NCAA football standings at the end of October 3, 1981
| Atlantic Coast Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
Duke
| 2 |
2 |
0 |
69 | 89 |
Won 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 24 | Red Wilson |
|
Maryland
| 1 |
2 |
1 |
81 | 66 |
Tied 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 9 | Jerry Claiborne |
|
North Carolina State
| 4 |
1 |
0 |
125 | 112 |
Won 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 81 | Monte Kiffin |
|
Wake Forest
| 2 |
3 |
0 |
82 | 116 |
Won 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 28 | Al Groh |
|
Virginia
| 0 |
4 |
0 |
66 | 94 |
Lost 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 59 | Dick Bestwick |
|
#6 North Carolina
| 4 |
0 |
0 |
189 | 28 |
Won 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dick Crum |
|
#14 Clemson
| 4 |
0 |
0 |
92 | 21 |
Won 4 | 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) |
|---|
|
Wisconsin
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
75 | 69 |
Won 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 28 | Dave McClain |
|
Illinois
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
88 | 86 |
Won 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 46 | Mike White |
|
#18 Iowa
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
106 | 37 |
Won 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 0 | Hayden Fry |
|
#7 Ohio State
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
112 | 81 |
Lost 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 13 | Earle Bruce |
|
#8 Michigan
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
98 | 61 |
Won 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 38 | Bo Schembechler |
|
Minnesota
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
106 | 80 |
Lost 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 51 | Joe Salem |
|
Indiana
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
45 | 100 |
Lost 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 58 | Lee Corso |
|
Purdue
| 2 |
2 |
0 |
69 | 69 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 36 | Jim Young |
|
Michigan State
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
47 | 81 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 54 | Frank Waters |
|
Northwestern
| 0 |
4 |
0 |
27 | 165 |
Lost 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 85 | Dennis Green |
| Big Eight Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
Missouri
| 4 |
0 |
0 |
114 | 26 |
Won 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Warren Powers |
|
Kansas
| 4 |
0 |
0 |
72 | 53 |
Won 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Fambrough |
|
#20 Iowa State
| 3 |
0 |
1 |
75 | 51 |
Tied 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | Donnie Duncan |
|
Oklahoma State
| 2 |
1 |
0 |
48 | 44 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jimmy Johnson |
|
Nebraska
| 2 |
2 |
0 |
82 | 57 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Osborne |
|
#5 Oklahoma
| 1 |
1 |
1 |
68 | 55 |
Tied 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | Barry Switzer |
|
Kansas State
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
72 | 83 |
Lost 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Dickey |
|
Colorado
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
82 | 109 |
Lost 3 | 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
| 4 |
1 |
0 |
167 | 86 |
Won 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jack Elway |
|
Utah State
| 2 |
3 |
0 |
78 | 104 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bruce Snyder |
|
Fresno State
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
110 | 142 |
Lost 3 | 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
| 3 |
0 |
0 |
78 | 44 |
Won 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7 | Carmen Cozza |
|
Dartmouth
| 1 |
2 |
0 |
40 | 51 |
Lost 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 13 | Joe Yukica |
|
Harvard
| 1 |
2 |
0 |
55 | 66 |
Lost 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 6 | Joseph Restic |
|
Columbia
| 1 |
2 |
0 |
39 | 60 |
Won 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 32 | Robert Naso |
|
Pennsylvania
| 1 |
2 |
0 |
38 | 100 |
Lost 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 42 | Jerry Berndt |
|
Princeton
| 1 |
2 |
0 |
41 | 110 |
Won 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 49 | Frank Navarro |
|
Brown
| 0 |
3 |
0 |
41 | 71 |
Lost 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 48 | John Anderson |
|
Cornell
| 0 |
3 |
0 |
49 | 94 |
Lost 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 29 | Bob Blackman |
| Missouri Valley Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
Wichita State
| 3 |
1 |
1 |
110 | 80 |
Won 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 41 | Willie Jeffries |
|
Drake
| 5 |
0 |
0 |
113 | 74 |
Won 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 14 | Chuck Shelton |
|
Southern Illinois
| 2 |
3 |
0 |
83 | 94 |
Won 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 50 | Rey Dempsey |
|
Indiana State
| 1 |
2 |
1 |
77 | 75 |
Tied 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 69 | 37 | Dennis Raetz |
|
Illinois State
| 2 |
2 |
0 |
69 | 68 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 | Bob Otolski |
|
New Mexico State
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
53 | 98 |
Lost 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 65 | Gil Krueger |
|
Tulsa
| 1 |
4 |
0 |
111 | 109 |
Won 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 36 | John Cooper |
|
West Texas A&M
| 4 |
1 |
0 |
117 | 99 |
Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Yung |
| Mid-America Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
Western Michigan
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
65 | 48 |
Won 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 24 | Elliot Uzelac |
|
Miami (Ohio)
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
78 | 88 |
Won 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 25 | Tom Reed |
|
Central Michigan
| 2 |
2 |
0 |
106 | 60 |
Won 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 24 | Herb Deromedi |
|
Toledo
| 2 |
2 |
0 |
91 | 73 |
Won 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 14 | Chuck Stobart |
|
Ohio University
| 2 |
2 |
0 |
84 | 88 |
Lost 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 69 | Brian Burke |
|
Ball State
| 2 |
2 |
0 |
74 | 91 |
Won 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 70 | Dwight Wallace |
|
Northern Illinois
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
57 | 64 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 40 | Bill Mallory |
|
Kent State
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
66 | 74 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 40 | Ed Chlebek |
|
Bowling Green State
| 0 |
4 |
0 |
35 | 92 |
Lost 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 44 | Denny Stolz |
|
Eastern Michigan
| 0 |
4 |
0 |
40 | 123 |
Lost 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 81 | Mike Stock |
| Pac Ten Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
#1 Southern California
| 4 |
0 |
0 |
148 | 53 |
Won 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 22 | John Robinson |
|
Washington State
| 4 |
0 |
0 |
102 | 52 |
Won 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 21 | Jim Walden |
|
#16 UCLA
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
100 | 58 |
Won 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
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
132 | 62 |
Won 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 31 | Darryl Rogers |
|
#12 Washington
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
78 | 46 |
Lost 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 29 | Don James |
|
Arizona
| 2 |
2 |
0 |
85 | 78 |
Won 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 62 | Larry Smith |
|
Oregon
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
63 | 59 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17 | Rich Brooks |
|
Oregon State
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
89 | 153 |
Lost 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 56 | Joe Avezzano |
|
Stanford
| 0 |
4 |
0 |
57 | 96 |
Lost 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 17 | Paul Wiggin |
| Southeastern Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
#11 Alabama
| 4 |
1 |
0 |
130 | 55 |
Won 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 31 | Paul "Bear" Bryant |
|
#9 Mississippi State
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
80 | 33 |
Lost 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 16 | Emory Bellard |
|
#13 Georgia
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
98 | 26 |
Won 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | Vince Dooley |
|
Florida
| 3 |
2 |
0 |
113 | 72 |
Won 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 38 | Charley Pell |
|
Tennessee
| 2 |
2 |
0 |
59 | 94 |
Won 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 51 | Johnny Majors |
|
Mississippi
| 3 |
2 |
0 |
66 | 99 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 38 | Steve Sloan |
|
Louisiana State
| 2 |
3 |
0 |
81 | 113 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 48 | Jerry Stovall |
|
Kentucky
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
57 | 67 |
Lost 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 19 | Fran Curci |
|
Auburn
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
55 | 67 |
Lost 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | Pat Dye |
|
Vanderbilt
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
55 | 122 |
Lost 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 57 | George MacIntyre |
| Southern Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
Virginia Military
| 3 |
0 |
0 |
66 | 35 |
Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Thalman |
|
Tennessee-Chattanooga
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
97 | 81 |
Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill "Brother" Oliver |
|
Appalachian State
| 3 |
2 |
0 |
158 | 72 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Working |
|
Citadel
| 2 |
2 |
0 |
66 | 57 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Art Baker |
|
Furman
| 2 |
2 |
0 |
87 | 93 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dick Sheridan |
|
Marshall
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
33 | 81 |
Lost 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sonny Randle |
|
Western Carolina
| 0 |
5 |
0 |
60 | 129 |
Lost 5 | 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 |
|
Houston
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
87 | 32 |
Won 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 | Bill Yeoman |
|
Texas A&M
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
108 | 71 |
Won 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 23 | Tom Wilson |
|
Baylor
| 3 |
2 |
0 |
114 | 78 |
Lost 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 39 | Grant Teaff |
|
Texas Christian
| 2 |
2 |
0 |
91 | 84 |
Won 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 44 | F.A. Dry |
|
#19 Arkansas
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
103 | 58 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 28 | Lou Holtz |
|
Texas Tech
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
93 | 118 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 52 | Jerry Moore |
|
Rice
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
47 | 117 |
Won 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 31 | Ray Alborn |
| Western Athletic Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
#10 Brigham Young
| 5 |
0 |
0 |
214 | 83 |
Won 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 29 | Lavell Edwards |
|
San Diego State
| 3 |
0 |
0 |
70 | 45 |
Won 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 29 | Doug Scovil |
|
Utah
| 4 |
1 |
0 |
146 | 62 |
Won 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 10 | Wayne Howard |
|
Wyoming
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
120 | 81 |
Won 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 10 | Al Kincaid |
|
New Mexico
| 1 |
4 |
0 |
115 | 125 |
Lost 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 27 | Joe Morrison |
|
Air Force
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
69 | 103 |
Won 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 69 | 103 | Ken Hatfield |
|
Texas-El Paso
| 0 |
4 |
0 |
40 | 154 |
Lost 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 103 | Bill Michael, Bill Alton |
|
Colorado State
| 0 |
4 |
0 |
31 | 149 |
Lost 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 58 | Sark Arslanian, Chester Caddas |
|
Hawaii
| 2 |
0 |
0 |
59 | 18 |
Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dick Tomey |
| Southland Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
Louisiana-Monroe
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
106 | 60 |
Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pat Collins |
|
McNeese State
| 2 |
2 |
0 |
131 | 76 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ernie Duplechin |
|
Arkansas State
| 2 |
2 |
0 |
97 | 77 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Larry Lacewell |
|
Louisiana-Lafayette
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
58 | 71 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sam Robertson |
|
Louisiana Tech
| 1 |
4 |
0 |
69 | 126 |
Lost 3 | 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) |
|---|
|
Southern Mississippi
| 4 |
0 |
0 |
123 | 29 |
Won 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Collins |
|
West Virginia
| 4 |
0 |
0 |
136 | 44 |
Won 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Nehlen |
|
Virginia Tech
| 4 |
0 |
0 |
122 | 42 |
Won 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Dooley |
|
#2 Penn State
| 3 |
0 |
0 |
112 | 24 |
Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Paterno |
|
#4 Pittsburgh
| 3 |
0 |
0 |
106 | 41 |
Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jackie Sherrill |
|
Rutgers
| 4 |
1 |
0 |
76 | 59 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frank Burns |
|
Holy Cross
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
85 | 38 |
Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rick Carter |
|
Colgate
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
87 | 51 |
Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frederick Dunlap |
|
#17 Miami (Florida)
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
88 | 57 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Howard Schnellenberger |
|
Florida State
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
77 | 66 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Bowden |
|
Louisville
| 3 |
2 |
0 |
105 | 70 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Weber |
|
UNLV
| 3 |
2 |
0 |
135 | 145 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tony Knap |
|
Navy
| 2 |
2 |
0 |
76 | 51 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | George Welsh |
|
Temple
| 2 |
2 |
0 |
80 | 62 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wayne Hardin |
|
Notre Dame
| 2 |
2 |
0 |
68 | 56 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gerry Faust |
|
Army
| 2 |
2 |
0 |
67 | 68 |
Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Cavanaugh |
|
Richmond
| 2 |
3 |
0 |
91 | 99 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dal Shealy |
|
South Carolina
| 2 |
3 |
0 |
81 | 95 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Carlen |
|
East Carolina
| 2 |
3 |
0 |
94 | 141 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Emory |
|
Boston College
| 1 |
2 |
0 |
37 | 106 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jack Bicknell |
|
Syracuse
| 1 |
3 |
1 |
98 | 101 |
Tied 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dick MacPherson |
|
Georgia Tech
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
52 | 104 |
Lost 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Curry |
|
Cincinnati
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
30 | 109 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Gottfried |
|
Memphis
| 1 |
4 |
0 |
52 | 69 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rex Dockery |
|
Tulane
| 0 |
4 |
0 |
42 | 73 |
Lost 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Vince Gibson |
|
William & Mary
| 0 |
4 |
0 |
31 | 153 |
Lost 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jimmye Laycock |
|
North Texas
| 0 |
5 |
0 |
34 | 128 |
Lost 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Tyler |
