1989 Week 11 College Football Team Rankings

November 7, 1989By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1989 Season Tags: • No Comments

1989 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	0.649	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	9–0	1.000	1	+43	Beat Navy 41–0
2	0	0.724	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	9–0	1.000	1	+43	Beat Nebraska 27–21
3	0	0.829	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	8–0	1.000	1	+35	Beat Mississippi State 23–10
4	0	1.080	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	8–1	0.889	5	+30	Lost to Colorado 21–27
5	2	1.193	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	7–1	0.875	6	+27	Beat Iowa 31–7
6	6	1.208	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	14	+26	Beat South Carolina 35–10
7	-2	1.217	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	7–1	0.875	6	+27	Beat Rice 38–17
8	3	1.234	USC	PAC	7–2	0.778	14	+28	Beat Oregon State 48–6
9	-3	1.238	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	6–1	0.857	10	+26	BYE
10	-2	1.287	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND BW	9–0	1.000	1	+26	Beat San José State 31–30
11	3	1.330	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	6–2	0.750	22	+16	Beat TCU 55–10
12	1	1.352	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	6	+18	Beat East Carolina 40–10
13	5	1.473	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	8–2	0.800	11	+27	Beat NC State 20–9
14	-5	1.479	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	7–1	0.875	6	+21	Beat Purdue 42–27
15	0	1.499	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	8–2	0.800	11	+25	Beat North Carolina 35–3
16	6	1.671	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	6–2	0.750	22	+19	Beat Florida 10–7
17	7	1.684	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	22	+16	Beat West Virginia 19–9
18	2	1.781	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	7–2	0.778	14	+17	Beat SMU 63–14
19	-9	1.813	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	6–2–1	0.722	29	+14	Lost to Penn State 9–19
20	8	1.835	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	7–2	0.778	14	+17	Beat Army 29–3
21	5	1.918	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	5–1–1	0.786	13	+9	BYE
22	5	1.938	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	7–2	0.778	14	+14	Beat UTEP 26–7
23	6	1.941	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	6–2	0.750	22	+18	Beat Texas 24–17
24	9	1.982	BYU	IND WAC	7–2	0.778	14	+16	Beat Oregon 45–41
25	-6	2.059	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	7–2	0.778	14	+10	Lost to Virginia 9–20
26	5	2.122	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	6–2	0.750	22	+12	Beat Northwestern 52–27
27	5	2.123	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	6–3	0.667	30	+14	BYE
28	-11	2.146	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	42	+13	Lost to Florida State 10–35
29	-13	2.153	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	6–2	0.750	22	+10	Lost to Auburn 7–10
30	4	2.183	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	6–3	0.667	30	+15	Beat Wake Forest 52–35
31	9	2.269	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	14	+10	Beat Louisiana 23–20
32	4	2.275	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	6–3	0.667	30	+11	Beat Missouri 52–14
33	-8	2.322	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	4–3	0.571	47	+12	Lost to Texas Tech 17–24
34	1	2.442	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	5–3	0.625	37	+7	Beat Temple 37–10
35	3	2.462	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	42	+9	Beat Vanderbilt 18–0
36	-15	2.482	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	6–3	0.667	30	+11	Lost to California 28–29
37	2	2.500	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	37	+7	Beat Boston College 23–11
38	10	2.573	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	4–4	0.500	54	+7	Beat Indiana 51–20
39	-16	2.588	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	6–3	0.667	30	+10	Lost to LSU 30–35
40	5	2.617	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–2–1	0.750	22	+11	Beat Miami (OH) 20–7
41	-11	2.629	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	5–4	0.556	49	+11	Lost to Arizona State 32–34
42	-1	2.709	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	42	+7	Beat UL Monroe 24–6
43	6	2.799	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	5–3	0.625	37	+5	Beat Cincinnati 31–0
44	-1	2.817	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	5–2–2	0.667	30	+3	Tied Central Michigan 13–13
45	-8	2.860	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	5–4	0.556	49	+5	Lost to BYU 41–45
46	6	2.927	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	5–3–1	0.611	42	+6	Beat Washington 34–32
47	4	3.017	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	4–4	0.500	54	+5	BYE
48	-6	3.032	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	4–3–1	0.563	48	+3	Lost to Miami 10–40
49	-2	3.204	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	37	-5	Lost to Air Force 3–29
50	6	3.204	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	5–3–1	0.611	42	0	Beat New Mexico 45–28
51	7	3.215	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	5–3	0.625	37	0	Beat Wisconsin 24–22
52	8	3.222	Akron (AKRON)	IND FBSI	6–3–1	0.650	36	+11	Beat Northern Arizona 52–7
53	4	3.236	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	ACC	4–4	0.500	54	+2	Beat Western Carolina 34–7
54	-4	3.239	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	49	+3	Lost to Northern Illinois 20–23
55	-11	3.301	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	4–5–1	0.450	66	+5	Lost to Wyoming 35–56
56	-10	3.303	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	4–4	0.500	54	+2	Lost to Michigan State 20–51
57	-4	3.512	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	4–4	0.500	54	0	Lost to Alabama 10–23
58	4	3.532	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	49	-1	BYE
59	-4	3.575	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	4–4	0.500	54	+1	Lost to Illinois 7–31
60	-6	3.609	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	4–4–1	0.500	54	+2	Lost to USC 6–48
61	5	3.718	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	54	-5	Beat Western Kentucky 55–7
62	1	3.810	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	67	-1	BYE
63	6	3.843	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	5–4	0.556	49	-6	Beat Western Michigan 19–18
64	0	3.861	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND BW	4–4	0.500	54	-4	Lost to Fresno State 30–31
65	6	3.901	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	4–5	0.444	67	-1	Beat Colorado State 56–35
66	-1	3.986	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	4–4–1	0.500	54	0	Tied Ball State 13–13
67	9	4.009	LSU	SEC	2–6	0.250	83	-5	Beat Ole Miss 35–30
68	6	4.009	UNLV	IND BW	4–4	0.500	54	-4	Beat Long Beach State 43–21
69	-8	4.027	TCU	IND SWC	4–5	0.444	67	-2	Lost to Houston 10–55
70	0	4.047	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	4–5	0.444	67	-3	Beat Kansas State 36–11
71	1	4.062	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	4–5	0.444	67	-2	Beat Kansas 37–24
72	1	4.066	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND BW	4–4–1	0.500	54	-7	Beat New Mexico State 45–10
73	-5	4.275	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	3–6	0.333	76	-8	BYE
74	-15	4.335	UCLA	PAC	3–6	0.333	76	-7	Lost to Stanford 14–17
75	0	4.368	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	4–5	0.444	67	-7	Beat Kent State 51–28
76	-9	4.492	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	4–5	0.444	67	-12	Lost to Toledo 18–19
77	2	4.628	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND BW	3–5	0.375	74	-6	Beat Pacific 38–10
78	3	4.763	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–6	0.333	76	-9	Beat Arizona 29–28
79	4	4.950	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	76	-12	Beat Memphis 38–34
80	-3	4.994	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	3–6	0.333	76	-9	BYE
81	-1	5.191	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	2–4–2	0.375	74	-10	BYE
82	-4	5.235	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	2–6	0.250	83	-11	Lost to Minnesota 22–24
83	2	5.460	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	2–7	0.222	87	-14	Beat UCLA 17–14
84	-2	5.693	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	2–7	0.222	87	-12	Lost to Oklahoma 14–52
85	4	5.764	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–7	0.125	96	-14	Lost to Michigan 27–42
86	-2	5.872	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	3–6	0.333	76	-20	Lost to Oklahoma State 24–37
87	4	6.192	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–6	0.250	83	-3	Lost to Notre Dame 0–41
88	-2	6.314	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND BW	3–7	0.300	82	-26	Lost to UNLV 21–43
89	4	6.362	UTEP	IND WAC	2–8	0.200	90	-19	Lost to Hawai'i 7–26
90	-2	6.460	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–7	0.125	96	-21	Lost to Virginia Tech 0–18
91	-1	6.461	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	1–7	0.125	96	-20	Lost to Syracuse 11–23
92	0	6.525	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–7–1	0.167	91	-21	Lost to Arkansas 17–38
93	-6	6.743	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	87	-18	Lost to Tulane 34–38
94	0	6.890	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–7–1	0.167	91	-17	Lost to Duke 35–52
95	2	7.230	SMU	IND SWC	2–6	0.250	83	-23	Lost to Texas A&M 14–63
96	-1	7.259	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND BW	1–9	0.100	101	-23	Lost to Utah State 10–38
97	1	7.280	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	1–9	0.100	101	-33	Lost to San Diego State 28–45
98	-2	7.306	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	1–7–1	0.167	91	-22	Lost to Kentucky 0–31
99	0	7.646	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	1–8	0.111	99	-32	Lost to Clemson 3–35
100	0	7.662	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	1–7–1	0.167	91	-26	Lost to Eastern Michigan 7–20
101	1	8.032	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–9	0.000	103	-28	Lost to Georgia 10–37
102	1	8.247	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–8	0.000	103	-28	Lost to Ohio State 27–52
103	-2	8.481	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–8	0.111	99	-29	Lost to Iowa State 11–36
104	1	8.487	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–7–1	0.167	91	-34	BYE
105	-1	8.722	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	0–10	0.000	103	-40	Lost to Bowling Green 28–51
106	0	10.425	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BW	0–9	0.000	103	-48	Lost to CAL State Fullerton 10–45