1928 FINAL CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:20.306670+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Georgia Tech	Southern	10-0-0	1	25.01	17.4	11.88	9.75	0.25
2	Utah	Rocky Mountain	5-0-2	0.71	24.61	10.86	11.59	6.46	-1.46
3	USC	Pacific	9-0-1	0.9	24.36	20.8	7.95	9.73	-0.73
4	Tennessee	Southern	9-0-1	0.9	24	19.8	6.32	9.77	-0.77
5	Detroit Mercy	FBS Independents	9-0-0	1	22.5	26.67	-2.24	8.96	0.04
6	Nebraska	Big 6	7-1-1	0.78	22.05	12.56	11.95	8.77	-1.77
7	Florida	Southern	8-1-0	0.89	21.83	32.44	5.53	8.93	-0.93
8	Wisconsin	Western	7-1-1	0.78	21.53	13.89	8.53	8.72	-1.72
9	Pennsylvania	FBS Independents	8-1-0	0.89	21.47	27.22	4.26	8.97	-0.97
10	Carnegie Mellon	FBS Independents	7-1-0	0.88	21.29	20	5.69	7.71	-0.71
11	Drake	Missouri Valley	7-1-0	0.88	21.18	11.12	7.42	7.31	-0.31
12	Colorado	Rocky Mountain	5-1-0	0.83	21.14	8.83	14.84	4.96	0.04
13	Illinois	Western	7-1-0	0.88	20.7	16.12	3.2	7.96	-0.96
14	Princeton	FBS Independents	5-1-2	0.62	19.93	14.25	5.45	7.82	-2.82
15	Georgetown	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	19.8	24.4	6.3	9.78	-1.78
16	Vanderbilt	Southern	8-2-0	0.8	19.77	9.5	10.3	9.11	-1.11
17	Brown	FBS Independents	8-1-0	0.89	19.73	10.56	-1.87	7.92	0.08
18	New York University	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	19.7	24.5	5.62	9.72	-1.72
19	Oregon	Pacific	9-2-0	0.82	19.5	15.91	3.69	10.6	-1.6
20	Colorado State	Rocky Mountain	6-2-0	0.75	19.37	10.12	14.82	6.89	-0.89
21	Army	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	19.33	13.6	5.96	9.15	-1.15
22	Texas	Southwest	7-2-0	0.78	19.31	10	9.99	8.64	-1.64
23	Minnesota	Western	6-2-0	0.75	19.18	19.38	10.39	7.85	-1.85
24	Arkansas	Southwest	7-2-0	0.78	19.04	20.89	4.92	8.67	-1.67
25	Baylor	Southwest	8-2-0	0.8	18.93	16.5	2.66	9.65	-1.65
26	TCU	Southwest	8-2-0	0.8	18.61	11.4	2.18	9.79	-1.79
27	Virginia Tech	Southern	7-2-0	0.78	18.57	11.78	4.52	7.74	-0.74
28	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	6-2-1	0.67	18.52	18	6.42	8.97	-2.97
29	West Virginia	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	18.51	11.4	1.55	9.64	-1.64
30	California	Pacific	6-2-2	0.6	18.43	10.5	7.98	9.62	-3.62
31	LSU	Southern	6-2-1	0.67	18.31	15	5.9	8.68	-2.68
32	Iowa	Western	6-2-0	0.75	18.09	13.12	5.05	7.61	-1.61
33	Stanford	Pacific	8-3-1	0.67	17.95	17.08	5.75	11.56	-3.56
34	Ohio State	Western	5-2-1	0.62	17.79	12.5	9.19	7.69	-2.69
35	Alabama	Southern	6-3-0	0.67	17.7	12.44	15.04	8.07	-2.07
36	Clemson	Southern	8-3-0	0.73	17.62	10.45	5.87	9.87	-1.87
37	Harvard	FBS Independents	5-2-1	0.62	17.4	12	6.69	7.76	-2.76
38	Washington State	Pacific	7-3-0	0.7	17.39	13.7	7.49	9.36	-2.36
39	Purdue	Western	5-2-1	0.62	17.2	12.75	4.98	7.61	-2.61
40	South Carolina	Southern	6-2-2	0.6	17.08	2.6	5.14	6.79	-0.79
41	Oregon State	Pacific	6-3-0	0.67	17	17	8.27	8.65	-2.65
42	Tulane	Southern	6-3-1	0.6	16.64	18.8	5.19	9.5	-3.5
43	SMU	Southwest	6-3-1	0.6	16.61	17.6	5.32	9.43	-3.43
44	Colgate	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	16.38	7.56	7.9	6.86	-0.86
45	Maryland	Southern	6-3-1	0.6	15.95	6.2	5.68	8.18	-2.18
46	North Carolina	Southern	5-3-2	0.5	15.85	7.1	12.83	7.58	-2.58
47	Utah State	Rocky Mountain	5-3-1	0.56	15.81	10.56	10.28	7.67	-2.67
48	Colorado College	Rocky Mountain	5-3-0	0.62	15.63	6.62	11.45	5.38	-0.38
49	Washington	Pacific	7-4-0	0.64	15.5	10.36	4.58	9.91	-2.91
50	Northwestern	Western	5-3-0	0.62	15.26	2.75	13	5.82	-0.82
51	Navy	FBS Independents	5-3-1	0.56	15.03	11.11	3.87	8.86	-3.86
52	Oklahoma	Big 6	5-3-0	0.62	15.01	4	9.1	5.41	-0.41
53	Marquette	FBS Independents	5-3-1	0.56	14.44	5.89	2.49	7.17	-2.17
54	VMI	Southern	5-3-2	0.5	14.36	2	6.93	6.37	-1.37
55	Kentucky	Southern	4-3-1	0.5	14.32	7.38	9.31	7.14	-3.14
56	Columbia	FBS Independents	5-3-1	0.56	14.02	4.11	0.84	6.17	-1.17
57	Dartmouth	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	13.91	8.78	6.58	7.15	-2.15
58	Texas A&M	Southwest	5-4-1	0.5	13.85	12.8	3.91	9.11	-4.11
59	Ole Miss	Southern	5-4-0	0.56	13.67	3.89	9.17	5.82	-0.82
60	Yale	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	12.8	4.12	13.39	5.66	-1.66
61	Northern Colorado	Rocky Mountain	4-4-0	0.5	12.79	10.62	7.12	6.69	-2.69
62	Furman	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	12.74	2.89	2.29	6.43	-1.43
63	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	12.64	-0.89	16.31	4.09	0.91
64	Missouri	Big 6	4-4-0	0.5	12.61	4.5	11	5.37	-1.37
65	Denver	Rocky Mountain	4-4-1	0.44	12.24	3.56	8.79	5.98	-1.98
66	Syracuse	FBS Independents	4-4-1	0.44	12.17	6.33	4.45	7.05	-3.05
67	Grinnell	Missouri Valley	4-3-1	0.5	12	-0.38	4.94	3.81	0.19
68	Duke	Southern	5-5-0	0.5	11.93	3.9	5.11	6.65	-1.65
69	BYU	Rocky Mountain	3-3-1	0.43	11.88	2.71	6.72	4.67	-1.67
70	UCLA	Pacific	4-4-1	0.44	11.56	3.89	1.43	5.69	-1.69
71	NC State	Southern	4-5-1	0.4	11.28	5.7	9.5	7.44	-3.44
72	Michigan State	FBS Independents	3-4-1	0.38	11.01	10.88	4.28	7.04	-4.04
73	Indiana	Western	4-4-0	0.5	10.69	-1.62	13.01	3.01	0.99
74	Georgia	Southern	4-5-0	0.44	10.62	1	12.84	4.91	-0.91
75	Cornell	FBS Independents	3-3-2	0.38	9.87	-1.75	3.68	3.17	-0.17
76	Montana State	Rocky Mountain	4-4-1	0.44	9.84	-4.44	9.65	2.51	1.49
77	Fordham	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	8.93	-1	5.04	4.12	-0.12
78	Penn State	FBS Independents	3-5-1	0.33	8.89	2.78	1.66	6.1	-3.1
79	Michigan	Western	3-4-1	0.38	8.71	-3.25	13.13	1.73	1.27
80	Kansas State	Big 6	3-5-0	0.38	8.17	0	5.22	4	-1
81	Idaho	Pacific	3-4-1	0.38	7.93	-6.88	8.64	2	1
82	Montana	Pacific	4-5-1	0.4	7.83	-7.5	4.73	1.56	2.44
83	Creighton	Missouri Valley	3-5-1	0.33	7.13	-4.67	9.65	2.52	0.48
84	Kansas	Big 6	2-4-2	0.25	6.22	-4	11.86	1.38	0.62
85	Iowa State	Big 6	2-5-1	0.25	5.49	-3.5	13.99	1.74	0.26
86	Mississippi State	Southern	2-4-2	0.25	5.27	-12	7.24	0.92	1.08
87	Washington University (St. Louis)	Missouri Valley	2-5-1	0.25	4.9	-3.12	-1.32	1.74	0.26
88	Virginia	Southern	2-6-1	0.22	4.76	-2.33	12.78	3.66	-1.66
89	Washington & Jefferson	FBS Independents	2-5-2	0.22	4.7	-5.56	1.93	1.9	0.1
90	Colorado School Of Mines	Rocky Mountain	2-5-0	0.29	4.23	-17	9.8	0.85	1.15
91	Washington and Lee	Southern	2-8-0	0.2	3.25	-4.5	13.94	3.4	-1.4
92	Wake Forest	FBS Independents	2-6-2	0.2	3.23	-13.9	0.49	0.61	1.39
93	Chicago	Western	2-7-0	0.22	3.04	-11.89	14.25	0.9	1.1
94	Davidson	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	3.02	-4.2	3.44	3.2	-1.2
95	Rice	Southwest	2-7-0	0.22	2.93	-10.11	5.28	1.33	0.67
96	Wyoming	Rocky Mountain	2-7-0	0.22	2.74	-13.11	4.39	1.31	0.69
97	Sewanee	Southern	2-7-0	0.22	2.47	-22	9.33	0.53	1.47
98	Auburn	Southern	1-8-0	0.11	0.41	-13	10.08	0.3	0.7
99	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	1-7-0	0.12	0.24	-21.88	4.17	0.06	0.94
100	Western Colorado	Rocky Mountain	0-7-0	0	-2.73	-33.43	8.96	0.09	-0.09