NCAA football standings at the end of October 1, 1981
| Atlantic Coast Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
Maryland
| 1 |
2 |
0 |
64 | 49 |
Won 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 9 | Jerry Claiborne |
|
Duke
| 1 |
2 |
0 |
45 | 75 |
Won 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 24 | Red Wilson |
|
North Carolina State
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
95 | 88 |
Lost 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 57 | Monte Kiffin |
|
Wake Forest
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
67 | 102 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 28 | Al Groh |
|
Virginia
| 0 |
3 |
0 |
42 | 64 |
Lost 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 29 | Dick Bestwick |
|
#6 North Carolina
| 3 |
0 |
0 |
161 | 21 |
Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dick Crum |
|
#14 Clemson
| 3 |
0 |
0 |
71 | 18 |
Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Danny Ford |
| Big Ten Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
#7 Ohio State
| 3 |
0 |
0 |
85 | 45 |
Won 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 13 | Earle Bruce |
|
Minnesota
| 3 |
0 |
0 |
77 | 42 |
Won 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 13 | Joe Salem |
|
Wisconsin
| 2 |
1 |
0 |
55 | 55 |
Won 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 14 | Dave McClain |
|
Illinois
| 2 |
1 |
0 |
50 | 57 |
Won 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 17 | Mike White |
|
Indiana
| 1 |
2 |
0 |
28 | 62 |
Lost 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 20 | Lee Corso |
|
#8 Michigan
| 2 |
1 |
0 |
60 | 44 |
Won 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 21 | Bo Schembechler |
|
Purdue
| 2 |
1 |
0 |
55 | 49 |
Won 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 16 | Jim Young |
|
Michigan State
| 1 |
2 |
0 |
40 | 61 |
Won 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 54 | Frank Waters |
|
Northwestern
| 0 |
3 |
0 |
27 | 101 |
Lost 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 21 | Dennis Green |
|
#18 Iowa
| 2 |
1 |
0 |
42 | 37 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hayden Fry |
| Big Eight Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
Missouri
| 3 |
0 |
0 |
100 | 23 |
Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Warren Powers |
|
#20 Iowa State
| 3 |
0 |
0 |
68 | 44 |
Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Donnie Duncan |
|
Kansas
| 3 |
0 |
0 |
55 | 37 |
Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Fambrough |
|
#5 Oklahoma
| 1 |
1 |
0 |
61 | 48 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Barry Switzer |
|
Oklahoma State
| 1 |
1 |
0 |
39 | 44 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jimmy Johnson |
|
Nebraska
| 1 |
2 |
0 |
65 | 54 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Osborne |
|
Kansas State
| 1 |
2 |
0 |
51 | 48 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Dickey |
|
Colorado
| 1 |
2 |
0 |
75 | 82 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chuck Fairbanks |
| Pacific Coast Athletic Assn. |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
San Jose State
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
102 | 53 |
Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jack Elway |
|
Utah State
| 2 |
2 |
0 |
52 | 72 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bruce Snyder |
|
Fresno State
| 1 |
2 |
0 |
77 | 77 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Sweeney |
| Ivy League |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
Yale
| 2 |
0 |
0 |
55 | 25 |
Won 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7 | Carmen Cozza |
|
Dartmouth
| 1 |
1 |
0 |
40 | 23 |
Lost 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 13 | Joe Yukica |
|
Harvard
| 1 |
1 |
0 |
42 | 39 |
Lost 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 6 | Joseph Restic |
|
Pennsylvania
| 1 |
1 |
0 |
29 | 80 |
Lost 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 22 | Jerry Berndt |
|
Brown
| 0 |
2 |
0 |
24 | 51 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 28 | John Anderson |
|
Cornell
| 0 |
2 |
0 |
32 | 63 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 29 | Bob Blackman |
|
Columbia
| 0 |
2 |
0 |
19 | 51 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 23 | Robert Naso |
|
Princeton
| 0 |
2 |
0 |
21 | 93 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 32 | Frank Navarro |
| Missouri Valley Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
Drake
| 4 |
0 |
0 |
95 | 67 |
Won 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 14 | Chuck Shelton |
|
Wichita State
| 2 |
1 |
1 |
86 | 60 |
Tied 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 21 | Willie Jeffries |
|
Indiana State
| 1 |
2 |
1 |
77 | 75 |
Tied 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 69 | 37 | Dennis Raetz |
|
Southern Illinois
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
69 | 91 |
Won 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 47 | Rey Dempsey |
|
New Mexico State
| 1 |
2 |
0 |
33 | 74 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 41 | Gil Krueger |
|
Tulsa
| 0 |
4 |
0 |
76 | 88 |
Lost 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 36 | John Cooper |
|
West Texas A&M
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
86 | 75 |
Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Yung |
|
Illinois State
| 2 |
1 |
0 |
66 | 54 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Otolski |
| Mid-America Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
Ohio University
| 2 |
1 |
0 |
70 | 67 |
Won 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 48 | Brian Burke |
|
Western Michigan
| 2 |
1 |
0 |
44 | 41 |
Lost 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 17 | Elliot Uzelac |
|
Miami (Ohio)
| 2 |
1 |
0 |
58 | 75 |
Won 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 12 | Tom Reed |
|
Toledo
| 1 |
2 |
0 |
70 | 59 |
Lost 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | Chuck Stobart |
|
Central Michigan
| 1 |
2 |
0 |
43 | 46 |
Lost 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 10 | Herb Deromedi |
|
Northern Illinois
| 1 |
2 |
0 |
57 | 41 |
Won 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 17 | Bill Mallory |
|
Kent State
| 1 |
2 |
0 |
53 | 54 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 20 | Ed Chlebek |
|
Ball State
| 1 |
2 |
0 |
51 | 91 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 70 | Dwight Wallace |
|
Eastern Michigan
| 0 |
3 |
0 |
26 | 60 |
Lost 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 18 | Mike Stock |
|
Bowling Green State
| 0 |
3 |
0 |
28 | 71 |
Lost 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 23 | Denny Stolz |
| Pac Ten Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
#12 Washington
| 3 |
0 |
0 |
71 | 20 |
Won 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | Don James |
|
Washington State
| 3 |
0 |
0 |
71 | 52 |
Won 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 21 | Jim Walden |
|
#16 UCLA
| 2 |
1 |
0 |
73 | 51 |
Lost 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 18 | Terry Donahue |
|
California
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
79 | 96 |
Lost 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 13 | Roger Theder |
|
Arizona State
| 2 |
1 |
0 |
106 | 55 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 24 | Darryl Rogers |
|
Arizona
| 1 |
2 |
0 |
68 | 65 |
Won 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 49 | Larry Smith |
|
Oregon
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
63 | 59 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17 | Rich Brooks |
|
#1 Southern California
| 3 |
0 |
0 |
92 | 31 |
Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Robinson |
|
Oregon State
| 1 |
2 |
0 |
67 | 97 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Avezzano |
|
Stanford
| 0 |
3 |
0 |
44 | 79 |
Lost 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Paul Wiggin |
| Southeastern Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
#11 Alabama
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
92 | 48 |
Won 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 24 | Paul "Bear" Bryant |
|
#9 Mississippi State
| 3 |
0 |
0 |
77 | 19 |
Won 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 16 | Emory Bellard |
|
#13 Georgia
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
98 | 26 |
Won 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | Vince Dooley |
|
Tennessee
| 2 |
2 |
0 |
59 | 94 |
Won 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 51 | Johnny Majors |
|
Florida
| 2 |
2 |
0 |
89 | 62 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 28 | Charley Pell |
|
Louisiana State
| 2 |
2 |
0 |
71 | 89 |
Won 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 24 | Jerry Stovall |
|
Kentucky
| 1 |
2 |
0 |
54 | 46 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 19 | Fran Curci |
|
Auburn
| 1 |
2 |
0 |
52 | 50 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | Pat Dye |
|
Vanderbilt
| 1 |
2 |
0 |
39 | 74 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 57 | George MacIntyre |
|
Mississippi
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
59 | 61 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steve Sloan |
| Southern Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
Virginia Military
| 2 |
0 |
0 |
35 | 21 |
Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Thalman |
|
Appalachian State
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
144 | 57 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Working |
|
Citadel
| 2 |
1 |
0 |
53 | 40 |
Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Art Baker |
|
Tennessee-Chattanooga
| 2 |
1 |
0 |
66 | 53 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill "Brother" Oliver |
|
Furman
| 2 |
1 |
0 |
59 | 62 |
Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dick Sheridan |
|
Marshall
| 1 |
2 |
0 |
33 | 45 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sonny Randle |
|
Western Carolina
| 0 |
4 |
0 |
50 | 106 |
Lost 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Waters |
| Southwestern Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
#15 Southern Methodist
| 4 |
0 |
0 |
161 | 43 |
Won 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 9 | Ron Meyer |
|
#3 Texas
| 3 |
0 |
0 |
68 | 20 |
Won 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3 | Fred Akers |
|
Baylor
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
111 | 54 |
Won 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 15 | Grant Teaff |
|
Texas Christian
| 1 |
2 |
0 |
63 | 60 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 20 | F.A. Dry |
|
Texas Tech
| 1 |
2 |
0 |
70 | 94 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 28 | Jerry Moore |
|
Rice
| 0 |
3 |
0 |
27 | 101 |
Lost 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 31 | Ray Alborn |
|
#19 Arkansas
| 3 |
0 |
0 |
79 | 30 |
Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lou Holtz |
|
Texas A&M
| 2 |
1 |
0 |
84 | 48 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Wilson |
|
Houston
| 2 |
1 |
0 |
63 | 29 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Yeoman |
| Western Athletic Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
#10 Brigham Young
| 4 |
0 |
0 |
182 | 57 |
Won 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 29 | Lavell Edwards |
|
San Diego State
| 2 |
0 |
0 |
53 | 30 |
Won 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 14 | Doug Scovil |
|
Wyoming
| 2 |
1 |
0 |
75 | 60 |
Won 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 10 | Al Kincaid |
|
New Mexico
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
100 | 108 |
Won 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 10 | Joe Morrison |
|
Air Force
| 0 |
3 |
0 |
41 | 89 |
Lost 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 89 | Ken Hatfield |
|
Texas-El Paso
| 0 |
3 |
0 |
30 | 116 |
Lost 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 65 | Bill Michael, Bill Alton |
|
Colorado State
| 0 |
3 |
0 |
17 | 121 |
Lost 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 30 | Sark Arslanian, Chester Caddas |
|
Hawaii
| 2 |
0 |
0 |
59 | 18 |
Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dick Tomey |
|
Utah
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
108 | 52 |
Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wayne Howard |
| Southland Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
McNeese State
| 2 |
1 |
0 |
107 | 45 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ernie Duplechin |
|
Arkansas State
| 2 |
1 |
0 |
81 | 60 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Larry Lacewell |
|
Louisiana-Monroe
| 2 |
1 |
0 |
71 | 60 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pat Collins |
|
Louisiana-Lafayette
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
58 | 71 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sam Robertson |
|
Louisiana Tech
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
69 | 91 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Billy Brewer |
| Major Independents |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
Virginia Tech
| 3 |
0 |
0 |
105 | 29 |
Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Dooley |
|
West Virginia
| 3 |
0 |
0 |
98 | 34 |
Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Nehlen |
|
Southern Mississippi
| 3 |
0 |
0 |
71 | 20 |
Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Collins |
|
#2 Penn State
| 2 |
0 |
0 |
82 | 24 |
Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Paterno |
|
#4 Pittsburgh
| 2 |
0 |
0 |
64 | 13 |
Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jackie Sherrill |
|
UNLV
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
114 | 100 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tony Knap |
|
Rutgers
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
45 | 42 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frank Burns |
|
Temple
| 2 |
1 |
0 |
80 | 32 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wayne Hardin |
|
Colgate
| 2 |
1 |
0 |
66 | 37 |
Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frederick Dunlap |
|
Navy
| 2 |
1 |
0 |
57 | 28 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | George Welsh |
|
Holy Cross
| 2 |
1 |
0 |
57 | 38 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rick Carter |
|
Florida State
| 2 |
1 |
0 |
41 | 39 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Bowden |
|
#17 Miami (Florida)
| 2 |
1 |
0 |
40 | 41 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Howard Schnellenberger |
|
South Carolina
| 2 |
2 |
0 |
53 | 53 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Carlen |
|
Louisville
| 2 |
2 |
0 |
69 | 70 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Weber |
|
East Carolina
| 2 |
2 |
0 |
80 | 117 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Emory |
|
Boston College
| 1 |
1 |
0 |
27 | 68 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jack Bicknell |
|
Notre Dame
| 1 |
2 |
0 |
48 | 49 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gerry Faust |
|
Army
| 1 |
2 |
0 |
40 | 55 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Cavanaugh |
|
Georgia Tech
| 1 |
2 |
0 |
45 | 76 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Curry |
|
Syracuse
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
81 | 84 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dick MacPherson |
|
Memphis
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
39 | 52 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rex Dockery |
|
Richmond
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
67 | 92 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dal Shealy |
|
Cincinnati
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
30 | 109 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Gottfried |
|
Tulane
| 0 |
3 |
0 |
26 | 53 |
Lost 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Vince Gibson |
|
William & Mary
| 0 |
3 |
0 |
17 | 122 |
Lost 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jimmye Laycock |
|
North Texas
| 0 |
4 |
0 |
34 | 119 |
Lost 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Tyler |
