1961 W15 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:25.521896+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Alabama	SEC	10-0-0	1	25.1	26.5	10.04	9.98	0.02
2	Ohio State	Big Ten	8-0-1	0.89	24.8	15.33	10.59	8.2	-0.2
3	LSU	SEC	9-1-0	0.9	22.95	18.4	12.1	9.75	-0.75
4	Ole Miss	SEC	9-1-0	0.9	22.86	28.6	9.78	9.93	-0.93
5	Texas	Southwest	9-1-0	0.9	22.66	23.2	9.54	9.78	-0.78
6	Rutgers	FBS Independents	9-0-0	1	22.62	16	-0.53	8.01	0.99
7	Colorado	Big 8	9-1-0	0.9	22.37	9.8	11.43	8.71	0.29
8	Utah State	Skyline	9-1-1	0.82	22.22	26.73	6.56	10.58	-1.58
9	Arizona	FBS Independents	8-1-1	0.8	22.03	15.7	8.89	8.66	-0.66
10	Wyoming	Skyline	6-1-2	0.67	21.57	10.78	11.68	7.91	-1.91
11	Michigan State	Big Ten	7-2-0	0.78	19.95	15.78	11.23	8.64	-1.64
12	Arkansas	Southwest	8-2-0	0.8	19.78	9.3	9.72	8.49	-0.49
13	Minnesota	Big Ten	7-2-0	0.78	19.77	7.22	13.72	7.33	-0.33
14	Missouri	Big 8	7-2-1	0.7	19.25	6.7	10.67	8.63	-1.63
15	Memphis	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	19.11	25.7	1.21	9.71	-1.71
16	Syracuse	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.73	12.45	11.86	9.3	-1.3
17	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	8-2-0	0.8	18.71	4.9	5.65	6.44	1.56
18	Georgia Tech	SEC	7-3-0	0.7	18.24	11.2	13.72	9.42	-2.42
19	Kansas	Big 8	7-3-1	0.64	18.21	16.45	11.56	10.27	-3.27
20	Villanova	FBS Independents	7-2-0	0.78	18.19	15.78	0.16	8.26	-1.26
21	Penn State	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	17.98	10.3	12.37	8.02	-1.02
22	Arizona State	Border	7-3-0	0.7	17.91	12.4	10.91	7.93	-0.93
23	Duke	ACC	7-3-0	0.7	17.71	7.7	11.93	7.85	-0.85
24	Navy	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	17.51	6.5	11.28	7.16	-0.16
25	Michigan	Big Ten	6-3-0	0.67	17.33	5.44	15.96	5.86	0.14
26	UCLA	AAWU	7-3-0	0.7	17.18	6.1	9.25	7.25	-0.25
27	Columbia	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.98	13.67	8.61	7.61	-1.61
28	Dartmouth	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.7	10.33	7.98	7.38	-1.38
29	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	16.66	5.5	5.97	6.75	0.25
30	Purdue	Big Ten	6-3-0	0.67	16.61	6.56	9.66	6.96	-0.96
31	Maryland	ACC	7-3-0	0.7	16.46	1.5	9.97	5.6	1.4
32	Wisconsin	Big Ten	6-3-0	0.67	16.43	2.33	13.19	5.16	0.84
33	Harvard	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.35	7	7.41	6.89	-0.89
34	Miami	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	16.13	5.55	12.05	8.61	-1.61
35	Furman	Southern	7-3-0	0.7	16.01	4.2	2.5	6.58	0.42
36	Rice	Southwest	7-4-0	0.64	15.82	2.27	14	6.45	0.55
37	Army	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	15.49	10.6	10.58	8.2	-2.2
38	Tennessee	SEC	6-4-0	0.6	15.27	7.2	10.99	7.18	-1.18
39	Utah	Skyline	6-4-0	0.6	15.15	4.2	13.04	6.56	-0.56
40	New Mexico	Skyline	7-4-0	0.64	15.04	1.64	9	6.07	0.93
41	West Texas A&M	Border	6-4-0	0.6	14.85	8.8	6.46	6.89	-0.89
42	Auburn	SEC	6-4-0	0.6	14.78	3.7	10.61	6.38	-0.38
43	The Citadel	Southern	7-3-0	0.7	14.7	-2.2	8.85	4.1	2.9
44	Iowa	Big Ten	5-4-0	0.56	14.48	5.89	13.25	5.96	-0.96
45	Princeton	Ivy	5-4-0	0.56	14.15	5	11.29	6.04	-1.04
46	New Mexico State	Border	5-4-1	0.5	14.08	14.6	4.38	7.9	-2.9
47	VMI	Southern	6-4-0	0.6	14.07	2.9	5.74	6.41	-0.41
48	Baylor	Southwest	6-5-0	0.55	13.74	3.55	11.64	6.8	-0.8
49	Washington	AAWU	5-4-1	0.5	13.29	2.1	8.2	6.13	-1.13
50	Houston	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	13.13	0.6	11.55	5.25	-0.25
51	Detroit Mercy	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	13.06	0.89	9.64	4.74	0.26
52	Clemson	ACC	5-5-0	0.5	13.01	7.3	11.04	7.47	-2.47
53	San José State	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	12.91	-0.2	5.82	4.94	1.06
54	Xavier	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	12.39	0	-0.24	5	1
55	Oregon State	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	12.37	2.8	10.8	6.08	-1.08
56	Kentucky	SEC	5-5-0	0.5	12.19	1.5	12.33	5.68	-0.68
57	Pacific	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	12.14	1.44	-0.86	4.86	0.14
58	Iowa State	Big 8	5-5-0	0.5	11.94	1.8	8.85	5.75	-0.75
59	Texas A&M	Southwest	4-5-1	0.4	11.64	6.6	11.61	7.41	-3.41
60	Colgate	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	11.24	-3.22	7.43	3.34	1.66
61	Northwestern	Big Ten	4-5-0	0.44	11.23	2.89	12.98	5.65	-1.65
62	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	11.2	-0.7	14.18	4.77	0.23
63	North Texas	Missouri Valley	5-4-1	0.5	10.78	-4.4	4.44	3.61	1.39
64	Oklahoma	Big 8	5-5-0	0.5	10.75	-1.9	13.91	4.15	0.85
65	North Carolina	ACC	5-5-0	0.5	10.67	-2	13.29	4.1	0.9
66	Mississippi State	SEC	5-5-0	0.5	10.59	-2.4	13.59	3.86	1.14
67	Oregon	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	10.56	4	13.6	6.73	-2.73
68	Richmond	Southern	5-5-0	0.5	9.94	-5.1	11.36	3.27	1.73
69	Davidson	Southern	4-4-0	0.5	9.58	-3.12	3.12	3.22	0.78
70	Yale	Ivy	4-5-0	0.44	9.36	-0.67	8.19	4.19	-0.19
71	USC	AAWU	4-5-1	0.4	9.04	-1.7	8.83	4.37	-0.37
72	Virginia Tech	Southern	4-5-0	0.44	8.83	-2.11	7.46	3.52	0.48
73	Florida State	FBS Independents	4-5-1	0.4	8.68	-3.5	9.4	3.19	0.81
74	Florida	SEC	4-5-1	0.4	8.65	-4.9	12	2.75	1.25
75	Oklahoma State	Big 8	4-6-0	0.4	8.56	-1.2	12.63	4.56	-0.56
76	West Virginia	Southern	4-6-0	0.4	8.41	-1.1	9.91	4.53	-0.53
77	George Washington	Southern	3-6-0	0.33	8.39	2.44	9.9	5.38	-2.38
78	NC State	ACC	4-6-0	0.4	8.26	-2	11.75	4.15	-0.15
79	Boston University	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	8.2	-4.67	4.96	2.73	1.27
80	Cornell	Ivy	3-6-0	0.33	7.91	0.67	11.42	4.73	-1.73
81	Wake Forest	ACC	4-6-0	0.4	7.64	-5.6	11.88	2.63	1.37
82	South Carolina	ACC	4-6-0	0.4	7.56	-5.9	11.21	2.89	1.11
83	Stanford	AAWU	4-6-0	0.4	7.52	-5.8	10.37	2.61	1.39
84	Boston College	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	7.5	-7.2	12.4	2.43	1.57
85	Virginia	ACC	4-6-0	0.4	7.46	-6.7	10.91	2.63	1.37
86	Texas Tech	Southwest	4-6-0	0.4	7.23	-10.7	12.73	1.42	2.58
87	TCU	Southwest	3-5-2	0.3	7.13	-8.1	15.48	2.17	0.83
88	Nebraska	Big 8	3-6-1	0.3	6.81	-1.6	12.44	4.26	-1.26
89	Washington State	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	5.47	-5	12.68	3.47	-0.47
90	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	5.37	-6.4	14.37	2.96	0.04
91	Cincinnati	Missouri Valley	3-7-0	0.3	5.31	-4.5	7.55	2.88	0.12
92	Georgia	SEC	3-7-0	0.3	5.03	-9.3	12.49	1.46	1.54
93	Air Force	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	4.96	-8.6	9.38	1.64	1.36
94	UTEP	Border	3-7-0	0.3	4.81	-10.7	9.45	2.45	0.55
95	Montana	Skyline	2-6-0	0.25	3.92	-7.25	8.3	2.13	-0.13
96	Indiana	Big Ten	2-7-0	0.22	3.38	-7.33	13.33	2.02	-0.02
97	SMU	Southwest	2-7-1	0.2	3.15	-9.9	12.89	1.5	0.5
98	Pennsylvania	Ivy	2-7-0	0.22	2.7	-16.89	10.2	0.23	1.77
99	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	2-8-0	0.2	2.57	-11.4	12.02	1.27	0.73
100	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-8-0	0.2	2.52	-12.5	12.5	1.2	0.8
101	Tulane	SEC	2-8-0	0.2	2.35	-16.5	14.63	0.42	1.58
102	BYU	Skyline	2-8-0	0.2	2.34	-15.9	12.68	1.31	0.69
103	Idaho	FBS Independents	2-7-0	0.22	2.28	-31.78	13.05	0.16	1.84
104	Kansas State	Big 8	2-8-0	0.2	2.26	-17.4	11.87	0.36	1.64
105	Dayton	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	2.19	-14.7	1.63	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	12.23	1.3	-0.3
108	Colorado State	Skyline	0-10-0	0	-2.35	-17.5	13.84	0.53	-0.53
109	Brown	Ivy	0-9-0	0	-2.52	-24.56	9.52	0.04	-0.04
110	Illinois	Big Ten	0-9-0	0	-2.72	-26.22	16.54	0.16	-0.16
111	Hardin-Simmons	Border	0-10-0	0	-2.74	-33.4	8.64	0.06	-0.06