1954 W5 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:24.454660+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Virginia Tech	Southern	4-0-0	1	27.35	14.75	14.02	3.58	0.42
2	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-0-0	1	27.28	16	13.62	3.79	0.21
3	West Virginia	Southern	3-0-0	1	27.17	10.33	14.96	2.58	0.42
4	Miami	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	26.92	16	11.03	3.4	0.6
5	Oklahoma	Big 7	4-0-0	1	26.75	22.75	8.88	3.81	0.19
6	Arkansas	Southwest	4-0-0	1	26.71	15.5	10.52	3.61	0.39
7	Colorado	Big 7	5-0-0	1	26.63	35.2	7.2	4.98	0.02
8	UCLA	Pacific	5-0-0	1	26.51	34	6.83	4.93	0.07
9	Ohio State	Big Ten	4-0-0	1	26.42	18.75	8.49	3.76	0.24
10	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	4-0-0	1	26	36	4.12	3.93	0.07
11	Ole Miss	SEC	5-0-0	1	25.64	27.2	3.59	4.89	0.11
12	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-0-0	1	25.51	20.75	3.33	3.86	0.14
13	Boston University	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	25.23	29.5	1.52	3.77	0.23
14	Boston College	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	25.05	16.5	2.75	3.84	0.16
15	Yale	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	24.62	15.25	0.77	3.45	0.55
16	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	24.38	20.2	-1.04	4.57	0.43
17	Colgate	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	24.16	10.25	0.06	3.45	0.55
18	Army	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	21.59	18.25	17.64	3.46	-0.46
19	USC	Pacific	4-1-0	0.8	21.39	12.2	9.12	4.37	-0.37
20	Penn State	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	21.36	9.25	13.46	3.33	-0.33
21	Navy	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	21.14	21.25	7.06	3.86	-0.86
22	Denver	Skyline	4-1-0	0.8	20.89	20.8	4.76	4.49	-0.49
23	Texas Tech	Border	3-1-1	0.6	20.8	15.6	6.88	4.2	-1.2
24	Georgia	SEC	4-1-0	0.8	20.75	6.2	8.54	4.11	-0.11
25	Georgia Tech	SEC	4-1-0	0.8	20.55	9.4	6.34	4.19	-0.19
26	Purdue	Big Ten	2-1-1	0.5	20.51	7.5	20.61	3.05	-1.05
27	Arizona	Border	3-1-0	0.75	20.43	23	7.88	3.49	-0.49
28	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	20.41	10.5	11.98	3.29	-0.29
29	San José State	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	20.3	8.2	4.23	3.82	0.18
30	Kansas State	Big 7	4-1-0	0.8	20.04	4	6.37	3.28	0.72
31	Duke	ACC	2-1-1	0.5	20.01	9.75	16	3.23	-1.23
32	Alabama	SEC	4-1-0	0.8	19.9	17.6	0.19	4.9	-0.9
33	Brown	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	19.9	11.25	9.3	3.24	-0.24
34	Princeton	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	19.52	10.25	2.56	3.14	-0.14
35	Michigan	Big Ten	3-1-0	0.75	19.13	0.75	15.25	2.18	0.82
36	Maryland	ACC	2-1-1	0.5	18.99	12	17.14	3.71	-1.71
37	South Carolina	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	18.91	4.67	18.97	1.91	0.09
38	Davidson	Southern	3-1-0	0.75	18.57	8.75	-0.35	3.6	-0.6
39	SMU	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	18.44	10	15.79	2.65	-0.65
40	Virginia	ACC	3-1-0	0.75	17.62	0.25	6.91	2.03	0.97
41	Wake Forest	ACC	2-1-1	0.5	17.34	2	11.24	2.38	-0.38
42	Baylor	Southwest	3-2-0	0.6	17.23	13.2	14.96	4.04	-1.04
43	Richmond	Southern	3-2-0	0.6	16.71	18.4	5.22	4.74	-1.74
44	TCU	Southwest	3-2-0	0.6	16.51	4.6	15.79	3.28	-0.28
45	Wyoming	Skyline	3-2-0	0.6	16.4	4.4	16	3.35	-0.35
46	Mississippi State	SEC	3-2-0	0.6	16.04	8.2	4.96	3.79	-0.79
47	Arizona State	Border	3-2-0	0.6	15.38	3.2	2.68	2.96	0.04
48	Iowa	Big Ten	2-2-0	0.5	15.14	9.75	14.58	3.19	-1.19
49	Florida State	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	15.07	11.8	0.28	4.27	-1.27
50	Rice	Southwest	2-2-0	0.5	14.57	5.25	12.54	2.62	-0.62
51	Florida	SEC	3-2-0	0.6	14.19	-1.2	15.05	2.27	0.73
52	Nebraska	Big 7	2-2-0	0.5	14.18	7.25	16.71	3.03	-1.03
53	Clemson	ACC	2-2-0	0.5	13.97	5.5	12.64	2.97	-0.97
54	Houston	Missouri Valley	2-1-0	0.67	13.95	-10	13.36	0.59	1.41
55	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	2-2-1	0.4	13.41	0	16.41	2.5	-0.5
56	Furman	Southern	3-2-0	0.6	13.21	-1.4	6.83	2.29	0.71
57	Stanford	Pacific	3-2-0	0.6	13.16	-16.2	14.29	0.38	2.62
58	New Mexico	Skyline	2-2-0	0.5	13.16	5.5	1.6	3.06	-1.06
59	Tennessee	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	12.12	-2.5	14.01	1.53	0.47
60	California	Pacific	2-3-0	0.4	11.84	5.4	20.31	3.27	-1.27
61	Oregon	Pacific	2-3-0	0.4	11.74	6.2	11.4	3.46	-1.46
62	North Texas	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	11.57	-0.75	4.76	1.89	0.11
63	Missouri	Big 7	2-2-0	0.5	10.96	-4	17.38	1.46	0.54
64	Texas	Southwest	2-3-0	0.4	10.5	-0.2	16.8	2.46	-0.46
65	Montana	Skyline	2-2-0	0.5	10.23	-4.25	8.58	1.5	0.5
66	UTEP	Border	2-3-0	0.4	9.92	0.4	3.81	2.55	-0.55
67	William & Mary	Southern	2-2-0	0.5	9.77	-6.5	7.05	0.95	1.05
68	Iowa State	Big 7	2-3-0	0.4	9.39	-0.6	6.67	2.41	-0.41
69	Hardin-Simmons	Border	2-3-0	0.4	8.99	-1.4	4.75	2.21	-0.21
70	Washington	Pacific	2-3-0	0.4	8.83	-6.2	15.41	1.22	0.78
71	Washington State	Pacific	2-3-0	0.4	8.41	-5.8	11.23	1.56	0.44
72	Utah	Skyline	2-3-0	0.4	8.3	-7.4	13.19	1.28	0.72
73	Kentucky	SEC	2-3-0	0.4	8.13	-9	12.48	0.79	1.21
74	VMI	Southern	2-3-0	0.4	8.13	-13.8	15.91	0.35	1.65
75	Auburn	SEC	1-3-0	0.25	7.89	6.25	8.04	2.85	-1.85
76	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.68	-4.33	16.69	1.08	-0.08
77	Pacific	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	7.53	-5.2	7.58	1.28	0.72
78	North Carolina	ACC	1-2-1	0.25	6.83	-8.25	9.46	0.67	0.33
79	Fordham	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.54	-14.33	16.35	0.45	0.55
80	Harvard	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.44	-2	-4.96	1.14	-0.14
81	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-3-0	0.25	5.97	-1	18.54	1.82	-0.82
82	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-3-0	0.25	5.35	-4.5	19.65	1.19	-0.19
83	Indiana	Big Ten	1-3-0	0.25	5.14	-3.25	11.24	1.56	-0.56
84	West Texas A&M	Border	1-3-0	0.25	4.85	0	1.31	2	-1
85	The Citadel	Southern	1-3-0	0.25	4.31	-10.5	10.46	0.63	0.37
86	Oregon State	Pacific	1-3-0	0.25	4.2	-11.25	7.85	0.46	0.54
87	Detroit Mercy	Missouri Valley	1-3-0	0.25	4.1	-3.25	9.14	1.36	-0.36
88	Dartmouth	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	3.84	-23.5	17.72	0.28	0.72
89	Columbia	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	3.45	-12.5	19.12	0.53	0.47
90	NC State	ACC	1-4-0	0.2	3.43	-5.8	15.57	1.41	-0.41
91	Texas A&M	Southwest	1-4-0	0.2	3.37	-7.6	18.42	1	0
92	Marquette	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	3.19	-12.75	9.86	0.88	0.12
93	George Washington	Southern	1-4-0	0.2	3.11	-3.6	13.63	1.8	-0.8
94	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	3.08	-22.5	24.47	0.19	0.81
95	Utah State	Skyline	1-4-0	0.2	2.94	-11.2	12.43	0.54	0.46
96	LSU	SEC	1-4-0	0.2	2.86	-6	18.23	1.27	-0.27
97	Colorado State	Skyline	1-4-0	0.2	2.34	-23.2	12.5	0.06	0.94
98	Drake	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	2.09	-26.8	10.79	0.28	0.72
99	BYU	Skyline	0-4-0	0	-1.68	-6	12.92	1.14	-1.14
100	Rutgers	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-1.82	-6.75	16.82	0.84	-0.84
101	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-1.88	-7.5	14.17	1.11	-1.11
102	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-4-0	0	-2.14	-9.25	20.25	0.9	-0.9
103	Tulane	SEC	0-3-2	0	-2.31	-13.8	13.66	0.24	-0.24
104	Cornell	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.38	-13.25	19.79	0.8	-0.8
105	Illinois	Big Ten	0-4-0	0	-2.58	-14.5	25.27	0.25	-0.25
106	Pennsylvania	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.72	-20.75	14.45	0.27	-0.27
107	Idaho	Pacific	0-5-0	0	-2.79	-24	13.29	0.05	-0.05
108	New Mexico State	Border	0-5-0	0	-2.82	-34	2.24	0.06	-0.06
109	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	0-5-0	0	-3.02	-25.6	20.58	0.12	-0.12
110	Villanova	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-3.07	-33.25	12.79	0.03	-0.03
111	Kansas	Big 7	0-5-0	0	-3.23	-33	21.98	0.02	-0.02