1956 W9 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:24.754909+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Texas A&M	Southwest	7-0-1	0.88	25.57	14.38	11.69	7.51	-0.51
2	Miami	FBS Independents	5-0-1	0.83	25.54	10.5	12.75	5.58	-0.58
3	Oklahoma	Big 7	7-0-0	1	25.04	37.29	5.6	6.97	0.03
4	Princeton	Ivy	7-0-0	1	24.8	20.43	6.68	6.49	0.51
5	Clemson	ACC	5-0-2	0.71	24.8	9.29	9.39	6.23	-1.23
6	Tennessee	SEC	7-0-0	1	24.74	20	6.5	6.68	0.32
7	Wyoming	Skyline	9-0-0	1	24.45	15.44	5.88	7.91	1.09
8	Georgia Tech	SEC	6-1-0	0.86	22.77	14.86	13.24	6.77	-0.77
9	Florida	SEC	6-1-1	0.75	22.35	12.62	12.79	7.46	-1.46
10	Michigan State	Big Ten	6-1-0	0.86	22.18	18.86	10.03	6.62	-0.62
11	Arizona State	Border	7-1-0	0.88	22.12	23.75	5.33	7.6	-0.6
12	UTEP	Border	7-1-0	0.88	22.09	22.88	6.32	7.78	-0.78
13	Syracuse	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	22	8.57	12.45	5.5	0.5
14	Iowa	Big Ten	6-1-0	0.86	21.94	10.43	11.28	6.13	-0.13
15	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-1-0	0.86	21.93	14.86	9.63	6.46	-0.46
16	USC	Pacific	6-1-0	0.86	21.61	12.57	8.48	5.81	0.19
17	Minnesota	Big Ten	5-1-1	0.71	21.39	5.57	13.15	5.34	-0.34
18	Pacific	FBS Independents	6-1-1	0.75	20.99	13.38	4.82	6.68	-0.68
19	Yale	Ivy	6-1-0	0.86	20.97	14.14	4.55	6.33	-0.33
20	Navy	FBS Independents	5-1-1	0.71	20.74	14.86	6.65	6.38	-1.38
21	George Washington	Southern	6-1-1	0.75	20.29	7.12	3.32	6.24	-0.24
22	West Texas A&M	Border	6-1-0	0.86	20.18	24.14	-2.1	6.77	-0.77
23	Ole Miss	SEC	6-2-0	0.75	19.57	17.38	9.96	7.69	-1.69
24	Oregon State	Pacific	6-2-0	0.75	19.34	6.12	13.49	5.68	0.32
25	Penn State	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	19.27	15.71	14.71	6.63	-1.63
26	Michigan	Big Ten	5-2-0	0.71	19.18	9.71	16.59	5.45	-0.45
27	Virginia Tech	Southern	6-2-1	0.67	19.15	13.44	8.19	7.83	-1.83
28	Army	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.65	11.86	12.06	5.38	-0.38
29	UCLA	Pacific	6-2-0	0.75	18.39	2	11.96	4.63	1.37
30	Colorado	Big 7	5-2-1	0.62	18.34	12.5	9.31	6.6	-1.6
31	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	5-2-1	0.62	18.16	11.38	7.52	7.3	-2.3
32	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	17.96	3.43	13.25	4.59	0.41
33	Baylor	Southwest	5-2-0	0.71	17.9	6.43	9.71	5.84	-0.84
34	Houston	Missouri Valley	4-2-1	0.57	17.48	5.29	15.04	5.25	-1.25
35	Utah State	Skyline	6-3-0	0.67	16.64	4.89	7.46	5.7	0.3
36	Davidson	Southern	5-2-1	0.62	16.54	9.88	-2.8	6.41	-1.41
37	North Texas	FBS Independents	5-2-1	0.62	16.42	3.88	1.88	5.09	-0.09
38	West Virginia	Southern	5-3-0	0.62	15.74	4.38	11.4	5.51	-0.51
39	Vanderbilt	SEC	5-3-0	0.62	15.72	7.62	6.91	6.47	-1.47
40	South Carolina	ACC	5-3-0	0.62	15.59	4.12	8.9	5.77	-0.77
41	TCU	Southwest	4-3-0	0.57	15.52	8	13.91	5.79	-1.79
42	Arkansas	Southwest	5-3-0	0.62	15.02	0.62	13.91	4.19	0.81
43	Villanova	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	14.85	6.71	12.1	5.47	-1.47
44	Colgate	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	14.83	8.71	9.64	4.97	-0.97
45	Florida State	FBS Independents	4-3-1	0.5	14.76	8.38	9.43	6.4	-2.4
46	Rice	Southwest	4-3-0	0.57	14.69	5.86	8.97	5.06	-1.06
47	Tulane	SEC	5-3-0	0.62	14.35	-0.62	12.6	3.78	1.22
48	Kentucky	SEC	5-3-0	0.62	14.11	-0.75	13.24	3.65	1.35
49	Auburn	SEC	4-3-0	0.57	14.02	0.57	15.95	3.66	0.34
50	Stanford	Pacific	4-4-0	0.5	13.34	3.5	15.04	4.76	-0.76
51	Denver	Skyline	5-4-0	0.56	13.26	2	6.68	4.97	0.03
52	Arizona	Border	4-4-0	0.5	13.14	6.12	10.47	5.5	-1.5
53	Utah	Skyline	4-4-0	0.5	12.88	5.25	10.02	5.14	-1.14
54	SMU	Southwest	4-3-0	0.57	12.55	-3.14	13.65	2.73	1.27
55	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	12.53	3.75	8.99	5.09	-1.09
56	Duke	ACC	3-4-1	0.38	12.05	5.38	17.05	5.68	-2.68
57	Missouri	Big 7	3-4-1	0.38	11.6	8.5	8.8	6.15	-3.15
58	Boston College	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	11.35	0	6	3	0
59	Dartmouth	Ivy	3-3-1	0.43	11.25	0.14	7.82	3.55	-0.55
60	Oregon	Pacific	3-4-1	0.38	11.18	3	11.81	5.11	-2.11
61	Nebraska	Big 7	4-4-0	0.5	10.46	-1.75	8.37	3.45	0.55
62	Purdue	Big Ten	2-3-2	0.29	10.44	1.71	13.47	4.03	-2.03
63	Wake Forest	ACC	2-3-3	0.25	10.33	3.5	9.11	5.64	-3.64
64	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	3-3-1	0.43	10.29	-4.14	9.18	2.42	0.58
65	Brown	Ivy	3-4-0	0.43	9.7	0.14	8	3.55	-0.55
66	The Citadel	Southern	3-4-1	0.38	9.7	0.88	-0.06	4.25	-1.25
67	Kansas	Big 7	3-4-1	0.38	8.84	-4.62	13.37	2.98	0.02
68	Georgia	SEC	3-4-1	0.38	8.78	-5.12	13.02	1.93	1.07
69	Washington	Pacific	3-5-0	0.38	8.51	-1.12	14.28	3.74	-0.74
70	VMI	Southern	3-5-1	0.33	8.13	-0.89	7.14	4.25	-1.25
71	Idaho	Pacific	3-4-0	0.43	8.02	-7.71	10.15	2.26	0.74
72	Pennsylvania	Ivy	3-4-0	0.43	8.02	-17.29	15.63	0.58	2.42
73	Indiana	Big Ten	3-4-0	0.43	7.92	-13.14	10.83	1.02	1.98
74	Mississippi State	SEC	3-5-0	0.38	7.75	-2.12	7.42	3.32	-0.32
75	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	2-4-2	0.25	7.67	0	8.68	4	-2
76	Virginia	ACC	3-5-0	0.38	7.38	-5.12	9.92	2.26	0.74
77	NC State	ACC	3-5-0	0.38	7.15	-7.12	13.53	1.62	1.38
78	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	3-5-0	0.38	6.87	-10.12	9.32	1.53	1.47
79	Harvard	Ivy	2-4-0	0.33	6.8	-1.5	5.96	2.76	-0.76
80	Illinois	Big Ten	2-4-1	0.29	6.73	-4.14	16.58	2.46	-0.46
81	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-4-1	0.29	6.56	-2.86	14.36	2.59	-0.59
82	Dayton	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	6.51	-7.75	0.06	1.51	1.49
83	Texas Tech	FBS Independents	2-4-1	0.29	6.03	-8	18.05	1.67	0.33
84	Detroit Mercy	Missouri Valley	2-5-0	0.29	5.39	-4.43	9.61	2.1	-0.1
85	Drake	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	5.11	-10.33	0.14	2.36	0.64
86	Washington State	Pacific	2-5-1	0.25	5.01	-8.88	14.12	2.03	-0.03
87	Richmond	Southern	2-5-0	0.29	5	-8.86	12.11	1.58	0.42
88	New Mexico	Skyline	2-5-0	0.29	4.91	-9.43	12.59	1.52	0.48
89	North Carolina	ACC	2-5-1	0.25	4.89	-7.75	13	1.62	0.38
90	Alabama	SEC	2-5-0	0.29	4.85	-9.86	16.4	1.07	0.93
91	California	Pacific	2-6-0	0.25	4.46	-5.88	15.33	2.32	-0.32
92	Columbia	Ivy	2-5-0	0.29	4.39	-19.29	12.24	0.51	1.49
93	Iowa State	Big 7	2-6-0	0.25	3.66	-14.5	11.51	0.93	1.07
94	Kansas State	Big 7	2-6-0	0.25	3.47	-15.12	13.35	0.99	1.01
95	Rutgers	FBS Independents	2-6-0	0.25	3.25	-16.38	0.42	0.79	1.21
96	Boston University	FBS Independents	1-4-2	0.14	2.94	-8.14	10.33	1.74	-0.74
97	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-5-1	0.14	2.61	-5.14	14.28	1.86	-0.86
98	San José State	FBS Independents	1-5-1	0.14	1.9	-12.29	9.95	1.68	-0.68
99	Maryland	ACC	1-6-1	0.12	1.22	-12.25	17.47	0.45	0.55
100	BYU	Skyline	1-6-1	0.12	1.16	-12.12	5.88	1.42	-0.42
101	Hardin-Simmons	Border	1-6-0	0.14	1.16	-14.29	18.25	0.69	0.31
102	Furman	Southern	1-6-0	0.14	1.05	-14.86	7.85	0.23	0.77
103	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	1.02	-16.86	17.64	0.74	0.26
104	LSU	SEC	1-6-0	0.14	1	-12.71	18.93	0.77	0.23
105	Colorado State	Skyline	1-6-1	0.12	0.98	-16.62	10.84	1.11	-0.11
106	Montana	Skyline	1-7-0	0.12	0.67	-13.12	9.04	1.38	-0.38
107	Texas	Southwest	1-7-0	0.12	0.66	-14	17.86	0.89	0.11
108	Cornell	Ivy	0-7-0	0	-2.33	-15.57	14.46	0.63	-0.63
109	William & Mary	Southern	0-7-1	0	-2.43	-17.75	14.61	0.63	-0.63
110	New Mexico State	Border	0-8-0	0	-2.43	-20.75	7.71	0.39	-0.39
111	Marquette	FBS Independents	0-8-0	0	-2.59	-23.75	10.91	0.36	-0.36