1981

1982 Rankings
​Final

1983

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Penn State	(11-1-0)		0.8654	Independent
2	Georgia	(11-1-0)		0.7452	Southeastern
3	UCLA	(10-1-1)		0.7154	Pac 10
4	Nebraska	(12-1-0)		0.7011	Big Eight
5	Washington	(10-2-0)		0.6780	Pac 10
6	Arizona State	(10-2-0)		0.6420	Pac 10
7	Southern Methodist	(11-0-1)		0.6335	Southwest
8	Southern California	(8-3-0)		0.6324	Pac 10
9	Clemson	(9-1-1)		0.5980	Atlantic Coast
10	Florida State	(9-3-0)		0.5922	Independent
11	Pittsburgh	(9-3-0)		0.5784	Independent
12	Auburn	(9-3-0)		0.5725	Southeastern
13	Arkansas	(9-2-1)		0.5572	Southwest
14	Florida	(8-4-0)		0.5498	Southeastern
15	West Virginia	(9-3-0)		0.5373	Independent
16	Alabama	(8-4-0)		0.5189	Southeastern
17	New Mexico	(10-1-0)		0.5123	Western Athletic
18	Maryland	(8-4-0)		0.5089	Atlantic Coast
19	Louisiana State	(8-3-1)		0.5063	Southeastern
20	North Carolina	(8-4-0)		0.4881	Atlantic Coast
21	Tulsa	(10-1-0)		0.4797	Missouri Valley
22	Texas	(9-3-0)		0.4774	Southwest
23	Arizona	(6-4-1)		0.4681	Pac 10
24	Notre Dame	(6-4-1)		0.4676	Independent
25	Ohio State	(9-3-0)		0.4570	Big Ten
26	Miami (Florida)	(7-4-0)		0.4470	Independent
27	Oklahoma	(8-4-0)		0.4446	Big Eight
28	Michigan	(8-4-0)		0.4331	Big Ten
29	Brigham Young	(8-4-0)		0.4189	Western Athletic
30	California	(7-4-0)		0.4078	Pac 10
31	Vanderbilt	(8-4-0)		0.4068	Southeastern
32	Boston College	(8-3-1)		0.4009	Independent
33	Fresno State	(11-1-0)		0.3811	PCAA
34	Air Force	(8-5-0)		0.3498	Western Athletic
35	Stanford	(5-6-0)		0.3465	Pac 10
36	Iowa	(8-4-0)		0.3401	Big Ten
37	Southern Mississippi	(7-4-0)		0.3380	Independent
38	Duke	(6-5-0)		0.3335	Atlantic Coast
39	Tennessee	(6-5-1)		0.3228	Southeastern
40	San Diego State	(7-5-0)		0.3225	Western Athletic
41	San Jose State	(8-3-0)		0.3189	PCAA
42	Illinois	(7-5-0)		0.3111	Big Ten
43	Wisconsin	(7-5-0)		0.2944	Big Ten
44	North Carolina State	(6-5-0)		0.2793	Atlantic Coast
45	Western Michigan	(7-2-2)		0.2766	Mid-American
46	Mississippi State	(5-6-0)		0.2745	Southeastern
47	Missouri	(5-4-2)		0.2354	Big Eight
48	Wichita State	(8-3-0)		0.2327	Missouri Valley
49	Virginia Tech	(7-4-0)		0.2269	Independent
50	Kansas State	(6-5-1)		0.2254	Big Eight
51	Georgia Tech	(6-5-0)		0.2233	Independent
52	East Carolina	(7-4-0)		0.2175	Independent
53	Bowling Green State	(7-5-0)		0.2104	Mid-American
54	Navy	(6-5-0)		0.2088	Independent
55	Houston	(5-5-1)		0.2044	Southwest
56	Hawaii	(6-5-0)		0.2040	Western Athletic
57	Utah	(5-6-0)		0.1903	Western Athletic
58	Miami (Ohio)	(7-4-0)		0.1784	Mid-American
59	Toledo	(6-5-0)		0.1781	Mid-American
60	Long Beach State	(6-5-0)		0.1667	PCAA
61	Oklahoma State	(4-5-2)		0.1615	Big Eight
62	Central Michigan	(6-4-1)		0.1606	Mid-American
63	Cincinnati	(6-5-0)		0.1552	Independent
64	Mississippi	(4-7-0)		0.1453	Southeastern
65	Wyoming	(5-7-0)		0.1423	Western Athletic
66	Texas Tech	(4-7-0)		0.1347	Southwest
67	Oregon	(2-8-1)		0.1346	Pac 10
68	Baylor	(4-6-1)		0.1132	Southwest
69	Indiana	(5-6-0)		0.1112	Big Ten
70	Iowa State	(4-6-1)		0.1104	Big Eight
71	Louisiana-Lafayette	(7-3-1)		0.1082	Independent
72	Tulane	(4-7-0)		0.1055	Independent
73	Rutgers	(5-6-0)		0.0955	Independent
74	Texas A&M	(5-6-0)		0.0930	Southwest
75	Temple	(4-7-0)		0.0864	Independent
76	South Carolina	(4-7-0)		0.0769	Independent
77	Colorado State	(4-7-0)		0.0567	Western Athletic
78	Southern Illinois	(6-5-0)		0.0430	Missouri Valley
79	Northern Illinois	(5-5-0)		0.0405	Mid-American
80	Washington State	(3-7-1)		0.0051	Pac 10
81	Louisville	(5-6-0)		-0.0030	Independent
82	Michigan State	(2-9-0)		-0.0231	Big Ten
83	Wake Forest	(3-8-0)		-0.0233	Atlantic Coast
84	Indiana State	(5-6-0)		-0.0299	Missouri Valley
85	Ohio	(6-5-0)		-0.0341	Mid-American
86	Nevada-Las Vegas	(3-8-0)		-0.0359	PCAA
87	Syracuse	(2-9-0)		-0.0370	Independent
88	Oregon State	(1-9-1)		-0.0471	Pac 10
89	Kansas	(2-7-2)		-0.0583	Big Eight
90	New Mexico State	(3-8-0)		-0.0600	Missouri Valley
91	Texas Christian	(3-8-0)		-0.0615	Southwest
92	Purdue	(3-8-0)		-0.0661	Big Ten
93	Army	(4-7-0)		-0.0732	Independent
94	Virginia	(2-9-0)		-0.0825	Atlantic Coast
95	Utah State	(5-6-0)		-0.0959	Independent
96	Ball State	(5-6-0)		-0.1011	Mid-American
97	Texas-El Paso	(2-10-0)		-0.1153	Western Athletic
98	Colorado	(2-8-1)		-0.1247	Big Eight
99	Kentucky	(0-10-1)		-0.1433	Southeastern
100	Northwestern	(3-8-0)		-0.1586	Big Ten
101	Minnesota	(3-8-0)		-0.1743	Big Ten
102	West Texas A&M	(3-8-0)		-0.1847	Missouri Valley
103	Drake	(4-7-0)		-0.2129	Missouri Valley
104	Memphis	(1-10-0)		-0.2633	Independent
105	Pacific	(2-9-0)		-0.3006	PCAA
106	Eastern Michigan	(1-9-1)		-0.3189	Mid-American
107	Fullerton State	(3-9-0)		-0.3272	PCAA
108	Rice	(0-11-0)		-0.3318	Southwest
109	Kent State	(0-11-0)		-0.4724	Mid-American
110	Illinois State	(2-9-0)		-0.5162	Missouri Valley

Average Ratings by Conference (1982)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Pac 10		0.3983
2	Southeastern		0.3899
3	Atlantic Coast		0.3003
4	Western Athletic		0.2313
5	Independent		0.2286
6	Big Eight		0.2119
7	Southwest		0.2022
8	Big Ten		0.1525
9	PCAA		0.0339
10	Mid-American		0.0118
11	Missouri Valley		-0.0310