1944 FINAL CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:22.892505+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Army	FBS Independents	9-0-0	1	25.83	52.11	12.19	8.98	0.02
2	Ohio State	Western	9-0-0	1	25.21	23.11	12.18	8.6	0.4
3	Norman Naval Air Station	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	24.77	17.33	11.05	5.72	0.28
4	Yale	FBS Independents	7-0-1	0.88	23.67	11	7.12	7.67	-0.67
5	USC	Pacific	8-0-2	0.8	23.62	16.7	5.4	9.44	-1.44
6	Randolph Field	FBS Independents	12-0-0	1	23.08	40.75	-0.46	12	0
7	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	8-1-0	0.89	22.84	13.89	15.14	7.81	0.19
8	Iowa Pre-Flight	FBS Independents	10-1-0	0.91	21.77	19.73	5.16	10.37	-0.37
9	Tennessee	SEC	7-1-1	0.78	21.72	11.11	10.51	7.97	-0.97
10	Wake Forest	Southern	8-1-0	0.89	21.46	11.44	8.03	7.97	0.03
11	Iowa State	Big 6	6-1-1	0.75	20.59	20.5	4.42	7.84	-1.84
12	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	20.5	15.4	13	8.79	-0.79
13	Virginia	FBS Independents	6-1-2	0.67	20.46	16.11	4.61	8.63	-2.63
14	Second Air Force	FBS Independents	6-1-1	0.75	20.31	32.62	0.93	7.98	-1.98
15	Michigan	Western	8-2-0	0.8	20.28	11.3	13.07	8.71	-0.71
16	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	8-2-0	0.8	19.9	25.2	7.16	9.29	-1.29
17	Great Lakes Navy	FBS Independents	9-2-1	0.75	19.77	17.83	5.16	10.87	-1.87
18	Michigan State	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	19.77	19.43	-0.1	6.87	-0.87
19	NC State	Southern	7-2-0	0.78	18.74	12.22	5.74	8.25	-1.25
20	Georgia Tech	SEC	8-3-0	0.73	18.56	13.82	10.98	9.88	-1.88
21	March Field	FBS Independents	7-2-3	0.58	18.29	11.75	3.02	10.99	-3.99
22	Colorado	Mountain State	6-2-0	0.75	18.04	16.12	4.14	7.35	-1.35
23	Alabama	SEC	5-2-2	0.56	17.99	21	7.92	8.49	-3.49
24	Indiana	Western	7-3-0	0.7	17.89	21.3	9.11	9.57	-2.57
25	Mississippi State	SEC	6-2-0	0.75	17.84	17.5	2.43	7.34	-1.34
26	Bucknell	FBS Independents	7-2-1	0.7	17.83	12.5	-0.16	9.05	-2.05
27	Georgia	SEC	7-3-0	0.7	17.76	14.3	10.24	8.53	-1.53
28	Navy	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	17.74	16.44	14.21	8.21	-2.21
29	Utah	Mountain State	5-2-1	0.62	17.41	9.38	8.28	6.52	-1.52
30	Oklahoma	Big 6	6-3-1	0.6	17.14	7.8	13.78	7.31	-1.31
31	Drake	Missouri Valley	7-2-0	0.78	17.06	18.11	-6.6	8.65	-1.65
32	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	5-2-2	0.56	16.87	9.22	4.58	7.42	-2.42
33	William & Mary	Southern	5-2-1	0.62	16.72	15.75	0.98	7.42	-2.42
34	TCU	Southwest	7-3-1	0.64	16.37	2.27	8.36	6.82	0.18
35	Penn State	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	16.24	7.33	7.35	6.42	-0.42
36	Texas A&M	Southwest	7-4-0	0.64	16.11	18.36	6.54	10.4	-3.4
37	Coast Guard	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	16.01	9.33	4.44	6.98	-0.98
38	Minnesota	Western	5-3-1	0.56	15.63	7	11.48	6.17	-1.17
39	Duke	Southern	6-4-0	0.6	15.61	11.2	12.48	8.29	-2.29
40	Pennsylvania	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	15.22	2	14.57	4.48	0.52
41	Alameda Coast Guard	FBS Independents	4-2-2	0.5	15.21	5.75	0.83	5.8	-1.8
42	Washington	Pacific	5-3-0	0.62	14.85	20.12	-0.35	6.95	-1.95
43	Illinois	Western	5-4-1	0.5	14.69	12.4	11.56	8.08	-3.08
44	West Virginia	FBS Independents	5-3-1	0.56	14.58	6.78	3.23	6.42	-1.42
45	Denver	Mountain State	4-3-2	0.44	14.58	8.11	11.27	6.8	-2.8
46	Texas	Southwest	5-4-0	0.56	14.18	4.78	12.9	6.69	-1.69
47	Amarillo Field	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	13.37	2.33	9.5	5.13	-0.13
48	Lubbock Field	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	13.13	5	3.24	5.94	-0.94
49	Purdue	Western	5-5-0	0.5	12.62	4.1	12	6.28	-1.28
50	Cornell	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	12.5	0.11	9.3	4.54	0.46
51	Auburn	SEC	4-4-0	0.5	12.26	5.5	6.62	5.27	-1.27
52	Tulane	SEC	4-3-0	0.57	12.18	-1.71	12.46	3.08	0.92
53	Saint Mary's (CA) Pre-Flight	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	11.8	3.12	5.41	5.39	-1.39
54	Boston College	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	11.32	-0.29	-1.92	3.44	0.56
55	Florida	SEC	4-3-0	0.57	10.9	-4	3.8	2.57	1.43
56	UCLA	Pacific	4-5-1	0.4	10.82	4	7.31	6.37	-2.37
57	West Texas A&M	Border	4-3-0	0.57	10.71	-6.57	5.16	2.15	1.85
58	Fort Warren	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	10.67	0.09	3.85	5.54	-0.54
59	Arkansas	Southwest	5-5-1	0.45	10.13	-3.73	12.27	3.66	1.34
60	South Carolina	Southern	3-4-2	0.33	10.05	3.22	2.34	5.76	-2.76
61	SMU	Southwest	5-5-0	0.5	9.47	-7	9.03	2.66	2.34
62	Clemson	Southern	4-5-0	0.44	9.41	-1.56	14.4	4.07	-0.07
63	Utah State	Mountain State	3-3-0	0.5	9.31	-3.5	1.55	2.26	0.74
64	Rice	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	9.15	-1.82	8.8	4.65	0.35
65	Brown	FBS Independents	3-4-1	0.38	8.73	-2.25	10.75	3.4	-0.4
66	Villanova	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	8.34	-15.88	1.33	0.42	3.58
67	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	7.78	-16.22	12.79	1.47	2.53
68	Missouri	Big 6	3-5-2	0.3	7.37	-4.8	14.42	3.61	-0.61
69	Idaho State	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	7.25	-11.67	0.54	1.3	2.7
70	Temple	FBS Independents	2-4-2	0.25	7.18	-0.38	11.2	3.85	-1.85
71	Texas Tech	Border	4-7-0	0.36	6.85	-3.27	9.01	3.99	0.01
72	Kentucky	SEC	3-6-0	0.33	6.71	-2.44	15.89	3.65	-0.65
73	Kansas	Big 6	3-6-1	0.3	6.31	-2.5	8.49	3.96	-0.96
74	LSU	SEC	2-5-1	0.25	6.23	-1.12	17.27	3.56	-1.56
75	Wisconsin	Western	3-6-0	0.33	5.83	-7.56	12.9	2.21	0.79
76	California	Pacific	3-6-1	0.3	5.65	-7.1	8	1.77	1.23
77	Syracuse	FBS Independents	2-4-1	0.29	5.58	-7.14	6.58	1.96	0.04
78	Colorado College	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	5.1	-6.6	9.4	2.96	0.04
79	Colgate	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.78	-6.86	7.71	1.72	0.28
80	Dartmouth	FBS Independents	2-5-1	0.25	4.74	-10.62	14.7	0.82	1.18
81	Presbyterian	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	4.71	-18.22	1.09	0.6	2.4
82	New York University	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.06	-12.71	-0.52	0.89	1.11
83	Kansas State	Big 6	2-5-2	0.22	3.98	-18.89	4.97	0.22	1.78
84	Columbia	FBS Independents	2-6-0	0.25	3.93	-6.75	8.17	1.66	0.34
85	Ole Miss	SEC	2-6-0	0.25	3.62	-12.62	12.47	0.97	1.03
86	Nebraska	Big 6	2-6-0	0.25	3.42	-15.88	11.16	0.8	1.2
87	Richmond	Southern	2-6-0	0.25	3.16	-18.12	5.1	0.62	1.38
88	Northwestern	Western	1-7-1	0.11	1.15	-6.44	13.04	2.3	-1.3
89	Maryland	Southern	1-7-1	0.11	0.6	-13.78	12.61	0.39	0.61
90	Marquette	FBS Independents	1-7-0	0.12	0.54	-14.75	10.02	0.74	0.26
91	North Carolina	Southern	1-7-1	0.11	0.53	-15.56	15.91	0.17	0.83
92	New Mexico	Border	1-7-0	0.12	0.25	-21.75	6.09	0.55	0.45
93	Miami	FBS Independents	1-7-1	0.11	0.24	-22.22	11.52	0.4	0.6
94	Iowa	Western	1-7-0	0.12	0.21	-23.38	14.65	0.22	0.78
95	VMI	Southern	1-8-0	0.11	0.13	-19.11	9.71	0.4	0.6