1956 W2 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:24.752298+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Arizona State	Border	1-0-0	1	31.62	28	32.4	0.97	0.03
2	Wyoming	Skyline	2-0-0	1	31.29	16.5	9.66	1.68	0.32
3	Utah State	Skyline	2-0-0	1	29.53	5.5	6.17	1.25	0.75
4	Iowa State	Big 7	1-0-0	1	29.08	3	10.29	0.65	0.35
5	Tulane	SEC	1-0-0	1	28.91	7	29.5	0.72	0.28
6	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-0-0	1	28.14	21	-0.37	0.97	0.03
7	West Texas A&M	Border	2-0-0	1	27.61	24.5	-10	1.95	0.05
8	South Carolina	ACC	2-0-0	1	27.21	10	0.6	1.8	0.2
9	Ole Miss	SEC	1-0-0	1	26.95	45	7.45	1	0
10	Georgia Tech	SEC	1-0-0	1	26.38	8	8.85	0.88	0.12
11	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	26.22	14	11.59	0.86	0.14
12	Virginia	ACC	1-0-0	1	26.11	18	20.32	1	0
13	Oregon	Pacific	1-0-0	1	26.07	35	8.18	1	0
14	UCLA	Pacific	1-0-0	1	25.94	6	8.28	0.81	0.19
15	Pacific	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	25.76	25	9.4	0.92	0.08
16	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-0-0	1	25.69	14	5.67	1	0
17	UTEP	Border	1-0-0	1	25.54	4	8.41	0.65	0.35
18	TCU	Southwest	1-0-0	1	25.52	32	1.02	1	0
19	USC	Pacific	1-0-0	1	25.49	24	4.76	0.87	0.13
20	Washington	Pacific	1-0-0	1	25.19	32	2.58	0.9	0.1
21	Florida	SEC	1-0-0	1	24.88	26	7.44	1	0
22	Texas A&M	Southwest	1-0-0	1	24.79	19	0.26	1	0
23	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	24.73	1	11.13	0.54	0.46
24	SMU	Southwest	1-0-0	1	24.67	6	10.15	0.71	0.29
25	San José State	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	24.55	19	2.06	0.96	0.04
26	Arkansas	Southwest	1-0-0	1	24.53	15	4.24	0.95	0.05
27	Detroit Mercy	Missouri Valley	1-0-0	1	24.23	13	0.85	0.92	0.08
28	Stanford	Pacific	1-0-0	1	24.23	14	-0.34	0.74	0.26
29	NC State	ACC	1-0-0	1	24.01	20	1.51	0.97	0.03
30	Wake Forest	ACC	1-0-0	1	23.94	39	0.51	1	0
31	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	1-0-0	1	23.19	20	4.07	0.96	0.04
32	Oregon State	Pacific	1-0-0	1	23.12	6	0.62	0.71	0.29
33	Richmond	Southern	1-0-0	1	22.92	38	-10	1	0
34	Clemson	ACC	1-0-0	1	22.3	20	-10	0.96	0.04
35	Baylor	Southwest	1-0-0	1	22.18	1	1.18	0.59	0.41
36	Davidson	Southern	1-0-0	1	22.01	14	-10	0.95	0.05
37	Rice	Southwest	1-0-0	1	21.75	7	-1.09	0.74	0.26
38	Florida State	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	21.52	40	-10	0.99	0.01
39	New Mexico	Skyline	1-0-0	1	21.42	8	-0.37	0.88	0.12
40	Nebraska	Big 7	1-0-0	1	21.21	28	-10	0.98	0.02
41	Rutgers	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	20.68	20	-10	0.9	0.1
42	George Washington	Southern	1-0-0	1	20.39	1	-10	0.59	0.41
43	Dayton	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	20.27	6	0.9	0.71	0.29
44	Arizona	Border	1-1-0	0.5	19.89	4.5	14.03	1.25	-0.25
45	Virginia Tech	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	19.14	14	-1.15	1.74	-0.74
46	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	16.96	-7.5	4.68	0.45	0.55
47	VMI	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	16.35	11.5	-4.71	1.66	-0.66
48	Oklahoma	Big 7	0-0-0	0	3.08	0	0	0	0
49	Michigan State	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	2.95	0	0	0	0
50	Navy	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	2.92	0	0	0	0
51	Army	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	2.76	0	0	0	0
52	Auburn	SEC	0-0-0	0	2.65	0	0	0	0
53	Tennessee	SEC	0-0-0	0	2.62	0	0	0	0
54	Ohio State	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	2.6	0	0	0	0
55	Yale	Ivy	0-0-0	0	2.58	0	0	0	0
56	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	2.56	0	0	0	0
57	Miami	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	2.55	0	0	0	0
58	Michigan	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	2.51	0	0	0	0
59	Princeton	Ivy	0-0-0	0	2.51	0	0	0	0
60	West Virginia	Southern	0-1-0	0	2.26	-1	9.03	0.46	-0.46
61	Colgate	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	2.21	0	0	0	0
62	Illinois	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	2.09	0	0	0	0
63	Houston	Missouri Valley	0-0-0	0	1.95	0	0	0	0
64	Purdue	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	1.82	0	0	0	0
65	Harvard	Ivy	0-0-0	0	1.75	0	0	0	0
66	Cornell	Ivy	0-0-0	0	1.74	0	0	0	0
67	Penn State	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	1.66	0	0	0	0
68	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	1.45	0	0	0	0
69	LSU	SEC	0-0-0	0	1.39	0	0	0	0
70	Iowa	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	1.32	0	0	0	0
71	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	1.19	0	0	0	0
72	Denver	Skyline	0-2-0	0	1.19	-4	26.62	0.66	-0.66
73	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	1.12	-6	5.7	0.29	-0.29
74	Duke	ACC	0-1-0	0	1.08	-7	21.72	0	0
75	Maryland	ACC	0-1-0	0	0.88	-14	8.49	0.14	-0.14
76	Texas Tech	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	0.87	-4	11.47	0.35	-0.35
77	Dartmouth	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.81	0	0	0	0
78	The Citadel	Southern	0-0-1	0	0.77	0	-10	0.5	-0.5
79	Minnesota	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	0.59	0	0	0	0
80	Utah	Skyline	0-1-0	0	0.57	-6	12.16	0.19	-0.19
81	Indiana	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	0.54	0	0	0	0
82	Kentucky	SEC	0-1-0	0	0.52	-8	12.73	0.12	-0.12
83	Boston University	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.51	0	0	0	0
84	Brown	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.46	0	0	0	0
85	Colorado State	Skyline	0-1-0	0	-0.05	-25	6.67	0.08	-0.08
86	Columbia	Ivy	0-0-0	0	-0.1	0	0	0	0
87	Furman	Southern	0-0-0	0	-0.2	0	0	0	0
88	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	-0.21	0	0	0	0
89	California	Pacific	0-1-0	0	-0.21	-1	5.94	0.41	-0.41
90	Pennsylvania	Ivy	0-0-0	0	-0.32	0	0	0	0
91	Mississippi State	SEC	0-1-0	0	-0.52	-26	4.54	0	0
92	Colorado	Big 7	0-1-0	0	-0.62	-35	7.89	0	0
93	Georgia	SEC	0-1-0	0	-0.64	-14	10.91	0	0
94	Hardin-Simmons	Border	0-1-0	0	-0.99	-15	7.17	0.05	-0.05
95	North Texas	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.06	-45	11.26	0	0
96	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.07	-6	-5	0.29	-0.29
97	Kansas State	Big 7	0-1-0	0	-1.12	-20	1.16	0.04	-0.04
98	Texas	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-1.23	-24	9.32	0.13	-0.13
99	Missouri	Big 7	0-1-0	0	-1.28	-6	6.62	0.29	-0.29
100	Drake	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-1.58	-12.5	18.3	0.48	-0.48
101	Alabama	SEC	0-1-0	0	-1.74	-7	2.04	0.26	-0.26
102	Marquette	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.76	-13	8.92	0.08	-0.08
103	North Carolina	ACC	0-1-0	0	-1.86	-20	6.42	0.03	-0.03
104	Idaho	Pacific	0-1-0	0	-1.98	-32	9.02	0.1	-0.1
105	Washington State	Pacific	0-1-0	0	-2.13	-14	9.65	0.26	-0.26
106	New Mexico State	Border	0-2-0	0	-2.2	-14.5	12.05	0.1	-0.1
107	Villanova	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2.21	-19	10.65	0	0
108	Kansas	Big 7	0-1-0	0	-2.42	-32	11.55	0	0
109	William & Mary	Southern	0-1-0	0	-2.55	-39	5.12	0	0
110	BYU	Skyline	0-2-0	0	-2.63	-13	11.2	0.14	-0.14
111	Montana	Skyline	0-1-0	0	-2.86	-15	29.32	0.13	-0.13