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| 1981 - Conferences in all divisions ranked by ATR | ScoreDif | WinLoss | Conference | InterConf | Division | ||
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| Rank | Rating | Rank | Rating | Games | Record | ||
| 1 | 12.65 | 1 | 12.57 | SWAC | 31 | 20-10-1 | I-A |
| 2 | 11.08 | 2 | 11.93 | SEC | 53 | 31-21-1 | I-A |
| 3 | 10.82 | 3 | 10.62 | BIG 8 | 37 | 22-15-0 | I-A |
| 4 | 8.89 | 4 | 8.66 | EIC | 71 | 47-23-1 | I-A |
| 5 | 8.33 | 6 | 7.76 | ACC | 37 | 20-16-1 | I-A |
| 6 | 7.22 | 7 | 5.82 | PAC-10 | 38 | 21-17-0 | I-A |
| 7 | 5.63 | 5 | 8.37 | BIG 10 | 26 | 15-11-0 | I-A |
| 8 | 1.95 | 8 | 2.13 | WAC | 39 | 20-19-0 | I-A |
| 9 | 1.15 | 9 | 0.94 | SIC | 122 | 54-67-1 | I-A |
| 10 | -1.63 | 12 | -5.48 | SLC | 36 | 15-21-0 | I-A |
| 11 | -1.88 | 10 | -1.69 | Major-Ind | 77 | 25-52-0 | NoDivi |
| 12 | -4.23 | 11 | -4.87 | BWC | 36 | 14-21-1 | I-A |
| 13 | -6.88 | 13 | -7.25 | MVC | 37 | 21-16-0 | I-A |
| 14 | -14.31 | 14 | -11.69 | SoCon | 37 | 20-17-0 | I-A |
| 15 | -15.46 | 15 | -17.51 | MAC | 23 | 8-15-0 | I-A |
| 16 | -24.22 | 16 | -22.81 | Ivy | 24 | 6-18-0 | I-A |
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| 1981 - Conferences in Division FBS ranked by ATR | ScoreDif | WinLoss | Conference | InterConf | ||
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| Rank | Rating | Rank | Rating | Games | Record | 1 | 12.39 | 1 | 12.65 | SWAC | 30 | 19-10-1 | 2 | 10.93 | 3 | 10.89 | BIG 8 | 36 | 21-15-0 | 3 | 10.59 | 2 | 11.45 | SEC | 53 | 31-21-1 | 4 | 8.27 | 5 | 7.77 | EIC | 60 | 40-19-1 | 5 | 7.43 | 6 | 7.07 | ACC | 36 | 19-16-1 | 6 | 7.09 | 7 | 5.59 | PAC-10 | 37 | 20-17-0 | 7 | 5.13 | 4 | 7.96 | BIG 10 | 26 | 15-11-0 | 8 | 1.83 | 8 | 2.02 | WAC | 36 | 18-18-0 | 9 | 0.89 | 9 | 0.65 | SIC | 116 | 51-64-1 | 10 | -2.48 | 11 | -5.02 | SLC | 29 | 11-18-0 | 11 | -4.15 | 10 | -4.79 | BWC | 29 | 10-18-1 | 12 | -6.39 | 12 | -6.25 | MVC | 27 | 13-14-0 | 13 | -16.38 | 14 | -18.45 | MAC | 21 | 7-14-0 | 14 | -18.66 | 13 | -15.77 | SoCon | 19 | 4-15-0 | 15 | -25.94 | 15 | -25.49 | Ivy | 15 | 3-12-0 |
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| 1981 - Conferences in Division I-A ranked by ATR | ScoreDif | WinLoss | Conference | InterConf | ||
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| Rank | Rating | Rank | Rating | Games | Record | 1 | 12.39 | 1 | 12.65 | SWAC | 30 | 19-10-1 | 2 | 10.93 | 3 | 10.89 | BIG 8 | 36 | 21-15-0 | 3 | 10.59 | 2 | 11.45 | SEC | 53 | 31-21-1 | 4 | 8.27 | 5 | 7.77 | EIC | 60 | 40-19-1 | 5 | 7.43 | 6 | 7.07 | ACC | 36 | 19-16-1 | 6 | 7.09 | 7 | 5.59 | PAC-10 | 37 | 20-17-0 | 7 | 5.13 | 4 | 7.96 | BIG 10 | 26 | 15-11-0 | 8 | 1.83 | 8 | 2.02 | WAC | 36 | 18-18-0 | 9 | 0.89 | 9 | 0.65 | SIC | 116 | 51-64-1 | 10 | -2.48 | 11 | -5.02 | SLC | 29 | 11-18-0 | 11 | -4.15 | 10 | -4.79 | BWC | 29 | 10-18-1 | 12 | -6.39 | 12 | -6.25 | MVC | 27 | 13-14-0 | 13 | -16.38 | 14 | -18.45 | MAC | 21 | 7-14-0 | 14 | -18.66 | 13 | -15.77 | SoCon | 19 | 4-15-0 | 15 | -25.94 | 15 | -25.49 | Ivy | 15 | 3-12-0 |
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| 1981 - Conferences in Division I ranked by ATR | ScoreDif | WinLoss | Conference | InterConf | ||
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| Rank | Rating | Rank | Rating | Games | Record | 1 | 12.39 | 1 | 12.65 | SWAC | 30 | 19-10-1 | 2 | 10.93 | 3 | 10.89 | BIG 8 | 36 | 21-15-0 | 3 | 10.59 | 2 | 11.45 | SEC | 53 | 31-21-1 | 4 | 8.27 | 5 | 7.77 | EIC | 60 | 40-19-1 | 5 | 7.43 | 6 | 7.07 | ACC | 36 | 19-16-1 | 6 | 7.09 | 7 | 5.59 | PAC-10 | 37 | 20-17-0 | 7 | 5.13 | 4 | 7.96 | BIG 10 | 26 | 15-11-0 | 8 | 1.83 | 8 | 2.02 | WAC | 36 | 18-18-0 | 9 | 0.89 | 9 | 0.65 | SIC | 116 | 51-64-1 | 10 | -2.48 | 11 | -5.02 | SLC | 29 | 11-18-0 | 11 | -4.15 | 10 | -4.79 | BWC | 29 | 10-18-1 | 12 | -6.39 | 12 | -6.25 | MVC | 27 | 13-14-0 | 13 | -16.38 | 14 | -18.45 | MAC | 21 | 7-14-0 | 14 | -18.66 | 13 | -15.77 | SoCon | 19 | 4-15-0 | 15 | -25.94 | 15 | -25.49 | Ivy | 15 | 3-12-0 |
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| 1981 - Conferences in University Division ranked by ATR | ScoreDif | WinLoss | Conference | InterConf | ||
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| Rank | Rating | Rank | Rating | Games | Record | 1 | 12.39 | 1 | 12.65 | SWAC | 30 | 19-10-1 | 2 | 10.93 | 3 | 10.89 | BIG 8 | 36 | 21-15-0 | 3 | 10.59 | 2 | 11.45 | SEC | 53 | 31-21-1 | 4 | 8.27 | 5 | 7.77 | EIC | 60 | 40-19-1 | 5 | 7.43 | 6 | 7.07 | ACC | 36 | 19-16-1 | 6 | 7.09 | 7 | 5.59 | PAC-10 | 37 | 20-17-0 | 7 | 5.13 | 4 | 7.96 | BIG 10 | 26 | 15-11-0 | 8 | 1.83 | 8 | 2.02 | WAC | 36 | 18-18-0 | 9 | 0.89 | 9 | 0.65 | SIC | 116 | 51-64-1 | 10 | -2.48 | 11 | -5.02 | SLC | 29 | 11-18-0 | 11 | -4.15 | 10 | -4.79 | BWC | 29 | 10-18-1 | 12 | -6.39 | 12 | -6.25 | MVC | 27 | 13-14-0 | 13 | -16.38 | 14 | -18.45 | MAC | 21 | 7-14-0 | 14 | -18.66 | 13 | -15.77 | SoCon | 19 | 4-15-0 | 15 | -25.94 | 15 | -25.49 | Ivy | 15 | 3-12-0 |
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| Rank | Rating | Rank | Rating | Games | Record | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | Major-Ind | 0 | 0-0-0 |
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| Rank | Rating | Rank | Rating | Games | Record | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | Major-Ind | 0 | 0-0-0 |
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