1981 College Football School Ratings

The SRS columns are SRS broken up into offensive and defensive components.
The Scoring columns are points per game adjusted for strength of opposition.
The Passing, Rushing, and Total columns are yards per attempt adjusted for strength of opposition.
AP Rank reflects the current AP poll ranking or the last ranking from the year.

137 Schools

137 Schools Table
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
1	Penn State	Ind	3	10	2	0	14.05	10.97	25.02	45.55	0.04
2	Pitt	Ind	4	11	1	0	11.39	10.63	22.02	43.12	2.26
3	Nebraska	Big 8	11	9	3	0	9.39	12.40	21.79	43.34	-1.13
4	Georgia	SEC	6	10	2	0	9.46	11.98	21.43	42.57	-0.76
5	Clemson	ACC	1	12	0	0	7.93	13.41	21.34	40.17	-2.33
6	SMU	SWC	5	10	1	0	10.75	8.70	19.45	41.62	3.68
7	Miami (FL)	Ind	8	9	2	0	8.47	10.33	18.80	35.81	0.90
8	Texas	SWC	2	10	1	1	5.61	11.83	17.44	33.24	0.74
9	Michigan	Big Ten	12	9	3	0	8.83	8.45	17.29	37.72	4.14
10	Alabama	SEC	7	9	2	1	8.56	8.51	17.07	36.04	3.19
11	Arizona State	Pac-10	16	9	2	0	12.65	4.05	16.71	43.59	7.52
12	North Carolina	ACC	9	10	2	0	6.63	9.33	15.97	40.38	2.39
13	USC	Pac-10	14	9	3	0	6.30	8.87	15.17	34.63	2.47
14	West Virginia	Ind	17	9	3	0	5.03	9.51	14.54	33.08	1.58
15	UCLA	Pac-10		7	4	1	8.70	5.64	14.35	37.06	5.17
16	Oklahoma	Big 8	20	7	4	1	8.26	5.54	13.81	39.45	6.08
17	Florida	SEC		7	5	0	5.16	7.75	12.90	35.59	3.44
18	Southern Mississippi	Ind		9	2	1	4.13	8.73	12.86	35.09	3.43
19	BYU	WAC	13	11	2	0	13.28	-0.90	12.38	42.96	13.93
20	Arkansas	SWC		8	4	0	8.42	3.83	12.25	35.55	6.82
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
21	Washington	Pac-10	10	10	2	0	3.63	8.29	11.92	31.67	4.08
22	Ohio State	Big Ten	15	9	3	0	10.48	1.03	11.51	38.82	11.67
23	Iowa	Big Ten	18	8	4	0	1.23	10.18	11.41	30.42	2.62
24	Missouri	Big 8	19	8	4	0	4.50	6.89	11.39	33.48	4.74
25	Mississippi State	SEC		8	4	0	2.09	9.18	11.27	28.36	2.14
26	Houston	SWC		7	4	1	2.02	9.03	11.05	30.80	2.74
27	Notre Dame	Ind		5	6	0	2.20	8.44	10.64	32.03	3.20
28	Hawaii	WAC		9	2	0	1.89	8.37	10.25	31.72	4.94
29	Texas A&M	SWC		7	5	0	5.09	4.94	10.03	32.60	5.86
30	Washington State	Pac-10		8	3	1	5.00	4.86	9.87	32.33	6.89
31	Maryland	ACC		4	6	1	3.59	5.33	8.93	32.99	5.52
32	Wyoming	WAC		8	3	0	6.37	1.81	8.17	34.61	10.35
33	Illinois	Big Ten		7	4	0	8.06	-0.31	7.75	34.23	15.50
34	Auburn	SEC		5	6	0	0.68	6.98	7.66	27.67	3.60
35	Virginia Tech	Ind		7	4	0	0.19	7.28	7.47	29.16	5.56
36	South Carolina	Ind		6	6	0	3.28	3.94	7.22	30.75	6.49
37	Florida State	Ind		6	5	0	6.87	-0.16	6.71	34.21	14.16
38	Kansas	Big 8		8	4	0	0.78	5.80	6.58	27.22	7.09
39	Temple	Ind		5	5	0	-0.44	6.68	6.24	28.94	8.66
40	Wisconsin	Big Ten		7	5	0	2.00	4.18	6.18	29.37	8.75
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
41	Tulane	Ind		6	5	0	0.14	5.92	6.06	28.23	5.09
42	San Jose State	PCAA		9	3	0	8.00	-2.28	5.72	35.93	14.61
43	Syracuse	Ind		4	6	1	7.50	-1.84	5.66	33.84	13.12
44	Navy	Ind		7	4	1	-0.09	5.49	5.40	26.56	7.86
45	Oklahoma State	Big 8		7	5	0	0.15	5.05	5.20	26.96	8.13
46	Tulsa	MVC		6	5	0	5.25	-0.45	4.81	35.91	11.68
47	Utah	WAC		8	2	1	1.17	3.61	4.78	29.99	11.42
48	North Carolina State	ACC		4	7	0	0.71	3.98	4.69	28.26	7.24
49	Purdue	Big Ten		5	6	0	4.11	0.51	4.63	29.60	11.47
50	Stanford	Pac-10		4	7	0	6.76	-2.19	4.57	37.62	13.97
51	Tennessee	SEC		8	4	0	2.42	1.64	4.06	29.58	13.27
52	Duke	ACC		6	5	0	2.08	1.92	3.99	29.47	9.19
53	Michigan State	Big Ten		5	6	0	4.94	-1.26	3.68	32.17	14.24
54	Arizona	Pac-10		6	5	0	1.08	1.98	3.07	28.12	9.46
55	Cincinnati	Ind		6	5	0	-2.68	5.60	2.91	24.70	9.91
56	Minnesota	Big Ten		6	5	0	5.89	-3.04	2.85	29.43	15.50
57	Boston College	Ind		5	6	0	5.26	-2.51	2.75	33.35	17.00
58	Baylor	SWC		5	6	0	4.92	-2.28	2.64	33.10	13.01
59	San Diego State	WAC		6	5	0	2.82	-0.31	2.51	29.51	12.74
60	Iowa State	Big 8		5	5	1	1.65	0.82	2.47	28.46	10.76
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
61	Vanderbilt	SEC		4	7	0	4.96	-3.10	1.86	32.54	16.32
62	Ole Miss	SEC		4	6	1	1.16	-0.14	1.02	28.06	15.20
63	McNeese State	Southland		7	3	1	3.91	-2.90	1.01	33.50	14.96
64	Texas Christian	SWC		2	7	2	4.66	-3.95	0.71	32.11	16.58
65	Miami (OH)	MAC		8	2	1	-2.20	2.79	0.59	22.81	11.55
66	Drake	MVC		10	1	0	-0.92	1.45	0.52	27.60	14.13
67	West Texas State	MVC		7	4	0	0.25	0.07	0.32	27.13	11.71
68	Kentucky	SEC		3	8	0	-2.51	2.65	0.14	25.22	8.92
69	Furman	Southern		8	3	0	3.64	-3.71	-0.06	30.61	16.99
70	The Citadel	Southern		7	3	1	-2.44	2.27	-0.17	26.17	11.30
71	Toledo	MAC		9	3	0	-2.44	2.17	-0.27	25.99	12.19
72	Arkansas State	Southland		6	5	0	-4.11	3.31	-0.80	22.20	8.28
73	Rutgers	Ind		5	6	0	-3.92	3.00	-0.93	21.46	11.10
74	California	Pac-10		2	9	0	0.39	-1.54	-1.16	28.98	12.14
75	Texas-Arlington	Southland		6	5	0	-0.09	-1.15	-1.23	26.18	16.41
76	Southern Illinois	MVC		7	4	0	-2.76	1.04	-1.71	25.54	10.73
77	Colorado	Big 8		3	8	0	-2.35	0.62	-1.73	24.57	16.43
78	Central Michigan	MAC		7	4	0	-3.28	1.35	-1.93	24.30	11.76
79	New Mexico	WAC		4	7	1	-2.73	0.58	-2.16	22.27	11.14
80	East Carolina	Ind		5	6	0	1.43	-3.66	-2.23	30.56	19.09
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
81	Wake Forest	ACC		4	7	0	5.34	-7.79	-2.45	32.52	23.29
82	LSU	SEC		3	7	1	-0.83	-1.65	-2.48	25.58	15.51
83	Texas Tech	SWC		1	9	1	1.72	-4.23	-2.51	29.17	16.09
84	Utah State	PCAA		5	5	1	-3.99	1.24	-2.75	23.07	11.86
85	Chattanooga	Southern		7	3	1	-3.31	0.44	-2.87	22.52	12.92
86	Colgate	Ind		7	3	0	-3.39	0.53	-2.87	25.18	14.58
87	Indiana State	MVC		5	5	1	-3.47	0.52	-2.96	25.91	11.22
88	Rice	SWC		4	7	0	1.16	-4.34	-3.18	28.71	19.70
89	Wichita State	MVC		4	6	1	1.22	-4.46	-3.24	29.37	15.93
90	Yale	Ivy		9	1	0	0.34	-3.62	-3.28	24.83	18.48
91	Kansas State	Big 8		2	9	0	-0.93	-2.39	-3.32	25.94	16.63
92	Louisville	Ind		5	6	0	-3.75	-0.27	-4.02	23.78	14.14
93	Virginia Military Institute	Southern		6	3	1	-4.91	0.76	-4.15	20.54	12.33
94	Virginia	ACC		1	10	0	-3.15	-1.25	-4.40	24.39	13.40
95	Richmond	Ind		4	7	0	-0.16	-4.42	-4.58	25.85	16.92
96	Oregon	Pac-10		2	9	0	-6.78	1.67	-5.12	21.61	12.66
97	Louisiana Tech	Southland		4	6	1	-3.72	-1.52	-5.24	24.68	16.23
98	Pacific	PCAA		5	6	0	-2.60	-2.74	-5.34	23.89	16.24
99	Louisiana-Monroe	Ind		5	6	0	2.54	-7.89	-5.35	33.29	20.49
100	Indiana	Big Ten		3	8	0	-3.09	-2.48	-5.57	21.21	15.54
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
101	Bowling Green	MAC		5	5	1	-9.90	4.09	-5.81	17.67	9.51
102	Nevada-Las Vegas	Ind		6	6	0	7.25	-13.20	-5.95	32.80	28.34
103	Air Force	WAC		4	7	0	-3.47	-2.55	-6.02	22.06	15.29
104	Georgia Tech	Ind		1	10	0	-1.67	-4.45	-6.12	26.07	17.17
105	Western Michigan	MAC		6	5	0	-3.43	-3.02	-6.45	22.47	15.54
106	Appalachian State	Southern		3	7	1	-4.74	-2.46	-7.19	24.80	15.13
107	Memphis	Ind		1	10	0	-9.46	2.02	-7.45	17.21	10.40
108	North Texas	Ind		2	9	0	-7.09	-0.81	-7.90	19.81	12.48
109	Lamar	Southland		4	6	1	-7.19	-0.98	-8.17	20.76	13.74
110	Fresno State	PCAA		5	6	0	1.42	-9.83	-8.41	26.90	22.64
111	Ohio	MAC		5	6	0	0.59	-9.20	-8.60	25.67	22.61
112	William & Mary	Ind		5	6	0	-3.25	-5.83	-9.08	22.98	23.00
113	Army	Ind		3	7	1	-10.89	1.79	-9.10	15.81	14.83
114	East Tennessee State	Southern		6	5	0	-6.64	-3.27	-9.91	19.66	18.07
115	Holy Cross	Ind		6	5	0	-2.70	-7.35	-10.05	23.19	20.58
116	Kent State	MAC		4	7	0	-9.40	-1.34	-10.74	16.78	14.55
117	Western Carolina	Southern		4	7	0	-1.31	-9.52	-10.82	24.98	23.59
118	Louisiana	Southland		1	9	1	-8.68	-2.15	-10.83	18.44	14.71
119	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA		3	8	0	-3.65	-7.50	-11.15	23.26	19.42
120	Dartmouth	Ivy		6	4	0	-9.76	-1.92	-11.69	15.46	16.90
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
121	Ball State	MAC		4	7	0	-7.50	-4.78	-12.28	18.22	18.47
122	Long Beach State	PCAA		2	8	0	-8.02	-4.39	-12.40	17.82	15.77
123	Colorado State	WAC		0	12	0	-3.94	-9.07	-13.01	22.64	31.86
124	Illinois State	MVC		3	7	0	-9.97	-3.81	-13.78	16.48	17.68
125	Northern Illinois	MAC		3	8	0	-8.54	-5.47	-14.02	18.53	20.12
126	Harvard	Ivy		5	4	1	-8.59	-5.53	-14.12	17.44	21.16
127	Northwestern	Big Ten		0	11	0	-9.97	-4.42	-14.39	17.08	34.70
128	New Mexico State	MVC		3	8	0	-7.85	-7.13	-14.98	19.05	22.21
129	Oregon State	Pac-10		1	10	0	-4.94	-10.60	-15.54	22.47	32.53
130	UTEP	WAC		1	10	0	-8.36	-10.21	-18.57	17.55	32.00
131	Princeton	Ivy		5	4	1	-3.28	-16.16	-19.44	20.61	35.22
132	Marshall	Southern		2	9	0	-13.91	-5.62	-19.53	12.27	22.73
133	Brown	Ivy		3	7	0	-10.78	-13.19	-23.96	11.94	28.56
134	Cornell	Ivy		3	7	0	-11.54	-12.48	-24.02	12.40	28.44
135	Columbia	Ivy		1	9	0	-16.32	-9.98	-26.30	8.07	26.53
136	Eastern Michigan	MAC		0	11	0	-13.99	-12.52	-26.51	12.50	30.33
137	Pennsylvania	Ivy		1	9	0	-14.76	-14.54	-29.30	10.39	35.09

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