NCAA football standings at the end of November 3, 1982
| Atlantic Coast Conference | 
 | CONFERENCE GAMES | 
|---|
 | CONFERENCE GAMES |  | 
|---|
 | W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) | 
| 
#19 Maryland
 | 6 | 
2 | 
0 | 
268 | 144 | 
Won 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 155 | 83 | Bobby Ross | 
| 
#13 Clemson
 | 5 | 
1 | 
1 | 
204 | 89 | 
Won 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 43 | Danny Ford | 
| 
#18 North Carolina
 | 5 | 
2 | 
0 | 
232 | 72 | 
Lost 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 47 | Dick Crum | 
| 
North Carolina State
 | 5 | 
3 | 
0 | 
182 | 144 | 
Won 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 90 | 115 | Monte Kiffin | 
| 
Duke
 | 4 | 
4 | 
0 | 
222 | 226 | 
Won 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 87 | 115 | Red Wilson | 
| 
Virginia
 | 2 | 
5 | 
0 | 
134 | 199 | 
Won 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 64 | 142 | George Welsh | 
| 
Wake Forest
 | 3 | 
5 | 
0 | 
150 | 210 | 
Lost 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 65 | 140 | Al Groh | 
 
| Big Ten Conference | 
 | CONFERENCE GAMES | 
|---|
 | CONFERENCE GAMES |  | 
|---|
 | W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) | 
| 
#15 Michigan
 | 6 | 
2 | 
0 | 
249 | 125 | 
Won 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 205 | 71 | Bo Schembechler | 
| 
Ohio State
 | 5 | 
3 | 
0 | 
202 | 139 | 
Won 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 144 | 68 | Earle Bruce | 
| 
Iowa
 | 5 | 
3 | 
0 | 
142 | 160 | 
Won 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 111 | 85 | Hayden Fry | 
| 
Illinois
 | 6 | 
3 | 
0 | 
265 | 185 | 
Lost 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 215 | 155 | Mike White | 
| 
Wisconsin
 | 5 | 
3 | 
0 | 
218 | 201 | 
Won 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 156 | 123 | Dave McClain | 
| 
Indiana
 | 3 | 
5 | 
0 | 
163 | 178 | 
Lost 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 139 | 140 | Lee Corso | 
| 
Purdue
 | 2 | 
6 | 
0 | 
167 | 252 | 
Lost 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 139 | 189 | Leon Burtnett | 
| 
Minnesota
 | 3 | 
5 | 
0 | 
230 | 214 | 
Lost 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 132 | 196 | Joe Salem | 
| 
Michigan State
 | 1 | 
7 | 
0 | 
134 | 183 | 
Won 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 109 | 147 | Frank Waters | 
| 
Northwestern
 | 2 | 
7 | 
0 | 
150 | 315 | 
Lost 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 106 | 282 | Dennis Green | 
 
| Big Eight Conference | 
 | CONFERENCE GAMES | 
|---|
 | CONFERENCE GAMES |  | 
|---|
 | W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) | 
| 
#6 Nebraska
 | 7 | 
1 | 
0 | 
332 | 87 | 
Won 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 157 | 46 | Tom Osborne | 
| 
#14 Oklahoma
 | 6 | 
2 | 
0 | 
207 | 119 | 
Won 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 36 | Barry Switzer | 
| 
Kansas State
 | 5 | 
2 | 
1 | 
168 | 108 | 
Won 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 65 | 59 | Jim Dickey | 
| 
Oklahoma State
 | 2 | 
3 | 
2 | 
152 | 155 | 
Won 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 88 | 96 | Jimmy Johnson | 
| 
Iowa State
 | 4 | 
3 | 
1 | 
173 | 100 | 
Lost 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 53 | Donnie Duncan | 
| 
Missouri
 | 3 | 
3 | 
2 | 
142 | 131 | 
Lost 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 63 | 77 | Warren Powers | 
| 
Kansas
 | 1 | 
5 | 
2 | 
113 | 215 | 
Lost 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 150 | Don Fambrough | 
| 
Colorado
 | 1 | 
6 | 
1 | 
108 | 230 | 
Lost 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 63 | 141 | 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
 | 7 | 
1 | 
0 | 
246 | 144 | 
Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Sweeney | 
| 
Utah State
 | 5 | 
2 | 
0 | 
129 | 97 | 
Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bruce Snyder | 
| 
San Jose State
 | 5 | 
3 | 
0 | 
211 | 173 | 
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jack Elway | 
| 
UNLV
 | 1 | 
6 | 
0 | 
127 | 224 | 
Lost 2 | 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) | 
| 
Tulsa
 | 7 | 
1 | 
0 | 
197 | 141 | 
Won 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 56 | John Cooper | 
| 
Wichita State
 | 7 | 
2 | 
0 | 
255 | 179 | 
Lost 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 121 | 91 | Willie Jeffries | 
| 
Southern Illinois
 | 4 | 
5 | 
0 | 
157 | 189 | 
Lost 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 48 | Rey Dempsey | 
| 
Indiana State
 | 4 | 
5 | 
0 | 
118 | 166 | 
Won 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 66 | 67 | Dennis Raetz | 
| 
Drake
 | 3 | 
6 | 
0 | 
184 | 250 | 
Won 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 95 | 101 | Chuck Shelton | 
| 
New Mexico State
 | 2 | 
7 | 
0 | 
158 | 304 | 
Won 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 76 | 90 | Gil Krueger | 
| 
West Texas A&M
 | 2 | 
6 | 
0 | 
162 | 263 | 
Lost 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 55 | Don Davis | 
| 
Illinois State
 | 1 | 
7 | 
0 | 
90 | 191 | 
Lost 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 114 | Bob Otolski | 
 
| Mid-America Conference | 
 | CONFERENCE GAMES | 
|---|
 | CONFERENCE GAMES |  | 
|---|
 | W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) | 
| 
Central Michigan
 | 5 | 
2 | 
1 | 
191 | 144 | 
Won 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 150 | 110 | Herb Deromedi | 
| 
Bowling Green State
 | 5 | 
2 | 
0 | 
164 | 99 | 
Won 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 164 | 99 | Denny Stolz | 
| 
Miami (Ohio)
 | 6 | 
2 | 
0 | 
155 | 89 | 
Won 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 93 | 59 | Tom Reed | 
| 
Ohio University
 | 5 | 
3 | 
0 | 
133 | 187 | 
Lost 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 103 | 116 | Brian Burke | 
| 
Ball State
 | 4 | 
4 | 
0 | 
105 | 138 | 
Won 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 85 | 88 | Dwight Wallace | 
| 
Western Michigan
 | 5 | 
2 | 
1 | 
150 | 58 | 
Won 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 88 | 55 | Jack Harbaugh | 
| 
Toledo
 | 5 | 
4 | 
0 | 
171 | 145 | 
Lost 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 127 | 100 | Dan Simrell | 
| 
Northern Illinois
 | 2 | 
5 | 
0 | 
70 | 116 | 
Lost 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 64 | 85 | Bill Mallory | 
| 
Eastern Michigan
 | 0 | 
8 | 
0 | 
66 | 171 | 
Lost 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 47 | 108 | Mike Stock, Bob LaPointe | 
| 
Kent State
 | 0 | 
8 | 
0 | 
87 | 234 | 
Lost 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 59 | 160 | Ed Chlebek | 
 
| Pac Ten Conference | 
 | CONFERENCE GAMES | 
|---|
 | CONFERENCE GAMES |  | 
|---|
 | W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) | 
| 
#4 Arizona State
 | 8 | 
0 | 
0 | 
201 | 63 | 
Won 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 30 | Darryl Rogers | 
| 
#9 UCLA
 | 7 | 
0 | 
1 | 
310 | 153 | 
Won 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 153 | 84 | Terry Donahue | 
| 
#10 Washington
 | 7 | 
1 | 
0 | 
286 | 129 | 
Lost 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 175 | 101 | Don James | 
| 
#16 Southern California
 | 5 | 
2 | 
0 | 
176 | 69 | 
Lost 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 127 | 45 | John Robinson | 
| 
Arizona
 | 4 | 
2 | 
1 | 
194 | 113 | 
Won 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 109 | 76 | Larry Smith | 
| 
Stanford
 | 5 | 
3 | 
0 | 
246 | 193 | 
Won 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 157 | 124 | Paul Wiggin | 
| 
California
 | 5 | 
3 | 
0 | 
161 | 157 | 
Won 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 76 | 133 | Joe Kapp | 
| 
Washington State
 | 1 | 
6 | 
1 | 
122 | 198 | 
Lost 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 74 | 121 | Jim Walden | 
| 
Oregon
 | 0 | 
7 | 
1 | 
80 | 200 | 
Lost 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 50 | 159 | Rich Brooks | 
| 
Oregon State
 | 0 | 
7 | 
1 | 
82 | 259 | 
Lost 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 62 | 197 | Joe Avezzano | 
 
| Southeastern Conference | 
 | CONFERENCE GAMES | 
|---|
 | CONFERENCE GAMES |  | 
|---|
 | W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) | 
| 
#3 Georgia
 | 8 | 
0 | 
0 | 
214 | 101 | 
Won 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 59 | Vince Dooley | 
| 
#11 Louisiana State
 | 6 | 
0 | 
1 | 
238 | 81 | 
Won 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 127 | 55 | Jerry Stovall | 
| 
#8 Alabama
 | 7 | 
1 | 
0 | 
256 | 120 | 
Won 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 114 | 82 | Paul "Bear" Bryant | 
| 
Auburn
 | 6 | 
2 | 
0 | 
174 | 123 | 
Lost 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 94 | 53 | Pat Dye | 
| 
#20 Florida
 | 5 | 
2 | 
0 | 
199 | 126 | 
Won 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 88 | 89 | Charley Pell | 
| 
Vanderbilt
 | 4 | 
3 | 
0 | 
142 | 159 | 
Won 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 84 | 90 | George MacIntyre | 
| 
Tennessee
 | 3 | 
3 | 
1 | 
151 | 156 | 
Lost 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 73 | 76 | Johnny Majors | 
| 
Mississippi
 | 3 | 
5 | 
0 | 
136 | 191 | 
Lost 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 42 | 139 | Steve Sloan | 
| 
Mississippi State
 | 3 | 
6 | 
0 | 
198 | 210 | 
Lost 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 68 | 111 | Emory Bellard | 
| 
Kentucky
 | 0 | 
7 | 
1 | 
66 | 197 | 
Lost 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 79 | Jerry Claiborne | 
 
| Southwestern Conference | 
 | CONFERENCE GAMES | 
|---|
 | CONFERENCE GAMES |  | 
|---|
 | W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) | 
| 
#2 Southern Methodist
 | 8 | 
0 | 
0 | 
255 | 99 | 
Won 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 72 | Bobby Collins | 
| 
#5 Arkansas
 | 7 | 
0 | 
0 | 
199 | 41 | 
Won 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 12 | Lou Holtz | 
| 
Texas
 | 4 | 
2 | 
0 | 
142 | 77 | 
Won 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 78 | 37 | Fred Akers | 
| 
Houston
 | 3 | 
4 | 
1 | 
163 | 184 | 
Won 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 93 | 126 | Bill Yeoman | 
| 
Texas A&M
 | 4 | 
4 | 
0 | 
236 | 212 | 
Lost 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 121 | 125 | Jackie Sherrill | 
| 
Texas Christian
 | 3 | 
5 | 
0 | 
154 | 178 | 
Lost 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 102 | 112 | F.A. Dry | 
| 
Texas Tech
 | 3 | 
5 | 
0 | 
107 | 162 | 
Lost 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 73 | 108 | Jerry Moore | 
| 
Baylor
 | 2 | 
5 | 
1 | 
151 | 200 | 
Lost 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 101 | 132 | Grant Teaff | 
| 
Rice
 | 0 | 
8 | 
0 | 
90 | 257 | 
Lost 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 57 | 154 | Ray Alborn | 
 
| Western Athletic Conference | 
 | CONFERENCE GAMES | 
|---|
 | CONFERENCE GAMES |  | 
|---|
 | W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) | 
| 
Brigham Young
 | 5 | 
3 | 
0 | 
260 | 134 | 
Lost 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 202 | 97 | Lavell Edwards | 
| 
New Mexico
 | 7 | 
1 | 
0 | 
273 | 166 | 
Won 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 124 | 114 | Joe Morrison | 
| 
Air Force
 | 5 | 
4 | 
0 | 
281 | 268 | 
Won 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 210 | 181 | Ken Hatfield | 
| 
Hawaii
 | 5 | 
2 | 
0 | 
134 | 100 | 
Won 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 85 | 97 | Dick Tomey | 
| 
Colorado State
 | 4 | 
4 | 
0 | 
155 | 164 | 
Won 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 113 | 119 | Leon Fuller | 
| 
San Diego State
 | 4 | 
4 | 
0 | 
196 | 218 | 
Won 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 94 | 104 | Doug Scovil | 
| 
Wyoming
 | 4 | 
5 | 
0 | 
198 | 198 | 
Lost 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 122 | 141 | Al Kincaid | 
| 
Utah
 | 3 | 
5 | 
0 | 
148 | 131 | 
Lost 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 72 | 61 | Chuck Stobart | 
| 
Texas-El Paso
 | 1 | 
8 | 
0 | 
90 | 309 | 
Lost 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 141 | Bill Yung | 
 
| Major Independents | 
 | CONFERENCE GAMES | 
|---|
 | CONFERENCE GAMES |  | 
|---|
 | W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) | 
| 
#1 Pittsburgh
 | 7 | 
0 | 
0 | 
195 | 70 | 
Won 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Foge Fazio | 
| 
#7 Penn State
 | 7 | 
1 | 
0 | 
271 | 149 | 
Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Paterno | 
| 
#12 Florida State
 | 6 | 
1 | 
0 | 
252 | 134 | 
Won 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Bowden | 
| 
Notre Dame
 | 5 | 
1 | 
1 | 
131 | 87 | 
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gerry Faust | 
| 
#17 West Virginia
 | 6 | 
2 | 
0 | 
182 | 117 | 
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Nehlen | 
| 
Boston College
 | 5 | 
2 | 
1 | 
179 | 142 | 
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jack Bicknell | 
| 
Southern Mississippi
 | 6 | 
3 | 
0 | 
260 | 138 | 
Won 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Carmody | 
| 
Virginia Tech
 | 5 | 
3 | 
0 | 
176 | 79 | 
Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Dooley | 
| 
Miami (Florida)
 | 5 | 
3 | 
0 | 
164 | 119 | 
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Howard Schnellenberger | 
| 
Louisiana-Lafayette
 | 5 | 
3 | 
0 | 
169 | 142 | 
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sam Robertson | 
| 
Rutgers
 | 5 | 
3 | 
0 | 
150 | 152 | 
Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frank Burns | 
| 
Temple
 | 4 | 
4 | 
0 | 
186 | 135 | 
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wayne Hardin | 
| 
Navy
 | 4 | 
4 | 
0 | 
172 | 154 | 
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gary Tranquill | 
| 
Cincinnati
 | 4 | 
4 | 
0 | 
191 | 177 | 
Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Gottfried | 
| 
East Carolina
 | 4 | 
4 | 
0 | 
165 | 167 | 
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Emory | 
| 
Army
 | 4 | 
4 | 
0 | 
142 | 196 | 
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Cavanaugh | 
| 
Georgia Tech
 | 4 | 
4 | 
0 | 
138 | 209 | 
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Curry | 
| 
South Carolina
 | 3 | 
5 | 
0 | 
175 | 165 | 
Lost 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Richard Bell | 
| 
Tulane
 | 3 | 
5 | 
0 | 
149 | 177 | 
Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Vince Gibson | 
| 
Louisville
 | 3 | 
5 | 
0 | 
133 | 264 | 
Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Weber | 
| 
Syracuse
 | 2 | 
6 | 
0 | 
128 | 178 | 
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dick MacPherson | 
| 
William & Mary
 | 2 | 
6 | 
0 | 
127 | 262 | 
Lost 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jimmye Laycock | 
| 
North Texas
 | 1 | 
7 | 
0 | 
118 | 202 | 
Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Corky Nelson | 
| 
Memphis
 | 0 | 
8 | 
0 | 
95 | 217 | 
Lost 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rex Dockery | 
| 
Richmond
 | 0 | 
8 | 
0 | 
71 | 220 | 
Lost 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dal Shealy |