Final OAF ranking (& ratings) for the 1988 college football season:

Rank Team Name Rating Record AP UPI Bowl Game Results
1 MIAMI (F) 117.6786 11-1 2 2 Beat Nebraska 23-3
2 NOTRE DAME 116.4823 12-0 1 1 Beat West Virginia 34-21
3 FLORIDA STATE 114.1980 11-1 3 3 Beat Auburn 13-7
4 MICHIGAN 99.7068 9-2-1 4 4 Beat USC 22-14
5 USC 98.9375 10-2 7 9 Lost to Michigan
6 WEST VIRGINIA 94.5764 11-1 5 5 Lost to Notre Dame
7 NEBRASKA 88.1322 11-2 10 10 Lost to Miami (F)
8 OKLAHOMA STATE 83.9628 10-2 11 11 Beat Wyoming 62-14
9 UCLA 81.2627 10-2 6 6 Beat Arkansas 17-3
10 WASHINGTON STATE 78.0280 9-3 15 15 Beat Houston 24-22
11 CLEMSON 77.8318 10-2 9 8 Beat Oklahoma 13-6
12 OKLAHOMA 77.0626 9-3 14 14 Lost to Clemson
13 ARKANSAS 75.8334 10-2 12 13 Lost to UCLA
14 AUBURN 74.0131 10-2 8 7 Lost to Florida State
15 SYRACUSE 73.6512 10-2 13 12 Beat LSU 23-10
16 SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI 70.8426 10-2 23 NR Beat UTEP 38-18
17 LSU 70.3189 8-4 19 NR Lost to Syracuse
18 ARIZONA 70.1707 7-4 NR NR No Bowl Game
19 ALABAMA 67.2470 9-3 17 17 Beat Army 29-28
20 HOUSTON 66.7680 9-3 18 Probation Lost to Washington State
21 WYOMING 66.1618 11-2 21 20 Lost to Oklahoma State
22 TEXAS A+M 63.7836        
23 ARIZONA STATE 63.4614        
24 INDIANA 62.0385        
25 WASHINGTON 61.5393        
26 GEORGIA 60.8431        
27 VIRGINIA 60.1967        
28 NORTH CAROLINA STATE 60.0335        
29 MICHIGAN STATE 59.7910        
30 CALIFORNIA 59.4234        
31 IOWA 59.2558        
32 SOUTH CAROLINA 59.1495        
33 STANFORD 58.5636        
34 OREGON STATE 58.3970        
35 WAKE FOREST 58.2630        
36 DUKE 57.5482        
37 TENNESSEE 57.1979        
38 OHIO STATE 57.0487        
39 LOUISVILLE 56.9252        
40 OREGON 56.0696        
41 MARYLAND 55.6910        
42 PITTSBURGH 55.4943        
43 PENN STATE 55.1718        
44 HAWAII 54.6052        
45 FLORIDA 54.5626        
46 COLORADO 53.8696        
47 ILLINOIS 53.7934        
48 MEMPHIS STATE 53.7193        
49 UTEP 53.5952        
50 MISSISSIPPI 53.2529        
51 TEXAS TECH 52.5330        
52 KENTUCKY 52.3002        
53 TULANE 51.6677        
54 SWLOUISIANA 49.6432        
55 ARMY 48.8547        
56 VANDERBILT 48.7922        
57 BYU 48.4402        
58 IOWA STATE 48.1731        
59 BOSTON COLLEGE 47.1082        
60 MISSOURI 47.0806        
61 TEMPLE 46.7001        
62 NORTH CAROLINA 46.2772        
63 RUTGERS 46.0803        
64 BAYLOR 45.9237        
65 EAST CAROLINA 45.8959        
66 VIRGINIA TECH 45.8848        
67 GEORGIA TECH 45.1911        
68 TULSA 45.0698        
69 UTAH 43.7287        
70 TEXAS 43.4941        
71 TCU 43.2595        
72 FRESNO STATE 43.0473        
73 NORTHWESTERN 39.8052        
74 PURDUE 38.8547        
75 AIR FORCE 38.4680        
76 WISCONSIN 34.3333        
77 MINNESOTA 33.7855        
78 SAN DIEGO STATE 32.8869        
79 NORTHERN ILLINOIS 29.9471        
80 NAVY 29.7709        
81 MISSISSIPPI STATE 28.8177        
82 TOLEDO 28.6720        
83 WESTERN MICHIGAN 28.2353        
84 EASTERN MICHIGAN 28.0610        
85 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 27.9061        
86 BALL STATE 25.6889        
87 OHIOU 24.8734        
88 RICE 24.5369        
89 FULLERTON 19.7514        
90 AKRON 19.1720        
91 KENT STATE 16.6442        
92 CINCINNATI 15.0840        
93 UTAH STATE 14.9960        
94 UNLV 14.0742        
95 LONG BEACH 13.3049        
96 SAN JOSE STATE 12.9817        
97 COLORADO STATE 12.0759        
98 PACIFIC 9.7682        
99 NEW MEXICO 7.7314        
100 KANSAS 0.7663        
101 KANSAS STATE 0.3707        
102 NEW MEXICO STATE -13.7627        
103 MIAMI (O) -14.4805        
104 BGU -14.9569        

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