1981 FINAL CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:29.488124+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Clemson	ACC	12-0-0	1	24.71	19.42	9.99	11.29	0.71
2	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	11-1-0	0.92	23.41	18.75	12.82	10.67	0.33
3	Texas	Southwest	10-1-1	0.83	22.63	8.67	12.88	9.22	0.78
4	SMU	Southwest	10-1-0	0.91	22.51	20.73	8.67	10.02	-0.02
5	Penn State	FBS Independents	10-2-0	0.83	21.74	17.42	15.45	10.52	-0.52
6	Yale	Ivy	9-1-0	0.9	21.66	13.8	6.83	8.28	0.72
7	BYU	Western Athletic	11-2-0	0.85	21.32	19	9.86	10.82	0.18
8	Georgia	SEC	10-2-0	0.83	21.19	20.83	11.05	11.2	-1.2
9	North Carolina	ACC	10-2-0	0.83	20.97	18.75	10.54	10.77	-0.77
10	Arizona State	Pac-10	9-2-0	0.82	20.93	18.27	11.69	9.29	-0.29
11	Miami	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	20.8	9.09	14.06	8.54	0.46
12	Drake	Missouri Valley	10-1-0	0.91	20.78	5.09	4.4	7.09	2.91
13	Alabama	SEC	9-2-1	0.75	20.63	12.08	11.46	9.98	-0.98
14	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	9-2-1	0.75	20.54	16.42	9.85	11.06	-2.06
15	Washington	Pac-10	10-2-0	0.83	20.37	9.17	10.09	9.17	0.83
16	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	9-2-0	0.82	20.22	18	7.49	9.9	-0.9
17	Nebraska	Big 8	9-3-0	0.75	19.78	19.92	13.89	11.12	-2.12
18	Utah	Western Athletic	8-2-1	0.73	19.45	10.36	7.86	8.13	-0.13
19	Michigan	Big Ten	9-3-0	0.75	19.33	16.08	12.37	10.38	-1.38
20	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	8-2-1	0.73	19.29	4.09	10.85	7.12	0.88
21	USC	Pac-10	9-3-0	0.75	19.08	10.33	12.45	9.43	-0.43
22	Ohio State	Big Ten	9-3-0	0.75	18.87	11.17	11.05	8.79	0.21
23	West Virginia	FBS Independents	9-3-0	0.75	18.81	10.75	10.88	9.69	-0.69
24	Toledo	Mid-American	9-3-0	0.75	18.54	8.33	10.18	9	0
25	Wyoming	Western Athletic	8-3-0	0.73	18.46	12.82	10.6	8.55	-0.55
26	San José State	PCAA	9-3-0	0.75	18.28	10.5	7.35	8.66	0.34
27	Washington State	Pac-10	8-3-1	0.67	18.08	8.33	10.1	8.71	-0.71
28	Furman	Southern	8-3-0	0.73	17.36	7.55	5.59	7.56	0.44
29	Iowa	Big Ten	8-4-0	0.67	17.16	8.58	12.75	9.21	-1.21
30	Missouri	Big 8	8-4-0	0.67	17.07	9.75	11.7	9.44	-1.44
31	McNeese	Southland	7-3-1	0.64	17.05	10.82	6.27	8.29	-1.29
32	Arkansas	Southwest	8-4-0	0.67	16.98	8.83	11.33	8.62	-0.62
33	Oklahoma	Big 8	7-4-1	0.58	16.78	12.33	13.42	9.53	-2.53
34	Mississippi State	SEC	8-4-0	0.67	16.74	6.25	11.78	8.85	-0.85
35	The Citadel	Southern	7-3-1	0.64	16.71	9.18	4.62	8.48	-1.48
36	UCLA	Pac-10	7-4-1	0.58	16.6	8.75	13.62	8.8	-1.8
37	Chattanooga	Southern	7-3-1	0.64	16.19	4.09	4.6	6.98	0.02
38	Houston	Southwest	7-4-1	0.58	16.12	5.33	12.89	8.13	-1.13
39	Colgate	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	16.11	8.7	0.58	7.46	-0.46
40	Central Michigan	Mid-American	7-4-0	0.64	16.06	8.36	10.02	8.57	-1.57
41	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	16.03	9.45	9.13	8.84	-1.84
42	Navy	FBS Independents	7-4-1	0.58	15.7	5.08	9.57	7.97	-0.97
43	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	7-4-0	0.64	15.68	3.09	12.13	6.46	0.54
44	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	7-4-0	0.64	15.64	5.45	8.99	7.36	-0.36
45	VMI	Southern	6-3-1	0.6	15.33	0.9	8.72	5.33	0.67
46	Florida	SEC	7-5-0	0.58	15.11	9.83	12.05	9.37	-2.37
47	Kansas	Big 8	8-4-0	0.67	14.83	-0.58	11.23	5.74	2.26
48	Texas A&M	Southwest	7-5-0	0.58	14.65	6.42	10.97	8.18	-1.18
49	Dartmouth	Ivy	6-4-0	0.6	14.65	7.1	6.67	7.29	-1.29
50	Wisconsin	Big Ten	7-5-0	0.58	14.54	4.08	12.62	7.41	-0.41
51	Illinois	Big Ten	7-4-0	0.64	14.53	-0.09	12.48	5.48	1.52
52	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	6-5-0	0.55	14.48	9.82	12.85	8.13	-2.13
53	Tennessee	SEC	8-4-0	0.67	14.17	-1.75	9.73	5.41	2.59
54	San Diego State	Western Athletic	6-5-0	0.55	13.79	4.73	11.19	6.82	-0.82
55	Tulane	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.73	6.27	8.94	7.88	-1.88
56	Harvard	Ivy	5-4-1	0.5	13.66	4.5	8.29	6.34	-1.34
57	Arizona	Pac-10	6-5-0	0.55	13.55	4.36	9.44	6.84	-0.84
58	Western Michigan	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	13.41	3.27	9.77	6.73	-0.73
59	Arkansas State	Southland	6-5-0	0.55	13.21	1.64	11.43	6.2	-0.2
60	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	12.88	3.18	5.02	6.47	-0.47
61	Minnesota	Big Ten	6-5-0	0.55	12.86	0.91	10.53	5.74	0.26
62	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	5-5-1	0.45	12.71	7.55	8.63	7.98	-2.98
63	Oklahoma State	Big 8	7-5-0	0.58	12.42	-1.58	11.87	5.35	1.65
64	Bowling Green	Mid-American	5-5-1	0.45	12.1	2.09	10.36	6.53	-1.53
65	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	11.92	6.55	12.97	7.78	-2.78
66	South Carolina	FBS Independents	6-6-0	0.5	11.64	0.25	13.05	6.1	-0.1
67	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	11.63	-1.45	10.25	4.92	1.08
68	Duke	ACC	6-5-0	0.55	11.61	-1.82	11.23	4.91	1.09
69	Florida State	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	11.37	-4.18	13.93	4.37	1.63
70	Texas-Arlington	Southland	6-5-0	0.55	11.04	-4.36	10.41	4.14	1.86
71	Auburn	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	11.03	1.82	11.79	6.24	-1.24
72	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	10.9	5.27	3.62	6.83	-1.83
73	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	10.89	1.27	12.13	5.86	-0.86
74	Temple	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	10.75	-1.4	12.91	4.56	0.44
75	Utah State	PCAA	5-5-1	0.45	10.64	-0.55	7.57	5.31	-0.31
76	East Tennessee State	Southern	6-5-0	0.55	10.63	-3.73	4.82	4.25	1.75
77	Baylor	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	10.62	0.64	11.96	5.68	-0.68
78	Iowa State	Big 8	5-5-1	0.45	10.45	-2.64	13.23	4.58	0.42
79	Princeton	Ivy	5-4-1	0.5	10.41	-7.2	4.48	3.46	1.54
80	Purdue	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	10.29	0.09	11.93	5.53	-0.53
81	Maryland	ACC	4-6-1	0.36	10.29	3.45	12.17	6.65	-2.65
82	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	4-6-1	0.36	9.66	1.64	9.44	5.97	-1.97
83	UNLV	FBS Independents	6-6-0	0.5	9.61	-8.92	12.72	4.05	1.95
84	Stanford	Pac-10	4-7-0	0.36	9.36	3	13.13	6.22	-2.22
85	Ohio	Mid-American	5-6-0	0.45	9.13	-2.64	10.9	4.72	0.28
86	Louisville	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.92	-2.91	8.84	4.45	0.55
87	East Carolina	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.89	-4.36	11.88	4.34	0.66
88	Boston College	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.87	-5	12.77	4.2	0.8
89	Fresno State	PCAA	5-6-0	0.45	8.73	-3.18	6.84	4.69	0.31
90	Rutgers	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.65	-6.27	11.78	3.06	1.94
91	Pacific	PCAA	5-6-0	0.45	8.54	-7.55	12.11	3.08	1.92
92	Syracuse	FBS Independents	4-6-1	0.36	8.48	-1.55	13.93	5.07	-1.07
93	William & Mary	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.41	-7.82	10.46	3.23	1.77
94	Louisiana Tech	Southland	4-6-1	0.36	7.77	-3.27	9.27	4.46	-0.46
95	New Mexico	Western Athletic	4-7-1	0.33	7.77	-0.5	10.57	5.81	-1.81
96	App State	Southern	3-7-1	0.27	7.69	3.18	7.88	6.53	-3.53
97	Richmond	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	7.48	-0.91	8.84	5.22	-1.22
98	Lamar	Southland	4-6-1	0.36	7.47	-3.73	5.62	4.14	-0.14
99	Ole Miss	SEC	4-6-1	0.36	7.23	-10.64	13.4	2.43	1.57
100	NC State	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	7.02	-3.73	13.07	4.2	-0.2
101	Kent State	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	7.01	-2.55	8.91	4.36	-0.36
102	Vanderbilt	SEC	4-7-0	0.36	6.68	-6.36	13.49	3.7	0.3
103	Ball State	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	6.61	-5.55	10.32	3.46	0.54
104	Western Carolina	Southern	4-7-0	0.36	6.46	-5.73	7.83	3.99	0.01
105	Air Force	Western Athletic	4-7-0	0.36	6.44	-7.36	10.78	3.14	0.86
106	Wake Forest	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	6.06	-13.45	11.66	2.48	1.52
107	Rice	Southwest	4-7-0	0.36	6.05	-14.91	13.14	1.98	2.02
108	Illinois State	Missouri Valley	3-7-0	0.3	5.18	-4.5	5.17	3.45	-0.45
109	Army	FBS Independents	3-7-1	0.27	5.12	-7.82	12.58	2.48	0.52
110	LSU	SEC	3-7-1	0.27	4.93	-9.36	10.93	2.69	0.31
111	Brown	Ivy	3-7-0	0.3	4.76	-9.7	7.34	2.38	0.62
112	Cornell	Ivy	3-7-0	0.3	4.72	-10.8	8.02	2.14	0.86
113	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	4.62	-5.18	9.81	3.6	-0.6
114	Kentucky	SEC	3-8-0	0.27	4.49	-8	14.43	2.55	0.45
115	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	3-8-0	0.27	4.33	-6.64	6.49	3.55	-0.55
116	Indiana	Big Ten	3-8-0	0.27	4.06	-13.55	13.22	1.72	1.28
117	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	3.99	-11.73	7.63	2.14	0.86
118	Colorado	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	3.94	-16.45	14.08	1.36	1.64
119	TCU	Southwest	2-7-2	0.18	3.46	-6.27	13.1	3.84	-1.84
120	Long Beach State	PCAA	2-8-0	0.2	2.78	-8.2	11.6	2.62	-0.62
121	California	Pac-10	2-9-0	0.18	2.41	-8.18	16	3.2	-1.2
122	Oregon	Pac-10	2-9-0	0.18	2.34	-8.36	12.71	2.74	-0.74
123	North Texas	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.12	-11.27	12.57	1.59	0.41
124	Kansas State	Big 8	2-9-0	0.18	2.08	-12.09	13.09	2.16	-0.16
125	Marshall	Southern	2-9-0	0.18	1.77	-17.27	9.76	0.75	1.25
126	Louisiana	Southland	1-9-1	0.09	0.48	-8.55	9.53	2.45	-1.45
127	Texas Tech	Southwest	1-9-1	0.09	0.45	-9.09	13.27	3.03	-2.03
128	Columbia	Ivy	1-9-0	0.1	0.2	-12.7	8.89	1.48	-0.48
129	Memphis	FBS Independents	1-10-0	0.09	0.05	-11.55	11.48	1.08	-0.08
130	Virginia	ACC	1-10-0	0.09	0.01	-12.18	13.67	1.69	-0.69
131	Pennsylvania	Ivy	1-9-0	0.1	-0.09	-19.1	5.77	1.08	-0.08
132	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	1-10-0	0.09	-0.23	-16.82	14.74	1.13	-0.13
133	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-10-0	0.09	-0.57	-26.82	10.51	0.75	0.25
134	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-10-0	0.09	-0.65	-29.45	11.8	0.64	0.36
135	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0-11-0	0	-2.45	-22.73	9.29	0.44	-0.44
136	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-12-0	0	-2.72	-28.17	14.71	0.79	-0.79
137	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-11-0	0	-2.96	-38.45	14.64	0.15	-0.15