1948 FINAL CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:23.517317+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Michigan	Western	9-0-0	1	25.37	23.11	12.43	8.86	0.14
2	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	9-0-1	0.9	24.72	22.7	9.21	9.49	-0.49
3	Army	FBS Independents	8-0-1	0.89	24.43	22.78	7.74	8.5	-0.5
4	Clemson	Southern	11-0-0	1	24.17	18	7.33	10.5	0.5
5	North Carolina	Southern	9-1-1	0.82	23.34	15.18	15.2	10.1	-1.1
6	Oklahoma	Big 7	10-1-0	0.91	23.17	20.82	12.1	10.18	-0.18
7	SMU	Southwest	9-1-1	0.82	23.03	13.18	14.48	9.75	-0.75
8	Ole Miss	SEC	8-1-0	0.89	22.82	14.78	14.09	8.02	-0.02
9	California	Pacific	10-1-0	0.91	22.63	17.36	9.54	10.19	-0.19
10	Tulane	SEC	9-1-0	0.9	22.36	14.7	10.26	9.5	-0.5
11	Utah	Skyline	8-1-1	0.8	22.19	12.5	11.25	8.78	-0.78
12	Cornell	FBS Independents	8-1-0	0.89	21.96	12.44	9.95	7.54	0.46
13	Penn State	FBS Independents	7-1-1	0.78	21.74	18.22	8.4	8.67	-1.67
14	Georgia	SEC	9-2-0	0.82	20.88	15	11.74	9.49	-0.49
15	Vanderbilt	SEC	8-2-1	0.73	20.44	23.18	10.21	10.7	-2.7
16	Northwestern	Western	8-2-0	0.8	20.31	10	13.35	8.53	-0.53
17	Oregon	Pacific	9-2-0	0.82	20.25	9.45	10.01	9.23	-0.23
18	Villanova	FBS Independents	8-2-1	0.73	20.21	14.27	11.1	9.6	-1.6
19	Michigan State	FBS Independents	6-2-2	0.6	19.66	22.9	12.49	9.17	-3.17
20	Nevada	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	19.6	31.55	1	10.5	-1.5
21	William & Mary	Southern	7-2-2	0.64	19.53	10.55	11.07	10.07	-3.07
22	UTEP	Border	8-2-1	0.73	19.48	16.27	5.54	9.19	-1.19
23	Santa Clara	FBS Independents	7-2-1	0.7	19.32	7.5	11.15	7.2	-0.2
24	Minnesota	Western	7-2-0	0.78	19.3	12.11	8.85	7.75	-0.75
25	Dartmouth	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	19.07	10.38	12.43	6.11	-0.11
26	Missouri	Big 7	8-3-0	0.73	18.78	15.45	11.35	9.31	-1.31
27	Brown	FBS Independents	7-2-0	0.78	18.77	15.44	4.35	7.95	-0.95
28	Rutgers	FBS Independents	7-2-0	0.78	18.58	10.44	4.87	7.06	-0.06
29	Georgia Tech	SEC	7-3-0	0.7	18.3	15.7	12.96	9.43	-2.43
30	Hardin-Simmons	Border	6-2-3	0.55	17.97	12.09	4.66	8.36	-2.36
31	West Virginia	FBS Independents	9-3-0	0.75	17.95	9.75	5.45	9.7	-0.7
32	Texas	Southwest	7-3-1	0.64	17.78	6.91	13.67	8.01	-1.01
33	Texas Tech	Border	7-3-0	0.7	17.55	7.7	11.26	7.45	-0.45
34	Colorado State	Skyline	8-3-0	0.73	17.5	9.64	5.23	8.74	-0.74
35	Ohio State	Western	6-3-0	0.67	17.32	10	13.26	7.48	-1.48
36	Kansas	Big 7	7-3-0	0.7	17.27	6.2	10.3	7.08	-0.08
37	Boston College	FBS Independents	5-2-2	0.56	17.25	2	13.57	5.17	-0.17
38	USC	Pacific	6-3-1	0.6	17.21	5.5	15.55	7.62	-1.62
39	Boston University	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	16.66	3.12	1.34	5.02	0.98
40	Baylor	Southwest	6-3-2	0.55	16.56	3.82	12.79	7.32	-1.32
41	VMI	Southern	6-3-0	0.67	16.45	7.56	8.26	6.74	-0.74
42	Drake	Missouri Valley	7-3-0	0.7	16.34	9.4	1.82	8.2	-1.2
43	Pennsylvania	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	16.02	6.5	14.47	5.64	-0.64
44	Detroit Mercy	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	15.97	10.78	2.92	7.33	-1.33
45	Kentucky	SEC	5-3-2	0.5	15.54	7.1	10.11	7.4	-2.4
46	Wake Forest	Southern	6-4-0	0.6	15.44	5.6	13.94	6.64	-0.64
47	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	6-4-0	0.6	15.24	9.2	9.5	7.84	-1.84
48	Maryland	Southern	6-4-0	0.6	15.14	7.5	10.23	7.44	-1.44
49	Alabama	SEC	6-4-1	0.55	14.97	5.27	10.75	7.34	-1.34
50	Virginia	FBS Independents	5-3-1	0.56	14.63	2	8.96	5.08	-0.08
51	Duke	Southern	4-3-2	0.44	14.37	5.78	10.9	6.69	-2.69
52	Richmond	Southern	5-3-2	0.5	14.28	3.5	3.56	6.78	-1.78
53	Rice	Southwest	5-4-1	0.5	13.98	4.9	10.45	6.94	-1.94
54	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	13.97	-3.89	11.75	3.17	2.83
55	Oregon State	Pacific	5-4-3	0.42	13.05	1.08	9.33	6.38	-1.38
56	Tennessee	SEC	4-4-2	0.4	12.93	4.2	14.4	7	-3
57	Princeton	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	12.85	3.5	14.72	4.77	-0.77
58	Arkansas	Southwest	5-5-0	0.5	12.72	9.1	7.26	7.71	-2.71
59	West Texas A&M	Border	6-5-0	0.55	12.48	3.55	0.54	6.95	-0.95
60	Arizona State	Border	5-5-0	0.5	12.22	8.4	2.98	7.03	-2.03
61	Mississippi State	SEC	4-4-1	0.44	12.19	1.78	11.93	5.39	-1.39
62	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	12.07	2.3	9.36	5.97	-0.97
63	Florida	SEC	5-5-0	0.5	11.56	0.7	9.39	5.2	-0.2
64	Wyoming	Skyline	4-5-0	0.44	11.28	13.89	2.94	7.32	-3.32
65	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	5-4-1	0.5	10.96	-3.8	5.25	3.97	1.03
66	Arizona	Border	6-5-0	0.55	10.86	-7.18	11.65	3.14	2.86
67	Columbia	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	10.84	1.89	11.79	4.99	-0.99
68	Harvard	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	10.09	-6.75	16.22	2.44	1.56
69	Denver	Skyline	4-5-1	0.4	9.54	-0.8	11.76	4.72	-0.72
70	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	9.51	0.22	3.71	4.59	-0.59
71	Yale	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	9.51	-0.33	8.4	4.41	-0.41
72	Stanford	Pacific	4-6-0	0.4	9.42	0.5	11.9	5.18	-1.18
73	TCU	Southwest	4-5-1	0.4	9.35	-1.8	13.94	4.21	-0.21
74	Georgetown	FBS Independents	3-4-1	0.38	9.21	-0.62	9.33	3.76	-0.76
75	Iowa	Western	4-5-0	0.44	9.18	-1.67	11.17	3.91	0.09
76	Utah State	Skyline	5-6-0	0.45	8.71	-3.82	7.89	4.26	0.74
77	Washington State	Pacific	4-5-1	0.4	8.61	-5.5	13.02	3.35	0.65
78	Saint Mary's (CA)	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	8.3	-1.1	8.66	4.58	-0.58
79	BYU	Skyline	5-6-0	0.45	8.26	-5.82	5.28	3.14	1.86
80	Miami	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	8.06	-2.5	11.07	4.12	-0.12
81	Colorado	Big 7	3-6-0	0.33	7.74	0.44	10.9	4.63	-1.63
82	South Carolina	Southern	3-5-0	0.38	7.6	-2.5	10.92	3.19	-0.19
83	Northern Arizona	Border	4-5-0	0.44	7.57	-4.78	-3.49	3.15	0.85
84	Iowa State	Big 7	4-6-0	0.4	7.29	-8.1	10.76	2.22	1.78
85	Illinois	Western	3-6-0	0.33	7.27	-0.56	13.86	4.31	-1.31
86	Washington and Lee	Southern	4-6-0	0.4	7.08	-7.9	6.88	2.14	1.86
87	Idaho	Pacific	3-6-0	0.33	7.04	-0.22	6.52	4.43	-1.43
88	Davidson	Southern	3-5-1	0.33	6.91	-4.67	5.54	2.51	0.49
89	George Washington	Southern	4-6-0	0.4	6.86	-13.3	9.48	1.09	2.91
90	NC State	Southern	3-6-1	0.3	6.79	-2.1	15.35	3.95	-0.95
91	Fordham	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	6.4	-1.11	2.43	4.22	-1.22
92	Purdue	Western	3-6-0	0.33	6.13	-5.44	13.93	2.83	0.17
93	Colgate	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	5.93	-7	13.26	2.57	0.43
94	Saint Louis	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	5.73	-10.82	1.6	2.06	1.94
95	New York University	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	5.22	-10.44	3.66	1.49	1.51
96	UCLA	Pacific	3-7-0	0.3	5.13	-7.9	12.71	2.75	0.25
97	LSU	SEC	3-7-0	0.3	4.72	-17.2	17.02	0.84	2.16
98	Montana	Pacific	3-7-0	0.3	4.59	-7.8	-0.79	2.63	0.37
99	New Mexico State	Border	3-7-0	0.3	3.88	-25.3	1.13	0.78	2.22
100	Temple	FBS Independents	2-6-1	0.22	3.74	-9.67	9.29	1.59	0.41
101	Furman	Southern	2-6-1	0.22	3.6	-12	9.68	0.39	1.61
102	Wisconsin	Western	2-7-0	0.22	3.33	-7.44	12.5	2.4	-0.4
103	Washington	Pacific	2-7-1	0.2	3.19	-10	15.09	1.44	0.56
104	San Francisco	FBS Independents	2-7-0	0.22	2.99	-10.33	7.91	1.88	0.12
105	Indiana	Western	2-7-0	0.22	2.83	-15.78	14.33	0.67	1.33
106	The Citadel	Southern	2-7-0	0.22	2.82	-11.89	5.14	0.48	1.52
107	Marquette	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	2.71	-8.5	9.16	2.29	-0.29
108	Duquesne	FBS Independents	2-7-0	0.22	2.69	-15.33	7.2	1.05	0.95
109	New Mexico	Border	2-9-0	0.18	2.51	-6.36	11.52	3.12	-1.12
110	Nebraska	Big 7	2-8-0	0.2	2.47	-13.6	13.74	1.63	0.37
111	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-8-0	0.11	0.21	-17.22	11.43	0.76	0.24
112	Auburn	SEC	1-8-1	0.1	0.12	-19.4	12.68	0.39	0.61
113	Kansas State	Big 7	1-9-0	0.1	-0.28	-24.5	9.78	0.33	0.67
114	Texas A&M	Southwest	0-9-1	0	-2.11	-12.4	15.59	1.61	-1.61
115	Navy	FBS Independents	0-8-1	0	-2.42	-16.67	20.3	0.64	-0.64
116	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	0-9-1	0	-2.43	-19.5	14.11	1.07	-1.07
117	Virginia Tech	Southern	0-8-1	0	-2.46	-20.11	14.69	0.08	-0.08