1980 W5 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:29.257473+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	North Carolina	ACC	3-0-0	1	28.67	14	20.82	2.82	0.18
2	Nebraska	Big 8	3-0-0	1	28.13	39	14.25	2.98	0.02
3	Ohio State	Big Ten	3-0-0	1	28.09	24.67	15.95	2.75	0.25
4	Missouri	Big 8	3-0-0	1	27.51	33.33	10.57	2.91	0.09
5	Wyoming	Western Athletic	3-0-0	1	27.38	22	12.83	2.69	0.31
6	Iowa State	Big 8	3-0-0	1	27.27	19.67	12.59	2.89	0.11
7	Baylor	Southwest	3-0-0	1	27.17	23.67	10.95	2.88	0.12
8	USC	Pac-10	3-0-0	1	26.99	10	13.94	2.41	0.59
9	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	26.61	11.5	10.82	1.52	0.48
10	Georgia	SEC	4-0-0	1	26.31	19.5	7.43	3.78	0.22
11	Florida	SEC	3-0-0	1	25.88	22.33	6.29	2.73	0.27
12	Texas	Southwest	3-0-0	1	25.75	19.67	5.41	2.75	0.25
13	SMU	Southwest	3-0-0	1	25.64	19.33	4.71	2.69	0.31
14	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	25.43	19.33	4.44	2.76	0.24
15	Alabama	SEC	3-0-0	1	25.33	29.33	1.57	2.83	0.17
16	Central Michigan	Mid-American	4-0-0	1	25.24	9	5.4	3.33	0.67
17	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	25.12	19	3.11	2.96	0.04
18	Miami	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	25.08	17.75	3.12	3.83	0.17
19	UCLA	Pac-10	3-0-0	1	25.05	28.67	0.6	2.9	0.1
20	Harvard	Ivy	2-0-0	1	24.72	10.5	4.25	1.71	0.29
21	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	24.43	18.25	-0.49	3.87	0.13
22	Rutgers	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	24.19	22	-2.26	2.88	0.12
23	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	3-0-0	1	24.16	11.67	-0.5	2.77	0.23
24	Yale	Ivy	2-0-0	1	23.14	19	-6.15	1.78	0.22
25	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	3-0-0	1	23.05	9.67	-4.86	2.15	0.85
26	Florida State	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	21.92	30.75	11.48	3.97	-0.97
27	South Carolina	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	21.81	25.75	15.74	3.84	-0.84
28	West Virginia	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	20.75	10.5	13.78	2.83	0.17
29	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-1-0	0.75	20.38	13.5	4.73	3.33	-0.33
30	Maryland	ACC	3-1-0	0.75	20.36	4.5	10.85	2.88	0.12
31	Stanford	Pac-10	3-1-0	0.75	19.88	3.75	15.54	2.39	0.61
32	Mississippi State	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	19.87	12.75	3.86	3.33	-0.33
33	App State	Southern	3-1-0	0.75	19.52	12.75	5.13	3.38	-0.38
34	BYU	Western Athletic	3-1-0	0.75	19.52	15.25	5.68	3.32	-0.32
35	Penn State	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	19.44	15.33	10.66	2.58	-0.58
36	Furman	Southern	3-1-0	0.75	19.39	4.5	10.54	2.52	0.48
37	Chattanooga	Southern	3-1-0	0.75	18.98	4.75	1.75	2.67	0.33
38	NC State	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	18.93	12	7.51	2.46	-0.46
39	Wake Forest	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	18.92	9.33	19.89	2.48	-0.48
40	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	18.51	9	7.85	2.13	-0.13
41	Arizona State	Pac-10	2-1-0	0.67	18.43	9	7.33	2.08	-0.08
42	McNeese	Southland	3-1-0	0.75	18.29	6	-3.78	2.91	0.09
43	Washington	Pac-10	2-1-0	0.67	18.26	19	2.11	2.59	-0.59
44	UNLV	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.96	18	8.3	2.41	-0.41
45	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.94	4	19.11	1.85	0.15
46	Clemson	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	17.71	6.33	10.63	2.24	-0.24
47	Oregon	Pac-10	2-1-1	0.5	17.52	10.5	9.28	3.13	-1.13
48	Army	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.51	5	2	1.9	0.1
49	Arkansas	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	17.25	3.33	12.85	1.8	0.2
50	Navy	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.16	21.33	2.38	2.94	-0.94
51	Syracuse	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.02	7.67	7.56	1.96	0.04
52	Indiana	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	17	13	5.25	2.36	-0.36
53	Marshall	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	16.91	7.67	1.65	2.35	-0.35
54	Kansas State	Big 8	2-1-0	0.67	16.7	8	6.05	2.39	-0.39
55	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	3-1-0	0.75	16.03	-9.5	9.87	1.03	1.97
56	San José State	PCAA	2-1-0	0.67	15.28	-0.67	5.14	1.45	0.55
57	Virginia	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	15.1	-2.67	12.51	1.17	0.83
58	Oklahoma	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	14.79	2.5	11.71	1.15	-0.15
59	Texas Tech	Southwest	2-2-0	0.5	14.78	6.25	15.18	2.98	-0.98
60	Tennessee	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	14.63	12.5	19.04	3.24	-1.24
61	Drake	Missouri Valley	2-2-0	0.5	14.56	16	7.13	3.46	-1.46
62	Illinois	Big Ten	2-1-1	0.5	14.48	-4	5.45	1.58	0.42
63	Auburn	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	14.2	-10.67	1.51	0.66	1.34
64	VMI	Southern	2-2-0	0.5	13.55	2.5	9.75	2.43	-0.43
65	Tulane	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	13.15	3.75	12.27	2.43	-0.43
66	Dartmouth	Ivy	1-1-0	0.5	13.15	8	-6.23	1.46	-0.46
67	North Texas	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	13.13	2.75	4.85	2.3	-0.3
68	The Citadel	Southern	2-2-0	0.5	12.22	0.75	11.86	2.1	-0.1
69	LSU	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	12.08	-0.5	8.04	1.91	0.09
70	Richmond	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	11.87	-1.75	11.08	1.81	0.19
71	New Mexico	Western Athletic	2-2-0	0.5	11.85	-1.25	20.63	1.89	0.11
72	Louisiana	Southland	2-2-0	0.5	11.44	-4.5	9.88	1.35	0.65
73	Arizona	Pac-10	1-1-0	0.5	11.36	2.5	6.01	1.14	-0.14
74	Ball State	Mid-American	2-2-0	0.5	11.25	-4	7.51	1.53	0.47
75	Cornell	Ivy	1-1-0	0.5	10.89	-4	-2.15	0.77	0.23
76	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	2-2-0	0.5	10.74	-5.5	16.89	1.3	0.7
77	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	2-2-0	0.5	10.69	-7.75	7.45	1.03	0.97
78	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	2-2-0	0.5	10.59	-2.5	10.01	1.78	0.22
79	Lamar	Southland	2-2-0	0.5	10.41	-2.25	6.66	1.8	0.2
80	Kentucky	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	10.34	-5	11.19	1.45	0.55
81	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	2-2-0	0.5	10.19	-5.5	10.35	1.4	0.6
82	Colorado State	Western Athletic	2-2-0	0.5	10.15	-13.75	7.71	0.85	1.15
83	Pacific	PCAA	2-2-0	0.5	9.95	-5.75	8.42	1.32	0.68
84	Utah	Western Athletic	2-2-0	0.5	9.55	-9	9.25	1.23	0.77
85	Michigan	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	9.36	0.67	15.48	1.56	-0.56
86	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	9.15	6.67	18.47	1.99	-0.99
87	Colgate	FBS Independents	1-1-1	0.33	9.1	-8.67	12.82	0.93	0.07
88	Toledo	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	8.9	6.33	16.15	2.01	-1.01
89	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-2-0	0.33	8.86	0.67	8.16	1.57	-0.57
90	Columbia	Ivy	1-1-0	0.5	8.8	-7	6.07	0.28	0.72
91	Ohio	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	8.8	1	8.4	1.58	-0.58
92	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	8.28	-0.67	12.8	1.42	-0.42
93	Ole Miss	SEC	1-3-0	0.25	7.99	6.25	9.72	2.46	-1.46
94	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.01	-5	12.74	0.97	0.03
95	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	6.85	-13.33	22.01	0.54	0.46
96	Washington State	Pac-10	1-2-0	0.33	6.72	-1.33	17.03	1.41	-0.41
97	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	6.67	-1.67	18.81	1.35	-0.35
98	Iowa	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	6.6	-17	21.85	0.18	0.82
99	Purdue	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	6.53	-8	17.17	0.69	0.31
100	Long Beach State	PCAA	1-2-0	0.33	6.46	-7	7.96	0.97	0.03
101	Utah State	PCAA	1-2-0	0.33	6.31	-6	7.77	0.89	0.11
102	Arkansas State	Southland	1-2-0	0.33	6.28	-9	3.27	0.77	0.23
103	Houston	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	6.12	-5.33	22.19	0.97	0.03
104	San Diego State	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	6.12	-15	14.82	0.32	0.68
105	Texas A&M	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	6.11	-18.33	21.73	0.26	0.74
106	Louisiana Tech	Southland	1-2-0	0.33	5.86	-3.67	13.18	1.22	-0.22
107	Rice	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	5.35	-9	13.65	0.6	0.4
108	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	4.97	-15.67	15.95	0.32	0.68
109	Illinois State	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.76	-5.5	8.63	1.34	-0.34
110	Western Carolina	Southern	1-3-0	0.25	4.38	-8.75	10.02	0.89	0.11
111	East Carolina	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.23	-16.25	17.08	0.7	0.3
112	Fresno State	PCAA	1-3-0	0.25	4.07	-14	15.15	0.68	0.32
113	Villanova	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	3.96	-4.75	11.62	1.17	-0.17
114	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-3-0	0.25	3.51	-26.25	9.27	0.12	0.88
115	Louisville	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	3.03	-15.5	10.12	0.34	0.66
116	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-4-0	0	-0.93	-2	9.82	1.76	-1.76
117	Oklahoma State	Big 8	0-2-0	0	-1.72	-7	9.57	0.65	-0.65
118	Kansas	Big 8	0-2-1	0	-1.81	-7.67	11.17	0.4	-0.4
119	Duke	ACC	0-3-0	0	-2.26	-11.67	14.52	0.71	-0.71
120	East Tennessee State	Southern	0-4-0	0	-2.3	-16.5	6.04	0.29	-0.29
121	TCU	Southwest	0-3-0	0	-2.34	-12.33	25.87	0.3	-0.3
122	Brown	Ivy	0-2-0	0	-2.39	-18	6.23	0.33	-0.33
123	California	Pac-10	0-3-0	0	-2.43	-14	16.67	0.63	-0.63
124	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.43	-13.5	18.5	0.66	-0.66
125	Air Force	Western Athletic	0-3-1	0	-2.44	-14.5	16.05	0.51	-0.51
126	UTEP	Western Athletic	0-4-0	0	-2.49	-16.25	14.81	0.36	-0.36
127	Texas-Arlington	Southland	0-3-0	0	-2.53	-20	11.26	0.49	-0.49
128	Kent State	Mid-American	0-3-0	0	-2.63	-17.67	18.97	0.09	-0.09
129	Princeton	Ivy	0-2-0	0	-2.73	-20.5	23.13	0.13	-0.13
130	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0-3-0	0	-2.73	-22	16.72	0.02	-0.02
131	Temple	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.74	-24.33	12.97	0.03	-0.03
132	Pennsylvania	Ivy	0-2-0	0	-2.79	-31	6.24	0.03	-0.03
133	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-4-0	0	-2.83	-23	16.76	0.28	-0.28
134	William & Mary	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.84	-22	20.6	0.07	-0.07
135	Memphis	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.95	-30	10.78	0.06	-0.06
136	Colorado	Big 8	0-3-0	0	-3.02	-29	17.74	0.19	-0.19
137	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-3-0	0	-3.07	-25.33	25.92	0.07	-0.07
138	Oregon State	Pac-10	0-3-0	0	-3.16	-27.67	25.94	0.08	-0.08