1981 W6 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:29.482351+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	27.16	20.5	14.38	3.72	0.28
2	Missouri	Big 8	5-0-0	1	26.82	26.6	11.63	4.86	0.14
3	North Carolina	ACC	5-0-0	1	26.62	39.8	8.77	4.94	0.06
4	Penn State	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	26.49	29.75	9.45	3.91	0.09
5	San Diego State	Western Athletic	4-0-0	1	25.96	11.5	11.12	3.02	0.98
6	Texas	Southwest	4-0-0	1	25.9	17	9.18	3.72	0.28
7	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	4-0-1	0.8	25.57	18.8	7.19	4.71	-0.71
8	SMU	Southwest	5-0-0	1	25.18	27	3.97	4.69	0.31
9	Washington State	Pac-10	5-0-0	1	25.06	14.6	5.22	4.44	0.56
10	Clemson	ACC	5-0-0	1	24.75	19.6	2.66	4.92	0.08
11	VMI	Southern	4-0-0	1	24.7	11.25	5.01	3.51	0.49
12	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	3-0-0	1	24.64	15.33	3.96	2.74	0.26
13	Yale	Ivy	4-0-0	1	24.63	8.75	5.3	2.88	1.12
14	Drake	Missouri Valley	6-0-0	1	23.94	6.67	2.75	4.16	1.84
15	Arizona State	Pac-10	4-1-0	0.8	22.93	18.8	18.7	4.5	-0.5
16	Georgia	SEC	4-1-0	0.8	21.94	20.4	12.84	4.83	-0.83
17	USC	Pac-10	4-1-0	0.8	21.78	18.4	9.24	4.44	-0.44
18	BYU	Western Athletic	5-1-0	0.83	21.77	21.17	5.35	5.02	-0.02
19	Iowa	Big Ten	4-1-0	0.8	21.73	16.6	12.62	4.38	-0.38
20	West Virginia	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	21.25	15	7.64	4.35	-0.35
21	Alabama	SEC	4-1-1	0.67	21.23	12.5	10.29	5.12	-1.12
22	Michigan	Big Ten	4-1-0	0.8	21.17	11	11.22	3.87	0.13
23	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-1-0	0.8	21.1	1.8	18.59	2.78	1.22
24	Mississippi State	SEC	4-1-0	0.8	21.07	11.4	9.83	4.15	-0.15
25	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	20.89	14.6	5.58	4.39	-0.39
26	Miami	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	20.69	7.75	16.91	2.95	0.05
27	Florida State	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	20.67	3.4	13.51	3.07	0.93
28	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-1-0	0.8	20.65	7.6	9.02	3.39	0.61
29	Washington	Pac-10	4-1-0	0.8	20.5	6.6	8.83	3.55	0.45
30	Arkansas	Southwest	4-1-0	0.8	20.47	11.4	6.64	4	0
31	Rutgers	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	20.46	5.67	5.83	4.48	0.52
32	Texas A&M	Southwest	4-1-0	0.8	20.36	7.6	8.06	3.61	0.39
33	Utah	Western Athletic	4-1-0	0.8	20.2	16.8	3.04	4.42	-0.42
34	Kansas	Big 8	4-1-0	0.8	20.07	1.2	9.65	2.73	1.27
35	San José State	PCAA	4-1-0	0.8	20.07	16.2	2.37	4.14	-0.14
36	Iowa State	Big 8	3-1-1	0.6	19.97	0.6	17.69	2.59	0.41
37	NC State	ACC	4-1-0	0.8	19.5	2.6	6.56	2.82	1.18
38	Chattanooga	Southern	4-1-0	0.8	19.37	7.2	2.46	3.53	0.47
39	Oklahoma State	Big 8	3-1-0	0.75	19.36	4.25	13.16	2.66	0.34
40	Florida	SEC	4-2-0	0.67	17.98	7.67	12.73	4.45	-0.45
41	Louisville	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.75	7	11.85	4.42	-0.42
42	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	4-2-0	0.67	17.35	1.83	11.65	3.29	0.71
43	Houston	Southwest	3-2-0	0.6	17.13	10.8	13.96	4.43	-1.43
44	Nebraska	Big 8	3-2-0	0.6	17.1	16.8	15.59	4.48	-1.48
45	UCLA	Pac-10	3-2-0	0.6	16.55	7.8	11.16	3.56	-0.56
46	Wyoming	Western Athletic	3-2-0	0.6	16.45	6.8	11.8	3.37	-0.37
47	Arkansas State	Southland	3-2-0	0.6	16.27	6.2	14.45	3.42	-0.42
48	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	16.26	8.4	8.81	3.69	-0.69
49	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	3-1-1	0.6	16.25	-2	5.07	2.17	0.83
50	Ohio State	Big Ten	3-2-0	0.6	16.18	5.6	10.38	3.18	-0.18
51	Navy	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	16.01	8.4	10.44	3.84	-0.84
52	Purdue	Big Ten	3-2-0	0.6	15.95	4.8	14.24	3.19	-0.19
53	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	3-2-1	0.5	15.93	4.83	9.63	3.85	-0.85
54	UNLV	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	15.92	-1	15.79	2.88	1.12
55	Toledo	Mid-American	3-2-0	0.6	15.89	10.6	8.94	3.85	-0.85
56	Central Michigan	Mid-American	3-2-0	0.6	15.72	9.6	8.13	3.84	-0.84
57	Temple	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	15.67	9.8	7.57	4	-1
58	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	15.62	9.2	3.75	3.88	-0.88
59	McNeese	Southland	3-2-0	0.6	15.61	15.2	4.02	3.99	-0.99
60	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-2-0	0.6	15.48	3	8.11	3.12	-0.12
61	Arizona	Pac-10	3-2-0	0.6	14.93	2	10.56	2.82	0.18
62	Lamar	Southland	3-2-0	0.6	14.55	5.6	1.32	3.41	-0.41
63	Colgate	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	14.23	1	2.09	2.68	0.32
64	Furman	Southern	3-2-0	0.6	14.02	-0.4	12.44	2.45	0.55
65	Illinois State	Missouri Valley	3-2-0	0.6	13.98	4.6	-1.78	3.3	-0.3
66	App State	Southern	3-3-0	0.5	13.8	13.67	5.32	4.89	-1.89
67	Illinois	Big Ten	3-2-0	0.6	13.76	-4.4	14.23	1.96	1.04
68	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	2-2-1	0.4	13.53	5.2	15.54	3.29	-1.29
69	Baylor	Southwest	3-3-0	0.5	13.41	3.17	10.73	3.54	-0.54
70	Duke	ACC	3-2-0	0.6	13.14	-2.6	12.17	2.07	0.93
71	Tennessee	SEC	3-2-0	0.6	12.51	-6.4	11.03	1.44	1.56
72	East Tennessee State	Southern	3-2-0	0.6	12.3	-4.4	4.52	1.67	1.33
73	South Carolina	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	12.04	0	14.34	3	0
74	Harvard	Ivy	2-2-0	0.5	12.01	1.5	8.3	2.18	-0.18
75	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	3-3-0	0.5	11.18	-0.67	10.21	2.88	0.12
76	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	10.62	1.2	13.08	2.73	-0.73
77	Utah State	PCAA	3-3-0	0.5	10.44	-3.83	10.57	2.25	0.75
78	Ole Miss	SEC	3-3-0	0.5	10.35	-10.5	12.46	1.12	1.88
79	Kent State	Mid-American	2-3-0	0.4	10.27	2.6	11.7	2.92	-0.92
80	East Carolina	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	10.19	-7.17	12.94	1.89	1.11
81	The Citadel	Southern	2-3-0	0.4	9.52	-1	13.08	2.28	-0.28
82	TCU	Southwest	2-3-0	0.4	9.29	-1.2	11.26	2.35	-0.35
83	Auburn	SEC	2-3-0	0.4	9.2	0	10.86	2.5	-0.5
84	Army	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	8.84	-3.6	15.17	1.81	0.19
85	Ohio	Mid-American	2-3-0	0.4	8.65	-2.8	9.28	2.09	-0.09
86	Oklahoma	Big 8	1-2-1	0.25	8.46	-1.75	24.89	1.81	-0.81
87	New Mexico	Western Athletic	2-4-0	0.33	8.45	2.17	10.99	3.34	-1.34
88	Princeton	Ivy	2-2-0	0.5	8.4	-15.5	0.02	0.65	1.35
89	Ball State	Mid-American	2-3-0	0.4	7.95	-8.2	10.8	1.37	0.63
90	Rice	Southwest	2-3-0	0.4	7.29	-11.4	14.4	1.17	0.83
91	Maryland	ACC	1-3-1	0.2	7.29	2	14.44	2.84	-1.84
92	Richmond	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	7.28	-2	13.82	2.61	-0.61
93	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	7.24	-13.8	15.12	0.55	1.45
94	LSU	SEC	2-4-0	0.33	6.3	-7.33	10.76	1.66	0.34
95	Wake Forest	ACC	2-4-0	0.33	6.22	-12	17.34	1.22	0.78
96	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-3-1	0.2	5.69	-0.6	13.12	2.41	-1.41
97	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	2-4-0	0.33	5.66	-8.33	9.63	1.63	0.37
98	Texas-Arlington	Southland	2-4-0	0.33	5.54	-14.5	15.38	1.23	0.77
99	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-4-0	0.2	5.19	0.4	15.11	2.55	-1.55
100	Dartmouth	Ivy	1-3-0	0.25	4.54	-4	2.42	1.33	-0.33
101	Columbia	Ivy	1-3-0	0.25	4.03	-7	1.66	1.07	-0.07
102	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	3.88	-25	24.99	0.23	0.77
103	Oregon	Pac-10	1-4-0	0.2	3.86	-4	15.53	1.71	-0.71
104	California	Pac-10	1-4-0	0.2	3.84	-3.6	18.88	2.04	-1.04
105	Brown	Ivy	1-3-0	0.25	3.74	-7	11.43	1.22	-0.22
106	Kentucky	SEC	1-4-0	0.2	3.65	-4.8	15.93	1.67	-0.67
107	Pennsylvania	Ivy	1-3-0	0.25	3.41	-16	-2.33	0.63	0.37
108	Louisiana	Southland	1-4-0	0.2	3.4	-4.8	9.41	1.56	-0.56
109	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	1-4-0	0.2	3.36	-5.6	8.93	1.52	-0.52
110	Texas Tech	Southwest	1-4-0	0.2	3.2	-7.4	13.16	1.65	-0.65
111	Fresno State	PCAA	1-4-0	0.2	3.04	-7	4.83	1.76	-0.76
112	Long Beach State	PCAA	1-4-0	0.2	3	-9.4	17.26	1.21	-0.21
113	Kansas State	Big 8	1-4-0	0.2	2.98	-11.2	13.35	1.16	-0.16
114	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	2.96	-11	16.21	0.87	0.13
115	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-4-0	0.2	2.95	-10.4	14	1.02	-0.02
116	Memphis	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	2.94	-4	16.8	1.85	-0.85
117	Tulane	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	2.89	-5.4	14.4	1.41	-0.41
118	Air Force	Western Athletic	1-4-0	0.2	2.86	-10.2	12.19	1.21	-0.21
119	Indiana	Big Ten	1-4-0	0.2	2.74	-13.8	14.22	0.86	0.14
120	Stanford	Pac-10	1-4-0	0.2	2.74	-7.2	17.18	1.49	-0.49
121	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-4-0	0.2	2.73	-14.2	14.37	0.74	0.26
122	Colorado	Big 8	1-4-0	0.2	2.72	-17.2	18.22	0.77	0.23
123	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-4-0	0.2	2.63	-17.4	17.39	0.83	0.17
124	Pacific	PCAA	1-4-0	0.2	2.62	-16.2	15.14	0.31	0.69
125	Marshall	Southern	1-4-0	0.2	2.58	-15.6	11.27	0.15	0.85
126	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	1-4-0	0.2	2.58	-13.4	4.98	0.83	0.17
127	Louisiana Tech	Southland	1-5-0	0.17	2.08	-12.33	15.45	1.09	-0.09
128	William & Mary	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	1.79	-23.4	17.26	0.21	0.79
129	Western Carolina	Southern	1-5-0	0.17	1.61	-10.33	6.28	1.42	-0.42
130	North Texas	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	1.59	-12	13.54	0.97	0.03
131	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-4-1	0	-2.16	-11.4	13.77	0.58	-0.58
132	Virginia	ACC	0-5-0	0	-2.19	-11	20.11	0.96	-0.96
133	Cornell	Ivy	0-4-0	0	-2.36	-15.5	12.56	0.62	-0.62
134	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0-5-0	0	-2.61	-23.6	9.04	0.24	-0.24
135	UTEP	Western Athletic	0-5-0	0	-2.74	-27.4	8.89	0.16	-0.16
136	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-5-0	0	-2.87	-25.6	17.23	0.3	-0.3
137	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-5-0	0	-3.01	-30	17.46	0.18	-0.18