1982 FINAL CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:29.700295+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	SMU	Southwest	11-0-1	0.92	24.36	16.17	8.89	10.41	0.59
2	Penn State	FBS Independents	11-1-0	0.92	23.85	16.58	15.69	10.08	0.92
3	Nebraska	Big 8	12-1-0	0.92	23.62	26.69	12.46	12.15	-0.15
4	Georgia	SEC	11-1-0	0.92	23.26	14.83	12.63	10.26	0.74
5	UCLA	Pac-10	10-1-1	0.83	22.96	14	12.81	9.42	0.58
6	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	10-1-0	0.91	22.26	13.27	9.07	8.68	1.32
7	New Mexico	Western Athletic	10-1-0	0.91	22.14	13.55	8.32	8.46	1.54
8	Clemson	ACC	9-1-1	0.82	22.07	12.91	9.4	9.16	-0.16
9	Fresno State	PCAA	11-1-0	0.92	21.17	12.75	2.03	9.26	1.74
10	Arizona State	Pac-10	10-2-0	0.83	20.84	12.42	11.56	10.11	-0.11
11	Washington	Pac-10	10-2-0	0.83	20.79	13.42	10.87	9.7	0.3
12	Arkansas	Southwest	9-2-1	0.75	20.7	13.67	11.69	10.37	-1.37
13	Florida State	FBS Independents	9-3-0	0.75	19.7	13.75	15.57	9.19	-0.19
14	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	9-3-0	0.75	19.58	14.25	14.21	10.57	-1.57
15	Texas	Southwest	9-3-0	0.75	19.23	15.58	11.78	10.24	-1.24
16	West Virginia	FBS Independents	9-3-0	0.75	19.14	8.5	13.79	8.9	0.1
17	USC	Pac-10	8-3-0	0.73	18.97	14.45	13.44	9.4	-1.4
18	Auburn	SEC	9-3-0	0.75	18.88	6.42	13.68	8.23	0.77
19	Ohio State	Big Ten	9-3-0	0.75	18.88	11.67	10.83	9.26	-0.26
20	Western Michigan	Mid-American	7-2-2	0.64	18.7	9.82	6.1	9.76	-2.76
21	LSU	SEC	8-3-1	0.67	18.57	16.17	9.94	10.08	-2.08
22	Boston College	FBS Independents	8-3-1	0.67	17.79	6.25	9.44	8.01	-0.01
23	San José State	PCAA	8-3-0	0.73	17.77	12	6.24	8.47	-0.47
24	North Carolina	ACC	8-4-0	0.67	17.68	16.58	13.36	10.58	-2.58
25	Maryland	ACC	8-4-0	0.67	17.52	12.75	13.58	9.33	-1.33
26	BYU	Western Athletic	8-4-0	0.67	17.37	13.42	12.25	9.49	-1.49
27	Michigan	Big Ten	8-4-0	0.67	17.33	11.75	12.38	9.32	-1.32
28	Alabama	SEC	8-4-0	0.67	17.29	10.17	13.3	8.92	-0.92
29	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	8-3-0	0.73	17.23	7.36	4.83	7.37	0.63
30	Oklahoma	Big 8	8-4-0	0.67	17.21	9.5	12.58	8.9	-0.9
31	Florida	SEC	8-4-0	0.67	17.11	5.67	14.61	7.8	0.2
32	Miami	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	16.4	8	12.9	8.2	-1.2
33	Vanderbilt	SEC	8-4-0	0.67	16.35	4.25	10.25	7.34	0.66
34	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.94	11.27	7.47	8.54	-1.54
35	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	7-4-0	0.64	15.82	6.73	9.29	8.32	-1.32
36	Arizona	Pac-10	6-4-1	0.55	15.42	8.36	12.12	7.66	-1.66
37	Louisiana	FBS Independents	7-3-1	0.64	15.27	4.64	-2.65	6.96	0.04
38	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.22	6.36	4.89	7.94	-0.94
39	Iowa	Big Ten	8-4-0	0.67	15.06	-0.08	11.36	5.97	2.03
40	Air Force	Western Athletic	8-5-0	0.62	15.04	2.15	12.57	7.06	0.94
41	East Carolina	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	14.92	2.82	6.48	6.32	0.68
42	Illinois	Big Ten	7-5-0	0.58	14.92	9.08	10.89	8.59	-1.59
43	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	14.92	2.91	13.76	6.59	-0.59
44	Bowling Green	Mid-American	7-5-0	0.58	14.64	5.5	11.77	7.96	-0.96
45	Central Michigan	Mid-American	6-4-1	0.55	14.47	2.64	10.41	6.38	-0.38
46	Wisconsin	Big Ten	7-5-0	0.58	14.24	2.92	11.83	6.92	0.08
47	California	Pac-10	7-4-0	0.64	13.97	-1.18	12.31	5.13	1.87
48	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.63	6.82	7.55	7.44	-1.44
49	Tennessee	SEC	6-5-1	0.5	13.6	3.5	10.81	7.14	-1.14
50	Kansas State	Big 8	6-5-1	0.5	13.57	4.17	9.86	7.7	-1.7
51	Duke	ACC	6-5-0	0.55	13.28	1.55	12.38	5.87	0.13
52	Navy	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.22	3.09	8.34	6.53	-0.53
53	Missouri	Big 8	5-4-2	0.45	13.22	1	11.46	5.86	-0.86
54	Toledo	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	13.03	2	8.82	6.32	-0.32
55	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	6-5-0	0.55	12.83	0.91	10.2	5.78	0.22
56	San Diego State	Western Athletic	7-5-0	0.58	12.71	-1	12.76	5.73	1.27
57	Stanford	Pac-10	5-6-0	0.45	11.5	2.82	14.41	6.14	-1.14
58	Utah	Western Athletic	5-6-0	0.45	11.45	5.36	9.34	7.22	-2.22
59	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	6-5-0	0.55	11.29	-0.64	3.4	5.28	0.72
60	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	5-5-0	0.5	11.25	0.1	9.84	5.04	-0.04
61	NC State	ACC	6-5-0	0.55	11.14	-4.45	11.73	4.14	1.86
62	Long Beach State	PCAA	6-5-0	0.55	11.12	-4.64	11.8	4.28	1.72
63	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	11.01	-4.27	9.92	4.35	1.65
64	Mississippi State	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	10.68	0.73	12.26	5.71	-0.71
65	Ohio	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	10.45	-8.64	8.89	2.78	3.22
66	Houston	Southwest	5-5-1	0.45	9.94	-4.27	10.6	4.23	0.77
67	Ball State	Mid-American	5-6-0	0.45	9.03	-2.73	9.85	4.49	0.51
68	Oklahoma State	Big 8	4-5-2	0.36	9.02	-2.36	11.67	4.84	-0.84
69	Texas A&M	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	8.94	-2.55	8.04	4.89	0.11
70	Wyoming	Western Athletic	5-7-0	0.42	8.91	-1.08	11.12	5.66	-0.66
71	Indiana	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	8.84	-4.27	10.85	4.17	0.83
72	Temple	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	8.81	1.64	10.07	6.05	-2.05
73	Iowa State	Big 8	4-6-1	0.36	8.57	-0.73	10.63	5.26	-1.26
74	Rutgers	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.29	-8.91	10.11	2.89	2.11
75	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	5-6-0	0.45	8.26	-6.73	6.83	3.23	1.77
76	Utah State	PCAA	5-6-0	0.45	8.2	-6.36	5.37	3.56	1.44
77	Baylor	Southwest	4-6-1	0.36	8.02	-2.55	10.84	4.76	-0.76
78	Louisville	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8	-12.27	9.11	2.68	2.32
79	South Carolina	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	7.03	-3.18	11.58	4.56	-0.56
80	Ole Miss	SEC	4-7-0	0.36	6.88	-4.91	13.84	4.03	-0.03
81	Colorado State	Western Athletic	4-7-0	0.36	6.82	-4.27	11.16	4.26	-0.26
82	Texas Tech	Southwest	4-7-0	0.36	6.63	-7	13.63	3.08	0.92
83	Tulane	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.6	-6.36	11.88	3.63	0.37
84	Drake	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	6.52	-3.36	3.05	4.68	-0.68
85	Army	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.01	-9.73	5.95	2.57	1.43
86	Washington State	Pac-10	3-7-1	0.27	4.99	-7.73	9.02	3.04	-0.04
87	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-8-0	0.27	4.71	-4.73	10.69	4.28	-1.28
88	TCU	Southwest	3-8-0	0.27	4.57	-5.73	10.28	3.8	-0.8
89	UNLV	PCAA	3-8-0	0.27	4.41	-7.82	11.62	3.62	-0.62
90	Purdue	Big Ten	3-8-0	0.27	4.22	-10.27	11.73	2.92	0.08
91	Wake Forest	ACC	3-8-0	0.27	4.1	-11.09	9.93	2.69	0.31
92	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	3.99	-12.45	9.08	2.62	0.38
93	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-8-0	0.27	3.91	-15.73	11.82	2.1	0.9
94	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	3.87	-12.82	6.13	2.65	0.35
95	William & Mary	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	3.78	-11.73	1.4	2.62	0.38
96	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	3-9-0	0.25	3.5	-10.67	3.88	1.93	1.07
97	Kansas	Big 8	2-7-2	0.18	3.01	-11.45	11.9	2.1	-0.1
98	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-9-0	0.18	2.89	-3.64	12.3	4.34	-2.34
99	Oregon	Pac-10	2-8-1	0.18	2.66	-10.91	15.6	1.52	0.48
100	Colorado	Big 8	2-8-1	0.18	2.49	-12.82	12.76	2.01	-0.01
101	Syracuse	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.41	-7.73	13.32	2.93	-0.93
102	North Texas	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.17	-9.45	7.89	2.78	-0.78
103	Virginia	ACC	2-9-0	0.18	2.08	-11.09	9.59	2.76	-0.76
104	Pacific	PCAA	2-9-0	0.18	1.97	-11.82	5.34	2.57	-0.57
105	Illinois State	Missouri Valley	2-9-0	0.18	1.88	-12.73	2.85	2.17	-0.17
106	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-10-0	0.17	1.48	-20	13.98	1.39	0.61
107	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-9-1	0.09	0.31	-10.91	7.77	1.21	-0.21
108	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-9-1	0.09	0.05	-15.64	12.44	1.36	-0.36
109	Memphis	FBS Independents	1-10-0	0.09	-0.1	-14.09	10.95	1.47	-0.47
110	Kent State	Mid-American	0-11-0	0	-2.11	-14.18	9.68	1.26	-1.26
111	Richmond	FBS Independents	0-10-0	0	-2.21	-16.9	8.09	0.89	-0.89
112	Kentucky	SEC	0-10-1	0	-2.39	-17.36	17.06	0.76	-0.76
113	Rice	Southwest	0-11-0	0	-2.44	-20.27	13.09	1.02	-1.02