1985 W17 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.248655+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	24.67	12.45	11.18	9.34	1.66
2	Fresno State	PCAA	11-0-1	0.92	24.15	22.67	6.38	10.54	0.46
3	Oklahoma	Big 8	10-1-0	0.91	23.43	23	13.04	10.53	-0.53
4	Michigan	Big Ten	9-1-1	0.82	23.24	21.82	13.47	10.65	-1.65
5	Iowa	Big Ten	10-1-0	0.91	23.22	24.55	11.66	10.18	-0.18
6	Miami	FBS Independents	10-1-0	0.91	23.07	21.73	11.34	9.87	0.13
7	Air Force	Western Athletic	11-1-0	0.92	23.03	23.58	9.56	10.99	0.01
8	Florida	SEC	9-1-1	0.82	23	11.27	14.92	8.73	0.27
9	Tennessee	SEC	8-1-2	0.73	22.52	14.27	12.53	9.5	-1.5
10	Bowling Green	Mid-American	11-1-0	0.92	22.26	11	8.4	9.01	1.99
11	LSU	SEC	9-1-1	0.82	21.94	9.73	9.59	9.12	-0.12
12	BYU	Western Athletic	11-2-0	0.85	21.39	19.92	9.85	11.64	-0.64
13	Nebraska	Big 8	9-2-0	0.82	21.06	23.82	11.1	10.2	-1.2
14	Arkansas	Southwest	10-2-0	0.83	20.89	14.75	10.89	10.41	-0.41
15	Alabama	SEC	8-2-1	0.73	20.68	10.55	15.34	8.43	-0.43
16	Texas A&M	Southwest	9-2-0	0.82	20.59	14.45	10.5	8.99	0.01
17	UCLA	Pac-10	8-2-1	0.73	20.45	12	13.26	8.59	-0.59
18	Georgia Tech	ACC	8-2-1	0.73	19.62	10.64	8.63	9.2	-1.2
19	Maryland	ACC	9-3-0	0.75	19.31	11.17	13.77	9.34	-0.34
20	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	8-2-1	0.73	19.28	5	9.71	6.97	1.03
21	Auburn	SEC	8-3-0	0.73	19.19	14.18	14.8	9.04	-1.04
22	Baylor	Southwest	8-3-0	0.73	18.62	11.55	11.97	8.98	-0.98
23	Ohio State	Big Ten	8-3-0	0.73	18.62	10	12.71	8.08	-0.08
24	Florida State	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.52	12.09	11.1	8.18	-0.18
25	Arizona	Pac-10	8-3-0	0.73	18.26	9.64	10.42	8.8	-0.8
26	Georgia	SEC	7-3-1	0.64	18.11	11.45	13.24	8.81	-1.81
27	Oklahoma State	Big 8	8-3-0	0.73	18.04	7.09	10.35	7.98	0.02
28	Texas	Southwest	8-3-0	0.73	17.35	1.73	11.54	6.01	1.99
29	Army	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	17.32	14.73	2.02	8.81	-0.81
30	Arizona State	Pac-10	8-4-0	0.67	17.29	9.75	12.88	9.33	-1.33
31	Central Michigan	Mid-American	7-3-0	0.7	16.97	5.1	9.12	6.73	0.27
32	West Virginia	FBS Independents	7-3-1	0.64	16.9	2.82	11.28	6.65	0.35
33	Utah	Western Athletic	8-4-0	0.67	16.24	5.17	8.59	7.17	0.83
34	Colorado	Big 8	7-4-0	0.64	16.07	5.18	12.41	7.46	-0.46
35	Michigan State	Big Ten	7-4-0	0.64	15.9	3.82	12.69	6.71	0.29
36	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.41	8.73	4.55	8.29	-1.29
37	Illinois State	Missouri Valley	6-3-2	0.55	14.8	4.55	-1.74	7.25	-1.25
38	Syracuse	FBS Independents	7-5-0	0.58	14.77	7.42	10.58	8.51	-1.51
39	Minnesota	Big Ten	7-5-0	0.58	14.5	4.42	11.78	7.39	-0.39
40	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	6-3-1	0.6	14.45	1.3	0.34	5.31	0.69
41	SMU	Southwest	6-5-0	0.55	14.19	6.27	12.87	7.28	-1.28
42	USC	Pac-10	6-5-0	0.55	13.95	5.18	11.83	7.38	-1.38
43	Virginia	ACC	6-5-0	0.55	13.58	4.09	9.9	6.71	-0.71
44	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.44	5	7.43	6.93	-0.93
45	Washington	Pac-10	6-5-0	0.55	13.06	0.91	12.28	5.81	0.19
46	Illinois	Big Ten	6-4-1	0.55	12.86	-2.55	14.02	4.87	1.13
47	Clemson	ACC	6-6-0	0.5	12.25	1.83	12	6.67	-0.67
48	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	12	1.36	11.36	6	-1
49	Kansas	Big 8	6-6-0	0.5	11.75	1.08	9.72	6.32	-0.32
50	Long Beach State	PCAA	6-6-0	0.5	11.39	1.08	5.96	6.29	-0.29
51	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	6-5-0	0.55	11.11	-4.91	11.95	4.35	1.65
52	San Diego State	Western Athletic	5-6-1	0.42	11.06	2.08	11.17	6.54	-1.54
53	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	10.41	-0.36	17.2	5.39	-0.39
54	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	6-5-0	0.55	10.37	-4.64	3.16	4.22	1.78
55	North Carolina	ACC	5-6-0	0.45	10.24	0.09	11.13	5.53	-0.53
56	UNLV	PCAA	5-5-1	0.45	9.97	-1.91	5.11	4.82	0.18
57	Purdue	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	9.56	-1.73	13.37	5.08	-0.08
58	Kentucky	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	9.52	-1.55	12.18	4.95	0.05
59	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	4-6-2	0.33	9.47	0.58	12.01	6.19	-2.19
60	Washington State	Pac-10	4-7-0	0.36	9.24	2.82	11.77	6.18	-2.18
61	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	9.21	-2.91	12.6	4.66	0.34
62	Oregon	Pac-10	5-6-0	0.45	9.2	-2.45	11.17	4.89	0.11
63	Mississippi State	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	9.15	-2.82	11.55	4.76	0.24
64	South Carolina	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	9.1	-1.91	7.93	5.01	-0.01
65	Pacific	PCAA	5-7-0	0.42	8.78	-0.75	7.3	5.78	-0.78
66	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	8.75	6.45	-1.33	7.05	-3.05
67	Navy	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	8.63	1.27	8.95	5.87	-1.87
68	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.59	-5.64	9.72	3.79	1.21
69	Texas Tech	Southwest	4-7-0	0.36	8.54	0.82	10.09	5.74	-1.74
70	Temple	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	8.45	0.91	8.24	5.79	-1.79
71	Colorado State	Western Athletic	5-7-0	0.42	8.08	-6.58	13.83	4.12	0.88
72	Iowa State	Big 8	5-6-0	0.45	8.04	-14.82	11.71	1.69	3.31
73	Western Michigan	Mid-American	4-6-1	0.36	8.02	-2.73	11.33	4.52	-0.52
74	Ole Miss	SEC	4-6-1	0.36	7.5	-6	10.93	3.78	0.22
75	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	4-6-0	0.4	7.26	-3.8	2.27	4.1	-0.1
76	California	Pac-10	4-7-0	0.36	7.04	-2.91	10.54	4.67	-0.67
77	Wake Forest	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	6.77	-3.36	7.21	4.46	-0.46
78	Toledo	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	6.73	-4.73	10.45	3.48	0.52
79	Duke	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	6.67	-5.36	10.81	3.82	0.18
80	Stanford	Pac-10	4-7-0	0.36	6.65	-6.18	12.32	3.95	0.05
81	Houston	Southwest	4-7-0	0.36	6.48	-7.82	12.14	3.67	0.33
82	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	6.45	-7.73	11.36	3.08	0.92
83	Ball State	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	6.42	-7.27	9.99	3.44	0.56
84	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	6.4	-5.82	6.64	3.66	0.34
85	Drake	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	6.39	-5.36	5.62	3.84	0.16
86	Indiana	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.38	-8.09	10.69	3.6	0.4
87	Boston College	FBS Independents	4-8-0	0.33	5.92	-7.08	13.36	3.8	0.2
88	Louisiana	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	5.73	-13.09	4.29	1.99	2.01
89	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-7-1	0.27	4.72	-12.91	11.24	2.06	0.94
90	Kent State	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	4.49	-5.91	8.59	3.81	-0.81
91	New Mexico	Western Athletic	3-8-0	0.27	4.12	-11.45	11.15	3.28	-0.28
92	NC State	ACC	3-8-0	0.27	4.11	-10.82	9.34	2.6	0.4
93	Utah State	PCAA	3-8-0	0.27	4.06	-12.91	11.96	2.18	0.82
94	Wyoming	Western Athletic	3-8-0	0.27	3.98	-14.55	11.97	2.29	0.71
95	Rice	Southwest	3-8-0	0.27	3.97	-15.55	13.31	2.35	0.65
96	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	3.96	-12.91	8.72	2.16	0.84
97	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-8-0	0.27	3.94	-14.73	11.18	1.87	1.13
98	Oregon State	Pac-10	3-8-0	0.27	3.72	-18.36	9.3	1.39	1.61
99	TCU	Southwest	3-8-0	0.27	3.61	-21.18	9.11	1.08	1.92
100	Memphis	FBS Independents	2-7-2	0.18	3.47	-5.73	10.94	3.62	-1.62
101	Rutgers	FBS Independents	2-8-1	0.18	2.6	-10.64	11.57	2.22	-0.22
102	San José State	PCAA	2-8-1	0.18	2.51	-11.55	9.99	2.72	-0.72
103	East Carolina	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.14	-10.91	12.1	2.32	-0.32
104	Ohio	Mid-American	2-9-0	0.18	2.06	-11.27	8.55	2.48	-0.48
105	Louisville	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.59	-20.91	6.97	1.53	0.47
106	Missouri	Big 8	1-10-0	0.09	-0	-12.36	12.1	2.54	-1.54
107	Tulane	FBS Independents	1-10-0	0.09	-0.16	-15.27	10.72	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	10.55	1.94	-0.94
110	Kansas State	Big 8	1-10-0	0.09	-0.26	-17.64	7.84	0.8	0.2