1947 FINAL CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:23.347773+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Michigan	Western	10-0-0	1	25.41	34.1	11.17	9.91	0.09
2	SMU	Southwest	9-0-2	0.82	24.95	8.36	14.13	9.26	-0.26
3	Pennsylvania	FBS Independents	7-0-1	0.88	24.94	23	10.29	7.9	-0.9
4	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	9-0-0	1	24.72	26.56	8.65	8.85	0.15
5	Penn State	FBS Independents	9-0-1	0.9	24.06	29.2	5.1	9.93	-0.93
6	Texas	Southwest	10-1-0	0.91	23.86	19.82	16.06	10.59	-0.59
7	Georgia Tech	SEC	10-1-0	0.91	22.66	17.36	10.06	10.75	-0.75
8	California	Pacific	9-1-0	0.9	22.27	16.4	9.33	8.96	0.04
9	Kansas	Big 6	8-1-2	0.73	22.12	18.36	8.9	10.23	-2.23
10	Utah	Mountain State	8-1-1	0.8	21.74	12.7	8.63	9.05	-1.05
11	Rutgers	FBS Independents	8-1-0	0.89	21.07	18.11	3.47	8.18	-0.18
12	Ole Miss	SEC	9-2-0	0.82	20.97	14.45	12.88	9.82	-0.82
13	North Carolina	Southern	8-2-0	0.8	20.93	11.7	16.41	8.73	-0.73
14	William & Mary	Southern	9-2-0	0.82	20.8	21.18	9.72	10.52	-1.52
15	Nevada	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	20.08	15.18	7.24	9.36	-0.36
16	USC	Pacific	7-2-1	0.7	19.74	7.9	13.17	7.77	-0.77
17	Columbia	FBS Independents	7-2-0	0.78	19.54	6.33	13.33	6.52	0.48
18	Maryland	Southern	7-2-2	0.64	19.32	7.82	10.92	8.59	-1.59
19	Michigan State	FBS Independents	7-2-0	0.78	19.07	7.33	9.63	6.9	0.1
20	Army	FBS Independents	5-2-2	0.56	18.8	16.89	14.4	8.48	-3.48
21	Oklahoma	Big 6	7-2-1	0.7	18.78	3.3	11.09	6.09	0.91
22	Alabama	SEC	8-3-0	0.73	18.43	9.91	11.09	9.35	-1.35
23	Kentucky	SEC	8-3-0	0.73	18.12	9.27	9.63	9.77	-1.77
24	Virginia	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	18.07	14.5	11.72	8.95	-1.95
25	Hardin-Simmons	Border	8-3-0	0.73	17.87	19.82	4.44	10.46	-2.46
26	South Carolina	Southern	6-2-1	0.67	17.77	3.11	9.05	5.96	0.04
27	Rice	Southwest	6-3-1	0.6	17.69	12.8	14.61	9.15	-3.15
28	San Francisco	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	17.43	13.2	7.71	8.25	-1.25
29	Oregon	Pacific	7-3-0	0.7	17.35	5.3	11.65	7.03	-0.03
30	Mississippi State	SEC	7-3-0	0.7	17.33	8	9.5	8.21	-1.21
31	Villanova	FBS Independents	6-3-1	0.6	16.83	6.2	12.1	7.49	-1.49
32	Yale	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	16.69	9	9.16	7.21	-1.21
33	Minnesota	Western	6-3-0	0.67	16.51	5.22	10.52	6.11	-0.11
34	Georgia	SEC	7-4-1	0.58	16.26	6.42	12.76	8.93	-1.93
35	Illinois	Western	5-3-1	0.56	15.74	11.33	9.15	7.54	-2.54
36	Princeton	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	15.68	5	13.18	5.52	-0.52
37	NC State	Southern	5-3-1	0.56	15.65	3.89	14.29	6.81	-1.81
38	West Texas A&M	Border	7-4-0	0.64	15.59	11.64	4.43	9.26	-2.26
39	Davidson	Southern	6-3-1	0.6	15.57	4.7	3.9	7.02	-1.02
40	Missouri	Big 6	6-4-0	0.6	15.56	12.4	10.77	8.49	-2.49
41	West Virginia	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	15.42	16.8	7.88	9.31	-3.31
42	Vanderbilt	SEC	6-4-0	0.6	15.37	9.7	10.63	8.59	-2.59
43	Indiana	Western	5-3-1	0.56	15.33	6	9.33	6.59	-1.59
44	UTEP	Border	5-3-1	0.56	15.33	8.89	7.23	7.56	-2.56
45	Wisconsin	Western	5-3-1	0.56	15.22	1.67	14.77	4.99	0.01
46	Detroit Mercy	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	15.1	12.2	7.17	7.99	-1.99
47	Arkansas	Southwest	6-4-1	0.55	14.93	4.18	11.99	7.23	-1.23
48	Wake Forest	Southern	6-4-0	0.6	14.9	3.2	12.88	6.58	-0.58
49	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	7-4-0	0.64	14.86	14.18	-2.39	9.72	-2.72
50	UCLA	Pacific	5-4-0	0.56	14.79	10.22	13.1	7.74	-2.74
51	Montana	Pacific	7-4-0	0.64	14.68	2.55	4.75	6.48	0.52
52	Purdue	Western	5-4-0	0.56	14.59	8.33	12.6	6.72	-1.72
53	Boston University	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	14.53	3.5	5.58	4.72	0.28
54	Boston College	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	14.08	5.56	10.58	6.12	-1.12
55	LSU	SEC	5-3-1	0.56	13.75	-1.33	14.8	4.09	0.91
56	Denver	Mountain State	5-4-1	0.5	13.3	1.5	10.33	5.61	-0.61
57	Utah State	Mountain State	6-5-0	0.55	12.89	1.64	8.16	6.03	-0.03
58	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	4-4-2	0.4	12.78	6.9	9.65	8.24	-4.24
59	Duke	Southern	4-3-2	0.44	12.69	-1.22	15.54	3.81	0.19
60	Arizona	Border	5-4-1	0.5	12.48	-0.8	14.04	4.8	0.2
61	Oregon State	Pacific	5-5-0	0.5	12.37	3.5	9.96	6.32	-1.32
62	Brown	FBS Independents	4-4-1	0.44	12.37	5.11	7.55	5.97	-1.97
63	Tennessee	SEC	5-5-0	0.5	12.21	1.2	14.12	5.45	-0.45
64	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	5-5-0	0.5	12.13	1.5	12.2	5.65	-0.65
65	Colorado State	Mountain State	5-4-1	0.5	11.32	-2.3	6.78	4.21	0.79
66	Clemson	Southern	4-5-0	0.44	11.31	6.67	8.49	6.24	-2.24
67	Texas Tech	Border	6-5-0	0.55	11.27	-4	11.74	4.13	1.87
68	TCU	Southwest	4-5-2	0.36	11.05	1.36	15.56	6.41	-2.41
69	Baylor	Southwest	5-5-0	0.5	10.82	-1	11.77	4.56	0.44
70	Georgetown	FBS Independents	3-4-1	0.38	10.65	3.12	8.95	5.39	-2.39
71	Dartmouth	FBS Independents	4-4-1	0.44	10.49	-2.78	13.89	3.36	0.64
72	Wyoming	Mountain State	4-5-0	0.44	10.09	0.78	7.34	4.72	-0.72
73	Santa Clara	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	9.55	-6.12	8.32	2.35	1.65
74	Idaho	Pacific	4-4-0	0.5	9.52	-5.75	7.45	2.21	1.79
75	Washington and Lee	Southern	5-5-0	0.5	9.33	-8.6	8.52	2.43	2.57
76	New Mexico	Border	4-5-1	0.4	9.09	-1.1	7.39	4.63	-0.63
77	Virginia Tech	Southern	4-5-0	0.44	8.85	-3.22	11.56	3.63	0.37
78	Harvard	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	8.74	-4.22	12.44	3.25	0.75
79	Marquette	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	8.72	-4.22	12.18	3.52	0.48
80	Cornell	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	8.6	-3.89	9.58	3.23	0.77
81	Florida	SEC	4-5-1	0.4	8.58	-3.1	7.49	3.72	0.28
82	Colorado	Mountain State	4-5-0	0.44	8.34	-8	12.88	1.79	2.21
83	Montana State	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	7.99	-5.89	4.56	2.87	1.13
84	Saint Louis	Missouri Valley	4-6-0	0.4	7.93	-1.9	6.93	4.47	-0.47
85	Washington	Pacific	3-6-0	0.33	7.47	-0.11	12.66	4.45	-1.45
86	Iowa	Western	3-5-1	0.33	7.43	-3.78	12.33	3.4	-0.4
87	VMI	Southern	3-5-1	0.33	7.33	-3.56	9.95	3.27	-0.27
88	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	6.96	-6.8	3.22	2.44	1.56
89	Texas A&M	Southwest	3-6-1	0.3	6.86	-1.6	13.88	4.47	-1.47
90	Arizona State	Border	4-7-0	0.36	6.34	-6	5.98	3.44	0.56
91	The Citadel	Southern	3-5-0	0.38	6.33	-14	8.55	0.42	2.58
92	Iowa State	Big 6	3-6-0	0.33	6.18	-3.33	8.62	3.26	-0.26
93	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	3-7-0	0.3	6.05	-1.8	12.67	4.15	-1.15
94	Northwestern	Western	3-6-0	0.33	6.03	-7.44	16.33	2.44	0.56
95	Temple	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	6	-4.11	7.42	2.77	0.23
96	BYU	Mountain State	3-7-0	0.3	5.83	-1.4	5.58	4.53	-1.53
97	New Mexico State	Border	3-6-0	0.33	5.81	-3.22	0.71	3.51	-0.51
98	Washington State	Pacific	3-7-0	0.3	5.47	-5.5	14.91	2.5	0.5
99	Syracuse	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	5.4	-10	7.06	1.24	1.76
100	Saint Mary's (CA)	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	5.07	-6.8	8.63	3.17	-0.17
101	Richmond	Southern	3-7-0	0.3	4.87	-8.3	7.12	2.03	0.97
102	Tulane	SEC	2-5-2	0.22	4.81	-10.89	16.44	1.4	0.6
103	New York University	FBS Independents	2-5-1	0.25	4.15	-16.12	6.05	0.56	1.44
104	Ohio State	Western	2-6-1	0.22	3.84	-10	13.57	0.92	1.08
105	Miami	FBS Independents	2-7-1	0.2	3.37	-6	8.29	2.1	-0.1
106	Nebraska	Big 6	2-7-0	0.22	2.98	-13.11	14.62	0.84	1.16
107	Auburn	SEC	2-7-0	0.22	2.79	-14	8.45	0.84	1.16
108	Furman	Southern	2-7-0	0.22	2.78	-15.22	10.79	0.61	1.39
109	Colgate	FBS Independents	1-5-2	0.12	2.27	-6.5	11.86	1.98	-0.98
110	Duquesne	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	2.06	-21.7	10.35	0.15	1.85
111	Merchant Marine Academy	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.66	-16.64	0.17	0.86	1.14
112	Navy	FBS Independents	1-7-1	0.11	0.99	-8.78	19.76	1.58	-0.58
113	George Washington	Southern	1-7-1	0.11	0.84	-9.44	7.15	1.57	-0.57
114	Drake	Missouri Valley	1-7-1	0.11	0.78	-10.44	8.27	1.5	-0.5
115	Fordham	FBS Independents	1-6-1	0.12	0.6	-25.12	9.84	0.13	0.87
116	Portland	FBS Independents	1-8-0	0.11	0.2	-17.11	6.13	0.64	0.36
117	Northern Arizona	Border	1-7-0	0.12	-0.03	-32	7.43	0.07	0.93
118	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	1-8-0	0.11	-0.13	-26.78	17.26	0.04	0.96
119	Stanford	Pacific	0-9-0	0	-2.29	-15.67	15.65	0.65	-0.65
120	Kansas State	Big 6	0-10-0	0	-2.45	-21.2	12.12	0.36	-0.36