College Football 1982
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1982/9/2 and 1983/1/1
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

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1982 - 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	31.73	1	35.93	1	27.88	Penn State	12	11-1-0	1	12	11-1-0	EIC
2	28.65	4	26.97	48	48.38	Nebraska	13	12-1-0	2	13	12-1-0	BIG 8
3	28.30	2	30.06	21	40.00	Georgia	12	11-1-0	3	12	11-1-0	SEC
4	26.38	18	16.91	49	48.88	Louisiana State	12	8-3-1	4	12	8-3-1	SEC
5	24.52	5	24.73	22	40.25	UCLA	12	10-1-1	5	12	10-1-1	PAC-10
6	23.40	16	18.29	5	32.09	Southern California	11	8-3-0	6	11	8-3-0	PAC-10
7	23.33	3	29.25	35	44.92	Washington	12	10-2-0	8	12	10-2-0	PAC-10
8	23.17	7	24.19	28	43.10	Clemson	10	8-1-1	7	11	9-1-1	ACC
9	22.68	9	21.76	18	39.50	Pittsburgh	12	9-3-0	9	12	9-3-0	EIC
10	22.30	8	22.41	32	43.83	Arizona State	12	10-2-0	10	12	10-2-0	PAC-10
11	22.03	14	18.37	20	39.92	Maryland	12	8-4-0	11	12	8-4-0	ACC
12	20.26	21	14.55	42	46.67	North Carolina	12	8-4-0	12	12	8-4-0	ACC
13	19.94	17	17.44	15	37.67	Florida State	12	9-3-0	13	12	9-3-0	SIC
14	18.59	10	19.26	27	42.46	West Virginia	12	9-3-0	15	12	9-3-0	EIC
15	18.54	12	18.66	19	39.83	Auburn	12	9-3-0	17	12	9-3-0	SEC
16	18.40	20	14.77	17	39.50	Arizona	11	6-4-1	16	11	6-4-1	PAC-10
17	18.27	6	24.20	88	65.46	Southern Methodist	12	11-0-1	14	12	11-0-1	SWAC
18	17.97	25	12.41	59	52.71	Ohio State	12	9-3-0	20	12	9-3-0	BIG 10
19	17.79	22	14.33	11	35.77	Notre Dame	11	6-4-1	18	11	6-4-1	EIC
20	17.63	29	12.02	8	33.95	Alabama	11	7-4-0	19	12	8-4-0	SEC
21	16.83	15	18.31	12	36.21	Florida	12	8-4-0	21	12	8-4-0	SEC
22	15.63	34	10.32	34	44.38	Michigan	12	8-4-0	22	12	8-4-0	BIG 10
23	15.56	27	12.11	50	49.28	Southern Mississippi	9	6-3-0	31	11	7-4-0	SIC
24	15.30	35	10.22	25	42.14	Miami FL	11	7-4-0	23	11	7-4-0	SIC
25	14.65	33	10.49	64	53.62	Brigham Young	12	8-4-0	26	12	8-4-0	WAC
26	14.57	24	12.94	36	45.25	Oklahoma	12	8-4-0	24	12	8-4-0	BIG 8
27	13.87	13	18.44	68	54.62	Arkansas	12	9-2-1	25	12	9-2-1	SWAC
28	13.61	31	11.66	65	53.79	Texas	12	9-3-0	27	12	9-3-0	SWAC
29	13.15	28	12.09	33	44.00	Boston College	10	6-3-1	28	12	8-3-1	EIC
30	12.08	23	13.88	23	41.36	California	11	7-4-0	29	11	7-4-0	PAC-10
31	11.52	41	6.21	10	34.59	Stanford	11	5-6-0	30	11	5-6-0	PAC-10
32	11.15	43	5.02	51	49.62	Illinois	12	7-5-0	32	12	7-5-0	BIG 10
33	10.53	37	8.77	40	46.59	Vanderbilt	11	7-4-0	33	12	8-4-0	SEC
34	9.29	36	9.81	13	37.50	North Carolina State	10	5-5-0	34	11	6-5-0	ACC
35	9.27	19	14.96	91	68.23	New Mexico	11	10-1-0	35	11	10-1-0	WAC
36	9.21	11	18.81	97	77.12	Fresno State	8	8-0-0	36	12	11-1-0	BWC
37	9.02	30	11.76	56	50.79	Iowa	12	8-4-0	37	12	8-4-0	BIG 10
38	8.63	42	5.92	9	34.25	Mississippi State	10	4-6-0	39	11	5-6-0	SEC
39	8.01	38	8.75	31	43.73	Duke	11	6-5-0	38	11	6-5-0	ACC
40	7.94	26	12.25	98	78.18	Tulsa	11	10-1-0	40	11	10-1-0	MVC
41	6.16	50	1.54	54	50.00	Tennessee	12	6-5-1	41	12	6-5-1	SEC
42	6.11	48	2.24	63	53.46	Wisconsin	12	7-5-0	42	12	7-5-0	BIG 10
43	4.71	60	-0.60	29	43.33	Temple	9	3-6-0	46	11	4-7-0	EIC
44	3.97	40	6.37	47	47.88	San Diego State	12	7-5-0	44	12	7-5-0	WAC
45	3.76	32	10.63	58	52.65	Air Force	13	8-5-0	45	13	8-5-0	WAC
46	3.03	44	4.87	26	42.45	South Carolina	10	4-6-0	47	11	4-7-0	SIC
47	3.01	56	-0.15	24	41.73	Mississippi	11	4-7-0	43	11	4-7-0	SEC
48	2.67	39	7.45	90	65.60	San Jose State	10	7-3-0	49	11	8-3-0	BWC
49	2.39	53	0.20	57	50.86	Indiana	11	5-6-0	50	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
50	2.23	45	4.40	43	46.95	Georgia Tech	10	5-5-0	48	11	6-5-0	SIC
51	1.84	91	-11.85	39	46.27	Michigan State	11	2-9-0	51	11	2-9-0	BIG 10
52	1.67	55	-0.13	60	52.95	Kansas State	11	5-5-1	53	12	6-5-1	BIG 8
53	1.53	52	1.27	73	56.91	Missouri	11	5-4-2	54	11	5-4-2	BIG 8
54	1.16	51	1.28	66	53.85	Navy	10	5-5-0	52	11	6-5-0	EIC
55	0.98	66	-2.58	70	56.10	Utah	10	4-6-0	55	11	5-6-0	WAC
56	0.40	57	-0.22	69	56.09	Oklahoma State	11	4-5-2	57	11	4-5-2	BIG 8
57	-0.09	58	-0.27	87	64.83	Virginia Tech	9	5-4-0	59	11	7-4-0	SIC
58	-0.60	47	3.03	61	53.20	Hawaii	10	5-5-0	61	11	6-5-0	WAC
59	-1.14	80	-8.52	6	32.15	Syracuse	10	1-9-0	58	11	2-9-0	EIC
60	-1.59	46	3.38	55	50.60	Houston	10	4-5-1	60	11	5-5-1	SWAC
61	-1.72	62	-0.91	2	29.95	Oregon	11	2-8-1	62	11	2-8-1	PAC-10
62	-2.18	61	-0.90	82	61.21	Wyoming	12	5-7-0	64	12	5-7-0	WAC
63	-2.81	63	-1.17	89	65.50	East Carolina	9	5-4-0	65	11	7-4-0	SIC
64	-2.95	68	-3.94	45	47.50	Tulane	11	4-7-0	63	11	4-7-0	SIC
65	-3.14	49	1.58	101	82.90	Louisiana Lafayette	5	4-1-0	81	11	7-3-1	SIC
66	-3.66	70	-6.09	75	57.55	Iowa State	11	4-6-1	67	11	4-6-1	BIG 8
67	-3.74	65	-2.34	67	54.44	Cincinnati	9	4-5-0	71	11	6-5-0	EIC
68	-3.90	95	-13.02	76	57.77	Minnesota	11	3-8-0	68	11	3-8-0	BIG 10
69	-4.18	78	-8.08	41	46.64	Purdue	11	3-8-0	70	11	3-8-0	BIG 10
70	-5.13	67	-3.33	62	53.39	Texas A&M	9	3-6-0	66	11	5-6-0	SWAC
71	-6.26	64	-1.50	46	47.59	Texas Tech	11	4-7-0	72	11	4-7-0	SWAC
72	-6.55	73	-6.94	78	58.41	Colorado State	11	4-7-0	76	11	4-7-0	WAC
73	-6.64	59	-0.59	52	49.90	Rutgers	10	4-6-0	69	11	5-6-0	EIC
74	-6.69	75	-7.66	44	47.18	Colorado	11	2-8-1	75	11	2-8-1	BIG 8
75	-6.86	54	0.15	84	62.64	Cal State Long Beach	11	6-5-0	77	11	6-5-0	BWC
76	-7.51	74	-7.22	16	39.33	Virginia	9	1-8-0	74	11	2-9-0	ACC
77	-7.54	88	-10.67	3	30.65	Oregon State	10	0-9-1	78	11	1-9-1	PAC-10
78	-7.96	72	-6.62	72	56.75	Louisville	10	4-6-0	79	11	5-6-0	SIC
79	-8.67	76	-8.02	77	58.05	Baylor	11	4-6-1	80	11	4-6-1	SWAC
80	-9.49	71	-6.33	103	83.33	Wichita State	9	6-3-0	84	11	8-3-0	MVC
81	-10.16	89	-10.84	30	43.60	Washington State	10	2-7-1	83	11	3-7-1	PAC-10
82	-10.22	86	-9.93	107	95.27	Miami OH	11	7-4-0	85	11	7-4-0	MAC
83	-10.48	82	-9.01	71	56.45	Kansas	11	2-7-2	87	11	2-7-2	BIG 8
84	-10.57	77	-8.04	79	58.73	Nevada Las Vegas	11	3-8-0	89	11	3-8-0	BWC
85	-10.64	69	-4.36	96	73.50	Southern Illinois	7	4-3-0	97	11	6-5-0	MVC
86	-10.90	83	-9.49	113	99.67	Western Michigan	9	5-2-2	88	11	7-2-2	MAC
87	-11.31	90	-11.00	81	59.73	Texas Christian	11	3-8-0	82	11	3-8-0	SWAC
88	-11.35	87	-10.15	74	57.09	Northwestern	11	3-8-0	91	11	3-8-0	BIG 10
89	-12.04	84	-9.53	7	33.72	Wake Forest	9	1-8-0	90	11	3-8-0	ACC
90	-12.29	92	-11.86	4	31.95	Kentucky	11	0-10-1	92	11	0-10-1	SEC
91	-13.25	81	-8.77	102	83.33	Bowling Green	12	7-5-0	96	12	7-5-0	MAC
92	-13.65	79	-8.28	80	58.81	Pacific	8	2-6-0	95	11	2-9-0	BWC
93	-15.26	94	-12.86	38	46.04	Texas El Paso	12	2-10-0	99	12	2-10-0	WAC
94	-15.76	96	-13.65	108	95.68	Central Michigan	11	6-4-1	101	11	6-4-1	MAC
95	-15.82	93	-12.26	100	81.29	Drake	7	3-4-0	104	11	4-7-0	MVC
96	-16.46	100	-18.87	105	92.85	Toledo	10	5-5-0	103	11	6-5-0	MAC
97	-16.51	85	-9.53	83	62.44	Utah State	8	3-5-0	102	11	5-6-0	BWC
98	-17.51	104	-20.04	37	45.40	Memphis	10	0-10-0	94	11	1-10-0	SIC
99	-19.41	97	-15.62	14	37.64	Army	7	0-7-0	105	11	4-7-0	EIC
100	-19.43	103	-19.26	109	96.75	Northern Illinois	10	5-5-0	107	10	5-5-0	MAC
101	-19.85	99	-18.72	93	70.94	West Texas A&M	8	2-6-0	110	11	3-8-0	MVC
102	-20.02	108	-25.95	95	72.80	New Mexico State	10	2-8-0	109	11	3-8-0	MVC
103	-21.37	106	-21.74	53	50.00	Rice	11	0-11-0	108	11	0-11-0	SWAC
104	-21.92	102	-18.97	99	79.11	Indiana State	9	3-6-0	111	11	4-7-0	MVC
105	-22.27	105	-21.43	94	72.33	William & Mary	6	1-5-0	106	11	3-8-0	SIC
106	-22.93	98	-18.43	111	97.45	Ohio University	11	6-5-0	112	11	6-5-0	MAC
107	-24.10	109	-30.27	86	64.28	North Texas	9	1-8-0	114	11	2-9-0	SIC
108	-26.36	101	-18.94	85	62.81	Cal State Fullerton	8	1-7-0	113	12	3-9-0	BWC
109	-27.46	107	-23.14	112	98.23	Ball State	11	5-6-0	117	11	5-6-0	MAC
110	-30.76	110	-32.50	110	96.83	Eastern Michigan	9	1-7-1	121	11	1-9-1	MAC
111	-32.63	111	-35.07	92	70.39	Richmond	9	0-9-0	122	10	0-10-0	SIC
112	-35.71	113	-41.32	106	93.70	Kent State	10	0-10-0	123	11	0-11-0	MAC
113	-39.89	112	-38.15	104	89.36	Illinois State	7	0-7-0	124	11	2-9-0	MVC

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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 Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

College Football 1982
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1982/9/2 and 1983/1/1
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)