1981 W7 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:29.482788+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	27.03	22	14.99	4.66	0.34
2	North Carolina	ACC	6-0-0	1	26.33	35	9.83	5.89	0.11
3	Penn State	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	26.19	28.8	9.92	4.83	0.17
4	SMU	Southwest	6-0-0	1	25.27	25.17	6.16	5.51	0.49
5	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	5-0-1	0.83	25.24	17.33	7.21	5.7	-0.7
6	Clemson	ACC	6-0-0	1	24.87	21	4.91	5.87	0.13
7	Washington State	Pac-10	5-0-1	0.83	24.77	12.17	6.24	5.08	-0.08
8	Yale	Ivy	5-0-0	1	24.73	13.2	5.88	3.94	1.06
9	VMI	Southern	4-0-1	0.8	24.71	9	7.11	4.12	-0.12
10	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	4-0-0	1	24.63	14	5.14	3.55	0.45
11	Drake	Missouri Valley	6-0-0	1	23.61	6.67	2.57	4.16	1.84
12	Arizona State	Pac-10	5-1-0	0.83	22.81	20.33	14.9	5.41	-0.41
13	Missouri	Big 8	5-1-0	0.83	22.71	18.67	12.98	5.4	-0.4
14	BYU	Western Athletic	6-1-0	0.86	22.31	21	8.31	5.96	0.04
15	Georgia	SEC	5-1-0	0.83	22.17	22.33	11.04	5.7	-0.7
16	Iowa	Big Ten	5-1-0	0.83	22.05	14.17	12.42	5.18	-0.18
17	Mississippi State	SEC	5-1-0	0.83	21.6	10.17	11.38	4.89	0.11
18	West Virginia	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	21.55	16	9.03	5.35	-0.35
19	Alabama	SEC	5-1-1	0.71	21.45	13.43	9.15	5.95	-0.95
20	Arkansas	Southwest	5-1-0	0.83	21.35	14.67	8.49	5.08	-0.08
21	USC	Pac-10	5-1-0	0.83	21.34	16.67	7.33	5.2	-0.2
22	Iowa State	Big 8	4-1-1	0.67	21.3	4	18.43	3.66	0.34
23	San Diego State	Western Athletic	4-1-0	0.8	21.14	5.2	13.34	3.15	0.85
24	Texas	Southwest	4-1-0	0.8	21.12	7.4	11.7	3.6	0.4
25	Washington	Pac-10	5-1-0	0.83	20.89	12	6.48	4.82	0.18
26	San José State	PCAA	5-1-0	0.83	20.62	17.17	3.53	4.97	0.03
27	Utah	Western Athletic	5-1-0	0.83	20.4	15.83	2.46	5.25	-0.25
28	Chattanooga	Southern	5-1-0	0.83	20.05	6.17	4.45	4.23	0.77
29	Florida	SEC	5-2-0	0.71	18.98	13.14	11.81	5.95	-0.95
30	Nebraska	Big 8	4-2-0	0.67	18.69	21.67	13.97	5.63	-1.63
31	Michigan	Big Ten	4-2-0	0.67	18.14	8.83	12.53	4.5	-0.5
32	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	5-2-0	0.71	17.92	2.43	12.32	3.96	1.04
33	Wyoming	Western Athletic	4-2-0	0.67	17.69	14.17	9.13	4.8	-0.8
34	Purdue	Big Ten	4-2-0	0.67	17.64	9.83	10.98	4.62	-0.62
35	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	4-1-1	0.67	17.63	-1.5	8.23	2.71	1.29
36	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.62	8.67	8.77	4.56	-0.56
37	Rutgers	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	17.54	3.14	6.73	4.45	0.55
38	Toledo	Mid-American	4-2-0	0.67	17.54	11.17	9.61	4.82	-0.82
39	Ohio State	Big Ten	4-2-0	0.67	17.49	5.83	12.39	3.82	0.18
40	Temple	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.49	10.17	9.78	4.84	-0.84
41	Navy	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.32	9.5	8.68	4.77	-0.77
42	McNeese	Southland	4-2-0	0.67	17.19	15.33	5.46	4.75	-0.75
43	Texas A&M	Southwest	4-2-0	0.67	17.14	6	7.26	4.08	-0.08
44	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-2-0	0.67	17.12	6.17	6.79	3.92	0.08
45	Miami	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	16.74	5.4	16.96	3.41	-0.41
46	Arizona	Pac-10	4-2-0	0.67	16.43	2.33	9.07	3.45	0.55
47	Furman	Southern	4-2-0	0.67	16.38	2.33	9.18	3.38	0.62
48	UCLA	Pac-10	3-2-1	0.5	16.31	6.5	14.71	4.11	-1.11
49	NC State	ACC	4-2-0	0.67	16.09	0.33	9.24	3.05	0.95
50	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-2-0	0.67	15.86	-1.67	14.71	2.7	1.3
51	Florida State	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	15.85	-1.83	15.29	2.66	1.34
52	Colgate	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	15.83	5.83	0.63	4.19	-0.19
53	UNLV	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	15.7	-1	14.52	2.88	1.12
54	Oklahoma State	Big 8	3-2-0	0.6	15.64	3.2	11.11	3.16	-0.16
55	Louisville	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	14.8	4.29	8.84	4.41	-0.41
56	Baylor	Southwest	4-3-0	0.57	14.56	3	11.48	4.11	-0.11
57	Kansas	Big 8	4-2-0	0.67	14.55	-5.33	9.46	1.93	2.07
58	South Carolina	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	14.38	2.57	11.47	4.11	-0.11
59	Houston	Southwest	3-3-0	0.5	14.24	6.33	16.42	4.33	-1.33
60	Oklahoma	Big 8	2-2-1	0.4	14.05	6.2	20.83	3.3	-1.3
61	East Tennessee State	Southern	4-2-0	0.67	13.92	-1.83	3.3	2.63	1.37
62	Arkansas State	Southland	3-3-0	0.5	13.75	5	13.68	4.05	-1.05
63	App State	Southern	3-3-1	0.43	13.54	11.71	7.69	5.55	-2.55
64	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	13.39	4.33	10.91	3.7	-0.7
65	Central Michigan	Mid-American	3-3-0	0.5	13.28	5.67	8.5	4.09	-1.09
66	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	3-3-1	0.43	13.27	3.29	11.64	4.18	-1.18
67	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	4-3-0	0.57	13.26	0.29	8.73	3.56	0.44
68	Army	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	13.06	2.67	16.02	3.6	-0.6
69	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-3-0	0.5	12.95	2.33	10.63	3.55	-0.55
70	Kent State	Mid-American	3-3-0	0.5	12.69	3.83	8.83	3.78	-0.78
71	Auburn	SEC	3-3-0	0.5	12.66	4	9.06	3.89	-0.89
72	The Citadel	Southern	3-3-0	0.5	12.48	2.5	9.74	3.65	-0.65
73	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	12.46	4.33	1.86	3.73	-0.73
74	Lamar	Southland	3-3-0	0.5	12.06	3.17	0.29	3.67	-0.67
75	Ohio	Mid-American	3-3-0	0.5	11.93	1.33	7.83	3.24	-0.24
76	East Carolina	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	11.92	-5.57	12.49	2.54	1.46
77	Illinois State	Missouri Valley	3-3-0	0.5	11.71	2.17	-0.92	3.47	-0.47
78	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	2-3-1	0.33	11.07	4.17	11.98	3.76	-1.76
79	Illinois	Big Ten	3-3-0	0.5	10.89	-4.83	14.76	2.32	0.68
80	Maryland	ACC	2-3-1	0.33	10.56	3.67	12.23	3.62	-1.62
81	Duke	ACC	3-3-0	0.5	10.53	-6.83	13.64	1.78	1.22
82	Utah State	PCAA	3-3-1	0.43	10.48	-3.29	9.52	2.71	0.29
83	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	10.31	1.2	13.41	2.73	-0.73
84	Tennessee	SEC	3-3-0	0.5	10.24	-8.5	12.37	1.52	1.48
85	Rice	Southwest	3-3-0	0.5	9.89	-8.33	12.4	1.81	1.19
86	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	9.82	-10	13.34	1.21	1.79
87	TCU	Southwest	2-3-1	0.33	9.04	-1	13.02	2.84	-0.84
88	Harvard	Ivy	2-3-0	0.4	8.59	-1.6	6.13	2.25	-0.25
89	LSU	SEC	3-4-0	0.43	8.57	-4.29	10.37	2.54	0.46
90	Dartmouth	Ivy	2-3-0	0.4	8.47	-0.4	5.56	2.42	-0.42
91	Ole Miss	SEC	3-4-0	0.43	8.21	-15.57	14.21	0.76	2.24
92	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	2-4-0	0.33	8.13	0.5	14.6	3.08	-1.08
93	New Mexico	Western Athletic	2-5-0	0.29	7.31	0.43	12.42	3.58	-1.58
94	Tulane	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	6.81	-1.5	12.26	2.65	-0.65
95	Princeton	Ivy	2-3-0	0.4	6.63	-19.2	2.23	0.49	1.51
96	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-4-0	0.33	6.13	-5.5	13.45	2.02	-0.02
97	Ball State	Mid-American	2-4-0	0.33	6.1	-8.5	11.22	1.52	0.48
98	Richmond	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	5.9	-3	12.81	2.85	-0.85
99	Indiana	Big Ten	2-4-0	0.33	5.67	-11.33	14.67	1.25	0.75
100	Texas-Arlington	Southland	2-4-0	0.33	5.65	-14.5	13.67	1.23	0.77
101	Colorado	Big 8	2-4-0	0.33	5.61	-14.17	17.17	1.06	0.94
102	Pacific	PCAA	2-4-0	0.33	5.54	-12.33	13.1	0.7	1.3
103	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	2-4-0	0.33	5.5	-9.5	7.97	1.42	0.58
104	William & Mary	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	5.41	-14.33	14.1	0.92	1.08
105	Wake Forest	ACC	2-5-0	0.29	5.01	-12	15.62	1.6	0.4
106	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	2-5-0	0.29	4.93	-10.29	11.37	1.73	0.27
107	Louisiana Tech	Southland	2-5-0	0.29	4.85	-9.29	14.25	1.63	0.37
108	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-4-1	0.17	3.55	-4.67	14.4	2.24	-1.24
109	Pennsylvania	Ivy	1-3-0	0.25	3.24	-16	-1.15	0.63	0.37
110	Brown	Ivy	1-4-0	0.2	3.05	-6.6	8.58	1.49	-0.49
111	Oregon	Pac-10	1-5-0	0.17	2.84	-4	14.02	2.07	-1.07
112	Columbia	Ivy	1-4-0	0.2	2.67	-11.8	7.69	0.95	0.05
113	Louisiana	Southland	1-5-0	0.17	2.63	-4.67	9.98	2.09	-1.09
114	Kentucky	SEC	1-5-0	0.17	2.53	-6.33	14.33	1.72	-0.72
115	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-4-1	0.17	2.51	-8.33	10.02	1.14	-0.14
116	California	Pac-10	1-5-0	0.17	2.51	-7.67	20.12	1.91	-0.91
117	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	1-5-0	0.17	2.45	-5.83	8.13	1.75	-0.75
118	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	2.42	-23	22.15	0.31	0.69
119	Stanford	Pac-10	1-5-0	0.17	2.42	-7.33	17.58	1.78	-0.78
120	Texas Tech	Southwest	1-5-0	0.17	2.36	-7.33	12.12	2	-1
121	Cornell	Ivy	1-4-0	0.2	2.29	-11.4	10.77	1.01	-0.01
122	Fresno State	PCAA	1-5-0	0.17	2.28	-6.83	5.57	2.1	-1.1
123	Long Beach State	PCAA	1-5-0	0.17	2.24	-9	14.23	1.44	-0.44
124	Memphis	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	2.02	-4.86	17.04	1.78	-0.78
125	Air Force	Western Athletic	1-5-0	0.17	2	-11.5	10.45	1.29	-0.29
126	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	1.97	-13.17	15.08	0.8	0.2
127	North Texas	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	1.92	-12	13.34	0.97	0.03
128	Kansas State	Big 8	1-5-0	0.17	1.77	-17	13.92	0.83	0.17
129	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-5-0	0.17	1.77	-17.17	15.85	0.8	0.2
130	Marshall	Southern	1-5-0	0.17	1.64	-18.17	9.45	0.15	0.85
131	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-5-0	0.17	1.62	-21	16.22	0.81	0.19
132	Western Carolina	Southern	1-6-0	0.14	1.29	-10.43	7.25	1.71	-0.71
133	Virginia	ACC	0-6-0	0	-2.24	-12.17	18.52	0.92	-0.92
134	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0-6-0	0	-2.6	-23.33	10.08	0.28	-0.28
135	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-6-0	0	-2.75	-23.17	17.31	0.43	-0.43
136	UTEP	Western Athletic	0-6-0	0	-2.82	-31.33	9.91	0.17	-0.17
137	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-6-0	0	-2.98	-30.83	16.96	0.15	-0.15