1952 W3 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:24.163945+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Georgia Tech	SEC	2-0-0	1	28.72	25.5	10.17	1.91	0.09
2	Arizona State	Border	2-0-0	1	28.68	22.5	11.11	1.88	0.12
3	Villanova	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	28.4	13	11.87	1.86	0.14
4	Rice	Southwest	1-0-0	1	27.5	27	25.27	0.98	0.02
5	Arizona	Border	2-0-0	1	27.36	50	4.92	1.97	0.03
6	Illinois	Western	1-0-0	1	27.1	26	22	0.98	0.02
7	USC	Pacific	2-0-0	1	26.84	29.5	0.51	1.99	0.01
8	Navy	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	26.78	31	21.47	1	0
9	Duke	Southern	2-0-0	1	26.63	20.5	0.6	1.98	0.02
10	Army	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	26.57	21	22.43	0.96	0.04
11	Texas	Southwest	2-0-0	1	26.45	21	-0.02	1.86	0.14
12	California	Pacific	2-0-0	1	26.29	17.5	-0.55	1.76	0.24
13	Kansas	Big 7	2-0-0	1	25.91	12.5	-0.78	1.92	0.08
14	Washington	Pacific	2-0-0	1	25.88	15.5	-0.73	1.72	0.28
15	Georgia	SEC	2-0-0	1	25.66	8.5	0.32	1.58	0.42
16	Texas A&M	Southwest	2-0-0	1	25.61	7.5	-0.14	1.58	0.42
17	UCLA	Pacific	2-0-0	1	25.52	10.5	-0.85	1.94	0.06
18	Stanford	Pacific	2-0-0	1	25.47	8	-0.81	1.51	0.49
19	Oregon State	Pacific	1-0-0	1	25.43	7	-0.18	0.84	0.16
20	Baylor	Southwest	1-0-0	1	25.36	3	1.02	0.61	0.39
21	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	25.34	7	20.16	0.84	0.16
22	Maryland	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	25.27	4.5	0.17	1.46	0.54
23	Ole Miss	SEC	1-0-1	0.5	25.19	24	-4.68	1.9	-0.9
24	Furman	Southern	2-0-0	1	25.13	24.5	-4.14	1.9	0.1
25	Penn State	FBS Independents	1-0-1	0.5	25.13	3.5	0.64	1.22	-0.22
26	Colorado	Big 7	1-0-1	0.5	25.05	3	0.84	1.19	-0.19
27	Virginia Tech	Southern	3-0-0	1	24.91	8.33	-4.72	2.35	0.65
28	Nebraska	Big 7	2-0-0	1	24.74	30.5	-5.75	1.97	0.03
29	Alabama	SEC	2-0-0	1	24.18	7.5	-5.17	1.49	0.51
30	Denver	Skyline	2-0-0	1	24.12	25.5	-10	1.96	0.04
31	BYU	Skyline	2-0-0	1	24.03	5.5	-4.56	1.53	0.47
32	Wisconsin	Western	1-0-0	1	23.03	23	1.57	0.87	0.13
33	Miami	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.99	45	-0.19	1	0
34	George Washington	Southern	1-0-0	1	22.76	39	0.63	1	0
35	Princeton	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.76	14	2.03	1	0
36	Virginia	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.72	27	-0.36	1	0
37	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-0-0	1	22.7	29	-0.39	0.85	0.15
38	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.69	18	0.96	0.93	0.07
39	Michigan State	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.67	14	1.59	0.85	0.15
40	Ohio State	Western	1-0-0	1	22.51	20	0.46	0.9	0.1
41	Wyoming	Skyline	1-0-0	1	22.1	14	-1.4	1	0
42	Colgate	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.07	7	2.23	0.84	0.16
43	Tennessee	SEC	1-0-0	1	22.07	7	0.7	0.84	0.16
44	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.05	12	0.76	0.81	0.19
45	Detroit Mercy	Missouri Valley	1-0-0	1	21.71	15	-1.38	0.94	0.06
46	Harvard	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	20.27	20	-10	0.96	0.04
47	New York University	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	19.1	3	-10	0.7	0.3
48	Clemson	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	16.67	16.5	7.9	1.74	-0.74
49	Florida	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	16.37	12	8.38	1.69	-0.69
50	William & Mary	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	15.62	7	0.42	1.33	-0.33
51	Texas Tech	Border	1-1-0	0.5	15.6	7	-0.52	1.33	-0.33
52	Iowa State	Big 7	1-1-0	0.5	14.68	6	-3.42	1.24	-0.24
53	South Carolina	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	14.62	6	-4.76	1.4	-0.4
54	Colorado State	Skyline	1-1-0	0.5	14.47	0	7.99	1	0
55	Richmond	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	14.02	4	-4.67	1.25	-0.25
56	Kansas State	Big 7	1-1-0	0.5	13.4	3.5	-10	1.34	-0.34
57	Wake Forest	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	13.29	2	25.04	1.12	-0.12
58	Pacific	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	13.24	3	24.45	1.16	-0.16
59	Boston University	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.92	-3.5	0.02	0.73	0.27
60	Arkansas	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	12.68	-4	-0.14	0.72	0.28
61	Houston	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	12.66	1	23.87	1.08	-0.08
62	San José State	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.54	17.5	6.79	1.77	-0.77
63	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.27	6	6.89	1.34	-0.34
64	Temple	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.1	7	6.9	1.56	-0.56
65	Utah State	Skyline	1-1-0	0.5	12.04	-10	-0.9	0.22	0.78
66	Yale	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	11.99	-5	-4.52	0.7	0.3
67	New Mexico State	Border	1-1-0	0.5	11.66	-18.5	5.95	0.28	0.72
68	Drake	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	11.17	-9.5	-10	0.44	0.56
69	UTEP	Border	1-1-0	0.5	10.66	14.5	-10	1.7	-0.7
70	Washington and Lee	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	9.33	-7.5	12.05	0.58	0.42
71	West Texas A&M	Border	1-1-0	0.5	8.23	-14	7.63	0.3	0.7
72	Oklahoma	Big 7	0-0-1	0	0.48	0	23.58	0.5	-0.5
73	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	0-0-1	0	0.45	0	1.59	0.5	-0.5
74	Rutgers	FBS Independents	0-0-1	0	0.33	0	-10	0.5	-0.5
75	Fordham	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.32	0	0	0	0
76	Pennsylvania	FBS Independents	0-0-1	0	0.27	0	2.71	0.5	-0.5
77	Purdue	Western	0-0-1	0	0.25	0	23.8	0.5	-0.5
78	Brown	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.06	0	0	0	0
79	Cornell	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.09	-7	1.24	0.16	-0.16
80	New Mexico	Skyline	0-1-0	0	-1.18	-4	21.46	0.31	-0.31
81	Utah	Skyline	0-1-1	0	-1.18	-3.5	11.07	0.74	-0.74
82	Tulane	SEC	0-1-0	0	-1.34	-5	24.24	0.34	-0.34
83	Mississippi State	SEC	0-1-0	0	-1.37	-7	2.95	0.16	-0.16
84	Auburn	SEC	0-1-0	0	-1.46	-6	24.31	0.19	-0.19
85	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	0-2-0	0	-1.47	-4.5	23.87	0.67	-0.67
86	SMU	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-1.5	-7	26.27	0.16	-0.16
87	West Virginia	Southern	0-1-0	0	-1.54	-8	22.1	0.26	-0.26
88	Minnesota	Western	0-1-0	0	-1.55	-6	24.45	0.29	-0.29
89	Columbia	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.59	-14	2.92	0	0
90	Michigan	Western	0-1-0	0	-1.66	-14	2.89	0.15	-0.15
91	Iowa	Western	0-1-0	0	-1.67	-12	0.71	0.19	-0.19
92	Northern Arizona	Border	0-1-0	0	-1.72	-14	-10	0.07	-0.07
93	Kentucky	SEC	0-1-1	0	-1.88	-9.5	24.5	0.32	-0.32
94	Dartmouth	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.94	-18	2.77	0.07	-0.07
95	Marquette	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2.01	-23	3.11	0.13	-0.13
96	Missouri	Big 7	0-2-0	0	-2.03	-8.5	25.27	0.44	-0.44
97	Indiana	Western	0-1-0	0	-2.07	-20	1.84	0.1	-0.1
98	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	0-2-0	0	-2.11	-10.5	12.04	0.07	-0.07
99	Montana	Skyline	0-2-0	0	-2.12	-10.5	12.79	0	0
100	LSU	SEC	0-2-0	0	-2.15	-11	23.93	0.47	-0.47
101	TCU	Southwest	0-2-0	0	-2.29	-13.5	24.7	0	0
102	Oregon	Pacific	0-2-0	0	-2.31	-11	22.36	0.28	-0.28
103	Idaho	Pacific	0-1-1	0	-2.33	-12.5	12.13	0.44	-0.44
104	Washington State	Pacific	0-2-0	0	-2.37	-14.5	25.38	0.21	-0.21
105	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-2-0	0	-2.41	-19.5	13.54	0.02	-0.02
106	NC State	Southern	0-1-0	0	-2.47	-39	0.44	0	0
107	Santa Clara	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.49	-13.5	25.04	0.26	-0.26
108	Davidson	Southern	0-2-0	0	-2.55	-16	12.5	0.28	-0.28
109	North Carolina	Southern	0-1-0	0	-2.58	-21	25.86	0.04	-0.04
110	Hardin-Simmons	Border	0-2-0	0	-2.58	-24	14.22	0.22	-0.22
111	Northwestern	Western	0-1-0	0	-2.75	-31	26.2	0	0
112	VMI	Southern	0-2-0	0	-2.77	-33	13.52	0.03	-0.03
113	The Citadel	Southern	0-2-0	0	-3.19	-27.5	26.11	0.04	-0.04