1988 Week 2 College Football Team Rankings

September 6, 1988By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1988 Season Tags: • No Comments

1988 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	88	0.322	UCLA	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat San Diego State 59–6
2	74	0.342	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND BW	1–0	1.000	1	Beat New Mexico State 51–0
3	4	0.363	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Pacific 63–14
4	97	0.374	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Bowling Green 62–14
5	22	0.384	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND BW	1–0	1.000	1	Beat New Mexico 68–21
6	94	0.488	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Illinois 44–7
7	12	0.529	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Virginia Tech 40–7
8	39	0.550	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Florida State 31–0
9	-8	0.566	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	Beat Utah State 63–13
10	34	0.592	LSU	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Texas A&M 27–0
11	80	0.592	USC	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Boston College 34–7
12	76	0.602	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Kansas State 35–9
13	-2	0.623	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat UNLV 27–3
14	63	0.654	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat North Carolina 31–10
15	37	0.685	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Memphis 24–6
16	25	0.716	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat CAL State Fullerton 24–9
17	-12	0.758	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Oregon State 24–13
18	10	0.758	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Tennessee 28–17
19	20	0.758	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Central Michigan 18–7
20	25	0.758	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Louisville 27–16
21	-11	0.768	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Toledo 13–3
22	0	0.768	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Northwestern 31–21
23	57	0.768	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Temple 31–21
24	78	0.768	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Wisconsin 24–14
25	79	0.768	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat BYU 24–14
26	-2	0.799	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Miami (OH) 24–17
27	26	0.799	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Louisiana Tech 21–14
28	-26	0.809	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Colorado State 29–23
29	1	0.841	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Iowa 27–24
30	30	0.861	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Akron 7–6
31	-27	1.377	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
32	-26	1.377	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
33	-25	1.377	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
34	-25	1.377	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
35	-19	1.377	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
36	-18	1.377	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
37	-17	1.377	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
38	-9	1.377	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	ACC	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
39	-8	1.377	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
40	-7	1.377	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
41	-6	1.377	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
42	-6	1.377	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
43	6	1.377	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
44	6	1.377	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
45	6	1.377	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
46	8	1.377	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
47	15	1.377	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
48	15	1.377	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
49	15	1.377	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
50	15	1.377	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
51	15	1.377	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
52	15	1.377	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
53	17	1.377	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
54	18	1.377	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
55	18	1.377	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
56	18	1.377	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
57	22	1.377	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
58	23	1.377	TCU	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
59	25	1.377	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
60	32	1.377	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
61	34	1.377	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
62	37	1.377	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	74	BYE
63	-38	1.484	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Montana State 69–0
64	-61	1.543	Akron (AKRON)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Northern Illinois 6–7
65	-31	1.634	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Hawai'i 24–27
66	5	1.692	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Northern Iowa 59–10
67	-46	1.770	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Air Force 23–29
68	-45	1.795	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Tennessee Tech 52–13
69	-10	1.795	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Western Carolina 45–6
70	-28	1.815	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Mississippi State 14–21
71	-23	1.815	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Eastern Michigan 17–24
72	22	1.847	UTEP	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Mankato State 37–3
73	-35	1.878	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Youngstown State 34–3
74	-60	1.951	BYU	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Wyoming 14–24
75	-14	1.951	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Duke 21–31
76	6	1.951	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Syracuse 21–31
77	9	1.951	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Ball State 3–13
78	25	1.951	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Western Michigan 14–24
79	19	1.992	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Villanova 31–11
80	-63	1.996	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Kentucky 7–18
81	-38	1.996	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Maryland 16–27
82	-14	1.996	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Arizona 13–24
83	0	1.996	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Georgia 17–28
84	-6	2.055	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Stephen F. Austin 21–7
85	2	2.055	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 33–19
86	-31	2.065	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat James Madison 27–14
87	9	2.117	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat William & Mary 31–23
88	-73	2.177	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND BW	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Louisiana 9–24
89	-43	2.313	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Ole Miss 6–24
90	15	2.313	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	0–2	0.000	42	Lost to LSU 0–27
91	-33	2.449	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to South Carolina 10–31
92	-2	2.585	UNLV	IND BW	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Baylor 3–27
93	-56	2.675	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Tulsa 9–35
94	-82	2.721	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to USC 7–34
95	-69	2.902	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Miami 0–31
96	1	2.992	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Clemson 7–40
97	-65	3.174	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Washington State 7–44
98	-42	3.626	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Fresno State 21–68
99	-86	3.672	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to West Virginia 14–62
100	-31	3.717	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND BW	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Arkansas 14–63
101	-8	3.762	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND BW	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Nebraska 13–63
102	-45	3.808	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BW	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to San José State 0–51
103	-28	3.898	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to UCLA 6–59
104	-19	11.234	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to North Texas 24–29
105	-65	11.868	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND BW	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Boise State 10–29