1985 W6 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.244321+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Michigan	Big Ten	4-0-0	1	27.5	21.5	15.46	3.92	0.08
2	Alabama	SEC	4-0-0	1	27.04	18	14.01	3.51	0.49
3	Tennessee	SEC	2-0-1	0.67	27.04	6.67	18.14	1.91	0.09
4	Florida	SEC	3-0-1	0.75	26.99	11.5	15.88	3.04	-0.04
5	Iowa	Big Ten	4-0-0	1	26.98	36	10.71	3.82	0.18
6	Arkansas	Southwest	4-0-0	1	26.4	25.5	9.93	3.87	0.13
7	Florida State	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	26.4	10.75	12.88	3.19	0.81
8	Oklahoma	Big 8	2-0-0	1	25.9	20.5	8.19	1.93	0.07
9	Air Force	Western Athletic	5-0-0	1	25.42	33.8	4.11	4.82	0.18
10	Indiana	Big Ten	4-0-0	1	24.96	13.5	5.64	3.03	0.97
11	Penn State	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	24.87	4.5	8.43	2.58	1.42
12	Central Michigan	Mid-American	3-0-0	1	24.65	9	5.09	2.4	0.6
13	Texas	Southwest	3-0-0	1	24.65	12	4.28	2.2	0.8
14	Fresno State	PCAA	3-0-1	0.75	24.63	19.5	1.71	3.47	-0.47
15	Bowling Green	Mid-American	5-0-0	1	24.62	15.8	3.08	4.13	0.87
16	Oklahoma State	Big 8	4-0-0	1	24.59	15.5	2.97	3.5	0.5
17	Utah	Western Athletic	5-0-0	1	23.57	13	-1.29	3.68	1.32
18	Army	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	23.23	31.75	-6.03	3.86	0.14
19	Arizona	Pac-10	4-1-0	0.8	21.28	9	12.83	4.04	-0.04
20	Baylor	Southwest	4-1-0	0.8	21.28	11.8	11.27	4.06	-0.06
21	BYU	Western Athletic	4-1-0	0.8	21.14	15.2	9.66	4.2	-0.2
22	Auburn	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	20.98	19	15.77	3.47	-0.47
23	Nebraska	Big 8	3-1-0	0.75	20.94	29.25	12.79	3.79	-0.79
24	UCLA	Pac-10	3-1-1	0.6	20.73	7.4	18.82	3.36	-0.36
25	Kansas	Big 8	4-1-0	0.8	20.64	15.8	5.88	4.02	-0.02
26	Mississippi State	SEC	4-1-0	0.8	20.52	5.4	10.18	3.18	0.82
27	Miami	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	20.42	15.75	13.04	3.19	-0.19
28	Georgia	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	20.4	5	17.03	2.59	0.41
29	Ohio State	Big Ten	3-1-0	0.75	20.2	9.75	9.02	2.85	0.15
30	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-1-0	0.75	20.06	20.75	9.53	3.56	-0.56
31	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-1-0	0.75	19.99	5.25	10.78	2.49	0.51
32	San Diego State	Western Athletic	3-1-0	0.75	19.88	11.5	10.93	2.89	0.11
33	Georgia Tech	ACC	3-1-0	0.75	19.82	10.25	11.49	3.29	-0.29
34	Kentucky	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	19.7	10	10.65	3.14	-0.14
35	Texas A&M	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	19.51	9.25	9.95	2.87	0.13
36	Virginia	ACC	3-1-0	0.75	19.49	13.75	7.72	3.31	-0.31
37	West Virginia	FBS Independents	3-1-1	0.6	19.2	5.6	9.75	3.37	-0.37
38	SMU	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	18.61	8.33	10.98	2.01	-0.01
39	LSU	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	18.15	1.33	16.09	1.69	0.31
40	Colorado	Big 8	3-1-0	0.75	18	-1.25	15.76	1.84	1.16
41	Illinois State	Missouri Valley	3-1-1	0.6	17.41	6.6	-5.95	3.6	-0.6
42	Maryland	ACC	3-2-0	0.6	16.75	7.6	16.72	3.68	-0.68
43	Pacific	PCAA	3-2-0	0.6	15.38	4.6	9.58	3.17	-0.17
44	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	15.27	8.6	5.1	3.73	-0.73
45	Wake Forest	ACC	3-2-0	0.6	14.92	7	0.17	3.39	-0.39
46	Arizona State	Pac-10	2-2-0	0.5	14.04	4.75	13.38	2.71	-0.71
47	Duke	ACC	2-2-0	0.5	13.95	4.75	12.29	2.46	-0.46
48	Texas Tech	Southwest	3-2-0	0.6	13.75	-1.2	7.98	2.34	0.66
49	USC	Pac-10	2-2-0	0.5	13.75	10.5	14.19	3.19	-1.19
50	Washington	Pac-10	3-2-0	0.6	13.62	-2.4	16.23	2.13	0.87
51	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	2-2-1	0.4	13.52	5.2	16.49	3.26	-1.26
52	Syracuse	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	13.22	11.25	8.15	3.23	-1.23
53	Purdue	Big Ten	2-2-0	0.5	12.92	1.5	9.16	2.12	-0.12
54	North Carolina	ACC	2-2-0	0.5	12.88	1.25	9.72	2.14	-0.14
55	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	3-3-0	0.5	12.75	12.17	1.01	4.6	-1.6
56	Long Beach State	PCAA	3-2-0	0.6	12.4	-2.8	4.91	2.14	0.86
57	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	3-2-0	0.6	11.81	-0.6	-6.13	2.41	0.59
58	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-2-0	0.5	11.51	-2	12.89	1.71	0.29
59	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-2-0	0.5	11.08	-4	11.25	1.61	0.39
60	Temple	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	10.91	3.8	16.04	2.99	-0.99
61	Ole Miss	SEC	2-2-1	0.4	10.77	-5.4	9.14	1.68	0.32
62	Iowa State	Big 8	2-2-0	0.5	10.48	-11.75	12.93	0.69	1.31
63	California	Pac-10	2-3-0	0.4	10.48	4.8	7.58	3.04	-1.04
64	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	10.4	-4.33	5.94	2.33	0.67
65	TCU	Southwest	2-2-0	0.5	10.24	-14.25	12.22	0.83	1.17
66	UNLV	PCAA	2-3-0	0.4	10.19	1.6	12.76	2.74	-0.74
67	Illinois	Big Ten	2-2-0	0.5	10.18	-7.75	15.96	1.35	0.65
68	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2-2-0	0.5	10.08	-7	12.68	1.32	0.68
69	Drake	Missouri Valley	3-3-0	0.5	9.99	-4.83	7.3	2.18	0.82
70	Boston College	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	9.97	-7.83	11.1	1.84	1.16
71	Memphis	FBS Independents	1-2-2	0.2	9.63	3.8	12.06	3.1	-2.1
72	East Carolina	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	9.37	-0.6	8.89	2.4	-0.4
73	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-2-0	0.5	9.33	-3.25	-2.02	1.56	0.44
74	Ball State	Mid-American	2-3-0	0.4	8.07	-3	12.06	2.04	-0.04
75	Utah State	PCAA	2-3-0	0.4	8.04	-7	10	1.39	0.61
76	South Carolina	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	8.03	-6.8	7.27	1.71	0.29
77	Oregon	Pac-10	2-3-0	0.4	7.92	-10.6	12.63	1.46	0.54
78	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-3-0	0.4	7.53	-7	10.36	1.52	0.48
79	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	2-3-0	0.4	7.51	-7.4	3.61	1.55	0.45
80	Oregon State	Pac-10	2-3-0	0.4	7.29	-14.2	4.29	1.06	0.94
81	Stanford	Pac-10	1-3-0	0.25	5.78	-1.5	14.54	1.89	-0.89
82	Louisiana	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	5.46	-14.5	4.98	1.17	0.83
83	Navy	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	5.41	-1	12.29	1.89	-0.89
84	Houston	Southwest	1-3-0	0.25	5.35	-1.25	9.96	1.89	-0.89
85	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	5.3	-3.75	21.48	1.55	-0.55
86	Toledo	Mid-American	1-3-0	0.25	4.6	-5.25	8.65	1.33	-0.33
87	Clemson	ACC	1-3-0	0.25	4.47	-8.5	15	0.8	0.2
88	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-3-0	0.25	4.09	-15.5	16.76	0.85	0.15
89	Kent State	Mid-American	1-3-0	0.25	4	-9.25	7.17	0.78	0.22
90	Rice	Southwest	1-3-0	0.25	3.48	-24.25	14.66	0.54	0.46
91	Washington State	Pac-10	1-4-0	0.2	3.37	-6	17.99	1.92	-0.92
92	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	3.03	-7	7.19	1.47	-0.47
93	San José State	PCAA	1-4-0	0.2	3.01	-7.4	6.15	1.67	-0.67
94	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	1-3-0	0.25	2.94	-12.25	-2.95	0.79	0.21
95	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-4-0	0.2	2.84	-13.6	18.57	0.85	0.15
96	Colorado State	Western Athletic	1-4-0	0.2	2.8	-14	16.19	0.96	0.04
97	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	1-4-0	0.2	2.8	-10.2	4.05	0.98	0.02
98	NC State	ACC	1-4-0	0.2	2.74	-12.4	10.72	1.11	-0.11
99	Wyoming	Western Athletic	1-4-0	0.2	2.69	-16.2	18.94	0.92	0.08
100	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	1-4-0	0.2	2.62	-16.6	14.23	0.68	0.32
101	New Mexico State	PCAA	1-4-0	0.2	2.56	-15	9.54	0.81	0.19
102	Louisville	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	2.26	-22.6	9.26	0.64	0.36
103	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	0-3-1	0	-1.2	-2.75	20.37	1.77	-1.77
104	Rutgers	FBS Independents	0-3-1	0	-1.62	-5.25	20.99	1.35	-1.35
105	Missouri	Big 8	0-4-0	0	-1.98	-8.5	18.13	1.27	-1.27
106	Kansas State	Big 8	0-5-0	0	-1.98	-11.8	5.22	0.74	-0.74
107	Ohio	Mid-American	0-4-0	0	-2.28	-14.5	10.07	0.54	-0.54
108	Tulane	FBS Independents	0-5-0	0	-2.38	-14.4	16.17	0.71	-0.71
109	UTEP	Western Athletic	0-5-0	0	-2.73	-21.8	16.93	0.68	-0.68
110	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0-4-0	0	-2.86	-26	16.97	0.03	-0.03