1982

1983 Rankings
​Final

1984

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Auburn	(11-1-0)		0.9098	Southeastern
2	Georgia	(10-1-1)		0.7528	Southeastern
3	Miami (Florida)	(11-1-0)		0.7392	Independent
4	Nebraska	(12-1-0)		0.7111	Big Eight
5	Florida	(9-2-1)		0.6806	Southeastern
6	Brigham Young	(11-1-0)		0.6686	Western Athletic
7	Texas	(11-1-0)		0.6565	Southwest
8	Illinois	(10-2-0)		0.6014	Big Ten
9	Michigan	(9-3-0)		0.5796	Big Ten
10	West Virginia	(9-3-0)		0.5671	Independent
11	Ohio State	(9-3-0)		0.5654	Big Ten
12	Iowa	(9-3-0)		0.5560	Big Ten
13	Clemson	(9-1-1)		0.5507	Atlantic Coast
14	Pittsburgh	(8-3-1)		0.5447	Independent
15	Northern Illinois	(10-2-0)		0.5121	Mid-American
16	UCLA	(7-4-1)		0.5093	Pac 10
17	Tennessee	(9-3-0)		0.5068	Southeastern
18	Alabama	(8-4-0)		0.5005	Southeastern
19	Penn State	(8-4-1)		0.4957	Independent
20	Boston College	(9-3-0)		0.4849	Independent
21	Bowling Green State	(8-3-0)		0.4648	Mid-American
22	Maryland	(8-4-0)		0.4546	Atlantic Coast
23	Central Michigan	(8-3-0)		0.4540	Mid-American
24	Air Force	(10-2-0)		0.4453	Western Athletic
25	Toledo	(9-2-0)		0.4444	Mid-American
26	Florida State	(7-5-0)		0.4358	Independent
27	East Carolina	(8-3-0)		0.4334	Independent
28	Southern Methodist	(10-2-0)		0.4232	Southwest
29	Oklahoma	(8-4-0)		0.4149	Big Eight
30	Wisconsin	(7-4-0)		0.4137	Big Ten
31	Missouri	(7-5-0)		0.4003	Big Eight
32	Oklahoma State	(8-4-0)		0.3888	Big Eight
33	Virginia Tech	(9-2-0)		0.3790	Independent
34	Arizona	(7-3-1)		0.3732	Pac 10
35	Notre Dame	(7-5-0)		0.3686	Independent
36	Washington	(8-4-0)		0.3505	Pac 10
37	Kentucky	(6-5-1)		0.3447	Southeastern
38	North Carolina	(8-4-0)		0.3314	Atlantic Coast
39	Washington State	(7-4-0)		0.3279	Pac 10
40	Syracuse	(6-5-0)		0.3212	Independent
41	Southern Mississippi	(7-4-0)		0.3190	Independent
42	Southern Illinois	(13-1-0)		0.3174	Missouri Valley
43	Arizona State	(6-4-1)		0.2929	Pac 10
44	Tulsa	(8-3-0)		0.2893	Missouri Valley
45	Baylor	(7-4-1)		0.2857	Southwest
46	Memphis	(6-4-1)		0.2805	Independent
47	Mississippi	(6-6-0)		0.2512	Southeastern
48	Western Michigan	(6-5-0)		0.2314	Mid-American
49	Arkansas	(6-5-0)		0.2187	Southwest
50	Wyoming	(7-5-0)		0.2116	Western Athletic
51	Long Beach State	(8-4-0)		0.2046	PCAA
52	Nevada-Las Vegas	(7-4-0)		0.1907	PCAA
53	Indiana State	(9-4-0)		0.1903	Missouri Valley
54	Ball State	(6-5-0)		0.1785	Mid-American
55	Michigan State	(4-6-1)		0.1753	Big Ten
56	Cincinnati	(4-6-1)		0.1708	Independent
57	Utah	(5-6-0)		0.1696	Western Athletic
58	California	(5-5-1)		0.1676	Pac 10
59	Texas A&M	(5-5-1)		0.1672	Southwest
60	Temple	(4-7-0)		0.1666	Independent
61	Virginia	(6-5-0)		0.1644	Atlantic Coast
62	Hawaii	(5-5-1)		0.1534	Western Athletic
63	Utah State	(5-6-0)		0.1454	Independent
64	Louisiana State	(4-7-0)		0.1362	Southeastern
65	South Carolina	(5-6-0)		0.1358	Independent
66	Purdue	(3-7-1)		0.1234	Big Ten
67	Miami (Ohio)	(4-7-0)		0.1224	Mid-American
68	Fullerton State	(7-5-0)		0.1187	PCAA
69	New Mexico	(6-6-0)		0.1109	Western Athletic
70	Southern California	(4-6-1)		0.1001	Pac 10
71	Kansas	(4-6-1)		0.0974	Big Eight
72	Tulane	(4-7-0)		0.0959	Independent
73	Fresno State	(6-5-0)		0.0874	PCAA
74	Ohio	(4-7-0)		0.0859	Mid-American
75	Mississippi State	(3-8-0)		0.0832	Southeastern
76	San Jose State	(5-6-0)		0.0814	PCAA
77	Oregon	(4-6-1)		0.0724	Pac 10
78	Illinois State	(6-4-1)		0.0505	Missouri Valley
79	Vanderbilt	(2-9-0)		0.0445	Southeastern
80	Indiana	(3-8-0)		0.0425	Big Ten
81	Duke	(3-8-0)		0.0416	Atlantic Coast
82	Georgia Tech	(3-8-0)		0.0384	Atlantic Coast
83	Iowa State	(4-7-0)		0.0173	Big Eight
84	Colorado	(4-7-0)		0.0132	Big Eight
85	Rutgers	(3-8-0)		-0.0023	Independent
86	Texas Tech	(3-7-1)		-0.0072	Southwest
87	Houston	(4-7-0)		-0.0082	Southwest
88	Colorado State	(5-7-0)		-0.0121	Western Athletic
89	Wake Forest	(4-7-0)		-0.0575	Atlantic Coast
90	Louisville	(3-8-0)		-0.0701	Independent
91	North Carolina State	(3-8-0)		-0.0856	Atlantic Coast
92	San Diego State	(2-9-1)		-0.0983	Western Athletic
93	Northwestern	(2-9-0)		-0.1036	Big Ten
94	Kansas State	(3-8-0)		-0.1150	Big Eight
95	Navy	(3-8-0)		-0.1192	Independent
96	Kent State	(1-10-0)		-0.1441	Mid-American
97	Louisiana-Lafayette	(4-6-0)		-0.1739	Independent
98	Minnesota	(1-10-0)		-0.1824	Big Ten
99	Texas Christian	(1-8-2)		-0.1862	Southwest
100	Wichita State	(3-8-0)		-0.1981	Missouri Valley
101	New Mexico State	(5-6-0)		-0.2027	Missouri Valley
102	Stanford	(1-10-0)		-0.2301	Pac 10
103	Oregon State	(2-8-1)		-0.2726	Pac 10
104	Texas-El Paso	(2-10-0)		-0.2769	Western Athletic
105	Pacific	(3-9-0)		-0.2837	PCAA
106	Army	(2-9-0)		-0.2958	Independent
107	Eastern Michigan	(1-10-0)		-0.3126	Mid-American
108	Rice	(1-10-0)		-0.4577	Southwest
109	West Texas A&M	(0-10-1)		-0.6428	Missouri Valley
110	Drake	(1-10-0)		-0.6972	Missouri Valley

Average Ratings by Conference (1983)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Southeastern		0.4211
2	Big Ten		0.2771
3	Independent		0.2465
4	Big Eight		0.2410
5	Mid-American		0.2037
6	Atlantic Coast		0.1798
7	Pac 10		0.1691
8	Western Athletic		0.1525
9	Southwest		0.1213
10	PCAA		0.0665
11	Missouri Valley		-0.1117