1985 W16 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.248238+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	24.72	12.45	11.21	9.34	1.66
2	Fresno State	PCAA	11-0-1	0.92	24.22	22.67	6.54	10.54	0.46
3	Oklahoma	Big 8	10-1-0	0.91	23.48	23	13.08	10.53	-0.53
4	Michigan	Big Ten	9-1-1	0.82	23.29	21.82	13.5	10.65	-1.65
5	Iowa	Big Ten	10-1-0	0.91	23.27	24.55	11.69	10.18	-0.18
6	Miami	FBS Independents	10-1-0	0.91	23.12	21.73	11.37	9.87	0.13
7	Air Force	Western Athletic	11-1-0	0.92	23.08	23.58	9.58	10.99	0.01
8	Florida	SEC	9-1-1	0.82	23.05	11.27	14.97	8.73	0.27
9	Tennessee	SEC	8-1-2	0.73	22.57	14.27	12.57	9.5	-1.5
10	Bowling Green	Mid-American	11-1-0	0.92	22.36	11	8.4	9.01	1.99
11	LSU	SEC	9-1-1	0.82	21.99	9.73	9.62	9.12	-0.12
12	BYU	Western Athletic	11-2-0	0.85	21.43	19.92	9.87	11.64	-0.64
13	Nebraska	Big 8	9-2-0	0.82	21.11	23.82	11.13	10.2	-1.2
14	Alabama	SEC	8-2-1	0.73	20.73	10.55	15.38	8.43	-0.43
15	Arkansas	Southwest	9-2-0	0.82	20.66	16	10.22	9.73	-0.73
16	Texas A&M	Southwest	9-2-0	0.82	20.64	14.45	10.53	8.99	0.01
17	UCLA	Pac-10	8-2-1	0.73	20.49	12	13.29	8.59	-0.59
18	Georgia Tech	ACC	8-2-1	0.73	19.66	10.64	8.66	9.2	-1.2
19	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	8-2-1	0.73	19.34	5	9.89	6.97	1.03
20	Auburn	SEC	8-3-0	0.73	19.23	14.18	14.84	9.04	-1.04
21	Maryland	ACC	8-3-0	0.73	18.83	10.64	13.58	8.49	-0.49
22	Baylor	Southwest	8-3-0	0.73	18.66	11.55	12.01	8.98	-0.98
23	Ohio State	Big Ten	8-3-0	0.73	18.66	10	12.74	8.08	-0.08
24	Arizona State	Pac-10	8-3-0	0.73	18.64	10.73	12.21	8.78	-0.78
25	Florida State	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.57	12.09	11.14	8.18	-0.18
26	Arizona	Pac-10	8-3-0	0.73	18.3	9.64	10.45	8.8	-0.8
27	Georgia	SEC	7-3-1	0.64	18.15	11.45	13.28	8.81	-1.81
28	Oklahoma State	Big 8	8-3-0	0.73	18.08	7.09	10.38	7.98	0.02
29	Texas	Southwest	8-3-0	0.73	17.39	1.73	11.58	6.01	1.99
30	Army	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	17.35	14.73	2.03	8.81	-0.81
31	Central Michigan	Mid-American	7-3-0	0.7	17.03	5.1	9.32	6.73	0.27
32	West Virginia	FBS Independents	7-3-1	0.64	16.94	2.82	11.31	6.65	0.35
33	Utah	Western Athletic	8-4-0	0.67	16.28	5.17	8.61	7.17	0.83
34	Syracuse	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	16.19	9.64	9.85	8.46	-1.46
35	Colorado	Big 8	7-4-0	0.64	16.1	5.18	12.45	7.46	-0.46
36	Michigan State	Big Ten	7-4-0	0.64	15.94	3.82	12.72	6.71	0.29
37	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.44	8.73	4.57	8.29	-1.29
38	Illinois State	Missouri Valley	6-3-2	0.55	14.83	4.55	-1.73	7.25	-1.25
39	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	6-3-1	0.6	14.48	1.3	0.35	5.31	0.69
40	SMU	Southwest	6-5-0	0.55	14.22	6.27	12.91	7.28	-1.28
41	USC	Pac-10	6-5-0	0.55	13.98	5.18	11.86	7.38	-1.38
42	Minnesota	Big Ten	6-5-0	0.55	13.81	4.18	11.65	6.68	-0.68
43	Virginia	ACC	6-5-0	0.55	13.61	4.09	9.93	6.71	-0.71
44	Clemson	ACC	6-5-0	0.55	13.56	2.64	11.87	6.37	-0.37
45	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.46	5	7.45	6.93	-0.93
46	Washington	Pac-10	6-5-0	0.55	13.09	0.91	12.31	5.81	0.19
47	Illinois	Big Ten	6-4-1	0.55	12.89	-2.55	14.05	4.87	1.13
48	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	12.03	1.36	11.39	6	-1
49	Kansas	Big 8	6-6-0	0.5	11.78	1.08	9.75	6.32	-0.32
50	Long Beach State	PCAA	6-6-0	0.5	11.41	1.08	5.95	6.29	-0.29
51	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	6-5-0	0.55	11.14	-4.91	11.98	4.35	1.65
52	San Diego State	Western Athletic	5-6-1	0.42	11.09	2.08	11.2	6.54	-1.54
53	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	10.44	-0.36	17.24	5.39	-0.39
54	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	6-5-0	0.55	10.39	-4.64	3.14	4.22	1.78
55	North Carolina	ACC	5-6-0	0.45	10.27	0.09	11.16	5.53	-0.53
56	UNLV	PCAA	5-5-1	0.45	9.98	-1.91	5.09	4.82	0.18
57	Purdue	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	9.58	-1.73	13.41	5.08	-0.08
58	Kentucky	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	9.55	-1.55	12.37	4.95	0.05
59	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	4-6-2	0.33	9.49	0.58	12	6.19	-2.19
60	Washington State	Pac-10	4-7-0	0.36	9.26	2.82	11.8	6.18	-2.18
61	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	9.23	-2.91	12.63	4.66	0.34
62	Oregon	Pac-10	5-6-0	0.45	9.22	-2.45	11.2	4.89	0.11
63	Mississippi State	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	9.17	-2.82	11.58	4.76	0.24
64	South Carolina	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	9.12	-1.91	7.95	5.01	-0.01
65	Pacific	PCAA	5-7-0	0.42	8.8	-0.75	7.29	5.78	-0.78
66	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	8.77	6.45	-1.32	7.05	-3.05
67	Navy	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	8.65	1.27	8.98	5.87	-1.87
68	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.61	-5.64	9.75	3.79	1.21
69	Texas Tech	Southwest	4-7-0	0.36	8.56	0.82	10.12	5.74	-1.74
70	Temple	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	8.47	0.91	8.26	5.79	-1.79
71	Colorado State	Western Athletic	5-7-0	0.42	8.09	-6.58	13.86	4.12	0.88
72	Iowa State	Big 8	5-6-0	0.45	8.06	-14.82	11.74	1.69	3.31
73	Western Michigan	Mid-American	4-6-1	0.36	8.05	-2.73	11.52	4.52	-0.52
74	Ole Miss	SEC	4-6-1	0.36	7.52	-6	10.97	3.78	0.22
75	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	4-6-0	0.4	7.28	-3.8	2.29	4.1	-0.1
76	California	Pac-10	4-7-0	0.36	7.05	-2.91	10.56	4.67	-0.67
77	Wake Forest	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	6.78	-3.36	7.23	4.46	-0.46
78	Toledo	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	6.76	-4.73	10.63	3.48	0.52
79	Duke	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	6.68	-5.36	10.83	3.82	0.18
80	Stanford	Pac-10	4-7-0	0.36	6.67	-6.18	12.35	3.95	0.05
81	Houston	Southwest	4-7-0	0.36	6.5	-7.82	12.18	3.67	0.33
82	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	6.47	-7.73	11.54	3.08	0.92
83	Ball State	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	6.44	-7.27	10.17	3.44	0.56
84	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	6.42	-5.82	6.82	3.66	0.34
85	Drake	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	6.41	-5.36	5.64	3.84	0.16
86	Indiana	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.4	-8.09	10.71	3.6	0.4
87	Boston College	FBS Independents	4-8-0	0.33	5.94	-7.08	13.4	3.8	0.2
88	Louisiana	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	5.74	-13.09	4.31	1.99	2.01
89	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-7-1	0.27	4.73	-12.91	11.28	2.06	0.94
90	Kent State	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	4.51	-5.91	8.77	3.81	-0.81
91	New Mexico	Western Athletic	3-8-0	0.27	4.13	-11.45	11.18	3.28	-0.28
92	NC State	ACC	3-8-0	0.27	4.11	-10.82	9.36	2.6	0.4
93	Utah State	PCAA	3-8-0	0.27	4.07	-12.91	11.95	2.18	0.82
94	Rice	Southwest	3-8-0	0.27	3.98	-15.55	13.36	2.35	0.65
95	Wyoming	Western Athletic	3-8-0	0.27	3.98	-14.55	12	2.29	0.71
96	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	3.97	-12.91	8.71	2.16	0.84
97	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-8-0	0.27	3.95	-14.73	11.2	1.87	1.13
98	Oregon State	Pac-10	3-8-0	0.27	3.73	-18.36	9.29	1.39	1.61
99	TCU	Southwest	3-8-0	0.27	3.62	-21.18	9.14	1.08	1.92
100	Memphis	FBS Independents	2-7-2	0.18	3.48	-5.73	10.98	3.62	-1.62
101	Rutgers	FBS Independents	2-8-1	0.18	2.61	-10.64	11.6	2.22	-0.22
102	San José State	PCAA	2-8-1	0.18	2.52	-11.55	9.99	2.72	-0.72
103	East Carolina	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.15	-10.91	12.14	2.32	-0.32
104	Ohio	Mid-American	2-9-0	0.18	2.06	-11.27	8.73	2.48	-0.48
105	Louisville	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.59	-20.91	6.99	1.53	0.47
106	Missouri	Big 8	1-10-0	0.09	-0	-12.36	12.14	2.54	-1.54
107	Tulane	FBS Independents	1-10-0	0.09	-0.16	-15.27	10.75	1.76	-0.76
108	New Mexico State	PCAA	1-10-0	0.09	-0.2	-16.27	10.04	1.89	-0.89
109	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-10-0	0.09	-0.21	-16.36	10.58	1.94	-0.94
110	Kansas State	Big 8	1-10-0	0.09	-0.26	-17.64	7.86	0.8	0.2