1981 W2 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:29.480571+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Georgia	SEC	2-0-0	1	32.16	29	2.95	1.96	0.04
2	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	32.02	26	5.37	0.98	0.02
3	Ole Miss	SEC	2-0-0	1	31.95	4	20.58	1.27	0.73
4	BYU	Western Athletic	2-0-0	1	31.89	23.5	2.94	1.81	0.19
5	SMU	Southwest	2-0-0	1	31.26	37.5	1.79	1.99	0.01
6	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	31.01	20	0.52	0.97	0.03
7	North Carolina	ACC	1-0-0	1	30.68	56	25.62	1	0
8	Oklahoma	Big 8	1-0-0	1	30.68	17	31.46	0.81	0.19
9	Florida State	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	30.58	11	-0.29	1.96	0.04
10	Arizona State	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	30.57	42	29.04	0.98	0.02
11	UNLV	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	30.41	8.5	2.72	1.34	0.66
12	Rutgers	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	30.33	5	5.61	1.31	0.69
13	Miami	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	30.2	1	7.99	0.53	0.47
14	Kansas	Big 8	2-0-0	1	29.93	6.5	7.32	1.52	0.48
15	Washington	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	29.75	20	26.98	0.89	0.11
16	Kentucky	SEC	1-0-0	1	29.58	22	4.16	0.97	0.03
17	Houston	Southwest	1-0-0	1	29.47	11	0.37	0.85	0.15
18	NC State	ACC	2-0-0	1	29.27	5.5	3.62	1.26	0.74
19	Mississippi State	SEC	1-0-0	1	29.16	17	-1.78	0.99	0.01
20	Ball State	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	28.94	3	33.33	0.58	0.42
21	Temple	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	28.73	27	0.92	1.92	0.08
22	Lamar	Southland	1-0-0	1	28.66	1	9.98	0.53	0.47
23	Arkansas State	Southland	1-0-0	1	28.36	22	31.01	0.91	0.09
24	Clemson	ACC	2-0-0	1	28.34	21.5	-1.8	1.92	0.08
25	Auburn	SEC	1-0-0	1	28.1	8	-1.12	0.72	0.28
26	Iowa State	Big 8	1-0-0	1	28.06	4	26.65	0.65	0.35
27	App State	Southern	2-0-0	1	28.02	42	-10	1.99	0.01
28	Drake	Missouri Valley	2-0-0	1	27.93	6	-3.65	1.28	0.72
29	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	27.77	3	36.6	0.58	0.42
30	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	2-0-0	1	27.25	19	-4.54	1.92	0.08
31	Texas A&M	Southwest	1-0-0	1	26.41	1	1.1	0.52	0.48
32	USC	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	26.29	36	4.8	0.99	0.01
33	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	25.96	3	28.4	0.56	0.44
34	Illinois State	Missouri Valley	1-0-0	1	25.84	24	-10	0.97	0.03
35	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	25.71	18	4.47	0.93	0.07
36	Navy	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	25.54	10	8.56	0.89	0.11
37	UCLA	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	25.39	17	3.45	0.83	0.17
38	Ohio State	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	25.31	21	2.5	0.91	0.09
39	Penn State	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	25.31	52	-0.74	1	0
40	Purdue	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	25.06	8	7.21	0.7	0.3
41	Texas	Southwest	1-0-0	1	25.03	28	3.82	1	0
42	Missouri	Big 8	1-0-0	1	24.95	14	2.71	0.89	0.11
43	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	24.92	16	2.5	0.88	0.12
44	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	24.13	7	11.18	0.72	0.28
45	Arkansas	Southwest	1-0-0	1	24.1	4	6.52	0.69	0.31
46	West Virginia	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	23.78	14	1.58	0.8	0.2
47	Iowa	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	23.77	3	12.24	0.7	0.3
48	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	23.52	19	-2.14	0.88	0.12
49	Western Michigan	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	23.22	3	1.47	0.6	0.4
50	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	23	2	6.88	0.57	0.43
51	San Diego State	Western Athletic	1-0-0	1	22.95	16	3.48	0.86	0.14
52	Colorado	Big 8	1-0-0	1	22.9	18	4.96	0.77	0.23
53	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-0-0	1	22.88	6	8.04	0.67	0.33
54	Chattanooga	Southern	1-0-0	1	22.44	23	-10	0.87	0.13
55	VMI	Southern	1-0-0	1	22.03	7	0.5	0.72	0.28
56	Indiana	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	21.99	1	-0.62	0.53	0.47
57	South Carolina	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	21.55	5	16.42	1.37	-0.37
58	Washington State	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	21.38	12	-10	0.74	0.26
59	Alabama	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	20.84	7	2.43	1.41	-0.41
60	Kansas State	Big 8	1-0-0	1	20.67	21	-10	0.94	0.06
61	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	20.28	8	-10	0.88	0.12
62	McNeese	Southland	1-1-0	0.5	20.1	6	4.19	1.33	-0.33
63	Wyoming	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	19.53	4	5.61	1.17	-0.17
64	Marshall	Southern	1-0-0	1	19.5	3	-10	0.6	0.4
65	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	19.03	4	1.68	1.2	-0.2
66	Fresno State	PCAA	1-1-0	0.5	18.21	2	3.63	1.1	-0.1
67	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	17.8	1.5	5.34	1.12	-0.12
68	Baylor	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	16.2	18.5	15.56	1.87	-0.87
69	Florida	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	16.09	13.5	21.52	1.66	-0.66
70	Pacific	PCAA	1-1-0	0.5	16.01	-6.5	8.83	0.53	0.47
71	Utah	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	15.78	-16	6.95	0.19	0.81
72	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	15.28	-3	-1.3	0.77	0.23
73	East Carolina	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	15.16	-10	5.76	0.57	0.43
74	Louisiana Tech	Southland	1-1-0	0.5	14.79	10.5	23.85	1.69	-0.69
75	San José State	PCAA	1-1-0	0.5	14.25	12	11.66	1.69	-0.69
76	Louisville	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	13.4	4	20.42	1.34	-0.34
77	East Tennessee State	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	13.36	-9.5	-3.7	0.52	0.48
78	Utah State	PCAA	1-1-0	0.5	11.59	-2.5	14.91	0.65	0.35
79	Long Beach State	PCAA	1-1-0	0.5	11.37	-6.5	22	0.54	0.46
80	Illinois	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	10.36	-5	19.21	0.7	0.3
81	Texas-Arlington	Southland	1-1-0	0.5	9.88	-17.5	29.42	0.23	0.77
82	Yale	Ivy	0-0-0	0	2.34	0	0	0	0
83	Nebraska	Big 8	0-1-0	0	2.08	-3	2.23	0.3	-0.3
84	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	0-0-0	0	1.89	0	0	0	0
85	Brown	Ivy	0-0-0	0	1.81	0	0	0	0
86	Harvard	Ivy	0-0-0	0	1.77	0	0	0	0
87	Dartmouth	Ivy	0-0-0	0	1.71	0	0	0	0
88	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	1.65	0	0	0	0
89	Michigan	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	1.32	-7	2.37	0.28	-0.28
90	Cornell	Ivy	0-0-0	0	1.22	0	0	0	0
91	Princeton	Ivy	0-0-0	0	1.17	0	0	0	0
92	Ohio	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	0.93	-2	3.94	0.43	-0.43
93	Oklahoma State	Big 8	0-0-0	0	0.71	0	0	0	0
94	Maryland	ACC	0-1-0	0	0.66	-6	0.09	0.33	-0.33
95	The Citadel	Southern	0-1-0	0	0.34	-10	9	0.11	-0.11
96	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	0-2-0	0	0.34	-4	17.88	0.64	-0.64
97	Central Michigan	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	0.22	-7	26.98	0.05	-0.05
98	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	0.17	-10	4.46	0.11	-0.11
99	Stanford	Pac-10	0-1-0	0	0.16	-8	8.71	0.3	-0.3
100	Tulane	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	0.13	-4.5	27.11	0.63	-0.63
101	Oregon	Pac-10	0-2-0	0	0.12	-8	28.52	0.49	-0.49
102	Pennsylvania	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.03	0	0	0	0
103	Furman	Southern	0-1-0	0	-0.03	-28	7.99	0.02	-0.02
104	Columbia	Ivy	0-0-0	0	-0.09	0	0	0	0
105	Colgate	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.14	-8	32.16	0.09	-0.09
106	Kent State	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	-0.66	-3	7.95	0.4	-0.4
107	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-0.66	-1	6.47	0.47	-0.47
108	Texas Tech	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-0.8	-18	-0.41	0.23	-0.23
109	Syracuse	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-0.81	-7	28.55	0.7	-0.7
110	Michigan State	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-0.86	-10	0.52	0.25	-0.25
111	Louisiana	Southland	0-2-0	0	-0.86	-16.5	12.36	0.03	-0.03
112	Toledo	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	-0.99	-25	1.2	0.02	-0.02
113	Wake Forest	ACC	0-2-0	0	-1.02	-11	31.97	0.42	-0.42
114	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	-1.12	-16	1.26	0.14	-0.14
115	LSU	SEC	0-2-0	0	-1.33	-17.5	23.91	0.12	-0.12
116	Arizona	Pac-10	0-1-0	0	-1.34	-17	10.88	0.17	-0.17
117	Army	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.37	-14	10.19	0.11	-0.11
118	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	-1.38	-38	9.98	0	0
119	Richmond	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-1.4	-11	19.54	0.46	-0.46
120	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	-1.49	-7	-10	0.16	-0.16
121	Rice	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-1.54	-28	7.76	0	0
122	Virginia	ACC	0-1-0	0	-1.59	-14	6.39	0.2	-0.2
123	California	Pac-10	0-2-0	0	-1.6	-7.5	29.89	0.65	-0.65
124	Duke	ACC	0-1-0	0	-1.72	-21	10.71	0.09	-0.09
125	North Texas	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-1.8	-24.5	29.92	0.05	-0.05
126	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	0-2-0	0	-1.83	-16.5	30.02	0.2	-0.2
127	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	0-2-0	0	-1.89	-10.5	28.75	0.29	-0.29
128	Tennessee	SEC	0-2-0	0	-1.92	-40	24.11	0.01	-0.01
129	New Mexico	Western Athletic	0-2-0	0	-1.96	-9	32	0.66	-0.66
130	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	0-2-0	0	-2.04	-15	18.27	0.23	-0.23
131	TCU	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-2.17	-8	27.13	0.28	-0.28
132	Western Carolina	Southern	0-2-0	0	-2.3	-21.5	13.79	0.12	-0.12
133	UTEP	Western Athletic	0-2-0	0	-2.54	-14.5	7.69	0.24	-0.24
134	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.56	-29	0.4	0.04	-0.04
135	Air Force	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	-2.59	-24	36.38	0.14	-0.14
136	Memphis	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.67	-11	32.8	0.08	-0.08
137	William & Mary	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-3.27	-30.5	16.18	0.04	-0.04