1981

1982 Rankings
​Final

1983

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Penn State	(11-1-0)		0.9214	Independent
2	Georgia	(11-1-0)		0.7968	Southeastern
3	UCLA	(10-1-1)		0.7651	Pac 10
4	Washington	(10-2-0)		0.7101	Pac 10
5	Nebraska	(12-1-0)		0.7047	Big Eight
6	Southern Methodist	(11-0-1)		0.6807	Southwest
7	Southern California	(8-3-0)		0.6636	Pac 10
8	Arizona State	(10-2-0)		0.6621	Pac 10
9	Clemson	(9-1-1)		0.6335	Atlantic Coast
10	Florida State	(9-3-0)		0.6312	Independent
11	Pittsburgh	(9-3-0)		0.6191	Independent
12	Auburn	(9-3-0)		0.6160	Southeastern
13	Arkansas	(9-2-1)		0.6015	Southwest
14	Florida	(8-4-0)		0.5897	Southeastern
15	West Virginia	(9-3-0)		0.5688	Independent
16	Alabama	(8-4-0)		0.5625	Southeastern
17	New Mexico	(10-1-0)		0.5509	Western Athletic
18	Maryland	(8-4-0)		0.5385	Atlantic Coast
19	Louisiana State	(8-3-1)		0.5339	Southeastern
20	North Carolina	(8-4-0)		0.5211	Atlantic Coast
21	Arizona	(6-4-1)		0.5029	Pac 10
22	Texas	(9-3-0)		0.4939	Southwest
23	Ohio State	(9-3-0)		0.4914	Big Ten
24	Tulsa	(10-1-0)		0.4881	Missouri Valley
25	Notre Dame	(6-4-1)		0.4796	Independent
26	Miami (Florida)	(7-4-0)		0.4753	Independent
27	Michigan	(8-4-0)		0.4635	Big Ten
28	Brigham Young	(8-4-0)		0.4535	Western Athletic
29	Boston College	(8-3-1)		0.4409	Independent
30	Vanderbilt	(8-4-0)		0.4330	Southeastern
31	Oklahoma	(8-4-0)		0.4237	Big Eight
31=	California	(7-4-0)		0.4237	Pac 10
33	Fresno State	(11-1-0)		0.4122	PCAA
34	Air Force	(8-5-0)		0.3827	Western Athletic
35	Stanford	(5-6-0)		0.3687	Pac 10
36	Southern Mississippi	(7-4-0)		0.3636	Independent
37	Iowa	(8-4-0)		0.3615	Big Ten
38	Duke	(6-5-0)		0.3608	Atlantic Coast
39	Tennessee	(6-5-1)		0.3468	Southeastern
40	San Diego State	(7-5-0)		0.3408	Western Athletic
41	San Jose State	(8-3-0)		0.3368	PCAA
42	Illinois	(7-5-0)		0.3355	Big Ten
43	Wisconsin	(7-5-0)		0.3113	Big Ten
44	Mississippi State	(5-6-0)		0.2983	Southeastern
45	North Carolina State	(6-5-0)		0.2961	Atlantic Coast
46	Georgia Tech	(6-5-0)		0.2431	Independent
47	Virginia Tech	(7-4-0)		0.2411	Independent
48	Western Michigan	(7-2-2)		0.2408	Mid-American
49	Bowling Green State	(7-5-0)		0.2380	Mid-American
50	Wichita State	(8-3-0)		0.2315	Missouri Valley
51	Navy	(6-5-0)		0.2280	Independent
52	Hawaii	(6-5-0)		0.2209	Western Athletic
53	East Carolina	(7-4-0)		0.2173	Independent
54	Miami (Ohio)	(7-4-0)		0.2074	Mid-American
55	Utah	(5-6-0)		0.2062	Western Athletic
56	Toledo	(6-5-0)		0.2031	Mid-American
57	Houston	(5-5-1)		0.1912	Southwest
58	Long Beach State	(6-5-0)		0.1877	PCAA
59	Cincinnati	(6-5-0)		0.1801	Independent
60	Kansas State	(6-5-1)		0.1754	Big Eight
61	Central Michigan	(6-4-1)		0.1744	Mid-American
62	Mississippi	(4-7-0)		0.1649	Southeastern
63	Missouri	(5-4-2)		0.1618	Big Eight
64	Wyoming	(5-7-0)		0.1550	Western Athletic
65	Oregon	(2-8-1)		0.1425	Pac 10
66	Texas Tech	(4-7-0)		0.1406	Southwest
67	Indiana	(5-6-0)		0.1248	Big Ten
68	Tulane	(4-7-0)		0.1225	Independent
69	Baylor	(4-6-1)		0.1099	Southwest
70	Rutgers	(5-6-0)		0.1039	Independent
71	Texas A&M	(5-6-0)		0.1001	Southwest
72	Temple	(4-7-0)		0.0950	Independent
73	South Carolina	(4-7-0)		0.0878	Independent
74	Northern Illinois	(5-5-0)		0.0620	Mid-American
75	Louisiana-Lafayette	(7-3-1)		0.0609	Independent
76	Colorado State	(4-7-0)		0.0525	Western Athletic
77	Iowa State	(4-6-1)		0.0437	Big Eight
78	Southern Illinois	(6-5-0)		0.0402	Missouri Valley
79	Oklahoma State	(4-5-2)		0.0357	Big Eight
80	Louisville	(5-6-0)		-0.0024	Independent
81	Ohio	(6-5-0)		-0.0112	Mid-American
82	Michigan State	(2-9-0)		-0.0141	Big Ten
83	Wake Forest	(3-8-0)		-0.0197	Atlantic Coast
84	Indiana State	(5-6-0)		-0.0314	Missouri Valley
85	Nevada-Las Vegas	(3-8-0)		-0.0317	PCAA
86	Syracuse	(2-9-0)		-0.0320	Independent
87	Washington State	(3-7-1)		-0.0384	Pac 10
88	Purdue	(3-8-0)		-0.0623	Big Ten
89	New Mexico State	(3-8-0)		-0.0679	Missouri Valley
90	Texas Christian	(3-8-0)		-0.0697	Southwest
91	Army	(4-7-0)		-0.0817	Independent
92	Virginia	(2-9-0)		-0.0825	Atlantic Coast
93	Oregon State	(1-9-1)		-0.0836	Pac 10
94	Ball State	(5-6-0)		-0.0930	Mid-American
95	Utah State	(5-6-0)		-0.0939	Independent
96	Texas-El Paso	(2-10-0)		-0.1142	Western Athletic
97	Northwestern	(3-8-0)		-0.1544	Big Ten
98	Minnesota	(3-8-0)		-0.1782	Big Ten
99	Kansas	(2-7-2)		-0.1944	Big Eight
100	West Texas A&M	(3-8-0)		-0.2060	Missouri Valley
101	Kentucky	(0-10-1)		-0.2165	Southeastern
102	Colorado	(2-8-1)		-0.2236	Big Eight
103	Drake	(4-7-0)		-0.2404	Missouri Valley
104	Memphis	(1-10-0)		-0.2625	Independent
105	Pacific	(2-9-0)		-0.3093	PCAA
106	Eastern Michigan	(1-9-1)		-0.3255	Mid-American
107	Fullerton State	(3-9-0)		-0.3377	PCAA
108	Rice	(0-11-0)		-0.3483	Southwest
109	Kent State	(0-11-0)		-0.4815	Mid-American
110	Illinois State	(2-9-0)		-0.5495	Missouri Valley

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Southeastern	0.4125
2	Pac 10	0.4117
3	Atlantic Coast	0.3211
4	Western Athletic	0.2498
5	Independent	0.2438
6	Southwest	0.2111
7	Big Ten	0.1679
8	Big Eight	0.1409
9	PCAA	0.0430
10	Mid-American	0.0215
11	Missouri Valley	-0.0419