1961 FINAL CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:25.523031+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Alabama	SEC	11-0-0	1	25.08	24.73	10.74	10.97	0.03
2	Ohio State	Big Ten	8-0-1	0.89	24.69	15.33	10.53	8.2	-0.2
3	LSU	SEC	10-1-0	0.91	23.21	18.36	12.83	10.7	-0.7
4	Texas	Southwest	10-1-0	0.91	22.93	21.55	10.69	10.71	-0.71
5	Rutgers	FBS Independents	9-0-0	1	22.52	16	-0.56	8.01	0.99
6	Utah State	Skyline	9-1-1	0.82	22.12	26.73	6.52	10.58	-1.58
7	Arizona	FBS Independents	8-1-1	0.8	21.93	15.7	8.85	8.66	-0.66
8	Wyoming	Skyline	6-1-2	0.67	21.47	10.78	11.62	7.91	-1.91
9	Ole Miss	SEC	9-2-0	0.82	21.13	25.55	10.89	10.87	-1.87
10	Colorado	Big 8	9-2-0	0.82	20.47	7.27	12.42	8.74	0.26
11	Minnesota	Big Ten	8-2-0	0.8	20.28	8.3	13.99	8.48	-0.48
12	Michigan State	Big Ten	7-2-0	0.78	19.86	15.78	11.17	8.64	-1.64
13	Missouri	Big 8	7-2-1	0.7	19.16	6.7	10.62	8.63	-1.63
14	Memphis	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	19.03	25.7	1.18	9.71	-1.71
15	Villanova	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	18.77	15	1.84	9.12	-1.12
16	Penn State	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.67	10.73	12.7	8.87	-0.87
17	Syracuse	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.66	12.45	11.87	9.3	-1.3
18	Arkansas	Southwest	8-3-0	0.73	18.25	7.82	11.05	9	-1
19	Kansas	Big 8	7-3-1	0.64	18.13	16.45	11.5	10.27	-3.27
20	Arizona State	Border	7-3-0	0.7	17.81	12.4	10.71	7.93	-0.93
21	Duke	ACC	7-3-0	0.7	17.61	7.7	11.71	7.85	-0.85
22	Navy	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	17.43	6.5	11.29	7.16	-0.16
23	Michigan	Big Ten	6-3-0	0.67	17.24	5.44	15.88	5.86	0.14
24	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	8-3-0	0.73	17.12	3.73	6.81	6.76	1.24
25	Columbia	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.91	13.67	8.56	7.61	-1.61
26	Georgia Tech	SEC	7-4-0	0.64	16.65	8.82	14.1	9.55	-2.55
27	Dartmouth	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.62	10.33	7.93	7.38	-1.38
28	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	16.6	5.5	6.07	6.75	0.25
29	Purdue	Big Ten	6-3-0	0.67	16.54	6.56	9.6	6.96	-0.96
30	Maryland	ACC	7-3-0	0.7	16.4	1.5	10	5.6	1.4
31	Wisconsin	Big Ten	6-3-0	0.67	16.35	2.33	13.12	5.16	0.84
32	Harvard	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.28	7	7.37	6.89	-0.89
33	Miami	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	16.07	5.55	12.05	8.61	-1.61
34	Furman	Southern	7-3-0	0.7	15.94	4.2	2.47	6.58	0.42
35	Rice	Southwest	7-4-0	0.64	15.73	2.27	13.78	6.45	0.55
36	UCLA	AAWU	7-4-0	0.64	15.65	3.91	10.16	7.17	-0.17
37	Army	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	15.43	10.6	10.6	8.2	-2.2
38	Tennessee	SEC	6-4-0	0.6	15.18	7.2	10.78	7.18	-1.18
39	Utah	Skyline	6-4-0	0.6	15.08	4.2	12.97	6.56	-0.56
40	New Mexico	Skyline	7-4-0	0.64	14.97	1.64	8.95	6.07	0.93
41	West Texas A&M	Border	6-4-0	0.6	14.77	8.8	6.27	6.89	-0.89
42	Auburn	SEC	6-4-0	0.6	14.7	3.7	10.4	6.38	-0.38
43	The Citadel	Southern	7-3-0	0.7	14.64	-2.2	8.8	4.1	2.9
44	Iowa	Big Ten	5-4-0	0.56	14.41	5.89	13.18	5.96	-0.96
45	Princeton	Ivy	5-4-0	0.56	14.08	5	11.23	6.04	-1.04
46	VMI	Southern	6-4-0	0.6	14.01	2.9	5.76	6.41	-0.41
47	New Mexico State	Border	5-4-1	0.5	14	14.6	4.19	7.9	-2.9
48	Baylor	Southwest	6-5-0	0.55	13.67	3.55	11.57	6.8	-0.8
49	Washington	AAWU	5-4-1	0.5	13.23	2.1	8.15	6.13	-1.13
50	Houston	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	13.07	0.6	11.49	5.25	-0.25
51	Detroit Mercy	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	13.01	0.89	9.66	4.74	0.26
52	Clemson	ACC	5-5-0	0.5	12.95	7.3	10.98	7.47	-2.47
53	San José State	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	12.85	-0.2	5.78	4.94	1.06
54	Xavier	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	12.34	0	-0.27	5	1
55	Oregon State	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	12.32	2.8	10.74	6.08	-1.08
56	Kentucky	SEC	5-5-0	0.5	12.13	1.5	12.25	5.68	-0.68
57	Pacific	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	12.09	1.44	-0.88	4.86	0.14
58	Iowa State	Big 8	5-5-0	0.5	11.89	1.8	8.8	5.75	-0.75
59	Texas A&M	Southwest	4-5-1	0.4	11.58	6.6	11.53	7.41	-3.41
60	Colgate	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	11.19	-3.22	7.38	3.34	1.66
61	Northwestern	Big Ten	4-5-0	0.44	11.17	2.89	12.91	5.65	-1.65
62	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	11.15	-0.7	14.1	4.77	0.23
63	North Texas	Missouri Valley	5-4-1	0.5	10.72	-4.4	4.26	3.61	1.39
64	Oklahoma	Big 8	5-5-0	0.5	10.7	-1.9	13.84	4.15	0.85
65	North Carolina	ACC	5-5-0	0.5	10.62	-2	13.21	4.1	0.9
66	Mississippi State	SEC	5-5-0	0.5	10.54	-2.4	13.51	3.86	1.14
67	Oregon	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	10.51	4	13.53	6.73	-2.73
68	Richmond	Southern	5-5-0	0.5	9.9	-5.1	11.3	3.27	1.73
69	Davidson	Southern	4-4-0	0.5	9.54	-3.12	3.08	3.22	0.78
70	Yale	Ivy	4-5-0	0.44	9.32	-0.67	8.15	4.19	-0.19
71	USC	AAWU	4-5-1	0.4	8.99	-1.7	8.64	4.37	-0.37
72	Virginia Tech	Southern	4-5-0	0.44	8.79	-2.11	7.43	3.52	0.48
73	Florida State	FBS Independents	4-5-1	0.4	8.64	-3.5	9.35	3.19	0.81
74	Florida	SEC	4-5-1	0.4	8.6	-4.9	11.77	2.75	1.25
75	Oklahoma State	Big 8	4-6-0	0.4	8.51	-1.2	12.42	4.56	-0.56
76	West Virginia	Southern	4-6-0	0.4	8.38	-1.1	9.94	4.53	-0.53
77	George Washington	Southern	3-6-0	0.33	8.35	2.44	9.85	5.38	-2.38
78	NC State	ACC	4-6-0	0.4	8.22	-2	11.69	4.15	-0.15
79	Boston University	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	8.17	-4.67	5	2.73	1.27
80	Cornell	Ivy	3-6-0	0.33	7.88	0.67	11.36	4.73	-1.73
81	Wake Forest	ACC	4-6-0	0.4	7.6	-5.6	11.82	2.63	1.37
82	South Carolina	ACC	4-6-0	0.4	7.53	-5.9	11.14	2.89	1.11
83	Stanford	AAWU	4-6-0	0.4	7.49	-5.8	10.32	2.61	1.39
84	Boston College	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	7.47	-7.2	12.41	2.43	1.57
85	Virginia	ACC	4-6-0	0.4	7.43	-6.7	10.85	2.63	1.37
86	Texas Tech	Southwest	4-6-0	0.4	7.2	-10.7	12.65	1.42	2.58
87	TCU	Southwest	3-5-2	0.3	7.09	-8.1	15.38	2.17	0.83
88	Nebraska	Big 8	3-6-1	0.3	6.78	-1.6	12.38	4.26	-1.26
89	Washington State	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	5.44	-5	12.61	3.47	-0.47
90	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	5.35	-6.4	14.36	2.96	0.04
91	Cincinnati	Missouri Valley	3-7-0	0.3	5.28	-4.5	7.36	2.88	0.12
92	Georgia	SEC	3-7-0	0.3	5	-9.3	12.27	1.46	1.54
93	Air Force	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	4.93	-8.6	9.32	1.64	1.36
94	UTEP	Border	3-7-0	0.3	4.78	-10.7	9.39	2.45	0.55
95	Montana	Skyline	2-6-0	0.25	3.9	-7.25	8.25	2.13	-0.13
96	Indiana	Big Ten	2-7-0	0.22	3.37	-7.33	13.26	2.02	-0.02
97	SMU	Southwest	2-7-1	0.2	3.14	-9.9	12.81	1.5	0.5
98	Pennsylvania	Ivy	2-7-0	0.22	2.69	-16.89	10.15	0.23	1.77
99	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	2-8-0	0.2	2.56	-11.4	11.81	1.27	0.73
100	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-8-0	0.2	2.5	-12.5	12.43	1.2	0.8
101	BYU	Skyline	2-8-0	0.2	2.33	-15.9	12.61	1.31	0.69
102	Tulane	SEC	2-8-0	0.2	2.33	-16.5	14.4	0.42	1.58
103	Idaho	FBS Independents	2-7-0	0.22	2.27	-31.78	12.98	0.16	1.84
104	Kansas State	Big 8	2-8-0	0.2	2.25	-17.4	11.81	0.36	1.64
105	Dayton	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	2.18	-14.7	1.45	1.02	0.98
106	California	AAWU	1-8-1	0.1	0.32	-15	14.5	1.25	-0.25
107	William & Mary	Southern	1-9-0	0.1	0.06	-15.4	12.17	1.3	-0.3
108	Colorado State	Skyline	0-10-0	0	-2.34	-17.5	13.77	0.53	-0.53
109	Brown	Ivy	0-9-0	0	-2.51	-24.56	9.46	0.04	-0.04
110	Illinois	Big Ten	0-9-0	0	-2.71	-26.22	16.45	0.16	-0.16
111	Hardin-Simmons	Border	0-10-0	0	-2.72	-33.4	8.59	0.06	-0.06