College Football 1983
Ranking of Division I-A 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 Division I-A teams based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents)
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule		Team	Other Rankings		Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		AP	Coach	Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
1	31.53	1	37.76	1	19.25	Auburn	3	3	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	4	4	12	10-1-1	4	12	10-1-1	SEC
7	21.35	22	14.52	5	30.33	Alabama	15	14	12	8-4-0	6	12	8-4-0	SEC
2	30.97	3	30.14	6	31.08	Florida	6	6	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)	1	1	12	11-1-0	16	12	11-1-0	SIC
12	18.76	13	20.12	17	37.50	Tennessee		12	11	8-3-0	18	12	9-3-0	SEC
16	17.43	9	22.57	18	37.71	Iowa	14	13	12	9-3-0	17	12	9-3-0	BIG 10
36	7.71	48	2.41	19	37.73	LSU			11	4-7-0	23	11	4-7-0	SEC
10	19.27	6	25.63	20	38.42	Michigan	8	9	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	18	17	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	19	18	9	6-3-0	29	12	9-3-0	EIC
17	17.32	14	19.83	30	41.58	Ohio State	9	8	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	17		12	7-4-1	31	12	7-4-1	PAC-10
15	18.03	10	22.39	33	42.88	West Virginia	16	15	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	20	20	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	10	10	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	2	2	13	12-1-0	38	13	12-1-0	BIG 8
8	20.87	11	21.56	44	46.80	Clemson	11	11	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		19	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		16	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	5	5	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	7	7	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	12		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	13		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 Division I-A 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 Division I-A Teams

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