AP Poll Summary
| Pre | 9/7 | 9/14 | 9/21 | 9/28 | 10/5 | 10/12 | 10/19 | 10/26 | 11/2 | 11/9 | 11/16 | 11/23 | 11/30 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
11 Games
| G | Date | Day | School | Opponent | Conf | Pts | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 5, 1981 | Sat | SMU | Texas-Arlington | Southland | W | 48 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Sep 12, 1981 | Sat | SMU | North Texas | Ind | W | 34 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Sep 19, 1981 | Sat | SMU | Grambling State | Non-Major | W | 59 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 4 | Sep 26, 1981 | Sat | (20) SMU | @ | Texas Christian | SWC | W | 20 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | W 4 | |
| 5 | Oct 10, 1981 | Sat | (14) SMU | Baylor | SWC | W | 37 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | W 5 | ||
| 6 | Oct 17, 1981 | Sat | (10) SMU | @ | Houston | SWC | W | 38 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | W 6 | |
| 7 | Oct 24, 1981 | Sat | (8) SMU | (10) Texas | SWC | L | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | L 1 | ||
| 8 | Oct 31, 1981 | Sat | (13) SMU | @ | Texas A&M | SWC | W | 27 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |
| 9 | Nov 7, 1981 | Sat | (10) SMU | Rice | SWC | W | 33 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 10 | Nov 14, 1981 | Sat | (8) SMU | Texas Tech | SWC | W | 30 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 11 | Nov 21, 1981 | Sat | (6) SMU | @ | (16) Arkansas | SWC | W | 32 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 0 | W 4 |
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