1954 FINAL CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:24.459017+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Oklahoma	Big 7	10-0-0	1	25.19	24.2	11.08	9.77	0.23
2	Ohio State	Big Ten	10-0-0	1	25.07	17.4	11.78	9.45	0.55
3	UCLA	Pacific	9-0-0	1	24.69	36.33	7.1	8.95	0.05
4	Virginia Tech	Southern	8-0-1	0.89	23.62	13.67	5.29	8.18	-0.18
5	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	9-1-0	0.9	22.68	14.6	11.84	8.75	0.25
6	Miami	FBS Independents	8-1-0	0.89	22.64	18.11	11.97	8.24	-0.24
7	Denver	Skyline	9-1-0	0.9	21.96	20.2	6.52	9.36	-0.36
8	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	9-1-0	0.9	21.91	23.9	5.58	9.59	-0.59
9	West Virginia	Southern	8-1-0	0.89	21.74	15	7.72	8.29	-0.29
10	Navy	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	20.63	23.1	11.26	9.67	-1.67
11	Ole Miss	SEC	9-2-0	0.82	20.56	19.55	8.45	10.64	-1.64
12	Boston College	FBS Independents	8-1-0	0.89	20.52	13.56	1.24	8.19	-0.19
13	Maryland	ACC	7-2-1	0.7	20.2	21.3	11.63	9.67	-2.67
14	Army	FBS Independents	7-2-0	0.78	20.03	22	10.47	8.12	-1.12
15	Duke	ACC	8-2-1	0.73	19.99	9.91	11.16	8.5	-0.5
16	Colorado	Big 7	7-2-1	0.7	19.88	19.2	10.11	9.36	-2.36
17	Wisconsin	Big Ten	7-2-0	0.78	19.86	11.33	12.45	7.6	-0.6
18	Texas Tech	Border	7-2-1	0.7	19.64	21	8.22	8.82	-1.82
19	Minnesota	Big Ten	7-2-0	0.78	19.15	7.56	9.77	6.61	0.39
20	Penn State	FBS Independents	7-2-0	0.78	19.14	12.67	7.4	7.84	-0.84
21	Auburn	SEC	8-3-0	0.73	18.95	17.27	12.09	10.35	-2.35
22	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	18.88	14.2	2.57	8.81	-0.81
23	Georgia Tech	SEC	8-3-0	0.73	18.58	8.36	13.24	9.12	-1.12
24	Arkansas	Southwest	8-3-0	0.73	18.43	8.27	11.72	8.98	-0.98
25	Boston University	FBS Independents	7-2-0	0.78	18.16	18.11	-0.4	8.25	-1.25
26	Arizona	Border	7-3-0	0.7	18.03	17	10.41	7.99	-0.99
27	Brown	FBS Independents	6-2-1	0.67	17.64	11.67	2.22	7.34	-1.34
28	Rice	Southwest	7-3-0	0.7	17.53	5.7	12.37	6.84	0.16
29	UTEP	Border	8-3-0	0.73	17.28	8.45	4.33	7.86	0.14
30	USC	Pacific	8-4-0	0.67	17.04	8.25	11.65	9.11	-1.11
31	Kansas State	Big 7	7-3-0	0.7	16.81	3.7	9.15	6.25	0.75
32	Colgate	FBS Independents	5-2-2	0.56	16.8	2.67	8.86	5.48	-0.48
33	SMU	Southwest	6-3-1	0.6	16.72	4.9	12.23	6.76	-0.76
34	Kentucky	SEC	7-3-0	0.7	16.71	2.6	9.97	6.1	0.9
35	Michigan	Big Ten	6-3-0	0.67	16.7	5.78	11.22	6.77	-0.77
36	San José State	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	16.68	4	7.84	6.36	0.64
37	Baylor	Southwest	7-4-0	0.64	16.28	6.91	11.97	7.73	-0.73
38	Florida State	FBS Independents	8-4-0	0.67	15.6	7.25	1.6	8.52	-0.52
39	Purdue	Big Ten	5-3-1	0.56	15.57	3.44	14.02	5.59	-0.59
40	Princeton	FBS Independents	5-3-1	0.56	15.43	6.44	9.51	6.42	-1.42
41	Georgia	SEC	6-3-1	0.6	15.06	0	10.15	5	1
42	Oregon	Pacific	6-4-0	0.6	15.04	5.9	10.51	6.79	-0.79
43	Davidson	Southern	6-3-0	0.67	14.88	9.22	-4.56	7.7	-1.7
44	Mississippi State	SEC	6-4-0	0.6	14.77	7.2	7.19	7.53	-1.53
45	Wyoming	Skyline	6-4-0	0.6	14.77	4.4	9.87	6.32	-0.32
46	Yale	FBS Independents	5-3-1	0.56	14.72	1.67	10.27	4.99	0.01
47	Iowa	Big Ten	5-4-0	0.56	14.68	5.67	15.55	6.08	-1.08
48	South Carolina	ACC	6-4-0	0.6	14.58	1.9	12.43	5.69	0.31
49	Cornell	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	13.92	4.56	10.09	5.73	-0.73
50	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	5-4-1	0.5	13.83	4.2	9.76	6.72	-1.72
51	Richmond	Southern	5-4-0	0.56	13.76	11.33	3.4	8.33	-3.33
52	Nebraska	Big 7	6-5-0	0.55	13.45	2.82	10.09	6.42	-0.42
53	California	Pacific	5-5-0	0.5	13.3	7.2	14.21	6.92	-1.92
54	Harvard	FBS Independents	4-3-1	0.5	13.03	1.38	5.89	4.51	-0.51
55	Clemson	ACC	5-5-0	0.5	12.95	7.2	10.84	7.51	-2.51
56	Florida	SEC	5-5-0	0.5	11.02	-1.3	15.24	4.37	0.63
57	Alabama	SEC	4-5-2	0.36	10.57	1.73	8.88	6.58	-2.58
58	Syracuse	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	10.45	-1.5	9.29	3.6	0.4
59	New Mexico	Skyline	5-5-0	0.5	10.3	-1.6	7.8	4.41	0.59
60	Texas	Southwest	4-5-1	0.4	10.04	-0.3	14.68	4.89	-0.89
61	TCU	Southwest	4-6-0	0.4	9.81	0.9	14.28	5.33	-1.33
62	William & Mary	Southern	4-4-2	0.4	9.75	-5.5	9.83	2.29	1.71
63	Houston	Missouri Valley	5-5-0	0.5	9.66	-7.8	11.7	2.41	2.59
64	Arizona State	Border	5-5-0	0.5	9.56	-5	6.64	3.57	1.43
65	Furman	Southern	5-5-0	0.5	9.45	-5.3	5.71	3.21	1.79
66	Pacific	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	9.04	-2.11	10.62	3.58	0.42
67	LSU	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	8.95	-4.36	12.22	3.48	1.52
68	Michigan State	Big Ten	3-6-0	0.33	8.81	3.11	14.35	5.41	-2.41
69	Missouri	Big 7	4-5-1	0.4	8.59	-6.3	13.92	3.42	0.58
70	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	8.43	-11.67	18.33	1.13	2.87
71	North Carolina	ACC	4-5-1	0.4	8.24	-8.2	11.35	2.51	1.49
72	Idaho	Pacific	4-5-0	0.44	8.13	-6.33	7.07	2.24	1.76
73	Utah State	Skyline	4-6-0	0.4	7.88	-2.9	9.36	4.01	-0.01
74	North Texas	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	7.66	-2.5	4.72	4.1	-0.1
75	Hardin-Simmons	Border	4-6-0	0.4	7.4	-5.1	7.2	3.36	0.64
76	Tennessee	SEC	4-6-0	0.4	7.37	-5.9	8.25	2.58	1.42
77	VMI	Southern	4-6-0	0.4	7.35	-9.1	13.06	2.24	1.76
78	Washington State	Pacific	4-6-0	0.4	7.26	-7.6	9.25	2.74	1.26
79	Stanford	Pacific	4-6-0	0.4	7.23	-10.6	12.79	1.86	2.14
80	Utah	Skyline	4-7-0	0.36	6.93	-3.64	10.84	4.16	-0.16
81	Rutgers	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	6.69	-0.56	3.49	4.31	-1.31
82	Marquette	FBS Independents	3-5-1	0.33	6.66	-8.89	8.47	2.25	0.75
83	Indiana	Big Ten	3-6-0	0.33	6.22	-3.67	10.25	3.14	-0.14
84	Iowa State	Big 7	3-6-0	0.33	6.18	-3.44	8.76	3.52	-0.52
85	Virginia	ACC	3-6-0	0.33	6.04	-5.44	11.77	2.69	0.31
86	Montana	Skyline	3-6-0	0.33	5.65	-6.11	5.23	3.06	-0.06
87	Dartmouth	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	5.42	-14.33	13.26	1.37	1.63
88	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	5.23	-6.3	11.03	3.29	-0.29
89	Colorado State	Skyline	3-7-0	0.3	4.6	-15.5	11.41	0.89	2.11
90	Wake Forest	ACC	2-7-1	0.2	3.83	-3.6	12.66	3.58	-1.58
91	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-7-0	0.22	3.76	-3.89	12.07	3.29	-1.29
92	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-7-0	0.22	3.7	-4.56	13.43	2.78	-0.78
93	Detroit Mercy	Missouri Valley	2-7-0	0.22	3.43	-5.67	8.79	2.56	-0.56
94	NC State	ACC	2-8-0	0.2	2.8	-8.9	14.71	1.88	0.12
95	Washington	Pacific	2-8-0	0.2	2.45	-13.7	12.74	0.83	1.17
96	Drake	FBS Independents	2-7-0	0.22	2.38	-22.44	5.22	0.76	1.24
97	The Citadel	Southern	2-8-0	0.2	2.15	-16.2	3.32	0.85	1.15
98	Tulane	SEC	1-6-3	0.1	1.3	-9.8	10.99	0.63	0.37
99	George Washington	Southern	1-7-1	0.11	0.97	-8.22	11.54	1.88	-0.88
100	Illinois	Big Ten	1-8-0	0.11	0.74	-8.56	15.23	1.89	-0.89
101	West Texas A&M	Border	1-8-0	0.11	0.64	-9	4.31	2.34	-1.34
102	BYU	Skyline	1-8-0	0.11	0.58	-10.22	10	1.52	-0.52
103	Texas A&M	Southwest	1-9-0	0.1	0.55	-8	15.04	1.94	-0.94
104	Fordham	FBS Independents	1-7-1	0.11	0.26	-21.78	12.47	0.6	0.4
105	Columbia	FBS Independents	1-8-0	0.11	-0.11	-26.11	14.13	0.27	0.73
106	Oregon State	Pacific	1-8-0	0.11	-0.11	-26.22	13.72	0.2	0.8
107	Villanova	FBS Independents	1-9-0	0.1	-0.14	-20.2	9.17	0.63	0.37
108	New Mexico State	Border	0-9-0	0	-2.35	-24.33	1.42	0.43	-0.43
109	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	0-11-0	0	-2.46	-20	14.3	0.84	-0.84
110	Pennsylvania	FBS Independents	0-9-0	0	-2.69	-26.11	15.74	0.29	-0.29
111	Kansas	Big 7	0-10-0	0	-2.76	-28.4	15.69	0.35	-0.35