1994 Final College Football Team Rankings

January 3, 1995By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1994 Season Tags: • No Comments

1994 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	1	0.742	Penn State (PENN STATE)	B10	12–0	1.000	1	+70	Beat Oregon 38–20
2	2	0.794	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	ACC	10–1–1	0.875	6	+61	Beat Florida 23–17
3	-2	0.805	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	13–0	1.000	1	+78	Beat Miami 24–17
4	-1	0.902	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	10–0–1	0.955	3	+56	BYE
5	0	0.985	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	10–2–1	0.808	13	+54	Lost to Florida State 17–23
6	0	1.010	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	11–1	0.917	5	+59	Beat Notre Dame 41–24
7	1	1.091	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	12–1	0.923	4	+62	Beat Ohio State 24–17
8	-1	1.229	Miami (MIAMI)	IND BE	10–2	0.833	8	+48	Lost to Nebraska 17–24
9	1	1.284	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	9–1–1	0.864	7	+40	BYE
10	1	1.311	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	10–2	0.833	8	+45	Beat Arizona 16–13
11	-2	1.349	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	10–2	0.833	8	+47	Lost to Michigan 14–24
12	0	1.513	USC	PAC	8–3–1	0.708	19	+37	Beat Texas Tech 55–14
13	7	1.584	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	8–4	0.667	22	+38	Beat Colorado State 24–14
14	7	1.587	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	8–4	0.667	22	+32	Beat Virginia Tech 45–23
15	3	1.639	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	9–3	0.750	15	+31	Beat TCU 20–10
16	6	1.671	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	9–3	0.750	15	+37	Beat Mississippi State 28–24
17	-4	1.685	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	9–3	0.750	15	+34	BYE
18	-3	1.716	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	9–2	0.818	11	+23	BYE
19	-3	1.826	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	9–4	0.692	20	+32	Lost to Alabama 17–24
20	6	1.880	BYU	IND WAC	10–3	0.769	14	+34	Beat Oklahoma 31–6
21	8	1.909	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	8–4	0.667	22	+29	Beat Baylor 10–3
22	-3	1.917	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	9–4	0.692	20	+28	Lost to Penn State 20–38
23	2	1.931	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	9–3	0.750	15	+27	BYE
24	-10	1.968	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND BE	8–4	0.667	22	+25	Lost to Tennessee 23–45
25	-8	1.985	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	8–4	0.667	22	+24	Lost to Wisconsin 20–34
26	-3	2.028	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND BE	7–4–1	0.625	35	+21	BYE
27	3	2.052	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	8–4	0.667	22	+26	Beat North Carolina 35–31
28	-1	2.074	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	8–4	0.667	22	+20	Lost to Utah 13–16
29	-5	2.089	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	8–4	0.667	22	+20	Lost to Texas 31–35
30	-2	2.111	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	8–4	0.667	22	+20	Lost to NC State 24–28
31	9	2.168	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	7–4–1	0.625	35	+20	Beat Duke 34–20
32	1	2.220	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	8–4	0.667	22	+21	BYE
33	-1	2.235	Nevada (NEVADA)	IND BW	9–2	0.818	11	+23	BYE
34	-3	2.259	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	7–4	0.636	32	+20	BYE
35	7	2.355	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	7–5	0.583	39	+17	Beat East Carolina 30–0
36	-1	2.510	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	6–5–1	0.542	52	+13	Lost to Colorado 24–41
37	-1	2.627	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND BE	7–4	0.636	32	+13	BYE
38	5	2.673	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	6–4–1	0.591	37	+8	BYE
39	7	2.760	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	SEC	7–5	0.583	39	+10	Beat West Virginia 24–21
40	-6	2.762	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	7–5	0.583	39	+8	Lost to Illinois 0–30
41	-3	2.781	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	7–5	0.583	39	+6	Lost to Washington State 3–10
42	-5	2.793	TCU	IND SWC	7–5	0.583	39	+9	Lost to Virginia 10–20
43	1	2.821	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	45	+8	BYE
44	-5	2.833	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	6–6	0.500	54	+14	Lost to BYU 6–31
45	-4	3.004	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	6–6	0.500	54	+8	Lost to USC 14–55
46	1	3.071	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–4	0.636	32	-4	BYE
47	1	3.076	UNLV	IND BW	7–5	0.583	39	+16	BYE
48	-3	3.159	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND BE	7–6	0.538	53	+7	Lost to South Carolina 21–24
49	0	3.216	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	6–5	0.545	45	-3	BYE
50	2	3.238	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	5–5–1	0.500	54	+2	BYE
51	-1	3.257	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	45	+2	BYE
52	-1	3.267	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	5–6	0.455	61	+2	BYE
53	0	3.355	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	6–5	0.545	45	-1	BYE
54	0	3.406	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	6–4–1	0.591	37	-6	BYE
55	0	3.530	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	45	-8	BYE
56	1	3.538	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	6–6	0.500	54	-1	BYE
57	1	3.566	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	5–6	0.455	61	-4	BYE
58	-2	3.645	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND BE	5–5–1	0.500	54	-1	BYE
59	0	3.654	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	4–5–2	0.455	61	-3	BYE
60	2	3.682	UCLA	PAC	5–6	0.455	61	-3	BYE
61	0	3.712	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	5–5–1	0.500	54	-7	BYE
62	-2	3.754	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND BW	6–5	0.545	45	+3	BYE
63	0	3.784	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND WAC	5–7–1	0.423	68	-6	BYE
64	0	3.862	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	5–5–1	0.500	54	-5	BYE
65	1	3.890	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	5–6	0.455	61	-9	BYE
66	-1	3.894	LSU	SEC	4–7	0.364	70	-7	BYE
67	0	4.045	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND BW	6–5	0.545	45	-14	BYE
68	2	4.079	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	5–6	0.455	61	-10	BYE
69	3	4.127	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	SEC	4–7	0.364	70	-13	BYE
70	-1	4.127	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	4–7	0.364	70	-14	BYE
71	-3	4.175	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	5–6	0.455	61	-15	BYE
72	1	4.192	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	4–7	0.364	70	-12	BYE
73	1	4.258	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	4–7	0.364	70	-13	BYE
74	-3	4.264	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	5–7	0.417	69	-14	BYE
75	0	4.419	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	4–7	0.364	70	-17	BYE
76	0	4.569	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	4–7	0.364	70	-20	BYE
77	0	4.780	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	3–7–1	0.318	79	-12	BYE
78	0	4.890	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	3–8	0.273	85	-19	BYE
79	0	5.006	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND BE	3–8	0.273	85	-26	BYE
80	2	5.022	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	3–8	0.273	85	-17	BYE
81	-1	5.081	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	3–7–1	0.318	79	-23	BYE
82	-1	5.161	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	3–7–1	0.318	79	-21	BYE
83	0	5.241	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND BW	4–7	0.364	70	-30	BYE
84	0	5.437	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	3–8–1	0.292	83	-30	BYE
85	0	5.485	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND BW	3–8	0.273	85	-18	BYE
86	1	5.543	UTEP	IND WAC	3–7–1	0.318	79	-26	BYE
87	-1	5.566	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	70	-25	BYE
88	0	5.693	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	3–8–1	0.292	83	-30	BYE
89	0	5.851	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	3–8	0.273	85	-29	BYE
90	0	5.920	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	85	-31	BYE
91	0	6.020	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND BW	3–8	0.273	85	-30	BYE
92	0	6.084	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BW	3–8	0.273	85	-33	BYE
93	1	6.244	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	85	-16	BYE
94	1	6.344	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	85	-38	BYE
95	-2	6.378	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND BE	2–9	0.182	97	-33	BYE
96	0	6.586	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	2–8–1	0.227	96	-33	BYE
97	0	6.740	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND BW	3–8	0.273	85	-47	BYE
98	0	6.804	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	ACC	1–10	0.091	100	-44	BYE
99	0	7.126	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–10	0.091	100	-40	BYE
100	0	7.223	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	2–9	0.182	97	-33	BYE
101	2	7.628	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND BW	1–10	0.091	100	-50	BYE
102	0	7.671	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	1–10	0.091	100	-48	BYE
103	-2	7.756	SMU	IND SWC	1–9–1	0.136	99	-48	BYE
104	0	7.995	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	1–10	0.091	100	-50	BYE
105	0	8.346	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–10–1	0.045	106	-38	BYE
106	0	8.825	Akron (AKRON)	MAC	1–10	0.091	100	-47	BYE
107	0	9.305	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	0–11	0.000	107	-64	BYE