1985 W3 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.243223+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Kansas	Big 8	2-0-0	1	28.85	16	10.4	1.58	0.42
2	Auburn	SEC	2-0-0	1	28.39	26.5	9.48	1.87	0.13
3	West Virginia	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	28.27	20.5	10	1.76	0.24
4	Colorado	Big 8	2-0-0	1	27.88	8.5	13.79	1.52	0.48
5	UCLA	Pac-10	1-0-1	0.5	27.62	1.5	11.58	1.07	-0.07
6	Air Force	Western Athletic	2-0-0	1	27.24	42	-2.17	1.98	0.02
7	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	27.17	21	24.24	0.87	0.13
8	Arizona	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	27.06	9	6.45	1.69	0.31
9	Florida State	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	27.01	15	-0.82	1.73	0.27
10	Texas Tech	Southwest	2-0-0	1	26.8	2.5	12.29	1.12	0.88
11	Fresno State	PCAA	1-0-0	1	26.78	20	22.63	0.97	0.03
12	Alabama	SEC	2-0-0	1	26.74	8.5	0.98	1.53	0.47
13	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	26.53	17	21.18	0.91	0.09
14	Ohio State	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	26.5	3	27.86	0.7	0.3
15	LSU	SEC	1-0-0	1	26.39	10	22.85	0.79	0.21
16	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	26.15	14	21.87	0.84	0.16
17	Memphis	FBS Independents	1-0-2	0.33	26.11	10.33	-3.63	2.48	-1.48
18	Bowling Green	Mid-American	2-0-0	1	26.02	14.5	-0.1	1.64	0.36
19	USC	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	25.99	10	0.48	0.84	0.16
20	Florida	SEC	1-0-1	0.5	25.93	6	1.09	1.25	-0.25
21	Oregon State	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	25.83	9	4.46	1.36	0.64
22	Iowa State	Big 8	1-0-0	1	25.56	7	21.53	0.95	0.05
23	Iowa	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	25.38	58	10.52	1	0
24	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	25.3	13.67	-6.73	2.42	0.58
25	Stanford	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	25.18	34	12.91	0.99	0.01
26	SMU	Southwest	1-0-0	1	25.09	12	-3.37	0.73	0.27
27	Oklahoma State	Big 8	2-0-0	1	25.07	7.5	-4.63	1.49	0.51
28	Penn State	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	24.89	2	1.1	1.11	0.89
29	South Carolina	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	24.86	23	-10	1.8	0.2
30	East Carolina	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	24.73	15	-5.61	1.68	0.32
31	Mississippi State	SEC	2-0-0	1	24.65	17.5	-4.26	1.87	0.13
32	Wake Forest	ACC	2-0-0	1	23.58	18.5	-10	1.81	0.19
33	Utah	Western Athletic	2-0-0	1	23.5	2.5	-5.07	1.13	0.87
34	Illinois State	Missouri Valley	1-0-1	0.5	23.1	6	-10	1.46	-0.46
35	Army	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.9	42	-0.5	0.99	0.01
36	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	22.73	5	-10	0.62	0.38
37	San Diego State	Western Athletic	1-0-0	1	22.41	20	0.09	0.89	0.11
38	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	22.21	9	2.12	0.96	0.04
39	Michigan	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	22.17	8	1.97	0.77	0.23
40	Arkansas	Southwest	1-0-0	1	21.92	5	1.32	0.63	0.37
41	Georgia Tech	ACC	1-0-0	1	21.82	10	-1.22	0.74	0.26
42	TCU	Southwest	1-0-0	1	21.75	17	-3.13	0.88	0.12
43	Indiana	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	21.43	13	-2.3	0.71	0.29
44	Clemson	ACC	1-0-0	1	21.32	3	-0.18	0.6	0.4
45	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	20.85	4	-2.24	0.65	0.35
46	Virginia	ACC	1-0-0	1	20.73	25	-10	0.91	0.09
47	BYU	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	20.63	13	14.07	2.45	-0.45
48	Duke	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	16.59	10.5	11.52	1.49	-0.49
49	Oregon	Pac-10	1-1-0	0.5	16.04	-0.5	17.64	0.98	0.02
50	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	15.87	8.5	7.71	1.5	-0.5
51	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	15.74	1.5	10.99	1.08	-0.08
52	Baylor	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	15.63	9	-0.35	1.46	-0.46
53	Pacific	PCAA	1-1-0	0.5	14.65	7.5	-3.66	1.33	-0.33
54	UNLV	PCAA	1-1-0	0.5	14.49	4	-4.14	1.25	-0.25
55	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	14.3	-1	1.67	0.94	0.06
56	Maryland	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	13.55	8	17.82	1.44	-0.44
57	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	13.34	-2	0.73	0.87	0.13
58	Miami	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.88	8	13.24	1.29	-0.29
59	North Carolina	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	12.8	-4	1.42	0.75	0.25
60	Utah State	PCAA	1-1-0	0.5	12.74	-2.5	0.27	0.76	0.24
61	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	12.56	-9.5	9.64	0.39	0.61
62	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	12.51	-4	-0.24	0.73	0.27
63	California	Pac-10	1-2-0	0.33	12.35	7.67	15.4	2.02	-1.02
64	Georgia	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	12.07	-0.5	27.18	0.96	0.04
65	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	11.94	3	9.96	1.11	-0.11
66	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	11.51	-7.5	-10	0.62	0.38
67	Colorado State	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	11.43	2	9.46	1.1	-0.1
68	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	1-2-0	0.33	10.92	16	-6.51	2.34	-1.34
69	Illinois	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	10.7	-3.5	21.23	0.8	0.2
70	Washington State	Pac-10	1-2-0	0.33	9.16	-2.33	24.43	1.32	-0.32
71	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	8.87	-9.5	11.9	0.6	0.4
72	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	8.19	-2.5	-10	0.82	0.18
73	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.31	-9.67	7.77	0.8	0.2
74	San José State	PCAA	1-2-0	0.33	7.3	-10.67	5.92	0.8	0.2
75	Drake	Missouri Valley	1-2-0	0.33	6.13	-16.67	-5.78	0.47	0.53
76	Oklahoma	Big 8	0-0-0	0	0.45	0	0	0	0
77	Rutgers	FBS Independents	0-0-1	0	0.35	0	26.25	0.5	-0.5
78	Tennessee	SEC	0-0-1	0	0.34	0	29.36	0.5	-0.5
79	Texas	Southwest	0-0-0	0	0.28	0	0	0	0
80	Purdue	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-0.47	-1	27.86	0.48	-0.48
81	Ole Miss	SEC	0-1-1	0	-0.78	-2.5	16.61	0.85	-0.85
82	Navy	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-0.84	-2.5	6.43	0.83	-0.83
83	Missouri	Big 8	0-1-0	0	-0.85	-4	-2.19	0.41	-0.41
84	Temple	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-0.86	-2.5	17.82	0.89	-0.89
85	Kentucky	SEC	0-1-0	0	-1.02	-4	24.78	0.42	-0.42
86	Nebraska	Big 8	0-1-0	0	-1.18	-4	31.43	0.35	-0.35
87	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.22	-8	1.62	0.23	-0.23
88	Arizona State	Pac-10	0-1-0	0	-1.26	-9	1.27	0.04	-0.04
89	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	0-2-0	0	-1.39	-4	25.31	0.84	-0.84
90	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	0-2-0	0	-1.42	-14	-10	0.38	-0.38
91	Kansas State	Big 8	0-2-0	0	-1.47	-5	5.94	0.48	-0.48
92	Houston	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-1.77	-7	24.46	0.35	-0.35
93	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-1.8	-10	6.89	0.69	-0.69
94	Long Beach State	PCAA	0-2-0	0	-1.89	-11	11.59	0.44	-0.44
95	Kent State	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	-1.94	-24	-10	0	0
96	Ohio	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	-1.97	-24	-10	0.03	-0.03
97	Texas A&M	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-2.03	-13	29.97	0.12	-0.12
98	Toledo	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	-2.25	-13	25.42	0.12	-0.12
99	Rice	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-2.3	-28	0.09	0.11	-0.11
100	NC State	ACC	0-2-0	0	-2.32	-14.5	12.8	0.36	-0.36
101	Washington	Pac-10	0-2-0	0	-2.47	-21	23.9	0.13	-0.13
102	Syracuse	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2.49	-27	20.65	0	0
103	Ball State	Mid-American	0-2-0	0	-2.49	-14.5	12.82	0.2	-0.2
104	New Mexico State	PCAA	0-2-0	0	-2.53	-18	6.51	0.27	-0.27
105	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0-2-0	0	-2.73	-29.5	13.26	0.01	-0.01
106	Louisiana	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.92	-24.67	15.37	0.2	-0.2
107	Louisville	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.93	-26	12.71	0.25	-0.25
108	Tulane	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-3	-21.5	16.75	0.17	-0.17
109	UTEP	Western Athletic	0-3-0	0	-3.13	-23.67	17.56	0.35	-0.35
110	Wyoming	Western Athletic	0-2-0	0	-3.16	-31.5	27.37	0.1	-0.1