1980 W7 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:29.258323+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	North Carolina	ACC	5-0-0	1	26.72	18.6	13.98	4.85	0.15
2	USC	Pac-10	5-0-0	1	26.53	9.8	15.71	3.92	1.08
3	Iowa State	Big 8	5-0-0	1	26.49	30.4	11.02	4.94	0.06
4	Baylor	Southwest	5-0-0	1	26.37	17.4	12.75	4.41	0.59
5	UCLA	Pac-10	5-0-0	1	26.21	23.4	11.04	4.74	0.26
6	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	26.21	11.5	13.95	3.05	0.95
7	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	25.9	18.4	10.41	4.42	0.58
8	Georgia	SEC	5-0-0	1	25.75	17	9.75	4.51	0.49
9	Alabama	SEC	5-0-0	1	25.69	27.4	7.87	4.78	0.22
10	Texas	Southwest	5-0-0	1	25.42	15.8	8.56	4.23	0.77
11	Harvard	Ivy	4-0-0	1	25.11	8.5	9.04	3.23	0.77
12	Florida State	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	23.04	23.5	15.87	5.74	-0.74
13	South Carolina	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	22.67	22.67	13.72	5.71	-0.71
14	Nebraska	Big 8	4-1-0	0.8	22.17	33.4	13.31	4.93	-0.93
15	Ohio State	Big Ten	4-1-0	0.8	21.74	24	12.23	4.66	-0.66
16	Penn State	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	21.68	13.6	14.78	4.15	-0.15
17	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	21.34	14.4	10.35	4.38	-0.38
18	Missouri	Big 8	4-1-0	0.8	21.29	23	9.74	4.58	-0.58
19	SMU	Southwest	4-1-0	0.8	21.09	12.8	9.4	3.89	0.11
20	UNLV	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	20.98	16.8	9.7	4.05	-0.05
21	BYU	Western Athletic	4-1-0	0.8	20.95	19.2	9.36	4.32	-0.32
22	Miami	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	20.92	10.6	9.19	4.12	-0.12
23	Arkansas	Southwest	4-1-0	0.8	20.85	13.4	10.32	4.19	-0.19
24	Rutgers	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	20.84	20.6	6.05	4.74	-0.74
25	Furman	Southern	5-1-0	0.83	20.77	7.33	7.7	4.06	0.94
26	Clemson	ACC	4-1-0	0.8	20.76	5	13.85	3.4	0.6
27	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	20.46	16.17	2.55	5.66	-0.66
28	Central Michigan	Mid-American	5-1-0	0.83	20.4	4.17	5.72	4.03	0.97
29	McNeese	Southland	5-1-0	0.83	20.4	10.17	4.65	4.73	0.27
30	Washington	Pac-10	4-1-0	0.8	19.71	19.6	1.64	4.42	-0.42
31	Florida	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	19.63	12.5	9.37	3.19	-0.19
32	Indiana	Big Ten	4-1-0	0.8	19.56	14.6	2.06	4.18	-0.18
33	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	4-1-0	0.8	19.15	4.4	4.52	3.27	0.73
34	Yale	Ivy	3-1-0	0.75	17.83	5.25	-0.54	2.6	0.4
35	West Virginia	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.74	10.5	8.51	4.31	-0.31
36	Stanford	Pac-10	4-2-0	0.67	17.61	2.5	14.71	3.36	0.64
37	App State	Southern	4-2-0	0.67	17.58	10.83	7.48	4.93	-0.93
38	Mississippi State	SEC	4-2-0	0.67	17.55	5	11.18	3.8	0.2
39	The Citadel	Southern	4-2-0	0.67	17.25	6.33	10.32	4.19	-0.19
40	LSU	SEC	4-2-0	0.67	17.06	3.17	12.44	3.77	0.23
41	Chattanooga	Southern	4-2-0	0.67	17	8.33	7.64	4.27	-0.27
42	Drake	Missouri Valley	4-2-0	0.67	16.97	15.5	3.62	5	-1
43	Western Michigan	Mid-American	4-2-0	0.67	16.88	9.67	5.28	4.54	-0.54
44	Tennessee	SEC	3-2-0	0.6	16.8	12.6	15.92	4.12	-1.12
45	Wake Forest	ACC	3-2-0	0.6	16.55	6	14.99	3.57	-0.57
46	Wyoming	Western Athletic	3-2-0	0.6	16	5.6	10.41	3.11	-0.11
47	NC State	ACC	3-2-0	0.6	15.73	3.8	14.31	3.09	-0.09
48	Navy	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	15.72	16.8	2.82	4.73	-1.73
49	Arizona State	Pac-10	3-2-0	0.6	15.7	6.2	11.1	3.22	-0.22
50	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	15.49	3.2	9.77	2.88	0.12
51	Michigan	Big Ten	3-2-0	0.6	15.45	6.2	9.62	3.33	-0.33
52	Purdue	Big Ten	3-2-0	0.6	15.43	3	14.22	3.07	-0.07
53	Syracuse	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	15.13	6.4	6.97	3.26	-0.26
54	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	3-2-0	0.6	14.82	1.2	12.62	2.72	0.28
55	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	4-2-0	0.67	14.81	-5.33	13.13	2.18	1.82
56	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	3-2-0	0.6	14.72	2	9.36	2.77	0.23
57	Utah	Western Athletic	4-2-0	0.67	14.55	-1.33	7.73	2.81	1.19
58	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	4-2-0	0.67	14.45	-1.33	6.59	2.78	1.22
59	Auburn	SEC	3-2-0	0.6	14.32	0.6	6.76	2.58	0.42
60	Oklahoma	Big 8	2-2-0	0.5	14.21	9.5	12.79	2.73	-0.73
61	Louisiana Tech	Southland	3-2-0	0.6	13.93	0.4	8.91	2.57	0.43
62	San José State	PCAA	3-2-0	0.6	13.41	-0.8	10.19	2.4	0.6
63	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	3-2-0	0.6	13.4	-0.2	2.41	2.48	0.52
64	Oregon	Pac-10	2-2-1	0.4	13.27	3.4	9.87	3.01	-1.01
65	Tulane	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	13.25	4.5	13.25	3.68	-0.68
66	North Texas	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	12.62	2	8.46	3.32	-0.32
67	Illinois	Big Ten	3-2-1	0.5	12.59	-2.83	7.81	2.54	0.46
68	Army	FBS Independents	2-2-1	0.4	12.27	2	5.95	2.79	-0.79
69	New Mexico	Western Athletic	3-3-0	0.5	11.73	-1.17	14.6	2.85	0.15
70	Maryland	ACC	3-3-0	0.5	11.19	-4.17	16.78	2	1
71	Colgate	FBS Independents	2-2-1	0.4	10.99	0.4	3.62	2.55	-0.55
72	Arizona	Pac-10	2-2-0	0.5	10.97	-2.5	8.96	1.63	0.37
73	Brown	Ivy	2-2-0	0.5	10.85	0.25	3.71	2.02	-0.02
74	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2-3-0	0.4	10.75	4.6	14.13	3.13	-1.13
75	Texas Tech	Southwest	2-3-0	0.4	10.46	1	16.24	2.67	-0.67
76	Louisiana	Southland	3-3-0	0.5	10.42	-2.83	9.51	2.31	0.69
77	Ohio	Mid-American	2-3-0	0.4	10.35	3.4	11.03	3.01	-1.01
78	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	3-3-0	0.5	10.29	-4.83	7.68	2.11	0.89
79	Pacific	PCAA	3-3-0	0.5	10.2	-4.33	6.25	2.21	0.79
80	Colorado State	Western Athletic	3-3-0	0.5	9.53	-19.83	16.19	0.86	2.14
81	Kansas State	Big 8	2-3-0	0.4	9.27	-0.6	9.79	2.36	-0.36
82	Boston College	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	9.14	-1	19.41	2.3	-0.3
83	Villanova	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	8.58	-0.4	3.01	2.41	-0.41
84	Houston	Southwest	2-3-0	0.4	8.38	-3.6	18.19	1.86	0.14
85	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-3-0	0.4	8.26	-5.2	12.78	1.84	0.16
86	Utah State	PCAA	2-3-0	0.4	8.18	-2.2	10.65	2.15	-0.15
87	Virginia	ACC	2-3-0	0.4	8.15	-7	14.47	1.52	0.48
88	Lamar	Southland	2-3-0	0.4	8.09	-3.6	6.56	2.04	-0.04
89	Marshall	Southern	2-3-0	0.4	8.06	-4.4	5.7	1.69	0.31
90	Ball State	Mid-American	2-3-0	0.4	8	-6.6	14.09	1.51	0.49
91	Texas A&M	Southwest	2-3-0	0.4	7.9	-9	13.79	1.29	0.71
92	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	7.84	-7	8.64	1.32	0.68
93	Bowling Green	Mid-American	2-4-0	0.33	7.83	1	7.77	3.2	-1.2
94	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	2-3-0	0.4	7.7	-6.6	9.36	1.43	0.57
95	Rice	Southwest	2-3-0	0.4	7.63	-7.2	13.81	1.55	0.45
96	Kentucky	SEC	2-3-0	0.4	7.47	-13	14.05	0.93	1.07
97	Long Beach State	PCAA	2-3-0	0.4	7.32	-6.6	7.67	1.63	0.37
98	Louisville	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	7.29	-7.6	9.41	1.36	0.64
99	East Carolina	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	7.13	-12.6	12.49	1.14	0.86
100	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	2-4-0	0.33	6.55	-4.33	10.53	2.34	-0.34
101	Western Carolina	Southern	2-4-0	0.33	6.29	-4.67	7.52	2.11	-0.11
102	Richmond	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	6.21	-8	12.6	1.87	0.13
103	VMI	Southern	2-4-0	0.33	6.01	-10.5	11.44	1.08	0.92
104	Dartmouth	Ivy	1-3-0	0.25	5.9	0.5	0.7	2.07	-1.07
105	Fresno State	PCAA	2-4-0	0.33	5.86	-10.33	9.98	1.49	0.51
106	Illinois State	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	5.77	-4.83	3.95	2.18	-0.18
107	Toledo	Mid-American	1-4-0	0.2	5.41	0.8	11.91	2.64	-1.64
108	Ole Miss	SEC	1-5-0	0.17	5.23	2	16.87	3.24	-2.24
109	Kansas	Big 8	1-3-1	0.2	4.12	-12.4	16.35	0.52	0.48
110	Columbia	Ivy	1-3-0	0.25	3.94	-9.25	4.43	0.76	0.24
111	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-4-0	0.2	3.91	-2.8	16.65	2.12	-1.12
112	Cornell	Ivy	1-3-0	0.25	3.9	-14.25	13.42	0.59	0.41
113	Washington State	Pac-10	1-4-0	0.2	3.9	-2.4	13.17	2.23	-1.23
114	Princeton	Ivy	1-3-0	0.25	3.36	-11.5	10.38	0.85	0.15
115	Pennsylvania	Ivy	1-3-0	0.25	3.35	-17.75	2.34	0.53	0.47
116	Iowa	Big Ten	1-4-0	0.2	2.9	-11.8	18.84	0.52	0.48
117	Kent State	Mid-American	1-4-0	0.2	2.78	-11.8	15.76	0.71	0.29
118	Temple	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	2.77	-10	8.57	1.11	-0.11
119	Arkansas State	Southland	1-4-0	0.2	2.74	-10.2	6.78	0.81	0.19
120	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-4-0	0.2	2.69	-13.4	15.91	0.5	0.5
121	California	Pac-10	1-4-0	0.2	2.61	-8.4	16.09	1.52	-0.52
122	San Diego State	Western Athletic	1-4-0	0.2	2.53	-15.8	12.48	0.6	0.4
123	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	2.51	-18.6	18.21	0.3	0.7
124	Air Force	Western Athletic	1-4-1	0.17	2.48	-9.67	13.8	1.33	-0.33
125	Memphis	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	2.28	-18.6	7.65	0.49	0.51
126	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-4-0	0.2	2.09	-23.2	4.71	0.2	0.8
127	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-5-0	0.17	1.99	-11.5	11.84	1.12	-0.12
128	William & Mary	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	1.36	-17.5	15.18	0.3	0.7
129	Oklahoma State	Big 8	0-4-0	0	-2.11	-10.75	18.06	0.91	-0.91
130	Duke	ACC	0-5-0	0	-2.14	-11.6	14.69	1.11	-1.11
131	East Tennessee State	Southern	0-6-0	0	-2.16	-13.67	8.73	0.66	-0.66
132	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	0-5-0	0	-2.34	-14.2	16.96	0.69	-0.69
133	Texas-Arlington	Southland	0-5-0	0	-2.36	-16.4	11.71	1.03	-1.03
134	TCU	Southwest	0-5-0	0	-2.46	-15.6	18.49	0.55	-0.55
135	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-4-0	0	-2.81	-24.5	17.86	0.21	-0.21
136	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-6-0	0	-2.9	-30.5	14.73	0.26	-0.26
137	Colorado	Big 8	0-5-0	0	-2.97	-29.2	18.72	0.56	-0.56
138	Oregon State	Pac-10	0-4-0	0	-3.01	-29.5	19.84	0.09	-0.09