College Football 1981
Ranking of Teams in each division

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 teams in Division FBS based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference
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Division I-A [I-A]	-	College Football 1981

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1981 - Ranking of teams in Division I-A based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule			Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Team	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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Division I [Div I]	-	College Football 1981

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University Division [Uni]	-	College Football 1981

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College Football 1981Ranking of Teams in each division

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College Football 1981
Ranking of Teams in each division

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