1990 Final Rankings

In the off-season, we will be running our computer analysis of each of the previous seasons of college football moving backward through time as far as it makes sense to do so. Here are the final rankings from 1990:

1. Miami Hurricanes (10-2) - 1.1
2. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (11-0-1) - 1.9
3. Washington Huskies (10-2) - 3.8
4. Florida State Seminoles (10-2) - 4.6
(tie) Texas Longhorns (10-2) - 4.6
6. Colorado Buffaloes (11-1-1) - 5.6
7. Clemson Tigers (10-2) - 7.9
8. Tennessee Volunteers (9-2-2) - 8.6
9. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (9-3) - 9.4
10. Oklahoma Sooners (8-3) - 10.6
11. Houston Cougars (10-1) - 12.5
12. Michigan Wolverines (9-3) - 12.6
13. Florida Gators (9-2) - 13.2
(tie) San Jose State Spartans (9-2-1) - 13.2
15. Penn State Nittany Lions (9-3) - 13.5
16. BYU Cougars (10-3) - 15.2
17. Virginia Cavaliers (8-4) - 16.3
18. Nebraska Cornhuskers (9-3) - 17.4
19. Louisville Cardinals (10-1-1) - 20.8
(tie) Michigan State Spartans (8-3-1) - 20.8
21. Iowa Hawkeyes (8-4) - 21.5
22. USC Trojans (8-4-1) - 21.7
23. Texas A&M Aggies (9-3-1) - 22.1
24. Oregon Ducks (8-4) - 22.2
25. Auburn Tigers (8-3-1) - 24.2
26. Alabama Crimson Tide (7-5) - 26.3
27. Illinois Fighting Illini (8-4) - 26.8
28. California Golden Bears (7-4-1) - 29.5
29. Virginia Tech Hokies (6-5) - 30.3
30. Syracuse Orange (7-4-2) - 30.4
31. Ohio State Buckeyes (7-4-1) - 30.9
32. Stanford Cardinal (5-6) - 34.1
33. Southern Miss Golden Eagles (8-4) - 35.3
34. South Carolina Gamecocks (6-5) - 35.5
35. NC State Wolfpack (7-5) - 35.8
36. Ole Miss Rebels (9-3) - 36.1
37. Colorado State Rams (9-4) - 37.8
38. Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (8-3-1) - 38.1
39. Maryland Terrapins (6-5-1) - 38.2
40. Fresno State Bulldogs (8-2-1) - 38.3
41. North Carolina Tar Heels (6-4-1) - 40.7
42. San Diego State Aztecs (6-5) - 41.6
43. UCLA Bruins (5-6) - 42.6
44. Air Force Falcons (7-5) - 44.7
(tie) Hawaii Warriors (7-5) - 44.7
46. Arizona Wildcats (7-5) - 45.5
47. Wyoming Cowboys (9-4) - 46.1
48. Toledo Rockets (9-2) - 46.7
49. Indiana Hoosiers (6-5-1) - 48.4
50. Temple Owls (7-4) - 49.8
51. Baylor Bears (6-4-1) - 50.3
52. Mississippi State Bulldogs (5-6) - 52.1
53. Minnesota Golden Gophers (6-5) - 52.6
54. Central Michigan Chippewas (8-3-1) - 52.9
55. ECU Pirates (5-6) - 54.8
56. Arizona State Sun Devils (4-7) - 56.1
57. Pittsburgh Panthers (3-7-1) - 58.6
58. Iowa State Cyclones (4-6-1) - 58.7
59. Missouri Tigers (4-7) - 59.0
60. Northern Illinois Huskies (6-5) - 59.9
61. LSU Tigers (5-6) - 60.5
62. Rice Owls (5-6) - 62.0
63. Western Michigan Broncos (7-4) - 64.1
64. Georgia Bulldogs (4-7) - 64.5
65. Memphis Tigers (4-6-1) - 65.5
66. Washington State Cougars (3-8) - 67.1
67. Duke Blue Devils (4-7) - 67.5
68. Ball State Cardinals (7-4) - 68.2
69. Tulane Green Wave (4-7) - 68.3
70. Kansas State Wildcats (5-6) - 69.5
71. West Virginia Mountaineers (4-7) - 70.9
72. Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns (5-6) - 71.8
73. Texas Tech Red Raiders (4-7) - 72.2
74. TCU Horned Frogs (5-6) - 72.6
75. Arkansas Razorbacks (3-8) - 76.2
76. Oklahoma State Cowboys (4-7) - 76.7
77. Utah State Aggies (5-5-1) - 78.1
78. Utah Utes (4-7) - 78.3
79. Kentucky Wildcats (4-7) - 78.4
80. Miami University RedHawks (5-5-1) - 79.2
81. Kansas Jayhawks (3-7-1) - 79.4
82. Boston College Eagles (4-7) - 81.3
83. Army Black Knights (6-5) - 83.5
84. Bowling Green Falcons (3-5-2) - 84.3
85. Wake Forest Demon Deacons (3-8) - 84.4
86. Long Beach State 49ers (6-5) - 85.4
87. Purdue Boilermakers (2-9) - 87.0
88. New Mexico Lobos (2-10) - 87.6
89. Northwestern Wildcats (2-9) - 88.3
90. Akron Zips (3-7-1) - 90.1
91. Rutgers Scarlet Knights (3-8) - 91.4
92. Wisconsin Badgers (1-10) - 92.2
93. Navy Midshipmen (5-6) - 92.5
94. Pacific Tigers (4-7) - 93.2
95. UTEP Miners (3-8) - 94.8
96. Tulsa Golden Hurricane (3-8) - 95.4
97. Arkansas State Red Wolves (3-7-1) - 96.4
98. UNLV Rebels (4-7) - 98.2
99. Eastern Michigan Eagles (2-9) - 98.9
100. Oregon State Beavers (1-10) - 100.4
101. Vanderbilt Commodores (1-10) - 101.2
102. Kent State Golden Flashes (2-9) - 101.3
103. Cincinnati Bearcats (1-10) - 103.7
104. SMU Mustangs (1-10) - 103.8
105. Ohio Bobcats (1-9-1) - 105.4
106. New Mexico State Aggies (1-10) - 106.6
107. Cal State Fullerton Titans (1-11) - 107.8


Special acknowledgement and thanks to James Howell who provided the game score data used in this analysis on his website at http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~dwilson/rsfc/history/howell/