1990 saw Georgia Tech finish atop the RPR in a resurgent season that culminated with being the nation’s lone unbeaten and the Coaches Poll national championship following a victory in the Florida Citrus Bowl. In addition to having the best Win %, the Yellow Jackets also had top 11 finishes in SOS and Score Ratio. Four other teams, including a Colorado team that claimed the other major poll titles despite some controversial games, finished within the CCT cutoff. However, when examining the bodies of work, Georgia Tech was able to maintain an advantage over them to prevent awarding a co-champion.

Co-champion Consideration Threshold: 0.0367; CCT Rating Cutoff: 0.6714

Rank	Team	Rating
1	Georgia Tech (C)	0.7080
2	Miami, FL	0.6918
3	Colorado (AP/F/N)	0.6912
4	Clemson	0.6890
5	Washington	0.6787
6	Florida State	0.6704
7	Texas	0.6651
8	Florida	0.6589
9	Tennessee	0.6558
10	Notre Dame	0.6506
11	Penn State	0.6381
12	Houston	0.6378
13	Michigan	0.6369
14	Nebraska	0.6361
15	Louisville	0.6333
16	Virginia	0.6316
17	San Jose State	0.6266
18	Oklahoma	0.6253
19	Texas A&M	0.6206
20	Brigham Young	0.6206
21	Auburn	0.6026
22	Oregon	0.5976
23	North Carolina State	0.5956
24	Southern California	0.5880
25	Michigan State	0.5876
26	Louisiana Tech	0.5876
27	Illinois	0.5843
28	Toledo	0.5837
29	Southern Mississippi	0.5813
30	Iowa	0.5810
31	Alabama	0.5793
32	South Carolina	0.5755
33	North Carolina	0.5740
34	Syracuse	0.5679
35	Virginia Tech	0.5678
36	California	0.5677
37	Mississippi	0.5675
38	Central Michigan	0.5663
39	Colorado State	0.5661
40	Ohio State	0.5619
41	Wyoming	0.5610
42	Maryland	0.5567
43	Air Force	0.5525
44	Fresno State	0.5494
45	San Diego State	0.5477
46	Baylor	0.5458
47	Hawaii	0.5455
48	Temple	0.5452
49	Stanford	0.5345
50	Ball State	0.5250
51	Arizona	0.5220
52	Indiana	0.5220
53	Western Michigan	0.5204
54	Northern Illinois	0.5194
55	UCLA	0.5169
56	East Carolina	0.5042
57	Mississippi State	0.5018
58	Minnesota	0.4999
59	Iowa State	0.4965
60	Navy	0.4962
61	Arizona State	0.4910
62	Louisiana State	0.4898
63	Memphis	0.4854
64	Utah State	0.4851
65	Duke	0.4838
66	Long Beach State	0.4831
67	Georgia	0.4823
68	Rice	0.4788
69	Louisiana-Lafayette	0.4785
70	Army	0.4781
71	Texas Tech	0.4774
72	Texas Christian	0.4749
73	Pittsburgh	0.4729
74	Kansas State	0.4706
75	Boston College	0.4675
76	Miami, OH	0.4669
77	Oklahoma State	0.4660
78	Missouri	0.4628
79	Kentucky	0.4582
80	Kansas	0.4579
81	Tulane	0.4558
82	Utah	0.4554
83	West Virginia	0.4534
84	Washington State	0.4463
85	Pacific	0.4449
86	Arkansas	0.4430
87	Wake Forest	0.4424
88	Bowling Green	0.4368
89	Akron	0.4332
90	UNLV	0.4217
91	Purdue	0.4207
92	Texas-El Paso	0.4145
93	Tulsa	0.4098
94	Rutgers	0.4038
95	New Mexico	0.3923
96	Eastern Michigan	0.3827
97	Wisconsin	0.3783
98	Northwestern	0.3778
99	Vanderbilt	0.3525
100	Southern Methodist	0.3454
101	Kent State	0.3428
102	Cincinnati	0.3422
103	Ohio	0.3411
104	Oregon State	0.3397
105	Cal State-Fullerton	0.3311
106	New Mexico State	0.3047

Best Win Percentage: Georgia Tech
Best SOS: Notre Dame
Best Score Ratio: Clemson