Rivers Performance Ratings - 1982 NCAA Division I-A Season Rank Team WP SOS SR Rating -------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Penn State (AP/C) 0.9167 0.6525 0.6684 0.7225 2 Nebraska 0.9231 0.5714 0.7548 0.7052 3 Georgia 0.9167 0.5780 0.6787 0.6879 4 Pittsburgh 0.7500 0.6056 0.6993 0.6651 5 UCLA 0.8750 0.5680 0.6333 0.6611 6 SMU 0.9583 0.4847 0.6887 0.6541 7 Clemson 0.8636 0.5283 0.6628 0.6458 8 Arizona State 0.8333 0.5392 0.6697 0.6453 9 USC 0.7273 0.5854 0.6787 0.6442 10 Florida State 0.7500 0.6000 0.6226 0.6432 11 Tulsa 0.9091 0.5096 0.6357 0.6410 12 Arkansas 0.7917 0.5428 0.6855 0.6407 13 Washington 0.8333 0.5390 0.6472 0.6396 14 West Virginia 0.7500 0.5909 0.6094 0.6353 15 Auburn 0.7500 0.5942 0.5817 0.6300 16 North Carolina 0.6667 0.5742 0.7002 0.6288 17 Texas 0.7500 0.5348 0.6774 0.6243 18 New Mexico 0.9091 0.4727 0.6244 0.6197 19 Fresno State 0.9167 0.4547 0.6256 0.6129 20 Maryland 0.6667 0.5763 0.6290 0.6121 21 Alabama 0.6667 0.5828 0.6101 0.6106 22 Florida 0.6667 0.6005 0.5649 0.6081 23 Boston College 0.7083 0.5662 0.5731 0.6034 24 Oklahoma 0.6667 0.5635 0.6096 0.6008 25 BYU 0.6667 0.5454 0.6367 0.5985 26 Ohio State 0.7500 0.5022 0.6259 0.5951 27 LSU 0.7083 0.5009 0.6684 0.5947 28 Miami 0.6364 0.5587 0.6117 0.5913 29 Michigan 0.6667 0.5197 0.6284 0.5836 30 Western Michigan 0.7273 0.4477 0.7045 0.5818 31 Notre Dame 0.5909 0.5746 0.5421 0.5706 32 Arizona 0.5909 0.5514 0.5868 0.5701 33 Southern Miss 0.6364 0.5037 0.6281 0.5680 34 Wichita State 0.7273 0.4830 0.5743 0.5669 35 Vanderbilt 0.6667 0.5225 0.5477 0.5648 36 San Jose State 0.7273 0.4480 0.6245 0.5619 37 California 0.6364 0.5596 0.4857 0.5603 38 Air Force 0.6154 0.5495 0.5184 0.5582 39 East Carolina 0.6364 0.5155 0.5318 0.5498 40 San Diego State 0.5833 0.5565 0.4904 0.5467 41 Illinois 0.5833 0.5025 0.5961 0.5461 42 Bowling Green 0.5833 0.5133 0.5711 0.5453 43 Iowa 0.6667 0.5044 0.4989 0.5436 44 Stanford 0.4545 0.5886 0.5248 0.5392 45 Wisconsin 0.5833 0.5150 0.5325 0.5365 46 Miami (OH) 0.6364 0.4446 0.6171 0.5357 47 Kansas State 0.5417 0.5184 0.5610 0.5348 48 Duke 0.5455 0.5340 0.5142 0.5319 49 Cincinnati 0.5455 0.5004 0.5770 0.5308 50 Missouri 0.5455 0.5270 0.5136 0.5283 51 Virginia Tech 0.6364 0.4376 0.5994 0.5278 52 NC State 0.5455 0.5593 0.4469 0.5277 53 Hawai'i 0.5455 0.5203 0.5106 0.5242 54 Tennessee 0.5417 0.5041 0.5404 0.5225 55 Navy 0.5455 0.4958 0.5399 0.5192 56 Mississippi State 0.4545 0.5548 0.5081 0.5181 57 Central Michigan 0.5909 0.4611 0.5340 0.5118 58 Long Beach State 0.5455 0.5240 0.4525 0.5115 59 Georgia Tech 0.5455 0.5083 0.4552 0.5043 60 Utah 0.4545 0.4955 0.5678 0.5034 61 Temple 0.3636 0.5634 0.5213 0.5029 62 Houston 0.5000 0.5282 0.4507 0.5018 63 Toledo 0.5455 0.4597 0.5318 0.4992 64 Oklahoma State 0.4545 0.5259 0.4744 0.4952 65 Texas A&M 0.4545 0.5118 0.4767 0.4887 66 Rutgers 0.4545 0.5377 0.3930 0.4807 67 Wyoming 0.4167 0.5045 0.4881 0.4785 68 Northern Illinois 0.5000 0.4500 0.5018 0.4755 69 Texas Tech 0.3636 0.5659 0.4015 0.4742 70 Ole Miss 0.3636 0.5445 0.4426 0.4738 71 South Carolina 0.3636 0.5278 0.4638 0.4708 72 Baylor 0.4091 0.4986 0.4717 0.4695 73 Indiana 0.4545 0.4839 0.4481 0.4676 74 Iowa State 0.4091 0.4823 0.4908 0.4661 75 Army 0.3636 0.5587 0.3770 0.4645 76 Ball State 0.4545 0.4552 0.4609 0.4565 77 Utah State 0.4545 0.4732 0.4229 0.4560 78 Colorado State 0.3636 0.4973 0.4517 0.4525 79 Tulane 0.3636 0.5014 0.4258 0.4481 80 Louisville 0.4545 0.4769 0.3826 0.4478 81 Ohio 0.5455 0.4216 0.3877 0.4441 82 Oregon 0.2273 0.6080 0.3160 0.4398 83 Wake Forest 0.2727 0.5461 0.3831 0.4370 84 Syracuse 0.1818 0.5664 0.3945 0.4273 85 New Mexico State 0.2727 0.5272 0.3796 0.4267 86 UNLV 0.2727 0.5017 0.4256 0.4254 87 TCU 0.2727 0.4863 0.4328 0.4195 88 Washington State 0.3182 0.4791 0.4000 0.4191 89 Minnesota 0.2727 0.4721 0.4524 0.4173 90 Kansas 0.2727 0.5167 0.3521 0.4146 91 Purdue 0.2727 0.4933 0.3944 0.4134 92 Colorado 0.2273 0.5348 0.3471 0.4110 93 Michigan State 0.1818 0.5027 0.4550 0.4105 94 Virginia 0.1818 0.5258 0.3866 0.4050 95 Northwestern 0.2727 0.4896 0.3521 0.4010 96 UTEP 0.1667 0.5552 0.2980 0.3938 97 North Texas 0.1818 0.4878 0.3874 0.3862 98 Oregon State 0.1364 0.5446 0.3045 0.3825 99 Cal State Fullerton 0.2500 0.4587 0.3325 0.3750 100 Kentucky 0.0455 0.5975 0.2507 0.3728 101 Pacific 0.1818 0.4617 0.3774 0.3707 102 Memphis 0.0909 0.4965 0.3123 0.3491 103 Eastern Michigan 0.1364 0.4477 0.2931 0.3312 104 Rice 0.0000 0.4990 0.2766 0.3187 105 Kent State 0.0000 0.4458 0.2969 0.2971 106 Richmond 0.0000 0.4435 0.2722 0.2898 Non-FBS Placeholder 0.2727 0.4654 0.3264 0.3825 Best Win %: SMU Best SOS: Penn State Best Score Ratio: Nebraska **Note: Rated MAC schools as I-A for the season even though majority were classified as I-AA for the 1982 season. Test ratings with MAC schools removed still produced same national champion and didn't result in overwhelming changes to overall ratings.