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The 1982 NCAA Division II football rankings are from the NCAA Division II football committee. This is for the 1982 season.

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(#–#)		Win–loss record
(Italics)		Number of first place votes
т		Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

NCAA Division II 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]	Week 9 Nov 17^[9]	Week 10 Nov 24^[10]
1.	Southwest Texas State (3–0)	North Dakota State (4–0)	Southwest Texas State (4–0)	Southwest Texas State (5–0)	Southwest Texas State (6–0)	Southwest Texas State (7–0)	Southwest Texas State (8–0)	Southwest Texas State (9–0)	Southwest Texas State (10–0)	Southwest Texas State (11–0)	1.
2.	North Dakota State (3–0)	Livingston (4–0)	North Dakota State (5–0)	North Dakota State (6–0)	North Dakota State (7–0)	North Dakota State (8–0)	North Dakota State (7–0)	North Dakota State (10–0)	North Dakota State (11–0)	North Dakota State (11–0)	2.
3.	Livingston (3–0)	Santa Clara (3–0)	Jacksonville State (3–0) т	Jacksonville State (4–0) т	Jacksonville State (5–0)	UC Davis (6–0)	UC Davis (6–1)	UC Davis (8–0)	UC Davis (9–0)	UC Davis (10–0)	3.
4.	Abilene Christian (2–0–1)	North Carolina Central (3–0)	Santa Clara (4–0) т	Santa Clara (5–0) т	UC Davis (5–0)	Northeast Missouri State (6–1)	Northeast Missouri State (6–1)	Northeast Missouri State (7–1)	Northeast Missouri State (8–1)	Northeast Missouri State (9–1)	4.
5.	Shippensburg (2–0)	Jacksonville State (2–0)	North Carolina Central (4–0)	Northern Colorado (4–0–1)	Northern Michigan (6–1)	Jacksonville State (5–1)	Jacksonville State (6–1)	Jacksonville State (7–1)	Jacksonville State (8–1)	Jacksonville State (9–1)	5.
6.	Santa Clara (2–0)	Texas A&I (3–1)	Texas A&I (3–1)	North Carolina Central (4–1) т	Southern Connecticut State (6–0)	Santa Clara (6–1)	Virginia Union (7–1)	North Alabama (7–1)	Northern Michigan (8–2)	Northern Michigan (8–2)	6.
7.	North Carolina Central (3–0)	Southern Connecticut State (3–0)	Southern Connecticut State (4–0)	Northern Michigan (5–1) т	North Carolina Central (5–1)	Virginia Union (5–1)	North Alabama (6–2)	Northern Michigan (8–2)	Fort Valley State (9–1)	Fort Valley State (10–1)	7.
8.	Jacksonville State (1–0)	Northern Michigan (3–1)	Northern Michigan (4–1)	Southern Connecticut State (5–0) т	Northern Colorado (5–0–1)	Edinboro (7–0)	North Dakota (7–2) т	Fort Valley State (8–1) т	Virginia Union (7–2)	Virginia Union (8–2)	8.
9.	North Dakota (2–1)	Northern Colorado (2–0–1)	Northern Colorado (3–0–1)	UC Davis (4–0) ^{[note 1]}	Northeast Missouri State (5–1)	Livingston (6–1)	Northern Michigan (7–1) т	East Stroudsburg (8–1) т	Edinboro (9–1) т	Southern Connecticut State (9–1)	9.
10.	Northeast Missouri State (2–1)	Angelo State (3–0)	Edinboro (4–0)	Abilene Christian (3–1–1) т	Edinboro (6–0) т	North Alabama (6–1)	Ashland	Virginia Union (6–2)	North Alabama (7–2) т	East Stroudsburg (9–2)	10.
11.				Edinboro (5–0) т	Santa Clara (5–1) т						11.
	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]	Week 9 Nov 17^[9]	Week 10 Nov 24^[10]
		Dropped: 1 Southwest Texas State 4 Abilene Christian 5 Shippensburg 9 North Dakota 10 Northeast Missouri State	Dropped: 2 Livingston 10 Angelo State	Dropped: 6 Texas A&I	Dropped: 10 Abilene Christian	Dropped: 5 Northern Michigan 6 Southern Connecticut State 7 North Carolina Central 8 Northern Colorado	Dropped: 6 Santa Clara 8 Edinboro 9 Livingston	Dropped: 8 North Dakota 10 Ashland	Dropped: 9 East Stroudsburg	Dropped: 9 Edinboro 10 North Alabama

Notes

^ In the actual printed polls, UC Davis was listed as California Davis

References

^ "NCAA Division II poll". The Jackson Sun. Jackson, Tennessee. September 22, 1982. p. 4C. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Division II poll". The Jackson Sun. Jackson, Tennessee. September 29, 1982. p. 4C. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Division II Top 10". The Jackson Sun. Jackson, Tennessee. October 8, 1982. p. 4C. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Division II Top 10". The Jackson Sun. Jackson, Tennessee. October 13, 1982. p. 4C. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Division II Top 10". The Jackson Sun. Jackson, Tennessee. October 21, 1982. p. 8B. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "NCAA Division II poll". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. October 27, 1982. pp. 3–4. Retrieved May 30, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Division II poll". The Jackson Sun. Jackson, Tennessee. November 3, 1982. p. 4C. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Division II poll". The Jackson Sun. Jackson, Tennessee. November 10, 1982. p. 4C. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Division II poll". The Jackson Sun. Jackson, Tennessee. November 18, 1982. p. 4C. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Div. II Top 10". Tallahassee Democrat. Tallahassee, Florida. November 25, 1982. p. 2B. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.