1953 W5 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:24.310808+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Maryland	ACC	5-0-0	1	27.78	27.8	12.79	4.97	0.03
2	Michigan	Big Ten	4-0-0	1	27.16	19.5	11.72	3.8	0.2
3	Navy	FBS Independents	3-0-1	0.75	27.11	31.5	10.19	3.94	-0.94
4	Baylor	Southwest	4-0-0	1	26.91	20.25	10.17	3.86	0.14
5	Georgia Tech	SEC	4-0-1	0.8	26.84	19.8	11.14	4.91	-0.91
6	Texas A&M	Southwest	4-0-1	0.8	26.42	5.8	12.7	3.69	0.31
7	LSU	SEC	3-0-2	0.6	26.36	11.4	10.04	4.59	-1.59
8	Michigan State	Big Ten	4-0-0	1	26.29	17.75	8.15	3.63	0.37
9	Illinois	Big Ten	3-0-1	0.75	26.27	13.25	9.13	3.18	-0.18
10	Utah	Skyline	5-0-0	1	26.24	23.8	6.87	4.74	0.26
11	West Virginia	Southern	4-0-0	1	25.77	21.25	5.67	3.69	0.31
12	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	25.62	15.33	6.1	2.56	0.44
13	USC	Pacific	4-0-1	0.8	25.48	15.2	5.18	4.54	-0.54
14	Yale	FBS Independents	3-0-1	0.75	24.62	12.75	1.36	3.97	-0.97
15	Texas Tech	Border	4-1-0	0.8	22.57	15	14.99	4.28	-0.28
16	Wyoming	Skyline	4-1-0	0.8	22.34	13.4	10.52	4.34	-0.34
17	UCLA	Pacific	4-1-0	0.8	22.22	15.4	9.62	4.79	-0.79
18	Duke	ACC	4-1-0	0.8	21.83	10.2	9.84	4.34	-0.34
19	Kansas State	Big 7	4-1-0	0.8	21.53	19.6	8.3	4.75	-0.75
20	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	4-1-0	0.8	21.13	4.2	12.46	3.53	0.47
21	Ole Miss	SEC	4-1-0	0.8	21.09	17.8	6.46	4.65	-0.65
22	Army	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	20.96	14	14.11	3.47	-0.47
23	Rice	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	20.94	15	8.7	3.66	-0.66
24	North Carolina	ACC	3-1-0	0.75	20.93	10	11.19	3.26	-0.26
25	Ohio State	Big Ten	3-1-0	0.75	20.47	5.75	15.46	2.59	0.41
26	Richmond	Southern	4-1-0	0.8	20.44	8.8	5.19	4.14	-0.14
27	Mississippi State	SEC	3-1-1	0.6	20.35	10	7.52	3.97	-0.97
28	South Carolina	ACC	3-1-0	0.75	20.35	11.25	10.56	3.54	-0.54
29	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-1-0	0.75	19.81	4.5	11.57	2.78	0.22
30	Auburn	SEC	2-1-1	0.5	19.7	7.5	15.51	2.93	-0.93
31	UTEP	Border	3-1-0	0.75	19.37	9.5	7.46	3.04	-0.04
32	SMU	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	18.83	5.33	21.84	2.4	-0.4
33	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	18.4	14.5	-6.43	3.72	-0.72
34	Oklahoma	Big 7	2-1-1	0.5	18.27	10.75	15.7	3.27	-1.27
35	Syracuse	FBS Independents	2-1-1	0.5	18.11	10.75	2.84	3.29	-1.29
36	Alabama	SEC	2-1-2	0.4	17.13	6.2	5.05	3.68	-1.68
37	Princeton	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	17.05	-12.25	10.64	0.74	2.26
38	California	Pacific	3-2-0	0.6	16.99	9.4	16.02	3.83	-0.83
39	Harvard	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	16.68	4	-1.04	2.04	-0.04
40	Texas	Southwest	3-2-0	0.6	16.43	8.2	12.16	3.81	-0.81
41	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	3-2-0	0.6	16.28	15.4	6.82	4.66	-1.66
42	Virginia Tech	Southern	3-2-0	0.6	16.18	4.4	8.53	3.58	-0.58
43	VMI	Southern	3-2-0	0.6	16.04	13.2	6.25	4.66	-1.66
44	Marquette	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	15.78	13.6	3.86	4.37	-1.37
45	Stanford	Pacific	3-2-0	0.6	15.69	2.4	13.77	2.92	0.08
46	Detroit Mercy	Missouri Valley	3-2-0	0.6	15.68	16.4	2.04	4.52	-1.52
47	Arizona State	Border	3-2-0	0.6	15.61	8.4	6.07	3.59	-0.59
48	Iowa	Big Ten	2-2-0	0.5	15.21	10.25	23.36	3.17	-1.17
49	San José State	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	15.13	0.4	7.92	2.55	0.45
50	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-2-0	0.5	14.8	5.75	14.79	2.65	-0.65
51	Colorado State	Skyline	2-2-0	0.5	14.42	2	16.57	2.25	-0.25
52	Utah State	Skyline	3-2-0	0.6	14.4	-1.4	17.14	2.17	0.83
53	Miami	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	14.29	11.75	5.91	3.34	-1.34
54	Florida	SEC	2-2-1	0.4	13.92	17.6	9.6	4.63	-2.63
55	Kentucky	SEC	2-2-1	0.4	13.86	3	21.85	3.14	-1.14
56	William & Mary	Southern	2-1-1	0.5	13.8	-10.5	10.58	0.65	1.35
57	BYU	Skyline	2-2-1	0.4	13.25	2	7.92	2.84	-0.84
58	Columbia	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	13.06	1.5	16.11	2.33	-0.33
59	Washington State	Pacific	3-2-0	0.6	12.81	-5.6	11.74	1.71	1.29
60	Furman	Southern	2-2-0	0.5	12.54	1.25	6.85	2.17	-0.17
61	Penn State	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	12.28	0.5	14.83	2.08	-0.08
62	North Texas	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	12.2	4.5	4.81	2.66	-0.66
63	George Washington	Southern	2-2-0	0.5	11.91	-2.75	12.73	1.61	0.39
64	Arizona	Border	2-3-0	0.4	11.33	3.6	11.04	3.17	-1.17
65	Boston University	FBS Independents	1-1-1	0.33	11.11	1.33	7.63	1.61	-0.61
66	Washington	Pacific	2-2-1	0.4	10.79	-3	13.58	1.97	0.03
67	Pennsylvania	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	10.65	-8.5	9.55	0.61	1.39
68	Georgia	SEC	2-3-0	0.4	9.28	-4.4	19.13	1.79	0.21
69	Fordham	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	8.99	0	12.73	1.5	-0.5
70	Missouri	Big 7	2-3-0	0.4	8.95	-3.2	11.48	1.82	0.18
71	Wake Forest	ACC	2-3-0	0.4	8.83	-1.4	14.39	2.2	-0.2
72	Colorado	Big 7	2-3-0	0.4	8.8	-4.8	13.48	1.83	0.17
73	Rutgers	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	8.69	-0.67	14.92	1.43	-0.43
74	Pacific	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	8.62	-3.8	8.08	1.95	0.05
75	Kansas	Big 7	2-3-0	0.4	8.5	-8.2	12.97	1.08	0.92
76	Denver	Skyline	2-3-0	0.4	8.44	-6.6	9.38	1.5	0.5
77	Montana	Skyline	2-3-0	0.4	7.95	-6.4	16.85	1.6	0.4
78	Iowa State	Big 7	2-3-0	0.4	7.94	-4.8	11.34	1.55	0.45
79	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	2-3-0	0.4	7.46	-6.8	7.8	1.36	0.64
80	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	1-2-1	0.25	7.42	-2.75	14.71	1.46	-0.46
81	New Mexico	Skyline	1-2-1	0.25	7.32	0.75	8.58	2.14	-1.14
82	Tennessee	SEC	1-2-1	0.25	7.28	-1.75	14.82	1.67	-0.67
83	Houston	Missouri Valley	1-2-1	0.25	7.22	-5.5	19.33	1.22	-0.22
84	Cornell	FBS Independents	1-2-1	0.25	7.01	-5.25	19.31	1.08	-0.08
85	Clemson	ACC	1-2-1	0.25	6.37	-6.5	9.02	1.13	-0.13
86	Arkansas	Southwest	1-3-0	0.25	5.73	-2.5	18.3	1.39	-0.39
87	TCU	Southwest	1-3-0	0.25	5.55	-3.5	19.13	1.38	-0.38
88	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-2-1	0.25	5.33	-9.25	13.64	0.81	0.19
89	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-3-0	0.25	4.82	-8.5	24.79	0.82	0.18
90	NC State	ACC	1-3-0	0.25	4.5	-7	11.59	1.01	-0.01
91	Virginia	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.36	-11	18.36	0.52	0.48
92	Tulane	SEC	1-4-0	0.2	4.24	-3.6	16.82	2.02	-1.02
93	Indiana	Big Ten	1-3-0	0.25	4.14	-16.25	21.55	0.65	0.35
94	Brown	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.02	-3.25	5.42	1.43	-0.43
95	Colgate	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	3.8	-6.25	12.99	1.25	-0.25
96	Nebraska	Big 7	1-3-1	0.2	3.78	-7.8	16.48	1.16	-0.16
97	Drake	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	3.7	-19.5	9.82	0.2	0.8
98	Oregon	Pacific	1-4-0	0.2	3.53	-5.2	11.09	0.81	0.19
99	Hardin-Simmons	Border	1-4-0	0.2	3.07	-8.2	6.58	1.22	-0.22
100	Idaho	Pacific	1-4-0	0.2	2.91	-12.8	15.7	0.66	0.34
101	Washington and Lee	Southern	1-4-0	0.2	2.82	-15.6	18.29	0.83	0.17
102	Villanova	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	2.65	-13.4	8.93	0.7	0.3
103	New Mexico State	Border	1-4-0	0.2	2.17	-26.8	7.77	0.09	0.91
104	West Texas A&M	Border	0-3-1	0	-2.12	-13.25	4.05	0.73	-0.73
105	Purdue	Big Ten	0-4-0	0	-2.43	-13	20.93	0.58	-0.58
106	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-4-0	0	-2.7	-19.5	20.16	0.19	-0.19
107	Davidson	Southern	0-4-0	0	-2.72	-22.5	10.54	0.1	-0.1
108	Dartmouth	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.99	-26.75	17.26	0.09	-0.09
109	Oregon State	Pacific	0-5-0	0	-3.07	-30.6	17.46	0	0
110	The Citadel	Southern	0-5-0	0	-3.08	-34.8	13.17	0	0