College Football 1982
Ranking of ALL 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 all teams based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents)
ScoreDif WinLoss Schedule Total Division Conference
Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Team Games Record Rank Games Record Name Rank Games Record Name
1 33.75 1 37.74 1 27.71 Penn State 12 11-1-0 1 12 11-1-0 I-A 3 7 7-0-0 EIC
62 -0.00 62 0.88 2 30.18 Oregon 11 2-8-1 2 11 2-8-1 I-A 1 8 2-6-0 PAC-10
78 -5.74 91 -8.88 3 30.80 Oregon State 11 1-9-1 3 10 0-9-1 I-A 5 8 0-7-1 PAC-10
6 25.38 13 20.09 4 32.14 Southern California 11 8-3-0 5 11 8-3-0 I-A 9 7 5-2-0 PAC-10
92 -10.41 94 -10.00 5 32.45 Kentucky 11 0-10-1 4 11 0-10-1 I-A 1 6 0-6-0 SEC
90 -9.40 85 -7.75 6 34.00 Wake Forest 11 3-8-0 7 9 1-8-0 I-A 1 6 0-6-0 ACC
30 13.33 42 7.95 7 35.18 Stanford 11 5-6-0 10 11 5-6-0 I-A 2 8 3-5-0 PAC-10
18 19.60 21 16.24 8 35.95 Notre Dame 11 6-4-1 11 11 6-4-1 I-A 1 3 2-1-0 EIC
21 18.47 12 20.14 9 37.33 Florida 12 8-4-0 12 12 8-4-0 I-A 2 6 3-3-0 SEC
105 -16.62 103 -13.85 10 37.64 Army 11 4-7-0 14 7 0-7-0 I-A 8 4 0-4-0 EIC
34 11.22 36 11.40 11 37.80 North Carolina State 11 6-5-0 13 10 5-5-0 I-A 3 6 3-3-0 ACC
39 9.94 43 7.33 12 38.41 Mississippi State 11 5-6-0 9 10 4-6-0 I-A 4 6 2-4-0 SEC
19 19.47 24 14.76 13 38.79 Alabama 12 8-4-0 8 11 7-4-0 I-A 5 6 3-3-0 SEC
58 1.67 72 -5.31 14 38.82 Syracuse 11 2-9-0 6 10 1-9-0 I-A 2 7 1-6-0 EIC
3 30.26 2 31.65 15 39.71 Georgia 12 11-1-0 21 12 11-1-0 I-A 9 6 6-0-0 SEC
16 20.30 20 16.50 16 39.95 Arizona 11 6-4-1 17 11 6-4-1 I-A 3 8 4-3-1 PAC-10
11 24.12 16 19.74 17 40.21 Maryland 12 8-4-0 20 12 8-4-0 I-A 7 6 5-1-0 ACC
9 24.54 9 23.09 18 40.25 Pittsburgh 12 9-3-0 18 12 9-3-0 I-A 6 7 5-2-0 EIC
17 20.07 14 20.00 19 40.54 Auburn 12 9-3-0 19 12 9-3-0 I-A 7 6 4-2-0 SEC
13 21.24 18 18.41 20 40.54 Florida State 12 9-3-0 15 12 9-3-0 I-A 2 5 5-0-0 SIC
5 26.35 5 26.39 21 40.79 UCLA 12 10-1-1 22 12 10-1-1 I-A 6 7 5-1-1 PAC-10
43 5.67 54 2.75 22 41.95 Mississippi 11 4-7-0 24 11 4-7-0 I-A 3 6 0-6-0 SEC
29 13.90 23 15.66 23 42.00 California 11 7-4-0 23 11 7-4-0 I-A 4 8 4-4-0 PAC-10
23 16.90 35 11.79 24 42.82 Miami FL 11 7-4-0 25 11 7-4-0 I-A 1 3 2-1-0 SIC
7 25.19 7 25.83 25 43.50 Clemson 11 9-1-1 28 10 8-1-1 I-A 6 6 6-0-0 ACC
15 20.53 10 20.56 26 43.75 West Virginia 12 9-3-0 27 12 9-3-0 I-A 4 6 4-2-0 EIC
47 4.85 44 7.26 27 43.85 South Carolina 11 4-7-0 26 10 4-6-0 I-A 7 2 1-1-0 SIC
38 10.31 38 10.73 28 43.95 Duke 11 6-5-0 31 11 6-5-0 I-A 4 6 3-3-0 ACC
83 -8.31 92 -9.04 29 44.20 Washington State 11 3-7-1 30 10 2-7-1 I-A 7 7 2-4-1 PAC-10
10 24.13 8 24.06 30 44.58 Arizona State 12 10-2-0 32 12 10-2-0 I-A 8 7 5-2-0 PAC-10
28 15.14 29 13.49 31 44.65 Boston College 12 8-3-1 33 10 6-3-1 I-A 10 7 5-2-0 EIC
22 17.42 34 12.11 32 45.21 Michigan 12 8-4-0 34 12 8-4-0 I-A 8 9 8-1-0 BIG 10
8 25.18 3 30.89 33 45.75 Washington 12 10-2-0 35 12 10-2-0 I-A 10 8 6-2-0 PAC-10
24 16.50 25 14.71 34 45.92 Oklahoma 12 8-4-0 36 12 8-4-0 I-A 7 7 6-1-0 BIG 8
33 12.57 37 10.84 35 46.00 Vanderbilt 12 8-4-0 40 11 7-4-0 I-A 8 6 4-2-0 SEC
48 4.66 46 6.65 36 46.60 Georgia Tech 11 6-5-0 43 10 5-5-0 I-A 13 2 2-0-0 SIC
51 3.57 95 -10.07 37 46.95 Michigan State 11 2-9-0 39 11 2-9-0 I-A 3 9 2-7-0 BIG 10
74 -4.83 75 -5.53 38 47.05 Virginia 11 2-9-0 16 9 1-8-0 I-A 2 6 1-5-0 ACC
12 22.41 22 16.20 39 47.38 North Carolina 12 8-4-0 42 12 8-4-0 I-A 5 6 3-3-0 ACC
70 -2.38 80 -6.29 40 47.41 Purdue 11 3-8-0 41 11 3-8-0 I-A 4 9 3-6-0 BIG 10
99 -13.80 98 -11.37 41 47.54 Texas El Paso 12 2-10-0 38 12 2-10-0 I-A 3 7 1-6-0 WAC
72 -3.60 61 0.91 42 47.59 Texas Tech 11 4-7-0 46 11 4-7-0 I-A 3 8 3-5-0 SWAC
63 -0.47 69 -1.70 43 48.18 Tulane 11 4-7-0 45 11 4-7-0 I-A 4 3 1-2-0 SIC
75 -5.04 78 -6.07 44 48.18 Colorado 11 2-8-1 44 11 2-8-1 I-A 2 7 1-5-1 BIG 8
46 4.90 70 -2.08 45 48.75 Temple 11 4-7-0 29 9 3-6-0 I-A 7 7 2-5-0 EIC
44 5.54 41 8.06 46 49.12 San Diego State 12 7-5-0 47 12 7-5-0 I-A 2 7 4-3-0 WAC
4 27.86 17 18.84 47 49.25 Louisiana State 12 8-3-1 49 12 8-3-1 I-A 10 6 4-1-1 SEC
41 8.51 51 3.75 48 49.62 Tennessee 12 6-5-1 54 12 6-5-1 I-A 6 6 3-2-1 SEC
94 -11.12 101 -12.71 49 49.64 Memphis 11 1-10-0 37 10 0-10-0 I-A 3 4 0-4-0 SIC
2 30.32 4 28.62 50 49.81 Nebraska 13 12-1-0 48 13 12-1-0 I-A 8 7 7-0-0 BIG 8
32 12.94 45 6.88 51 49.83 Illinois 12 7-5-0 51 12 7-5-0 I-A 7 9 6-3-0 BIG 10
60 1.27 47 5.61 52 50.30 Houston 11 5-5-1 55 10 4-5-1 I-A 6 8 4-3-1 SWAC
108 -19.03 112 -20.65 53 51.09 Rice 11 0-11-0 53 11 0-11-0 I-A 1 8 0-8-0 SWAC
50 4.30 55 2.36 54 51.18 Indiana 11 5-6-0 57 11 5-6-0 I-A 5 9 4-5-0 BIG 10
37 10.83 28 13.51 55 51.79 Iowa 12 8-4-0 56 12 8-4-0 I-A 9 8 6-2-0 BIG 10
20 19.41 26 14.01 56 53.71 Ohio State 12 9-3-0 59 12 9-3-0 I-A 10 8 7-1-0 BIG 10
27 16.02 27 13.85 57 53.96 Texas 12 9-3-0 65 12 9-3-0 I-A 9 8 7-1-0 SWAC
52 3.52 52 3.13 58 54.00 Navy 11 6-5-0 66 10 5-5-0 I-A 9 4 2-2-0 EIC
45 5.38 33 12.20 59 54.04 Air Force 13 8-5-0 58 13 8-5-0 I-A 6 7 4-3-0 WAC
25 16.31 15 19.87 60 54.21 Arkansas 12 9-2-1 68 12 9-2-1 I-A 7 8 5-2-1 SWAC
53 3.52 59 1.41 61 54.36 Kansas State 12 6-5-1 60 11 5-5-1 I-A 5 7 3-3-1 BIG 8
61 0.95 49 4.59 62 54.75 Hawaii 11 6-5-0 61 10 5-5-0 I-A 5 8 4-4-0 WAC
42 7.88 50 3.82 63 55.08 Wisconsin 12 7-5-0 63 12 7-5-0 I-A 6 9 5-4-0 BIG 10
71 -2.67 64 0.22 64 55.22 Cincinnati 11 6-5-0 67 9 4-5-0 I-A 11 1 0-1-0 EIC
26 16.24 32 12.24 65 55.42 Brigham Young 12 8-4-0 64 12 8-4-0 I-A 8 8 7-1-0 WAC
69 -2.33 60 1.14 66 56.23 Rutgers 11 5-6-0 52 10 4-6-0 I-A 5 7 2-5-0 EIC
87 -8.84 83 -7.29 67 57.73 Kansas 11 2-7-2 71 11 2-7-2 I-A 1 7 1-5-1 BIG 8
55 2.59 67 -0.95 68 57.75 Utah 11 5-6-0 70 10 4-6-0 I-A 9 6 2-4-0 WAC
57 1.89 57 1.57 69 57.95 Oklahoma State 11 4-5-2 69 11 4-5-2 I-A 6 7 3-2-2 BIG 8
54 3.33 53 2.91 70 58.36 Missouri 11 5-4-2 73 11 5-4-2 I-A 4 7 2-3-2 BIG 8
80 -6.45 77 -5.89 71 58.55 Baylor 11 4-6-1 77 11 4-6-1 I-A 5 8 3-4-1 SWAC
91 -9.71 89 -8.42 72 58.59 Northwestern 11 3-8-0 74 11 3-8-0 I-A 2 9 2-7-0 BIG 10
95 -11.55 82 -6.75 73 58.67 Pacific 11 2-9-0 80 8 2-6-0 I-A 4 6 2-4-0 BWC
31 13.14 40 8.72 74 59.50 Southern Mississippi 11 7-4-0 50 9 6-3-0 I-A 8 5 4-1-0 SIC
68 -2.28 97 -11.35 75 59.68 Minnesota 11 3-8-0 76 11 3-8-0 I-A 1 9 1-8-0 BIG 10
82 -8.18 90 -8.82 76 59.91 Texas Christian 11 3-8-0 81 11 3-8-0 I-A 2 8 2-6-0 SWAC
67 -1.95 71 -4.72 77 60.05 Iowa State 11 4-6-1 75 11 4-6-1 I-A 3 7 1-5-1 BIG 8
79 -5.80 76 -5.81 78 60.15 Louisville 11 5-6-0 72 10 4-6-0 I-A 5 5 2-3-0 SIC
89 -8.97 81 -6.37 79 60.41 Nevada Las Vegas 11 3-8-0 79 11 3-8-0 I-A 1 5 1-4-0 BWC
76 -5.05 74 -5.43 80 60.50 Colorado State 11 4-7-0 78 11 4-7-0 I-A 4 8 3-5-0 WAC
102 -15.01 84 -7.48 81 61.22 Utah State 11 5-6-0 83 8 3-5-0 I-A 2 5 2-3-0 BWC
98 -13.55 96 -10.17 82 62.50 Colgate 3 1-2-0 6 0 0-0-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 Major-Ind
113 -24.04 105 -16.76 83 62.50 Cal State Fullerton 12 3-9-0 85 8 1-7-0 I-A 3 6 0-6-0 BWC
66 -1.71 68 -1.37 84 62.82 Texas A&M 11 5-6-0 62 9 3-6-0 I-A 4 8 3-5-0 SWAC
64 -0.72 63 0.26 85 63.38 Wyoming 12 5-7-0 82 12 5-7-0 I-A 1 8 2-6-0 WAC
77 -5.27 56 2.05 86 64.77 Cal State Long Beach 11 6-5-0 84 11 6-5-0 I-A 6 6 5-1-0 BWC
93 -10.89 66 -0.41 87 66.40 Arkansas State 5 2-3-0 1 0 0-0-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 Major-Ind
14 20.78 6 26.06 88 66.42 Southern Methodist 12 11-0-1 88 12 11-0-1 I-A 8 8 7-0-1 SWAC
49 4.42 39 9.20 89 67.40 San Jose State 11 8-3-0 90 10 7-3-0 I-A 5 6 4-2-0 BWC
35 10.91 19 16.79 90 70.95 New Mexico 11 10-1-0 91 11 10-1-0 I-A 7 7 6-1-0 WAC
59 1.62 58 1.55 91 71.25 Virginia Tech 11 7-4-0 87 9 5-4-0 I-A 11 3 2-1-0 SIC
65 -1.20 65 0.03 92 74.50 East Carolina 11 7-4-0 89 9 5-4-0 I-A 10 3 2-1-0 SIC
100 -14.19 104 -15.13 93 75.83 Louisiana Monroe 3 1-2-0 3 0 0-0-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 Major-Ind
122 -33.61 122 -35.86 94 77.00 Richmond 10 0-10-0 92 9 0-9-0 I-A 9 6 0-6-0 SIC
114 -24.14 116 -26.53 95 77.18 North Texas 11 2-9-0 86 9 1-8-0 I-A 14 2 1-1-0 SIC
109 -19.46 114 -24.99 96 77.95 New Mexico State 11 3-8-0 95 10 2-8-0 I-A 6 5 1-4-0 MVC
36 10.88 11 20.55 97 79.88 Fresno State 12 11-1-0 97 8 8-0-0 I-A 7 6 6-0-0 BWC
106 -17.83 106 -17.29 98 80.43 William & Mary 11 3-8-0 94 6 1-5-0 I-A 12 3 1-2-0 SIC
119 -29.57 118 -27.79 99 81.10 Texas Arlington 5 1-4-0 11 0 0-0-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 Major-Ind
86 -8.74 99 -11.77 100 82.10 Louisiana Tech 5 3-2-0 4 0 0-0-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 Major-Ind
97 -13.42 93 -9.49 101 83.35 Southern Illinois 11 6-5-0 96 7 4-3-0 I-A 7 5 4-1-0 MVC
40 9.45 30 13.44 102 84.36 Tulsa 11 10-1-0 98 11 10-1-0 I-A 5 6 6-0-0 MVC
110 -19.96 111 -19.19 103 84.55 West Texas A&M 11 3-8-0 93 8 2-6-0 I-A 1 5 1-4-0 MVC
111 -21.07 110 -18.99 104 86.68 Indiana State 11 4-7-0 99 9 3-6-0 I-A 4 5 2-3-0 MVC
96 -11.56 86 -7.78 105 88.62 Bowling Green 12 7-5-0 102 12 7-5-0 I-A 10 9 7-2-0 MAC
115 -24.68 115 -25.03 106 90.25 Virginia Military 4 1-3-0 9 0 0-0-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 Major-Ind
84 -8.41 79 -6.09 107 92.15 Wichita State 11 8-3-0 103 9 6-3-0 I-A 8 5 4-1-0 MVC
104 -15.58 102 -13.66 108 92.94 Drake 11 4-7-0 100 7 3-4-0 I-A 2 6 3-3-0 MVC
124 -41.53 123 -39.13 109 95.61 Illinois State 11 2-9-0 104 7 0-7-0 I-A 3 5 0-5-0 MVC
56 1.94 31 12.37 110 96.83 Boise State 3 3-0-0 2 0 0-0-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 Major-Ind
81 -6.97 73 -5.39 111 97.70 Louisiana Lafayette 11 7-3-1 101 5 4-1-0 I-A 6 2 1-1-0 SIC
116 -26.51 121 -32.96 112 99.33 McNeese State 3 0-2-1 8 0 0-0-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 Major-Ind
103 -15.13 107 -17.43 113 100.64 Toledo 11 6-5-0 105 10 5-5-0 I-A 7 9 5-4-0 MAC
85 -8.72 87 -8.20 114 100.91 Miami OH 11 7-4-0 107 11 7-4-0 I-A 6 8 5-3-0 MAC
123 -35.84 124 -41.85 115 101.05 Kent State 11 0-11-0 106 10 0-10-0 I-A 1 9 0-9-0 MAC
121 -30.26 120 -32.28 116 101.95 Eastern Michigan 11 1-9-1 110 9 1-7-1 I-A 2 9 1-7-1 MAC
101 -14.40 100 -12.61 117 102.05 Central Michigan 11 6-4-1 108 11 6-4-1 I-A 8 9 5-3-1 MAC
107 -18.20 108 -17.67 118 103.00 Northern Illinois 10 5-5-0 109 10 5-5-0 I-A 3 9 5-4-0 MAC
112 -22.02 109 -18.09 119 103.77 Ohio University 11 6-5-0 111 11 6-5-0 I-A 4 9 5-4-0 MAC
118 -27.04 119 -28.97 120 105.50 Marshall 3 1-2-0 5 0 0-0-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 Major-Ind
117 -26.63 113 -22.55 121 105.64 Ball State 11 5-6-0 112 11 5-6-0 I-A 5 8 4-4-0 MAC
120 -29.61 117 -26.70 122 107.17 Western Illinois 3 1-2-0 10 0 0-0-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 Major-Ind
88 -8.86 88 -8.39 123 107.80 Western Michigan 11 7-2-2 113 9 5-2-2 I-A 9 9 5-2-2 MAC
73 -4.41 48 4.74 124 109.67 Eastern Illinois 3 3-0-0 7 0 0-0-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 Major-Ind
Unrated teams with less than 3 games against rated teams
Akron 1 1-0-0
Appalachian State 2 0-2-0
James Madison 2 2-0-0
Massachusetts 1 0-1-0
Nevada Reno 2 2-0-0
Western Kentucky 1 0-1-0
Abilene Christian 1 1-0-0
Brown 1 1-0-0
California Davis 1 1-0-0
California Poly 2 0-2-0
Citadel 2 0-2-0
Columbia 1 0-1-0
Dartmouth 1 0-1-0
Delaware 2 1-1-0
East Tennessee State 1 0-1-0
Furman 2 1-1-0
Harvard 1 0-1-0
Holy Cross 1 0-1-0
Idaho 2 1-1-0
Idaho State 2 1-1-0
Lafayette 1 0-1-0
Lamar 2 0-2-0
Missouri State 1 0-1-0
Montana 2 0-2-0
Montana State 2 0-2-0
Morgan State 1 0-1-0
Northern Arizona 2 0-2-0
Northern Iowa 1 1-0-0
Princeton 1 0-1-0
South Dakota 1 0-1-0
Tennessee Chattanooga 1 0-1-0
Weber State 2 0-2-0
Western Carolina 2 0-2-0
Youngstown State 1 0-1-0
Grand Valley State 1 0-1-0
Minnesota Moorhead 1 0-1-0
Missouri Rolla 1 0-1-0
Wayne State (MI) 1 0-1-0
Nebraska Omaha 1 1-0-0
Santa Clara 1 0-1-0
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