NCAA football standings at the end of October 2, 1982
| Atlantic Coast Conference | 
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| 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 | 
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| 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 | 
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| 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. | 
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| 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 | 
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| 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 | 
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| 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 | 
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| #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 | 
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| #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 | 
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| #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 | 
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| 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 | 
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| #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 |