Final Billingsley Rankings
*All Billingsley Reports are generated post-bowl games
1981
Season
| Date | CS | AP | RB | Team | W | L | T | Rating | Schedule | Conference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 2nd | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Clemson
|
12 | 0 | 0 | 327.916 | 38 | ACC | |
| Jan. 2nd | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Pittsburgh
|
11 | 1 | 0 | 310.338 | 46 | Independent | |
| Jan. 2nd | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Penn State
|
10 | 2 | 0 | 298.152 | 2 | Independent | |
| Jan. 2nd | 4 | 2 | 4 |
Texas
|
10 | 1 | 1 | 292.482 | 12 | SWC | |
| Jan. 2nd | 5 | 6 | 5 |
Georgia
|
10 | 2 | 0 | 289.529 | 34 | SEC | |
| Jan. 2nd | PB | 8 | 6 |
|
9 | 2 | 0 | 287.074 | 9 | Independent | |
| Jan. 2nd | 6 | 7 | 7 |
Alabama
|
9 | 2 | 1 | 286.512 | 1 | SEC | |
| Jan. 2nd | 8 | 9 | 8 |
North Carolina
|
10 | 2 | 0 | 281.015 | 56 | ACC | |
| Jan. 2nd | PB | 5 | 9 |
SMU
|
10 | 1 | 0 | 280.208 | 73 | SWC | |
| Jan. 2nd | 7 | 10 | 10 |
Washington
|
10 | 2 | 0 | 277.403 | 49 | Pac 10 | |
| Jan. 2nd | 9 | 11 | 11 |
Nebraska
|
9 | 3 | 0 | 273.155 | 4 | Big 8 | |
| Jan. 2nd | 11 | 13 | 12 |
Brigham Young
|
11 | 2 | 0 | 267.811 | 60 | WAC | |
| Jan. 2nd | 13 | 14 | 13 |
Southern Cal
|
9 | 3 | 0 | 266.905 | 6 | Pac 10 | |
| Jan. 2nd | 12 | 15 | 14 |
|
9 | 3 | 0 | 266.741 | 31 | Big 10 | |
| Jan. 2nd | 10 | 12 | 15 |
Michigan
|
9 | 3 | 0 | 266.337 | 13 | Big 10 | |
| Jan. 2nd | PB | 16 | 16 |
|
9 | 2 | 0 | 260.571 | 78 | Pac 10 | |
| Jan. 2nd | 17 |
Washington State
|
8 | 3 | 1 | 257.493 | 40 | Pac 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 20 | 19 | 18 |
Missouri
|
8 | 4 | 0 | 254.646 | 35 | Big 8 | |
| Jan. 2nd | 19 | 19 |
|
9 | 2 | 1 | 253.890 | 74 | Independent | ||
| Jan. 2nd | 20 |
UCLA
|
7 | 4 | 1 | 253.192 | 18 | Pac 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 21 |
Utah
|
8 | 2 | 1 | 253.109 | 75 | WAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 16 | 22 |
Arkansas
|
8 | 4 | 0 | 252.718 | 25 | SWC | ||
| Jan. 2nd | 14 | 20 | 23 |
Oklahoma
|
7 | 4 | 1 | 252.263 | 19 | Big 8 | |
| Jan. 2nd | 24 |
Florida State
|
6 | 5 | 0 | 250.192 | 17 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 25 |
Hawaii
|
9 | 2 | 0 | 250.055 | 87 | WAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 17 | 26 |
Mississippi State
|
8 | 4 | 0 | 249.699 | 14 | SEC | ||
| Jan. 2nd | 27 |
|
8 | 3 | 0 | 248.521 | 70 | WAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 28 |
Yale
|
9 | 1 | 0 | 246.412 | 106 | Ivy League | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 15 | 18 | 29 |
Iowa
|
8 | 4 | 0 | 246.202 | 8 | Big 10 | |
| Jan. 2nd | 30 |
Houston
|
7 | 4 | 1 | 245.675 | 21 | SWC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 18 | 17 | 31 |
West Virginia
|
9 | 3 | 0 | 244.602 | 45 | Independent | |
| Jan. 2nd | 32 |
|
7 | 5 | 0 | 244.215 | 3 | SEC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 33 |
|
8 | 4 | 0 | 243.949 | 54 | Big 8 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 34 |
Illinois
|
7 | 4 | 0 | 242.791 | 33 | Big 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 35 |
Notre Dame
|
5 | 6 | 0 | 241.177 | 5 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 36 |
Toledo
|
9 | 3 | 0 | 238.914 | 92 | MAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 37 |
San Jose State
|
9 | 3 | 0 | 238.158 | 86 | Big West | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 38 |
Texas A&M
|
7 | 5 | 0 | 235.789 | 47 | SWC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 39 |
Oklahoma State
|
7 | 5 | 0 | 235.678 | 61 | Big 8 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 40 |
|
5 | 6 | 0 | 235.529 | 11 | SEC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 41 |
Tennessee
|
8 | 4 | 0 | 234.818 | 43 | SEC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 42 |
Minnesota
|
6 | 5 | 0 | 234.729 | 55 | Big 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 43 |
Wisconsin
|
7 | 5 | 0 | 234.062 | 29 | Big 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 44 |
|
5 | 5 | 1 | 232.846 | 53 | Big 8 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 45 |
South Carolina
|
6 | 6 | 0 | 231.756 | 7 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 46 |
Navy
|
7 | 4 | 1 | 230.448 | 79 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 47 |
Miami (Ohio)
|
8 | 2 | 1 | 228.884 | 93 | MAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 48 |
Purdue
|
5 | 6 | 0 | 227.982 | 44 | Big 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 49 |
San Diego State
|
6 | 5 | 0 | 227.901 | 67 | WAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 50 |
Mississippi
|
4 | 6 | 1 | 226.522 | 16 | SEC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 51 |
Rice
|
4 | 7 | 0 | 226.218 | 30 | SWC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 52 |
Baylor
|
5 | 6 | 0 | 225.215 | 69 | SWC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 53 |
Duke
|
6 | 5 | 0 | 225.203 | 42 | ACC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 54 |
North Carolina St.
|
4 | 7 | 0 | 224.088 | 27 | ACC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 55 |
Arizona
|
6 | 5 | 0 | 224.037 | 68 | Pac 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 56 |
Tulane
|
6 | 5 | 0 | 223.575 | 82 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 57 |
LSU
|
3 | 7 | 1 | 222.405 | 20 | SEC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 58 |
Virginia Tech
|
7 | 4 | 0 | 220.403 | 89 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 59 |
Kentucky
|
3 | 8 | 0 | 220.163 | 22 | SEC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 60 |
Michigan State
|
5 | 6 | 0 | 219.689 | 26 | Big 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 61 |
Stanford
|
4 | 7 | 0 | 219.377 | 39 | Pac 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 62 |
Wake Forest
|
4 | 7 | 0 | 217.817 | 59 | ACC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 63 |
Syracuse
|
4 | 6 | 1 | 217.559 | 50 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 64 |
|
4 | 7 | 0 | 216.941 | 37 | SEC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 65 |
Nevada-Las Vegas
|
6 | 6 | 0 | 215.188 | 77 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 66 |
|
3 | 8 | 0 | 214.833 | 36 | Big 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 67 |
Maryland
|
4 | 6 | 1 | 214.446 | 58 | ACC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 68 |
|
7 | 4 | 0 | 214.166 | 102 | MAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 69 |
Boston College
|
5 | 6 | 0 | 213.101 | 57 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 70 |
Pacific
|
5 | 6 | 0 | 212.277 | 62 | Big West | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 71 |
Air Force
|
4 | 7 | 0 | 211.222 | 71 | WAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 72 |
Georgia Tech
|
1 | 10 | 0 | 210.909 | 10 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 73 |
Temple
|
5 | 5 | 0 | 210.340 | 65 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 74 |
Cincinnati
|
6 | 5 | 0 | 209.339 | 84 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 75 |
Rutgers
|
5 | 6 | 0 | 208.651 | 80 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 76 |
|
3 | 8 | 0 | 207.031 | 24 | Big 8 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 77 |
California
|
2 | 9 | 0 | 205.079 | 15 | Pac 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 78 |
Oregon
|
2 | 9 | 0 | 203.713 | 64 | Pac 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 79 |
New Mexico
|
4 | 7 | 1 | 202.715 | 63 | WAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 80 |
Bowling Green
|
5 | 5 | 1 | 201.413 | 95 | MAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 81 |
Oregon State
|
1 | 10 | 0 | 200.660 | 28 | Pac 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 82 |
Texas Tech
|
1 | 9 | 1 | 200.325 | 52 | SWC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 83 |
Utah State
|
5 | 5 | 1 | 199.764 | 88 | Big West | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 84 |
Western Michigan
|
6 | 5 | 0 | 198.438 | 98 | MAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 85 |
Virginia
|
1 | 10 | 0 | 197.003 | 66 | ACC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 86 |
TCU
|
2 | 7 | 2 | 196.854 | 48 | SWC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 87 |
Louisville
|
5 | 6 | 0 | 192.596 | 81 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 88 |
Fresno State
|
5 | 6 | 0 | 191.122 | 90 | Big West | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 89 |
Ohio
|
5 | 6 | 0 | 183.340 | 99 | MAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 90 |
Long Beach State
|
2 | 8 | 0 | 182.077 | 91 | Big West | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 91 |
Memphis
|
1 | 10 | 0 | 179.552 | 32 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 92 |
Tulsa
|
6 | 5 | 0 | 178.307 | 103 | Missouri Valley | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 93 |
|
4 | 7 | 0 | 177.986 | 97 | MAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 94 |
Northern Illinois
|
3 | 8 | 0 | 176.413 | 96 | MAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 95 |
Kansas State
|
2 | 9 | 0 | 175.618 | 41 | Big 8 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 96 |
East Carolina
|
5 | 6 | 0 | 173.917 | 85 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 97 |
Texas-El Paso
|
1 | 10 | 0 | 173.843 | 72 | WAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 98 |
Colorado State
|
0 | 12 | 0 | 171.920 | 51 | WAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 99 |
Ball State
|
4 | 7 | 0 | 171.778 | 110 | MAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 100 |
Harvard
|
5 | 4 | 1 | 171.506 | 109 | Ivy League | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 101 |
Princeton
|
5 | 4 | 1 | 170.139 | 101 | Ivy League | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 102 |
Army
|
3 | 7 | 1 | 168.357 | 83 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 103 |
Northwestern
|
0 | 11 | 0 | 168.237 | 23 | Big 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 104 |
Fullerton State
|
3 | 8 | 0 | 162.084 | 94 | Big West | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 105 |
Dartmouth
|
6 | 4 | 0 | 159.341 | 104 | Ivy League | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 106 |
North Texas
|
2 | 9 | 0 | 154.633 | 76 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 107 |
Cornell
|
3 | 7 | 0 | 150.472 | 100 | Ivy League | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 108 |
Brown
|
3 | 7 | 0 | 140.537 | 111 | Ivy League | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 109 |
Eastern Michigan
|
0 | 11 | 0 | 119.677 | 108 | MAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 110 |
Columbia
|
1 | 9 | 0 | 110.065 | 105 | Ivy League | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 111 |
Pennsylvania
|
1 | 9 | 0 | 108.524 | 107 | Ivy League | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 112 |
La. Lafayette
|
1 | 9 | 1 | 93.744 | 112 | Southland | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 113 |
New Mexico State
|
3 | 8 | 0 | 82.980 | 113 | Missouri Valley |
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