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1990 Week 1 College Football Team Rankings

1990 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.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
100.000Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND WAC0–00.00030BYE
2-10.000Akron (AKRON)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
3-20.000Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC0–00.00030BYE
4-30.000Arizona (ARIZONA)PAC0–00.00030BYE
5-40.000Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)PAC0–00.00030BYE
6-50.000Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC0–00.00030BYE
7-60.000Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
8-70.000Army (ARMY)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
9-80.000Auburn (AUBURN)SEC0–00.00030BYE
10-90.000Ball State (BALL STATE)MAC0–00.00030BYE
11-100.000Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC0–00.00030BYE
12-110.000Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
13-120.000Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC0–00.00030BYE
14-130.000BYUIND WAC0–00.00030BYE
15-140.000CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)IND BW0–00.00030BYE
16-150.000California (CALIFORNIA)PAC0–00.00030BYE
17-160.000Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)MAC0–00.00030BYE
18-170.000Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
19-180.000Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC0–00.00030BYE
20-190.000Colorado (COLORADO)IND B80–0–10.50010Tied Tennessee 31–31
21-200.000Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND WAC0–00.00030BYE
22-210.000Duke (DUKE)ACC0–00.00030BYE
23-220.000East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
24-230.000Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)MAC0–00.00030BYE
25-240.000Florida (FLORIDA)SEC0–00.00030BYE
26-250.000Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
27-260.000Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)IND BW0–00.00030BYE
28-270.000Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC0–00.00030BYE
29-280.000Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)ACC0–00.00030BYE
30-290.000Hawai'i (HAWAII)IND WAC0–00.00030BYE
31-300.000Houston (HOUSTON)IND SWC0–00.00030BYE
32-310.000Illinois (ILLINOIS)B100–00.00030BYE
33-320.000Indiana (INDIANA)B100–00.00030BYE
34-330.000Iowa (IOWA)B100–00.00030BYE
35-340.000Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B80–00.00030BYE
36-350.000Kansas (KANSAS)IND B80–00.00030BYE
37-360.000Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B80–00.00030BYE
38-370.000Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC0–00.00030BYE
39-380.000Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC0–00.00030BYE
40-390.000Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)IND BW0–00.00030BYE
41-400.000Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
42-410.000Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
43-420.000Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
44-430.000LSUSEC0–00.00030BYE
45-440.000Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC0–00.00030BYE
46-450.000Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
47-460.000Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
48-470.000Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC0–00.00030BYE
49-480.000Michigan (MICHIGAN)B100–00.00030BYE
50-490.000Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B100–00.00030BYE
51-500.000Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B100–00.00030BYE
52-510.000Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC0–00.00030BYE
53-520.000Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC0–00.00030BYE
54-530.000Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B80–00.00030BYE
55-540.000Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
56-550.000Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B80–00.00030BYE
57-560.000New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC0–00.00030BYE
58-570.000New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BW0–00.00030BYE
59-580.000North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC0–00.00030BYE
60-590.000NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC0–00.00030BYE
61-600.000Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
62-610.000Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B100–00.00030BYE
63-620.000Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
64-630.000Ohio (OHIO)MAC0–00.00030BYE
65-640.000Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B100–00.00030BYE
66-650.000Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B80–00.00030BYE
67-660.000Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B80–00.00030BYE
68-670.000Oregon (OREGON)PAC0–00.00030BYE
69-680.000Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC0–00.00030BYE
70-690.000Pacific (PACIFIC)IND BW0–00.00030BYE
71-700.000Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
72-710.000Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
73-720.000Purdue (PURDUE)B100–00.00030BYE
74-730.000Rice (RICE)IND SWC0–00.00030BYE
75-740.000Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
76-750.000San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)IND WAC0–00.00030BYE
77-760.000San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND BW0–00.00030BYE
78-770.000SMUIND SWC0–00.00030BYE
79-780.000South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
80-790.000Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
81-800.000Stanford (STANFORD)PAC0–00.00030BYE
82-810.000Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
83-820.000TCUIND SWC0–00.00030BYE
84-830.000Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
85-840.000Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC0–0–10.50010Tied Colorado 31–31
86-850.000Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC0–00.00030BYE
87-860.000Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC0–00.00030BYE
88-870.000Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC0–00.00030BYE
89-880.000Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC0–00.00030BYE
90-890.000Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
91-900.000Tulsa (TULSA)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
92-910.000UCLAPAC0–00.00030BYE
93-920.000UNLVIND BW0–00.00030BYE
94-930.000USCPAC0–00.00030BYE
95-940.000Utah (UTAH)IND WAC0–00.00030BYE
96-950.000Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND BW0–00.00030BYE
97-960.000UTEPIND WAC0–00.00030BYE
98-970.000Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC0–00.00030BYE
99-980.000Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC0–00.00030BYE
100-990.000Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
101-1000.000Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC0–00.00030BYE
102-1010.000Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC0–00.00030BYE
103-1020.000Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC0–00.00030BYE
104-1030.000West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
105-1040.000Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC0–00.00030BYE
106-1050.000Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B100–00.00030BYE
107-1060.000Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC0–00.00030BYE

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