1980

1981 Rankings
​Final

1982

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Penn State	(10-2-0)		0.8592	Independent
2	Clemson	(12-0-0)		0.8568	Atlantic Coast
3	Pittsburgh	(11-1-0)		0.8363	Independent
4	Texas	(10-1-1)		0.7930	Southwest
5	Miami (Florida)	(9-2-0)		0.7467	Independent
6	Nebraska	(9-3-0)		0.7335	Big Eight
7	Michigan	(9-3-0)		0.6991	Big Ten
8	Southern Methodist	(10-1-0)		0.6828	Southwest
9	Alabama	(9-2-1)		0.6740	Southeastern
10	Georgia	(10-2-0)		0.6632	Southeastern
11	Arizona State	(9-2-0)		0.6386	Pac 10
12	Ohio State	(9-3-0)		0.6243	Big Ten
13	Southern California	(9-3-0)		0.6127	Pac 10
14	Washington	(10-2-0)		0.6047	Pac 10
15	North Carolina	(10-2-0)		0.5896	Atlantic Coast
16	Brigham Young	(11-2-0)		0.5793	Western Athletic
17	Iowa	(8-4-0)		0.5781	Big Ten
18	UCLA	(7-4-1)		0.5460	Pac 10
19	Southern Mississippi	(9-2-1)		0.5385	Independent
20	West Virginia	(9-3-0)		0.5313	Independent
21	Oklahoma	(7-4-1)		0.5270	Big Eight
22	Mississippi State	(8-4-0)		0.5243	Southeastern
23	Arkansas	(8-4-0)		0.5054	Southwest
24	Hawaii	(9-2-0)		0.5012	Western Athletic
25	Missouri	(8-4-0)		0.4990	Big Eight
26	Illinois	(7-4-0)		0.4928	Big Ten
27	Washington State	(8-3-1)		0.4922	Pac 10
28	Wyoming	(8-3-0)		0.4798	Western Athletic
29	Houston	(7-4-1)		0.4621	Southwest
30	Kansas	(8-4-0)		0.4378	Big Eight
31	Wisconsin	(7-5-0)		0.4366	Big Ten
32	Drake	(10-1-0)		0.4280	Missouri Valley
33	Utah	(8-2-1)		0.4092	Western Athletic
34	Texas A&M	(7-5-0)		0.3818	Southwest
35	Minnesota	(6-5-0)		0.3760	Big Ten
36	Miami (Ohio)	(8-2-1)		0.3720	Mid-American
37	San Jose State	(9-3-0)		0.3663	PCAA
37=	Florida	(7-5-0)		0.3663	Southeastern
39	Yale	(9-1-0)		0.3661	Ivy
40	Oklahoma State	(7-5-0)		0.3565	Big Eight
41	Tennessee	(8-4-0)		0.3440	Southeastern
42	Florida State	(6-5-0)		0.3183	Independent
43	Purdue	(5-6-0)		0.3108	Big Ten
44	West Texas A&M	(7-4-0)		0.3091	Missouri Valley
45	Notre Dame	(5-6-0)		0.3069	Independent
46	Iowa State	(5-5-1)		0.2955	Big Eight
47	South Carolina	(6-6-0)		0.2923	Independent
48	San Diego State	(6-5-0)		0.2823	Western Athletic
49	Temple	(5-5-0)		0.2790	Independent
50	Michigan State	(5-6-0)		0.2758	Big Ten
51	Tulsa	(6-5-0)		0.2744	Missouri Valley
52	Navy	(7-4-1)		0.2717	Independent
53	Virginia Tech	(7-4-0)		0.2659	Independent
54	Duke	(6-5-0)		0.2588	Atlantic Coast
55	Tulane	(6-5-0)		0.2493	Independent
56	Auburn	(5-6-0)		0.2407	Southeastern
57	Maryland	(4-6-1)		0.2349	Atlantic Coast
58	Syracuse	(4-6-1)		0.2233	Independent
59	Central Michigan	(7-4-0)		0.2222	Mid-American
60	Arizona	(6-5-0)		0.2211	Pac 10
61	Toledo	(9-3-0)		0.2195	Mid-American
62	Southern Illinois	(7-4-0)		0.2107	Missouri Valley
63	McNeese State	(7-3-1)		0.1958	Southland
64	Cincinnati	(6-5-0)		0.1952	Independent
65	Baylor	(5-6-0)		0.1710	Southwest
66	Furman	(8-3-0)		0.1702	Southern
67	Stanford	(4-7-0)		0.1668	Pac 10
68	Mississippi	(4-6-1)		0.1644	Southeastern
69	Boston College	(5-6-0)		0.1621	Independent
70	Rutgers	(5-6-0)		0.1490	Independent
71	Citadel	(7-3-1)		0.1230	Southern
72	Vanderbilt	(4-7-0)		0.1219	Southeastern
73	North Carolina State	(4-7-0)		0.1179	Atlantic Coast
74	Nevada-Las Vegas	(6-6-0)		0.1166	Independent
75	Colgate	(7-3-0)		0.0995	Independent
76	Texas-Arlington	(6-5-0)		0.0946	Southland
77	New Mexico	(4-7-1)		0.0915	Western Athletic
78	Western Michigan	(6-5-0)		0.0758	Mid-American
79	Arkansas State	(6-5-0)		0.0631	Southland
80	Colorado	(3-8-0)		0.0590	Big Eight
81	Pacific	(5-6-0)		0.0522	PCAA
82	Bowling Green State	(5-5-1)		0.0441	Mid-American
83	Tennessee-Chattanooga	(7-3-1)		0.0342	Southern
84	Indiana	(3-8-0)		0.0206	Big Ten
85	Wichita State	(4-6-1)		0.0147	Missouri Valley
86	East Carolina	(5-6-0)		0.0145	Independent
87	Virginia Military Institute	(6-3-1)		0.0081	Southern
88	Utah State	(5-5-1)		0.0022	Independent
89	Rice	(4-7-0)		-0.0054	Southwest
90	California	(2-9-0)		-0.0196	Pac 10
91	Kansas State	(2-9-0)		-0.0209	Big Eight
92	Kentucky	(3-8-0)		-0.0476	Southeastern
93	Wake Forest	(4-7-0)		-0.0492	Atlantic Coast
94	Fresno State	(5-6-0)		-0.0506	PCAA
95	Indiana State	(5-5-1)		-0.0536	Missouri Valley
96	Texas Christian	(2-7-2)		-0.0606	Southwest
97	Air Force	(4-7-0)		-0.0745	Western Athletic
98	Louisiana State	(3-7-1)		-0.0885	Southeastern
99	Ohio	(5-6-0)		-0.0896	Mid-American
100	Dartmouth	(6-4-0)		-0.1025	Ivy
101	Holy Cross	(6-5-0)		-0.1081	Independent
102	Richmond	(4-7-0)		-0.1218	Independent
103	Texas Tech	(1-9-1)		-0.1472	Southwest
104	Kent State	(4-7-0)		-0.1529	Mid-American
105	William & Mary	(5-6-0)		-0.1747	Independent
106	Louisville	(5-6-0)		-0.1846	Independent
107	Oregon	(2-9-0)		-0.1937	Pac 10
108	Fullerton State	(3-8-0)		-0.2055	PCAA
109	Virginia	(1-10-0)		-0.2393	Atlantic Coast
110	Army	(3-7-1)		-0.2644	Independent
111	Louisiana Tech	(4-6-1)		-0.2689	Southland
112	Harvard	(5-4-1)		-0.2702	Ivy
113	East Tennessee State	(6-5-0)		-0.2766	Southern
114	Appalachian State	(3-7-1)		-0.2779	Southern
115	Lamar	(4-6-1)		-0.2813	Southland
116	Ball State	(4-7-0)		-0.3054	Mid-American
117	North Texas	(2-9-0)		-0.3091	Independent
118	Louisiana-Monroe	(5-6-0)		-0.3233	Independent
119	Georgia Tech	(1-10-0)		-0.3309	Independent
120	Western Carolina	(4-7-0)		-0.3388	Southern
121	Long Beach State	(2-8-0)		-0.3427	PCAA
122	Memphis	(1-10-0)		-0.3578	Independent
123	Northwestern	(0-11-0)		-0.4024	Big Ten
124	Colorado State	(0-12-0)		-0.4250	Western Athletic
125	Louisiana-Lafayette	(1-9-1)		-0.4684	Southland
126	Princeton	(5-4-1)		-0.4857	Ivy
127	New Mexico State	(3-8-0)		-0.4940	Missouri Valley
128	Northern Illinois	(3-8-0)		-0.5038	Mid-American
129	Illinois State	(3-7-0)		-0.5488	Missouri Valley
130	Brown	(3-7-0)		-0.5620	Ivy
131	Oregon State	(1-10-0)		-0.5800	Pac 10
132	Cornell	(3-7-0)		-0.6353	Ivy
133	Texas-El Paso	(1-10-0)		-0.6437	Western Athletic
134	Marshall	(2-9-0)		-0.8548	Southern
135	Columbia	(1-9-0)		-0.8822	Ivy
136	Pennsylvania	(1-9-0)		-1.1309	Ivy
137	Eastern Michigan	(0-11-0)		-1.1512	Mid-American

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Big Eight	0.3609
2	Big Ten	0.3412
3	Southwest	0.3092
4	Southeastern	0.2963
5	Atlantic Coast	0.2528
6	Pac 10	0.2489
7	Independent	0.1477
8	Western Athletic	0.1333
9	Missouri Valley	0.0176
10	PCAA	-0.0361
11	Southland	-0.1108
12	Mid-American	-0.1269
13	Southern	-0.1766
14	Ivy	-0.4628