Final OAF ranking (& ratings) for the 1983 college football season:

Rank Team Name Rating Record AP UPI Bowl Game Results
1 MIAMI (F) 114.5045 11-1 1 1 Beat Nebraska 31-30
2 AUBURN 113.7770 11-1 3 3 Beat Michigan 9-7
3 NEBRASKA 113.7426 12-1 2 2 Lost to Miami (F)
4 FLORIDA 102.8456 9-2-1 6 6 Beat Iowa 14-6
5 GEORGIA 98.2885 10-1-1 4 4 Beat Texas 10-9
6 TEXAS 97.5266 11-1 5 5 Lost to Georgia
7 CLEMSON 96.7633 9-1-1 11 Probation No Bowl Game
8 OHIO STATE 83.9240 9-3 9 8 Beat Pittsburgh 28-23
9 MICHIGAN 83.0556 9-3 8 9 Lost to Auburn
10 IOWA 81.9641 9-3 14 14 Lost to Florida
11 TENNESSEE 80.2437 9-3 21 NR Beat Maryland 30-23
12 MARYLAND 79.8365 8-4 27 NR Lost to Tennessee
13 PENN STATE 78.8012 8-4-1 22 17 Beat Washington 13-10
14 PITTSBURGH 78.5699 8-3-1 18 19 Lost to Ohio State
15 WISCONSIN 78.1508 7-4 NR NR No Bowl Game
16 ALABAMA 77.9806 8-4 15 12 Beat SMU 28-7
17 ILLINOIS 77.7723 10-2 10 10 Lost to UCLA
18 WEST VIRGINIA 76.4540 9-3 16 16 Beat Kentucky 20-16
19 SYRACUSE 76.0567
20 FLORIDA STATE 74.7146
21 VIRGINIA TECH 74.6936
22 MEMPHIS STATE 72.0082
23 BOSTON COLLEGE 71.2739
24 EAST CAROLINA 70.2623
25 NOTRE DAME 69.5210
26 NORTH CAROLINA 68.6239
27 KENTUCKY 65.2821
28 AIR FORCE 65.1485
29 MISSISSIPPI 64.3883
30 SMU 64.2437
31 SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI 63.6373
32 OKLAHOMA 63.5881
33 BYU 61.8397
34 VIRGINIA 61.4822
35 SOUTH CAROLINA 61.1993
36 MISSOURI 61.0411
37 TEMPLE 60.3323
38 LSU 60.1549
39 MISSISSIPPI STATE 60.0954
40 UCLA 58.9507
41 TULANE 58.3791
42 GEORGIA TECH 58.0275
43 VANDERBILT 57.5944
44 PURDUE 57.5626
45 DUKE 57.4485
46 WAKE FOREST 55.8345
47 CINCINNATI 55.7167
48 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 54.9843
49 MICHIGAN STATE 54.7458
50 NORTHERN ILLINOIS 54.6820
51 NORTH CAROLINA STATE 54.4770
52 WASHINGTON 53.8551
53 OKLAHOMA STATE 53.8267
54 INDIANA 53.4183
55 WASHINGTON STATE 52.6530
56 LOUISVILLE 52.4904
57 BGU 51.6164
58 TOLEDO 50.4534
59 BAYLOR 49.9286
60 NORTHWESTERN 49.2425
61 MIAMI (O) 47.5369
62 USC 47.4177
63 KANSAS 47.2332
64 TEXAS A+M 46.6824
65 TULSA 46.4097
66 ARKANSAS 45.5359
67 COLORADO 43.1299
68 ARIZONA 42.9533
69 ARIZONA STATE 42.1914
70 IOWA STATE 41.9809
71 CALIFORNIA 41.5861
72 WESTERN MICHIGAN 41.2008
73 KANSAS STATE 40.4489
74 BALL STATE 40.0013
75 RUTGERS 39.1511
76 NAVY 39.0494
77 OHIOU 38.4167
78 ARMY 36.8899
79 NEW MEXICO 35.5222
80 WYOMING 35.0717
81 LONG BEACH 34.1047
82 HOUSTON 33.7053
83 MINNESOTA 33.5981
84 UTAH STATE 33.3466
85 UTAH 33.0146
86 TEXAS TECH 32.9199
87 OREGON 32.8326
88 TCU 32.4241
89 UNLV 31.9762
90 HAWAII 31.5127
91 FULLERTON 31.0834
92 FRESNO STATE 30.2494
93 COLORADO STATE 29.0126
94 NEW MEXICO STATE 25.3162
95 PACIFIC 24.5811
96 SWLOUISIANA 24.1899
97 SAN JOSE STATE 23.4280
98 OREGON STATE 21.2180
99 SAN DIEGO STATE 19.8031
100 STANFORD 14.7899
101 RICE 13.5784
102 KENT STATE 12.9760
103 UTEP 6.4834
104 WICHITA STATE 0.2007
105 EASTERN MICHIGAN -10.2629

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