1940 FINAL CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:22.315987+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Minnesota	Western	8-0-0	1	25.36	10.38	15.42	6.9	1.1
2	Stanford	Pacific	10-0-0	1	24.76	11.1	12.14	8.79	1.21
3	Boston College	FBS Independents	11-0-0	1	24.27	24.91	6.71	10.78	0.22
4	Mississippi State	SEC	10-0-1	0.91	23.89	17.27	6.11	10.66	-0.66
5	Michigan	Western	7-1-0	0.88	22.82	20.25	14.02	7.88	-0.88
6	Hardin-Simmons	FBS Independents	9-0-0	1	22.77	17.67	0.35	8.42	0.58
7	Tennessee	SEC	10-1-0	0.91	22.72	26.09	8.41	10.9	-0.9
8	Texas A&M	Southwest	9-1-0	0.9	22.46	13.7	11.19	9.63	-0.63
9	Pennsylvania	FBS Independents	6-1-1	0.75	22.03	21	12.02	7.5	-1.5
10	Texas Tech	Border	9-1-1	0.82	21.73	10	8.25	8.9	0.1
11	Santa Clara	FBS Independents	6-1-1	0.75	21.65	13.62	11.69	7.57	-1.57
12	SMU	Southwest	8-1-1	0.8	21.49	6.7	9.74	8.19	-0.19
13	Duquesne	FBS Independents	7-1-0	0.88	20.92	6.75	7.71	6.48	0.52
14	Nebraska	Big 6	8-2-0	0.8	20.35	10.8	12.78	8.92	-0.92
15	Texas	Southwest	8-2-0	0.8	20.32	9.5	13.5	8.7	-0.7
16	Duke	Southern	7-2-0	0.78	20.29	16.78	13.59	8.66	-1.66
17	Penn State	FBS Independents	6-1-1	0.75	20.19	11.12	4	7.42	-1.42
18	Georgetown	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	20.1	22.5	7.95	9.79	-1.79
19	Ole Miss	SEC	9-2-0	0.82	19.92	13.73	6.66	9.88	-0.88
20	Washington	Pacific	7-2-0	0.78	19.8	12.78	11.8	8.44	-1.44
21	Fordham	FBS Independents	7-2-0	0.78	19.69	11.11	11.33	8.16	-1.16
22	Arizona	Border	7-2-0	0.78	19.46	13.44	9.36	8.05	-1.05
23	Utah	Mountain State	7-2-0	0.78	19.37	9.11	10.58	7.45	-0.45
24	Northwestern	Western	6-2-0	0.75	19.37	13.25	13.27	7.28	-1.28
25	Cornell	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	19.36	20.38	11.09	7.85	-1.85
26	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	7-2-0	0.78	18.97	11.22	7.06	8.08	-1.08
27	Alabama	SEC	7-2-0	0.78	18.79	9.56	6.64	7.64	-0.64
28	VMI	Southern	7-2-1	0.7	18.77	7.5	7.55	8.92	-1.92
29	William & Mary	Southern	6-2-1	0.67	18.55	13.89	7.63	8.42	-2.42
30	Detroit Mercy	FBS Independents	7-2-0	0.78	18.52	13.33	3.42	8.84	-1.84
31	Navy	FBS Independents	6-2-1	0.67	18.46	6.67	10.45	7.91	-1.91
32	Arizona State	Border	7-2-2	0.64	18.07	8.91	1.85	9.18	-2.18
33	Clemson	Southern	6-2-1	0.67	17.99	12.11	4.56	8.07	-2.07
34	Denver	Mountain State	6-2-1	0.67	17.97	6.89	7.01	6.93	-0.93
35	Creighton	Missouri Valley	6-2-2	0.6	17.41	9.9	1.65	8.73	-2.73
36	Wake Forest	Southern	7-3-0	0.7	17.33	8	9.52	7.81	-0.81
37	Rice	Southwest	7-3-0	0.7	17.25	5.3	10.93	7.74	-0.74
38	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	7-3-0	0.7	17.15	5.4	10.11	7.18	-0.18
39	Missouri	Big 6	6-3-0	0.67	16.84	9.78	9.81	7.02	-1.02
40	Columbia	FBS Independents	5-2-2	0.56	16.69	1	11.81	5.12	-0.12
41	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	6-3-1	0.6	16.55	7.3	9.16	7.33	-1.33
42	Oklahoma	Big 6	6-3-0	0.67	16.32	1.78	13.97	5.25	0.75
43	Princeton	FBS Independents	5-2-1	0.62	16.2	0.88	8.49	4.29	0.71
44	Richmond	Southern	6-3-0	0.67	15.93	6.78	4.91	7.14	-1.14
45	Colorado	Mountain State	5-3-1	0.56	15.75	8.44	10.87	7.04	-2.04
46	Kentucky	SEC	5-3-2	0.5	15.38	8.3	7.97	7.96	-2.96
47	Brown	FBS Independents	6-3-1	0.6	15.33	3	4.11	6.58	-0.58
48	Colgate	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	15.27	6.12	8.78	6.12	-1.12
49	Saint Mary's (CA)	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	15.18	4	10.27	5.71	-0.71
50	Oregon State	Pacific	5-3-1	0.56	15.13	5.33	8.39	6.78	-1.78
51	North Carolina	Southern	6-4-0	0.6	15.11	6.1	11.12	7.59	-1.59
52	Harvard	FBS Independents	3-2-3	0.38	14.64	3.5	10.18	5.96	-2.96
53	LSU	SEC	6-4-0	0.6	14.58	2.7	10.97	6.25	-0.25
54	Auburn	SEC	6-4-1	0.55	14.56	1.55	13.35	6.18	-0.18
55	Georgia	SEC	5-4-1	0.5	14.18	7.5	9.73	7.41	-2.41
56	New Mexico	Border	5-4-0	0.56	14.13	7.89	8.93	7.09	-2.09
57	Furman	Southern	5-4-0	0.56	13.93	9.22	6.32	7.09	-2.09
58	Dartmouth	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	13.82	5.89	7.93	6.89	-1.89
59	George Washington	FBS Independents	5-3-1	0.56	13.25	-0.44	6.76	4.23	0.77
60	Gonzaga	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	13.25	5.4	3.42	7.75	-2.75
61	Temple	FBS Independents	4-4-1	0.44	12.6	4.67	10.48	6.11	-2.11
62	Oregon	Pacific	4-4-1	0.44	12.52	4.67	9.65	7.06	-3.06
63	Tulane	SEC	5-5-0	0.5	12.48	1.8	14.85	5.78	-0.78
64	Iowa	Western	4-4-0	0.5	12.37	3.38	10.12	5.12	-1.12
65	West Virginia	FBS Independents	4-4-1	0.44	12.02	3.67	6.11	6.04	-2.04
66	UTEP	Border	4-4-1	0.44	11.34	0.89	6.18	4.84	-0.84
67	Villanova	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	11.27	5.33	9.73	6.47	-2.47
68	Florida	SEC	5-5-0	0.5	11	-0.5	11.28	4.79	0.21
69	Michigan State	FBS Independents	3-4-1	0.38	10.99	4	11.18	5.58	-2.58
70	Wisconsin	Western	4-4-0	0.5	10.74	-1.12	11.48	3.67	0.33
71	Ohio State	Western	4-4-0	0.5	10.73	-1.75	13.73	3.38	0.62
72	Virginia Tech	Southern	5-5-0	0.5	10.65	-0.5	7.3	4.79	0.21
73	Washington State	Pacific	4-4-2	0.4	10.57	-1.6	11.24	4.32	-0.32
74	Virginia	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	10.54	1.56	9.43	5.17	-1.17
75	Drake	Missouri Valley	4-5-0	0.44	10.28	1.89	5.26	5.27	-1.27
76	Davidson	Southern	5-5-0	0.5	9.62	-5.2	7.93	3.33	1.67
77	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	4-5-1	0.4	9.47	-0.8	10.93	4.61	-0.61
78	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	3-4-1	0.38	9.28	-2.12	17.55	3.15	-0.15
79	USC	Pacific	3-4-2	0.33	9.22	-1.11	12.33	3.93	-0.93
80	Iowa State	Big 6	4-5-0	0.44	9.08	-1.56	9.39	3.91	0.09
81	Montana	Pacific	4-4-1	0.44	9.07	-6	2.06	2.3	1.7
82	Syracuse	FBS Independents	3-4-1	0.38	8.89	-2.5	13.22	3.24	-0.24
83	Baylor	Southwest	4-6-0	0.4	8.87	-0.5	13.23	4.73	-0.73
84	The Citadel	Southern	4-5-0	0.44	8.47	-1.44	0.52	3.97	0.03
85	Sewanee	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	8.4	0.88	1.61	4.26	-1.26
86	Colorado State	Mountain State	3-4-2	0.33	8.1	-5.11	8.02	2.38	0.62
87	Manhattan	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	7.92	1.11	9.12	4.83	-1.83
88	California	Pacific	4-6-0	0.4	7.88	-4.4	13.65	2.69	1.31
89	Hampden-Sydney	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	7.75	-6	1.2	2.32	1.68
90	Arkansas	Southwest	4-6-0	0.4	7.7	-6.2	14.59	2.6	1.4
91	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-6-1	0.3	7.7	0.3	11.71	5.18	-2.18
92	Indiana	Western	3-5-0	0.38	7.52	-3.88	14	2.35	0.65
93	TCU	Southwest	3-7-0	0.3	6.68	-0.5	15.37	4.75	-1.75
94	Washburn	Missouri Valley	4-6-0	0.4	6.62	-7.9	-0.96	2.27	1.73
95	Carnegie Mellon	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	6.6	-5.75	2.35	1.78	1.22
96	BYU	Mountain State	2-4-2	0.25	6.6	-1.75	9.79	3.24	-1.24
97	Saint Louis	Missouri Valley	3-6-1	0.3	6.38	-2.5	9.13	3.56	-0.56
98	NC State	Southern	3-6-0	0.33	6.36	-4.56	16.14	2.99	0.01
99	Washington University (St. Louis)	Missouri Valley	3-6-0	0.33	6.3	-1.67	3.72	3.9	-0.9
100	South Carolina	Southern	3-6-0	0.33	6.26	-4.33	13.48	2.91	0.09
101	Georgia Tech	SEC	3-7-0	0.3	5.93	-2.1	11.9	4.17	-1.17
102	New Mexico State	Border	3-6-0	0.33	5.12	-11.67	3.23	1.32	1.68
103	Purdue	Western	2-6-0	0.25	5.02	-1.25	11.21	3.53	-1.53
104	Loyola Marymount	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	4.84	-8.3	6.26	1.73	1.27
105	Miami	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	4.83	-6.6	2.32	2.75	0.25
106	Centenary (LA)	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	4.8	-9.2	7.08	1.46	1.54
107	Utah State	Mountain State	2-5-1	0.25	4.78	-7	7.33	1.1	0.9
108	Marquette	FBS Independents	2-6-1	0.22	4.4	-4.89	15.23	3.25	-1.25
109	Northern Arizona	Border	2-6-0	0.25	3.54	-10.75	5.08	1.43	0.57
110	Maryland	Southern	2-6-1	0.22	3.41	-14.67	8.37	0.26	1.74
111	Kansas State	Big 6	2-7-0	0.22	3.22	-8	10.08	1.48	0.52
112	Washington and Lee	Southern	2-7-1	0.2	3.21	-8.3	10.53	1.72	0.28
113	Kansas	Big 6	2-7-0	0.22	2.99	-12	12.32	0.97	1.03
114	New York University	FBS Independents	2-7-0	0.22	2.84	-12.67	7.69	0.84	1.16
115	San Francisco	FBS Independents	1-6-1	0.12	1.63	-6.5	14.8	1.75	-0.75
116	Illinois	Western	1-7-0	0.12	0.9	-9.12	11.81	1.26	-0.26
117	Yale	FBS Independents	1-7-0	0.12	0.56	-14.88	16.33	0.33	0.67
118	Army	FBS Independents	1-7-1	0.11	0.5	-15.89	11.69	0.4	0.6
119	UCLA	Pacific	1-9-0	0.1	0.43	-9.5	16.53	1.33	-0.33
120	Wyoming	Mountain State	1-7-1	0.11	0.41	-17.56	7.43	0.13	0.87
121	Idaho	Pacific	1-7-1	0.11	0.31	-20.44	11.8	0.08	0.92