1985 W15 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.247833+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Penn State	FBS Independents	11-0-0	1	24.79	12.45	11.29	9.34	1.66
2	Bowling Green	Mid-American	11-0-0	1	24.12	16	7.02	9.26	1.74
3	Fresno State	PCAA	10-0-1	0.91	23.92	20.73	5.08	9.43	0.57
4	Oklahoma	Big 8	10-1-0	0.91	23.55	23	13.25	10.53	-0.53
5	Michigan	Big Ten	9-1-1	0.82	23.35	21.82	13.55	10.65	-1.65
6	Iowa	Big Ten	10-1-0	0.91	23.33	24.55	11.73	10.18	-0.18
7	Miami	FBS Independents	10-1-0	0.91	23.19	21.73	11.45	9.87	0.13
8	Air Force	Western Athletic	11-1-0	0.92	23.12	23.58	9.56	10.99	0.01
9	Florida	SEC	9-1-1	0.82	23.11	11.27	15.03	8.73	0.27
10	Tennessee	SEC	8-1-2	0.73	22.63	14.27	12.63	9.5	-1.5
11	LSU	SEC	9-1-1	0.82	22.05	9.73	9.72	9.12	-0.12
12	BYU	Western Athletic	11-2-0	0.85	21.47	19.92	9.9	11.64	-0.64
13	Nebraska	Big 8	9-2-0	0.82	21.16	23.82	11.16	10.2	-1.2
14	Alabama	SEC	8-2-1	0.73	20.79	10.55	15.44	8.43	-0.43
15	Arkansas	Southwest	9-2-0	0.82	20.73	16	10.37	9.73	-0.73
16	Texas A&M	Southwest	9-2-0	0.82	20.71	14.45	10.69	8.99	0.01
17	UCLA	Pac-10	8-2-1	0.73	20.54	12	13.29	8.59	-0.59
18	Georgia Tech	ACC	8-2-1	0.73	19.71	10.64	8.71	9.2	-1.2
19	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	8-2-1	0.73	19.39	5	9.92	6.97	1.03
20	Auburn	SEC	8-3-0	0.73	19.3	14.18	14.96	9.04	-1.04
21	Maryland	ACC	8-3-0	0.73	18.88	10.64	13.63	8.49	-0.49
22	Ohio State	Big Ten	8-3-0	0.73	18.71	10	12.78	8.08	-0.08
23	Baylor	Southwest	8-3-0	0.73	18.7	11.55	12.02	8.98	-0.98
24	Arizona State	Pac-10	8-3-0	0.73	18.68	10.73	12.24	8.78	-0.78
25	Florida State	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.62	12.09	11.2	8.18	-0.18
26	Arizona	Pac-10	8-3-0	0.73	18.36	9.64	10.6	8.8	-0.8
27	Georgia	SEC	7-3-1	0.64	18.2	11.45	13.35	8.81	-1.81
28	Oklahoma State	Big 8	8-3-0	0.73	18.12	7.09	10.4	7.98	0.02
29	Texas	Southwest	8-3-0	0.73	17.45	1.73	11.71	6.01	1.99
30	Army	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	17.42	14.73	1.91	8.81	-0.81
31	Central Michigan	Mid-American	7-3-0	0.7	17.08	5.1	9.35	6.73	0.27
32	West Virginia	FBS Independents	7-3-1	0.64	16.98	2.82	11.35	6.65	0.35
33	Utah	Western Athletic	8-4-0	0.67	16.31	5.17	8.6	7.17	0.83
34	Syracuse	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	16.22	9.64	9.73	8.46	-1.46
35	Colorado	Big 8	7-4-0	0.64	16.14	5.18	12.48	7.46	-0.46
36	Michigan State	Big Ten	7-4-0	0.64	15.98	3.82	12.77	6.71	0.29
37	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.48	8.73	4.64	8.29	-1.29
38	Illinois State	Missouri Valley	6-3-2	0.55	14.87	4.55	-1.72	7.25	-1.25
39	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	6-3-1	0.6	14.51	1.3	0.37	5.31	0.69
40	SMU	Southwest	6-5-0	0.55	14.3	6.27	12.95	7.28	-1.28
41	USC	Pac-10	6-5-0	0.55	14.01	5.18	11.9	7.38	-1.38
42	Minnesota	Big Ten	6-5-0	0.55	13.85	4.18	11.67	6.68	-0.68
43	Virginia	ACC	6-5-0	0.55	13.63	4.09	9.81	6.71	-0.71
44	Clemson	ACC	6-5-0	0.55	13.59	2.64	11.92	6.37	-0.37
45	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.5	5	7.5	6.93	-0.93
46	Washington	Pac-10	6-5-0	0.55	13.12	0.91	12.3	5.81	0.19
47	Illinois	Big Ten	6-4-1	0.55	12.92	-2.55	14.1	4.87	1.13
48	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	12.05	1.36	11.28	6	-1
49	Kansas	Big 8	6-6-0	0.5	11.82	1.08	9.9	6.32	-0.32
50	Long Beach State	PCAA	6-6-0	0.5	11.45	1.08	6.09	6.29	-0.29
51	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	6-5-0	0.55	11.17	-4.91	12.07	4.35	1.65
52	San Diego State	Western Athletic	5-6-1	0.42	11.11	2.08	11.2	6.54	-1.54
53	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	10.47	-0.36	17.29	5.39	-0.39
54	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	6-5-0	0.55	10.4	-4.64	3.01	4.22	1.78
55	North Carolina	ACC	5-6-0	0.45	10.28	0.09	11.04	5.53	-0.53
56	UNLV	PCAA	5-5-1	0.45	10.01	-1.91	5.11	4.82	0.18
57	Purdue	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	9.6	-1.73	13.46	5.08	-0.08
58	Kentucky	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	9.58	-1.55	12.42	4.95	0.05
59	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	4-6-2	0.33	9.55	0.58	11.88	6.19	-2.19
60	Washington State	Pac-10	4-7-0	0.36	9.28	2.82	11.84	6.18	-2.18
61	Oregon	Pac-10	5-6-0	0.45	9.25	-2.45	11.24	4.89	0.11
62	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	9.24	-2.91	12.53	4.66	0.34
63	Mississippi State	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	9.2	-2.82	11.63	4.76	0.24
64	South Carolina	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	9.13	-1.91	7.89	5.01	-0.01
65	Pacific	PCAA	5-7-0	0.42	8.83	-0.75	7.43	5.78	-0.78
66	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	8.79	6.45	-1.31	7.05	-3.05
67	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.63	-5.64	9.8	3.79	1.21
68	Navy	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	8.63	1.27	9.16	5.87	-1.87
69	Texas Tech	Southwest	4-7-0	0.36	8.59	0.82	10.27	5.74	-1.74
70	Temple	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	8.49	0.91	8.3	5.79	-1.79
71	Colorado State	Western Athletic	5-7-0	0.42	8.11	-6.58	13.86	4.12	0.88
72	Iowa State	Big 8	5-6-0	0.45	8.08	-14.82	11.77	1.69	3.31
73	Western Michigan	Mid-American	4-6-1	0.36	8.08	-2.73	11.7	4.52	-0.52
74	Ole Miss	SEC	4-6-1	0.36	7.54	-6	11.02	3.78	0.22
75	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	4-6-0	0.4	7.29	-3.8	2.31	4.1	-0.1
76	California	Pac-10	4-7-0	0.36	7.07	-2.91	10.6	4.67	-0.67
77	Wake Forest	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	6.8	-3.36	7.27	4.46	-0.46
78	Toledo	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	6.77	-4.73	10.67	3.48	0.52
79	Duke	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	6.7	-5.36	10.87	3.82	0.18
80	Stanford	Pac-10	4-7-0	0.36	6.69	-6.18	12.39	3.95	0.05
81	Houston	Southwest	4-7-0	0.36	6.52	-7.82	12.34	3.67	0.33
82	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	6.49	-7.73	11.58	3.08	0.92
83	Ball State	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	6.46	-7.27	10.2	3.44	0.56
84	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	6.43	-5.82	6.84	3.66	0.34
85	Drake	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	6.42	-5.36	5.66	3.84	0.16
86	Indiana	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.41	-8.09	10.6	3.6	0.4
87	Boston College	FBS Independents	4-8-0	0.33	5.96	-7.08	13.53	3.8	0.2
88	Louisiana	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	5.76	-13.09	4.39	1.99	2.01
89	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-7-1	0.27	4.74	-12.91	11.32	2.06	0.94
90	Kent State	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	4.52	-5.91	8.81	3.81	-0.81
91	New Mexico	Western Athletic	3-8-0	0.27	4.14	-11.45	11.18	3.28	-0.28
92	NC State	ACC	3-8-0	0.27	4.13	-10.82	9.44	2.6	0.4
93	Utah State	PCAA	3-8-0	0.27	4.08	-12.91	11.94	2.18	0.82
94	Rice	Southwest	3-8-0	0.27	3.99	-15.55	13.52	2.35	0.65
95	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	3.98	-12.91	8.74	2.16	0.84
96	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-8-0	0.27	3.96	-14.73	11.24	1.87	1.13
97	Wyoming	Western Athletic	3-8-0	0.27	3.94	-14.55	12.14	2.29	0.71
98	Oregon State	Pac-10	3-8-0	0.27	3.74	-18.36	9.33	1.39	1.61
99	TCU	Southwest	3-8-0	0.27	3.63	-21.18	9.29	1.08	1.92
100	Memphis	FBS Independents	2-7-2	0.18	3.49	-5.73	11.17	3.62	-1.62
101	Rutgers	FBS Independents	2-8-1	0.18	2.62	-10.64	11.79	2.22	-0.22
102	San José State	PCAA	2-8-1	0.18	2.52	-11.55	10.02	2.72	-0.72
103	East Carolina	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.17	-10.91	12.18	2.32	-0.32
104	Ohio	Mid-American	2-9-0	0.18	2.07	-11.27	8.76	2.48	-0.48
105	Louisville	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.6	-20.91	7.03	1.53	0.47
106	Missouri	Big 8	1-10-0	0.09	-0	-12.36	12.17	2.54	-1.54
107	Tulane	FBS Independents	1-10-0	0.09	-0.16	-15.27	10.8	1.76	-0.76
108	New Mexico State	PCAA	1-10-0	0.09	-0.2	-16.27	10.08	1.89	-0.89
109	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-10-0	0.09	-0.2	-16.36	10.67	1.94	-0.94
110	Kansas State	Big 8	1-10-0	0.09	-0.26	-17.64	7.88	0.8	0.2