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1983 College Football Rankings

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                                                                  STRENGTH OF
                                     AVERAGE   OVERALL     CONF     SCHEDULE     AP
RANK TEAM                       CONF   SCORE    W- L-T   W- L-T     AVG  RANK   RANK

   1 Auburn                      SEC   97.40   11- 1-0   6- 0-0   79.37     1      3
   2 Nebraska                    BG8   96.14   12- 1-0   7- 0-0   58.29    35      2
   3 Florida                     SEC   95.53    9- 2-1   4- 2-0   71.14     4      6
   4 Miami (Florida)             IND   94.50   11- 1-0   0- 0-0   63.69    16      1
   5 Georgia                     SEC   93.77   10- 1-1   5- 1-0   69.12     6      4
   6 Michigan                    B10   91.74    9- 3-0   8- 1-0   61.99    23      8
   7 Iowa                        B10   90.92    9- 3-0   7- 2-0   59.86    30     14
   8 Ohio State                  B10   89.70    9- 3-0   6- 3-0   59.10    32      9
   9 Brigham Young               WAC   89.09   11- 1-0   7- 0-0   47.44    61      7
  10 West Virginia               IND   88.97    9- 3-0   0- 0-0   62.43    21     16
  11 Texas                       SWC   88.71   11- 1-0   8- 0-0   47.85    58      5
  12 Clemson                     ACC   88.65    9- 1-1   7- 0-0   54.51    46     11
  13 Alabama                     SEC   88.59    8- 4-0   4- 2-0   67.81     8     15
  14 Illinois                    B10   88.54   10- 2-0   9- 0-0   57.66    38     10
  15 Pittsburgh                  IND   87.16    8- 3-1   0- 0-0   63.65    17     18
  16 Tennessee                   SEC   84.95    9- 3-0   4- 2-0   58.32    34       
  17 Maryland                    ACC   84.35    8- 4-0   5- 1-0   65.31    10       
  18 UCLA                        P10   82.91    7- 4-1   6- 1-1   65.13    11     17
  19 Florida State               IND   82.45    7- 5-0   0- 0-0   69.12     5       
  20 Boston College              IND   82.18    9- 3-0   0- 0-0   50.48    56     19
  21 East Carolina               IND   82.13    8- 3-0   0- 0-0   52.61    48     20
  22 Penn State                  IND   81.06    8- 4-1   0- 0-0   68.02     7       
  23 Missouri                    BG8   80.58    7- 5-0   5- 2-0   64.01    15       
  24 Wisconsin                   B10   80.36    7- 4-0   5- 4-0   61.11    26       
  25 Virginia Tech               IND   79.64    9- 2-0   0- 0-0   39.92    83       
  26 Oklahoma                    BG8   79.43    8- 4-0   5- 2-0   55.55    42       
  27 Notre Dame                  IND   78.62    7- 5-0   0- 0-0   57.69    37       
  28 North Carolina              ACC   77.58    8- 4-0   4- 3-0   52.89    47       
  29 Oklahoma State              BG8   75.01    8- 4-0   3- 4-0   50.28    57       
  30 Air Force                   WAC   74.94   10- 2-0   5- 2-0   37.82    88     13
  31 Southern Mississippi        IND   73.22    7- 4-0   0- 0-0   51.02    53       
  32 Washington                  P10   72.69    8- 4-0   5- 2-0   50.56    54       
  33 Northern Illinois           MID   72.24   10- 2-0   8- 1-0   39.43    84       
  34 Arizona                     P10   72.06    7- 3-1   4- 3-1   44.76    68       
  35 Kentucky                    SEC   71.98    6- 5-1   2- 4-0   64.41    14       
  36 Southern Methodist          SWC   71.62   10- 2-0   7- 1-0   37.20    89     12
  37 Memphis State               IND   70.69    6- 4-1   0- 0-0   55.13    43       
  38 Washington State            P10   65.82    7- 4-0   5- 3-0   52.32    49       
  39 Central Michigan            MID   63.97    8- 3-0   7- 2-0   36.76    90       
  40 Syracuse                    IND   63.26    6- 5-0   0- 0-0   59.09    33       
  41 Toledo                      MID   62.18    9- 2-0   7- 2-0   31.15   100       
  42 Arizona State               P10   61.92    6- 4-1   3- 3-1   45.76    66       
  43 Southern Illinois           MVC   60.52   13- 1-0   5- 1-0   14.92   113       
  44 Baylor                      SWC   59.70    7- 4-1   4- 3-1   44.90    67       
  45 Bowling Green               MID   59.49    8- 3-0   7- 2-0   40.49    82       
  46 South Carolina              IND   57.40    5- 6-0   0- 0-0   59.34    31       
  47 Mississippi                 SEC   56.10    6- 6-0   4- 2-0   62.46    20       
  48 Mississippi State           SEC   55.70    3- 8-0   1- 5-0   72.48     3       
  49 Louisiana State             SEC   55.29    4- 7-0   0- 6-0   65.00    13       
  50 Michigan State              B10   49.91    4- 6-1   2- 6-1   60.51    29       
  51 Temple                      IND   49.55    4- 7-0   0- 0-0   62.80    19       
  52 Cincinnati                  IND   49.20    4- 6-1   0- 0-0   56.30    41       
  53 Southern California         P10   47.78    4- 6-1   4- 3-0   57.69    36       
  54 Wyoming                     WAC   47.58    7- 5-0   5- 3-0   39.05    85       
  55 Virginia                    ACC   47.54    6- 5-0   3- 4-0   47.73    60       
  56 Arkansas                    SWC   46.62    6- 5-0   4- 4-0   42.88    75       
  57 Purdue                      B10   45.40    3- 7-1   3- 5-1   66.14     9       
  58 Tulane                      IND   45.26    4- 7-0   0- 0-0   60.76    28       
  59 Nevada-Las Vegas            PCA   44.67    7- 4-0   4- 2-0   29.68   102       
  60 Tulsa                       MVC   44.55    8- 3-0   5- 0-0   27.00   106       
  61 Kansas                      BG8   44.32    4- 6-1   2- 5-0   51.89    51       
  62 Vanderbilt                  SEC   44.02    2- 9-0   0- 6-0   73.07     2       
  63 California                  P10   43.99    5- 5-1   3- 4-1   44.01    72       
  64 Texas A&M                   SWC   43.51    5- 5-1   4- 3-1   42.52    76       
  65 Georgia Tech                ACC   41.48    3- 8-0   3- 3-0   63.07    18       
  66 Utah                        WAC   41.23    5- 6-0   4- 4-0   43.41    73       
  67 Long Beach State            PCA   40.08    8- 4-0   3- 3-0   24.84   108       
  68 Utah State                  PCA   38.23    5- 6-0   3- 3-0   43.13    74       
  69 Indiana State               MVC   37.77    9- 4-0   3- 3-0   26.13   107       
  70 Colorado                    BG8   37.11    4- 7-0   2- 5-0   54.58    45       
  71 Duke                        ACC   36.57    3- 8-0   3- 4-0   60.77    27       
  72 New Mexico                  WAC   36.45    6- 6-0   4- 3-0   36.25    92       
  73 Hawaii                      WAC   35.51    5- 5-1   3- 3-1   38.35    86       
  74 Cal-Fullerton               PCA   35.49    7- 5-0   5- 1-0   34.34    96       
  75 North Carolina State        ACC   34.17    3- 8-0   1- 6-0   51.94    50       
  76 Wake Forest                 ACC   33.50    4- 7-0   1- 6-0   47.34    62       
  77 Western Michigan            MID   33.18    6- 5-0   4- 5-0   35.51    93       
  78 Iowa State                  BG8   32.90    4- 7-0   3- 4-0   54.98    44       
  79 Oregon                      P10   32.52    4- 6-1   3- 3-1   47.79    59       
  80 Miami (Ohio)                MID   30.96    4- 7-0   3- 5-0   46.27    64       
  81 Fresno State                PCA   30.59    6- 5-0   2- 4-0   27.45   105       
  82 San Jose State              PCA   30.36    5- 6-0   3- 3-0   33.97    98       
  83 Indiana                     B10   29.68    3- 8-0   2- 7-0   61.69    24       
  84 Ball State                  MID   29.51    6- 5-0   4- 4-0   34.72    94       
  85 Illinois State              MVC   27.53    6- 4-1   2- 2-1   21.25   109       
  86 Houston                     SWC   27.48    4- 7-0   3- 5-0   44.71    69       
  87 William & Mary              IND   26.90    6- 5-0   0- 0-0   30.93   101       
  88 Navy                        IND   26.88    3- 8-0   0- 0-0   51.58    52       
  89 Louisville                  IND   26.08    3- 8-0   0- 0-0   61.55    25       
  90 Rutgers                     IND   25.89    3- 8-0   0- 0-0   50.56    55       
  91 Kansas State                BG8   24.89    3- 8-0   1- 6-0   56.50    40       
  92 Colorado State              WAC   24.40    5- 7-0   4- 4-0   41.81    79       
  93 Texas Tech                  SWC   22.76    3- 7-1   3- 4-1   46.76    63       
  94 Ohio                        MID   20.31    4- 7-0   3- 6-0   42.04    78       
  95 Southwest Louisiana         IND   19.59    4- 6-0   0- 0-0   29.07   103       
  96 Northwestern                B10   19.32    2- 9-0   2- 7-0   65.13    12       
  97 Stanford                    P10   17.24    1-10-0   1- 7-0   56.94    39       
  98 Texas Christian             SWC   16.41    1- 8-2   1- 6-1   44.55    70       
  99 San Diego State             WAC   15.86    2- 9-1   1- 6-1   44.20    71       
 100 Minnesota                   B10   14.20    1-10-0   0- 9-0   62.37    22       
 101 Oregon State                P10   14.15    2- 8-1   1- 6-1   46.08    65       
 102 Division I-AA                     11.08   32-81-1   0- 0-0   34.46    95       
 103 Pacific                     PCA    9.32    3- 9-0   1- 5-0   34.14    97       
 104 Richmond                    IND    8.55    3- 8-0   0- 0-0   31.92    99       
 105 Kent State                  MID    8.52    1-10-0   1- 8-0   41.00    80       
 106 Wichita State               MVC    8.33    3- 8-0   3- 3-0   28.28   104       
 107 New Mexico State            MVC    7.99    5- 6-0   3- 2-0   20.57   111       
 108 Army                        IND    7.93    2- 9-0   0- 0-0   40.55    81       
 109 Texas-El Paso               WAC    7.91    2-10-0   0- 8-0   37.91    87       
 110 Eastern Michigan            MID    4.87    1-10-0   0- 9-0   36.59    91       
 111 Rice                        SWC    4.39    1-10-0   0- 8-0   42.35    77       
 112 West Texas A&M              MVC    1.46    0-10-1   0- 5-1   16.59   112       
 113 Drake                       MVC    0.93    1-10-0   1- 6-0   21.13   110       

Team Rankings | Conference Rankings


                        # OF AVERAGE AVERAGE      OVERALL     NON-CONF                                   
CONFERENCE      ABBREV TEAMS   SCORE    RANK     W-  L- T     W-  L- T  BEST TEAM            RANK   SCORE

Southeastern       SEC    10   74.33   27.90    68- 46- 3    38- 16- 3  Auburn                  1   97.40
Big 10             B10    10   59.98   44.50    57- 55- 2    13- 11- 0  Michigan                6   91.74
Big 8              BG8     8   58.80   47.50    50- 42- 1    22- 14- 1  Nebraska                2   96.14
Independent        IND    23   56.83   49.52   136-120- 4   136-120- 4  Miami (Florida)         4   94.50
Atlantic Coast     ACC     8   55.48   49.88    44- 45- 1    17- 18- 1  Clemson                12   88.65
Pac 10             P10    10   51.11   55.70    51- 54- 7    16- 19- 1  UCLA                   18   82.91
Southwest          SWC     9   42.36   66.56    48- 49- 5    14- 15- 1  Texas                  11   88.71
Western Athletic   WAC     9   41.44   67.11    53- 51- 2    20- 18- 0  Brigham Young           9   89.09
Mid American       MID    10   38.52   70.80    57- 54- 0    13- 10- 0  Northern Illinois      33   72.24
Pacific Coast Athl PCA     7   32.68   76.29    41- 39- 0    20- 18- 0  Nevada-Las Vegas       59   44.67
Missouri Valley    MVC     8   23.63   86.88    45- 46- 2    23- 24- 0  Southern Illinois      43   60.52

The database used to produce the above rankings was constructed from data listed on James Howell's website.
Click here for criteria used for determining what scores to use and which team was the home team.

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