1953 FINAL CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:24.315148+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	9-0-1	0.9	25.36	17.8	13.09	8.76	0.24
2	Maryland	ACC	10-1-0	0.91	23.59	23.64	13.21	10.92	-0.92
3	Texas Tech	Border	11-1-0	0.92	23.43	24.67	11.37	11.02	-0.02
4	Oklahoma	Big 7	9-1-1	0.82	23.2	18.45	13.81	10.37	-1.37
5	Michigan State	Big Ten	9-1-0	0.9	22.56	13	11.73	8.64	0.36
6	Illinois	Big Ten	7-1-1	0.78	22.1	10.56	12.5	7.04	-0.04
7	Army	FBS Independents	7-1-1	0.78	21.68	14.33	8.79	8.15	-1.15
8	Rice	Southwest	9-2-0	0.82	21.09	17.27	12.57	10.12	-1.12
9	Georgia Tech	SEC	9-2-1	0.75	20.84	14.75	11.8	10.87	-1.87
10	UCLA	Pacific	8-2-0	0.8	20.5	14.8	11.98	9.28	-1.28
11	West Virginia	Southern	8-2-0	0.8	20.16	15.5	9.7	8.39	-0.39
12	Duke	ACC	7-2-1	0.7	19.73	13.6	10.8	9.12	-2.12
13	Ole Miss	SEC	7-2-1	0.7	19.63	12.3	10.62	8.51	-1.51
14	Utah	Skyline	8-2-0	0.8	19.54	11.4	7.58	7.92	0.08
15	Kentucky	SEC	7-2-1	0.7	19.43	8.5	11.01	7.86	-0.86
16	Wisconsin	Big Ten	6-2-1	0.67	19.21	7.67	14.63	6.84	-0.84
17	UTEP	Border	8-2-0	0.8	18.88	11.3	3.59	7.98	0.02
18	Mississippi State	SEC	5-2-3	0.5	18.03	7.7	12.84	7.65	-2.65
19	Harvard	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	17.93	8.5	5.56	6.52	-0.52
20	Furman	Southern	7-2-0	0.78	17.82	8.56	0.61	7.29	-0.29
21	Auburn	SEC	7-3-1	0.64	17.72	8.82	11.19	8.16	-1.16
22	Utah State	Skyline	8-3-0	0.73	17.7	6.18	8.38	7.92	0.08
23	Texas	Southwest	7-3-0	0.7	17.66	6.5	12.7	7.3	-0.3
24	South Carolina	ACC	7-3-0	0.7	17.6	10.1	10.01	8.44	-1.44
25	Baylor	Southwest	7-3-0	0.7	17.3	5.3	11.03	6.59	0.41
26	Stanford	Pacific	6-3-1	0.6	17.23	9.8	12.42	7.69	-1.69
27	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	7-3-0	0.7	17.11	2.9	12.48	6.04	0.96
28	Michigan	Big Ten	6-3-0	0.67	16.93	6.89	12.05	6.81	-0.81
29	Penn State	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	16.91	6.56	12.19	6.2	-0.2
30	Kansas State	Big 7	6-3-1	0.6	16.87	8.2	10.67	7.8	-1.8
31	Marquette	FBS Independents	6-3-1	0.6	16.7	8.8	9.07	8.04	-2.04
32	Yale	FBS Independents	5-2-2	0.56	16.56	3.78	5.61	6.15	-1.15
33	USC	Pacific	6-3-1	0.6	16.54	3.8	12.1	6.23	-0.23
34	Iowa	Big Ten	5-3-1	0.56	16.3	10.67	13.67	7.62	-2.62
35	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-3-0	0.67	16.24	2	12.62	5.05	0.95
36	Alabama	SEC	6-3-3	0.5	16.1	2.17	10.7	7.11	-1.11
37	Syracuse	FBS Independents	5-3-1	0.56	15.94	10.89	10.69	7.53	-2.53
38	LSU	SEC	5-3-3	0.45	15.4	3.18	13	6.77	-1.77
39	Boston University	FBS Independents	5-3-1	0.56	15.22	9.89	5.57	6.92	-1.92
40	Tennessee	SEC	6-4-1	0.55	15.14	7.91	9.69	8.18	-2.18
41	Detroit Mercy	Missouri Valley	6-4-0	0.6	15.09	10.7	7.54	8.14	-2.14
42	New Mexico	Skyline	5-3-1	0.56	15.05	5.67	7.16	6.5	-1.5
43	Navy	FBS Independents	4-3-2	0.44	15.04	9.67	13.35	7.35	-3.35
44	Wyoming	Skyline	5-4-1	0.5	14.52	8.5	11.64	7.95	-2.95
45	Missouri	Big 7	6-4-0	0.6	14.26	1.4	10.91	5.67	0.33
46	Richmond	Southern	5-3-1	0.56	14.09	1	6.81	4.9	0.1
47	Colorado	Big 7	6-4-0	0.6	14.04	0.7	11.38	5.21	0.79
48	George Washington	Southern	5-4-0	0.56	13.9	4.67	9.73	6	-1
49	Boston College	FBS Independents	5-3-1	0.56	13.63	-0.22	8.81	4.42	0.58
50	California	Pacific	4-4-2	0.4	12.91	5	12.83	6.48	-2.48
51	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	4-4-1	0.44	12.58	6.89	7.53	6.68	-2.68
52	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	12.29	4.5	7.38	7.25	-2.25
53	Cornell	FBS Independents	4-3-2	0.44	11.97	-2.67	11.94	3.6	0.4
54	Houston	Missouri Valley	4-4-1	0.44	11.91	0.44	14.31	4.61	-0.61
55	Pacific	FBS Independents	4-4-2	0.4	11.83	1.9	7.63	5.62	-1.62
56	Virginia Tech	Southern	5-5-0	0.5	11.76	1.8	7.17	5.8	-0.8
57	Arizona	Border	4-5-1	0.4	11.65	5.3	13.66	6.48	-2.48
58	Hardin-Simmons	Border	6-5-0	0.55	11.55	-1.09	7.61	5.12	0.88
59	SMU	Southwest	5-5-0	0.5	11.5	-0.1	13.83	4.95	0.05
60	Fordham	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	11.28	5.33	9.54	6.12	-2.12
61	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-4-1	0.44	11.04	-1.11	14.66	4.16	-0.16
62	Princeton	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	10.85	-6.67	8.45	2.74	2.26
63	Miami	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	10.83	2	11.05	5.15	-1.15
64	William & Mary	Southern	5-4-1	0.5	10.82	-6.9	8.38	2.57	2.43
65	Colorado State	Skyline	4-5-0	0.44	10.61	0.89	12.84	4.78	-0.78
66	Florida	SEC	3-5-2	0.3	10.46	8.7	11.82	7.95	-4.95
67	Oregon	Pacific	4-5-1	0.4	10.27	0.6	10.34	5.4	-1.4
68	VMI	Southern	5-5-0	0.5	9.87	-2.2	4.54	4.3	0.7
69	Arizona State	Border	4-5-1	0.4	9.77	0.4	5.42	5.12	-1.12
70	San José State	FBS Independents	4-4-1	0.44	9.36	-7.11	7.01	2.76	1.24
71	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	3-5-1	0.33	9.04	0.56	12.31	4.69	-1.69
72	Colgate	FBS Independents	3-4-2	0.33	8.85	-1.56	8.94	4.02	-1.02
73	Columbia	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	8.77	-3.22	10.14	3.4	0.6
74	Drake	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	8.75	-8	-0.01	2.03	1.97
75	Texas A&M	Southwest	4-5-1	0.4	8.64	-5.8	13.74	2.92	1.08
76	Brown	FBS Independents	3-5-1	0.33	8.58	0.78	4.47	4.79	-1.79
77	North Carolina	ACC	4-6-0	0.4	8.44	-1.4	12.18	4.54	-0.54
78	Washington and Lee	Southern	4-6-0	0.4	7.56	-4.9	9.44	3.69	0.31
79	Clemson	ACC	3-5-1	0.33	7.44	-3.67	11.8	3.39	-0.39
80	Denver	Skyline	3-5-2	0.3	7.34	-3.6	9.92	3.81	-0.81
81	Pennsylvania	FBS Independents	3-5-1	0.33	7.32	-6.22	15.79	2.27	0.73
82	Villanova	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	7.29	-8.3	10.91	2.39	1.61
83	North Texas	FBS Independents	3-6-1	0.3	7.16	0	5.75	5	-2
84	Washington State	Pacific	4-6-0	0.4	7.11	-11	11.22	2.09	1.91
85	Montana	Skyline	3-5-0	0.38	6.72	-7.5	7.39	2.44	0.56
86	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-6-0	0.33	6.28	-4.33	13.62	3.4	-0.4
87	Wake Forest	ACC	3-6-1	0.3	6.19	-4.3	11.71	3.19	-0.19
88	Washington	Pacific	3-6-1	0.3	6.06	-6.3	14.26	3.07	-0.07
89	Nebraska	Big 7	3-6-1	0.3	5.96	-6.5	12.63	2.63	0.37
90	TCU	Southwest	3-7-0	0.3	5.72	-3.4	13.04	3.52	-0.52
91	Arkansas	Southwest	3-7-0	0.3	5.57	-4.5	13.85	3.15	-0.15
92	Oregon State	Pacific	3-6-0	0.33	5.3	-16.44	12.8	0.21	2.79
93	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-7-0	0.3	4.73	-12.7	10.82	1.67	1.33
94	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	3-7-0	0.3	4.68	-14.1	11.72	1.33	1.67
95	Georgia	SEC	3-8-0	0.27	4.34	-8.64	11.32	2.68	0.32
96	Rutgers	FBS Independents	2-6-0	0.25	3.61	-11.25	8.39	1.74	0.26
97	BYU	Skyline	2-7-1	0.2	3.5	-5.6	11.11	3.39	-1.39
98	Dartmouth	FBS Independents	2-7-0	0.22	3.38	-7.44	13.8	2.67	-0.67
99	Purdue	Big Ten	2-7-0	0.22	3.36	-8.67	17.64	1.65	0.35
100	Iowa State	Big 7	2-7-0	0.22	3.04	-10.11	9.1	1.87	0.13
101	Indiana	Big Ten	2-7-0	0.22	3.03	-12	13.69	1.6	0.4
102	Kansas	Big 7	2-8-0	0.2	2.72	-9.6	13.4	1.39	0.61
103	The Citadel	Southern	2-7-0	0.22	2.48	-20.78	7.02	0.46	1.54
104	New Mexico State	Border	2-7-0	0.22	2.26	-28.89	8.33	0.15	1.85
105	Tulane	SEC	1-8-1	0.1	0.63	-9.9	14.33	2.06	-1.06
106	West Texas A&M	Border	1-8-1	0.1	0.3	-15	5.43	1.35	-0.35
107	Idaho	Pacific	1-8-0	0.11	0.24	-16.44	10.17	0.52	0.48
108	Virginia	FBS Independents	1-8-0	0.11	0.15	-18.56	11.43	0.53	0.47
109	NC State	ACC	1-9-0	0.1	-0.07	-18.5	9.96	0.55	0.45
110	Davidson	Southern	0-9-0	0	-2.59	-27.11	9.35	0.14	-0.14