1953 W2 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:24.309768+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Maryland	ACC	2-0-0	1	33.57	33	12.28	1.99	0.01
2	Georgia	SEC	2-0-0	1	33.47	7.5	20.05	1.42	0.58
3	San José State	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	33.24	15.5	14.68	1.68	0.32
4	Utah	Skyline	2-0-0	1	32.07	21	5.89	1.98	0.02
5	Georgia Tech	SEC	1-0-1	0.5	32.05	26.5	4.03	2	-1
6	Baylor	Southwest	1-0-0	1	32.02	25	7.62	1	0
7	Duke	ACC	2-0-0	1	32	16	5.63	1.97	0.03
8	TCU	Southwest	1-0-0	1	31.91	13	7.84	1	0
9	Texas Tech	Border	2-0-0	1	31.64	23.5	12.28	1.89	0.11
10	UCLA	Pacific	2-0-0	1	31.55	26.5	2.72	1.99	0.01
11	USC	Pacific	2-0-0	1	31.32	13	3.15	1.76	0.24
12	Colorado	Big 7	2-0-0	1	30.92	3.5	7.27	1.22	0.78
13	Rice	Southwest	1-0-0	1	30.33	4	9.75	0.63	0.37
14	LSU	SEC	1-0-1	0.5	30.11	6.5	8.8	1.65	-0.65
15	Ole Miss	SEC	2-0-0	1	29.97	24.5	-2.21	1.96	0.04
16	William & Mary	Southern	1-0-1	0.5	29.88	1	8.96	1.11	-0.11
17	Army	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	29.74	41	27.96	1	0
18	Wyoming	Skyline	2-0-0	1	29.62	33.5	-1.43	1.99	0.01
19	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	2-0-0	1	29.59	10.5	3.62	1.94	0.06
20	Mississippi State	SEC	2-0-0	1	29.44	27	1.06	1.99	0.01
21	Utah State	Skyline	2-0-0	1	28.56	6.5	5.78	1.85	0.15
22	Texas A&M	Southwest	1-0-1	0.5	28.21	0.5	8.11	1.06	-0.06
23	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	27.75	35	23.81	1	0
24	Virginia Tech	Southern	2-0-0	1	27.41	10.5	0.68	1.94	0.06
25	Clemson	ACC	1-0-1	0.5	27.03	13	-3.1	1.74	-0.74
26	Detroit Mercy	Missouri Valley	2-0-0	1	26.72	37.5	-10	2	0
27	George Washington	Southern	1-0-0	1	26.68	1	22.7	0.54	0.46
28	Marquette	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	26.59	28.5	-10	1.92	0.08
29	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	26.49	7	12.63	0.66	0.34
30	Colorado State	Skyline	1-0-0	1	26.44	1	22.45	0.54	0.46
31	Michigan	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	26.36	50	7.42	1	0
32	Denver	Skyline	2-0-0	1	26.22	12.5	-6.28	1.65	0.35
33	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	26.17	20	8.54	1	0
34	Richmond	Southern	2-0-0	1	26.15	22	-5.84	2	0
35	West Virginia	Southern	1-0-0	1	25.72	10	7.83	0.89	0.11
36	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	25.22	14	1.32	0.93	0.07
37	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	25.2	22	1.58	0.97	0.03
38	Ohio State	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	24.9	24	1.88	0.93	0.07
39	Pennsylvania	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	24.11	6	4.09	0.81	0.19
40	Cornell	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	23.96	20	9.13	0.96	0.04
41	Yale	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.94	32	-10	1	0
42	North Carolina	ACC	1-0-0	1	22.51	22	-0.15	0.97	0.03
43	Princeton	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.36	6	-10	0.7	0.3
44	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.21	42	-10	1	0
45	Tulane	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	21.76	23	16.21	1.87	-0.87
46	Miami	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	21.54	27	-10	1	0
47	Auburn	SEC	1-0-0	1	21.25	47	-10	1	0
48	Columbia	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	20.13	7	-10	0.84	0.16
49	BYU	Skyline	1-1-0	0.5	19.11	5.5	16.54	1.27	-0.27
50	Kansas State	Big 7	1-1-0	0.5	18.14	24.5	2.6	1.94	-0.94
51	Pacific	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	18.08	-0.5	1.94	0.97	0.03
52	VMI	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	17.76	21.5	-0.74	1.93	-0.93
53	Oregon	Pacific	1-1-0	0.5	17.18	0.5	4.88	1.06	-0.06
54	UTEP	Border	1-1-0	0.5	16.66	-1	9.06	0.93	0.07
55	Furman	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	15.73	-4	-1.77	0.75	0.25
56	Iowa State	Big 7	1-1-0	0.5	15.62	0	-3.85	1	0
57	Washington and Lee	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	15.56	-2.5	12.41	0.88	0.12
58	Texas	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	15.38	8	18.55	1.45	-0.45
59	South Carolina	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	14.16	6	17.7	1.51	-0.51
60	Stanford	Pacific	1-1-0	0.5	13.84	1	29.3	1.09	-0.09
61	California	Pacific	1-1-0	0.5	13.57	0.5	15.35	1.05	-0.05
62	Hardin-Simmons	Border	1-1-0	0.5	13.3	3	9.4	1.23	-0.23
63	Arizona State	Border	1-1-0	0.5	12.66	4.5	-7.5	1.43	-0.43
64	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	12.28	1	16.72	1.09	-0.09
65	Washington State	Pacific	1-1-0	0.5	11.68	-5	34.16	0.74	0.26
66	Missouri	Big 7	1-1-0	0.5	11.36	-3.5	21.75	0.66	0.34
67	New Mexico State	Border	1-1-0	0.5	8.02	-21	9.88	0.06	0.94
68	Navy	FBS Independents	0-0-1	0	2.71	0	31.17	0.5	-0.5
69	Houston	Missouri Valley	0-0-1	0	2.66	0	25.94	0.5	-0.5
70	Fordham	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	1.62	0	0	0	0
71	Harvard	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	1.59	0	0	0	0
72	Illinois	Big Ten	0-0-1	0	1.59	0	7.1	0.5	-0.5
73	Oklahoma	Big 7	0-1-0	0	1.58	-7	10.72	0.34	-0.34
74	Florida	SEC	0-1-1	0	1.46	-2	32.74	0.74	-0.74
75	Alabama	SEC	0-1-1	0	1.38	-3	9.13	0.76	-0.76
76	Rutgers	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	1.37	0	0	0	0
77	SMU	Southwest	0-0-0	0	1.12	0	0	0	0
78	New Mexico	Skyline	0-1-0	0	0.98	-6	24.33	0	0
79	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-0-1	0	0.95	0	23.14	0.5	-0.5
80	Boston University	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.82	0	0	0	0
81	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	0-2-0	0	0.81	-8	-4.47	0.34	-0.34
82	Purdue	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	0.69	-7	2.79	0.16	-0.16
83	Virginia	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	0.59	-14	22.35	0.05	-0.05
84	Nebraska	Big 7	0-1-1	0	0.5	-4	16.1	0.75	-0.75
85	Tennessee	SEC	0-1-0	0	0.19	-26	27.69	0	0
86	Colgate	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	0.16	-20	0.3	0.04	-0.04
87	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	0.14	-10	10.26	0.11	-0.11
88	Penn State	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.16	-20	9.6	0	0
89	Arkansas	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-0.23	-1	28.81	0.41	-0.41
90	Brown	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.32	-1	-10	0.41	-0.41
91	Villanova	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-0.32	-21	20.39	0.23	-0.23
92	Kansas	Big 7	0-2-0	0	-0.4	-12.5	34.58	0.05	-0.05
93	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-1-0	0	-0.42	-6	7.97	0.19	-0.19
94	Wake Forest	ACC	0-2-0	0	-0.43	-10.5	33.49	0.2	-0.2
95	Kentucky	SEC	0-2-0	0	-0.57	-8.5	29.27	0.22	-0.22
96	Arizona	Border	0-2-0	0	-0.64	-13.5	34.62	0.25	-0.25
97	Washington	Pacific	0-2-0	0	-0.85	-25.5	21.38	0.09	-0.09
98	Minnesota	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-0.91	-10	35.53	0.11	-0.11
99	Iowa	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-1.75	-14	12.34	0.07	-0.07
100	Idaho	Pacific	0-2-0	0	-1.76	-24.5	34.51	0.01	-0.01
101	Indiana	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-1.95	-24	9.21	0.07	-0.07
102	Dartmouth	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.99	-22	10.87	0.03	-0.03
103	West Texas A&M	Border	0-1-1	0	-2.23	-13	9.06	0.41	-0.41
104	NC State	ACC	0-1-0	0	-2.24	-22	1.45	0.03	-0.03
105	Montana	Skyline	0-2-0	0	-2.69	-17	27.23	0.17	-0.17
106	The Citadel	Southern	0-2-0	0	-3.01	-36.5	17.73	0	0
107	North Texas	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-3.28	-14	8.85	0	0
108	Davidson	Southern	0-2-0	0	-3.51	-34.5	28.12	0	0
109	Oregon State	Pacific	0-2-0	0	-3.52	-33.5	21.24	0	0
110	Drake	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-3.6	-34.5	22.44	0.03	-0.03