1946 W5 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:23.175392+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	4-0-0	1	28.01	30.5	13.93	3.91	0.09
2	Army	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	27.99	20.25	15.92	3.72	0.28
3	Texas	Southwest	4-0-0	1	27.87	43.25	11.78	3.98	0.02
4	Utah	Mountain State	3-0-0	1	27.78	26	13.15	2.88	0.12
5	Northwestern	Western	3-0-0	1	27.43	22.33	12.74	2.94	0.06
6	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	27.43	32	11.08	2.98	0.02
7	Columbia	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	27.37	7.67	17.18	2.23	0.77
8	Pennsylvania	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	27.28	49.5	11.54	2	0
9	UCLA	Pacific	3-0-0	1	27.11	29.67	11.37	2.91	0.09
10	Georgia	SEC	3-0-0	1	27.04	22	11.04	2.8	0.2
11	LSU	SEC	3-0-0	1	26.79	10.67	13.13	2.7	0.3
12	NC State	Southern	3-0-0	1	26.43	13	10.69	2.89	0.11
13	North Carolina	Southern	2-0-1	0.67	26.27	18	9.31	2.93	-0.93
14	Alabama	SEC	4-0-0	1	26.02	20.5	6.24	3.93	0.07
15	Arkansas	Southwest	3-0-1	0.75	25.85	10	7.62	3.22	-0.22
16	Tennessee	SEC	3-0-0	1	25.76	16.33	7.32	2.81	0.19
17	Penn State	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	25.68	25.5	6.07	1.99	0.01
18	Richmond	Southern	3-0-1	0.75	25.47	25.75	1.96	3.95	-0.95
19	Wake Forest	Southern	3-0-0	1	25.44	10.33	7.04	2.72	0.28
20	Kansas	Big 6	3-0-1	0.75	25	7.75	5.27	3.42	-0.42
21	Virginia	FBS Independents	2-0-1	0.67	24.91	27.33	0.85	2.88	-0.88
22	Oregon	Pacific	3-0-0	1	24.81	12	4.47	2.78	0.22
23	Harvard	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	24.76	19	2	2.95	0.05
24	Auburn	SEC	3-0-0	1	24.61	13.67	1.68	2.73	0.27
25	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-0-0	1	24.31	20.67	-1.54	3	0
26	Hardin-Simmons	Border	3-0-0	1	23.15	24	-7.56	2.96	0.04
27	George Washington	Southern	2-0-0	1	22.91	16	-6.31	1.84	0.16
28	Wisconsin	Western	3-1-0	0.75	20.68	10	14.03	3.32	-0.32
29	Iowa	Western	3-1-0	0.75	20.25	15.5	8.83	3.85	-0.85
30	Kentucky	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	20.21	22	3.61	3.75	-0.75
31	William & Mary	Southern	3-1-0	0.75	19.92	34.75	3.26	3.95	-0.95
32	Michigan	Western	2-1-0	0.67	19.89	7	17.91	2.39	-0.39
33	Texas Tech	Border	3-1-0	0.75	19.74	2.5	9.2	2.58	0.42
34	Stanford	Pacific	2-1-0	0.67	19.65	17	11.31	2.7	-0.7
35	Arizona	Border	2-1-0	0.67	18.91	24.67	11.68	2.87	-0.87
36	Mississippi State	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	18.88	11	16.47	2.73	-0.73
37	Yale	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	18.78	15.33	7.08	2.65	-0.65
38	Georgia Tech	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	18.57	13	14.51	2.69	-0.69
39	Rutgers	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	18.56	24.33	12.08	2.97	-0.97
40	Montana	Pacific	2-1-0	0.67	18.54	5.67	9.65	2.08	-0.08
41	Davidson	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	18.48	34.33	1.84	2.94	-0.94
42	Boston College	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	18.39	19	11.83	2.68	-0.68
43	West Virginia	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	18.31	7	1.9	3.11	-0.11
44	Utah State	Mountain State	2-1-0	0.67	18.21	18.33	9.33	2.87	-0.87
45	Rice	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	18.15	22	9.47	2.96	-0.96
46	Nevada	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.77	28.67	5.78	2.85	-0.85
47	Saint Mary's (CA)	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.37	23.33	-4.92	2.75	-0.75
48	South Carolina	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	17.34	6.67	8.16	2.49	-0.49
49	Detroit Mercy	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.31	13.67	4.53	2.77	-0.77
50	New Mexico	Border	3-1-0	0.75	16.79	-7.5	15.15	0.82	2.18
51	Colorado	Mountain State	3-1-0	0.75	16.5	-11	15.35	0.57	2.43
52	Miami	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	16.32	-1	18.9	1.35	0.65
53	Dartmouth	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	16.15	-8	16.44	0.58	1.42
54	Northern Arizona	Border	2-1-1	0.5	16.11	8.25	-3.79	3.69	-1.69
55	Brown	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	16.01	5.33	2	2.08	-0.08
56	Princeton	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	15.98	10	16.8	1.6	-0.6
57	Cornell	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	15.59	0	7.45	1.5	0.5
58	Oregon State	Pacific	2-1-0	0.67	15.26	-0.67	11.2	1.43	0.57
59	Villanova	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	15.14	1.2	11.6	2.73	0.27
60	Missouri	Big 6	2-1-1	0.5	14.94	-2.75	14.33	1.59	0.41
61	Illinois	Western	2-2-0	0.5	14.75	8.75	12.03	3.06	-1.06
62	Ohio State	Western	1-1-1	0.33	14.53	2.67	13.29	1.88	-0.88
63	Washington and Lee	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	14.26	14.5	2.96	1.9	-0.9
64	The Citadel	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	13.1	-5.67	-0.21	0.97	1.03
65	Marquette	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	12.85	4.75	9.27	2.58	-0.58
66	Denver	Mountain State	2-2-0	0.5	12.6	1.25	15.98	2.15	-0.15
67	New Mexico State	Border	2-2-0	0.5	12.47	0.5	5.91	2.07	-0.07
68	Montana State	FBS Independents	1-1-1	0.33	11.53	-4.33	4.31	0.95	0.05
69	Indiana	Western	2-2-0	0.5	11.39	-0.5	12.56	1.89	0.11
70	SMU	Southwest	1-1-1	0.33	11.38	0.67	12.51	1.67	-0.67
71	Colorado State	Mountain State	2-2-0	0.5	10.91	-7	8.48	0.74	1.26
72	New York University	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	10.6	-7.5	1.32	0.4	0.6
73	Drake	Missouri Valley	2-2-0	0.5	10.52	-5.75	3.64	1.18	0.82
74	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	10.41	6.67	12.66	2.23	-1.23
75	Michigan State	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	9.91	7.33	6.26	2.22	-1.22
76	Georgetown	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	9.34	-6	12.09	0.37	0.63
77	Washington State	Pacific	1-2-0	0.33	9.12	4	1.92	2.02	-1.02
78	Minnesota	Western	1-2-0	0.33	8.6	-0.33	15.04	1.46	-0.46
79	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	8.38	-0.67	17.76	1.38	-0.38
80	Duke	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	8.21	1	21.07	1.66	-0.66
81	Baylor	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	8.17	-0.67	10.17	1.41	-0.41
82	Maryland	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	7.86	-3	14.1	1.26	-0.26
83	Texas A&M	Southwest	1-3-0	0.25	7.82	3.5	13	2.58	-1.58
84	Tulane	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	7.73	-2	12.56	1.25	-0.25
85	TCU	Southwest	1-2-1	0.25	7.43	-6.25	19.7	1.04	-0.04
86	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	1-2-1	0.25	7.31	-6	15.23	1.35	-0.35
87	Oklahoma	Big 6	1-2-0	0.33	7.3	-6	22.58	0.74	0.26
88	Navy	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.26	-5.67	12.61	0.72	0.28
89	Nebraska	Big 6	1-2-0	0.33	7.23	-3.33	10.27	1.14	-0.14
90	VMI	Southern	1-2-1	0.25	7.18	-5.75	14.08	1.05	-0.05
91	San Francisco	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.01	-8.67	17.9	0.69	0.31
92	USC	Pacific	1-2-0	0.33	6.97	-7	15.24	0.28	0.72
93	Wyoming	Mountain State	1-2-1	0.25	6.75	-5	2.91	0.44	0.56
94	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	1-2-1	0.25	6.44	-8.25	15.41	0.78	0.22
95	Clemson	Southern	1-3-0	0.25	6.32	-0.75	16.73	1.89	-0.89
96	California	Pacific	1-2-0	0.33	6.14	-5	21.89	0.96	0.04
97	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.07	-14.33	9.82	0.57	0.43
98	Washington	Pacific	1-2-0	0.33	6.04	-5.33	20.68	1.05	-0.05
99	Furman	Southern	1-3-0	0.25	5.16	-3.75	13.92	1.41	-0.41
100	Arizona State	Border	1-2-1	0.25	4.95	-34.5	2.19	0.03	0.97
101	Ole Miss	SEC	1-3-0	0.25	4.67	-8	15.44	0.52	0.48
102	Santa Clara	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	4.64	-11	-0.19	0.27	0.73
103	BYU	Mountain State	1-3-0	0.25	4.64	-8	12.09	0.86	0.14
104	Saint Louis	Missouri Valley	1-3-0	0.25	4.55	-6.75	7.58	0.99	0.01
105	Iowa State	Big 6	1-3-0	0.25	4.05	-13	14.27	0.54	0.46
106	Purdue	Western	1-3-0	0.25	3.84	-22.25	14.41	0.11	0.89
107	West Texas A&M	Border	1-3-0	0.25	3.78	-4.75	5.2	1.12	-0.12
108	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	1-3-0	0.25	3.48	-10.5	14.88	0.48	0.52
109	Fordham	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.48	-1	-2.21	0.42	-0.42
110	Temple	FBS Independents	0-1-2	0	-1.98	-9.33	11.06	0.21	-0.21
111	UTEP	Border	0-2-0	0	-2.04	-9.5	16.16	0.25	-0.25
112	Florida	SEC	0-3-0	0	-2.28	-13.33	14.82	0.21	-0.21
113	Colgate	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.36	-12.5	19.04	0.18	-0.18
114	Virginia Tech	Southern	0-1-2	0	-2.37	-16.33	22.6	0.33	-0.33
115	Portland	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.58	-27.33	-0.95	0.03	-0.03
116	Bucknell	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.66	-23	8.46	0.01	-0.01
117	Lafayette	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.68	-30.33	0.88	0.13	-0.13
118	Kansas State	Big 6	0-3-0	0	-2.78	-23.67	14.73	0.01	-0.01
119	Merchant Marine Academy	FBS Independents	0-5-0	0	-2.87	-28.4	12.54	0.08	-0.08
120	Idaho	Pacific	0-3-0	0	-3.23	-39	15.7	0	0