1983 Week 2 College Football Team Rankings

September 6, 1983By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1983 Season Tags: • No Comments

1983 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	Game Status
1	99	0.147	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Ohio 55–3
2	2	0.230	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Oregon State 50–6
3	-2	0.293	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	BYE
4	26	0.367	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Rice 45–14
5	19	0.430	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Miami 28–3
6	81	0.430	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat San Diego State 34–9
7	-5	0.471	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Colorado State 34–13
8	36	0.482	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Ole Miss 37–17
9	65	0.503	SMU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Louisville 24–6
10	28	0.513	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Central Michigan 31–14
11	45	0.524	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat South Carolina 24–8
12	15	0.576	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat UCLA 19–8
13	67	0.576	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Syracuse 17–6
14	79	0.576	UTEP	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat New Mexico State 20–9
15	39	0.587	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Utah 17–7
16	52	0.587	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Tennessee 13–3
17	22	0.608	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Kansas State 28–20
18	77	0.608	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Duke 38–30
19	48	0.629	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Oregon 21–15
20	31	0.639	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Tulane 14–9
21	37	0.660	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Kansas 37–34
22	-7	0.670	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Texas A&M 19–17
23	2	0.681	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat East Carolina 47–46
24	-21	1.086	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
25	-20	1.086	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
26	-20	1.086	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
27	-20	1.086	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
28	-20	1.086	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
29	-19	1.086	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
30	-18	1.086	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
31	-18	1.086	BYU	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
32	-15	1.086	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
33	-14	1.086	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
34	-8	1.086	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
35	-7	1.086	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	ACC	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
36	-7	1.086	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
37	-6	1.086	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
38	-6	1.086	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
39	-6	1.086	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
40	-6	1.086	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
41	-1	1.086	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
42	0	1.086	LSU	SEC	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
43	0	1.086	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
44	2	1.086	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
45	2	1.086	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
46	2	1.086	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
47	2	1.086	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
48	4	1.086	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
49	4	1.086	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
50	7	1.086	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
51	8	1.086	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
52	8	1.086	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
53	9	1.086	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
54	9	1.086	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
55	9	1.086	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
56	13	1.086	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
57	14	1.086	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
58	15	1.086	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
59	18	1.086	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
60	19	1.086	TCU	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
61	21	1.086	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
62	22	1.086	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
63	22	1.086	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
64	26	1.086	USC	PAC	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
65	27	1.086	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
66	28	1.086	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
67	29	1.086	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
68	30	1.086	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
69	32	1.086	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
70	32	1.086	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	58	BYE
71	-49	1.250	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	33	Lost to Florida State 46–47
72	11	1.295	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	33	Lost to California 17–19
73	-38	1.341	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	33	Lost to Northern Illinois 34–37
74	12	1.432	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	33	Lost to Mississippi State 9–14
75	-10	1.478	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–1	0.000	33	Lost to Pacific 15–21
76	-55	1.570	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	0–1	0.000	33	Lost to Virginia 30–38
77	-41	1.570	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	33	Lost to Long Beach State 20–28
78	3	1.661	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–1	0.000	33	Lost to Pittsburgh 3–13
79	12	1.661	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	33	Lost to New Mexico 7–17
80	-25	1.707	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	33	Lost to UTEP 9–20
81	-3	1.707	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	33	Lost to Temple 6–17
82	6	1.707	UCLA	PAC	0–1	0.000	33	Lost to Georgia 8–19
83	-65	1.844	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Western Carolina 44–10
84	-73	1.854	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Morgan State 45–12
85	-9	1.896	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Richmond 32–3
86	-11	1.935	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	33	Lost to North Carolina 8–24
87	16	1.980	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat South Dakota 34–13
88	-72	1.981	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–1	0.000	33	Lost to Kentucky 14–31
89	10	1.990	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Montana State 27–7
90	-49	2.027	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	33	Lost to SMU 6–24
91	-82	2.032	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Rhode Island 42–26
92	-3	2.095	UNLV	IND PCAA	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Nevada 28–18
93	-43	2.118	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	0–1	0.000	33	Lost to Memphis 17–37
94	-71	2.158	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Marshall 7–3
95	-75	2.164	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	33	Lost to Air Force 13–34
96	-82	2.169	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Boise State 13–10
97	-52	2.347	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	33	Lost to Florida 3–28
98	-26	2.347	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	33	Lost to Tulsa 9–34
99	-29	2.621	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	33	Lost to Houston 14–45
100	4	2.941	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	33	BYE
101	-35	3.215	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–1	0.000	33	Lost to Arizona 6–50
102	-41	3.581	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	0–1	0.000	33	Lost to West Virginia 3–55
103	-6	10.804	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	0–1	0.000	33	Lost to App State 25–27
104	-67	11.032	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	0–1	0.000	33	Lost to Akron 6–13