1990 College Football School Ratings

1989 CFB School Ratings 1991 CFB School Ratings

Champions:
Colorado (AP, FWAA, NFF, USA-CNN)
Georgia Tech (UPI)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Ty Detmer (Brigham Young)

FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Bobby Ross (Georgia Tech)

AP Preseason #1: Miami (FL)

AP Final #1: Colorado

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.

107 Schools

107 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	Miami (FL)	Ind	3	10	2	0	8.92	14.97	23.90	49.03	-3.34
2	Washington	Pac-10	5	10	2	0	9.37	12.25	21.62	50.14	-0.04
3	Colorado	Big 8	1	11	1	1	9.62	9.82	19.45	46.07	0.79
4	Georgia Tech	ACC	2	11	0	1	10.56	8.72	19.28	46.69	1.61
5	Michigan	Big Ten	7	9	3	0	10.35	8.51	18.86	47.22	2.90
6	Texas	SWC	12	10	2	0	7.61	10.14	17.75	44.01	2.74
7	Oklahoma	Big 8	17	8	3	0	8.65	8.82	17.47	48.78	2.59
8	Notre Dame	Ind	6	9	3	0	12.93	4.14	17.07	46.92	6.77
9	Florida State	Ind	4	10	2	0	11.40	5.54	16.94	51.23	6.07
10	Nebraska	Big 8	24	9	3	0	5.76	9.71	15.48	48.84	3.66
11	Clemson	ACC	9	10	2	0	0.57	14.80	15.36	40.83	-3.41
12	Tennessee	SEC	8	9	2	2	6.74	8.27	15.01	47.17	3.80
13	Penn State	Ind	11	9	3	0	4.00	10.37	14.37	39.68	1.54
14	Virginia	ACC	23	8	4	0	10.10	3.87	13.98	53.21	6.68
15	Florida	SEC	13	9	2	0	5.40	8.55	13.95	47.50	5.82
16	Houston	SWC	10	10	1	0	17.94	-4.73	13.21	55.80	17.84
17	Iowa	Big Ten	18	8	4	0	11.78	1.11	12.89	49.43	10.65
18	BYU	WAC	22	10	3	0	12.13	0.24	12.38	50.00	15.71
19	Michigan State	Big Ten	16	8	3	1	6.73	5.53	12.26	39.82	5.47
20	Texas A&M	SWC	15	9	3	1	6.01	5.79	11.80	45.27	6.24
				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	USC	Pac-10	20	8	4	1	5.09	6.33	11.42	41.19	6.13
22	Ohio State	Big Ten		7	4	1	5.05	5.92	10.96	41.65	5.95
23	Oregon	Pac-10		8	4	0	2.00	7.64	9.64	37.36	4.46
24	Illinois	Big Ten	25	8	4	0	4.15	4.98	9.13	39.07	7.18
25	Syracuse	Ind		7	4	2	1.36	7.28	8.64	38.10	5.15
26	San Jose State	Big West		9	2	1	6.76	1.41	8.17	41.86	11.57
27	California	Pac-10		7	4	1	8.63	-0.66	7.97	42.15	14.08
28	Louisville	Ind	14	10	1	1	0.22	7.70	7.93	37.10	5.94
29	Auburn	SEC	19	8	3	1	0.86	6.94	7.80	35.43	5.80
30	Alabama	SEC		7	5	0	-0.94	8.32	7.38	33.92	2.96
31	Virginia Tech	Ind		6	5	0	3.39	3.81	7.20	37.87	7.03
32	South Carolina	Ind		6	5	0	4.87	1.97	6.84	40.37	9.72
33	North Carolina State	ACC		7	5	0	-1.28	8.03	6.75	39.14	3.28
34	Stanford	Pac-10		5	6	0	3.26	3.38	6.64	38.08	9.84
35	UCLA	Pac-10		5	6	0	7.89	-2.36	5.53	41.17	13.29
36	North Carolina	ACC		6	4	1	-1.21	6.73	5.52	33.98	3.96
37	Maryland	ACC		6	5	1	2.54	2.56	5.10	37.30	8.21
38	Indiana	Big Ten		6	5	1	0.97	3.92	4.88	39.20	9.30
39	Southern Mississippi	Ind		8	4	0	-1.32	5.53	4.21	31.68	5.71
40	San Diego State	WAC		6	5	0	15.77	-11.73	4.04	51.99	25.16
				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	Baylor	SWC		6	4	1	-3.81	7.65	3.85	30.31	3.94
42	Colorado State	WAC		9	4	0	3.60	-0.18	3.42	37.30	15.27
43	Arizona	Pac-10		7	5	0	1.22	2.11	3.33	35.13	12.36
44	Arizona State	Pac-10		4	7	0	3.05	0.27	3.31	36.77	12.07
45	Ole Miss	SEC	21	9	3	0	-1.52	4.68	3.16	31.64	9.05
46	Minnesota	Big Ten		6	5	0	-0.18	3.13	2.95	33.65	11.93
47	Hawaii	WAC		7	5	0	1.11	1.29	2.40	35.19	11.81
48	Louisiana Tech	Ind		8	3	1	2.44	-0.07	2.37	37.33	13.59
49	Pitt	Ind		3	7	1	1.10	1.12	2.22	36.23	14.29
50	Temple	Ind		7	4	0	3.02	-1.14	1.88	36.50	15.10
51	Missouri	Big 8		4	7	0	3.20	-2.01	1.19	37.94	18.93
52	Iowa State	Big 8		4	6	1	3.39	-2.25	1.15	36.20	14.45
53	Wyoming	WAC		9	4	0	-0.72	1.50	0.79	30.85	12.66
54	Air Force	WAC		7	5	0	-2.98	3.76	0.78	29.73	12.42
55	Rice	SWC		5	6	0	-0.52	1.02	0.50	32.30	9.98
56	Texas Tech	SWC		4	7	0	5.48	-5.43	0.05	41.73	18.06
57	Duke	ACC		4	7	0	0.20	-0.25	-0.04	35.90	13.32
58	Texas Christian	SWC		5	6	0	2.99	-3.76	-0.77	36.47	18.33
59	Fresno State	Big West		8	2	1	-3.35	2.34	-1.01	31.54	16.80
60	Kansas	Big 8		3	7	1	1.11	-2.14	-1.03	34.51	16.98
				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
61	East Carolina	Ind		5	6	0	0.06	-1.19	-1.13	33.74	13.21
62	Mississippi State	SEC		5	6	0	-1.76	0.52	-1.23	31.75	11.79
63	Kansas State	Big 8		5	6	0	-3.38	1.73	-1.65	32.01	14.97
64	Oklahoma State	Big 8		4	7	0	-0.18	-1.80	-1.99	32.95	14.61
65	Washington State	Pac-10		3	8	0	3.54	-5.54	-2.00	37.92	20.30
66	LSU	SEC		5	6	0	-5.76	3.16	-2.60	28.04	10.09
67	Northern Illinois	Ind		6	5	0	0.35	-3.10	-2.75	37.28	17.45
68	West Virginia	Ind		4	7	0	-2.99	-0.34	-3.32	30.63	12.18
69	Georgia	SEC		4	7	0	-1.40	-2.20	-3.60	31.93	15.13
70	Tulane	Ind		4	7	0	-3.05	-0.71	-3.75	32.72	14.92
71	Purdue	Big Ten		2	9	0	-3.90	-0.02	-3.92	30.81	14.71
72	Boston College	Ind		4	7	0	-2.61	-1.53	-4.14	31.35	14.80
73	Memphis	Ind		4	6	1	-3.35	-0.94	-4.29	30.38	13.59
74	Central Michigan	MAC		8	3	1	-8.46	4.05	-4.41	27.13	10.43
75	Arkansas	SWC		3	8	0	1.26	-5.75	-4.49	35.10	20.24
76	Toledo	MAC		9	2	0	-2.51	-2.10	-4.61	30.06	15.92
77	Wake Forest	ACC		3	8	0	-0.43	-4.68	-5.10	36.07	19.16
78	Louisiana	Ind		5	6	0	-6.00	0.62	-5.37	28.39	14.03
79	Kentucky	SEC		4	7	0	0.74	-6.72	-5.98	33.28	18.84
80	Utah State	Big West		5	5	1	-4.03	-2.23	-6.26	28.98	20.55
				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	Army	Ind		6	5	0	-2.09	-4.36	-6.45	32.29	18.45
82	Northwestern	Big Ten		2	9	0	-1.83	-4.80	-6.62	32.73	21.25
83	Wisconsin	Big Ten		1	10	0	-8.33	1.61	-6.73	25.97	11.83
84	Utah	WAC		4	7	0	-4.45	-4.31	-8.76	26.89	21.34
85	Western Michigan	MAC		7	4	0	-3.59	-5.42	-9.01	28.46	19.97
86	Ball State	MAC		7	4	0	-11.93	2.80	-9.13	22.31	11.30
87	Navy	Ind		5	6	0	-5.27	-4.92	-10.19	25.96	19.61
88	Long Beach State	Big West		6	5	0	-4.11	-6.26	-10.37	24.83	23.04
89	Rutgers	Ind		3	8	0	-7.04	-3.40	-10.44	26.53	18.43
90	New Mexico	WAC		2	10	0	-2.26	-8.51	-10.77	29.37	23.03
91	Tulsa	Ind		3	8	0	-8.09	-2.86	-10.95	24.42	17.51
92	Akron	Ind		3	7	1	-7.13	-4.02	-11.15	25.74	18.90
93	UTEP	WAC		3	8	0	-7.49	-4.61	-12.09	23.57	20.65
94	Pacific	Big West		4	7	0	3.23	-15.42	-12.20	35.68	32.25
95	Miami (OH)	MAC		5	5	1	-8.29	-4.00	-12.29	23.88	19.57
96	Oregon State	Pac-10		1	10	0	-8.79	-5.39	-14.19	24.82	22.02
97	SMU	SWC		1	10	0	-7.88	-6.49	-14.37	26.93	25.82
98	Bowling Green	MAC		3	5	2	-13.98	-0.40	-14.38	17.84	14.70
99	Arkansas State	Ind		3	7	1	-6.74	-8.11	-14.84	24.94	23.46
100	Vanderbilt	SEC		1	10	0	-0.80	-14.22	-15.01	32.78	31.91
				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	-7.74	-7.49	-15.23	22.30	23.28
102	Cincinnati	Ind		1	10	0	-6.38	-12.49	-18.87	27.27	33.66
103	Eastern Michigan	MAC		2	9	0	-8.87	-11.44	-20.32	22.28	25.81
104	New Mexico State	Big West		1	10	0	-11.12	-12.04	-23.16	20.87	33.87
105	Kent State	MAC		2	9	0	-11.11	-12.30	-23.40	21.12	29.20
106	Cal State Fullerton	Big West		1	11	0	-7.97	-16.47	-24.45	23.45	34.96
107	Ohio	MAC		1	9	1	-12.09	-12.87	-24.97	19.99	30.25