1981 W10 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:29.484153+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	8-0-0	1	25.98	21.5	13.04	7.39	0.61
2	Clemson	ACC	9-0-0	1	25	21.78	8.19	8.64	0.36
3	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	7-0-1	0.88	24.8	15.88	8.31	7.64	-0.64
4	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	7-0-0	1	24.59	19.71	6.36	6.43	0.57
5	Yale	Ivy	8-0-0	1	24.06	14.25	4.92	6.73	1.27
6	Penn State	FBS Independents	7-1-0	0.88	23.21	21.38	13.28	7.44	-0.44
7	Georgia	SEC	8-1-0	0.89	23.2	22.89	11.71	8.6	-0.6
8	Arizona State	Pac-10	7-1-0	0.88	23.07	19.38	12.85	6.84	0.16
9	SMU	Southwest	8-1-0	0.89	22.64	21.11	8.91	8.21	-0.21
10	USC	Pac-10	8-1-0	0.89	22.62	16.56	9.81	7.95	0.05
11	Alabama	SEC	7-1-1	0.78	22.33	13.44	10.31	7.75	-0.75
12	Washington State	Pac-10	7-1-1	0.78	21.92	10.67	9.03	7.02	-0.02
13	Texas	Southwest	6-1-1	0.75	21.87	7	13.03	5.86	0.14
14	Utah	Western Athletic	7-1-1	0.78	21.59	15.44	5.58	7.7	-0.7
15	Nebraska	Big 8	7-2-0	0.78	20.98	22.11	14.05	8.54	-1.54
16	North Carolina	ACC	7-2-0	0.78	20.67	21.89	11.22	8.38	-1.38
17	BYU	Western Athletic	8-2-0	0.8	20.34	20.7	7.53	8.52	-0.52
18	Michigan	Big Ten	7-2-0	0.78	20.3	17.89	10.92	7.9	-0.9
19	Wyoming	Western Athletic	7-2-0	0.78	20.18	15.89	10.67	7.37	-0.37
20	West Virginia	FBS Independents	7-2-0	0.78	20.06	10.56	11.81	7.21	-0.21
21	Arkansas	Southwest	7-2-0	0.78	19.87	13.44	9.49	7.23	-0.23
22	Miami	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	19.85	7.88	16.49	5.96	0.04
23	Drake	Missouri Valley	8-1-0	0.89	19.78	0	6.51	4.5	3.5
24	UCLA	Pac-10	6-2-1	0.67	19.39	12.78	11.25	7.5	-1.5
25	Washington	Pac-10	7-2-0	0.78	19.06	6.56	6.65	6.12	0.88
26	Oklahoma	Big 8	5-2-1	0.62	18.89	15.75	12.83	6.77	-1.77
27	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	18.88	12.5	7.63	6.73	-0.73
28	Furman	Southern	7-2-0	0.78	18.74	9.78	3.74	6.7	0.3
29	McNeese	Southland	6-2-1	0.67	18.74	12.56	7.05	6.94	-0.94
30	San José State	PCAA	6-2-0	0.75	18.61	12.38	5.9	6.03	-0.03
31	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	6-2-1	0.67	18.02	1.56	11.06	4.98	1.02
32	Chattanooga	Southern	6-2-1	0.67	17.95	4.44	6.17	5.84	0.16
33	Missouri	Big 8	6-3-0	0.67	17.72	13.11	12.24	7.65	-1.65
34	Iowa	Big Ten	6-3-0	0.67	17.71	10.22	13.59	7.21	-1.21
35	Mississippi State	SEC	6-3-0	0.67	17.49	6.78	13.1	6.7	-0.7
36	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-3-0	0.67	17.28	6.89	11.47	5.84	0.16
37	Wisconsin	Big Ten	6-3-0	0.67	17.22	6.78	12.34	6.2	-0.2
38	Florida State	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	17.04	3.33	13.27	5.26	0.74
39	Navy	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	16.82	6.44	9.51	6.3	-0.3
40	VMI	Southern	5-2-1	0.62	16.79	1.88	6.46	4.54	0.46
41	Toledo	Mid-American	6-3-0	0.67	16.78	5.56	10.12	6.02	-0.02
42	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	6-3-0	0.67	16.4	1.33	13.36	4.84	1.16
43	Minnesota	Big Ten	6-3-0	0.67	16.33	2.44	10.4	5.07	0.93
44	Houston	Southwest	5-3-1	0.56	16.29	5	15.36	6.08	-1.08
45	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	15.92	6.44	3.03	6.12	-0.12
46	Colgate	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	15.65	7.56	0.11	6.49	-0.49
47	Texas A&M	Southwest	5-3-0	0.62	15.63	5.12	9.91	5.12	-0.12
48	The Citadel	Southern	5-3-1	0.56	15.43	8.22	5.85	6.83	-1.83
49	Iowa State	Big 8	5-3-1	0.56	15.4	1.67	12.29	4.98	0.02
50	Arizona	Pac-10	5-3-0	0.62	15.36	4	9.08	4.9	0.1
51	South Carolina	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	15.31	4.2	11.4	6.35	-0.35
52	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	5-4-0	0.56	15.25	13.11	13.36	7.13	-2.13
53	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	6-4-0	0.6	15.18	5.2	9.28	6.62	-0.62
54	Florida	SEC	5-4-0	0.56	15.14	9.44	13.15	6.96	-1.96
55	Central Michigan	Mid-American	5-4-0	0.56	14.54	7.56	9.52	6.68	-1.68
56	Baylor	Southwest	5-4-0	0.56	14.34	3.56	12.14	5.31	-0.31
57	Kansas	Big 8	6-3-0	0.67	14.27	-3.56	11.87	3.44	2.56
58	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	14.2	10.33	6.07	6.46	-1.46
59	Auburn	SEC	5-4-0	0.56	14.1	4.67	9.82	6.1	-1.1
60	Temple	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	14.07	2.33	11.88	5.15	-0.15
61	Purdue	Big Ten	5-4-0	0.56	14.01	2.44	10.97	5.07	-0.07
62	Arkansas State	Southland	5-4-0	0.56	13.99	2.89	11.45	5.53	-0.53
63	Western Michigan	Mid-American	5-4-0	0.56	13.95	2.44	10.52	5.35	-0.35
64	Harvard	Ivy	4-3-1	0.5	13.94	4.38	6.91	5.05	-1.05
65	Oklahoma State	Big 8	5-3-0	0.62	13.65	-2.38	11.91	3.31	1.69
66	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	13.53	8.62	13.57	6.32	-2.32
67	Utah State	PCAA	5-4-1	0.5	13.47	2	9.2	5.69	-0.69
68	Tennessee	SEC	5-3-0	0.62	13.07	-3.62	11.5	3.12	1.88
69	Duke	ACC	5-4-0	0.56	12.35	-1	11.84	4.24	0.76
70	Dartmouth	Ivy	4-4-0	0.5	12.28	3.25	7.78	4.98	-0.98
71	Illinois	Big Ten	5-4-0	0.56	11.85	-6.56	15.78	3.18	1.82
72	Rutgers	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	11.68	-5.11	11.93	2.8	2.2
73	San Diego State	Western Athletic	4-4-0	0.5	11.66	-0.75	15.86	3.83	0.17
74	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	11.47	-4	10.19	3.34	1.66
75	Michigan State	Big Ten	4-5-0	0.44	11.34	4	11.79	5.47	-1.47
76	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-4-1	0.44	11.29	-0.22	11.1	4.41	-0.41
77	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	4-5-1	0.4	11.16	2	11.54	5.54	-1.54
78	East Tennessee State	Southern	5-4-0	0.56	11.13	-5	5.69	3.19	1.81
79	Tulane	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	10.71	1.22	11	4.93	-0.93
80	East Carolina	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	10.29	-3.8	12.23	4.07	0.93
81	Lamar	Southland	3-4-1	0.38	10.19	1.5	4.5	4.43	-1.43
82	App State	Southern	3-5-1	0.33	10.19	5.89	8.58	5.98	-2.98
83	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	3-5-1	0.33	10.08	3.11	12.38	5.4	-2.4
84	Kent State	Mid-American	4-5-0	0.44	10.02	0.22	8.39	4.58	-0.58
85	Maryland	ACC	3-5-1	0.33	9.57	1.22	12.02	4.84	-1.84
86	Louisville	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	9.49	-1.22	8.69	4.16	-0.16
87	NC State	ACC	4-5-0	0.44	9.39	-2.56	13.29	3.82	0.18
88	Richmond	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	9.3	1.25	11.99	4.29	-1.29
89	UNLV	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	8.53	-11	15.2	2.83	1.17
90	Pacific	PCAA	4-5-0	0.44	8.3	-8.22	11.15	2.21	1.79
91	Texas-Arlington	Southland	4-5-0	0.44	8.3	-8.11	10.81	2.53	1.47
92	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	3-6-0	0.33	7.38	0.11	8.18	4.53	-1.53
93	Princeton	Ivy	3-4-1	0.38	7.35	-12.38	1.82	1.94	1.06
94	Boston College	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	7.23	-6.88	15.1	2.72	0.28
95	LSU	SEC	3-5-1	0.33	7.2	-6	10.8	2.95	0.05
96	Air Force	Western Athletic	3-5-0	0.38	7.04	-6.88	9.75	2.34	0.66
97	Illinois State	Missouri Valley	3-5-0	0.38	6.94	-4.75	3.69	2.78	0.22
98	New Mexico	Western Athletic	3-6-1	0.3	6.89	-1.7	12.28	4.48	-1.48
99	Ole Miss	SEC	3-5-1	0.33	6.82	-12.56	13.62	1.62	1.38
100	Army	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	6.37	-4.22	11.17	3.11	-0.11
101	Ball State	Mid-American	3-6-0	0.33	6.19	-4.89	9.77	3.06	-0.06
102	Ohio	Mid-American	3-6-0	0.33	6.04	-6.56	10.28	2.98	0.02
103	Louisiana Tech	Southland	3-6-1	0.3	5.99	-6.8	10.14	3.13	-0.13
104	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-6-0	0.33	5.91	-8.89	12.52	2.39	0.61
105	Fresno State	PCAA	3-6-0	0.33	5.9	-4.67	6.47	3.54	-0.54
106	TCU	Southwest	2-5-2	0.22	5.75	-2.56	12.49	3.94	-1.94
107	William & Mary	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	5.61	-12.22	11.23	1.66	1.34
108	Rice	Southwest	3-6-0	0.33	5.59	-14.44	13.33	1.79	1.21
109	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	3-6-0	0.33	5.55	-9.44	5.51	2.13	0.87
110	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	3-7-0	0.3	5.05	-7.1	8.56	3	0
111	Wake Forest	ACC	3-7-0	0.3	4.81	-16	14.13	1.84	1.16
112	Syracuse	FBS Independents	2-6-1	0.22	4.81	-3.33	15.36	3.74	-1.74
113	Stanford	Pac-10	2-7-0	0.22	4	-3	17.17	3.91	-1.91
114	Long Beach State	PCAA	2-6-0	0.25	3.91	-9.88	10.97	1.58	0.42
115	California	Pac-10	2-7-0	0.22	3.8	-5.56	17.6	3.2	-1.2
116	Cornell	Ivy	2-6-0	0.25	3.71	-11.38	8.63	1.65	0.35
117	Brown	Ivy	2-6-0	0.25	3.68	-9.38	8	1.89	0.11
118	Kentucky	SEC	2-7-0	0.22	3.24	-8.67	14.91	1.84	0.16
119	Western Carolina	Southern	2-7-0	0.22	3.19	-9.33	10.37	2.55	-0.55
120	Kansas State	Big 8	2-7-0	0.22	3.13	-12.11	14.57	1.75	0.25
121	Indiana	Big Ten	2-7-0	0.22	2.97	-14.56	13.32	1.21	0.79
122	Colorado	Big 8	2-7-0	0.22	2.91	-17.44	16.98	1.06	0.94
123	Marshall	Southern	2-7-0	0.22	2.74	-15.33	11.85	0.58	1.42
124	Texas Tech	Southwest	1-7-1	0.11	1.06	-7.56	13.04	2.9	-1.9
125	Virginia	ACC	1-7-0	0.12	0.94	-9.12	15.35	1.75	-0.75
126	Louisiana	Southland	1-7-1	0.11	0.9	-9.44	8.89	1.92	-0.92
127	Pennsylvania	Ivy	1-6-0	0.14	0.85	-18.14	2.84	0.89	0.11
128	Oregon	Pac-10	1-8-0	0.11	0.72	-9.22	14.49	1.81	-0.81
129	Columbia	Ivy	1-7-0	0.12	0.58	-14.75	9.65	0.93	0.07
130	North Texas	FBS Independents	1-8-0	0.11	0.46	-12.78	12.87	0.94	0.06
131	Memphis	FBS Independents	1-9-0	0.1	0.34	-11	13.07	1.05	-0.05
132	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	1-8-0	0.11	0.3	-15.78	13.18	1.02	-0.02
133	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-8-0	0.11	-0.12	-27	11.44	0.55	0.45
134	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-8-0	0.11	-0.17	-29	12.88	0.55	0.45
135	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0-9-0	0	-2.43	-21.22	8.17	0.48	-0.48
136	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-9-0	0	-2.7	-25.33	14.85	0.79	-0.79
137	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-9-0	0	-2.99	-35.78	15.12	0.13	-0.13