1954 W3 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:24.453924+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Miami	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	31.66	22	23.19	1.83	0.17
2	Oklahoma	Big 7	2-0-0	1	30.8	9.5	18.35	1.54	0.46
3	USC	Pacific	3-0-0	1	29.56	21.33	11.7	2.95	0.05
4	Virginia Tech	Southern	3-0-0	1	29.4	17.33	10.9	2.77	0.23
5	Duke	ACC	2-0-0	1	29.4	26.5	13.94	1.99	0.01
6	Purdue	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	29.22	22	15.61	1.93	0.07
7	Texas Tech	Border	2-0-1	0.67	28.97	19.33	8.62	2.79	-0.79
8	Rice	Southwest	2-0-0	1	28.85	20.5	6.43	1.73	0.27
9	Navy	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	28.71	31	10.4	1.99	0.01
10	UCLA	Pacific	3-0-0	1	28.69	32.33	6.73	2.98	0.02
11	Iowa	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	28.69	23	11.27	1.92	0.08
12	Penn State	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	28.19	7.5	13.55	1.74	0.26
13	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	2-0-1	0.67	28.16	5.33	9.56	2.29	-0.29
14	Stanford	Pacific	3-0-0	1	28.11	5.33	7.54	2.25	0.75
15	Arkansas	Southwest	2-0-0	1	27.76	24	8.55	1.95	0.05
16	West Virginia	Southern	1-0-0	1	27.71	20	26.66	0.97	0.03
17	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	27.53	18	7.35	1.92	0.08
18	Davidson	Southern	3-0-0	1	27.52	12.67	6.56	2.89	0.11
19	Ole Miss	SEC	3-0-0	1	27.44	31.33	-1.62	2.95	0.05
20	Arizona	Border	2-0-0	1	27.38	46	-2.23	1.97	0.03
21	Arizona State	Border	3-0-0	1	27.23	10	5.3	2.17	0.83
22	Colorado	Big 7	3-0-0	1	27.17	44.67	-2.98	3	0
23	Yale	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	27.02	14.5	6.96	1.73	0.27
24	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	26.82	22	0.64	1.93	0.07
25	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	3-0-0	1	26.65	45	-4.82	2.98	0.02
26	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	25.99	25.5	-1.21	1.95	0.05
27	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	25.91	23.33	-4.08	2.81	0.19
28	Colgate	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	25.85	11.5	0.82	1.82	0.18
29	Princeton	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	25.58	18	-0.62	1.75	0.25
30	North Carolina	ACC	1-0-1	0.5	24.74	7	-2.52	1.7	-0.7
31	Boston College	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	24.29	4	-4.78	1.45	0.55
32	Boston University	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	24.24	30.5	-10	1.97	0.03
33	Virginia	ACC	2-0-0	1	23.33	3.5	-5.13	1.22	0.78
34	Fordham	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	21.59	6	-0.39	0.81	0.19
35	Baylor	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	21.58	13.33	8.66	2.39	-0.39
36	San José State	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	20.09	8.5	0.6	3.07	-0.07
37	UTEP	Border	2-1-0	0.67	20.09	11.67	2.46	2.3	-0.3
38	Georgia	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	19.97	5	4.09	2.58	-0.58
39	Denver	Skyline	2-1-0	0.67	19.84	30	-4.43	2.85	-0.85
40	Richmond	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	19.78	24.33	-3.32	2.93	-0.93
41	Texas	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	19.61	6.33	13.66	2.13	-0.13
42	Kansas State	Big 7	2-1-0	0.67	19.54	3	-1.05	1.8	0.2
43	New Mexico	Skyline	2-1-0	0.67	19.2	8	-4.27	2.49	-0.49
44	Georgia Tech	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	19.06	10	3.9	2.69	-0.69
45	Mississippi State	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	18.88	13.67	3.39	2.54	-0.54
46	Hardin-Simmons	Border	2-1-0	0.67	18.8	6.67	-5.64	2.35	-0.35
47	Tennessee	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	18.56	5.5	22.63	1.6	-0.6
48	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	18.51	4	21.22	1.3	-0.3
49	Maryland	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	18.49	7.5	14.41	1.74	-0.74
50	Wake Forest	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	18.29	2.67	9.61	1.89	0.11
51	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	17.9	4	23.7	1.31	-0.31
52	Washington	Pacific	2-1-0	0.67	17.49	-1	16.8	1.29	0.71
53	Florida	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	17.1	-4.33	25.61	1.07	0.93
54	Furman	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	16.71	0.67	3.3	1.56	0.44
55	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	16.51	4.5	11.56	1.43	-0.43
56	VMI	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	16.5	-1.33	18	1.31	0.69
57	Alabama	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	16.48	7	-3.95	2.51	-0.51
58	Brown	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	16.24	4.5	10.92	1.28	-0.28
59	Auburn	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	16.1	19.5	1.38	1.87	-0.87
60	Oregon State	Pacific	1-1-0	0.5	14.77	1.5	6.32	1.19	-0.19
61	Michigan	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	14.7	-2.5	8.49	0.75	0.25
62	Army	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	13.69	2.5	28.01	1.14	-0.14
63	South Carolina	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	13.62	-3	1.76	0.84	0.16
64	Nebraska	Big 7	1-1-0	0.5	13.21	6.5	20.16	1.37	-0.37
65	The Citadel	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	13.07	-2.5	8.36	0.75	0.25
66	California	Pacific	1-2-0	0.33	12.79	7.67	26.4	2.15	-1.15
67	Dartmouth	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.69	-17	13.55	0.32	0.68
68	Oregon	Pacific	1-2-0	0.33	12.54	11.67	9.63	2.67	-1.67
69	Montana	Skyline	1-1-0	0.5	12.48	-9	7.88	0.56	0.44
70	Clemson	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	12.1	5	16.83	2.14	-1.14
71	TCU	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	12.06	3	18.08	1.81	-0.81
72	Missouri	Big 7	1-1-0	0.5	11.53	-1.5	27.96	0.9	0.1
73	Indiana	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	10.69	0	12.11	1	0
74	William & Mary	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	9.58	-3.5	11.64	0.73	0.27
75	North Texas	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	8.96	-7.5	11.02	0.52	0.48
76	Iowa State	Big 7	1-2-0	0.33	8.6	-3.33	5.22	1.24	-0.24
77	Florida State	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.39	4.67	2.94	2.09	-1.09
78	Washington State	Pacific	1-2-0	0.33	6.88	-15.67	16.33	0.32	0.68
79	Wyoming	Skyline	1-2-0	0.33	6.82	-4.67	30.13	1.01	-0.01
80	Utah	Skyline	1-2-0	0.33	5.77	-11.33	22.59	0.47	0.53
81	Texas A&M	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	5.7	-11.33	30.23	0.28	0.72
82	Utah State	Skyline	1-2-0	0.33	5.68	-13	26.42	0.11	0.89
83	Kentucky	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	5.55	-12.67	21.65	0.16	0.84
84	Colorado State	Skyline	1-2-0	0.33	4.7	-24.67	20.24	0.04	0.96
85	Harvard	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.84	-6	-10	0.19	-0.19
86	SMU	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-0.9	-3	20.86	0.3	-0.3
87	Michigan State	Big Ten	0-2-0	0	-1.28	-5	26.45	0.32	-0.32
88	Rutgers	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-1.3	-4	11.89	0.53	-0.53
89	Illinois	Big Ten	0-2-0	0	-1.37	-6	28.73	0.37	-0.37
90	George Washington	Southern	0-3-0	0	-1.54	-5.67	15.38	0.72	-0.72
91	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-1.71	-9.5	23.06	0.43	-0.43
92	LSU	SEC	0-3-0	0	-1.81	-9	10.14	0.17	-0.17
93	Detroit Mercy	Missouri Valley	0-3-0	0	-1.86	-11	13.73	0.27	-0.27
94	BYU	Skyline	0-3-0	0	-1.89	-6.33	17.96	0.9	-0.9
95	West Texas A&M	Border	0-3-0	0	-2.15	-11.33	3.76	0.46	-0.46
96	Tulane	SEC	0-1-2	0	-2.19	-9.33	11.16	0.33	-0.33
97	Pacific	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.21	-15.67	13.26	0.14	-0.14
98	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-2-0	0	-2.23	-10	21.95	0.49	-0.49
99	Cornell	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.27	-13	28.22	0.41	-0.41
100	Marquette	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.3	-19.5	8.56	0.33	-0.33
101	Columbia	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.78	-22.5	22.92	0.18	-0.18
102	NC State	ACC	0-3-0	0	-2.82	-16.33	23.65	0.24	-0.24
103	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-3.14	-29.5	27.25	0.04	-0.04
104	Pennsylvania	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-3.16	-36	12.29	0.01	-0.01
105	Kansas	Big 7	0-3-0	0	-3.29	-24.33	26.68	0.03	-0.03
106	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	0-3-0	0	-3.29	-27	26.12	0.07	-0.07
107	Idaho	Pacific	0-3-0	0	-3.35	-28.33	20.92	0.01	-0.01
108	Villanova	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-3.46	-37	28.59	0	0
109	New Mexico State	Border	0-3-0	0	-3.58	-36.33	16.38	0.03	-0.03
110	Houston	Missouri Valley	0-1-0	0	-3.69	-40	31.03	0.03	-0.03
111	Drake	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-3.86	-43	29.42	0.02	-0.02