	-11	3.715	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND BW	0–1	0.000	52	Lost to Arizona 3–49
106	-97	3.848	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	52	Lost to Toledo 0–49
107	-99	11.493	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	SEC	0–1	0.000	52	Lost to Citadel 3–10