The 1982 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings are from the NCAA Division I-AA football committee. This is for the 1982 season.
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(#–#) | Win–loss record | |
(Italics) | Number of first place votes | |
т | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |
Week 1 Sept 22 [1] | Week 2 Sept 29 [2] | Week 3 Oct 6 [3] | Week 4 Oct 13 [4] | Week 5 Oct 20 [5] | Week 6 Oct 27 [6] | Week 7 Nov 3 [7] | Week 8 Nov 10 [8] [note 1] | Week 9 Nov 17 [9] | Week 10 Nov 24 [10] [11] | ||
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1. | Idaho State (2–0) | Eastern Kentucky (3–0) | Eastern Kentucky (4–0) | Eastern Kentucky (5–0) | Eastern Kentucky (5–0) | Eastern Kentucky (6–0) | Eastern Kentucky (7–0) | Eastern Kentucky (8–0) | Eastern Kentucky (9–0) | Eastern Kentucky (10–0) | 1. |
2. | Eastern Kentucky (2–0) т | Grambling State (3–0) | Grambling State (4–0) | Miami (OH) (5–0) | Colgate (5–0) | Louisiana Tech (6–1) | Louisiana Tech (7–1) | Louisiana Tech (8–1) | Delaware (8–1) | Louisiana Tech (9–2) | 2. |
3. | Miami (OH) (2–0) т | Miami (OH) (3–0) | Miami (OH) (4–0) | Colgate (5–0) | Delaware (5–1) | Tennessee State (6–0–1) | Delaware (7–1) | Tennessee State (7–0–1) | Tennessee State (8–0–1) | Delaware (9–1) | 3. |
4. | Grambling State (2–0) | Bowling Green (2–0) т | Holy Cross (4–0) | Delaware (4–1) | Louisiana Tech (5–1) | Delaware (6–1) | Tennessee State (7–0–1) | Delaware (7–1) | Eastern Illinois (10–0–1) | Tennessee State (9–0–1) | 4. |
5. | Bowling Green (2–0) | Holy Cross (3–0) т | Bowling Green (3–0) | Louisiana Tech (4–1) | Tennessee State (5–0–1) т | Northeast Louisiana (6–2) | Northeast Louisiana (7–2) | Eastern Illinois (9–0–1) | South Carolina State (8–2) | Eastern Illinois (10–0–1) | 5. |
6. | Holy Cross (2–0) | Boise State (3–0) | Colgate (4–0) | Tennessee State (4–0–1) | Grambling State (5–1) т | Holy Cross (6–1) | Eastern Illinois (8–0–1) | South Carolina State (8–2) | Furman (8–2) | Furman (9–2) | 6. |
7. | Boise State (2–0) | Colgate (3–0) | Northeast Louisiana (4–1) | Grambling State (4–1) | Western Michigan (4–1–1) | Eastern Illinois (7–0–1) | Holy Cross (7–1) | Furman (7–2) | Louisiana Tech (8–2) | South Carolina State (8–2) | 7. |
8. | Southeastern Louisiana (2–0) | Southern (3–0) | Southern (4–0) | Boise State (4–1) | Miami (OH) (5–1) | Colgate (5–1) | South Carolina State (7–2) | Jackson State (8–2) | Jackson State (8–2) | Jackson State (9–2) | 8. |
9. | Colgate (2–0) | Western Michigan (3–0) | James Madison (4–1) | Holy Cross (4–1) | Holy Cross (5–1) | South Carolina State (6–2) | Furman (6–2) | Miami (OH) (7–2) | Idaho (8–2) | Colgate (7–3) | 9. |
10. | Florida A&M (2–0) | Northeast Louisiana (3–1) | Louisiana Tech (3–1) | James Madison (4–1) т | Bowling Green (4–1) | Jackson State (6–2) | Nicholls State (6–2) | Idaho (7–2) | Bowling Green (7–2) | Grambling State (8–2) | 10. |
11. | Delaware (3–1) | Bowling Green (3–1) т | Northeast Louisiana (5–2) | Furman (5–2) | Jackson State (7–2) | Grambling State (8–2) | Idaho (8–3) | 11. | |||
12. | Boise State (3–1) | Penn (4–0) т | Eastern Illinois (6–0–1) | Chattanooga (5–2) | Colgate (5–2) | Western Michigan (7–2–1) | Northeast Louisiana (8–3) | 12. | |||
13. | Western Michigan (3–1) | Arkansas State (3–2) | Montana State (5–2) | Ohio (5–2) | Miami (OH) (6–2) | Chattanooga (7–3) | Holy Cross (8–3) | 13. | |||
14. | Florida A&M (3–1) | Idaho (4–1) | South Carolina State (5–1) | Penn (5–1) | Idaho (6–2) | Holy Cross (8–2) | Bowling Green (7–3) | 14. | |||
15. | Idaho (3–1) | Chattanooga (4–1) | Furman (4–2) т | Nicholls State (5–2) | Grambling State (6–2) | Northeast Louisiana (7–3) | Boise State (8–3) | 15. | |||
16. | Penn (3–0) | Northeast Louisiana (4–2) | Jackson State (5–2) т | Grambling State (5–2) | Western Michigan (5–2–1) | Colgate (6–3) | Western Michigan (7–2–2) | 16. | |||
17. | Arkansas State (2–2) | Southern (4–1) | Penn (4–1) | Miami (OH) (5–2) т | James Madison (6–2) | Penn (7–2) | Chattanooga (7–4) | 17. | |||
18. | Tennessee State (3–0–1) | Western Michigan (3–1–1) т | Montana (4–2) | Idaho (5–2) т | Bowling Green (5–2) | Northwestern State (7–3) [note 2] | Northwestern State (7–4) | 18. | |||
19. | Chattanooga (3–1) | Bethune–Cookman (5–1) т | Chattanooga (4–2) | Western Michigan (4–2–1) | Chattanooga (5–3) | Boise State (7–3) | Montana (6–5) | 19. | |||
20. | Bethune–Cookman (4–1) | Eastern Illinois (5–0–1) | James Madison (4–2) | James Madison (5–2) | Boston University (4–3) | Miami (OH) (7–3) | Lafayette (7–3) | 20. | |||
Week 1 Sept 22 [12] | Week 2 Sept 29 [13] | Week 3 Oct 6 [14] | Week 4 Oct 13 [15] | Week 5 Oct 20 [16] | Week 6 Oct 27 [17] | Week 7 Nov 3 [18] | Week 8 Nov 10 [19] [note 3] | Week 9 Nov 17 [20] | Week 10 Nov 24 [21] [11] | ||
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