College Football 1981
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1981/9/5 and 1982/1/1
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

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1981 - Ranking of University Division teams based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents)
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule		Team	Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
1	34.55	3	31.77	1	28.92	Penn State	12	10-2-0	1	12	10-2-0	EIC
5	27.97	9	23.47	2	34.33	Nebraska	12	9-3-0	2	12	9-3-0	BIG 8
84	-3.76	93	-6.70	3	34.95	Kansas State	10	1-9-0	3	11	2-9-0	BIG 8
64	1.65	62	3.24	4	36.41	Colorado	11	3-8-0	4	11	3-8-0	BIG 8
63	1.73	42	8.31	5	37.95	Rice	11	4-7-0	8	11	4-7-0	SWAC
106	-11.98	112	-13.43	6	38.23	Georgia Tech	11	1-10-0	5	11	1-10-0	SIC
83	-3.38	84	-3.28	7	38.27	Texas Tech	11	1-9-1	10	11	1-9-1	SWAC
77	-1.11	87	-3.96	8	39.14	California	11	2-9-0	12	11	2-9-0	PAC-10
6	27.03	2	34.68	9	39.21	Texas	12	10-1-1	14	12	10-1-1	SWAC
62	2.01	43	7.77	10	39.32	Mississippi	11	4-6-1	9	11	4-6-1	SEC
10	22.33	7	26.12	11	39.41	Miami FL	11	9-2-0	6	11	9-2-0	SIC
68	0.99	70	0.62	12	39.68	Kentucky	11	3-8-0	11	11	3-8-0	SEC
118	-18.34	110	-12.75	13	40.55	Northwestern	11	0-11-0	15	11	0-11-0	BIG 10
24	15.90	23	15.57	14	40.67	Houston	12	7-4-1	16	12	7-4-1	SWAC
14	20.37	16	18.26	15	40.83	Oklahoma	12	7-4-1	19	12	7-4-1	BIG 8
67	1.05	76	-0.22	16	41.09	Texas Christian	11	2-7-2	17	11	2-7-2	SWAC
4	28.24	4	28.99	17	41.29	Pittsburgh	12	11-1-0	13	12	11-1-0	EIC
26	14.65	29	14.79	18	42.17	Temple	9	5-4-0	7	10	5-5-0	EIC
99	-8.28	71	0.60	19	43.55	Indiana	11	3-8-0	20	11	3-8-0	BIG 10
53	5.41	49	5.74	20	43.55	Syracuse	11	4-6-1	18	11	4-6-1	EIC
35	10.37	36	11.08	21	43.73	Florida State	11	6-5-0	22	11	6-5-0	SIC
32	12.37	46	7.17	22	44.41	Notre Dame	11	5-6-0	23	11	5-6-0	EIC
69	0.89	60	3.55	23	44.45	Boston College	10	4-6-0	36	11	5-6-0	EIC
18	18.78	25	15.44	24	44.75	UCLA	12	7-4-1	25	12	7-4-1	PAC-10
123	-19.99	125	-20.97	25	45.17	Colorado State	12	0-12-0	26	12	0-12-0	WAC
7	25.92	5	26.48	26	45.54	Alabama	12	9-2-1	24	12	9-2-1	SEC
8	25.40	8	24.26	27	46.00	Georgia	12	10-2-0	27	12	10-2-0	SEC
57	2.59	61	3.37	28	46.05	Vanderbilt	11	4-7-0	21	11	4-7-0	SEC
28	13.39	19	17.35	29	46.17	Iowa	12	8-4-0	29	12	8-4-0	BIG 10
22	17.48	24	15.44	30	46.25	Arkansas	12	8-4-0	32	12	8-4-0	SWAC
19	18.53	28	14.96	31	46.25	Mississippi State	12	8-4-0	28	12	8-4-0	SEC
61	2.06	65	2.60	32	46.86	Louisiana State	11	3-7-1	30	11	3-7-1	SEC
58	2.47	45	7.60	33	47.64	Iowa State	11	5-5-1	37	11	5-5-1	BIG 8
21	18.21	18	17.52	34	47.71	Missouri	12	8-4-0	42	12	8-4-0	BIG 8
36	9.69	26	15.29	35	47.82	Illinois	11	7-4-0	35	11	7-4-0	BIG 10
34	10.73	38	9.83	36	48.08	South Carolina	12	6-6-0	33	12	6-6-0	SIC
12	20.83	10	21.36	37	48.25	Southern California	12	9-3-0	40	12	9-3-0	PAC-10
44	7.79	58	3.78	38	48.36	Maryland	11	4-6-1	31	11	4-6-1	ACC
30	12.52	33	12.34	39	48.42	Florida	12	7-5-0	34	12	7-5-0	SEC
27	14.46	32	12.90	40	48.62	Texas A&M	12	7-5-0	38	12	7-5-0	SWAC
33	10.85	35	11.43	41	48.83	Oklahoma State	12	7-5-0	48	12	7-5-0	BIG 8
9	22.86	21	16.60	42	49.50	Michigan	12	9-3-0	43	12	9-3-0	BIG 10
97	-7.64	101	-9.42	43	49.59	Memphis	11	1-10-0	46	11	1-10-0	SIC
74	0.08	74	0.41	44	49.59	North Carolina State	11	4-7-0	39	11	4-7-0	ACC
2	32.75	1	34.97	45	49.64	Clemson	11	11-0-0	58	12	12-0-0	ACC
59	2.40	80	-1.69	46	49.64	Stanford	11	4-7-0	45	11	4-7-0	PAC-10
37	9.67	34	12.27	47	49.75	Kansas	12	8-4-0	49	12	8-4-0	BIG 8
38	9.52	47	7.15	48	49.91	Auburn	11	5-6-0	44	11	5-6-0	SEC
100	-8.82	104	-10.61	49	50.68	Virginia	11	1-10-0	41	11	1-10-0	ACC
52	5.48	51	5.65	50	50.82	Purdue	11	5-6-0	47	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
3	29.28	6	26.33	51	51.80	Southern Methodist	10	9-1-0	51	11	10-1-0	SWAC
54	5.38	41	9.22	52	52.25	Wisconsin	12	7-5-0	50	12	7-5-0	BIG 10
43	7.96	56	4.10	53	53.64	Baylor	11	5-6-0	53	11	5-6-0	SWAC
119	-18.35	116	-15.42	54	53.86	Oregon State	11	1-10-0	55	11	1-10-0	PAC-10
29	13.05	31	13.02	55	54.14	Washington State	11	7-3-1	57	12	8-3-1	PAC-10
55	4.61	55	4.39	56	54.55	Michigan State	11	5-6-0	54	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
25	14.98	15	18.39	57	54.96	Ohio State	12	9-3-0	56	12	9-3-0	BIG 10
104	-10.18	103	-9.78	58	55.50	North Texas	11	2-9-0	59	11	2-9-0	SIC
15	19.81	13	19.73	59	55.79	West Virginia	12	9-3-0	52	12	9-3-0	EIC
39	9.48	53	5.28	60	57.59	Tulane	11	6-5-0	62	11	6-5-0	SIC
93	-6.71	105	-10.94	61	57.82	Oregon	11	2-9-0	64	11	2-9-0	PAC-10
49	6.13	50	5.67	62	58.05	Duke	11	6-5-0	60	11	6-5-0	ACC
75	-0.11	66	2.25	63	58.18	Rutgers	11	5-6-0	61	11	5-6-0	EIC
48	6.33	27	14.98	64	59.75	Tennessee	12	8-4-0	65	12	8-4-0	SEC
89	-5.26	88	-4.27	65	60.05	Wake Forest	11	4-7-0	63	11	4-7-0	ACC
65	1.58	54	4.82	66	60.91	Minnesota	11	6-5-0	66	11	6-5-0	BIG 10
20	18.27	11	20.46	67	61.08	Washington	12	10-2-0	69	12	10-2-0	PAC-10
41	8.73	40	9.34	68	61.40	Cincinnati	10	6-4-0	68	11	6-5-0	EIC
13	20.57	20	17.11	69	61.59	Arizona State	11	9-2-0	70	11	9-2-0	PAC-10
126	-21.16	119	-16.84	70	63.05	Texas El Paso	10	1-9-0	71	11	1-10-0	WAC
90	-5.45	77	-0.46	71	63.38	Nevada Las Vegas	12	6-6-0	73	12	6-6-0	SIC
46	7.42	44	7.67	72	63.50	San Diego State	11	6-5-0	72	11	6-5-0	WAC
16	19.32	14	19.55	73	63.54	North Carolina	12	10-2-0	67	12	10-2-0	ACC
105	-11.41	120	-18.07	74	64.38	Cal State Fullerton	8	1-7-0	74	11	3-8-0	BWC
78	-1.97	68	1.68	75	65.25	Louisville	10	5-5-0	75	11	5-6-0	SIC
60	2.27	64	3.08	76	65.33	Utah State	9	4-4-1	79	11	5-5-1	BWC
95	-7.23	86	-3.90	77	65.41	Pacific	11	5-6-0	77	11	5-6-0	BWC
11	21.32	17	17.84	78	66.00	Southern Mississippi	12	9-2-1	78	12	9-2-1	SIC
91	-5.66	92	-6.44	79	66.55	Air Force	11	4-7-0	76	11	4-7-0	WAC
80	-2.13	89	-4.91	80	66.88	New Mexico	12	4-7-1	80	12	4-7-1	WAC
31	12.51	39	9.66	81	68.23	Wyoming	11	8-3-0	81	11	8-3-0	WAC
47	6.54	63	3.14	82	68.73	Tulsa	11	6-5-0	88	11	6-5-0	MVC
56	3.19	73	0.52	83	69.59	Arizona	11	6-5-0	84	11	6-5-0	PAC-10
17	19.18	12	19.99	84	69.88	Brigham Young	13	11-2-0	83	13	11-2-0	WAC
96	-7.49	90	-5.54	85	69.94	Lamar	8	3-4-1	86	11	4-6-1	SLC
40	9.26	30	13.95	86	70.15	Utah	10	7-2-1	85	11	8-2-1	WAC
45	7.45	48	5.89	87	72.32	Navy	11	6-4-1	82	12	7-4-1	EIC
88	-4.82	91	-6.00	88	72.83	Wichita State	9	3-5-1	91	11	4-6-1	MVC
92	-6.01	81	-2.65	89	73.45	East Carolina	11	5-6-0	87	11	5-6-0	SIC
76	-0.52	79	-1.58	90	73.73	Texas Arlington	11	6-5-0	89	11	6-5-0	SLC
103	-9.13	118	-15.64	91	74.65	Louisiana Lafayette	10	1-8-1	92	11	1-9-1	SLC
23	17.01	22	16.08	92	74.80	Hawaii	10	8-2-0	90	11	9-2-0	WAC
111	-12.60	109	-12.43	93	75.05	Cal State Long Beach	10	2-8-0	94	10	2-8-0	BWC
87	-4.81	95	-7.77	94	76.50	Louisiana Tech	10	3-6-1	93	11	4-6-1	SLC
72	0.22	67	2.24	95	77.41	West Texas A&M	11	7-4-0	99	11	7-4-0	MVC
102	-9.10	108	-12.39	96	77.55	Richmond	10	3-7-0	100	11	4-7-0	SIC
51	5.70	59	3.60	97	79.41	Virginia Tech	11	7-4-0	96	11	7-4-0	SIC
115	-14.46	115	-15.24	98	80.14	Army	11	3-7-1	95	11	3-7-1	EIC
42	8.45	52	5.60	99	81.64	San Jose State	11	8-3-0	102	12	9-3-0	BWC
66	1.26	78	-0.82	100	83.59	Arkansas State	11	6-5-0	101	11	6-5-0	SLC
85	-4.37	82	-2.99	101	85.05	Fresno State	10	5-5-0	105	11	5-6-0	BWC
81	-2.81	85	-3.66	102	85.58	Colgate	6	3-3-0	104	10	7-3-0	EIC
114	-14.41	99	-9.26	103	86.95	William & Mary	10	4-6-0	109	11	5-6-0	SIC
50	5.79	69	1.25	104	87.83	McNeese State	9	5-3-1	108	11	7-3-1	SLC
71	0.51	57	3.94	105	88.05	Southern Illinois	10	7-3-0	106	11	7-4-0	MVC
73	0.13	98	-8.31	106	88.38	Louisiana Monroe	8	4-4-0	110	11	5-6-0	SIC
70	0.70	37	10.41	107	89.25	Drake	8	7-1-0	116	11	10-1-0	MVC
121	-18.95	123	-19.90	108	90.35	New Mexico State	10	2-8-0	113	11	3-8-0	MVC
98	-7.90	111	-12.96	109	92.95	Indiana State	10	4-5-1	111	11	5-5-1	MVC
82	-3.36	72	0.55	110	97.86	Miami OH	11	8-2-1	115	11	8-2-1	MAC
113	-13.99	107	-12.01	111	100.82	Ohio University	11	5-6-0	118	11	5-6-0	MAC
107	-11.98	121	-18.65	112	100.86	Bowling Green	11	5-5-1	119	11	5-5-1	MAC
122	-19.17	122	-19.33	113	102.11	Western Carolina	9	3-6-0	117	11	4-7-0	SoCon
86	-4.70	83	-3.18	114	103.42	Toledo	12	9-3-0	124	12	9-3-0	MAC
132	-32.21	134	-36.88	115	103.56	Illinois State	8	1-7-0	136	10	3-7-0	MVC
128	-24.58	130	-30.18	116	103.72	Appalachian State	9	1-7-1	120	11	3-7-1	SoCon
108	-12.06	106	-11.45	117	104.07	Citadel	7	3-3-1	121	11	7-3-1	SoCon
120	-18.39	127	-22.44	118	104.70	Kent State	10	3-7-0	126	11	4-7-0	MAC
117	-16.81	94	-6.92	119	105.25	Tennessee Chattanooga	8	4-3-1	114	11	7-3-1	SoCon
112	-13.08	97	-8.25	120	105.75	Furman	8	5-3-0	123	11	8-3-0	SoCon
94	-7.21	100	-9.30	121	105.94	Holy Cross	8	5-3-0	122	11	6-5-0	EIC
101	-8.88	102	-9.73	122	107.27	Central Michigan	11	7-4-0	131	11	7-4-0	MAC
110	-12.23	117	-15.54	123	107.55	Western Michigan	11	6-5-0	130	11	6-5-0	MAC
109	-12.14	96	-8.13	124	107.60	Virginia Military	10	6-3-1	125	10	6-3-1	SoCon
131	-31.17	129	-27.76	125	107.95	Marshall	10	1-9-0	127	11	2-9-0	SoCon
124	-20.29	113	-14.12	126	109.44	East Tennessee State	8	4-4-0	133	11	6-5-0	SoCon
127	-21.70	128	-27.14	127	110.14	Ball State	11	4-7-0	137	11	4-7-0	MAC
133	-34.56	132	-30.89	128	111.33	Cornell	9	2-7-0	135	10	3-7-0	Ivy
137	-43.16	137	-45.61	129	111.50	Eastern Michigan	10	0-10-0	138	11	0-11-0	MAC
130	-25.40	131	-30.75	130	111.95	Northern Illinois	11	3-8-0	139	11	3-8-0	MAC
135	-36.05	135	-38.41	131	114.00	Columbia	9	1-8-0	140	10	1-9-0	Ivy
79	-2.01	75	-0.19	132	116.39	Yale	9	8-1-0	142	10	9-1-0	Ivy
125	-20.33	124	-20.84	133	117.50	Harvard	10	5-4-1	143	10	5-4-1	Ivy
134	-35.40	133	-34.36	134	117.72	Brown	9	2-7-0	144	10	3-7-0	Ivy
136	-38.50	136	-42.81	135	118.75	Pennsylvania	8	1-7-0	128	10	1-9-0	Ivy
116	-16.08	114	-14.86	136	118.83	Dartmouth	9	6-3-0	141	10	6-4-0	Ivy
129	-24.63	126	-21.55	137	121.06	Princeton	8	5-2-1	132	10	5-4-1	Ivy

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College Football 1981Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1981/9/5 and 1982/1/1Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

College Football 1981
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1981/9/5 and 1982/1/1
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)