1953 W4 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:24.310458+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Maryland	ACC	4-0-0	1	29.44	28.25	16.18	3.96	0.04
2	Wyoming	Skyline	4-0-0	1	28.41	20.25	13.52	3.79	0.21
3	Baylor	Southwest	3-0-0	1	28.16	13.33	12.92	2.79	0.21
4	Auburn	SEC	2-0-1	0.67	27.98	20	12.31	2.88	-0.88
5	Michigan	Big Ten	3-0-0	1	27.94	23.33	10.82	2.92	0.08
6	UCLA	Pacific	4-0-0	1	27.67	19.5	10.51	3.99	0.01
7	Rice	Southwest	3-0-0	1	27.3	21.67	7.57	2.88	0.12
8	Texas A&M	Southwest	3-0-1	0.75	27.21	4	14.47	2.68	0.32
9	LSU	SEC	2-0-2	0.5	26.99	12.25	8.77	3.7	-1.7
10	Navy	FBS Independents	2-0-1	0.67	26.97	22.67	8.24	2.92	-0.92
11	Michigan State	Big Ten	3-0-0	1	26.86	14	9.06	2.72	0.28
12	Illinois	Big Ten	2-0-1	0.67	26.75	11	11.32	2.2	-0.2
13	Utah	Skyline	4-0-0	1	26.72	21.25	6.3	3.71	0.29
14	North Carolina	ACC	3-0-0	1	26.34	22	3.77	2.91	0.09
15	Duke	ACC	4-0-0	1	26.31	13	5.01	3.69	0.31
16	Syracuse	FBS Independents	2-0-1	0.67	26.22	16.33	5.8	2.76	-0.76
17	Princeton	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	26.12	3	10.58	1.85	1.15
18	Mississippi State	SEC	3-0-1	0.75	25.9	17.25	3.11	3.74	-0.74
19	Georgia Tech	SEC	3-0-1	0.75	25.79	17.25	1.85	3.92	-0.92
20	USC	Pacific	3-0-1	0.75	25.46	9.75	1.86	3.23	-0.23
21	Yale	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	25.35	17	1.11	2.98	0.02
22	West Virginia	Southern	3-0-0	1	25.11	21.33	-1.15	2.72	0.28
23	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	25.09	18.5	-1.59	1.76	0.24
24	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	24.51	25	-5.17	2.97	0.03
25	Harvard	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	22.97	9	-6.2	1.55	0.45
26	Texas Tech	Border	3-1-0	0.75	22.88	12	15.81	3.2	-0.2
27	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	3-1-0	0.75	21.18	3.5	17.88	2.68	0.32
28	Kansas State	Big 7	3-1-0	0.75	21.14	21	10.16	3.87	-0.87
29	Colorado State	Skyline	2-1-0	0.67	21	3	22.83	1.85	0.15
30	South Carolina	ACC	3-1-0	0.75	20.58	11.25	10.18	3.54	-0.54
31	Richmond	Southern	3-1-0	0.75	20.56	9	4.38	3.51	-0.51
32	San José State	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	20.5	5.5	5.06	2.52	0.48
33	Ole Miss	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	20.34	14.5	5.78	3.7	-0.7
34	Virginia Tech	Southern	3-1-0	0.75	20.28	7	10.3	3.24	-0.24
35	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	20.07	10.33	8.16	2.27	-0.27
36	Army	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	19.93	18.33	15.42	2.73	-0.73
37	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	19.87	3	15.4	2.04	-0.04
38	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	19.37	5.67	9.54	1.87	0.13
39	Miami	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	19.1	17	12.25	2.76	-0.76
40	George Washington	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	18.15	3.33	2.44	1.86	0.14
41	BYU	Skyline	2-1-1	0.5	17.4	4.25	7.38	2.52	-0.52
42	Alabama	SEC	2-1-1	0.5	17.06	7.75	5.67	2.95	-0.95
43	Fordham	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	16.58	3.5	22.05	1.27	-0.27
44	UTEP	Border	2-1-0	0.67	16.51	-0.33	9.98	1.47	0.53
45	Rutgers	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	16.34	2.5	22.27	1.24	-0.24
46	Pennsylvania	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	15.1	-9.33	1.52	0.45	1.55
47	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	2-2-0	0.5	15.09	12.5	9.49	3.52	-1.52
48	Marquette	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	14.53	13.5	1.43	3.35	-1.35
49	Texas	Southwest	2-2-0	0.5	14.52	8	5.84	2.96	-0.96
50	California	Pacific	2-2-0	0.5	14.49	6.75	20.01	2.85	-0.85
51	VMI	Southern	2-2-0	0.5	14.42	12.75	10.16	3.7	-1.7
52	Detroit Mercy	Missouri Valley	2-2-0	0.5	14.41	13.75	1.42	3.39	-1.39
53	Arizona	Border	2-2-0	0.5	13.94	8	12.47	2.99	-0.99
54	SMU	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	13.47	5.5	22.94	1.62	-0.62
55	Furman	Southern	2-2-0	0.5	13.4	1.25	6.13	2.17	-0.17
56	Arizona State	Border	2-2-0	0.5	13.34	5.75	8.08	2.67	-0.67
57	Georgia	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	13.1	-3.5	17.42	1.59	0.41
58	Denver	Skyline	2-2-0	0.5	13.06	0.25	5.49	2.03	-0.03
59	Kansas	Big 7	2-2-0	0.5	13.06	1	17.7	2.17	-0.17
60	Utah State	Skyline	2-2-0	0.5	12.98	-3.5	18.38	1.39	0.61
61	Stanford	Pacific	2-2-0	0.5	12.88	2.75	9.45	2.41	-0.41
62	Missouri	Big 7	2-2-0	0.5	12.44	-2.25	11.68	1.64	0.36
63	Colorado	Big 7	2-2-0	0.5	12.24	-2.5	10.28	1.72	0.28
64	Pacific	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	12.17	2	2.97	2.24	-0.24
65	Iowa	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	11.37	9	20.69	2.24	-1.24
66	Oklahoma	Big 7	1-1-1	0.33	10.78	-0.67	14.84	1.43	-0.43
67	Houston	Missouri Valley	1-1-1	0.33	10.23	-5	21.89	1.02	-0.02
68	Washington State	Pacific	2-2-0	0.5	10.22	-11.25	14.82	0.82	1.18
69	William & Mary	Southern	1-1-1	0.33	10.14	-16	7.21	0.27	0.73
70	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	1-1-1	0.33	10.11	-0.67	7.55	1.38	-0.38
71	Arkansas	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	9.4	-0.33	22.66	1.43	-0.43
72	TCU	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	9.32	-0.33	15.82	1.45	-0.45
73	Columbia	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	9.25	0	13.57	1.5	-0.5
74	Florida	SEC	1-2-1	0.25	8.82	7	13.4	3.02	-2.02
75	Tulane	SEC	1-3-0	0.25	8.64	3.25	18.8	2.37	-1.37
76	Kentucky	SEC	1-2-1	0.25	7.99	-1	18.7	1.79	-0.79
77	Cornell	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.82	-7	17.43	0.81	0.19
78	Clemson	ACC	1-2-1	0.25	7.61	-6.5	8.85	1.13	-0.13
79	Washington	Pacific	1-2-1	0.25	6.82	-5.75	17.89	1.28	-0.28
80	Penn State	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.68	-1.33	18.02	1.34	-0.34
81	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	6.41	-4.67	28.29	0.96	0.04
82	Tennessee	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	6.18	-2.33	14.81	1.26	-0.26
83	NC State	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	5.8	-5	17.03	0.97	0.03
84	Virginia	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	5.61	-9.67	21.64	0.5	0.5
85	Drake	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	5.54	-17	9.7	0.28	0.72
86	Indiana	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	5.51	-12	25.05	0.62	0.38
87	North Texas	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	5.45	-4.67	8.65	0.91	0.09
88	Oregon	Pacific	1-3-0	0.25	5.31	-4.5	10.52	0.72	0.28
89	Wake Forest	ACC	1-3-0	0.25	5.08	-5	16.54	1.18	-0.18
90	Iowa State	Big 7	1-3-0	0.25	4.86	-7.75	12.16	0.93	0.07
91	Hardin-Simmons	Border	1-3-0	0.25	4.68	-10	7.58	0.85	0.15
92	Washington and Lee	Southern	1-3-0	0.25	4.44	-17.5	18.59	0.56	0.44
93	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-3-0	0.25	4.41	-8.75	7.18	0.91	0.09
94	Idaho	Pacific	1-3-0	0.25	4.37	-11.75	16.8	0.55	0.45
95	Montana	Skyline	1-3-0	0.25	3.65	-8.25	17.32	0.98	0.02
96	New Mexico State	Border	1-3-0	0.25	3.62	-23.75	4.65	0.14	0.86
97	Villanova	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	3.38	-10	11.32	0.9	0.1
98	Brown	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-1.63	-6.67	1.67	0.46	-0.46
99	Boston University	FBS Independents	0-1-1	0	-1.88	-11	11.35	0.39	-0.39
100	New Mexico	Skyline	0-2-1	0	-1.91	-8.67	15.06	0.18	-0.18
101	West Texas A&M	Border	0-2-1	0	-2.1	-11.33	3.41	0.57	-0.57
102	Nebraska	Big 7	0-3-1	0	-2.13	-10.75	12.62	0.59	-0.59
103	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-3-0	0	-2.32	-12.33	19.09	0.31	-0.31
104	Colgate	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.38	-11.67	20.46	0.54	-0.54
105	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-2-1	0	-2.45	-14.67	13.96	0.28	-0.28
106	Purdue	Big Ten	0-3-0	0	-2.59	-14.33	24.47	0.3	-0.3
107	Oregon State	Pacific	0-4-0	0	-3.04	-29	12.77	0	0
108	The Citadel	Southern	0-4-0	0	-3.09	-28.5	15.62	0	0
109	Davidson	Southern	0-3-0	0	-3.2	-29.67	17.04	0.01	-0.01
110	Dartmouth	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-3.33	-32.33	23.52	0.02	-0.02