1945 W9 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:23.022995+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Navy	FBS Independents	5-0-1	0.83	27.1	19.83	17.91	5.95	-0.95
2	Alabama	SEC	6-0-0	1	25.87	28	10.57	5.84	0.16
3	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-0-1	0.83	25.72	26.67	10.29	5.96	-0.96
4	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	5-0-0	1	25.28	19.2	9.27	4.62	0.38
5	Virginia	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	25	23.2	7.19	4.86	0.14
6	Army	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	24.89	39.67	4.76	5.96	0.04
7	Columbia	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	24.89	20.83	7.04	5.55	0.45
8	Temple	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	24.78	27.67	5.36	5.98	0.02
9	Indiana	Western	6-0-1	0.86	24.72	18.43	6.49	6.61	-0.61
10	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	24.41	17.83	5.06	5.93	0.07
11	New Mexico	Border	5-0-0	1	24.09	27.6	2.29	4.99	0.01
12	Saint Mary's (CA)	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	23.62	38.2	-1	4.99	0.01
13	LSU	SEC	5-1-0	0.83	22.54	20.83	15.66	5.63	-0.63
14	Tennessee	SEC	5-1-0	0.83	21.85	15.5	13.02	5.51	-0.51
15	Ohio State	Western	5-1-0	0.83	21.83	14.67	13.06	5.34	-0.34
16	Purdue	Western	6-1-0	0.86	21.74	14.14	8.83	6.3	-0.3
17	Pennsylvania	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	21.69	26.4	14.06	4.98	-0.98
18	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	5-1-0	0.83	21.44	26.33	8	5.98	-0.98
19	Miami	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	21.24	8.5	12.13	4.88	0.12
20	Texas	Southwest	6-1-0	0.86	21.07	17.29	4.25	6.8	-0.8
21	Washington	Pacific	5-1-0	0.83	20.74	5.5	10.96	4.84	0.16
22	Penn State	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	20.32	19.4	7.18	4.65	-0.65
23	Mississippi State	SEC	4-1-0	0.8	19.78	19	2.28	4.87	-0.87
24	Michigan	Western	5-2-0	0.71	19.25	13.71	15.51	6.49	-1.49
25	Georgia	SEC	5-2-0	0.71	18.93	14	13.05	5.91	-0.91
26	Merchant Marine Academy	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	18.69	7	1.28	3.64	0.36
27	Utah State	Mountain State	4-1-0	0.8	18.59	21.2	-3.51	4.65	-0.65
28	Texas A&M	Southwest	5-2-0	0.71	18.37	9.86	11.22	5.74	-0.74
29	Duke	Southern	4-2-0	0.67	17.87	15.83	11.81	5.04	-1.04
30	Minnesota	Western	4-2-0	0.67	17.62	14.33	8.78	5.35	-1.35
31	Michigan State	FBS Independents	4-1-1	0.67	17.17	-1.17	6.19	2.68	1.32
32	VMI	Southern	4-2-0	0.67	17.09	9.17	9.21	4.58	-0.58
33	Colorado	Mountain State	4-2-0	0.67	16.88	8.67	6.32	5.33	-1.33
34	Baylor	Southwest	4-2-1	0.57	16.76	13.43	4.7	6.53	-2.53
35	William & Mary	Southern	4-2-0	0.67	16.58	4.17	9.7	3.8	0.2
36	Saint Louis	Missouri Valley	4-2-0	0.67	16.35	18.17	-1.07	5.47	-1.47
37	TCU	Southwest	4-2-0	0.67	16.15	0	16.73	3	1
38	UCLA	Pacific	4-2-0	0.67	16.14	11.17	0.76	5.47	-1.47
39	Clemson	Southern	3-2-1	0.5	15.78	11.5	8.17	5.61	-2.61
40	Maryland	Southern	3-2-1	0.5	15.6	10.67	6.93	4.82	-1.82
41	Washington State	Pacific	3-2-1	0.5	15.6	11	8.28	5.26	-2.26
42	Drake	Missouri Valley	3-2-1	0.5	15.32	10.33	7.62	4.91	-1.91
43	Oklahoma	Big 6	4-3-0	0.57	14.99	11.29	7.78	6	-2
44	Iowa State	Big 6	3-2-1	0.5	14.98	10.67	4.74	4.84	-1.84
45	Princeton	FBS Independents	2-1-1	0.5	14.35	-3	5.79	1.33	0.67
46	Yale	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	14.12	0.4	11.8	2.59	0.41
47	USC	Pacific	4-3-0	0.57	13.9	3.29	5.4	4.39	-0.39
48	Cornell	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	13.12	5.83	9.4	4.13	-1.13
49	Florida	SEC	3-3-1	0.43	13.06	8.57	6.26	5.98	-2.98
50	Wisconsin	Western	2-2-2	0.33	12.69	4.83	10.04	4.45	-2.45
51	Georgia Tech	SEC	3-3-0	0.5	12.63	1.17	13.44	3.25	-0.25
52	Missouri	Big 6	4-3-0	0.57	12.29	-2.86	11.11	2.73	1.27
53	Auburn	SEC	3-3-0	0.5	12.29	3.83	6.96	4.09	-1.09
54	Detroit Mercy	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	12.09	2	5.27	3.4	-0.4
55	Tulane	SEC	2-2-1	0.4	11.62	0.2	12.45	2.55	-0.55
56	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	4-4-0	0.5	11.6	4.75	-1.58	5.23	-1.23
57	Oregon State	Pacific	2-2-1	0.4	11.13	0.2	7.65	2.54	-0.54
58	Harvard	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	11.09	5.25	-8.03	2.96	-0.96
59	Colgate	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	10.9	6	11.36	3.41	-1.41
60	NC State	Southern	3-4-0	0.43	10.66	2	10.21	4.05	-1.05
61	Kansas	Big 6	3-3-1	0.43	10.5	-2.29	7.28	2.89	0.11
62	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-3-0	0.5	10.46	-3.5	9.72	2.04	0.96
63	Ole Miss	SEC	3-3-0	0.5	10.3	-4.17	9.08	2.13	0.87
64	Boston College	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	9.84	-4.25	5.54	1.48	0.52
65	Colorado College	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	9.78	0.6	12.49	2.65	-0.65
66	North Carolina	Southern	3-3-0	0.5	9.71	-7.17	6.87	1.3	1.7
67	South Carolina	Southern	2-2-1	0.4	9.51	-12.2	10.81	0.8	1.2
68	Northwestern	Western	2-3-1	0.33	9.04	-2.33	19.92	2.43	-0.43
69	California	Pacific	2-3-1	0.33	8.96	-0.83	13.54	2.75	-0.75
70	Arkansas	Southwest	3-4-0	0.43	8.83	-5.43	13.76	2.14	0.86
71	West Virginia	FBS Independents	2-4-1	0.29	8.76	3.29	8.64	4.4	-2.4
72	Wake Forest	Southern	2-3-0	0.4	8.49	-1.6	14.7	2.27	-0.27
73	Marquette	FBS Independents	2-4-1	0.29	8.4	2.29	11.2	3.96	-1.96
74	Villanova	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	8.15	-17.29	17.5	0.34	2.66
75	Great Lakes Navy	FBS Independents	3-4-1	0.38	8.1	-3.5	3.45	2.93	0.07
76	Brown	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	7.94	-4.8	15.69	1.82	0.18
77	Rice	Southwest	3-4-0	0.43	7.93	-6.29	6.49	1.69	1.31
78	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	7.9	-4.8	8.08	1.75	0.25
79	Denver	Mountain State	2-4-1	0.29	7.85	0	12	3.5	-1.5
80	Richmond	Southern	2-3-0	0.4	7.39	-2.6	0.92	2.06	-0.06
81	Oregon	Pacific	2-4-0	0.33	7.31	-1.17	13.47	2.67	-0.67
82	SMU	Southwest	2-5-0	0.29	7.03	0.71	7.54	3.69	-1.69
83	New York University	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	6.91	-9.8	1.05	1.02	0.98
84	Texas Tech	Border	2-4-1	0.29	5.98	-7.71	10.45	0.79	1.21
85	Utah	Mountain State	2-4-0	0.33	5.78	-6.33	9.52	1.92	0.08
86	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	5.76	-4	15.32	2.31	-0.31
87	Colorado State	Mountain State	2-4-0	0.33	5.06	-11.17	1.6	1.02	0.98
88	West Texas A&M	Border	2-5-0	0.29	5.02	-4.14	5.56	2.44	-0.44
89	Bucknell	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.29	-18	9.37	0.54	1.46
90	Illinois	Western	1-4-1	0.17	3.64	-3.5	15.2	1.51	-0.51
91	Dartmouth	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	2.87	-10.2	17.03	0.13	0.87
92	Virginia Tech	Southern	1-4-0	0.2	2.65	-13.6	15.73	0.34	0.66
93	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	2.07	-11.17	16.5	0.39	0.61
94	Idaho	Pacific	1-5-0	0.17	1.79	-12.83	4.5	0.91	0.09
95	Presbyterian	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	1.6	-38.8	2.4	0.05	0.95
96	Kansas State	Big 6	1-5-0	0.17	1.35	-24.33	8.12	0.4	0.6
97	Iowa	Western	1-5-0	0.17	1.22	-31.5	15.38	0.1	0.9
98	Nebraska	Big 6	1-5-0	0.17	1.2	-23.17	17.3	0.29	0.71
99	Kentucky	SEC	1-6-0	0.14	0.99	-16.29	9.58	0.57	0.43
100	Coast Guard	FBS Independents	0-5-1	0	-2.21	-18.33	1.69	0.06	-0.06
101	Lafayette	FBS Independents	0-5-1	0	-2.69	-22.67	17.89	0.1	-0.1