1946 W17 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:23.180155+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Army	FBS Independents	9-0-1	0.9	25.79	18.3	15.43	9.44	-0.44
2	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	8-0-1	0.89	25.35	27.44	11.67	8.97	-0.97
3	Georgia	SEC	11-0-0	1	25.07	25.64	10.56	10.48	0.52
4	Hardin-Simmons	Border	11-0-0	1	23.67	24.91	3.68	10.88	0.12
5	UCLA	Pacific	10-1-0	0.91	23.27	19.09	12.63	10.11	-0.11
6	LSU	SEC	9-1-1	0.82	22.61	10.64	13.01	9.13	-0.13
7	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	9-1-0	0.9	22.34	21.2	8.65	9.53	-0.53
8	Yale	FBS Independents	7-1-1	0.78	21.98	22.22	8.92	8.63	-1.63
9	Oregon State	Pacific	7-1-1	0.78	21.44	8.44	9.83	7.45	-0.45
10	Tennessee	SEC	9-2-0	0.82	20.99	7.09	15.79	8.82	0.18
11	Georgia Tech	SEC	9-2-0	0.82	20.77	14.27	11.74	9.58	-0.58
12	Rice	Southwest	9-2-0	0.82	20.75	16.64	10.96	10.59	-1.59
13	Illinois	Western	8-2-0	0.8	20.6	11.2	14.68	8.48	-0.48
14	North Carolina	Southern	8-2-1	0.73	20.53	12.91	13.09	9.38	-1.38
15	William & Mary	Southern	8-2-0	0.8	20.52	27.6	9.91	9.77	-1.77
16	Texas	Southwest	8-2-0	0.8	20.5	22.2	10.78	9.69	-1.69
17	Michigan	Western	6-2-1	0.67	19.85	17.78	14.95	8.46	-2.46
18	Mississippi State	SEC	8-2-0	0.8	19.72	20	6.45	9.6	-1.6
19	Miami	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	19.41	5.3	10.29	6.75	1.25
20	Rutgers	FBS Independents	7-2-0	0.78	19.34	22.67	6.24	8.83	-1.83
21	Pennsylvania	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	19.32	20.38	10.8	7.25	-1.25
22	Utah State	Mountain State	7-2-1	0.7	19.1	14.5	6.27	9.28	-2.28
23	Harvard	FBS Independents	7-2-0	0.78	18.91	16.56	4.98	8.5	-1.5
24	Oklahoma	Big 6	8-3-0	0.73	18.77	17.18	11.16	9.94	-1.94
25	Nevada	FBS Independents	7-2-0	0.78	18.58	26.89	0.79	8.67	-1.67
26	Penn State	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	18.51	18	6.17	7.71	-1.71
27	NC State	Southern	8-3-0	0.73	18.45	11.36	10.54	9.58	-1.58
28	Kansas	Big 6	7-2-1	0.7	17.98	1.2	9.19	5.47	1.53
29	Utah	Mountain State	8-3-0	0.73	17.93	13	6.35	9.6	-1.6
30	Texas Tech	Border	8-3-0	0.73	17.79	2.91	12.6	7.05	0.95
31	Kentucky	SEC	7-3-0	0.7	17.71	14.3	9.31	9.05	-2.05
32	Richmond	Southern	6-2-3	0.55	17.67	6.82	4.97	8.34	-2.34
33	Boston College	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	17.6	12.33	14.17	7.39	-1.39
34	Wake Forest	Southern	6-3-0	0.67	17.43	7.11	15.88	7	-1
35	Columbia	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	16.86	5.11	13.31	5.71	0.29
36	Saint Mary's (CA)	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	16.6	7.67	8.89	6.3	-0.3
37	Stanford	Pacific	6-3-1	0.6	16.45	7.5	8.27	7.27	-1.27
38	Alabama	SEC	7-4-0	0.64	16.43	6.91	13.71	8.54	-1.54
39	Arkansas	Southwest	6-3-2	0.55	16.26	4	9.93	7.88	-1.88
40	Indiana	Western	6-3-0	0.67	16.19	3.78	9.65	6.06	-0.06
41	Northern Arizona	Border	5-2-2	0.56	15.83	6.67	-1.88	7.31	-2.31
42	USC	Pacific	6-4-0	0.6	15.3	5.2	13.6	7.2	-1.2
43	Cornell	FBS Independents	5-3-1	0.56	15.27	2.22	13.91	5.34	-0.34
44	Villanova	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	14.93	4	11.95	6.43	-0.43
45	Detroit Mercy	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	14.89	8	7.78	7.52	-1.52
46	Georgetown	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	14.67	2.25	8.82	4.8	0.2
47	Montana State	FBS Independents	5-3-2	0.5	14.37	4.2	3.35	6.38	-1.38
48	Vanderbilt	SEC	5-4-0	0.56	14.29	7.22	10.9	8.09	-3.09
49	Iowa	Western	5-4-0	0.56	14	4.11	11.62	6.21	-1.21
50	George Washington	Southern	4-3-0	0.57	13.46	2.86	6.74	4.34	-0.34
51	Minnesota	Western	5-4-0	0.56	13.41	1.78	10.59	5.19	-0.19
52	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	13.37	1.22	11.89	5.04	-0.04
53	Washington	Pacific	5-4-0	0.56	13.2	0.44	13.56	4.65	0.35
54	Colgate	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	13.03	7.38	11.68	6.07	-2.07
55	Ohio State	Western	4-3-2	0.44	12.75	-0.44	12.64	4.37	-0.37
56	Arizona	Border	4-4-2	0.4	12.74	8.2	8.12	7.54	-3.54
57	South Carolina	Southern	5-3-0	0.62	12.51	-3.25	7.46	2.99	2.01
58	Northwestern	Western	4-4-1	0.44	12.34	2.22	12.29	5.23	-1.23
59	Missouri	Big 6	5-4-1	0.5	12.16	-0.8	10.67	4.71	0.29
60	Duke	Southern	4-5-0	0.44	12.01	5.33	17.81	6.67	-2.67
61	Virginia	FBS Independents	4-4-1	0.44	11.98	1.11	12.01	4.8	-0.8
62	West Virginia	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	11.7	2.1	5.98	6.12	-1.12
63	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	11.64	2.1	5.45	5.51	-0.51
64	New York University	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	11.33	-7.75	1.13	1.95	3.05
65	BYU	Mountain State	5-4-1	0.5	11.3	-2.5	7.01	3.64	1.36
66	Colorado	Mountain State	5-4-1	0.5	11.21	-5.6	11.47	2.43	2.57
67	Denver	Mountain State	5-5-1	0.45	11.18	-0.27	11.09	5.39	-0.39
68	Davidson	Southern	4-5-0	0.44	10.98	8.44	3.32	6.74	-2.74
69	SMU	Southwest	4-5-1	0.4	10.65	1.4	11.23	5.77	-1.77
70	New Mexico State	Border	5-5-0	0.5	10.62	0.1	2.73	5.04	-0.04
71	West Texas A&M	Border	5-5-0	0.5	10.42	-1.1	7.63	4.49	0.51
72	Michigan State	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	10.25	-2.1	9.07	4.35	0.65
73	Texas A&M	Southwest	4-6-0	0.4	9.92	1.8	12	5.91	-1.91
74	Oregon	Pacific	4-4-1	0.44	9.85	-4.11	8.95	2.62	1.38
75	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	5-5-0	0.5	9.83	-1.6	2.49	4.26	0.74
76	Wisconsin	Western	4-5-0	0.44	9.73	-0.44	12.07	4.35	-0.35
77	Montana	Pacific	4-4-0	0.5	9.61	-6.5	9.67	2.21	1.79
78	New Mexico	Border	5-5-2	0.42	9.55	-8.08	10.88	2.48	2.52
79	Syracuse	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	9.21	-1.33	10.06	4.08	-0.08
80	Marquette	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	9.11	-1.78	10.68	3.89	0.11
81	Clemson	Southern	4-5-0	0.44	8.79	-3	10.09	3.61	0.39
82	VMI	Southern	4-5-1	0.4	8.47	-5.6	11.11	3.03	0.97
83	Virginia Tech	Southern	3-4-3	0.3	8.41	-4.7	11.08	2.89	0.11
84	Saint Louis	Missouri Valley	4-6-0	0.4	8.29	-0.4	4.12	4.85	-0.85
85	Princeton	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	7.68	-3.25	14.92	2.97	0.03
86	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	3-5-1	0.33	7.29	-5.33	13.7	2.36	0.64
87	Auburn	SEC	4-6-0	0.4	7.23	-7.8	9.23	2.5	1.5
88	San Francisco	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	6.94	-1.11	12.29	4.18	-1.18
89	Brown	FBS Independents	3-5-1	0.33	6.67	-6.89	5.64	2.47	0.53
90	UTEP	Border	3-6-0	0.33	6.57	-1.56	8.21	3.98	-0.98
91	The Citadel	Southern	3-5-0	0.38	6.51	-9	6.06	1.47	1.53
92	Nebraska	Big 6	3-6-0	0.33	6.31	-3.89	13.11	3.23	-0.23
93	Merchant Marine Academy	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	5.99	-7.82	2.59	3.05	0.95
94	Maryland	Southern	3-6-0	0.33	5.94	-6.33	12.07	2.73	0.27
95	Temple	FBS Independents	2-4-2	0.25	5.94	-6.62	12.66	1.48	0.52
96	Tulane	SEC	3-7-0	0.3	5.89	-3	15.38	4.09	-1.09
97	Dartmouth	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	5.62	-11.44	14.39	1.28	1.72
98	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	3-7-1	0.27	5.47	-5.64	15.33	3.81	-0.81
99	Bucknell	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	5.46	-6.56	2.38	2.17	0.83
100	Santa Clara	FBS Independents	2-5-1	0.25	4.79	-8.62	11.41	1.94	0.06
101	Washington and Lee	Southern	2-6-0	0.25	4.4	-3.88	10.87	2.92	-0.92
102	Purdue	Western	2-6-1	0.22	3.65	-12.33	12.09	1.27	0.73
103	TCU	Southwest	2-7-1	0.2	3.55	-5.8	13.89	2.35	-0.35
104	California	Pacific	2-7-0	0.22	3.51	-6.33	14.65	2.46	-0.46
105	Ole Miss	SEC	2-7-0	0.22	3.35	-7.56	13.5	1.62	0.38
106	Iowa State	Big 6	2-6-1	0.22	3.25	-18	7.65	0.58	1.42
107	Drake	Missouri Valley	2-6-1	0.22	3.16	-18.78	5.64	0.55	1.45
108	Colorado State	Mountain State	2-7-0	0.22	2.72	-14.89	7.48	0.39	1.61
109	Portland	FBS Independents	2-7-1	0.2	2.66	-12.4	-0.67	1	1
110	Arizona State	Border	2-7-2	0.18	2.52	-20	8.27	0.59	1.41
111	Furman	Southern	2-8-0	0.2	2.4	-13.7	10.62	1.13	0.87
112	Lafayette	FBS Independents	2-7-0	0.22	2.26	-25.56	3.8	0.18	1.82
113	Washington State	Pacific	1-6-1	0.12	1.97	-3.62	11.28	2.98	-1.98
114	Navy	FBS Independents	1-8-0	0.11	0.72	-9	19.53	1.85	-0.85
115	Baylor	Southwest	1-8-0	0.11	0.37	-13.89	12.37	0.53	0.47
116	Wyoming	Mountain State	1-8-1	0.1	0.31	-14.8	8.05	0.3	0.7
117	Idaho	Pacific	1-8-0	0.11	0.08	-20.22	5.69	0.36	0.64
118	Florida	SEC	0-9-0	0	-2.37	-17.78	14.75	0.89	-0.89
119	Kansas State	Big 6	0-9-0	0	-2.46	-21.33	12.28	0.14	-0.14
120	Fordham	FBS Independents	0-7-0	0	-2.68	-26.43	14.78	0.13	-0.13