1985 W5 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.243967+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Iowa	Big Ten	3-0-0	1	28.35	46.67	14.59	2.97	0.03
2	Michigan	Big Ten	3-0-0	1	28.09	19.67	16.92	2.93	0.07
3	Alabama	SEC	4-0-0	1	27.48	18	13.85	3.51	0.49
4	Florida State	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	26.89	10.75	13.25	3.19	0.81
5	Ohio State	Big Ten	3-0-0	1	26.83	14	10.62	2.41	0.59
6	Tennessee	SEC	1-0-1	0.5	26.77	9	27.36	1.37	-0.37
7	SMU	Southwest	2-0-0	1	26.72	23.5	10.61	1.7	0.3
8	Florida	SEC	2-0-1	0.67	26.58	8.67	12.85	2.02	-0.02
9	Fresno State	PCAA	3-0-0	1	26.43	26	6.28	2.79	0.21
10	LSU	SEC	2-0-0	1	26.36	12	9.66	1.8	0.2
11	Arkansas	Southwest	3-0-0	1	26.22	20.33	7.69	2.78	0.22
12	Oklahoma	Big 8	1-0-0	1	26.19	6	25.89	0.81	0.19
13	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-0-0	1	26.18	16	7.41	2.43	0.57
14	Air Force	Western Athletic	4-0-0	1	25.76	40.75	3.15	3.91	0.09
15	Penn State	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	25.51	4.5	9.07	2.58	1.42
16	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-0-0	1	25.05	11.5	2.53	1.77	0.23
17	Oklahoma State	Big 8	3-0-0	1	24.92	16.67	3.01	2.66	0.34
18	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-0-0	1	24.82	9.5	3.07	2.88	1.12
19	Texas	Southwest	2-0-0	1	24.57	4	7.31	1.17	0.83
20	Indiana	Big Ten	3-0-0	1	24.31	11.67	0.85	2.11	0.89
21	Army	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	23.91	28	-4.66	2.91	0.09
22	Utah	Western Athletic	4-0-0	1	23.78	12	-2.08	2.87	1.13
23	Illinois State	Missouri Valley	3-0-1	0.75	22.21	13.5	-10	3.45	-0.45
24	Baylor	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	21.1	14	16.09	3.45	-0.45
25	Kansas	Big 8	3-1-0	0.75	21.02	13.75	9.71	3.13	-0.13
26	Georgia	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	20.78	5	19.05	2.59	0.41
27	Arizona	Pac-10	3-1-0	0.75	20.47	5.75	10.71	2.87	0.13
28	BYU	Western Athletic	3-1-0	0.75	20.27	10.25	10.61	3.01	-0.01
29	Mississippi State	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	20.24	6	9.61	2.65	0.35
30	Nebraska	Big 8	2-1-0	0.67	19.53	28.67	17.55	2.8	-0.8
31	Colorado	Big 8	3-1-0	0.75	18.85	-1.25	20.62	1.84	1.16
32	Auburn	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	18.48	11.67	4.54	2.22	-0.22
33	UCLA	Pac-10	2-1-1	0.5	18.48	3.5	10.07	2.35	-0.35
34	Duke	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	18.37	14	8.93	2.43	-0.43
35	Miami	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	18.33	17	11.05	2.39	-0.39
36	San Diego State	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	18.24	9	13.65	2.05	-0.05
37	Arizona State	Pac-10	2-1-0	0.67	18.14	14	11.41	2.92	-0.92
38	Texas Tech	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	17.98	-1.25	7.47	1.86	1.14
39	West Virginia	FBS Independents	2-1-1	0.5	17.95	3.25	12.87	2.4	-0.4
40	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	17.9	17.67	-0.89	2.6	-0.6
41	Kentucky	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	17.8	7	14.14	2.11	-0.11
42	Virginia	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	17.78	10.67	0.72	2.34	-0.34
43	Georgia Tech	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	17.59	3.33	14.62	1.85	0.15
44	Wake Forest	ACC	3-1-0	0.75	17.45	9.25	-6.06	2.99	0.01
45	Texas A&M	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	17.39	12	8.49	2.35	-0.35
46	Purdue	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	17.22	12	6.21	2.21	-0.21
47	North Carolina	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	17.05	12	5.44	2.36	-0.36
48	Ole Miss	SEC	2-1-1	0.5	16.39	3.5	7.09	2.44	-0.44
49	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	15.9	1	8.31	1.57	0.43
50	Iowa State	Big 8	2-1-0	0.67	15.87	-14.67	16.97	0.36	1.64
51	Maryland	ACC	2-2-0	0.5	15.39	6	20.85	2.83	-0.83
52	TCU	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	15.23	-5.33	6.77	1.16	0.84
53	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	14.84	-1.33	7.81	1.27	0.73
54	Memphis	FBS Independents	1-1-2	0.25	13.53	5.5	7.47	2.79	-1.79
55	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	13.29	-2.8	3.35	2.14	0.86
56	East Carolina	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	13.17	2.25	5.29	2.29	-0.29
57	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	13.14	5.25	8.05	2.69	-0.69
58	Pacific	PCAA	2-2-0	0.5	12.94	3.5	11.82	2.39	-0.39
59	South Carolina	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	12.5	0.25	6.36	2.02	-0.02
60	Oregon State	Pac-10	2-2-0	0.5	11.48	-2	4.44	1.81	0.19
61	Oregon	Pac-10	2-2-0	0.5	11.13	-11.75	13.33	1.17	0.83
62	Utah State	PCAA	2-2-0	0.5	10.97	-7	11.13	1.19	0.81
63	Washington	Pac-10	2-2-0	0.5	10.69	-4.5	17.34	1.47	0.53
64	Stanford	Pac-10	1-2-0	0.33	10.37	4.33	15.01	1.74	-0.74
65	Long Beach State	PCAA	2-2-0	0.5	10.23	-3.75	9.73	1.65	0.35
66	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	2-3-0	0.4	10.23	10.4	-2.72	3.56	-1.56
67	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	2-2-0	0.5	9.36	-8.75	4.22	1.06	0.94
68	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	2-2-0	0.5	9.2	-1.25	-10	1.83	0.17
69	Boston College	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	7.97	-11.4	12.27	1.23	0.77
70	Drake	Missouri Valley	2-3-0	0.4	7.83	-6.4	4.33	1.63	0.37
71	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.79	-3	16.95	1.24	-0.24
72	California	Pac-10	1-3-0	0.25	7.76	4.25	13.85	2.42	-1.42
73	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.67	-1	6.85	1.4	-0.4
74	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	1-2-1	0.25	7.48	-2.25	17.77	1.72	-0.72
75	USC	Pac-10	1-2-0	0.33	7.24	-7	12.81	0.71	0.29
76	Toledo	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	7.11	-3.33	10.28	1.19	-0.19
77	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	7.08	-10.33	18.75	0.93	0.07
78	Clemson	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	7.05	-5	9.82	0.91	0.09
79	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	6.86	-11.67	15.66	0.67	0.33
80	Louisiana	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	6.76	-13	5.85	1.08	0.92
81	UNLV	PCAA	1-3-0	0.25	6.75	0.25	13.11	2.03	-1.03
82	Temple	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	6.54	1.75	18.99	2.18	-1.18
83	Houston	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	6.36	-0.67	6.03	1.46	-0.46
84	Illinois	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	6.04	-11.33	12.1	0.79	0.21
85	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	5.96	-8	-7.49	0.77	0.23
86	Navy	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.92	-1	12.78	1.89	-0.89
87	Kent State	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	4.82	-11	4.68	0.41	0.59
88	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	1-3-0	0.25	4.7	-5.75	9.41	1.27	-0.27
89	Colorado State	Western Athletic	1-3-0	0.25	4.63	-8.75	14.31	1.17	-0.17
90	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-3-0	0.25	4.56	-10.5	17.9	0.89	0.11
91	Rice	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	4.45	-23	9.93	0.46	0.54
92	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-3-0	0.25	4.32	-14	15.2	0.67	0.33
93	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	1-3-0	0.25	4.3	-13.5	15.63	0.82	0.18
94	San José State	PCAA	1-3-0	0.25	4.22	-8.75	11.28	1.27	-0.27
95	NC State	ACC	1-3-0	0.25	4.07	-12	9.72	0.92	0.08
96	Wyoming	Western Athletic	1-3-0	0.25	3.99	-16	17.41	0.73	0.27
97	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	3.82	-5	8.28	1.41	-0.41
98	New Mexico State	PCAA	1-3-0	0.25	3.76	-16.5	10.42	0.64	0.36
99	Washington State	Pac-10	1-4-0	0.2	3.72	-6	21.44	1.92	-0.92
100	Louisville	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	3.71	-16.25	7.75	0.87	0.13
101	Ball State	Mid-American	1-3-0	0.25	3.46	-11	15.54	0.85	0.15
102	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	0-3-0	0	-1.39	-3.67	18.86	1.28	-1.28
103	Rutgers	FBS Independents	0-2-1	0	-1.4	-3.67	25.72	1.18	-1.18
104	Kansas State	Big 8	0-4-0	0	-1.52	-6	2.8	1.11	-1.11
105	Missouri	Big 8	0-3-0	0	-1.98	-9	18.3	0.86	-0.86
106	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	0-3-0	0	-2.13	-17	-5.02	0.39	-0.39
107	Ohio	Mid-American	0-3-0	0	-2.48	-17	12.36	0.22	-0.22
108	Tulane	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.55	-16.25	18.05	0.44	-0.44
109	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0-3-0	0	-2.73	-21	14.56	0.02	-0.02
110	UTEP	Western Athletic	0-5-0	0	-2.77	-21.8	17.26	0.68	-0.68