1926 FINAL CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:20.027726+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Alabama	Southern	9-0-1	0.9	24.99	22.2	10.43	9.95	-0.95
2	SMU	Southwest	8-0-1	0.89	24.3	20.22	7.33	8.79	-0.79
3	Utah	Rocky Mountain	7-0-0	1	24	20.14	5.84	6.93	0.07
4	Navy	FBS Independents	9-0-1	0.9	23.86	14.8	6.23	9.12	-0.12
5	Michigan	Western	7-1-0	0.88	23.19	19.12	16.12	7.83	-0.83
6	Stanford	Pacific	10-0-1	0.91	23.05	17.73	1.57	10.52	-0.52
7	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	9-1-0	0.9	22.89	17.2	12.3	9.83	-0.83
8	Brown	FBS Independents	9-0-1	0.9	22.64	18.7	-0.73	9.87	-0.87
9	Vanderbilt	Southern	8-1-0	0.89	21.84	22.11	6.7	8.86	-0.86
10	Northwestern	Western	7-1-0	0.88	21.38	19.62	5.85	7.94	-0.94
11	Furman	FBS Independents	8-1-1	0.8	21.27	12.3	5.85	9.56	-1.56
12	Ohio State	Western	7-1-0	0.88	21.21	19.12	4.99	7.79	-0.79
13	Tennessee	Southern	8-1-0	0.89	21.11	13	4.76	8.74	-0.74
14	Pennsylvania	FBS Independents	7-1-1	0.78	21.01	20.44	3.6	8.96	-1.96
15	Missouri	Missouri Valley	5-1-2	0.62	20.99	11.12	12.49	7.65	-2.65
16	Oregon State	Pacific	7-1-0	0.88	20.92	23.88	2.48	7.93	-0.93
17	Army	FBS Independents	7-1-1	0.78	20.86	18.78	3.09	8.52	-1.52
18	Washington State	Pacific	6-1-0	0.86	20.39	8.14	6.21	6.53	-0.53
19	USC	Pacific	8-2-0	0.8	20.21	26.5	7.94	9.86	-1.86
20	Cornell	FBS Independents	6-1-1	0.75	20.17	15.88	2.21	7.44	-1.44
21	Utah State	Rocky Mountain	5-1-2	0.62	20	6.25	8.9	6.89	-1.89
22	Washington & Jefferson	FBS Independents	7-1-1	0.78	19.75	10.78	-1.1	8.43	-1.43
23	TCU	Southwest	6-1-2	0.67	19.57	4	3.98	6.47	-0.47
24	Grinnell	Missouri Valley	6-1-1	0.75	19.47	10.25	-0.11	7.72	-1.72
25	Washington	Pacific	8-2-0	0.8	19.24	15.3	4.42	9.53	-1.53
26	Princeton	FBS Independents	5-1-1	0.71	19.1	5.14	4.09	5.39	-0.39
27	Presbyterian	FBS Independents	7-2-0	0.78	18.8	13.22	5.01	8.81	-1.81
28	Carnegie Mellon	FBS Independents	7-2-0	0.78	18.73	20.44	2.67	8.95	-1.95
29	Nebraska	Missouri Valley	6-2-0	0.75	18.42	9.62	8.26	7.29	-1.29
30	Colorado State	Rocky Mountain	6-2-1	0.67	18.4	11.67	7.22	8.53	-2.53
31	Davidson	FBS Independents	7-2-1	0.7	18.38	8.9	4.07	9.57	-2.57
32	Syracuse	FBS Independents	7-2-1	0.7	18.31	16.9	0.86	9.62	-2.62
33	Virginia	Southern	6-2-2	0.6	18.17	10.8	6.04	9.33	-3.33
34	Illinois	Western	6-2-0	0.75	18.06	9.38	5.99	7.27	-1.27
35	Colorado College	Rocky Mountain	5-2-0	0.71	17.8	11.14	9.37	6.63	-1.63
36	Colgate	FBS Independents	5-2-2	0.56	17.57	17.78	5.49	8.63	-3.63
37	Oklahoma	Missouri Valley	5-2-1	0.62	17.42	10.62	6.95	7.27	-2.27
38	Wisconsin	Western	5-2-1	0.62	17.31	6.25	8.74	6.22	-1.22
39	Purdue	Western	5-2-1	0.62	17.16	9.88	5.49	6.91	-1.91
40	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	5-2-2	0.56	17.13	10.78	4.91	7.93	-2.93
41	LSU	Southern	6-3-0	0.67	16.8	9.22	9.59	8.3	-2.3
42	Minnesota	Western	5-3-0	0.62	16.23	25.62	8.14	7.74	-2.74
43	Columbia	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	16.13	7.89	5.42	7.5	-1.5
44	The Citadel	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	15.86	4.8	1.07	8.28	-1.28
45	Texas A&M	Southwest	5-3-1	0.56	15.59	13.89	6.64	8.43	-3.43
46	South Carolina	Southern	6-4-0	0.6	15.28	9.7	9.67	9.03	-3.03
47	Virginia Tech	Southern	5-3-1	0.56	15.14	6	7.6	6.95	-1.95
48	Montana State	Rocky Mountain	4-2-1	0.57	15.13	1.29	5.56	4.28	-0.28
49	Kansas State	Missouri Valley	5-3-0	0.62	15.03	5.38	7.31	6.73	-1.73
50	Baylor	Southwest	6-3-1	0.6	14.76	1	3.45	5.6	0.4
51	Wake Forest	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	14.17	14	5.61	9.65	-4.65
52	West Virginia	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	14.12	4.8	3.95	7.28	-1.28
53	Texas	Southwest	5-4-0	0.56	14.11	8.56	8.06	7.7	-2.7
54	Northern Colorado	Rocky Mountain	6-4-0	0.6	13.97	6.2	1.39	7.9	-1.9
55	Penn State	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	13.84	13	3.28	8	-3
56	Georgia	Southern	5-4-0	0.56	13.8	2.22	12.93	5.34	-0.34
57	Maryland	Southern	5-4-1	0.5	13.69	6.8	5.76	7.86	-2.86
58	Mississippi State	Southern	5-4-0	0.56	13.47	4	6.8	6.1	-1.1
59	Auburn	Southern	5-4-0	0.56	13.09	4.11	3.19	6.32	-1.32
60	Dartmouth	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	13.09	17.38	6.26	7.51	-3.51
61	Denver	Rocky Mountain	4-4-0	0.5	12.77	4.25	12.5	5.71	-1.71
62	Washington and Lee	Southern	4-3-2	0.44	12.71	-0.11	9.98	4.44	-0.44
63	Yale	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	12.59	3	12.85	5.22	-1.22
64	Arkansas	Southwest	5-5-0	0.5	12.5	9.1	4.96	8.43	-3.43
65	Iowa State	Missouri Valley	4-3-1	0.5	12.18	-1.12	9.67	3.24	0.76
66	Ole Miss	Southern	5-4-0	0.56	12.11	0.33	3.36	4.64	0.36
67	Rice	Southwest	4-4-1	0.44	10.72	0.33	2.1	4.69	-0.69
68	VMI	Southern	5-5-0	0.5	10.14	-1.8	6.67	3.82	1.18
69	Georgia Tech	Southern	4-5-0	0.44	10.13	0	13.18	4.5	-0.5
70	Idaho	Pacific	3-4-1	0.38	9.69	0	10.39	4	-1
71	North Carolina	Southern	4-5-0	0.44	9.41	-1.67	14.09	3.32	0.68
72	Harvard	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	9.33	4.38	3.45	5.31	-2.31
73	Tulane	Southern	3-5-1	0.33	9.02	1.22	8.1	5.39	-2.39
74	Wyoming	Rocky Mountain	2-4-2	0.25	8.62	7.62	3.5	6.17	-4.17
75	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	3-4-1	0.38	8.47	-4.38	11.9	2.36	0.64
76	Iowa	Western	3-5-0	0.38	8.29	-0.5	11.05	3.84	-0.84
77	Duke	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	7.89	2	4.27	5.33	-2.33
78	NC State	Southern	4-6-0	0.4	7.66	-3.6	7.95	2.63	1.37
79	Colorado	Rocky Mountain	3-5-1	0.33	7.55	-2.89	11.29	3.01	-0.01
80	Michigan State	FBS Independents	3-4-1	0.38	7.3	-9.25	1.38	1.66	1.34
81	Oregon	Pacific	2-4-1	0.29	7.21	-0.29	9.86	3.4	-1.4
82	Indiana	Western	3-5-0	0.38	7.1	-7.12	13.62	1.75	1.25
83	Montana	Pacific	3-5-0	0.38	6.98	-4.88	7.07	2.79	0.21
84	Sewanee	Southern	2-6-0	0.25	6.08	0.75	10.71	4.41	-2.41
85	California	Pacific	3-6-0	0.33	5.59	-6.89	5.6	2.25	0.75
86	Kentucky	Southern	2-6-1	0.22	5.1	-0.78	8.38	4.07	-2.07
87	Drake	Missouri Valley	2-6-0	0.25	4.17	-7.25	16.29	1.34	0.66
88	Florida	Southern	2-6-2	0.2	4.14	-4.2	4.55	2.94	-0.94
89	Chicago	Western	2-6-0	0.25	4.06	-8.62	16.79	0.84	1.16
90	Kansas	Missouri Valley	2-6-0	0.25	3.66	-12.62	12.89	0.29	1.71
91	Clemson	Southern	2-7-0	0.22	2.7	-16.56	9.87	0.06	1.94
92	Wofford	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	2.51	-11.2	8.35	0.94	1.06
93	BYU	Rocky Mountain	1-5-1	0.14	2.01	-9.43	11.3	0.82	0.18
94	Colorado School Of Mines	Rocky Mountain	1-6-0	0.14	0.69	-21.86	8.29	0.06	0.94
95	Washington University (St. Louis)	Missouri Valley	1-7-0	0.12	0.59	-13.88	9.65	0.33	0.67
96	Western Colorado	Rocky Mountain	0-8-0	0	-2.61	-28.75	8.25	0.02	-0.02