College Football 1982
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1982/9/2 and 1983/1/1
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

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1982 - 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	31.73	1	35.93	1	27.88	Penn State	12	11-1-0	1	12	11-1-0	EIC
61	-1.72	62	-0.91	2	29.95	Oregon	11	2-8-1	2	11	2-8-1	PAC-10
77	-7.54	88	-10.67	3	30.65	Oregon State	10	0-9-1	3	11	1-9-1	PAC-10
90	-12.29	92	-11.86	4	31.95	Kentucky	11	0-10-1	5	11	0-10-1	SEC
6	23.40	16	18.29	5	32.09	Southern California	11	8-3-0	4	11	8-3-0	PAC-10
59	-1.14	80	-8.52	6	32.15	Syracuse	10	1-9-0	14	11	2-9-0	EIC
89	-12.04	84	-9.53	7	33.72	Wake Forest	9	1-8-0	6	11	3-8-0	ACC
20	17.63	29	12.02	8	33.95	Alabama	11	7-4-0	13	12	8-4-0	SEC
38	8.63	42	5.92	9	34.25	Mississippi State	10	4-6-0	12	11	5-6-0	SEC
31	11.52	41	6.21	10	34.59	Stanford	11	5-6-0	7	11	5-6-0	PAC-10
19	17.79	22	14.33	11	35.77	Notre Dame	11	6-4-1	8	11	6-4-1	EIC
21	16.83	15	18.31	12	36.21	Florida	12	8-4-0	9	12	8-4-0	SEC
34	9.29	36	9.81	13	37.50	North Carolina State	10	5-5-0	11	11	6-5-0	ACC
99	-19.41	97	-15.62	14	37.64	Army	7	0-7-0	10	11	4-7-0	EIC
13	19.94	17	17.44	15	37.67	Florida State	12	9-3-0	20	12	9-3-0	SIC
76	-7.51	74	-7.22	16	39.33	Virginia	9	1-8-0	38	11	2-9-0	ACC
16	18.40	20	14.77	17	39.50	Arizona	11	6-4-1	16	11	6-4-1	PAC-10
9	22.68	9	21.76	18	39.50	Pittsburgh	12	9-3-0	18	12	9-3-0	EIC
15	18.54	12	18.66	19	39.83	Auburn	12	9-3-0	19	12	9-3-0	SEC
11	22.03	14	18.37	20	39.92	Maryland	12	8-4-0	17	12	8-4-0	ACC
3	28.30	2	30.06	21	40.00	Georgia	12	11-1-0	15	12	11-1-0	SEC
5	24.52	5	24.73	22	40.25	UCLA	12	10-1-1	21	12	10-1-1	PAC-10
30	12.08	23	13.88	23	41.36	California	11	7-4-0	23	11	7-4-0	PAC-10
47	3.01	56	-0.15	24	41.73	Mississippi	11	4-7-0	22	11	4-7-0	SEC
24	15.30	35	10.22	25	42.14	Miami FL	11	7-4-0	24	11	7-4-0	SIC
46	3.03	44	4.87	26	42.45	South Carolina	10	4-6-0	27	11	4-7-0	SIC
14	18.59	10	19.26	27	42.46	West Virginia	12	9-3-0	26	12	9-3-0	EIC
8	23.17	7	24.19	28	43.10	Clemson	10	8-1-1	25	11	9-1-1	ACC
43	4.71	60	-0.60	29	43.33	Temple	9	3-6-0	45	11	4-7-0	EIC
81	-10.16	89	-10.84	30	43.60	Washington State	10	2-7-1	29	11	3-7-1	PAC-10
39	8.01	38	8.75	31	43.73	Duke	11	6-5-0	28	11	6-5-0	ACC
10	22.30	8	22.41	32	43.83	Arizona State	12	10-2-0	30	12	10-2-0	PAC-10
29	13.15	28	12.09	33	44.00	Boston College	10	6-3-1	31	12	8-3-1	EIC
22	15.63	34	10.32	34	44.38	Michigan	12	8-4-0	32	12	8-4-0	BIG 10
7	23.33	3	29.25	35	44.92	Washington	12	10-2-0	33	12	10-2-0	PAC-10
26	14.57	24	12.94	36	45.25	Oklahoma	12	8-4-0	34	12	8-4-0	BIG 8
98	-17.51	104	-20.04	37	45.40	Memphis	10	0-10-0	49	11	1-10-0	SIC
93	-15.26	94	-12.86	38	46.04	Texas El Paso	12	2-10-0	41	12	2-10-0	WAC
51	1.84	91	-11.85	39	46.27	Michigan State	11	2-9-0	37	11	2-9-0	BIG 10
33	10.53	37	8.77	40	46.59	Vanderbilt	11	7-4-0	35	12	8-4-0	SEC
69	-4.18	78	-8.08	41	46.64	Purdue	11	3-8-0	40	11	3-8-0	BIG 10
12	20.26	21	14.55	42	46.67	North Carolina	12	8-4-0	39	12	8-4-0	ACC
50	2.23	45	4.40	43	46.95	Georgia Tech	10	5-5-0	36	11	6-5-0	SIC
74	-6.69	75	-7.66	44	47.18	Colorado	11	2-8-1	44	11	2-8-1	BIG 8
64	-2.95	68	-3.94	45	47.50	Tulane	11	4-7-0	43	11	4-7-0	SIC
71	-6.26	64	-1.50	46	47.59	Texas Tech	11	4-7-0	42	11	4-7-0	SWAC
44	3.97	40	6.37	47	47.88	San Diego State	12	7-5-0	46	12	7-5-0	WAC
2	28.65	4	26.97	48	48.38	Nebraska	13	12-1-0	50	13	12-1-0	BIG 8
4	26.38	18	16.91	49	48.88	Louisiana State	12	8-3-1	47	12	8-3-1	SEC
23	15.56	27	12.11	50	49.28	Southern Mississippi	9	6-3-0	74	11	7-4-0	SIC
32	11.15	43	5.02	51	49.62	Illinois	12	7-5-0	51	12	7-5-0	BIG 10
73	-6.64	59	-0.59	52	49.90	Rutgers	10	4-6-0	66	11	5-6-0	EIC
103	-21.37	106	-21.74	53	50.00	Rice	11	0-11-0	53	11	0-11-0	SWAC
41	6.16	50	1.54	54	50.00	Tennessee	12	6-5-1	48	12	6-5-1	SEC
60	-1.59	46	3.38	55	50.60	Houston	10	4-5-1	52	11	5-5-1	SWAC
37	9.02	30	11.76	56	50.79	Iowa	12	8-4-0	55	12	8-4-0	BIG 10
49	2.39	53	0.20	57	50.86	Indiana	11	5-6-0	54	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
45	3.76	32	10.63	58	52.65	Air Force	13	8-5-0	59	13	8-5-0	WAC
18	17.97	25	12.41	59	52.71	Ohio State	12	9-3-0	56	12	9-3-0	BIG 10
52	1.67	55	-0.13	60	52.95	Kansas State	11	5-5-1	61	12	6-5-1	BIG 8
58	-0.60	47	3.03	61	53.20	Hawaii	10	5-5-0	62	11	6-5-0	WAC
70	-5.13	67	-3.33	62	53.39	Texas A&M	9	3-6-0	84	11	5-6-0	SWAC
42	6.11	48	2.24	63	53.46	Wisconsin	12	7-5-0	63	12	7-5-0	BIG 10
25	14.65	33	10.49	64	53.62	Brigham Young	12	8-4-0	65	12	8-4-0	WAC
28	13.61	31	11.66	65	53.79	Texas	12	9-3-0	57	12	9-3-0	SWAC
54	1.16	51	1.28	66	53.85	Navy	10	5-5-0	58	11	6-5-0	EIC
67	-3.74	65	-2.34	67	54.44	Cincinnati	9	4-5-0	64	11	6-5-0	EIC
27	13.87	13	18.44	68	54.62	Arkansas	12	9-2-1	60	12	9-2-1	SWAC
56	0.40	57	-0.22	69	56.09	Oklahoma State	11	4-5-2	69	11	4-5-2	BIG 8
55	0.98	66	-2.58	70	56.10	Utah	10	4-6-0	68	11	5-6-0	WAC
83	-10.48	82	-9.01	71	56.45	Kansas	11	2-7-2	67	11	2-7-2	BIG 8
78	-7.96	72	-6.62	72	56.75	Louisville	10	4-6-0	78	11	5-6-0	SIC
53	1.53	52	1.27	73	56.91	Missouri	11	5-4-2	70	11	5-4-2	BIG 8
88	-11.35	87	-10.15	74	57.09	Northwestern	11	3-8-0	72	11	3-8-0	BIG 10
66	-3.66	70	-6.09	75	57.55	Iowa State	11	4-6-1	77	11	4-6-1	BIG 8
68	-3.90	95	-13.02	76	57.77	Minnesota	11	3-8-0	75	11	3-8-0	BIG 10
79	-8.67	76	-8.02	77	58.05	Baylor	11	4-6-1	71	11	4-6-1	SWAC
72	-6.55	73	-6.94	78	58.41	Colorado State	11	4-7-0	80	11	4-7-0	WAC
84	-10.57	77	-8.04	79	58.73	Nevada Las Vegas	11	3-8-0	79	11	3-8-0	BWC
92	-13.65	79	-8.28	80	58.81	Pacific	8	2-6-0	73	11	2-9-0	BWC
87	-11.31	90	-11.00	81	59.73	Texas Christian	11	3-8-0	76	11	3-8-0	SWAC
62	-2.18	61	-0.90	82	61.21	Wyoming	12	5-7-0	85	12	5-7-0	WAC
97	-16.51	85	-9.53	83	62.44	Utah State	8	3-5-0	81	11	5-6-0	BWC
75	-6.86	54	0.15	84	62.64	Cal State Long Beach	11	6-5-0	86	11	6-5-0	BWC
108	-26.36	101	-18.94	85	62.81	Cal State Fullerton	8	1-7-0	83	12	3-9-0	BWC
107	-24.10	109	-30.27	86	64.28	North Texas	9	1-8-0	95	11	2-9-0	SIC
57	-0.09	58	-0.27	87	64.83	Virginia Tech	9	5-4-0	91	11	7-4-0	SIC
17	18.27	6	24.20	88	65.46	Southern Methodist	12	11-0-1	88	12	11-0-1	SWAC
63	-2.81	63	-1.17	89	65.50	East Carolina	9	5-4-0	92	11	7-4-0	SIC
48	2.67	39	7.45	90	65.60	San Jose State	10	7-3-0	89	11	8-3-0	BWC
35	9.27	19	14.96	91	68.23	New Mexico	11	10-1-0	90	11	10-1-0	WAC
111	-32.63	111	-35.07	92	70.39	Richmond	9	0-9-0	94	10	0-10-0	SIC
101	-19.85	99	-18.72	93	70.94	West Texas A&M	8	2-6-0	103	11	3-8-0	MVC
105	-22.27	105	-21.43	94	72.33	William & Mary	6	1-5-0	98	11	3-8-0	SIC
102	-20.02	108	-25.95	95	72.80	New Mexico State	10	2-8-0	96	11	3-8-0	MVC
85	-10.64	69	-4.36	96	73.50	Southern Illinois	7	4-3-0	101	11	6-5-0	MVC
36	9.21	11	18.81	97	77.12	Fresno State	8	8-0-0	97	12	11-1-0	BWC
40	7.94	26	12.25	98	78.18	Tulsa	11	10-1-0	102	11	10-1-0	MVC
104	-21.92	102	-18.97	99	79.11	Indiana State	9	3-6-0	104	11	4-7-0	MVC
95	-15.82	93	-12.26	100	81.29	Drake	7	3-4-0	108	11	4-7-0	MVC
65	-3.14	49	1.58	101	82.90	Louisiana Lafayette	5	4-1-0	111	11	7-3-1	SIC
91	-13.25	81	-8.77	102	83.33	Bowling Green	12	7-5-0	105	12	7-5-0	MAC
80	-9.49	71	-6.33	103	83.33	Wichita State	9	6-3-0	107	11	8-3-0	MVC
113	-39.89	112	-38.15	104	89.36	Illinois State	7	0-7-0	109	11	2-9-0	MVC
96	-16.46	100	-18.87	105	92.85	Toledo	10	5-5-0	113	11	6-5-0	MAC
112	-35.71	113	-41.32	106	93.70	Kent State	10	0-10-0	115	11	0-11-0	MAC
82	-10.22	86	-9.93	107	95.27	Miami OH	11	7-4-0	114	11	7-4-0	MAC
94	-15.76	96	-13.65	108	95.68	Central Michigan	11	6-4-1	117	11	6-4-1	MAC
100	-19.43	103	-19.26	109	96.75	Northern Illinois	10	5-5-0	118	10	5-5-0	MAC
110	-30.76	110	-32.50	110	96.83	Eastern Michigan	9	1-7-1	116	11	1-9-1	MAC
106	-22.93	98	-18.43	111	97.45	Ohio University	11	6-5-0	119	11	6-5-0	MAC
109	-27.46	107	-23.14	112	98.23	Ball State	11	5-6-0	121	11	5-6-0	MAC
86	-10.90	83	-9.49	113	99.67	Western Michigan	9	5-2-2	123	11	7-2-2	MAC

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College Football 1982Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1982/9/2 and 1983/1/1Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

College Football 1982
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1982/9/2 and 1983/1/1
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)