1983 Polls

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National Champion: Miami (FL) (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI, USA-CNN)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Mike Rozier (Nebraska)
FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Howard Schnellenberger (Miami (FL))

AP Preseason #1: Nebraska ▪ AP Final #1: Miami (FL)

AP Polls

Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
1	Preseason	1	Nebraska	NA	—	Big 8
1	Preseason	2	Oklahoma	NA	—	Big 8
1	Preseason	3	Texas	NA	—	SWC
1	Preseason	4	Penn State	NA	—	Ind
1	Preseason	5	Auburn	NA	—	SEC
1	Preseason	6	Notre Dame	NA	—	Ind
1	Preseason	7	Florida State	NA	—	Ind
1	Preseason	8	Southern California	NA	—	Pac-10
1	Preseason	9	Ohio State	NA	—	Big Ten
1	Preseason	10	Michigan	NA	—	Big Ten
1	Preseason	11	North Carolina	NA	—	ACC
1	Preseason	12	Louisiana State	NA	—	SEC
1	Preseason	13	Alabama	NA	—	SEC
1	Preseason	14	Arizona	NA	—	Pac-10
1	Preseason	15	Georgia	NA	—	SEC
1	Preseason	16	Iowa	NA	—	Big Ten
1	Preseason	17	Maryland	NA	—	ACC
1	Preseason	18	Washington	NA	—	Pac-10
1	Preseason	19	Southern Methodist	NA	—	SWC
1	Preseason	20	UCLA	NA	—	Pac-10
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
2	1983-09-05	1	Nebraska	1	NC	Big 8
2	1983-09-05	2	Oklahoma	2	NC	Big 8
2	1983-09-05	3	Texas	3	NC	SWC
2	1983-09-05	4	Auburn	5	1	SEC
2	1983-09-05	5	Notre Dame	6	1	Ind
2	1983-09-05	6	Michigan	10	4	Big Ten
2	1983-09-05	7	Ohio State	9	2	Big Ten
2	1983-09-05	8	North Carolina	11	3	ACC
2	1983-09-05	9	Southern California	8	1	Pac-10
2	1983-09-05	10	Georgia	15	5	SEC
2	1983-09-05	11	Arizona	14	3	Pac-10
2	1983-09-05	12	Florida State	7	5	Ind
2	1983-09-05	13	Louisiana State	12	1	SEC
2	1983-09-05	14	Alabama	13	1	SEC
2	1983-09-05	15	Southern Methodist	19	4	SWC
2	1983-09-05	16	Iowa	16	NC	Big Ten
2	1983-09-05	17	Maryland	17	NC	ACC
2	1983-09-05	18	Florida			SEC
2	1983-09-05	19	Washington	18	1	Pac-10
2	1983-09-05	20	Penn State	4	16	Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
3	1983-09-12	1	Nebraska	1	NC	Big 8
3	1983-09-12	2	Oklahoma	2	NC	Big 8
3	1983-09-12	3	Texas	3	NC	SWC
3	1983-09-12	4	Notre Dame	5	1	Ind
3	1983-09-12	5	Auburn	4	1	SEC
3	1983-09-12	6	Ohio State	7	1	Big Ten
3	1983-09-12	7	Arizona	11	4	Pac-10
3	1983-09-12	8	Michigan	6	2	Big Ten
3	1983-09-12	9	Florida State	12	3	Ind
3	1983-09-12	10	North Carolina	8	2	ACC
3	1983-09-12	11	Georgia	10	1	SEC
3	1983-09-12	12	Alabama	14	2	SEC
3	1983-09-12	13	Iowa	16	3	Big Ten
3	1983-09-12	14	Southern California	9	5	Pac-10
3	1983-09-12	15	Florida	18	3	SEC
3	1983-09-12	16	Washington	19	3	Pac-10
3	1983-09-12	17	Maryland	17	NC	ACC
3	1983-09-12	18	Southern Methodist	15	3	SWC
3	1983-09-12	19	Pittsburgh			Ind
3	1983-09-12	20	West Virginia			Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
4	1983-09-19	1	Nebraska	1	NC	Big 8
4	1983-09-19	2	Texas	3	1	SWC
4	1983-09-19	3	Ohio State	6	3	Big Ten
4	1983-09-19	4	Arizona	7	3	Pac-10
4	1983-09-19	5	North Carolina	10	5	ACC
4	1983-09-19	6	Alabama	12	6	SEC
4	1983-09-19	7	Iowa	13	6	Big Ten
4	1983-09-19	8	Oklahoma	2	6	Big 8
4	1983-09-19	9	Washington	16	7	Pac-10
4	1983-09-19	10	Southern California	14	4	Pac-10
4	1983-09-19	11	Auburn	5	6	SEC
4	1983-09-19	12	West Virginia	20	8	Ind
4	1983-09-19	13	Notre Dame	4	9	Ind
4	1983-09-19	14	Georgia	11	3	SEC
4	1983-09-19	15	Florida	15	NC	SEC
4	1983-09-19	16	Pittsburgh	19	3	Ind
4	1983-09-19	17	Michigan	8	9	Big Ten
4	1983-09-19	18	Southern Methodist	18	NC	SWC
4	1983-09-19	19	Boston College			Ind
4	1983-09-19	20	Florida State	9	11	Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
5	1983-09-26	1	Nebraska	1	NC	Big 8
5	1983-09-26	2	Texas	2	NC	SWC
5	1983-09-26	3	Arizona	4	1	Pac-10
5	1983-09-26	4	Iowa	7	3	Big Ten
5	1983-09-26	5	North Carolina	5	NC	ACC
5	1983-09-26	6	Alabama	6	NC	SEC
5	1983-09-26	7	West Virginia	12	5	Ind
5	1983-09-26	8	Ohio State	3	5	Big Ten
5	1983-09-26	9	Oklahoma	8	1	Big 8
5	1983-09-26	10	Auburn	11	1	SEC
5	1983-09-26	11	Georgia	14	3	SEC
5	1983-09-26	12	Florida	15	3	SEC
5	1983-09-26	13	Southern Methodist	18	5	SWC
5	1983-09-26	14	Michigan	17	3	Big Ten
5	1983-09-26	15	Miami (FL)			Ind
5	1983-09-26	16	Louisiana State			SEC
5	1983-09-26	17	Florida State	20	3	Ind
5	1983-09-26	18	Washington	9	9	Pac-10
5	1983-09-26	19	Maryland			ACC
5	1983-09-26	20	Arizona State			Pac-10
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
6	1983-10-03	1	Nebraska	1	NC	Big 8
6	1983-10-03	2	Texas	2	NC	SWC
6	1983-10-03	3	Alabama	6	3	SEC
6	1983-10-03	4	North Carolina	5	1	ACC
6	1983-10-03	5	West Virginia	7	2	Ind
6	1983-10-03	6	Ohio State	8	2	Big Ten
6	1983-10-03	7	Auburn	10	3	SEC
6	1983-10-03	8	Oklahoma	9	1	Big 8
6	1983-10-03	9	Florida	12	3	SEC
6	1983-10-03	10	Arizona	3	7	Pac-10
6	1983-10-03	11	Georgia	11	NC	SEC
6	1983-10-03	12	Miami (FL)	15	3	Ind
6	1983-10-03	13	Southern Methodist	13	NC	SWC
6	1983-10-03	14	Michigan	14	NC	Big Ten
6	1983-10-03	15	Iowa	4	11	Big Ten
6	1983-10-03	16	Maryland	19	3	ACC
6	1983-10-03	16	Washington	18	2	Pac-10
6	1983-10-03	18	Arizona State	20	2	Pac-10
6	1983-10-03	19	Illinois			Big Ten
6	1983-10-03	20	Brigham Young			WAC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
7	1983-10-10	1	Nebraska	1	NC	Big 8
7	1983-10-10	2	Texas	2	NC	SWC
7	1983-10-10	3	North Carolina	4	1	ACC
7	1983-10-10	4	West Virginia	5	1	Ind
7	1983-10-10	5	Auburn	7	2	SEC
7	1983-10-10	6	Ohio State	6	NC	Big Ten
7	1983-10-10	7	Florida	9	2	SEC
7	1983-10-10	8	Georgia	11	3	SEC
7	1983-10-10	9	Arizona	10	1	Pac-10
7	1983-10-10	10	Miami (FL)	12	2	Ind
7	1983-10-10	11	Alabama	3	8	SEC
7	1983-10-10	12	Southern Methodist	13	1	SWC
7	1983-10-10	13	Michigan	14	1	Big Ten
7	1983-10-10	14	Iowa	15	1	Big Ten
7	1983-10-10	15	Oklahoma	8	7	Big 8
7	1983-10-10	16	Maryland	16	NC	ACC
7	1983-10-10	17	Washington	16	1	Pac-10
7	1983-10-10	18	Arizona State	18	NC	Pac-10
7	1983-10-10	19	Illinois	19	NC	Big Ten
7	1983-10-10	20	Brigham Young	20	NC	WAC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
8	1983-10-17	1	Nebraska	1	NC	Big 8
8	1983-10-17	2	Texas	2	NC	SWC
8	1983-10-17	3	North Carolina	3	NC	ACC
8	1983-10-17	4	West Virginia	4	NC	Ind
8	1983-10-17	5	Auburn	5	NC	SEC
8	1983-10-17	6	Florida	7	1	SEC
8	1983-10-17	7	Georgia	8	1	SEC
8	1983-10-17	8	Miami (FL)	10	2	Ind
8	1983-10-17	9	Southern Methodist	12	3	SWC
8	1983-10-17	10	Michigan	13	3	Big Ten
8	1983-10-17	11	Illinois	19	8	Big Ten
8	1983-10-17	12	Iowa	14	2	Big Ten
8	1983-10-17	13	Arizona State	18	5	Pac-10
8	1983-10-17	14	Washington	17	3	Pac-10
8	1983-10-17	15	Maryland	16	1	ACC
8	1983-10-17	16	Oklahoma	15	1	Big 8
8	1983-10-17	17	Ohio State	6	11	Big Ten
8	1983-10-17	18	Brigham Young	20	2	WAC
8	1983-10-17	19	Arizona	9	10	Pac-10
8	1983-10-17	20	Alabama	11	9	SEC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
9	1983-10-24	1	Nebraska	1	NC	Big 8
9	1983-10-24	2	Texas	2	NC	SWC
9	1983-10-24	3	North Carolina	3	NC	ACC
9	1983-10-24	4	Auburn	5	1	SEC
9	1983-10-24	5	Florida	6	1	SEC
9	1983-10-24	6	Georgia	7	1	SEC
9	1983-10-24	7	Miami (FL)	8	1	Ind
9	1983-10-24	8	Michigan	10	2	Big Ten
9	1983-10-24	9	Illinois	11	2	Big Ten
9	1983-10-24	10	Southern Methodist	9	1	SWC
9	1983-10-24	11	Washington	14	3	Pac-10
9	1983-10-24	12	West Virginia	4	8	Ind
9	1983-10-24	13	Maryland	15	2	ACC
9	1983-10-24	14	Oklahoma	16	2	Big 8
9	1983-10-24	15	Brigham Young	18	3	WAC
9	1983-10-24	16	Ohio State	17	1	Big Ten
9	1983-10-24	17	Iowa	12	5	Big Ten
9	1983-10-24	18	Alabama	20	2	SEC
9	1983-10-24	19	Boston College			Ind
9	1983-10-24	19	Notre Dame			Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
10	1983-10-31	1	Nebraska	1	NC	Big 8
10	1983-10-31	2	Texas	2	NC	SWC
10	1983-10-31	3	Auburn	4	1	SEC
10	1983-10-31	4	Georgia	6	2	SEC
10	1983-10-31	5	Miami (FL)	7	2	Ind
10	1983-10-31	6	Illinois	9	3	Big Ten
10	1983-10-31	7	Maryland	13	6	ACC
10	1983-10-31	8	Southern Methodist	10	2	SWC
10	1983-10-31	9	Florida	5	4	SEC
10	1983-10-31	10	North Carolina	3	7	ACC
10	1983-10-31	11	Oklahoma	14	3	Big 8
10	1983-10-31	12	Brigham Young	15	3	WAC
10	1983-10-31	13	Michigan	8	5	Big Ten
10	1983-10-31	14	Ohio State	16	2	Big Ten
10	1983-10-31	15	Iowa	17	2	Big Ten
10	1983-10-31	16	Boston College	19	3	Ind
10	1983-10-31	17	West Virginia	12	5	Ind
10	1983-10-31	18	Notre Dame	19	1	Ind
10	1983-10-31	19	Alabama	18	1	SEC
10	1983-10-31	20	Washington	11	9	Pac-10
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
11	1983-11-07	1	Nebraska	1	NC	Big 8
11	1983-11-07	2	Texas	2	NC	SWC
11	1983-11-07	3	Auburn	3	NC	SEC
11	1983-11-07	4	Georgia	4	NC	SEC
11	1983-11-07	5	Illinois	6	1	Big Ten
11	1983-11-07	6	Miami (FL)	5	1	Ind
11	1983-11-07	7	Southern Methodist	8	1	SWC
11	1983-11-07	8	Brigham Young	12	4	WAC
11	1983-11-07	9	Michigan	13	4	Big Ten
11	1983-11-07	10	Ohio State	14	4	Big Ten
11	1983-11-07	11	Maryland	7	4	ACC
11	1983-11-07	12	Iowa	15	3	Big Ten
11	1983-11-07	13	Boston College	16	3	Ind
11	1983-11-07	14	Florida	9	5	SEC
11	1983-11-07	15	West Virginia	17	2	Ind
11	1983-11-07	16	Alabama	19	3	SEC
11	1983-11-07	17	Clemson			ACC
11	1983-11-07	18	Washington	20	2	Pac-10
11	1983-11-07	19	North Carolina	10	9	ACC
11	1983-11-07	20	Pittsburgh			Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
12	1983-11-14	1	Nebraska	1	NC	Big 8
12	1983-11-14	2	Texas	2	NC	SWC
12	1983-11-14	3	Auburn	3	NC	SEC
12	1983-11-14	4	Illinois	5	1	Big Ten
12	1983-11-14	5	Miami (FL)	6	1	Ind
12	1983-11-14	6	Southern Methodist	7	1	SWC
12	1983-11-14	7	Georgia	4	3	SEC
12	1983-11-14	8	Michigan	9	1	Big Ten
12	1983-11-14	9	Brigham Young	8	1	WAC
12	1983-11-14	10	Ohio State	10	NC	Big Ten
12	1983-11-14	11	Iowa	12	1	Big Ten
12	1983-11-14	12	Florida	14	2	SEC
12	1983-11-14	13	Clemson	17	4	ACC
12	1983-11-14	14	West Virginia	15	1	Ind
12	1983-11-14	15	Washington	18	3	Pac-10
12	1983-11-14	16	Alabama	16	NC	SEC
12	1983-11-14	17	Pittsburgh	20	3	Ind
12	1983-11-14	18	Boston College	13	5	Ind
12	1983-11-14	19	Missouri			Big 8
12	1983-11-14	20	Maryland	11	9	ACC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
13	1983-11-21	1	Nebraska	1	NC	Big 8
13	1983-11-21	2	Texas	2	NC	SWC
13	1983-11-21	3	Auburn	3	NC	SEC
13	1983-11-21	4	Illinois	4	NC	Big Ten
13	1983-11-21	5	Miami (FL)	5	NC	Ind
13	1983-11-21	6	Southern Methodist	6	NC	SWC
13	1983-11-21	7	Georgia	7	NC	SEC
13	1983-11-21	8	Michigan	8	NC	Big Ten
13	1983-11-21	9	Brigham Young	9	NC	WAC
13	1983-11-21	10	Iowa	11	1	Big Ten
13	1983-11-21	11	Florida	12	1	SEC
13	1983-11-21	12	Clemson	13	1	ACC
13	1983-11-21	13	Alabama	16	3	SEC
13	1983-11-21	14	Ohio State	10	4	Big Ten
13	1983-11-21	15	Boston College	18	3	Ind
13	1983-11-21	16	Pittsburgh	17	1	Ind
13	1983-11-21	17	Maryland	20	3	ACC
13	1983-11-21	18	Air Force			WAC
13	1983-11-21	19	West Virginia	14	5	Ind
13	1983-11-21	20	East Carolina			Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
14	1983-11-28	1	Nebraska	1	NC	Big 8
14	1983-11-28	2	Texas	2	NC	SWC
14	1983-11-28	3	Auburn	3	NC	SEC
14	1983-11-28	4	Illinois	4	NC	Big Ten
14	1983-11-28	5	Miami (FL)	5	NC	Ind
14	1983-11-28	6	Southern Methodist	6	NC	SWC
14	1983-11-28	7	Georgia	7	NC	SEC
14	1983-11-28	8	Michigan	8	NC	Big Ten
14	1983-11-28	9	Brigham Young	9	NC	WAC
14	1983-11-28	10	Iowa	10	NC	Big Ten
14	1983-11-28	11	Clemson	12	1	ACC
14	1983-11-28	12	Florida	11	1	SEC
14	1983-11-28	13	Boston College	15	2	Ind
14	1983-11-28	14	Ohio State	14	NC	Big Ten
14	1983-11-28	15	Pittsburgh	16	1	Ind
14	1983-11-28	16	Maryland	17	1	ACC
14	1983-11-28	17	Air Force	18	1	WAC
14	1983-11-28	18	West Virginia	19	1	Ind
14	1983-11-28	19	Alabama	13	6	SEC
14	1983-11-28	20	East Carolina	20	NC	Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
15	1983-12-05	1	Nebraska	1	NC	Big 8
15	1983-12-05	2	Texas	2	NC	SWC
15	1983-12-05	3	Auburn	3	NC	SEC
15	1983-12-05	4	Illinois	4	NC	Big Ten
15	1983-12-05	5	Miami (FL)	5	NC	Ind
15	1983-12-05	6	Southern Methodist	6	NC	SWC
15	1983-12-05	7	Georgia	7	NC	SEC
15	1983-12-05	8	Michigan	8	NC	Big Ten
15	1983-12-05	9	Brigham Young	9	NC	WAC
15	1983-12-05	10	Iowa	10	NC	Big Ten
15	1983-12-05	11	Florida	12	1	SEC
15	1983-12-05	12	Clemson	11	1	ACC
15	1983-12-05	13	Boston College	13	NC	Ind
15	1983-12-05	14	Ohio State	14	NC	Big Ten
15	1983-12-05	15	Pittsburgh	15	NC	Ind
15	1983-12-05	16	Air Force	17	1	WAC
15	1983-12-05	16	Maryland	16	NC	ACC
15	1983-12-05	18	West Virginia	18	NC	Ind
15	1983-12-05	19	East Carolina	20	1	Ind
15	1983-12-05	20	Baylor			SWC
15	1983-12-05	20	Oklahoma			Big 8
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
16	Final	1	Miami (FL)	5	4	Ind
16	Final	2	Nebraska	1	1	Big 8
16	Final	3	Auburn	3	NC	SEC
16	Final	4	Georgia	7	3	SEC
16	Final	5	Texas	2	3	SWC
16	Final	6	Florida	11	5	SEC
16	Final	7	Brigham Young	9	2	WAC
16	Final	8	Michigan	8	NC	Big Ten
16	Final	9	Ohio State	14	5	Big Ten
16	Final	10	Illinois	4	6	Big Ten
16	Final	11	Clemson	12	1	ACC
16	Final	12	Southern Methodist	6	6	SWC
16	Final	13	Air Force	16	3	WAC
16	Final	14	Iowa	10	4	Big Ten
16	Final	15	Alabama			SEC
16	Final	16	West Virginia	18	2	Ind
16	Final	17	UCLA			Pac-10
16	Final	18	Pittsburgh	15	3	Ind
16	Final	19	Boston College	13	6	Ind
16	Final	20	East Carolina	19	1	Ind

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