1946 W9 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:23.176965+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Army	FBS Independents	7-0-1	0.88	26.8	19.12	16.63	7.67	-0.67
2	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-0-1	0.83	26.2	26.5	12.51	5.97	-0.97
3	UCLA	Pacific	7-0-0	1	26.17	23.14	12.93	6.71	0.29
4	Georgia	SEC	7-0-0	1	25.44	26	8.69	6.71	0.29
5	Hardin-Simmons	Border	7-0-0	1	24.15	27.57	2.47	6.92	0.08
6	Texas	Southwest	7-1-0	0.88	23.44	27.38	12.68	7.87	-0.87
7	LSU	SEC	6-1-0	0.86	22.65	7.14	16.97	5.19	0.81
8	Tennessee	SEC	6-1-0	0.86	22.45	8.29	14.93	5.65	0.35
9	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	7-1-0	0.88	22.42	24.25	7.7	7.67	-0.67
10	Georgia Tech	SEC	6-1-0	0.86	22.18	14.43	11.07	6.4	-0.4
11	Utah	Mountain State	6-1-0	0.86	21.9	16	9.12	6.54	-0.54
12	Boston College	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	21.87	22	11.52	5.55	-0.55
13	Mississippi State	SEC	6-1-0	0.86	21.82	24.29	7	6.82	-0.82
14	Pennsylvania	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	21.73	30.67	9.24	5.86	-0.86
15	North Carolina	Southern	5-1-1	0.71	21.38	12.86	11.11	6.08	-1.08
16	Yale	FBS Independents	5-1-1	0.71	21.37	22.71	8.73	6.72	-1.72
17	Penn State	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	21.23	24.33	7.55	5.93	-0.93
18	Richmond	Southern	6-1-1	0.75	21.07	14.38	4.98	7.22	-1.22
19	Harvard	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	20.83	19.14	2.47	6.81	-0.81
20	Miami	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	20.76	4.57	7.46	4.61	1.39
21	Ohio State	Western	4-1-2	0.57	20.63	8.14	12.97	5.26	-1.26
22	Utah State	Mountain State	4-1-1	0.67	20.35	21.5	6.55	5.95	-1.95
23	South Carolina	Southern	5-1-0	0.83	20.2	8	6.19	4.82	0.18
24	Oregon State	Pacific	4-1-1	0.67	19.9	5.5	10.69	4.4	-0.4
25	William & Mary	Southern	6-2-0	0.75	19.83	27	8.44	7.72	-1.72
26	Kentucky	SEC	6-2-0	0.75	19.33	17.12	8.68	7.28	-1.28
27	Rice	Southwest	5-2-0	0.71	19.2	16.14	12.66	6.65	-1.65
28	Illinois	Western	5-2-0	0.71	18.71	7.43	14.49	5.31	-0.31
29	Wake Forest	Southern	5-2-0	0.71	18.71	5.86	14.4	5.31	-0.31
30	Rutgers	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.7	18.57	9.98	6.76	-1.76
31	USC	Pacific	5-2-0	0.71	18.69	10.29	13.01	6.17	-1.17
32	Texas Tech	Border	6-2-0	0.75	18.66	3	12.64	5.11	0.89
33	NC State	Southern	5-2-0	0.71	18.66	10.57	11.21	6.33	-1.33
34	Michigan	Western	4-2-1	0.57	18.2	12.29	15.72	6.23	-2.23
35	Vanderbilt	SEC	5-2-0	0.71	18.12	10.14	9.31	6.74	-1.74
36	Nevada	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	17.77	24.29	2.58	6.6	-1.6
37	Northwestern	Western	4-2-1	0.57	17.49	9.57	9.95	5.54	-1.54
38	Arkansas	Southwest	5-2-1	0.62	17.3	4	8.07	5.54	-0.54
39	Cornell	FBS Independents	4-2-1	0.57	17.25	1.71	16.38	4.06	-0.06
40	Saint Mary's (CA)	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.2	12.67	7.68	4.75	-0.75
41	Missouri	Big 6	5-2-1	0.62	17.08	1.75	10.34	4.52	0.48
42	Alabama	SEC	5-3-0	0.62	16.7	7.5	14.46	6.27	-1.27
43	Montana	Pacific	4-2-0	0.67	16.25	3.83	6.61	3.93	0.07
44	Northern Arizona	Border	5-2-1	0.62	16.15	7.5	-2.9	6.77	-1.77
45	George Washington	Southern	4-2-0	0.67	16.09	6.67	3.62	4.51	-0.51
46	Iowa	Western	5-3-0	0.62	16	5.88	11.92	6.06	-1.06
47	Detroit Mercy	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	15.71	9.38	5.64	6.34	-1.34
48	Virginia	FBS Independents	3-2-1	0.5	15.37	7.33	9.78	4.28	-1.28
49	Oklahoma	Big 6	4-3-0	0.57	15.3	9.29	11.46	5.58	-1.58
50	Indiana	Western	5-3-0	0.62	15.23	2.5	10.13	5.09	-0.09
51	West Virginia	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	15.21	6.88	5.01	6.48	-1.48
52	Kansas	Big 6	5-2-1	0.62	15.14	-2.88	9.52	3.06	1.94
53	Wisconsin	Western	4-3-0	0.57	15	3.43	14.6	4.3	-0.3
54	Oregon	Pacific	4-2-1	0.57	14.85	-1.14	8.41	3.11	0.89
55	Syracuse	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	14.51	6.29	9.13	5.26	-1.26
56	Villanova	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	14.5	3.67	14.15	5.74	-0.74
57	Denver	Mountain State	4-3-0	0.57	13.72	1.29	10.56	3.81	0.19
58	Tulane	SEC	3-3-0	0.5	13.6	10	12.94	4.85	-1.85
59	Arizona	Border	3-3-1	0.43	13.51	11	9.86	5.56	-2.56
60	Stanford	Pacific	3-3-1	0.43	13.33	6.29	10.76	4.84	-1.84
61	Princeton	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	13.23	1.5	18	3.38	-0.38
62	Texas A&M	Southwest	4-4-0	0.5	13.01	6.5	9.67	6.61	-2.61
63	Columbia	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	12.47	-5.43	16.54	2.37	1.63
64	New York University	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	12.35	-10	-0.05	0.91	3.09
65	Marquette	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	12.17	0.5	11.85	4.15	-0.15
66	Duke	Southern	3-4-0	0.43	11.81	3.43	19.68	4.76	-1.76
67	UTEP	Border	3-3-0	0.5	11.55	1.17	5.9	3.24	-0.24
68	Davidson	Southern	3-4-0	0.43	11.42	11.14	4.03	5.55	-2.55
69	Georgetown	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	10.79	-3	13.07	2.1	0.9
70	Washington	Pacific	3-3-0	0.5	10.47	-4	14.72	2.22	0.78
71	Montana State	FBS Independents	3-3-1	0.43	10.1	-2.43	6.54	2.86	0.14
72	Colorado	Mountain State	4-4-0	0.5	10.01	-9.25	13.27	1.04	2.96
73	Minnesota	Western	3-4-0	0.43	9.93	0	12.14	3.5	-0.5
74	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	9.89	-0.14	13.57	3.45	-0.45
75	Brown	FBS Independents	3-3-1	0.43	9.88	-4	2.79	2.57	0.43
76	New Mexico	Border	4-4-0	0.5	9.86	-12.38	14.18	0.93	3.07
77	Colgate	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	9.4	5.83	12.12	4.29	-2.29
78	Saint Louis	Missouri Valley	3-5-0	0.38	9.09	1.12	5.47	4.37	-1.37
79	Bucknell	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	8.48	-1.86	0.33	2.94	0.06
80	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	8.39	-3.71	8.09	2.83	0.17
81	Washington and Lee	Southern	2-4-0	0.33	8.31	1	10.65	3.24	-1.24
82	VMI	Southern	3-4-1	0.38	8.27	-7.75	13.6	1.93	1.07
83	Auburn	SEC	3-4-0	0.43	8.24	-9.14	11.14	1.27	1.73
84	BYU	Mountain State	3-4-1	0.38	8.24	-5	6.89	1.84	1.16
85	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	3-4-0	0.43	7.84	-5.14	3.21	1.84	1.16
86	West Texas A&M	Border	3-5-0	0.38	7.75	-2.38	7.74	3.23	-0.23
87	Virginia Tech	Southern	2-3-2	0.29	7.65	-6.86	14.75	1.56	0.44
88	New Mexico State	Border	3-5-0	0.38	7.31	-2.38	4.22	3.32	-0.32
89	SMU	Southwest	2-4-1	0.29	6.75	-3.57	14.53	1.91	0.09
90	Nebraska	Big 6	2-4-0	0.33	6.22	-4.83	10.48	2.02	-0.02
91	Maryland	Southern	2-4-0	0.33	6.19	-6.83	12.94	1.76	0.24
92	San Francisco	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	6.14	-4.67	12.55	2.21	-0.21
93	California	Pacific	2-5-0	0.29	6.03	-2.43	15.62	2.85	-0.85
94	Santa Clara	FBS Independents	2-4-1	0.29	5.77	-8.57	9.87	1.65	0.35
95	The Citadel	Southern	2-4-0	0.33	5.63	-10.17	7.04	0.86	1.14
96	Drake	Missouri Valley	2-4-1	0.29	5.59	-10.14	8.38	1.13	0.87
97	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	2-5-1	0.25	5.44	-5.75	15.67	2.57	-0.57
98	Merchant Marine Academy	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	5.37	-9.67	5.3	2.23	0.77
99	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	2-5-1	0.25	5.29	-6.88	14.96	1.69	0.31
100	Clemson	Southern	2-5-0	0.29	5.26	-7	13.5	2.02	-0.02
101	Michigan State	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	5.05	-8.43	11.18	1.85	0.15
102	Dartmouth	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.81	-13.71	16	0.72	1.28
103	Purdue	Western	2-5-1	0.25	4.78	-12.12	12.65	1.01	0.99
104	Furman	Southern	2-5-0	0.29	4.75	-11.86	11.22	1.08	0.92
105	Colorado State	Mountain State	2-5-0	0.29	4.44	-14.57	7.42	0.39	1.61
106	Iowa State	Big 6	2-5-1	0.25	4.36	-16.12	9.01	0.71	1.29
107	Ole Miss	SEC	2-6-0	0.25	4.36	-6	13.28	1.91	0.09
108	Temple	FBS Independents	1-3-2	0.17	4.02	-11.5	14.81	0.28	0.72
109	Arizona State	Border	2-5-1	0.25	4.01	-24.75	6.56	0.25	1.75
110	Washington State	Pacific	1-4-1	0.17	3.42	-3.67	11.18	2.08	-1.08
111	TCU	Southwest	1-5-1	0.14	2.42	-6	12.85	1.61	-0.61
112	Portland	FBS Independents	1-4-1	0.17	2.37	-13.67	2.61	0.37	0.63
113	Baylor	Southwest	1-5-0	0.17	2.32	-6.83	10.11	1.17	-0.17
114	Navy	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	1.41	-10.43	18.45	1.24	-0.24
115	Wyoming	Mountain State	1-6-1	0.12	1.13	-12.75	5.71	0.23	0.77
116	Lafayette	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	0.54	-28.14	4.49	0.12	0.88
117	Florida	SEC	0-6-0	0	-2.31	-14.5	16.9	0.72	-0.72
118	Kansas State	Big 6	0-6-0	0	-2.53	-21.67	11.64	0.09	-0.09
119	Idaho	Pacific	0-7-0	0	-2.71	-27.86	11.01	0.07	-0.07
120	Fordham	FBS Independents	0-5-0	0	-2.77	-28	13.61	0.02	-0.02