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1983 College Football School Ratings

1982 CFB School Ratings 1984 CFB School Ratings

Champions: Miami (FL) (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI, USA-CNN)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Mike Rozier (Nebraska)

FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Howard Schnellenberger (Miami (FL))

AP Preseason #1: Nebraska

AP Final #1: Miami (FL)

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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.

112 Schools

112 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	Auburn	SEC	3	11	1	0	11.87	11.56	23.43	41.01	1.20
2	Nebraska	Big 8	2	12	1	0	16.06	6.55	22.61	59.04	6.52
3	Florida	SEC	6	9	2	1	8.06	12.42	20.48	39.27	0.33
4	Miami (FL)	Ind	1	11	1	0	4.73	15.46	20.18	35.12	-3.44
5	Georgia	SEC	4	10	1	1	7.26	11.93	19.19	36.20	1.38
6	Alabama	SEC	15	8	4	0	11.71	5.45	17.16	43.64	7.43
7	Michigan	Big Ten	8	9	3	0	6.40	9.93	16.32	37.13	3.54
8	BYU	WAC	7	11	1	0	14.49	0.94	15.42	48.93	12.62
9	Clemson	ACC	11	9	1	1	9.25	5.83	15.08	40.09	7.43
10	Ohio State	Big Ten	9	9	3	0	9.89	4.62	14.51	42.03	8.99
11	Florida State	Ind		7	5	0	15.23	-1.19	14.04	46.09	13.96
12	Texas	SWC	5	11	1	0	3.13	10.89	14.02	33.54	2.29
13	Iowa	Big Ten	14	9	3	0	4.74	9.24	13.98	37.92	5.73
14	Illinois	Big Ten	10	10	2	0	7.35	6.34	13.69	36.07	8.57
15	Maryland	ACC		8	4	0	8.98	3.67	12.65	38.85	9.18
16	Pitt	Ind	18	8	3	1	2.80	9.84	12.64	34.30	2.34
17	Tennessee	SEC		9	3	0	2.64	9.62	12.26	34.47	3.51
18	West Virginia	Ind	16	9	3	0	5.92	6.32	12.24	38.91	6.95
19	Notre Dame	Ind		7	5	0	4.28	7.25	11.53	36.40	5.46
20	Virginia Tech	Ind		9	2	0	-1.88	13.27	11.39	32.41	0.37
				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	North Carolina	ACC		8	4	0	4.84	6.19	11.03	35.88	6.67
22	Boston College	Ind	19	9	3	0	6.09	4.76	10.85	37.80	7.84
23	UCLA	Pac-10	17	7	4	1	7.71	3.12	10.83	38.06	8.55
24	Missouri	Big 8		7	5	0	1.96	8.64	10.59	33.65	2.64
25	Southern Mississippi	Ind		7	4	0	0.04	10.42	10.46	30.05	2.84
26	Oklahoma	Big 8		8	4	0	4.88	5.44	10.32	35.31	6.53
27	Wisconsin	Big Ten		7	4	0	9.07	1.12	10.18	39.92	13.28
28	East Carolina	Ind	20	8	3	0	5.18	4.83	10.00	34.98	7.61
29	Penn State	Ind		8	4	1	8.68	1.13	9.81	37.46	11.41
30	Oklahoma State	Big 8		8	4	0	0.89	8.52	9.40	30.10	2.08
31	Washington	Pac-10		8	4	0	3.03	6.30	9.32	32.41	6.40
32	Memphis	Ind		6	4	1	4.97	3.82	8.78	35.77	9.67
33	Arizona	Pac-10		7	3	1	5.85	2.76	8.62	39.54	10.30
34	Air Force	WAC	13	10	2	0	6.45	1.98	8.43	35.97	11.50
35	Arizona State	Pac-10		6	4	1	4.75	2.99	7.74	36.13	8.74
36	SMU	SWC	12	10	2	0	0.13	7.52	7.65	28.95	5.46
37	Kentucky	SEC		6	5	1	2.02	4.77	6.79	31.52	9.08
38	LSU	SEC		4	7	0	5.07	0.71	5.78	34.87	11.77
39	Washington State	Pac-10		7	4	0	2.01	3.55	5.56	31.69	10.38
40	South Carolina	Ind		5	6	0	2.15	3.21	5.37	31.98	9.76
				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
41	Northern Illinois	MAC		10	2	0	2.96	1.74	4.70	30.66	13.58
42	Baylor	SWC		7	4	1	6.77	-2.57	4.21	37.42	15.70
43	Syracuse	Ind		6	5	0	-3.94	7.75	3.81	25.68	7.06
44	Central Michigan	MAC		8	3	0	-0.77	4.22	3.44	27.46	10.33
45	Mississippi State	SEC		3	8	0	3.12	-0.11	3.01	33.37	12.81
46	Ole Miss	SEC		6	6	0	-0.80	3.05	2.25	27.68	11.15
47	USC	Pac-10		4	6	1	0.31	1.74	2.05	30.17	10.83
48	Vanderbilt	SEC		2	9	0	1.47	0.40	1.87	30.68	12.34
49	Toledo	MAC		9	2	0	-0.84	2.47	1.64	28.25	13.34
50	Southern Illinois	MVC		13	1	0	-0.01	1.64	1.63	32.34	12.27
51	California	Pac-10		5	5	1	1.45	-0.12	1.33	30.42	12.66
52	Cincinnati	Ind		4	6	1	-0.65	1.94	1.29	29.15	12.49
53	Tulane	Ind		4	7	0	-0.41	1.48	1.07	28.72	10.82
54	Wyoming	WAC		7	5	0	3.20	-2.22	0.98	32.53	18.42
55	Arkansas	SWC		6	5	0	-2.47	3.43	0.96	26.86	9.85
56	Texas A&M	SWC		5	5	1	-2.28	3.11	0.83	28.35	10.20
57	Michigan State	Big Ten		4	6	1	-5.05	5.69	0.64	20.83	10.32
58	Virginia	ACC		6	5	0	1.96	-1.64	0.32	31.18	16.05
59	Kansas	Big 8		4	6	1	3.20	-3.36	-0.16	35.18	18.46
60	Georgia Tech	ACC		3	8	0	2.38	-2.64	-0.26	31.65	15.99
				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
61	Bowling Green	MAC		8	3	0	2.80	-3.29	-0.49	30.16	18.31
62	Purdue	Big Ten		3	7	1	5.47	-6.00	-0.53	32.29	23.21
63	Temple	Ind		4	7	0	-1.93	1.39	-0.55	26.68	12.12
64	Duke	ACC		3	8	0	4.99	-5.59	-0.60	34.00	20.82
65	Tulsa	MVC		8	3	0	0.13	-0.79	-0.66	30.36	14.51
66	Utah	WAC		5	6	0	1.91	-2.77	-0.86	33.28	18.73
67	North Carolina State	ACC		3	8	0	-2.00	0.95	-1.05	29.40	12.19
68	Nevada-Las Vegas	PCAA		7	4	0	-1.06	-0.17	-1.23	27.65	13.84
69	Colorado	Big 8		4	7	0	2.78	-4.56	-1.79	32.42	20.72
70	Wake Forest	ACC		4	7	0	2.58	-4.78	-2.20	31.24	16.85
71	Hawaii	WAC		5	5	1	-0.94	-1.47	-2.41	28.17	15.45
72	Long Beach State	PCAA		8	4	0	-3.47	0.88	-2.59	25.02	12.80
73	New Mexico	WAC		6	6	0	-4.43	1.61	-2.82	24.88	13.17
74	Indiana State	MVC		9	4	0	-3.69	0.13	-3.56	24.20	13.04
75	Utah State	PCAA		5	6	0	-4.29	0.69	-3.60	24.23	11.66
76	Iowa State	Big 8		4	7	0	3.24	-7.72	-4.49	31.93	23.97
77	San Jose State	PCAA		5	6	0	0.86	-5.36	-4.50	30.49	19.15
78	Fresno State	PCAA		6	5	0	-2.15	-3.09	-5.25	25.38	16.84
79	Oregon	Pac-10		4	6	1	-7.98	2.72	-5.26	21.03	10.67
80	Navy	Ind		3	8	0	-2.30	-3.35	-5.64	27.92	17.24
				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	Rutgers	Ind		3	8	0	-2.59	-3.33	-5.92	25.92	16.15
82	Illinois State	MVC		6	4	1	0.53	-6.59	-6.06	29.96	20.16
83	Indiana	Big Ten		3	8	0	-1.03	-5.05	-6.08	25.15	22.56
84	Miami (OH)	MAC		4	7	0	-7.17	0.78	-6.39	20.66	12.97
85	Louisville	Ind		3	8	0	-2.33	-4.14	-6.47	27.26	23.02
86	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA		7	5	0	-5.84	-1.05	-6.89	21.23	15.74
87	Texas Tech	SWC		3	7	1	-5.44	-1.92	-7.36	23.40	16.14
88	Houston	SWC		4	7	0	1.42	-8.82	-7.40	30.72	21.73
89	Kansas State	Big 8		3	8	0	-1.88	-5.61	-7.48	26.37	19.51
90	Texas Christian	SWC		1	8	2	-5.96	-2.02	-7.97	23.77	16.27
91	Western Michigan	MAC		6	5	0	-6.14	-2.16	-8.29	19.92	16.32
92	Stanford	Pac-10		1	10	0	-4.87	-3.50	-8.36	25.05	16.47
93	William & Mary	Ind		6	5	0	1.21	-9.59	-8.37	28.70	25.51
94	Colorado State	WAC		5	7	0	-4.09	-4.41	-8.51	22.91	18.99
95	Ball State	MAC		6	5	0	-0.71	-8.90	-9.61	26.24	25.50
96	Louisiana	Ind		4	6	0	-4.34	-5.50	-9.85	23.98	18.12
97	Northwestern	Big Ten		2	9	0	-8.78	-1.88	-10.66	17.87	26.03
98	San Diego State	WAC		2	9	1	-3.98	-6.76	-10.74	24.95	21.19
99	Ohio	MAC		4	7	0	-7.14	-4.08	-11.22	20.07	21.33
100	Minnesota	Big Ten		1	10	0	-2.16	-9.99	-12.14	24.54	35.94
				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	Oregon State	Pac-10		2	8	1	-6.24	-5.90	-12.14	24.49	22.34
102	Kent State	MAC		1	10	0	-8.23	-5.83	-14.06	19.56	21.42
103	Pacific	PCAA		3	9	0	-4.70	-9.87	-14.57	23.81	25.23
104	Wichita State	MVC		3	8	0	-3.71	-10.94	-14.65	25.76	27.75
105	Richmond	Ind		3	8	0	-8.23	-6.64	-14.87	20.07	22.55
106	UTEP	WAC		2	10	0	-6.46	-8.49	-14.95	21.60	22.51
107	Army	Ind		2	9	0	-8.77	-6.81	-15.58	19.12	21.13
108	New Mexico State	MVC		5	6	0	-8.47	-7.69	-16.16	19.85	24.71
109	Rice	SWC		1	10	0	-11.52	-5.69	-17.21	16.66	23.49
110	Eastern Michigan	MAC		1	10	0	-12.01	-7.74	-19.74	15.33	22.83
111	West Texas State	MVC		0	10	1	-12.49	-12.50	-24.99	15.02	25.88
112	Drake	MVC		1	10	0	-14.20	-12.28	-26.48	13.84	28.90