1980

1981 Rankings
​Final

1982

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Penn State	(10-2-0)		0.8557	Independent
2	Clemson	(12-0-0)		0.8458	Atlantic Coast
3	Pittsburgh	(11-1-0)		0.8405	Independent
4	Texas	(10-1-1)		0.8021	Southwest
5	Nebraska	(9-3-0)		0.7436	Big Eight
6	Miami (Florida)	(9-2-0)		0.7359	Independent
7	Michigan	(9-3-0)		0.7034	Big Ten
8	Alabama	(9-2-1)		0.6858	Southeastern
9	Southern Methodist	(10-1-0)		0.6693	Southwest
10	Georgia	(10-2-0)		0.6568	Southeastern
11	Arizona State	(9-2-0)		0.6430	Pac 10
12	Ohio State	(9-3-0)		0.6339	Big Ten
13	Washington	(10-2-0)		0.6285	Pac 10
14	Southern California	(9-3-0)		0.6238	Pac 10
15	Iowa	(8-4-0)		0.6161	Big Ten
16	Brigham Young	(11-2-0)		0.5999	Western Athletic
17	North Carolina	(10-2-0)		0.5925	Atlantic Coast
18	UCLA	(7-4-1)		0.5698	Pac 10
19	Southern Mississippi	(9-2-1)		0.5566	Independent
20	Oklahoma	(7-4-1)		0.5504	Big Eight
21	Missouri	(8-4-0)		0.5377	Big Eight
22	Mississippi State	(8-4-0)		0.5372	Southeastern
23	West Virginia	(9-3-0)		0.5319	Independent
24	Hawaii	(9-2-0)		0.5251	Western Athletic
25	Illinois	(7-4-0)		0.5221	Big Ten
26	Arkansas	(8-4-0)		0.5219	Southwest
27	Washington State	(8-3-1)		0.5106	Pac 10
28	Wyoming	(8-3-0)		0.4961	Western Athletic
29	Kansas	(8-4-0)		0.4849	Big Eight
30	Wisconsin	(7-5-0)		0.4788	Big Ten
31	Houston	(7-4-1)		0.4765	Southwest
32	Drake	(10-1-0)		0.4652	Missouri Valley
33	Utah	(8-2-1)		0.4288	Western Athletic
34	Oklahoma State	(7-5-0)		0.4246	Big Eight
35	Miami (Ohio)	(8-2-1)		0.4221	Mid-American
36	San Jose State	(9-3-0)		0.4132	PCAA
37	Minnesota	(6-5-0)		0.4129	Big Ten
38	Texas A&M	(7-5-0)		0.4032	Southwest
39	Yale	(9-1-0)		0.3870	Ivy
40	Florida	(7-5-0)		0.3865	Southeastern
41	Tennessee	(8-4-0)		0.3862	Southeastern
42	Iowa State	(5-5-1)		0.3699	Big Eight
43	Florida State	(6-5-0)		0.3643	Independent
44	West Texas A&M	(7-4-0)		0.3604	Missouri Valley
45	Toledo	(9-3-0)		0.3546	Mid-American
46	Purdue	(5-6-0)		0.3463	Big Ten
47	Tulsa	(6-5-0)		0.3406	Missouri Valley
48	San Diego State	(6-5-0)		0.3392	Western Athletic
49	Temple	(5-5-0)		0.3311	Independent
49=	South Carolina	(6-6-0)		0.3311	Independent
51	Notre Dame	(5-6-0)		0.3225	Independent
52	Michigan State	(5-6-0)		0.3181	Big Ten
53	Central Michigan	(7-4-0)		0.3057	Mid-American
54	Navy	(7-4-1)		0.2926	Independent
55	Virginia Tech	(7-4-0)		0.2920	Independent
56	Duke	(6-5-0)		0.2869	Atlantic Coast
57	Southern Illinois	(7-4-0)		0.2833	Missouri Valley
58	Tulane	(6-5-0)		0.2818	Independent
59	Arizona	(6-5-0)		0.2755	Pac 10
60	Auburn	(5-6-0)		0.2651	Southeastern
61	Cincinnati	(6-5-0)		0.2616	Independent
62	Syracuse	(4-6-1)		0.2571	Independent
63	Maryland	(4-6-1)		0.2506	Atlantic Coast
64	McNeese State	(7-3-1)		0.2426	Southland
65	Furman	(8-3-0)		0.2310	Southern
66	Nevada-Las Vegas	(6-6-0)		0.2265	Independent
67	Baylor	(5-6-0)		0.2241	Southwest
68	Stanford	(4-7-0)		0.2203	Pac 10
69	Mississippi	(4-6-1)		0.2193	Southeastern
70	Boston College	(5-6-0)		0.2179	Independent
71	Rutgers	(5-6-0)		0.2015	Independent
72	Pacific	(5-6-0)		0.1926	PCAA
73	Arkansas State	(6-5-0)		0.1882	Southland
74	Western Michigan	(6-5-0)		0.1855	Mid-American
75	Citadel	(7-3-1)		0.1852	Southern
76	Vanderbilt	(4-7-0)		0.1845	Southeastern
77	Texas-Arlington	(6-5-0)		0.1747	Southland
77=	Colgate	(7-3-0)		0.1747	Independent
79	Bowling Green State	(5-5-1)		0.1691	Mid-American
80	North Carolina State	(4-7-0)		0.1648	Atlantic Coast
81	New Mexico	(4-7-1)		0.1497	Western Athletic
82	Colorado	(3-8-0)		0.1445	Big Eight
83	Tennessee-Chattanooga	(7-3-1)		0.1432	Southern
84	East Carolina	(5-6-0)		0.1186	Independent
85	Virginia Military Institute	(6-3-1)		0.1140	Southern
86	Indiana	(3-8-0)		0.1102	Big Ten
87	Utah State	(5-5-1)		0.1052	Independent
88	Fresno State	(5-6-0)		0.1003	PCAA
89	Rice	(4-7-0)		0.0991	Southwest
90	Wichita State	(4-6-1)		0.0987	Missouri Valley
91	Ohio	(5-6-0)		0.0767	Mid-American
92	Kansas State	(2-9-0)		0.0754	Big Eight
93	California	(2-9-0)		0.0630	Pac 10
94	Indiana State	(5-5-1)		0.0601	Missouri Valley
95	Kentucky	(3-8-0)		0.0546	Southeastern
96	Wake Forest	(4-7-0)		0.0413	Atlantic Coast
97	Air Force	(4-7-0)		0.0364	Western Athletic
98	Dartmouth	(6-4-0)		0.0296	Ivy
98=	Louisville	(5-6-0)		0.0296	Independent
100	Holy Cross	(6-5-0)		0.0202	Independent
101	Texas Christian	(2-7-2)		0.0141	Southwest
102	Kent State	(4-7-0)		0.0087	Mid-American
103	Louisiana State	(3-7-1)		0.0083	Southeastern
104	Richmond	(4-7-0)		0.0032	Independent
105	William & Mary	(5-6-0)		-0.0136	Independent
106	Oregon	(2-9-0)		-0.0485	Pac 10
107	Fullerton State	(3-8-0)		-0.0614	PCAA
108	Texas Tech	(1-9-1)		-0.0624	Southwest
109	East Tennessee State	(6-5-0)		-0.0669	Southern
110	Ball State	(4-7-0)		-0.0819	Mid-American
111	Louisiana Tech	(4-6-1)		-0.0950	Southland
112	Lamar	(4-6-1)		-0.1008	Southland
113	Army	(3-7-1)		-0.1027	Independent
114	Louisiana-Monroe	(5-6-0)		-0.1060	Independent
115	Harvard	(5-4-1)		-0.1157	Ivy
116	Virginia	(1-10-0)		-0.1219	Atlantic Coast
117	Appalachian State	(3-7-1)		-0.1259	Southern
118	Western Carolina	(4-7-0)		-0.1340	Southern
119	North Texas	(2-9-0)		-0.1393	Independent
120	Long Beach State	(2-8-0)		-0.1409	PCAA
121	Georgia Tech	(1-10-0)		-0.1589	Independent
122	Memphis	(1-10-0)		-0.1850	Independent
123	Northwestern	(0-11-0)		-0.2070	Big Ten
124	Princeton	(5-4-1)		-0.2174	Ivy
125	Northern Illinois	(3-8-0)		-0.2204	Mid-American
126	Colorado State	(0-12-0)		-0.2340	Western Athletic
127	New Mexico State	(3-8-0)		-0.2470	Missouri Valley
128	Louisiana-Lafayette	(1-9-1)		-0.2699	Southland
129	Illinois State	(3-7-0)		-0.2717	Missouri Valley
130	Oregon State	(1-10-0)		-0.2968	Pac 10
131	Brown	(3-7-0)		-0.3028	Ivy
132	Cornell	(3-7-0)		-0.3453	Ivy
133	Texas-El Paso	(1-10-0)		-0.3554	Western Athletic
134	Marshall	(2-9-0)		-0.4583	Southern
135	Columbia	(1-9-0)		-0.5418	Ivy
136	Eastern Michigan	(0-11-0)		-0.6414	Mid-American
137	Pennsylvania	(1-9-0)		-0.6642	Ivy

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Big Eight	0.4164
2	Big Ten	0.3935
3	Southwest	0.3498
4	Southeastern	0.3384
5	Pac 10	0.3189
6	Atlantic Coast	0.2943
7	Independent	0.2292
8	Western Athletic	0.2206
9	Missouri Valley	0.1362
10	PCAA	0.1008
11	Mid-American	0.0579
12	Southland	0.0233
13	Southern	-0.0140
14	Ivy	-0.2213