1982 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings

The 1982 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings are from the NCAA Division I-AA football committee. This is for the 1982 season.

Legend
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NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
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]
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) тGrambling 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) тMiami (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) тHoly 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) тBowling Green (3–0)Louisiana Tech (4–1)Tennessee State (5–0–1) тNortheast 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) тHoly 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) тBowling 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) тNortheast 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) тEastern 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) тNicholls 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) тGrambling 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) тJames Madison (6–2) Penn (7–2)Chattanooga (7–4)17.
18.  Tennessee State (3–0–1)Western Michigan (3–1–1) тMontana (4–2)Idaho (5–2) тBowling Green (5–2) Northwestern State (7–3) [note 2]Northwestern State (7–4)18.
19.  Chattanooga (3–1)Bethune–Cookman (5–1) тChattanooga (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]
Dropped:
  • 1 Idaho State
  • 8 Southeastern Louisiana
  • 10 Florida A&M
NoneDropped:
14 Florida A&M		Dropped:
  • 8 Boise State
  • 13 Arkansas State
  • 14 Idaho
  • 17 Southern
  • 19 Bethune–Cookman
Dropped:
  • 10 Bowling Green
  • 13 Montana State
  • 18 Montana
Dropped:
  • 13 Ohio
  • 14 Penn
Dropped:
  • 5 Northeast Louisiana
  • 7 Holy Cross
  • 10 Nicholls State
  • 12 Colgate
  • 15 Grambling State
  • 16 Western Michigan
  • 17 James Madison
  • 18 Bowling Green
  • 19 Chattanooga
  • 20 Boston University
NoneDropped:
  • 17 Penn
  • 20 Miami (OH)

Notes
  1. A search of newspapers for the week of November 10 has found numerous instances of a "Top 10" ranking, but no "Top 20" list has been found.
  2. In the actual printed polls, Northwestern State was listed as Northwestern Louisiana
  3. A search of newspapers for the week of November 10 has found numerous instances of a "Top 10" ranking, but no "Top 20" list has been found.

References
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  2. "NCAA Division I-AA poll". The Jackson Sun. Jackson, Tennessee. September 29, 1982. p. 4C. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Division I-AA Top 20". The Jackson Sun. Jackson, Tennessee. October 8, 1982. p. 4C. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Division I-AA Top 20". The Jackson Sun. Jackson, Tennessee. October 13, 1982. p. 4C. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "NCAA Division I-AA Top 20". The Jackson Sun. Jackson, Tennessee. October 21, 1982. p. 8B. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Division I-AA poll". Tallahassee Democrat. Tallahassee, Florida. October 27, 1982. p. 2B. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Division I-AA poll". The Jackson Sun. Jackson, Tennessee. November 3, 1982. p. 4C. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "NCAA Division I-AA poll". The Jackson Sun. Jackson, Tennessee. November 10, 1982. p. 4C. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "NCAA Division I-AA poll". The Jackson Sun. Jackson, Tennessee. November 18, 1982. p. 4C. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Div. I-AA Top 20". Tallahassee Democrat. Tallahassee, Florida. November 25, 1982. p. 2B. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Division I-AA poll". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 24, 1982. p. 3C.
  12. "NCAA Division I-AA poll". The Jackson Sun. Jackson, Tennessee. September 22, 1982. p. 4C. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. "NCAA Division I-AA poll". The Jackson Sun. Jackson, Tennessee. September 29, 1982. p. 4C. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. "Division I-AA Top 20". The Jackson Sun. Jackson, Tennessee. October 8, 1982. p. 4C. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. "Division I-AA Top 20". The Jackson Sun. Jackson, Tennessee. October 13, 1982. p. 4C. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. "NCAA Division I-AA Top 20". The Jackson Sun. Jackson, Tennessee. October 21, 1982. p. 8B. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. "Division I-AA poll". Tallahassee Democrat. Tallahassee, Florida. October 27, 1982. p. 2B. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. "Division I-AA poll". The Jackson Sun. Jackson, Tennessee. November 3, 1982. p. 4C. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. "NCAA Division I-AA poll". The Jackson Sun. Jackson, Tennessee. November 10, 1982. p. 4C. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. "NCAA Division I-AA poll". The Jackson Sun. Jackson, Tennessee. November 18, 1982. p. 4C. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  21. "Div. I-AA Top 20". Tallahassee Democrat. Tallahassee, Florida. November 25, 1982. p. 2B. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
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