1981 W1 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:29.480132+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Georgia	SEC	1-0-0	1	36.86	44	15.91	1	0
2	Alabama	SEC	1-0-0	1	36.6	17	13.79	0.95	0.05
3	BYU	Western Athletic	1-0-0	1	36.38	23	14.22	0.96	0.04
4	Florida State	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	35.63	17	7.28	1	0
5	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	35.18	20	6.15	0.97	0.03
6	South Carolina	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	34.76	17	14.21	0.96	0.04
7	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	34.73	26	16.07	0.98	0.02
8	SMU	Southwest	1-0-0	1	33.48	48	5.17	1	0
9	McNeese	Southland	1-0-0	1	33.33	15	6.37	0.87	0.13
10	UNLV	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	33.33	10	13.99	0.91	0.09
11	Miami	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	33.13	1	17.1	0.53	0.47
12	Rutgers	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	32.16	2	9.73	0.54	0.46
13	Wyoming	Western Athletic	1-0-0	1	31.46	25	6.72	0.93	0.07
14	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	31.01	30	10.73	0.98	0.02
15	Houston	Southwest	1-0-0	1	30.68	11	4.68	0.85	0.15
16	Mississippi State	SEC	1-0-0	1	29.98	17	1.01	0.99	0.01
17	App State	Southern	1-0-0	1	29.54	39	-10	0.98	0.02
18	NC State	ACC	1-0-0	1	29.18	6	8.01	0.64	0.36
19	Utah	Western Athletic	1-0-0	1	29.04	10	13.75	1	0
20	Drake	Missouri Valley	1-0-0	1	29.03	9	-10	0.65	0.35
21	Kansas	Big 8	1-0-0	1	28.63	4	15.46	0.68	0.32
22	Fresno State	PCAA	1-0-0	1	28.4	7	19.29	0.7	0.3
23	Ole Miss	SEC	1-0-0	1	28.1	1	13.84	0.53	0.47
24	Auburn	SEC	1-0-0	1	27.13	8	1.1	0.72	0.28
25	Pacific	PCAA	1-0-0	1	26.98	7	19.01	0.95	0.05
26	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	1-0-0	1	26.65	7	8.28	0.78	0.22
27	Kentucky	SEC	1-0-0	1	26.37	22	12.8	0.97	0.03
28	Clemson	ACC	1-0-0	1	26.12	35	-10	0.97	0.03
29	East Carolina	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	25.62	36	6.18	0.99	0.01
30	Lamar	Southland	1-0-0	1	25.58	1	20.94	0.53	0.47
31	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	1-0-0	1	25.37	7	-0.96	0.84	0.16
32	Temple	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	24.95	42	1.15	1	0
33	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	1-0-0	1	24.18	32	-10	0.99	0.01
34	Texas A&M	Southwest	1-0-0	1	22.93	1	3.19	0.52	0.48
35	Illinois State	Missouri Valley	1-0-0	1	22.21	24	-10	0.97	0.03
36	East Tennessee State	Southern	1-0-0	1	21.06	9	-10	0.69	0.31
37	Nebraska	Big 8	0-0-0	0	12.24	0	0	0	0
38	USC	Pac-10	0-0-0	0	11.35	0	0	0	0
39	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	11.21	0	0	0	0
40	Michigan	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	11.18	0	0	0	0
41	North Carolina	ACC	0-0-0	0	11.03	0	0	0	0
42	UCLA	Pac-10	0-0-0	0	10.88	0	0	0	0
43	Penn State	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	10.8	0	0	0	0
44	Ohio State	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	10.71	0	0	0	0
45	Oklahoma	Big 8	0-0-0	0	10.44	0	0	0	0
46	Missouri	Big 8	0-0-0	0	10.19	0	0	0	0
47	Baylor	Southwest	0-1-0	0	9.98	-1	2.69	0.47	-0.47
48	Furman	Southern	0-0-0	0	9.91	0	0	0	0
49	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	9.89	0	0	0	0
50	Washington	Pac-10	0-0-0	0	9.65	0	0	0	0
51	Yale	Ivy	0-0-0	0	9.36	0	0	0	0
52	Navy	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	9	0	0	0	0
53	Arizona State	Pac-10	0-0-0	0	8.83	0	0	0	0
54	Chattanooga	Southern	0-0-0	0	8.71	0	0	0	0
55	Purdue	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	8.71	0	0	0	0
56	The Citadel	Southern	0-0-0	0	8.56	0	0	0	0
57	Oregon	Pac-10	0-1-0	0	8.12	-7	6.68	0.3	-0.3
58	Iowa State	Big 8	0-0-0	0	8.09	0	0	0	0
59	Maryland	ACC	0-0-0	0	8.04	0	0	0	0
60	Central Michigan	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	8.01	-7	3.93	0.05	-0.05
61	Florida	SEC	0-1-0	0	7.99	-1	19.17	0.47	-0.47
62	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0-0-0	0	7.95	0	0	0	0
63	Texas	Southwest	0-0-0	0	7.76	0	0	0	0
64	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-0-0	0	7.62	0	0	0	0
65	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	0-0-0	0	7.57	0	0	0	0
66	Ball State	Mid-American	0-0-0	0	7.46	0	0	0	0
67	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0-0-0	0	7.42	0	0	0	0
68	Brown	Ivy	0-0-0	0	7.26	0	0	0	0
69	Colgate	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	7.25	0	0	0	0
70	Stanford	Pac-10	0-0-0	0	7.21	0	0	0	0
71	Arkansas	Southwest	0-0-0	0	7.12	0	0	0	0
72	Harvard	Ivy	0-0-0	0	7.08	0	0	0	0
73	Ohio	Mid-American	0-0-0	0	6.88	0	0	0	0
74	Dartmouth	Ivy	0-0-0	0	6.82	0	0	0	0
75	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	6.58	0	0	0	0
76	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	0-1-0	0	6.52	-4	9.32	0.32	-0.32
77	Indiana	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	6.47	0	0	0	0
78	Tulane	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	6.4	-1	10.27	0.47	-0.47
79	West Virginia	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	6.39	0	0	0	0
80	Washington State	Pac-10	0-0-0	0	6.02	0	0	0	0
81	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-0-0	0	5.54	0	0	0	0
82	Louisiana	Southland	0-1-0	0	5.37	-26	18.61	0.02	-0.02
83	Toledo	Mid-American	0-0-0	0	5.2	0	0	0	0
84	San José State	PCAA	0-1-0	0	5.07	-10	18.02	0.09	-0.09
85	Utah State	PCAA	0-1-0	0	5.07	-10	9.54	0	0
86	Texas Tech	Southwest	0-0-0	0	4.96	0	0	0	0
87	Cornell	Ivy	0-0-0	0	4.87	0	0	0	0
88	Tennessee	SEC	0-1-0	0	4.8	-44	22.12	0	0
89	Wake Forest	ACC	0-1-0	0	4.74	-17	20.04	0.04	-0.04
90	Princeton	Ivy	0-0-0	0	4.67	0	0	0	0
91	LSU	SEC	0-1-0	0	4.47	-17	23.87	0.05	-0.05
92	Long Beach State	PCAA	0-1-0	0	4.46	-23	22.82	0.04	-0.04
93	North Texas	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	4.16	-22	3.42	0.03	-0.03
94	Syracuse	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	3.97	-2	19.25	0.46	-0.46
95	Minnesota	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	3.94	0	0	0	0
96	Rice	Southwest	0-0-0	0	3.82	0	0	0	0
97	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-0-0	0	3.48	0	0	0	0
98	Arizona	Pac-10	0-0-0	0	3.45	0	0	0	0
99	Michigan State	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	3.25	0	0	0	0
100	Oklahoma State	Big 8	0-0-0	0	2.83	0	0	0	0
101	Army	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	2.71	0	0	0	0
102	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	0-1-0	0	2.71	-30	13.04	0.02	-0.02
103	Louisiana Tech	Southland	0-1-0	0	2.6	-7	7.31	0.22	-0.22
104	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	2.54	0	0	0	0
105	Duke	ACC	0-0-0	0	2.5	0	0	0	0
106	Richmond	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	2.5	-6	12.67	0.36	-0.36
107	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	2.37	0	0	0	0
108	Iowa	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	2.23	0	0	0	0
109	VMI	Southern	0-0-0	0	1.95	0	0	0	0
110	Kansas State	Big 8	0-0-0	0	1.82	0	0	0	0
111	Virginia	ACC	0-0-0	0	1.58	0	0	0	0
112	Marshall	Southern	0-0-0	0	1.49	0	0	0	0
113	Kent State	Mid-American	0-0-0	0	1.47	0	0	0	0
114	Air Force	Western Athletic	0-0-0	0	1.42	0	0	0	0
115	San Diego State	Western Athletic	0-0-0	0	1.26	0	0	0	0
116	Louisville	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	1.2	-17	24.45	0	0
117	California	Pac-10	0-1-0	0	1.1	-1	3.76	0.48	-0.48
118	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	0-1-0	0	0.92	-15	20.37	0.13	-0.13
119	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	0-1-0	0	0.78	-25	15.78	0.07	-0.07
120	Arkansas State	Southland	0-0-0	0	0.65	0	0	0	0
121	Illinois	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	0.52	-20	23.74	0.03	-0.03
122	Western Carolina	Southern	0-1-0	0	0.5	-36	3.79	0.01	-0.01
123	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.39	0	0	0	0
124	New Mexico	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	0.37	-11	16.12	0.15	-0.15
125	Pennsylvania	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.13	0	0	0	0
126	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-0-0	0	0.09	0	0	0	0
127	Columbia	Ivy	0-0-0	0	-0.34	0	0	0	0
128	Colorado	Big 8	0-0-0	0	-0.41	0	0	0	0
129	Texas-Arlington	Southland	0-1-0	0	-0.58	-48	19.5	0	0
130	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	-0.62	0	0	0	0
131	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0-0-0	0	-0.69	0	0	0	0
132	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.74	-6	-10	0.29	-0.29
133	Oregon State	Pac-10	0-0-0	0	-0.86	0	0	0	0
134	TCU	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-1.12	-8	10.8	0.28	-0.28
135	Memphis	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.78	-17	15.55	0.01	-0.01
136	UTEP	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	-2.03	-7	8.22	0.16	-0.16
137	William & Mary	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2.14	-42	4.22	0	0