1980 W4 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:29.257049+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Missouri	Big 8	2-0-0	1	29.73	38	18.95	1.94	0.06
2	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-0-0	1	28.28	26.67	12.57	2.92	0.08
3	Baylor	Southwest	2-0-0	1	28.16	31.5	11.87	1.92	0.08
4	Oklahoma	Big 8	1-0-0	1	28.1	22	12.8	0.97	0.03
5	North Carolina	ACC	2-0-0	1	27.99	14	13.48	1.83	0.17
6	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	27.99	11.5	15.43	1.52	0.48
7	Georgia	SEC	3-0-0	1	27.73	15.67	11.48	2.7	0.3
8	Florida State	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	27.67	41.33	8.65	3	0
9	Nebraska	Big 8	2-0-0	1	27.59	51.5	9.87	1.99	0.01
10	NC State	ACC	2-0-0	1	27.47	28	9.44	1.96	0.04
11	Iowa State	Big 8	2-0-0	1	27.33	28	10.99	1.96	0.04
12	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	27.26	28.5	10.72	1.91	0.09
13	Wyoming	Western Athletic	2-0-0	1	27.13	20.5	11.48	1.83	0.17
14	USC	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	26.79	6.5	14.27	1.4	0.6
15	Penn State	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	26.71	30	5.05	1.93	0.07
16	Alabama	SEC	2-0-0	1	26.53	23.5	5.26	1.74	0.26
17	Maryland	ACC	3-0-0	1	26.43	10.67	7.78	2.72	0.28
18	SMU	Southwest	2-0-0	1	26.33	11	6.41	1.66	0.34
19	Central Michigan	Mid-American	3-0-0	1	26.23	7	8.56	2.32	0.68
20	Army	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	26.08	14	4.83	1.7	0.3
21	Texas	Southwest	2-0-0	1	26	12	4.55	1.56	0.44
22	UCLA	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	25.81	25.5	3.43	1.84	0.16
23	Chattanooga	Southern	3-0-0	1	25.12	11.67	2.19	2.63	0.37
24	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	2-0-0	1	24.94	8.5	1.41	1.83	0.17
25	Washington	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	24.89	40.5	-2.74	1.98	0.02
26	Mississippi State	SEC	3-0-0	1	24.8	19	-2.8	2.76	0.24
27	McNeese	Southland	3-0-0	1	24.76	9	-0.03	2.4	0.6
28	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	2-0-0	1	24.76	26	-0.79	1.95	0.05
29	Florida	SEC	2-0-0	1	24.75	30.5	-2.48	1.9	0.1
30	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	24.75	15	-1.82	1.73	0.27
31	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	24.69	13.67	-2.28	2.84	0.16
32	Arizona State	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	24.68	22	-1.85	1.82	0.18
33	Rutgers	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	24.5	17.5	-2.04	1.94	0.06
34	Miami	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	24.43	23.33	-4.89	2.94	0.06
35	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	24.41	11.5	-0.65	1.91	0.09
36	Auburn	SEC	2-0-0	1	23.55	5	-2.01	1.29	0.71
37	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	3-0-0	1	23.29	9.67	-7.53	2.15	0.85
38	Dartmouth	Ivy	1-0-0	1	22.48	33	-0.01	0.98	0.02
39	Yale	Ivy	1-0-0	1	22.46	28	0.36	0.91	0.09
40	Harvard	Ivy	1-0-0	1	22.14	20	-0.01	0.97	0.03
41	Cornell	Ivy	1-0-0	1	21.76	10	0.26	0.89	0.11
42	South Carolina	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	21.47	33.33	14.18	2.94	-0.94
43	West Virginia	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	20.36	13	12.18	2.26	-0.26
44	App State	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	19.48	8	9.43	2.34	-0.34
45	Texas Tech	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	18.91	11	12.69	2.51	-0.51
46	Louisiana	Southland	2-1-0	0.67	18.59	2	8.44	1.7	0.3
47	Drake	Missouri Valley	2-1-0	0.67	18.49	23.33	9.28	2.92	-0.92
48	Marshall	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	17.93	7.67	-0.23	2.35	-0.35
49	Ball State	Mid-American	2-1-0	0.67	17.85	5.67	13.15	2.04	-0.04
50	VMI	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	17.49	5	11.25	2.19	-0.19
51	North Texas	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.45	6	7.58	1.97	0.03
52	BYU	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	17.4	15	3.04	2.58	-0.58
53	Furman	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	17.12	4.33	10.12	1.86	0.14
54	LSU	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	16.76	2.67	7.41	1.85	0.15
55	Richmond	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	16.67	-1.33	6.43	1.38	0.62
56	San José State	PCAA	2-1-0	0.67	16.52	-0.67	3.77	1.45	0.55
57	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	2-1-0	0.67	16.48	0.67	11.16	1.6	0.4
58	Illinois	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	16.16	-5.33	8	1.1	0.9
59	Stanford	Pac-10	2-1-0	0.67	16.1	-0.67	-1.31	1.45	0.55
60	Clemson	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	15.46	6	13.26	1.46	-0.46
61	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	2-1-0	0.67	15.07	-14.33	20.01	0.6	1.4
62	Colorado State	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	14.73	-4.67	8.46	1.13	0.87
63	Michigan	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	14.68	2.5	11.88	1.14	-0.14
64	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	14.08	2.5	4.98	1.15	-0.15
65	UNLV	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	13.96	6.5	-2.55	1.26	-0.26
66	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	13.36	4.5	23.95	1.33	-0.33
67	Wake Forest	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	12.85	4	20.42	1.34	-0.34
68	Navy	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.74	12.5	9.88	1.92	-0.92
69	Virginia	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	12.39	-5.5	12.81	0.51	0.49
70	Arkansas	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	12.12	3.5	13.25	1.18	-0.18
71	Ohio	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	11.99	2	15.64	1.1	-0.1
72	Oregon	Pac-10	1-1-1	0.33	11.99	6	8.24	2.03	-1.03
73	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	11.84	-11.5	10.28	0.49	0.51
74	Arkansas State	Southland	1-1-0	0.5	11.4	-1.5	-6.19	0.92	0.08
75	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	11.32	1	11.13	1.04	-0.04
76	Iowa	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	11.28	-24	10.85	0.07	0.93
77	Ole Miss	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	10.74	9	11.95	1.96	-0.96
78	Indiana	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	10.64	-1.5	17.52	0.92	0.08
79	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	10.62	-7	8.09	0.55	0.45
80	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	9.98	-6	21.54	0.71	0.29
81	Kansas State	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	9.84	0	1.11	1	0
82	Long Beach State	PCAA	1-1-0	0.5	9.46	-2.5	6.95	0.83	0.17
83	Tulane	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	8.73	4.33	16.33	1.9	-0.9
84	Tennessee	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	8.5	2.67	16.3	1.72	-0.72
85	San Diego State	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	8.43	-10.5	5.21	0.37	0.63
86	Illinois State	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.84	-5	14.54	1.01	-0.01
87	East Carolina	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.62	-12.33	16.93	0.75	0.25
88	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	7.52	-7.67	12.63	0.75	0.25
89	The Citadel	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	7.51	-4.33	4.85	1.04	-0.04
90	Kentucky	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	7.31	-7	12.32	0.94	0.06
91	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	7.13	-12.67	19.23	0.7	0.3
92	Utah State	PCAA	1-2-0	0.33	7.05	-6	9.86	0.89	0.11
93	Texas A&M	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	7.04	-18.33	22.89	0.26	0.74
94	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	1-2-0	0.33	7.03	-10	17.47	0.76	0.24
95	Purdue	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	6.96	-8	16.02	0.69	0.31
96	Lamar	Southland	1-2-0	0.33	6.92	-11	10.04	0.74	0.26
97	Western Carolina	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	6.66	-9.33	3.81	0.66	0.34
98	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	1-2-0	0.33	6.65	-5.33	4.48	1.13	-0.13
99	Pacific	PCAA	1-2-0	0.33	6.41	-12.33	13.38	0.5	0.5
100	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	5.83	-21	8.43	0.14	0.86
101	Fresno State	PCAA	1-2-0	0.33	5.43	-13.67	24.7	0.55	0.45
102	Utah	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	4.75	-17	11.84	0.57	0.43
103	Arizona	Pac-10	0-1-0	0	-0.82	-2	13.05	0.42	-0.42
104	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-3-0	0	-1.04	-2.33	10.57	1.28	-1.28
105	TCU	Southwest	0-2-0	0	-1.28	-3	24.24	0.71	-0.71
106	Oklahoma State	Big 8	0-2-0	0	-1.54	-7	4.55	0.65	-0.65
107	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0-2-0	0	-1.57	-6.5	12	0.66	-0.66
108	Kansas	Big 8	0-1-1	0	-1.62	-7.5	10.4	0.2	-0.2
109	Princeton	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-1.64	-10	0.33	0.11	-0.11
110	Washington State	Pac-10	0-2-0	0	-1.9	-8.5	11.88	0.66	-0.66
111	Texas-Arlington	Southland	0-2-0	0	-2.04	-12	1.87	0.53	-0.53
112	East Tennessee State	Southern	0-3-0	0	-2.11	-13	2.03	0.2	-0.2
113	Villanova	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.11	-10	13.68	0.35	-0.35
114	Columbia	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-2.12	-20	0.18	0.03	-0.03
115	Toledo	Mid-American	0-2-0	0	-2.15	-11.5	18.43	0.34	-0.34
116	Michigan State	Big Ten	0-2-0	0	-2.27	-15.5	12.04	0.25	-0.25
117	Brown	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-2.3	-28	0.43	0.09	-0.09
118	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0-2-0	0	-2.3	-15.5	11.36	0.06	-0.06
119	Houston	Southwest	0-2-0	0	-2.32	-11.5	24.07	0.28	-0.28
120	Temple	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.42	-19.5	6.45	0.05	-0.05
121	Pennsylvania	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-2.46	-33	0.28	0.02	-0.02
122	Rice	Southwest	0-2-0	0	-2.51	-18.5	10.61	0.12	-0.12
123	Kent State	Mid-American	0-2-0	0	-2.54	-19	11.89	0.05	-0.05
124	UTEP	Western Athletic	0-3-0	0	-2.57	-17	13.86	0.2	-0.2
125	Colgate	FBS Independents	0-1-1	0	-2.66	-22	8.32	0.18	-0.18
126	Air Force	Western Athletic	0-3-0	0	-2.66	-19.33	11.27	0.18	-0.18
127	Duke	ACC	0-2-0	0	-2.69	-16	19.13	0.38	-0.38
128	William & Mary	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.7	-16.33	21.22	0.07	-0.07
129	California	Pac-10	0-2-0	0	-2.71	-17.5	24.45	0.3	-0.3
130	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.71	-16.33	24.27	0.47	-0.47
131	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-2-0	0	-2.83	-17.5	26.02	0.17	-0.17
132	Colorado	Big 8	0-2-0	0	-2.85	-22.5	17.58	0.24	-0.24
133	Louisville	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.88	-23.33	14.04	0.08	-0.08
134	Oregon State	Pac-10	0-2-0	0	-2.95	-24	22.53	0.14	-0.14
135	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-3-0	0	-3.01	-23.67	23.24	0.13	-0.13
136	Louisiana Tech	Southland	0-2-0	0	-3.04	-23.5	25.74	0.12	-0.12
137	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-3.21	-28	24.5	0.05	-0.05
138	Memphis	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-3.43	-40.5	19.77	0.02	-0.02