1981 W14 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:29.485934+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Clemson	ACC	11-0-0	1	24.81	20.55	9.23	10.47	0.53
2	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	10-1-0	0.91	23.33	20.09	12.22	9.95	0.05
3	Georgia	SEC	10-1-0	0.91	23.05	23.09	10.18	10.49	-0.49
4	SMU	Southwest	10-1-0	0.91	22.73	20.73	8.86	10.02	-0.02
5	Alabama	SEC	9-1-1	0.82	22.52	13.36	10.7	9.34	-0.34
6	Texas	Southwest	9-1-1	0.82	22.51	9.27	12.14	8.56	0.44
7	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	9-1-1	0.82	22.49	18.09	9.32	10.36	-1.36
8	Yale	Ivy	9-1-0	0.9	21.86	13.8	6.92	8.28	0.72
9	Penn State	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	21.65	17.55	15.15	9.62	-0.62
10	Nebraska	Big 8	9-2-0	0.82	21.49	22.36	13.11	10.42	-1.42
11	Arizona State	Pac-10	9-2-0	0.82	21.17	18.27	12.09	9.29	-0.29
12	Miami	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	21.02	9.09	14.37	8.54	0.46
13	BYU	Western Athletic	10-2-0	0.83	20.99	20.42	9.21	10.26	-0.26
14	Drake	Missouri Valley	10-1-0	0.91	20.97	5.09	4.47	7.09	2.91
15	North Carolina	ACC	9-2-0	0.82	20.91	20.09	10.14	10.12	-1.12
16	USC	Pac-10	9-2-0	0.82	20.84	12.73	11.73	9.17	-0.17
17	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	9-2-0	0.82	20.4	18	7.7	9.9	-0.9
18	Washington	Pac-10	9-2-0	0.82	20.1	7.45	9.56	7.88	1.12
19	San José State	PCAA	9-2-0	0.82	19.89	11.64	6.41	8.17	0.83
20	Washington State	Pac-10	8-2-1	0.73	19.75	9.27	9.21	8.4	-0.4
21	Utah	Western Athletic	8-2-1	0.73	19.61	10.36	7.9	8.13	-0.13
22	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	8-2-1	0.73	19.46	4.09	10.91	7.12	0.88
23	Michigan	Big Ten	8-3-0	0.73	19	15.82	12.14	9.5	-1.5
24	Iowa	Big Ten	8-3-0	0.73	18.83	11.91	12.39	9.24	-1.24
25	Wyoming	Western Athletic	8-3-0	0.73	18.6	12.82	10.52	8.55	-0.55
26	Ohio State	Big Ten	8-3-0	0.73	18.59	11.91	10.79	8.23	-0.23
27	Arkansas	Southwest	8-3-0	0.73	18.45	10	10.67	8.24	-0.24
28	West Virginia	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.41	9.91	10.48	8.65	-0.65
29	UCLA	Pac-10	7-3-1	0.64	18.27	11.27	13.58	8.71	-1.71
30	Toledo	Mid-American	8-3-0	0.73	18.2	8.91	9.53	8.5	-0.5
31	Houston	Southwest	7-3-1	0.64	17.89	8.18	12.6	8.49	-1.49
32	Furman	Southern	8-3-0	0.73	17.52	7.55	5.68	7.56	0.44
33	McNeese	Southland	7-3-1	0.64	17.21	10.82	6.36	8.29	-1.29
34	Navy	FBS Independents	7-3-1	0.64	17.14	5.82	8.9	7.67	-0.67
35	The Citadel	Southern	7-3-1	0.64	16.86	9.18	4.7	8.48	-1.48
36	Kansas	Big 8	8-3-0	0.73	16.78	0.27	10.95	5.6	2.4
37	Florida	SEC	7-4-0	0.64	16.7	12.55	11.65	9.19	-2.19
38	Missouri	Big 8	7-4-0	0.64	16.5	10.45	11.13	8.83	-1.83
39	Chattanooga	Southern	7-3-1	0.64	16.34	4.09	4.68	6.98	0.02
40	Colgate	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	16.25	8.7	0.63	7.46	-0.46
41	Central Michigan	Mid-American	7-4-0	0.64	16.2	8.36	10.08	8.57	-1.57
42	Wisconsin	Big Ten	7-4-0	0.64	16.19	5.09	12.63	7.13	-0.13
43	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	16.17	9.45	9.22	8.84	-1.84
44	Mississippi State	SEC	7-4-0	0.64	16.15	5.91	11.57	7.87	-0.87
45	Oklahoma	Big 8	6-4-1	0.55	15.92	11.09	13.44	8.52	-2.52
46	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	7-4-0	0.64	15.82	3.09	12.26	6.46	0.54
47	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	7-4-0	0.64	15.78	5.45	9.1	7.36	-0.36
48	VMI	Southern	6-3-1	0.6	15.47	0.9	8.8	5.33	0.67
49	Dartmouth	Ivy	6-4-0	0.6	14.78	7.1	6.76	7.29	-1.29
50	Illinois	Big Ten	7-4-0	0.64	14.69	-0.09	12.78	5.48	1.52
51	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	6-5-0	0.55	14.64	9.82	13.17	8.13	-2.13
52	Oklahoma State	Big 8	7-4-0	0.64	14.49	-0.18	11.61	5.43	1.57
53	Texas A&M	Southwest	6-5-0	0.55	13.99	5.45	11.1	7.25	-1.25
54	San Diego State	Western Athletic	6-5-0	0.55	13.93	4.73	11.38	6.82	-0.82
55	Tulane	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.87	6.27	9.23	7.88	-1.88
56	Harvard	Ivy	5-4-1	0.5	13.79	4.5	8.38	6.34	-1.34
57	Arizona	Pac-10	6-5-0	0.55	13.69	4.36	9.69	6.84	-0.84
58	Western Michigan	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	13.54	3.27	9.95	6.73	-0.73
59	Tennessee	SEC	7-4-0	0.64	13.38	-2.55	9.42	4.71	2.29
60	Arkansas State	Southland	6-5-0	0.55	13.33	1.64	11.57	6.2	-0.2
61	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13	3.18	5.1	6.47	-0.47
62	Minnesota	Big Ten	6-5-0	0.55	13	0.91	10.8	5.74	0.26
63	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	5-5-1	0.45	12.83	7.55	8.73	7.98	-2.98
64	Bowling Green	Mid-American	5-5-1	0.45	12.2	2.09	10.42	6.53	-1.53
65	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	12.04	6.55	13.16	7.78	-2.78
66	South Carolina	FBS Independents	6-6-0	0.5	11.81	0.25	13.15	6.1	-0.1
67	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	11.74	-1.45	10.38	4.92	1.08
68	Duke	ACC	6-5-0	0.55	11.74	-1.82	11.56	4.91	1.09
69	Florida State	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	11.5	-4.18	14.27	4.37	1.63
70	Texas-Arlington	Southland	6-5-0	0.55	11.15	-4.36	10.69	4.14	1.86
71	Auburn	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	11.13	1.82	11.88	6.24	-1.24
72	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	11	1.27	12.42	5.86	-0.86
73	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	11	5.27	3.71	6.83	-1.83
74	Temple	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	10.86	-1.4	13.07	4.56	0.44
75	Utah State	PCAA	5-5-1	0.45	10.75	-0.55	7.89	5.31	-0.31
76	East Tennessee State	Southern	6-5-0	0.55	10.73	-3.73	4.9	4.25	1.75
77	Baylor	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	10.72	0.64	12.17	5.68	-0.68
78	Iowa State	Big 8	5-5-1	0.45	10.55	-2.64	13.42	4.58	0.42
79	Princeton	Ivy	5-4-1	0.5	10.5	-7.2	4.55	3.46	1.54
80	Purdue	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	10.4	0.09	12.22	5.53	-0.53
81	Maryland	ACC	4-6-1	0.36	10.38	3.45	12.3	6.65	-2.65
82	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	4-6-1	0.36	9.74	1.64	9.47	5.97	-1.97
83	UNLV	FBS Independents	6-6-0	0.5	9.7	-8.92	12.87	4.05	1.95
84	Stanford	Pac-10	4-7-0	0.36	9.46	3	13.42	6.22	-2.22
85	Ohio	Mid-American	5-6-0	0.45	9.21	-2.64	10.96	4.72	0.28
86	Louisville	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	9.02	-2.91	9.19	4.45	0.55
87	East Carolina	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.97	-4.36	11.95	4.34	0.66
88	Boston College	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.95	-5	12.86	4.2	0.8
89	Fresno State	PCAA	5-6-0	0.45	8.82	-3.18	7.05	4.69	0.31
90	Rutgers	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.73	-6.27	11.91	3.06	1.94
91	Pacific	PCAA	5-6-0	0.45	8.65	-7.55	12.63	3.08	1.92
92	Syracuse	FBS Independents	4-6-1	0.36	8.56	-1.55	14.1	5.07	-1.07
93	William & Mary	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.48	-7.82	10.57	3.23	1.77
94	New Mexico	Western Athletic	4-7-1	0.33	7.85	-0.5	10.71	5.81	-1.81
95	Louisiana Tech	Southland	4-6-1	0.36	7.84	-3.27	9.32	4.46	-0.46
96	App State	Southern	3-7-1	0.27	7.76	3.18	7.98	6.53	-3.53
97	Richmond	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	7.56	-0.91	9.09	5.22	-1.22
98	Lamar	Southland	4-6-1	0.36	7.55	-3.73	5.87	4.14	-0.14
99	Ole Miss	SEC	4-6-1	0.36	7.31	-10.64	13.64	2.43	1.57
100	NC State	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	7.09	-3.73	13.38	4.2	-0.2
101	Kent State	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	7.07	-2.55	8.96	4.36	-0.36
102	Vanderbilt	SEC	4-7-0	0.36	6.74	-6.36	13.54	3.7	0.3
103	Ball State	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	6.67	-5.55	10.38	3.46	0.54
104	Western Carolina	Southern	4-7-0	0.36	6.52	-5.73	7.94	3.99	0.01
105	Air Force	Western Athletic	4-7-0	0.36	6.5	-7.36	10.84	3.14	0.86
106	Wake Forest	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	6.12	-13.45	11.96	2.48	1.52
107	Rice	Southwest	4-7-0	0.36	6.11	-14.91	13.29	1.98	2.02
108	Illinois State	Missouri Valley	3-7-0	0.3	5.22	-4.5	5.24	3.45	-0.45
109	Army	FBS Independents	3-7-1	0.27	5.17	-7.82	12.65	2.48	0.52
110	LSU	SEC	3-7-1	0.27	4.98	-9.36	11.07	2.69	0.31
111	Brown	Ivy	3-7-0	0.3	4.81	-9.7	7.43	2.38	0.62
112	Cornell	Ivy	3-7-0	0.3	4.76	-10.8	8.12	2.14	0.86
113	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	4.66	-5.18	9.86	3.6	-0.6
114	Kentucky	SEC	3-8-0	0.27	4.53	-8	14.67	2.55	0.45
115	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	3-8-0	0.27	4.38	-6.64	6.67	3.55	-0.55
116	Indiana	Big Ten	3-8-0	0.27	4.11	-13.55	13.52	1.72	1.28
117	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	4.02	-11.73	7.72	2.14	0.86
118	Colorado	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	3.98	-16.45	14.36	1.36	1.64
119	TCU	Southwest	2-7-2	0.18	3.5	-6.27	13.32	3.84	-1.84
120	Long Beach State	PCAA	2-8-0	0.2	2.81	-8.2	11.81	2.62	-0.62
121	California	Pac-10	2-9-0	0.18	2.44	-8.18	16.37	3.2	-1.2
122	Oregon	Pac-10	2-9-0	0.18	2.36	-8.36	13	2.74	-0.74
123	North Texas	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.15	-11.27	13.19	1.59	0.41
124	Kansas State	Big 8	2-9-0	0.18	2.1	-12.09	13.28	2.16	-0.16
125	Marshall	Southern	2-9-0	0.18	1.78	-17.27	9.87	0.75	1.25
126	Louisiana	Southland	1-9-1	0.09	0.49	-8.55	9.81	2.45	-1.45
127	Texas Tech	Southwest	1-9-1	0.09	0.46	-9.09	13.49	3.03	-2.03
128	Columbia	Ivy	1-9-0	0.1	0.2	-12.7	9	1.48	-0.48
129	Memphis	FBS Independents	1-10-0	0.09	0.05	-11.55	11.72	1.08	-0.08
130	Virginia	ACC	1-10-0	0.09	0.01	-12.18	13.99	1.69	-0.69
131	Pennsylvania	Ivy	1-9-0	0.1	-0.09	-19.1	5.85	1.08	-0.08
132	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	1-10-0	0.09	-0.22	-16.82	14.82	1.13	-0.13
133	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-10-0	0.09	-0.58	-26.82	10.54	0.75	0.25
134	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-10-0	0.09	-0.66	-29.45	11.99	0.64	0.36
135	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0-11-0	0	-2.47	-22.73	9.34	0.44	-0.44
136	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-12-0	0	-2.74	-28.17	14.7	0.79	-0.79
137	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-11-0	0	-3	-38.45	14.96	0.15	-0.15