1956 W6 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:24.753771+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	USC	Pacific	4-0-0	1	26.58	16.75	12.22	3.58	0.42
2	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-0-1	0.75	26.49	7.5	14.44	3.14	-0.14
3	Michigan State	Big Ten	4-0-0	1	26.38	25.75	9.63	3.91	0.09
4	Miami	FBS Independents	3-0-1	0.75	25.92	9	11.37	3.57	-0.57
5	Texas A&M	Southwest	4-0-1	0.8	25.71	11.2	9.78	4.57	-0.57
6	Georgia Tech	SEC	4-0-0	1	25.68	15.75	8.13	3.78	0.22
7	Princeton	Ivy	4-0-0	1	25.65	25.75	6.17	3.91	0.09
8	Oklahoma	Big 7	4-0-0	1	25.23	42.25	2.57	3.99	0.01
9	Tennessee	SEC	4-0-0	1	25.23	21.75	4.77	3.69	0.31
10	Arizona State	Border	5-0-0	1	25.17	24.6	4.22	4.86	0.14
11	Wyoming	Skyline	6-0-0	1	25.08	14.17	5.59	5.11	0.89
12	Baylor	Southwest	4-0-0	1	24.9	12.25	4.99	3.9	0.1
13	Clemson	ACC	3-0-1	0.75	24.83	10.75	5.21	3.5	-0.5
14	George Washington	Southern	4-0-1	0.8	24.72	8.6	5.9	4.12	-0.12
15	Iowa	Big Ten	4-0-0	1	24.67	17	2.7	3.88	0.12
16	Pacific	FBS Independents	4-0-1	0.8	23.58	12	-0.97	3.99	0.01
17	Yale	Ivy	4-0-0	1	23.53	13.75	-1.94	3.52	0.48
18	West Texas A&M	Border	5-0-0	1	22.98	32.4	-7.05	4.95	0.05
19	Ole Miss	SEC	4-1-0	0.8	22.59	19.6	13.88	4.95	-0.95
20	Tulane	SEC	4-1-0	0.8	21.7	7	16.55	4.02	-0.02
21	Virginia Tech	Southern	5-1-0	0.83	21.56	21.5	6.37	5.66	-0.66
22	Michigan	Big Ten	3-1-0	0.75	21.53	17	18.95	3.47	-0.47
23	Ohio State	Big Ten	3-1-0	0.75	21.13	14.5	13.15	3.57	-0.57
24	UCLA	Pacific	4-1-0	0.8	21.06	5	14.26	3.38	0.62
25	TCU	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	20.84	20.75	10.23	3.93	-0.93
26	Penn State	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	20.81	17.75	14.38	3.89	-0.89
27	UTEP	Border	4-1-0	0.8	20.75	14.6	4.46	4.72	-0.72
28	Utah State	Skyline	5-1-0	0.83	20.58	10.17	3.96	4.53	0.47
29	South Carolina	ACC	4-1-0	0.8	20.44	8	7.75	4.19	-0.19
30	Colorado	Big 7	4-1-0	0.8	20.43	18.4	5.18	4.43	-0.43
31	Florida	SEC	3-1-1	0.6	20.26	7.6	15.52	4.07	-1.07
32	Syracuse	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	19.62	5.25	13.03	2.84	0.16
33	Villanova	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	19.53	2.25	17.29	2.48	0.52
34	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	3-1-1	0.6	19.22	15.4	5.29	4.8	-1.8
35	Davidson	Southern	4-1-0	0.8	18.83	17	-4.42	4.46	-0.46
36	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	18.82	1.75	13.05	2.32	0.68
37	Navy	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	18.7	7.5	4.95	3.13	-0.13
38	Houston	Missouri Valley	2-1-1	0.5	17.83	2.5	20.23	2.58	-0.58
39	Purdue	Big Ten	2-1-1	0.5	17.67	4	13.12	2.66	-0.66
40	Boston College	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	16.68	6	8.99	2.06	-0.06
41	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-2-0	0.6	16.37	9.6	8.74	4.14	-1.14
42	Utah	Skyline	3-2-0	0.6	16.36	10.6	8.8	3.98	-0.98
43	Stanford	Pacific	3-2-0	0.6	16.31	4.4	17.36	3.05	-0.05
44	Washington	Pacific	3-2-0	0.6	16.21	2.4	14.58	2.81	0.19
45	Dartmouth	Ivy	2-1-1	0.5	16.12	3.25	2.75	2.85	-0.85
46	Oregon State	Pacific	3-2-0	0.6	16.1	5.2	15.22	3.49	-0.49
47	West Virginia	Southern	3-2-0	0.6	15.51	4.8	9.52	3.38	-0.38
48	Arkansas	Southwest	3-2-0	0.6	15.11	0.6	16.28	2.61	0.39
49	SMU	Southwest	3-2-0	0.6	14.96	0.6	14.28	2.61	0.39
50	North Texas	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	14.91	1.6	11.66	2.75	0.25
51	Colgate	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	14.13	12	8.51	3.2	-1.2
52	Arizona	Border	3-3-0	0.5	13.82	9.33	11.74	4.55	-1.55
53	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	2-2-1	0.4	13.68	4.2	10.59	3.36	-1.36
54	Florida State	FBS Independents	2-2-1	0.4	13.29	7.6	6.83	4.07	-2.07
55	Auburn	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	13.25	1.25	13.34	2.18	-0.18
56	The Citadel	Southern	2-2-1	0.4	13.2	10.6	0.1	4.05	-2.05
57	Mississippi State	SEC	3-2-0	0.6	12.95	-0.6	4.28	2.36	0.64
58	Rice	Southwest	2-2-0	0.5	12.82	2	6.55	2.36	-0.36
59	Virginia	ACC	3-2-0	0.6	12.77	-3.2	8.7	1.89	1.11
60	Boston University	FBS Independents	1-1-2	0.25	12.45	-0.25	6.85	1.97	-0.97
61	Army	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	11.72	-3.5	17.16	1.51	0.49
62	Georgia	SEC	2-2-1	0.4	11.26	-1.8	13.4	1.95	0.05
63	Duke	ACC	2-3-0	0.4	11.17	1.6	17.29	2.78	-0.78
64	Oregon	Pacific	2-3-0	0.4	10.99	1.8	14.02	2.9	-0.9
65	Missouri	Big 7	2-3-0	0.4	10.59	7	7.29	3.57	-1.57
66	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-2-1	0.25	10.15	7	16.83	3.26	-2.26
67	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	3-3-0	0.5	10.04	-5.83	9.85	1.8	1.2
68	Pennsylvania	Ivy	2-2-0	0.5	9.9	-13.5	17.46	0.29	1.71
69	Nebraska	Big 7	2-3-0	0.4	8.83	-1	4.46	2.3	-0.3
70	NC State	ACC	2-3-0	0.4	8.54	-1.8	13.56	2.08	-0.08
71	New Mexico	Skyline	2-3-0	0.4	8.38	-7.8	16.18	1.25	0.75
72	Richmond	Southern	2-3-0	0.4	8.32	-5.8	10.75	1.66	0.34
73	Harvard	Ivy	1-2-0	0.33	8.31	4.33	-5.23	1.89	-0.89
74	Washington State	Pacific	2-3-0	0.4	8.1	-6.8	10.12	1.61	0.39
75	Kentucky	SEC	2-3-0	0.4	8.07	-5.6	17.32	1.19	0.81
76	Dayton	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	7.57	-8.6	4.44	0.73	1.27
77	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-2-1	0.25	7.23	-5	18.48	1.21	-0.21
78	Wake Forest	ACC	1-3-1	0.2	7.15	3	10.4	3.34	-2.34
79	VMI	Southern	2-4-0	0.33	6.99	-2.5	7.49	2.61	-0.61
80	Detroit Mercy	Missouri Valley	1-3-0	0.25	6.59	0.75	9.61	2.18	-1.18
81	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	1-2-1	0.25	6.41	-7.5	16.07	0.84	0.16
82	Denver	Skyline	2-4-0	0.33	6.29	-3.5	9.61	2.32	-0.32
83	San José State	FBS Independents	1-2-1	0.25	6.27	-4	4.22	1.62	-0.62
84	Brown	Ivy	1-3-0	0.25	5.09	-3	10.99	1.34	-0.34
85	Hardin-Simmons	Border	1-3-0	0.25	4.9	-5.25	17.35	1.16	-0.16
86	Illinois	Big Ten	1-3-0	0.25	4.84	-6.5	20.29	1.23	-0.23
87	Kansas	Big 7	1-3-1	0.2	4.5	-8.8	19.81	1.39	-0.39
88	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.37	-9.75	13.59	0.95	0.05
89	California	Pacific	1-4-0	0.2	3.74	-4.2	16.35	1.77	-0.77
90	Columbia	Ivy	1-3-0	0.25	3.21	-16.75	17.29	0.41	0.59
91	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	3.18	-7.4	12.08	1.16	-0.16
92	Indiana	Big Ten	1-3-0	0.25	3.05	-20.75	18.02	0.17	0.83
93	Maryland	ACC	1-4-0	0.2	2.95	-11.4	14.98	0.37	0.63
94	Iowa State	Big 7	1-4-0	0.2	2.83	-12.6	10.42	0.59	0.41
95	Texas	Southwest	1-4-0	0.2	2.68	-17.4	19.85	0.39	0.61
96	Montana	Skyline	1-4-0	0.2	2.34	-10.2	10.48	1.01	-0.01
97	Rutgers	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	2.34	-19.2	6.57	0.39	0.61
98	North Carolina	ACC	1-4-0	0.2	2.3	-11.2	13.26	0.75	0.25
99	Kansas State	Big 7	1-4-0	0.2	2.17	-26.2	16.13	0.05	0.95
100	Drake	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	1.64	-14.83	0.76	0.81	0.19
101	BYU	Skyline	0-4-1	0	-2.08	-13.6	2.37	0.33	-0.33
102	Furman	Southern	0-4-0	0	-2.33	-17.25	5.47	0.05	-0.05
103	LSU	SEC	0-4-0	0	-2.42	-14.5	18.24	0.25	-0.25
104	New Mexico State	Border	0-6-0	0	-2.5	-20.17	9.65	0.2	-0.2
105	William & Mary	Southern	0-4-1	0	-2.65	-19.6	17.01	0.38	-0.38
106	Alabama	SEC	0-4-0	0	-2.68	-18.25	22.29	0.16	-0.16
107	Cornell	Ivy	0-4-0	0	-2.72	-21.25	17.72	0.08	-0.08
108	Colorado State	Skyline	0-4-1	0	-2.73	-22.4	17.16	0.2	-0.2
109	Idaho	Pacific	0-4-0	0	-2.81	-23.5	17.93	0.34	-0.34
110	Texas Tech	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.86	-21	25	0.2	-0.2
111	Marquette	FBS Independents	0-5-0	0	-2.86	-27.4	14.21	0.1	-0.1