College Football 1982
Ranking of Division I-A 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 Division I-A teams based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule		Team	Other Rankings		Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		AP	Coach	Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
1	31.73	1	35.93	1	27.88	Penn State	1	1	12	11-1-0	1	12	11-1-0	EIC
2	28.65	4	26.97	48	48.38	Nebraska	3	3	13	12-1-0	2	13	12-1-0	BIG 8
3	28.30	2	30.06	21	40.00	Georgia	4	4	12	11-1-0	3	12	11-1-0	SEC
4	26.38	18	16.91	49	48.88	LSU	11	11	12	8-3-1	4	12	8-3-1	SEC
5	24.52	5	24.73	22	40.25	UCLA	5	5	12	10-1-1	5	12	10-1-1	PAC-10
6	23.40	16	18.29	5	32.09	Southern California	19		11	8-3-0	6	11	8-3-0	PAC-10
7	23.33	3	29.25	35	44.92	Washington	7	7	12	10-2-0	8	12	10-2-0	PAC-10
8	23.17	7	24.19	28	43.10	Clemson	8		10	8-1-1	7	11	9-1-1	ACC
9	22.68	9	21.76	18	39.50	Pittsburgh	10	9	12	9-3-0	9	12	9-3-0	EIC
10	22.30	8	22.41	32	43.83	Arizona State	6	6	12	10-2-0	10	12	10-2-0	PAC-10
11	22.03	14	18.37	20	39.92	Maryland	16	16	12	8-4-0	11	12	8-4-0	ACC
12	20.26	21	14.55	42	46.67	North Carolina	17	17	12	8-4-0	12	12	8-4-0	ACC
13	19.94	17	17.44	15	37.67	Florida State	13	10	12	9-3-0	13	12	9-3-0	SIC
14	18.59	10	19.26	27	42.46	West Virginia	15	15	12	9-3-0	15	12	9-3-0	EIC
15	18.54	12	18.66	19	39.83	Auburn	14	14	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	2	2	12	11-0-1	14	12	11-0-1	SWAC
18	17.97	25	12.41	59	52.71	Ohio State	12	12	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		20	11	7-4-0	19	12	8-4-0	SEC
21	16.83	15	18.31	12	36.21	Florida		13	12	8-4-0	21	12	8-4-0	SEC
22	15.63	34	10.32	34	44.38	Michigan		19	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	20		12	8-4-0	24	12	8-4-0	BIG 8
27	13.87	13	18.44	68	54.62	Arkansas	9	8	12	9-2-1	25	12	9-2-1	SWAC
28	13.61	31	11.66	65	53.79	Texas	18	18	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 Division I-A 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 Division I-A Teams

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