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1981 NCAA football ratings

Champion: Clemson
Rank Team Record against NCAA opponents BRR
1. Clemson 11-0 2.01
2. Pittsburgh 11-1 1.87
3. Penn State 10-2 1.68
4. Texas 10-1-1 1.58
5. Southern Methodist 9-1 1.44
6. Miami (FL) 9-2 1.41
7. Georgia 10-2 1.40
8. North Carolina 10-2 1.26
9. Nebraska 9-3 1.24
10. Brigham Young 11-2 1.18
11. Washington 10-2 1.18
12. Alabama 9-2-1 1.15
13. Arizona State 9-2 1.13
14. Yale 8-1 1.04
15. Southern California 9-3 1.03
16. West Virginia 9-3 1.00
17. Michigan 9-3 0.98
18. Southern Mississippi 9-2-1 0.97
19. Drake 7-1 0.96
20. Ohio State 9-3 0.91
21. Hawaii 8-2 0.88
22. Miami (OH) 8-2-1 0.84
23. Iowa 8-4 0.78
24. Utah 7-2-1 0.76
25. Wyoming 8-3 0.74
26. Washington State 7-3-1 0.74
27. Missouri 8-4 0.72
28. Oklahoma 7-4-1 0.71
29. Arkansas 8-4 0.71
30. Mississippi State 8-4 0.69
31. Houston 7-4-1 0.67
32. Toledo 9-3 0.66
33. UCLA 7-4-1 0.65
34. Illinois 7-4 0.65
35. Kansas 8-4 0.65
36. San Jose State 8-3 0.61
37. Temple 5-4 0.59
38. Tennessee 8-4 0.51
39. Cincinnati 6-4 0.51
40. Southern Illinois 7-3 0.46
41. Wisconsin 7-5 0.44
42. Florida State 6-5 0.43
43. Florida 7-5 0.43
44. West Texas A&M 7-4 0.43
45. Oklahoma State 7-5 0.39
46. Texas A&M 7-5 0.38
47. Navy 6-4-1 0.32
48. South Carolina 6-6 0.28
49. Virginia Tech 7-4 0.28
50. Dartmouth 6-3 0.26
51. Princeton 5-2-1 0.25
52. Holy Cross 5-3 0.24
53. Central Michigan 7-4 0.23
54. Duke 6-5 0.23
55. Tulsa 6-5 0.20
56. Iowa State 5-5-1 0.18
57. McNeese State 5-3-1 0.18
58. San Diego State 6-5 0.18
59. Minnesota 6-5 0.17
60. Furman 5-3 0.10
61. Nevada-Las Vegas 6-6 0.09
62. Tulane 6-5 0.07
63. Boston College 4-6 0.07
64. Notre Dame 5-6 0.06
65. Virginia Military Institute 6-3-1 0.05
66. Arkansas State 6-5 0.03
67. Texas-Arlington 6-5 0.03
68. Syracuse 4-6-1 0.02
69. Utah State 4-4-1 0.01
70. Louisville 5-5 0.01
71. Arizona 6-5 -0.01
72. Rutgers 5-6 -0.02
73. Michigan State 5-6 -0.03
74. Purdue 5-6 -0.04
75. Baylor 5-6 -0.05
76. Auburn 5-6 -0.06
77. East Carolina 5-6 -0.09
78. Mississippi 4-6-1 -0.10
79. Harvard 5-4-1 -0.10
80. Pacific 5-6 -0.11
81. Western Michigan 6-5 -0.12
82. Colgate 3-3 -0.15
83. Maryland 4-6-1 -0.15
84. Chattanooga 4-3-1 -0.15
85. Citadel 3-3-1 -0.16
86. Bowling Green State 5-5-1 -0.19
87. Fresno State 5-5 -0.24
88. North Carolina State 4-7 -0.24
89. Lamar 3-4-1 -0.25
90. Louisiana-Monroe 4-4 -0.26
91. Rice 4-7 -0.27
92. Vanderbilt 4-7 -0.29
93. Wichita State 3-5-1 -0.31
94. Ohio 5-6 -0.31
95. William & Mary 4-6 -0.31
96. Stanford 4-7 -0.32
97. East Tennessee State 4-4 -0.33
98. Indiana State 4-5-1 -0.41
99. Wake Forest 4-7 -0.46
100. Kentucky 3-8 -0.50
101. Colorado 3-8 -0.50
102. Army 3-7-1 -0.50
103. Air Force 4-7 -0.52
104. New Mexico 4-7-1 -0.53
105. Louisiana Tech 3-6-1 -0.54
106. Texas Christian 2-7-2 -0.55
107. Indiana 3-8 -0.56
108. Louisiana State 3-7-1 -0.58
109. Richmond 3-7 -0.68
110. Western Carolina 3-6 -0.72
111. Ball State 4-7 -0.78
112. California 2-9 -0.81
113. Kent State 3-7 -0.83
114. Kansas State 1-9 -1.00
115. Long Beach State 2-8 -1.01
116. Oregon 2-9 -1.01
117. North Texas 2-9 -1.05
118. Texas Tech 1-9-1 -1.08
119. Northern Illinois 3-8 -1.09
120. Cal State Fullerton 1-7 -1.09
121. Cornell 2-7 -1.10
122. Brown 2-7 -1.11
123. Georgia Tech 1-10 -1.17
124. Louisiana-Lafayette 1-8-1 -1.21
125. Virginia 1-10 -1.22
126. Appalachian State 1-7-1 -1.23
127. New Mexico State 2-8 -1.28
128. Memphis 1-10 -1.36
129. Pennsylvania 1-7 -1.41
130. Oregon State 1-10 -1.41
131. Texas-El Paso 1-9 -1.43
132. Columbia 1-8 -1.45
133. Illinois State 1-7 -1.53
134. Marshall 1-9 -1.54
135. Northwestern 0-11 -1.61
136. Colorado State 0-12 -1.76
137. Eastern Michigan 0-10 -1.99