1985 FINAL CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.249768+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Fresno State	PCAA	11-0-1	0.92	24.06	22.67	6.34	10.54	0.46
2	Oklahoma	Big 8	11-1-0	0.92	23.73	22.33	14.01	11.45	-0.45
3	Michigan	Big Ten	10-1-1	0.83	23.46	20.33	14.19	11.41	-1.41
4	Air Force	Western Athletic	12-1-0	0.92	23	22.38	10.02	11.8	0.2
5	Florida	SEC	9-1-1	0.82	22.88	11.27	14.7	8.73	0.27
6	Tennessee	SEC	9-1-2	0.75	22.87	15.42	13.4	10.56	-1.56
7	Penn State	FBS Independents	11-1-0	0.92	22.85	10.17	12.11	9.61	1.39
8	Bowling Green	Mid-American	11-1-0	0.92	22.18	11	8.36	9.01	1.99
9	Iowa	Big Ten	10-2-0	0.83	21.4	21.08	12.45	10.6	-0.6
10	Miami	FBS Independents	10-2-0	0.83	21.23	17.58	12.26	10.21	-0.21
11	Alabama	SEC	9-2-1	0.75	21.07	11.42	14.9	9.5	-0.5
12	UCLA	Pac-10	9-2-1	0.75	20.92	12.42	13.7	9.33	-0.33
13	Texas A&M	Southwest	10-2-0	0.83	20.89	14.92	11.29	9.88	0.12
14	Arkansas	Southwest	10-2-0	0.83	20.81	14.75	10.78	10.41	-0.41
15	LSU	SEC	9-2-1	0.75	20.06	7.75	10.39	9.33	-0.33
16	BYU	Western Athletic	11-3-0	0.79	20.02	18.29	10.47	12.41	-1.41
17	Georgia Tech	ACC	9-2-1	0.75	20.02	10	9.08	9.87	-0.87
18	Nebraska	Big 8	9-3-0	0.75	19.53	21.5	12.06	10.85	-1.85
19	Maryland	ACC	9-3-0	0.75	19.22	11.17	13.48	9.34	-0.34
20	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	8-2-1	0.73	19.21	5	9.66	6.97	1.03
21	Baylor	Southwest	9-3-0	0.75	19.11	11.75	12.51	9.91	-0.91
22	Ohio State	Big Ten	9-3-0	0.75	19.07	9.42	13.34	8.8	0.2
23	Florida State	FBS Independents	9-3-0	0.75	18.98	12	11.63	8.89	0.11
24	Arizona	Pac-10	8-3-1	0.67	18.21	8.83	10.91	9.42	-1.42
25	Georgia	SEC	7-3-2	0.58	18.04	10.5	13.58	9.45	-2.45
26	Army	FBS Independents	9-3-0	0.75	17.75	13.67	2.9	9.36	-0.36
27	Auburn	SEC	8-4-0	0.67	17.67	11.33	15.26	9.21	-1.21
28	Arizona State	Pac-10	8-4-0	0.67	17.18	9.75	12.73	9.33	-1.33
29	Central Michigan	Mid-American	7-3-0	0.7	16.91	5.1	9.07	6.73	0.27
30	West Virginia	FBS Independents	7-3-1	0.64	16.83	2.82	11.15	6.65	0.35
31	Oklahoma State	Big 8	8-4-0	0.67	16.6	5.58	10.98	8.08	-0.08
32	Utah	Western Athletic	8-4-0	0.67	16.16	5.17	8.33	7.17	0.83
33	Texas	Southwest	8-4-0	0.67	15.83	0.92	12.53	6.3	1.7
34	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.36	8.73	4.57	8.29	-1.29
35	Illinois State	Missouri Valley	6-3-2	0.55	14.76	4.55	-1.75	7.25	-1.25
36	Syracuse	FBS Independents	7-5-0	0.58	14.68	7.42	10.57	8.51	-1.51
37	Colorado	Big 8	7-5-0	0.58	14.6	4.5	12.46	7.86	-0.86
38	Michigan State	Big Ten	7-5-0	0.58	14.47	3.25	13.16	7.15	-0.15
39	Minnesota	Big Ten	7-5-0	0.58	14.46	4.42	11.66	7.39	-0.39
40	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	6-3-1	0.6	14.4	1.3	0.32	5.31	0.69
41	SMU	Southwest	6-5-0	0.55	14.15	6.27	12.9	7.28	-1.28
42	Washington	Pac-10	7-5-0	0.58	13.75	1.08	12.21	6.4	0.6
43	Virginia	ACC	6-5-0	0.55	13.53	4.09	9.78	6.71	-0.71
44	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.36	5	7.15	6.93	-0.93
45	USC	Pac-10	6-6-0	0.5	12.49	3	12.5	7.23	-1.23
46	Clemson	ACC	6-6-0	0.5	12.18	1.83	12.05	6.67	-0.67
47	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	11.95	1.36	11.23	6	-1
48	Illinois	Big Ten	6-5-1	0.5	11.72	-2.5	14.17	5.33	0.67
49	Kansas	Big 8	6-6-0	0.5	11.71	1.08	9.68	6.32	-0.32
50	Long Beach State	PCAA	6-6-0	0.5	11.35	1.08	5.93	6.29	-0.29
51	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	6-5-0	0.55	11.08	-4.91	11.92	4.35	1.65
52	San Diego State	Western Athletic	5-6-1	0.42	11.02	2.08	11.02	6.54	-1.54
53	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	10.35	-0.36	16.85	5.39	-0.39
54	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	6-5-0	0.55	10.34	-4.64	3.14	4.22	1.78
55	North Carolina	ACC	5-6-0	0.45	10.19	0.09	10.85	5.53	-0.53
56	UNLV	PCAA	5-5-1	0.45	9.93	-1.91	5.08	4.82	0.18
57	Purdue	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	9.53	-1.73	13.43	5.08	-0.08
58	Kentucky	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	9.47	-1.55	11.84	4.95	0.05
59	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	4-6-2	0.33	9.43	0.58	11.85	6.19	-2.19
60	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	9.19	-2.91	12.67	4.66	0.34
61	Washington State	Pac-10	4-7-0	0.36	9.19	2.82	11.51	6.18	-2.18
62	Oregon	Pac-10	5-6-0	0.45	9.16	-2.45	11	4.89	0.11
63	Mississippi State	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	9.1	-2.82	11.25	4.76	0.24
64	South Carolina	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	9.06	-1.91	7.77	5.01	-0.01
65	Pacific	PCAA	5-7-0	0.42	8.74	-0.75	7.15	5.78	-0.78
66	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	8.72	6.45	-1.35	7.05	-3.05
67	Navy	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	8.59	1.27	8.78	5.87	-1.87
68	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.56	-5.64	9.71	3.79	1.21
69	Texas Tech	Southwest	4-7-0	0.36	8.51	0.82	10.12	5.74	-1.74
70	Temple	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	8.4	0.91	7.95	5.79	-1.79
71	Colorado State	Western Athletic	5-7-0	0.42	8.03	-6.58	13.52	4.12	0.88
72	Iowa State	Big 8	5-6-0	0.45	8.01	-14.82	11.66	1.69	3.31
73	Western Michigan	Mid-American	4-6-1	0.36	8	-2.73	11.28	4.52	-0.52
74	Ole Miss	SEC	4-6-1	0.36	7.47	-6	10.74	3.78	0.22
75	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	4-6-0	0.4	7.24	-3.8	2.25	4.1	-0.1
76	California	Pac-10	4-7-0	0.36	7	-2.91	10.25	4.67	-0.67
77	Wake Forest	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	6.74	-3.36	7.09	4.46	-0.46
78	Toledo	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	6.71	-4.73	10.4	3.48	0.52
79	Duke	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	6.64	-5.36	10.69	3.82	0.18
80	Stanford	Pac-10	4-7-0	0.36	6.62	-6.18	12.02	3.95	0.05
81	Houston	Southwest	4-7-0	0.36	6.46	-7.82	12.17	3.67	0.33
82	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	6.43	-7.73	11.3	3.08	0.92
83	Ball State	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	6.4	-7.27	9.93	3.44	0.56
84	Drake	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	6.37	-5.36	5.59	3.84	0.16
85	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	6.37	-5.82	6.59	3.66	0.34
86	Indiana	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.37	-8.09	10.76	3.6	0.4
87	Boston College	FBS Independents	4-8-0	0.33	5.89	-7.08	13.12	3.8	0.2
88	Louisiana	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	5.71	-13.09	4.26	1.99	2.01
89	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-7-1	0.27	4.7	-12.91	11.07	2.06	0.94
90	Kent State	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	4.47	-5.91	8.41	3.81	-0.81
91	New Mexico	Western Athletic	3-8-0	0.27	4.11	-11.45	10.99	3.28	-0.28
92	NC State	ACC	3-8-0	0.27	4.09	-10.82	9.22	2.6	0.4
93	Utah State	PCAA	3-8-0	0.27	4.04	-12.91	11.67	2.18	0.82
94	Rice	Southwest	3-8-0	0.27	3.96	-15.55	13.33	2.35	0.65
95	Wyoming	Western Athletic	3-8-0	0.27	3.96	-14.55	11.86	2.29	0.71
96	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	3.95	-12.91	8.74	2.16	0.84
97	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-8-0	0.27	3.93	-14.73	11.24	1.87	1.13
98	Oregon State	Pac-10	3-8-0	0.27	3.71	-18.36	9.12	1.39	1.61
99	TCU	Southwest	3-8-0	0.27	3.6	-21.18	9.14	1.08	1.92
100	Memphis	FBS Independents	2-7-2	0.18	3.46	-5.73	10.94	3.62	-1.62
101	Rutgers	FBS Independents	2-8-1	0.18	2.59	-10.64	11.38	2.22	-0.22
102	San José State	PCAA	2-8-1	0.18	2.5	-11.55	9.95	2.72	-0.72
103	East Carolina	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.13	-10.91	11.88	2.32	-0.32
104	Ohio	Mid-American	2-9-0	0.18	2.05	-11.27	8.5	2.48	-0.48
105	Louisville	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.58	-20.91	6.8	1.53	0.47
106	Missouri	Big 8	1-10-0	0.09	-0	-12.36	12.06	2.54	-1.54
107	Tulane	FBS Independents	1-10-0	0.09	-0.16	-15.27	10.52	1.76	-0.76
108	New Mexico State	PCAA	1-10-0	0.09	-0.2	-16.27	10.02	1.89	-0.89
109	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-10-0	0.09	-0.21	-16.36	10.4	1.94	-0.94
110	Kansas State	Big 8	1-10-0	0.09	-0.26	-17.64	7.8	0.8	0.2