1980 W8 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:29.258780+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	North Carolina	ACC	6-0-0	1	26.23	18.83	12.87	5.8	0.2
2	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	26.15	14.6	13.6	4.17	0.83
3	Baylor	Southwest	6-0-0	1	26.07	21	11.73	5.5	0.5
4	UCLA	Pac-10	5-0-0	1	25.98	23.4	10.9	4.74	0.26
5	USC	Pac-10	5-0-1	0.83	25.95	8.17	14.61	4.6	0.4
6	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	25.7	21.17	9.97	5.54	0.46
7	Alabama	SEC	6-0-0	1	25.56	27.33	8.34	5.81	0.19
8	Texas	Southwest	5-0-0	1	25.39	15.8	9.57	4.23	0.77
9	Georgia	SEC	6-0-0	1	25.22	21	7.57	5.66	0.34
10	Florida State	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	23.46	25	15.01	6.74	-0.74
11	South Carolina	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	22.8	25.43	11.18	6.74	-0.74
12	Ohio State	Big Ten	5-1-0	0.83	22.37	21.67	13.66	5.48	-0.48
13	Nebraska	Big 8	5-1-0	0.83	22.26	34.67	10.7	5.92	-0.92
14	Penn State	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	22.23	14.17	14.78	5.11	-0.11
15	Iowa State	Big 8	5-1-0	0.83	21.98	23.5	9.12	5.72	-0.72
16	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	21.77	16.67	11.33	5.35	-0.35
17	Missouri	Big 8	5-1-0	0.83	21.4	25.5	7.24	5.61	-0.61
18	BYU	Western Athletic	5-1-0	0.83	21.35	20	8.08	4.97	0.03
19	UNLV	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	21.35	20.5	7.98	5.1	-0.1
20	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	21.12	18.14	3.52	6.74	-0.74
21	Arkansas	Southwest	4-1-0	0.8	20.73	13.4	10.1	4.19	-0.19
22	Furman	Southern	5-1-0	0.83	20.53	7.33	7.31	4.06	0.94
23	Washington	Pac-10	5-1-0	0.83	20.52	16.83	4.22	5.08	-0.08
24	Florida	SEC	4-1-0	0.8	20.43	12.4	8.99	4.13	-0.13
25	McNeese	Southland	5-1-0	0.83	20.17	10.17	3.89	4.73	0.27
26	Harvard	Ivy	4-1-0	0.8	19.57	3.2	6.77	3.09	0.91
27	Yale	Ivy	4-1-0	0.8	19.16	8.2	3.28	3.64	0.36
28	Mississippi State	SEC	5-2-0	0.71	18.29	4.71	13.21	4.32	0.68
29	App State	Southern	5-2-0	0.71	17.9	13.86	5.13	5.87	-0.87
30	The Citadel	Southern	5-2-0	0.71	17.85	10.71	6.2	5.67	-0.67
31	LSU	SEC	5-2-0	0.71	17.84	3.71	11.2	4.55	0.45
32	Miami	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.84	8.33	12.08	4.42	-0.42
33	Chattanooga	Southern	5-2-0	0.71	17.81	8.57	7.1	5.07	-0.07
34	Drake	Missouri Valley	5-2-0	0.71	17.81	14.14	4.7	5.67	-0.67
35	Western Michigan	Mid-American	5-2-0	0.71	17.66	9.71	5.44	5.4	-0.4
36	Purdue	Big Ten	4-2-0	0.67	17.65	6.67	14.45	4.23	-0.23
37	SMU	Southwest	4-2-0	0.67	17.63	10.33	9.3	4.5	-0.5
38	Rutgers	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.48	16.67	5.79	5.42	-1.42
39	Michigan	Big Ten	4-2-0	0.67	17.29	9	10.13	4.36	-0.36
40	Navy	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.06	15.5	5.42	5.53	-1.53
41	Wyoming	Western Athletic	4-2-0	0.67	17.06	5.17	10.86	3.69	0.31
42	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.01	6.33	9.69	3.93	0.07
43	Indiana	Big Ten	4-2-0	0.67	16.97	10.5	4.95	4.56	-0.56
44	Central Michigan	Mid-American	5-2-0	0.71	16.76	0.57	7.62	3.68	1.32
45	Clemson	ACC	4-2-0	0.67	16.63	1.33	11.02	3.27	0.73
46	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	4-2-0	0.67	16.52	4.5	7.94	3.71	0.29
47	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	4-2-0	0.67	16.18	2	8.79	3.43	0.57
48	Oklahoma	Big 8	3-2-0	0.6	15.94	10.4	11.36	3.5	-0.5
49	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	4-2-0	0.67	15.89	2	4.27	3.41	0.59
50	Arizona State	Pac-10	3-2-0	0.6	15.7	6.2	11.51	3.22	-0.22
51	Auburn	SEC	4-2-0	0.67	15.55	1	6.33	3.16	0.84
52	Louisiana Tech	Southland	4-2-0	0.67	15.35	1	4.9	3.19	0.81
53	Tulane	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	14.9	6.86	11.02	4.72	-0.72
54	Stanford	Pac-10	4-3-0	0.57	14.84	1.71	15.6	3.79	0.21
55	West Virginia	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	14.84	5	9.83	4.26	-0.26
56	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	4-2-0	0.67	14.49	-5.33	13.62	2.18	1.82
57	North Texas	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	14.25	4.43	8.09	4.32	-0.32
58	Tennessee	SEC	3-3-0	0.5	14.04	6	16.45	4.08	-1.08
59	Wake Forest	ACC	3-3-0	0.5	13.78	4.83	15.45	4.11	-1.11
60	Brown	Ivy	3-2-0	0.6	13.75	1.6	3.69	2.68	0.32
61	Oregon	Pac-10	2-2-2	0.33	12.95	2.83	12.41	3.57	-1.57
62	Syracuse	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	12.74	2.5	9.69	3.39	-0.39
63	Ohio	Mid-American	3-3-0	0.5	12.72	4.5	9.1	3.85	-0.85
64	Texas Tech	Southwest	3-3-0	0.5	12.71	2	13.72	3.45	-0.45
65	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	4-3-0	0.57	12.54	-1.14	10.75	3.23	0.77
66	Utah	Western Athletic	4-3-0	0.57	12.53	-1.57	9.31	3.23	0.77
67	Maryland	ACC	4-3-0	0.57	12.49	-3.43	15.69	2.5	1.5
68	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	4-3-0	0.57	12.3	-2	8.14	3.13	0.87
69	NC State	ACC	3-3-0	0.5	12.22	-0.17	15.51	2.97	0.03
70	Colorado State	Western Athletic	4-3-0	0.57	11.2	-14.29	13.27	1.46	2.54
71	San José State	PCAA	3-3-0	0.5	11.07	-1	8.53	2.84	0.16
72	Houston	Southwest	3-3-0	0.5	11.01	-2.67	17.43	2.4	0.6
73	Ball State	Mid-American	3-3-0	0.5	10.92	-1.17	11.56	2.77	0.23
74	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-4-0	0.43	10.77	3.86	6.88	4.43	-1.43
75	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	3-4-0	0.43	10.6	2.29	9.24	3.92	-0.92
76	Louisiana	Southland	3-3-0	0.5	10.4	-2.83	8.59	2.31	0.69
77	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	3-3-0	0.5	10.25	-2.17	7.13	2.57	0.43
78	Illinois	Big Ten	3-3-1	0.43	10.09	-6	8.67	2.46	0.54
79	Louisville	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	10.01	-4.67	9.92	2.15	0.85
80	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	3-3-0	0.5	10	-2.67	0.84	2.6	0.4
81	Dartmouth	Ivy	2-3-0	0.4	9.93	4	5.53	3.17	-1.17
82	Long Beach State	PCAA	3-3-0	0.5	9.86	-5.17	8.78	2.17	0.83
83	East Carolina	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	9.71	-8.83	11.62	1.76	1.24
84	New Mexico	Western Athletic	3-4-0	0.43	9.25	-3.43	14.38	2.97	0.03
85	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2-4-0	0.33	8.91	2.17	12.9	3.39	-1.39
86	Colgate	FBS Independents	2-3-1	0.33	8.68	-0.33	2.8	2.95	-0.95
87	Washington State	Pac-10	2-4-0	0.33	8.46	2	13.22	3.27	-1.27
88	Army	FBS Independents	2-3-1	0.33	8.41	-2.83	9.28	2.49	-0.49
89	Fresno State	PCAA	3-4-0	0.43	8.34	-5.43	10.42	2.47	0.53
90	Pacific	PCAA	3-4-0	0.43	8.2	-7.14	6.64	1.99	1.01
91	VMI	Southern	3-4-0	0.43	8.11	-8.29	10.99	1.67	1.33
92	Arizona	Pac-10	2-3-0	0.4	7.78	-6.8	9.09	1.44	0.56
93	Kansas	Big 8	2-3-1	0.33	7.68	-8.5	17.61	1.29	0.71
94	Princeton	Ivy	2-3-0	0.4	7.22	-8.4	10.1	1.3	0.7
95	Kansas State	Big 8	2-4-0	0.33	6.79	-2.83	10.89	2.35	-0.35
96	Villanova	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	6.67	-1.83	4.99	2.55	-0.55
97	Boston College	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	6.56	-6.5	17.35	1.67	0.33
98	Utah State	PCAA	2-4-0	0.33	6.33	-5.83	11.97	2.2	-0.2
99	California	Pac-10	2-4-0	0.33	6.27	-3.5	11.43	2.46	-0.46
100	Rice	Southwest	2-4-0	0.33	6.25	-7.17	14.08	1.73	0.27
101	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-4-0	0.33	6.22	-8.17	14.43	1.81	0.19
102	Marshall	Southern	2-4-0	0.33	6.16	-5.33	7.35	1.84	0.16
103	Iowa	Big Ten	2-4-0	0.33	6.09	-6.17	14.81	1.53	0.47
104	Lamar	Southland	2-4-0	0.33	6.09	-6.67	8.79	1.97	0.03
105	Virginia	ACC	2-4-0	0.33	6.02	-10.83	14.71	1.23	0.77
106	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	6	-6	5.71	1.78	0.22
107	Kentucky	SEC	2-4-0	0.33	5.93	-12	15.42	1.14	0.86
108	Texas A&M	Southwest	2-4-0	0.33	5.89	-14	16.31	1.01	0.99
109	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-4-0	0.33	5.78	-9.5	14.77	1.04	0.96
110	Temple	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	5.55	-6.83	4.55	1.73	0.27
111	Western Carolina	Southern	2-5-0	0.29	5.19	-5.43	7.42	2.31	-0.31
112	Richmond	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	5.11	-7.57	11.09	2.21	-0.21
113	Illinois State	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.61	-10.14	3.45	1.62	0.38
114	William & Mary	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.47	-14.57	14.46	0.66	1.34
115	Toledo	Mid-American	1-5-0	0.17	3.58	-1	12.6	2.78	-1.78
116	Ole Miss	SEC	1-6-0	0.14	3.55	0	17.2	3.5	-2.5
117	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-5-0	0.17	2.82	-4	14.52	2.3	-1.3
118	Cornell	Ivy	1-4-0	0.2	2.69	-12.8	14.23	0.96	0.04
119	Columbia	Ivy	1-4-0	0.2	2.65	-11.4	7.93	0.77	0.23
120	Pennsylvania	Ivy	1-4-0	0.2	2.29	-14.8	0.14	0.64	0.36
121	Duke	ACC	1-5-0	0.17	2.1	-6.83	15.43	1.97	-0.97
122	Air Force	Western Athletic	1-5-1	0.14	2	-11.29	13.02	1.28	-0.28
123	Kent State	Mid-American	1-5-0	0.17	1.9	-13.33	13.21	0.64	0.36
124	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	1.81	-16	17.57	0.51	0.49
125	Arkansas State	Southland	1-5-0	0.17	1.79	-14.33	8.89	0.53	0.47
126	San Diego State	Western Athletic	1-5-0	0.17	1.74	-16.33	12.99	0.63	0.37
127	Memphis	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	1.57	-18.67	7.99	0.56	0.44
128	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-5-0	0.17	1.37	-23.67	6.41	0.17	0.83
129	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-6-0	0.14	1.08	-15.43	13.03	0.98	0.02
130	East Tennessee State	Southern	0-7-0	0	-2.14	-14.43	6.11	0.67	-0.67
131	TCU	Southwest	0-6-0	0	-2.32	-14	17.41	0.83	-0.83
132	Texas-Arlington	Southland	0-6-0	0	-2.34	-17	10.47	1.11	-1.11
133	Oklahoma State	Big 8	0-5-0	0	-2.48	-16.8	19.69	0.68	-0.68
134	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	0-6-0	0	-2.52	-18.83	16.58	0.54	-0.54
135	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-7-0	0	-2.83	-29.29	13.68	0.27	-0.27
136	Oregon State	Pac-10	0-5-0	0	-2.85	-27.8	15.89	0.12	-0.12
137	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-5-0	0	-2.89	-27.8	18.69	0.15	-0.15
138	Colorado	Big 8	0-6-0	0	-2.99	-30.67	19.22	0.55	-0.55