1954 W8 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:24.455757+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Oklahoma	Big 7	7-0-0	1	25.94	22.71	10.79	6.83	0.17
2	Arkansas	Southwest	7-0-0	1	25.63	12.57	11.54	6.23	0.77
3	Ohio State	Big Ten	7-0-0	1	25.47	17.86	9.42	6.6	0.4
4	UCLA	Pacific	8-0-0	1	25.23	36.62	5.71	7.95	0.05
5	Virginia Tech	Southern	6-0-1	0.86	25.07	10.29	9.35	6.06	-0.06
6	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	8-0-0	1	24.32	20.88	3.42	7.55	0.45
7	Colgate	FBS Independents	5-0-2	0.71	24.25	6.71	6.84	5.44	-0.44
8	Army	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	23.23	24.29	13.95	6.39	-0.39
9	Miami	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	23.03	19	12.42	6.3	-0.3
10	USC	Pacific	7-1-0	0.88	22.41	13.88	9.15	7.07	-0.07
11	Denver	Skyline	7-1-0	0.88	22.11	18.75	6.13	7.3	-0.3
12	Ole Miss	SEC	7-1-0	0.88	21.95	24.5	4.16	7.84	-0.84
13	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	6-1-0	0.86	21.77	27.43	5.26	6.73	-0.73
14	Minnesota	Big Ten	6-1-0	0.86	21.69	13.29	7.9	6.03	-0.03
15	West Virginia	Southern	5-1-0	0.83	21.34	15.33	8.99	5.47	-0.47
16	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	21.33	13.83	9.56	5.42	-0.42
17	Georgia	SEC	6-1-1	0.75	20.97	4.88	7.8	6.46	-0.46
18	Yale	FBS Independents	5-1-1	0.71	20.76	3.71	9.86	4.3	0.7
19	Boston College	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	20.19	14.71	-1.03	6.47	-0.47
20	Boston University	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	20.13	21.71	-2.77	6.49	-0.49
21	SMU	Southwest	4-1-1	0.67	20.09	8.5	8.46	4.94	-0.94
22	Baylor	Southwest	6-2-0	0.75	19.65	11.25	11.7	6.57	-0.57
23	Colorado	Big 7	5-2-1	0.62	19.12	19.38	11.27	7.53	-2.53
24	Navy	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	19.11	22.57	10.97	6.79	-1.79
25	Iowa	Big Ten	5-2-0	0.71	18.95	9.86	14.11	5.62	-0.62
26	Arizona	Border	5-2-0	0.71	18.82	21.14	7.81	6.09	-1.09
27	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5-2-0	0.71	18.82	8.86	13.63	5.51	-0.51
28	Kansas State	Big 7	6-2-0	0.75	18.77	7	8.54	5.82	0.18
29	Nebraska	Big 7	5-2-0	0.71	18.55	10	11.28	5.55	-0.55
30	Maryland	ACC	4-2-1	0.57	18.19	13.43	14.05	6.5	-2.5
31	Penn State	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.18	11.14	8.27	5.87	-0.87
32	Michigan	Big Ten	5-2-0	0.71	18.17	5.71	11.28	5.41	-0.41
33	Purdue	Big Ten	4-2-1	0.57	17.92	6.71	13.64	5.01	-1.01
34	Richmond	Southern	5-2-0	0.71	17.79	16	3.96	6.74	-1.74
35	Texas Tech	Border	4-2-1	0.57	17.37	11.29	9.37	5.47	-1.47
36	Duke	ACC	4-2-1	0.57	17.32	3	13.14	4.19	-0.19
37	Brown	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	17.16	14.43	0.16	6.05	-1.05
38	Alabama	SEC	4-2-2	0.5	16.81	10.38	4.9	7.61	-3.61
39	Davidson	Southern	5-2-0	0.71	16.76	12.57	-1.87	6.26	-1.26
40	Georgia Tech	SEC	5-3-0	0.62	16.32	7.5	12.25	6.19	-1.19
41	Mississippi State	SEC	5-3-0	0.62	15.67	7.62	7.04	5.97	-0.97
42	Houston	Missouri Valley	4-2-0	0.67	15.4	0.33	8.16	3.08	0.92
43	San José State	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	15.29	2.88	7.35	4.8	0.2
44	TCU	Southwest	4-3-0	0.57	15.27	4.43	15.64	4.65	-0.65
45	Auburn	SEC	4-3-0	0.57	15.16	12.29	9.79	6.13	-2.13
46	Rice	Southwest	4-3-0	0.57	15.15	5	12.78	4.57	-0.57
47	Clemson	ACC	4-3-0	0.57	15.13	7.14	12.81	5.35	-1.35
48	Wyoming	Skyline	4-3-0	0.57	14.49	3.43	11.45	4.46	-0.46
49	UTEP	Border	5-3-0	0.62	14.46	3.25	2.05	4.78	0.22
50	Kentucky	SEC	5-3-0	0.62	14.19	-0.12	10.1	3.95	1.05
51	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	4-3-1	0.5	14.12	2.62	9.92	4.95	-0.95
52	Arizona State	Border	5-3-0	0.62	13.89	-0.38	6.12	3.91	1.09
53	Florida State	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	13.87	5.71	2.51	4.78	-0.78
54	Furman	Southern	5-3-0	0.62	13.45	-1.88	7.31	3.48	1.52
55	Oregon	Pacific	4-4-0	0.5	13.25	3.5	12.87	4.9	-0.9
56	Princeton	FBS Independents	3-3-1	0.43	12.26	1.29	8.36	3.85	-0.85
57	Tennessee	SEC	4-3-0	0.57	12.22	-2.57	8.01	2.77	1.23
58	South Carolina	ACC	3-3-0	0.5	12.07	-0.5	16.51	2.89	0.11
59	Missouri	Big 7	3-3-1	0.43	11.79	-0.57	16.11	3.38	-0.38
60	Florida	SEC	4-4-0	0.5	11.27	-1.62	14.08	3.43	0.57
61	Harvard	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	11.21	1.17	1.62	3.35	-0.35
62	Virginia	ACC	3-3-0	0.5	11.11	-1	10.58	2.77	0.23
63	Pacific	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	10.84	-1.62	11.57	3.34	0.66
64	Cornell	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	10.74	1.14	14.15	3.75	-0.75
65	California	Pacific	3-5-0	0.38	10.45	3.12	18.25	4.72	-1.72
66	North Carolina	ACC	3-3-1	0.43	10.19	-4.29	10.94	2.34	0.66
67	Stanford	Pacific	4-4-0	0.5	9.93	-11.62	13.29	1.24	2.76
68	New Mexico	Skyline	3-4-0	0.43	8.71	-2.71	9.11	2.71	0.29
69	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	8.4	-15.14	18.91	0.6	2.4
70	Dartmouth	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	8.21	-9.71	14.74	1.5	1.5
71	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-5-0	0.29	8	3.43	16.39	4.33	-2.33
72	Hardin-Simmons	Border	3-5-0	0.38	7.9	-1.88	7.21	3.35	-0.35
73	Iowa State	Big 7	3-5-0	0.38	7.72	-3.25	8.25	3.22	-0.22
74	Utah	Skyline	3-5-0	0.38	7.67	-4	11.03	2.78	0.22
75	William & Mary	Southern	2-3-2	0.29	7.65	-6.71	7.57	1.44	0.56
76	LSU	SEC	3-5-0	0.38	7.64	-3.12	11.62	3	0
77	Utah State	Skyline	3-5-0	0.38	7.55	-3.38	7.64	3.03	-0.03
78	Washington State	Pacific	3-5-0	0.38	6.87	-10.38	8.38	1.66	1.34
79	VMI	Southern	3-5-0	0.38	6.83	-12	14.1	1.08	1.92
80	Wake Forest	ACC	2-4-1	0.29	6.72	-3.43	12.24	2.45	-0.45
81	Colorado State	Skyline	3-5-0	0.38	6.48	-14.75	10.63	0.91	2.09
82	Texas	Southwest	2-5-1	0.25	6.41	-1.62	17.92	3.43	-1.43
83	Marquette	FBS Independents	2-4-1	0.29	5.94	-8	9.4	1.89	0.11
84	Syracuse	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	5.93	-7.33	7.83	1.62	0.38
85	Detroit Mercy	Missouri Valley	2-5-0	0.29	5.63	-2.71	6.86	2.79	-0.79
86	Indiana	Big Ten	2-5-0	0.29	5.53	-4	10.79	2.4	-0.4
87	Rutgers	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	5.29	-2.14	3.32	2.8	-0.8
88	North Texas	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	5.24	-5.43	8.12	2.33	-0.33
89	Montana	Skyline	2-5-0	0.29	5.19	-5.43	7.42	2.43	-0.43
90	The Citadel	Southern	2-5-0	0.29	4.76	-6.86	1.38	1.84	0.16
91	Idaho	Pacific	2-5-0	0.29	4.52	-15.57	11.76	0.35	1.65
92	Washington	Pacific	2-6-0	0.25	4.09	-9.62	13.46	1.19	0.81
93	Fordham	FBS Independents	1-4-1	0.17	2.25	-23.5	16.21	0.41	0.59
94	George Washington	Southern	1-6-1	0.12	2.04	-4	12.07	2.64	-1.64
95	Illinois	Big Ten	1-6-0	0.14	1.69	-7.29	17.5	1.69	-0.69
96	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-6-0	0.14	1.68	-7.57	17.93	1.42	-0.42
97	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	1.49	-9.43	15.55	1.63	-0.63
98	West Texas A&M	Border	1-6-0	0.14	1.46	-7.86	3.1	1.9	-0.9
99	BYU	Skyline	1-6-0	0.14	1.44	-9.14	10.5	1.44	-0.44
100	Texas A&M	Southwest	1-7-0	0.12	1.14	-7.62	17.74	1.38	-0.38
101	NC State	ACC	1-7-0	0.12	1.02	-9	15.16	1.55	-0.55
102	Columbia	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	0.78	-22.43	14.39	0.26	0.74
103	Oregon State	Pacific	1-6-0	0.14	0.69	-25.43	14.95	0.12	0.88
104	Drake	FBS Independents	1-7-0	0.12	0.15	-26.38	7.63	0.39	0.61
105	Tulane	SEC	0-5-3	0	-2.17	-12.88	12.62	0.19	-0.19
106	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-6-0	0	-2.18	-11.67	18.13	1.03	-1.03
107	New Mexico State	Border	0-7-0	0	-2.57	-28.71	2.39	0.13	-0.13
108	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	0-8-0	0	-2.59	-20.38	15.88	0.33	-0.33
109	Pennsylvania	FBS Independents	0-7-0	0	-2.78	-26.57	15.04	0.29	-0.29
110	Villanova	FBS Independents	0-7-0	0	-2.82	-28.71	13.7	0.08	-0.08
111	Kansas	Big 7	0-8-0	0	-2.92	-28.25	19.03	0.21	-0.21