1981 W5 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:29.481918+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	North Carolina	ACC	4-0-0	1	27.79	40.25	11.3	3.96	0.04
2	Iowa State	Big 8	3-0-1	0.75	27.25	6	16.52	2.86	0.14
3	USC	Pac-10	4-0-0	1	27.17	23.75	10.53	3.68	0.32
4	Penn State	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	27.07	29.33	10.3	2.92	0.08
5	Missouri	Big 8	4-0-0	1	26.97	22	11.05	3.88	0.12
6	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	26.93	21.67	10.65	2.71	0.29
7	Washington State	Pac-10	4-0-0	1	25.82	12.5	6.86	3.33	0.67
8	BYU	Western Athletic	5-0-0	1	25.73	26.2	3.89	4.52	0.48
9	Clemson	ACC	4-0-0	1	25.64	17.75	5.09	3.88	0.12
10	West Virginia	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	25.51	23	4.16	3.74	0.26
11	Texas	Southwest	3-0-0	1	25.51	16	4.52	2.84	0.16
12	Kansas	Big 8	4-0-0	1	25.49	4.75	8.87	2.7	1.3
13	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	25.33	23.5	2.83	3.87	0.13
14	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	25.27	20	2.79	3.7	0.3
15	San Diego State	Western Athletic	3-0-0	1	25.09	8.33	4.62	2.22	0.78
16	SMU	Southwest	4-0-0	1	25.05	29.5	0.31	3.83	0.17
17	Yale	Ivy	3-0-0	1	24.53	11.33	2.2	2.39	0.61
18	Drake	Missouri Valley	5-0-0	1	24.12	7.8	0.73	3.66	1.34
19	VMI	Southern	3-0-0	1	24.1	10.33	0.01	2.45	0.55
20	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	2-0-0	1	23.28	20.5	-6.33	1.89	0.11
21	Arizona State	Pac-10	3-1-0	0.75	22.74	17.5	23.42	3.43	-0.43
22	Alabama	SEC	4-1-0	0.8	21.77	15	11.01	4.42	-0.42
23	Mississippi State	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	21.53	11.75	13.55	3.56	-0.56
24	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	4-1-0	0.8	21.43	3.6	15.28	2.99	1.01
25	Georgia	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	21.3	18	13.78	3.83	-0.83
26	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-1-0	0.75	21.24	6.5	14.35	2.64	0.36
27	Washington	Pac-10	3-1-0	0.75	20.98	8	11.52	3.11	-0.11
28	Iowa	Big Ten	3-1-0	0.75	20.97	17.25	13.91	3.7	-0.7
29	Miami	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	20.95	7.75	17.33	2.95	0.05
30	Houston	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	20.87	13.75	14.03	3.66	-0.66
31	Utah	Western Athletic	4-1-0	0.8	20.61	16.8	3.54	4.42	-0.42
32	San José State	PCAA	4-1-0	0.8	20.6	16.2	4.2	4.14	-0.14
33	UCLA	Pac-10	3-1-0	0.75	20.59	10.5	13.26	3.14	-0.14
34	Michigan	Big Ten	3-1-0	0.75	20.39	9.25	13.09	3.02	-0.02
35	Arkansas	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	20.33	11.25	6.26	3.18	-0.18
36	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-1-0	0.75	19.98	1.5	18.72	2.2	0.8
37	Ohio State	Big Ten	3-1-0	0.75	19.9	7.75	6.44	2.73	0.27
38	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	19.89	11.5	9.28	3.18	-0.18
39	NC State	ACC	4-1-0	0.8	19.69	2.6	5.59	2.82	1.18
40	Wyoming	Western Athletic	3-1-0	0.75	19.65	9.75	8.15	2.87	0.13
41	Texas A&M	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	19.6	9.25	7.52	2.92	0.08
42	Rutgers	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	19.53	3.4	4.18	3.23	0.77
43	Florida State	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	19.53	2.75	13.41	2.36	0.64
44	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-1-0	0.75	19.14	4.25	7.82	2.69	0.31
45	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	3-1-1	0.6	19.05	6	6.14	3.4	-0.4
46	Illinois	Big Ten	3-1-0	0.75	19.01	0.5	16.36	2.05	0.95
47	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	18.71	11.75	1.93	3.48	-0.48
48	Chattanooga	Southern	3-1-0	0.75	18.36	4	3.98	2.42	0.58
49	Colgate	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	18.19	9	-0.9	3.12	-0.12
50	Florida	SEC	3-2-0	0.6	17.05	8.2	16	3.72	-0.72
51	Baylor	Southwest	3-2-0	0.6	16.69	7.2	9.54	3.55	-0.55
52	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	3-1-0	0.75	16.61	-2.5	8.23	1.72	1.28
53	App State	Southern	3-2-0	0.6	16.58	17.2	3.94	4.33	-1.33
54	Louisville	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	16.36	7	13.2	3.62	-0.62
55	Oklahoma State	Big 8	2-1-0	0.67	16.18	1.33	7.53	1.65	0.35
56	Oklahoma	Big 8	1-1-1	0.33	15.37	4.33	25.05	1.87	-0.87
57	UNLV	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	14.59	-2	13.57	2.29	0.71
58	Navy	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	14.52	6.25	12.6	2.88	-0.88
59	Arkansas State	Southland	2-2-0	0.5	14.5	5	14.28	2.53	-0.53
60	Nebraska	Big 8	2-2-0	0.5	14.26	6.25	18.11	2.81	-0.81
61	McNeese	Southland	2-2-0	0.5	14.24	13.75	5.39	3.14	-1.14
62	The Citadel	Southern	2-2-0	0.5	13.74	2.25	11.79	2.34	-0.34
63	Ole Miss	SEC	3-2-0	0.6	13.72	-6.6	12.77	1.38	1.62
64	Toledo	Mid-American	2-2-0	0.5	13.39	4.5	12.04	2.51	-0.51
65	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-2-0	0.5	13.35	11.5	7.84	3.18	-1.18
66	Temple	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	13.35	4.5	4.64	2.59	-0.59
67	TCU	Southwest	2-2-0	0.5	13.24	1.75	16.66	2.19	-0.19
68	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	13.11	3	13.11	2.45	-0.45
69	Lamar	Southland	2-2-0	0.5	12.97	6	-2.23	2.75	-0.75
70	Purdue	Big Ten	2-2-0	0.5	12.92	0	13.04	2	0
71	East Tennessee State	Southern	3-2-0	0.6	12.5	-4.4	7.17	1.67	1.33
72	Ohio	Mid-American	2-2-0	0.5	12.09	-1	10.69	1.89	0.11
73	Arizona	Pac-10	2-2-0	0.5	11.91	1.75	4.89	2.2	-0.2
74	Illinois State	Missouri Valley	2-2-0	0.5	11.87	0.25	0.05	2.03	-0.03
75	Army	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	11.77	-0.25	15.55	1.96	0.04
76	Furman	Southern	2-2-0	0.5	11.7	-1.5	10.1	1.84	0.16
77	Ball State	Mid-American	2-2-0	0.5	10.59	-4.25	13.45	1.52	0.48
78	Tennessee	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	10.49	-8.75	14.25	1	1
79	Duke	ACC	2-2-0	0.5	10.18	-5	11.75	1.41	0.59
80	Maryland	ACC	1-2-1	0.25	9.56	3.75	14.27	2.48	-1.48
81	South Carolina	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	9.41	-2.8	15.71	2.03	-0.03
82	Richmond	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	8.88	-1.6	16.01	2.25	-0.25
83	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	1-2-1	0.25	8.78	0.5	16.63	2.06	-1.06
84	Utah State	PCAA	2-3-0	0.4	8.49	-5.2	10.78	1.68	0.32
85	LSU	SEC	2-3-0	0.4	8.24	-6.4	10.11	1.56	0.44
86	East Carolina	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	8.14	-9.4	12.51	1.38	0.62
87	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	2-3-0	0.4	8.09	-2.2	8.43	2.13	-0.13
88	Wake Forest	ACC	2-3-0	0.4	8.09	-6.8	17.95	1.53	0.47
89	Harvard	Ivy	1-2-0	0.33	7.25	-3.67	6.69	1.18	-0.18
90	Oregon	Pac-10	1-3-0	0.25	7.06	1	17.14	2.16	-1.16
91	Dartmouth	Ivy	1-2-0	0.33	6.97	-3.67	1.22	1.08	-0.08
92	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.6	-23	24.51	0.23	0.77
93	Kentucky	SEC	1-3-0	0.25	5.83	-2.5	17.7	1.62	-0.62
94	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-3-1	0.2	5.74	-0.6	13.46	2.41	-1.41
95	Kent State	Mid-American	1-3-0	0.25	5.59	-2	12.91	1.73	-0.73
96	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	1-3-0	0.25	5.51	-1.75	9.21	1.73	-0.73
97	Kansas State	Big 8	1-3-0	0.25	5.44	-2.75	10.34	1.67	-0.67
98	Auburn	SEC	1-3-0	0.25	5.29	-3	8.92	1.54	-0.54
99	Pennsylvania	Ivy	1-2-0	0.33	5.28	-20.67	-4.91	0.28	0.72
100	Columbia	Ivy	1-2-0	0.33	5.13	-7	4.67	0.79	0.21
101	Colorado	Big 8	1-3-0	0.25	5.09	-6.75	20.04	1.35	-0.35
102	California	Pac-10	1-3-0	0.25	4.93	-4.25	17.01	1.55	-0.55
103	Texas Tech	Southwest	1-3-0	0.25	4.72	-6.25	13.3	1.45	-0.45
104	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-4-0	0.2	4.7	0.4	15.87	2.55	-1.55
105	Louisiana	Southland	1-3-0	0.25	4.66	-3.25	7.63	1.53	-0.53
106	Fresno State	PCAA	1-3-0	0.25	4.47	-8	6.17	1.41	-0.41
107	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.39	-13	17.87	0.65	0.35
108	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-3-0	0.25	4.33	-8.5	11.62	0.86	0.14
109	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-3-0	0.25	4.27	-16	18.82	0.87	0.13
110	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-3-0	0.25	4.23	-16.75	19.39	0.53	0.47
111	Indiana	Big Ten	1-3-0	0.25	4.15	-13.75	12.45	0.52	0.48
112	Princeton	Ivy	1-2-0	0.33	4.12	-23	0.51	0.26	0.74
113	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-4-0	0.2	4.07	-2	14.06	2.25	-1.25
114	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	1-3-0	0.25	4.04	-11.25	7.16	0.76	0.24
115	Marshall	Southern	1-3-0	0.25	4.02	-14.5	8.1	0.19	0.81
116	Pacific	PCAA	1-3-0	0.25	3.98	-19.5	17.59	0.13	0.87
117	Memphis	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	3.93	-3.4	19.61	1.69	-0.69
118	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	3.58	-19.75	15.65	0.18	0.82
119	Air Force	Western Athletic	1-3-0	0.25	3.52	-8.5	11.51	1.12	-0.12
120	Long Beach State	PCAA	1-4-0	0.2	3.25	-9.4	18.81	1.21	-0.21
121	Louisiana Tech	Southland	1-4-0	0.2	3.16	-11.4	17.7	0.97	0.03
122	Rice	Southwest	1-3-0	0.25	3.07	-17.5	15.35	0.41	0.59
123	Texas-Arlington	Southland	1-4-0	0.2	2.58	-20.8	17.62	0.63	0.37
124	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	1-4-0	0.2	2.23	-10.6	10.11	1.19	-0.19
125	Virginia	ACC	0-4-0	0	-1.86	-7	17.19	1.21	-1.21
126	Tulane	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-1.96	-7.75	17.06	0.85	-0.85
127	Brown	Ivy	0-3-0	0	-2.02	-10	8.87	0.64	-0.64
128	Stanford	Pac-10	0-4-0	0	-2.14	-9.75	17.4	0.9	-0.9
129	Western Carolina	Southern	0-5-0	0	-2.31	-13.8	11.58	0.7	-0.7
130	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-4-0	0	-2.39	-14.25	15.54	0.37	-0.37
131	Cornell	Ivy	0-3-0	0	-2.42	-15	15.34	0.53	-0.53
132	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0-4-0	0	-2.5	-20.75	7.41	0.26	-0.26
133	North Texas	FBS Independents	0-5-0	0	-2.65	-18.8	16.06	0.21	-0.21
134	UTEP	Western Athletic	0-4-0	0	-2.86	-28.5	10.79	0.16	-0.16
135	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-4-0	0	-3.01	-29.5	14.82	0.09	-0.09
136	William & Mary	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-3.16	-30.5	20.49	0.09	-0.09
137	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-4-0	0	-3.17	-34.5	18.24	0.05	-0.05