College Football 1981
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1981/9/5 and 1982/1/1
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

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

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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 Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

College Football 1981
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1981/9/5 and 1982/1/1
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)