NCAA football standings at the end of November 29, 1982
| Atlantic Coast Conference | 
 | CONFERENCE GAMES | 
|---|
 | CONFERENCE GAMES |  | 
|---|
 | W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) | 
| 
#10 Clemson
 | 9 | 
1 | 
1 | 
289 | 147 | 
Won 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 196 | 95 | Danny Ford | 
| 
#16 Maryland
 | 8 | 
3 | 
0 | 
353 | 199 | 
Won 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 222 | 121 | Bobby Ross | 
| 
North Carolina
 | 7 | 
4 | 
0 | 
322 | 139 | 
Won 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 146 | 100 | Dick Crum | 
| 
Duke
 | 6 | 
5 | 
0 | 
307 | 290 | 
Won 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 172 | 179 | Red Wilson | 
| 
North Carolina State
 | 6 | 
5 | 
0 | 
206 | 255 | 
Lost 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 111 | 131 | Monte Kiffin | 
| 
Virginia
 | 2 | 
9 | 
0 | 
208 | 330 | 
Lost 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 92 | 214 | George Welsh | 
| 
Wake Forest
 | 3 | 
8 | 
0 | 
200 | 322 | 
Lost 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 108 | 207 | Al Groh | 
 
| Big Ten Conference | 
 | CONFERENCE GAMES | 
|---|
 | CONFERENCE GAMES |  | 
|---|
 | W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) | 
| 
#20 Michigan
 | 8 | 
3 | 
0 | 
331 | 180 | 
Lost 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 287 | 126 | Bo Schembechler | 
| 
#18 Ohio State
 | 8 | 
3 | 
0 | 
301 | 191 | 
Won 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 243 | 120 | Earle Bruce | 
| 
Iowa
 | 7 | 
4 | 
0 | 
201 | 208 | 
Won 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 170 | 133 | Hayden Fry | 
| 
Illinois
 | 7 | 
4 | 
0 | 
323 | 208 | 
Won 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 273 | 178 | Mike White | 
| 
Wisconsin
 | 6 | 
5 | 
0 | 
273 | 249 | 
Won 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 211 | 171 | Dave McClain | 
| 
Indiana
 | 5 | 
6 | 
0 | 
203 | 250 | 
Won 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 179 | 212 | Lee Corso | 
| 
Purdue
 | 3 | 
8 | 
0 | 
211 | 324 | 
Lost 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 183 | 261 | Leon Burtnett | 
| 
Northwestern
 | 3 | 
8 | 
0 | 
206 | 379 | 
Lost 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 162 | 346 | Dennis Green | 
| 
Michigan State
 | 2 | 
9 | 
0 | 
202 | 242 | 
Lost 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 177 | 206 | Frank Waters | 
| 
Minnesota
 | 3 | 
8 | 
0 | 
247 | 299 | 
Lost 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 149 | 281 | Joe Salem | 
 
| Big Eight Conference | 
 | CONFERENCE GAMES | 
|---|
 | CONFERENCE GAMES |  | 
|---|
 | W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) | 
| 
#3 Nebraska
 | 10 | 
1 | 
0 | 
456 | 131 | 
Won 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 281 | 90 | Tom Osborne | 
| 
#11 Oklahoma
 | 8 | 
3 | 
0 | 
296 | 171 | 
Lost 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 212 | 88 | Barry Switzer | 
| 
Oklahoma State
 | 4 | 
5 | 
2 | 
241 | 267 | 
Lost 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 171 | 173 | Jimmy Johnson | 
| 
Kansas State
 | 6 | 
4 | 
1 | 
227 | 166 | 
Won 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 124 | 117 | Jim Dickey | 
| 
Missouri
 | 5 | 
4 | 
2 | 
207 | 196 | 
Won 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 128 | 142 | Warren Powers | 
| 
Iowa State
 | 4 | 
6 | 
1 | 
213 | 221 | 
Lost 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 94 | 174 | Donnie Duncan | 
| 
Kansas
 | 2 | 
7 | 
2 | 
150 | 276 | 
Lost 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 82 | 211 | Don Fambrough | 
| 
Colorado
 | 2 | 
8 | 
1 | 
160 | 301 | 
Lost 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 115 | 212 | 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
 | 10 | 
1 | 
0 | 
352 | 200 | 
Won 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Sweeney | 
| 
San Jose State
 | 8 | 
3 | 
0 | 
331 | 199 | 
Won 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jack Elway | 
| 
Utah State
 | 5 | 
6 | 
0 | 
192 | 262 | 
Lost 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bruce Snyder | 
| 
UNLV
 | 3 | 
8 | 
0 | 
246 | 332 | 
Won 1 | 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) | 
| 
#19 Tulsa
 | 10 | 
1 | 
0 | 
342 | 196 | 
Won 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 224 | 91 | John Cooper | 
| 
Wichita State
 | 8 | 
3 | 
0 | 
313 | 232 | 
Lost 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 159 | 120 | Willie Jeffries | 
| 
Southern Illinois
 | 6 | 
5 | 
0 | 
202 | 209 | 
Won 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 81 | 61 | Rey Dempsey | 
| 
Drake
 | 4 | 
7 | 
0 | 
255 | 323 | 
Won 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 166 | 174 | Chuck Shelton | 
| 
Indiana State
 | 4 | 
7 | 
0 | 
155 | 249 | 
Lost 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 80 | 115 | Dennis Raetz | 
| 
New Mexico State
 | 3 | 
8 | 
0 | 
216 | 353 | 
Lost 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 104 | 120 | Gil Krueger | 
| 
West Texas A&M
 | 3 | 
8 | 
0 | 
226 | 367 | 
Lost 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 109 | 159 | Don Davis | 
| 
Illinois State
 | 2 | 
9 | 
0 | 
173 | 313 | 
Lost 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 73 | 156 | Bob Otolski | 
 
| Mid-America Conference | 
 | CONFERENCE GAMES | 
|---|
 | CONFERENCE GAMES |  | 
|---|
 | W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) | 
| 
Bowling Green State
 | 7 | 
4 | 
0 | 
237 | 170 | 
Lost 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 216 | 113 | Denny Stolz | 
| 
Western Michigan
 | 7 | 
2 | 
2 | 
186 | 78 | 
Tied 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 124 | 75 | Jack Harbaugh | 
| 
Miami (Ohio)
 | 7 | 
4 | 
0 | 
195 | 121 | 
Lost 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 123 | 71 | Tom Reed | 
| 
Central Michigan
 | 6 | 
4 | 
1 | 
228 | 199 | 
Lost 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 187 | 165 | Herb Deromedi | 
| 
Toledo
 | 6 | 
5 | 
0 | 
184 | 162 | 
Won 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 140 | 117 | Dan Simrell | 
| 
Ohio University
 | 6 | 
5 | 
0 | 
164 | 259 | 
Won 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 134 | 188 | Brian Burke | 
| 
Northern Illinois
 | 5 | 
5 | 
0 | 
137 | 136 | 
Won 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 131 | 105 | Bill Mallory | 
| 
Ball State
 | 5 | 
6 | 
0 | 
177 | 207 | 
Won 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 105 | 140 | Dwight Wallace | 
| 
Eastern Michigan
 | 1 | 
9 | 
1 | 
85 | 205 | 
Tied 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 66 | 142 | Mike Stock, Bob LaPointe | 
| 
Kent State
 | 0 | 
11 | 
0 | 
114 | 270 | 
Lost 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 86 | 196 | Ed Chlebek | 
 
| Pac Ten Conference | 
 | CONFERENCE GAMES | 
|---|
 | CONFERENCE GAMES |  | 
|---|
 | W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) | 
| 
#8 UCLA
 | 9 | 
1 | 
1 | 
375 | 217 | 
Won 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 218 | 148 | Terry Donahue | 
| 
#13 Washington
 | 9 | 
2 | 
0 | 
333 | 173 | 
Lost 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 222 | 145 | Don James | 
| 
#6 Arizona State
 | 9 | 
2 | 
0 | 
262 | 124 | 
Lost 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 148 | 91 | Darryl Rogers | 
| 
#17 Southern California
 | 8 | 
3 | 
0 | 
302 | 143 | 
Won 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 236 | 106 | John Robinson | 
| 
Arizona
 | 6 | 
4 | 
1 | 
311 | 219 | 
Won 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 226 | 182 | Larry Smith | 
| 
California
 | 7 | 
4 | 
0 | 
220 | 233 | 
Won 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 135 | 209 | Joe Kapp | 
| 
Stanford
 | 5 | 
6 | 
0 | 
328 | 297 | 
Lost 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 239 | 228 | Paul Wiggin | 
| 
Washington State
 | 3 | 
7 | 
1 | 
170 | 255 | 
Won 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 122 | 178 | Jim Walden | 
| 
Oregon
 | 2 | 
8 | 
1 | 
103 | 223 | 
Won 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 73 | 182 | Rich Brooks | 
| 
Oregon State
 | 1 | 
9 | 
1 | 
134 | 306 | 
Lost 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 84 | 234 | Joe Avezzano | 
 
| Southeastern Conference | 
 | CONFERENCE GAMES | 
|---|
 | CONFERENCE GAMES |  | 
|---|
 | W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) | 
| 
#1 Georgia
 | 11 | 
0 | 
0 | 
315 | 133 | 
Won 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 179 | 73 | Vince Dooley | 
| 
#7 Louisiana State
 | 8 | 
2 | 
1 | 
365 | 170 | 
Lost 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 171 | 92 | Jerry Stovall | 
| 
Auburn
 | 8 | 
3 | 
0 | 
241 | 171 | 
Won 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 131 | 94 | Pat Dye | 
| 
Vanderbilt
 | 8 | 
3 | 
0 | 
265 | 206 | 
Won 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 135 | 121 | George MacIntyre | 
| 
Tennessee
 | 6 | 
4 | 
1 | 
259 | 211 | 
Lost 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 152 | 128 | Johnny Majors | 
| 
Florida
 | 7 | 
3 | 
0 | 
259 | 190 | 
Won 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 127 | 146 | Charley Pell | 
| 
Alabama
 | 7 | 
4 | 
0 | 
317 | 201 | 
Lost 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 146 | 125 | Paul "Bear" Bryant | 
| 
Mississippi State
 | 5 | 
6 | 
0 | 
252 | 244 | 
Won 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 122 | 145 | Emory Bellard | 
| 
Mississippi
 | 4 | 
7 | 
0 | 
208 | 262 | 
Lost 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 69 | 196 | Steve Sloan | 
| 
Kentucky
 | 0 | 
10 | 
1 | 
96 | 287 | 
Lost 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 57 | 169 | Jerry Claiborne | 
 
| Southwestern Conference | 
 | CONFERENCE GAMES | 
|---|
 | CONFERENCE GAMES |  | 
|---|
 | W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) | 
| 
#4 Southern Methodist
 | 10 | 
0 | 
1 | 
347 | 157 | 
Tied 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 227 | 130 | Bobby Collins | 
| 
#14 Texas
 | 8 | 
2 | 
0 | 
314 | 137 | 
Won 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 250 | 97 | Fred Akers | 
| 
#9 Arkansas
 | 8 | 
1 | 
1 | 
268 | 82 | 
Tied 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 187 | 53 | Lou Holtz | 
| 
Houston
 | 5 | 
5 | 
1 | 
215 | 262 | 
Won 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 145 | 204 | Bill Yeoman | 
| 
Baylor
 | 4 | 
6 | 
1 | 
233 | 261 | 
Lost 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 183 | 193 | Grant Teaff | 
| 
Texas A&M
 | 5 | 
6 | 
0 | 
286 | 314 | 
Lost 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 171 | 227 | Jackie Sherrill | 
| 
Texas Tech
 | 4 | 
7 | 
0 | 
157 | 234 | 
Lost 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 123 | 180 | Jerry Moore | 
| 
Texas Christian
 | 3 | 
8 | 
0 | 
203 | 266 | 
Lost 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 151 | 200 | F.A. Dry | 
| 
Rice
 | 0 | 
11 | 
0 | 
138 | 361 | 
Lost 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 105 | 258 | Ray Alborn | 
 
| Western Athletic Conference | 
 | CONFERENCE GAMES | 
|---|
 | CONFERENCE GAMES |  | 
|---|
 | W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) | 
| 
Brigham Young
 | 8 | 
3 | 
0 | 
358 | 167 | 
Won 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 300 | 130 | Lavell Edwards | 
| 
New Mexico
 | 10 | 
1 | 
0 | 
374 | 225 | 
Won 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 225 | 173 | Joe Morrison | 
| 
Air Force
 | 7 | 
5 | 
0 | 
359 | 339 | 
Lost 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 231 | 226 | Ken Hatfield | 
| 
San Diego State
 | 7 | 
5 | 
0 | 
308 | 320 | 
Won 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 171 | 200 | Doug Scovil | 
| 
Hawaii
 | 6 | 
4 | 
0 | 
224 | 193 | 
Won 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 175 | 190 | Dick Tomey | 
| 
Colorado State
 | 4 | 
7 | 
0 | 
220 | 267 | 
Lost 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 147 | 186 | Leon Fuller | 
| 
Utah
 | 5 | 
6 | 
0 | 
247 | 188 | 
Lost 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 129 | 108 | Chuck Stobart | 
| 
Wyoming
 | 5 | 
7 | 
0 | 
267 | 280 | 
Lost 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 167 | 203 | Al Kincaid | 
| 
Texas-El Paso
 | 2 | 
10 | 
0 | 
177 | 417 | 
Won 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 120 | 249 | Bill Yung | 
 
| Major Independents | 
 | CONFERENCE GAMES | 
|---|
 | CONFERENCE GAMES |  | 
|---|
 | W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) | 
| 
#2 Penn State
 | 10 | 
1 | 
0 | 
368 | 173 | 
Won 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Paterno | 
| 
#5 Pittsburgh
 | 9 | 
2 | 
0 | 
297 | 132 | 
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Foge Fazio | 
| 
#12 West Virginia
 | 9 | 
2 | 
0 | 
272 | 151 | 
Won 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Nehlen | 
| 
#15 Florida State
 | 8 | 
2 | 
0 | 
378 | 229 | 
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Bowden | 
| 
Boston College
 | 8 | 
2 | 
1 | 
268 | 186 | 
Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jack Bicknell | 
| 
Louisiana-Lafayette
 | 7 | 
3 | 
1 | 
248 | 197 | 
Tied 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sam Robertson | 
| 
Southern Mississippi
 | 7 | 
4 | 
0 | 
304 | 180 | 
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Carmody | 
| 
Miami (Florida)
 | 7 | 
4 | 
0 | 
241 | 153 | 
Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Howard Schnellenberger | 
| 
Virginia Tech
 | 7 | 
4 | 
0 | 
211 | 141 | 
Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Dooley | 
| 
East Carolina
 | 7 | 
4 | 
0 | 
259 | 228 | 
Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Emory | 
| 
Notre Dame
 | 6 | 
4 | 
1 | 
206 | 174 | 
Lost 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gerry Faust | 
| 
Cincinnati
 | 6 | 
5 | 
0 | 
276 | 206 | 
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Gottfried | 
| 
Georgia Tech
 | 6 | 
5 | 
0 | 
239 | 286 | 
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Curry | 
| 
Navy
 | 5 | 
5 | 
0 | 
206 | 189 | 
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gary Tranquill | 
| 
Rutgers
 | 5 | 
6 | 
0 | 
180 | 278 | 
Lost 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frank Burns | 
| 
Louisville
 | 5 | 
6 | 
0 | 
221 | 355 | 
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Weber | 
| 
Army
 | 4 | 
6 | 
0 | 
157 | 247 | 
Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Cavanaugh | 
| 
Temple
 | 4 | 
7 | 
0 | 
230 | 202 | 
Lost 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wayne Hardin | 
| 
South Carolina
 | 4 | 
7 | 
0 | 
224 | 259 | 
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Richard Bell | 
| 
Tulane
 | 4 | 
7 | 
0 | 
201 | 271 | 
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Vince Gibson | 
| 
William & Mary
 | 3 | 
8 | 
0 | 
204 | 333 | 
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jimmye Laycock | 
| 
Syracuse
 | 2 | 
9 | 
0 | 
159 | 244 | 
Lost 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dick MacPherson | 
| 
North Texas
 | 2 | 
9 | 
0 | 
179 | 283 | 
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Corky Nelson | 
| 
Memphis
 | 1 | 
10 | 
0 | 
129 | 285 | 
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rex Dockery | 
| 
Richmond
 | 0 | 
10 | 
0 | 
101 | 270 | 
Lost 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dal Shealy |