1940 W8 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:22.311628+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Minnesota	Western	5-0-0	1	26.76	9.2	18.31	4.19	0.81
2	Cornell	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	26.63	29.4	13.2	4.99	0.01
3	Texas Tech	Border	5-0-1	0.83	25.96	14.5	12.73	5.2	-0.2
4	Michigan	Western	5-0-0	1	25.76	23.2	9.7	4.97	0.03
5	Tennessee	SEC	6-0-0	1	25.39	28.67	7.44	5.99	0.01
6	Texas A&M	Southwest	6-0-0	1	25.29	17.67	8.62	5.92	0.08
7	Stanford	Pacific	6-0-0	1	25.12	12.17	8.88	5.51	0.49
8	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	24.7	23.6	4.62	4.91	0.09
9	Georgetown	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	24.36	30.67	2.4	5.97	0.03
10	Boston College	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	24.21	35.5	1.16	5.97	0.03
11	SMU	Southwest	4-0-1	0.8	24.2	6.2	7.22	3.86	0.14
12	Hardin-Simmons	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	23.97	16	2.42	5.64	0.36
13	Mississippi State	SEC	5-0-1	0.83	23.84	17.17	1.45	5.82	-0.82
14	Penn State	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	23.39	15.4	-0.14	4.95	0.05
15	Duke	Southern	4-1-0	0.8	22.1	16	17.92	4.89	-0.89
16	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	5-1-0	0.83	21.82	9.17	14.45	5.06	-0.06
17	Northwestern	Western	4-1-0	0.8	21.68	15	13.59	4.76	-0.76
18	Pennsylvania	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	21.68	23.6	13.64	4.74	-0.74
19	Ole Miss	SEC	6-1-0	0.86	21.63	14	7.22	6.36	-0.36
20	Arizona	Border	5-1-0	0.83	21.54	18.67	9.56	5.73	-0.73
21	Nebraska	Big 6	4-1-0	0.8	21.44	15.4	14.17	4.78	-0.78
22	Navy	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	21.14	8.67	8.8	5.42	-0.42
23	Fordham	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	20.87	9.8	12.76	4.44	-0.44
24	Clemson	Southern	5-1-0	0.83	20.64	19.5	2.48	5.84	-0.84
25	Washington	Pacific	4-1-0	0.8	20.63	9.2	11.14	4.61	-0.61
26	Detroit Mercy	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	20.56	17.33	2.74	5.96	-0.96
27	Kentucky	SEC	4-1-2	0.57	20.42	14.14	6.26	6.4	-2.4
28	Rice	Southwest	4-1-0	0.8	20.21	11	7.94	4.77	-0.77
29	Saint Mary's (CA)	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	20.13	7.8	8.98	4.28	-0.28
30	Arizona State	Border	5-1-1	0.71	20.07	7.43	4.83	5.8	-0.8
31	Alabama	SEC	4-1-0	0.8	19.79	17.4	4.03	4.84	-0.84
32	Oregon State	Pacific	4-1-1	0.67	19.69	10.17	5.35	5.56	-1.56
33	Duquesne	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	19.58	8.4	5.6	4.21	-0.21
34	Brown	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	19.52	9	0.82	5.08	-0.08
35	Washington State	Pacific	3-1-2	0.5	18.88	5	11.07	4.48	-1.48
36	Wake Forest	Southern	5-2-0	0.71	18.62	11.14	11.23	5.82	-0.82
37	Texas	Southwest	4-2-0	0.67	18.47	7	17.38	4.62	-0.62
38	Colorado	Mountain State	4-2-0	0.67	17.94	11.33	11.22	4.87	-0.87
39	William & Mary	Southern	4-2-1	0.57	17.56	9.86	10.62	6.13	-2.13
40	Santa Clara	FBS Independents	2-1-1	0.5	17.4	5.75	12.21	3.27	-1.27
41	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	4-2-1	0.57	17.33	8.57	10.39	5.31	-1.31
42	Colgate	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.3	8.5	10.38	5.05	-1.05
43	Utah	Mountain State	4-2-0	0.67	17.3	3.5	14.94	3.86	0.14
44	Richmond	Southern	5-2-0	0.71	17.1	10.86	1.27	6.28	-1.28
45	Missouri	Big 6	4-2-0	0.67	17.06	9.17	8.29	4.51	-0.51
46	Furman	Southern	4-2-0	0.67	16.86	14.67	4.4	5.45	-1.45
47	VMI	Southern	4-2-1	0.57	16.72	4.86	8.02	5.71	-1.71
48	USC	Pacific	2-1-2	0.4	16.72	1	14.28	2.83	-0.83
49	Georgia	SEC	3-2-1	0.5	16.05	10.83	12.04	4.97	-1.97
50	Villanova	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	15.84	15.2	8.32	4.66	-1.66
51	Oklahoma	Big 6	3-2-0	0.6	15.8	2.6	14.8	3.02	-0.02
52	Auburn	SEC	3-2-1	0.5	15.66	3.5	12.43	3.85	-0.85
53	George Washington	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	15.62	-0.33	10.26	2.9	1.1
54	Denver	Mountain State	3-2-0	0.6	15.4	4.4	10.68	3.3	-0.3
55	North Carolina	Southern	4-3-0	0.57	15.09	8	9.26	5.54	-1.54
56	Columbia	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	14.89	1	11.13	2.79	0.21
57	LSU	SEC	4-3-0	0.57	14.45	2.86	9.66	4.43	-0.43
58	Miami	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	13.86	4.2	-2.84	3.12	-0.12
59	TCU	Southwest	3-3-0	0.5	13.55	4.83	16.22	4.21	-1.21
60	Gonzaga	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	13.53	7.86	-1.46	5.95	-1.95
61	The Citadel	Southern	3-2-0	0.6	13.41	5.2	-4.94	3.53	-0.53
62	Michigan State	FBS Independents	2-2-1	0.4	13.41	7.2	14.05	3.93	-1.93
63	Ohio State	Western	3-3-0	0.5	13.21	3	16.36	3.82	-0.82
64	West Virginia	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	13.07	8	8.26	4.76	-1.76
65	Virginia	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	12.82	5	6.15	4.6	-1.6
66	Wisconsin	Western	3-2-0	0.6	12.79	-3.2	11.75	1.96	1.04
67	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	12.78	3	8.98	4	-1
68	Baylor	Southwest	3-3-0	0.5	12.56	1	12.06	3.3	-0.3
69	Temple	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	12.54	2.83	9.97	3.56	-0.56
70	Creighton	Missouri Valley	2-2-2	0.33	12.52	4.17	3.79	3.94	-1.94
71	Dartmouth	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	12.41	6.83	3.7	4.61	-1.61
72	BYU	Mountain State	2-2-1	0.4	12.39	3.6	8.07	3.43	-1.43
73	Drake	Missouri Valley	3-3-0	0.5	12.08	4.33	3	4.04	-1.04
74	Colorado State	Mountain State	2-2-1	0.4	11.96	1.2	7.24	2.82	-0.82
75	UTEP	Border	3-3-1	0.43	11.9	0.57	7.61	3.7	-0.7
76	Loyola Marymount	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	11.46	1	0.95	3.32	-0.32
77	Arkansas	Southwest	3-3-0	0.5	11.29	-2.17	14.35	2.41	0.59
78	Tulane	SEC	3-3-0	0.5	11.27	-2.67	20.87	2.28	0.72
79	Syracuse	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	11.1	-3.17	14.81	2.36	0.64
80	Princeton	FBS Independents	2-2-1	0.4	10.78	-1.6	9.52	2.18	-0.18
81	Iowa	Western	2-3-0	0.4	10.49	3.4	7.83	3.08	-1.08
82	Purdue	Western	2-3-0	0.4	10.24	5.2	6.69	3.55	-1.55
83	Oregon	Pacific	2-3-1	0.33	10.13	2	14.07	3.83	-1.83
84	Montana	Pacific	3-3-0	0.5	9.8	-7.67	6.65	0.99	2.01
85	Sewanee	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	9.69	4.2	-2.87	3.18	-1.18
86	Georgia Tech	SEC	2-3-0	0.4	9.35	-0.6	12.18	2.39	-0.39
87	Manhattan	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	9.09	3.5	11.02	3.93	-1.93
88	Virginia Tech	Southern	3-4-0	0.43	8.88	-1.71	8.48	3	0
89	Saint Louis	Missouri Valley	2-3-1	0.33	8.09	-1	4.8	2.72	-0.72
90	Florida	SEC	2-3-0	0.4	8.08	-4	11.25	1.54	0.46
91	Davidson	Southern	3-4-0	0.43	7.88	-8.43	7.67	1.68	1.32
92	Washington University (St. Louis)	Missouri Valley	2-3-0	0.4	7.86	-2.2	0.73	2.15	-0.15
93	NC State	Southern	2-4-0	0.33	7.84	-0.83	17.68	2.78	-0.78
94	Hampden-Sydney	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	7.77	-8	1.72	1.36	1.64
95	Carnegie Mellon	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	7.09	-9	2.11	0.74	1.26
96	Harvard	FBS Independents	1-2-2	0.2	6.51	-2.8	8.52	1.29	-0.29
97	Iowa State	Big 6	2-4-0	0.33	6.5	-3	8.77	2.34	-0.34
98	California	Pacific	2-4-0	0.33	6.36	-7.67	16.95	0.91	1.09
99	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	1-2-1	0.25	6.33	-7.25	17.45	0.94	0.06
100	Kansas State	Big 6	2-4-0	0.33	6.31	-5.5	9.75	1.57	0.43
101	New Mexico	Border	1-4-0	0.2	5.63	2.8	7.91	3.43	-2.43
102	New Mexico State	Border	2-4-0	0.33	5.35	-11.5	2.14	0.48	1.52
103	Washington and Lee	Southern	2-5-0	0.29	5.15	-8.14	13.32	1.23	0.77
104	Marquette	FBS Independents	1-3-1	0.2	4.93	-3.8	15.6	1.99	-0.99
105	Centenary (LA)	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.67	-10.57	11.61	0.96	1.04
106	Washburn	Missouri Valley	2-5-0	0.29	4.35	-12	0.13	0.75	1.25
107	Utah State	Mountain State	1-3-1	0.2	3.97	-8.6	6.45	0.17	0.83
108	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-4-1	0.17	3.94	-2.33	15.72	1.96	-0.96
109	Army	FBS Independents	1-3-1	0.2	3.67	-14	7.76	0.22	0.78
110	Indiana	Western	1-4-0	0.2	3.24	-7.4	18.53	0.79	0.21
111	Illinois	Western	1-4-0	0.2	3.14	-7.2	13.96	0.98	0.02
112	Yale	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	2.73	-13.4	17.93	0.38	0.62
113	Kansas	Big 6	1-4-0	0.2	2.4	-18	12.08	0.17	0.83
114	Maryland	Southern	1-4-0	0.2	2.33	-15.6	8.74	0.09	0.91
115	Wyoming	Mountain State	1-4-1	0.17	2.3	-18.83	8.91	0.1	0.9
116	New York University	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	1.89	-12.5	8.24	0.75	0.25
117	Northern Arizona	Border	1-5-0	0.17	1.72	-14.83	6.93	0.43	0.57
118	UCLA	Pacific	0-6-0	0	-1.51	-4.67	20.01	1.13	-1.13
119	San Francisco	FBS Independents	0-3-1	0	-1.96	-9.5	14.27	0.38	-0.38
120	South Carolina	Southern	0-4-0	0	-2.38	-14.25	20.27	0.38	-0.38
121	Idaho	Pacific	0-5-1	0	-2.88	-28.83	16.41	0	0