Final OAF ranking (& ratings) for the 1989 college football season:

Rank Team Name Rating Record AP UPI Bowl Game Results
1 MIAMI (F) 114.5537 11-1 1 1 Beat Alabama 33-25
2 NOTRE DAME 114.1827 12-1 2 3 Beat Colorado 21-6
3 COLORADO 113.4280 11-1 4 4 Lost to Notre Dame
4 FLORIDA STATE 109.7727 10-2 3 2 Beat Nebraska 41-17
5 AUBURN 106.1245 10-2 6 6 Beat Ohio State 31-14
6 TENNESSEE 105.4813 11-1 5 5 Beat Arkansas 31-27
7 ALABAMA 103.1513 10-2 9 7 Lost to Miami (F)
8 NEBRASKA 97.2481 10-2 11 12 Lost to Florida State
9 USC 94.8782 9-2-1 8 9 Beat Michigan 17-10
10 HOUSTON 94.3896 9-2 14 Probation No Bowl Game
11 ILLINOIS 94.2666 10-2 10 10 Beat Virginia 31-21
12 MICHIGAN 94.1235 10-2 7 8 Lost to USC
13 VIRGINIA 93.5119 10-3 18 15 Lost to Illinois
14 CLEMSON 93.3808 10-2 12 11 Beat West Virginia 27-7
15 ARKANSAS 87.8880 10-2 13 13 Lost to Tennessee
16 TEXAS TECH 87.7383 9-3 19 16 Beat Duke 49-21
17 DUKE 86.9836 8-4 27 NR Lost to Texas Tech
18 PITTSBURGH 84.8665 8-3-1 17 19 Beat Texas A+M 31-28
19 GEORGIA TECH 84.7906 7-4 33 NR No Bowl Game
20 TEXAS A+M 84.1118 8-4 20 21 Lost to Pittsburgh
21 PENN STATE 81.8554 8-3-1 15 14 Beat BYU 50-39
22 MICHIGAN STATE 81.2084 8-4 16 16 Beat Hawaii 33-13
23 WASHINGTON 80.3965 8-4 23 20 Beat Florida 34-7
24 WEST VIRGINIA 78.9130 8-3-1 21 21 Lost to Clemson
25 SOUTH CAROLINA 78.6541        
26 TEXAS 78.4682        
27 VIRGINIA TECH 77.8153        
28 BAYLOR 77.3126        
29 OHIO STATE 76.6635        
30 ARIZONA 76.5363        
31 MARYLAND 76.2484        
32 OKLAHOMA 75.8293        
33 NORTH CAROLINA STATE 75.7816        
34 FLORIDA 75.1091        
35 LSU 75.0228        
36 SYRACUSE 74.5970        
37 MISSISSIPPI 73.9280        
38 GEORGIA 73.8423        
39 ARIZONA STATE 72.9090        
40 OREGON 70.6225        
41 KENTUCKY 70.5252        
42 MISSISSIPPI STATE 70.4875        
43 BYU 69.9615        
44 TCU 69.2691        
45 UCLA 68.3278        
46 SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI 67.7199        
47 WASHINGTON STATE 67.5983        
48 EAST CAROLINA 66.9652        
49 AIR FORCE 66.7865        
50 MINNESOTA 66.5705        
51 AKRON 66.3176        
52 HAWAII 66.3137        
53 NORTHERN ILLINOIS 65.8026        
54 OREGON STATE 65.4591        
55 CALIFORNIA 65.4070        
56 LOUISIANA TECH 65.0910        
57 SWLOUISIANA 64.7996        
58 IOWA STATE 64.7068        
59 INDIANA 63.9278        
60 RICE 63.6460        
61 IOWA 63.2565        
62 STANFORD 63.2439        
63 PURDUE 62.6452        
64 TULANE 61.1279        
65 LOUISVILLE 60.2821        
66 WAKE FOREST 59.8908        
67 OKLAHOMA STATE 59.2221        
68 TULSA 58.9846        
69 NAVY 58.1866        
70 COLORADO STATE 58.0547        
71 SAN DIEGO STATE 56.8199        
72 WYOMING 56.8114        
73 KANSAS 56.6086        
74 ARMY 56.5253        
75 FRESNO STATE 56.4480        
76 BOSTON COLLEGE 56.1850        
77 MISSOURI 55.8539        
78 EASTERN MICHIGAN 54.9903        
79 SAN JOSE STATE 54.7994        
80 NORTH CAROLINA 54.3363        
81 WISCONSIN 53.9023        
82 BALL STATE 53.5549        
83 TOLEDO 53.4951        
84 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 52.7404        
85 SMU 52.5712        
86 TEMPLE 50.7582        
87 RUTGERS 49.8404        
88 FULLERTON 49.7551        
89 MEMPHIS STATE 47.2875        
90 VANDERBILT 46.7276        
91 WESTERN MICHIGAN 45.7289        
92 BGU 44.0824        
93 CINCINNATI 42.5821        
94 NEW MEXICO 41.7511        
95 KANSAS STATE 41.6057        
96 UTAH 40.4815        
97 UNLV 36.7253        
98 NORTHWESTERN 34.2435        
99 UTEP 31.9633        
100 LONG BEACH 31.1840        
101 UTAH STATE 30.4293        
102 MIAMI (O) 30.0371        
103 OHIOU 19.2643        
104 PACIFIC 19.0032        
105 KENT STATE -15.8924        
106 NEW MEXICO STATE -25.6234        

Back to Prof. Trono's Home page. (This page last modified December 26, 2003 .)