1981 W17 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:29.487253+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Clemson	ACC	11-0-0	1	24.6	20.55	8.98	10.47	0.53
2	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	10-1-0	0.91	23.12	20.09	11.94	9.95	0.05
3	Georgia	SEC	10-1-0	0.91	22.87	23.09	9.98	10.49	-0.49
4	SMU	Southwest	10-1-0	0.91	22.58	20.73	8.84	10.02	-0.02
5	Texas	Southwest	9-1-1	0.82	22.35	9.27	12.09	8.56	0.44
6	Alabama	SEC	9-1-1	0.82	22.33	13.36	10.5	9.34	-0.34
7	Yale	Ivy	9-1-0	0.9	21.7	13.8	6.85	8.28	0.72
8	Penn State	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	21.48	17.55	15.01	9.62	-0.62
9	BYU	Western Athletic	11-2-0	0.85	21.36	19	9.88	10.82	0.18
10	Nebraska	Big 8	9-2-0	0.82	21.31	22.36	12.85	10.42	-1.42
11	Arizona State	Pac-10	9-2-0	0.82	20.97	18.27	11.73	9.29	-0.29
12	Miami	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	20.86	9.09	14.24	8.54	0.46
13	Drake	Missouri Valley	10-1-0	0.91	20.82	5.09	4.41	7.09	2.91
14	North Carolina	ACC	9-2-0	0.82	20.73	20.09	9.86	10.12	-1.12
15	USC	Pac-10	9-2-0	0.82	20.67	12.73	11.57	9.17	-0.17
16	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	9-2-1	0.75	20.58	16.42	9.88	11.06	-2.06
17	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	9-2-0	0.82	20.25	18	7.51	9.9	-0.9
18	Washington	Pac-10	9-2-0	0.82	19.93	7.45	9.35	7.88	1.12
19	Utah	Western Athletic	8-2-1	0.73	19.48	10.36	7.88	8.13	-0.13
20	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	8-2-1	0.73	19.33	4.09	10.87	7.12	0.88
21	Michigan	Big Ten	8-3-0	0.73	18.84	15.82	11.88	9.5	-1.5
22	Iowa	Big Ten	8-3-0	0.73	18.66	11.91	12.12	9.24	-1.24
23	Toledo	Mid-American	9-3-0	0.75	18.58	8.33	10.2	9	0
24	Wyoming	Western Athletic	8-3-0	0.73	18.48	12.82	10.53	8.55	-0.55
25	Ohio State	Big Ten	8-3-0	0.73	18.43	11.91	10.53	8.23	-0.23
26	San José State	PCAA	9-3-0	0.75	18.32	10.5	7.38	8.66	0.34
27	Arkansas	Southwest	8-3-0	0.73	18.32	10	10.64	8.24	-0.24
28	West Virginia	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.28	9.91	10.38	8.65	-0.65
29	Washington State	Pac-10	8-3-1	0.67	18.12	8.33	10.14	8.71	-0.71
30	UCLA	Pac-10	7-3-1	0.64	18.09	11.27	13.19	8.71	-1.71
31	Furman	Southern	8-3-0	0.73	17.39	7.55	5.61	7.56	0.44
32	Missouri	Big 8	8-4-0	0.67	17.09	9.75	11.64	9.44	-1.44
33	McNeese	Southland	7-3-1	0.64	17.08	10.82	6.29	8.29	-1.29
34	Navy	FBS Independents	7-3-1	0.64	17.01	5.82	8.78	7.67	-0.67
35	Oklahoma	Big 8	7-4-1	0.58	16.8	12.33	13.58	9.53	-2.53
36	The Citadel	Southern	7-3-1	0.64	16.74	9.18	4.64	8.48	-1.48
37	Kansas	Big 8	8-3-0	0.73	16.64	0.27	10.72	5.6	2.4
38	Florida	SEC	7-4-0	0.64	16.57	12.55	11.51	9.19	-2.19
39	Chattanooga	Southern	7-3-1	0.64	16.22	4.09	4.62	6.98	0.02
40	Houston	Southwest	7-4-1	0.58	16.19	5.33	12.83	8.13	-1.13
41	Colgate	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	16.13	8.7	0.59	7.46	-0.46
42	Central Michigan	Mid-American	7-4-0	0.64	16.09	8.36	10.04	8.57	-1.57
43	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	16.06	9.45	9.15	8.84	-1.84
44	Mississippi State	SEC	7-4-0	0.64	16.02	5.91	11.37	7.87	-0.87
45	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	7-4-0	0.64	15.71	3.09	12.16	6.46	0.54
46	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	7-4-0	0.64	15.67	5.45	9.02	7.36	-0.36
47	VMI	Southern	6-3-1	0.6	15.36	0.9	8.74	5.33	0.67
48	Texas A&M	Southwest	7-5-0	0.58	14.69	6.42	11.12	8.18	-1.18
49	Dartmouth	Ivy	6-4-0	0.6	14.67	7.1	6.69	7.29	-1.29
50	Wisconsin	Big Ten	7-5-0	0.58	14.57	4.08	12.65	7.41	-0.41
51	Illinois	Big Ten	7-4-0	0.64	14.56	-0.09	12.51	5.48	1.52
52	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	6-5-0	0.55	14.51	9.82	12.87	8.13	-2.13
53	Tennessee	SEC	8-4-0	0.67	14.2	-1.75	9.75	5.41	2.59
54	San Diego State	Western Athletic	6-5-0	0.55	13.82	4.73	11.21	6.82	-0.82
55	Tulane	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.76	6.27	8.97	7.88	-1.88
56	Harvard	Ivy	5-4-1	0.5	13.69	4.5	8.3	6.34	-1.34
57	Arizona	Pac-10	6-5-0	0.55	13.58	4.36	9.48	6.84	-0.84
58	Western Michigan	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	13.43	3.27	9.78	6.73	-0.73
59	Arkansas State	Southland	6-5-0	0.55	13.23	1.64	11.46	6.2	-0.2
60	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	12.9	3.18	5.03	6.47	-0.47
61	Minnesota	Big Ten	6-5-0	0.55	12.89	0.91	10.56	5.74	0.26
62	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	5-5-1	0.45	12.73	7.55	8.64	7.98	-2.98
63	Oklahoma State	Big 8	7-5-0	0.58	12.44	-1.58	11.8	5.35	1.65
64	Bowling Green	Mid-American	5-5-1	0.45	12.12	2.09	10.38	6.53	-1.53
65	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	11.94	6.55	13	7.78	-2.78
66	South Carolina	FBS Independents	6-6-0	0.5	11.66	0.25	13.08	6.1	-0.1
67	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	11.65	-1.45	10.28	4.92	1.08
68	Duke	ACC	6-5-0	0.55	11.64	-1.82	11.26	4.91	1.09
69	Florida State	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	11.4	-4.18	13.96	4.37	1.63
70	Texas-Arlington	Southland	6-5-0	0.55	11.06	-4.36	10.44	4.14	1.86
71	Auburn	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	11.05	1.82	11.82	6.24	-1.24
72	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	10.93	5.27	3.64	6.83	-1.83
73	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	10.91	1.27	12.16	5.86	-0.86
74	Temple	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	10.77	-1.4	12.94	4.56	0.44
75	Utah State	PCAA	5-5-1	0.45	10.67	-0.55	7.74	5.31	-0.31
76	East Tennessee State	Southern	6-5-0	0.55	10.65	-3.73	4.83	4.25	1.75
77	Baylor	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	10.65	0.64	12.13	5.68	-0.68
78	Iowa State	Big 8	5-5-1	0.45	10.46	-2.64	13.16	4.58	0.42
79	Princeton	Ivy	5-4-1	0.5	10.43	-7.2	4.49	3.46	1.54
80	Purdue	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	10.31	0.09	11.96	5.53	-0.53
81	Maryland	ACC	4-6-1	0.36	10.31	3.45	12.2	6.65	-2.65
82	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	4-6-1	0.36	9.68	1.64	9.46	5.97	-1.97
83	UNLV	FBS Independents	6-6-0	0.5	9.63	-8.92	12.75	4.05	1.95
84	Stanford	Pac-10	4-7-0	0.36	9.38	3	13.17	6.22	-2.22
85	Ohio	Mid-American	5-6-0	0.45	9.15	-2.64	10.92	4.72	0.28
86	Louisville	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.94	-2.91	8.87	4.45	0.55
87	East Carolina	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.91	-4.36	11.9	4.34	0.66
88	Boston College	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.89	-5	12.8	4.2	0.8
89	Fresno State	PCAA	5-6-0	0.45	8.74	-3.18	6.87	4.69	0.31
90	Rutgers	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.66	-6.27	11.8	3.06	1.94
91	Pacific	PCAA	5-6-0	0.45	8.56	-7.55	12.15	3.08	1.92
92	Syracuse	FBS Independents	4-6-1	0.36	8.5	-1.55	13.97	5.07	-1.07
93	William & Mary	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.42	-7.82	10.48	3.23	1.77
94	New Mexico	Western Athletic	4-7-1	0.33	7.8	-0.5	10.72	5.81	-1.81
95	Louisiana Tech	Southland	4-6-1	0.36	7.79	-3.27	9.29	4.46	-0.46
96	App State	Southern	3-7-1	0.27	7.7	3.18	7.9	6.53	-3.53
97	Richmond	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	7.5	-0.91	8.86	5.22	-1.22
98	Lamar	Southland	4-6-1	0.36	7.48	-3.73	5.64	4.14	-0.14
99	Ole Miss	SEC	4-6-1	0.36	7.25	-10.64	13.44	2.43	1.57
100	NC State	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	7.03	-3.73	13.1	4.2	-0.2
101	Kent State	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	7.02	-2.55	8.92	4.36	-0.36
102	Vanderbilt	SEC	4-7-0	0.36	6.7	-6.36	13.52	3.7	0.3
103	Ball State	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	6.62	-5.55	10.34	3.46	0.54
104	Western Carolina	Southern	4-7-0	0.36	6.47	-5.73	7.85	3.99	0.01
105	Air Force	Western Athletic	4-7-0	0.36	6.46	-7.36	10.8	3.14	0.86
106	Rice	Southwest	4-7-0	0.36	6.07	-14.91	13.31	1.98	2.02
107	Wake Forest	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	6.07	-13.45	11.69	2.48	1.52
108	Illinois State	Missouri Valley	3-7-0	0.3	5.19	-4.5	5.18	3.45	-0.45
109	Army	FBS Independents	3-7-1	0.27	5.13	-7.82	12.61	2.48	0.52
110	LSU	SEC	3-7-1	0.27	4.94	-9.36	10.96	2.69	0.31
111	Brown	Ivy	3-7-0	0.3	4.77	-9.7	7.35	2.38	0.62
112	Cornell	Ivy	3-7-0	0.3	4.73	-10.8	8.04	2.14	0.86
113	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	4.63	-5.18	9.82	3.6	-0.6
114	Kentucky	SEC	3-8-0	0.27	4.5	-8	14.46	2.55	0.45
115	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	3-8-0	0.27	4.34	-6.64	6.52	3.55	-0.55
116	Indiana	Big Ten	3-8-0	0.27	4.07	-13.55	13.25	1.72	1.28
117	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	3.99	-11.73	7.64	2.14	0.86
118	Colorado	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	3.95	-16.45	14.02	1.36	1.64
119	TCU	Southwest	2-7-2	0.18	3.47	-6.27	13.27	3.84	-1.84
120	Long Beach State	PCAA	2-8-0	0.2	2.79	-8.2	11.63	2.62	-0.62
121	California	Pac-10	2-9-0	0.18	2.42	-8.18	16.05	3.2	-1.2
122	Oregon	Pac-10	2-9-0	0.18	2.34	-8.36	12.75	2.74	-0.74
123	North Texas	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.13	-11.27	12.6	1.59	0.41
124	Kansas State	Big 8	2-9-0	0.18	2.08	-12.09	13.02	2.16	-0.16
125	Marshall	Southern	2-9-0	0.18	1.77	-17.27	9.78	0.75	1.25
126	Louisiana	Southland	1-9-1	0.09	0.48	-8.55	9.56	2.45	-1.45
127	Texas Tech	Southwest	1-9-1	0.09	0.45	-9.09	13.45	3.03	-2.03
128	Columbia	Ivy	1-9-0	0.1	0.2	-12.7	8.92	1.48	-0.48
129	Memphis	FBS Independents	1-10-0	0.09	0.05	-11.55	11.52	1.08	-0.08
130	Virginia	ACC	1-10-0	0.09	0.01	-12.18	13.7	1.69	-0.69
131	Pennsylvania	Ivy	1-9-0	0.1	-0.09	-19.1	5.79	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	10.54	0.75	0.25
134	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-10-0	0.09	-0.65	-29.45	11.75	0.64	0.36
135	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0-11-0	0	-2.45	-22.73	9.3	0.44	-0.44
136	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-12-0	0	-2.73	-28.17	14.74	0.79	-0.79
137	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-11-0	0	-2.97	-38.45	14.67	0.15	-0.15