1956 W4 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:24.753030+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	29.12	11.5	20.96	1.94	0.06
2	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	28.8	13.5	18.57	1.66	0.34
3	USC	Pacific	3-0-0	1	28.36	13	15.62	2.51	0.49
4	Army	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	28.22	13.5	16.44	1.78	0.22
5	TCU	Southwest	2-0-0	1	28.22	33.5	12.63	1.99	0.01
6	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	28.12	19.5	13.78	1.79	0.21
7	Miami	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	27.13	14.5	9.61	1.9	0.1
8	Clemson	ACC	2-0-1	0.67	26.91	8.67	10.51	2.38	-0.38
9	Ole Miss	SEC	3-0-0	1	26.81	29.67	5.41	2.99	0.01
10	Princeton	Ivy	2-0-0	1	26.75	30.5	5.25	1.99	0.01
11	Tennessee	SEC	2-0-0	1	26.28	20.5	6.41	1.8	0.2
12	UTEP	Border	3-0-0	1	26.23	19.33	5.15	2.95	0.05
13	Georgia Tech	SEC	2-0-0	1	26.02	5	6.85	1.59	0.41
14	Arizona State	Border	3-0-0	1	25.99	23	0.77	2.89	0.11
15	Iowa	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	25.87	14	6.07	1.88	0.12
16	Wyoming	Skyline	4-0-0	1	25.79	17	1.43	3.59	0.41
17	Texas A&M	Southwest	3-0-0	1	25.71	18.33	2.23	2.94	0.06
18	Baylor	Southwest	3-0-0	1	25.55	14	2.4	2.98	0.02
19	Yale	Ivy	2-0-0	1	25.39	11.5	6.09	1.78	0.22
20	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-0-0	1	25.38	26	-0.54	2.97	0.03
21	Pacific	FBS Independents	2-0-1	0.67	25.3	10.33	2.02	2.22	-0.22
22	Oklahoma	Big 7	2-0-0	1	25.02	51	-2.83	2	0
23	The Citadel	Southern	2-0-1	0.67	24.5	20.33	-2.69	2.77	-0.77
24	Navy	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	24.37	19.5	-2.62	1.92	0.08
25	Rice	Southwest	2-0-0	1	24.34	8	-1.47	1.5	0.5
26	George Washington	Southern	3-0-0	1	24.23	5.67	-0.31	2.64	0.36
27	West Texas A&M	Border	3-0-0	1	23.61	32.33	-10	2.98	0.02
28	Boston University	FBS Independents	1-0-1	0.5	22.67	6.5	-6.57	1.47	-0.47
29	Virginia Tech	Southern	3-1-0	0.75	20.91	17.5	8.8	3.71	-0.71
30	South Carolina	ACC	3-1-0	0.75	19.78	6.5	7.23	3.33	-0.33
31	Utah State	Skyline	3-1-0	0.75	19.7	2	10.74	2.22	0.78
32	Oregon	Pacific	2-1-0	0.67	19.37	12	6.82	2.76	-0.76
33	West Virginia	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	19.04	8	17.58	2.47	-0.47
34	Tulane	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	19.03	4.33	18.76	2.05	-0.05
35	Washington	Pacific	2-1-0	0.67	18.96	9	15.43	2.07	-0.07
36	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	2-1-0	0.67	18.64	11.33	11.18	2.54	-0.54
37	Arkansas	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	17.95	-2.67	17.8	1.22	0.78
38	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	2-1-0	0.67	17.92	24.67	1.79	2.97	-0.97
39	SMU	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	17.48	3.33	8.22	1.82	0.18
40	Utah	Skyline	2-1-0	0.67	17.33	16.33	2.65	2.79	-0.79
41	Washington State	Pacific	2-1-0	0.67	17.26	5	8.62	1.81	0.19
42	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.21	-2	9.88	1.16	0.84
43	Michigan	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	17.17	10	19.84	1.64	-0.64
44	New Mexico	Skyline	2-1-0	0.67	16.99	-6	14.06	0.89	1.11
45	Nebraska	Big 7	2-1-0	0.67	16.87	1	10.75	1.61	0.39
46	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	16.16	17	12.72	1.91	-0.91
47	UCLA	Pacific	2-1-0	0.67	16.02	-5.67	22.27	0.8	1.2
48	Penn State	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	15.9	13.5	11.59	1.85	-0.85
49	Davidson	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	15.86	2.33	1.05	1.75	0.25
50	Florida	SEC	1-1-1	0.33	15.55	5.67	7.31	2.13	-1.13
51	Colorado	Big 7	2-1-0	0.67	15.54	0	6.9	1.5	0.5
52	Dayton	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	15.45	-3.33	0.17	1.1	0.9
53	Arizona	Border	2-2-0	0.5	15.35	16	8.75	3.5	-1.5
54	Virginia	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	15.34	-4.67	13.62	0.89	1.11
55	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	15	3.5	19.43	1.28	-0.28
56	Purdue	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	14.35	1	12.62	1.08	-0.08
57	Colgate	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	14.2	7	-1.24	1.47	-0.47
58	Brown	Ivy	1-1-0	0.5	14.06	1	8.84	1.11	-0.11
59	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	13.72	6.5	23.74	1.53	-0.53
60	Detroit Mercy	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	13.6	6	3.48	1.6	-0.6
61	VMI	Southern	2-2-0	0.5	13.54	4.5	11.03	2.49	-0.49
62	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	13.51	-3	16	0.77	0.23
63	Houston	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	13.11	-1.5	12.29	0.82	0.18
64	San José State	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	13.05	2	4.84	1.11	-0.11
65	Dartmouth	Ivy	1-1-0	0.5	12.87	3	-6.28	1.4	-0.4
66	Illinois	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	12.69	-1.5	6.95	0.92	0.08
67	Auburn	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	12.22	6.5	10.64	1.36	-0.36
68	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	11.61	4	6.96	1.32	-0.32
69	Villanova	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	11.13	-9	20.48	0.12	0.88
70	Duke	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	10.87	4.33	18.53	1.92	-0.92
71	Wake Forest	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	10.81	10.67	7.12	2.85	-1.85
72	Florida State	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	10.51	8	7	2.4	-1.4
73	Pennsylvania	Ivy	1-1-0	0.5	9.34	-13.5	21.37	0.15	0.85
74	Iowa State	Big 7	1-2-0	0.33	9.24	0	12.37	1.5	-0.5
75	Oregon State	Pacific	1-2-0	0.33	8.79	-1	16.37	1.39	-0.39
76	Richmond	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	8.54	-0.33	4.93	1.47	-0.47
77	Stanford	Pacific	1-2-0	0.33	8.3	-4	22.01	1.21	-0.21
78	California	Pacific	1-2-0	0.33	8.1	0.33	25.2	1.54	-0.54
79	Hardin-Simmons	Border	1-2-0	0.33	8.08	-2.67	20.01	1.12	-0.12
80	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.96	-3.67	22.16	1.03	-0.03
81	NC State	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	7.73	-5	14.82	0.95	0.05
82	Maryland	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	7.37	-7.33	19.39	0.39	0.61
83	Texas	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	7.2	-8	19.85	0.64	0.36
84	Georgia	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	6.97	-7.67	12.75	0.17	0.83
85	Rutgers	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.81	-7.33	2.2	0.85	0.15
86	North Texas	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.21	-2	15.34	1.36	-0.36
87	Kentucky	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	5.84	-9.67	27.67	0.5	0.5
88	Mississippi State	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	5.64	-8.33	20.13	0.51	0.49
89	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	1-3-0	0.25	4.54	-13.5	13.55	0.39	0.61
90	Denver	Skyline	1-3-0	0.25	3.82	-6.5	15.09	1.01	-0.01
91	Harvard	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-1.2	-6	-10	0.29	-0.29
92	LSU	SEC	0-2-0	0	-1.77	-6	25.26	0.49	-0.49
93	Missouri	Big 7	0-3-0	0	-1.9	-7	17.4	0.88	-0.88
94	BYU	Skyline	0-3-1	0	-2.23	-15.25	2.23	0.13	-0.13
95	Colorado State	Skyline	0-2-1	0	-2.24	-11	17.29	0.38	-0.38
96	Kansas	Big 7	0-2-1	0	-2.39	-11	20.92	0.71	-0.71
97	Montana	Skyline	0-3-0	0	-2.42	-14.67	10.14	0.33	-0.33
98	Drake	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.52	-21	3.58	0.32	-0.32
99	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2.6	-21	27.08	0.03	-0.03
100	Indiana	Big Ten	0-2-0	0	-2.61	-20.5	10.59	0.02	-0.02
101	Alabama	SEC	0-2-0	0	-2.65	-16	25.14	0.19	-0.19
102	New Mexico State	Border	0-4-0	0	-2.69	-18.75	15.73	0.15	-0.15
103	Idaho	Pacific	0-3-0	0	-2.72	-17.67	17.95	0.5	-0.5
104	Furman	Southern	0-2-0	0	-2.74	-25.5	10.9	0	0
105	Cornell	Ivy	0-2-0	0	-2.84	-21	22.65	0.01	-0.01
106	William & Mary	Southern	0-2-1	0	-2.92	-21.33	19.38	0.21	-0.21
107	Texas Tech	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.92	-21.33	25.53	0.1	-0.1
108	North Carolina	ACC	0-3-0	0	-2.94	-23.33	18.31	0.01	-0.01
109	Columbia	Ivy	0-2-0	0	-3.15	-29.5	24.39	0	0
110	Marquette	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-3.26	-36	17.96	0	0
111	Kansas State	Big 7	0-3-0	0	-3.29	-40	16.49	0	0