1956 W16 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:24.757645+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Tennessee	SEC	10-0-0	1	24.79	19.3	9.96	9.53	0.47
2	Texas A&M	Southwest	9-0-1	0.9	24.78	14.2	11.04	9.17	-0.17
3	Oklahoma	Big 7	10-0-0	1	24.64	41.5	6.38	9.95	0.05
4	Wyoming	Skyline	10-0-0	1	23.75	14	5.88	8.72	1.28
5	Georgia Tech	SEC	10-1-0	0.91	23.29	18.27	13.06	10.79	-0.79
6	Miami	FBS Independents	8-1-1	0.8	22.68	10.8	14.39	9.33	-1.33
7	Arizona State	Border	9-1-0	0.9	22.34	22.3	8.21	9.57	-0.57
8	Syracuse	FBS Independents	7-1-0	0.88	22.3	14.25	12.39	7.01	-0.01
9	UTEP	Border	9-1-0	0.9	22.1	24	6.6	9.75	-0.75
10	Iowa	Big Ten	8-1-0	0.89	22.04	13.22	9.9	8.3	-0.3
11	Yale	Ivy	8-1-0	0.89	21.72	16.56	7.23	8.11	-0.11
12	Minnesota	Big Ten	6-1-2	0.67	21.26	4.44	13.79	6.39	-0.39
13	Clemson	ACC	7-1-2	0.7	21.19	7.2	8.8	8.33	-1.33
14	Navy	FBS Independents	6-1-2	0.67	21.04	14.56	7.63	8.23	-2.23
15	George Washington	Southern	7-1-1	0.78	20.5	8.56	4.1	7.47	-0.47
16	Michigan	Big Ten	7-2-0	0.78	20.32	12.22	15.02	7.38	-0.38
17	Baylor	Southwest	8-2-0	0.8	19.86	12.3	9.23	9.24	-1.24
18	Houston	Missouri Valley	7-2-1	0.7	19.71	9.5	12.31	8.47	-1.47
19	Michigan State	Big Ten	7-2-0	0.78	19.63	16.89	9.18	8.25	-1.25
20	USC	Pacific	8-2-0	0.8	19.58	9.2	8.77	7.86	0.14
21	Colorado	Big 7	7-2-1	0.7	19.54	14.5	9.31	8.65	-1.65
22	Penn State	FBS Independents	6-2-1	0.67	19.4	13	13.31	8.36	-2.36
23	Oregon State	Pacific	7-2-1	0.7	19.33	5.3	12.47	6.91	0.09
24	Princeton	Ivy	7-2-0	0.78	19.33	11.33	9.09	7.12	-0.12
25	Virginia Tech	Southern	7-2-1	0.7	19.23	16.6	6.75	9.13	-2.13
26	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	7-2-1	0.7	18.97	10.2	7.25	9	-2
27	West Texas A&M	Border	7-2-0	0.78	18.38	21.44	0.26	8.51	-1.51
28	Ole Miss	SEC	7-3-0	0.7	18.04	12.5	12.02	9	-2
29	TCU	Southwest	7-3-0	0.7	17.86	12	11	8.93	-1.93
30	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	7-3-1	0.64	17.73	3.36	15.92	7.21	-0.21
31	Auburn	SEC	7-3-0	0.7	17.66	5.7	13.29	7.19	-0.19
32	North Texas	FBS Independents	7-2-1	0.7	17.36	5.7	-0.74	7.02	-0.02
33	Florida	SEC	6-3-1	0.6	17.09	6	13.95	7.56	-1.56
34	UCLA	Pacific	7-3-0	0.7	17.05	2.6	12.45	6.13	0.87
35	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-3-0	0.67	17.02	8.78	11.48	7.5	-1.5
36	South Carolina	ACC	7-3-0	0.7	16.86	5.9	7.39	8.17	-1.17
37	Pacific	FBS Independents	6-3-1	0.6	16.38	9.3	6.45	7.61	-1.61
38	Army	FBS Independents	5-3-1	0.56	16.05	7.78	13.46	6.39	-1.39
39	Dartmouth	Ivy	5-3-1	0.56	14.95	3.67	8.58	6.11	-1.11
40	Duke	ACC	5-4-1	0.5	14.7	8.4	13.26	8.09	-3.09
41	West Virginia	Southern	6-4-0	0.6	14.65	2.4	11.97	6.19	-0.19
42	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	5-3-1	0.56	14.62	2.11	8.46	5.26	-0.26
43	Kentucky	SEC	6-4-0	0.6	14.35	1.4	11.71	5.74	0.26
44	Denver	Skyline	6-4-0	0.6	14.31	4.4	5.96	6.13	-0.13
45	Utah State	Skyline	6-4-0	0.6	14.24	2.2	8.76	5.62	0.38
46	Villanova	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	14.2	6.67	10.37	6.9	-1.9
47	Arkansas	Southwest	6-4-0	0.6	13.98	0.5	11.73	5.19	0.81
48	Davidson	Southern	5-3-1	0.56	13.96	7.22	-2.83	6.55	-1.55
49	Florida State	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	13.81	6.2	7.33	7.34	-2.34
50	Tulane	SEC	6-4-0	0.6	13.78	0.1	12.14	5.05	0.95
51	Brown	Ivy	5-4-0	0.56	13.51	3.33	8.15	5.93	-0.93
52	Boston College	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	13.48	6.44	4.24	6.87	-1.87
53	Utah	Skyline	5-5-0	0.5	12.75	5	11.28	6.43	-1.43
54	Oregon	Pacific	4-4-2	0.4	12.7	3.1	13.79	6.52	-2.52
55	Washington	Pacific	5-5-0	0.5	12.48	2.6	12.57	5.7	-0.7
56	Vanderbilt	SEC	5-5-0	0.5	12.2	3.4	8.21	6.51	-1.51
57	Northwestern	Big Ten	4-4-1	0.44	10.97	-0.56	11	4.26	-0.26
58	Missouri	Big 7	4-5-1	0.4	10.59	1.7	9.23	5.52	-1.52
59	Purdue	Big Ten	3-4-2	0.33	10.58	1.89	11.18	5.19	-2.19
60	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	10.3	1.78	5.66	5.07	-1.07
61	Stanford	Pacific	4-6-0	0.4	9.54	0.5	13.23	5.14	-1.14
62	Colgate	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	9.29	-1.44	11.4	4.17	-0.17
63	Idaho	Pacific	4-5-0	0.44	9.05	-1.89	9.99	4.06	-0.06
64	Arizona	Border	4-6-0	0.4	8.99	-0.2	12.16	4.93	-0.93
65	Richmond	Southern	4-5-0	0.44	8.78	-2	6.61	3.87	0.13
66	Rice	Southwest	4-6-0	0.4	8.63	-0.9	12.22	4.68	-0.68
67	Mississippi State	SEC	4-6-0	0.4	8.58	-0.4	8.03	4.84	-0.84
68	Pennsylvania	Ivy	4-5-0	0.44	8.01	-13.33	13.34	1.15	2.85
69	Hardin-Simmons	Border	4-6-0	0.4	7.81	-5.3	14.36	3.4	0.6
70	New Mexico	Skyline	4-6-0	0.4	7.63	-3.8	7.96	3.81	0.19
71	SMU	Southwest	4-6-0	0.4	7.51	-7.7	13.61	2.43	1.57
72	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	3-5-2	0.3	7.4	-3.5	10.68	3.63	-0.63
73	The Citadel	Southern	3-5-1	0.33	7.35	-1.44	2.23	4.02	-1.02
74	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	4-6-0	0.4	7.28	-8.1	10.45	2.23	1.77
75	Nebraska	Big 7	4-6-0	0.4	7.26	-8.1	10.05	2.34	1.66
76	Dayton	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	6.99	-5.6	1.44	2.68	1.32
77	Kansas	Big 7	3-6-1	0.3	6.12	-5.2	12.81	3.42	-0.42
78	Wake Forest	ACC	2-5-3	0.2	5.93	-1.1	10.05	4.33	-2.33
79	VMI	Southern	3-6-1	0.3	5.86	-5.3	7.62	3.42	-0.42
80	Washington State	Pacific	3-6-1	0.3	5.77	-8.4	12.48	2.72	0.28
81	Georgia	SEC	3-6-1	0.3	5.73	-9.6	13.59	1.06	1.94
82	California	Pacific	3-7-0	0.3	5.57	-4.6	14.18	3.33	-0.33
83	Illinois	Big Ten	2-5-2	0.22	5.52	-3.33	13.42	3.37	-1.37
84	Indiana	Big Ten	3-6-0	0.33	5.34	-14.89	11.99	1.4	1.6
85	Columbia	Ivy	3-6-0	0.33	5.26	-15.89	11.41	0.9	2.1
86	NC State	ACC	3-7-0	0.3	5.17	-7.5	12.48	1.99	1.01
87	LSU	SEC	3-7-0	0.3	5.11	-9.3	15	1.8	1.2
88	Virginia	ACC	3-7-0	0.3	5.11	-7.5	11.05	1.96	1.04
89	Drake	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	5.02	-10.33	-1.19	2.36	0.64
90	Kansas State	Big 7	3-7-0	0.3	4.83	-11.6	11.89	1.97	1.03
91	Rutgers	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	4.32	-12.3	-0.48	1.54	1.46
92	Harvard	Ivy	2-6-0	0.25	4.1	-5.75	9.18	2.79	-0.79
93	Texas Tech	FBS Independents	2-7-1	0.2	3.24	-9.9	16.62	1.9	0.1
94	Maryland	ACC	2-7-1	0.2	3.21	-10	15.67	1.05	0.95
95	North Carolina	ACC	2-7-1	0.2	3.21	-8.4	10.88	1.89	0.11
96	BYU	Skyline	2-7-1	0.2	3.09	-8.5	6.3	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	2.81	-11.5	3.35	2.42	-0.42
99	Colorado State	Skyline	2-7-1	0.2	2.74	-15.8	10.21	1.6	0.4
100	Detroit Mercy	Missouri Valley	2-8-0	0.2	2.66	-9.5	10.11	1.69	0.31
101	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-5-3	0.11	2.64	-4	13.81	2.84	-1.84
102	Furman	Southern	2-8-0	0.2	2.51	-11.8	10.63	0.83	1.17
103	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	2.38	-15.9	15.35	1.31	0.69
104	Iowa State	Big 7	2-8-0	0.2	2.28	-16.8	11.78	0.79	1.21
105	Boston University	FBS Independents	1-5-2	0.12	2.07	-8.75	11.56	1.72	-0.72
106	Cornell	Ivy	1-8-0	0.11	0.47	-12.11	13.06	1.34	-0.34
107	Montana	Skyline	1-9-0	0.1	0.1	-14.7	8.68	1.37	-0.37
108	New Mexico State	Border	1-9-0	0.1	0.1	-14.5	5.75	1.46	-0.46
109	Texas	Southwest	1-9-0	0.1	-0.01	-17.1	16.56	0.87	0.13
110	William & Mary	Southern	0-9-1	0	-2.25	-16.2	11.87	0.73	-0.73
111	Marquette	FBS Independents	0-9-0	0	-2.56	-25.67	9.94	0.29	-0.29