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1989 College Football School Ratings

1988 CFB School Ratings 1990 CFB School Ratings

Champions: Miami (FL) (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI, USA-CNN)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Andre Ware (Houston)

FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Bill McCartney (Colorado)

AP Preseason #1: Michigan

AP Final #1: Miami (FL)

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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.

106 Schools

106 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	Colorado	Big 8	4	11	1	0	10.51	11.03	21.54	47.66	3.27
2	Florida State	Ind	3	10	2	0	13.18	8.21	21.39	49.87	5.48
3	Notre Dame	Ind	2	12	1	0	10.04	11.30	21.34	46.34	2.85
4	Miami (FL)	Ind	1	11	1	0	5.58	14.71	20.29	43.71	0.22
5	Houston	SWC	14	9	2	0	9.83	8.74	18.57	62.14	6.23
6	USC	Pac-10	8	9	2	1	4.10	14.22	18.32	40.57	0.26
7	Clemson	ACC	12	10	2	0	5.70	12.55	18.25	40.95	2.05
8	Michigan	Big Ten	7	10	2	0	8.75	8.95	17.70	40.27	5.66
9	Auburn	SEC	6	10	2	0	1.15	15.69	16.83	35.02	-0.37
10	Nebraska	Big 8	11	10	2	0	9.34	6.70	16.03	48.09	8.44
11	Alabama	SEC	9	10	2	0	10.55	5.42	15.97	43.16	9.30
12	Tennessee	SEC	5	11	1	0	7.71	7.87	15.57	40.36	6.88
13	Arkansas	SWC	13	10	2	0	10.59	4.58	15.17	42.09	8.40
14	Washington	Pac-10	23	8	4	0	8.48	6.16	14.64	42.12	7.27
15	Illinois	Big Ten	10	10	2	0	4.38	10.24	14.62	37.14	5.49
16	Texas A&M	SWC	20	8	4	0	4.54	9.10	13.64	39.72	2.94
17	Michigan State	Big Ten	16	8	4	0	3.13	9.01	12.15	39.06	5.32
18	Virginia	ACC	18	10	3	0	8.93	2.80	11.73	41.00	11.87
19	Penn State	Ind	15	8	3	1	-0.72	12.14	11.41	31.44	2.32
20	BYU	WAC	22	10	3	0	13.82	-2.98	10.84	45.83	19.85
				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	Arizona	Pac-10	25	8	4	0	0.24	10.53	10.77	32.31	3.52
22	Texas Tech	SWC	19	9	3	0	8.80	1.79	10.60	40.59	12.34
23	Oregon	Pac-10		8	4	0	7.39	2.55	9.94	40.93	12.40
24	Florida	SEC		7	5	0	1.52	7.71	9.24	33.45	6.87
25	Washington State	Pac-10		6	5	0	9.57	-0.58	8.99	43.26	14.43
26	Oklahoma	Big 8		7	4	0	5.58	3.29	8.87	42.40	11.02
27	West Virginia	Ind	21	8	3	1	4.84	2.97	7.81	38.72	12.15
28	Pitt	Ind	17	8	3	1	6.50	1.24	7.74	38.38	14.27
29	Ohio State	Big Ten	24	8	4	0	8.05	-0.35	7.70	38.43	17.21
30	LSU	SEC		4	7	0	5.76	1.80	7.56	39.76	12.02
31	Air Force	WAC		8	4	1	10.00	-2.79	7.20	41.50	17.99
32	Georgia	SEC		6	6	0	2.28	4.73	7.01	33.82	8.68
33	Baylor	SWC		5	6	0	-4.32	11.06	6.74	32.36	4.51
34	Georgia Tech	ACC		7	4	0	2.78	3.81	6.58	33.97	11.20
35	Virginia Tech	Ind		6	4	1	-2.30	8.67	6.36	28.04	6.22
36	Duke	ACC		8	4	0	9.08	-3.21	5.87	41.24	18.22
37	Syracuse	Ind		8	4	0	1.64	3.89	5.52	33.54	11.53
38	Hawaii	WAC		9	3	1	2.84	2.29	5.13	38.96	13.78
39	Texas	SWC		5	6	0	2.44	2.52	4.96	33.53	12.21
40	Ole Miss	SEC		8	4	0	5.23	-0.41	4.82	36.21	16.38
				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	South Carolina	Ind		6	4	1	0.04	4.23	4.27	32.13	12.26
42	North Carolina State	ACC		7	5	0	1.71	2.53	4.23	33.50	12.39
43	Fresno State	Big West		11	1	0	3.42	0.31	3.72	34.81	17.75
44	UCLA	Pac-10		3	7	1	0.66	3.03	3.68	32.51	11.01
45	Southern Mississippi	Ind		5	6	0	2.17	0.42	2.59	33.62	13.04
46	Arizona State	Pac-10		6	4	1	0.79	1.44	2.23	32.23	12.61
47	Louisville	Ind		6	5	0	1.39	0.75	2.14	34.36	14.52
48	Minnesota	Big Ten		6	5	0	0.60	1.33	1.93	31.03	16.91
49	Kentucky	SEC		6	5	0	-0.83	2.75	1.92	29.93	12.24
50	Indiana	Big Ten		5	6	0	2.43	-0.78	1.66	33.55	16.67
51	Mississippi State	SEC		5	6	0	-3.37	4.89	1.52	29.18	10.33
52	Colorado State	WAC		5	5	1	2.77	-1.29	1.47	37.57	17.17
53	Maryland	ACC		3	7	1	-1.73	2.30	0.57	31.24	12.26
54	Wyoming	WAC		5	6	0	-1.09	0.84	-0.26	29.59	15.67
55	California	Pac-10		4	7	0	0.00	-0.28	-0.28	31.15	15.07
56	Army	Ind		6	5	0	-1.43	0.92	-0.52	32.86	14.62
57	Stanford	Pac-10		3	8	0	-3.00	2.44	-0.56	27.80	11.68
58	Iowa State	Big 8		6	5	0	3.54	-4.19	-0.65	32.79	20.39
59	Louisiana Tech	Ind		5	4	1	4.99	-6.00	-1.01	35.10	22.02
60	San Diego State	WAC		6	5	1	5.28	-6.72	-1.44	34.62	23.32
				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	Texas Christian	SWC		4	7	0	-3.71	1.84	-1.87	27.05	14.61
62	Iowa	Big Ten		5	6	0	-4.19	2.22	-1.98	26.19	15.90
63	East Carolina	Ind		5	5	1	1.65	-3.90	-2.25	34.29	20.26
64	Oregon State	Pac-10		4	7	1	-2.36	-0.01	-2.38	28.93	17.58
65	Louisiana	Ind		7	4	0	-2.72	0.09	-2.63	26.65	15.94
66	Northern Illinois	Ind		9	2	0	2.50	-5.31	-2.81	32.86	22.46
67	San Jose State	Big West		6	5	0	2.49	-5.57	-3.09	31.42	22.60
68	Tulsa	Ind		6	6	0	-1.69	-1.46	-3.15	29.06	17.58
69	Tulane	Ind		4	8	0	-0.37	-3.38	-3.76	30.52	19.68
70	Purdue	Big Ten		3	8	0	-4.91	0.95	-3.96	25.61	15.58
71	Boston College	Ind		2	9	0	-3.24	-1.43	-4.68	28.08	15.02
72	Rice	SWC		2	8	1	-5.05	0.12	-4.93	26.28	17.10
73	Oklahoma State	Big 8		4	7	0	-1.40	-3.61	-5.01	28.47	18.44
74	Cal State Fullerton	Big West		6	4	1	-1.05	-5.02	-6.07	27.60	22.95
75	Akron	Ind		6	4	1	-3.53	-3.19	-6.72	28.62	21.17
76	New Mexico	WAC		2	10	0	-1.42	-6.20	-7.62	29.01	22.40
77	Utah	WAC		4	8	0	6.01	-13.73	-7.72	36.23	33.71
78	Wake Forest	ACC		2	8	1	-3.51	-5.01	-8.52	27.18	20.74
79	Wisconsin	Big Ten		2	9	0	-5.09	-3.59	-8.67	25.05	21.26
80	Kansas	Big 8		4	7	0	-0.33	-8.36	-8.68	29.79	27.09
				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	Vanderbilt	SEC		1	10	0	-8.20	-0.51	-8.71	25.00	16.64
82	Missouri	Big 8		2	9	0	-5.46	-3.51	-8.97	25.52	22.27
83	Rutgers	Ind		2	7	2	-0.56	-9.05	-9.60	28.80	23.66
84	Ball State	MAC		7	3	2	-6.31	-3.48	-9.79	22.68	20.98
85	North Carolina	ACC		1	10	0	-10.66	0.71	-9.95	22.71	18.87
86	Navy	Ind		3	8	0	-9.66	-0.31	-9.97	20.25	16.04
87	SMU	SWC		2	9	0	-2.21	-7.93	-10.14	29.32	33.35
88	Eastern Michigan	MAC		7	3	1	-6.89	-3.71	-10.59	21.61	20.36
89	Memphis	Ind		2	9	0	-5.58	-5.94	-11.51	24.93	22.60
90	Nevada-Las Vegas	Big West		4	7	0	-6.17	-5.72	-11.89	21.49	26.65
91	Utah State	Big West		4	7	0	-9.04	-3.35	-12.39	19.24	26.32
92	UTEP	WAC		2	10	0	-6.56	-6.26	-12.82	23.09	24.83
93	Central Michigan	MAC		5	5	1	-11.08	-2.63	-13.72	19.75	19.49
94	Temple	Ind		1	10	0	-8.51	-5.73	-14.24	23.12	25.78
95	Northwestern	Big Ten		0	11	0	-0.72	-13.65	-14.37	30.15	35.98
96	Long Beach State	Big West		4	8	0	-6.67	-7.86	-14.53	21.37	30.40
97	Toledo	MAC		6	5	0	-5.36	-9.45	-14.81	22.84	26.88
98	Kansas State	Big 8		1	10	0	-11.90	-3.21	-15.11	18.62	22.46
99	Western Michigan	MAC		5	6	0	-10.53	-5.35	-15.88	18.34	21.02
100	Pacific	Big West		2	10	0	-8.64	-7.80	-16.44	19.25	28.77
				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	Cincinnati	Ind		1	9	1	-14.67	-2.79	-17.46	16.08	28.45
102	Bowling Green	MAC		5	6	0	-6.58	-11.83	-18.41	21.44	30.97
103	Miami (OH)	MAC		2	8	1	-16.46	-6.47	-22.93	11.76	25.94
104	Ohio	MAC		1	9	1	-11.36	-11.61	-22.97	18.68	32.86
105	New Mexico State	Big West		0	11	0	-12.41	-11.62	-24.04	15.98	35.95
106	Kent State	MAC		0	11	0	-12.50	-17.26	-29.75	16.83	35.83