1981 W3 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:29.481021+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	North Carolina	ACC	2-0-0	1	31.68	49	19.34	2	0
2	Arizona State	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	31.61	27	21.52	1.83	0.17
3	Oklahoma	Big 8	1-0-0	1	30.88	17	19.53	0.81	0.19
4	Washington	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	30.56	18.5	18.34	1.88	0.12
5	Miami	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	30.17	3	22.78	1.23	0.77
6	Iowa State	Big 8	2-0-0	1	30.07	7.5	20.79	1.51	0.49
7	Mississippi State	SEC	2-0-0	1	28.88	18.5	10.11	1.93	0.07
8	USC	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	28.7	28.5	10.04	1.99	0.01
9	UCLA	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	28.45	17.5	11.39	1.71	0.29
10	BYU	Western Athletic	3-0-0	1	28.21	34.67	2.08	2.88	0.12
11	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	28.21	25.5	3.9	1.96	0.04
12	Clemson	ACC	3-0-0	1	28.19	17.67	7.43	2.89	0.11
13	Ole Miss	SEC	3-0-0	1	27.61	4	6.34	2.02	0.98
14	SMU	Southwest	3-0-0	1	27.59	35.67	-0.64	2.9	0.1
15	Lamar	Southland	2-0-0	1	27.56	22	3.1	1.84	0.16
16	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	27.45	22	-0.36	1.96	0.04
17	NC State	ACC	3-0-0	1	27.39	10.67	4.25	2.25	0.75
18	App State	Southern	3-0-0	1	27.29	33.67	0.81	2.95	0.05
19	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	27.08	2.5	12.99	1.18	0.82
20	Western Michigan	Mid-American	2-0-0	1	27.08	7	9.42	1.56	0.44
21	Penn State	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	26.47	52	-2.56	1	0
22	Kansas	Big 8	2-0-0	1	26.43	6.5	0.23	1.52	0.48
23	Washington State	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	26.3	8	6.45	1.46	0.54
24	Missouri	Big 8	2-0-0	1	26.08	23	-1.46	1.89	0.11
25	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	26.08	30	-2.33	1.96	0.04
26	Rutgers	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	26.06	4.33	-0.85	2.08	0.92
27	Arkansas	Southwest	2-0-0	1	26.01	17.5	-0.16	1.87	0.13
28	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	26	17.5	-1.29	1.77	0.23
29	Texas	Southwest	2-0-0	1	25.98	20.5	-1.67	1.93	0.07
30	San Diego State	Western Athletic	1-0-0	1	25.58	16	-1.12	0.86	0.14
31	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	25.49	1	26.41	0.55	0.45
32	West Virginia	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	25.47	9	-0.47	1.49	0.51
33	Illinois State	Missouri Valley	2-0-0	1	25.38	22.5	-5.75	1.94	0.06
34	Navy	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	25.34	17	-4.83	1.97	0.03
35	Drake	Missouri Valley	3-0-0	1	24.88	9	-7.28	2.21	0.79
36	VMI	Southern	2-0-0	1	24.77	7	-1.83	1.54	0.46
37	Yale	Ivy	1-0-0	1	22.89	21	1.81	0.96	0.04
38	Dartmouth	Ivy	1-0-0	1	22.59	19	1.17	0.89	0.11
39	Harvard	Ivy	1-0-0	1	22.29	17	-0.09	0.96	0.04
40	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	1-0-0	1	22.21	26	-2.04	0.94	0.06
41	Georgia	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	21.84	16	8.27	2.77	-0.77
42	Pennsylvania	Ivy	1-0-0	1	21.68	7	1.22	0.66	0.34
43	Oklahoma State	Big 8	1-0-0	1	20.94	2	0.34	0.55	0.45
44	UNLV	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	20.91	4.33	10.03	1.8	0.2
45	Alabama	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	20.81	7.67	18.67	2.23	-0.23
46	Florida	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	20.65	16	19.31	2.67	-0.67
47	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	2-1-0	0.67	20.33	8.67	6.23	2.23	-0.23
48	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	2-1-0	0.67	20.24	2.33	24.42	1.76	0.24
49	Baylor	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	19.89	14.67	14.02	2.57	-0.57
50	South Carolina	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	19.79	8	9.74	2.42	-0.42
51	McNeese	Southland	2-1-0	0.67	19.66	20.67	5.68	2.66	-0.66
52	Temple	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	19.53	16	-4.69	2.69	-0.69
53	Florida State	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	19.37	0.67	4.27	1.59	0.41
54	Louisville	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	19.1	10	13.65	2.42	-0.42
55	Wyoming	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	19.01	5	8.68	1.89	0.11
56	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	18.73	3.67	8.56	1.8	0.2
57	San José State	PCAA	2-1-0	0.67	18.64	15.33	6.86	2.71	-0.71
58	Utah	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	18.6	4.67	10.72	1.91	0.09
59	Kentucky	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	17.28	6.5	9.52	1.46	-0.46
60	Houston	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	17.23	3	14.12	1.28	-0.28
61	Arkansas State	Southland	1-1-0	0.5	17.22	9	8.82	1.44	-0.44
62	Utah State	PCAA	2-1-0	0.67	16.39	2.67	1.25	1.84	0.16
63	Colorado	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	16.29	7	10.29	1.33	-0.33
64	Purdue	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	16.15	2.5	11.58	1.16	-0.16
65	Chattanooga	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	15.57	3	9.01	1.13	-0.13
66	Auburn	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	15.4	2.5	-1.59	1.14	-0.14
67	Illinois	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	15.36	-2.33	9.78	1.27	0.73
68	Kansas State	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	15.14	2	9.88	1.15	-0.15
69	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-1-0	0.5	15.06	0	8.44	1	0
70	Nebraska	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	14.66	8.5	27.17	1.56	-0.56
71	Texas A&M	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	14.4	0	0.02	1	0
72	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	14.38	-9	18.46	0.49	0.51
73	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	14.28	0	-0.01	1	0
74	Iowa	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	14.01	-4	15.07	0.65	0.35
75	Michigan	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	13.98	5.5	24.92	1.37	-0.37
76	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	13.74	-5.5	13.36	0.68	0.32
77	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	13.48	-7	14.91	0.59	0.41
78	Toledo	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	13.45	7.5	21.17	1.44	-0.44
79	Ball State	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	13.42	-18.5	9.56	0.2	0.8
80	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	13.3	2.5	-10	1.27	-0.27
81	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	13.15	-11.5	13.71	0.51	0.49
82	TCU	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	12.98	7	18.99	1.34	-0.34
83	Indiana	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	12.93	-10	12.81	0.34	0.66
84	Marshall	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	12.65	-4	6.61	0.66	0.34
85	Colgate	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	11.81	2.5	10.16	1.2	-0.2
86	Kent State	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	11.65	4	6.61	1.31	-0.31
87	Louisiana Tech	Southland	1-2-0	0.33	11.35	4.67	15.79	1.94	-0.94
88	Ohio	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	11.1	0	10.81	1	0
89	The Citadel	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	10.76	-0.5	11.62	0.94	0.06
90	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	10.74	0	8.09	1	0
91	Furman	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	10.1	-3.5	14.72	0.74	0.26
92	Fresno State	PCAA	1-2-0	0.33	9.94	0	5.36	1.5	-0.5
93	Oregon	Pac-10	1-2-0	0.33	9.46	6	21.38	2.1	-1.1
94	Texas Tech	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	9.36	-5.5	10.47	0.79	0.21
95	East Carolina	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	8.06	-13.67	19.22	0.6	0.4
96	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	1-2-0	0.33	7.91	0.67	20.75	1.56	-0.56
97	Pacific	PCAA	1-2-0	0.33	7.72	-15.67	10.03	0.21	0.79
98	Long Beach State	PCAA	1-2-0	0.33	7.37	-11.67	15.15	0.53	0.47
99	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	1-2-0	0.33	7.36	-13.67	1.84	0.39	0.61
100	East Tennessee State	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	7.04	-13.33	1.59	0.41	0.59
101	Texas-Arlington	Southland	1-2-0	0.33	6.75	-19	14.79	0.35	0.65
102	Richmond	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.28	-6	27.52	1.03	-0.03
103	Wake Forest	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	6.25	-6.33	26.31	0.98	0.02
104	California	Pac-10	1-2-0	0.33	6.03	-4.67	19.08	1.11	-0.11
105	LSU	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	5.71	-10.67	24.17	0.63	0.37
106	Tennessee	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	5.26	-12.67	19.11	0.61	0.39
107	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	0-3-0	0	-1.12	-3.33	18.25	1.13	-1.13
108	Cornell	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-1.24	-7	0.03	0.34	-0.34
109	Maryland	ACC	0-2-0	0	-1.39	-5	23.33	0.67	-0.67
110	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-2-0	0	-1.62	-8.5	5.79	0.32	-0.32
111	Syracuse	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-1.72	-5.67	23.14	1.07	-1.07
112	Brown	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-1.89	-21	2.34	0.04	-0.04
113	Princeton	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-1.92	-19	1.71	0.11	-0.11
114	Arizona	Pac-10	0-2-0	0	-1.99	-9	11.89	0.51	-0.51
115	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	0-3-0	0	-2.01	-8	12.45	0.64	-0.64
116	Tulane	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.01	-9	30.77	0.47	-0.47
117	Columbia	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-2.05	-17	1.77	0.04	-0.04
118	Louisiana	Southland	0-3-0	0	-2.14	-12	13.68	0.31	-0.31
119	New Mexico	Western Athletic	0-3-0	0	-2.15	-8.33	19.69	1	-1
120	Michigan State	Big Ten	0-2-0	0	-2.2	-12	17.84	0.4	-0.4
121	Virginia	ACC	0-2-0	0	-2.2	-8.5	27.05	0.34	-0.34
122	Stanford	Pac-10	0-2-0	0	-2.23	-15	19.66	0.27	-0.27
123	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0-2-0	0	-2.26	-14	7.92	0.14	-0.14
124	Army	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.27	-10.5	23.49	0.26	-0.26
125	Memphis	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.44	-8.67	30.56	0.16	-0.16
126	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-2-0	0	-2.48	-16	23.05	0.27	-0.27
127	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-2-0	0	-2.5	-20	8.56	0.15	-0.15
128	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	0-3-0	0	-2.61	-18.67	11	0.27	-0.27
129	Western Carolina	Southern	0-3-0	0	-2.63	-17.33	12.51	0.17	-0.17
130	Duke	ACC	0-2-0	0	-2.73	-17.5	23.43	0.12	-0.12
131	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-2-0	0	-2.77	-29	10.52	0.04	-0.04
132	Air Force	Western Athletic	0-2-0	0	-2.82	-15.5	25.71	0.32	-0.32
133	North Texas	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.97	-20.67	28.62	0.13	-0.13
134	UTEP	Western Athletic	0-3-0	0	-3.03	-28.67	12.39	0.12	-0.12
135	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-3.13	-29.67	15.44	0.05	-0.05
136	Rice	Southwest	0-2-0	0	-3.16	-30	24.99	0.03	-0.03
137	William & Mary	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-3.6	-35	25.72	0.03	-0.03