1981 W12 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:29.485043+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	10-0-0	1	25.63	25.5	11.72	9.59	0.41
2	Clemson	ACC	11-0-0	1	24.95	20.55	9.16	10.47	0.53
3	Georgia	SEC	9-1-0	0.9	23.16	21.7	11.43	9.47	-0.47
4	SMU	Southwest	10-1-0	0.91	22.9	20.73	9.13	10.02	-0.02
5	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	8-1-1	0.8	22.49	16.8	9.5	9.42	-1.42
6	Alabama	SEC	8-1-1	0.8	22.48	13.6	10.88	8.58	-0.58
7	Texas	Southwest	8-1-1	0.8	22.46	9.4	12.4	7.8	0.2
8	Yale	Ivy	9-1-0	0.9	21.98	13.8	6.91	8.28	0.72
9	Nebraska	Big 8	9-2-0	0.82	21.68	22.36	13.56	10.42	-1.42
10	Penn State	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	21.16	15.9	14.79	8.6	-0.6
11	BYU	Western Athletic	10-2-0	0.83	21.12	20.42	9.32	10.26	-0.26
12	USC	Pac-10	9-2-0	0.82	21.07	12.73	12.49	9.17	-0.17
13	Drake	Missouri Valley	10-1-0	0.91	21.05	5.09	4.45	7.09	2.91
14	North Carolina	ACC	9-2-0	0.82	21.01	20.09	10.09	10.12	-1.12
15	Arizona State	Pac-10	8-2-0	0.8	20.86	19	12.13	8.47	-0.47
16	Miami	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	20.61	7.8	14.7	7.53	0.47
17	Washington	Pac-10	9-2-0	0.82	20.19	7.45	9.53	7.88	1.12
18	Washington State	Pac-10	8-2-1	0.73	19.95	9.27	9.15	8.4	-0.4
19	Utah	Western Athletic	8-2-1	0.73	19.79	10.36	7.73	8.13	-0.13
20	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	7-2-0	0.78	19.6	13.56	7.97	7.64	-0.64
21	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	8-2-1	0.73	19.55	4.09	10.81	7.12	0.88
22	San José State	PCAA	8-2-0	0.8	19.55	11.6	6.32	7.39	0.61
23	Michigan	Big Ten	8-3-0	0.73	19.22	15.82	12.35	9.5	-1.5
24	Iowa	Big Ten	8-3-0	0.73	18.99	11.91	12.93	9.24	-1.24
25	Wyoming	Western Athletic	8-3-0	0.73	18.75	12.82	10.87	8.55	-0.55
26	Ohio State	Big Ten	8-3-0	0.73	18.73	11.91	11.17	8.23	-0.23
27	Arkansas	Southwest	8-3-0	0.73	18.65	10	10.83	8.24	-0.24
28	West Virginia	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.61	9.91	10.5	8.65	-0.65
29	UCLA	Pac-10	7-3-1	0.64	18.42	11.27	13.35	8.71	-1.71
30	Toledo	Mid-American	8-3-0	0.73	18.24	8.91	9.28	8.5	-0.5
31	Furman	Southern	8-3-0	0.73	17.7	7.55	5.72	7.56	0.44
32	Navy	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	17.32	6.4	8.95	7	0
33	McNeese	Southland	7-3-1	0.64	17.28	10.82	6.28	8.29	-1.29
34	Houston	Southwest	6-3-1	0.6	17.12	5.3	13.74	6.91	-0.91
35	The Citadel	Southern	7-3-1	0.64	16.97	9.18	5.02	8.48	-1.48
36	Oklahoma State	Big 8	7-3-0	0.7	16.92	2.2	11.32	5.78	1.22
37	Kansas	Big 8	8-3-0	0.73	16.83	0.27	10.89	5.6	2.4
38	Missouri	Big 8	7-4-0	0.64	16.69	10.45	11.37	8.83	-1.83
39	Chattanooga	Southern	7-3-1	0.64	16.51	4.09	4.62	6.98	0.02
40	Colgate	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	16.41	8.7	1.1	7.46	-0.46
41	Mississippi State	SEC	7-4-0	0.64	16.35	5.91	11.8	7.87	-0.87
42	Wisconsin	Big Ten	7-4-0	0.64	16.28	5.09	12.81	7.13	-0.13
43	Central Michigan	Mid-American	7-4-0	0.64	16.2	8.36	9.62	8.57	-1.57
44	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	7-4-0	0.64	15.85	5.45	8.85	7.36	-0.36
45	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	7-4-0	0.64	15.82	3.09	12.08	6.46	0.54
46	Florida	SEC	6-4-0	0.6	15.75	10.6	11.58	7.95	-1.95
47	VMI	Southern	6-3-1	0.6	15.52	0.9	8.95	5.33	0.67
48	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	15.5	8.7	10.16	7.78	-1.78
49	San Diego State	Western Athletic	6-4-0	0.6	15.35	5.7	12.47	6.41	-0.41
50	Texas A&M	Southwest	6-4-0	0.6	15.21	6.8	10.14	6.93	-0.93
51	Oklahoma	Big 8	5-4-1	0.5	15.05	9.8	13.37	7.41	-2.41
52	Arizona	Pac-10	6-4-0	0.6	15.04	5.9	8.6	6.61	-0.61
53	Dartmouth	Ivy	6-4-0	0.6	14.82	7.1	6.67	7.29	-1.29
54	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	6-5-0	0.55	14.75	9.82	12.84	8.13	-2.13
55	Illinois	Big Ten	7-4-0	0.64	14.73	-0.09	13.08	5.48	1.52
56	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	14.23	3.9	4.59	6.1	-0.1
57	Harvard	Ivy	5-4-1	0.5	13.9	4.5	8.05	6.34	-1.34
58	South Carolina	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.79	2.36	12.68	6.33	-0.33
59	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	13.58	9.4	13.01	7.93	-2.93
60	Western Michigan	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	13.54	3.27	9.86	6.73	-0.73
61	Florida State	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	13.4	-1.4	14.47	4.66	1.34
62	Arkansas State	Southland	6-5-0	0.55	13.38	1.64	12.06	6.2	-0.2
63	Minnesota	Big Ten	6-5-0	0.55	13.12	0.91	10.66	5.74	0.26
64	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	5-5-1	0.45	12.85	7.55	8.84	7.98	-2.98
65	Auburn	SEC	5-5-0	0.5	12.59	3.1	11.23	6.18	-1.18
66	Tennessee	SEC	6-4-0	0.6	12.52	-3.2	9.52	4.03	1.97
67	Tulane	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	12.35	2.8	9.52	6.08	-1.08
68	Bowling Green	Mid-American	5-5-1	0.45	12.34	2.09	10.4	6.53	-1.53
69	Duke	ACC	6-5-0	0.55	11.9	-1.82	11.63	4.91	1.09
70	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	11.87	-1.45	10.49	4.92	1.08
71	Texas-Arlington	Southland	6-5-0	0.55	11.19	-4.36	11.09	4.14	1.86
72	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	11.17	1.27	12.74	5.86	-0.86
73	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	11.13	5.27	3.64	6.83	-1.83
74	Temple	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	11.07	-1.4	13.39	4.56	0.44
75	Baylor	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	10.92	0.64	12.83	5.68	-0.68
76	East Tennessee State	Southern	6-5-0	0.55	10.87	-3.73	5.19	4.25	1.75
77	Utah State	PCAA	5-5-1	0.45	10.82	-0.55	7.84	5.31	-0.31
78	Iowa State	Big 8	5-5-1	0.45	10.69	-2.64	13.34	4.58	0.42
79	Purdue	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	10.53	0.09	12.26	5.53	-0.53
80	Princeton	Ivy	5-4-1	0.5	10.5	-7.2	4.53	3.46	1.54
81	Maryland	ACC	4-6-1	0.36	10.33	3.45	12.35	6.65	-2.65
82	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	4-6-1	0.36	9.8	1.64	9.38	5.97	-1.97
83	Stanford	Pac-10	4-7-0	0.36	9.45	3	13.65	6.22	-2.22
84	Ohio	Mid-American	5-6-0	0.45	9.22	-2.64	11.1	4.72	0.28
85	Lamar	Southland	4-5-1	0.4	9.1	-1	4.2	4.64	-0.64
86	Louisville	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	9.09	-2.91	10.11	4.45	0.55
87	East Carolina	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	9.04	-4.36	12.15	4.34	0.66
88	Rutgers	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.87	-6.27	12.41	3.06	1.94
89	Fresno State	PCAA	5-6-0	0.45	8.8	-3.18	6.91	4.69	0.31
90	Pacific	PCAA	5-6-0	0.45	8.66	-7.55	12.79	3.08	1.92
91	Syracuse	FBS Independents	4-6-1	0.36	8.53	-1.55	13.99	5.07	-1.07
92	UNLV	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.52	-10.36	14.13	3.49	1.51
93	William & Mary	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.5	-7.82	10.91	3.23	1.77
94	New Mexico	Western Athletic	4-7-1	0.33	7.93	-0.5	10.76	5.81	-1.81
95	Louisiana Tech	Southland	4-6-1	0.36	7.91	-3.27	9.62	4.46	-0.46
96	App State	Southern	3-7-1	0.27	7.87	3.18	8.26	6.53	-3.53
97	Boston College	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	7.68	-5.9	13.14	3.6	0.4
98	Vanderbilt	SEC	4-6-0	0.4	7.59	-6.6	13.12	3.21	0.79
99	Ole Miss	SEC	4-6-1	0.36	7.3	-10.64	13.98	2.43	1.57
100	Rice	Southwest	4-6-0	0.4	7.2	-12.7	13.39	2.2	1.8
101	NC State	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	7.18	-3.73	13.37	4.2	-0.2
102	Kent State	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	7.16	-2.55	8.8	4.36	-0.36
103	Ball State	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	6.64	-5.55	10.21	3.46	0.54
104	Western Carolina	Southern	4-7-0	0.36	6.52	-5.73	8.55	3.99	0.01
105	Wake Forest	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	6.19	-13.45	12.49	2.48	1.52
106	Richmond	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	6.12	-1.6	10.15	4.57	-1.57
107	LSU	SEC	3-6-1	0.3	6	-6.2	11.29	3.17	-0.17
108	Illinois State	Missouri Valley	3-7-0	0.3	5.28	-4.5	5.07	3.45	-0.45
109	Army	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	5.12	-8.6	12.18	2.22	0.78
110	Air Force	Western Athletic	3-7-0	0.3	5.07	-8.6	10.29	2.55	0.45
111	Cornell	Ivy	3-7-0	0.3	4.81	-10.8	8.01	2.14	0.86
112	Brown	Ivy	3-7-0	0.3	4.77	-9.7	7.56	2.38	0.62
113	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	4.73	-5.18	9.62	3.6	-0.6
114	Kentucky	SEC	3-8-0	0.27	4.49	-8	14.87	2.55	0.45
115	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	3-8-0	0.27	4.44	-6.64	6.87	3.55	-0.55
116	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	4.08	-11.73	7.64	2.14	0.86
117	Indiana	Big Ten	3-8-0	0.27	4.06	-13.55	13.57	1.72	1.28
118	Colorado	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	3.96	-16.45	15.13	1.36	1.64
119	TCU	Southwest	2-7-2	0.18	3.57	-6.27	13.59	3.84	-1.84
120	Long Beach State	PCAA	2-8-0	0.2	2.84	-8.2	11.25	2.62	-0.62
121	North Texas	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	2.62	-11.2	12.88	1.36	0.64
122	California	Pac-10	2-9-0	0.18	2.49	-8.18	16.71	3.2	-1.2
123	Oregon	Pac-10	2-9-0	0.18	2.29	-8.36	12.98	2.74	-0.74
124	Kansas State	Big 8	2-9-0	0.18	2.13	-12.09	13.47	2.16	-0.16
125	Marshall	Southern	2-9-0	0.18	1.81	-17.27	9.65	0.75	1.25
126	Louisiana	Southland	1-9-1	0.09	0.5	-8.55	10.25	2.45	-1.45
127	Texas Tech	Southwest	1-9-1	0.09	0.47	-9.09	13.7	3.03	-2.03
128	Virginia	ACC	1-9-0	0.1	0.29	-11.7	14.14	1.72	-0.72
129	Columbia	Ivy	1-9-0	0.1	0.21	-12.7	8.95	1.48	-0.48
130	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	1-9-0	0.1	0.1	-14.8	14.47	1.26	-0.26
131	Pennsylvania	Ivy	1-8-0	0.11	0.08	-20.56	5.41	0.9	0.1
132	Memphis	FBS Independents	1-10-0	0.09	0.05	-11.55	12.09	1.08	-0.08
133	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-9-0	0.1	-0.4	-28.8	11.46	0.56	0.44
134	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-10-0	0.09	-0.65	-29.45	12.25	0.64	0.36
135	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0-11-0	0	-2.48	-22.73	9.17	0.44	-0.44
136	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-11-0	0	-2.69	-25.91	14.79	0.88	-0.88
137	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-11-0	0	-3.03	-38.45	15.41	0.15	-0.15