| 1 - Expected Difference Rating (11-5, 2-1) | 2 - Power Rating (13-3, 3-0) |
| 3 - Discrete Rating Model (7-5-4, 1-0-4) | 4 - Virtual Game Model (9-7, 3-2) |
| 5 - Overtake and Feedback (Ranking) (7-9, 1-4) | + - Result if disagree with the team who was favored |
Inside the (...) above is each system's won/loss record: first "straight up", and then against the spread (when disagreeing with the favorite listed by "the bookies"). The 3rd number listed is for ties: the number of games that the model thinks is dead even. The favorites won 10 and lost 6, and 8 of the 16 favorites covered the spread in 1983.
| W/L | Cover | Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1+ | 2+ | 3+ | 4+ | 5+ | |
| Rose (Bowl): Illinois by 4 over UCLA |
L | N | 9-45 | L | L | T | L | L | T | ||||
| Orange: Nebraska by 11 over Miami (Florida) |
L | N | 30-31 | L | L | L | L | L | |||||
| Sugar: Auburn by 5 over Michigan |
W | N | 9-7 | W | W | L | L | W | Y | Y | |||
| Cotton: Texas by 7 over Georgia |
L | N | 9-10 | L | L | L | L | L | |||||
| Sun: SMU by 4 over Alabama |
L | N | 7-28 | W | W | L | L | W | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Gator: Florida by 2.5 over Iowa |
W | Y | 14-6 | W | W | W | L | W | N | ||||
| Liberty: Boston College by 1 over Notre Dame |
L | N | 18-19 | W | W | T | W | L | Y | Y | T | Y | |
| Peach: Florida State by 1 over North Carolina |
W | Y | 28-3 | L | W | W | W | L | N | N | |||
| Citrus: Maryland by 4.5 over Tennessee |
L | N | 23-30 | L | W | L | W | L | Y | Y | |||
| Fiesta: Ohio State by 3 over Pittsburgh |
W | Y | 28-23 | W | W | W | W | L | N | ||||
| Independence: Air Force by 3.5 over Mississippi |
W | Y | 9-3 | W | W | W | W | L | N | ||||
| All American: West Virginia by 9.5 over Kentucky |
W | N | 20-16 | W | W | W | W | W | |||||
| Holiday: BYU by 2 over Missouri |
W | Y | 21-17 | W | W | W | W | L | N | ||||
| California: Northern Illinois by 4 over Cal-Fullerton |
W | Y | 20-13 | W | W | W | W | W | |||||
| Aloha: Penn State by 1 over Washington |
W | Y | 13-10 | W | W | T | L | W | T | N | |||
| Bluebonnet : Oklahoma State by 2 over Baylor |
W | Y | 24-14 | W | W | T | W | W | T |
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