1981 W4 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:29.481465+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	North Carolina	ACC	3-0-0	1	29.73	46.67	15.57	2.98	0.02
2	USC	Pac-10	3-0-0	1	28.88	20.33	16.36	2.79	0.21
3	Iowa State	Big 8	3-0-0	1	28.17	8	15.3	2.21	0.79
4	Washington	Pac-10	3-0-0	1	27.9	17	10.77	2.86	0.14
5	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-0-0	1	27.83	11.67	14.1	2.42	0.58
6	Mississippi State	SEC	3-0-0	1	27.74	19.33	10.56	2.89	0.11
7	Washington State	Pac-10	3-0-0	1	27.03	6.33	12.63	2.03	0.97
8	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	27	25.5	6.12	1.96	0.04
9	BYU	Western Athletic	4-0-0	1	26.81	31.25	4.45	3.76	0.24
10	Penn State	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	26.8	29	5.77	1.9	0.1
11	Arkansas	Southwest	3-0-0	1	26.77	16.33	8	2.73	0.27
12	Texas	Southwest	3-0-0	1	26.76	16	8.01	2.84	0.16
13	San Diego State	Western Athletic	2-0-0	1	26.68	11.5	9.09	1.59	0.41
14	Missouri	Big 8	3-0-0	1	26.43	25.67	4.56	2.91	0.09
15	Kansas	Big 8	3-0-0	1	26.25	6	8.54	2.16	0.84
16	Clemson	ACC	3-0-0	1	26.19	17.67	3.28	2.89	0.11
17	SMU	Southwest	4-0-0	1	26.15	29.5	1.69	3.83	0.17
18	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	26.11	25.33	2.98	2.86	0.14
19	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	25.58	17	0.71	2.86	0.14
20	West Virginia	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	24.93	21.33	-2.12	2.77	0.23
21	Drake	Missouri Valley	4-0-0	1	24.7	7	0.76	2.78	1.22
22	Ohio State	Big Ten	3-0-0	1	24.64	13.33	-2.39	2.46	0.54
23	VMI	Southern	2-0-0	1	24.08	7	-2.45	1.54	0.46
24	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	2-0-0	1	23.69	20.5	-6.3	1.89	0.11
25	Yale	Ivy	2-0-0	1	23.65	15	-5.95	1.73	0.27
26	Arizona State	Pac-10	2-1-0	0.67	22.29	17	21.74	2.48	-0.48
27	Georgia	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	21.99	18	14.82	3.83	-0.83
28	Alabama	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	21.19	11	12.71	3.29	-0.29
29	Baylor	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	21.07	14.25	11.44	3.39	-0.39
30	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	3-1-0	0.75	20.85	2.75	17.27	2.32	0.68
31	App State	Southern	3-1-0	0.75	20.82	21.75	1.58	3.6	-0.6
32	Utah	Western Athletic	3-1-0	0.75	20.52	14	8.88	3.4	-0.4
33	UNLV	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	20.21	3.5	11.03	2.31	0.69
34	NC State	ACC	3-1-0	0.75	19.79	1.75	4.8	2.18	0.82
35	San José State	PCAA	3-1-0	0.75	19.67	12.25	3.68	3.3	-0.3
36	UCLA	Pac-10	2-1-0	0.67	19.55	7.33	8.59	2.1	-0.1
37	Ole Miss	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	19.5	-0.5	10.34	1.92	1.08
38	Miami	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	19.43	-0.33	21.29	1.46	0.54
39	Houston	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	19.26	11.33	14.8	2.59	-0.59
40	Texas A&M	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	18.88	12	14.29	2.37	-0.37
41	Navy	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	18.86	9.67	4.91	2.53	-0.53
42	Iowa	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	18.84	1.67	24.39	1.72	0.28
43	Rutgers	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	18.81	0.75	1.19	2.16	0.84
44	Western Michigan	Mid-American	2-1-0	0.67	18.81	1	12.68	1.63	0.37
45	Michigan	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	18.72	5.33	17.79	2.03	-0.03
46	Arkansas State	Southland	2-1-0	0.67	18.55	7	11.92	2.01	-0.01
47	Lamar	Southland	2-1-0	0.67	18.44	9	-0.04	2.23	-0.23
48	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	2-1-1	0.5	18.23	6.5	6.88	2.8	-0.8
49	Wyoming	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	18.11	5	8.48	1.89	0.11
50	McNeese	Southland	2-1-0	0.67	18.06	20.67	0.47	2.66	-0.66
51	The Citadel	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	18.03	4.33	16.67	1.98	0.02
52	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	17.83	0	23.17	1.5	0.5
53	Purdue	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	17.8	2	13.04	1.7	0.3
54	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.78	3.67	7.66	1.8	0.2
55	Oklahoma	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	17.64	6.5	23.86	1.28	-0.28
56	Florida State	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.43	0.67	10.44	1.59	0.41
57	Colgate	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.17	9.67	4.94	2.39	-0.39
58	Temple	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.12	16	-5.11	2.69	-0.69
59	Illinois State	Missouri Valley	2-1-0	0.67	17.1	4	-4.63	1.85	0.15
60	Chattanooga	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	16.82	4.33	2.43	1.88	0.12
61	Ohio	Mid-American	2-1-0	0.67	16.81	1	12.67	1.58	0.42
62	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	16.55	6.33	0.76	2.17	-0.17
63	Florida	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	16.09	6.75	20.88	2.81	-0.81
64	Illinois	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	15.37	-2.33	8.1	1.27	0.73
65	Furman	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	15.12	-1	8.35	1.41	0.59
66	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2-1-0	0.67	14.64	-5.67	8.61	1.06	0.94
67	Harvard	Ivy	1-1-0	0.5	13.95	1.5	5.62	1.09	-0.09
68	Dartmouth	Ivy	1-1-0	0.5	13.79	8.5	-5.96	1.58	-0.58
69	Louisville	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	13.66	-0.25	16.57	1.97	0.03
70	South Carolina	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	13.63	0	13.24	2	0
71	Oklahoma State	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	12.72	-2.5	12.23	0.86	0.14
72	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.64	-20.5	23.04	0.2	0.8
73	Utah State	PCAA	2-2-0	0.5	11.25	-5	5.81	1.26	0.74
74	Nebraska	Big 8	1-2-0	0.33	10.84	3.67	19.95	1.82	-0.82
75	East Carolina	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	10.67	-9.25	17.47	1.16	0.84
76	Kentucky	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	10.63	2.67	14.76	1.78	-0.78
77	LSU	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	10.44	-4.5	11.75	1.48	0.52
78	Toledo	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	10.26	3.67	13.53	1.8	-0.8
79	Tennessee	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	10.24	-8.75	15.79	1	1
80	Pennsylvania	Ivy	1-1-0	0.5	10.05	-25.5	-5.62	0.17	0.83
81	East Tennessee State	Southern	2-2-0	0.5	9.93	-6.5	6.03	1.06	0.94
82	Kansas State	Big 8	1-2-0	0.33	9.91	1	15.15	1.61	-0.61
83	TCU	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	9.73	1	16.58	1.59	-0.59
84	Auburn	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	9.38	0.67	8.16	1.57	-0.57
85	Maryland	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	9.19	5	22.11	1.96	-0.96
86	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	1-2-1	0.25	8.94	0.5	17.82	2.06	-1.06
87	Colorado	Big 8	1-2-0	0.33	8.87	-2.33	21.29	1.34	-0.34
88	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	8.85	-0.33	11.95	1.46	-0.46
89	Kent State	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	8.74	-0.33	15.72	1.47	-0.47
90	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	8.68	5.33	14.5	2.06	-1.06
91	Fresno State	PCAA	1-2-0	0.33	8.12	0	4.84	1.5	-0.5
92	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	7.88	-1	7.77	1.38	-0.38
93	Oregon	Pac-10	1-3-0	0.25	7.56	1	18.66	2.16	-1.16
94	Arizona	Pac-10	1-2-0	0.33	7.49	1	10.62	1.58	-0.58
95	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-2-0	0.33	7.43	-10	14.24	0.88	0.12
96	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.27	-10.33	13.01	0.67	0.33
97	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	7.2	-11.67	16.1	0.54	0.46
98	Marshall	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	7.07	-7.33	8.04	0.51	0.49
99	Ball State	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	7.04	-13.33	14.74	0.61	0.39
100	Indiana	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	6.82	-11.33	8.17	0.4	0.6
101	Texas Tech	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	6.75	-8	11.34	1	0
102	Pacific	PCAA	1-2-0	0.33	6.3	-15.67	16.92	0.21	0.79
103	Army	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	5.84	-5	16.32	0.96	0.04
104	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	1-2-0	0.33	5.81	-13.67	3.88	0.39	0.61
105	Louisiana Tech	Southland	1-3-0	0.25	5.62	-5.5	15.39	1.37	-0.37
106	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	5.46	-7	12.95	0.81	0.19
107	Duke	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	5.22	-10	14.53	0.69	0.31
108	Richmond	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	5.19	-6.25	24.54	1.28	-0.28
109	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	5.14	-0.75	18.47	1.91	-0.91
110	California	Pac-10	1-3-0	0.25	5.05	-4.25	13.22	1.55	-0.55
111	Wake Forest	ACC	1-3-0	0.25	4.86	-8.75	22.16	1.08	-0.08
112	Long Beach State	PCAA	1-3-0	0.25	4.82	-9	16.65	1.08	-0.08
113	Memphis	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.48	-3.25	22.56	1.34	-0.34
114	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-3-0	0.25	4.38	-2	11.17	1.82	-0.82
115	Texas-Arlington	Southland	1-3-0	0.25	4.36	-15.25	17.04	0.77	0.23
116	Louisiana	Southland	1-3-0	0.25	4.02	-3.25	8.3	1.53	-0.53
117	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	1-3-0	0.25	3.68	-5.5	7.22	1.37	-0.37
118	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	2.95	-19.75	17.68	0.18	0.82
119	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	0-4-0	0	-1.25	-3	17.84	1.66	-1.66
120	Virginia	ACC	0-3-0	0	-1.96	-7.33	16.27	0.81	-0.81
121	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0-3-0	0	-2.17	-11.33	9.51	0.36	-0.36
122	Tulane	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.24	-9	27.75	0.47	-0.47
123	Brown	Ivy	0-2-0	0	-2.26	-13.5	10.31	0.29	-0.29
124	Columbia	Ivy	0-2-0	0	-2.33	-16	6.14	0.18	-0.18
125	Stanford	Pac-10	0-3-0	0	-2.36	-11.67	20.26	0.6	-0.6
126	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-3-0	0	-2.37	-14.33	9.6	0.3	-0.3
127	Cornell	Ivy	0-2-0	0	-2.39	-15.5	16.75	0.33	-0.33
128	Western Carolina	Southern	0-4-0	0	-2.43	-14	13.42	0.58	-0.58
129	Air Force	Western Athletic	0-3-0	0	-2.58	-16	15.02	0.41	-0.41
130	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	0-4-0	0	-2.67	-19.25	13.91	0.4	-0.4
131	North Texas	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.85	-21.25	17.18	0.2	-0.2
132	Princeton	Ivy	0-2-0	0	-2.89	-36	6.29	0.06	-0.06
133	UTEP	Western Athletic	0-3-0	0	-2.91	-28.67	8.52	0.12	-0.12
134	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-3-0	0	-2.94	-24.67	19.18	0.13	-0.13
135	Rice	Southwest	0-3-0	0	-3.03	-24.67	19.26	0.13	-0.13
136	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-3-0	0	-3.24	-34.67	18.77	0.03	-0.03
137	William & Mary	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-3.37	-35	19.59	0.03	-0.03