1985 W12 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.246711+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Penn State	FBS Independents	10-0-0	1	24.9	10.6	11.42	8.07	1.93
2	Bowling Green	Mid-American	10-0-0	1	24.43	15.5	7.57	8.38	1.62
3	Fresno State	PCAA	9-0-1	0.9	24.09	18.7	5.23	8.3	0.7
4	Michigan	Big Ten	8-1-1	0.8	23.33	23	13.46	9.78	-1.78
5	Air Force	Western Athletic	10-1-0	0.91	23.29	25.09	9.87	10.2	-0.2
6	Iowa	Big Ten	9-1-0	0.9	23.2	24.8	11.11	9.24	-0.24
7	Nebraska	Big 8	9-1-0	0.9	23.12	28.2	10.23	9.54	-0.54
8	Florida	SEC	8-1-1	0.8	23.09	10	15.62	7.73	0.27
9	Miami	FBS Independents	8-1-0	0.89	22.95	18.56	12.16	7.69	0.31
10	Oklahoma	Big 8	7-1-0	0.88	22.85	24.75	11.85	7.66	-0.66
11	UCLA	Pac-10	8-1-1	0.8	22.71	13.6	12.26	8.02	-0.02
12	Oklahoma State	Big 8	8-1-0	0.89	22.06	10.67	9.53	7.14	0.86
13	Tennessee	SEC	6-1-2	0.67	22.03	9.44	14.02	6.87	-0.87
14	LSU	SEC	6-1-1	0.75	21.83	9	13.02	6.7	-0.7
15	Auburn	SEC	8-2-0	0.8	21.22	15.8	15.25	8.49	-0.49
16	BYU	Western Athletic	9-2-0	0.82	20.85	20.82	9.01	9.98	-0.98
17	Ohio State	Big Ten	8-2-0	0.8	20.61	12	12.03	7.72	0.28
18	Alabama	SEC	7-2-1	0.7	20.61	11.4	15.97	7.87	-0.87
19	Baylor	Southwest	8-2-0	0.8	20.59	13.4	12.09	8.45	-0.45
20	Arkansas	Southwest	8-2-0	0.8	20.51	17	9.93	8.9	-0.9
21	Florida State	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	20.49	15.7	10.73	8	0
22	Georgia	SEC	7-2-1	0.7	20.46	13	13.55	8.28	-1.28
23	Arizona State	Pac-10	8-2-0	0.8	20.34	12.1	11.02	8.21	-0.21
24	Texas A&M	Southwest	7-2-0	0.78	19.62	8.89	10.95	6.47	0.53
25	Georgia Tech	ACC	7-2-1	0.7	19.34	11.3	8.03	8.54	-1.54
26	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	7-2-1	0.7	19.11	4.9	10.32	6.26	0.74
27	Texas	Southwest	7-2-0	0.78	19.09	4.89	10.22	5.62	1.38
28	Army	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	19.06	17.2	1.67	8.25	-0.25
29	Maryland	ACC	7-3-0	0.7	18.29	10.5	13.52	7.75	-0.75
30	Utah	Western Athletic	8-3-0	0.73	17.76	6.55	6.79	6.85	1.15
31	Arizona	Pac-10	7-3-0	0.7	17.75	10.3	9.87	8.13	-1.13
32	SMU	Southwest	6-3-0	0.67	17.25	10.78	11.02	6.78	-0.78
33	Syracuse	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	17.15	10.22	10.6	6.99	-0.99
34	Central Michigan	Mid-American	6-3-0	0.67	16.49	4.67	9.69	6.02	-0.02
35	West Virginia	FBS Independents	6-3-1	0.6	16.26	2.8	10.45	6.01	-0.01
36	Minnesota	Big Ten	6-4-0	0.6	15.43	6.8	10.92	6.69	-0.69
37	Colorado	Big 8	6-4-0	0.6	15.26	2.7	14.41	5.95	0.05
38	Illinois State	Missouri Valley	6-3-2	0.55	14.96	4.55	-1.65	7.25	-1.25
39	Virginia	ACC	6-4-0	0.6	14.93	5.7	8.78	6.55	-0.55
40	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	14.92	5.56	15.74	5.86	-0.86
41	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	14.88	7.8	5.78	7.26	-1.26
42	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	6-3-1	0.6	14.54	1.3	0.4	5.31	0.69
43	Washington	Pac-10	6-4-0	0.6	14.52	1.1	13.09	5.34	0.66
44	Michigan State	Big Ten	6-4-0	0.6	14.42	0.8	13.85	5.24	0.76
45	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	14.08	4.6	10.11	6.48	-1.48
46	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.6	5	7.81	6.93	-0.93
47	Long Beach State	PCAA	6-5-0	0.55	12.92	2.18	5.23	6.06	-0.06
48	Kentucky	SEC	5-5-0	0.5	12.65	2.5	12.52	5.81	-0.81
49	Clemson	ACC	5-5-0	0.5	12.62	2.2	12.96	5.66	-0.66
50	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	4-4-1	0.44	12.61	3.78	10.3	5.33	-1.33
51	North Carolina	ACC	5-5-0	0.5	11.78	0.3	11.74	5.09	-0.09
52	Illinois	Big Ten	5-4-1	0.5	11.7	-5.3	15.56	3.8	1.2
53	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5-5-0	0.5	11.7	0.2	12.99	5.05	-0.05
54	USC	Pac-10	4-5-0	0.44	11.52	4.33	11.62	5.74	-1.74
55	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	6-5-0	0.55	11.26	-4.91	12.58	4.35	1.65
56	Mississippi State	SEC	5-5-0	0.5	10.98	-1.3	12.7	4.67	0.33
57	South Carolina	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	10.43	-1.4	8	4.68	0.32
58	Kansas	Big 8	5-6-0	0.45	10.39	-0.09	11.64	5.47	-0.47
59	UNLV	PCAA	5-5-1	0.45	10.09	-1.91	5.03	4.82	0.18
60	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	9.8	-5.6	9.17	3.51	1.49
61	Texas Tech	Southwest	4-6-0	0.4	9.74	1	10.99	5.26	-1.26
62	Colorado State	Western Athletic	5-6-0	0.45	8.93	-5.27	13.19	4.16	0.84
63	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	8.9	6.45	-1.47	7.05	-3.05
64	Oregon	Pac-10	4-5-0	0.44	8.88	-3.78	10.92	3.78	0.22
65	Pacific	PCAA	4-6-0	0.4	8.7	-0.5	9.16	4.87	-0.87
66	San Diego State	Western Athletic	4-6-0	0.4	8.63	-1	12.82	4.79	-0.79
67	Temple	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	8.6	0.91	8.11	5.79	-1.79
68	Purdue	Big Ten	4-6-0	0.4	8.33	-3.2	15.31	4.3	-0.3
69	California	Pac-10	4-6-0	0.4	8.04	-3	10.93	4.22	-0.22
70	Washington State	Pac-10	3-7-0	0.3	7.93	3	12.88	5.64	-2.64
71	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	4-5-0	0.44	7.66	-7.56	1.38	2.62	1.38
72	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	4-6-0	0.4	7.54	-4.7	6.68	3.57	0.43
73	Indiana	Big Ten	4-6-0	0.4	7.5	-7.6	11.22	3.37	0.63
74	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	4-6-0	0.4	7.39	-3.8	2.3	4.1	-0.1
75	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	4-6-0	0.4	7.37	-7.6	11.1	2.78	1.22
76	Navy	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	7.1	0.4	9.72	5.1	-2.1
77	Wake Forest	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	6.9	-3.36	7.03	4.46	-0.46
78	Iowa State	Big 8	4-6-0	0.4	6.82	-16.8	11.5	1.34	2.66
79	Ball State	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	6.54	-7.27	9.95	3.44	0.56
80	Drake	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	6.46	-5.36	5.26	3.84	0.16
81	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-6-1	0.3	6.11	-4.7	11.76	3.39	-0.39
82	Ole Miss	SEC	3-6-1	0.3	5.9	-8.4	12.75	2.74	0.26
83	Louisiana	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	5.88	-13.09	4.89	1.99	2.01
84	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-6-1	0.3	5.59	-11.2	10.63	2.28	0.72
85	Toledo	Mid-American	3-7-0	0.3	5.4	-5.5	10.88	2.96	0.04
86	Stanford	Pac-10	3-7-0	0.3	5.32	-7	12.92	3.43	-0.43
87	Kent State	Mid-American	3-7-0	0.3	5.25	-6.2	8.76	3.48	-0.48
88	Duke	ACC	3-7-0	0.3	5.23	-6.1	11.04	3.26	-0.26
89	New Mexico	Western Athletic	3-7-0	0.3	4.99	-9.1	12.2	3.34	-0.34
90	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	3-7-0	0.3	4.81	-10.1	7.34	2.48	0.52
91	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-7-0	0.3	4.78	-13.7	11.29	1.77	1.23
92	Rice	Southwest	3-7-0	0.3	4.76	-16.7	15.03	2.02	0.98
93	Oregon State	Pac-10	3-7-0	0.3	4.48	-18.1	8.88	1.3	1.7
94	TCU	Southwest	3-7-0	0.3	4.45	-18.6	8.71	1.23	1.77
95	Boston College	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.42	-10.55	15.48	2.63	0.37
96	NC State	ACC	3-8-0	0.27	4.19	-10.82	9.62	2.6	0.4
97	Memphis	FBS Independents	2-7-2	0.18	3.59	-5.73	11.45	3.62	-1.62
98	Houston	Southwest	2-7-0	0.22	3.2	-10.11	14.12	2.7	-0.7
99	Rutgers	FBS Independents	2-7-1	0.2	3.03	-10	11.22	2.12	-0.12
100	East Carolina	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	2.7	-10	11.62	2.25	-0.25
101	Ohio	Mid-American	2-8-0	0.2	2.57	-10.3	6.5	2.4	-0.4
102	San José State	PCAA	2-8-1	0.18	2.54	-11.55	9.78	2.72	-0.72
103	Utah State	PCAA	2-8-0	0.2	2.37	-15.9	13.09	1.39	0.61
104	Wyoming	Western Athletic	2-8-0	0.2	2.37	-16.3	13.12	1.85	0.15
105	Louisville	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.63	-20.91	6.81	1.53	0.47
106	Tulane	FBS Independents	1-8-0	0.11	0.29	-15.33	11.15	1.49	-0.49
107	Missouri	Big 8	1-9-0	0.1	0.25	-12.2	13.07	2.32	-1.32
108	New Mexico State	PCAA	1-9-0	0.1	0.04	-16.2	10.39	1.67	-0.67
109	Kansas State	Big 8	1-9-0	0.1	0.02	-16.4	7.6	0.92	0.08
110	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-9-0	0.1	-0.03	-17.7	11.76	1.6	-0.6