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November 14, 1989 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts Last Week
1 < 1 Notre Dame (57) Ind 10-0 1497 W 59-6 H SMU
2 < 2 Colorado (3) Big 8 10-0 1439  
3 < 3 Michigan Big Ten 8-1 1360  
4 < 4 Alabama SEC 9-0 1312  
5 < 5 Florida State Ind 7-2 1240  
6 < 6 Nebraska Big 8 9-1 1197  
7 < 7 Miami (FL) Ind 8-1 1163  
8 < 9 USC Pac-10 8-2 1076  
9 < 11 Tennessee SEC 7-1 991  
10 < 10 Arkansas Southwest 8-1 979  
11 < 12 Auburn SEC 7-2 866  
12 < 8 Illinois Big Ten 7-2 855  
13 < 15 Houston Southwest 7-2 754  
14 < 16 Texas A&M Southwest 7-2 680  
15 < 17 Clemson ACC 8-2 632  
16 < 18 Virginia ACC 9-2 564  
17 < 13 Penn State Ind 6-2-1 425  
18 < 19 West Virginia Ind 7-2-1 393  
19 < 14 Pittsburgh Ind 5-2-1 379  
20 < 23 Texas Tech Southwest 7-2 334  
21 < 21 BYU WAC 8-2 310  
22 < NR Ohio State Big Ten 7-2 262  
23 < 24 Fresno State Big West 10-0 233 W 45-5 A New Mexico State
24 < NR Hawaii WAC 8-2 131 W 34-26 H Pacific
25 < NR Duke ACC 7-3 114  
NR < 20 Florida SEC 0  
NR < 22 NC State ACC 0  
NR < 25 Arizona Pac-10 6-4 0 L 24-3 H USC

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Ind 6 11.2 5097
Southwest 4 14.3 2747
SEC 3 8.0 3169
Big Ten 3 12.3 2477
ACC 3 18.7 1310
Big 8 2 4.0 2636
WAC 2 22.5 441
Pac-10 1 8.0 1076
Big West 1 23.0 233

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.