1985 W2 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.242852+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Florida State	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	31.43	15	5.54	1.73	0.27
2	Memphis	FBS Independents	1-0-1	0.5	30.68	15.5	4.18	1.77	-0.77
3	Air Force	Western Athletic	1-0-0	1	30.34	42	-2.51	0.99	0.01
4	Alabama	SEC	1-0-0	1	29.97	4	6.65	0.63	0.37
5	UCLA	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	29.36	3	36.49	0.57	0.43
6	Kansas	Big 8	1-0-0	1	29.29	6	6.15	0.62	0.38
7	Oregon	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	28.94	3	4.67	0.54	0.46
8	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	28.33	19.5	-1.38	1.83	0.17
9	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	27.86	1	5.38	0.52	0.48
10	South Carolina	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	27.58	23	-10	1.8	0.2
11	Oklahoma State	Big 8	1-0-0	1	26.69	14	11.19	0.81	0.19
12	Florida	SEC	1-0-0	1	26.25	12	8.2	0.73	0.27
13	Arizona	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	25.42	13	7.55	0.88	0.12
14	Auburn	SEC	1-0-0	1	25.42	42	3.06	0.99	0.01
15	USC	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	25.4	10	9.07	0.84	0.16
16	West Virginia	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	25.23	39	1.87	0.96	0.04
17	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	24.78	25	0.85	0.98	0.02
18	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-0-0	1	24.46	7	5.71	0.65	0.35
19	Baylor	Southwest	1-0-0	1	24.4	21	5.13	0.86	0.14
20	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	24.24	17	6.33	1	0
21	SMU	Southwest	1-0-0	1	23.69	12	-2.51	0.73	0.27
22	Penn State	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	23.54	2	8.6	0.56	0.44
23	East Carolina	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	23.3	19	3.6	0.88	0.12
24	North Carolina	ACC	1-0-0	1	22.85	2	5.14	0.56	0.44
25	UNLV	PCAA	1-0-0	1	22.63	28	-10	0.98	0.02
26	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	1-0-0	1	22.47	17	-10	0.87	0.13
27	Colorado	Big 8	1-0-0	1	22.3	13	1.92	0.88	0.12
28	Duke	ACC	1-0-0	1	22.3	23	0.08	0.88	0.12
29	Texas Tech	Southwest	1-0-0	1	22.1	1	2.44	0.52	0.48
30	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	1-0-0	1	21.87	6	1.66	0.75	0.25
31	Illinois State	Missouri Valley	1-0-0	1	21.67	12	-10	0.93	0.07
32	Utah State	PCAA	1-0-0	1	21.53	2	3.44	0.57	0.43
33	Utah	Western Athletic	1-0-0	1	21.33	3	-10	0.6	0.4
34	Pacific	PCAA	1-0-0	1	21.18	32	-10	0.92	0.08
35	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	21.16	28	-10	1	0
36	BYU	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	21.1	5.5	6.88	1.27	-0.27
37	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-0-0	1	20.95	7	-10	1	0
38	Wake Forest	ACC	1-0-0	1	20.66	7	-10	0.65	0.35
39	Mississippi State	SEC	1-0-0	1	20.65	8	-10	0.74	0.26
40	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	20.33	15	-10	0.73	0.27
41	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	20.05	5	-10	0.62	0.38
42	California	Pac-10	1-1-0	0.5	18.92	13	4.67	1.52	-0.52
43	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	17.06	25.5	-10	1.75	-0.75
44	Washington State	Pac-10	1-1-0	0.5	12.97	-1	27.44	0.96	0.04
45	San José State	PCAA	1-1-0	0.5	12.91	1	13.74	1.05	-0.05
46	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.11	-5.5	22.01	0.73	0.27
47	Drake	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	10.52	4	-10	1.21	-0.21
48	Oklahoma	Big 8	0-0-0	0	2.72	0	0	0	0
49	Central Michigan	Mid-American	0-0-0	0	2.69	0	0	0	0
50	Iowa	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	2.65	0	0	0	0
51	Ohio State	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	2.59	0	0	0	0
52	Arkansas	Southwest	0-0-0	0	2.55	0	0	0	0
53	Virginia	ACC	0-0-0	0	2.5	0	0	0	0
54	LSU	SEC	0-0-0	0	2.35	0	0	0	0
55	Clemson	ACC	0-0-0	0	2.34	0	0	0	0
56	Georgia Tech	ACC	0-0-0	0	2.31	0	0	0	0
57	Army	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	2.29	0	0	0	0
58	Arizona State	Pac-10	0-0-0	0	2.12	0	0	0	0
59	Rutgers	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	2.1	0	0	0	0
60	TCU	Southwest	0-0-0	0	2.07	0	0	0	0
61	Tennessee	SEC	0-0-0	0	2.06	0	0	0	0
62	Kentucky	SEC	0-0-0	0	2.05	0	0	0	0
63	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	1.97	0	0	0	0
64	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	1.96	0	0	0	0
65	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	0-1-0	0	1.8	-1	-10	0.48	-0.48
66	Fresno State	PCAA	0-0-0	0	1.71	0	0	0	0
67	Texas A&M	Southwest	0-0-0	0	1.71	0	0	0	0
68	Texas	Southwest	0-0-0	0	1.67	0	0	0	0
69	San Diego State	Western Athletic	0-0-0	0	1.64	0	0	0	0
70	Michigan	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	1.62	0	0	0	0
71	Missouri	Big 8	0-0-0	0	1.5	0	0	0	0
72	Nebraska	Big 8	0-1-0	0	1.49	-4	33.78	0.35	-0.35
73	Syracuse	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	1.48	0	0	0	0
74	Maryland	ACC	0-1-0	0	1.35	-2	4.86	0.44	-0.44
75	Ole Miss	SEC	0-0-1	0	1.32	0	31.72	0.5	-0.5
76	Michigan State	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	1.27	0	0	0	0
77	Stanford	Pac-10	0-0-0	0	1.03	0	0	0	0
78	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0-0-0	0	0.86	0	0	0	0
79	Temple	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	0.86	-3	6.94	0.43	-0.43
80	Purdue	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	0.76	-1	25.66	0.48	-0.48
81	Washington	Pac-10	0-1-0	0	0.74	-14	10.65	0.19	-0.19
82	Kent State	Mid-American	0-0-0	0	0.62	0	0	0	0
83	Navy	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	0.49	-2	4.62	0.44	-0.44
84	Illinois	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	0.48	-10	8.04	0.16	-0.16
85	Minnesota	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	0.47	0	0	0	0
86	Iowa State	Big 8	0-0-0	0	0.44	0	0	0	0
87	Ohio	Mid-American	0-0-0	0	0.4	0	0	0	0
88	Georgia	SEC	0-1-0	0	0.25	-4	30.49	0.37	-0.37
89	Rice	Southwest	0-0-0	0	0.24	0	0	0	0
90	Indiana	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0
91	New Mexico	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	0.11	-1	4.73	0.48	-0.48
92	Long Beach State	PCAA	0-1-0	0	0.09	-2	0.56	0.43	-0.43
93	Miami	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	0.09	-12	11.64	0.27	-0.27
94	Toledo	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	-0.08	-13	8.56	0.12	-0.12
95	Houston	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-0.12	-7	7.76	0.35	-0.35
96	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	-0.14	-6	27.14	0.38	-0.38
97	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-0.18	-13.5	7.99	0.34	-0.34
98	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	-0.5	-17	4.07	0	0
99	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	0-1-0	0	-0.84	-7	-10	0.31	-0.31
100	Kansas State	Big 8	0-1-0	0	-0.95	-6	0.84	0.25	-0.25
101	Wyoming	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	-0.96	-21	5.04	0.14	-0.14
102	NC State	ACC	0-1-0	0	-1.22	-19	2.1	0.12	-0.12
103	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	-1.36	-13	0.39	0.12	-0.12
104	New Mexico State	PCAA	0-1-0	0	-2.19	-29	4.67	0	0
105	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-2.19	-23	0.31	0.12	-0.12
106	Louisiana	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.2	-36.5	20.27	0.02	-0.02
107	Ball State	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	-2.24	-25	9.39	0.02	-0.02
108	Louisville	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2.3	-39	9.2	0.04	-0.04
109	Tulane	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-3.13	-26	33.78	0.06	-0.06
110	UTEP	Western Athletic	0-2-0	0	-3.37	-27	21.21	0.15	-0.15