1988 Polls

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National Champion: Notre Dame (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI, USA-CNN)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Barry Sanders (Oklahoma State)
FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Lou Holtz (Notre Dame)

AP Preseason #1: Florida State ▪ AP Final #1: Notre Dame

AP Polls

Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
1	Preseason	1	Florida State	NA	—	Ind
1	Preseason	2	Nebraska	NA	—	Big 8
1	Preseason	3	Oklahoma	NA	—	Big 8
1	Preseason	4	Clemson	NA	—	ACC
1	Preseason	5	UCLA	NA	—	Pac-10
1	Preseason	6	Southern California	NA	—	Pac-10
1	Preseason	7	Auburn	NA	—	SEC
1	Preseason	8	Miami (FL)	NA	—	Ind
1	Preseason	9	Iowa	NA	—	Big Ten
1	Preseason	10	Texas A&M	NA	—	SWC
1	Preseason	11	Michigan	NA	—	Big Ten
1	Preseason	12	Georgia	NA	—	SEC
1	Preseason	13	Notre Dame	NA	—	Ind
1	Preseason	14	Alabama	NA	—	SEC
1	Preseason	15	Michigan State	NA	—	Big Ten
1	Preseason	16	West Virginia	NA	—	Ind
1	Preseason	17	Tennessee	NA	—	SEC
1	Preseason	18	Louisiana State	NA	—	SEC
1	Preseason	19	South Carolina	NA	—	Ind
1	Preseason	20	Penn State	NA	—	Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
2	1988-08-30	1	Florida State	1	NC	Ind
2	1988-08-30	2	Nebraska	2	NC	Big 8
2	1988-08-30	3	Oklahoma	3	NC	Big 8
2	1988-08-30	4	Clemson	4	NC	ACC
2	1988-08-30	5	UCLA	5	NC	Pac-10
2	1988-08-30	6	Miami (FL)	8	2	Ind
2	1988-08-30	7	Auburn	7	NC	SEC
2	1988-08-30	8	Southern California	6	2	Pac-10
2	1988-08-30	9	Iowa	9	NC	Big Ten
2	1988-08-30	10	Michigan	11	1	Big Ten
2	1988-08-30	11	Texas A&M	10	1	SWC
2	1988-08-30	12	Georgia	12	NC	SEC
2	1988-08-30	13	Notre Dame	13	NC	Ind
2	1988-08-30	14	Alabama	14	NC	SEC
2	1988-08-30	15	Michigan State	15	NC	Big Ten
2	1988-08-30	16	West Virginia	16	NC	Ind
2	1988-08-30	17	Louisiana State	18	1	SEC
2	1988-08-30	18	Tennessee	17	1	SEC
2	1988-08-30	19	South Carolina	19	NC	Ind
2	1988-08-30	20	Penn State	20	NC	Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
3	1988-09-06	1	Miami (FL)	6	5	Ind
3	1988-09-06	2	Nebraska	2	NC	Big 8
3	1988-09-06	3	Clemson	4	1	ACC
3	1988-09-06	4	Oklahoma	3	1	Big 8
3	1988-09-06	5	UCLA	5	NC	Pac-10
3	1988-09-06	6	Southern California	8	2	Pac-10
3	1988-09-06	7	Auburn	7	NC	SEC
3	1988-09-06	8	Georgia	12	4	SEC
3	1988-09-06	9	Michigan	10	1	Big Ten
3	1988-09-06	10	Florida State	1	9	Ind
3	1988-09-06	11	Louisiana State	17	6	SEC
3	1988-09-06	12	West Virginia	16	4	Ind
3	1988-09-06	13	Notre Dame	13	NC	Ind
3	1988-09-06	14	Alabama	14	NC	SEC
3	1988-09-06	15	Michigan State	15	NC	Big Ten
3	1988-09-06	16	South Carolina	19	3	Ind
3	1988-09-06	17	Iowa	9	8	Big Ten
3	1988-09-06	18	Penn State	20	2	Ind
3	1988-09-06	19	Texas			SWC
3	1988-09-06	20	Washington			Pac-10
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
4	1988-09-13	1	Miami (FL)	1	NC	Ind
4	1988-09-13	2	UCLA	5	3	Pac-10
4	1988-09-13	3	Clemson	3	NC	ACC
4	1988-09-13	4	Oklahoma	4	NC	Big 8
4	1988-09-13	5	Southern California	6	1	Pac-10
4	1988-09-13	6	Auburn	7	1	SEC
4	1988-09-13	7	Georgia	8	1	SEC
4	1988-09-13	8	Notre Dame	13	5	Ind
4	1988-09-13	9	Louisiana State	11	2	SEC
4	1988-09-13	10	Florida State	10	NC	Ind
4	1988-09-13	11	Nebraska	2	9	Big 8
4	1988-09-13	12	West Virginia	12	NC	Ind
4	1988-09-13	13	Alabama	14	1	SEC
4	1988-09-13	14	South Carolina	16	2	Ind
4	1988-09-13	15	Michigan	9	6	Big Ten
4	1988-09-13	16	Penn State	18	2	Ind
4	1988-09-13	17	Washington	20	3	Pac-10
4	1988-09-13	18	Ohio State			Big Ten
4	1988-09-13	19	Iowa	17	2	Big Ten
4	1988-09-13	20	Oklahoma State			Big 8
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
5	1988-09-20	1	Miami (FL)	1	NC	Ind
5	1988-09-20	2	UCLA	2	NC	Pac-10
5	1988-09-20	3	Oklahoma	4	1	Big 8
5	1988-09-20	4	Auburn	6	2	SEC
5	1988-09-20	5	Southern California	5	NC	Pac-10
5	1988-09-20	6	Georgia	7	1	SEC
5	1988-09-20	7	Louisiana State	9	2	SEC
5	1988-09-20	8	Notre Dame	8	NC	Ind
5	1988-09-20	9	Florida State	10	1	Ind
5	1988-09-20	10	Nebraska	11	1	Big 8
5	1988-09-20	11	West Virginia	12	1	Ind
5	1988-09-20	12	Clemson	3	9	ACC
5	1988-09-20	13	Alabama	13	NC	SEC
5	1988-09-20	14	South Carolina	14	NC	Ind
5	1988-09-20	15	Penn State	16	1	Ind
5	1988-09-20	16	Pittsburgh			Ind
5	1988-09-20	17	Washington	17	NC	Pac-10
5	1988-09-20	18	Oklahoma State	20	2	Big 8
5	1988-09-20	19	Michigan	15	4	Big Ten
5	1988-09-20	20	Florida			SEC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
6	1988-09-27	1	Miami (FL)	1	NC	Ind
6	1988-09-27	2	UCLA	2	NC	Pac-10
6	1988-09-27	3	Southern California	5	2	Pac-10
6	1988-09-27	4	Auburn	4	NC	SEC
6	1988-09-27	5	Notre Dame	8	3	Ind
6	1988-09-27	6	Florida State	9	3	Ind
6	1988-09-27	7	West Virginia	11	4	Ind
6	1988-09-27	8	South Carolina	14	6	Ind
6	1988-09-27	9	Nebraska	10	1	Big 8
6	1988-09-27	10	Oklahoma	3	7	Big 8
6	1988-09-27	11	Clemson	12	1	ACC
6	1988-09-27	12	Alabama	13	1	SEC
6	1988-09-27	13	Oklahoma State	18	5	Big 8
6	1988-09-27	14	Louisiana State	7	7	SEC
6	1988-09-27	15	Georgia	6	9	SEC
6	1988-09-27	16	Washington	17	1	Pac-10
6	1988-09-27	17	Florida	20	3	SEC
6	1988-09-27	18	Wyoming			WAC
6	1988-09-27	19	Michigan	19	NC	Big Ten
6	1988-09-27	20	Oregon			Pac-10
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
7	1988-10-04	1	Miami (FL)	1	NC	Ind
7	1988-10-04	2	UCLA	2	NC	Pac-10
7	1988-10-04	3	Southern California	3	NC	Pac-10
7	1988-10-04	4	Auburn	4	NC	SEC
7	1988-10-04	5	Notre Dame	5	NC	Ind
7	1988-10-04	6	Florida State	6	NC	Ind
7	1988-10-04	7	West Virginia	7	NC	Ind
7	1988-10-04	8	South Carolina	8	NC	Ind
7	1988-10-04	9	Nebraska	9	NC	Big 8
7	1988-10-04	10	Oklahoma	10	NC	Big 8
7	1988-10-04	11	Clemson	11	NC	ACC
7	1988-10-04	12	Alabama	12	NC	SEC
7	1988-10-04	13	Oklahoma State	13	NC	Big 8
7	1988-10-04	14	Florida	17	3	SEC
7	1988-10-04	15	Georgia	15	NC	SEC
7	1988-10-04	16	Wyoming	18	2	WAC
7	1988-10-04	17	Michigan	19	2	Big Ten
7	1988-10-04	18	Oregon	20	2	Pac-10
7	1988-10-04	19	Washington	16	3	Pac-10
7	1988-10-04	20	Arkansas			SWC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
8	1988-10-11	1	Miami (FL)	1	NC	Ind
8	1988-10-11	2	UCLA	2	NC	Pac-10
8	1988-10-11	3	Southern California	3	NC	Pac-10
8	1988-10-11	4	Notre Dame	5	1	Ind
8	1988-10-11	5	Florida State	6	1	Ind
8	1988-10-11	6	West Virginia	7	1	Ind
8	1988-10-11	7	Nebraska	9	2	Big 8
8	1988-10-11	8	South Carolina	8	NC	Ind
8	1988-10-11	9	Oklahoma	10	1	Big 8
8	1988-10-11	10	Oklahoma State	13	3	Big 8
8	1988-10-11	11	Clemson	11	NC	ACC
8	1988-10-11	12	Auburn	4	8	SEC
8	1988-10-11	13	Georgia	15	2	SEC
8	1988-10-11	14	Wyoming	16	2	WAC
8	1988-10-11	15	Michigan	17	2	Big Ten
8	1988-10-11	16	Washington	19	3	Pac-10
8	1988-10-11	17	Arkansas	20	3	SWC
8	1988-10-11	18	Indiana			Big Ten
8	1988-10-11	19	Louisiana State			SEC
8	1988-10-11	20	Florida	14	6	SEC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
9	1988-10-18	1	UCLA	2	1	Pac-10
9	1988-10-18	2	Notre Dame	4	2	Ind
9	1988-10-18	3	Southern California	3	NC	Pac-10
9	1988-10-18	4	Miami (FL)	1	3	Ind
9	1988-10-18	5	Nebraska	7	2	Big 8
9	1988-10-18	6	West Virginia	6	NC	Ind
9	1988-10-18	7	Florida State	5	2	Ind
9	1988-10-18	8	Oklahoma	9	1	Big 8
9	1988-10-18	9	Clemson	11	2	ACC
9	1988-10-18	10	Auburn	12	2	SEC
9	1988-10-18	11	Georgia	13	2	SEC
9	1988-10-18	12	Wyoming	14	2	WAC
9	1988-10-18	13	Arkansas	17	4	SWC
9	1988-10-18	14	Indiana	18	4	Big Ten
9	1988-10-18	15	Oklahoma State	10	5	Big 8
9	1988-10-18	16	Louisiana State	19	3	SEC
9	1988-10-18	17	Washington	16	1	Pac-10
9	1988-10-18	18	South Carolina	8	10	Ind
9	1988-10-18	19	Syracuse			Ind
9	1988-10-18	20	Michigan	15	5	Big Ten
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
10	1988-10-25	1	UCLA	1	NC	Pac-10
10	1988-10-25	2	Notre Dame	2	NC	Ind
10	1988-10-25	3	Southern California	3	NC	Pac-10
10	1988-10-25	4	Miami (FL)	4	NC	Ind
10	1988-10-25	5	Nebraska	5	NC	Big 8
10	1988-10-25	6	Florida State	7	1	Ind
10	1988-10-25	7	West Virginia	6	1	Ind
10	1988-10-25	8	Oklahoma	8	NC	Big 8
10	1988-10-25	9	Auburn	10	1	SEC
10	1988-10-25	10	Wyoming	12	2	WAC
10	1988-10-25	11	Arkansas	13	2	SWC
10	1988-10-25	12	Oklahoma State	15	3	Big 8
10	1988-10-25	13	Louisiana State	16	3	SEC
10	1988-10-25	14	Michigan	20	6	Big Ten
10	1988-10-25	15	Clemson	9	6	ACC
10	1988-10-25	16	Syracuse	19	3	Ind
10	1988-10-25	17	South Carolina	18	1	Ind
10	1988-10-25	18	Georgia	11	7	SEC
10	1988-10-25	19	Alabama			SEC
10	1988-10-25	20	Oregon			Pac-10
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
11	1988-11-01	1	Notre Dame	2	1	Ind
11	1988-11-01	2	Southern California	3	1	Pac-10
11	1988-11-01	3	Miami (FL)	4	1	Ind
11	1988-11-01	4	West Virginia	7	3	Ind
11	1988-11-01	5	Florida State	6	1	Ind
11	1988-11-01	6	UCLA	1	5	Pac-10
11	1988-11-01	7	Nebraska	5	2	Big 8
11	1988-11-01	8	Oklahoma	8	NC	Big 8
11	1988-11-01	9	Auburn	9	NC	SEC
11	1988-11-01	10	Wyoming	10	NC	WAC
11	1988-11-01	11	Arkansas	11	NC	SWC
11	1988-11-01	12	Oklahoma State	12	NC	Big 8
11	1988-11-01	13	Louisiana State	13	NC	SEC
11	1988-11-01	14	Michigan	14	NC	Big Ten
11	1988-11-01	15	South Carolina	17	2	Ind
11	1988-11-01	16	Syracuse	16	NC	Ind
11	1988-11-01	17	Clemson	15	2	ACC
11	1988-11-01	18	Alabama	19	1	SEC
11	1988-11-01	19	Georgia	18	1	SEC
11	1988-11-01	20	Indiana			Big Ten
11	1988-11-01	20	Brigham Young			WAC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
12	1988-11-08	1	Notre Dame	1	NC	Ind
12	1988-11-08	2	Southern California	2	NC	Pac-10
12	1988-11-08	3	Miami (FL)	3	NC	Ind
12	1988-11-08	4	West Virginia	4	NC	Ind
12	1988-11-08	5	Florida State	5	NC	Ind
12	1988-11-08	6	UCLA	6	NC	Pac-10
12	1988-11-08	7	Nebraska	7	NC	Big 8
12	1988-11-08	8	Oklahoma	8	NC	Big 8
12	1988-11-08	9	Auburn	9	NC	SEC
12	1988-11-08	10	Wyoming	10	NC	WAC
12	1988-11-08	11	Arkansas	11	NC	SWC
12	1988-11-08	12	Louisiana State	13	1	SEC
12	1988-11-08	13	Michigan	14	1	Big Ten
12	1988-11-08	14	Oklahoma State	12	2	Big 8
12	1988-11-08	15	Syracuse	16	1	Ind
12	1988-11-08	16	Clemson	17	1	ACC
12	1988-11-08	17	Georgia	19	2	SEC
12	1988-11-08	18	Alabama	18	NC	SEC
12	1988-11-08	19	Colorado			Big 8
12	1988-11-08	20	Washington State			Pac-10
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
13	1988-11-15	1	Notre Dame	1	NC	Ind
13	1988-11-15	2	Southern California	2	NC	Pac-10
13	1988-11-15	3	Miami (FL)	3	NC	Ind
13	1988-11-15	4	West Virginia	4	NC	Ind
13	1988-11-15	5	Florida State	5	NC	Ind
13	1988-11-15	6	UCLA	6	NC	Pac-10
13	1988-11-15	7	Nebraska	7	NC	Big 8
13	1988-11-15	8	Auburn	9	1	SEC
13	1988-11-15	9	Oklahoma	8	1	Big 8
13	1988-11-15	10	Arkansas	11	1	SWC
13	1988-11-15	11	Louisiana State	12	1	SEC
13	1988-11-15	12	Michigan	13	1	Big Ten
13	1988-11-15	13	Oklahoma State	14	1	Big 8
13	1988-11-15	14	Syracuse	15	1	Ind
13	1988-11-15	15	Clemson	16	1	ACC
13	1988-11-15	16	Wyoming	10	6	WAC
13	1988-11-15	17	Houston			SWC
13	1988-11-15	18	Alabama	18	NC	SEC
13	1988-11-15	19	Washington State	20	1	Pac-10
13	1988-11-15	20	Georgia	17	3	SEC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
14	1988-11-22	1	Notre Dame	1	NC	Ind
14	1988-11-22	2	Southern California	2	NC	Pac-10
14	1988-11-22	3	Miami (FL)	3	NC	Ind
14	1988-11-22	4	West Virginia	4	NC	Ind
14	1988-11-22	5	Florida State	5	NC	Ind
14	1988-11-22	6	Nebraska	7	1	Big 8
14	1988-11-22	7	Auburn	8	1	SEC
14	1988-11-22	8	Arkansas	10	2	SWC
14	1988-11-22	9	UCLA	6	3	Pac-10
14	1988-11-22	10	Oklahoma	9	1	Big 8
14	1988-11-22	11	Michigan	12	1	Big Ten
14	1988-11-22	12	Oklahoma State	13	1	Big 8
14	1988-11-22	13	Clemson	15	2	ACC
14	1988-11-22	14	Houston	17	3	SWC
14	1988-11-22	15	Wyoming	16	1	WAC
14	1988-11-22	16	Louisiana State	11	5	SEC
14	1988-11-22	17	Alabama	18	1	SEC
14	1988-11-22	18	Washington State	19	1	Pac-10
14	1988-11-22	19	Syracuse	14	5	Ind
14	1988-11-22	20	Georgia	20	NC	SEC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
15	1988-11-29	1	Notre Dame	1	NC	Ind
15	1988-11-29	2	Miami (FL)	3	1	Ind
15	1988-11-29	3	West Virginia	4	1	Ind
15	1988-11-29	4	Florida State	5	1	Ind
15	1988-11-29	5	Southern California	2	3	Pac-10
15	1988-11-29	6	Nebraska	6	NC	Big 8
15	1988-11-29	7	Auburn	7	NC	SEC
15	1988-11-29	8	UCLA	9	1	Pac-10
15	1988-11-29	9	Arkansas	8	1	SWC
15	1988-11-29	10	Oklahoma	10	NC	Big 8
15	1988-11-29	11	Michigan	11	NC	Big Ten
15	1988-11-29	12	Oklahoma State	12	NC	Big 8
15	1988-11-29	13	Clemson	13	NC	ACC
15	1988-11-29	14	Houston	14	NC	SWC
15	1988-11-29	15	Wyoming	15	NC	WAC
15	1988-11-29	16	Louisiana State	16	NC	SEC
15	1988-11-29	17	Washington State	18	1	Pac-10
15	1988-11-29	18	Syracuse	19	1	Ind
15	1988-11-29	19	Georgia	20	1	SEC
15	1988-11-29	20	Alabama	17	3	SEC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
16	1988-12-06	1	Notre Dame	1	NC	Ind
16	1988-12-06	2	Miami (FL)	2	NC	Ind
16	1988-12-06	3	West Virginia	3	NC	Ind
16	1988-12-06	4	Florida State	4	NC	Ind
16	1988-12-06	5	Southern California	5	NC	Pac-10
16	1988-12-06	6	Nebraska	6	NC	Big 8
16	1988-12-06	7	Auburn	7	NC	SEC
16	1988-12-06	8	Arkansas	9	1	SWC
16	1988-12-06	9	UCLA	8	1	Pac-10
16	1988-12-06	10	Oklahoma	10	NC	Big 8
16	1988-12-06	11	Michigan	11	NC	Big Ten
16	1988-12-06	12	Oklahoma State	12	NC	Big 8
16	1988-12-06	13	Clemson	13	NC	ACC
16	1988-12-06	14	Houston	14	NC	SWC
16	1988-12-06	15	Wyoming	15	NC	WAC
16	1988-12-06	16	Louisiana State	16	NC	SEC
16	1988-12-06	17	Syracuse	18	1	Ind
16	1988-12-06	18	Washington State	17	1	Pac-10
16	1988-12-06	19	Georgia	19	NC	SEC
16	1988-12-06	20	Alabama	20	NC	SEC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
17	Final	1	Notre Dame	1	NC	Ind
17	Final	2	Miami (FL)	2	NC	Ind
17	Final	3	Florida State	4	1	Ind
17	Final	4	Michigan	11	7	Big Ten
17	Final	5	West Virginia	3	2	Ind
17	Final	6	UCLA	9	3	Pac-10
17	Final	7	Southern California	5	2	Pac-10
17	Final	8	Auburn	7	1	SEC
17	Final	9	Clemson	13	4	ACC
17	Final	10	Nebraska	6	4	Big 8
17	Final	11	Oklahoma State	12	1	Big 8
17	Final	12	Arkansas	8	4	SWC
17	Final	13	Syracuse	17	4	Ind
17	Final	14	Oklahoma	10	4	Big 8
17	Final	15	Georgia	19	4	SEC
17	Final	16	Washington State	18	2	Pac-10
17	Final	17	Alabama	20	3	SEC
17	Final	18	Houston	14	4	SWC
17	Final	19	Louisiana State	16	3	SEC
17	Final	20	Indiana			Big Ten

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