1988 College Football Standings

1987 CFB Standings 1989 CFB Standings

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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105 Schools

105 Schools Table
			Overall				Conference				Points Per Game		SRS		Polls
Rk	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
1	Clemson	ACC	10	2	0	.833	6	1	0	.857	28.5	13.1	16.50	2.50	4	3	9
2	Virginia	ACC	7	4	0	.636	5	2	0	.714	22.8	22.2	2.94	1.31
3	North Carolina State	ACC	8	3	1	.708	4	2	1	.643	26.0	13.8	7.48	0.56
4	Wake Forest	ACC	6	4	1	.591	4	3	0	.571	25.6	21.6	3.01	-0.63
5	Maryland	ACC	5	6	0	.455	4	3	0	.571	23.6	27.6	2.50	5.96
6	Duke	ACC	7	3	1	.682	3	3	1	.500	29.5	29.5	1.47	-0.26
7	North Carolina	ACC	1	10	0	.091	1	6	0	.143	19.7	35.5	-7.79	6.30
8	Georgia Tech	ACC	3	8	0	.273	0	7	0	.000	18.2	17.6	-1.01	1.00
			Overall				Conference				Points Per Game		SRS		Polls
Rk	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
9	Nebraska	Big 8	11	2	0	.846	7	0	0	1.000	36.7	15.8	13.55	1.01	2	2	10
10	Oklahoma	Big 8	9	3	0	.750	6	1	0	.857	27.7	13.3	12.93	2.76	3	3	14
11	Oklahoma State	Big 8	10	2	0	.833	5	2	0	.714	48.7	28.4	14.03	-0.89		10	11
12	Colorado	Big 8	8	4	0	.667	4	3	0	.571	26.8	16.3	7.10	0.77		19
13	Iowa State	Big 8	5	6	0	.455	3	4	0	.429	17.7	23.5	-3.78	-0.41
14	Missouri	Big 8	3	7	1	.318	2	5	0	.286	21.3	30.0	-2.22	4.05
15	Kansas	Big 8	1	10	0	.091	1	6	0	.143	17.2	45.1	-15.45	1.64
16	Kansas State	Big 8	0	11	0	.000	0	7	0	.000	15.5	40.7	-16.84	1.62
			Overall				Conference				Points Per Game		SRS		Polls
Rk	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
17	Michigan	Big Ten	9	2	1	.792	7	0	1	.938	30.1	13.9	18.04	6.70	11	4	4
18	Michigan State	Big Ten	6	5	1	.542	6	1	1	.813	22.4	14.8	9.75	6.00	15	15
19	Iowa	Big Ten	6	4	3	.577	4	1	3	.688	25.8	17.9	6.58	0.43	9	9
20	Illinois	Big Ten	6	5	1	.542	5	2	1	.688	20.4	20.3	3.83	2.25
21	Indiana	Big Ten	8	3	1	.708	5	3	0	.625	33.0	19.6	10.90	1.15		14	20
22	Purdue	Big Ten	4	7	0	.364	3	5	0	.375	11.3	27.5	-7.60	2.13
23	Ohio State	Big Ten	4	6	1	.409	2	5	1	.313	20.8	25.7	1.78	5.24		18
24	Northwestern	Big Ten	2	8	1	.227	2	5	1	.313	17.5	31.8	-7.71	2.38
25	Minnesota	Big Ten	2	7	2	.273	0	6	2	.125	17.7	22.4	-5.32	-0.41
26	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1	10	0	.091	1	7	0	.125	9.6	28.5	-12.99	3.01
			Overall				Conference				Points Per Game		SRS		Polls
Rk	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
27	Fresno State	Big West	10	2	0	.833	7	0	0	1.000	32.8	14.1	1.44	-11.31
28	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	5	6	0	.455	5	2	0	.714	19.9	19.5	-8.77	-7.59
29	Utah State	Big West	4	7	0	.364	4	3	0	.571	19.5	32.9	-15.48	-7.21
30	San Jose State	Big West	4	8	0	.333	4	3	0	.571	26.3	27.8	-9.47	-6.14
31	Nevada-Las Vegas	Big West	4	7	0	.364	3	4	0	.429	16.0	28.5	-17.57	-9.12
32	Long Beach State	Big West	3	9	0	.250	3	4	0	.429	16.8	32.1	-17.17	-7.75
33	Pacific	Big West	2	9	0	.182	2	5	0	.286	15.8	29.5	-20.53	-9.90
34	New Mexico State	Big West	1	10	0	.091	0	7	0	.000	15.5	34.3	-24.55	-11.37
			Overall				Conference				Points Per Game		SRS		Polls
Rk	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
35	Notre Dame	Ind	12	0	0	1.000					32.8	13.0	24.35	7.68	13	1	1
36	Florida State	Ind	11	1	0	.917					37.9	14.3	20.49	4.24	1	1	3
37	Miami (FL)	Ind	11	1	0	.917					34.8	9.7	24.08	6.16	8	1	2
38	West Virginia	Ind	11	1	0	.917					41.1	17.3	19.06	1.31	16	3	5
39	Southern Mississippi	Ind	10	2	0	.833					29.4	23.7	7.56	0.06
40	Syracuse	Ind	10	2	0	.833					28.4	15.8	14.61	3.28		13	13
41	Army	Ind	9	3	0	.750					28.0	18.8	2.06	-4.94
42	Louisville	Ind	8	3	0	.727					23.7	22.3	1.85	-1.78
43	South Carolina	Ind	8	4	0	.667					19.3	18.7	5.03	1.53	19	8
44	Northern Illinois	Ind	7	4	0	.636					14.1	16.8	-9.13	-9.59
45	Louisiana	Ind	6	5	0	.545					26.9	20.4	-1.12	-5.21
46	Memphis	Ind	6	5	0	.545					20.5	18.6	-0.18	-2.18
47	Pitt	Ind	6	5	0	.545					27.3	16.6	8.88	4.60		16
48	Akron	Ind	5	6	0	.455					21.2	19.5	-9.97	-9.70
49	Penn State	Ind	5	6	0	.455					21.0	18.3	7.38	6.29	20	15
50	Rutgers	Ind	5	6	0	.455					24.8	23.2	3.13	2.22
51	Tulane	Ind	5	6	0	.455					22.8	30.4	-6.62	-0.52
52	Louisiana Tech	Ind	4	7	0	.364					16.8	32.0	-6.93	-1.38
53	Temple	Ind	4	7	0	.364					18.8	28.8	-3.97	2.58
54	Tulsa	Ind	4	7	0	.364					23.1	28.9	-1.38	1.80
55	Boston College	Ind	3	8	0	.273					21.5	29.6	-2.36	5.19
56	Cincinnati	Ind	3	8	0	.273					18.3	34.5	-11.56	-0.29
57	East Carolina	Ind	3	8	0	.273					25.5	29.5	-1.53	5.20
58	Navy	Ind	3	8	0	.273					20.1	24.9	-5.12	-1.12
59	Virginia Tech	Ind	3	8	0	.273					16.0	24.0	-1.34	5.39
			Overall				Conference				Points Per Game		SRS		Polls
Rk	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
60	Western Michigan	MAC	9	3	0	.750	7	1	0	.875	29.5	19.8	-1.21	-10.38
61	Eastern Michigan	MAC	6	3	1	.650	5	2	1	.688	17.3	20.0	-7.35	-8.75
62	Ball State	MAC	8	3	0	.727	5	3	0	.625	26.0	15.5	-2.49	-11.58
63	Central Michigan	MAC	7	4	0	.636	5	3	0	.625	26.1	16.0	-1.88	-9.97
64	Ohio	MAC	4	6	1	.409	4	3	1	.563	17.7	26.2	-16.02	-10.38
65	Toledo	MAC	6	5	0	.545	4	4	0	.500	22.2	20.1	-9.57	-10.94
66	Kent State	MAC	5	6	0	.455	3	5	0	.375	23.3	22.7	-9.29	-9.29
67	Bowling Green	MAC	2	8	1	.227	1	6	1	.188	14.5	30.3	-19.53	-6.53
68	Miami (OH)	MAC	0	10	1	.045	0	7	1	.063	15.2	32.8	-22.02	-6.38
			Overall				Conference				Points Per Game		SRS		Polls
Rk	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
69	USC	Pac-10	10	2	0	.833	8	0	0	1.000	30.8	15.3	22.20	9.37	6	2	7
70	UCLA	Pac-10	10	2	0	.833	6	2	0	.750	32.7	15.8	17.94	6.19	5	1	6
71	Washington State	Pac-10	9	3	0	.750	5	3	0	.625	34.6	25.3	13.85	6.01		16	16
72	Arizona	Pac-10	7	4	0	.636	5	3	0	.625	25.4	19.8	10.20	7.48
73	Arizona State	Pac-10	6	5	0	.545	3	4	0	.429	17.5	25.2	2.16	5.71
74	Washington	Pac-10	6	5	0	.545	3	5	0	.375	23.1	20.3	8.31	6.13		16
75	Oregon	Pac-10	6	6	0	.500	3	5	0	.375	24.7	20.6	4.91	4.24		18
76	Oregon State	Pac-10	4	6	1	.409	2	5	1	.313	22.4	25.5	4.77	7.41
77	Stanford	Pac-10	3	6	2	.364	1	5	2	.250	21.6	19.6	7.98	7.62
78	California	Pac-10	5	5	1	.500	1	5	1	.214	22.1	22.2	3.17	3.26
			Overall				Conference				Points Per Game		SRS		Polls
Rk	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
79	Auburn	SEC	10	2	0	.833	6	1	0	.857	28.2	7.7	16.61	2.19	7	4	8
80	LSU	SEC	8	4	0	.667	6	1	0	.857	20.8	17.0	10.91	5.57	18	7	19
81	Georgia	SEC	9	3	0	.750	5	2	0	.714	29.8	17.7	11.19	0.35	12	6	15
82	Alabama	SEC	9	3	0	.750	4	3	0	.571	26.4	15.7	11.55	2.46	14	12	17
83	Florida	SEC	7	5	0	.583	4	3	0	.571	22.3	15.4	3.44	1.86		14
84	Ole Miss	SEC	5	6	0	.455	3	4	0	.429	20.1	20.3	0.88	1.15
85	Tennessee	SEC	5	6	0	.455	3	4	0	.429	19.3	26.0	0.70	5.79	17	17
86	Kentucky	SEC	5	6	0	.455	2	5	0	.286	19.7	18.9	3.52	3.15
87	Vanderbilt	SEC	3	8	0	.273	2	5	0	.286	18.4	25.2	-3.74	2.54
88	Mississippi State	SEC	1	10	0	.091	0	7	0	.000	15.6	30.2	-9.85	4.06
			Overall				Conference				Points Per Game		SRS		Polls
Rk	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
89	Arkansas	SWC	10	2	0	.833	7	0	0	1.000	29.1	15.8	10.95	1.37		8	12
90	Texas A&M	SWC	7	5	0	.583	6	1	0	.857	24.4	21.1	6.19	3.61	10	10
91	Houston	SWC	9	3	0	.750	5	2	0	.714	39.5	18.3	13.51	0.68		14	18
92	Texas Tech	SWC	5	6	0	.455	4	3	0	.571	29.8	30.2	-0.65	-0.01
93	Baylor	SWC	6	5	0	.545	2	5	0	.286	21.1	17.8	-1.93	-4.02
94	Texas	SWC	4	7	0	.364	2	5	0	.286	22.9	27.6	-4.35	-0.35		19
95	Texas Christian	SWC	4	7	0	.364	2	5	0	.286	18.7	26.0	-5.42	0.58
96	Rice	SWC	0	11	0	.000	0	7	0	.000	15.0	32.5	-11.93	3.34
			Overall				Conference				Points Per Game		SRS		Polls
Rk	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
97	Wyoming	WAC	11	2	0	.846	8	0	0	1.000	39.3	21.5	11.94	-0.59		10
98	UTEP	WAC	10	3	0	.769	6	2	0	.750	34.2	21.2	5.05	-4.95
99	Hawaii	WAC	9	3	0	.750	5	3	0	.625	31.9	23.6	4.72	-2.45
100	BYU	WAC	9	4	0	.692	5	3	0	.625	32.4	21.6	5.32	-0.68		20
101	Utah	WAC	6	5	0	.545	4	4	0	.500	36.3	32.5	0.68	-3.41
102	Air Force	WAC	5	7	0	.417	3	5	0	.375	35.2	32.7	-0.53	0.39
103	San Diego State	WAC	3	8	0	.273	3	5	0	.375	18.5	34.9	-8.39	2.70
104	New Mexico	WAC	2	10	0	.167	1	7	0	.125	14.2	43.2	-17.15	-2.48
105	Colorado State	WAC	1	10	0	.091	1	7	0	.125	17.5	31.6	-11.13	0.87