Michigan_St (5-6)
1981/09/12  Illinois                   27 - Michigan St                17 
1981/09/19  Ohio St                    27 - Michigan St                13 
1981/09/26  Michigan St                10 - Bowling Green               7 
1981/10/03  Notre Dame                 20 - Michigan St                 7 
1981/10/10  Michigan                   38 - Michigan St                20 
1981/10/17  Michigan St                33 - Wisconsin                  14 
1981/10/24  Purdue                     27 - Michigan St                26 
1981/10/31  Michigan St                26 - Indiana                     3 
1981/11/07  Michigan St                61 - Northwestern               14 
1981/11/14  Michigan St                43 - Minnesota                  36 
1981/11/21  Iowa                       36 - Michigan St                 7 

This team's and opponent's rankings:
    TEAM                      SCORE   W  L  T     GWF      BLF    OW%   OOW%  ND1W  ND1L
 18 Michigan                  1.108   9  3  0   0.563   -0.292   50.7   52.7     0     0
 26 Ohio St                   0.891   9  3  0   0.587   -0.531   48.1   52.8     0     0
 27 Iowa                      0.838   8  4  0   0.617   -0.535   54.0   52.8     0     0
 28 Illinois                  0.822   7  4  0   0.411   -0.322   53.6   53.3     0     0
 43 Wisconsin                 0.463   7  5  0   0.539   -0.746   53.6   51.1     0     0
 54 Notre Dame                0.209   5  6  0   0.212   -0.556   54.8   53.4     0     0
 68 Minnesota                -0.048   6  5  0   0.438   -1.122   47.2   52.4     0     0
 73 Michigan St              -0.100   5  6  0   0.251   -0.900   51.6   52.2     0     0
 78 Purdue                   -0.258   5  6  0   0.239   -1.045   50.4   53.0     0     0
 85 Bowling Green            -0.367   5  5  1   0.239   -1.191   46.3   47.6     0     0
 98 Indiana                  -0.734   3  8  0   0.100   -1.205   55.2   52.6     0     0
121 Northwestern             -1.889   0 11  0   0.000   -1.989   59.6   51.0     0     0