1982 Polls

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National Champion: Penn State (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI, USA-CNN)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Herschel Walker (Georgia)
FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Joe Paterno (Penn State)

AP Preseason #1: Pittsburgh ▪ AP Final #1: Penn State

AP Polls

Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
1	Preseason	1	Pittsburgh	NA	—	Ind
1	Preseason	2	Washington	NA	—	Pac-10
1	Preseason	3	Alabama	NA	—	SEC
1	Preseason	4	Nebraska	NA	—	Big 8
1	Preseason	5	North Carolina	NA	—	ACC
1	Preseason	6	Southern Methodist	NA	—	SWC
1	Preseason	7	Georgia	NA	—	SEC
1	Preseason	8	Penn State	NA	—	Ind
1	Preseason	9	Oklahoma	NA	—	Big 8
1	Preseason	10	Southern California	NA	—	Pac-10
1	Preseason	11	Clemson	NA	—	ACC
1	Preseason	12	Michigan	NA	—	Big Ten
1	Preseason	13	Arkansas	NA	—	SWC
1	Preseason	14	Ohio State	NA	—	Big Ten
1	Preseason	15	Miami (FL)	NA	—	Ind
1	Preseason	16	Florida	NA	—	SEC
1	Preseason	17	Texas	NA	—	SWC
1	Preseason	18	Notre Dame	NA	—	Ind
1	Preseason	19	Arizona State	NA	—	Pac-10
1	Preseason	20	UCLA	NA	—	Pac-10
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
2	1982-09-06	1	Pittsburgh	1	NC	Ind
2	1982-09-06	2	Washington	2	NC	Pac-10
2	1982-09-06	3	Nebraska	4	1	Big 8
2	1982-09-06	4	Alabama	3	1	SEC
2	1982-09-06	5	North Carolina	5	NC	ACC
2	1982-09-06	6	Georgia	7	1	SEC
2	1982-09-06	7	Penn State	8	1	Ind
2	1982-09-06	8	Southern Methodist	6	2	SWC
2	1982-09-06	9	Oklahoma	9	NC	Big 8
2	1982-09-06	10	Southern California	10	NC	Pac-10
2	1982-09-06	11	Florida	16	5	SEC
2	1982-09-06	12	Michigan	12	NC	Big Ten
2	1982-09-06	13	Arkansas	13	NC	SWC
2	1982-09-06	14	Ohio State	14	NC	Big Ten
2	1982-09-06	15	Arizona State	19	4	Pac-10
2	1982-09-06	16	Clemson	11	5	ACC
2	1982-09-06	17	Texas	17	NC	SWC
2	1982-09-06	18	UCLA	20	2	Pac-10
2	1982-09-06	19	Miami (FL)	15	4	Ind
2	1982-09-06	20	Notre Dame	18	2	Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
3	1982-09-13	1	Washington	2	1	Pac-10
3	1982-09-13	2	Pittsburgh	1	1	Ind
3	1982-09-13	3	Nebraska	3	NC	Big 8
3	1982-09-13	4	Alabama	4	NC	SEC
3	1982-09-13	5	Florida	11	6	SEC
3	1982-09-13	6	Southern Methodist	8	2	SWC
3	1982-09-13	7	Georgia	6	1	SEC
3	1982-09-13	8	Penn State	7	1	Ind
3	1982-09-13	9	Arkansas	13	4	SWC
3	1982-09-13	10	Michigan	12	2	Big Ten
3	1982-09-13	11	North Carolina	5	6	ACC
3	1982-09-13	12	Ohio State	14	2	Big Ten
3	1982-09-13	13	Arizona State	15	2	Pac-10
3	1982-09-13	14	UCLA	18	4	Pac-10
3	1982-09-13	15	Miami (FL)	19	4	Ind
3	1982-09-13	16	Clemson	16	NC	ACC
3	1982-09-13	17	West Virginia			Ind
3	1982-09-13	18	Texas	17	1	SWC
3	1982-09-13	19	Southern California	10	9	Pac-10
3	1982-09-13	20	Notre Dame	20	NC	Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
4	1982-09-20	1	Washington	1	NC	Pac-10
4	1982-09-20	2	Nebraska	3	1	Big 8
4	1982-09-20	3	Pittsburgh	2	1	Ind
4	1982-09-20	4	Alabama	4	NC	SEC
4	1982-09-20	5	Florida	5	NC	SEC
4	1982-09-20	6	Southern Methodist	6	NC	SWC
4	1982-09-20	7	Georgia	7	NC	SEC
4	1982-09-20	8	Penn State	8	NC	Ind
4	1982-09-20	9	Arkansas	9	NC	SWC
4	1982-09-20	10	Notre Dame	20	10	Ind
4	1982-09-20	11	North Carolina	11	NC	ACC
4	1982-09-20	12	UCLA	14	2	Pac-10
4	1982-09-20	13	Ohio State	12	1	Big Ten
4	1982-09-20	14	Arizona State	13	1	Pac-10
4	1982-09-20	15	West Virginia	17	2	Ind
4	1982-09-20	16	Miami (FL)	15	1	Ind
4	1982-09-20	17	Texas	18	1	SWC
4	1982-09-20	18	Southern California	19	1	Pac-10
4	1982-09-20	19	Illinois			Big Ten
4	1982-09-20	20	Michigan	10	10	Big Ten
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
5	1982-09-27	1	Washington	1	NC	Pac-10
5	1982-09-27	2	Pittsburgh	3	1	Ind
5	1982-09-27	3	Penn State	8	5	Ind
5	1982-09-27	4	Florida	5	1	SEC
5	1982-09-27	5	Alabama	4	1	SEC
5	1982-09-27	6	Georgia	7	1	SEC
5	1982-09-27	7	Southern Methodist	6	1	SWC
5	1982-09-27	8	Nebraska	2	6	Big 8
5	1982-09-27	9	UCLA	12	3	Pac-10
5	1982-09-27	10	Arkansas	9	1	SWC
5	1982-09-27	11	Notre Dame	10	1	Ind
5	1982-09-27	12	North Carolina	11	1	ACC
5	1982-09-27	13	Arizona State	14	1	Pac-10
5	1982-09-27	14	West Virginia	15	1	Ind
5	1982-09-27	15	Texas	17	2	SWC
5	1982-09-27	16	Southern California	18	2	Pac-10
5	1982-09-27	17	Miami (FL)	16	1	Ind
5	1982-09-27	18	Boston College			Ind
5	1982-09-27	19	Minnesota			Big Ten
5	1982-09-27	20	Auburn			SEC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
6	1982-10-04	1	Washington	1	NC	Pac-10
6	1982-10-04	2	Pittsburgh	2	NC	Ind
6	1982-10-04	3	Penn State	3	NC	Ind
6	1982-10-04	4	Alabama	5	1	SEC
6	1982-10-04	5	Georgia	6	1	SEC
6	1982-10-04	6	Southern Methodist	7	1	SWC
6	1982-10-04	7	Nebraska	8	1	Big 8
6	1982-10-04	8	UCLA	9	1	Pac-10
6	1982-10-04	9	Arkansas	10	1	SWC
6	1982-10-04	10	Notre Dame	11	1	Ind
6	1982-10-04	11	Arizona State	13	2	Pac-10
6	1982-10-04	12	North Carolina	12	NC	ACC
6	1982-10-04	13	Texas	15	2	SWC
6	1982-10-04	14	Florida	4	10	SEC
6	1982-10-04	15	Southern California	16	1	Pac-10
6	1982-10-04	16	West Virginia	14	2	Ind
6	1982-10-04	17	Miami (FL)	17	NC	Ind
6	1982-10-04	18	Louisiana State			SEC
6	1982-10-04	19	Boston College	18	1	Ind
6	1982-10-04	20	Illinois			Big Ten
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
7	1982-10-11	1	Washington	1	NC	Pac-10
7	1982-10-11	2	Alabama	4	2	SEC
7	1982-10-11	3	Pittsburgh	2	1	Ind
7	1982-10-11	4	Georgia	5	1	SEC
7	1982-10-11	5	Southern Methodist	6	1	SWC
7	1982-10-11	6	Nebraska	7	1	Big 8
7	1982-10-11	7	Arkansas	9	2	SWC
7	1982-10-11	8	Penn State	3	5	Ind
7	1982-10-11	9	Notre Dame	10	1	Ind
7	1982-10-11	10	Arizona State	11	1	Pac-10
7	1982-10-11	11	North Carolina	12	1	ACC
7	1982-10-11	12	UCLA	8	4	Pac-10
7	1982-10-11	13	West Virginia	16	3	Ind
7	1982-10-11	14	Southern California	15	1	Pac-10
7	1982-10-11	15	Illinois	20	5	Big Ten
7	1982-10-11	16	Louisiana State	18	2	SEC
7	1982-10-11	17	Miami (FL)	17	NC	Ind
7	1982-10-11	18	Texas	13	5	SWC
7	1982-10-11	19	Florida State			Ind
7	1982-10-11	20	Clemson			ACC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
8	1982-10-18	1	Washington	1	NC	Pac-10
8	1982-10-18	2	Pittsburgh	3	1	Ind
8	1982-10-18	3	Georgia	4	1	SEC
8	1982-10-18	4	Southern Methodist	5	1	SWC
8	1982-10-18	5	Nebraska	6	1	Big 8
8	1982-10-18	6	Arkansas	7	1	SWC
8	1982-10-18	7	Alabama	2	5	SEC
8	1982-10-18	8	Arizona State	10	2	Pac-10
8	1982-10-18	9	Penn State	8	1	Ind
8	1982-10-18	10	North Carolina	11	1	ACC
8	1982-10-18	11	UCLA	12	1	Pac-10
8	1982-10-18	12	Southern California	14	2	Pac-10
8	1982-10-18	13	West Virginia	13	NC	Ind
8	1982-10-18	14	Louisiana State	16	2	SEC
8	1982-10-18	15	Notre Dame	9	6	Ind
8	1982-10-18	16	Miami (FL)	17	1	Ind
8	1982-10-18	17	Florida State	19	2	Ind
8	1982-10-18	18	Clemson	20	2	ACC
8	1982-10-18	19	Texas	18	1	SWC
8	1982-10-18	20	Oklahoma			Big 8
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
9	1982-10-25	1	Pittsburgh	2	1	Ind
9	1982-10-25	2	Washington	1	1	Pac-10
9	1982-10-25	3	Georgia	3	NC	SEC
9	1982-10-25	4	Southern Methodist	4	NC	SWC
9	1982-10-25	5	Arkansas	6	1	SWC
9	1982-10-25	6	Nebraska	5	1	Big 8
9	1982-10-25	7	Arizona State	8	1	Pac-10
9	1982-10-25	8	Penn State	9	1	Ind
9	1982-10-25	9	Alabama	7	2	SEC
9	1982-10-25	10	North Carolina	10	NC	ACC
9	1982-10-25	11	UCLA	11	NC	Pac-10
9	1982-10-25	12	Southern California	12	NC	Pac-10
9	1982-10-25	13	Louisiana State	14	1	SEC
9	1982-10-25	14	Florida State	17	3	Ind
9	1982-10-25	15	Clemson	18	3	ACC
9	1982-10-25	16	Miami (FL)	16	NC	Ind
9	1982-10-25	17	Oklahoma	20	3	Big 8
9	1982-10-25	18	West Virginia	13	5	Ind
9	1982-10-25	19	Auburn			SEC
9	1982-10-25	20	Michigan			Big Ten
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
10	1982-11-01	1	Pittsburgh	1	NC	Ind
10	1982-11-01	2	Southern Methodist	4	2	SWC
10	1982-11-01	3	Georgia	3	NC	SEC
10	1982-11-01	4	Arizona State	7	3	Pac-10
10	1982-11-01	5	Arkansas	5	NC	SWC
10	1982-11-01	6	Nebraska	6	NC	Big 8
10	1982-11-01	7	Penn State	8	1	Ind
10	1982-11-01	8	Alabama	9	1	SEC
10	1982-11-01	9	UCLA	11	2	Pac-10
10	1982-11-01	10	Washington	2	8	Pac-10
10	1982-11-01	11	Louisiana State	13	2	SEC
10	1982-11-01	12	Florida State	14	2	Ind
10	1982-11-01	13	Clemson	15	2	ACC
10	1982-11-01	14	Oklahoma	17	3	Big 8
10	1982-11-01	15	Michigan	20	5	Big Ten
10	1982-11-01	16	Southern California	12	4	Pac-10
10	1982-11-01	17	West Virginia	18	1	Ind
10	1982-11-01	18	North Carolina	10	8	ACC
10	1982-11-01	19	Maryland			ACC
10	1982-11-01	20	Florida			SEC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
11	1982-11-08	1	Georgia	3	2	SEC
11	1982-11-08	2	Southern Methodist	2	NC	SWC
11	1982-11-08	3	Arizona State	4	1	Pac-10
11	1982-11-08	4	Nebraska	6	2	Big 8
11	1982-11-08	5	Penn State	7	2	Ind
11	1982-11-08	6	Louisiana State	11	5	SEC
11	1982-11-08	7	Washington	10	3	Pac-10
11	1982-11-08	8	Pittsburgh	1	7	Ind
11	1982-11-08	9	Florida State	12	3	Ind
11	1982-11-08	10	Arkansas	5	5	SWC
11	1982-11-08	11	Clemson	13	2	ACC
11	1982-11-08	12	UCLA	9	3	Pac-10
11	1982-11-08	13	Notre Dame			Ind
11	1982-11-08	14	Michigan	15	1	Big Ten
11	1982-11-08	15	Oklahoma	14	1	Big 8
11	1982-11-08	16	Southern California	16	NC	Pac-10
11	1982-11-08	17	Alabama	8	9	SEC
11	1982-11-08	18	Maryland	19	1	ACC
11	1982-11-08	19	West Virginia	17	2	Ind
11	1982-11-08	20	Texas			SWC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
12	1982-11-15	1	Georgia	1	NC	SEC
12	1982-11-15	2	Southern Methodist	2	NC	SWC
12	1982-11-15	3	Penn State	5	2	Ind
12	1982-11-15	4	Nebraska	4	NC	Big 8
12	1982-11-15	5	Washington	7	2	Pac-10
12	1982-11-15	6	Pittsburgh	8	2	Ind
12	1982-11-15	7	Florida State	9	2	Ind
12	1982-11-15	8	Arizona State	3	5	Pac-10
12	1982-11-15	9	Arkansas	10	1	SWC
12	1982-11-15	10	Clemson	11	1	ACC
12	1982-11-15	11	UCLA	12	1	Pac-10
12	1982-11-15	12	Louisiana State	6	6	SEC
12	1982-11-15	13	Michigan	14	1	Big Ten
12	1982-11-15	14	Oklahoma	15	1	Big 8
12	1982-11-15	15	Southern California	16	1	Pac-10
12	1982-11-15	16	West Virginia	19	3	Ind
12	1982-11-15	17	Texas	20	3	SWC
12	1982-11-15	18	Notre Dame	13	5	Ind
12	1982-11-15	19	Maryland	18	1	ACC
12	1982-11-15	20	Tulsa			MVC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
13	1982-11-22	1	Georgia	1	NC	SEC
13	1982-11-22	2	Penn State	3	1	Ind
13	1982-11-22	3	Nebraska	4	1	Big 8
13	1982-11-22	4	Southern Methodist	2	2	SWC
13	1982-11-22	5	Pittsburgh	6	1	Ind
13	1982-11-22	6	Arizona State	8	2	Pac-10
13	1982-11-22	7	Louisiana State	12	5	SEC
13	1982-11-22	8	UCLA	11	3	Pac-10
13	1982-11-22	9	Arkansas	9	NC	SWC
13	1982-11-22	10	Clemson	10	NC	ACC
13	1982-11-22	11	Oklahoma	14	3	Big 8
13	1982-11-22	12	West Virginia	16	4	Ind
13	1982-11-22	13	Washington	5	8	Pac-10
13	1982-11-22	14	Texas	17	3	SWC
13	1982-11-22	15	Florida State	7	8	Ind
13	1982-11-22	16	Maryland	19	3	ACC
13	1982-11-22	17	Southern California	15	2	Pac-10
13	1982-11-22	18	Ohio State			Big Ten
13	1982-11-22	19	Tulsa	20	1	MVC
13	1982-11-22	20	Michigan	13	7	Big Ten
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
14	1982-11-29	1	Georgia	1	NC	SEC
14	1982-11-29	2	Penn State	2	NC	Ind
14	1982-11-29	3	Nebraska	3	NC	Big 8
14	1982-11-29	4	Southern Methodist	4	NC	SWC
14	1982-11-29	5	UCLA	8	3	Pac-10
14	1982-11-29	6	Arkansas	9	3	SWC
14	1982-11-29	7	Pittsburgh	5	2	Ind
14	1982-11-29	8	Clemson	10	2	ACC
14	1982-11-29	9	Washington	13	4	Pac-10
14	1982-11-29	10	West Virginia	12	2	Ind
14	1982-11-29	11	Arizona State	6	5	Pac-10
14	1982-11-29	12	Texas	14	2	SWC
14	1982-11-29	13	Louisiana State	7	6	SEC
14	1982-11-29	14	Oklahoma	11	3	Big 8
14	1982-11-29	15	Florida State	15	NC	Ind
14	1982-11-29	16	Southern California	17	1	Pac-10
14	1982-11-29	17	Maryland	16	1	ACC
14	1982-11-29	18	Ohio State	18	NC	Big Ten
14	1982-11-29	19	Auburn			SEC
14	1982-11-29	20	Michigan	20	NC	Big Ten
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
15	1982-12-06	1	Georgia	1	NC	SEC
15	1982-12-06	2	Penn State	2	NC	Ind
15	1982-12-06	3	Nebraska	3	NC	Big 8
15	1982-12-06	4	Southern Methodist	4	NC	SWC
15	1982-12-06	5	UCLA	5	NC	Pac-10
15	1982-12-06	6	Pittsburgh	7	1	Ind
15	1982-12-06	7	Clemson	8	1	ACC
15	1982-12-06	8	Texas	12	4	SWC
15	1982-12-06	9	Washington	9	NC	Pac-10
15	1982-12-06	10	West Virginia	10	NC	Ind
15	1982-12-06	11	Arizona State	11	NC	Pac-10
15	1982-12-06	12	Oklahoma	14	2	Big 8
15	1982-12-06	13	Louisiana State	13	NC	SEC
15	1982-12-06	14	Arkansas	6	8	SWC
15	1982-12-06	15	Southern California	16	1	Pac-10
15	1982-12-06	16	Maryland	17	1	ACC
15	1982-12-06	17	Ohio State	18	1	Big Ten
15	1982-12-06	18	Auburn	19	1	SEC
15	1982-12-06	19	Michigan	20	1	Big Ten
15	1982-12-06	20	Tulsa			MVC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
16	Final	1	Penn State	2	1	Ind
16	Final	2	Southern Methodist	4	2	SWC
16	Final	3	Nebraska	3	NC	Big 8
16	Final	4	Georgia	1	3	SEC
16	Final	5	UCLA	5	NC	Pac-10
16	Final	6	Arizona State	11	5	Pac-10
16	Final	7	Washington	9	2	Pac-10
16	Final	8	Clemson	7	1	ACC
16	Final	9	Arkansas	14	5	SWC
16	Final	10	Pittsburgh	6	4	Ind
16	Final	11	Louisiana State	13	2	SEC
16	Final	12	Ohio State	17	5	Big Ten
16	Final	13	Florida State			Ind
16	Final	14	Auburn	18	4	SEC
16	Final	15	Southern California	15	NC	Pac-10
16	Final	16	Oklahoma	12	4	Big 8
16	Final	17	Texas	8	9	SWC
16	Final	18	North Carolina			ACC
16	Final	19	West Virginia	10	9	Ind
16	Final	20	Maryland	16	4	ACC

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