1980 W12 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:29.260470+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	8-0-1	0.89	25.39	14.44	12.76	8.16	-0.16
2	Georgia	SEC	10-0-0	1	24.81	17.1	9.15	9.06	0.94
3	Florida State	FBS Independents	9-1-0	0.9	23.76	26.3	13.9	9.75	-0.75
4	Nebraska	Big 8	9-1-0	0.9	23.6	35	11.92	9.85	-0.85
5	Penn State	FBS Independents	9-1-0	0.9	23.22	15.6	13.25	8.72	0.28
6	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	9-1-0	0.9	23.14	21.7	11.37	9.28	-0.28
7	BYU	Western Athletic	9-1-0	0.9	23	27.2	9.75	9	0
8	North Carolina	ACC	9-1-0	0.9	22.91	13.5	12.06	8.81	0.19
9	USC	Pac-10	7-1-1	0.78	22.82	13	13.65	7.62	-0.62
10	Baylor	Southwest	9-1-0	0.9	22.74	17	10.2	8.8	0.2
11	Ohio State	Big Ten	9-1-0	0.9	22.67	22.4	8.73	9.05	-0.05
12	McNeese	Southland	9-1-0	0.9	21.51	15.2	3.99	8.53	0.47
13	Furman	Southern	8-1-1	0.8	21.03	9.4	4.19	7.47	0.53
14	Alabama	SEC	8-2-0	0.8	21	21	11.95	9.57	-1.57
15	South Carolina	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	20.97	19.7	12.64	8.93	-0.93
16	Michigan	Big Ten	8-2-0	0.8	20.49	17	10.49	8.9	-0.9
17	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	20.3	10.8	11.31	7.69	0.31
18	Washington	Pac-10	8-2-0	0.8	20.29	14.5	10.01	8.3	-0.3
19	Oklahoma	Big 8	7-2-0	0.78	20.21	14.78	12.24	7.26	-0.26
20	UCLA	Pac-10	7-2-0	0.78	20.15	15.22	11.72	7.79	-0.79
21	Mississippi State	SEC	8-2-0	0.8	20.13	6.3	12.75	6.56	1.44
22	Central Michigan	Mid-American	9-2-0	0.82	19.95	8.27	7.64	8.61	0.39
23	Texas	Southwest	7-2-0	0.78	19.7	9.78	10.95	6.67	0.33
24	Florida	SEC	7-2-0	0.78	19.61	9.22	10.56	7.01	-0.01
25	Chattanooga	Southern	8-2-0	0.8	19.34	10.5	5.5	7.62	0.38
26	Drake	Missouri Valley	8-2-0	0.8	19.19	14.5	3.08	8.28	-0.28
27	Oregon	Pac-10	6-2-2	0.6	18.99	7.5	12.12	7.22	-1.22
28	Yale	Ivy	7-2-0	0.78	18.64	7.89	5.18	6.71	0.29
29	Harvard	Ivy	7-2-0	0.78	18.41	3.89	6.68	5.79	1.21
30	UNLV	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	18.23	16.7	10.02	8.06	-1.06
31	Missouri	Big 8	7-3-0	0.7	18.11	13.5	10.26	8.31	-1.31
32	SMU	Southwest	7-3-0	0.7	18.1	10.9	11.2	7.98	-0.98
33	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	17.97	11.82	6.1	9.52	-1.52
34	Purdue	Big Ten	7-3-0	0.7	17.86	9.1	10.45	7.21	-0.21
35	Navy	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	17.55	8.8	9.2	8.09	-1.09
36	Maryland	ACC	7-3-0	0.7	17.32	3	12.98	6.21	0.79
37	Tulane	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	17.2	7.2	7.68	6.85	0.15
38	Louisiana	Southland	7-3-0	0.7	17.12	6.4	7.77	7.21	-0.21
39	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	7-3-0	0.7	17.08	4.6	9.21	6.34	0.66
40	Miami	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	17.02	6.11	12.29	6.13	-0.13
41	The Citadel	Southern	7-3-0	0.7	16.89	10.4	3.68	7.77	-0.77
42	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	7-3-0	0.7	16.85	4	8.03	6.06	0.94
43	San José State	PCAA	7-3-0	0.7	16.83	4.1	7.76	6.02	0.98
44	App State	Southern	6-3-1	0.6	16.54	9.9	5.97	7.6	-1.6
45	Long Beach State	PCAA	7-3-0	0.7	16.37	1.5	8.4	5.4	1.6
46	Western Michigan	Mid-American	7-4-0	0.64	15.87	4.91	9.08	7.16	-0.16
47	Stanford	Pac-10	6-4-0	0.6	15.55	4.2	15.25	5.92	0.08
48	Rutgers	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	15.48	10.1	9.21	7.8	-1.8
49	Utah	Western Athletic	5-3-1	0.56	14.89	1.89	9.92	4.9	0.1
50	North Texas	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	14.84	3.1	11.24	5.76	0.24
51	Arizona State	Pac-10	5-4-0	0.56	14.61	5.89	12.76	5.89	-0.89
52	Colgate	FBS Independents	5-3-1	0.56	14.49	6.44	1.04	5.99	-0.99
53	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	6-4-0	0.6	14.25	0.9	11.08	5.31	0.69
54	Indiana	Big Ten	6-4-0	0.6	14.21	2.1	7.67	5.56	0.44
55	LSU	SEC	6-4-0	0.6	14.18	0.3	12.19	5.09	0.91
56	Houston	Southwest	5-4-0	0.56	14.09	2.33	13.88	5.24	-0.24
57	Arkansas	Southwest	5-4-0	0.56	14.03	3.89	11.07	5.46	-0.46
58	West Virginia	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.86	2.64	13.83	6.16	-0.16
59	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	13.85	2.4	3.22	5.53	0.47
60	Texas Tech	Southwest	5-4-0	0.56	13.82	2.56	11.64	5.35	-0.35
61	Boston College	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	13.68	1.22	13.95	4.88	0.12
62	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	6-4-0	0.6	13.4	0.4	6.08	5.13	0.87
63	Iowa State	Big 8	5-5-0	0.5	13.21	5.9	12.52	6.75	-1.75
64	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	5-5-0	0.5	12.94	5.9	11.42	6.7	-1.7
65	Ball State	Mid-American	5-5-0	0.5	12.61	3.4	11.68	6.03	-1.03
66	Wyoming	Western Athletic	5-5-0	0.5	12.5	2.8	10.16	5.66	-0.66
67	Ohio	Mid-American	5-5-0	0.5	12.41	2.5	9.97	5.78	-0.78
68	Auburn	SEC	5-5-0	0.5	12.3	1.3	12.35	5.37	-0.37
69	Utah State	PCAA	5-5-0	0.5	12.26	2.9	7.91	5.74	-0.74
70	Brown	Ivy	4-4-0	0.5	12.21	2.62	7.69	4.52	-0.52
71	Villanova	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	12.16	5.3	4.6	6.92	-1.92
72	Colorado State	Western Athletic	6-4-1	0.55	11.92	-8.91	10.42	3.33	2.67
73	Princeton	Ivy	5-4-0	0.56	11.58	-2.89	8.68	3.65	1.35
74	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	5-4-1	0.5	11.33	-5.6	11.83	3.47	1.53
75	NC State	ACC	5-5-0	0.5	10.99	-1.2	13.85	4.63	0.37
76	Dartmouth	Ivy	4-5-0	0.44	10.91	4.44	6.21	5.78	-1.78
77	Kansas	Big 8	4-4-2	0.4	10.83	-1.2	12.3	4.58	-0.58
78	Minnesota	Big Ten	5-5-0	0.5	10.75	-2.2	12.81	4.39	0.61
79	Clemson	ACC	5-5-0	0.5	10.67	-2.6	12.61	4.25	0.75
80	Wake Forest	ACC	4-6-0	0.4	10.38	2.6	13.08	5.73	-1.73
81	Louisiana Tech	Southland	5-5-0	0.5	10.21	-2.2	6.36	4.32	0.68
82	Toledo	Mid-American	4-6-0	0.4	9.9	1.7	12.15	5.61	-1.61
83	Washington State	Pac-10	4-6-0	0.4	9.9	2.3	9.55	5.54	-1.54
84	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-6-0	0.4	9.34	0.4	9.9	5.14	-1.14
85	Arizona	Pac-10	4-5-0	0.44	8.85	-4.44	13.91	3.47	0.53
86	Fresno State	PCAA	5-6-0	0.45	8.68	-4.82	8.74	3.95	1.05
87	Cornell	Ivy	4-5-0	0.44	8.68	-3.89	10.34	3.39	0.61
88	Syracuse	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	8.34	-2.8	14.01	4.18	-0.18
89	Richmond	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	7.8	-4.9	11.22	3.68	0.32
90	Rice	Southwest	4-6-0	0.4	7.73	-6.8	13.76	2.81	1.19
91	Louisville	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	7.69	-4.4	10.23	3.57	0.43
92	Tennessee	SEC	3-6-0	0.33	7.69	-0.22	14.68	4.43	-1.43
93	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	4-6-0	0.4	7.67	-5.5	10.43	3.65	0.35
94	Virginia	ACC	4-6-0	0.4	7.56	-8.4	13.42	2.52	1.48
95	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	4-6-0	0.4	7.43	-4.7	4.87	3.8	0.2
96	Oklahoma State	Big 8	3-5-1	0.33	7.41	-3.33	10.7	3.55	-0.55
97	New Mexico	Western Athletic	4-6-0	0.4	7.32	-11.6	14.08	2.71	1.29
98	East Carolina	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	7.3	-9.8	10.78	2.61	1.39
99	Temple	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	7.21	-7.6	6.14	2.88	1.12
100	Ole Miss	SEC	3-7-0	0.3	7.04	0.2	13.45	5.05	-2.05
101	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	3-6-1	0.3	6.34	-3.4	9.46	4.05	-1.05
102	Illinois State	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.18	-8.09	4.45	2.75	1.25
103	Michigan State	Big Ten	3-7-0	0.3	6.13	-1.7	14.19	4.56	-1.56
104	Army	FBS Independents	3-6-1	0.3	5.98	-6.4	10.23	3.4	-0.4
105	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	3-7-0	0.3	5.41	-5.3	10	3.59	-0.59
106	Kentucky	SEC	3-7-0	0.3	5.31	-8.2	15.67	2.66	0.34
107	Illinois	Big Ten	3-7-1	0.27	5.22	-7.73	12.31	3.61	-0.61
108	Western Carolina	Southern	3-7-1	0.27	5.13	-5.73	7.75	3.62	-0.62
109	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	5.03	-6.4	4.29	2.87	0.13
110	VMI	Southern	3-7-1	0.27	5.02	-9.09	10.01	2.42	0.58
111	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-7-0	0.3	5	-9.1	12.52	1.98	1.02
112	Iowa	Big Ten	3-7-0	0.3	4.87	-12.5	12.04	1.46	1.54
113	Lamar	Southland	3-7-0	0.3	4.81	-12.5	10.73	2.02	0.98
114	Pacific	PCAA	3-8-0	0.27	4.18	-11.36	10.04	2.44	0.56
115	Marshall	Southern	2-7-1	0.2	3.1	-10.3	9.15	1.89	0.11
116	Duke	ACC	2-8-0	0.2	3.08	-5.9	11.55	3.47	-1.47
117	Texas A&M	Southwest	2-7-0	0.22	3.07	-13.11	15.9	1.45	0.55
118	Air Force	Western Athletic	2-7-1	0.2	3.01	-10.7	12.46	2.05	-0.05
119	Kansas State	Big 8	2-8-0	0.2	2.81	-8.6	11.43	2.06	-0.06
120	California	Pac-10	2-8-0	0.2	2.51	-13.9	13.86	1.91	0.09
121	Texas-Arlington	Southland	2-8-0	0.2	2.51	-11	10.93	2.65	-0.65
122	William & Mary	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	2.49	-12.5	10.35	1.32	0.68
123	Kent State	Mid-American	2-8-0	0.2	2.46	-14	11.74	1.44	0.56
124	San Diego State	Western Athletic	2-8-0	0.2	2.36	-13.6	11.53	1.37	0.63
125	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	1-8-1	0.1	0.45	-12.9	15.16	1.13	-0.13
126	Pennsylvania	Ivy	1-8-0	0.11	0.33	-14.56	6.97	1.09	-0.09
127	East Tennessee State	Southern	1-9-0	0.1	0.29	-11.1	5	1.79	-0.79
128	Columbia	Ivy	1-8-0	0.11	0.16	-18.67	8.36	0.53	0.47
129	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-8-0	0.11	0.12	-19.56	14.1	0.7	0.3
130	Arkansas State	Southland	1-9-0	0.1	0.12	-14.5	8.44	1.26	-0.26
131	Memphis	FBS Independents	1-9-0	0.1	0.11	-14.6	8.63	1.18	-0.18
132	TCU	Southwest	1-9-0	0.1	0.1	-14.9	16.43	1.44	-0.44
133	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	1-9-0	0.1	0.05	-15.9	11.01	0.94	0.06
134	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-8-0	0.11	-0.02	-23.22	8.65	0.37	0.63
135	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-10-0	0.09	-0.41	-21.45	12.11	0.93	0.07
136	Colorado	Big 8	1-9-0	0.1	-0.42	-28.8	16.06	0.7	0.3
137	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-11-0	0	-2.67	-26.64	12.38	0.79	-0.79
138	Oregon State	Pac-10	0-9-0	0	-2.68	-25.56	14.41	0.49	-0.49