1956 W5 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:24.753407+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Ole Miss	SEC	4-0-0	1	27.44	26.25	12.63	3.99	0.01
2	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-0-1	0.67	27.43	9	15.61	2.5	-0.5
3	Ohio State	Big Ten	3-0-0	1	27.36	19.67	12.62	2.76	0.24
4	USC	Pacific	3-0-0	1	26.72	13	10.72	2.51	0.49
5	Michigan State	Big Ten	3-0-0	1	26.61	23.33	7.62	2.96	0.04
6	Miami	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	26.05	12	8.18	2.79	0.21
7	TCU	Southwest	3-0-0	1	26	28	4.3	2.98	0.02
8	Princeton	Ivy	3-0-0	1	25.95	31.67	4.33	3	0
9	Georgia Tech	SEC	3-0-0	1	25.86	14	7.18	2.81	0.19
10	Baylor	Southwest	4-0-0	1	25.8	12.25	7.62	3.9	0.1
11	Iowa	Big Ten	3-0-0	1	25.75	11.33	7.45	2.74	0.26
12	UTEP	Border	4-0-0	1	25.68	20	4.85	3.92	0.08
13	Tennessee	SEC	3-0-0	1	25.62	21	4.36	2.65	0.35
14	Clemson	ACC	3-0-1	0.75	25.55	10.75	6.02	3.5	-0.5
15	Wyoming	Skyline	5-0-0	1	25.42	15	4.78	4.39	0.61
16	Texas A&M	Southwest	3-0-1	0.75	25.38	13.75	4.89	3.73	-0.73
17	Oklahoma	Big 7	3-0-0	1	25.28	49	0.32	3	0
18	Arizona State	Border	4-0-0	1	25.19	27.5	1.33	3.94	0.06
19	George Washington	Southern	3-0-1	0.75	24.41	4.25	4.5	2.91	0.09
20	Yale	Ivy	3-0-0	1	24.4	12.33	0.3	2.54	0.46
21	Boston University	FBS Independents	1-0-2	0.33	24.13	4.33	3.77	1.95	-0.95
22	Pacific	FBS Independents	3-0-1	0.75	23.85	9.5	-1.67	2.95	0.05
23	West Texas A&M	Border	4-0-0	1	23.12	29.25	-8.23	3.93	0.07
24	Virginia Tech	Southern	4-1-0	0.8	20.96	19.4	4.87	4.71	-0.71
25	South Carolina	ACC	4-1-0	0.8	20.74	8	8.08	4.19	-0.19
26	Tulane	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	20.72	7	16.5	3.11	-0.11
27	Washington	Pacific	3-1-0	0.75	20.68	10	14.54	2.93	0.07
28	Michigan	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	20.47	18	24.45	2.69	-0.69
29	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	20.27	15.5	5.28	3.74	-0.74
30	Utah State	Skyline	4-1-0	0.8	20.08	4.4	6.24	3.12	0.88
31	UCLA	Pacific	3-1-0	0.75	20	2.75	17.78	2.47	0.53
32	Penn State	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	19.54	23.33	17.09	2.96	-0.96
33	Utah	Skyline	3-1-0	0.75	19.26	15.75	3.8	3.64	-0.64
34	Colorado	Big 7	3-1-0	0.75	18.64	10	2.86	3.01	-0.01
35	Florida	SEC	2-1-1	0.5	18.33	6	15.68	3.06	-1.06
36	Davidson	Southern	3-1-0	0.75	18.18	12.25	-1.38	3.31	-0.31
37	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	2-1-1	0.5	18.04	8.5	9.28	3.15	-1.15
38	Syracuse	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.96	4.67	14.54	1.96	0.04
39	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	2-1-1	0.5	17.95	18.5	5.16	3.83	-1.83
40	Navy	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.94	8	4.42	2.33	-0.33
41	The Citadel	Southern	2-1-1	0.5	17.89	14.25	1.1	3.56	-1.56
42	Purdue	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	17.77	5.33	12.84	2.05	-0.05
43	Colgate	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.69	18.67	5.9	2.75	-0.75
44	Auburn	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	17.48	8.67	9.79	2.37	-0.37
45	Rice	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	17.26	3	3.71	1.91	0.09
46	Army	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.09	-2.33	15.54	1.3	0.7
47	Dartmouth	Ivy	2-1-0	0.67	16.42	4.33	4.47	2.27	-0.27
48	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	15.91	-2	14.05	1.16	0.84
49	Villanova	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	15.86	-1.67	18.25	1.13	0.87
50	Oregon	Pacific	2-2-0	0.5	14.45	5.75	11.95	2.98	-0.98
51	Duke	ACC	2-2-0	0.5	14.31	5.25	19.72	2.75	-0.75
52	West Virginia	Southern	2-2-0	0.5	14.23	4.25	11.99	2.64	-0.64
53	Stanford	Pacific	2-2-0	0.5	13.65	2	21.89	2.18	-0.18
54	Florida State	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	13.34	9.5	6.4	3.5	-1.5
55	SMU	Southwest	2-2-0	0.5	13.08	0.5	11.65	2.07	-0.07
56	Oregon State	Pacific	2-2-0	0.5	12.84	1.25	15.11	2.19	-0.19
57	Houston	Missouri Valley	1-1-1	0.33	12.44	-1	19.39	1.34	-0.34
58	Richmond	Southern	2-2-0	0.5	12.31	0.75	11.77	2.1	-0.1
59	Arkansas	Southwest	2-2-0	0.5	12.28	-3.75	20.12	1.43	0.57
60	Nebraska	Big 7	2-2-0	0.5	12.21	0	6.02	2	0
61	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-1-1	0.33	12.12	-2	19.02	1.15	-0.15
62	Arizona	Border	2-3-0	0.4	12.08	8.4	11.86	3.68	-1.68
63	New Mexico	Skyline	2-2-0	0.5	11.62	-6.25	17.26	1.15	0.85
64	North Texas	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	11.5	0.25	8.2	2.03	-0.03
65	Washington State	Pacific	2-2-0	0.5	11.4	-3.25	8.66	1.69	0.31
66	Virginia	ACC	2-2-0	0.5	11.12	-7	13.75	0.96	1.04
67	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	11.06	9.33	16.99	2.55	-1.55
68	Harvard	Ivy	1-1-0	0.5	10.86	9.5	-6.42	1.57	-0.57
69	VMI	Southern	2-3-0	0.4	10.66	2.2	6.42	2.8	-0.8
70	Dayton	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	10.65	-5.75	5.7	1	1
71	Georgia	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	10.65	-2.25	9.65	1.48	0.52
72	Mississippi State	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	10.06	-3.25	6.41	1.41	0.59
73	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	9.19	-7	11.93	0.59	0.41
74	Detroit Mercy	Missouri Valley	1-2-0	0.33	8.99	2	4.14	1.79	-0.79
75	Brown	Ivy	1-2-0	0.33	7.93	-1.67	11.7	1.22	-0.22
76	Wake Forest	ACC	1-3-0	0.25	7.79	3.75	11.68	2.89	-1.89
77	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	2-3-0	0.4	7.53	-9.6	12.82	0.91	1.09
78	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.49	-2	9.74	1.29	-0.29
79	Hardin-Simmons	Border	1-2-0	0.33	7.28	-2.67	15.57	1.12	-0.12
80	Illinois	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	7.19	-7.67	18.39	0.88	0.12
81	San José State	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.98	-5.33	7.68	1.11	-0.11
82	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.96	-10	15.18	0.53	0.47
83	Missouri	Big 7	1-3-0	0.25	6.5	5.25	7.65	2.62	-1.62
84	Pennsylvania	Ivy	1-2-0	0.33	6.13	-20.33	18.51	0.06	0.94
85	Kansas	Big 7	1-2-1	0.25	5.97	-5.5	19.57	1.42	-0.42
86	California	Pacific	1-3-0	0.25	5.71	-1.75	16.06	1.71	-0.71
87	Iowa State	Big 7	1-3-0	0.25	5.29	-2.75	7.95	1.51	-0.51
88	Maryland	ACC	1-3-0	0.25	4.88	-7.25	19.62	0.53	0.47
89	NC State	ACC	1-3-0	0.25	4.73	-7.25	13.85	0.84	0.16
90	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.66	-7.75	12.17	0.95	0.05
91	Kentucky	SEC	1-3-0	0.25	4.47	-10.5	20.15	0.45	0.55
92	Texas	Southwest	1-3-0	0.25	4.3	-17.25	22.86	0.26	0.74
93	Rutgers	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	3.85	-16	5.24	0.52	0.48
94	Denver	Skyline	1-4-0	0.2	3.16	-8	13.93	1.12	-0.12
95	Kansas State	Big 7	1-3-0	0.25	2.74	-29.25	19.02	0.03	0.97
96	Drake	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	1.82	-15.2	0.55	0.64	0.36
97	BYU	Skyline	0-3-1	0	-2.2	-15.25	2.41	0.13	-0.13
98	New Mexico State	Border	0-5-0	0	-2.34	-15.2	8.18	0.36	-0.36
99	Montana	Skyline	0-4-0	0	-2.38	-14.5	14.05	0.48	-0.48
100	LSU	SEC	0-3-0	0	-2.51	-14.67	25.36	0.28	-0.28
101	Colorado State	Skyline	0-3-1	0	-2.57	-18.25	16.1	0.24	-0.24
102	Furman	Southern	0-3-0	0	-2.59	-21	8.82	0.01	-0.01
103	Alabama	SEC	0-3-0	0	-2.7	-16.33	25.98	0.23	-0.23
104	Cornell	Ivy	0-3-0	0	-2.71	-22.33	12.46	0.04	-0.04
105	North Carolina	ACC	0-4-0	0	-2.72	-21	14.88	0.06	-0.06
106	William & Mary	Southern	0-3-1	0	-2.87	-22.75	19.69	0.22	-0.22
107	Idaho	Pacific	0-4-0	0	-2.89	-23.5	20.39	0.34	-0.34
108	Texas Tech	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.91	-21	25.27	0.2	-0.2
109	Marquette	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.92	-28.75	11.27	0.07	-0.07
110	Columbia	Ivy	0-3-0	0	-2.99	-24.33	22.07	0.07	-0.07
111	Indiana	Big Ten	0-3-0	0	-3.09	-29.33	22.2	0.02	-0.02