1980 FINAL CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:29.263959+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Georgia	SEC	12-0-0	1	24.4	16.33	9.26	10.7	1.3
2	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	11-1-0	0.92	23.53	20.83	13.2	11.12	-0.12
3	BYU	Western Athletic	12-1-0	0.92	23.41	27.92	11.35	11.66	0.34
4	North Carolina	ACC	11-1-0	0.92	22.89	13.92	11.35	10.52	0.48
5	Florida State	FBS Independents	10-2-0	0.83	21.93	22.17	15.32	11.44	-1.44
6	Nebraska	Big 8	10-2-0	0.83	21.63	30	12.5	11.63	-1.63
7	Penn State	FBS Independents	10-2-0	0.83	21.41	13.58	14.73	10.11	-0.11
8	Alabama	SEC	10-2-0	0.83	21.33	21.17	12.33	11.45	-1.45
9	Oklahoma	Big 8	10-2-0	0.83	21.15	15.58	12.61	9.84	0.16
10	Furman	Southern	9-1-1	0.82	21.06	9.73	4.99	8.3	0.7
11	Michigan	Big Ten	10-2-0	0.83	21.01	16.08	11.63	10.77	-0.77
12	Baylor	Southwest	10-2-0	0.83	20.87	13.17	11.34	10.04	-0.04
13	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	9-2-1	0.75	20.78	10	13.43	9.93	-0.93
14	UCLA	Pac-10	9-2-0	0.82	20.68	15.55	11.09	9.62	-0.62
15	USC	Pac-10	8-2-1	0.73	20.63	11.91	14.84	9.18	-1.18
16	McNeese	Southland	10-2-0	0.83	20.05	13.67	6.51	10.18	-0.18
17	Central Michigan	Mid-American	9-2-0	0.82	19.69	8.27	7.79	8.61	0.39
18	Ohio State	Big Ten	9-3-0	0.75	19.15	17.17	10.92	10.3	-1.3
19	Yale	Ivy	8-2-0	0.8	19.15	8.5	7.04	7.75	0.25
20	Miami	FBS Independents	9-3-0	0.75	18.96	8.92	12.95	9.12	-0.12
21	Washington	Pac-10	9-3-0	0.75	18.8	11.25	10.39	9.29	-0.29
22	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	9-3-0	0.75	18.64	8.92	10.71	8.98	0.02
23	Purdue	Big Ten	9-3-0	0.75	18.63	7.92	11.22	8.31	0.69
24	Mississippi State	SEC	9-3-0	0.75	18.39	4.5	12.16	7.38	1.62
25	South Carolina	FBS Independents	8-4-0	0.67	17.48	12.33	13.4	9.46	-1.46
26	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	8-3-0	0.73	17.44	4.27	8.9	6.87	1.13
27	Drake	Missouri Valley	8-3-0	0.73	17.43	11.91	4.12	8.69	-0.69
28	Chattanooga	Southern	8-3-0	0.73	17.38	9.36	4.88	8.03	-0.03
29	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	8-3-0	0.73	17.24	4.36	7.36	6.8	1.2
30	SMU	Southwest	8-4-0	0.67	17.21	11	12.29	9.31	-1.31
31	Long Beach State	PCAA	8-3-0	0.73	17.19	2.64	9.18	6.3	1.7
32	Missouri	Big 8	8-4-0	0.67	17.15	13.08	10.94	9.84	-1.84
33	Florida	SEC	8-4-0	0.67	16.8	5.83	12.55	8.17	-0.17
34	Oregon	Pac-10	6-3-2	0.55	16.79	6.36	12.03	7.43	-1.43
35	Maryland	ACC	8-4-0	0.67	16.59	3.83	13.08	7.7	0.3
36	Navy	FBS Independents	8-4-0	0.67	16.5	6.67	9.62	8.86	-0.86
37	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	8-4-0	0.67	16.44	10	6.88	9.91	-1.91
38	Arizona State	Pac-10	7-4-0	0.64	16.37	8.64	12.46	7.74	-0.74
39	UNLV	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	16.37	11.55	10.82	7.94	-0.94
40	Harvard	Ivy	7-3-0	0.7	16.22	2.1	7.75	5.83	1.17
41	Rutgers	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	16.12	11.18	9.09	8.79	-1.79
42	Western Michigan	Mid-American	7-4-0	0.64	15.61	4.91	9.5	7.16	-0.16
43	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	7-4-0	0.64	15.52	3.73	10.16	6.84	0.16
44	Louisiana	Southland	7-4-0	0.64	15.42	4.55	8.34	7.37	-0.37
45	The Citadel	Southern	7-4-0	0.64	15.37	8.27	4.88	8	-1
46	LSU	SEC	7-4-0	0.64	15.29	1.82	11.58	6.14	0.86
47	San José State	PCAA	7-4-0	0.64	15.18	3.18	8.2	6.32	0.68
48	Boston College	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.02	1.18	11.01	5.94	1.06
49	App State	Southern	6-4-1	0.55	14.69	7.91	6.65	7.84	-1.84
50	Houston	Southwest	7-5-0	0.58	14.67	4.58	13.32	7.83	-0.83
51	Texas	Southwest	7-5-0	0.58	14.57	4.42	12.34	7.54	-0.54
52	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	14.49	2.64	3.4	6.17	0.83
53	Arkansas	Southwest	7-5-0	0.58	14.24	3	11.83	7	0
54	Brown	Ivy	6-4-0	0.6	14.16	4.5	5.25	6.21	-0.21
55	Iowa State	Big 8	6-5-0	0.55	13.9	5.55	11.4	7.3	-1.3
56	Tulane	FBS Independents	7-5-0	0.58	13.89	3	8.75	6.97	0.03
57	Stanford	Pac-10	6-5-0	0.55	13.86	3.36	13.99	6.32	-0.32
58	Wyoming	Western Athletic	6-5-0	0.55	13.75	6.64	8.94	7.16	-1.16
59	Ball State	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	13.67	3.73	11.6	6.71	-0.71
60	Villanova	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.27	6.27	4.96	7.97	-1.97
61	Ohio	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	13.21	2.36	9.79	6.31	-0.31
62	Utah State	PCAA	6-5-0	0.55	13.17	3.18	7.88	6.33	-0.33
63	North Texas	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.1	1.18	12.04	5.83	0.17
64	NC State	ACC	6-5-0	0.55	13.02	0.91	12.29	5.8	0.2
65	Indiana	Big Ten	6-5-0	0.55	12.89	1.82	8.11	6.03	-0.03
66	Colgate	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	12.86	3.6	2.47	5.94	-0.94
67	Princeton	Ivy	6-4-0	0.6	12.37	-2.3	8.9	4.27	1.73
68	Clemson	ACC	6-5-0	0.55	12.33	-0.45	13.42	5.35	0.65
69	West Virginia	FBS Independents	6-6-0	0.5	12.12	1.33	13.09	6.38	-0.38
70	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	6-5-0	0.55	11.76	-0.27	6.57	5.41	0.59
71	Tennessee	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	11.71	6.09	11.51	7.4	-2.4
72	Colorado State	Western Athletic	6-4-1	0.55	11.64	-8.91	10.16	3.33	2.67
73	Wake Forest	ACC	5-6-0	0.45	11.48	3.45	12.92	6.56	-1.56
74	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	5-6-0	0.45	11.42	4.45	10.51	6.95	-1.95
75	Cornell	Ivy	5-5-0	0.5	10.45	-1.3	9.09	4.59	0.41
76	Utah	Western Athletic	5-5-1	0.45	10.07	-3.09	9.98	4.7	0.3
77	Auburn	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	10.07	-0.27	12.52	5.42	-0.42
78	Dartmouth	Ivy	4-6-0	0.4	9.88	3.7	6.88	6.15	-2.15
79	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	5-5-1	0.45	9.76	-5.64	10.75	3.67	1.33
80	Texas Tech	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	9.68	-0.91	11.68	5.14	-0.14
81	Syracuse	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	9.64	-1.36	13.42	5.05	-0.05
82	Rice	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	9.07	-3.64	12.95	4.18	0.82
83	Minnesota	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	8.96	-3.64	11.42	4.38	0.62
84	Louisville	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.92	-3.73	11.07	4.06	0.94
85	Richmond	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.9	-3.36	9.91	4.49	0.51
86	Louisiana Tech	Southland	5-6-0	0.45	8.89	-2.45	7.23	4.65	0.35
87	Kansas	Big 8	4-5-2	0.36	8.88	-3.36	12.85	4.25	-0.25
88	Washington State	Pac-10	4-7-0	0.36	8.77	1.45	10.48	5.87	-1.87
89	Arizona	Pac-10	5-6-0	0.45	8.76	-5.45	12.24	3.94	1.06
90	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	5-6-0	0.45	8.69	-4.73	9.9	4.21	0.79
91	Fresno State	PCAA	5-6-0	0.45	8.52	-4.82	7.65	3.95	1.05
92	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	8.27	0.27	10.55	5.6	-1.6
93	Toledo	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	7.94	-0.27	11.28	5.4	-1.4
94	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.6	-6.64	12.61	2.94	1.06
95	Texas A&M	Southwest	4-7-0	0.36	6.42	-9.55	14.11	2.48	1.52
96	Iowa	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.41	-7.64	10.73	2.89	1.11
97	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	4-7-0	0.36	6.4	-4.82	4.85	4.18	-0.18
98	Virginia	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	6.34	-10.45	13.89	2.19	1.81
99	New Mexico	Western Athletic	4-7-0	0.36	6.22	-10.73	11.81	3.12	0.88
100	East Carolina	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.17	-10.91	10.96	2.64	1.36
101	Temple	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.15	-8.36	6.99	2.9	1.1
102	Illinois State	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.03	-8.09	4.04	2.75	1.25
103	Ole Miss	SEC	3-8-0	0.27	6.02	-0.27	13.67	5.43	-2.43
104	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	3-7-1	0.27	5.58	-3.18	9.83	4.51	-1.51
105	Pacific	PCAA	4-8-0	0.33	5.52	-9.92	10	3.09	0.91
106	San Diego State	Western Athletic	4-8-0	0.33	5.47	-11.08	10.78	2.32	1.68
107	Oklahoma State	Big 8	3-7-1	0.27	5.15	-7.36	12.29	3.29	-0.29
108	Western Carolina	Southern	3-7-1	0.27	5.1	-5.73	6.98	3.62	-0.62
109	Illinois	Big Ten	3-7-1	0.27	5.08	-7.73	11.53	3.61	-0.61
110	Army	FBS Independents	3-7-1	0.27	5.01	-8.27	10.83	3.24	-0.24
111	VMI	Southern	3-7-1	0.27	4.9	-9.09	9.84	2.42	0.58
112	Michigan State	Big Ten	3-8-0	0.27	4.7	-5.27	12.55	4.02	-1.02
113	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	4.62	-5.09	9.67	4	-1
114	Kansas State	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	4.37	-7.55	10.18	2.59	0.41
115	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.35	-5.91	5.13	3.42	-0.42
116	Kentucky	SEC	3-8-0	0.27	4.3	-10.27	14.56	2.5	0.5
117	Texas-Arlington	Southland	3-8-0	0.27	4.26	-8.45	9.32	3.52	-0.52
118	Kent State	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	4.15	-10.91	11.3	2.3	0.7
119	California	Pac-10	3-8-0	0.27	4.14	-12.18	13.27	2.46	0.54
120	Lamar	Southland	3-8-0	0.27	3.97	-12.91	9.45	2.27	0.73
121	Marshall	Southern	2-8-1	0.18	2.59	-9.82	8.37	2.22	-0.22
122	Duke	ACC	2-9-0	0.18	2.4	-7.45	11.89	3.48	-1.48
123	Air Force	Western Athletic	2-9-1	0.17	2.17	-10.75	13.82	2.38	-0.38
124	East Tennessee State	Southern	2-9-0	0.18	2.09	-9.64	4.32	2.34	-0.34
125	William & Mary	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.01	-12.45	10.1	1.51	0.49
126	Memphis	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.97	-12.73	9.08	1.45	0.55
127	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.96	-13.55	11.38	1.44	0.56
128	Arkansas State	Southland	2-9-0	0.18	1.93	-12.73	6.57	1.64	0.36
129	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-9-0	0.18	1.74	-19.27	14.02	1.11	0.89
130	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	1-9-1	0.09	0.17	-13.36	14.9	1.34	-0.34
131	Pennsylvania	Ivy	1-9-0	0.1	0.07	-15.3	7.56	1.11	-0.11
132	Columbia	Ivy	1-9-0	0.1	-0.08	-18.6	8.97	0.65	0.35
133	TCU	Southwest	1-10-0	0.09	-0.09	-13.82	14.71	1.68	-0.68
134	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-9-0	0.1	-0.27	-24.1	9.43	0.37	0.63
135	Colorado	Big 8	1-10-0	0.09	-0.58	-26.45	14.42	0.87	0.13
136	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-11-0	0.08	-0.7	-23.42	11.53	0.85	0.15
137	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-11-0	0	-2.62	-26.64	12.12	0.79	-0.79
138	Oregon State	Pac-10	0-11-0	0	-2.62	-25.27	14.26	0.51	-0.51