1948 W3 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:23.510426+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	USC	Pacific	2-0-0	1	29.09	21	12.4	1.99	0.01
2	Texas Tech	Border	2-0-0	1	28.4	12.5	9.01	1.84	0.16
3	North Carolina	Southern	1-0-0	1	28	27	26.76	0.98	0.02
4	Army	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	27.83	28	25.46	1	0
5	TCU	Southwest	2-0-0	1	27.77	4	13.73	1.3	0.7
6	Oregon	Pacific	2-0-0	1	27.07	28	4.67	1.93	0.07
7	Northwestern	Western	1-0-0	1	27.03	19	25.07	1	0
8	Drake	Missouri Valley	2-0-0	1	26.99	30.5	5.64	2	0
9	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	26.97	17	24.05	0.93	0.07
10	Maryland	Southern	1-0-0	1	26.58	19	20.92	1	0
11	William & Mary	Southern	1-0-0	1	26.25	8	22.49	0.88	0.12
12	California	Pacific	2-0-0	1	26.19	18	-0.66	1.77	0.23
13	San Francisco	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	25.79	7	20.99	1	0
14	Nebraska	Big 7	1-0-0	1	25.02	4	21.01	0.64	0.36
15	Colorado State	Skyline	2-0-0	1	24.86	27	-5.24	1.97	0.03
16	Utah State	Skyline	2-0-0	1	24.79	18	-4.71	1.92	0.08
17	Arkansas	Southwest	2-0-0	1	24.32	36.5	-10	1.98	0.02
18	UTEP	Border	2-0-0	1	24.05	23.5	-10	1.88	0.12
19	West Virginia	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	23.96	20.5	-10	1.85	0.15
20	Duquesne	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	23.49	18	-10	1.92	0.08
21	BYU	Skyline	2-0-0	1	23.25	10.5	-10	1.94	0.06
22	Indiana	Western	1-0-0	1	23.09	28	1.9	0.98	0.02
23	Columbia	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	23.06	21	2.67	0.97	0.03
24	Illinois	Western	1-0-0	1	22.96	40	-0.23	1	0
25	Georgia Tech	SEC	1-0-0	1	22.81	13	2.49	1	0
26	Cornell	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.79	41	0.2	0.99	0.01
27	Baylor	Southwest	1-0-0	1	22.74	23	1.66	0.87	0.13
28	Minnesota	Western	1-0-0	1	22.71	20	1.25	1	0
29	Yale	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.7	15	1.98	0.86	0.14
30	Mississippi State	SEC	1-0-0	1	22.64	15	1.62	0.95	0.05
31	SMU	Southwest	1-0-0	1	22.57	19	-0.23	0.88	0.12
32	Ole Miss	SEC	1-0-0	1	22.54	14	1.01	1	0
33	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.5	11	1.85	0.9	0.1
34	Ohio State	Western	1-0-0	1	22.4	14	2.49	0.93	0.07
35	Michigan	Western	1-0-0	1	22.32	6	2.36	0.81	0.19
36	Tulane	SEC	1-0-0	1	22.01	7	2.6	0.72	0.28
37	Georgia	SEC	1-0-0	1	21.95	7	0.53	0.84	0.16
38	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	21.39	1	2.2	0.52	0.48
39	New Mexico	Border	1-0-0	1	21.28	3	0.56	0.72	0.28
40	Rice	Southwest	1-0-0	1	21.18	46	-10	1	0
41	Iowa	Western	1-0-0	1	21.11	2	0.98	0.59	0.41
42	Clemson	Southern	1-0-0	1	21.1	53	-10	1	0
43	Furman	Southern	1-0-0	1	21.08	3	0.6	0.7	0.3
44	Kentucky	SEC	1-0-0	1	21.06	41	-10	0.99	0.01
45	South Carolina	Southern	1-0-0	1	21.06	46	-10	1	0
46	Wyoming	Skyline	1-0-0	1	21.03	54	-10	0.99	0.01
47	Nevada	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	21.02	39	-10	1	0
48	Detroit Mercy	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	20.93	36	-10	1	0
49	Colgate	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	20.4	25	-10	1	0
50	VMI	Southern	1-0-0	1	20.4	22	-10	0.97	0.03
51	Arizona State	Border	1-0-0	1	20.38	23	-10	1	0
52	Arizona	Border	1-0-0	1	19.9	8	-10	0.88	0.12
53	West Texas A&M	Border	2-1-0	0.67	19.5	10.33	9.29	2.41	-0.41
54	Auburn	SEC	1-0-0	1	19.5	6	-10	0.7	0.3
55	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	16.29	3	12.63	1.19	-0.19
56	Texas	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	15.5	3	0.79	1.19	-0.19
57	Oregon State	Pacific	1-1-0	0.5	15.2	0	13	1	0
58	Kansas	Big 7	1-1-0	0.5	15.04	19.5	23.5	1.92	-0.92
59	Saint Louis	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	15.03	3	5.46	1.3	-0.3
60	Davidson	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	14.95	8.5	-3.54	1.74	-0.74
61	UCLA	Pacific	1-1-0	0.5	14.76	1.5	-0.58	1.08	-0.08
62	Saint Mary's (CA)	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	14.72	9	-3.77	1.75	-0.75
63	Richmond	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	14.65	8	-3.62	1.62	-0.62
64	Iowa State	Big 7	1-1-0	0.5	14.53	8	-4.94	1.51	-0.51
65	Wake Forest	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	13.38	-1.5	0.11	0.91	0.09
66	Stanford	Pacific	1-1-0	0.5	13.28	-1	6.45	0.94	0.06
67	Villanova	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	13.2	-4	0.99	0.75	0.25
68	Denver	Skyline	1-1-0	0.5	12.38	-3.5	-3.63	0.78	0.22
69	George Washington	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	10.49	-0.5	12.54	0.96	0.04
70	Northern Arizona	Border	1-1-0	0.5	10.39	-11	9.34	0.17	0.83
71	Utah	Skyline	1-1-0	0.5	9.7	-6	13	0.51	0.49
72	Santa Clara	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	9.12	-9.5	13.88	0.56	0.44
73	Pennsylvania	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.55	0	0	0	0
74	Penn State	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.54	0	0	0	0
75	Hardin-Simmons	Border	0-0-1	0	0.46	0	-10	0.5	-0.5
76	Virginia	FBS Independents	0-0-1	0	0.45	0	-10	0.5	-0.5
77	NC State	Southern	0-0-1	0	0.39	0	1.54	0	0
78	Princeton	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.34	0	0	0	0
79	Duke	Southern	0-0-1	0	0.26	0	2.35	0	0
80	Dartmouth	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.19	0	0	0	0
81	Harvard	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.15	0	0	0	0
82	Temple	FBS Independents	0-0-1	0	0.12	0	-10	0.5	-0.5
83	Miami	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.07	0	0	0	0
84	Syracuse	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.05	0	0	0	0
85	The Citadel	Southern	0-0-0	0	0.04	0	0	0	0
86	Purdue	Western	0-1-0	0	-0.13	-1	3.06	0.48	-0.48
87	Oklahoma	Big 7	0-1-0	0	-0.59	-3	-1.56	0.4	-0.4
88	Marquette	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.61	-2	1.02	0.41	-0.41
89	Washington and Lee	Southern	0-1-0	0	-0.86	-3	0.04	0.3	-0.3
90	Colorado	Big 7	0-1-0	0	-0.88	-3	1.27	0.28	-0.28
91	Michigan State	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1	-6	3.15	0.19	-0.19
92	Alabama	SEC	0-1-0	0	-1.02	-7	0.47	0.28	-0.28
93	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.39	-7	2.46	0.16	-0.16
94	Georgetown	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.46	-11	2.52	0.1	-0.1
95	Missouri	Big 7	0-1-0	0	-1.47	-14	0.24	0.07	-0.07
96	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-1-0	0	-1.47	-13	3	0	0
97	Montana	Pacific	0-2-0	0	-1.51	-8	5.96	0.28	-0.28
98	Brown	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.64	-15	2.35	0.14	-0.14
99	Virginia Tech	Southern	0-1-0	0	-1.64	-13	-1.78	0	0
100	Tennessee	SEC	0-1-0	0	-1.7	-15	2.43	0.05	-0.05
101	Rutgers	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.75	-21	2.34	0.03	-0.03
102	Florida	SEC	0-1-0	0	-1.76	-14	2.8	0	0
103	Boston University	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.82	-27	-10	0	0
104	Washington	Pacific	0-1-0	0	-1.95	-20	2.09	0	0
105	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	0-1-0	0	-1.96	-23	1.26	0.13	-0.13
106	Wisconsin	Western	0-1-0	0	-2.07	-28	2.26	0.02	-0.02
107	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	0-1-0	0	-2.14	-13	24.71	0.17	-0.17
108	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2.18	-19	3.17	0.12	-0.12
109	Navy	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2.26	-14	25.6	0.07	-0.07
110	Idaho	Pacific	0-2-0	0	-2.34	-15	12.4	0.18	-0.18
111	Fordham	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2.36	-39	-10	0.04	-0.04
112	Texas A&M	Southwest	0-2-0	0	-2.46	-13	27.34	0.35	-0.35
113	New Mexico State	Border	0-2-0	0	-2.49	-20.5	15.02	0.07	-0.07
114	New York University	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2.58	-41	0.91	0.01	-0.01
115	Kansas State	Big 7	0-1-0	0	-2.68	-40	2.52	0	0
116	Washington State	Pacific	0-1-0	0	-2.95	-22	25.07	0.19	-0.19
117	LSU	SEC	0-1-0	0	-3.22	-33	26.76	0	0