College Football 1983
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1983/8/29 and 1984/1/2
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

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1983 - 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	31.53	1	37.76	1	19.25	Auburn	12	11-1-0	1	12	11-1-0	SEC
48	1.97	45	2.59	2	27.91	Vanderbilt	11	2-9-0	2	11	2-9-0	SEC
39	5.56	44	2.59	3	29.18	Mississippi State	11	3-8-0	3	11	3-8-0	SEC
4	26.78	2	31.73	4	29.25	Georgia	12	10-1-1	4	12	10-1-1	SEC
7	21.35	22	14.52	5	30.33	Alabama	12	8-4-0	6	12	8-4-0	SEC
2	30.97	3	30.14	6	31.08	Florida	12	9-2-1	5	12	9-2-1	SEC
22	14.66	15	17.80	7	31.83	Penn State	12	7-4-1	7	13	8-4-1	EIC
13	18.68	20	15.82	8	33.42	Florida State	12	7-5-0	9	12	7-5-0	SIC
52	0.39	52	0.98	9	33.95	Temple	10	3-7-0	8	11	4-7-0	EIC
58	-1.16	38	6.55	10	34.05	Purdue	11	3-7-1	10	11	3-7-1	BIG 10
29	12.13	24	12.41	11	35.62	Kentucky	12	6-5-1	12	12	6-5-1	SEC
90	-11.96	55	-0.74	12	35.73	Northwestern	11	2-9-0	11	11	2-9-0	BIG 10
78	-7.09	65	-3.85	13	35.80	Louisville	10	2-8-0	13	11	3-8-0	SIC
51	1.05	51	1.19	14	36.45	Georgia Tech	10	3-7-0	14	11	3-8-0	ACC
101	-19.91	85	-10.76	15	37.09	Minnesota	11	1-10-0	15	11	1-10-0	BIG 10
5	24.80	4	29.47	16	37.33	Miami FL	12	11-1-0	16	12	11-1-0	SIC
12	18.76	13	20.12	17	37.50	Tennessee	11	8-3-0	18	12	9-3-0	SEC
16	17.43	9	22.57	18	37.71	Iowa	12	9-3-0	17	12	9-3-0	BIG 10
36	7.71	48	2.41	19	37.73	Louisiana State	11	4-7-0	23	11	4-7-0	SEC
10	19.27	6	25.63	20	38.42	Michigan	12	9-3-0	19	12	9-3-0	BIG 10
26	13.27	19	16.07	21	38.46	Maryland	12	8-4-0	24	12	8-4-0	ACC
67	-3.08	50	1.55	22	38.64	Indiana	11	3-8-0	21	11	3-8-0	BIG 10
33	9.72	18	16.33	23	39.05	Wisconsin	11	7-4-0	22	11	7-4-0	BIG 10
19	16.33	16	17.19	24	39.17	Pittsburgh	12	8-3-1	27	12	8-3-1	EIC
43	3.75	42	4.72	25	39.21	Mississippi	12	6-6-0	26	12	6-6-0	SEC
18	16.44	27	12.15	26	39.42	Missouri	12	7-5-0	20	12	7-5-0	BIG 8
56	-1.08	36	7.50	27	39.50	Michigan State	11	4-6-1	25	11	4-6-1	BIG 10
59	-1.40	69	-4.74	28	39.73	Tulane	11	4-7-0	28	11	4-7-0	SIC
20	15.65	17	16.89	29	40.22	Boston College	9	6-3-0	29	12	9-3-0	EIC
17	17.32	14	19.83	30	41.58	Ohio State	12	9-3-0	30	12	9-3-0	BIG 10
35	8.19	40	5.37	31	41.80	Memphis	10	6-4-0	45	11	6-4-1	SIC
21	15.31	23	13.17	32	42.38	UCLA	12	7-4-1	31	12	7-4-1	PAC-10
15	18.03	10	22.39	33	42.88	West Virginia	12	9-3-0	32	12	9-3-0	EIC
68	-3.60	68	-4.57	34	43.41	Duke	11	3-8-0	37	11	3-8-0	ACC
73	-6.15	89	-12.63	35	43.44	North Carolina State	9	1-8-0	34	11	3-8-0	ACC
11	18.93	21	15.78	36	43.83	East Carolina	9	6-3-0	35	11	8-3-0	SIC
45	2.93	62	-2.78	37	43.85	Cincinnati	10	3-6-1	33	11	4-6-1	EIC
14	18.50	5	28.64	38	44.04	Illinois	12	10-2-0	36	12	10-2-0	BIG 10
86	-11.06	82	-9.62	39	44.50	Navy	9	1-8-0	40	11	3-8-0	EIC
85	-10.70	96	-15.99	40	45.00	Rutgers	9	1-8-0	51	11	3-8-0	EIC
27	12.32	31	8.70	41	45.54	Notre Dame	12	7-5-0	42	12	7-5-0	EIC
41	4.73	35	7.82	42	45.55	Syracuse	11	6-5-0	39	11	6-5-0	EIC
3	29.71	7	24.21	43	45.73	Nebraska	13	12-1-0	38	13	12-1-0	BIG 8
8	20.87	11	21.56	44	46.80	Clemson	10	8-1-1	54	11	9-1-1	ACC
44	3.70	54	-0.14	45	47.82	South Carolina	11	5-6-0	48	11	5-6-0	SIC
89	-11.76	84	-10.00	46	47.95	Kansas State	11	3-8-0	44	11	3-8-0	BIG 8
32	11.20	30	9.33	47	48.50	Oklahoma	12	8-4-0	47	12	8-4-0	BIG 8
23	14.38	28	10.31	48	48.65	Southern Mississippi	10	6-4-0	59	11	7-4-0	SIC
103	-20.87	92	-13.91	49	48.71	Army	7	1-6-0	57	11	2-9-0	EIC
57	-1.09	53	0.65	50	49.27	Iowa State	11	4-7-0	49	11	4-7-0	BIG 8
24	14.24	37	6.55	51	49.77	Oklahoma State	11	7-4-0	46	12	8-4-0	BIG 8
65	-2.86	60	-1.85	52	50.23	Colorado	11	4-7-0	50	11	4-7-0	BIG 8
60	-1.41	59	-1.81	53	50.89	Virginia	9	4-5-0	80	11	6-5-0	ACC
84	-10.48	83	-9.74	54	51.11	Wake Forest	9	3-6-0	65	11	4-7-0	ACC
64	-2.80	77	-6.68	55	51.55	Southern California	11	4-6-1	52	11	4-6-1	PAC-10
102	-19.94	107	-23.75	56	52.59	Stanford	11	1-10-0	53	11	1-10-0	PAC-10
40	5.24	41	5.05	57	53.55	Washington State	10	6-4-0	56	11	7-4-0	PAC-10
6	24.16	8	23.94	58	54.23	Texas	11	10-1-0	55	12	11-1-0	SWAC
100	-18.72	104	-21.68	59	55.00	William & Mary	5	1-4-0	107	11	6-5-0	SIC
61	-2.18	71	-5.07	60	55.50	Kansas	11	4-6-1	58	11	4-6-1	BIG 8
38	6.24	39	5.96	61	55.75	Washington	12	8-4-0	61	12	8-4-0	PAC-10
31	11.84	33	8.04	62	55.88	North Carolina	12	8-4-0	60	12	8-4-0	ACC
82	-9.92	86	-11.08	63	56.60	Houston	10	3-7-0	62	11	4-7-0	SWAC
80	-9.75	90	-13.44	64	57.45	Texas Tech	11	3-7-1	63	11	3-7-1	SWAC
87	-11.18	80	-7.92	65	57.55	Colorado State	11	4-7-0	64	12	5-7-0	WAC
74	-6.44	102	-18.14	66	59.10	Louisiana Lafayette	5	1-4-0	87	10	4-6-0	SIC
9	20.40	12	20.59	67	59.38	Brigham Young	12	11-1-0	66	12	11-1-0	WAC
62	-2.39	67	-4.56	68	59.40	Wyoming	10	5-5-0	79	12	7-5-0	WAC
95	-15.85	101	-18.13	69	60.50	Texas Christian	11	1-8-2	67	11	1-8-2	SWAC
99	-18.63	103	-20.65	70	60.55	Texas El Paso	10	1-9-0	70	12	2-10-0	WAC
46	2.63	76	-6.21	71	60.80	Texas A&M	10	4-5-1	78	11	5-5-1	SWAC
42	4.58	46	2.47	72	60.88	Baylor	12	7-4-1	69	12	7-4-1	SWAC
50	1.34	61	-2.13	73	61.27	Arkansas	11	6-5-0	73	11	6-5-0	SWAC
98	-17.68	97	-16.27	74	61.55	Oregon State	10	1-8-1	68	11	2-8-1	PAC-10
91	-13.13	95	-15.46	75	61.92	San Diego State	12	2-9-1	72	12	2-9-1	WAC
54	-0.07	66	-4.29	76	62.18	Utah	11	5-6-0	74	11	5-6-0	WAC
108	-25.40	106	-23.45	77	62.23	Rice	11	1-10-0	71	11	1-10-0	SWAC
81	-9.79	73	-5.66	78	62.64	Oregon	11	4-6-1	76	11	4-6-1	PAC-10
72	-6.08	78	-7.36	79	62.65	Utah State	10	4-6-0	75	11	5-6-0	BWC
25	13.42	29	9.67	80	62.75	Southern Methodist	10	8-2-0	82	12	10-2-0	SWAC
30	11.92	34	8.02	81	64.64	Arizona	11	7-3-1	81	11	7-3-1	PAC-10
37	6.71	58	-1.73	82	65.18	Arizona State	11	6-4-1	84	11	6-4-1	PAC-10
28	12.27	25	12.30	83	65.50	Virginia Tech	10	8-2-0	91	11	9-2-0	SIC
53	0.11	63	-3.00	84	66.14	New Mexico	11	6-5-0	83	12	6-6-0	WAC
66	-3.06	74	-5.77	85	66.23	California	11	5-5-1	85	11	5-5-1	PAC-10
111	-31.84	109	-30.70	86	66.42	Richmond	6	0-6-0	108	11	3-8-0	SIC
34	9.11	26	12.17	87	68.08	Air Force	12	10-2-0	89	12	10-2-0	WAC
88	-11.55	93	-14.06	88	68.14	Miami OH	11	4-7-0	86	11	4-7-0	MAC
104	-20.96	99	-17.36	89	68.39	Pacific	9	2-7-0	92	12	3-9-0	BWC
63	-2.58	70	-5.03	90	69.18	Hawaii	11	5-5-1	90	11	5-5-1	WAC
76	-6.72	64	-3.36	91	69.61	Cal State Fullerton	9	5-4-0	94	12	7-5-0	BWC
107	-23.40	108	-24.01	92	72.35	Kent State	10	1-9-0	88	11	1-10-0	MAC
105	-21.19	91	-13.80	93	74.32	Ohio University	11	4-7-0	95	11	4-7-0	MAC
92	-13.50	94	-15.37	94	75.29	Fresno State	7	2-5-0	103	11	6-5-0	BWC
112	-34.12	111	-32.77	95	75.72	Eastern Michigan	9	0-9-0	101	11	1-10-0	MAC
55	-0.28	32	8.33	96	75.92	Northern Illinois	12	10-2-0	96	12	10-2-0	MAC
71	-5.04	47	2.42	97	76.14	Bowling Green	11	8-3-0	98	11	8-3-0	MAC
47	1.99	43	2.97	98	77.45	Central Michigan	10	7-3-0	99	11	8-3-0	MAC
70	-4.18	75	-5.78	99	78.60	Nevada Las Vegas	10	6-4-0	111	11	7-4-0	BWC
79	-7.80	87	-11.64	100	78.64	San Jose State	11	5-6-0	106	11	5-6-0	BWC
97	-16.53	88	-12.16	101	79.06	Indiana State	8	4-4-0	112	13	9-4-0	MVC
94	-15.31	81	-9.17	102	79.70	Western Michigan	10	5-5-0	105	11	6-5-0	MAC
49	1.35	72	-5.28	103	80.80	Tulsa	10	7-3-0	115	11	8-3-0	MVC
96	-16.34	79	-7.78	104	81.30	Ball State	10	5-5-0	104	11	6-5-0	MAC
106	-21.94	105	-23.16	105	81.39	Wichita State	9	3-6-0	109	11	3-8-0	MVC
75	-6.59	57	-1.48	106	82.33	Cal State Long Beach	9	6-3-0	114	12	8-4-0	BWC
93	-13.68	98	-16.38	107	82.88	New Mexico State	8	4-4-0	116	11	5-6-0	MVC
77	-7.02	49	2.11	108	84.00	Toledo	10	8-2-0	113	11	9-2-0	MAC
83	-9.97	100	-17.69	109	87.25	Illinois State	6	2-3-1	123	11	6-4-1	MVC
110	-30.83	110	-31.39	110	88.36	Drake	7	1-6-0	124	11	1-10-0	MVC
109	-28.06	112	-40.03	111	92.58	West Texas A&M	6	0-5-1	117	11	0-10-1	MVC
69	-3.80	56	-1.06	112	97.92	Southern Illinois	6	5-1-0	125	14	13-1-0	MVC

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College Football 1983Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1983/8/29 and 1984/1/2Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

College Football 1983
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1983/8/29 and 1984/1/2
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)