1938 W5 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:21.972796+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	28.09	22.67	15.43	2.97	0.03
2	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	27.68	22	13.67	3.97	0.03
3	TCU	Southwest	4-0-0	1	27.68	17.5	14.32	3.83	0.17
4	Tennessee	SEC	4-0-0	1	27.39	14	14.04	3.95	0.05
5	Northwestern	Western	2-0-1	0.67	27.14	18	12.49	3	-1
6	Santa Clara	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	26.54	18.67	9.02	3	0
7	Duke	Southern	4-0-0	1	26.37	14.5	9.31	4	0
8	Vanderbilt	SEC	4-0-0	1	26.35	11.25	10.28	3.87	0.13
9	Minnesota	Western	4-0-0	1	26.16	8	10.58	3.8	0.2
10	Dartmouth	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	25.97	35	4.62	3.99	0.01
11	Texas Tech	Border	5-0-0	1	25.86	28.2	4.42	4.97	0.03
12	Utah	Mountain State	1-0-1	0.5	25.84	17	7.91	1.97	-0.97
13	BYU	Mountain State	3-0-1	0.75	25.65	12.5	6.62	3.8	-0.8
14	Syracuse	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	25.45	27.33	3.74	2.95	0.05
15	California	Pacific	5-0-0	1	25.24	25.8	2.22	4.97	0.03
16	Georgia	SEC	4-0-0	1	25.07	12.25	3.26	3.42	0.58
17	Baylor	Southwest	3-0-0	1	25.04	16.67	2.1	2.94	0.06
18	Oklahoma	Big 6	3-0-0	1	24.93	11	4.24	2.96	0.04
19	Carnegie Mellon	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	24.82	23	1.57	2.92	0.08
20	Creighton	Missouri Valley	2-0-1	0.67	24.8	11.67	3.15	2.85	-0.85
21	Fordham	FBS Independents	2-0-1	0.67	24.74	33.33	-0.28	3	-1
22	Idaho	Pacific	3-0-1	0.75	24.67	13.5	2.03	3.77	-0.77
23	UTEP	Border	3-0-0	1	24.67	19.67	1.38	2.99	0.01
24	Boston College	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	24.3	22.33	-1.23	2.93	0.07
25	San Francisco	FBS Independents	3-0-1	0.75	24.28	16.25	-1.14	4	-1
26	Iowa State	Big 6	4-0-0	1	23.93	9	-0.39	3.39	0.61
27	George Washington	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	23.84	13.33	-2.56	3	0
28	Miami	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	23.64	26	-4.95	2.97	0.03
29	Georgetown	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	23.43	37	-7.65	3	0
30	Villanova	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	22.85	35.33	-10	2.98	0.02
31	Colorado State	Mountain State	1-0-2	0.33	22.84	2	-1.66	2.51	-1.51
32	Navy	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	21.19	20.75	7.27	3.98	-0.98
33	Alabama	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	20.98	11.75	10.76	3.78	-0.78
34	North Carolina	Southern	3-1-0	0.75	20.89	8.25	15.94	3.57	-0.57
35	Army	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	20.06	18	6.8	3.71	-0.71
36	New Mexico	Border	3-1-0	0.75	20.01	26.25	2	3.99	-0.99
37	Ole Miss	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	20	10.25	5.88	3.6	-0.6
38	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	19.97	18.25	2.96	3.84	-0.84
39	Michigan	Western	2-1-0	0.67	19.97	17	13.81	2.92	-0.92
40	Centenary (LA)	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	19.67	4.2	4.46	3.84	0.16
41	Bucknell	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	19.63	5.75	4.36	2.89	0.11
42	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	3-1-0	0.75	19.51	10.5	7.2	3.74	-0.74
43	Mississippi State	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	19.47	18.75	-0.09	3.9	-0.9
44	Richmond	Southern	4-1-0	0.8	19.43	7.2	-2.56	4.26	-0.26
45	Michigan State	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	19.4	14.5	5.19	3.85	-0.85
46	USC	Pacific	3-1-0	0.75	19.3	3.75	10.86	2.85	0.15
47	Loyola Marymount	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	19.06	21	-2.87	3.99	-0.99
48	Wisconsin	Western	2-1-0	0.67	18.95	8.33	11.8	2.29	-0.29
49	LSU	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	18.94	12.75	2.89	3.72	-0.72
50	Purdue	Western	2-1-1	0.5	18.39	5.25	14.03	3.24	-1.24
51	Cornell	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	18.3	9	6.52	2.55	-0.55
52	Princeton	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	18.29	10	13.14	2.65	-0.65
53	Montana	Pacific	2-1-1	0.5	18.26	5.5	7.93	3.27	-1.27
54	Saint Mary's (CA)	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	18.06	13.33	9.62	2.81	-0.81
55	Auburn	SEC	2-1-1	0.5	17.87	5.25	13.6	3.63	-1.63
56	Penn State	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.83	24	4.51	2.92	-0.92
57	Clemson	Southern	2-1-1	0.5	17.72	4	10.93	2.8	-0.8
58	Pennsylvania	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.66	12	0.78	2.78	-0.78
59	Washburn	Missouri Valley	3-1-0	0.75	17.47	5.75	-3.54	2.7	0.3
60	New York University	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.37	10.33	0.12	2.84	-0.84
61	Columbia	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.18	1	5.12	1.62	0.38
62	VMI	Southern	2-1-2	0.4	17.18	1.4	14.93	2.84	-0.84
63	Utah State	Mountain State	2-1-0	0.67	17.14	17	-4.85	2.93	-0.93
64	Brown	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.07	2	4.46	1.71	0.29
65	Tulane	SEC	2-1-1	0.5	17.05	2.25	13.02	2.43	-0.43
66	SMU	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	16.95	14	-0.85	2.79	-0.79
67	Wake Forest	Southern	3-2-0	0.6	16.79	12.6	7.35	4.26	-1.26
68	Oregon	Pacific	2-1-0	0.67	16.75	-0.33	8.29	1.46	0.54
69	South Carolina	Southern	3-2-0	0.6	16.44	16.4	7.84	4.82	-1.82
70	Stanford	Pacific	2-1-0	0.67	15.74	-1	16.93	1.35	0.65
71	Virginia	FBS Independents	2-1-1	0.5	15.59	-3	16.77	1.38	0.62
72	Kansas State	Big 6	2-1-0	0.67	15.36	-2.33	16.34	1.1	0.9
73	Washington and Lee	Southern	2-1-1	0.5	15.27	-1	10.79	1.59	0.41
74	Texas A&M	Southwest	2-2-0	0.5	15.27	9.25	15.95	3.28	-1.28
75	New Mexico State	Border	2-1-0	0.67	15.24	5	-7.44	2.26	-0.26
76	Kentucky	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	14.58	22.5	4.46	3.86	-1.86
77	Arkansas	Southwest	2-2-0	0.5	14.38	11.5	14.49	3.39	-1.39
78	UCLA	Pacific	2-2-0	0.5	14.26	5.5	11.53	3.01	-1.01
79	Drake	Missouri Valley	2-2-1	0.4	13.87	9.4	7.72	3.92	-1.92
80	Washington University (St. Louis)	Missouri Valley	2-2-0	0.5	13.45	7.5	12.18	2.97	-0.97
81	Detroit Mercy	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	13.37	4.5	5.67	3.06	-1.06
82	Illinois	Western	2-2-0	0.5	13.3	8.25	1.78	3.43	-1.43
83	Duquesne	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	12.74	3	8.77	2.59	-0.59
84	Ohio State	Western	1-1-1	0.33	12.29	-0.33	13.96	1.37	-0.37
85	Oregon State	Pacific	2-2-0	0.5	11.97	1.5	7.23	2.48	-0.48
86	Manhattan	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	11.93	4.5	-1.33	2.95	-0.95
87	Kansas	Big 6	2-2-0	0.5	11.45	-6.5	16.8	1.34	0.66
88	NC State	Southern	2-2-0	0.5	11.45	-2.75	19.84	1.42	0.58
89	Temple	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	11.21	-3	18.55	1.44	0.56
90	William & Mary	Southern	2-3-0	0.4	9.75	3.6	2.48	3.23	-1.23
91	Georgia Tech	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	9.73	1.67	15.28	1.89	-0.89
92	Virginia Tech	Southern	2-3-0	0.4	9.52	-1	11.01	2.28	-0.28
93	Gonzaga	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	9.17	1.33	9.83	1.65	-0.65
94	Davidson	Southern	2-3-0	0.4	8.44	-5	8.65	1.41	0.59
95	Missouri	Big 6	1-2-0	0.33	7.8	-1.33	10.57	1.33	-0.33
96	The Citadel	Southern	2-3-0	0.4	7.63	-6	10.77	1.03	0.97
97	West Virginia	FBS Independents	1-2-1	0.25	7.54	-3.25	11.76	1.41	-0.41
98	Colgate	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.17	-1.33	26.02	1.15	-0.15
99	Marquette	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.77	-8.67	17.45	0.07	0.93
100	Wyoming	Mountain State	1-2-1	0.25	6.43	-9.25	16.55	0.58	0.42
101	Saint Louis	Missouri Valley	1-2-1	0.25	6.3	-5.25	-3.09	0.37	0.63
102	Denver	Mountain State	1-2-1	0.25	6.27	-5	24.38	0.44	0.56
103	Yale	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	5.78	-10.67	26.69	0.34	0.66
104	Northern Arizona	Border	1-2-1	0.25	5.52	-3.5	2.7	1.43	-0.43
105	Iowa	Western	1-2-0	0.33	5.25	-9.67	13.5	0.68	0.32
106	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	1-3-0	0.25	4.36	-8	13.04	0.84	0.16
107	Florida	SEC	1-3-0	0.25	4.25	-8	8.61	0.63	0.37
108	Arizona State	Border	1-3-0	0.25	4.14	-6.25	0.61	0.83	0.17
109	Sewanee	SEC	1-3-0	0.25	3.34	-7.5	3.33	1.03	-0.03
110	Hampden-Sydney	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	3.13	-14.5	12.26	0.23	0.77
111	Furman	Southern	1-4-0	0.2	3.01	-11.2	14.31	0.42	0.58
112	Maryland	Southern	1-3-0	0.25	2.78	-23.25	13.33	0.06	0.94
113	Nebraska	Big 6	0-2-1	0	-1.33	-3.33	16.18	0.65	-0.65
114	Rice	Southwest	0-3-0	0	-1.43	-4.33	17.68	0.77	-0.77
115	Indiana	Western	0-2-1	0	-1.57	-5.33	8.96	0.02	-0.02
116	Washington	Pacific	0-3-1	0	-2.06	-8.75	18.88	0.29	-0.29
117	Harvard	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.23	-10	22.67	0.49	-0.49
118	Chicago	Western	0-2-1	0	-2.31	-17	4.71	0.15	-0.15
119	Washington State	Pacific	0-4-0	0	-2.4	-13.25	19.29	0.06	-0.06
120	Colorado	Mountain State	0-3-0	0	-2.41	-13.33	20.33	0.03	-0.03
121	Texas	Southwest	0-4-0	0	-2.55	-17.5	17.03	0.15	-0.15
122	Arizona	Border	0-3-0	0	-2.58	-16.67	20.18	0.07	-0.07