1953 W3 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:24.310112+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Maryland	ACC	3-0-0	1	31.47	28.67	17.98	3	0
2	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	31.27	24	22.68	1.9	0.1
3	Baylor	Southwest	2-0-0	1	30.7	16.5	17.55	1.9	0.1
4	Texas Tech	Border	3-0-0	1	30.24	20.33	14.67	2.77	0.23
5	Colorado State	Skyline	2-0-0	1	30.11	8	22.18	1.62	0.38
6	Wyoming	Skyline	3-0-0	1	29.39	24.67	11.3	2.93	0.07
7	Rice	Southwest	2-0-0	1	29.29	12.5	12.71	1.7	0.3
8	Michigan	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	28.93	34.5	10.46	1.99	0.01
9	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	28.6	11	13.21	1.86	0.14
10	UCLA	Pacific	3-0-0	1	28.28	21.67	4.42	2.99	0.01
11	Duke	ACC	3-0-0	1	28.16	15.33	4.64	2.91	0.09
12	LSU	SEC	2-0-1	0.67	28.14	16.33	5.9	2.85	-0.85
13	Auburn	SEC	2-0-0	1	27.88	30	9.98	2	0
14	San José State	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	27.81	12.33	2.45	2.34	0.66
15	USC	Pacific	3-0-0	1	27.62	13	2.94	2.58	0.42
16	North Carolina	ACC	2-0-0	1	27.45	30.5	6.66	1.99	0.01
17	George Washington	Southern	2-0-0	1	27.35	7	7.76	1.56	0.44
18	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	27.35	19	5.81	1.74	0.26
19	Georgia Tech	SEC	2-0-1	0.67	27.34	18.33	-0.31	2.99	-0.99
20	Texas A&M	Southwest	2-0-1	0.67	27.31	1	11.85	1.66	0.34
21	Fordham	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	27.27	14	26.72	0.93	0.07
22	Rutgers	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	26.82	7	27.41	0.74	0.26
23	Utah	Skyline	3-0-0	1	26.71	21.67	-4.13	2.81	0.19
24	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	26.7	18.5	1.14	1.76	0.24
25	Richmond	Southern	3-0-0	1	26.63	16.67	1.42	2.98	0.02
26	Mississippi State	SEC	3-0-0	1	26.27	23	-4.36	2.97	0.03
27	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	26.05	17.5	-0.92	1.92	0.08
28	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	25.97	17.5	-1.33	1.97	0.03
29	Princeton	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	25.7	3.5	5.06	1.22	0.78
30	West Virginia	Southern	2-0-0	1	25.42	19	-4.93	1.79	0.21
31	Navy	FBS Independents	1-0-1	0.5	25.4	24	13.95	1.95	-0.95
32	Pennsylvania	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	25.32	6	-0.29	1.63	0.37
33	Yale	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	25.02	22.5	-5.16	2	0
34	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-0-1	0.5	24.96	21	-4.59	1.93	-0.93
35	Illinois	Big Ten	1-0-1	0.5	22.96	6	7.17	1.29	-0.29
36	Georgia	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	22.25	4.33	16.55	1.92	0.08
37	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	2-1-0	0.67	21.02	2.33	14.9	1.84	0.16
38	Utah State	Skyline	2-1-0	0.67	20.69	2	14.29	1.85	0.15
39	Ole Miss	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	20.65	12	3.56	2.68	-0.68
40	Harvard	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	20.31	16	-10	1	0
41	Marquette	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	20.17	18.33	2.06	2.73	-0.73
42	Kansas State	Big 7	2-1-0	0.67	19.76	25.33	7.78	2.96	-0.96
43	Denver	Skyline	2-1-0	0.67	19.33	3.33	4.28	1.83	0.17
44	Texas	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	19.2	12.33	10.82	2.49	-0.49
45	Detroit Mercy	Missouri Valley	2-1-0	0.67	19.15	20.33	-6.13	2.83	-0.83
46	Army	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	19.1	14	21.74	1.62	-0.62
47	Virginia Tech	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	18.83	4.67	-2.68	2.21	-0.21
48	South Carolina	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	18.75	10.33	9.86	2.71	-0.71
49	Missouri	Big 7	2-1-0	0.67	18.54	1.33	21.73	1.66	0.34
50	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	2-1-0	0.67	18.4	19	6.46	2.84	-0.84
51	Colorado	Big 7	2-1-0	0.67	18.33	-1.33	3.29	1.38	0.62
52	Furman	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	18.13	6.33	5.58	2.13	-0.13
53	UTEP	Border	2-1-0	0.67	17.3	-0.33	11.43	1.47	0.53
54	Miami	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	16.34	9.5	11.01	1.64	-0.64
55	TCU	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	16.25	3	-0.32	1.42	-0.42
56	Clemson	ACC	1-1-1	0.33	16.04	2	8.17	1.74	-0.74
57	BYU	Skyline	1-1-1	0.33	15.27	3.67	10.51	1.83	-0.83
58	Cornell	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	15.01	-0.5	15.24	0.97	0.03
59	Columbia	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	14.91	3	6.18	1.23	-0.23
60	Arkansas	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	13.87	3	30.75	1.42	-0.42
61	Iowa	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	13.51	14	18.45	1.62	-0.62
62	Tulane	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	13.19	9	18.94	2.23	-1.23
63	William & Mary	Southern	1-1-1	0.33	12.83	-16	-2.57	0.27	0.73
64	VMI	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	12.41	12.33	14.28	2.66	-1.66
65	Alabama	SEC	1-1-1	0.33	11.31	1	6.56	1.62	-0.62
66	Arizona State	Border	1-2-0	0.33	9.69	2.67	1.13	1.78	-0.78
67	Arizona	Border	1-2-0	0.33	9.21	4	23.67	1.84	-0.84
68	Oregon	Pacific	1-2-0	0.33	9.13	-3.67	15.3	0.78	0.22
69	Pacific	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	9.02	-3.33	8.78	1.22	-0.22
70	Hardin-Simmons	Border	1-2-0	0.33	9	0	3.2	1.5	-0.5
71	California	Pacific	1-2-0	0.33	8.55	-4.33	17.8	1.06	-0.06
72	Stanford	Pacific	1-2-0	0.33	8.49	-3.33	12.28	1.17	-0.17
73	Iowa State	Big 7	1-2-0	0.33	7.96	-7.67	5.78	0.7	0.3
74	Washington and Lee	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	7.91	-14.67	15.36	0.52	0.48
75	Kansas	Big 7	1-2-0	0.33	7.62	-0.67	26.36	1.39	-0.39
76	Washington State	Pacific	1-2-0	0.33	7.16	-17.33	15.88	0.48	0.52
77	Kentucky	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	6.96	-1.33	19.88	1.32	-0.32
78	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-2-0	0.33	6.24	-2.33	6.79	1.21	-0.21
79	Wake Forest	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	6.24	-5	20.52	0.86	0.14
80	New Mexico State	Border	1-2-0	0.33	5.86	-27	6.33	0.06	0.94
81	Washington	Pacific	1-2-0	0.33	5.76	-7.67	17.92	0.85	0.15
82	Idaho	Pacific	1-2-0	0.33	5.3	-13.67	20.87	0.29	0.71
83	Drake	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	4.45	-17	11.45	0.28	0.72
84	Boston University	FBS Independents	0-0-1	0	0.14	0	22.21	0.5	-0.5
85	SMU	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-0.79	-2	32.05	0.28	-0.28
86	Oklahoma	Big 7	0-1-1	0	-0.9	-3.5	13.31	0.74	-0.74
87	New Mexico	Skyline	0-1-1	0	-1	-3	23.84	0.55	-0.55
88	Florida	SEC	0-2-1	0	-1.31	-5.67	20.6	0.75	-0.75
89	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	0-1-1	0	-1.37	-5	13.65	0.44	-0.44
90	Houston	Missouri Valley	0-1-1	0	-1.58	-10.5	21.8	0.32	-0.32
91	Brown	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-1.58	-7	6.47	0.11	-0.11
92	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-2-0	0	-1.72	-7.5	12.74	0.4	-0.4
93	Nebraska	Big 7	0-2-1	0	-1.87	-11.67	12.3	0.46	-0.46
94	Virginia	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.25	-16.5	20.79	0.02	-0.02
95	Penn State	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.26	-13	25.14	0.05	-0.05
96	Purdue	Big Ten	0-2-0	0	-2.29	-18.5	18.92	0.09	-0.09
97	Villanova	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.3	-16	16.14	0.43	-0.43
98	West Texas A&M	Border	0-1-1	0	-2.38	-13	10.82	0.41	-0.41
99	Colgate	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.39	-16.5	24.58	0.1	-0.1
100	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-1-1	0	-2.4	-18	28.57	0.16	-0.16
101	Minnesota	Big Ten	0-2-0	0	-2.58	-15.5	28.27	0.04	-0.04
102	Montana	Skyline	0-3-0	0	-2.59	-14	15.66	0.36	-0.36
103	Tennessee	SEC	0-2-0	0	-2.65	-20	30.72	0.02	-0.02
104	North Texas	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.8	-14.5	21.05	0.03	-0.03
105	NC State	ACC	0-2-0	0	-2.84	-17.5	24.59	0.1	-0.1
106	Indiana	Big Ten	0-2-0	0	-2.9	-18.5	28.11	0.22	-0.22
107	Dartmouth	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-3.13	-35	13.96	0.02	-0.02
108	Oregon State	Pacific	0-3-0	0	-3.32	-31.67	14.76	0	0
109	The Citadel	Southern	0-3-0	0	-3.33	-33.33	17.22	0	0
110	Davidson	Southern	0-2-0	0	-3.7	-34.5	29.1	0	0