1956 W7 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:24.754141+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Miami	FBS Independents	4-0-1	0.8	26.25	10	14.43	4.66	-0.66
2	Georgia Tech	SEC	5-0-0	1	26.12	20.6	11.11	4.88	0.12
3	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-0-1	0.8	26.01	8.6	13.5	4.1	-0.1
4	Texas A&M	Southwest	5-0-1	0.83	25.98	10.33	12.97	5.3	-0.3
5	Clemson	ACC	4-0-1	0.8	25.2	10	9.28	4.48	-0.48
6	Arizona State	Border	6-0-0	1	25.09	26.17	5.13	5.81	0.19
7	Princeton	Ivy	5-0-0	1	25.08	22.8	5.37	4.74	0.26
8	Iowa	Big Ten	5-0-0	1	25.05	13.8	7.39	4.57	0.43
9	Oklahoma	Big 7	5-0-0	1	25.05	41.8	3.2	4.99	0.01
10	Wyoming	Skyline	7-0-0	1	24.6	13.86	4.9	5.91	1.09
11	Tennessee	SEC	5-0-0	1	24.58	22.8	2.94	4.68	0.32
12	George Washington	Southern	5-0-1	0.83	23.55	7.5	1.56	4.72	0.28
13	Pacific	FBS Independents	5-0-1	0.83	23.55	13.5	0.03	4.95	0.05
14	West Texas A&M	Border	5-0-0	1	22.69	32.4	-7.07	4.95	0.05
15	Virginia Tech	Southern	6-1-0	0.86	22.09	19.43	7.42	6.56	-0.56
16	USC	Pacific	4-1-0	0.8	21.58	11.8	12.29	4.01	-0.01
17	Michigan State	Big Ten	4-1-0	0.8	21.56	19.2	10.02	4.67	-0.67
18	Penn State	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	21.5	16.2	12.93	4.83	-0.83
19	Ohio State	Big Ten	4-1-0	0.8	21.38	15.8	12.19	4.65	-0.65
20	Utah State	Skyline	6-1-0	0.86	21.13	12.43	3.95	5.63	0.37
21	Florida	SEC	4-1-1	0.67	20.9	8.83	12.1	5.08	-1.08
22	Colorado	Big 7	5-1-0	0.83	20.83	18	4.43	5.44	-0.44
23	UTEP	Border	5-1-0	0.83	20.77	19.5	3.62	5.78	-0.78
24	Baylor	Southwest	4-1-0	0.8	20.72	8.6	8.93	4.41	-0.41
25	Syracuse	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	20.72	7	12.29	3.84	0.16
26	Navy	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	20.21	15.6	5.88	4.54	-0.54
27	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	20.08	2.8	12.21	3.16	0.84
28	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	4-1-1	0.67	20	17.33	3.83	5.86	-1.86
29	Yale	Ivy	4-1-0	0.8	19.61	9.4	1.94	4.05	-0.05
30	Ole Miss	SEC	4-2-0	0.67	18.99	14	15.66	5.74	-1.74
31	Davidson	Southern	4-1-1	0.67	18.72	14.17	-3.3	5.18	-1.18
32	Oregon State	Pacific	4-2-0	0.67	18.01	6.67	15.79	4.5	-0.5
33	Stanford	Pacific	4-2-0	0.67	17.93	5	16.57	3.75	0.25
34	South Carolina	ACC	4-2-0	0.67	17.6	5.5	11.16	4.67	-0.67
35	Michigan	Big Ten	3-2-0	0.6	17.5	11	18.58	3.92	-0.92
36	Arkansas	Southwest	4-2-0	0.67	17.29	2.83	14.93	3.66	0.34
37	UCLA	Pacific	4-2-0	0.67	17.21	1.83	12.8	3.41	0.59
38	TCU	Southwest	3-2-0	0.6	17.02	13.8	13.71	4.68	-1.68
39	Vanderbilt	SEC	4-2-0	0.67	16.9	9.67	5.24	4.93	-0.93
40	Tulane	SEC	4-2-0	0.67	16.39	-0.83	16.41	2.78	1.22
41	Army	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	16.17	9.2	14.43	3.79	-0.79
42	North Texas	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	16.14	2.5	6.42	3.48	0.52
43	Colgate	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	16.07	11.2	11.04	4.05	-1.05
44	Auburn	SEC	3-2-0	0.6	15.67	3.4	14.9	3.19	-0.19
45	Florida State	FBS Independents	3-2-1	0.5	15.58	7.5	9.67	4.79	-1.79
46	Villanova	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	15.03	0.4	13.12	2.6	0.4
47	Rice	Southwest	3-2-0	0.6	15.01	5.8	6.56	3.66	-0.66
48	SMU	Southwest	3-2-0	0.6	14.79	0.6	12.93	2.61	0.39
49	Duke	ACC	3-3-0	0.5	14.05	8.33	16.79	4.56	-1.56
50	Purdue	Big Ten	2-2-1	0.4	13.69	3	15.25	3.07	-1.07
51	Utah	Skyline	3-3-0	0.5	13.52	7.83	8.31	4.33	-1.33
52	Missouri	Big 7	3-3-0	0.5	13.26	11.5	7.29	4.96	-1.96
53	West Virginia	Southern	3-3-0	0.5	13.01	2.33	11.27	3.55	-0.55
54	Boston College	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	12.97	3.25	8	2.47	-0.47
55	Houston	Missouri Valley	2-2-1	0.4	12.55	-0.4	17.64	2.37	-0.37
56	Washington	Pacific	3-3-0	0.5	12.49	0.5	11.64	3.08	-0.08
57	Dartmouth	Ivy	2-2-1	0.4	12.06	1.2	3.94	2.8	-0.8
58	Harvard	Ivy	2-2-0	0.5	12	5	1.65	2.56	-0.56
59	Arizona	Border	3-4-0	0.43	11.74	6	9.18	4.77	-1.77
60	Mississippi State	SEC	3-3-0	0.5	10.94	-0.67	4.44	2.82	0.18
61	Kentucky	SEC	3-3-0	0.5	10.71	-3.5	15.1	1.95	1.05
62	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	2-3-1	0.33	10.66	2.17	11.48	3.53	-1.53
63	Virginia	ACC	3-3-0	0.5	10.56	-3.83	9.55	2.09	0.91
64	The Citadel	Southern	2-3-1	0.33	10.37	7.67	-0.86	4.61	-2.61
65	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	2-2-1	0.4	10.19	-3.4	9.73	1.7	0.3
66	Detroit Mercy	Missouri Valley	2-3-0	0.4	10.08	1.6	12.52	2.99	-0.99
67	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	3-3-0	0.5	10.01	-5.83	8.32	1.8	1.2
68	Brown	Ivy	2-3-0	0.4	9.68	1.6	8.55	2.9	-0.9
69	Denver	Skyline	3-4-0	0.43	8.89	-2.14	9.37	3.01	-0.01
70	Georgia	SEC	2-3-1	0.33	8.72	-2.67	13.15	2.05	-0.05
71	Oregon	Pacific	2-4-0	0.33	8.48	0.33	15	3.09	-1.09
72	Illinois	Big Ten	2-3-0	0.4	8.39	-3.8	18.79	1.91	0.09
73	Kansas	Big 7	2-3-1	0.33	8	-6	17.77	2.03	-0.03
74	Richmond	Southern	2-3-0	0.4	7.81	-5.8	9.45	1.66	0.34
75	Pennsylvania	Ivy	2-3-0	0.4	7.47	-20.4	17.27	0.18	1.82
76	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-3-1	0.2	7.19	1.4	17.44	2.86	-1.86
77	Indiana	Big Ten	2-3-0	0.4	7.03	-15.4	14.3	0.49	1.51
78	Boston University	FBS Independents	1-2-2	0.2	7.03	-3	10.24	1.98	-0.98
79	California	Pacific	2-4-0	0.33	6.97	-2	16.99	2.55	-0.55
80	Wake Forest	ACC	1-3-2	0.17	6.84	2.5	8.91	3.9	-2.9
81	VMI	Southern	2-4-1	0.29	6.71	-2.14	8.05	3.08	-1.08
82	Nebraska	Big 7	2-4-0	0.33	6.51	-3.5	6.6	2.11	-0.11
83	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	6.36	-2.83	9.37	2.39	-0.39
84	New Mexico	Skyline	2-4-0	0.33	6.34	-7.5	14	1.55	0.45
85	NC State	ACC	2-4-0	0.33	6.24	-8.5	13.45	1.12	0.88
86	Washington State	Pacific	2-4-0	0.33	6.15	-9.17	13.42	1.61	0.39
87	Dayton	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	5.65	-9.33	2.94	0.9	1.1
88	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-3-1	0.2	4.74	-5.2	15.12	1.49	-0.49
89	Drake	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.14	-11.57	-0.44	1.69	0.31
90	San José State	FBS Independents	1-3-1	0.2	4.02	-10	8.24	1.41	-0.41
91	Hardin-Simmons	Border	1-4-0	0.2	3.1	-9.6	18.85	0.78	0.22
92	North Carolina	ACC	1-4-1	0.17	2.8	-9.33	12.6	1.01	-0.01
93	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	2.66	-15.8	17.46	0.61	0.39
94	Texas Tech	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	2.31	-14	21.63	0.63	0.37
95	Alabama	SEC	1-4-0	0.2	2.23	-14.4	17.64	0.39	0.61
96	Columbia	Ivy	1-4-0	0.2	2.18	-25.4	14.86	0.2	0.8
97	Furman	Southern	1-4-0	0.2	2.15	-12.4	6.23	0.17	0.83
98	Colorado State	Skyline	1-4-1	0.17	2.09	-16.33	14.99	0.72	0.28
99	Idaho	Pacific	1-4-0	0.2	2.03	-17.6	15.37	0.74	0.26
100	Montana	Skyline	1-5-0	0.17	1.98	-10.83	8.71	1.24	-0.24
101	Maryland	ACC	1-5-0	0.17	1.96	-14	17.52	0.34	0.66
102	Texas	Southwest	1-5-0	0.17	1.78	-18	19.49	0.41	0.59
103	Iowa State	Big 7	1-5-0	0.17	1.75	-16.17	9.64	0.39	0.61
104	Rutgers	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	1.56	-18.33	4.41	0.52	0.48
105	Kansas State	Big 7	1-5-0	0.17	1.5	-23.83	17.31	0.14	0.86
106	BYU	Skyline	0-5-1	0	-2.21	-15.67	6.1	0.32	-0.32
107	LSU	SEC	0-5-0	0	-2.39	-14.6	18.51	0.3	-0.3
108	William & Mary	Southern	0-5-1	0	-2.48	-16.67	16.68	0.61	-0.61
109	Cornell	Ivy	0-5-0	0	-2.61	-19.2	18.06	0.27	-0.27
110	New Mexico State	Border	0-7-0	0	-2.62	-23.57	10.93	0.18	-0.18
111	Marquette	FBS Independents	0-6-0	0	-2.76	-26.17	13.23	0.17	-0.17