1983 FINAL CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:29.889471+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Nebraska	Big 8	12-1-0	0.92	23.6	33.62	11.56	12.11	-0.11
2	Auburn	SEC	11-1-0	0.92	23.51	10.42	16.13	9.26	1.74
3	BYU	Western Athletic	11-1-0	0.92	23.23	21.5	11.6	10.14	0.86
4	Miami	FBS Independents	11-1-0	0.92	23.04	14.75	12.13	10.54	0.46
5	Texas	Southwest	11-1-0	0.92	22.79	14.58	10.54	10.81	0.19
6	Georgia	SEC	10-1-1	0.83	22.64	9.67	12.91	9.44	0.56
7	Clemson	ACC	9-1-1	0.82	22.04	12.55	9.7	8.54	0.46
8	Florida	SEC	9-2-1	0.75	21	12.33	14.29	9.95	-0.95
9	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	13-1-0	0.93	20.93	19.29	-1.58	12.59	0.41
10	Illinois	Big Ten	10-2-0	0.83	20.53	11.17	10.17	9.13	0.87
11	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	10-2-0	0.83	20.42	9.25	10.59	8.85	1.15
12	Air Force	Western Athletic	10-2-0	0.83	20.33	12.17	8.86	9.23	0.77
13	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	20.06	19.09	6.66	10.39	-1.39
14	SMU	Southwest	10-2-0	0.83	19.91	11.42	6.63	10.05	-0.05
15	Toledo	Mid-American	9-2-0	0.82	19.85	10.82	7.78	8.71	0.29
16	Michigan	Big Ten	9-3-0	0.75	19.35	16.25	12.46	10.42	-1.42
17	Ohio State	Big Ten	9-3-0	0.75	19.22	17	11.73	10.04	-1.04
18	Iowa	Big Ten	9-3-0	0.75	19.16	15.92	11.56	10.08	-1.08
19	West Virginia	FBS Independents	9-3-0	0.75	19.14	11.08	13.21	9.35	-0.35
20	Tennessee	SEC	9-3-0	0.75	18.57	9.75	10.01	9.37	-0.37
21	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	8-3-1	0.67	18.53	10.25	12.29	9.47	-1.47
22	Boston College	FBS Independents	9-3-0	0.75	18.35	13.42	7	9.73	-0.73
23	Central Michigan	Mid-American	8-3-0	0.73	18.02	11	8.69	9.01	-1.01
24	East Carolina	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	17.88	8.36	9.03	8	0
25	Arizona	Pac-10	7-3-1	0.64	17.76	14.09	10.26	8.87	-1.87
26	Bowling Green	Mid-American	8-3-0	0.73	17.65	3.18	11.8	6.37	1.63
27	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	8-3-0	0.73	17.61	10.18	6.23	8.3	-0.3
28	Alabama	SEC	8-4-0	0.67	17.31	11.42	12.99	9.03	-1.03
29	Oklahoma	Big 8	8-4-0	0.67	16.99	7.5	12.88	8.3	-0.3
30	North Carolina	ACC	8-4-0	0.67	16.9	10.08	10.65	8.9	-0.9
31	Maryland	ACC	8-4-0	0.67	16.83	5.25	13.51	7.55	0.45
32	Oklahoma State	Big 8	8-4-0	0.67	16.8	9.08	10.5	9.26	-1.26
33	Washington	Pac-10	8-4-0	0.67	16.68	8.92	9.66	9.04	-1.04
34	Wisconsin	Big Ten	7-4-0	0.64	16.46	10.64	12.19	7.9	-0.9
35	UCLA	Pac-10	7-4-1	0.58	16.11	3.67	15.49	7.08	-0.08
36	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	9-4-0	0.69	15.99	6.31	3.07	8.93	0.07
37	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.99	9.73	9.05	8.89	-1.89
38	Baylor	Southwest	7-4-1	0.58	15.91	6.08	10.92	7.68	-0.68
39	Penn State	FBS Independents	8-4-1	0.62	15.72	0.62	13.23	6.69	1.31
40	Long Beach State	PCAA	8-4-0	0.67	15.7	6.08	4.22	8.22	-0.22
41	UNLV	PCAA	7-4-0	0.64	15.46	5.73	7.69	7.28	-0.28
42	Washington State	Pac-10	7-4-0	0.64	15.33	2.36	10.93	6.25	0.75
43	Arizona State	Pac-10	6-4-1	0.55	15.29	10.91	9.86	8.28	-2.28
44	Missouri	Big 8	7-5-0	0.58	15.12	7.5	14.43	8.47	-1.47
45	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	7-5-0	0.58	15.1	11.58	11.68	9.58	-2.58
46	Florida State	FBS Independents	7-5-0	0.58	14.94	5.75	14.47	7.39	-0.39
47	Memphis	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	14.77	6.27	8.7	7.32	-1.32
48	Illinois State	Missouri Valley	6-4-1	0.55	13.98	7.45	1.24	7.43	-1.43
49	Arkansas	Southwest	6-5-0	0.55	13.46	2.91	11.23	6.6	-0.6
50	Wyoming	Western Athletic	7-5-0	0.58	12.97	0.33	8.18	6.09	0.91
51	Fresno State	PCAA	6-5-0	0.55	12.6	2.55	3.94	6.3	-0.3
52	Texas A&M	Southwest	5-5-1	0.45	12.35	4	9.51	6.94	-1.94
53	Kentucky	SEC	6-5-1	0.5	12.12	-0.75	12.97	5.72	0.28
54	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	5-5-1	0.45	11.89	1.36	10.77	5.9	-0.9
55	California	Pac-10	5-5-1	0.45	11.78	1.36	9.59	5.92	-0.92
56	Syracuse	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	11.61	-2	12.06	4.75	1.25
57	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	7-5-0	0.58	11.37	-4.33	7.15	4.39	2.61
58	New Mexico	Western Athletic	6-6-0	0.5	11.35	0.5	8.77	6.18	-0.18
59	Western Michigan	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	11.22	-2.64	9.48	4.53	1.47
60	Virginia	ACC	6-5-0	0.55	11.05	-2.55	7.42	4.82	1.18
61	Ball State	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	10.83	-5	9.45	4.21	1.79
62	Utah	Western Athletic	5-6-0	0.45	10.57	0.64	11.8	5.66	-0.66
63	San José State	PCAA	5-6-0	0.45	10.23	0.27	10.01	5.58	-0.58
64	William & Mary	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	9.97	-5.55	0.3	4.15	1.85
65	South Carolina	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	9.83	-0.55	11.7	5.33	-0.33
66	Ole Miss	SEC	6-6-0	0.5	9.7	-7.08	12.13	3.42	2.58
67	Utah State	PCAA	5-6-0	0.45	9.3	-1.91	11.21	4.83	0.17
68	Kansas	Big 8	4-6-1	0.36	8.11	-2.18	11.3	4.99	-0.99
69	USC	Pac-10	4-6-1	0.36	8.06	-2.55	11.82	4.69	-0.69
70	LSU	SEC	4-7-0	0.36	8.02	-0.18	11.94	5.45	-1.45
71	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	4-6-1	0.36	7.98	-2.36	9.91	4.74	-0.74
72	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	5-6-0	0.45	7.9	-7.36	2.72	3.48	1.52
73	Colorado State	Western Athletic	5-7-0	0.42	7.5	-9.83	9.56	3.2	1.8
74	Louisiana	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	7.48	-1.8	0.06	4.48	-0.48
75	Michigan State	Big Ten	4-6-1	0.36	7.47	-6.45	11.73	3.27	0.73
76	Oregon	Pac-10	4-6-1	0.36	7.4	-6.55	10.68	3.14	0.86
77	Wake Forest	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	7	-2.18	7.74	4.92	-0.92
78	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	6.98	-3.36	11.68	4.11	-0.11
79	Tulane	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.8	-4.45	11.47	4.05	-0.05
80	Temple	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.58	-6.45	11.96	3.35	0.65
81	Houston	Southwest	4-7-0	0.36	6.5	-6.27	10.17	3.81	0.19
82	Colorado	Big 8	4-7-0	0.36	6.38	-8.18	11.35	3.59	0.41
83	Ohio	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	6.27	-9.73	11.66	2.55	1.45
84	Iowa State	Big 8	4-7-0	0.36	6.1	-12.45	11.8	2.87	1.13
85	NC State	ACC	3-8-0	0.27	5.44	-0.91	8.23	5.23	-2.23
86	Texas Tech	Southwest	3-7-1	0.27	5.07	-8.45	12.96	2.78	0.22
87	Purdue	Big Ten	3-7-1	0.27	4.94	-10.45	13.44	3.19	-0.19
88	Mississippi State	SEC	3-8-0	0.27	4.54	-7.55	15.13	3.32	-0.32
89	Rutgers	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.48	-5.73	8.17	3.74	-0.74
90	Navy	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.41	-6.36	8.29	3.64	-0.64
91	Georgia Tech	ACC	3-8-0	0.27	4.39	-8.27	12.59	3.38	-0.38
92	Duke	ACC	3-8-0	0.27	4.3	-9.45	12.77	3.33	-0.33
93	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	4.24	-7.64	6.78	3.72	-0.72
94	Kansas State	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	3.99	-14.27	12.41	2.09	0.91
95	Indiana	Big Ten	3-8-0	0.27	3.95	-14.45	11.59	2.21	0.79
96	Richmond	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	3.87	-10.73	2.66	2.44	0.56
97	Louisville	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	3.82	-17.64	12.26	1.42	1.58
98	Pacific	PCAA	3-9-0	0.25	3.54	-11.33	6.94	2.82	0.18
99	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-9-0	0.18	2.38	-8.27	15.07	3.05	-1.05
100	Oregon State	Pac-10	2-8-1	0.18	2.32	-14.64	9.49	1.89	0.11
101	San Diego State	Western Athletic	2-9-1	0.17	2.15	-10.92	13.37	2.99	-0.99
102	Army	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.78	-14.91	4.24	1.51	0.49
103	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-10-0	0.17	1.76	-12.42	8.67	2.63	-0.63
104	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-9-0	0.18	1.47	-27	12.9	0.41	1.59
105	TCU	Southwest	1-8-2	0.09	0.84	-7.09	10.85	3.23	-2.23
106	Kent State	Mid-American	1-10-0	0.09	0.2	-9.36	10.27	2.56	-1.56
107	Stanford	Pac-10	1-10-0	0.09	0.01	-12.18	13.05	2.09	-1.09
108	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-10-0	0.09	-0.08	-13.82	8.33	1.44	-0.44
109	Drake	Missouri Valley	1-10-0	0.09	-0.29	-18.73	3.54	1.11	-0.11
110	Rice	Southwest	1-10-0	0.09	-0.38	-20.73	10.32	0.67	0.33
111	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-10-0	0.09	-0.68	-30.64	12.78	0.84	0.16
112	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	0-10-1	0	-1.86	-12.27	0.86	2.11	-2.11