1956 W8 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:24.754532+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Georgia Tech	SEC	6-0-0	1	25.92	18.33	11.54	5.87	0.13
2	Texas A&M	Southwest	6-0-1	0.86	25.69	12.71	11.79	6.49	-0.49
3	Miami	FBS Independents	5-0-1	0.83	25.67	10.5	12.31	5.58	-0.58
4	Minnesota	Big Ten	5-0-1	0.83	25.54	7.67	12.81	4.87	0.13
5	Oklahoma	Big 7	6-0-0	1	25.31	36.17	6.26	5.96	0.04
6	Clemson	ACC	5-0-1	0.83	25.31	10.83	10.61	5.45	-0.45
7	Princeton	Ivy	6-0-0	1	24.84	21.33	5.73	5.68	0.32
8	Wyoming	Skyline	8-0-0	1	24.78	14.75	6.9	7	1
9	Arizona State	Border	7-0-0	1	24.61	31.14	3.24	6.88	0.12
10	Tennessee	SEC	6-0-0	1	24.59	22.33	4.45	5.7	0.3
11	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-1-0	0.83	21.77	21.5	10.12	5.75	-0.75
12	Florida	SEC	5-1-1	0.71	21.7	10.43	13.15	6.26	-1.26
13	Ohio State	Big Ten	5-1-0	0.83	21.59	13.83	11.04	5.58	-0.58
14	USC	Pacific	5-1-0	0.83	21.46	12.5	10.59	4.9	0.1
15	Syracuse	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	21.39	6.5	13.29	4.56	0.44
16	UTEP	Border	6-1-0	0.86	21.34	22.14	3.86	6.74	-0.74
17	Iowa	Big Ten	5-1-0	0.83	21.32	11	8.9	5.17	-0.17
18	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	5-1-1	0.71	20.9	15	6.91	6.68	-1.68
19	Navy	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	20.64	17.33	4.63	5.55	-0.55
20	Pacific	FBS Independents	5-1-1	0.71	20.51	11.43	4.26	5.58	-0.58
21	Yale	Ivy	5-1-0	0.83	20.28	11	4.56	5.18	-0.18
22	West Texas A&M	Border	5-1-0	0.83	19.79	25.83	-3.1	5.82	-0.82
23	George Washington	Southern	5-1-1	0.71	19.68	4.43	2.79	4.86	0.14
24	Virginia Tech	Southern	6-2-0	0.75	19.6	15.12	8.66	7.13	-1.13
25	Davidson	Southern	5-1-1	0.71	19.26	13.14	-2.16	6.13	-1.13
26	Ole Miss	SEC	5-2-0	0.71	19.13	16.14	12.51	6.62	-1.62
27	Utah State	Skyline	6-2-0	0.75	18.91	8.25	7.2	5.83	0.17
28	Oregon State	Pacific	5-2-0	0.71	18.76	6.86	14.67	5.16	-0.16
29	Michigan	Big Ten	4-2-0	0.67	18.57	9.67	18.46	4.59	-0.59
30	Penn State	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	18.54	12.83	14.82	5.58	-1.58
31	Colorado	Big 7	5-2-0	0.71	18.47	14.29	7.63	5.93	-0.93
32	TCU	Southwest	4-2-0	0.67	18.45	11.67	16.75	5.52	-1.52
33	South Carolina	ACC	5-2-0	0.71	18	5.71	10.14	5.54	-0.54
34	Army	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.87	9.17	14.11	4.26	-0.26
35	Baylor	Southwest	4-2-0	0.67	17.69	7	11.92	5.1	-1.1
36	Vanderbilt	SEC	5-2-0	0.71	17.66	8.86	5.91	5.79	-0.79
37	UCLA	Pacific	5-2-0	0.71	17.62	1.71	12.65	3.95	1.05
38	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.22	1.83	14.87	3.56	0.44
39	Tulane	SEC	5-2-0	0.71	17.19	0.14	14.98	3.54	1.46
40	Rice	Southwest	4-2-0	0.67	17.07	9.33	8.47	5.04	-1.04
41	SMU	Southwest	4-2-0	0.67	16.14	0.67	12.15	3.15	0.85
42	North Texas	FBS Independents	4-2-1	0.57	15.65	2.14	3.55	4.03	-0.03
43	Houston	Missouri Valley	3-2-1	0.5	15.64	3.83	15.38	4.06	-1.06
44	Stanford	Pacific	4-3-0	0.57	15.23	4.14	14.34	4.27	-0.27
45	Boston College	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	14.87	2.8	10.03	3.08	-0.08
46	West Virginia	Southern	4-3-0	0.57	14.79	4	13.28	4.67	-0.67
47	Colgate	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	13.69	7.83	11.67	4.11	-1.11
48	Florida State	FBS Independents	3-3-1	0.43	13.22	4.57	10.74	4.87	-1.87
49	Arizona	Border	4-4-0	0.5	13.21	6.12	11.23	5.5	-1.5
50	Arkansas	Southwest	4-3-0	0.57	13.19	-1.43	14.04	3.1	0.9
51	Purdue	Big Ten	2-2-2	0.33	13.03	2.5	13.76	3.63	-1.63
52	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	3-2-1	0.5	12.92	-1.33	8.72	2.64	0.36
53	Kentucky	SEC	4-3-0	0.57	12.82	-1	12.85	3.12	0.88
54	Duke	ACC	3-4-0	0.43	12.34	6.14	17.14	5.05	-2.05
55	Villanova	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	12.19	0.17	12.88	3.05	-0.05
56	Auburn	SEC	3-3-0	0.5	12.07	-0.5	16.17	2.87	0.13
57	The Citadel	Southern	3-3-1	0.43	11.98	7.57	-1.62	5.34	-2.34
58	Missouri	Big 7	3-4-0	0.43	11.67	9.71	6.61	5.55	-2.55
59	Oregon	Pacific	3-4-0	0.43	11.34	3.43	13.93	4.54	-1.54
60	Utah	Skyline	3-4-0	0.43	11.19	2.86	9.64	4.12	-1.12
61	Denver	Skyline	4-4-0	0.5	10.83	-0.75	7.92	3.82	0.18
62	Georgia	SEC	3-3-1	0.43	10.8	-1.86	12.2	2.77	0.23
63	Kansas	Big 7	3-3-1	0.43	10.43	-4.43	14.34	2.63	0.37
64	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	10.34	1.29	9.53	3.82	-0.82
65	Wake Forest	ACC	2-3-2	0.29	10.23	4	8.55	5.19	-3.19
66	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	2-3-2	0.29	10.18	1.86	10.24	4.04	-2.04
67	Washington	Pacific	3-4-0	0.43	9.95	-0.71	13.07	3.36	-0.36
68	Pennsylvania	Ivy	3-3-0	0.5	9.74	-14.67	16.75	0.66	2.34
69	VMI	Southern	3-4-1	0.38	9.44	-0.12	6.79	3.97	-0.97
70	Harvard	Ivy	2-3-0	0.4	9.43	1.2	1.82	2.67	-0.67
71	Indiana	Big Ten	3-3-0	0.5	9.36	-11.83	9.63	0.95	2.05
72	Mississippi State	SEC	3-4-0	0.43	9.07	-1.43	5.83	3.06	-0.06
73	Virginia	ACC	3-4-0	0.43	8.86	-3.86	10.6	2.32	0.68
74	Nebraska	Big 7	3-4-0	0.43	8.6	-2.86	7.96	2.65	0.35
75	Illinois	Big Ten	2-3-1	0.33	8.58	-3.17	17.02	2.34	-0.34
76	Dartmouth	Ivy	2-3-1	0.33	8.47	-2.17	8.16	2.33	-0.33
77	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	3-4-0	0.43	8.21	-8.57	9.06	1.69	1.31
78	Dayton	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	7.51	-7.86	1.12	1.21	1.79
79	Brown	Ivy	2-4-0	0.33	7.23	-1	9.4	2.71	-0.71
80	Detroit Mercy	Missouri Valley	2-4-0	0.33	6.77	-3	10.27	2.08	-0.08
81	Richmond	Southern	2-4-0	0.33	6.2	-6	10.15	1.81	0.19
82	California	Pacific	2-5-0	0.29	5.61	-4.86	15.05	2.28	-0.28
83	Idaho	Pacific	2-4-0	0.33	5.3	-12.67	9.29	1.29	0.71
84	Columbia	Ivy	2-4-0	0.33	5.14	-20.17	13.32	0.51	1.49
85	NC State	ACC	2-5-0	0.29	5.06	-9.14	13.17	1.04	0.96
86	Washington State	Pacific	2-5-0	0.29	5.05	-10.14	14.9	1.71	0.29
87	New Mexico	Skyline	2-5-0	0.29	5	-9.43	11.76	1.52	0.48
88	Boston University	FBS Independents	1-3-2	0.17	4.64	-4	9.5	2.17	-1.17
89	Iowa State	Big 7	2-5-0	0.29	4.57	-10.29	9.48	1.34	0.66
90	Rutgers	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.01	-15.57	2.02	0.87	1.13
91	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-4-1	0.17	3.7	-4.33	16.75	1.79	-0.79
92	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-4-1	0.17	3.41	-5	15.01	1.69	-0.69
93	Drake	FBS Independents	2-6-0	0.25	3.4	-13.25	-0.39	1.7	0.3
94	San José State	FBS Independents	1-4-1	0.17	2.77	-9.83	8.7	1.75	-0.75
95	Texas Tech	FBS Independents	1-4-1	0.17	2.75	-11.67	18.76	0.94	0.06
96	North Carolina	ACC	1-5-1	0.14	2.05	-10.86	13	0.85	0.15
97	Alabama	SEC	1-5-0	0.17	1.95	-12.5	15.53	0.65	0.35
98	Hardin-Simmons	Border	1-5-0	0.17	1.95	-14.33	19.45	0.64	0.36
99	Furman	Southern	1-5-0	0.17	1.89	-11.5	7.86	0.27	0.73
100	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	1.74	-17.5	17.05	0.59	0.41
101	Colorado State	Skyline	1-5-1	0.14	1.71	-15.86	11.41	0.88	0.12
102	BYU	Skyline	1-5-1	0.14	1.67	-10.43	6.44	1.13	-0.13
103	Montana	Skyline	1-6-0	0.14	1.2	-12	6.45	1.32	-0.32
104	Maryland	ACC	1-6-0	0.14	1.17	-14	16.09	0.31	0.69
105	Texas	Southwest	1-6-0	0.14	1.09	-15.57	17.59	0.72	0.28
106	Kansas State	Big 7	1-6-0	0.14	0.83	-21.14	15.56	0.29	0.71
107	William & Mary	Southern	0-6-1	0	-2.38	-16.29	14.21	0.67	-0.67
108	Cornell	Ivy	0-6-0	0	-2.45	-17	15.86	0.52	-0.52
109	LSU	SEC	0-6-0	0	-2.5	-17	19.62	0.4	-0.4
110	New Mexico State	Border	0-7-0	0	-2.6	-23.57	10.7	0.18	-0.18
111	Marquette	FBS Independents	0-7-0	0	-2.63	-23.29	12.45	0.28	-0.28