1983 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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FBS standings

105 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	Nebraska FBS · Big 8	—	12–1	338.86	425.70	150.38	—
2	Auburn FBS · SEC	—	11–1	333.72	379.70	202.57	—
3	Florida FBS · SEC	—	9–2–1	298.44	356.27	179.04	—
4	BYU FBS · Western Athletic	—	11–1	291.79	366.23	126.28	—
5	Miami FBS · FBS Independents	★	11–1	291.76	341.25	159.72	▲ 1
6	Georgia FBS · SEC	—	10–1–1	282.69	315.16	182.36	▲ 1
7	Texas FBS · Southwest	—	11–1	282.66	342.94	136.47	▼ 2
8	Clemson FBS · ACC	—	9–1–1	238.95	288.05	128.33	▲ 1
9	Michigan FBS · Big Ten	—	9–3	231.71	275.49	138.33	▲ 1
10	UCLA FBS · Pac-10	—	7–4–1	222.40	245.84	167.17	▲ 23
11	West Virginia FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–3	221.87	242.60	155.48	—
12	Tennessee FBS · SEC	—	9–3	213.31	242.28	145.87	▲ 1
13	Penn State FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–4–1	212.60	229.67	168.68	▲ 1
14	Pittsburgh FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–3–1	209.17	231.61	151.12	▼ 2
15	Alabama FBS · SEC	—	8–4	208.53	227.37	162.77	—
16	Ohio State FBS · Big Ten	—	9–3	203.20	236.02	126.89	▲ 5
17	Maryland FBS · ACC	—	8–4	201.92	215.48	161.04	—
18	Iowa FBS · Big Ten	—	9–3	199.95	222.34	136.78	▼ 2
19	Oklahoma FBS · Big 8	—	8–4	198.60	216.39	149.27	▼ 1
20	Illinois FBS · Big Ten	—	10–2	194.75	217.63	121.25	▼ 12
21	Air Force FBS · Western Athletic	—	10–2	193.42	221.75	106.19	▼ 2
22	Florida State FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–5	191.12	204.57	166.54	▼ 2
23	East Carolina FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–3	188.87	203.03	145.63	▼ 1
24	SMU FBS · Southwest	—	10–2	181.30	208.75	102.15	▼ 1
25	Virginia Tech FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–2	180.94	230.00	79.33	▼ 1
26	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–5	180.26	211.99	132.44	▼ 1
27	Oklahoma State FBS · Big 8	—	8–4	178.52	192.98	137.93	▼ 1
28	Boston College FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–3	178.11	189.79	134.85	▼ 1
29	Northern Illinois FBS · Mid-American	—	10–2	175.24	200.77	93.47	▼ 1
30	Washington State FBS · Pac-10	—	7–4	171.12	193.55	124.36	▼ 1
31	Central Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	8–3	168.21	207.33	92.01	▼ 1
32	Syracuse FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	165.73	176.41	149.36	—
33	Missouri FBS · Big 8	—	7–5	164.57	154.90	166.41	▼ 2
34	Arizona FBS · Pac-10	—	7–3–1	157.31	179.12	108.24	▲ 2
35	Tulsa FBS · Missouri Valley	—	8–3	154.47	188.47	81.89	—
36	Wisconsin FBS · Big Ten	—	7–4	152.30	161.71	129.48	▼ 2
37	Washington FBS · Pac-10	—	8–4	150.02	159.01	118.97	▲ 1
38	North Carolina FBS · ACC	—	8–4	149.52	157.95	118.80	▼ 1
39	Kentucky FBS · SEC	—	6–5–1	148.04	141.24	161.39	—
40	Toledo FBS · Mid-American	—	9–2	146.62	165.34	82.29	—
41	Bowling Green FBS · Mid-American	—	8–3	143.65	145.27	108.09	—
42	Wyoming FBS · Western Athletic	—	7–5	142.59	147.88	125.60	—
43	Southern Miss FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4	141.86	145.68	125.17	—
44	Ole Miss FBS · SEC	—	6–6	141.31	151.31	138.31	—
45	Memphis FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–4–1	138.53	157.64	114.44	—
46	Baylor FBS · Southwest	—	7–4–1	135.69	137.25	118.34	—
47	Arizona State FBS · Pac-10	—	6–4–1	131.82	141.44	110.75	—
48	Mississippi State FBS · SEC	—	3–8	125.24	108.26	186.37	—
49	Utah FBS · Western Athletic	—	5–6	118.70	122.97	123.75	—
50	UNLV FBS · PCAA	—	7–4	117.13	132.10	82.42	—
51	South Carolina FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	110.22	97.52	140.10	—
52	LLong Beach State FBS · PCAA	—	8–4	107.97	122.93	74.86	—
53	New Mexico FBS · Western Athletic	—	6–6	107.40	106.84	115.80	—
54	Utah State FBS · PCAA	—	5–6	107.02	108.91	113.40	—
55	Temple FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	106.26	93.63	153.92	—
56	LSU FBS · SEC	—	4–7	106.22	94.41	151.35	—
57	Georgia Tech FBS · ACC	—	3–8	105.35	87.04	167.81	—
58	Duke FBS · ACC	—	3–8	103.03	103.16	141.06	▲ 1
59	Texas A&M FBS · Southwest	—	5–5–1	102.21	106.30	107.01	▼ 1
60	Kansas FBS · Big 8	—	4–6–1	99.54	88.57	135.23	—
61	Colorado FBS · Big 8	—	4–7	96.76	90.53	134.80	—
62	Hawai'i FBS · Western Athletic	—	5–5–1	96.76	90.27	110.80	—
63	Iowa State FBS · Big 8	—	4–7	93.49	83.02	139.37	—
64	USC FBS · Pac-10	—	4–6–1	93.37	74.08	138.49	—
65	Arkansas FBS · Southwest	—	6–5	88.67	67.72	115.58	—
66	Western Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	6–5	87.92	78.83	97.05	—
67	California FBS · Pac-10	—	5–5–1	86.96	82.78	102.07	▲ 3
68	CCal State Fullerton FBS · PCAA	—	7–5	85.08	63.64	102.01	▼ 1
69	NC State FBS · ACC	—	3–8	84.27	91.48	120.61	▼ 1
70	Louisiana FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–6	83.95	108.34	75.32	▼ 1
71	Purdue FBS · Big Ten	—	3–7–1	81.43	58.00	147.94	—
72	Oregon FBS · Pac-10	—	4–6–1	81.29	72.30	112.32	▲ 2
73	Fresno State FBS · PCAA	—	6–5	80.90	87.11	76.06	▼ 1
74	Virginia FBS · ACC	—	6–5	80.53	59.50	108.08	▼ 1
75	Vanderbilt FBS · SEC	—	2–9	75.70	37.54	179.06	—
76	Houston FBS · Southwest	—	4–7	71.18	57.83	116.74	—
77	Colorado State FBS · Western Athletic	—	5–7	70.73	48.10	119.50	—
78	WWichita State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	3–8	68.68	83.00	86.72	—
79	Miami (OH) FBS · Mid-American	—	4–7	67.13	58.65	105.47	—
80	UTEP FBS · Western Athletic	—	2–10	66.14	69.54	118.31	—
81	Tulane FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	62.45	31.68	133.51	—
82	Ohio FBS · Mid-American	—	4–7	60.64	48.05	103.41	—
83	Ball State FBS · Mid-American	—	6–5	58.55	30.20	94.31	—
84	Rutgers FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–8	57.50	41.02	121.51	▲ 1
85	Wake Forest FBS · ACC	—	4–7	56.69	35.89	114.20	▲ 2
86	Kansas State FBS · Big 8	—	3–8	56.36	22.41	144.73	—
87	Texas Tech FBS · Southwest	—	3–7–1	55.93	29.86	123.30	▲ 1
88	Michigan State FBS · Big Ten	—	4–6–1	55.37	16.24	132.59	▼ 4
89	New Mexico State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	5–6	53.50	37.03	84.76	▲ 1
90	PPacific FBS · PCAA	—	3–9	53.10	57.33	93.14	▲ 1
91	Indiana FBS · Big Ten	—	3–8	51.52	26.97	130.58	▼ 2
92	Louisville FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–8	50.09	11.79	140.08	—
93	San José State FBS · PCAA	—	5–6	47.66	27.10	87.38	—
94	Oregon State FBS · Pac-10	—	2–8–1	46.54	40.44	102.22	—
95	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–8	44.53	19.94	117.74	—
96	San Diego State FBS · Western Athletic	—	2–9–1	43.07	15.19	129.50	—
97	Kent State FBS · Mid-American	—	1–10	37.65	32.47	107.41	—
98	Northwestern FBS · Big Ten	—	2–9	34.51	1.00	138.00	—
99	Minnesota FBS · Big Ten	—	1–10	32.03	1.00	141.80	—
100	Stanford FBS · Pac-10	—	1–10	26.02	1.07	128.25	—
101	TCU FBS · Southwest	—	1–8–2	23.09	1.00	111.91	—
102	Army FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–9	22.50	1.00	99.82	—
103	Rice FBS · Southwest	—	1–10	16.18	1.00	105.72	—
104	Eastern Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	1–10	14.34	1.00	95.54	—
105	West Texas FBS · Missouri Valley	—	0–10–1	5.46	1.00	77.42	—