October
On October 1, #3 Arizona was tied by California at Berkeley 33-33 and #4 Iowa was shut out at Illinois, 33-0. The new poll was 1. Nebraska, 2. Texas, 3. Alabama, 4. North Carolina and 5. West Virginia.
On October 8, #3 Alabama lost at Penn State, 34-28. Auburn replaced their rivals in the top 5.
October 15 saw no changes as the top 5 all won.
On October 22, #4 West Virginia lost at Penn State 41-23. Florida replaced them in the top 5 that was 1. Nebraska, 2. Texas, 3. North Carolina, 4. Auburn, and 5. Florida.
On October 29, #3 North Carolina started a 3 game losing streak by falling to #13 Maryland 28-26. #5 Florida lost at #4 Auburn 28-21. The new top five was 1. Nebraska, 2. Texas, 3. Auburn, 4. Georgia, and 5. Miami
Read more about this topic: 1983 NCAA Division I-A Football Season
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“Especially when the October wind
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