1990 Week 2 College Football Team Rankings

September 4, 1990By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1990 Season Tags: • No Comments

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.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	Game Status
1	18	0.010	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Long Beach State 59–0
2	97	0.112	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Kansas 59–10
3	82	0.122	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	1–0–1	0.750	29	Beat Pacific 55–7
4	37	0.183	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Tulane 48–6
5	54	0.265	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Miami (OH) 34–0
6	66	0.285	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Ohio 35–3
7	20	0.295	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND BW	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Eastern Michigan 41–10
8	6	0.407	BYU	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat UTEP 30–10
9	86	0.418	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Utah State 19–0
10	84	0.428	USC	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Syracuse 34–16
11	92	0.428	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat TCU 21–3
12	45	0.438	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat New Mexico State 29–12
13	61	0.448	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Wake Forest 33–17
14	73	0.458	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Hawai'i 28–13
15	92	0.458	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Temple 38–23
16	-3	0.469	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Cincinnati 34–20
17	39	0.479	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Baylor 13–0
18	61	0.499	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Duke 21–10
19	85	0.499	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Kent State 35–24
20	3	0.509	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Louisiana Tech 27–17
21	24	0.540	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Virginia Tech 20–13
22	45	0.540	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Tulsa 10–3
23	16	0.581	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Central Michigan 20–17
24	-3	0.591	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Air Force 35–33
25	-22	1.019	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
26	-22	1.019	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
27	-22	1.019	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
28	-22	1.019	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
29	-22	1.019	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0–1	0.500	30	Tied Memphis 24–24
30	-22	1.019	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
31	-22	1.019	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
32	-22	1.019	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
33	-21	1.019	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
34	-18	1.019	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
35	-15	1.019	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	0–0–1	0.500	30	BYE
36	-11	1.019	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
37	-11	1.019	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
38	-10	1.019	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
39	-10	1.019	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	ACC	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
40	-9	1.019	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
41	-9	1.019	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
42	-9	1.019	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
43	-9	1.019	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
44	-9	1.019	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
45	-8	1.019	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
46	-3	1.019	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	0–0–1	0.500	30	Tied San José State 10–10
47	-3	1.019	LSU	SEC	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
48	-2	1.019	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	0–0–1	0.500	30	Tied Arkansas State 24–24
49	-2	1.019	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
50	-1	1.019	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
51	-1	1.019	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
52	-1	1.019	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
53	-1	1.019	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
54	-1	1.019	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
55	-1	1.019	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
56	-1	1.019	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
57	5	1.019	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
58	5	1.019	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
59	6	1.019	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
60	6	1.019	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
61	7	1.019	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
62	9	1.019	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
63	10	1.019	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
64	11	1.019	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
65	11	1.019	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
66	11	1.019	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND BW	0–0–1	0.500	30	Tied Louisville 10–10
67	11	1.019	SMU	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
68	13	1.019	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
69	17	1.019	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
70	18	1.019	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
71	18	1.019	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
72	20	1.019	UCLA	PAC	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
73	25	1.019	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
74	28	1.019	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
75	30	1.019	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
76	30	1.019	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
77	-76	1.159	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	35	Lost to Colorado State 33–35
78	-61	1.204	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–1	0.000	35	Lost to Kentucky 17–20
79	12	1.381	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	35	Lost to Oklahoma State 3–10
80	20	1.381	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	35	Lost to Maryland 13–20
81	-39	1.515	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	35	Lost to East Carolina 17–27
82	-22	1.518	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Western Carolina 67–0
83	-61	1.559	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	0–1	0.000	35	Lost to South Carolina 10–21
84	-46	1.559	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	0–1	0.000	35	Lost to West Virginia 24–35
85	-74	1.648	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	35	Lost to Nebraska 0–13
86	-68	1.693	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	35	Lost to Bowling Green 20–34
87	-57	1.737	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	35	Lost to Texas A&M 13–28
88	-4	1.737	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	35	Lost to Wyoming 23–38
89	12	1.781	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	0–1	0.000	35	Lost to Rice 17–33
90	-32	1.826	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BW	0–1	0.000	35	Lost to New Mexico 12–29
91	-9	1.870	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	35	Lost to USC 16–34
92	-9	1.870	TCU	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	35	Lost to Washington State 3–21
93	3	1.915	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND BW	0–1	0.000	35	Lost to Utah 0–19
94	3	1.959	UTEP	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	35	Lost to BYU 10–30
95	-80	2.057	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND BW	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Sonoma State 38–24
96	-16	2.078	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Delta State 12–0
97	-36	2.088	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Eastern Illinois 28–17
98	-96	2.098	Akron (AKRON)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Illinois State 17–7
99	-75	2.448	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–1	0.000	35	Lost to Fresno State 10–41
100	-36	2.493	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	0–1	0.000	35	Lost to Pittsburgh 3–35
101	-53	2.581	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	0–1	0.000	35	Lost to North Carolina 0–34
102	-12	2.937	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	35	Lost to Louisiana 6–48
103	-33	3.204	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND BW	0–1	0.000	35	Lost to Tennessee 7–55
104	-68	3.248	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	35	Lost to Virginia 10–59
105	-65	3.693	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND BW	0–1	0.000	35	Lost to Clemson 0–59
106	-37	10.893	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–1	0.000	35	Lost to Montana 15–22
107	-14	10.893	UNLV	IND BW	0–1	0.000	35	Lost to Missouri State 24–31