1980

1981 Rankings
​Final

1982

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Penn State	(10-2-0)		0.8154	Independent
2	Pittsburgh	(11-1-0)		0.7997	Independent
3	Clemson	(12-0-0)		0.7952	Atlantic Coast
4	Texas	(10-1-1)		0.7653	Southwest
5	Miami (Florida)	(9-2-0)		0.6960	Independent
6	Nebraska	(9-3-0)		0.6931	Big Eight
7	Michigan	(9-3-0)		0.6620	Big Ten
8	Southern Methodist	(10-1-0)		0.6463	Southwest
9	Alabama	(9-2-1)		0.6372	Southeastern
10	Georgia	(10-2-0)		0.6178	Southeastern
11	Arizona State	(9-2-0)		0.6023	Pac 10
12	Ohio State	(9-3-0)		0.5985	Big Ten
13	Washington	(10-2-0)		0.5872	Pac 10
14	Southern California	(9-3-0)		0.5831	Pac 10
15	Iowa	(8-4-0)		0.5719	Big Ten
16	North Carolina	(10-2-0)		0.5626	Atlantic Coast
17	Brigham Young	(11-2-0)		0.5591	Western Athletic
18	UCLA	(7-4-1)		0.5229	Pac 10
19	Oklahoma	(7-4-1)		0.5171	Big Eight
20	Southern Mississippi	(9-2-1)		0.5122	Independent
21	West Virginia	(9-3-0)		0.5076	Independent
22	Mississippi State	(8-4-0)		0.5068	Southeastern
23	Arkansas	(8-4-0)		0.5040	Southwest
24	Missouri	(8-4-0)		0.4992	Big Eight
25	Illinois	(7-4-0)		0.4866	Big Ten
26	Hawaii	(9-2-0)		0.4843	Western Athletic
27	Washington State	(8-3-1)		0.4658	Pac 10
28	Wyoming	(8-3-0)		0.4589	Western Athletic
29	Houston	(7-4-1)		0.4510	Southwest
30	Kansas	(8-4-0)		0.4496	Big Eight
31	Drake	(10-1-0)		0.4452	Missouri Valley
32	Wisconsin	(7-5-0)		0.4435	Big Ten
33	Utah	(8-2-1)		0.4210	Western Athletic
34	Miami (Ohio)	(8-2-1)		0.4061	Mid-American
35	Oklahoma State	(7-5-0)		0.3920	Big Eight
36	Texas A&M	(7-5-0)		0.3898	Southwest
37	Minnesota	(6-5-0)		0.3830	Big Ten
38	San Jose State	(9-3-0)		0.3802	PCAA
39	Yale	(9-1-0)		0.3757	Ivy
40	Florida	(7-5-0)		0.3705	Southeastern
41	Tennessee	(8-4-0)		0.3605	Southeastern
42	West Texas A&M	(7-4-0)		0.3496	Missouri Valley
43	Florida State	(6-5-0)		0.3432	Independent
44	Iowa State	(5-5-1)		0.3336	Big Eight
45	Tulsa	(6-5-0)		0.3275	Missouri Valley
46	Navy	(7-4-1)		0.3228	Independent
47	Purdue	(5-6-0)		0.3198	Big Ten
48	Temple	(5-5-0)		0.3178	Independent
48=	Toledo	(9-3-0)		0.3178	Mid-American
50	South Carolina	(6-6-0)		0.3101	Independent
51	Notre Dame	(5-6-0)		0.3097	Independent
52	San Diego State	(6-5-0)		0.3096	Western Athletic
53	Michigan State	(5-6-0)		0.2916	Big Ten
54	Virginia Tech	(7-4-0)		0.2827	Independent
55	Southern Illinois	(7-4-0)		0.2806	Missouri Valley
56	Central Michigan	(7-4-0)		0.2739	Mid-American
57	Duke	(6-5-0)		0.2712	Atlantic Coast
58	McNeese State	(7-3-1)		0.2695	Southland
59	Syracuse	(4-6-1)		0.2653	Independent
60	Tulane	(6-5-0)		0.2644	Independent
61	Auburn	(5-6-0)		0.2554	Southeastern
62	Arizona	(6-5-0)		0.2544	Pac 10
63	Maryland	(4-6-1)		0.2488	Atlantic Coast
64	Cincinnati	(6-5-0)		0.2439	Independent
65	Mississippi	(4-6-1)		0.2430	Southeastern
66	Furman	(8-3-0)		0.2267	Southern
67	Baylor	(5-6-0)		0.2207	Southwest
68	Boston College	(5-6-0)		0.2199	Independent
69	Nevada-Las Vegas	(6-6-0)		0.2071	Independent
70	Citadel	(7-3-1)		0.2066	Southern
71	Stanford	(4-7-0)		0.2030	Pac 10
72	Rutgers	(5-6-0)		0.1971	Independent
73	Arkansas State	(6-5-0)		0.1876	Southland
74	Texas-Arlington	(6-5-0)		0.1823	Southland
75	Pacific	(5-6-0)		0.1738	PCAA
76	Vanderbilt	(4-7-0)		0.1732	Southeastern
77	Colgate	(7-3-0)		0.1672	Independent
78	Virginia Military Institute	(6-3-1)		0.1612	Southern
79	Western Michigan	(6-5-0)		0.1604	Mid-American
80	Tennessee-Chattanooga	(7-3-1)		0.1562	Southern
81	North Carolina State	(4-7-0)		0.1541	Atlantic Coast
82	Bowling Green State	(5-5-1)		0.1467	Mid-American
83	New Mexico	(4-7-1)		0.1366	Western Athletic
84	Utah State	(5-5-1)		0.1314	Independent
85	Colorado	(3-8-0)		0.1311	Big Eight
86	Wichita State	(4-6-1)		0.1248	Missouri Valley
87	East Carolina	(5-6-0)		0.1128	Independent
88	Rice	(4-7-0)		0.1032	Southwest
89	Indiana	(3-8-0)		0.0979	Big Ten
90	Fresno State	(5-6-0)		0.0850	PCAA
91	Texas Christian	(2-7-2)		0.0836	Southwest
92	Indiana State	(5-5-1)		0.0817	Missouri Valley
93	Kansas State	(2-9-0)		0.0656	Big Eight
94	Ohio	(5-6-0)		0.0579	Mid-American
95	California	(2-9-0)		0.0542	Pac 10
96	Kentucky	(3-8-0)		0.0539	Southeastern
97	Wake Forest	(4-7-0)		0.0407	Atlantic Coast
98	Dartmouth	(6-4-0)		0.0363	Ivy
99	Air Force	(4-7-0)		0.0328	Western Athletic
100	Holy Cross	(6-5-0)		0.0281	Independent
101	Louisiana State	(3-7-1)		0.0214	Southeastern
102	Louisville	(5-6-0)		0.0153	Independent
103	Richmond	(4-7-0)		0.0079	Independent
104	William & Mary	(5-6-0)		0.0078	Independent
105	Kent State	(4-7-0)		-0.0083	Mid-American
106	Texas Tech	(1-9-1)		-0.0213	Southwest
107	Louisiana Tech	(4-6-1)		-0.0367	Southland
108	Harvard	(5-4-1)		-0.0556	Ivy
109	Oregon	(2-9-0)		-0.0560	Pac 10
110	East Tennessee State	(6-5-0)		-0.0565	Southern
111	Fullerton State	(3-8-0)		-0.0657	PCAA
112	Lamar	(4-6-1)		-0.0737	Southland
113	Army	(3-7-1)		-0.0750	Independent
114	Ball State	(4-7-0)		-0.0859	Mid-American
114=	Appalachian State	(3-7-1)		-0.0859	Southern
116	Louisiana-Monroe	(5-6-0)		-0.0931	Independent
117	Virginia	(1-10-0)		-0.1064	Atlantic Coast
118	Western Carolina	(4-7-0)		-0.1231	Southern
119	North Texas	(2-9-0)		-0.1316	Independent
120	Long Beach State	(2-8-0)		-0.1433	PCAA
121	Georgia Tech	(1-10-0)		-0.1449	Independent
122	Princeton	(5-4-1)		-0.1537	Ivy
123	Memphis	(1-10-0)		-0.1827	Independent
124	Northwestern	(0-11-0)		-0.2032	Big Ten
125	Louisiana-Lafayette	(1-9-1)		-0.2128	Southland
126	New Mexico State	(3-8-0)		-0.2208	Missouri Valley
127	Northern Illinois	(3-8-0)		-0.2249	Mid-American
128	Colorado State	(0-12-0)		-0.2255	Western Athletic
129	Illinois State	(3-7-0)		-0.2562	Missouri Valley
130	Brown	(3-7-0)		-0.2731	Ivy
131	Oregon State	(1-10-0)		-0.2929	Pac 10
132	Cornell	(3-7-0)		-0.3136	Ivy
133	Texas-El Paso	(1-10-0)		-0.3494	Western Athletic
134	Marshall	(2-9-0)		-0.4315	Southern
135	Columbia	(1-9-0)		-0.4974	Ivy
136	Pennsylvania	(1-9-0)		-0.6173	Ivy
137	Eastern Michigan	(0-11-0)		-0.6297	Mid-American

Average Ratings by Conference (1981)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Big Eight		0.3852
2	Big Ten		0.3652
3	Southwest		0.3492
4	Southeastern		0.3240
5	Pac 10		0.2924
6	Atlantic Coast		0.2809
7	Independent		0.2227
8	Western Athletic		0.2030
9	Missouri Valley		0.1415
10	PCAA		0.0860
11	Southland		0.0527
12	Mid-American		0.0414
13	Southern		0.0067
14	Ivy		-0.1873