1981 W8 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:29.483272+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Penn State	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	26.37	27.83	12.25	5.79	0.21
2	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	26.27	20.5	12.67	5.55	0.45
3	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	5-0-0	1	25.03	14.8	8.21	4.48	0.52
4	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	5-0-1	0.83	25.03	17.33	7.41	5.7	-0.7
5	Washington State	Pac-10	6-0-1	0.86	24.95	12.57	8.33	5.87	0.13
6	Clemson	ACC	7-0-0	1	24.92	19.43	6.56	6.81	0.19
7	VMI	Southern	5-0-1	0.83	24.57	8.17	7.9	4.75	0.25
8	Yale	Ivy	6-0-0	1	24.37	14.5	4.79	4.97	1.03
9	Drake	Missouri Valley	7-0-0	1	23.61	6.86	3.75	4.92	2.08
10	Arizona State	Pac-10	6-1-0	0.86	22.88	21.14	12.44	6.14	-0.14
11	North Carolina	ACC	6-1-0	0.86	22.87	27.43	9.92	6.64	-0.64
12	Georgia	SEC	6-1-0	0.86	22.33	22.14	9.22	6.73	-0.73
13	SMU	Southwest	6-1-0	0.86	22.3	21.29	8.08	6.33	-0.33
14	Alabama	SEC	6-1-1	0.75	22.05	14.75	9.51	6.98	-0.98
15	USC	Pac-10	6-1-0	0.86	21.93	15.29	8.68	6.05	-0.05
16	Mississippi State	SEC	6-1-0	0.86	21.87	9.29	10.3	5.53	0.47
17	Iowa State	Big 8	5-1-1	0.71	21.69	4.43	16.6	4.39	0.61
18	Texas	Southwest	5-1-0	0.83	21.66	6.5	14.87	4.28	0.72
19	Utah	Western Athletic	6-1-0	0.86	21.31	19.43	4.35	6.16	-0.16
20	Washington	Pac-10	6-1-0	0.86	21.18	11.29	5.64	5.64	0.36
21	San José State	PCAA	6-1-0	0.86	21.1	15.14	4.05	5.6	0.4
22	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	5-1-1	0.71	20.07	2.43	9.89	4.01	0.99
23	BYU	Western Athletic	6-2-0	0.75	19.73	16.75	9.01	6.4	-0.4
24	Nebraska	Big 8	5-2-0	0.71	19.64	19.43	15.26	6.6	-1.6
25	Missouri	Big 8	5-2-0	0.71	19.59	15.14	14.44	6.18	-1.18
26	Iowa	Big Ten	5-2-0	0.71	19.23	11.86	13.46	5.85	-0.85
27	Florida	SEC	5-2-0	0.71	18.91	13.14	12	5.95	-0.95
28	West Virginia	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.81	10.43	11.26	5.54	-0.54
29	Wyoming	Western Athletic	5-2-0	0.71	18.81	14	11.54	5.57	-0.57
30	Michigan	Big Ten	5-2-0	0.71	18.66	13	10.62	5.88	-0.88
31	Arkansas	Southwest	5-2-0	0.71	18.53	12.14	8.59	5.64	-0.64
32	Temple	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.33	10.29	9.76	5.65	-0.65
33	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.27	10.57	9.14	5.58	-0.58
34	Navy	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.17	12	7.88	6.01	-1.01
35	Ohio State	Big Ten	5-2-0	0.71	18.12	7.71	9.62	4.78	0.22
36	McNeese	Southland	5-2-0	0.71	18.1	15.14	6.35	5.64	-0.64
37	Purdue	Big Ten	5-2-0	0.71	18.05	8.57	8.54	5.11	-0.11
38	Miami	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.98	8.67	14.94	4.64	-0.64
39	Minnesota	Big Ten	5-2-0	0.71	17.87	5.57	9.55	4.55	0.45
40	Texas A&M	Southwest	5-2-0	0.71	17.85	8.71	7.26	5.06	-0.06
41	Florida State	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	17.77	1.86	14.13	3.88	1.12
42	UCLA	Pac-10	4-2-1	0.57	17.74	9.57	12.81	5.32	-1.32
43	Furman	Southern	5-2-0	0.71	17.44	5.43	6.83	4.48	0.52
44	San Diego State	Western Athletic	4-2-0	0.67	17.11	1.33	14.74	3.21	0.79
45	Colgate	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	17.08	10.43	1.43	5.69	-0.69
46	Chattanooga	Southern	5-2-0	0.71	16.97	3.29	3.8	4.29	0.71
47	Oklahoma State	Big 8	4-2-0	0.67	16.9	4	11.03	3.97	0.03
48	Oklahoma	Big 8	3-2-1	0.5	16.6	11.67	16.27	4.68	-1.68
49	East Tennessee State	Southern	5-2-0	0.71	16.18	2.14	2.38	3.99	1.01
50	South Carolina	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	15.96	4.5	12.45	5.16	-0.16
51	Baylor	Southwest	5-3-0	0.62	15.76	4.25	10.93	4.93	0.07
52	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	5-3-0	0.62	15.67	1.12	14.35	4.25	0.75
53	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	5-3-0	0.62	15.46	5.38	7.89	5.27	-0.27
54	Houston	Southwest	4-3-0	0.57	15.42	5.86	16.12	4.92	-0.92
55	Kansas	Big 8	5-2-0	0.71	14.93	-4.14	8.39	2.5	2.5
56	Central Michigan	Mid-American	4-3-0	0.57	14.75	7.86	8.9	5.25	-1.25
57	Toledo	Mid-American	4-3-0	0.57	14.54	4.14	8.28	4.37	-0.37
58	The Citadel	Southern	4-3-0	0.57	14.53	8	7.25	5.34	-1.34
59	Rutgers	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	14.43	-0.25	10.16	3.92	1.08
60	Western Michigan	Mid-American	4-3-0	0.57	14.35	3.57	9.96	4.53	-0.53
61	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	13.67	5.14	2.12	4.46	-0.46
62	Arizona	Pac-10	4-3-0	0.57	13.4	-0.14	10.73	3.47	0.53
63	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	3-3-1	0.43	13.25	6.43	11.67	4.8	-1.8
64	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-3-0	0.57	13.03	-1.71	14.22	3.15	0.85
65	NC State	ACC	4-3-0	0.57	12.99	-1.14	11.76	3.27	0.73
66	Maryland	ACC	3-3-1	0.43	12.79	3.57	11.07	4.2	-1.2
67	Louisville	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	12.65	2.75	8.46	4.69	-0.69
68	Illinois	Big Ten	4-3-0	0.57	12.33	-3.86	14.97	2.85	1.15
69	UNLV	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	12.31	-6.71	15.5	2.67	1.33
70	Dartmouth	Ivy	3-3-0	0.5	12.25	5.5	4.23	4.16	-1.16
71	Tennessee	SEC	4-3-0	0.57	11.85	-4.57	11.27	2.52	1.48
72	Lamar	Southland	3-3-0	0.5	11.79	3.17	0.47	3.67	-0.67
73	App State	Southern	3-4-1	0.38	11.77	7.5	9.53	5.58	-2.58
74	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	3-4-0	0.43	11.45	4.86	12.99	4.34	-1.34
75	Arkansas State	Southland	3-4-0	0.43	11.31	2.29	12.43	4.09	-1.09
76	Auburn	SEC	3-4-0	0.43	11.22	2.86	10.73	4.23	-1.23
77	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	11.07	3.29	7.36	4.03	-1.03
78	Tulane	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	10.4	1.14	10.56	3.8	-0.8
79	Kent State	Mid-American	3-4-0	0.43	10.27	0.29	9.1	3.57	-0.57
80	East Carolina	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	10.12	-8	12.13	2.42	1.58
81	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	3-4-1	0.38	9.77	-1	11.54	3.78	-0.78
82	Army	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	9.33	-2.71	12.24	2.83	0.17
83	New Mexico	Western Athletic	3-5-0	0.38	9.22	0.88	10.34	4.2	-1.2
84	Ohio	Mid-American	3-4-0	0.43	9.12	-2.57	9.73	2.99	0.01
85	Utah State	PCAA	3-4-1	0.38	8.97	-3.25	10.88	3.16	-0.16
86	Illinois State	Missouri Valley	3-4-0	0.43	8.95	-1	1.38	3.26	-0.26
87	Duke	ACC	3-4-0	0.43	8.73	-6.29	13.51	2.21	0.79
88	Harvard	Ivy	2-3-1	0.33	8.44	-1.33	7.6	2.75	-0.75
89	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	8.37	-10.14	13.73	1.4	1.6
90	Rice	Southwest	3-4-0	0.43	8.26	-10.71	12.54	1.89	1.11
91	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	7.97	-0.17	14.61	2.96	-0.96
92	Texas-Arlington	Southland	3-4-0	0.43	7.92	-12.29	12.82	1.52	1.48
93	LSU	SEC	3-5-0	0.38	7.34	-6.75	11.66	2.4	0.6
94	Louisiana Tech	Southland	3-5-0	0.38	6.97	-7.62	10.58	2.35	0.65
95	TCU	Southwest	2-4-1	0.29	6.96	-2.71	14.27	3.02	-1.02
96	Wake Forest	ACC	3-5-0	0.38	6.95	-10.12	13.62	2.11	0.89
97	Ole Miss	SEC	3-5-0	0.38	6.91	-14.12	13.62	1.13	1.87
98	Bowling Green	Mid-American	2-4-1	0.29	6.68	-1.71	11.88	3.02	-1.02
99	Princeton	Ivy	2-3-1	0.33	6.67	-16	4.31	0.79	1.21
100	Boston College	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	5.74	-13.33	20.27	1.14	0.86
101	Richmond	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	5.72	-3	12.06	2.85	-0.85
102	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	2-5-0	0.29	5.55	-1.71	6.56	3.06	-1.06
103	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-5-0	0.29	5.49	-4.86	13.26	2.53	-0.53
104	Ball State	Mid-American	2-5-0	0.29	5.04	-8.86	12.26	1.58	0.42
105	Long Beach State	PCAA	2-5-0	0.29	4.93	-7.57	12.76	1.83	0.17
106	Colorado	Big 8	2-5-0	0.29	4.91	-13.14	17.34	1.26	0.74
107	Fresno State	PCAA	2-5-0	0.29	4.87	-5.43	5.54	2.67	-0.67
108	Indiana	Big Ten	2-5-0	0.29	4.83	-12.43	13.82	1.29	0.71
109	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	2-5-0	0.29	4.82	-8.71	6.87	1.73	0.27
110	Pacific	PCAA	2-5-0	0.29	4.81	-11	10.97	1.21	0.79
111	Air Force	Western Athletic	2-5-0	0.29	4.75	-8.43	10.22	1.91	0.09
112	William & Mary	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.66	-16.14	14.98	0.78	1.22
113	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-5-0	0.29	4.55	-14.14	15.36	1.29	0.71
114	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	2-6-0	0.25	4.01	-9.12	10.55	2.05	-0.05
115	Western Carolina	Southern	2-6-0	0.25	3.91	-7.38	9.93	2.46	-0.46
116	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-5-1	0.14	2.58	-5.86	16.48	2.36	-1.36
117	Brown	Ivy	1-5-0	0.17	2.31	-7.17	10.4	1.8	-0.8
118	Pennsylvania	Ivy	1-4-0	0.2	2.27	-17	4.55	0.61	0.39
119	Oregon	Pac-10	1-6-0	0.14	1.92	-4.86	12.07	2.2	-1.2
120	Cornell	Ivy	1-5-0	0.17	1.72	-15.33	9.45	0.84	0.16
121	Columbia	Ivy	1-5-0	0.17	1.69	-16.17	8.17	0.71	0.29
122	Texas Tech	Southwest	1-6-0	0.14	1.64	-7.29	13.82	2.25	-1.25
123	Kentucky	SEC	1-6-0	0.14	1.57	-8.43	15.42	1.5	-0.5
124	Stanford	Pac-10	1-6-0	0.14	1.47	-10	18.95	1.9	-0.9
125	California	Pac-10	1-6-0	0.14	1.44	-10.57	19.48	1.77	-0.77
126	Louisiana	Southland	1-6-0	0.14	1.41	-9.86	9.93	1.47	-0.47
127	North Texas	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	1.34	-10.43	11.19	1.21	-0.21
128	Memphis	FBS Independents	1-7-0	0.12	1.24	-6.62	14.44	1.63	-0.63
129	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	1.17	-13.71	14.07	0.88	0.12
130	Kansas State	Big 8	1-6-0	0.14	1.09	-15	14.08	1.1	-0.1
131	Marshall	Southern	1-6-0	0.14	1.01	-16.14	11.69	0.35	0.65
132	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-6-0	0.14	0.75	-23.57	15.57	0.71	0.29
133	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-6-0	0.14	0.37	-26	8.64	0.47	0.53
134	Virginia	ACC	0-7-0	0	-2.09	-10.86	15.71	1.33	-1.33
135	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-7-0	0	-2.56	-20.71	13.44	0.75	-0.75
136	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0-7-0	0	-2.56	-23.29	9.22	0.31	-0.31
137	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-7-0	0	-2.98	-31.86	17.48	0.12	-0.12