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1988 College Football School Ratings

1987 CFB School Ratings 1989 CFB School Ratings

Champions: Notre Dame (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI, USA-CNN)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Barry Sanders (Oklahoma State)

FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Lou Holtz (Notre Dame)

AP Preseason #1: Florida State

AP Final #1: Notre Dame

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The SRS columns are SRS broken up into offensive and defensive components.
The Scoring columns are points per game adjusted for strength of opposition.
The Passing, Rushing, and Total columns are yards per attempt adjusted for strength of opposition.
AP Rank reflects the current AP poll ranking or the last ranking from the year.

105 Schools

105 Schools Table
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
1	Notre Dame	Ind	1	12	0	0	12.25	12.10	24.35	49.59	-2.56
2	Miami (FL)	Ind	2	11	1	0	9.00	15.08	24.08	49.07	-5.77
3	USC	Pac-10	7	10	2	0	11.39	10.81	22.20	49.05	-0.24
4	Florida State	Ind	3	11	1	0	11.80	8.69	20.49	52.68	2.91
5	West Virginia	Ind	5	11	1	0	13.94	5.13	19.06	53.68	6.06
6	Michigan	Big Ten	4	9	2	1	7.95	10.09	18.04	45.74	-0.13
7	UCLA	Pac-10	6	10	2	0	8.32	9.62	17.94	47.15	1.15
8	Auburn	SEC	8	10	2	0	0.69	15.91	16.61	38.95	-5.12
9	Clemson	ACC	9	10	2	0	6.75	9.76	16.50	41.29	1.34
10	Syracuse	Ind	13	10	2	0	5.92	8.69	14.61	41.56	2.34
11	Oklahoma State	Big 8	11	10	2	0	20.88	-6.85	14.03	57.60	18.07
12	Washington State	Pac-10	16	9	3	0	14.93	-1.08	13.85	50.46	11.82
13	Nebraska	Big 8	10	11	2	0	6.59	6.95	13.55	46.78	4.65
14	Houston	SWC	18	9	3	0	9.32	4.20	13.51	49.67	6.70
15	Oklahoma	Big 8	14	9	3	0	1.42	11.51	12.93	37.65	-0.82
16	Wyoming	WAC		11	2	0	7.34	4.61	11.94	45.52	9.86
17	Alabama	SEC	17	9	3	0	5.93	5.62	11.55	40.80	5.33
18	Georgia	SEC	15	9	3	0	9.48	1.70	11.19	44.23	9.40
19	Arkansas	SWC	12	10	2	0	4.43	6.52	10.95	41.20	3.98
20	LSU	SEC	19	8	4	0	3.00	7.90	10.91	36.78	3.98
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
21	Indiana	Big Ten	20	8	3	1	9.70	1.19	10.90	45.98	10.49
22	Arizona	Pac-10		7	4	0	4.15	6.05	10.20	40.85	4.96
23	Michigan State	Big Ten		6	5	1	-0.90	10.65	9.75	36.28	0.18
24	Pitt	Ind		6	5	0	1.22	7.66	8.88	41.18	2.76
25	Washington	Pac-10		6	5	0	5.55	2.76	8.31	37.72	5.97
26	Stanford	Pac-10		3	6	2	1.72	6.26	7.98	36.40	3.78
27	Southern Mississippi	Ind		10	2	0	7.80	-0.24	7.56	40.04	13.75
28	North Carolina State	ACC		8	3	1	-1.24	8.71	7.48	37.00	3.04
29	Penn State	Ind		5	6	0	-0.35	7.73	7.38	34.97	2.40
30	Colorado	Big 8		8	4	0	0.66	6.44	7.10	36.08	4.21
31	Iowa	Big Ten		6	4	3	4.13	2.45	6.58	37.64	8.45
32	Texas A&M	SWC		7	5	0	1.13	5.06	6.19	36.33	6.72
33	BYU	WAC		9	4	0	3.35	1.97	5.32	39.79	10.65
34	UTEP	WAC		10	3	0	2.91	2.15	5.05	37.72	12.72
35	South Carolina	Ind		8	4	0	-3.37	8.40	5.03	30.98	6.44
36	Oregon	Pac-10		6	6	0	0.44	4.47	4.91	37.11	7.40
37	Oregon State	Pac-10		4	6	1	4.90	-0.13	4.77	38.03	10.09
38	Hawaii	WAC		9	3	0	6.16	-1.44	4.72	37.34	13.04
39	Illinois	Big Ten		6	5	1	-0.22	4.05	3.83	32.00	8.18
40	Kentucky	SEC		5	6	0	0.53	2.99	3.52	33.08	7.23
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
41	Florida	SEC		7	5	0	-4.18	7.62	3.44	35.53	5.13
42	California	Pac-10		5	5	1	-0.19	3.35	3.17	33.13	8.26
43	Rutgers	Ind		5	6	0	4.47	-1.34	3.13	37.78	10.97
44	Wake Forest	ACC		6	4	1	2.20	0.81	3.01	35.70	11.37
45	Virginia	ACC		7	4	0	3.17	-0.23	2.94	35.01	11.66
46	Maryland	ACC		5	6	0	4.97	-2.47	2.50	38.26	13.52
47	Arizona State	Pac-10		6	5	0	-1.08	3.24	2.16	31.98	10.98
48	Army	Ind		9	3	0	0.39	1.67	2.06	34.80	10.78
49	Louisville	Ind		8	3	0	0.24	1.61	1.85	31.30	12.10
50	Ohio State	Big Ten		4	6	1	3.54	-1.75	1.78	36.71	13.76
51	Duke	ACC		7	3	1	8.09	-6.62	1.47	40.43	19.48
52	Fresno State	Big West		10	2	0	-2.67	4.11	1.44	34.47	11.92
53	Ole Miss	SEC		5	6	0	-1.26	2.14	0.88	32.22	9.48
54	Tennessee	SEC		5	6	0	-0.03	0.73	0.70	33.80	12.07
55	Utah	WAC		6	5	0	9.31	-8.63	0.68	41.71	23.77
56	Memphis	Ind		6	5	0	-2.45	2.27	-0.18	29.61	9.78
57	Air Force	WAC		5	7	0	9.22	-9.75	-0.53	43.23	21.42
58	Texas Tech	SWC		5	6	0	6.82	-7.47	-0.65	40.11	18.25
59	Georgia Tech	ACC		3	8	0	-5.73	4.73	-1.01	28.48	6.17
60	Louisiana	Ind		6	5	0	0.16	-1.28	-1.12	34.26	14.58
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
61	Western Michigan	MAC		9	3	0	3.42	-4.63	-1.21	33.98	18.79
62	Virginia Tech	Ind		3	8	0	-4.35	3.01	-1.34	28.78	9.66
63	Tulsa	Ind		4	7	0	0.94	-2.32	-1.38	33.33	16.37
64	East Carolina	Ind		3	8	0	3.90	-5.43	-1.53	38.79	15.39
65	Central Michigan	MAC		7	4	0	-2.60	0.73	-1.88	30.12	14.08
66	Baylor	SWC		6	5	0	-5.52	3.59	-1.93	28.34	9.04
67	Missouri	Big 8		3	7	1	-2.03	-0.19	-2.22	32.22	14.85
68	Boston College	Ind		3	8	0	1.81	-4.17	-2.36	35.96	15.34
69	Ball State	MAC		8	3	0	-1.42	-1.07	-2.49	29.00	14.92
70	Vanderbilt	SEC		3	8	0	-2.07	-1.67	-3.74	31.26	13.21
71	Iowa State	Big 8		5	6	0	-5.80	2.02	-3.78	26.22	11.94
72	Temple	Ind		4	7	0	-1.66	-2.31	-3.97	32.25	16.77
73	Texas	SWC		4	7	0	-0.61	-3.74	-4.35	33.48	17.33
74	Navy	Ind		3	8	0	-3.70	-1.43	-5.12	29.86	15.10
75	Minnesota	Big Ten		2	7	2	-5.31	-0.01	-5.32	27.82	12.99
76	Texas Christian	SWC		4	7	0	-5.14	-0.28	-5.42	29.49	13.62
77	Tulane	Ind		5	6	0	1.71	-8.33	-6.62	32.87	21.18
78	Louisiana Tech	Ind		4	7	0	-6.33	-0.59	-6.93	24.73	20.76
79	Eastern Michigan	MAC		6	3	1	-8.22	0.87	-7.35	21.61	16.46
80	Purdue	Big Ten		4	7	0	-8.64	1.05	-7.60	23.89	16.89
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
81	Northwestern	Big Ten		2	8	1	-3.73	-3.98	-7.71	29.49	19.93
82	North Carolina	ACC		1	10	0	2.62	-10.41	-7.79	36.18	23.29
83	San Diego State	WAC		3	8	0	-3.55	-4.83	-8.39	27.95	21.23
84	Cal State Fullerton	Big West		5	6	0	-8.08	-0.69	-8.77	23.53	13.39
85	Northern Illinois	Ind		7	4	0	-10.78	1.64	-9.13	18.51	13.72
86	Kent State	MAC		5	6	0	-3.36	-5.93	-9.29	27.89	20.60
87	San Jose State	Big West		4	8	0	-2.33	-7.14	-9.47	33.01	23.00
88	Toledo	MAC		6	5	0	-5.01	-4.56	-9.57	25.58	19.25
89	Mississippi State	SEC		1	10	0	-3.63	-6.22	-9.85	29.56	18.66
90	Akron	Ind		5	6	0	-6.69	-3.29	-9.97	25.48	17.94
91	Colorado State	WAC		1	10	0	-6.08	-5.06	-11.13	24.95	19.44
92	Cincinnati	Ind		3	8	0	-6.30	-5.26	-11.56	29.12	23.82
93	Rice	SWC		0	11	0	-6.10	-5.83	-11.93	27.54	18.77
94	Wisconsin	Big Ten		1	10	0	-9.42	-3.57	-12.99	23.52	18.49
95	Kansas	Big 8		1	10	0	-3.18	-12.27	-15.45	29.38	34.39
96	Utah State	Big West		4	7	0	-6.22	-9.27	-15.48	23.86	26.65
97	Ohio	MAC		4	6	1	-8.34	-7.67	-16.02	21.22	24.80
98	Kansas State	Big 8		0	11	0	-6.77	-10.07	-16.84	25.15	28.55
99	New Mexico	WAC		2	10	0	-10.15	-7.00	-17.15	20.19	32.85
100	Long Beach State	Big West		3	9	0	-8.37	-8.80	-17.17	21.96	27.30
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
101	Nevada-Las Vegas	Big West		4	7	0	-9.66	-7.91	-17.57	20.05	24.65
102	Bowling Green	MAC		2	8	1	-12.42	-7.11	-19.53	19.98	25.21
103	Pacific	Big West		2	9	0	-10.17	-10.36	-20.53	19.59	26.35
104	Miami (OH)	MAC		0	10	1	-10.80	-11.22	-22.02	19.83	27.03
105	New Mexico State	Big West		1	10	0	-12.16	-12.39	-24.55	16.33	31.65