1948 W9 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:23.513183+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	North Carolina	Southern	6-0-1	0.86	26.3	14.86	15.06	6.57	-0.57
2	Michigan	Western	7-0-0	1	26.12	20.57	12.96	6.81	0.19
3	Penn State	FBS Independents	5-0-1	0.83	25.32	19.5	9.48	5.69	-0.69
4	Army	FBS Independents	7-0-0	1	25.26	28.43	7.71	6.86	0.14
5	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	7-0-0	1	25.18	25.14	7.78	6.65	0.35
6	California	Pacific	8-0-0	1	25.05	20.75	7.71	7.67	0.33
7	Clemson	Southern	6-0-0	1	25.04	21.17	7.56	5.86	0.14
8	Georgia Tech	SEC	6-1-0	0.86	22.91	16.14	13.56	6.79	-0.79
9	Ole Miss	SEC	6-1-0	0.86	22.74	14.71	14.37	6.23	-0.23
10	SMU	Southwest	6-1-0	0.86	22.67	18.29	12.81	6.48	-0.48
11	Georgia	SEC	6-1-0	0.86	22.58	15.57	13.11	6.28	-0.28
12	Tulane	SEC	6-1-0	0.86	22.44	10.43	14.07	6.32	-0.32
13	Oklahoma	Big 7	6-1-0	0.86	22.38	19.57	11.11	6.41	-0.41
14	Utah	Skyline	7-1-0	0.88	22.28	11.38	10.15	7.04	-0.04
15	Northwestern	Western	6-1-0	0.86	22.11	12.29	11.42	6.27	-0.27
16	Oregon	Pacific	7-1-0	0.88	22.02	10.38	8.96	6.83	0.17
17	Kansas	Big 7	6-1-0	0.86	21.86	17.57	8.29	6.74	-0.74
18	Cornell	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	21.56	14.57	7.64	6.23	-0.23
19	Maryland	Southern	6-1-0	0.86	21.54	20	6.19	6.86	-0.86
20	Pennsylvania	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	21.41	11.17	10.55	5.01	-0.01
21	Dartmouth	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	21.24	10.67	11.04	4.69	0.31
22	Baylor	Southwest	5-1-1	0.71	21.08	8.29	9.69	5.77	-0.77
23	Nevada	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	20.82	32.86	-0.74	6.76	-0.76
24	Brown	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	20.72	17.43	2.13	6.46	-0.46
25	UTEP	Border	5-1-1	0.71	20.12	7	4.73	4.74	0.26
26	Boston University	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	19.76	6.43	0.83	5.38	0.62
27	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	4-1-1	0.67	19.35	4.67	7.43	3.94	0.06
28	Santa Clara	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	19.18	9	10.84	5.97	0.03
29	Colorado State	Skyline	6-2-0	0.75	18.92	10.38	7.22	6.57	-0.57
30	Missouri	Big 7	5-2-0	0.71	18.89	16.57	10.51	5.91	-0.91
31	Ohio State	Western	5-2-0	0.71	18.74	10.43	13.37	5.85	-0.85
32	Minnesota	Western	5-2-0	0.71	18.49	12.29	10.77	6.04	-1.04
33	Wake Forest	Southern	5-2-0	0.71	18.39	5.43	14.15	4.55	0.45
34	Michigan State	FBS Independents	4-2-1	0.57	18.22	21.14	12.75	6.25	-2.25
35	West Virginia	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	18.18	11.62	3.08	6.52	-0.52
36	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	5-2-0	0.71	18.13	11.43	8.57	5.84	-0.84
37	Vanderbilt	SEC	4-2-1	0.57	18	16.57	12.63	6.48	-2.48
38	Tennessee	SEC	4-2-1	0.57	17.74	9.57	13.55	6.1	-2.1
39	Villanova	FBS Independents	4-2-1	0.57	17.5	8.71	11.64	5.4	-1.4
40	William & Mary	Southern	4-2-1	0.57	17.28	9.57	9.82	6.24	-2.24
41	Rutgers	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	17.04	6.43	3.93	4.84	0.16
42	Arizona State	Border	4-2-0	0.67	16.85	19.5	3.6	5.48	-1.48
43	Texas	Southwest	5-3-0	0.62	16.73	7	16.62	5.96	-0.96
44	Washington State	Pacific	4-2-1	0.57	16.43	3.14	8.92	4.15	-0.15
45	Texas Tech	Border	5-3-0	0.62	16.15	7.75	11.88	5.96	-0.96
46	Virginia	FBS Independents	4-2-1	0.57	15.99	4.71	4.46	4.46	-0.46
47	Utah State	Skyline	5-3-0	0.62	15.79	4.5	9.99	5.14	-0.14
48	Hardin-Simmons	Border	2-1-2	0.4	15.56	3.2	4.05	2.96	-0.96
49	Drake	Missouri Valley	5-3-0	0.62	15.21	10	1.56	6.52	-1.52
50	USC	Pacific	4-3-0	0.57	15.06	3.29	16.52	4.91	-0.91
51	Duke	Southern	3-2-2	0.43	15.06	1.43	12.44	4.04	-1.04
52	Boston College	FBS Independents	3-2-1	0.5	14.81	0.83	14.3	3.19	-0.19
53	Georgetown	FBS Independents	3-2-1	0.5	14.7	5	6.44	4.44	-1.44
54	Arkansas	Southwest	4-3-0	0.57	14.62	9.29	5.71	5.42	-1.42
55	Detroit Mercy	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	14.32	11.43	2.01	5.92	-1.92
56	Florida	SEC	4-3-0	0.57	14.25	2.57	9.76	4.05	-0.05
57	VMI	Southern	4-3-0	0.57	14.15	2	9.82	4.02	-0.02
58	Richmond	Southern	4-3-0	0.57	14.12	4.71	7.23	5.4	-1.4
59	TCU	Southwest	4-3-0	0.57	14.03	0.43	15.54	3.62	0.38
60	Yale	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	13.53	2.29	6.89	3.98	0.02
61	Princeton	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	13.53	7	15.41	4.1	-1.1
62	Wyoming	Skyline	3-3-0	0.5	13.33	17.5	5.2	5.03	-2.03
63	Mississippi State	SEC	3-3-1	0.43	13.15	5.14	12.96	5.41	-2.41
64	Kentucky	SEC	3-3-1	0.43	12.74	4.57	8.71	4.54	-1.54
65	Alabama	SEC	3-3-1	0.43	12.42	2.14	11.9	4.05	-1.05
66	Miami	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	12.35	2.83	9.7	3.58	-0.58
67	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	11.81	-7	11.77	1.87	2.13
68	West Texas A&M	Border	4-4-0	0.5	11.78	4.25	-0.31	5.22	-1.22
69	Illinois	Western	3-4-0	0.43	11.46	5	12.77	4.84	-1.84
70	Arizona	Border	4-3-0	0.57	11.06	-12	11.02	1.36	2.64
71	Northern Arizona	Border	4-3-0	0.57	11.04	-2	-1.12	3.01	0.99
72	Colorado	Big 7	3-4-0	0.43	11.03	3.14	11.57	4.26	-1.26
73	Oregon State	Pacific	3-3-2	0.38	10.73	-1.62	9.79	3.62	-0.62
74	Rice	Southwest	3-4-0	0.43	10.66	1.86	11.56	4.01	-1.01
75	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	10.6	1.57	10.74	3.96	-0.96
76	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	10.18	0.86	5.91	3.77	-0.77
77	Iowa State	Big 7	4-4-0	0.5	10.17	-4.12	10.57	2.72	1.28
78	Saint Mary's (CA)	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	9.47	-0.14	7.96	3.46	-0.46
79	Iowa	Western	3-4-0	0.43	8.72	-4	9.94	2.2	0.8
80	NC State	Southern	2-4-1	0.29	8.11	-0.14	17.65	3.44	-1.44
81	Stanford	Pacific	3-5-0	0.38	7.9	-3.25	12.29	3.08	-0.08
82	South Carolina	Southern	2-4-0	0.33	7.77	-0.33	14.01	2.91	-0.91
83	UCLA	Pacific	3-5-0	0.38	7.28	-6.62	11.65	2.51	0.49
84	BYU	Skyline	3-5-0	0.38	6.91	-5.88	3.57	2.2	0.8
85	Columbia	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	6.87	-0.29	15.85	3.44	-1.44
86	George Washington	Southern	3-5-0	0.38	6.8	-9.62	11.08	1.35	1.65
87	The Citadel	Southern	2-4-0	0.33	6.58	-0.83	-1.65	2.57	-0.57
88	Idaho	Pacific	2-5-0	0.29	6.23	-0.43	10.56	3.4	-1.4
89	Fordham	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	5.99	-3.33	-1.46	2.5	-0.5
90	San Francisco	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	5.96	-6	12.1	1.78	0.22
91	Davidson	Southern	2-4-1	0.29	5.88	-6.86	6.63	1.35	0.65
92	Harvard	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	5.85	-13	15.66	1	1
93	Temple	FBS Independents	2-4-1	0.29	5.85	-4.86	7.35	2.21	-0.21
94	Furman	Southern	2-4-1	0.29	5.8	-9.71	9.46	0.61	1.39
95	New Mexico	Border	2-5-0	0.29	5.64	-2.86	9.19	2.88	-0.88
96	New York University	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	5.5	-9.5	3.72	1.04	0.96
97	Colgate	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	5.36	-6	14.33	2.18	-0.18
98	Indiana	Western	2-5-0	0.29	5.31	-7	14.65	1.63	0.37
99	Denver	Skyline	2-5-1	0.25	5	-7	13.65	2.21	-0.21
100	Purdue	Western	2-5-0	0.29	4.94	-11.57	16.21	1.03	0.97
101	Nebraska	Big 7	2-5-0	0.29	4.75	-9.43	13.14	1.68	0.32
102	LSU	SEC	2-5-0	0.29	4.5	-19.86	15.41	0.52	1.48
103	Washington and Lee	Southern	2-5-0	0.29	4.5	-12.14	11.18	0.67	1.33
104	Duquesne	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.44	-11.71	3.3	1.32	0.68
105	New Mexico State	Border	2-5-0	0.29	4.08	-19.29	3.24	0.73	1.27
106	Montana	Pacific	2-6-0	0.25	3.56	-10.75	0.72	1.34	0.66
107	Saint Louis	Missouri Valley	2-6-0	0.25	3.3	-16.5	2.49	0.78	1.22
108	Washington	Pacific	1-5-1	0.14	2.3	-8	15.96	0.97	0.03
109	Auburn	SEC	1-5-1	0.14	1.71	-15.71	10.33	0.39	0.61
110	Wisconsin	Western	1-6-0	0.14	1.32	-11	14.6	1.44	-0.44
111	Marquette	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	1.28	-11.57	11.66	1.13	-0.13
112	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	0.84	-20.29	12.47	0.26	0.74
113	Kansas State	Big 7	1-6-0	0.14	0.6	-27	8.81	0.17	0.83
114	Texas A&M	Southwest	0-8-0	0	-2.23	-12.75	17.37	1.31	-1.31
115	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	0-6-1	0	-2.57	-19.14	18.35	0.7	-0.7
116	Virginia Tech	Southern	0-7-0	0	-2.62	-22.14	14.86	0.02	-0.02
117	Navy	FBS Independents	0-7-0	0	-2.68	-19.57	23.45	0.35	-0.35