Football

Home Last Poll Teams

1983 Preseason AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts Last Week
1 < 3 Nebraska (30) Big 8 0-0 976 DNP
2 < 16 Oklahoma (11) Big 8 0-0 860 DNP
3 < 17 Texas (3) Southwest 0-0 857 DNP
4 < 1 Penn State (2) Ind 0-0 756 DNP
5 < 14 Auburn (2) SEC 0-0 749 DNP
6 < NR Notre Dame Ind 0-0 617 DNP
7 < 13 Florida State (1) Ind 0-0 575 DNP
8 < 15 USC Pac-10 0-0 553 DNP
9 < 12 Ohio State Big Ten 0-0 518 DNP
10 < NR Michigan (1) Big Ten 0-0 515 DNP
11 < 18 North Carolina ACC 0-0 497 DNP
12 < 11 LSU SEC 0-0 394 DNP
13 < NR Alabama SEC 0-0 376 DNP
14 < NR Arizona Pac-10 0-0 279 DNP
15 < 4 Georgia SEC 0-0 246 DNP
16 < NR Iowa Big Ten 0-0 218 DNP
17 < 20 Maryland ACC 0-0 210 DNP
18 < 7 Washington Pac-10 0-0 199 DNP
19 < 2 SMU Southwest 0-0 191 DNP
20 < 5 UCLA Pac-10 0-0 189 DNP
NR < 6 Arizona State Pac-10 0-0 0 DNP
NR < 8 Clemson (1) ACC 0-0 0 DNP
NR < 9 Arkansas Southwest 0-0 0 DNP
NR < 10 Pittsburgh Ind 0-0 0 DNP
NR < 19 West Virginia Ind 0-0 0 DNP

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 4 11.3 1765
Pac-10 4 15.0 1220
Ind 3 5.7 1948
Big Ten 3 11.7 1251
Big 8 2 1.5 1836
Southwest 2 11.0 1048
ACC 2 14.0 707

Notes

  • * = Received first place votes (non-AP rankings); Hold the mouse cursor over these rankings to see the first place votes (where available) in a tooltip (for browsers that support tooltips)
  • Clicking on the team name will display the week-by-week ranking for that team.
  • Polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, 1961-67 had 10 teams, 1968-88 had 20 teams, and 1989-present had 25 teams.