1982 Post-Season Week 3 College Football Team Rankings

December 28, 1982By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1982 Season Tags: • No Comments

1982 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	0	0.794	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	10–1	0.909	5	+64	BYE
2	0	0.887	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	11–0	1.000	1	+62	BYE
3	0	0.956	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	11–1	0.917	3	+55	BYE
4	0	1.149	UCLA	PAC	9–1–1	0.864	8	+46	BYE
5	0	1.250	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	9–2	0.818	11	+46	BYE
6	0	1.252	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	9–2	0.818	11	+47	BYE
7	0	1.341	SMU	IND SWC	10–0–1	0.955	2	+38	BYE
8	0	1.437	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	19	+38	BYE
9	0	1.456	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	9–1–1	0.864	8	+37	BYE
10	1	1.496	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	9–3	0.750	16	+43	BYE
11	1	1.526	USC	PAC	8–3	0.727	19	+34	BYE
12	4	1.542	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	10–2	0.833	10	+42	Beat Maryland 21–20
13	0	1.569	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	10–1	0.909	5	+39	BYE
14	1	1.606	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	8–3	0.727	19	+36	BYE
15	-1	1.609	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	9–2	0.818	11	+35	BYE
16	-6	1.683	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	9–3	0.750	16	+32	Lost to North Carolina 10–26
17	0	1.754	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	8–2–1	0.773	14	+28	BYE
18	6	1.777	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	8–4	0.667	29	+33	Beat Texas 26–10
19	0	1.824	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	8–3	0.727	19	+29	BYE
20	1	1.836	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	11–1	0.917	3	+36	BYE
21	-1	1.857	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	8–3	0.727	19	+26	BYE
22	0	1.897	LSU	SEC	8–2–1	0.773	14	+19	BYE
23	0	1.913	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	9–3	0.750	16	+29	BYE
24	-6	1.952	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	8–4	0.667	29	+28	Lost to Washington 20–21
25	1	1.970	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	10–1	0.909	5	+16	BYE
26	-1	1.970	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	7–4	0.636	32	+26	BYE
27	0	2.077	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	8–3	0.727	19	+22	BYE
28	0	2.104	BYU	IND WAC	8–4	0.667	29	+28	BYE
29	1	2.157	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–2–2	0.727	19	+13	BYE
30	1	2.189	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	8–3–1	0.708	27	+20	BYE
31	-2	2.189	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	32	+22	BYE
32	0	2.262	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	6–4–1	0.591	41	+22	BYE
33	0	2.439	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	7–4	0.636	32	+20	BYE
34	0	2.453	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	8–3	0.727	19	+11	BYE
35	0	2.498	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	7–4	0.636	32	+13	BYE
36	0	2.734	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	7–4	0.636	32	+15	BYE
37	1	2.737	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	6–4–1	0.591	41	+9	BYE
38	-1	2.740	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	32	+16	BYE
39	0	2.745	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	7–5	0.583	45	+11	BYE
40	0	2.834	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	7–5	0.583	45	+17	BYE
41	0	2.858	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	7–5	0.583	45	+14	BYE
42	0	2.884	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	7–4	0.636	32	+6	BYE
43	0	2.927	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	7–5	0.583	45	+17	BYE
44	0	3.054	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	6–5	0.545	49	+10	BYE
45	0	3.065	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	6–4–1	0.591	41	+3	BYE
46	0	3.099	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	5–6	0.455	62	+9	BYE
47	0	3.151	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	5–4–2	0.545	49	+7	BYE
48	0	3.184	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	6–5	0.545	49	+8	BYE
49	0	3.205	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	32	-4	BYE
50	0	3.266	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	6–4–1	0.591	41	0	BYE
51	0	3.281	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	32	-9	BYE
52	0	3.324	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	6–5	0.545	49	+9	BYE
53	0	3.423	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	6–5	0.545	49	+3	BYE
54	0	3.516	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	6–5	0.545	49	-2	BYE
55	0	3.525	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	5–6	0.455	62	-1	BYE
56	0	3.535	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	49	0	BYE
57	0	3.568	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	49	-6	BYE
58	0	3.611	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	5–5–1	0.500	60	+1	BYE
59	0	3.702	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	6–5–1	0.542	59	-8	BYE
60	0	3.743	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	49	-7	BYE
61	1	3.786	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	7–3–1	0.682	28	-2	BYE
62	-1	3.792	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	4–5–2	0.455	62	+1	BYE
63	0	3.927	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	5–5	0.500	60	-6	BYE
64	0	3.948	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	6–5	0.545	49	-5	BYE
65	0	4.085	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	5–6	0.455	62	-12	BYE
66	0	4.128	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	5–6	0.455	62	-8	BYE
67	1	4.280	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	4–7	0.364	75	-6	BYE
68	-1	4.312	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	4–7	0.364	75	-4	BYE
69	0	4.329	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	5–6	0.455	62	-13	BYE
70	0	4.333	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	62	-12	BYE
71	0	4.509	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	75	-5	BYE
72	0	4.597	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	4–6–1	0.409	73	-13	BYE
73	0	4.629	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	75	-2	BYE
74	0	4.737	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	75	-15	BYE
75	0	4.837	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	62	-20	BYE
76	0	4.889	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	5–6	0.455	62	-10	BYE
77	0	4.894	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	5–7	0.417	72	-22	BYE
78	0	4.924	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	4–6–1	0.409	73	-16	BYE
79	0	4.975	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	5–6	0.455	62	-6	BYE
80	0	5.057	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	4–7	0.364	75	-16	BYE
81	0	5.200	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	2–8–1	0.227	92	-16	BYE
82	0	5.539	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	75	-29	BYE
83	0	5.665	UNLV	IND PCAA	3–8	0.273	83	-25	BYE
84	1	5.769	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	3–8	0.273	83	-27	BYE
85	1	5.777	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	3–8	0.273	83	-30	BYE
86	-2	5.780	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	3–8	0.273	83	-29	BYE
87	0	5.808	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–7–1	0.318	82	-23	BYE
88	1	5.875	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	3–8	0.273	83	-27	BYE
89	-1	5.915	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	94	-29	BYE
90	0	5.987	TCU	IND SWC	3–8	0.273	83	-28	BYE
91	0	6.222	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	2–9	0.182	94	-35	BYE
92	0	6.364	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	0–10–1	0.045	103	-28	BYE
93	0	6.389	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	2–8–1	0.227	92	-26	BYE
94	0	6.581	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–7–2	0.273	83	-15	BYE
95	0	6.759	UTEP	IND WAC	2–10	0.167	99	-32	BYE
96	0	6.908	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	2–9	0.182	94	-30	BYE
97	0	6.973	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–9–1	0.136	100	-34	BYE
98	0	7.266	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	3–8	0.273	83	-18	BYE
99	0	7.443	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	3–9	0.250	91	-32	BYE
100	0	7.490	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	94	-24	BYE
101	0	7.919	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	1–10	0.091	102	-47	BYE
102	0	7.957	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	2–9	0.182	94	-20	BYE
103	0	8.530	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–11	0.000	104	-49	BYE
104	0	8.775	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–9–1	0.136	100	-34	BYE
105	0	9.350	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	0–11	0.000	104	-51	BYE