College Football 1983
Ranking of Division I-A Teams

Based on games played between 1983/8/29 and 1984/1/2
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss (WinLoss)

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1983 - Ranking of Division I-A teams based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss
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
4	26.78	2	31.73	4	29.25	Georgia	4	4	12	10-1-1	2	12	10-1-1	SEC
2	30.97	3	30.14	6	31.08	Florida	6	6	12	9-2-1	3	12	9-2-1	SEC
5	24.80	4	29.47	16	37.33	Miami (FL)	1	1	12	11-1-0	4	12	11-1-0	SIC
14	18.50	5	28.64	38	44.04	Illinois	10	10	12	10-2-0	5	12	10-2-0	BIG 10
10	19.27	6	25.63	20	38.42	Michigan	8	9	12	9-3-0	6	12	9-3-0	BIG 10
3	29.71	7	24.21	43	45.73	Nebraska	2	2	13	12-1-0	7	13	12-1-0	BIG 8
6	24.16	8	23.94	58	54.23	Texas	5	5	11	10-1-0	8	12	11-1-0	SWAC
16	17.43	9	22.57	18	37.71	Iowa	14	13	12	9-3-0	9	12	9-3-0	BIG 10
15	18.03	10	22.39	33	42.88	West Virginia	16	15	12	9-3-0	10	12	9-3-0	EIC
8	20.87	11	21.56	44	46.80	Clemson	11	11	10	8-1-1	12	11	9-1-1	ACC
9	20.40	12	20.59	67	59.38	Brigham Young	7	7	12	11-1-0	11	12	11-1-0	WAC
12	18.76	13	20.12	17	37.50	Tennessee		12	11	8-3-0	13	12	9-3-0	SEC
17	17.32	14	19.83	30	41.58	Ohio State	9	8	12	9-3-0	14	12	9-3-0	BIG 10
22	14.66	15	17.80	7	31.83	Penn State			12	7-4-1	15	13	8-4-1	EIC
19	16.33	16	17.19	24	39.17	Pittsburgh	18	17	12	8-3-1	17	12	8-3-1	EIC
20	15.65	17	16.89	29	40.22	Boston College	19	18	9	6-3-0	16	12	9-3-0	EIC
33	9.72	18	16.33	23	39.05	Wisconsin			11	7-4-0	18	11	7-4-0	BIG 10
26	13.27	19	16.07	21	38.46	Maryland			12	8-4-0	19	12	8-4-0	ACC
13	18.68	20	15.82	8	33.42	Florida State			12	7-5-0	20	12	7-5-0	SIC
11	18.93	21	15.78	36	43.83	East Carolina	20	20	9	6-3-0	21	11	8-3-0	SIC
7	21.35	22	14.52	5	30.33	Alabama	15	14	12	8-4-0	22	12	8-4-0	SEC
21	15.31	23	13.17	32	42.38	UCLA	17		12	7-4-1	23	12	7-4-1	PAC-10
29	12.13	24	12.41	11	35.62	Kentucky			12	6-5-1	25	12	6-5-1	SEC
28	12.27	25	12.30	83	65.50	Virginia Tech			10	8-2-0	26	11	9-2-0	SIC
34	9.11	26	12.17	87	68.08	Air Force	13		12	10-2-0	27	12	10-2-0	WAC
18	16.44	27	12.15	26	39.42	Missouri			12	7-5-0	24	12	7-5-0	BIG 8
23	14.38	28	10.31	48	48.65	Southern Mississippi		19	10	6-4-0	28	11	7-4-0	SIC
25	13.42	29	9.67	80	62.75	Southern Methodist	12		10	8-2-0	31	12	10-2-0	SWAC
32	11.20	30	9.33	47	48.50	Oklahoma			12	8-4-0	29	12	8-4-0	BIG 8
27	12.32	31	8.70	41	45.54	Notre Dame			12	7-5-0	32	12	7-5-0	EIC
55	-0.28	32	8.33	96	75.92	Northern Illinois			12	10-2-0	30	12	10-2-0	MAC
31	11.84	33	8.04	62	55.88	North Carolina			12	8-4-0	35	12	8-4-0	ACC
30	11.92	34	8.02	81	64.64	Arizona			11	7-3-1	34	11	7-3-1	PAC-10
41	4.73	35	7.82	42	45.55	Syracuse			11	6-5-0	33	11	6-5-0	EIC
56	-1.08	36	7.50	27	39.50	Michigan State			11	4-6-1	36	11	4-6-1	BIG 10
24	14.24	37	6.55	51	49.77	Oklahoma State		16	11	7-4-0	37	12	8-4-0	BIG 8
58	-1.16	38	6.55	10	34.05	Purdue			11	3-7-1	38	11	3-7-1	BIG 10
38	6.24	39	5.96	61	55.75	Washington			12	8-4-0	40	12	8-4-0	PAC-10
35	8.19	40	5.37	31	41.80	Memphis			10	6-4-0	39	11	6-4-1	SIC
40	5.24	41	5.05	57	53.55	Washington State			10	6-4-0	41	11	7-4-0	PAC-10
43	3.75	42	4.72	25	39.21	Mississippi			12	6-6-0	45	12	6-6-0	SEC
47	1.99	43	2.97	98	77.45	Central Michigan			10	7-3-0	42	11	8-3-0	MAC
39	5.56	44	2.59	3	29.18	Mississippi State			11	3-8-0	48	11	3-8-0	SEC
48	1.97	45	2.59	2	27.91	Vanderbilt			11	2-9-0	49	11	2-9-0	SEC
42	4.58	46	2.47	72	60.88	Baylor			12	7-4-1	47	12	7-4-1	SWAC
71	-5.04	47	2.42	97	76.14	Bowling Green			11	8-3-0	44	11	8-3-0	MAC
36	7.71	48	2.41	19	37.73	LSU			11	4-7-0	51	11	4-7-0	SEC
77	-7.02	49	2.11	108	84.00	Toledo			10	8-2-0	43	11	9-2-0	MAC
67	-3.08	50	1.55	22	38.64	Indiana			11	3-8-0	53	11	3-8-0	BIG 10
51	1.05	51	1.19	14	36.45	Georgia Tech			10	3-7-0	55	11	3-8-0	ACC
52	0.39	52	0.98	9	33.95	Temple			10	3-7-0	52	11	4-7-0	EIC
57	-1.09	53	0.65	50	49.27	Iowa State			11	4-7-0	54	11	4-7-0	BIG 8
44	3.70	54	-0.14	45	47.82	South Carolina			11	5-6-0	56	11	5-6-0	SIC
90	-11.96	55	-0.74	12	35.73	Northwestern			11	2-9-0	57	11	2-9-0	BIG 10
69	-3.80	56	-1.06	112	97.92	Southern Illinois			6	5-1-0	46	14	13-1-0	MVC
75	-6.59	57	-1.48	106	82.33	Cal State Long Beach			9	6-3-0	61	12	8-4-0	BWC
37	6.71	58	-1.73	82	65.18	Arizona State			11	6-4-1	58	11	6-4-1	PAC-10
60	-1.41	59	-1.81	53	50.89	Virginia			9	4-5-0	64	11	6-5-0	ACC
65	-2.86	60	-1.85	52	50.23	Colorado			11	4-7-0	60	11	4-7-0	BIG 8
50	1.34	61	-2.13	73	61.27	Arkansas			11	6-5-0	63	11	6-5-0	SWAC
45	2.93	62	-2.78	37	43.85	Cincinnati			10	3-6-1	59	11	4-6-1	EIC
53	0.11	63	-3.00	84	66.14	New Mexico			11	6-5-0	77	12	6-6-0	WAC
76	-6.72	64	-3.36	91	69.61	Cal State Fullerton			9	5-4-0	65	12	7-5-0	BWC
78	-7.09	65	-3.85	13	35.80	Louisville			10	2-8-0	69	11	3-8-0	SIC
54	-0.07	66	-4.29	76	62.18	Utah			11	5-6-0	71	11	5-6-0	WAC
62	-2.39	67	-4.56	68	59.40	Wyoming			10	5-5-0	62	12	7-5-0	WAC
68	-3.60	68	-4.57	34	43.41	Duke			11	3-8-0	67	11	3-8-0	ACC
59	-1.40	69	-4.74	28	39.73	Tulane			11	4-7-0	70	11	4-7-0	SIC
63	-2.58	70	-5.03	90	69.18	Hawaii			11	5-5-1	74	11	5-5-1	WAC
61	-2.18	71	-5.07	60	55.50	Kansas			11	4-6-1	66	11	4-6-1	BIG 8
49	1.35	72	-5.28	103	80.80	Tulsa			10	7-3-0	79	11	8-3-0	MVC
81	-9.79	73	-5.66	78	62.64	Oregon			11	4-6-1	76	11	4-6-1	PAC-10
66	-3.06	74	-5.77	85	66.23	California			11	5-5-1	73	11	5-5-1	PAC-10
70	-4.18	75	-5.78	99	78.60	Nevada Las Vegas			10	6-4-0	75	11	7-4-0	BWC
46	2.63	76	-6.21	71	60.80	Texas A&M			10	4-5-1	68	11	5-5-1	SWAC
64	-2.80	77	-6.68	55	51.55	Southern California			11	4-6-1	81	11	4-6-1	PAC-10
72	-6.08	78	-7.36	79	62.65	Utah State			10	4-6-0	82	11	5-6-0	BWC
96	-16.34	79	-7.78	104	81.30	Ball State			10	5-5-0	80	11	6-5-0	MAC
87	-11.18	80	-7.92	65	57.55	Colorado State			11	4-7-0	83	12	5-7-0	WAC
94	-15.31	81	-9.17	102	79.70	Western Michigan			10	5-5-0	78	11	6-5-0	MAC
86	-11.06	82	-9.62	39	44.50	Navy			9	1-8-0	93	11	3-8-0	EIC
84	-10.48	83	-9.74	54	51.11	Wake Forest			9	3-6-0	84	11	4-7-0	ACC
89	-11.76	84	-10.00	46	47.95	Kansas State			11	3-8-0	85	11	3-8-0	BIG 8
101	-19.91	85	-10.76	15	37.09	Minnesota			11	1-10-0	87	11	1-10-0	BIG 10
82	-9.92	86	-11.08	63	56.60	Houston			10	3-7-0	90	11	4-7-0	SWAC
79	-7.80	87	-11.64	100	78.64	San Jose State			11	5-6-0	89	11	5-6-0	BWC
97	-16.53	88	-12.16	101	79.06	Indiana State			8	4-4-0	72	13	9-4-0	MVC
73	-6.15	89	-12.63	35	43.44	North Carolina State			9	1-8-0	95	11	3-8-0	ACC
80	-9.75	90	-13.44	64	57.45	Texas Tech			11	3-7-1	96	11	3-7-1	SWAC
105	-21.19	91	-13.80	93	74.32	Ohio University			11	4-7-0	88	11	4-7-0	MAC
103	-20.87	92	-13.91	49	48.71	Army			7	1-6-0	108	11	2-9-0	EIC
88	-11.55	93	-14.06	88	68.14	Miami (OH)			11	4-7-0	91	11	4-7-0	MAC
92	-13.50	94	-15.37	94	75.29	Fresno State			7	2-5-0	97	11	6-5-0	BWC
91	-13.13	95	-15.46	75	61.92	San Diego State			12	2-9-1	101	12	2-9-1	WAC
85	-10.70	96	-15.99	40	45.00	Rutgers			9	1-8-0	86	11	3-8-0	EIC
98	-17.68	97	-16.27	74	61.55	Oregon State			10	1-8-1	100	11	2-8-1	PAC-10
93	-13.68	98	-16.38	107	82.88	New Mexico State			8	4-4-0	107	11	5-6-0	MVC
104	-20.96	99	-17.36	89	68.39	Pacific			9	2-7-0	110	12	3-9-0	BWC
83	-9.97	100	-17.69	109	87.25	Illinois State			6	2-3-1	103	11	6-4-1	MVC
95	-15.85	101	-18.13	69	60.50	Texas Christian			11	1-8-2	106	11	1-8-2	SWAC
74	-6.44	102	-18.14	66	59.10	Louisiana Lafayette			5	1-4-0	102	10	4-6-0	SIC
99	-18.63	103	-20.65	70	60.55	Texas El Paso			10	1-9-0	113	12	2-10-0	WAC
100	-18.72	104	-21.68	59	55.00	William & Mary			5	1-4-0	104	11	6-5-0	SIC
106	-21.94	105	-23.16	105	81.39	Wichita State			9	3-6-0	116	11	3-8-0	MVC
108	-25.40	106	-23.45	77	62.23	Rice			11	1-10-0	115	11	1-10-0	SWAC
102	-19.94	107	-23.75	56	52.59	Stanford			11	1-10-0	114	11	1-10-0	PAC-10
107	-23.40	108	-24.01	92	72.35	Kent State			10	1-9-0	112	11	1-10-0	MAC
111	-31.84	109	-30.70	86	66.42	Richmond			6	0-6-0	119	11	3-8-0	SIC
110	-30.83	110	-31.39	110	88.36	Drake			7	1-6-0	122	11	1-10-0	MVC
112	-34.12	111	-32.77	95	75.72	Eastern Michigan			9	0-9-0	120	11	1-10-0	MAC
109	-28.06	112	-40.03	111	92.58	West Texas A&M			6	0-5-1	124	11	0-10-1	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 Chi Square fit to Win/Loss (WinLoss)

College Football 1983
Ranking of Division I-A Teams

Based on games played between 1983/8/29 and 1984/1/2
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss (WinLoss)