1953 W8 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:24.311913+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Illinois	Big Ten	6-0-1	0.86	26.21	13.86	14.19	6.01	-0.01
2	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	26.11	16.33	12.8	5.18	0.82
3	Maryland	ACC	8-0-0	1	25.95	26	10.3	7.94	0.06
4	West Virginia	Southern	7-0-0	1	24.92	17.57	6.86	6.17	0.83
5	Texas Tech	Border	7-1-0	0.88	23.22	22.25	11.51	7.22	-0.22
6	Ole Miss	SEC	7-1-0	0.88	22.64	20.12	8.88	7.57	-0.57
7	Georgia Tech	SEC	6-1-1	0.75	22.42	17.75	10.67	7.61	-1.61
8	UCLA	Pacific	6-1-0	0.86	22.39	18.14	10.27	6.75	-0.75
9	Duke	ACC	6-1-1	0.75	22.32	15.5	10.54	7.63	-1.63
10	Baylor	Southwest	6-1-0	0.86	22.2	14.14	9.03	6.27	-0.27
11	Oklahoma	Big 7	5-1-1	0.71	21.9	13	13.17	6.06	-1.06
12	Michigan State	Big Ten	6-1-0	0.86	21.81	15.43	8.08	6.32	-0.32
13	USC	Pacific	6-1-1	0.75	21.8	10.62	9.42	6.49	-0.49
14	Army	FBS Independents	5-1-1	0.71	21.37	15.57	9.26	6.45	-1.45
15	Auburn	SEC	5-1-1	0.71	21.29	10.71	10.41	5.64	-0.64
16	Richmond	Southern	5-1-1	0.71	20.15	8.29	4.56	5.83	-0.83
17	Alabama	SEC	4-1-3	0.5	19.62	7.38	6.18	6.14	-2.14
18	Utah	Skyline	6-2-0	0.75	19.45	11.5	8.87	6.54	-0.54
19	Kansas State	Big 7	6-2-0	0.75	19.4	11.5	10.01	6.97	-0.97
20	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	6-2-0	0.75	19.2	4.62	13.17	5.51	0.49
21	Rice	Southwest	5-2-0	0.71	19.13	15.14	13.09	6.33	-1.33
22	Utah State	Skyline	6-2-0	0.75	19.01	6.62	10.3	5.86	0.14
23	Yale	FBS Independents	4-1-2	0.57	18.91	6.43	2.49	5.7	-1.7
24	Kentucky	SEC	5-2-1	0.62	18.82	8.25	14.03	6.32	-1.32
25	Michigan	Big Ten	5-2-0	0.71	18.78	7.14	12.96	5.22	-0.22
26	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5-2-0	0.71	18.67	6	14.84	5.09	-0.09
27	Ohio State	Big Ten	5-2-0	0.71	18.53	3.29	14.66	4.13	0.87
28	South Carolina	ACC	5-2-0	0.71	18.53	7.43	12.68	5.63	-0.63
29	Marquette	FBS Independents	5-2-1	0.62	17.88	11	6.44	6.82	-1.82
30	Syracuse	FBS Independents	4-2-1	0.57	17.79	11.86	12.12	6.1	-2.1
31	SMU	Southwest	4-2-0	0.67	17.77	6.33	15.26	4.93	-0.93
32	UTEP	Border	5-2-0	0.71	17.74	8.86	4.86	5.27	-0.27
33	Mississippi State	SEC	4-2-2	0.5	17.57	8	12.47	6.12	-2.12
34	Tennessee	SEC	4-2-1	0.57	17.47	11.14	10.2	5.84	-1.84
35	Furman	Southern	5-2-0	0.71	16.91	8.43	0.95	5.6	-0.6
36	Wyoming	Skyline	5-3-0	0.62	16.8	10.88	11.99	6.69	-1.69
37	Navy	FBS Independents	3-2-2	0.43	16.74	13.14	15.19	6.11	-3.11
38	New Mexico	Skyline	4-2-1	0.57	16.65	7.86	6.12	5.33	-1.33
39	Texas	Southwest	5-3-0	0.62	16.56	5.75	15.58	5.57	-0.57
40	Harvard	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	16.49	8	2.91	4.84	-0.84
41	Stanford	Pacific	5-3-0	0.62	16.47	5.5	13.48	5.35	-0.35
42	LSU	SEC	3-2-3	0.38	16.03	3.5	15	5.03	-2.03
43	Virginia Tech	Southern	5-3-0	0.62	15.88	7.38	7.33	6.48	-1.48
44	Iowa	Big Ten	4-3-0	0.57	15.44	9.86	13.12	5.74	-1.74
45	Detroit Mercy	Missouri Valley	4-3-0	0.57	14.86	9.57	6.65	5.59	-1.59
46	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-3-0	0.57	14.74	2.43	15.53	4.08	-0.08
47	Princeton	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	14.69	-5.14	8	2.35	2.65
48	Penn State	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	14.51	2	14.45	3.95	0.05
49	William & Mary	Southern	4-2-1	0.57	14.03	-5.29	8.07	2.02	1.98
50	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	13.97	6.29	3.72	5.45	-1.45
51	Florida	SEC	3-3-2	0.38	13.8	11.62	12.52	6.75	-3.75
52	California	Pacific	4-4-0	0.5	13.68	6.25	15.58	5.32	-1.32
53	Fordham	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	13.49	6.67	10.78	4.25	-1.25
54	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	3-3-1	0.43	13.37	8	9.86	5.59	-2.59
55	Colorado State	Skyline	3-3-0	0.5	13.13	4.83	12.75	3.89	-0.89
56	Texas A&M	Southwest	4-3-1	0.5	12.82	-2.75	14.14	3.14	0.86
57	VMI	Southern	4-4-0	0.5	12.46	3.75	7.05	5.06	-1.06
58	Oregon	Pacific	4-4-0	0.5	12.44	1.62	12.54	4.72	-0.72
59	San José State	FBS Independents	4-3-1	0.5	12.1	-1.25	6.24	3.71	0.29
60	Missouri	Big 7	4-4-0	0.5	11.82	0	11.04	4	0
61	Arizona	Border	3-4-0	0.43	11.54	3.71	12.15	4.26	-1.26
62	Colorado	Big 7	4-4-0	0.5	11.52	-0.38	13.92	3.92	0.08
63	Colgate	FBS Independents	3-3-1	0.43	11.46	0.29	8.34	3.57	-0.57
64	Arizona State	Border	3-4-0	0.43	11.07	4.43	6.93	4.32	-1.32
65	Cornell	FBS Independents	3-3-1	0.43	10.92	-3.71	14.05	2.51	0.49
66	Boston University	FBS Independents	2-3-1	0.33	10.59	5	6.39	3.89	-1.89
67	Boston College	FBS Independents	3-3-1	0.43	10.28	-3	9.47	2.71	0.29
68	Hardin-Simmons	Border	4-4-0	0.5	10.15	-2.62	6.52	3.32	0.68
69	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-4-0	0.43	10.07	-0.86	14.85	3.33	-0.33
70	Brown	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	9.97	2	2.44	4.08	-1.08
71	North Carolina	ACC	3-4-0	0.43	9.85	-0.71	11.29	3.31	-0.31
72	George Washington	Southern	3-4-0	0.43	9.23	-2.71	12.05	2.78	0.22
73	Washington	Pacific	3-4-1	0.38	8.94	-5.25	14.39	2.7	0.3
74	Pennsylvania	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	8.84	-7	16.27	1.63	1.37
75	Denver	Skyline	3-4-1	0.38	8.73	-3.38	9.05	3.14	-0.14
76	Houston	Missouri Valley	2-3-1	0.33	8.53	-3.33	14.11	2.35	-0.35
77	Nebraska	Big 7	3-4-1	0.38	8.48	-4.75	11.21	2.57	0.43
78	Columbia	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	8.47	-5	11.11	2.21	0.79
79	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	3-4-0	0.43	8.19	-6.57	9.81	2.06	0.94
80	Georgia	SEC	3-5-0	0.38	7.67	-5.5	14.32	2.63	0.37
81	Drake	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	7.64	-10.14	2.39	1.33	1.67
82	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	2-4-1	0.29	6.91	-1.71	15.34	3.05	-1.05
83	Montana	Skyline	3-5-0	0.38	6.89	-7.5	8.75	2.44	0.56
84	Washington State	Pacific	3-5-0	0.38	6.88	-13.5	12.36	1.45	1.55
85	North Texas	FBS Independents	2-4-1	0.29	6.73	-2.86	8.72	2.83	-0.83
86	Pacific	FBS Independents	2-4-1	0.29	6.7	-2.86	10.48	2.85	-0.85
87	Clemson	ACC	2-4-1	0.29	6.53	-4	11.24	2.37	-0.37
88	Miami	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	6.18	-1.71	13.3	3.09	-1.09
89	Rutgers	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	5.64	-8	8.73	1.57	0.43
90	TCU	Southwest	2-5-0	0.29	5.5	-3.43	13.83	2.58	-0.58
91	Wake Forest	ACC	2-5-1	0.25	5.49	-4.75	11.94	2.35	-0.35
92	Arkansas	Southwest	2-5-0	0.29	5.32	-8.29	17.03	1.42	0.58
93	BYU	Skyline	2-5-1	0.25	5.32	-5.88	11.1	2.53	-0.53
94	Villanova	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.67	-11.29	9.25	1.13	0.87
95	Iowa State	Big 7	2-6-0	0.25	4.3	-5.5	8.15	2.58	-0.58
96	Kansas	Big 7	2-6-0	0.25	4.17	-8.12	12.72	1.26	0.74
97	Washington and Lee	Southern	2-6-0	0.25	3.69	-11.12	12.7	1.83	0.17
98	Tulane	SEC	1-6-1	0.12	1.59	-8.25	16.79	1.97	-0.97
99	West Texas A&M	Border	1-5-1	0.14	1.47	-13.14	3.74	1.23	-0.23
100	NC State	ACC	1-6-0	0.14	1.3	-11.43	12.75	0.84	0.16
101	Indiana	Big Ten	1-6-0	0.14	1.28	-12.29	17.44	1.36	-0.36
102	Purdue	Big Ten	1-6-0	0.14	1.26	-13.29	20.23	0.58	0.42
103	Dartmouth	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	1.22	-12.43	14.66	1.2	-0.2
104	Idaho	Pacific	1-6-0	0.14	1.07	-14.71	9.06	0.59	0.41
105	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-6-0	0.14	0.94	-18.86	17.14	0.56	0.44
106	Virginia	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	0.94	-18.14	12.29	0.39	0.61
107	Oregon State	Pacific	1-6-0	0.14	0.71	-23.14	15.49	0.06	0.94
108	The Citadel	Southern	1-6-0	0.14	0.56	-27.14	9.63	0.05	0.95
109	New Mexico State	Border	1-6-0	0.14	0.46	-32.43	10.16	0.07	0.93
110	Davidson	Southern	0-7-0	0	-2.68	-26.71	10.15	0.1	-0.1