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November 1, 1988 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts Last Week
1 < 2 Notre Dame (44) Ind 8-0 1144 W 22-7 N Navy (Baltimore)
2 < 3 USC (11) Pac-10 7-0 1097  
3 < 4 Miami (FL) (1) Ind 6-1 1041  
4 < 7 West Virginia (2) Ind 8-0 950  
5 < 6 Florida State Ind 7-1 886  
6 < 1 UCLA Pac-10 7-1 847 L 34-30 H Washington State
7 < 5 Nebraska Big 8 8-1 835  
8 < 8 Oklahoma Big 8 7-1 739 W 63-14 H Kansas
9 < 9 Auburn SEC 7-1 715  
10 < 10 Wyoming WAC 9-0 658 W 48-14 A Colorado State
11 < 11 Arkansas Southwest 8-0 564  
12 < 12 Oklahoma State Big 8 6-1 490 W 45-27 A Kansas State
13 < 13 LSU SEC 5-2 379  
14 < 14 Michigan Big Ten 5-2-1 352  
15 < 17 South Carolina Ind 7-1 301 W 23-7 A NC State
16 < 16 Syracuse Ind 6-1 281  
17 < 15 Clemson ACC 6-2 266  
18 < 19 Alabama SEC 6-1 216  
19 < 18 Georgia SEC 6-2 162  
20 < NR BYU WAC 7-1 81  
20 < NR Indiana Big Ten 6-1-1 81 W 45-34 H Iowa
NR < 20 Oregon Pac-10 0  

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Ind 6 7.3 4603
SEC 4 14.8 1472
Big 8 3 9.0 2064
Pac-10 2 4.0 1944
WAC 2 15.0 739
Big Ten 2 17.0 433
Southwest 1 11.0 564
ACC 1 17.0 266

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.