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1982 College Football School Ratings

1981 CFB School Ratings 1983 CFB School Ratings

Champions: Penn State (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI, USA-CNN)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Herschel Walker (Georgia)

FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Joe Paterno (Penn State)

AP Preseason #1: Pitt

AP Final #1: Penn State

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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.

113 Schools

113 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	1	11	1	0	14.43	8.67	23.10	49.97	0.57
2	Nebraska	Big 8	3	12	1	0	12.76	9.18	21.94	53.03	0.80
3	UCLA	Pac-10	5	10	1	1	16.27	5.40	21.66	48.22	4.04
4	USC	Pac-10	15	8	3	0	8.67	12.39	21.05	43.70	-2.90
5	Georgia	SEC	4	11	1	0	8.84	9.84	18.68	42.24	-0.58
6	Arizona State	Pac-10	6	10	2	0	6.83	11.26	18.09	38.55	-1.62
7	Pitt	Ind	10	9	3	0	4.19	13.11	17.30	39.14	-4.16
8	Washington	Pac-10	7	10	2	0	8.58	7.90	16.48	42.61	2.64
9	Maryland	ACC	20	8	4	0	12.43	3.79	16.22	45.03	4.98
10	Michigan	Big Ten		8	4	0	7.70	8.19	15.89	42.67	1.11
11	Florida State	Ind	13	9	3	0	13.33	2.23	15.57	49.45	7.76
12	North Carolina	ACC	18	8	4	0	5.49	9.95	15.44	40.70	-0.80
13	LSU	SEC	11	8	3	1	8.73	6.52	15.26	44.60	1.42
14	Alabama	SEC		8	4	0	8.81	6.18	14.99	41.91	2.39
15	Ohio State	Big Ten	12	9	3	0	7.39	7.59	14.99	40.65	0.94
16	Texas	SWC	17	9	3	0	7.10	7.83	14.94	42.50	2.30
17	Oklahoma	Big 8	16	8	4	0	9.35	5.48	14.83	42.01	3.54
18	Auburn	SEC	14	9	3	0	5.82	8.48	14.30	36.40	1.21
19	Arizona	Pac-10		6	4	1	10.12	3.65	13.78	43.78	6.16
20	Clemson	ACC	8	9	1	1	4.21	9.43	13.63	37.15	1.02
				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	SMU	SWC	2	11	0	1	6.70	6.65	13.36	39.72	3.67
22	West Virginia	Ind	19	9	3	0	5.58	7.68	13.25	37.36	1.84
23	Arkansas	SWC	9	9	2	1	2.38	10.51	12.89	36.41	-0.24
24	Notre Dame	Ind		6	4	1	3.49	9.09	12.58	35.52	-0.35
25	Florida	SEC		8	4	0	5.58	6.97	12.55	39.94	3.62
26	Miami (FL)	Ind		7	4	0	3.61	8.22	11.83	34.99	-0.47
27	Stanford	Pac-10		5	6	0	13.07	-2.07	10.99	45.51	10.78
28	Illinois	Big Ten		7	5	0	7.50	3.40	10.90	42.53	5.00
29	California	Pac-10		7	4	0	3.15	7.00	10.14	34.25	6.58
30	BYU	WAC		8	4	0	4.86	4.06	8.92	40.16	6.59
31	Boston College	Ind		8	3	1	5.21	3.35	8.56	35.88	8.07
32	New Mexico	WAC		10	1	0	7.71	-0.09	7.61	39.98	12.33
33	Southern Mississippi	Ind		7	4	0	3.11	4.30	7.41	36.74	5.98
34	Mississippi State	SEC		5	6	0	6.44	0.95	7.39	38.15	8.75
35	Tennessee	SEC		6	5	1	5.18	1.81	6.99	36.82	7.67
36	Wisconsin	Big Ten		7	5	0	5.14	1.66	6.80	37.14	7.23
37	Iowa	Big Ten		8	4	0	0.18	6.44	6.62	31.89	3.10
38	Vanderbilt	SEC		8	4	0	4.82	1.43	6.25	37.37	8.22
39	Duke	ACC		6	5	0	9.61	-3.75	5.86	40.54	14.36
40	Tulsa	MVC		10	1	0	3.95	1.58	5.53	35.08	12.28
				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	Kansas State	Big 8		6	5	1	-1.78	7.06	5.28	31.00	3.56
42	North Carolina State	ACC		6	5	0	-1.29	5.82	4.53	30.74	9.31
43	San Jose State	PCAA		8	3	0	4.39	-0.12	4.27	36.31	11.75
44	Missouri	Big 8		5	4	2	0.30	3.57	3.87	30.90	6.12
45	Air Force	WAC		8	5	0	10.84	-7.52	3.32	40.86	17.99
46	San Diego State	WAC		7	5	0	4.13	-1.02	3.11	35.26	14.42
47	Fresno State	PCAA		11	1	0	6.67	-3.74	2.93	35.48	16.12
48	Indiana	Big Ten		5	6	0	0.16	2.38	2.54	32.53	7.89
49	Utah	WAC		5	6	0	0.15	2.25	2.40	31.09	7.59
50	Ole Miss	SEC		4	7	0	0.83	1.38	2.22	33.90	9.35
51	Navy	Ind		6	5	0	-1.74	3.35	1.60	29.27	7.71
52	Oregon	Pac-10		2	8	1	-5.71	6.89	1.18	24.99	4.31
53	Cincinnati	Ind		6	5	0	-1.06	2.14	1.09	34.72	9.89
54	Michigan State	Big Ten		2	9	0	0.57	0.35	0.92	32.94	7.40
55	Temple	Ind		4	7	0	-1.76	2.66	0.90	30.50	7.41
56	Iowa State	Big 8		4	6	1	-2.09	2.80	0.71	30.37	9.37
57	Houston	SWC		5	5	1	-0.60	1.19	0.59	32.15	12.48
58	Georgia Tech	Ind		6	5	0	0.79	-0.22	0.58	33.48	13.72
59	Virginia Tech	Ind		7	4	0	-7.04	7.57	0.53	25.64	5.55
60	Oklahoma State	Big 8		4	5	2	1.23	-1.15	0.08	32.52	12.82
				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
61	Tulane	Ind		4	7	0	-0.68	0.30	-0.39	30.60	11.31
62	Baylor	SWC		4	6	1	2.53	-3.18	-0.65	32.74	12.73
63	Hawaii	WAC		6	5	0	-1.17	0.21	-0.95	30.00	9.96
64	South Carolina	Ind		4	7	0	-0.20	-0.89	-1.09	31.18	11.63
65	Syracuse	Ind		2	9	0	-3.58	2.42	-1.16	29.01	8.17
66	Texas Tech	SWC		4	7	0	-4.28	2.78	-1.49	25.13	6.72
67	East Carolina	Ind		7	4	0	-0.31	-1.38	-1.69	29.43	14.70
68	Washington State	Pac-10		3	7	1	-3.33	1.13	-2.20	27.38	9.51
69	Texas A&M	SWC		5	6	0	2.84	-5.16	-2.32	36.33	19.05
70	Purdue	Big Ten		3	8	0	1.19	-3.76	-2.57	33.33	13.94
71	Wyoming	WAC		5	7	0	0.08	-3.23	-3.15	29.63	13.97
72	Oregon State	Pac-10		1	9	1	-4.18	0.41	-3.77	27.30	12.76
73	Minnesota	Big Ten		3	8	0	-0.13	-3.67	-3.80	34.58	14.83
74	Wichita State	MVC		8	3	0	1.18	-5.30	-4.12	30.59	17.59
75	Rutgers	Ind		5	6	0	-2.38	-2.24	-4.62	27.82	15.71
76	Long Beach State	PCAA		6	5	0	-0.24	-4.53	-4.77	28.74	17.67
77	Texas Christian	SWC		3	8	0	-1.37	-3.69	-5.06	29.29	13.74
78	Colorado State	WAC		4	7	0	-2.95	-2.12	-5.07	27.18	13.51
79	Western Michigan	MAC		7	2	2	-9.68	4.58	-5.10	19.95	8.28
80	Bowling Green	MAC		7	5	0	-2.35	-2.84	-5.19	28.08	14.99
				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	Colorado	Big 8		2	8	1	-2.87	-2.41	-5.28	28.46	13.98
82	Miami (OH)	MAC		7	4	0	-8.02	2.49	-5.53	21.10	9.70
83	Wake Forest	ACC		3	8	0	-0.24	-5.93	-6.16	29.55	17.88
84	Kansas	Big 8		2	7	2	-5.60	-0.67	-6.27	25.57	13.14
85	Virginia	ACC		2	9	0	-0.99	-5.82	-6.81	29.82	19.28
86	Louisville	Ind		5	6	0	-0.58	-6.26	-6.84	31.28	23.49
87	Louisiana	Ind		7	3	1	-4.27	-3.39	-7.66	24.21	16.24
88	Northwestern	Big Ten		3	8	0	0.44	-8.11	-7.67	32.51	22.72
89	Kentucky	SEC		0	10	1	-6.11	-1.62	-7.73	25.84	11.43
90	Army	Ind		4	7	0	-6.64	-2.24	-8.88	23.99	16.15
91	Toledo	MAC		6	5	0	-6.37	-2.78	-9.15	21.65	14.65
92	Central Michigan	MAC		6	4	1	-2.49	-6.68	-9.17	25.83	19.51
93	Southern Illinois	MVC		6	5	0	-8.99	-0.29	-9.27	19.77	15.08
94	Nevada-Las Vegas	PCAA		3	8	0	-0.24	-9.47	-9.71	29.20	21.17
95	UTEP	WAC		2	10	0	-5.46	-5.45	-10.92	25.15	21.96
96	Memphis	Ind		1	10	0	-8.17	-2.85	-11.02	22.41	13.13
97	Utah State	PCAA		5	6	0	-6.34	-4.95	-11.29	22.83	17.85
98	Northern Illinois	MAC		5	5	0	-12.05	-1.11	-13.16	17.46	13.56
99	New Mexico State	MVC		3	8	0	-4.60	-8.70	-13.29	23.71	25.38
100	Indiana State	MVC		5	6	0	-10.74	-2.61	-13.34	16.82	17.15
				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	Rice	SWC		0	11	0	-6.25	-7.34	-13.59	25.03	20.42
102	Drake	MVC		4	7	0	-1.18	-13.45	-14.63	27.14	26.28
103	Ohio	MAC		6	5	0	-8.47	-6.56	-15.03	19.99	24.14
104	North Texas	Ind		2	9	0	-8.33	-7.68	-16.01	20.61	19.11
105	Pacific	PCAA		2	9	0	-6.79	-9.36	-16.15	23.09	23.73
106	Ball State	MAC		5	6	0	-10.21	-6.19	-16.40	19.41	19.90
107	West Texas State	MVC		3	8	0	-3.95	-12.55	-16.50	23.91	28.92
108	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA		3	9	0	-14.71	-3.38	-18.08	13.93	16.02
109	William & Mary	Ind		3	8	0	-5.29	-12.79	-18.08	23.46	28.56
110	Richmond	Ind		0	10	0	-13.54	-7.97	-21.51	15.02	21.72
111	Eastern Michigan	MAC		1	9	1	-16.52	-5.16	-21.68	11.75	19.08
112	Illinois State	MVC		2	9	0	-10.78	-12.04	-22.81	17.08	26.99
113	Kent State	MAC		0	11	0	-12.90	-10.76	-23.66	16.00	24.57