1982 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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FBS standings

105 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	Penn State FBS · FBS Independents	★	11–1	333.56	392.09	187.88	—
2	Nebraska FBS · Big 8	—	12–1	327.60	412.59	139.76	—
3	Georgia FBS · SEC	—	11–1	288.09	338.16	158.20	—
4	UCLA FBS · Pac-10	—	10–1–1	275.19	320.82	158.62	—
5	SMU FBS · Southwest	—	11–0–1	253.85	310.55	109.54	▲ 6
6	Pittsburgh FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–3	246.94	279.66	166.07	▼ 1
7	Arizona State FBS · Pac-10	—	10–2	245.92	283.67	148.48	▲ 6
8	Maryland FBS · ACC	—	8–4	242.31	284.89	161.18	▼ 2
9	North Carolina FBS · ACC	—	8–4	240.43	293.37	146.25	▼ 2
10	USC FBS · Pac-10	—	8–3	240.29	276.66	167.54	▼ 2
11	Ohio State FBS · Big Ten	—	9–3	238.40	292.37	130.43	▼ 2
12	Washington FBS · Pac-10	—	10–2	237.45	267.39	151.41	—
13	Clemson FBS · ACC	—	9–1–1	237.37	277.78	137.72	▼ 3
14	Florida State FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–3	230.01	256.82	156.13	▲ 7
15	Texas FBS · Southwest	—	9–3	221.66	259.58	132.37	—
16	Arkansas FBS · Southwest	—	9–2–1	219.16	260.96	123.44	▲ 4
17	Auburn FBS · SEC	—	9–3	216.73	237.12	156.97	—
18	Alabama FBS · SEC	—	8–4	211.04	237.72	155.28	▲ 4
19	Michigan FBS · Big Ten	—	8–4	210.43	237.44	150.93	▼ 3
20	BYU FBS · Western Athletic	—	8–4	209.47	248.12	132.70	▼ 1
21	West Virginia FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–3	203.80	211.70	156.16	▼ 7
22	Oklahoma FBS · Big 8	—	8–4	203.55	226.03	150.35	▼ 4
23	Miami FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4	194.70	225.98	142.18	—
24	New Mexico FBS · Western Athletic	—	10–1	194.55	231.27	94.51	—
25	LSU FBS · SEC	—	8–3–1	194.22	218.82	136.77	—
26	Tulsa FBS · Missouri Valley	—	10–1	185.39	218.48	83.81	▲ 3
27	Boston College FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–3–1	184.81	203.61	141.87	▲ 1
28	Florida FBS · SEC	—	8–4	182.68	171.85	173.08	▼ 1
29	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–4–1	179.89	177.33	174.16	▲ 2
30	Arizona FBS · Pac-10	—	6–4–1	173.08	171.42	166.55	▲ 2
31	Illinois FBS · Big Ten	—	7–5	172.96	193.50	137.98	▼ 1
32	Fresno State FBS · PCAA	—	11–1	170.99	196.97	80.60	▲ 1
33	Vanderbilt FBS · SEC	—	8–4	166.99	175.38	138.22	▼ 7
34	Iowa FBS · Big Ten	—	8–4	158.57	164.57	132.01	▲ 1
35	San Diego State FBS · Western Athletic	—	7–5	156.17	167.70	133.55	▼ 1
36	California FBS · Pac-10	—	7–4	149.84	131.01	161.61	—
37	Stanford FBS · Pac-10	—	5–6	147.77	134.53	175.68	—
38	Duke FBS · ACC	—	6–5	143.70	151.76	134.78	—
39	Mississippi State FBS · SEC	—	5–6	142.79	141.28	158.22	—
40	Air Force FBS · Western Athletic	—	8–5	142.17	143.99	128.51	▲ 9
41	Southern Miss FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4	140.62	144.02	122.35	▼ 1
42	Hawai'i FBS · Western Athletic	—	6–5	138.37	143.77	127.81	▼ 1
43	Utah FBS · Western Athletic	—	5–6	136.99	160.13	122.16	▼ 1
44	Wisconsin FBS · Big Ten	—	7–5	133.83	125.87	136.59	▼ 1
45	NC State FBS · ACC	—	6–5	128.02	100.00	162.21	—
46	LLong Beach State FBS · PCAA	—	6–5	126.11	138.87	108.41	—
47	Kansas State FBS · Big 8	—	6–5–1	121.73	121.67	125.45	—
48	San José State FBS · PCAA	—	8–3	120.82	126.26	93.90	—
49	Tennessee FBS · SEC	—	6–5–1	119.41	114.99	130.00	▼ 5
50	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	113.06	116.72	112.01	—
51	Georgia Tech FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	111.09	91.61	137.69	—
52	Houston FBS · Southwest	—	5–5–1	110.89	97.85	135.30	—
53	Northern Illinois FBS · Mid-American	—	5–5	109.42	142.95	64.11	—
54	Western Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	7–2–2	105.60	117.87	59.47	▲ 1
55	Oklahoma State FBS · Big 8	—	4–5–2	105.31	100.53	126.15	▼ 1
56	Missouri FBS · Big 8	—	5–4–2	102.96	87.70	125.99	—
57	Indiana FBS · Big Ten	—	5–6	102.80	88.39	137.11	—
58	Oregon FBS · Pac-10	—	2–8–1	102.35	80.80	178.32	▲ 1
59	WWichita State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	8–3	101.95	110.94	63.60	▼ 1
60	East Carolina FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4	100.10	103.25	85.41	—
61	South Carolina FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	97.80	77.51	146.50	—
62	Miami (OH) FBS · Mid-American	—	7–4	93.18	98.54	67.04	▲ 2
63	Ole Miss FBS · SEC	—	4–7	93.09	66.88	153.15	▼ 1
64	Louisiana FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–3–1	92.37	107.41	56.19	▲ 2
65	Virginia Tech FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4	91.73	89.96	82.51	▼ 2
66	Tulane FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	91.29	83.50	132.49	▼ 1
67	Bowling Green FBS · Mid-American	—	7–5	90.42	76.02	93.57	▲ 1
68	Rutgers FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	89.57	65.71	135.16	▼ 1
69	Texas A&M FBS · Southwest	—	5–6	88.95	72.41	124.03	—
70	Washington State FBS · Pac-10	—	3–7–1	88.13	85.34	133.55	—
71	Central Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	6–4–1	87.21	95.11	65.73	—
72	Toledo FBS · Mid-American	—	6–5	84.58	91.70	69.88	—
73	Colorado FBS · Big 8	—	2–8–1	83.75	79.15	140.11	▲ 1
74	Purdue FBS · Big Ten	—	3–8	83.51	74.54	139.59	▼ 1
75	Baylor FBS · Southwest	—	4–6–1	83.49	65.96	127.13	—
76	Oregon State FBS · Pac-10	—	1–9–1	79.90	70.25	157.62	▲ 1
77	Syracuse FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–9	79.33	54.81	165.66	▼ 1
78	Texas Tech FBS · Southwest	—	4–7	78.37	46.23	147.45	▲ 1
79	UTEP FBS · Western Athletic	—	2–10	77.92	68.00	147.49	▲ 2
80	PPacific FBS · PCAA	—	2–9	76.58	101.28	97.93	▼ 2
81	Michigan State FBS · Big Ten	—	2–9	75.71	65.02	144.57	▼ 1
82	Northwestern FBS · Big Ten	—	3–8	74.78	63.02	129.02	—
83	Temple FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	73.16	44.82	139.25	—
84	Louisville FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	71.20	52.07	111.01	—
85	Iowa State FBS · Big 8	—	4–6–1	69.65	46.71	120.05	—
86	Army FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	65.04	48.17	112.84	▲ 1
87	Memphis FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–10	64.89	73.00	126.95	▼ 1
88	Wyoming FBS · Western Athletic	—	5–7	57.61	26.14	119.75	▲ 3
89	Utah State FBS · PCAA	—	5–6	57.45	29.86	102.48	▼ 1
90	Virginia FBS · ACC	—	2–9	57.35	41.20	131.62	▼ 1
91	UNLV FBS · PCAA	—	3–8	56.89	34.83	121.74	▼ 1
92	Ball State FBS · Mid-American	—	5–6	53.87	54.93	60.82	—
93	West Texas FBS · Missouri Valley	—	3–8	50.75	47.51	89.55	—
94	New Mexico State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	3–8	48.78	38.28	97.22	—
95	Colorado State FBS · Western Athletic	—	4–7	47.81	16.10	120.17	—
96	TCU FBS · Southwest	—	3–8	46.14	29.72	115.48	—
97	Wake Forest FBS · ACC	—	3–8	44.07	6.41	139.39	▲ 1
98	Kentucky FBS · SEC	—	0–10–1	41.89	4.09	169.29	▼ 1
99	Minnesota FBS · Big Ten	—	3–8	40.37	9.71	125.09	—
100	Kansas FBS · Big 8	—	2–7–2	39.67	7.49	126.36	—
101	Ohio FBS · Mid-American	—	6–5	36.88	15.00	61.65	—
102	Rice FBS · Southwest	—	0–11	23.68	1.00	134.58	—
103	CCal State Fullerton FBS · PCAA	—	3–9	21.72	1.00	94.18	—
104	Eastern Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	1–9–1	16.03	10.37	75.31	—
105	Kent State FBS · Mid-American	—	0–11	-1.44	1.00	71.87	—