1982 Preseason AP Football Poll

Rank

Team (FPV)

Conf

WLT

PTS

CP

Last Week

1

<  4

Pittsburgh (36)

Ind

11-1

1092

DNP

2

<  10

Washington (15)

Pac-10

10-2

1064

DNP

3

<  7

Alabama (3)

SEC

9-2-1

966

DNP

4

<  11

Nebraska (2)

Big 8

9-3

949

DNP

5

<  9

North Carolina (2)

ACC

10-2

863

DNP

6

<  5

SMU

SWC

10-1

743

DNP

7

<  6

Georgia

SEC

10-2

698

DNP

8

<  3

Penn State

Ind

10-2

682

DNP

9

<  20

Oklahoma

Big 8

7-4-1

638

DNP

10

<  14

USC

Pac-10

9-3

624

DNP

11

<  1

Clemson (1)

ACC

12-0

561

DNP

12

<  12

Michigan

Big Ten

9-3

552

DNP

13

<  NR

Arkansas

SWC

8-4

471

DNP

14

<  15

Ohio State

Big Ten

9-3

423

DNP

15

<  8

Miami (FL)

Ind

9-2

396

DNP

16

<  NR

Florida

SEC

7-5

357

DNP

17

<  2

Texas

SWC

10-1-1

236

DNP

18

<  NR

Notre Dame

Ind

5-6

157

DNP

19

<  16

Arizona State

Pac-10

9-2

155

DNP

20

<  NR

UCLA

Pac-10

7-4-1

150

DNP

NR

<  13

BYU

WAC

11-2

DNP

NR

<  18

Iowa

Big Ten

DNP

NR

<  19

Missouri

Big 8

8-4

DNP

NR

<  17

West Virginia

Ind

9-3

DNP

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NOTES
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- CP = Coaches Poll (1950 to present)
- HP = Harris Poll (2005 to present; starts in late September)
- BCS = BCS Rankings (1998 to present; starts in mid-October)
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- Regular-season polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, from 1961-67 had 10 teams (except for the 1961 final poll which had 20), and 1989-present had 25 teams.
- This weekly poll data was contributed to the ESPN College Football Encyclopedia

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