NCAA football standings at the end of October 4, 1982
| Atlantic Coast Conference | 
 | CONFERENCE GAMES | 
|---|
 | CONFERENCE GAMES |  | 
|---|
 | W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) | 
| 
Duke
 | 3 | 
1 | 
0 | 
127 | 85 | 
Lost 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 17 | Red Wilson | 
| 
Maryland
 | 2 | 
2 | 
0 | 
98 | 67 | 
Won 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 6 | Bobby Ross | 
| 
North Carolina State
 | 4 | 
1 | 
0 | 
111 | 62 | 
Won 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 36 | Monte Kiffin | 
| 
Wake Forest
 | 3 | 
2 | 
0 | 
85 | 100 | 
Won 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Al Groh | 
| 
Virginia
 | 0 | 
4 | 
0 | 
63 | 118 | 
Lost 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 67 | George Welsh | 
| 
#12 North Carolina
 | 3 | 
1 | 
0 | 
143 | 25 | 
Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dick Crum | 
| 
Clemson
 | 2 | 
1 | 
1 | 
69 | 46 | 
Won 2 | 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) | 
| 
Illinois
 | 4 | 
1 | 
0 | 
164 | 83 | 
Won 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 53 | Mike White | 
| 
Michigan
 | 2 | 
2 | 
0 | 
88 | 73 | 
Won 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 19 | Bo Schembechler | 
| 
Ohio State
 | 2 | 
2 | 
0 | 
89 | 81 | 
Lost 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 10 | Earle Bruce | 
| 
Iowa
 | 2 | 
2 | 
0 | 
76 | 82 | 
Won 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 7 | Hayden Fry | 
| 
#19 Minnesota
 | 3 | 
1 | 
0 | 
158 | 70 | 
Lost 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 52 | Joe Salem | 
| 
Indiana
 | 2 | 
2 | 
0 | 
64 | 62 | 
Lost 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 24 | Lee Corso | 
| 
Wisconsin
 | 2 | 
2 | 
0 | 
106 | 129 | 
Won 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 51 | Dave McClain | 
| 
Northwestern
 | 1 | 
4 | 
0 | 
64 | 157 | 
Lost 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 124 | Dennis Green | 
| 
Michigan State
 | 0 | 
4 | 
0 | 
51 | 90 | 
Lost 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 54 | Frank Waters | 
| 
Purdue
 | 0 | 
4 | 
0 | 
69 | 134 | 
Lost 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 71 | Leon Burtnett | 
 
| Big Eight Conference | 
 | CONFERENCE GAMES | 
|---|
 | CONFERENCE GAMES |  | 
|---|
 | W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) | 
| 
Oklahoma
 | 2 | 
2 | 
0 | 
69 | 64 | 
Won 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | Barry Switzer | 
| 
Iowa State
 | 2 | 
2 | 
0 | 
78 | 53 | 
Lost 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | Donnie Duncan | 
| 
#8 Nebraska
 | 3 | 
1 | 
0 | 
175 | 41 | 
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Osborne | 
| 
Kansas State
 | 3 | 
1 | 
0 | 
103 | 49 | 
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Dickey | 
| 
Missouri
 | 3 | 
1 | 
0 | 
79 | 54 | 
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Warren Powers | 
| 
Oklahoma State
 | 1 | 
2 | 
0 | 
64 | 59 | 
Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jimmy Johnson | 
| 
Kansas
 | 1 | 
2 | 
1 | 
68 | 65 | 
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Fambrough | 
| 
Colorado
 | 1 | 
3 | 
0 | 
45 | 89 | 
Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill McCartney | 
 
| Pacific Coast Athletic Assn. | 
 | CONFERENCE GAMES | 
|---|
 | CONFERENCE GAMES |  | 
|---|
 | W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) | 
| 
Fresno State
 | 4 | 
0 | 
0 | 
92 | 25 | 
Won 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Sweeney | 
| 
San Jose State
 | 3 | 
1 | 
0 | 
77 | 83 | 
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jack Elway | 
| 
Utah State
 | 2 | 
2 | 
0 | 
65 | 65 | 
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bruce Snyder | 
| 
UNLV
 | 0 | 
4 | 
0 | 
71 | 131 | 
Lost 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Harvey Hyde | 
 
| Missouri Valley Conference | 
 | CONFERENCE GAMES | 
|---|
 | CONFERENCE GAMES |  | 
|---|
 | W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) | 
| 
Southern Illinois
 | 3 | 
2 | 
0 | 
118 | 79 | 
Lost 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 17 | Rey Dempsey | 
| 
Wichita State
 | 4 | 
1 | 
0 | 
128 | 96 | 
Won 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 21 | Willie Jeffries | 
| 
Indiana State
 | 3 | 
2 | 
0 | 
73 | 84 | 
Lost 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 39 | Dennis Raetz | 
| 
Drake
 | 1 | 
4 | 
0 | 
87 | 153 | 
Won 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 43 | Chuck Shelton | 
| 
New Mexico State
 | 1 | 
4 | 
0 | 
70 | 147 | 
Won 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 31 | Gil Krueger | 
| 
Illinois State
 | 1 | 
4 | 
0 | 
69 | 98 | 
Lost 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 42 | Bob Otolski | 
| 
West Texas A&M
 | 1 | 
4 | 
0 | 
100 | 133 | 
Lost 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 24 | Don Davis | 
| 
Tulsa
 | 3 | 
1 | 
0 | 
80 | 85 | 
Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Cooper | 
 
| Mid-America Conference | 
 | CONFERENCE GAMES | 
|---|
 | CONFERENCE GAMES |  | 
|---|
 | W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) | 
| 
Bowling Green State
 | 3 | 
0 | 
0 | 
81 | 33 | 
Won 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 33 | Denny Stolz | 
| 
Miami (Ohio)
 | 4 | 
0 | 
0 | 
117 | 30 | 
Won 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 0 | Tom Reed | 
| 
Toledo
 | 3 | 
2 | 
0 | 
98 | 79 | 
Lost 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 34 | Dan Simrell | 
| 
Western Michigan
 | 3 | 
1 | 
0 | 
89 | 24 | 
Lost 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 21 | Jack Harbaugh | 
| 
Central Michigan
 | 2 | 
2 | 
0 | 
84 | 76 | 
Won 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 42 | Herb Deromedi | 
| 
Ohio University
 | 2 | 
2 | 
0 | 
47 | 125 | 
Won 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 54 | Brian Burke | 
| 
Ball State
 | 1 | 
3 | 
0 | 
48 | 88 | 
Won 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 38 | Dwight Wallace | 
| 
Northern Illinois
 | 1 | 
3 | 
0 | 
39 | 69 | 
Lost 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 38 | Bill Mallory | 
| 
Kent State
 | 0 | 
4 | 
0 | 
50 | 97 | 
Lost 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 67 | Ed Chlebek | 
| 
Eastern Michigan
 | 0 | 
4 | 
0 | 
27 | 111 | 
Lost 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 48 | Mike Stock, Bob LaPointe | 
 
| Pac Ten Conference | 
 | CONFERENCE GAMES | 
|---|
 | CONFERENCE GAMES |  | 
|---|
 | W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) | 
| 
#13 Arizona State
 | 5 | 
0 | 
0 | 
126 | 30 | 
Won 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 3 | Darryl Rogers | 
| 
#1 Washington
 | 4 | 
0 | 
0 | 
161 | 59 | 
Won 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 34 | Don James | 
| 
Stanford
 | 3 | 
1 | 
0 | 
134 | 74 | 
Won 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 5 | Paul Wiggin | 
| 
#16 Southern California
 | 3 | 
1 | 
0 | 
87 | 31 | 
Won 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 7 | John Robinson | 
| 
Arizona
 | 1 | 
2 | 
0 | 
65 | 52 | 
Lost 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 35 | Larry Smith | 
| 
California
 | 3 | 
1 | 
0 | 
85 | 39 | 
Won 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | Joe Kapp | 
| 
Oregon State
 | 0 | 
4 | 
0 | 
37 | 145 | 
Lost 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 83 | Joe Avezzano | 
| 
Oregon
 | 0 | 
5 | 
0 | 
48 | 137 | 
Lost 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 109 | Rich Brooks | 
| 
#9 UCLA
 | 4 | 
0 | 
0 | 
157 | 69 | 
Won 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Terry Donahue | 
| 
Washington State
 | 1 | 
3 | 
0 | 
48 | 77 | 
Lost 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Walden | 
 
| Southeastern Conference | 
 | CONFERENCE GAMES | 
|---|
 | CONFERENCE GAMES |  | 
|---|
 | W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) | 
| 
#5 Alabama
 | 4 | 
0 | 
0 | 
145 | 49 | 
Won 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 35 | Paul "Bear" Bryant | 
| 
#6 Georgia
 | 4 | 
0 | 
0 | 
93 | 61 | 
Won 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 22 | Vince Dooley | 
| 
Louisiana State
 | 3 | 
0 | 
0 | 
121 | 33 | 
Won 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 13 | Jerry Stovall | 
| 
#20 Auburn
 | 3 | 
1 | 
0 | 
80 | 84 | 
Lost 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 14 | Pat Dye | 
| 
#4 Florida
 | 3 | 
1 | 
0 | 
74 | 64 | 
Lost 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 41 | Charley Pell | 
| 
Mississippi State
 | 3 | 
2 | 
0 | 
141 | 104 | 
Lost 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 56 | Emory Bellard | 
| 
Tennessee
 | 2 | 
2 | 
0 | 
71 | 73 | 
Won 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 24 | Johnny Majors | 
| 
Mississippi
 | 2 | 
2 | 
0 | 
81 | 85 | 
Lost 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 42 | Steve Sloan | 
| 
Vanderbilt
 | 2 | 
2 | 
0 | 
79 | 93 | 
Won 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 24 | George MacIntyre | 
| 
Kentucky
 | 0 | 
3 | 
1 | 
36 | 89 | 
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jerry Claiborne | 
 
| Southwestern Conference | 
 | CONFERENCE GAMES | 
|---|
 | CONFERENCE GAMES |  | 
|---|
 | W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) | 
| 
#7 Southern Methodist
 | 4 | 
0 | 
0 | 
136 | 40 | 
Won 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 13 | Bobby Collins | 
| 
#10 Arkansas
 | 4 | 
0 | 
0 | 
116 | 29 | 
Won 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | Lou Holtz | 
| 
#15 Texas
 | 3 | 
0 | 
0 | 
76 | 19 | 
Won 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 7 | Fred Akers | 
| 
Baylor
 | 2 | 
1 | 
1 | 
80 | 82 | 
Tied 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 44 | Grant Teaff | 
| 
Texas Tech
 | 2 | 
2 | 
0 | 
78 | 83 | 
Won 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 39 | Jerry Moore | 
| 
Texas A&M
 | 2 | 
2 | 
0 | 
130 | 111 | 
Lost 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 24 | Jackie Sherrill | 
| 
Texas Christian
 | 1 | 
3 | 
0 | 
56 | 90 | 
Lost 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 51 | F.A. Dry | 
| 
Rice
 | 0 | 
4 | 
0 | 
40 | 137 | 
Lost 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 34 | Ray Alborn | 
| 
Houston
 | 1 | 
2 | 
1 | 
91 | 79 | 
Tied 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21 | Bill Yeoman | 
 
| Western Athletic Conference | 
 | CONFERENCE GAMES | 
|---|
 | CONFERENCE GAMES |  | 
|---|
 | W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) | 
| 
New Mexico
 | 4 | 
0 | 
0 | 
153 | 78 | 
Won 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 57 | Joe Morrison | 
| 
Utah
 | 2 | 
2 | 
0 | 
87 | 70 | 
Won 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 14 | Chuck Stobart | 
| 
Hawaii
 | 3 | 
1 | 
0 | 
90 | 51 | 
Lost 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 51 | Dick Tomey | 
| 
Air Force
 | 2 | 
3 | 
0 | 
167 | 185 | 
Lost 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 120 | 119 | Ken Hatfield | 
| 
Brigham Young
 | 2 | 
2 | 
0 | 
130 | 59 | 
Won 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 42 | Lavell Edwards | 
| 
Wyoming
 | 3 | 
2 | 
0 | 
111 | 97 | 
Won 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 60 | Al Kincaid | 
| 
Colorado State
 | 2 | 
3 | 
0 | 
78 | 106 | 
Lost 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 61 | Leon Fuller | 
| 
San Diego State
 | 1 | 
3 | 
0 | 
83 | 141 | 
Lost 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 44 | Doug Scovil | 
| 
Texas-El Paso
 | 1 | 
4 | 
0 | 
43 | 171 | 
Lost 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 68 | Bill Yung | 
 
| Major Independents | 
 | CONFERENCE GAMES | 
|---|
 | CONFERENCE GAMES |  | 
|---|
 | W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) | 
| 
#3 Penn State
 | 4 | 
0 | 
0 | 
146 | 83 | 
Won 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Paterno | 
| 
Louisiana-Lafayette
 | 4 | 
0 | 
0 | 
103 | 56 | 
Won 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sam Robertson | 
| 
#2 Pittsburgh
 | 4 | 
0 | 
0 | 
80 | 39 | 
Won 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Foge Fazio | 
| 
#18 Boston College
 | 3 | 
0 | 
1 | 
103 | 40 | 
Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jack Bicknell | 
| 
#11 Notre Dame
 | 3 | 
0 | 
0 | 
62 | 34 | 
Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gerry Faust | 
| 
#17 Miami (Florida)
 | 4 | 
1 | 
0 | 
112 | 65 | 
Won 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Howard Schnellenberger | 
| 
#14 West Virginia
 | 3 | 
1 | 
0 | 
116 | 71 | 
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Nehlen | 
| 
Florida State
 | 3 | 
1 | 
0 | 
113 | 102 | 
Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Bowden | 
| 
South Carolina
 | 3 | 
2 | 
0 | 
143 | 90 | 
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Richard Bell | 
| 
Virginia Tech
 | 2 | 
2 | 
0 | 
85 | 39 | 
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Dooley | 
| 
Cincinnati
 | 2 | 
2 | 
0 | 
131 | 94 | 
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Gottfried | 
| 
East Carolina
 | 2 | 
2 | 
0 | 
89 | 67 | 
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Emory | 
| 
Navy
 | 2 | 
2 | 
0 | 
74 | 97 | 
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gary Tranquill | 
| 
Louisville
 | 2 | 
2 | 
0 | 
70 | 98 | 
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Weber | 
| 
Rutgers
 | 2 | 
2 | 
0 | 
59 | 104 | 
Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frank Burns | 
| 
Georgia Tech
 | 2 | 
2 | 
0 | 
67 | 113 | 
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Curry | 
| 
Army
 | 2 | 
2 | 
0 | 
61 | 118 | 
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Cavanaugh | 
| 
Southern Mississippi
 | 2 | 
3 | 
0 | 
134 | 114 | 
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Carmody | 
| 
Temple
 | 2 | 
3 | 
0 | 
73 | 76 | 
Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wayne Hardin | 
| 
Tulane
 | 1 | 
3 | 
0 | 
79 | 111 | 
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Vince Gibson | 
| 
William & Mary
 | 1 | 
3 | 
0 | 
61 | 121 | 
Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jimmye Laycock | 
| 
Syracuse
 | 1 | 
4 | 
0 | 
72 | 121 | 
Lost 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dick MacPherson | 
| 
Richmond
 | 0 | 
4 | 
0 | 
43 | 116 | 
Lost 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dal Shealy | 
| 
Memphis
 | 0 | 
5 | 
0 | 
75 | 150 | 
Lost 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rex Dockery | 
| 
North Texas
 | 0 | 
5 | 
0 | 
62 | 155 | 
Lost 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Corky Nelson |