1948 W8 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:23.512675+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	North Carolina	Southern	6-0-0	1	26.82	17.33	16.19	5.71	0.29
2	Michigan	Western	6-0-0	1	26.56	18.17	14.58	5.73	0.27
3	Georgia Tech	SEC	6-0-0	1	26.36	20	13.47	5.93	0.07
4	Clemson	Southern	5-0-0	1	25.57	17.2	10.15	4.77	0.23
5	California	Pacific	7-0-0	1	25.5	21.57	8.96	6.78	0.22
6	Army	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	25.21	26	6.67	5.81	0.19
7	Baylor	Southwest	5-0-1	0.83	25.13	10.17	9.86	5.21	-0.21
8	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	25.09	23.33	6.51	5.62	0.38
9	Penn State	FBS Independents	4-0-1	0.8	24.91	20.8	6.19	4.69	-0.69
10	Pennsylvania	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	24.85	16	6.9	4.47	0.53
11	UTEP	Border	5-0-1	0.83	23.99	14.83	2.88	5.04	-0.04
12	Nevada	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	23.38	40.67	-3.5	5.87	0.13
13	SMU	Southwest	5-1-0	0.83	22.59	20.33	15.23	5.67	-0.67
14	Kansas	Big 7	6-1-0	0.86	22.26	17.57	9.95	6.74	-0.74
15	Georgia	SEC	5-1-0	0.83	22.11	16.83	13.31	5.46	-0.46
16	Ole Miss	SEC	5-1-0	0.83	22.05	12.67	14.27	5.16	-0.16
17	Tulane	SEC	5-1-0	0.83	21.98	8.67	15.47	5.27	-0.27
18	Oregon	Pacific	6-1-0	0.86	21.91	11	9.89	6	0
19	Missouri	Big 7	5-1-0	0.83	21.84	25	9.85	5.63	-0.63
20	Northwestern	Western	5-1-0	0.83	21.8	12.83	12.68	5.39	-0.39
21	Utah	Skyline	6-1-0	0.86	21.78	11.71	8.88	6.1	-0.1
22	Oklahoma	Big 7	5-1-0	0.83	21.68	17.17	10.7	5.35	-0.35
23	Maryland	Southern	5-1-0	0.83	21.3	21.33	7.59	5.91	-0.91
24	Colorado State	Skyline	6-1-0	0.86	21.19	13.14	4.89	6.02	-0.02
25	Cornell	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	21.08	15.67	7.44	5.34	-0.34
26	Dartmouth	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	20.91	11.8	12.27	4.06	-0.06
27	Brown	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	20.44	14.33	4.46	5.27	-0.27
28	Duke	Southern	3-1-2	0.5	19.23	2.83	12.59	4.09	-1.09
29	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	3-1-1	0.6	18.52	4.2	8.39	3.21	-0.21
30	Boston University	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	18.49	3.17	-1.36	3.93	1.07
31	Utah State	Skyline	5-2-0	0.71	18.25	7.14	10.94	5.06	-0.06
32	Santa Clara	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.03	8.29	8.62	4.98	0.02
33	Villanova	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.9	10.17	13.61	4.78	-0.78
34	Minnesota	Western	4-2-0	0.67	17.78	9.83	12.89	4.92	-0.92
35	Ohio State	Western	4-2-0	0.67	17.78	5.33	13.79	4.21	-0.21
36	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	4-2-0	0.67	17.73	10.17	10.31	4.73	-0.73
37	Wake Forest	Southern	4-2-0	0.67	17.55	5.17	14.78	3.88	0.12
38	West Virginia	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	17.31	7.29	4.62	5.07	-0.07
39	Arkansas	Southwest	4-2-0	0.67	17.15	14	6.45	5.2	-1.2
40	Drake	Missouri Valley	5-2-0	0.71	17.11	11.71	0.79	5.76	-0.76
41	William & Mary	Southern	4-2-0	0.67	17.09	11.17	7.21	5.47	-1.47
42	Detroit Mercy	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	16.87	13.83	2.7	5.52	-1.52
43	VMI	Southern	4-2-0	0.67	16.87	5.83	9.27	4.28	-0.28
44	Michigan State	FBS Independents	3-2-1	0.5	16.74	16.83	14.89	5.02	-2.02
45	Florida	SEC	4-2-0	0.67	16.52	4.33	8.31	3.77	0.23
46	Washington State	Pacific	4-2-0	0.67	16.48	3.67	8.13	3.68	0.32
47	Tennessee	SEC	3-2-1	0.5	16.46	10	13.1	5.23	-2.23
48	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-2-1	0.5	16.42	12.5	14.7	5.32	-2.32
49	Rutgers	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	16.34	4	4.99	3.76	0.24
50	Texas	Southwest	4-3-0	0.57	15.76	7.57	15.24	5.27	-1.27
51	Arizona State	Border	3-2-0	0.6	15.46	14.4	3.2	4.31	-1.31
52	USC	Pacific	4-3-0	0.57	15.31	3.29	16.52	4.91	-0.91
53	Boston College	FBS Independents	3-2-1	0.5	15.1	0.83	13.71	3.19	-0.19
54	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	14.88	-1.33	11.29	2.7	1.3
55	Virginia	FBS Independents	3-2-1	0.5	14.61	4.33	2.48	3.74	-0.74
56	Texas Tech	Border	4-3-0	0.57	14.44	3.14	9.1	4.3	-0.3
57	TCU	Southwest	4-3-0	0.57	14.37	0.43	16.23	3.62	0.38
58	Wyoming	Skyline	3-3-0	0.5	13.56	17.5	5.02	5.03	-2.03
59	Richmond	Southern	3-3-0	0.5	12.82	4.5	7.09	4.43	-1.43
60	Georgetown	FBS Independents	2-2-1	0.4	12.75	4.6	7.59	3.58	-1.58
61	Kentucky	SEC	3-3-0	0.5	12.55	5.33	6.61	3.99	-0.99
62	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	12.33	5.5	4.21	4.54	-1.54
63	West Texas A&M	Border	4-4-0	0.5	11.84	4.25	0.35	5.22	-1.22
64	Hardin-Simmons	Border	1-1-2	0.25	11.81	0.75	7.61	2.1	-1.1
65	Mississippi State	SEC	2-3-1	0.33	11.01	2.67	15.91	3.91	-1.91
66	Oregon State	Pacific	3-3-1	0.43	10.89	-1.86	8.87	3.1	-0.1
67	Stanford	Pacific	3-4-0	0.43	10.8	2.43	10.48	4.13	-1.13
68	NC State	Southern	2-3-1	0.33	10.75	1	18.83	3.37	-1.37
69	South Carolina	Southern	2-3-0	0.4	10.61	2	12.8	2.94	-0.94
70	Iowa	Western	3-3-0	0.5	10.59	-2.33	11.12	2.38	0.62
71	Yale	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	10.19	-6	9.37	1.9	1.1
72	Princeton	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	9.81	0.4	18.57	2.56	-0.56
73	Arizona	Border	3-3-0	0.5	9.36	-15.33	12.23	0.93	2.07
74	Illinois	Western	2-4-0	0.33	9.19	3.5	12.89	3.76	-1.76
75	Northern Arizona	Border	3-3-0	0.5	9.12	-9.17	0.21	1.14	1.86
76	Alabama	SEC	2-3-1	0.33	9.09	-2	16.13	2.57	-0.57
77	The Citadel	Southern	2-3-0	0.4	8.86	1.8	-1.84	3.25	-1.25
78	Miami	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	8.74	-2.6	13.71	2.03	-0.03
79	Fordham	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	8.7	1.2	-5.42	2.65	-0.65
80	Iowa State	Big 7	3-4-0	0.43	8.68	-5	9.89	2.31	0.69
81	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	8.56	1.33	11.13	3.33	-1.33
82	Colorado	Big 7	2-4-0	0.33	8.52	1.33	11.35	3.29	-1.29
83	Columbia	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	8.42	0.5	14.4	3.09	-1.09
84	UCLA	Pacific	3-4-0	0.43	8.33	-5.43	9.93	2.42	0.58
85	BYU	Skyline	3-4-0	0.43	8.14	-4.57	5.51	2.26	0.74
86	Furman	Southern	2-3-1	0.33	7.89	-4.5	6.76	1.37	0.63
87	Harvard	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	7.78	-7.6	17.64	1.35	0.65
88	Davidson	Southern	2-3-1	0.33	7.47	-7	4.94	1.29	0.71
89	Indiana	Western	2-4-0	0.33	7.15	-2.17	13.2	2.39	-0.39
90	Rice	Southwest	2-4-0	0.33	7.01	-1	12.12	2.76	-0.76
91	New Mexico	Border	2-4-0	0.33	6.89	-2	9.39	2.65	-0.65
92	New York University	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	6.66	-10	1.75	0.89	1.11
93	Saint Mary's (CA)	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	6.61	-3.33	11.15	2.35	-0.35
94	Colgate	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	6.42	-5.67	13.68	2	0
95	Purdue	Western	2-4-0	0.33	5.88	-9	16.13	1.19	0.81
96	LSU	SEC	2-4-0	0.33	5.7	-16.33	14.98	0.62	1.38
97	Duquesne	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	5.29	-13.17	2.59	1.02	0.98
98	New Mexico State	Border	2-4-0	0.33	4.88	-15	1.99	0.91	1.09
99	George Washington	Southern	2-5-0	0.29	4.74	-13	11.33	0.8	1.2
100	Montana	Pacific	2-5-0	0.29	4.56	-9.71	1.76	1.25	0.75
101	Saint Louis	Missouri Valley	2-5-0	0.29	4.09	-17.86	0.21	0.58	1.42
102	Washington	Pacific	1-4-1	0.17	3.05	-8.33	14.32	0.79	0.21
103	Idaho	Pacific	1-5-0	0.17	2.91	-3.17	14.09	2.34	-1.34
104	San Francisco	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	2.76	-12.8	17.91	0.68	0.32
105	Auburn	SEC	1-4-1	0.17	2.5	-15	9.24	0.45	0.55
106	Marquette	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	2.47	-5.67	9.85	1.82	-0.82
107	Temple	FBS Independents	1-4-1	0.17	2.45	-9	8.89	1.2	-0.2
108	Denver	Skyline	1-5-1	0.14	2.2	-8.43	13.69	1.52	-0.52
109	Wisconsin	Western	1-5-0	0.17	2.05	-11.33	15.06	1.28	-0.28
110	Washington and Lee	Southern	1-5-0	0.17	1.81	-15.33	14.42	0.33	0.67
111	Nebraska	Big 7	1-5-0	0.17	1.77	-16.33	15.18	0.7	0.3
112	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	1.58	-20.33	14.3	0.29	0.71
113	Kansas State	Big 7	1-5-0	0.17	1.35	-26.17	10.78	0.21	0.79
114	Texas A&M	Southwest	0-7-0	0	-2.29	-13.71	17.27	1.05	-1.05
115	Navy	FBS Independents	0-6-0	0	-2.58	-17	23.92	0.47	-0.47
116	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	0-5-1	0	-2.6	-19.17	18.73	0.73	-0.73
117	Virginia Tech	Southern	0-6-0	0	-2.79	-24.67	18.66	0	0