1956 FINAL CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:24.758410+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Texas A&M	Southwest	9-0-1	0.9	24.73	14.2	11.01	9.17	-0.17
2	Oklahoma	Big 7	10-0-0	1	24.59	41.5	6.36	9.95	0.05
3	Wyoming	Skyline	10-0-0	1	23.7	14	5.87	8.72	1.28
4	Georgia Tech	SEC	10-1-0	0.91	23.22	18.27	12.86	10.79	-0.79
5	Tennessee	SEC	10-1-0	0.91	22.86	17	10.86	10.31	-0.31
6	Miami	FBS Independents	8-1-1	0.8	22.6	10.8	14.16	9.33	-1.33
7	Iowa	Big Ten	9-1-0	0.9	22.39	13.5	10.82	9.06	-0.06
8	Arizona State	Border	9-1-0	0.9	22.29	22.3	8.19	9.57	-0.57
9	Yale	Ivy	8-1-0	0.89	21.68	16.56	7.21	8.11	-0.11
10	Minnesota	Big Ten	6-1-2	0.67	21.18	4.44	13.55	6.39	-0.39
11	George Washington	Southern	8-1-1	0.8	21	9	5.89	8.55	-0.55
12	Navy	FBS Independents	6-1-2	0.67	21	14.56	7.62	8.23	-2.23
13	UTEP	Border	9-2-0	0.82	20.46	20.64	7.85	10.58	-1.58
14	Baylor	Southwest	9-2-0	0.82	20.44	11.73	10.62	10.1	-1.1
15	Michigan	Big Ten	7-2-0	0.78	20.27	12.22	14.99	7.38	-0.38
16	Colorado	Big 7	8-2-1	0.73	20.06	13.73	10.37	9.31	-1.31
17	Syracuse	FBS Independents	7-2-0	0.78	20.01	12.56	12.76	7.49	-0.49
18	Houston	Missouri Valley	7-2-1	0.7	19.66	9.5	12.28	8.47	-1.47
19	Michigan State	Big Ten	7-2-0	0.78	19.59	16.89	9.16	8.25	-1.25
20	USC	Pacific	8-2-0	0.8	19.54	9.2	8.75	7.86	0.14
21	Penn State	FBS Independents	6-2-1	0.67	19.33	13	13.07	8.36	-2.36
22	Princeton	Ivy	7-2-0	0.78	19.29	11.33	9.07	7.12	-0.12
23	Virginia Tech	Southern	7-2-1	0.7	19.2	16.6	6.74	9.13	-2.13
24	Clemson	ACC	7-2-2	0.64	19.02	6	9.76	8.44	-1.44
25	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	7-2-1	0.7	18.93	10.2	7.23	9	-2
26	TCU	Southwest	8-3-0	0.73	18.57	11	12.01	9.38	-1.38
27	West Texas A&M	Border	8-2-0	0.8	18.53	20	-0.78	9.35	-1.35
28	Ole Miss	SEC	7-3-0	0.7	18	12.5	11.99	9	-2
29	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	7-3-1	0.64	17.64	3.36	15.91	7.21	-0.21
30	Auburn	SEC	7-3-0	0.7	17.62	5.7	13.28	7.19	-0.19
31	Oregon State	Pacific	7-3-1	0.64	17.34	3.36	13.31	6.79	0.21
32	North Texas	FBS Independents	7-2-1	0.7	17.32	5.7	-0.75	7.02	-0.02
33	Florida	SEC	6-3-1	0.6	17.05	6	13.94	7.56	-1.56
34	UCLA	Pacific	7-3-0	0.7	17.01	2.6	12.42	6.13	0.87
35	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-3-0	0.67	16.99	8.78	11.45	7.5	-1.5
36	South Carolina	ACC	7-3-0	0.7	16.83	5.9	7.37	8.17	-1.17
37	Pacific	FBS Independents	6-3-1	0.6	16.35	9.3	6.43	7.61	-1.61
38	Army	FBS Independents	5-3-1	0.56	15.99	7.78	13.22	6.39	-1.39
39	Dartmouth	Ivy	5-3-1	0.56	14.92	3.67	8.56	6.11	-1.11
40	Duke	ACC	5-4-1	0.5	14.65	8.4	13.06	8.09	-3.09
41	West Virginia	Southern	6-4-0	0.6	14.6	2.4	11.75	6.19	-0.19
42	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	5-3-1	0.56	14.59	2.11	8.44	5.26	-0.26
43	Kentucky	SEC	6-4-0	0.6	14.32	1.4	11.71	5.74	0.26
44	Denver	Skyline	6-4-0	0.6	14.28	4.4	5.94	6.13	-0.13
45	Utah State	Skyline	6-4-0	0.6	14.21	2.2	8.74	5.62	0.38
46	Villanova	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	14.18	6.67	10.35	6.9	-1.9
47	Arkansas	Southwest	6-4-0	0.6	13.95	0.5	11.7	5.19	0.81
48	Davidson	Southern	5-3-1	0.56	13.93	7.22	-2.83	6.55	-1.55
49	Florida State	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	13.78	6.2	7.31	7.34	-2.34
50	Tulane	SEC	6-4-0	0.6	13.75	0.1	12.14	5.05	0.95
51	Brown	Ivy	5-4-0	0.56	13.49	3.33	8.13	5.93	-0.93
52	Boston College	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	13.46	6.44	4.22	6.87	-1.87
53	Utah	Skyline	5-5-0	0.5	12.73	5	11.25	6.43	-1.43
54	Oregon	Pacific	4-4-2	0.4	12.66	3.1	13.56	6.52	-2.52
55	Washington	Pacific	5-5-0	0.5	12.45	2.6	12.54	5.7	-0.7
56	Vanderbilt	SEC	5-5-0	0.5	12.18	3.4	8.19	6.51	-1.51
57	Northwestern	Big Ten	4-4-1	0.44	10.95	-0.56	10.97	4.26	-0.26
58	Missouri	Big 7	4-5-1	0.4	10.57	1.7	9.21	5.52	-1.52
59	Purdue	Big Ten	3-4-2	0.33	10.56	1.89	11.15	5.19	-2.19
60	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	10.28	1.78	5.64	5.07	-1.07
61	Stanford	Pacific	4-6-0	0.4	9.52	0.5	13.19	5.14	-1.14
62	Colgate	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	9.27	-1.44	11.37	4.17	-0.17
63	Idaho	Pacific	4-5-0	0.44	9.03	-1.89	9.97	4.06	-0.06
64	Arizona	Border	4-6-0	0.4	8.97	-0.2	12.13	4.93	-0.93
65	Richmond	Southern	4-5-0	0.44	8.76	-2	6.59	3.87	0.13
66	Rice	Southwest	4-6-0	0.4	8.61	-0.9	12.19	4.68	-0.68
67	Mississippi State	SEC	4-6-0	0.4	8.56	-0.4	8.01	4.84	-0.84
68	Pennsylvania	Ivy	4-5-0	0.44	7.99	-13.33	13.31	1.15	2.85
69	Hardin-Simmons	Border	4-6-0	0.4	7.79	-5.3	14.33	3.4	0.6
70	New Mexico	Skyline	4-6-0	0.4	7.61	-3.8	7.94	3.81	0.19
71	SMU	Southwest	4-6-0	0.4	7.49	-7.7	13.61	2.43	1.57
72	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	3-5-2	0.3	7.38	-3.5	10.65	3.63	-0.63
73	The Citadel	Southern	3-5-1	0.33	7.33	-1.44	2.22	4.02	-1.02
74	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	4-6-0	0.4	7.27	-8.1	10.43	2.23	1.77
75	Nebraska	Big 7	4-6-0	0.4	7.25	-8.1	10.02	2.34	1.66
76	Dayton	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	6.98	-5.6	1.42	2.68	1.32
77	Kansas	Big 7	3-6-1	0.3	6.11	-5.2	12.78	3.42	-0.42
78	Wake Forest	ACC	2-5-3	0.2	5.92	-1.1	10.02	4.33	-2.33
79	VMI	Southern	3-6-1	0.3	5.85	-5.3	7.6	3.42	-0.42
80	Washington State	Pacific	3-6-1	0.3	5.76	-8.4	12.45	2.72	0.28
81	Georgia	SEC	3-6-1	0.3	5.72	-9.6	13.58	1.06	1.94
82	California	Pacific	3-7-0	0.3	5.55	-4.6	13.96	3.33	-0.33
83	Illinois	Big Ten	2-5-2	0.22	5.5	-3.33	13.39	3.37	-1.37
84	Indiana	Big Ten	3-6-0	0.33	5.32	-14.89	11.96	1.4	1.6
85	Columbia	Ivy	3-6-0	0.33	5.25	-15.89	11.38	0.9	2.1
86	NC State	ACC	3-7-0	0.3	5.16	-7.5	12.45	1.99	1.01
87	LSU	SEC	3-7-0	0.3	5.1	-9.3	14.99	1.8	1.2
88	Virginia	ACC	3-7-0	0.3	5.1	-7.5	11.02	1.96	1.04
89	Drake	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	5.01	-10.33	-1.19	2.36	0.64
90	Kansas State	Big 7	3-7-0	0.3	4.82	-11.6	11.87	1.97	1.03
91	Rutgers	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	4.31	-12.3	-0.49	1.54	1.46
92	Harvard	Ivy	2-6-0	0.25	4.09	-5.75	9.16	2.79	-0.79
93	Texas Tech	FBS Independents	2-7-1	0.2	3.23	-9.9	16.59	1.9	0.1
94	North Carolina	ACC	2-7-1	0.2	3.21	-8.4	10.85	1.89	0.11
95	Maryland	ACC	2-7-1	0.2	3.2	-10	15.63	1.05	0.95
96	BYU	Skyline	2-7-1	0.2	3.08	-8.5	6.28	2.53	-0.53
97	Alabama	SEC	2-7-1	0.2	2.97	-12.3	12.25	1.07	0.93
98	San José State	FBS Independents	2-7-1	0.2	2.8	-11.5	3.34	2.42	-0.42
99	Colorado State	Skyline	2-7-1	0.2	2.74	-15.8	10.18	1.6	0.4
100	Detroit Mercy	Missouri Valley	2-8-0	0.2	2.65	-9.5	10.08	1.69	0.31
101	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-5-3	0.11	2.63	-4	13.78	2.84	-1.84
102	Furman	Southern	2-8-0	0.2	2.51	-11.8	10.6	0.83	1.17
103	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	2.37	-15.9	15.13	1.31	0.69
104	Iowa State	Big 7	2-8-0	0.2	2.27	-16.8	11.75	0.79	1.21
105	Boston University	FBS Independents	1-5-2	0.12	2.06	-8.75	11.53	1.72	-0.72
106	Cornell	Ivy	1-8-0	0.11	0.47	-12.11	13.02	1.34	-0.34
107	Montana	Skyline	1-9-0	0.1	0.1	-14.7	8.65	1.37	-0.37
108	New Mexico State	Border	1-9-0	0.1	0.1	-14.5	5.72	1.46	-0.46
109	Texas	Southwest	1-9-0	0.1	-0.01	-17.1	16.53	0.87	0.13
110	William & Mary	Southern	0-9-1	0	-2.25	-16.2	11.84	0.73	-0.73
111	Marquette	FBS Independents	0-9-0	0	-2.55	-25.67	9.91	0.29	-0.29