1985 W9 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.245467+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Florida	SEC	6-0-1	0.86	26.09	16.43	13.74	6.01	-0.01
2	Iowa	Big Ten	7-0-0	1	25.96	27.86	11.04	6.59	0.41
3	Penn State	FBS Independents	7-0-0	1	25.17	7.29	12.32	5.09	1.91
4	Air Force	Western Athletic	8-0-0	1	25.03	28	6.78	7.55	0.45
5	Bowling Green	Mid-American	8-0-0	1	24.93	14.25	8.57	6.42	1.58
6	Fresno State	PCAA	6-0-1	0.86	24.13	20.57	3.33	6.06	-0.06
7	Auburn	SEC	6-1-0	0.86	23.09	17.57	15.52	5.96	0.04
8	Michigan	Big Ten	6-1-0	0.86	23.06	20.29	14.66	6.74	-0.74
9	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-1-0	0.86	22.84	14	15.1	5.48	0.52
10	Baylor	Southwest	7-1-0	0.88	22.7	14.5	11.49	6.91	0.09
11	Miami	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	22.53	21.71	11.32	6.29	-0.29
12	Nebraska	Big 8	6-1-0	0.86	22.47	20.71	11.38	6.25	-0.25
13	UCLA	Pac-10	6-1-1	0.75	22.39	11.25	13.48	6.02	-0.02
14	Florida State	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	22.37	11.86	13.14	5.27	0.73
15	Arkansas	Southwest	6-1-0	0.86	21.9	21.86	7.77	6.48	-0.48
16	Georgia	SEC	5-1-1	0.71	21.61	9.71	13.85	5.33	-0.33
17	Oklahoma	Big 8	4-1-0	0.8	21.37	16	14.44	4.4	-0.4
18	LSU	SEC	4-1-0	0.8	21.14	11.2	14.32	4.39	-0.39
19	Oklahoma State	Big 8	5-1-0	0.83	21.02	9.83	10.2	4.57	0.43
20	Central Michigan	Mid-American	5-1-0	0.83	20.54	6	9.38	4.2	0.8
21	Army	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	20.03	20.86	-2.52	6.06	-0.06
22	Tennessee	SEC	3-1-2	0.5	19.67	2.5	19.31	3.44	-0.44
23	BYU	Western Athletic	6-2-0	0.75	19.57	14.88	9.39	6.68	-0.68
24	Alabama	SEC	5-2-0	0.71	19.24	12.43	15.65	5.71	-0.71
25	Maryland	ACC	5-2-0	0.71	18.88	13	13.13	5.97	-0.97
26	Minnesota	Big Ten	5-2-0	0.71	18.84	15	10.7	5.93	-0.93
27	Arizona State	Pac-10	5-2-0	0.71	18.59	9	13.03	5.27	-0.27
28	Colorado	Big 8	5-2-0	0.71	18.49	7.14	12.02	5	0
29	Utah	Western Athletic	6-2-0	0.75	18.37	4.75	7.02	4.72	1.28
30	Arizona	Pac-10	5-2-0	0.71	18.29	10.71	8.61	5.76	-0.76
31	Texas A&M	Southwest	5-2-0	0.71	17.99	10.57	8	5.12	-0.12
32	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	17.7	11.43	5.43	5.68	-0.68
33	SMU	Southwest	4-2-0	0.67	17.66	12	12.12	4.52	-0.52
34	Georgia Tech	ACC	4-2-1	0.57	17.13	6.43	10.6	5.13	-1.13
35	West Virginia	FBS Independents	4-2-1	0.57	16.53	1.14	12.23	3.79	0.21
36	Kansas	Big 8	5-3-0	0.62	16.12	12.75	7.19	6.25	-1.25
37	Texas	Southwest	4-2-0	0.67	15.97	0.17	11.21	3.03	0.97
38	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	4-2-1	0.57	15.17	0.14	8.2	3.53	0.47
39	Illinois State	Missouri Valley	4-2-2	0.5	15.11	4.12	-1.41	5.12	-1.12
40	Mississippi State	SEC	5-3-0	0.62	15.03	0.62	11.79	4.13	0.87
41	Kentucky	SEC	4-3-0	0.57	15.03	3.43	14.76	4.3	-0.3
42	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	4-3-1	0.5	14.96	6.75	10.43	5.59	-1.59
43	North Carolina	ACC	4-3-0	0.57	14.38	3.14	9.88	4.15	-0.15
44	Virginia	ACC	4-3-0	0.57	14.21	5.14	7.53	4.47	-0.47
45	South Carolina	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	14.15	4.14	7.56	4.19	-0.19
46	Clemson	ACC	4-3-0	0.57	13.92	1.43	12.46	3.83	0.17
47	Washington	Pac-10	4-3-0	0.57	13.75	0.43	13.01	3.59	0.41
48	Syracuse	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	13.61	9.33	13.38	4.53	-1.53
49	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	13.5	5.5	16.88	3.98	-0.98
50	USC	Pac-10	3-3-0	0.5	13.32	5.33	11.65	3.98	-0.98
51	Temple	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	12.81	4.25	8.67	4.89	-0.89
52	Illinois	Big Ten	4-3-0	0.57	12.74	-1.57	14.99	3.26	0.74
53	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	4-4-0	0.5	12.64	13.75	-0.14	6.2	-2.2
54	UNLV	PCAA	4-4-0	0.5	12.3	1.88	8.31	4.5	-0.5
55	Indiana	Big Ten	4-3-0	0.57	12.2	-4.14	11.97	2.85	1.15
56	Pacific	PCAA	4-4-0	0.5	12.11	1.75	6.73	4.39	-0.39
57	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	11.35	-3.89	7.97	3.56	1.44
58	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	4-3-1	0.5	11.28	-2.25	-1.19	3.54	0.46
59	Navy	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	11.14	5	9.58	4.44	-1.44
60	San Diego State	Western Athletic	3-4-0	0.43	10.62	0.57	12.45	3.58	-0.58
61	Long Beach State	PCAA	4-4-0	0.5	10.56	-0.25	2.83	3.95	0.05
62	Kent State	Mid-American	3-4-0	0.43	10.46	1	8.89	3.69	-0.69
63	Ole Miss	SEC	3-3-1	0.43	10.09	-3.86	9.9	2.77	0.23
64	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-4-0	0.43	9.88	-0.71	13.05	3.37	-0.37
65	Purdue	Big Ten	3-4-0	0.43	9.82	-0.86	13.76	3.38	-0.38
66	Drake	Missouri Valley	4-5-0	0.44	8.73	-3.11	5.15	3.62	0.38
67	Texas Tech	Southwest	3-4-0	0.43	8.54	-4.43	9.62	2.7	0.3
68	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	8.46	-0.5	8.91	3.89	-0.89
69	Michigan State	Big Ten	3-4-0	0.43	8.37	-6.86	13.78	2.03	0.97
70	Oregon	Pac-10	3-4-0	0.43	8.37	-6.29	12.89	2.65	0.35
71	Memphis	FBS Independents	2-4-2	0.25	8.36	1.25	9.73	4.31	-2.31
72	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-4-0	0.43	8.33	-9	12.35	1.94	1.06
73	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-4-0	0.43	8.28	-4.57	5.37	2.57	0.43
74	Iowa State	Big 8	3-4-0	0.43	7.99	-17.86	15.27	0.81	2.19
75	California	Pac-10	3-5-0	0.38	7.99	-2	9.61	3.62	-0.62
76	Rice	Southwest	3-4-0	0.43	7.98	-14.71	13.25	1.74	1.26
77	Louisiana	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	7.84	-13.67	9.04	1.67	2.33
78	Wake Forest	ACC	3-5-0	0.38	7.84	-1.25	4.89	3.72	-0.72
79	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	3-4-0	0.43	7.79	-5.14	0.38	2.58	0.42
80	TCU	Southwest	3-4-0	0.43	7.64	-15	7.82	1.25	1.75
81	Oregon State	Pac-10	3-4-0	0.43	7.53	-14.86	7.44	1.27	1.73
82	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	2-4-1	0.29	7.36	-0.29	12.74	3.45	-1.45
83	Colorado State	Western Athletic	3-5-0	0.38	7.11	-7.25	13	2.71	0.29
84	Ball State	Mid-American	3-5-0	0.38	6.98	-8.12	8.14	2.31	0.69
85	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	3-5-0	0.38	6.77	-12.62	14.44	1.96	1.04
86	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	3-5-0	0.38	6.76	-7.38	7.12	2.45	0.55
87	Boston College	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	6.01	-10.22	15.91	2.2	0.8
88	Washington State	Pac-10	2-6-0	0.25	5.93	-0.25	16.01	3.96	-1.96
89	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	2-4-0	0.33	5.35	-8.5	0.34	1.63	0.37
90	Duke	ACC	2-5-0	0.29	5.27	-6.29	12.02	2.35	-0.35
91	Stanford	Pac-10	2-5-0	0.29	5.1	-6.29	14.29	2.56	-0.56
92	Toledo	Mid-American	2-5-0	0.29	5.08	-4.57	8.6	2.41	-0.41
93	East Carolina	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	5.07	-6.71	10.53	2.16	-0.16
94	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	2-5-0	0.29	4.65	-12.43	10.1	1.31	0.69
95	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-5-1	0.25	4.64	-13.12	10.52	1.37	0.63
96	Utah State	PCAA	2-6-0	0.25	3.89	-11	11.93	1.82	0.18
97	San José State	PCAA	2-6-0	0.25	3.62	-11.25	10.54	2.07	-0.07
98	Rutgers	FBS Independents	1-5-1	0.14	2.12	-6.71	14.37	2.08	-1.08
99	Western Michigan	Mid-American	1-5-1	0.14	1.74	-11	14.04	1.13	-0.13
100	Houston	Southwest	1-6-0	0.14	1.25	-12.29	13.79	1.87	-0.87
101	Wyoming	Western Athletic	1-6-0	0.14	1.11	-14.29	13.56	1.44	-0.44
102	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-6-0	0.14	1.03	-15.86	12.63	1.5	-0.5
103	New Mexico State	PCAA	1-6-0	0.14	0.93	-17.57	9.84	1.04	-0.04
104	Kansas State	Big 8	1-6-0	0.14	0.91	-12.43	4.29	1.06	-0.06
105	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-6-0	0.14	0.69	-18.43	14.65	1.22	-0.22
106	NC State	ACC	1-7-0	0.12	0.64	-14	10.57	1.42	-0.42
107	Louisville	FBS Independents	1-7-0	0.12	0.18	-25.38	11.13	0.69	0.31
108	Missouri	Big 8	0-7-0	0	-2.05	-10.86	13.93	1.79	-1.79
109	Ohio	Mid-American	0-7-0	0	-2.07	-13	7.17	1.28	-1.28
110	Tulane	FBS Independents	0-7-0	0	-2.18	-13.29	12.9	1.34	-1.34