1956 W12 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:24.756093+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Miami	FBS Independents	8-0-1	0.89	25.64	12.78	14.43	8.67	-0.67
2	Tennessee	SEC	10-0-0	1	25.11	19.3	10.2	9.53	0.47
3	Texas A&M	Southwest	9-0-1	0.9	25.11	14.2	11.28	9.17	-0.17
4	Oklahoma	Big 7	10-0-0	1	25	41.5	6.85	9.95	0.05
5	Wyoming	Skyline	10-0-0	1	24	14	5.82	8.72	1.28
6	Georgia Tech	SEC	9-1-0	0.9	23.35	19.4	13	9.9	-0.9
7	Arizona State	Border	9-1-0	0.9	22.58	22.3	8.21	9.57	-0.57
8	Syracuse	FBS Independents	7-1-0	0.88	22.54	14.25	12.3	7.01	-0.01
9	UTEP	Border	9-1-0	0.9	22.35	24	6.66	9.75	-0.75
10	Iowa	Big Ten	8-1-0	0.89	22.31	13.22	10.09	8.3	-0.3
11	Yale	Ivy	8-1-0	0.89	21.98	16.56	7.33	8.11	-0.11
12	Clemson	ACC	7-1-2	0.7	21.52	7.2	9.45	8.33	-1.33
13	Minnesota	Big Ten	6-1-2	0.67	21.5	4.44	13.86	6.39	-0.39
14	Navy	FBS Independents	6-1-2	0.67	21.33	14.56	8	8.23	-2.23
15	George Washington	Southern	7-1-1	0.78	20.7	8.56	4	7.47	-0.47
16	Michigan	Big Ten	7-2-0	0.78	20.58	12.22	15.24	7.38	-0.38
17	Baylor	Southwest	8-2-0	0.8	20.14	12.3	9.81	9.24	-1.24
18	Houston	Missouri Valley	7-2-1	0.7	19.99	9.5	12.96	8.47	-1.47
19	Michigan State	Big Ten	7-2-0	0.78	19.88	16.89	9.35	8.25	-1.25
20	USC	Pacific	8-2-0	0.8	19.81	9.2	8.95	7.86	0.14
21	Colorado	Big 7	7-2-1	0.7	19.74	14.5	9.21	8.65	-1.65
22	Penn State	FBS Independents	6-2-1	0.67	19.61	13	13.28	8.36	-2.36
23	Princeton	Ivy	7-2-0	0.78	19.56	11.33	9.19	7.12	-0.12
24	Oregon State	Pacific	7-2-1	0.7	19.53	5.3	12.46	6.91	0.09
25	Virginia Tech	Southern	7-2-1	0.7	19.49	16.6	7.04	9.13	-2.13
26	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	7-2-1	0.7	19.23	10.2	7.56	9	-2
27	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	6-2-1	0.67	18.99	4.11	14.61	6.23	-0.23
28	West Texas A&M	Border	7-2-0	0.78	18.55	21.44	0.21	8.51	-1.51
29	Ole Miss	SEC	7-3-0	0.7	18.26	12.5	12.38	9	-2
30	TCU	Southwest	7-3-0	0.7	18.18	12	12.07	8.93	-1.93
31	Auburn	SEC	7-3-0	0.7	17.91	5.7	13.99	7.19	-0.19
32	North Texas	FBS Independents	7-2-1	0.7	17.55	5.7	-0.72	7.02	-0.02
33	Florida	SEC	6-3-1	0.6	17.47	6	14.74	7.56	-1.56
34	UCLA	Pacific	7-3-0	0.7	17.27	2.6	12.69	6.13	0.87
35	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-3-0	0.67	17.24	8.78	11.67	7.5	-1.5
36	South Carolina	ACC	7-3-0	0.7	17.1	5.9	7.77	8.17	-1.17
37	Pacific	FBS Independents	6-3-1	0.6	16.55	9.3	6.33	7.61	-1.61
38	Army	FBS Independents	5-3-1	0.56	16.24	7.78	13.57	6.39	-1.39
39	Dartmouth	Ivy	5-3-1	0.56	15.11	3.67	8.55	6.11	-1.11
40	Duke	ACC	5-4-1	0.5	14.88	8.4	13.45	8.09	-3.09
41	West Virginia	Southern	6-4-0	0.6	14.86	2.4	12.36	6.19	-0.19
42	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	5-3-1	0.56	14.76	2.11	8.73	5.26	-0.26
43	Kentucky	SEC	6-4-0	0.6	14.55	1.4	12.03	5.74	0.26
44	Denver	Skyline	6-4-0	0.6	14.46	4.4	5.96	6.13	-0.13
45	Utah State	Skyline	6-4-0	0.6	14.39	2.2	8.71	5.62	0.38
46	Villanova	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	14.39	6.67	10.68	6.9	-1.9
47	Arkansas	Southwest	6-4-0	0.6	14.17	0.5	12.03	5.19	0.81
48	Davidson	Southern	5-3-1	0.56	14.13	7.22	-2.74	6.55	-1.55
49	Tulane	SEC	6-4-0	0.6	14.04	0.1	12.43	5.05	0.95
50	Florida State	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	14.02	6.2	7.82	7.34	-2.34
51	Boston College	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	13.72	6.44	4.52	6.87	-1.87
52	Brown	Ivy	5-4-0	0.56	13.67	3.33	8.26	5.93	-0.93
53	Utah	Skyline	5-5-0	0.5	12.91	5	11.42	6.43	-1.43
54	Oregon	Pacific	4-4-2	0.4	12.85	3.1	13.84	6.52	-2.52
55	Washington	Pacific	5-5-0	0.5	12.62	2.6	12.68	5.7	-0.7
56	Vanderbilt	SEC	5-5-0	0.5	12.47	3.4	8.91	6.51	-1.51
57	Northwestern	Big Ten	4-4-1	0.44	11.12	-0.56	11.35	4.26	-0.26
58	Purdue	Big Ten	3-4-2	0.33	10.7	1.89	11.23	5.19	-2.19
59	Missouri	Big 7	4-5-1	0.4	10.68	1.7	9.6	5.52	-1.52
60	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	10.44	1.78	5.84	5.07	-1.07
61	Stanford	Pacific	4-6-0	0.4	9.66	0.5	13.46	5.14	-1.14
62	Colgate	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	9.39	-1.44	11.41	4.17	-0.17
63	Idaho	Pacific	4-5-0	0.44	9.16	-1.89	10.13	4.06	-0.06
64	Arizona	Border	4-6-0	0.4	9.12	-0.2	12.46	4.93	-0.93
65	Richmond	Southern	4-5-0	0.44	8.88	-2	6.75	3.87	0.13
66	Rice	Southwest	4-6-0	0.4	8.85	-0.9	12.53	4.68	-0.68
67	Mississippi State	SEC	4-6-0	0.4	8.75	-0.4	8.37	4.84	-0.84
68	Pennsylvania	Ivy	4-5-0	0.44	8.11	-13.33	13.49	1.15	2.85
69	Hardin-Simmons	Border	4-6-0	0.4	7.83	-5.3	14.61	3.4	0.6
70	New Mexico	Skyline	4-6-0	0.4	7.74	-3.8	7.84	3.81	0.19
71	SMU	Southwest	4-6-0	0.4	7.65	-7.7	13.9	2.43	1.57
72	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	3-5-2	0.3	7.62	-3.5	10.85	3.63	-0.63
73	The Citadel	Southern	3-5-1	0.33	7.43	-1.44	2.35	4.02	-1.02
74	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	4-6-0	0.4	7.38	-8.1	10.69	2.23	1.77
75	Nebraska	Big 7	4-6-0	0.4	7.35	-8.1	10.16	2.34	1.66
76	Dayton	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	7.07	-5.6	1.45	2.68	1.32
77	Kansas	Big 7	3-6-1	0.3	6.25	-5.2	13.14	3.42	-0.42
78	Wake Forest	ACC	2-5-3	0.2	6.01	-1.1	10.16	4.33	-2.33
79	VMI	Southern	3-6-1	0.3	5.94	-5.3	7.77	3.42	-0.42
80	Georgia	SEC	3-6-1	0.3	5.89	-9.6	14.53	1.06	1.94
81	Washington State	Pacific	3-6-1	0.3	5.85	-8.4	12.68	2.72	0.28
82	California	Pacific	3-7-0	0.3	5.63	-4.6	14.19	3.33	-0.33
83	Illinois	Big Ten	2-5-2	0.22	5.58	-3.33	13.57	3.37	-1.37
84	Indiana	Big Ten	3-6-0	0.33	5.41	-14.89	12.22	1.4	1.6
85	Columbia	Ivy	3-6-0	0.33	5.32	-15.89	11.55	0.9	2.1
86	NC State	ACC	3-7-0	0.3	5.23	-7.5	12.63	1.99	1.01
87	Virginia	ACC	3-7-0	0.3	5.18	-7.5	11.37	1.96	1.04
88	LSU	SEC	3-7-0	0.3	5.13	-9.3	16.26	1.8	1.2
89	Drake	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	5.09	-10.33	-0.97	2.36	0.64
90	Kansas State	Big 7	3-7-0	0.3	4.9	-11.6	12.36	1.97	1.03
91	Rutgers	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	4.38	-12.3	-0.28	1.54	1.46
92	Harvard	Ivy	2-6-0	0.25	4.15	-5.75	9.29	2.79	-0.79
93	Texas Tech	FBS Independents	2-7-1	0.2	3.32	-9.9	16.77	1.9	0.1
94	North Carolina	ACC	2-7-1	0.2	3.26	-8.4	11.21	1.89	0.11
95	Maryland	ACC	2-7-1	0.2	3.25	-10	16.05	1.05	0.95
96	BYU	Skyline	2-7-1	0.2	3.12	-8.5	6.24	2.53	-0.53
97	Alabama	SEC	2-7-1	0.2	3.06	-12.3	13.14	1.07	0.93
98	San José State	FBS Independents	2-7-1	0.2	2.88	-11.5	3.46	2.42	-0.42
99	Detroit Mercy	Missouri Valley	2-8-0	0.2	2.73	-9.5	10.61	1.69	0.31
100	Colorado State	Skyline	2-7-1	0.2	2.68	-15.8	10.42	1.6	0.4
101	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-5-3	0.11	2.67	-4	13.95	2.84	-1.84
102	Furman	Southern	2-8-0	0.2	2.56	-11.8	10.68	0.83	1.17
103	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	2.43	-15.9	15.55	1.31	0.69
104	Iowa State	Big 7	2-8-0	0.2	2.3	-16.8	11.92	0.79	1.21
105	Boston University	FBS Independents	1-5-2	0.12	2.09	-8.75	11.71	1.72	-0.72
106	Cornell	Ivy	1-8-0	0.11	0.47	-12.11	13.22	1.34	-0.34
107	Montana	Skyline	1-9-0	0.1	0.1	-14.7	8.63	1.37	-0.37
108	New Mexico State	Border	1-9-0	0.1	0.1	-14.5	5.71	1.46	-0.46
109	Texas	Southwest	1-9-0	0.1	-0.01	-17.1	17.24	0.87	0.13
110	William & Mary	Southern	0-9-1	0	-2.28	-16.2	12.05	0.73	-0.73
111	Marquette	FBS Independents	0-9-0	0	-2.59	-25.67	10.17	0.29	-0.29