Live College Football Rankings

1982 Week 3 College Football Team Rankings

By • 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.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
1710.405Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC1–01.0001+1Beat UTEP 55–0
2210.581Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC1–01.0001+1Beat Tulsa 38–0
3220.789Auburn (AUBURN)SEC1–01.0001+1Beat Wake Forest 28–10
4440.789Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B101–01.00010Beat Ohio 57–7
5570.851SMUIND SWC1–01.00010Beat Tulane 51–7
6-50.892Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC1–01.00010BYE
770.903Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI1–01.0001+1BYE
8450.903Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B101–01.0001+1Beat Baylor 21–14
9120.913Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC1–01.00010Beat Georgia Tech 45–7
10-60.913Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)PAC2–01.0001+1Beat Utah 23–10
11390.944Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B81–01.00010Beat Iowa 42–7
1280.965Duke (DUKE)ACC1–01.0001+1BYE
13540.986UCLAPAC1–01.00010Beat Long Beach State 41–10
14210.996Indiana (INDIANA)B101–01.00010Beat Northwestern 30–0
15-31.001Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B82–01.0001+1Beat Army 23–10
16-61.007Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC2–01.0001+1Beat Southern Miss 28–19
17-61.012Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat Maryland 39–31
1841.038Arizona (ARIZONA)PAC1–01.00010Beat Oregon State 38–12
19-121.079Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI1–0–10.750460Tied Clemson 17–17
20-21.084Florida (FLORIDA)SEC2–01.0001+1Beat USC 17–9
21-191.084Illinois (ILLINOIS)B102–01.00010Beat Michigan State 23–16
22331.090Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B81–01.00010Beat North Texas 27–6
23401.090Stanford (STANFORD)PAC1–01.00010Beat Purdue 35–14
24-91.095Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC2–01.0001+1Beat BYU 17–14
25-171.126New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC2–01.00010Beat Texas Tech 14–0
26381.152TCUIND SWC1–01.00010Beat Utah State 24–9
2701.162California (CALIFORNIA)PAC1–01.00010Beat Colorado 31–17
28111.162Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–01.00010Beat Kentucky 23–9
29201.162Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Virginia 30–16
30441.162West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Oklahoma 41–27
31-151.188Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC2–01.00010Beat Ball State 31–14
32141.193Michigan (MICHIGAN)B101–01.00010Beat Wisconsin 20–9
33371.204Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC1–01.00010Beat Memphis 24–14
3481.235Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Rice 21–14
35261.256San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND PCAA1–01.00010Beat Oregon 18–13
36211.297Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat North Carolina 7–6
37-341.468South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Richmond 30–10
38501.583NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC2–01.00010Beat East Carolina 33–26
39-261.598Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC2–01.00010Beat Arkansas State 31–10
40-71.785Hawai'i (HAWAII)IND WAC1–01.00010Beat Montana 40–0
41411.806Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND FBSI1–10.50047+1Beat Louisville 38–16
42481.894Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC2–01.00010Beat Marshall 34–0
4301.925LSUSEC0–00.0001030BYE
4481.925Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI0–00.0001030BYE
45201.925Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC0–00.0001030BYE
46431.941Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)MAC1–01.00010BYE
47-161.992Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)IND PCAA1–01.00010Beat CAL Poly SAN Luis Obispo 26–6
48251.992Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC1–01.00010Beat Idaho 34–14
49-42.013Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC1–01.00010Beat William & Mary 35–17
50-452.070BYUIND WAC1–10.500470Lost to Georgia 14–17
51442.086Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI1–01.00010BYE
52342.131Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI1–10.50047+1Beat Syracuse 23–18
53242.163Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI1–10.500470Beat Houston 31–12
54-452.247Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC1–10.50047+1Lost to Arkansas 0–38
55-42.257North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC0–10.000640Lost to Pittsburgh 6–7
56202.336Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC1–10.500470Beat Iowa State 23–21
57-402.389Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC1–10.500470Lost to Ohio State 14–21
58262.455Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND WAC1–10.500470Beat Wyoming 9–3
59212.483Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC0–1–10.250630Tied Boston College 17–17
60212.483Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)MAC0–10.000640BYE
61-322.528East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)IND FBSI0–10.000640Lost to NC State 26–33
62-152.528Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B100–10.000640Lost to Illinois 16–23
63-42.528Rice (RICE)IND SWC0–10.000640Lost to Louisiana 14–21
64-202.574Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC0–10.000640Lost to Penn State 31–39
6532.574USCPAC0–10.000640Lost to Florida 9–17
6692.709Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B100–10.000640Lost to Michigan 9–20
67-432.800Army (ARMY)IND FBSI0–10.000640Lost to Missouri 10–23
68172.823Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND FBSI0–20.000640Lost to Vanderbilt 14–24
69-412.845Colorado (COLORADO)IND B80–10.000640Lost to California 17–31
70-302.845Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC0–10.000640Lost to Kansas State 9–23
71-172.845Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B80–10.000640Lost to West Virginia 27–41
72-62.845Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC0–10.000640Lost to New Mexico 0–14
73-22.845Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC0–10.000640Lost to Navy 16–30
74-52.891Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND PCAA0–10.000640Lost to TCU 9–24
75-492.981Ball State (BALL STATE)MAC0–10.000640Lost to Toledo 14–31
76-573.012UTEPIND WAC1–10.500470Lost to Washington 0–55
77243.026Oregon (OREGON)PAC0–20.000640Lost to San José State 13–18
78-203.162Purdue (PURDUE)B100–10.000640Lost to Stanford 14–35
79173.208Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC0–10.000640BYE
80123.255Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)IND FBSI1–10.500470Lost to Ole Miss 19–28
81123.306Utah (UTAH)IND WAC1–10.500470Lost to Arizona State 10–23
82-763.314Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI1–10.50047-1Lost to Temple 18–23
8383.335Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC1–10.500470Lost to Auburn 10–28
84-283.389Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC0–10.000640Lost to Arizona 12–38
85-23.411Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI0–20.000640Lost to SMU 7–51
8613.608Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND WAC1–10.50047-1Beat San Diego State 44–32
87-463.615Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)IND PCAA0–10.000640Lost to UCLA 10–41
88153.706Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B100–20.000640Lost to Indiana 0–30
89-533.796Iowa (IOWA)B100–10.000640Lost to Nebraska 7–42
90-583.932Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI0–10.000640Lost to Alabama 7–45
91134.249Ohio (OHIO)MAC0–20.000640Lost to Minnesota 7–57
9254.686Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND FBSI1–10.50047-1Lost to Cincinnati 16–38
93-144.860North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND FBSI0–20.00064-1Lost to Oklahoma State 6–27
9404.906Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC0–20.00064-1Lost to Colorado State 3–9
9546.119CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)IND PCAA1–10.500470Lost to Boise State 9–20
96-596.468Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B80–10.00064-1Lost to Tennessee 21–23
97-376.921San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)IND WAC0–10.00064-1Lost to Air Force 32–44
98-647.238Houston (HOUSTON)IND SWC0–10.00064-1Lost to Miami 12–31
99-17.419Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI0–10.00064-1BYE
10007.600UNLVIND PCAA0–10.00064-1BYE
10117.781Pacific (PACIFIC)IND PCAA0–20.000640Lost to California Davis 22–23
102-249.208New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND MVC0–20.00064-1Lost to Indiana State 10–14
103-6511.857Kansas (KANSAS)IND B80–10.000640Lost to Wichita State 10–13
104-7412.038Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)MAC0–10.000640Lost to Akron 7–14
105012.128Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC0–10.000640BYE

Metrics & Tiers Explained

Power Up Rankings is an independent sports analytics and rankings publication. All team, school, conference, league, tournament, and championship names, logos, emblems, colors, trophies, and related marks are trademarks and property of their respective owners. Their use on this site is for editorial, informational, and identification purposes only and does not imply any affiliation, sponsorship, or endorsement.

Copyright © 2026. All Rights Reserved. Power Up Rankings