Record: 54-47-1, .534 W-L% (3rd of 10) (Schedule and Results)
SRS: 5.86 (3rd of 10) ▪ SOS: 4.60 (2nd of 10)
Conference Champion: Arkansas
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 2 (Arkansas and Houston)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 4 (Arkansas, Houston, Texas A&M and Texas Tech)
| Overall | Conference | Pts/G | SRS | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | W | L | T | Pct | W | L | T | Pct | Own | Opp | SRS | SOS | Notes |
| Arkansas | 10 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 32.1 | 19.2 | 15.17 | 3.50 | |
| Houston | 9 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | 53.5 | 13.6 | 18.57 | 0.93 | |
| Texas A&M | 8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | 28.6 | 16.0 | 13.64 | 5.97 | |
| Texas Tech | 9 | 3 | 0 | .750 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .625 | 30.0 | 23.4 | 10.60 | 3.85 | |
| Baylor | 5 | 6 | 0 | .455 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | 22.3 | 17.3 | 6.74 | 4.84 | |
| Texas | 5 | 6 | 0 | .455 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | 20.0 | 26.3 | 4.96 | 8.15 | |
| Texas Christian | 4 | 7 | 0 | .364 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .250 | 16.6 | 27.4 | -1.87 | 5.04 | |
| Rice | 2 | 8 | 1 | .227 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .250 | 15.9 | 28.5 | -4.93 | 3.89 | |
| Southern Methodist | 2 | 9 | 0 | .182 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 17.0 | 45.4 | -10.14 | 5.22 | |
| School | Pre | 9/5 | 9/12 | 9/19 | 9/26 | 10/3 | 10/10 | 10/17 | 10/24 | 10/31 | 11/7 | 11/14 | 11/21 | 11/28 | 12/5 | 12/12 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 10 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 13 |
| Houston | 21 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 |
| Texas Tech | 23 | 20 | 18 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 15 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 20 | ||
| Texas | 24 | 22 |
| Date | Bowl | Winner/Tie | Pts | Loser/Tie | Pts | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990-01-01 | Cotton Bowl | Tennessee | 31 | Arkansas | 27 | Cotton Bowl (Dallas, TX) |
| 1989-12-30 | Sun Bowl | Pittsburgh | 31 | Texas A&M | 28 | Sun Bowl (El Paso, TX) |
| 1989-12-28 | All-American Bowl | Texas Tech | 49 | Duke | 21 | All-American Bowl (Birmingham, AL) |