1985 W8 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.245081+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Iowa	Big Ten	6-0-0	1	26.45	26	12.83	5.59	0.41
2	Florida	SEC	5-0-1	0.83	26.34	16.33	13.94	5.18	-0.18
3	Bowling Green	Mid-American	7-0-0	1	25.2	14.57	9.09	5.61	1.39
4	Penn State	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	24.89	4	11.9	3.75	2.25
5	Air Force	Western Athletic	7-0-0	1	24.56	28.86	3.3	6.64	0.36
6	Fresno State	PCAA	5-0-1	0.83	24.24	20.83	2.99	5.22	-0.22
7	BYU	Western Athletic	6-1-0	0.86	22.66	18	12.01	6.14	-0.14
8	Michigan	Big Ten	5-1-0	0.83	22.6	19.17	13.76	5.83	-0.83
9	Auburn	SEC	5-1-0	0.83	22.56	18.5	15.32	5.09	-0.09
10	Miami	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	22.32	19	14.07	5.21	-0.21
11	Ohio State	Big Ten	5-1-0	0.83	22.26	15.67	14.5	4.81	0.19
12	Baylor	Southwest	6-1-0	0.86	22.25	10.14	12.17	5.49	0.51
13	UCLA	Pac-10	5-1-1	0.71	21.87	9	14.49	4.93	0.07
14	Arkansas	Southwest	5-1-0	0.83	21.8	20.5	8.89	5.66	-0.66
15	Florida State	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	21.79	12.17	13.07	4.47	0.53
16	Nebraska	Big 8	5-1-0	0.83	21.75	22.5	9.56	5.36	-0.36
17	Minnesota	Big Ten	5-1-0	0.83	21.63	18.17	10.26	5.35	-0.35
18	Arizona	Pac-10	5-1-0	0.83	21.3	14.33	9.27	5.43	-0.43
19	LSU	SEC	4-1-0	0.8	21.3	11.2	14.92	4.39	-0.39
20	Colorado	Big 8	5-1-0	0.83	21.28	10	10.99	4.63	0.37
21	Utah	Western Athletic	6-1-0	0.86	20.84	8.57	4.97	4.6	1.4
22	Georgia	SEC	4-1-1	0.67	20.81	8	12.7	4.28	-0.28
23	Oklahoma State	Big 8	4-1-0	0.8	20.44	10.4	9.46	3.8	0.2
24	Texas	Southwest	4-1-0	0.8	20.42	6.2	12.07	3.31	0.69
25	Oklahoma	Big 8	3-1-0	0.75	20.41	8.75	14.95	3.16	-0.16
26	Tennessee	SEC	3-1-1	0.6	20.1	3	21.11	2.89	0.11
27	Central Michigan	Mid-American	4-1-0	0.8	20.06	5.8	8.11	3.43	0.57
28	Army	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	20.01	24	-1.79	5.53	-0.53
29	West Virginia	FBS Independents	4-1-1	0.67	20.01	5.83	9.76	4.17	-0.17
30	Alabama	SEC	4-2-0	0.67	18.75	11.33	16.66	4.74	-0.74
31	Maryland	ACC	4-2-0	0.67	18.17	10.17	15.57	4.85	-0.85
32	Kansas	Big 8	5-2-0	0.71	18.02	15.57	5.41	5.7	-0.7
33	Arizona State	Pac-10	4-2-0	0.67	17.88	9.67	13.82	4.6	-0.6
34	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	17.84	11.43	5.92	5.68	-0.68
35	Kentucky	SEC	4-2-0	0.67	17.82	7.33	12.63	4.38	-0.38
36	Mississippi State	SEC	5-2-0	0.71	17.61	2.43	11.24	3.91	1.09
37	Texas A&M	Southwest	4-2-0	0.67	17.52	9.83	8.98	4.38	-0.38
38	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	4-2-1	0.57	17.45	9.71	10.74	5.35	-1.35
39	Georgia Tech	ACC	4-2-0	0.67	17.29	7.5	8.9	4.47	-0.47
40	North Carolina	ACC	4-2-0	0.67	16.65	5.33	7.92	3.89	0.11
41	USC	Pac-10	3-2-0	0.6	16.05	13.2	10.99	4.27	-1.27
42	SMU	Southwest	3-2-0	0.6	15.62	8.4	10.13	3.44	-0.44
43	Indiana	Big Ten	4-2-0	0.67	15.46	-0.33	8.91	2.95	1.05
44	Temple	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	14.62	7	8.58	4.74	-0.74
45	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	4-2-1	0.57	14.54	1.29	-2.67	3.74	0.26
46	UNLV	PCAA	4-3-0	0.57	14.21	3.14	9.4	4.22	-0.22
47	South Carolina	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	14.14	4.14	8.65	4.19	-0.19
48	Pacific	PCAA	4-3-0	0.57	14.06	3.14	8.14	4.15	-0.15
49	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	4-3-0	0.57	14.05	15.86	-0.94	5.73	-1.73
50	Washington	Pac-10	4-3-0	0.57	13.98	0.43	12.74	3.59	0.41
51	Illinois State	Missouri Valley	3-2-2	0.43	13.56	3.71	-3.27	4.32	-1.32
52	San Diego State	Western Athletic	3-3-0	0.5	13.23	2.67	13.95	3.34	-0.34
53	Virginia	ACC	3-3-0	0.5	12.93	5.67	6.27	3.9	-0.9
54	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	3-2-1	0.5	12.79	-2.67	9.13	2.54	0.46
55	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-3-0	0.5	12.79	1.33	13.06	3.21	-0.21
56	Kent State	Mid-American	3-3-0	0.5	12.18	3.17	7.23	3.51	-0.51
57	Purdue	Big Ten	3-3-0	0.5	11.92	-0.33	13.76	2.96	0.04
58	Syracuse	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	11.36	8.2	11.69	3.66	-1.66
59	Clemson	ACC	3-3-0	0.5	10.74	-3.17	15.71	2.34	0.66
60	Illinois	Big Ten	3-3-0	0.5	10.61	-4	15.63	2.47	0.53
61	Memphis	FBS Independents	2-3-2	0.29	10.6	4.14	8.26	4.39	-2.39
62	California	Pac-10	3-4-0	0.43	10.46	1.57	8.31	3.76	-0.76
63	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	10.26	1.86	6.37	3.89	-0.89
64	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-3-0	0.5	10.25	-4	11.02	2.34	0.66
65	Drake	Missouri Valley	4-4-0	0.5	10.12	-2.62	3.67	3.39	0.61
66	Iowa State	Big 8	3-3-0	0.5	9.97	-13.33	14.62	0.95	2.05
67	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	9.87	-5.25	8.23	2.89	1.11
68	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	9.53	-0.2	19.62	2.47	-0.47
69	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-3-0	0.5	9.5	-4.17	2.29	2.31	0.69
70	Rice	Southwest	3-3-0	0.5	9.39	-14.67	12.28	1.47	1.53
71	TCU	Southwest	3-3-0	0.5	9.19	-10	5.35	1.63	1.37
72	Wake Forest	ACC	3-4-0	0.43	9.06	-1.14	3.27	3.28	-0.28
73	Texas Tech	Southwest	3-4-0	0.43	8.77	-4.43	10.47	2.7	0.3
74	Ball State	Mid-American	3-4-0	0.43	8.71	-4.43	9.15	2.69	0.31
75	Navy	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	8.49	3.5	9.29	3.54	-1.54
76	Long Beach State	PCAA	3-4-0	0.43	8.48	-3.29	3.72	2.97	0.03
77	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	3-4-0	0.43	7.72	-5.14	0.5	2.58	0.42
78	Ole Miss	SEC	2-3-1	0.33	7.53	-9.17	11.66	1.59	0.41
79	Oregon State	Pac-10	3-4-0	0.43	7.44	-14.86	7.33	1.27	1.73
80	Washington State	Pac-10	2-5-0	0.29	7.35	0.43	15.08	3.56	-1.56
81	Boston College	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	7.26	-10.62	16.29	1.9	1.1
82	Duke	ACC	2-4-0	0.33	6.86	-2.33	9.9	2.62	-0.62
83	Louisiana	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	6.51	-16.25	8.54	1.22	1.78
84	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-4-0	0.33	6.11	-8.67	13.28	1.36	0.64
85	Oregon	Pac-10	2-4-0	0.33	6.02	-9.33	13.11	1.87	0.13
86	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-4-1	0.29	5.73	-11	11.62	1.48	0.52
87	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	2-4-0	0.33	5.46	-8.5	0.51	1.63	0.37
88	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	2-4-0	0.33	5.42	-11.67	10.34	1.18	0.82
89	East Carolina	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	5.22	-6.71	9.95	2.16	-0.16
90	Colorado State	Western Athletic	2-5-0	0.29	5.04	-9.86	14.7	2.01	-0.01
91	Utah State	PCAA	2-5-0	0.29	4.91	-9.86	10.46	1.69	0.31
92	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	2-5-0	0.29	4.63	-18.29	15.96	1.08	0.92
93	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	2-5-0	0.29	4.59	-8.57	6.49	1.82	0.18
94	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	1-4-1	0.17	3.98	-2	14.47	2.73	-1.73
95	Toledo	Mid-American	1-5-0	0.17	2.25	-7.67	9.45	1.5	-0.5
96	Stanford	Pac-10	1-5-0	0.17	2.21	-9.17	13.47	1.88	-0.88
97	Houston	Southwest	1-5-0	0.17	2.19	-9.33	13.3	1.83	-0.83
98	Wyoming	Western Athletic	1-5-0	0.17	1.8	-14.83	15.72	1.19	-0.19
99	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-5-0	0.17	1.74	-16.83	14.66	1.26	-0.26
100	New Mexico State	PCAA	1-5-0	0.17	1.67	-17	10.78	0.91	0.09
101	NC State	ACC	1-6-0	0.14	1.24	-11.86	11.03	1.49	-0.49
102	San José State	PCAA	1-6-0	0.14	1.13	-14	10.29	1.43	-0.43
103	Louisville	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	0.72	-23.57	10.11	0.73	0.27
104	Rutgers	FBS Independents	0-5-1	0	-1.9	-8.33	18.8	1.53	-1.53
105	Ohio	Mid-American	0-6-0	0	-2.11	-12.83	9.16	1.16	-1.16
106	Kansas State	Big 8	0-6-0	0	-2.14	-15	5.59	0.63	-0.63
107	Missouri	Big 8	0-6-0	0	-2.19	-12.17	16.33	1.44	-1.44
108	Tulane	FBS Independents	0-7-0	0	-2.21	-13.29	13.24	1.34	-1.34
109	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0-5-1	0	-2.52	-18.5	15.96	0.28	-0.28
110	UTEP	Western Athletic	0-6-0	0	-2.6	-22.67	12.47	0.82	-0.82