1954 W9 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:24.456135+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Oklahoma	Big 7	8-0-0	1	25.74	22.5	10.83	7.75	0.25
2	Ohio State	Big Ten	8-0-0	1	25.49	18.38	10.43	7.59	0.41
3	UCLA	Pacific	8-0-0	1	25	36.62	5.46	7.95	0.05
4	Virginia Tech	Southern	7-0-1	0.88	24.33	10.75	6.43	7.03	-0.03
5	Army	FBS Independents	7-1-0	0.88	23.03	25.62	10.71	7.47	-0.47
6	Arkansas	Southwest	7-1-0	0.88	22.74	10.12	12.13	6.67	0.33
7	Miami	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	22.63	19	12.27	6.3	-0.3
8	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	7-1-0	0.88	22.47	25.62	7.96	7.72	-0.72
9	USC	Pacific	8-1-0	0.89	22.41	16.89	7.85	8.31	-0.31
10	Ole Miss	SEC	8-1-0	0.89	22.27	24.67	5.66	8.86	-0.86
11	Denver	Skyline	8-1-0	0.89	22.2	18.67	6.33	8.25	-0.25
12	Minnesota	Big Ten	7-1-0	0.88	22.19	11.88	9.52	6.64	0.36
13	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	8-1-0	0.89	22	17.11	4.82	8.27	-0.27
14	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	21.97	16	9.61	6.39	-0.39
15	West Virginia	Southern	6-1-0	0.86	21.69	15.14	8.2	6.41	-0.41
16	SMU	Southwest	5-1-1	0.71	20.93	8.29	10.5	5.65	-0.65
17	Boston College	FBS Independents	7-1-0	0.88	20.78	13	1.35	7.31	-0.31
18	Colgate	FBS Independents	5-1-2	0.62	20.05	3.5	6.83	5.15	-0.15
19	Colorado	Big 7	6-2-1	0.67	19.7	18.67	10.47	8.46	-2.46
20	Navy	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	19.67	25.38	8.86	7.81	-1.81
21	Baylor	Southwest	6-2-0	0.75	19.46	11.25	11.1	6.57	-0.57
22	Kansas State	Big 7	7-2-0	0.78	19.39	6.78	8.85	6.58	0.42
23	Wisconsin	Big Ten	6-2-0	0.75	19.39	9.38	11.85	6.35	-0.35
24	Michigan	Big Ten	6-2-0	0.75	19.09	8.25	10.61	6.7	-0.7
25	Maryland	ACC	5-2-1	0.62	18.97	13.75	13.45	7.55	-2.55
26	Penn State	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	18.92	12.62	7.42	6.82	-0.82
27	Texas Tech	Border	5-2-1	0.62	18.26	15.12	8.24	6.67	-1.67
28	Boston University	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	18.14	18.88	-0.37	7.34	-1.34
29	Duke	ACC	5-2-1	0.62	17.77	3.5	11.72	4.88	0.12
30	Yale	FBS Independents	5-2-1	0.62	17.62	2.38	10.83	4.59	0.41
31	Georgia	SEC	6-2-1	0.67	17.59	0.44	8.8	4.75	1.25
32	Georgia Tech	SEC	6-3-0	0.67	17.54	8.89	12.5	7.4	-1.4
33	Davidson	Southern	6-2-0	0.75	17.22	11.38	-3.12	7.19	-1.19
34	Brown	FBS Independents	5-2-1	0.62	17.06	12.62	0.63	6.64	-1.64
35	Iowa	Big Ten	5-3-0	0.62	16.85	8.38	15.1	6.08	-1.08
36	Mississippi State	SEC	6-3-0	0.67	16.7	9.56	6	7.23	-1.23
37	Auburn	SEC	5-3-0	0.62	16.55	15.12	10.94	7.36	-2.36
38	Arizona	Border	5-3-0	0.62	16.53	16	8.84	6.4	-1.4
39	Nebraska	Big 7	5-3-0	0.62	16.17	7	10.66	5.78	-0.78
40	Kentucky	SEC	6-3-0	0.67	16.16	2.78	8.39	5.55	0.45
41	San José State	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	16.15	3.11	7.3	5.48	0.52
42	Rice	Southwest	5-3-0	0.62	15.93	5.62	11.49	5.32	-0.32
43	UTEP	Border	6-3-0	0.67	15.9	5.11	3.41	5.78	0.22
44	Wyoming	Skyline	5-3-0	0.62	15.82	5.62	10.86	5.63	-0.63
45	Richmond	Southern	5-3-0	0.62	15.63	13	3.31	7.45	-2.45
46	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	5-3-1	0.56	15.61	6.22	8.69	6.6	-1.6
47	Florida State	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	15.17	7.38	4.33	5.78	-0.78
48	Purdue	Big Ten	4-3-1	0.5	15.05	3.12	15.42	4.84	-0.84
49	South Carolina	ACC	4-3-0	0.57	14.85	3.43	16.09	4.36	-0.36
50	Alabama	SEC	4-3-2	0.44	14.48	7	6.21	7.78	-3.78
51	Oregon	Pacific	5-4-0	0.56	14.39	4.44	11.83	5.76	-0.76
52	Princeton	FBS Independents	4-3-1	0.5	14.01	2	10.93	4.6	-0.6
53	Florida	SEC	5-4-0	0.56	13.35	0.11	14.72	4.55	0.45
54	TCU	Southwest	4-4-0	0.5	13.34	3.75	14.55	4.98	-0.98
55	Clemson	ACC	4-4-0	0.5	13.18	4.25	12.22	5.4	-1.4
56	Cornell	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	12.81	3.38	12.32	4.79	-0.79
57	California	Pacific	4-5-0	0.44	12.22	7.11	15.47	6.23	-2.23
58	Houston	Missouri Valley	4-3-0	0.57	12.17	-3.43	10.46	2.56	1.44
59	Arizona State	Border	5-4-0	0.56	11.97	-1.11	5.57	4.18	0.82
60	Furman	Southern	5-4-0	0.56	11.52	-3.78	7.4	3.39	1.61
61	Harvard	FBS Independents	3-3-1	0.43	11.49	1	4.16	3.82	-0.82
62	New Mexico	Skyline	4-4-0	0.5	10.39	-2	8.26	3.3	0.7
63	Tennessee	SEC	4-4-0	0.5	10.22	-4	8.45	2.64	1.36
64	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	10.08	-11.5	18.95	1.17	2.83
65	Missouri	Big 7	3-4-1	0.38	9.38	-3.12	16.71	3.25	-0.25
66	Pacific	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	9.36	-2.11	10.69	3.58	0.42
67	Hardin-Simmons	Border	4-5-0	0.44	9.23	-1	6.48	4.15	-0.15
68	Virginia	ACC	3-4-0	0.43	8.72	-4.71	11.06	2.25	0.75
69	VMI	Southern	4-5-0	0.44	8.66	-6	12.83	2.67	1.33
70	Syracuse	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	8.57	-3.57	10.52	2.7	0.3
71	Stanford	Pacific	4-5-0	0.44	8.45	-10.89	13.2	1.53	2.47
72	Texas	Southwest	3-5-1	0.33	8.44	-1.33	17.51	4.05	-1.05
73	North Carolina	ACC	3-4-1	0.38	8.39	-7.38	11.29	2.03	0.97
74	Marquette	FBS Independents	3-4-1	0.38	8.13	-6.25	9.19	2.49	0.51
75	Indiana	Big Ten	3-5-0	0.38	7.49	-3.38	10.61	2.92	0.08
76	North Texas	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	7.28	-3.88	8.64	3.02	-0.02
77	Montana	Skyline	3-5-0	0.38	7.06	-4.25	5.66	3.05	-0.05
78	Dartmouth	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	7.05	-10.88	13.95	1.65	1.35
79	Idaho	Pacific	3-5-0	0.38	6.75	-8	7.93	1.73	1.27
80	Iowa State	Big 7	3-6-0	0.33	6.44	-3.44	9.23	3.52	-0.52
81	Utah	Skyline	3-6-0	0.33	6.32	-5	11.59	2.79	0.21
82	LSU	SEC	3-6-0	0.33	6.28	-5.56	12.22	2.55	0.45
83	Utah State	Skyline	3-6-0	0.33	6.22	-5	9.5	2.91	0.09
84	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-6-0	0.25	5.97	-0.25	16.16	3.93	-1.93
85	William & Mary	Southern	2-4-2	0.25	5.96	-7.62	9.74	1.42	0.58
86	Washington State	Pacific	3-6-0	0.33	5.69	-10.56	9.61	1.84	1.16
87	Wake Forest	ACC	2-5-1	0.25	5.62	-3.88	13.34	2.77	-0.77
88	Colorado State	Skyline	3-6-0	0.33	5.54	-13.44	10.42	1.1	1.9
89	Detroit Mercy	Missouri Valley	2-5-0	0.29	5.5	-2.71	7.02	2.79	-0.79
90	Rutgers	FBS Independents	2-6-0	0.25	4.22	-4.75	4.32	2.48	-0.48
91	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	2-6-0	0.25	3.96	-8.12	13.49	2.12	-0.12
92	The Citadel	Southern	2-6-0	0.25	3.58	-11.25	1.85	1.27	0.73
93	NC State	ACC	2-7-0	0.22	3.37	-7.11	14.47	2.14	-0.14
94	Washington	Pacific	2-7-0	0.22	3.11	-13.11	14.16	0.81	1.19
95	Drake	FBS Independents	2-7-0	0.22	2.32	-22.44	5.5	0.76	1.24
96	George Washington	Southern	1-6-1	0.12	1.97	-4	11.72	2.64	-1.64
97	Tulane	SEC	1-5-3	0.11	1.74	-10.78	11.65	0.34	0.66
98	Fordham	FBS Independents	1-5-1	0.14	1.56	-20.29	13.92	0.66	0.34
99	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-7-0	0.12	1.21	-6.75	16.03	1.84	-0.84
100	Illinois	Big Ten	1-7-0	0.12	1.1	-8	17.01	1.84	-0.84
101	West Texas A&M	Border	1-7-0	0.12	1.01	-7.62	3.18	2.32	-1.32
102	Texas A&M	Southwest	1-8-0	0.11	0.85	-7.89	18.18	1.71	-0.71
103	BYU	Skyline	1-7-0	0.12	0.84	-10.62	10.76	1.46	-0.46
104	Columbia	FBS Independents	1-7-0	0.12	0.19	-25.25	15.34	0.23	0.77
105	Oregon State	Pacific	1-7-0	0.12	0.13	-27.12	14.23	0.13	0.87
106	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-7-0	0	-2.07	-10.86	15.22	1.1	-1.1
107	New Mexico State	Border	0-8-0	0	-2.44	-25.88	0.33	0.23	-0.23
108	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	0-9-0	0	-2.66	-22.78	16.22	0.35	-0.35
109	Villanova	FBS Independents	0-8-0	0	-2.73	-28.5	10.89	0.07	-0.07
110	Pennsylvania	FBS Independents	0-8-0	0	-2.79	-27.62	15.14	0.24	-0.24
111	Kansas	Big 7	0-9-0	0	-2.9	-29	18.31	0.25	-0.25