1956 W3 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:24.752662+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Arizona State	Border	2-0-0	1	29.05	24	7.95	1.93	0.07
2	USC	Pacific	2-0-0	1	28.32	16	10.95	1.67	0.33
3	Arkansas	Southwest	2-0-0	1	28.07	13.5	11.1	1.87	0.13
4	Florida	SEC	1-0-1	0.5	28.06	13	10.89	1.76	-0.76
5	Wyoming	Skyline	3-0-0	1	28.04	20	3.69	2.76	0.24
6	Georgia Tech	SEC	2-0-0	1	27.98	5	12.6	1.59	0.41
7	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	27.87	4	14.24	1.38	0.62
8	Michigan	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	27.86	29	25.94	0.94	0.06
9	New Mexico	Skyline	2-0-0	1	27.67	8	13.67	1.53	0.47
10	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	27.09	20	25.19	0.89	0.11
11	Miami	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	27.08	8	27.21	0.88	0.12
12	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	27.01	14	24.23	0.93	0.07
13	Ole Miss	SEC	2-0-0	1	26.98	37.5	-0.27	1.99	0.01
14	Ohio State	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	26.89	27	21.21	0.98	0.02
15	Clemson	ACC	1-0-1	0.5	26.79	10	7.44	1.58	-0.58
16	Princeton	Ivy	1-0-0	1	26.61	22	20.68	0.97	0.03
17	Oregon	Pacific	2-0-0	1	26.24	21	-1.3	1.93	0.07
18	TCU	Southwest	1-0-0	1	26.21	32	-2.42	1	0
19	Pacific	FBS Independents	1-0-1	0.5	25.87	12.5	-1.23	1.51	-0.51
20	Texas A&M	Southwest	2-0-0	1	25.78	11	-0.41	1.95	0.05
21	Army	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	25.74	20	16.35	0.91	0.09
22	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	25.66	1	29.08	0.54	0.46
23	Baylor	Southwest	2-0-0	1	25.64	14	0.33	1.97	0.03
24	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-0-0	1	25.55	26.5	-5.32	1.99	0.01
25	UTEP	Border	2-0-0	1	25.17	12	-4.57	1.85	0.15
26	West Texas A&M	Border	3-0-0	1	25.08	32.33	-10	2.98	0.02
27	Rice	Southwest	1-0-0	1	24.74	7	-1.74	0.74	0.26
28	Dayton	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	24.43	3.5	0.06	1.28	0.72
29	George Washington	Southern	2-0-0	1	23.75	5.5	-5.1	1.84	0.16
30	Tennessee	SEC	1-0-0	1	23.29	28	2.65	0.98	0.02
31	The Citadel	Southern	1-0-1	0.5	23.14	13.5	6.01	1.68	-0.68
32	Colgate	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	23.05	28	1.74	0.98	0.02
33	Penn State	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.68	34	-0.32	1	0
34	Oklahoma	Big 7	1-0-0	1	22.66	36	-1.86	1	0
35	Iowa	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	22.64	27	0.54	1	0
36	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	22.49	41	-1.76	1	0
37	Navy	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.25	25	-2.55	0.92	0.08
38	Brown	Ivy	1-0-0	1	22.17	20	-0.1	1	0
39	Illinois	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	22.09	12	-0.21	0.75	0.25
40	Houston	Missouri Valley	1-0-0	1	21.95	11	-0.52	0.9	0.1
41	Purdue	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	21.66	9	-1.28	0.88	0.12
42	Virginia Tech	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	20.61	19	14.31	2.79	-0.79
43	Dartmouth	Ivy	1-0-0	1	20.06	13	-10	1	0
44	Boston University	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	20.01	13	-10	0.94	0.06
45	Yale	Ivy	1-0-0	1	19.82	5	-10	0.67	0.33
46	Arizona	Border	2-1-0	0.67	19.76	23	6.14	2.76	-0.76
47	Utah State	Skyline	2-1-0	0.67	19.65	1	7.01	1.57	0.43
48	South Carolina	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	18.78	4	-2.12	2.12	-0.12
49	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	16.65	3.5	12.8	1.28	-0.28
50	Tulane	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	16.64	3	8.96	1.29	-0.29
51	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	16.19	10	-1.64	1.8	-0.8
52	SMU	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	16.17	2	13.75	1.2	-0.2
53	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	16.12	4	11.71	1.31	-0.31
54	Wake Forest	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	15.89	16.5	-0.83	1.98	-0.98
55	Washington	Pacific	1-1-0	0.5	15.48	6	-0.7	1.23	-0.23
56	Iowa State	Big 7	1-1-0	0.5	15.37	1	0.49	1.09	-0.09
57	Detroit Mercy	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	15.19	6	-1.98	1.6	-0.6
58	Florida State	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	15.09	18.5	-5.32	1.95	-0.95
59	Richmond	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	14.88	7	-3.87	1.43	-0.43
60	Duke	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	14.77	13	26.66	1.85	-0.85
61	San José State	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	14.68	2	-1.85	1.11	-0.11
62	West Virginia	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	14.58	11.5	23.83	1.72	-0.72
63	Oregon State	Pacific	1-1-0	0.5	14.38	-1	12.1	0.93	0.07
64	Stanford	Pacific	1-1-0	0.5	14.07	0	0.41	1	0
65	Virginia	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	13.51	-7.5	8.71	0.49	0.51
66	NC State	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	13.48	-4.5	8.64	0.71	0.29
67	Nebraska	Big 7	1-1-0	0.5	13.48	0.5	-3.7	1.03	-0.03
68	Utah	Skyline	1-1-0	0.5	12.7	7	11.54	1.57	-0.57
69	UCLA	Pacific	1-1-0	0.5	12.68	-11.5	1.54	0.36	0.64
70	Rutgers	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.65	-1	-3.75	0.94	0.06
71	Washington State	Pacific	1-1-0	0.5	12.12	0.5	24.39	1.02	-0.02
72	Davidson	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	11.92	-6.5	-4.62	0.57	0.43
73	Hardin-Simmons	Border	1-1-0	0.5	11.08	-1	20.75	0.91	0.09
74	Maryland	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	10.98	-4	25.08	0.59	0.41
75	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	10.88	-2.5	24.2	0.74	0.26
76	Colorado	Big 7	1-1-0	0.5	10.68	-0.5	12.47	0.97	0.03
77	Georgia	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	10.39	-5.5	23.61	0.05	0.95
78	VMI	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	10.2	1	6.29	1.59	-0.59
79	Texas	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	10	-11.5	27.2	0.38	0.62
80	Villanova	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	9.83	-9	24.51	0.12	0.88
81	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	1-2-0	0.33	8.21	-9.33	9.33	0.5	0.5
82	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.43	0	0	0	0
83	Harvard	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.29	0	0	0	0
84	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.37	-1	20.27	0.46	-0.46
85	LSU	SEC	0-1-0	0	-0.94	-3	24.79	0.28	-0.28
86	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.46	-6	24.67	0.29	-0.29
87	California	Pacific	0-2-0	0	-1.58	-6.5	12.13	0.55	-0.55
88	Missouri	Big 7	0-2-0	0	-1.86	-7.5	12.47	0.42	-0.42
89	Auburn	SEC	0-1-0	0	-1.95	-28	2.62	0.02	-0.02
90	Colorado State	Skyline	0-1-1	0	-2	-12.5	11.57	0.16	-0.16
91	Furman	Southern	0-1-0	0	-2	-10	20.39	0	0
92	Alabama	SEC	0-1-0	0	-2.01	-7	21.75	0.26	-0.26
93	Denver	Skyline	0-3-0	0	-2.03	-11.67	29.97	0.3	-0.3
94	BYU	Skyline	0-2-1	0	-2.05	-8.67	2.3	0.21	-0.21
95	Cornell	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-2.1	-28	2.21	0.02	-0.02
96	Columbia	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-2.14	-20	0.46	0	0
97	Texas Tech	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.21	-15.5	23.86	0.11	-0.11
98	Indiana	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-2.25	-27	1.32	0	0
99	Mississippi State	SEC	0-2-0	0	-2.39	-18.5	13.41	0.03	-0.03
100	Drake	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.44	-15	14.69	0.43	-0.43
101	Kentucky	SEC	0-2-0	0	-2.48	-19	26.66	0.08	-0.08
102	Pennsylvania	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-2.56	-34	1.66	0	0
103	New Mexico State	Border	0-3-0	0	-2.65	-18	13.19	0.12	-0.12
104	Montana	Skyline	0-2-0	0	-2.69	-17.5	10.23	0.14	-0.14
105	Kansas State	Big 7	0-2-0	0	-2.73	-27	11.29	0.01	-0.01
106	Kansas	Big 7	0-1-1	0	-2.81	-16	25.64	0.27	-0.27
107	Marquette	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.87	-27	12.84	0.01	-0.01
108	Idaho	Pacific	0-2-0	0	-2.9	-19.5	25.63	0.29	-0.29
109	North Carolina	ACC	0-2-0	0	-2.93	-28	13.55	0.01	-0.01
110	William & Mary	Southern	0-2-0	0	-3.14	-32	13.43	0.03	-0.03
111	North Texas	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-3.24	-32.5	29.29	0.01	-0.01