1945 W8 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:23.022642+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Navy	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	27.49	23.8	18.15	4.98	0.02
2	Alabama	SEC	5-0-0	1	26.35	25.4	12.45	4.91	0.09
3	Indiana	Western	5-0-1	0.83	25.37	14.83	9.71	5.51	-0.51
4	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	25.35	32	6.59	4.98	0.02
5	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	5-0-0	1	25.2	19.2	8.02	4.62	0.38
6	Temple	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	25.18	29.2	6.37	4.97	0.03
7	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	25.07	18.6	7.42	4.97	0.03
8	Virginia	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	25.07	27.5	5.77	3.92	0.08
9	Columbia	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	24.92	23.4	5.75	4.81	0.19
10	Army	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	24.81	36.8	3.98	4.94	0.06
11	Mississippi State	SEC	4-0-0	1	24	24	1.23	3.98	0.02
12	New Mexico	Border	4-0-0	1	23.62	33	-1.72	4	0
13	Princeton	FBS Independents	2-0-1	0.67	23.08	5.33	1.91	2.43	-0.43
14	Saint Mary's (CA)	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	22.8	41.25	-6.29	3.99	0.01
15	LSU	SEC	4-1-0	0.8	22.17	21.2	16.95	4.73	-0.73
16	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	5-1-0	0.83	21.87	26.33	8.45	5.98	-0.98
17	Ohio State	Western	4-1-0	0.8	21.68	17.2	15	4.6	-0.6
18	Tennessee	SEC	4-1-0	0.8	21.5	15.8	14.47	4.57	-0.57
19	Purdue	Western	5-1-0	0.83	21.22	11.83	7.8	5.11	-0.11
20	Miami	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	20.63	10	10.94	4.14	-0.14
21	Minnesota	Western	4-1-0	0.8	20.6	22.4	5.48	4.85	-0.85
22	Pennsylvania	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	20.54	26	10.86	3.97	-0.97
23	Texas	Southwest	5-1-0	0.83	20.52	19.33	1.86	5.88	-0.88
24	Washington	Pacific	4-1-0	0.8	20.14	5.2	11.19	3.83	0.17
25	Penn State	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	19.5	17.75	8.24	3.57	-0.57
26	Colorado	Mountain State	4-1-0	0.8	19.35	11.6	2.3	4.73	-0.73
27	Maryland	Southern	3-1-1	0.6	19.04	16.6	5.8	4.6	-1.6
28	Merchant Marine Academy	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	18.84	7	1.99	3.64	0.36
29	Saint Louis	Missouri Valley	4-1-0	0.8	18.82	26.8	-3.92	4.85	-0.85
30	Clemson	Southern	3-1-1	0.6	18.72	14	4.37	4.78	-1.78
31	Georgia	SEC	4-2-0	0.67	18.28	11.83	13.29	4.83	-0.83
32	Michigan	Western	4-2-0	0.67	18.05	11.67	13.89	5.33	-1.33
33	Utah State	Mountain State	3-1-0	0.75	17.87	13.5	-2.93	3.35	-0.35
34	Texas A&M	Southwest	4-2-0	0.67	17.22	5.83	11.62	4.25	-0.25
35	Oklahoma	Big 6	4-2-0	0.67	17.2	14.17	6.85	5.38	-1.38
36	Duke	Southern	3-2-0	0.6	16.6	17.4	10.88	4.18	-1.18
37	USC	Pacific	4-2-0	0.67	16.3	8.17	1.43	4.7	-0.7
38	UCLA	Pacific	4-2-0	0.67	16.2	11.17	1.02	5.47	-1.47
39	Baylor	Southwest	3-2-1	0.5	15.83	12.5	6.82	5.45	-2.45
40	Washington State	Pacific	3-2-0	0.6	15.79	13.2	8.91	4.49	-1.49
41	Michigan State	FBS Independents	3-1-1	0.6	15.66	-2.8	4.9	1.88	1.12
42	VMI	Southern	3-2-0	0.6	15.57	8.2	8.83	3.71	-0.71
43	Florida	SEC	3-2-1	0.5	15.42	13.17	6.02	5.66	-2.66
44	Cornell	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	15.32	8.6	5.07	4	-1
45	Georgia Tech	SEC	3-2-0	0.6	15.29	3	13.46	3	0
46	Detroit Mercy	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	14.95	6	6.75	3.51	-0.51
47	Missouri	Big 6	4-2-0	0.67	14.64	-2.17	11.36	2.52	1.48
48	William & Mary	Southern	3-2-0	0.6	14.48	1.2	7.07	2.71	0.29
49	TCU	Southwest	3-2-0	0.6	14.25	-1.2	15.89	2.24	0.76
50	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-2-0	0.6	13.47	-1.4	9.16	2.13	0.87
51	Kansas	Big 6	3-2-1	0.5	13.4	-0.33	8.97	2.92	0.08
52	Ole Miss	SEC	3-2-0	0.6	13.27	-1.2	6.73	2.27	0.73
53	Drake	Missouri Valley	2-2-1	0.4	12.98	7.4	4.55	3.66	-1.66
54	Iowa State	Big 6	2-2-1	0.4	12.62	7.4	3.46	3.73	-1.73
55	North Carolina	Southern	3-2-0	0.6	11.84	-5.8	4.71	1.33	1.67
56	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	11.57	0.75	5.17	2.1	-0.1
57	Arkansas	Southwest	3-3-0	0.5	11.54	-0.67	16.06	2.85	0.15
58	Northwestern	Western	2-2-1	0.4	11.27	-2.4	20.98	2	0
59	Colgate	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	11.16	6	11.5	3.41	-1.41
60	Yale	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	11.15	-1	14.7	1.84	0.16
61	Harvard	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	10.87	5.25	-8.01	2.96	-0.96
62	West Virginia	FBS Independents	2-3-1	0.33	10.41	4.83	6.48	4.05	-2.05
63	Villanova	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	10.17	-11.17	15.34	0.67	2.33
64	Denver	Mountain State	2-3-1	0.33	10.11	2	13.85	3.42	-1.42
65	Boston College	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	10.07	-4.25	4.78	1.48	0.52
66	Colorado College	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	9.8	0.6	11.6	2.65	-0.65
67	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	3-4-0	0.43	9.79	1	-0.12	3.75	-0.75
68	Oregon	Pacific	2-3-0	0.4	9.58	0	11.44	2.5	-0.5
69	South Carolina	Southern	2-2-1	0.4	9.54	-12.2	10.42	0.8	1.2
70	Auburn	SEC	2-3-0	0.4	9.38	0.8	3.16	2.69	-0.69
71	New York University	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	9.11	-8.25	4.68	1.05	0.95
72	California	Pacific	2-3-0	0.4	8.68	-1	13.12	2.27	-0.27
73	Wisconsin	Western	1-2-2	0.2	8.66	1.8	12.39	3.03	-2.03
74	NC State	Southern	2-4-0	0.33	8.21	1.33	12.09	3.28	-1.28
75	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	8.1	0	14.62	3	-1
76	SMU	Southwest	2-4-0	0.33	8.1	1.67	3.14	3.35	-1.35
77	Texas Tech	Border	2-3-1	0.33	7.57	-6.83	12.94	0.92	1.08
78	Tulane	SEC	1-2-1	0.25	7.07	0	9.47	2	-1
79	Oregon State	Pacific	1-2-1	0.25	5.82	-8.25	8.79	0.65	0.35
80	Great Lakes Navy	FBS Independents	2-4-1	0.29	5.68	-4.86	3.66	2.29	-0.29
81	Rice	Southwest	2-4-0	0.33	5.37	-9.5	5.71	0.99	1.01
82	Illinois	Western	1-3-1	0.2	5.21	-3	17.5	1.38	-0.38
83	Marquette	FBS Independents	1-4-1	0.17	4.46	-0.33	11.38	2.94	-1.94
84	Brown	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.22	-12.75	22.43	0.72	0.28
85	Bucknell	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.19	-18	10.55	0.54	1.46
86	Richmond	Southern	1-3-0	0.25	4	-7.25	3.67	1.05	-0.05
87	Virginia Tech	Southern	1-3-0	0.25	3.88	-15.5	18.75	0.31	0.69
88	Wake Forest	Southern	1-3-0	0.25	3.73	-15.25	17.07	0.45	0.55
89	Dartmouth	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	3.67	-11.25	20.29	0.13	0.87
90	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	3.06	-8.2	15.33	0.62	0.38
91	Idaho	Pacific	1-4-0	0.2	2.74	-8.6	4.02	1.24	-0.24
92	Presbyterian	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	2.36	-35.25	2.11	0.08	0.92
93	Utah	Mountain State	1-4-0	0.2	2.36	-10	8.61	1.07	-0.07
94	Colorado State	Mountain State	1-4-0	0.2	2.35	-15.6	4.07	0.42	0.58
95	West Texas A&M	Border	1-5-0	0.17	2.31	-6.83	8.77	1.57	-0.57
96	Kansas State	Big 6	1-4-0	0.2	2.08	-23.8	6.9	0.33	0.67
97	Iowa	Western	1-4-0	0.2	1.98	-33.8	17.56	0.07	0.93
98	Kentucky	SEC	1-5-0	0.17	1.91	-12.17	9.04	0.55	0.45
99	Coast Guard	FBS Independents	0-4-1	0	-2.13	-16.6	0.39	0.04	-0.04
100	Lafayette	FBS Independents	0-4-1	0	-2.7	-23.2	16.22	0.11	-0.11
101	Nebraska	Big 6	0-5-0	0	-2.98	-30.6	18.24	0.06	-0.06