1953 W9 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:24.312280+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	7-0-0	1	25.87	16.86	12.56	6.08	0.92
2	Maryland	ACC	9-0-0	1	25.85	27.33	10.68	8.95	0.05
3	Texas Tech	Border	8-1-0	0.89	23.2	24.44	10.63	8.29	-0.29
4	UCLA	Pacific	7-1-0	0.88	22.64	17.88	10.24	7.71	-0.71
5	Illinois	Big Ten	6-1-1	0.75	22.59	8.75	14.34	6	0
6	Oklahoma	Big 7	6-1-1	0.75	22.55	17.25	12.6	7.37	-1.37
7	West Virginia	Southern	7-1-0	0.88	22.41	14.62	8.9	6.76	0.24
8	Michigan State	Big Ten	7-1-0	0.88	22.34	14.5	9.53	7.21	-0.21
9	Duke	ACC	6-1-1	0.75	22.13	15.5	10.39	7.63	-1.63
10	Auburn	SEC	6-1-1	0.75	21.86	12	10.23	6.54	-0.54
11	Army	FBS Independents	6-1-1	0.75	21.77	14.5	8.84	7.23	-1.23
12	USC	Pacific	6-1-1	0.75	21.67	10.62	9.39	6.49	-0.49
13	Alabama	SEC	5-1-3	0.56	20.4	7.33	7.81	6.98	-1.98
14	Ole Miss	SEC	7-2-0	0.78	20.2	13.67	9.63	7.75	-0.75
15	Rice	Southwest	6-2-0	0.75	20.03	16.62	13.27	7.36	-1.36
16	Georgia Tech	SEC	6-2-1	0.67	19.9	15	11.66	8.35	-2.35
17	Wisconsin	Big Ten	6-2-0	0.75	19.9	8.62	15.79	6.37	-0.37
18	Utah	Skyline	7-2-0	0.78	19.86	12.56	8.97	7.48	-0.48
19	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	7-2-0	0.78	19.85	7.11	11.62	6.77	0.23
20	Yale	FBS Independents	5-1-2	0.62	19.71	5.88	4.59	6.06	-1.06
21	Utah State	Skyline	7-2-0	0.78	19.59	6.89	10.04	6.66	0.34
22	South Carolina	ACC	6-2-0	0.75	19.44	7.25	13.5	6.31	-0.31
23	Kentucky	SEC	6-2-1	0.67	19.2	8.78	10.84	7.27	-1.27
24	Baylor	Southwest	6-2-0	0.75	19.07	8.62	8.69	6.16	-0.16
25	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-2-0	0.75	19.05	4.75	12.73	5.08	0.92
26	Marquette	FBS Independents	6-2-1	0.67	18.62	10.44	6.4	7.65	-1.65
27	Syracuse	FBS Independents	5-2-1	0.62	18.58	12.38	11.39	6.89	-1.89
28	Mississippi State	SEC	5-2-2	0.56	18.5	8.56	12.75	6.98	-1.98
29	SMU	Southwest	5-2-0	0.71	18.36	6.29	13.18	5.74	-0.74
30	UTEP	Border	6-2-0	0.75	18.35	8.75	5.4	5.95	0.05
31	Tennessee	SEC	5-2-1	0.62	18.21	10	9.9	6.59	-1.59
32	Navy	FBS Independents	4-2-2	0.5	17.91	12.5	13.32	6.99	-2.99
33	Stanford	Pacific	6-3-0	0.67	17.77	10.89	13.13	7.16	-1.16
34	New Mexico	Skyline	5-2-1	0.62	17.59	7.12	7.34	6.04	-1.04
35	Kansas State	Big 7	6-3-0	0.67	17.49	9.11	10.7	7.4	-1.4
36	Furman	Southern	6-2-0	0.75	17.44	8.25	-0.28	6.43	-0.43
37	Texas	Southwest	6-3-0	0.67	17.43	6.22	13.45	6.5	-0.5
38	Richmond	Southern	5-2-1	0.62	17.35	4.62	6.14	5.67	-0.67
39	Harvard	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	17.28	7.86	4.73	5.46	-0.46
40	Iowa	Big Ten	5-3-0	0.62	16.59	12	12.53	6.98	-1.98
41	Michigan	Big Ten	5-3-0	0.62	16.33	5.25	13.46	5.56	-0.56
42	Penn State	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	16.06	5.25	13.18	5.15	-0.15
43	William & Mary	Southern	5-2-1	0.62	15.26	-2	8.91	3.31	1.69
44	Wyoming	Skyline	5-4-0	0.56	15.2	9.44	12.84	7.35	-2.35
45	Fordham	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	14.76	9.71	8.47	5.57	-1.57
46	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	4-3-1	0.5	14.71	10.25	7.77	6.67	-2.67
47	Virginia Tech	Southern	5-4-0	0.56	13.94	3.67	7.35	6.01	-1.01
48	Missouri	Big 7	5-4-0	0.56	13.65	1.11	12.43	4.96	0.04
49	California	Pacific	4-4-1	0.44	13.47	5.56	14.22	5.99	-1.99
50	Hardin-Simmons	Border	5-4-0	0.56	13.19	2	6.36	5.08	-0.08
51	Colorado	Big 7	5-4-0	0.56	13.12	0.11	12.22	4.53	0.47
52	LSU	SEC	3-3-3	0.33	13.07	1.67	16.05	5.05	-2.05
53	Princeton	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	12.94	-4.75	9.64	2.84	2.16
54	Detroit Mercy	Missouri Valley	4-4-0	0.5	12.92	6.75	6.76	5.68	-1.68
55	Boston University	FBS Independents	3-3-1	0.43	12.63	6	6.97	4.69	-1.69
56	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	12.59	4.75	6.11	5.79	-1.79
57	Arizona State	Border	4-4-0	0.5	12.48	4.88	6.5	5.03	-1.03
58	Houston	Missouri Valley	3-3-1	0.43	12.48	1.43	14.99	3.82	-0.82
59	Oregon	Pacific	4-4-1	0.44	12.47	1.44	12.42	5.31	-1.31
60	Boston College	FBS Independents	4-3-1	0.5	12.34	-1	8.9	3.72	0.28
61	Cornell	FBS Independents	4-3-1	0.5	12.28	-3	13.55	3.16	0.84
62	Florida	SEC	3-4-2	0.33	12.17	10.11	12.6	7.42	-4.42
63	George Washington	Southern	4-4-0	0.5	12.16	1.75	10.08	4.53	-0.53
64	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-4-0	0.5	11.52	-1.25	15.29	3.65	0.35
65	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	3-4-1	0.38	11.03	2.75	13.56	4.78	-1.78
66	Colorado State	Skyline	3-4-0	0.43	10.95	1.14	13.66	3.74	-0.74
67	Texas A&M	Southwest	4-4-1	0.44	10.5	-5.44	14.24	2.72	1.28
68	Pacific	FBS Independents	3-4-1	0.38	10.41	1.62	9.48	4.43	-1.43
69	North Texas	FBS Independents	3-4-1	0.38	10.24	1.5	7.82	4.39	-1.39
70	Arizona	Border	3-5-0	0.38	10.06	2.25	13.55	4.52	-1.52
71	San José State	FBS Independents	4-4-1	0.44	9.74	-7.11	7.05	2.76	1.24
72	Miami	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	9.59	1.75	12.98	4.49	-1.49
73	Clemson	ACC	3-4-1	0.38	9.24	-0.88	9.93	3.73	-0.73
74	Colgate	FBS Independents	3-4-1	0.38	9.18	-1.75	9.37	3.55	-0.55
75	Drake	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	8.95	-8	0.72	2.03	1.97
76	Brown	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	8.94	0.88	4.96	4.27	-1.27
77	VMI	Southern	4-5-0	0.44	8.66	-4.11	4.43	3.32	0.68
78	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-5-0	0.38	8.25	-1.75	13.07	3.58	-0.58
79	North Carolina	ACC	3-5-0	0.38	7.93	-3.12	13.28	3.12	-0.12
80	Denver	Skyline	3-5-1	0.33	7.54	-4	10.16	3.35	-0.35
81	Pennsylvania	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	7.53	-7	16.33	1.91	1.09
82	Washington	Pacific	3-5-1	0.33	7.53	-6.44	15.25	2.69	0.31
83	Nebraska	Big 7	3-5-1	0.33	7.51	-4.67	11.44	2.88	0.12
84	Columbia	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	7.41	-5.38	11.29	2.36	0.64
85	Montana	Skyline	3-5-0	0.38	6.97	-7.5	8.84	2.44	0.56
86	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	3-5-0	0.38	6.91	-11	11.35	1.59	1.41
87	Georgia	SEC	3-6-0	0.33	6.19	-7.22	13.96	2.62	0.38
88	Washington and Lee	Southern	3-6-0	0.33	5.72	-8.33	10.47	2.58	0.42
89	Washington State	Pacific	3-6-0	0.33	5.64	-12.78	11.39	1.53	1.47
90	Wake Forest	ACC	2-5-1	0.25	5.34	-4.75	11.14	2.35	-0.35
91	Rutgers	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.75	-10.86	10	1.6	0.4
92	TCU	Southwest	2-6-0	0.25	4.59	-4.25	13.03	2.63	-0.63
93	BYU	Skyline	2-6-1	0.22	4.31	-6.11	11.72	2.82	-0.82
94	Arkansas	Southwest	2-6-0	0.25	4.28	-8	16.98	1.61	0.39
95	Indiana	Big Ten	2-6-0	0.25	3.9	-9.75	16.51	1.86	0.14
96	Villanova	FBS Independents	2-6-0	0.25	3.78	-11.38	9.28	1.39	0.61
97	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-6-0	0.25	3.53	-14.75	14.63	1.02	0.98
98	Oregon State	Pacific	2-6-0	0.25	3.3	-19.38	14.13	0.12	1.88
99	Kansas	Big 7	2-7-0	0.22	3.3	-10.22	14.5	1.21	0.79
100	Iowa State	Big 7	2-7-0	0.22	3.19	-10.11	9.44	1.87	0.13
101	Tulane	SEC	1-7-1	0.11	1	-8.89	14.8	2.02	-1.02
102	West Texas A&M	Border	1-6-1	0.12	0.96	-15.5	4.09	1.1	-0.1
103	Dartmouth	FBS Independents	1-7-0	0.12	0.82	-11.12	14.79	1.67	-0.67
104	Purdue	Big Ten	1-7-0	0.12	0.71	-13.5	20.11	0.63	0.37
105	NC State	ACC	1-7-0	0.12	0.63	-14.25	10.81	0.69	0.31
106	Idaho	Pacific	1-7-0	0.12	0.48	-17	8.81	0.44	0.56
107	Virginia	FBS Independents	1-7-0	0.12	0.46	-17.62	11.25	0.52	0.48
108	The Citadel	Southern	1-7-0	0.12	0.14	-26.38	9.46	0.1	0.9
109	New Mexico State	Border	1-7-0	0.12	-0.03	-33.25	9.51	0.05	0.95
110	Davidson	Southern	0-8-0	0	-2.68	-27.5	10.02	0.08	-0.08