1931 FINAL CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:20.750094+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Tennessee	Southern	9-0-1	0.9	24.59	22.8	8.57	9.99	-0.99
2	USC	Pacific	10-1-0	0.91	24.32	28.27	17.05	10.89	-0.89
3	Tulane	Southern	11-1-0	0.92	23.4	24.5	11.14	11.85	-0.85
4	Bucknell	FBS Independents	6-0-3	0.67	23.23	11.22	4.24	8.44	-2.44
5	Alabama	Southern	9-1-0	0.9	22.18	31.3	6.24	9.88	-0.88
6	Northwestern	Western	7-1-1	0.78	22.15	10.89	12.9	8.55	-1.55
7	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	8-1-0	0.89	21.94	27	6.67	8.93	-0.93
8	SMU	Southwest	9-1-1	0.82	21.91	10.18	9.24	10.4	-1.4
9	Purdue	Western	9-1-0	0.9	21.43	15.3	4.92	9.78	-0.78
10	Michigan	Western	8-1-1	0.8	21.34	15.4	5.62	9.89	-1.89
11	Harvard	FBS Independents	7-1-0	0.88	21.06	15	5.32	7.84	-0.84
12	Columbia	FBS Independents	7-1-1	0.78	21.05	21.89	3.77	8.95	-1.95
13	Temple	FBS Independents	8-1-1	0.8	20.91	11.6	4.26	9.59	-1.59
14	Cornell	FBS Independents	7-1-0	0.88	20.81	27.38	1.55	7.98	-0.98
15	Syracuse	FBS Independents	7-1-1	0.78	20.8	20.22	2.68	8.72	-1.72
16	Colgate	FBS Independents	8-1-0	0.89	20.69	21.44	0.69	8.9	-0.9
17	Maryland	Southern	8-1-1	0.8	20.68	9.6	3.72	8.35	-0.35
18	Marquette	FBS Independents	8-1-0	0.89	20.62	16.33	1.34	8.91	-0.91
19	Fordham	FBS Independents	6-1-2	0.67	20.53	18.78	3.86	8.86	-2.86
20	Georgia	Southern	8-2-0	0.8	20.39	8.3	14.59	7.79	0.21
21	Yale	FBS Independents	5-1-2	0.62	20.38	14.88	7.74	7.19	-2.19
22	Utah	Rocky Mountain	7-2-0	0.78	20.26	30	10.63	8.96	-1.96
23	Army	FBS Independents	8-2-1	0.73	20.21	20.36	9.4	10.63	-2.63
24	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	6-2-1	0.67	19.95	19.44	15.13	8.84	-2.84
25	Nebraska	Big 6	8-2-0	0.8	19.38	5.4	10.06	7.68	0.32
26	TCU	Southwest	9-2-1	0.75	19.25	9.83	3.94	11.54	-2.54
27	California	Pacific	8-2-0	0.8	19.08	6.5	7.37	9.05	-1.05
28	Stanford	Pacific	7-2-2	0.64	18.96	10.55	7.25	10.51	-3.51
29	Saint Mary's (CA)	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	18.8	5.4	6.33	8.07	-0.07
30	Kansas State	Big 6	8-2-0	0.8	18.69	12.5	2.11	9.68	-1.68
31	Detroit Mercy	FBS Independents	7-2-1	0.7	18.32	4.1	7.14	7.47	-0.47
32	Utah State	Rocky Mountain	6-2-0	0.75	18.21	9.38	7.21	6.76	-0.76
33	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	8-2-1	0.73	18.13	11.09	-0.87	10.24	-2.24
34	Kentucky	Southern	5-2-2	0.56	17.87	9.11	11.08	8.22	-3.22
35	Texas A&M	Southwest	7-3-0	0.7	17.52	10.3	9.6	9.65	-2.65
36	Minnesota	Western	7-3-0	0.7	17.41	11.9	8.12	9.1	-2.1
37	Arizona State	Border	6-2-0	0.75	17.22	12.88	-0.77	7.22	-1.22
38	Ohio State	Western	6-3-0	0.67	17.2	13.33	10.82	8.17	-2.17
39	New York University	FBS Independents	6-3-1	0.6	17.12	16.5	9.13	9.73	-3.73
40	Oregon State	Pacific	6-3-1	0.6	16.83	13.6	8.03	9.4	-3.4
41	Oregon	Pacific	6-2-2	0.6	16.77	0.3	8.2	5.2	0.8
42	Washington	Pacific	5-3-1	0.56	16.03	9.22	12.55	7.54	-2.54
43	Michigan State	FBS Independents	5-3-1	0.56	15.86	25.56	5.55	8.78	-3.78
44	Brown	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	15.64	8.4	-2.76	8.09	-1.09
45	Dartmouth	FBS Independents	5-3-1	0.56	15.49	11.78	6.94	7.49	-2.49
46	Texas	Southwest	6-4-0	0.6	15.23	7.3	11.15	8.73	-2.73
47	Duke	Southern	5-3-2	0.5	15.2	2.8	12.25	7.55	-2.55
48	Pennsylvania	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	15.18	3	2.94	5.81	0.19
49	Rice	Southwest	6-4-0	0.6	15.14	11.2	7.96	9.13	-3.13
50	Vanderbilt	Southern	5-4-0	0.56	15.02	9.89	15.26	7.33	-2.33
51	Auburn	Southern	5-3-1	0.56	14.9	4	7.95	6.4	-1.4
52	Colorado	Rocky Mountain	5-3-0	0.62	14.75	2.12	9.75	4.78	0.22
53	Wyoming	Rocky Mountain	6-4-0	0.6	14.52	9.5	3.81	8.74	-2.74
54	Washington State	Pacific	6-4-0	0.6	14.31	1.2	12.19	5.61	0.39
55	LSU	Southern	5-4-0	0.56	14.04	5.22	10.56	6.57	-1.57
56	Villanova	FBS Independents	4-3-2	0.44	13.9	7.67	5.21	7.69	-3.69
57	North Carolina	Southern	4-3-3	0.4	13.77	2.2	10.78	6.24	-2.24
58	Washington & Jefferson	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	13.59	2.3	3.17	6.33	-0.33
59	Grinnell	Missouri Valley	5-3-0	0.62	13.54	4.62	-3.87	6.13	-1.13
60	Iowa State	Big 6	5-3-0	0.62	13.35	-0.25	6.61	3.87	1.13
61	New Mexico State	Border	6-4-0	0.6	13.33	5.9	-3.46	7.68	-1.68
62	South Carolina	Southern	5-4-1	0.5	13.32	6.7	2.81	8.11	-3.11
63	Sewanee	Southern	6-3-1	0.6	13.31	-2.8	4.08	3.11	2.89
64	Colorado State	Rocky Mountain	5-4-0	0.56	12.84	-0.11	13.69	4.46	0.54
65	Wisconsin	Western	5-4-1	0.5	12.19	-0.5	9.54	4.72	0.28
66	Kansas	Big 6	5-5-0	0.5	12.19	5.8	4.99	8.49	-3.49
67	Centenary (LA)	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	12	4.3	4.95	6.97	-1.97
68	New Mexico	Border	3-3-1	0.43	11.09	1.43	1.63	4.05	-1.05
69	UCLA	Pacific	3-4-1	0.38	10.71	3.25	9.38	5.67	-2.67
70	Gonzaga	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	10.62	8.14	1.87	5.83	-2.83
71	Navy	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	10.22	-1.55	6.91	4.24	0.76
72	Davidson	FBS Independents	4-4-2	0.4	9.87	-1.8	3.64	3.36	0.64
73	Colorado College	Rocky Mountain	4-4-0	0.5	9.68	-6.5	10.61	1.71	2.29
74	BYU	Rocky Mountain	4-4-0	0.5	9.4	-4.38	3.83	2.2	1.8
75	Georgetown	FBS Independents	4-5-1	0.4	9.07	-0.8	5.65	4.42	-0.42
76	Carnegie Mellon	FBS Independents	3-5-1	0.33	8.98	0.67	10.92	4.9	-1.9
77	Washington and Lee	Southern	4-5-1	0.4	8.7	-2.1	6.16	3.48	0.52
78	Wake Forest	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	8.53	-11.62	0.6	0.53	3.47
79	Creighton	Missouri Valley	4-5-0	0.44	8.51	-2.67	5.27	3.19	0.81
80	Virginia Tech	Southern	3-4-2	0.33	8.34	-3.11	7.18	2.9	0.1
81	Idaho	Pacific	3-4-0	0.43	8.3	-4.43	9.71	2.14	0.86
82	Drake	Missouri Valley	5-6-0	0.45	8.08	-8.73	6.51	2.34	2.66
83	West Virginia	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	7.82	-3.1	9.36	3.33	0.67
84	Denver	Rocky Mountain	4-6-0	0.4	7.7	-3.9	9.58	3.2	0.8
85	Oklahoma	Big 6	4-7-1	0.33	7.04	-1.67	6.25	4.57	-0.57
86	Arkansas	Southwest	3-5-1	0.33	7.02	-4.89	8.07	2.39	0.61
87	Northern Arizona	Border	3-5-0	0.38	6.96	-3.88	4.44	2.7	0.3
88	Arizona	Border	3-5-1	0.33	6.54	-8.56	5.95	1.36	1.64
89	Northern Colorado	Rocky Mountain	2-4-1	0.29	6.28	-2.71	8.13	2.23	-0.23
90	Baylor	Southwest	3-6-0	0.33	6.17	-3.78	9.82	3	0
91	NC State	Southern	3-6-0	0.33	5.85	-4.89	6.54	1.92	1.08
92	VMI	Southern	3-6-1	0.3	5.85	-4.1	4.4	2.77	0.23
93	Indiana	Western	2-5-1	0.25	5.08	-5.88	12.15	1.4	0.6
94	Chicago	Western	2-6-1	0.22	3.95	-6.67	7.93	1.55	0.45
95	Florida	Southern	2-6-2	0.2	3.9	-9.5	14.33	1.22	0.78
96	Illinois	Western	2-6-0	0.25	3.71	-10.25	9.81	0.88	1.12
97	Ole Miss	Southern	2-6-1	0.22	3.47	-15.22	11.47	0.68	1.32
98	Mississippi State	Southern	2-6-0	0.25	3.2	-17.5	5.09	0.29	1.71
99	Georgia Tech	Southern	2-7-1	0.2	3.12	-10.9	14.99	1.45	0.55
100	Missouri	Big 6	2-8-0	0.2	2.52	-12.1	11.86	0.88	1.12
101	Penn State	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	2.51	-9.8	4.23	1.1	0.9
102	Washington University (St. Louis)	Missouri Valley	2-7-0	0.22	2.38	-18.67	-0.84	0.08	1.92
103	Montana State	Rocky Mountain	1-5-1	0.14	1.61	-13.71	2.07	0.44	0.56
104	Colorado School Of Mines	Rocky Mountain	1-5-1	0.14	1.44	-17.71	2.81	0.11	0.89
105	Western Colorado	Rocky Mountain	1-6-0	0.14	1.21	-10.29	6.12	0.85	0.15
106	Virginia	Southern	1-7-2	0.1	1.05	-7.2	9.3	0.8	0.2
107	Montana	Pacific	1-6-0	0.14	1.02	-14.14	10.17	0.58	0.42
108	Iowa	Western	1-6-1	0.12	0.99	-15.5	14.4	0.01	0.99
109	Clemson	Southern	1-6-2	0.11	0.88	-16.11	3.55	0.05	0.95
110	Princeton	FBS Independents	1-7-0	0.12	0.6	-13.62	9.66	0.56	0.44