Final OAF ranking (& ratings) for the 1982 college football season:

Rank Team Name Rating Record AP UPI Bowl Game Results
1 PENN STATE 112.1606 11-1 1 1 Beat Georgia 27-23
2 GEORGIA 111.3358 11-1 4 4 Lost to Penn State
3 NEBRASKA 111.1294 12-1 3 3 Beat LSU 21-20
4 CLEMSON 80.1087 9-1-1 8 Probation No Bowl Game
5 AUBURN 76.9013 9-3 14 14 Beat Boston College 33-26
6 SMU 76.8102 11-0-1 2 2 Beat Pittsburgh 7-3
7 FLORIDA STATE 76.7567 9-3 13 10 Beat West Virginia 31-12
8 USC 74.4710 8-3 15 Probation No Bowl Game
9 WEST VIRGINIA 74.2247 9-3 19 19 Lost to Florida State
10 UCLA 73.7824 10-1-1 5 5 Beat Michigan
11 ALABAMA 73.4895 8-4 21..33 17 Beat Illinois 21-15
12 SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI 73.1144 8-3 NR Probation No Bowl Game
13 ARKANSAS 72.8070 9-2-1 9 8 Beat Florida 28-24
14 FLORIDA 72.3200 8-4 NR NR Lost to Arkansas
15 MARYLAND 72.0135 8-4 20 20 Beat Washington 21-20
16 BOSTON COLLEGE 70.1534 8-3-1 21..33 NR Lost to Auburn
17 NORTH CAROLINA 69.9706 8-4 18 13 Beat Texas 26-10
18 LSU 69.3845 8-3-1 11 11 Lost to Nebraska
19 TEXAS 69.1457 9-3 17 17 Lost to North Carolina
20 MISSISSIPPI STATE 68.4375        
21 WASHINGTON 68.2178        
22 CALIFORNIA 67.8531        
23 PITTSBURGH 67.2846        
24 ARIZONA STATE 66.7267        
25 MIAMI (F) 65.8009        
26 MISSISSIPPI 64.1058        
27 OKLAHOMA 63.1609        
28 NORTH CAROLINA STATE 62.2125        
29 DUKE 62.0532        
30 TULANE 60.7262        
31 VANDERBILT 60.5660        
32 ARIZONA 60.5527        
33 TENNESSEE 60.0708        
34 STANFORD 59.5753        
35 GEORGIA TECH 57.2721        
36 FRESNO STATE 54.5900        
37 NOTRE DAME 53.0660        
38 TULSA 52.5297        
39 OREGON 52.1729        
40 OHIO STATE 51.5119        
41 VIRGINIA TECH 50.7750        
42 IOWA 50.6865        
43 MICHIGAN 49.8613        
44 HOUSTON 45.6860        
45 SOUTH CAROLINA 45.6650        
46 ILLINOIS 45.5468        
47 SAN JOSE STATE 45.4983        
48 AIR FORCE 45.4123        
49 NAVY 44.8771        
50 WASHINGTON STATE 44.6965        
51 BAYLOR 43.9498        
52 TEXAS A+M 42.8875        
53 SWLOUISIANA 41.9959        
54 TEXAS TECH 41.8215        
55 VIRGINIA 41.1241        
56 WESTERN MICHIGAN 39.8657        
57 WAKE FOREST 39.8007        
58 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 38.9959        
59 NEW MEXICO 38.8021        
60 WISCONSIN 38.0951        
61 EAST CAROLINA 36.3775        
62 BYU 33.6134        
63 KANSAS STATE 32.8282        
64 OREGON STATE 32.7781        
65 TCU 32.7375        
66 RUTGERS 32.6294        
67 MISSOURI 32.4560        
68 OKLAHOMA STATE 31.9863        
69 SAN DIEGO STATE 31.9209        
70 TEMPLE 31.3509        
71 INDIANA 30.0336        
72 HAWAII 29.7460        
73 LOUISVILLE 28.6926        
74 IOWA STATE 28.0853        
75 SYRACUSE 27.8974        
76 TOLEDO 26.9926        
77 KENTUCKY 26.1004        
78 KANSAS 25.6796        
79 COLORADO 25.5153        
80 PURDUE 25.1667        
81 NORTHWESTERN 22.8002        
82 MICHIGAN STATE 22.2875        
83 WICHITA STATE 20.9283        
84 UTAH 20.8871        
85 LONG BEACH 20.0068        
86 MEMPHIS STATE 17.7359        
87 UTAH STATE 15.9609        
88 MINNESOTA 13.1436        
89 PACIFIC 10.8848        
90 WYOMING 10.6572        
91 UNLV 6.0206        
92 UTEP 3.5345        
93 COLORADO STATE 3.5110        
94 ARMY 2.6701        
95 RICE 0.7394        
96 FULLERTON 0.6202        
97 NEW MEXICO STATE -8.1193        

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