1981 W13 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:29.485490+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Clemson	ACC	11-0-0	1	24.86	20.55	9.15	10.47	0.53
2	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	10-1-0	0.91	23.48	20.09	12.26	9.95	0.05
3	Georgia	SEC	9-1-0	0.9	23.05	21.7	11.25	9.47	-0.47
4	SMU	Southwest	10-1-0	0.91	22.83	20.73	9.04	10.02	-0.02
5	Alabama	SEC	9-1-1	0.82	22.6	13.36	10.86	9.34	-0.34
6	Texas	Southwest	9-1-1	0.82	22.58	9.27	12.21	8.56	0.44
7	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	9-1-1	0.82	22.56	18.09	9.39	10.36	-1.36
8	Yale	Ivy	9-1-0	0.9	21.95	13.8	7.06	8.28	0.72
9	Penn State	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	21.72	17.55	15.36	9.62	-0.62
10	Nebraska	Big 8	9-2-0	0.82	21.62	22.36	13.49	10.42	-1.42
11	Arizona State	Pac-10	9-2-0	0.82	21.23	18.27	12.21	9.29	-0.29
12	Miami	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	21.08	9.09	14.47	8.54	0.46
13	BYU	Western Athletic	10-2-0	0.83	21.04	20.42	9.13	10.26	-0.26
14	Drake	Missouri Valley	10-1-0	0.91	21.03	5.09	4.48	7.09	2.91
15	North Carolina	ACC	9-2-0	0.82	20.96	20.09	10.09	10.12	-1.12
16	USC	Pac-10	9-2-0	0.82	20.92	12.73	11.83	9.17	-0.17
17	Washington	Pac-10	9-2-0	0.82	20.16	7.45	9.56	7.88	1.12
18	San José State	PCAA	9-2-0	0.82	19.92	11.64	6.32	8.17	0.83
19	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	8-2-0	0.8	19.91	17.5	7.17	8.94	-0.94
20	Washington State	Pac-10	8-2-1	0.73	19.82	9.27	9.3	8.4	-0.4
21	Utah	Western Athletic	8-2-1	0.73	19.68	10.36	7.93	8.13	-0.13
22	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	8-2-1	0.73	19.52	4.09	10.94	7.12	0.88
23	Michigan	Big Ten	8-3-0	0.73	19.09	15.82	12.32	9.5	-1.5
24	Iowa	Big Ten	8-3-0	0.73	18.89	11.91	12.44	9.24	-1.24
25	Ohio State	Big Ten	8-3-0	0.73	18.67	11.91	10.98	8.23	-0.23
26	Wyoming	Western Athletic	8-3-0	0.73	18.63	12.82	10.34	8.55	-0.55
27	Arkansas	Southwest	8-3-0	0.73	18.52	10	10.81	8.24	-0.24
28	West Virginia	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.47	9.91	10.49	8.65	-0.65
29	UCLA	Pac-10	7-3-1	0.64	18.34	11.27	13.69	8.71	-1.71
30	Toledo	Mid-American	8-3-0	0.73	18.25	8.91	9.55	8.5	-0.5
31	Houston	Southwest	7-3-1	0.64	17.94	8.18	12.79	8.49	-1.49
32	Furman	Southern	8-3-0	0.73	17.56	7.55	5.62	7.56	0.44
33	McNeese	Southland	7-3-1	0.64	17.27	10.82	6.5	8.29	-1.29
34	Navy	FBS Independents	7-3-1	0.64	17.18	5.82	8.8	7.67	-0.67
35	The Citadel	Southern	7-3-1	0.64	16.92	9.18	4.76	8.48	-1.48
36	Kansas	Big 8	8-3-0	0.73	16.85	0.27	11.09	5.6	2.4
37	Florida	SEC	7-4-0	0.64	16.75	12.55	12	9.19	-2.19
38	Missouri	Big 8	7-4-0	0.64	16.58	10.45	11.37	8.83	-1.83
39	Chattanooga	Southern	7-3-1	0.64	16.4	4.09	4.79	6.98	0.02
40	Colgate	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	16.31	8.7	0.77	7.46	-0.46
41	Central Michigan	Mid-American	7-4-0	0.64	16.24	8.36	10.09	8.57	-1.57
42	Wisconsin	Big Ten	7-4-0	0.64	16.24	5.09	12.68	7.13	-0.13
43	Mississippi State	SEC	7-4-0	0.64	16.22	5.91	11.71	7.87	-0.87
44	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	16.18	9.45	9.1	8.84	-1.84
45	Oklahoma	Big 8	6-4-1	0.55	15.95	11.09	13.68	8.52	-2.52
46	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	7-4-0	0.64	15.86	3.09	12.18	6.46	0.54
47	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	7-4-0	0.64	15.83	5.45	9.11	7.36	-0.36
48	VMI	Southern	6-3-1	0.6	15.49	0.9	8.64	5.33	0.67
49	Dartmouth	Ivy	6-4-0	0.6	14.84	7.1	6.9	7.29	-1.29
50	Illinois	Big Ten	7-4-0	0.64	14.76	-0.09	13.02	5.48	1.52
51	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	6-5-0	0.55	14.71	9.82	13.4	8.13	-2.13
52	Oklahoma State	Big 8	7-4-0	0.64	14.63	-0.18	11.71	5.43	1.57
53	Texas A&M	Southwest	6-5-0	0.55	14.07	5.45	11.03	7.25	-1.25
54	San Diego State	Western Athletic	6-5-0	0.55	14.02	4.73	11.39	6.82	-0.82
55	Tulane	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.87	6.27	9.36	7.88	-1.88
56	Harvard	Ivy	5-4-1	0.5	13.84	4.5	8.5	6.34	-1.34
57	Arizona	Pac-10	6-5-0	0.55	13.78	4.36	9.7	6.84	-0.84
58	South Carolina	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.7	2.36	12.8	6.33	-0.33
59	Western Michigan	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	13.58	3.27	9.97	6.73	-0.73
60	Tennessee	SEC	7-4-0	0.64	13.41	-2.55	9.63	4.71	2.29
61	Arkansas State	Southland	6-5-0	0.55	13.37	1.64	11.59	6.2	-0.2
62	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.07	3.18	4.99	6.47	-0.47
63	Minnesota	Big Ten	6-5-0	0.55	13.04	0.91	10.84	5.74	0.26
64	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	5-5-1	0.45	12.86	7.55	8.75	7.98	-2.98
65	Bowling Green	Mid-American	5-5-1	0.45	12.24	2.09	10.44	6.53	-1.53
66	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	12.13	6.55	13.24	7.78	-2.78
67	Duke	ACC	6-5-0	0.55	11.78	-1.82	11.56	4.91	1.09
68	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	11.77	-1.45	10.28	4.92	1.08
69	Florida State	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	11.63	-4.18	14.56	4.37	1.63
70	Auburn	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	11.21	1.82	11.86	6.24	-1.24
71	Texas-Arlington	Southland	6-5-0	0.55	11.2	-4.36	10.88	4.14	1.86
72	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	11.05	1.27	12.6	5.86	-0.86
73	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	11.05	5.27	3.88	6.83	-1.83
74	Temple	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	10.91	-1.4	13.27	4.56	0.44
75	Utah State	PCAA	5-5-1	0.45	10.78	-0.55	7.81	5.31	-0.31
76	Baylor	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	10.78	0.64	12.45	5.68	-0.68
77	East Tennessee State	Southern	6-5-0	0.55	10.77	-3.73	4.94	4.25	1.75
78	Iowa State	Big 8	5-5-1	0.45	10.6	-2.64	13.69	4.58	0.42
79	Princeton	Ivy	5-4-1	0.5	10.53	-7.2	4.57	3.46	1.54
80	Purdue	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	10.45	0.09	12.39	5.53	-0.53
81	Maryland	ACC	4-6-1	0.36	10.4	3.45	12.21	6.65	-2.65
82	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	4-6-1	0.36	9.76	1.64	9.37	5.97	-1.97
83	UNLV	FBS Independents	6-6-0	0.5	9.68	-8.92	12.85	4.05	1.95
84	Stanford	Pac-10	4-7-0	0.36	9.49	3	13.5	6.22	-2.22
85	Ohio	Mid-American	5-6-0	0.45	9.24	-2.64	10.99	4.72	0.28
86	Louisville	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	9.08	-2.91	9.59	4.45	0.55
87	East Carolina	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.99	-4.36	11.82	4.34	0.66
88	Boston College	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.95	-5	13.24	4.2	0.8
89	Fresno State	PCAA	5-6-0	0.45	8.84	-3.18	7.03	4.69	0.31
90	Rutgers	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.77	-6.27	12.05	3.06	1.94
91	Pacific	PCAA	5-6-0	0.45	8.67	-7.55	12.59	3.08	1.92
92	Syracuse	FBS Independents	4-6-1	0.36	8.59	-1.55	14.17	5.07	-1.07
93	William & Mary	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.5	-7.82	10.42	3.23	1.77
94	Louisiana Tech	Southland	4-6-1	0.36	7.88	-3.27	9.58	4.46	-0.46
95	New Mexico	Western Athletic	4-7-1	0.33	7.86	-0.5	10.56	5.81	-1.81
96	App State	Southern	3-7-1	0.27	7.78	3.18	7.96	6.53	-3.53
97	Lamar	Southland	4-6-1	0.36	7.63	-3.73	5.89	4.14	-0.14
98	Richmond	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	7.52	-0.91	9.07	5.22	-1.22
99	Ole Miss	SEC	4-6-1	0.36	7.32	-10.64	13.52	2.43	1.57
100	NC State	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	7.1	-3.73	13.22	4.2	-0.2
101	Kent State	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	7.09	-2.55	8.97	4.36	-0.36
102	Vanderbilt	SEC	4-7-0	0.36	6.78	-6.36	13.29	3.7	0.3
103	Ball State	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	6.69	-5.55	10.4	3.46	0.54
104	Western Carolina	Southern	4-7-0	0.36	6.55	-5.73	8.15	3.99	0.01
105	Air Force	Western Athletic	4-7-0	0.36	6.46	-7.36	10.88	3.14	0.86
106	Rice	Southwest	4-7-0	0.36	6.17	-14.91	13.3	1.98	2.02
107	Wake Forest	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	6.14	-13.45	11.96	2.48	1.52
108	Illinois State	Missouri Valley	3-7-0	0.3	5.24	-4.5	5.25	3.45	-0.45
109	Army	FBS Independents	3-7-1	0.27	5.18	-7.82	12.74	2.48	0.52
110	LSU	SEC	3-7-1	0.27	5.04	-9.36	11.35	2.69	0.31
111	Brown	Ivy	3-7-0	0.3	4.82	-9.7	7.57	2.38	0.62
112	Cornell	Ivy	3-7-0	0.3	4.78	-10.8	8.15	2.14	0.86
113	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	4.67	-5.18	9.87	3.6	-0.6
114	Kentucky	SEC	3-8-0	0.27	4.54	-8	14.65	2.55	0.45
115	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	3-8-0	0.27	4.39	-6.64	6.73	3.55	-0.55
116	Indiana	Big Ten	3-8-0	0.27	4.12	-13.55	13.58	1.72	1.28
117	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	4.04	-11.73	7.79	2.14	0.86
118	Colorado	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	4	-16.45	14.54	1.36	1.64
119	TCU	Southwest	2-7-2	0.18	3.52	-6.27	13.59	3.84	-1.84
120	Long Beach State	PCAA	2-8-0	0.2	2.82	-8.2	11.68	2.62	-0.62
121	California	Pac-10	2-9-0	0.18	2.45	-8.18	16.57	3.2	-1.2
122	Oregon	Pac-10	2-9-0	0.18	2.37	-8.36	12.97	2.74	-0.74
123	North Texas	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.18	-11.27	13.48	1.59	0.41
124	Kansas State	Big 8	2-9-0	0.18	2.11	-12.09	13.44	2.16	-0.16
125	Marshall	Southern	2-9-0	0.18	1.79	-17.27	9.91	0.75	1.25
126	Louisiana	Southland	1-9-1	0.09	0.49	-8.55	10	2.45	-1.45
127	Texas Tech	Southwest	1-9-1	0.09	0.46	-9.09	13.65	3.03	-2.03
128	Columbia	Ivy	1-9-0	0.1	0.2	-12.7	9.15	1.48	-0.48
129	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	1-9-0	0.1	0.1	-14.8	13.96	1.26	-0.26
130	Memphis	FBS Independents	1-10-0	0.09	0.05	-11.55	11.69	1.08	-0.08
131	Virginia	ACC	1-10-0	0.09	0.02	-12.18	13.99	1.69	-0.69
132	Pennsylvania	Ivy	1-9-0	0.1	-0.09	-19.1	5.71	1.08	-0.08
133	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-10-0	0.09	-0.57	-26.82	10.68	0.75	0.25
134	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-10-0	0.09	-0.66	-29.45	12.13	0.64	0.36
135	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0-11-0	0	-2.48	-22.73	9.35	0.44	-0.44
136	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-12-0	0	-2.75	-28.17	14.63	0.79	-0.79
137	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-11-0	0	-3.01	-38.45	15.02	0.15	-0.15