1980 W9 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:29.259209+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	North Carolina	ACC	7-0-0	1	25.88	20.14	11.89	6.82	0.18
2	UCLA	Pac-10	6-0-0	1	25.73	23.33	10.65	5.69	0.31
3	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	25.67	15	11.96	5.16	0.84
4	Alabama	SEC	7-0-0	1	25.6	28.43	9.37	6.8	0.2
5	USC	Pac-10	5-0-1	0.83	25.48	8.17	13.25	4.6	0.4
6	Baylor	Southwest	7-0-0	1	25.32	20.14	9.04	6.44	0.56
7	Georgia	SEC	7-0-0	1	24.71	21.86	5.83	6.71	0.29
8	Florida State	FBS Independents	7-1-0	0.88	23.49	24.5	13.45	7.73	-0.73
9	South Carolina	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	22.63	25.43	11.1	6.74	-0.74
10	Penn State	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	22.6	12.86	14.04	5.83	0.17
11	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	22.59	13.14	12.74	5.66	0.34
12	Nebraska	Big 8	6-1-0	0.86	22.57	35.14	9.5	6.91	-0.91
13	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-1-0	0.86	22.56	21.57	11.51	6.51	-0.51
14	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	22.48	17.71	12.09	6.36	-0.36
15	BYU	Western Athletic	6-1-0	0.86	22.14	21	9.51	5.97	0.03
16	Missouri	Big 8	6-1-0	0.86	21.69	23.29	6.38	6.57	-0.57
17	Texas	Southwest	5-1-0	0.83	21.44	10.83	10.67	4.65	0.35
18	Furman	Southern	6-1-0	0.86	21.2	6.43	9.01	4.61	1.39
19	Florida	SEC	5-1-0	0.83	21.09	12.5	9.63	5.13	-0.13
20	McNeese	Southland	6-1-0	0.86	20.58	9.86	3.66	5.32	0.68
21	Yale	Ivy	5-1-0	0.83	19.66	8.17	2.88	4.54	0.46
22	Mississippi State	SEC	6-2-0	0.75	19.04	4.5	12.96	4.9	1.1
23	Iowa State	Big 8	5-2-0	0.71	18.88	15.14	10.83	5.96	-0.96
24	SMU	Southwest	5-2-0	0.71	18.63	10.86	12.42	5.42	-0.42
25	Drake	Missouri Valley	6-2-0	0.75	18.56	13.12	4.97	6.33	-0.33
26	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	18.52	14.5	2.98	7.41	-1.41
27	Chattanooga	Southern	6-2-0	0.75	18.47	9	6.05	5.89	0.11
28	The Citadel	Southern	6-2-0	0.75	18.45	13.38	4.1	6.89	-0.89
29	Western Michigan	Mid-American	6-2-0	0.75	18.44	8.75	6.06	6.03	-0.03
30	UNLV	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.44	14.29	8.26	5.42	-0.42
31	Michigan	Big Ten	5-2-0	0.71	18.38	12.14	10.22	5.46	-0.46
32	Purdue	Big Ten	5-2-0	0.71	18.33	7.29	12.28	4.93	0.07
33	Navy	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.06	15.29	6.88	6.42	-1.42
34	Wyoming	Western Athletic	5-2-0	0.71	17.93	8	9.09	4.76	0.24
35	Washington	Pac-10	5-2-0	0.71	17.92	12.43	5.53	5.49	-0.49
36	Oklahoma	Big 8	4-2-0	0.67	17.8	14.5	11.99	4.64	-0.64
37	LSU	SEC	5-2-0	0.71	17.71	3.71	10.77	4.55	0.45
38	Miami	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.66	8.33	13.15	4.42	-0.42
39	Central Michigan	Mid-American	6-2-0	0.75	17.61	2.62	5.65	4.96	1.04
40	Indiana	Big Ten	5-2-0	0.71	17.6	11.14	5.21	5.35	-0.35
41	Arkansas	Southwest	4-2-0	0.67	17.59	10	10.38	4.61	-0.61
42	Arizona State	Pac-10	4-2-0	0.67	17.53	9.83	12.19	4.34	-0.34
43	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	5-2-0	0.71	17.52	4.57	9.1	4.48	0.52
44	Harvard	Ivy	4-2-0	0.67	16.01	2	6.15	3.5	0.5
45	App State	Southern	5-3-0	0.62	15.99	12	6.55	6.43	-1.43
46	Stanford	Pac-10	5-3-0	0.62	15.94	3.25	14.55	4.58	0.42
47	Brown	Ivy	4-2-0	0.67	15.91	4.33	4.56	3.62	0.38
48	Tulane	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	15.81	8.12	8.61	5.63	-0.63
49	Oregon	Pac-10	3-2-2	0.43	15.7	5.71	14.2	4.77	-1.77
50	Rutgers	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	15.13	13.14	7.96	6.01	-2.01
51	Syracuse	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	14.38	3.29	11.63	4.13	-0.13
52	Ohio	Mid-American	4-3-0	0.57	14.28	6	7.33	4.82	-0.82
53	North Texas	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	14.24	4.43	7.93	4.32	-0.32
54	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	5-3-0	0.62	14.05	-0.62	12.2	3.83	1.17
55	NC State	ACC	4-3-0	0.57	13.9	0.43	15.4	3.59	0.41
56	Clemson	ACC	4-3-0	0.57	13.78	0.57	11.16	3.63	0.37
57	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	13.69	1.86	5.78	3.79	0.21
58	Louisiana	Southland	4-3-0	0.57	13.65	1.57	9.63	3.91	0.09
59	Maryland	ACC	5-3-0	0.62	13.52	-2.62	13.09	3.13	1.87
60	San José State	PCAA	4-3-0	0.57	13.51	2.29	6.21	3.92	0.08
61	Auburn	SEC	4-3-0	0.57	13.34	0.43	8.12	3.58	0.42
62	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	4-3-0	0.57	13.2	0	8.83	3.5	0.5
63	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	4-3-0	0.57	13.08	0.43	5.36	3.61	0.39
64	Houston	Southwest	4-3-0	0.57	13.03	-1.29	16.87	3.17	0.83
65	West Virginia	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	13.03	3.75	11.6	4.68	-0.68
66	Louisiana Tech	Southland	4-3-0	0.57	13	0.71	3.66	3.66	0.34
67	Texas Tech	Southwest	3-3-0	0.5	12.64	2	12.46	3.45	-0.45
68	Utah	Western Athletic	4-3-1	0.5	12.41	-1.38	9.7	3.73	0.27
69	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	4-3-0	0.57	12.18	-5	13.75	2.56	1.44
70	Wake Forest	ACC	3-4-0	0.43	11.66	3.71	14.34	4.44	-1.44
71	Long Beach State	PCAA	4-3-0	0.57	11.65	-3	7.3	2.95	1.05
72	Tennessee	SEC	3-4-0	0.43	11.52	1.71	17.76	3.88	-0.88
73	Colgate	FBS Independents	3-3-1	0.43	11.42	1.57	2.97	3.78	-0.78
74	Colorado State	Western Athletic	4-3-1	0.5	11.17	-12.5	11.43	1.86	2.14
75	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	4-3-0	0.57	11.11	-2.14	-0.57	3.11	0.89
76	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	3-4-0	0.43	10.99	2.43	12.53	4.07	-1.07
77	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	3-4-0	0.43	10.79	2.29	9.37	3.92	-0.92
78	New Mexico	Western Athletic	4-4-0	0.5	10.68	-2.88	13.95	3.48	0.52
79	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	4-4-0	0.5	10.26	-4.25	9.46	3.16	0.84
80	Princeton	Ivy	3-3-0	0.5	9.83	-6.33	10.8	1.74	1.26
81	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-5-0	0.38	9.65	2.88	6.79	4.87	-1.87
82	Ball State	Mid-American	3-4-0	0.43	9.44	-1.29	11.57	3.2	-0.2
83	Villanova	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	9.37	0	5.26	3.5	-0.5
84	Boston College	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	9.01	-3.29	15.91	2.72	0.28
85	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	3-4-0	0.43	8.83	-2.71	8.44	2.91	0.09
86	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-4-0	0.43	8.69	-4.43	14.18	2.68	0.32
87	Utah State	PCAA	3-4-0	0.43	8.69	-3	10.51	2.95	0.05
88	Louisville	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	8.52	-5.86	10.98	2.16	0.84
89	Rice	Southwest	3-4-0	0.43	8.47	-5.57	13.01	2.23	0.77
90	Dartmouth	Ivy	2-4-0	0.33	8.33	2.67	4.17	3.61	-1.61
91	East Carolina	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	8.22	-11.57	14.03	1.6	1.4
92	Virginia	ACC	3-4-0	0.43	8.2	-8.86	13.96	1.78	1.22
93	Illinois	Big Ten	3-4-1	0.38	8.18	-9.12	10.34	2.3	0.7
94	Temple	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	8.04	-3.57	2.78	2.67	0.33
95	Kansas	Big 8	2-3-2	0.29	7.77	-7.29	14.18	1.72	0.28
96	Richmond	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	7.33	-5.25	12.98	2.9	0.1
97	Fresno State	PCAA	3-5-0	0.38	7.14	-6.5	8.73	2.49	0.51
98	VMI	Southern	3-5-0	0.38	7.03	-8.62	10.47	1.76	1.24
99	Pacific	PCAA	3-5-0	0.38	6.88	-9.75	9.1	1.8	1.2
100	Washington State	Pac-10	2-5-0	0.29	6.66	-0.29	11.43	3.46	-1.46
101	Illinois State	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	6.64	-7.75	5.43	2.14	0.86
102	Ole Miss	SEC	2-6-0	0.25	6.59	1.62	14.55	4.3	-2.3
103	Army	FBS Independents	2-4-1	0.29	6.28	-4.71	9	2.54	-0.54
104	Arizona	Pac-10	2-4-0	0.33	6.09	-8.5	14.02	1.37	0.63
105	Marshall	Southern	2-4-1	0.29	6.09	-4.57	7.12	2.3	-0.3
106	Cornell	Ivy	2-4-0	0.33	5.63	-10	12.77	1.31	0.69
107	Kansas State	Big 8	2-5-0	0.29	5.58	-3.86	12.16	2.41	-0.41
108	California	Pac-10	2-5-0	0.29	5.27	-6.29	12.86	2.38	-0.38
109	Western Carolina	Southern	2-5-1	0.25	5.17	-4.75	7.37	2.76	-0.76
110	Iowa	Big Ten	2-5-0	0.29	5.06	-7.86	11.78	1.43	0.57
111	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-5-0	0.29	4.94	-11.14	15.55	0.87	1.13
112	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.85	-7.71	5.76	1.66	0.34
113	Texas A&M	Southwest	2-5-0	0.29	4.85	-12.57	15.29	1.2	0.8
114	Lamar	Southland	2-5-0	0.29	4.84	-9.71	9.52	1.82	0.18
115	Kentucky	SEC	2-5-0	0.29	4.82	-14.14	16.95	0.97	1.03
116	Kent State	Mid-American	2-5-0	0.29	4.81	-8.14	11.79	1.67	0.33
117	William & Mary	FBS Independents	2-6-0	0.25	3.71	-13.25	11.21	0.76	1.24
118	Toledo	Mid-American	1-6-0	0.14	2.24	-3	12.91	2.76	-1.76
119	Air Force	Western Athletic	1-5-1	0.14	1.96	-11.29	13.52	1.28	-0.28
120	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-6-0	0.14	1.92	-5	15.37	2.56	-1.56
121	Columbia	Ivy	1-5-0	0.17	1.89	-11.67	7.82	1.05	-0.05
122	Pennsylvania	Ivy	1-5-0	0.17	1.72	-13.67	4.25	0.68	0.32
123	Duke	ACC	1-6-0	0.14	1.71	-6.29	14.31	2.34	-1.34
124	Arkansas State	Southland	1-6-0	0.14	1.13	-13.43	10.23	0.94	0.06
125	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	1.05	-16.14	16.9	0.65	0.35
126	San Diego State	Western Athletic	1-6-0	0.14	0.96	-17.57	14.31	0.65	0.35
127	Memphis	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	0.87	-19	10.45	0.55	0.45
128	Texas-Arlington	Southland	1-6-0	0.14	0.86	-14.43	11.08	1.5	-0.5
129	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-6-0	0.14	0.69	-23.57	6.79	0.24	0.76
130	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-7-0	0.12	0.66	-13.62	13.13	1.37	-0.37
131	East Tennessee State	Southern	0-8-0	0	-2.14	-14.12	7.84	0.86	-0.86
132	Oklahoma State	Big 8	0-5-1	0	-2.31	-14	17.48	0.98	-0.98
133	TCU	Southwest	0-7-0	0	-2.32	-14.14	18.23	0.88	-0.88
134	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	0-7-0	0	-2.45	-18.43	14	0.6	-0.6
135	Oregon State	Pac-10	0-6-0	0	-2.73	-24.83	15.8	0.27	-0.27
136	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-6-0	0	-2.76	-25.33	16.67	0.25	-0.25
137	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-8-0	0	-2.77	-27.5	14.04	0.41	-0.41
138	Colorado	Big 8	0-7-0	0	-3.01	-31.71	19.74	0.53	-0.53