CollegeFootballDigestfrom CooperSearch

1988 Arizona State

6–⁠5 (3–⁠4 Pac-10), coached by Larry Marmie.

Schedule and results

Arizona State in 1988, game by game: won vs. Illinois 21–16; won vs. Colorado State 28–17; lost at No. 10 Nebraska 16–47; won vs. Lamar 24–13; lost vs. No. 19 Washington 0–10; lost at Stanford 3–24; won at Washington State 31–28; won at No. 20 Oregon 21–20; won vs. Oregon State 30–24; lost vs. No. 2 USC 0–50; lost at Arizona 18–28+11−50Won 21–16 vs. Illinois+5IllinoisWon 28–17 vs. Colorado State+11Colorado StateLost 16–47 at No. 10 Nebraska-31No. 10 NebraskaWon 24–13 vs. Lamar+11LamarLost 0–10 vs. No. 19 Washington-10No. 19 WashingtonLost 3–24 at Stanford-21StanfordWon 31–28 at Washington State+3Washington StateWon 21–20 at No. 20 Oregon+1No. 20 OregonWon 30–24 vs. Oregon State+6Oregon StateLost 0–50 vs. No. 2 USC-50No. 2 USCLost 18–28 at Arizona-10Arizona
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 10vsIllinoisW 21–⁠1679%
Sep 17vsColorado StateW 28–⁠1783%
Sep 24at10NebraskaL 16–⁠4731%
Oct 1vsLamarW 24–⁠1388%
Oct 8vs19WashingtonL 0–⁠1055%
Oct 15atStanfordL 3–⁠2444%
Oct 22atWashington StateW 31–⁠2840%
Oct 29at20OregonW 21–⁠2034%
Nov 5vsOregon StateW 30–⁠2473%
Nov 12vs2USCL 0–⁠5032%
Nov 26atArizonaL 18–⁠2833%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Arizona 28–⁠18; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 58th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 93 on file).

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠4 5th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
192–⁠277
Coach
Larry Marmie
Elo
1520 −56 this season
SP+ rating
1.8 No. 51 of 102; offense No. 62, defense No. 41
SRS
0.8 No. 54 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—

All-Pac-10

3 second team

Second team

  • Scott KirbyOTCoaches-2
  • Mark TingstadLBCoaches-2
  • Mike SchuhPCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1988 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1988 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC8–⁠010–⁠27
UCLA6–⁠210–⁠26
Washington State5–⁠39–⁠316
Arizona5–⁠37–⁠4
Arizona State3–⁠46–⁠5
Washington3–⁠56–⁠5
Oregon3–⁠56–⁠6
Oregon State2–⁠5–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Stanford1–⁠5–⁠23–⁠6–⁠2
California1–⁠5–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.