1952 W4 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:24.164305+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Villanova	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	27.73	13.33	12.17	2.79	0.21
2	Virginia	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	27.53	34.5	11.25	2	0
3	Wisconsin	Western	2-0-0	1	27.37	18.5	12.55	1.79	0.21
4	Duke	Southern	3-0-0	1	27.21	16	9.97	2.98	0.02
5	USC	Pacific	3-0-0	1	27.07	27	7.15	2.99	0.01
6	Navy	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	26.74	27.5	5.45	1.99	0.01
7	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-0-1	0.5	26.73	3.5	13.65	1.45	-0.45
8	Michigan State	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	26.64	8.5	11.88	1.52	0.48
9	Georgia Tech	SEC	3-0-0	1	26.5	21.33	3.89	2.84	0.16
10	UCLA	Pacific	3-0-0	1	26.49	15.33	7.09	2.92	0.08
11	Oklahoma	Big 7	1-0-1	0.5	26.48	14.5	23.55	1.56	-0.56
12	Kansas	Big 7	3-0-0	1	26.27	11.33	6.76	2.72	0.28
13	Penn State	FBS Independents	2-0-1	0.67	26.27	6.33	9.32	2	0
14	California	Pacific	3-0-0	1	26.14	23.67	3.22	2.75	0.25
15	Arizona	Border	3-0-0	1	26.07	42.33	0.16	2.98	0.02
16	Baylor	Southwest	2-0-0	1	26.07	13.5	5.46	1.75	0.25
17	Maryland	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	25.8	12.33	4.39	2.82	0.18
18	George Washington	Southern	2-0-0	1	25.69	22	3.43	1.81	0.19
19	Wyoming	Skyline	2-0-0	1	25.59	14	4.96	2	0
20	Nebraska	Big 7	3-0-0	1	25.53	25.67	0.79	2.97	0.03
21	Purdue	Western	1-0-1	0.5	25.46	3.5	23.82	1.22	-0.22
22	Alabama	SEC	3-0-0	1	25.35	9.67	3.61	2.45	0.55
23	Princeton	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	25.06	28	-0.63	1.93	0.07
24	Georgia	SEC	3-0-0	1	24.98	22	-2.07	2.88	0.12
25	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	24.44	11.5	-0.81	1.78	0.22
26	Ole Miss	SEC	2-0-1	0.67	24.41	20.33	-4.45	2.84	-0.84
27	Stanford	Pacific	3-0-0	1	24.28	7.67	-2.17	2.33	0.67
28	BYU	Skyline	3-0-0	1	23.87	10.67	-4.43	2.64	0.36
29	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-0-1	0.5	23.85	5.5	13.36	1.71	-0.71
30	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-0-1	0.5	23.54	14.5	-6.29	1.56	-0.56
31	Colgate	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	23.37	10	-5.54	1.92	0.08
32	New York University	FBS Independents	1-0-1	0.5	21.22	1.5	-10	1.12	-0.12
33	Pennsylvania	FBS Independents	1-0-1	0.5	20.94	3.5	-0.74	1.68	-0.68
34	Arizona State	Border	2-1-0	0.67	19.89	12.67	8.14	2.46	-0.46
35	Pacific	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	19.01	9	17.98	2.11	-0.11
36	San José State	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	18.8	14	14.58	2.54	-0.54
37	South Carolina	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	18.77	10.67	13.9	2.47	-0.47
38	Colorado State	Skyline	2-1-0	0.67	18.54	7.33	14.27	2.15	-0.15
39	Furman	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	18.32	9.67	1.03	2.27	-0.27
40	Washington	Pacific	2-1-0	0.67	18.29	2	7.21	1.67	0.33
41	Florida	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	18.23	19	5.18	2.85	-0.85
42	Texas	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	18.2	10.33	-1.43	2.45	-0.45
43	Texas A&M	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	18.11	4	3.1	2.07	-0.07
44	Denver	Skyline	2-1-0	0.67	17.82	9.67	-1.84	2.35	-0.35
45	Syracuse	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.44	13	5.01	2.58	-0.58
46	Houston	Missouri Valley	2-1-0	0.67	17.18	1.67	12.27	1.74	0.26
47	Virginia Tech	Southern	3-1-0	0.75	17.17	-4.25	1.74	1.43	1.57
48	Yale	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	16.97	6	5.61	2.08	-0.08
49	Illinois	Western	1-1-0	0.5	16.61	6	18.86	1.41	-0.41
50	Miami	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	15.94	15.5	10.71	1.79	-0.79
51	UTEP	Border	2-1-0	0.67	15.33	15.33	-10	2.45	-0.45
52	Rice	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	15.13	3.5	6.72	1.22	-0.22
53	Oregon State	Pacific	1-1-0	0.5	14.95	2	10.75	1.18	-0.18
54	Army	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	14.8	-0.5	20.73	0.96	0.04
55	Wake Forest	Southern	1-1-1	0.33	14.3	1.33	22.11	1.65	-0.65
56	Detroit Mercy	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	14.18	0.5	13.14	1.04	-0.04
57	Ohio State	Western	1-1-0	0.5	14.12	6.5	-0.91	1.37	-0.37
58	Tennessee	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	13.86	0	12.63	1	0
59	Colorado	Big 7	1-1-1	0.33	13.73	-1	12.98	1.4	-0.4
60	New Mexico	Skyline	1-1-0	0.5	13.3	9.5	17.84	1.77	-0.77
61	Harvard	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	13.26	5.5	-5.79	1.43	-0.43
62	Drake	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	13.18	-1	-10	1.41	0.59
63	Tulane	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	12.97	15	11.59	1.78	-0.78
64	West Virginia	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	12.5	14.5	7.56	1.62	-0.62
65	Mississippi State	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	12.11	10	6.04	1.56	-0.56
66	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	11.15	-8.5	-0.59	0.64	0.36
67	Marquette	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	10.76	-1	17.98	0.94	0.06
68	Columbia	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	10.65	-2.5	21.52	0.69	0.31
69	Kentucky	SEC	1-1-1	0.33	10.5	-5.33	26.4	0.78	0.22
70	Clemson	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	10.29	1.67	14.56	1.65	-0.65
71	Northern Arizona	Border	1-1-0	0.5	9.93	4	-10	1.24	-0.24
72	William & Mary	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	9.63	0.67	11.88	1.55	-0.55
73	West Texas A&M	Border	1-1-0	0.5	9.35	-14	2.8	0.3	0.7
74	Indiana	Western	1-1-0	0.5	9.13	-6.5	10.42	0.63	0.37
75	Missouri	Big 7	1-2-0	0.33	8.74	3	21.65	1.85	-0.85
76	Iowa State	Big 7	1-2-0	0.33	8.58	-1.33	13.95	1.39	-0.39
77	Texas Tech	Border	1-2-0	0.33	8.54	-2.33	16.32	1.34	-0.34
78	Richmond	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	7.8	-2	4.19	1.32	-0.32
79	LSU	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	7.4	-0.67	26.04	1.44	-0.44
80	Temple	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.38	-4.33	9.13	0.95	0.05
81	Arkansas	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	7.12	-4.67	2.97	0.94	0.06
82	Washington and Lee	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	7.06	-6.67	15.61	1.01	-0.01
83	Utah State	Skyline	1-2-0	0.33	6.83	-11.33	11.07	0.15	0.85
84	Boston University	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.71	-9.33	2.72	0.47	0.53
85	Kansas State	Big 7	1-2-0	0.33	6.56	-6.33	-7.34	0.66	0.34
86	New Mexico State	Border	1-2-0	0.33	6.15	-20	5.39	0.23	0.77
87	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	1-2-0	0.33	5.84	-2.67	8.21	0.93	0.07
88	TCU	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	5.83	-7	21.37	0.28	0.72
89	Oregon	Pacific	1-2-0	0.33	5.77	-5.33	15.98	0.92	0.08
90	Hardin-Simmons	Border	1-2-0	0.33	5.42	-7.33	13.79	1.01	-0.01
91	VMI	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	4.94	-17.33	17.54	0.38	0.62
92	Fordham	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.45	-5	22.69	0.22	-0.22
93	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	0-3-0	0	-1.47	-4	16.98	0.98	-0.98
94	Iowa	Western	0-2-0	0	-1.99	-9.5	9.99	0.44	-0.44
95	Idaho	Pacific	0-2-1	0	-2.09	-10.33	7.46	0.72	-0.72
96	Utah	Skyline	0-2-1	0	-2.15	-11.33	16.82	0.4	-0.4
97	Auburn	SEC	0-2-0	0	-2.18	-9.5	25.23	0.23	-0.23
98	Rutgers	FBS Independents	0-1-1	0	-2.23	-21	6.38	0.29	-0.29
99	Dartmouth	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.23	-12.5	11.48	0.08	-0.08
100	Michigan	Western	0-2-0	0	-2.26	-10.5	24.07	0.31	-0.31
101	SMU	Southwest	0-2-0	0	-2.26	-10	27.67	0.22	-0.22
102	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-2-1	0	-2.38	-13	15.21	0.32	-0.32
103	Montana	Skyline	0-3-0	0	-2.47	-14	19.39	0.03	-0.03
104	Northwestern	Western	0-1-1	0	-2.5	-15.5	12.21	0.2	-0.2
105	Cornell	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.5	-15.5	24.43	0.12	-0.12
106	Brown	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2.58	-28	11.99	0	0
107	Davidson	Southern	0-2-0	0	-2.58	-16	17.12	0.28	-0.28
108	Santa Clara	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.76	-20.67	16.68	0.12	-0.12
109	Washington State	Pacific	0-3-0	0	-2.79	-17.67	25.89	0.21	-0.21
110	Minnesota	Western	0-2-0	0	-2.83	-21	26.09	0.19	-0.19
111	North Carolina	Southern	0-1-0	0	-2.97	-21	26.45	0.04	-0.04
112	The Citadel	Southern	0-3-0	0	-3.25	-29.33	23.33	0.02	-0.02
113	NC State	Southern	0-2-0	0	-3.51	-44	24.21	0	0