1981 Week 4 College Football Team Rankings

September 22, 1981By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1981 Season Tags: • No Comments

1981 rankings calculated with the Classic formula (Ken's 2016-based hybrid, applied retroactively); records, NOW and game results come from James Howell's historical college football score archive.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	1	0.470	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Wichita State 33–21
2	4	0.550	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	+2	BYE
3	6	0.769	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Iowa 23–12
4	11	0.805	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Houston 12–7
5	-4	0.829	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Miami (OH) 49–7
6	41	0.917	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Marshall 14–3
7	41	0.953	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Purdue 16–13
8	46	0.964	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Texas A&M 13–12
9	-5	0.992	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Cincinnati 38–7
10	6	0.992	USC	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Indiana 21–0
11	-6	1.072	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Kansas State 20–3
12	17	1.192	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Vanderbilt 29–9
13	17	1.200	UCLA	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Wisconsin 31–13
14	0	1.267	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat SAM Houston State 50–7
15	-7	1.291	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
16	7	1.334	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Memphis 7–3
17	15	1.347	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat William & Mary 47–3
18	-5	1.350	BYU	IND WAC	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat UTEP 65–8
19	24	1.382	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat East Carolina 31–10
20	31	1.390	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Georgia 13–3
21	50	1.416	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	2–1	0.667	43	+2	Beat Georgia Tech 27–6
22	22	1.427	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Virginia 3–0
23	13	1.451	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Eastern Kentucky 24–0
24	36	1.499	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat CAL State Fullerton 38–12
25	-18	1.507	SMU	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Grambling State 59–27
26	39	1.522	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 31–14
27	6	1.522	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Rice 42–10
28	44	1.522	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Colorado 14–10
29	-7	1.530	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tulane 21–3
30	11	1.534	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
31	33	1.538	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Brown 28–7
32	-12	1.542	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Texas 23–10
33	25	1.554	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Princeton 32–13
34	11	1.566	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northwestern 38–7
35	-10	1.566	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Michigan State 27–13
36	23	1.570	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Columbia 23–6
37	-6	1.578	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
38	-4	1.634	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Maryland 17–13
39	23	1.650	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Cornell 29–22
40	-1	1.650	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Army 14–7
41	20	1.690	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tulsa 23–21
42	24	1.734	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	2–1	0.667	43	+3	Beat UNLV 21–17
43	24	1.774	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND MVC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Eastern Michigan 28–7
44	-17	1.842	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	61	+1	Lost to Washington State 10–14
45	8	1.884	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Western Illinois 21–6
46	-27	2.006	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	2–1	0.667	43	+2	Lost to Clemson 3–13
47	-1	2.045	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–1	0.500	61	+1	Lost to Iowa State 12–23
48	-8	2.078	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–1	0.500	61	+1	Lost to UCLA 13–31
49	33	2.152	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	2–1	0.667	43	+2	Beat Portland State 46–0
50	18	2.163	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	43	+1	Beat Louisiana Tech 28–21
51	29	2.234	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	43	+1	Beat Long Beach State 35–13
52	26	2.260	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	43	+1	Beat Duke 17–3
53	-35	2.280	UNLV	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	43	+1	Lost to West Texas A&M 17–21
54	21	2.446	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	2–1	0.667	43	+1	Beat Kentucky 19–10
55	26	2.448	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	2–1	0.667	43	0	Beat Air Force 17–10
56	-6	2.521	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	61	+1	Lost to Boston College 12–13
57	-40	2.525	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	43	+1	Lost to Nebraska 14–34
58	35	2.553	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	2–1	0.667	43	0	Beat Syracuse 17–14
59	-48	2.642	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	61	+1	Lost to Florida 6–27
60	25	2.666	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	61	+1	Beat Florida State 34–14
61	70	2.672	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	1–1	0.500	61	0	Beat Ball State 40–0
62	42	2.673	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	92	+1	Beat Arkansas State 24–20
63	-11	2.687	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	2–1	0.667	43	0	Lost to Arizona State 21–33
64	-29	2.740	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to Miami 7–12
65	-27	2.747	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to Minnesota 13–16
66	13	2.791	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–1	0.500	61	0	Beat Bowling Green 23–21
67	34	2.807	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	61	0	Beat Western Carolina 12–3
68	-26	2.932	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to Mississippi State 9–29
69	14	2.946	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	43	0	Beat Louisiana 20–17
70	18	2.962	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	0–3	0.000	107	0	Lost to Oklahoma State 21–23
71	-22	2.986	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to USC 0–21
72	42	3.024	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	2–1	0.667	43	-1	Beat Stanford 28–6
73	-47	3.030	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to North Carolina 7–49
74	17	3.046	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	1–1	0.500	61	0	Beat Notre Dame 25–7
75	-18	3.090	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	0–1	0.000	107	0	Lost to Pennsylvania 22–29
76	1	3.131	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	2–1	0.667	43	-1	Beat Nicholls State 59–9
77	29	3.142	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	0–2	0.000	107	0	Lost to Rutgers 0–3
78	11	3.159	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	107	0	Lost to Southern Miss 3–21
79	-69	3.180	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	1–1	0.500	61	+1	Lost to Toledo 0–40
80	37	3.204	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	2–1	0.667	43	-1	Beat Weber State 31–18
81	24	3.212	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	107	0	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 7–14
82	-79	3.264	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to Richmond 20–24
83	1	3.276	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	1–1	0.500	61	0	Beat Akron 17–6
84	-15	3.306	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to App State 14–31
85	10	3.307	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	61	0	Beat Lehigh 27–14
86	-16	3.324	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to Washington 3–20
87	35	3.357	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–2	0.333	92	0	Beat Auburn 24–21
88	-14	3.426	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to Western Michigan 3–14
89	43	3.428	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	61	0	Beat East Tennessee State 21–0
90	-34	3.438	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	0–1	0.000	107	0	Lost to Harvard 6–23
91	-67	3.502	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–1	0.500	61	-1	Lost to Alabama 10–19
92	-29	3.507	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	0–1	0.000	107	0	Lost to Dartmouth 13–32
93	9	3.559	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	92	0	Lost to NC State 10–31
94	3	3.576	TCU	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	61	0	Beat Texas Arlington 38–16
95	-40	3.577	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	0–1	0.000	107	0	Lost to Yale 7–28
96	28	3.667	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND MVC	1–2	0.333	92	0	Beat New Mexico State 41–6
97	-76	3.699	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	43	0	Lost to Delaware 7–13
98	-61	3.703	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–1	0.500	61	-1	Lost to Wake Forest 21–24
99	-71	3.709	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to Michigan 7–25
100	15	3.890	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–2	0.000	107	0	Lost to Missouri 10–42
101	8	4.077	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	61	-1	Beat New Mexico 28–21
102	1	4.122	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	107	-1	Lost to Ole Miss 3–7
103	-4	4.169	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	1–2	0.333	92	-1	Lost to Louisville 13–35
104	15	4.215	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	1–2	0.333	92	-1	Beat Colorado State 42–0
105	6	4.242	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	1–2	0.333	92	-1	Lost to Baylor 21–28
106	-94	4.304	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–1	0.500	61	-1	Lost to LSU 24–27
107	13	4.326	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–2	0.333	92	-1	Beat Pacific 34–0
108	-10	4.374	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	1–2	0.333	92	-1	Lost to Oregon 0–34
109	-22	4.417	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	1–2	0.333	92	0	Lost to TCU 16–38
110	15	4.428	LSU	SEC	1–2	0.333	92	-1	Beat Oregon State 27–24
111	16	4.576	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–1	0.500	61	-2	Beat Northern Illinois 17–10
112	16	4.725	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	0–2	0.000	107	-1	Lost to Ohio State 13–27
113	-1	4.846	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	0–2	0.000	107	-1	Lost to Wyoming 10–17
114	-4	4.916	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	0–2	0.000	107	-1	Lost to South Carolina 3–17
115	-2	4.957	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	107	-1	Lost to Texas 10–23
116	-22	4.960	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–2	0.333	92	-2	Beat Arizona 14–13
117	-25	4.991	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	107	-2	Lost to Illinois 14–17
118	-28	5.107	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	0–2	0.000	107	-1	Lost to West Virginia 13–17
119	11	5.443	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	0–3	0.000	107	-2	Lost to Hawai'i 12–38
120	-44	5.490	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–2	0.000	107	-1	Lost to Arkansas 7–38
121	-48	5.984	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to Massachusetts 10–13
122	-36	6.160	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	1–2	0.333	92	0	Lost to Montana State 26–30
123	-15	6.325	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	0–2	0.000	107	-2	Lost to California 13–14
124	-1	6.422	East Tennessee State (EAST TENNESSEE STATE)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	92	-3	Lost to Furman 0–21
125	-9	6.429	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	107	-2	Lost to Virginia Tech 3–47
126	-8	6.470	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	1–2	0.333	92	-4	Lost to Indiana State 6–41
127	-27	6.893	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	0–3	0.000	107	-3	Lost to Texas Tech 21–28
128	-32	6.916	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–2	0.000	107	-2	Lost to San José State 6–28
129	-3	6.951	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–3	0.000	107	-3	Lost to Citadel 3–12
130	-23	7.020	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	0–2	0.000	107	-2	Lost to Tennessee 0–42
131	4	7.055	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	107	0	Lost to Pittsburgh 7–38
132	2	7.090	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	0–2	0.000	107	-2	Lost to Ohio 21–23
133	0	7.414	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	0–3	0.000	107	-1	Lost to UL Monroe 17–20
134	3	8.099	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–2	0.000	107	0	Lost to Illinois State 7–28
135	-14	8.249	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	0–3	0.000	107	-2	Lost to Tennessee State 14–17
136	-7	8.394	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	0–2	0.000	107	-3	Lost to Central Michigan 10–17
137	-1	9.130	UTEP	IND WAC	0–3	0.000	107	-2	Lost to BYU 8–65