1961 W12 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:25.520764+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Alabama	SEC	10-0-0	1	25.38	26.5	10.36	9.98	0.02
2	Ohio State	Big Ten	8-0-1	0.89	25.06	15.33	10.75	8.2	-0.2
3	Utah State	Skyline	9-0-1	0.9	24.57	30.9	5.79	9.78	-0.78
4	LSU	SEC	9-1-0	0.9	23.23	18.4	12.49	9.75	-0.75
5	Ole Miss	SEC	9-1-0	0.9	23.08	28.6	9.93	9.93	-0.93
6	Rutgers	FBS Independents	9-0-0	1	22.84	16	-0.47	8.01	0.99
7	Texas	Southwest	9-1-0	0.9	22.84	23.2	9.43	9.78	-0.78
8	Colorado	Big 8	9-1-0	0.9	22.58	9.8	11.59	8.71	0.29
9	Arizona	FBS Independents	8-1-1	0.8	22.25	15.7	9.05	8.66	-0.66
10	Wyoming	Skyline	6-1-2	0.67	21.78	10.78	11.83	7.91	-1.91
11	Michigan State	Big Ten	7-2-0	0.78	20.2	15.78	11.7	8.64	-1.64
12	Minnesota	Big Ten	7-2-0	0.78	19.98	7.22	13.93	7.33	-0.33
13	Arkansas	Southwest	8-2-0	0.8	19.96	9.3	9.75	8.49	-0.49
14	Missouri	Big 8	7-2-1	0.7	19.42	6.7	10.68	8.63	-1.63
15	Memphis	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	19.33	25.7	1.52	9.71	-1.71
16	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	8-2-0	0.8	18.93	4.9	6	6.44	1.56
17	Georgia Tech	SEC	7-3-0	0.7	18.44	11.2	14.18	9.42	-2.42
18	Villanova	FBS Independents	7-2-0	0.78	18.37	15.78	0.25	8.26	-1.26
19	Syracuse	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	18.29	13.6	12	8.61	-1.61
20	Penn State	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	18.16	10.3	12.52	8.02	-1.02
21	Arizona State	Border	7-3-0	0.7	18.14	12.4	11.37	7.93	-0.93
22	Duke	ACC	7-3-0	0.7	17.86	7.7	12.12	7.85	-0.85
23	Rice	Southwest	7-3-0	0.7	17.79	5.1	13.66	6.92	0.08
24	Navy	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	17.71	6.5	11.91	7.16	-0.16
25	Miami	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	17.62	6.2	11.47	8.18	-1.18
26	Kansas	Big 8	6-3-1	0.6	17.59	15.5	11.2	9.27	-3.27
27	Michigan	Big Ten	6-3-0	0.67	17.52	5.44	16.27	5.86	0.14
28	UCLA	AAWU	7-3-0	0.7	17.37	6.1	9.51	7.25	-0.25
29	Columbia	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	17.15	13.67	8.72	7.61	-1.61
30	Dartmouth	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.84	10.33	7.99	7.38	-1.38
31	Purdue	Big Ten	6-3-0	0.67	16.82	6.56	10.12	6.96	-0.96
32	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	16.79	5.5	6.11	6.75	0.25
33	Wisconsin	Big Ten	6-3-0	0.67	16.62	2.33	13.57	5.16	0.84
34	Maryland	ACC	7-3-0	0.7	16.61	1.5	9.99	5.6	1.4
35	Harvard	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.51	7	7.51	6.89	-0.89
36	Furman	Southern	7-3-0	0.7	16.16	4.2	2.58	6.58	0.42
37	Army	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	15.68	10.6	10.49	8.2	-2.2
38	Tennessee	SEC	6-4-0	0.6	15.4	7.2	11.36	7.18	-1.18
39	Utah	Skyline	6-4-0	0.6	15.31	4.2	13.26	6.56	-0.56
40	Auburn	SEC	6-4-0	0.6	15.04	3.7	11.04	6.38	-0.38
41	West Texas A&M	Border	6-4-0	0.6	15.04	8.8	6.4	6.89	-0.89
42	The Citadel	Southern	7-3-0	0.7	14.85	-2.2	8.96	4.1	2.9
43	Iowa	Big Ten	5-4-0	0.56	14.66	5.89	13.75	5.96	-0.96
44	Princeton	Ivy	5-4-0	0.56	14.29	5	11.4	6.04	-1.04
45	VMI	Southern	6-4-0	0.6	14.21	2.9	5.94	6.41	-0.41
46	New Mexico State	Border	5-4-1	0.5	14.21	14.6	4.48	7.9	-2.9
47	New Mexico	Skyline	6-4-0	0.6	13.9	0.2	11.31	5.06	0.94
48	Washington	AAWU	5-4-1	0.5	13.43	2.1	8.46	6.13	-1.13
49	Houston	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	13.23	0.6	12.27	5.25	-0.25
50	Detroit Mercy	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	13.22	0.89	9.98	4.74	0.26
51	Clemson	ACC	5-5-0	0.5	13.15	7.3	11.22	7.47	-2.47
52	San José State	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	13.03	-0.2	5.91	4.94	1.06
53	Oregon State	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	12.53	2.8	10.65	6.08	-1.08
54	Xavier	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	12.51	0	-0.17	5	1
55	Baylor	Southwest	5-5-0	0.5	12.45	2.4	10.69	5.8	-0.8
56	Kentucky	SEC	5-5-0	0.5	12.34	1.5	12.74	5.68	-0.68
57	Pacific	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	12.25	1.44	-0.81	4.86	0.14
58	Iowa State	Big 8	5-5-0	0.5	12.06	1.8	8.93	5.75	-0.75
59	Texas A&M	Southwest	4-5-1	0.4	11.73	6.6	11.47	7.41	-3.41
60	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	11.4	-0.7	13.99	4.77	0.23
61	Northwestern	Big Ten	4-5-0	0.44	11.39	2.89	13.64	5.65	-1.65
62	Colgate	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	11.34	-3.22	7.46	3.34	1.66
63	North Texas	Missouri Valley	5-4-1	0.5	10.87	-4.4	4.49	3.61	1.39
64	Oklahoma	Big 8	5-5-0	0.5	10.82	-1.9	14.53	4.15	0.85
65	Mississippi State	SEC	5-5-0	0.5	10.79	-2.4	13.48	3.86	1.14
66	North Carolina	ACC	5-5-0	0.5	10.69	-2	13.4	4.1	0.9
67	Oregon	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	10.68	4	13.92	6.73	-2.73
68	Richmond	Southern	5-5-0	0.5	10.05	-5.1	11.65	3.27	1.73
69	Davidson	Southern	4-4-0	0.5	9.67	-3.12	3.18	3.22	0.78
70	Yale	Ivy	4-5-0	0.44	9.46	-0.67	8.28	4.19	-0.19
71	USC	AAWU	4-5-1	0.4	9.14	-1.7	9.14	4.37	-0.37
72	Virginia Tech	Southern	4-5-0	0.44	8.92	-2.11	7.67	3.52	0.48
73	Florida	SEC	4-5-1	0.4	8.83	-4.9	12.59	2.75	1.25
74	Florida State	FBS Independents	4-5-1	0.4	8.77	-3.5	9.52	3.19	0.81
75	Oklahoma State	Big 8	4-6-0	0.4	8.66	-1.2	12.31	4.56	-0.56
76	West Virginia	Southern	4-6-0	0.4	8.51	-1.1	10.2	4.53	-0.53
77	George Washington	Southern	3-6-0	0.33	8.47	2.44	10.03	5.38	-2.38
78	NC State	ACC	4-6-0	0.4	8.33	-2	11.7	4.15	-0.15
79	Boston University	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	8.29	-4.67	5.25	2.73	1.27
80	Cornell	Ivy	3-6-0	0.33	7.98	0.67	11.47	4.73	-1.73
81	Wake Forest	ACC	4-6-0	0.4	7.71	-5.6	12.04	2.63	1.37
82	South Carolina	ACC	4-6-0	0.4	7.63	-5.9	11.31	2.89	1.11
83	Stanford	AAWU	4-6-0	0.4	7.61	-5.8	10.67	2.61	1.39
84	Boston College	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	7.58	-7.2	12.04	2.43	1.57
85	Virginia	ACC	4-6-0	0.4	7.56	-6.7	10.67	2.63	1.37
86	Texas Tech	Southwest	4-6-0	0.4	7.27	-10.7	13.5	1.42	2.58
87	TCU	Southwest	3-5-2	0.3	7.19	-8.1	15.52	2.17	0.83
88	Nebraska	Big 8	3-6-1	0.3	6.87	-1.6	12.41	4.26	-1.26
89	Washington State	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	5.54	-5	13.18	3.47	-0.47
90	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	5.43	-6.4	14.74	2.96	0.04
91	Cincinnati	Missouri Valley	3-7-0	0.3	5.36	-4.5	7.6	2.88	0.12
92	Georgia	SEC	3-7-0	0.3	5.13	-9.3	13.3	1.46	1.54
93	Air Force	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	5.03	-8.6	9.33	1.64	1.36
94	UTEP	Border	3-7-0	0.3	4.86	-10.7	9.82	2.45	0.55
95	Montana	Skyline	2-6-0	0.25	3.96	-7.25	8.52	2.13	-0.13
96	Indiana	Big Ten	2-7-0	0.22	3.42	-7.33	13.54	2.02	-0.02
97	SMU	Southwest	2-7-1	0.2	3.19	-9.9	13.05	1.5	0.5
98	Pennsylvania	Ivy	2-7-0	0.22	2.73	-16.89	10.33	0.23	1.77
99	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	2-8-0	0.2	2.59	-11.4	11.92	1.27	0.73
100	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-8-0	0.2	2.57	-12.5	12.72	1.2	0.8
101	Tulane	SEC	2-8-0	0.2	2.38	-16.5	14.98	0.42	1.58
102	BYU	Skyline	2-8-0	0.2	2.37	-15.9	13.21	1.31	0.69
103	Idaho	FBS Independents	2-7-0	0.22	2.31	-31.78	13.79	0.16	1.84
104	Kansas State	Big 8	2-8-0	0.2	2.28	-17.4	11.96	0.36	1.64
105	Dayton	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	2.21	-14.7	1.62	1.02	0.98
106	California	AAWU	1-8-1	0.1	0.32	-15	14.65	1.25	-0.25
107	William & Mary	Southern	1-9-0	0.1	0.07	-15.4	12.56	1.3	-0.3
108	Colorado State	Skyline	0-10-0	0	-2.38	-17.5	14.17	0.53	-0.53
109	Brown	Ivy	0-9-0	0	-2.55	-24.56	9.63	0.04	-0.04
110	Illinois	Big Ten	0-9-0	0	-2.75	-26.22	16.79	0.16	-0.16
111	Hardin-Simmons	Border	0-10-0	0	-2.77	-33.4	8.93	0.06	-0.06