1951 FINAL CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:24.018553+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Georgia Tech	SEC	11-0-1	0.92	25.22	17.08	12.84	11.32	-0.32
2	Maryland	Southern	10-0-0	1	25.06	30.6	9.86	9.79	0.21
3	Illinois	Western	9-0-1	0.9	25.05	13.7	12.84	9.1	-0.1
4	Michigan State	FBS Independents	9-0-0	1	24.94	17.33	11.36	7.97	1.03
5	Princeton	FBS Independents	9-0-0	1	24.05	25.33	5.5	8.63	0.37
6	San Francisco	FBS Independents	9-0-0	1	23.6	23.78	3.47	8.67	0.33
7	Tennessee	SEC	10-1-0	0.91	22.87	24.55	9.45	10.4	-0.4
8	Virginia	FBS Independents	8-1-0	0.89	22.31	19.33	10.13	8.2	-0.2
9	Wisconsin	Western	7-1-1	0.78	22.08	15.89	10.9	8.61	-1.61
10	Baylor	Southwest	8-2-1	0.73	20.56	10.36	14.27	8.97	-0.97
11	Oklahoma	Big 7	8-2-0	0.8	20.45	22.4	10.43	9.45	-1.45
12	California	Pacific	8-2-0	0.8	20.35	14.1	11.92	8.11	-0.11
13	Stanford	Pacific	9-2-0	0.82	20.16	4.36	12.63	6.99	2.01
14	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	19.77	24.5	5.88	9.36	-1.36
15	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	9-2-0	0.82	19.75	15.55	5.09	8.93	0.07
16	Kansas	Big 7	8-2-0	0.8	19.73	10.8	9.22	7.29	0.71
17	Wyoming	Skyline	7-2-1	0.7	19.72	13.8	10.88	9.12	-2.12
18	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	7-2-1	0.7	19.33	11.9	9.13	8.34	-1.34
19	Drake	Missouri Valley	7-2-0	0.78	18.07	8.89	2.3	7.11	-0.11
20	Texas	Southwest	7-3-0	0.7	17.66	5.3	13.91	6.93	0.07
21	Miami	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	17.6	6.36	8.03	8.14	-0.14
22	Kentucky	SEC	8-4-0	0.67	17.59	16.08	12.82	10.87	-2.87
23	Washington State	Pacific	7-3-0	0.7	17.5	9.3	9.99	7.22	-0.22
24	Clemson	Southern	7-3-0	0.7	17.48	9.9	9.16	8.41	-1.41
25	USC	Pacific	7-3-0	0.7	17.48	5.6	12.36	6.64	0.36
26	Colorado	Big 7	7-3-0	0.7	17.47	6	11.96	6.34	0.66
27	Ole Miss	SEC	6-3-1	0.6	17	9.7	11.03	7.58	-1.58
28	Cornell	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	16.96	7.56	12.01	6.48	-0.48
29	LSU	SEC	7-3-1	0.64	16.71	1.55	12.26	6.42	0.58
30	Texas Tech	Border	7-4-0	0.64	16.64	12	12.47	8.77	-1.77
31	VMI	Southern	7-3-0	0.7	16.51	6.5	4.6	6.9	0.1
32	Arizona State	Border	6-3-1	0.6	16.4	13.2	5.03	7.9	-1.9
33	UCLA	Pacific	5-3-1	0.56	16.11	7.56	14.34	6.69	-1.69
34	Denver	Skyline	6-4-0	0.6	15.65	15	10.34	8.57	-2.57
35	Texas A&M	Southwest	5-3-2	0.5	15.42	3.4	13.07	6.02	-1.02
36	BYU	Skyline	6-3-1	0.6	15.31	3.1	3.8	5.91	0.09
37	Washington and Lee	Southern	6-4-0	0.6	15.31	9.3	10.43	7.22	-1.22
38	Columbia	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	15.12	5.75	7.86	5.65	-0.65
39	Wake Forest	Southern	6-4-0	0.6	15.01	5.8	10.62	6.92	-0.92
40	Boston University	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	14.98	14.2	5.36	8.22	-2.22
41	William & Mary	Southern	7-3-0	0.7	14.64	-4.8	12.81	3.58	3.42
42	Duke	Southern	5-4-1	0.5	14.21	4.4	13.13	6.42	-1.42
43	Fordham	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	14.12	5.44	11.07	5.73	-0.73
44	Villanova	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	14.06	0.12	10.62	4.03	0.97
45	Colorado State	Skyline	5-4-1	0.5	14.06	8.4	7.94	7.33	-2.33
46	South Carolina	Southern	5-4-0	0.56	14.05	4.44	11.64	5.84	-0.84
47	Utah	Skyline	7-4-0	0.64	13.95	-1	11.32	5.2	1.8
48	Syracuse	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	13.92	3.67	11.55	5.56	-0.56
49	Pacific	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.82	5.36	10.19	7.03	-1.03
50	TCU	Southwest	6-5-0	0.55	13.72	2.09	14.45	6.27	-0.27
51	Ohio State	Western	4-3-2	0.44	13.44	0.56	13.03	4.75	-0.75
52	Pennsylvania	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	13.3	0.44	14.49	4.68	0.32
53	Purdue	Western	5-4-0	0.56	12.89	0.11	12.5	4.53	0.47
54	Florida	SEC	5-5-0	0.5	12.88	4.3	13.76	6.62	-1.62
55	Houston	Missouri Valley	6-5-0	0.55	12.68	1.73	6.22	6.02	-0.02
56	Vanderbilt	SEC	6-5-0	0.55	12.54	0.55	8.77	5.7	0.3
57	Temple	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	12.45	-0.8	4.83	4.72	1.28
58	Penn State	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	12.38	-0.67	12.33	4.3	0.7
59	Rutgers	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	12.34	8.75	3.91	6.05	-2.05
60	Arkansas	Southwest	5-5-0	0.5	12.33	1.6	13.98	5.56	-0.56
61	Hardin-Simmons	Border	6-6-0	0.5	12.16	4.67	6.09	7.6	-1.6
62	Northwestern	Western	5-4-0	0.56	12.14	-1.33	12.62	3.96	1.04
63	West Virginia	Southern	5-5-0	0.5	11.91	3.5	5.35	5.99	-0.99
64	Rice	Southwest	5-5-0	0.5	11.87	0.5	13.8	5.2	-0.2
65	Alabama	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	11.73	6.82	10.51	7.58	-2.58
66	Arizona	Border	6-5-0	0.55	11.07	-2.18	6.17	4.9	1.1
67	Georgia	SEC	5-5-0	0.5	10.94	-0.8	12.24	4.74	0.26
68	Michigan	Western	4-5-0	0.44	10.9	1.44	14.06	5.04	-1.04
69	Iowa State	Big 7	4-4-1	0.44	10.75	-0.56	8.74	4.38	-0.38
70	Oregon State	Pacific	4-6-0	0.4	10.3	2.4	14.74	5.74	-1.74
71	Bradley	Missouri Valley	4-5-0	0.44	10.21	5.89	-2.58	6.14	-2.14
72	Auburn	SEC	5-5-0	0.5	10.07	-3.2	9.78	4.04	0.96
73	Marquette	FBS Independents	4-6-1	0.36	9.46	0.91	9.87	5.8	-1.8
74	Colgate	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	9.22	-0.33	4.69	4.41	-0.41
75	Washington	Pacific	3-6-1	0.3	9.12	5.5	13.75	6.3	-3.3
76	Dartmouth	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	8.88	-3.44	12.61	3.31	0.69
77	SMU	Southwest	3-6-1	0.3	8.62	2	15.56	5.76	-2.76
78	Mississippi State	SEC	4-5-0	0.44	8.44	-5	9.58	2.36	1.64
79	Tulane	SEC	4-6-0	0.4	8.1	-2.9	13.1	3.92	0.08
80	The Citadel	Southern	4-6-0	0.4	7.69	-2.3	4.7	4.31	-0.31
81	Utah State	Skyline	3-5-1	0.33	7.67	-2.44	11.94	3.82	-0.82
82	Furman	Southern	3-6-1	0.3	7.6	1.3	3.21	5.41	-2.41
83	Santa Clara	FBS Independents	3-5-1	0.33	7.02	-8.33	14.51	2.32	0.68
84	New Mexico	Skyline	4-7-0	0.36	6.73	-4.45	9.72	4.18	-0.18
85	Harvard	FBS Independents	3-5-1	0.33	6.41	-13.67	9.71	1.68	1.32
86	Yale	FBS Independents	2-5-2	0.22	6.09	-0.56	8.73	4.29	-2.29
87	Detroit Mercy	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	6.08	-11.64	9.69	1.88	2.12
88	Boston College	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	5.93	-7	13.37	2.59	0.41
89	Loyola Marymount	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	5.86	-5.44	8.17	3.25	-0.25
90	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	5.36	-5.9	13.33	3.19	-0.19
91	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	3-7-0	0.3	5.11	-8.3	13.12	2.79	0.21
92	NC State	Southern	3-7-0	0.3	5.07	-6.2	7.31	2.97	0.03
93	Iowa	Western	2-5-2	0.22	4.89	-8	12.57	2.65	-0.65
94	Navy	FBS Independents	2-6-1	0.22	4.78	-2.56	14.47	3.65	-1.65
95	UTEP	Border	3-7-0	0.3	4.68	-8.9	3.48	2.51	0.49
96	Richmond	Southern	3-8-0	0.27	3.86	-13.09	5.96	1.47	1.53
97	George Washington	Southern	2-6-1	0.22	3.77	-10.89	13.09	1.86	0.14
98	Minnesota	Western	2-6-1	0.22	3.71	-10.67	10.7	2.24	-0.24
99	Indiana	Western	2-7-0	0.22	3.35	-8.11	15.3	2.18	-0.18
100	Army	FBS Independents	2-7-0	0.22	3.3	-7.44	11.12	2.28	-0.28
101	Idaho	Pacific	2-7-0	0.22	3.25	-8.11	11.57	2.06	-0.06
102	Brown	FBS Independents	2-7-0	0.22	3.02	-10.89	10.63	1.81	0.19
103	San José State	FBS Independents	2-7-1	0.2	2.93	-11.6	9.02	1.48	0.52
104	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	2-7-0	0.22	2.81	-14	9.3	0.78	1.22
105	North Carolina	Southern	2-8-0	0.2	2.73	-10.4	16.84	1.86	0.14
106	West Texas A&M	Border	2-7-0	0.22	2.72	-13.11	3.33	1.61	0.39
107	Montana	Skyline	2-7-0	0.22	2.64	-17.56	9.32	0.95	1.05
108	Missouri	Big 7	2-8-0	0.2	2.51	-12.3	12.21	2.15	-0.15
109	Oregon	Pacific	2-8-0	0.2	2.23	-18.7	14.01	1.08	0.92
110	Virginia Tech	Southern	2-8-0	0.2	2.07	-20.6	8.61	0.71	1.29
111	Kansas State	Big 7	1-7-1	0.11	0.43	-17.22	9.57	0.57	0.43
112	Northern Arizona	Border	1-7-0	0.12	0.38	-16.88	-6.68	0.65	0.35
113	Nebraska	Big 7	1-8-1	0.1	0.37	-13.8	11.96	1.41	-0.41
114	Davidson	Southern	1-8-0	0.11	0.19	-17.44	6.2	0.77	0.23
115	New York University	FBS Independents	1-7-0	0.12	-0.02	-31.25	9.74	0.26	0.74
116	New Mexico State	Border	1-9-0	0.1	-0.19	-22.2	2.23	0.73	0.27