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September 19, 1989 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts Last Week
1 < 1 Notre Dame (57) Ind 2-0 1497 W 24-19 A #2 Michigan
2 < 3 Miami (FL) (3) Ind 2-0 1424  
3 < 4 Nebraska Big 8 2-0 1308  
4 < 5 Auburn SEC 2-0 1290  
5 < 2 Michigan Big Ten 0-1 1224 L 24-19 H #1 Notre Dame
6 < 8 Colorado Big 8 3-0 1218  
7 < 7 Clemson ACC 3-0 1166  
8 < 9 Arkansas Southwest 1-0 1059  
9 < 12 West Virginia Ind 3-0 926  
10 < 11 Syracuse Ind 2-0 848  
11 < 15 Washington Pac-10 2-0 790  
12 < 13 USC Pac-10 1-1 746  
13 < 14 Pittsburgh Ind 2-0 704  
14 < 17 Tennessee SEC 3-0 695  
15 < 16 Alabama SEC 1-0 640  
16 < 6 Oklahoma Big 8 2-1 531 L 6-3 A Arizona
17 < 18 Houston Southwest 1-0 471  
18 < 19 NC State ACC 3-0 449  
19 < 23 Washington State Pac-10 3-0 339 W 41-3 H Oregon State
20 < 10 Illinois Big Ten 1-1 314  
21 < 22 Texas A&M Southwest 2-1 259  
22 < NR Oregon Pac-10 2-0 245  
23 < NR Arizona Pac-10 2-1 236 W 6-3 H Oklahoma
24 < 20 UCLA Pac-10 1-1 188  
25 < NR Ohio State Big Ten 1-0 182  
NR < 21 LSU SEC 0  
NR < 24 Iowa Big Ten 0  
NR < 25 Mississippi State SEC 0  

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Pac-10 6 18.5 2544
Ind 5 7.0 5399
Big 8 3 8.3 3057
SEC 3 11.0 2625
Southwest 3 15.3 1789
Big Ten 3 16.7 1720
ACC 2 12.5 1615

Notes

  • * = Received first place votes (non-AP rankings); Hold the mouse cursor over these rankings to see the first place votes (where available) in a tooltip (for browsers that support tooltips)
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  • Polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, 1961-67 had 10 teams, 1968-88 had 20 teams, and 1989-present had 25 teams.