1944 W9 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:22.888628+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Army	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	26.38	59	10.52	4	0
2	Yale	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	26.33	10	16.66	2.69	0.31
3	Georgia Tech	SEC	4-0-0	1	26.24	27	12.62	3.97	0.03
4	Ohio State	Western	4-0-0	1	25.93	30.25	10.77	3.98	0.02
5	Norman Naval Air Station	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	25.69	13.33	12.69	2.59	0.41
6	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	25.68	40.75	8.61	3.99	0.01
7	Tennessee	SEC	3-0-1	0.75	25.64	16.5	11.5	3.88	-0.88
8	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	2-0-2	0.5	25.13	14	9.58	3.7	-1.7
9	Wake Forest	Southern	5-0-0	1	25.11	19.6	8.52	4.92	0.08
10	Randolph Field	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	25.1	54	4.31	5	0
11	Pennsylvania	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	25.05	23.67	7.16	2.96	0.04
12	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	4-0-0	1	24.56	18.25	5.84	3.75	0.25
13	USC	Pacific	3-0-2	0.6	24.55	9.8	8.48	4.5	-1.5
14	TCU	Southwest	3-0-1	0.75	24.04	11.75	4.9	3.9	-0.9
15	Alabama	SEC	2-0-2	0.5	23.82	27.75	1.2	3.88	-1.88
16	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	4-0-0	1	23.8	35.5	-0.09	3.99	0.01
17	Iowa State	Big 6	3-0-1	0.75	23.23	33.25	-2.64	3.96	-0.96
18	Second Air Force	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	23.2	52	-4.35	4	0
19	Michigan State	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	23.02	19.25	-1.96	3.92	0.08
20	Alameda Coast Guard	FBS Independents	3-0-2	0.6	22.24	14.4	-4.76	4.78	-1.78
21	Mississippi State	SEC	4-0-0	1	22.15	33.25	-7.76	3.95	0.05
22	Drake	Missouri Valley	4-0-0	1	21.3	17.5	-10	3.87	0.13
23	Amarillo Field	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	21.16	18.8	10.65	4.85	-0.85
24	Illinois	Western	4-1-1	0.67	20.79	23.17	9.23	5.41	-1.41
25	Iowa Pre-Flight	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	20.76	12.83	7.74	5.42	-0.42
26	Great Lakes Navy	FBS Independents	4-1-1	0.67	20.71	19	7.83	5.45	-1.45
27	Michigan	Western	4-1-0	0.8	20.62	8.2	12.69	4.21	-0.21
28	Indiana	Western	4-1-0	0.8	20.55	29	6.84	4.91	-0.91
29	Georgia	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	19.3	28	6.42	3.89	-0.89
30	Washington	Pacific	4-1-0	0.8	19.28	40.8	-3.37	4.9	-0.9
31	Penn State	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	18.31	6	7.35	2.64	0.36
32	Texas	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	18.24	5.75	7.27	2.95	0.05
33	William & Mary	Southern	3-1-0	0.75	17.87	19.25	-1.06	3.65	-0.65
34	California	Pacific	3-1-1	0.6	17.63	5.4	0.34	4.05	-1.05
35	March Field	FBS Independents	3-1-1	0.6	17.42	18	-3.5	4.62	-1.62
36	Clemson	Southern	3-1-0	0.75	17.26	-1	15.13	1.86	1.14
37	Columbia	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	16.95	9.33	7.43	2.5	-0.5
38	Fort Warren	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	16.46	8.17	3.62	4.5	-0.5
39	Coast Guard	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	16.38	9.5	2.17	4.51	-0.51
40	Virginia	FBS Independents	2-1-1	0.5	16.16	10.5	1.18	3.52	-1.52
41	Purdue	Western	3-2-0	0.6	16.05	10.4	13.06	3.91	-0.91
42	Villanova	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	16.04	-0.8	-2.91	2.23	1.77
43	Temple	FBS Independents	2-1-1	0.5	16	4.25	4.5	2.68	-0.68
44	Tulane	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	15.57	-0.67	16.97	1.41	0.59
45	Cornell	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	15.52	10	9.02	4.33	-1.33
46	Texas A&M	Southwest	3-2-0	0.6	15.01	9.2	3.4	4.16	-1.16
47	Boston College	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	14.95	16.33	-7.53	2.77	-0.77
48	NC State	Southern	3-2-0	0.6	14.87	3.6	7.1	3.4	-0.4
49	Lubbock Field	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	13.88	1.8	5.6	2.8	0.2
50	Navy	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	13.59	9.75	10.04	3.16	-1.16
51	Oklahoma	Big 6	2-2-0	0.5	13.48	10.25	14.13	3.08	-1.08
52	Minnesota	Western	2-2-0	0.5	13.24	7.5	10.21	2.77	-0.77
53	Rice	Southwest	3-2-0	0.6	12.56	-2.2	8.34	2.17	0.83
54	Colorado	Mountain State	2-2-0	0.5	12.46	6.5	6.97	3.06	-1.06
55	Bucknell	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	12.15	-1.2	0.04	2.22	0.78
56	Auburn	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	12.11	2.25	4.21	2.44	-0.44
57	Utah State	Mountain State	1-1-0	0.5	12.1	17	-10	1.91	-0.91
58	Utah	Mountain State	2-2-0	0.5	11.74	2	6.53	2.27	-0.27
59	Wisconsin	Western	2-2-0	0.5	11.44	-2	15.47	1.64	0.36
60	West Virginia	FBS Independents	2-2-1	0.4	11.37	2.8	0.75	3.08	-1.08
61	Kentucky	SEC	2-3-0	0.4	10.99	5.6	15.95	3.71	-1.71
62	SMU	Southwest	2-2-0	0.5	10.95	-0.5	4.02	1.94	0.06
63	Brown	FBS Independents	1-1-1	0.33	10.76	-2.67	13.77	1.32	-0.32
64	Kansas	Big 6	2-3-1	0.33	9.78	1.33	11.9	3.37	-1.37
65	Richmond	Southern	2-2-0	0.5	9.64	-2	-1.62	1.77	0.23
66	Colorado College	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	9.52	-0.43	6.37	3.4	-0.4
67	Florida	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	9.46	-5.75	3.13	1.34	0.66
68	South Carolina	Southern	1-2-1	0.25	8.75	8.75	-1.33	3.26	-2.26
69	Denver	Mountain State	1-2-1	0.25	7.53	-1	12.31	1.88	-0.88
70	Duke	Southern	1-3-0	0.25	7.48	7.25	10.49	3.06	-2.06
71	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	7.09	-20.8	13.46	0.68	1.32
72	UCLA	Pacific	1-3-1	0.2	6.91	4.4	4.96	3.46	-2.46
73	Colgate	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.75	-2	6.74	1.15	-0.15
74	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-2-1	0.25	5.77	-8	9.2	0.9	0.1
75	West Texas A&M	Border	1-2-0	0.33	5.5	-19.67	17.43	0.23	0.77
76	Northwestern	Western	1-4-0	0.2	5.17	0.4	14.41	2.58	-1.58
77	Missouri	Big 6	1-3-1	0.2	4.21	-6.8	13.22	1.57	-0.57
78	Arkansas	Southwest	1-3-1	0.2	4.15	-11.4	18.82	0.2	0.8
79	Ole Miss	SEC	1-3-0	0.25	3.89	-15	16.6	0.41	0.59
80	Saint Mary's (CA) Pre-Flight	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	3.85	-4.25	2.92	0.96	0.04
81	VMI	Southern	1-3-0	0.25	3.74	-12.5	7.76	0.53	0.47
82	North Carolina	Southern	1-3-0	0.25	3.53	-18.75	16.66	0.1	0.9
83	Marquette	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	3.21	-4.4	6.33	1.68	-0.68
84	Presbyterian	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	3.01	-26.5	3.09	0.05	0.95
85	New Mexico	Border	1-4-0	0.2	2.13	-18.8	4.72	0.63	0.37
86	Idaho State	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	1.89	-26.8	2.35	0.14	0.86
87	LSU	SEC	0-3-1	0	-1.31	-3.75	18.05	1.35	-1.35
88	Miami	FBS Independents	0-1-1	0	-2.1	-19	0.97	0	0
89	Texas Tech	Border	0-5-0	0	-2.16	-12.6	13.23	0.77	-0.77
90	Maryland	Southern	0-3-1	0	-2.23	-14.75	11.17	0.01	-0.01
91	New York University	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.67	-31	5.46	0.02	-0.02
92	Kansas State	Big 6	0-3-1	0	-2.76	-35	6	0.01	-0.01
93	Iowa	Western	0-3-0	0	-2.95	-29	19.93	0.02	-0.02
94	Dartmouth	FBS Independents	0-2-1	0	-2.96	-26	25.39	0.03	-0.03
95	Nebraska	Big 6	0-3-0	0	-3	-37.67	12.67	0	0