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1992 Week 3 College Football Team Rankings

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1992 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
1570.346West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND BE1–0–10.75033+1Beat Pittsburgh 44–6
2510.458Purdue (PURDUE)B101–01.0001+1Beat California 41–14
390.479Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC2–01.0001+2Beat Tulane 35–9
4510.499UCLAPAC1–01.0001+1Beat CAL State Fullerton 37–14
500.540Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC2–01.0001+2Beat Georgia 34–31
6370.570Florida (FLORIDA)SEC1–01.0001+1Beat Kentucky 35–19
7150.611Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC2–01.0001+2Beat Southern Miss 17–10
8250.659Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC3–01.0001+3Beat Tulsa 19–9
9450.662San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)IND WAC1–0–10.75033+1Beat BYU 45–38
10290.672Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B102–01.0001+2Beat Bowling Green 17–6
1100.713Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B82–01.0001+1Beat Arkansas State 61–0
12-50.738Kansas (KANSAS)IND B82–01.0001+1Beat Ball State 62–10
13100.815Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND BE2–01.0001+1Beat Northwestern 49–0
14200.922Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat Temple 49–8
15-70.993Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)ACC2–01.0001+1Beat Clemson 24–20
1600.993Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND BE2–01.0001+1Beat Texas 31–21
1791.034Illinois (ILLINOIS)B102–01.0001+1Beat Missouri 24–17
1811.044Akron (AKRON)MAC2–01.0001+1Beat Toledo 23–20
19161.120Hawai'i (HAWAII)IND WAC2–01.0001+1Beat Air Force 6–3
20-111.120Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B82–01.0001+1Beat Middle Tennessee 48–7
21-171.212Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI1–0–10.750330Tied Michigan 17–17
22-11.232North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC2–01.0001+1Beat Furman 28–0
2351.232Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC2–01.00010Beat Navy 53–0
24501.358LSUSEC1–10.50036+1Beat Mississippi State 24–3
25-121.360Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC2–01.00010Beat Wisconsin 27–10
26-91.370Colorado (COLORADO)IND B82–01.00010Beat Baylor 57–38
27461.370New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BW2–01.0001+1Beat New Mexico 42–39
28-41.375Miami (MIAMI)IND BE1–01.0001+1BYE
29471.390Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC2–01.0001+1Beat Arizona 23–20
30151.406Indiana (INDIANA)B101–01.00010Beat Miami (OH) 16–0
31-251.480California (CALIFORNIA)PAC1–10.50036+1Lost to Purdue 14–41
3261.492Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Eastern Michigan 31–17
33231.548UNLVIND BW1–01.00010Beat UTEP 19–17
34621.604Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC1–10.50036+1Beat Wyoming 49–32
35-31.606Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC1–10.50036+1Lost to Florida 19–35
3651.640NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC3–01.0001+1Beat Maryland 14–10
37541.714East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)IND FBSI1–10.50036+1Beat Virginia Tech 30–27
38621.734Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC1–10.50036+1Beat Fresno State 46–36
3911.800Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI1–10.50036+1Lost to Ole Miss 9–35
40291.874Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B81–01.00010BYE
41-401.902Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC1–10.500360Lost to Akron 20–23
4241.926Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B80–00.0001070BYE
4351.926Michigan (MICHIGAN)B100–0–10.500360Tied Notre Dame 17–17
44131.926USCPAC0–0–10.500360BYE
45-431.936Arizona (ARIZONA)PAC1–10.500360Lost to Washington State 20–23
46-22.017Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)ACC1–01.00010Beat Western Carolina 37–19
47-52.098Army (ARMY)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Holy Cross 17–7
48-342.211Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC1–10.500360Lost to Tennessee 31–34
49-242.268New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC1–10.500360Lost to New Mexico State 39–42
50162.303Stanford (STANFORD)PAC1–10.500360Beat Oregon 21–7
51-242.315Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC1–10.500360Lost to Florida State 20–24
52-342.356Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC1–10.500360Lost to Texas Tech 32–49
53-222.360Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND WAC1–10.500360Lost to Hawai'i 3–6
54-242.399BYUIND WAC1–10.500360Lost to San Diego State 38–45
5562.427Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND FBSI1–10.500360Beat Memphis 16–15
56-532.431Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND BE1–10.500360Lost to West Virginia 6–44
57-282.449Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC1–10.500360Lost to Ohio State 6–17
58412.488Utah (UTAH)IND WAC1–10.500360Beat Utah State 42–18
59-222.490Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)IND FBSI1–10.500360Lost to Alabama 10–17
60-242.516Tulsa (TULSA)IND FBSI1–10.500360Lost to Texas A&M 9–19
61192.545Iowa (IOWA)B101–20.33378+1Beat Iowa State 21–7
62232.581Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC1–10.500360Beat Duke 42–37
63322.806Auburn (AUBURN)SEC1–10.500360Beat Samford 55–0
6442.815Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND FBSI0–10.000820BYE
65182.879Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND BE1–10.500360Beat Colgate 41–0
66-152.948Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B80–10.000820Lost to Illinois 17–24
67123.015Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC0–20.000820Lost to NC State 10–14
68-83.081Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC0–20.000820Lost to Colorado 38–57
6933.183CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)IND BW1–10.500360Lost to UCLA 14–37
70-553.185Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)IND WAC1–10.50036-1Lost to Oregon State 36–46
71-613.238Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B81–10.50036-1Lost to Iowa 7–21
72-53.248Temple (TEMPLE)IND BE1–10.500360Lost to Penn State 8–49
7393.256Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)IND FBSI1–10.500360Beat Illinois State 26–19
74143.327Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC1–10.500360Beat App State 10–7
75-43.342Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)MAC1–10.50036-1Beat Michigan State 24–20
76103.348Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)MAC0–20.000820Lost to Louisiana Tech 17–31
77-303.348Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC0–1–10.250790Lost to Indiana 0–16
78-583.357Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC1–10.50036-1Lost to LSU 3–24
79-203.393Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B100–10.000820Lost to Washington 10–27
8093.469Nevada (NEVADA)IND BW1–10.50036-1Beat Pacific 20–14
81163.477Ohio (OHIO)MAC1–10.50036-1Beat Kent State 27–14
82203.482Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI1–10.500360Beat UL Monroe 31–23
83183.573San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND BW1–10.50036-1Beat Minnesota 39–30
84103.704Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)PAC0–10.000820BYE
85-153.716Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND BE1–10.50036-1Lost to East Carolina 27–30
86-243.863SMUIND SWC1–10.50036-1Beat North Texas 28–14
87-104.459UTEPIND WAC0–20.00082-1Lost to UNLV 17–19
88154.504Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B100–20.000820Lost to Boston College 0–49
89-244.570Oregon (OREGON)PAC0–20.00082-1Lost to Stanford 7–21
90174.753Arkansas (ARKANSAS)SEC1–10.500360Beat South Carolina 45–7
91-44.815Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC0–20.00082-1Lost to Syracuse 21–31
9264.904Duke (DUKE)ACC0–20.00082-1Lost to Vanderbilt 37–42
93-414.993Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI0–10.000820Lost to Virginia 0–53
94-135.659Ball State (BALL STATE)MAC0–20.00082-1Lost to Kansas 10–62
95-325.815Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND FBSI0–20.00082-2Lost to Louisville 15–16
96-325.881Houston (HOUSTON)IND SWC0–10.00082-1BYE
97-485.926Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B100–10.00082-1Lost to Central Michigan 20–24
98-486.148Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B100–10.00082-1Lost to San José State 30–39
99-246.148Rice (RICE)IND SWC0–10.00082-1BYE
100-226.193Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC0–1–10.25079-1Tied TCU 17–17
101-96.348Pacific (PACIFIC)IND BW0–20.00082-2Lost to Nevada 14–20
102-186.504TCUIND SWC0–1–10.25079-1Tied Western Michigan 17–17
10336.637Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)IND FBSI0–20.00082-1Lost to Oklahoma 0–61
10406.948Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC0–20.00082-2Lost to Ohio 14–27
105-127.081South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)SEC0–20.00082-2Lost to Arkansas 7–45
106-17.304Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND BW0–20.00082-2Lost to Utah 18–42
107-177.904Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND WAC0–20.000820Lost to Idaho 34–37

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