1952 FINAL CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:24.169561+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Michigan State	FBS Independents	9-0-0	1	25.34	25.33	11.9	8.62	0.38
2	Georgia Tech	SEC	12-0-0	1	25.17	22.17	11.61	11.79	0.21
3	Oklahoma	Big 7	8-1-1	0.8	23.08	26.6	13.02	9.25	-1.25
4	USC	Pacific	10-1-0	0.91	22.94	18.82	11.24	10.8	-0.8
5	UCLA	Pacific	8-1-0	0.89	22.76	18.33	12.87	8.68	-0.68
6	Ole Miss	SEC	8-1-2	0.73	22	11.27	10.19	9.27	-1.27
7	Princeton	FBS Independents	8-1-0	0.89	21.85	24.78	6.56	8.68	-0.68
8	Villanova	FBS Independents	7-1-1	0.78	21.09	11.56	6.56	7.39	-0.39
9	Alabama	SEC	10-2-0	0.83	20.77	15.5	9.99	10.59	-0.59
10	Duke	Southern	8-2-0	0.8	20.66	15.5	13.39	9.38	-1.38
11	Texas	Southwest	9-2-0	0.82	20.5	10.36	11.55	8.55	0.45
12	Virginia	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	20.19	20.7	9.15	9.44	-1.44
13	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	7-2-1	0.7	20.1	7.5	16.22	7.77	-0.77
14	Tennessee	SEC	8-2-1	0.73	20.08	16.36	9.22	10.38	-2.38
15	Houston	Missouri Valley	8-2-0	0.8	20.05	10	11.57	8.72	-0.72
16	Maryland	FBS Independents	7-2-0	0.78	20.04	14.78	12.61	8.13	-1.13
17	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	8-2-1	0.73	19.76	13.09	8.21	8.64	-0.64
18	West Virginia	Southern	7-2-0	0.78	19.52	13.11	9.86	7.57	-0.57
19	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	19.49	14.9	6.32	9.28	-1.28
20	Penn State	FBS Independents	7-2-1	0.7	19.12	2.3	14.82	5.84	1.16
21	Colorado	Big 7	6-2-2	0.6	19.11	8.8	13.49	7.41	-1.41
22	Navy	FBS Independents	6-2-1	0.67	19.08	8	13.78	7.48	-1.48
23	New Mexico	Skyline	7-2-0	0.78	18.99	8.11	8.61	8.14	-1.14
24	Yale	FBS Independents	7-2-0	0.78	18.8	13.33	5.2	7.54	-0.54
25	Florida	SEC	8-3-0	0.73	18.64	16.55	10.46	9.87	-1.87
26	California	Pacific	7-3-0	0.7	18.06	12	12.64	8.29	-1.29
27	Kansas	Big 7	7-3-0	0.7	17.64	10.4	10.43	8.29	-1.29
28	George Washington	Southern	6-2-1	0.67	17.55	4.33	6.15	5.71	0.29
29	Washington	Pacific	7-3-0	0.7	17.35	4.7	12.21	6.22	0.78
30	Arizona State	Border	6-3-0	0.67	17.18	14	10.42	7.6	-1.6
31	Wisconsin	Western	6-3-1	0.6	16.93	7.8	11.3	7.3	-1.3
32	Ohio State	Western	6-3-0	0.67	16.83	8.67	10.35	6.91	-0.91
33	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	16.63	3.44	13.47	5.45	0.55
34	Pacific	FBS Independents	7-3-1	0.64	16.57	13.09	1.83	8.96	-1.96
35	Utah	Skyline	6-3-1	0.6	16.51	6	9.87	7.13	-1.13
36	San José State	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	16.36	9.67	6.31	6.59	-0.59
37	Colgate	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	16.08	9.78	4.19	7.25	-1.25
38	Syracuse	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	16.04	0.1	11.48	5.03	1.97
39	Arizona	Border	6-4-0	0.6	15.55	13	10.38	8.09	-2.09
40	Georgia	SEC	7-4-0	0.64	15.4	1.64	12.48	6.04	0.96
41	Furman	Southern	6-3-1	0.6	14.85	2.9	0.51	6.05	-0.05
42	Colorado State	Skyline	6-4-0	0.6	14.65	4	9.56	6.47	-0.47
43	Purdue	Western	4-3-2	0.44	14.48	4.11	13.88	5.64	-1.64
44	Hardin-Simmons	Border	5-3-2	0.5	14.41	3.2	5	5.92	-0.92
45	Michigan	Western	5-4-0	0.56	14.39	8.11	11.07	6.63	-1.63
46	Nebraska	Big 7	5-4-1	0.5	13.95	5	10.08	6.92	-1.92
47	Pennsylvania	FBS Independents	4-3-2	0.44	13.87	1.67	13.08	5.19	-1.19
48	Wake Forest	Southern	5-4-1	0.5	13.85	2.9	12.22	6.15	-1.15
49	Mississippi State	SEC	5-4-0	0.56	13.72	4.33	8.85	5.5	-0.5
50	Wyoming	Skyline	5-4-0	0.56	13.22	1.33	10.08	5.09	-0.09
51	Harvard	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	12.87	1.78	5.54	4.91	0.09
52	Tulane	SEC	5-5-0	0.5	12.49	4.2	10.04	6.45	-1.45
53	TCU	Southwest	4-4-2	0.4	12.47	3.8	10.43	6.78	-2.78
54	Kentucky	SEC	5-4-2	0.45	12.11	-1.09	11.36	5.03	-0.03
55	Idaho	Pacific	4-4-1	0.44	11.95	3.67	5.49	5.59	-1.59
56	South Carolina	Southern	5-5-0	0.5	11.94	1.4	10.58	5.49	-0.49
57	Army	FBS Independents	4-4-1	0.44	11.82	0.44	13.55	4.64	-0.64
58	Minnesota	Western	4-3-2	0.44	11.71	-4.44	12.77	3.12	0.88
59	Baylor	Southwest	4-4-2	0.4	11.65	0.6	10.89	5.19	-1.19
60	William & Mary	Southern	4-5-0	0.44	11.56	6.67	11.25	6	-2
61	Illinois	Western	4-5-0	0.44	10.9	2.11	11.84	5.05	-1.05
62	Missouri	Big 7	5-5-0	0.5	10.87	-1.2	13.3	4.54	0.46
63	Boston University	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	10.77	-7.7	8.94	2.6	2.4
64	Rutgers	FBS Independents	4-4-1	0.44	10.42	-0.67	5.59	4.32	-0.32
65	Rice	Southwest	5-5-0	0.5	10.4	-2.3	11.54	4.17	0.83
66	UTEP	Border	5-5-1	0.45	10.28	-0.64	3.73	5.3	-0.3
67	Stanford	Pacific	5-5-0	0.5	10.2	-3.9	12.92	3.9	1.1
68	Boston College	FBS Independents	4-4-1	0.44	9.72	-4.11	7.25	2.79	1.21
69	SMU	Southwest	4-5-1	0.4	9.11	-2.7	13.76	3.94	0.06
70	Virginia Tech	Southern	5-6-0	0.45	8.5	-6	8.98	3.32	1.68
71	Washington State	Pacific	4-6-0	0.4	7.78	-4.4	12.04	3.68	0.32
72	Fordham	FBS Independents	2-5-1	0.25	7.57	4	7.06	5.1	-3.1
73	Marquette	FBS Independents	3-5-1	0.33	7.45	-3.67	12.24	3.62	-0.62
74	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-5-2	0.3	7.45	-4.8	15.32	3.42	-0.42
75	Miami	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	7.42	-1	8.24	5.12	-1.12
76	BYU	Skyline	4-6-0	0.4	7.2	-8.6	10.03	2.59	1.41
77	Northern Arizona	Border	3-4-0	0.43	7.14	-4.14	-8.11	2.4	0.6
78	The Citadel	Southern	3-5-1	0.33	6.66	-8	7.41	2.21	0.79
79	Detroit Mercy	Missouri Valley	3-6-0	0.33	6.63	-1.89	11.23	4.08	-1.08
80	Texas Tech	Border	3-7-1	0.27	6.43	-0.55	10.86	5.33	-2.33
81	Texas A&M	Southwest	3-6-1	0.3	6.14	-5	12.96	3.24	-0.24
82	Iowa State	Big 7	3-6-0	0.33	6.05	-4.56	9.79	3.3	-0.3
83	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	3-7-0	0.3	5.7	-3.2	12.2	3.85	-0.85
84	LSU	SEC	3-7-0	0.3	5.44	-6.6	17.08	2.94	0.06
85	VMI	Southern	3-6-1	0.3	5.41	-11.4	9.34	2.24	0.76
86	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	3-6-1	0.3	5.38	-7.6	2.54	2.84	0.16
87	Denver	Skyline	3-7-0	0.3	5.2	-4.7	6.11	3.38	-0.38
88	West Texas A&M	Border	3-6-0	0.33	5.03	-11.78	1.3	1.84	1.16
89	Utah State	Skyline	3-7-1	0.27	4.98	-8	9.31	2.36	0.64
90	Washington and Lee	Southern	3-7-0	0.3	4.48	-16.2	9.12	1.64	1.36
91	Clemson	FBS Independents	2-6-1	0.22	4.22	-5	10.39	2.79	-0.79
92	NC State	Southern	3-7-0	0.3	4.2	-24.5	9.98	0.43	2.57
93	New York University	FBS Independents	2-5-1	0.25	4.1	-14.62	2.68	0.74	1.26
94	Columbia	FBS Independents	2-6-1	0.22	4	-7.44	11.93	2.29	-0.29
95	Northwestern	Western	2-6-1	0.22	3.83	-9.56	12.12	2.44	-0.44
96	North Carolina	Southern	2-6-0	0.25	3.81	-12	17.04	1.48	0.52
97	Santa Clara	FBS Independents	2-6-1	0.22	3.79	-11.33	14.89	1.12	0.88
98	New Mexico State	Border	2-6-1	0.22	3.26	-15.22	3.61	1.25	0.75
99	Indiana	Western	2-7-0	0.22	3.21	-9	12.94	2.31	-0.31
100	Dartmouth	FBS Independents	2-7-0	0.22	3.2	-9.11	12.92	1.98	0.02
101	Iowa	Western	2-7-0	0.22	3.07	-11	12.95	1.76	0.24
102	Temple	FBS Independents	2-7-1	0.2	3.05	-9.3	7.4	2.15	-0.15
103	Montana	Skyline	2-7-1	0.2	3.01	-10.2	8.57	1.57	0.43
104	Oregon	Pacific	2-7-1	0.2	2.98	-12.2	12.43	1.49	0.51
105	Davidson	Southern	2-7-0	0.22	2.97	-10.11	6.58	2.22	-0.22
106	Auburn	SEC	2-8-0	0.2	2.97	-6.9	14.36	2.78	-0.78
107	Cornell	FBS Independents	2-7-0	0.22	2.92	-14.11	14.52	0.68	1.32
108	Oregon State	Pacific	2-7-0	0.22	2.84	-16	15.31	1.24	0.76
109	Brown	FBS Independents	2-7-0	0.22	2.78	-14.56	9.3	0.94	1.06
110	Arkansas	Southwest	2-8-0	0.2	2.59	-11.6	14.16	2.22	-0.22
111	Drake	FBS Independents	2-7-0	0.22	2.33	-20.22	-0.77	0.86	1.14
112	Kansas State	Big 7	1-9-0	0.1	-0.03	-17.4	10.58	0.62	0.38
113	Richmond	Southern	1-9-0	0.1	-0.05	-17.9	7.8	1.05	-0.05