1981 W15 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:29.486367+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Clemson	ACC	11-0-0	1	24.71	20.55	9.05	10.47	0.53
2	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	10-1-0	0.91	23.23	20.09	12.01	9.95	0.05
3	Georgia	SEC	10-1-0	0.91	22.96	23.09	9.95	10.49	-0.49
4	SMU	Southwest	10-1-0	0.91	22.66	20.73	8.81	10.02	-0.02
5	Alabama	SEC	9-1-1	0.82	22.45	13.36	10.62	9.34	-0.34
6	Texas	Southwest	9-1-1	0.82	22.44	9.27	12.09	8.56	0.44
7	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	9-1-1	0.82	22.42	18.09	9.27	10.36	-1.36
8	Yale	Ivy	9-1-0	0.9	21.8	13.8	6.89	8.28	0.72
9	Penn State	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	21.58	17.55	15.09	9.62	-0.62
10	Nebraska	Big 8	9-2-0	0.82	21.43	22.36	13.04	10.42	-1.42
11	Arizona State	Pac-10	9-2-0	0.82	21.11	18.27	12.05	9.29	-0.29
12	Miami	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	20.96	9.09	14.31	8.54	0.46
13	BYU	Western Athletic	10-2-0	0.83	20.94	20.42	9.23	10.26	-0.26
14	Drake	Missouri Valley	10-1-0	0.91	20.91	5.09	4.45	7.09	2.91
15	North Carolina	ACC	9-2-0	0.82	20.82	20.09	9.92	10.12	-1.12
16	USC	Pac-10	9-2-0	0.82	20.78	12.73	11.68	9.17	-0.17
17	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	9-2-0	0.82	20.34	18	7.51	9.9	-0.9
18	Washington	Pac-10	9-2-0	0.82	20.04	7.45	9.53	7.88	1.12
19	San José State	PCAA	9-2-0	0.82	19.84	11.64	6.39	8.17	0.83
20	Washington State	Pac-10	8-2-1	0.73	19.69	9.27	9.17	8.4	-0.4
21	Utah	Western Athletic	8-2-1	0.73	19.56	10.36	7.88	8.13	-0.13
22	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	8-2-1	0.73	19.41	4.09	10.89	7.12	0.88
23	Michigan	Big Ten	8-3-0	0.73	18.95	15.82	12.09	9.5	-1.5
24	Iowa	Big Ten	8-3-0	0.73	18.77	11.91	12.34	9.24	-1.24
25	Wyoming	Western Athletic	8-3-0	0.73	18.56	12.82	10.54	8.55	-0.55
26	Ohio State	Big Ten	8-3-0	0.73	18.54	11.91	10.74	8.23	-0.23
27	Arkansas	Southwest	8-3-0	0.73	18.39	10	10.62	8.24	-0.24
28	West Virginia	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.36	9.91	10.44	8.65	-0.65
29	UCLA	Pac-10	7-3-1	0.64	18.21	11.27	13.53	8.71	-1.71
30	Toledo	Mid-American	8-3-0	0.73	18.15	8.91	9.5	8.5	-0.5
31	Houston	Southwest	7-3-1	0.64	17.84	8.18	12.55	8.49	-1.49
32	Furman	Southern	8-3-0	0.73	17.47	7.55	5.65	7.56	0.44
33	McNeese	Southland	7-3-1	0.64	17.16	10.82	6.33	8.29	-1.29
34	Navy	FBS Independents	7-3-1	0.64	17.09	5.82	8.84	7.67	-0.67
35	The Citadel	Southern	7-3-1	0.64	16.81	9.18	4.68	8.48	-1.48
36	Kansas	Big 8	8-3-0	0.73	16.73	0.27	10.9	5.6	2.4
37	Florida	SEC	7-4-0	0.64	16.65	12.55	11.58	9.19	-2.19
38	Missouri	Big 8	7-4-0	0.64	16.45	10.45	11.07	8.83	-1.83
39	Chattanooga	Southern	7-3-1	0.64	16.29	4.09	4.66	6.98	0.02
40	Colgate	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	16.2	8.7	0.61	7.46	-0.46
41	Central Michigan	Mid-American	7-4-0	0.64	16.16	8.36	10.05	8.57	-1.57
42	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	16.13	9.45	9.2	8.84	-1.84
43	Mississippi State	SEC	7-4-0	0.64	16.11	5.91	11.52	7.87	-0.87
44	Oklahoma	Big 8	6-4-1	0.55	15.87	11.09	13.38	8.52	-2.52
45	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	7-4-0	0.64	15.78	3.09	12.22	6.46	0.54
46	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	7-4-0	0.64	15.74	5.45	9.07	7.36	-0.36
47	VMI	Southern	6-3-1	0.6	15.43	0.9	8.78	5.33	0.67
48	Texas A&M	Southwest	7-5-0	0.58	14.75	6.42	11.34	8.18	-1.18
49	Dartmouth	Ivy	6-4-0	0.6	14.74	7.1	6.73	7.29	-1.29
50	Wisconsin	Big Ten	7-5-0	0.58	14.68	4.08	12.65	7.41	-0.41
51	Illinois	Big Ten	7-4-0	0.64	14.65	-0.09	12.73	5.48	1.52
52	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	6-5-0	0.55	14.6	9.82	13.12	8.13	-2.13
53	Tennessee	SEC	8-4-0	0.67	14.25	-1.75	9.93	5.41	2.59
54	San Diego State	Western Athletic	6-5-0	0.55	13.89	4.73	11.4	6.82	-0.82
55	Tulane	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.83	6.27	9.17	7.88	-1.88
56	Harvard	Ivy	5-4-1	0.5	13.75	4.5	8.35	6.34	-1.34
57	Arizona	Pac-10	6-5-0	0.55	13.65	4.36	9.66	6.84	-0.84
58	Western Michigan	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	13.5	3.27	9.92	6.73	-0.73
59	Arkansas State	Southland	6-5-0	0.55	13.29	1.64	11.52	6.2	-0.2
60	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	12.96	3.18	5.07	6.47	-0.47
61	Minnesota	Big Ten	6-5-0	0.55	12.96	0.91	10.76	5.74	0.26
62	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	5-5-1	0.45	12.79	7.55	8.69	7.98	-2.98
63	Oklahoma State	Big 8	7-5-0	0.58	12.55	-1.58	11.75	5.35	1.65
64	Bowling Green	Mid-American	5-5-1	0.45	12.17	2.09	10.39	6.53	-1.53
65	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	12	6.55	13.07	7.78	-2.78
66	South Carolina	FBS Independents	6-6-0	0.5	11.72	0.25	13.16	6.1	-0.1
67	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	11.71	-1.45	10.34	4.92	1.08
68	Duke	ACC	6-5-0	0.55	11.69	-1.82	11.33	4.91	1.09
69	Florida State	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	11.46	-4.18	14.2	4.37	1.63
70	Texas-Arlington	Southland	6-5-0	0.55	11.12	-4.36	10.65	4.14	1.86
71	Auburn	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	11.09	1.82	11.8	6.24	-1.24
72	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	10.97	1.27	12.37	5.86	-0.86
73	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	10.97	5.27	3.67	6.83	-1.83
74	Temple	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	10.82	-1.4	13.02	4.56	0.44
75	Utah State	PCAA	5-5-1	0.45	10.72	-0.55	7.87	5.31	-0.31
76	East Tennessee State	Southern	6-5-0	0.55	10.7	-3.73	4.87	4.25	1.75
77	Baylor	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	10.69	0.64	12.11	5.68	-0.68
78	Iowa State	Big 8	5-5-1	0.45	10.52	-2.64	13.36	4.58	0.42
79	Princeton	Ivy	5-4-1	0.5	10.47	-7.2	4.53	3.46	1.54
80	Purdue	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	10.37	0.09	12.17	5.53	-0.53
81	Maryland	ACC	4-6-1	0.36	10.35	3.45	12.27	6.65	-2.65
82	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	4-6-1	0.36	9.71	1.64	9.44	5.97	-1.97
83	UNLV	FBS Independents	6-6-0	0.5	9.68	-8.92	12.89	4.05	1.95
84	Stanford	Pac-10	4-7-0	0.36	9.43	3	13.37	6.22	-2.22
85	Ohio	Mid-American	5-6-0	0.45	9.18	-2.64	10.93	4.72	0.28
86	Louisville	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	9	-2.91	9.14	4.45	0.55
87	East Carolina	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.95	-4.36	11.92	4.34	0.66
88	Boston College	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.92	-5	12.81	4.2	0.8
89	Fresno State	PCAA	5-6-0	0.45	8.79	-3.18	7.03	4.69	0.31
90	Rutgers	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.7	-6.27	11.87	3.06	1.94
91	Pacific	PCAA	5-6-0	0.45	8.62	-7.55	12.48	3.08	1.92
92	Syracuse	FBS Independents	4-6-1	0.36	8.54	-1.55	14.05	5.07	-1.07
93	William & Mary	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.46	-7.82	10.54	3.23	1.77
94	New Mexico	Western Athletic	4-7-1	0.33	7.83	-0.5	10.73	5.81	-1.81
95	Louisiana Tech	Southland	4-6-1	0.36	7.82	-3.27	9.27	4.46	-0.46
96	App State	Southern	3-7-1	0.27	7.74	3.18	7.96	6.53	-3.53
97	Richmond	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	7.54	-0.91	9.07	5.22	-1.22
98	Lamar	Southland	4-6-1	0.36	7.53	-3.73	5.84	4.14	-0.14
99	Ole Miss	SEC	4-6-1	0.36	7.28	-10.64	13.43	2.43	1.57
100	NC State	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	7.06	-3.73	13.18	4.2	-0.2
101	Kent State	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	7.05	-2.55	8.93	4.36	-0.36
102	Vanderbilt	SEC	4-7-0	0.36	6.72	-6.36	13.51	3.7	0.3
103	Ball State	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	6.65	-5.55	10.35	3.46	0.54
104	Western Carolina	Southern	4-7-0	0.36	6.5	-5.73	7.9	3.99	0.01
105	Air Force	Western Athletic	4-7-0	0.36	6.48	-7.36	10.81	3.14	0.86
106	Wake Forest	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	6.1	-13.45	11.76	2.48	1.52
107	Rice	Southwest	4-7-0	0.36	6.09	-14.91	13.24	1.98	2.02
108	Illinois State	Missouri Valley	3-7-0	0.3	5.21	-4.5	5.22	3.45	-0.45
109	Army	FBS Independents	3-7-1	0.27	5.15	-7.82	12.61	2.48	0.52
110	LSU	SEC	3-7-1	0.27	4.96	-9.36	11.02	2.69	0.31
111	Brown	Ivy	3-7-0	0.3	4.8	-9.7	7.4	2.38	0.62
112	Cornell	Ivy	3-7-0	0.3	4.75	-10.8	8.08	2.14	0.86
113	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	4.65	-5.18	9.83	3.6	-0.6
114	Kentucky	SEC	3-8-0	0.27	4.51	-8	14.46	2.55	0.45
115	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	3-8-0	0.27	4.37	-6.64	6.69	3.55	-0.55
116	Indiana	Big Ten	3-8-0	0.27	4.09	-13.55	13.46	1.72	1.28
117	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	4.01	-11.73	7.69	2.14	0.86
118	Colorado	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	3.97	-16.45	14.3	1.36	1.64
119	TCU	Southwest	2-7-2	0.18	3.49	-6.27	13.26	3.84	-1.84
120	Long Beach State	PCAA	2-8-0	0.2	2.8	-8.2	11.78	2.62	-0.62
121	California	Pac-10	2-9-0	0.18	2.43	-8.18	16.32	3.2	-1.2
122	Oregon	Pac-10	2-9-0	0.18	2.36	-8.36	12.96	2.74	-0.74
123	North Texas	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.14	-11.27	13.13	1.59	0.41
124	Kansas State	Big 8	2-9-0	0.18	2.09	-12.09	13.22	2.16	-0.16
125	Marshall	Southern	2-9-0	0.18	1.78	-17.27	9.84	0.75	1.25
126	Louisiana	Southland	1-9-1	0.09	0.49	-8.55	9.77	2.45	-1.45
127	Texas Tech	Southwest	1-9-1	0.09	0.46	-9.09	13.44	3.03	-2.03
128	Columbia	Ivy	1-9-0	0.1	0.2	-12.7	8.97	1.48	-0.48
129	Memphis	FBS Independents	1-10-0	0.09	0.05	-11.55	11.65	1.08	-0.08
130	Virginia	ACC	1-10-0	0.09	0.01	-12.18	13.79	1.69	-0.69
131	Pennsylvania	Ivy	1-9-0	0.1	-0.09	-19.1	5.83	1.08	-0.08
132	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	1-10-0	0.09	-0.23	-16.82	14.78	1.13	-0.13
133	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-10-0	0.09	-0.58	-26.82	10.55	0.75	0.25
134	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-10-0	0.09	-0.66	-29.45	11.94	0.64	0.36
135	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0-11-0	0	-2.46	-22.73	9.31	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	-2.99	-38.45	14.9	0.15	-0.15