1961 W16 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:25.522296+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Alabama	SEC	10-0-0	1	25.04	26.5	10.01	9.98	0.02
2	Ohio State	Big Ten	8-0-1	0.89	24.74	15.33	10.56	8.2	-0.2
3	LSU	SEC	9-1-0	0.9	22.89	18.4	12.06	9.75	-0.75
4	Ole Miss	SEC	9-1-0	0.9	22.8	28.6	9.75	9.93	-0.93
5	Texas	Southwest	9-1-0	0.9	22.6	23.2	9.5	9.78	-0.78
6	Rutgers	FBS Independents	9-0-0	1	22.57	16	-0.55	8.01	0.99
7	Colorado	Big 8	9-1-0	0.9	22.31	9.8	11.4	8.71	0.29
8	Utah State	Skyline	9-1-1	0.82	22.16	26.73	6.54	10.58	-1.58
9	Arizona	FBS Independents	8-1-1	0.8	21.98	15.7	8.87	8.66	-0.66
10	Wyoming	Skyline	6-1-2	0.67	21.52	10.78	11.65	7.91	-1.91
11	Michigan State	Big Ten	7-2-0	0.78	19.9	15.78	11.19	8.64	-1.64
12	Arkansas	Southwest	8-2-0	0.8	19.73	9.3	9.68	8.49	-0.49
13	Minnesota	Big Ten	7-2-0	0.78	19.72	7.22	13.68	7.33	-0.33
14	Missouri	Big 8	7-2-1	0.7	19.21	6.7	10.65	8.63	-1.63
15	Memphis	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	19.07	25.7	1.19	9.71	-1.71
16	Villanova	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	18.81	15	2	9.12	-1.12
17	Penn State	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.71	10.73	12.87	8.87	-0.87
18	Syracuse	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.69	12.45	11.83	9.3	-1.3
19	Kansas	Big 8	7-3-1	0.64	18.17	16.45	11.53	10.27	-3.27
20	Arizona State	Border	7-3-0	0.7	17.87	12.4	10.88	7.93	-0.93
21	Duke	ACC	7-3-0	0.7	17.67	7.7	11.89	7.85	-0.85
22	Navy	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	17.46	6.5	11.24	7.16	-0.16
23	Michigan	Big Ten	6-3-0	0.67	17.28	5.44	15.92	5.86	0.14
24	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	8-3-0	0.73	17.19	3.73	6.77	6.76	1.24
25	UCLA	AAWU	7-3-0	0.7	17.14	6.1	9.23	7.25	-0.25
26	Columbia	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.94	13.67	8.59	7.61	-1.61
27	Georgia Tech	SEC	7-4-0	0.64	16.73	8.82	14.06	9.55	-2.55
28	Dartmouth	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.66	10.33	7.95	7.38	-1.38
29	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	16.62	5.5	5.95	6.75	0.25
30	Purdue	Big Ten	6-3-0	0.67	16.57	6.56	9.63	6.96	-0.96
31	Maryland	ACC	7-3-0	0.7	16.42	1.5	9.94	5.6	1.4
32	Wisconsin	Big Ten	6-3-0	0.67	16.39	2.33	13.16	5.16	0.84
33	Harvard	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.32	7	7.39	6.89	-0.89
34	Miami	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	16.09	5.55	12.01	8.61	-1.61
35	Furman	Southern	7-3-0	0.7	15.97	4.2	2.48	6.58	0.42
36	Rice	Southwest	7-4-0	0.64	15.78	2.27	13.94	6.45	0.55
37	Army	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	15.45	10.6	10.55	8.2	-2.2
38	Tennessee	SEC	6-4-0	0.6	15.23	7.2	10.95	7.18	-1.18
39	Utah	Skyline	6-4-0	0.6	15.11	4.2	13	6.56	-0.56
40	New Mexico	Skyline	7-4-0	0.64	15	1.64	8.98	6.07	0.93
41	West Texas A&M	Border	6-4-0	0.6	14.82	8.8	6.44	6.89	-0.89
42	Auburn	SEC	6-4-0	0.6	14.75	3.7	10.57	6.38	-0.38
43	The Citadel	Southern	7-3-0	0.7	14.67	-2.2	8.82	4.1	2.9
44	Iowa	Big Ten	5-4-0	0.56	14.44	5.89	13.21	5.96	-0.96
45	Princeton	Ivy	5-4-0	0.56	14.11	5	11.26	6.04	-1.04
46	New Mexico State	Border	5-4-1	0.5	14.05	14.6	4.36	7.9	-2.9
47	VMI	Southern	6-4-0	0.6	14.03	2.9	5.71	6.41	-0.41
48	Baylor	Southwest	6-5-0	0.55	13.7	3.55	11.6	6.8	-0.8
49	Washington	AAWU	5-4-1	0.5	13.26	2.1	8.17	6.13	-1.13
50	Houston	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	13.1	0.6	11.52	5.25	-0.25
51	Detroit Mercy	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	13.03	0.89	9.61	4.74	0.26
52	Clemson	ACC	5-5-0	0.5	12.98	7.3	11.01	7.47	-2.47
53	San José State	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	12.88	-0.2	5.8	4.94	1.06
54	Xavier	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	12.36	0	-0.26	5	1
55	Oregon State	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	12.34	2.8	10.77	6.08	-1.08
56	Kentucky	SEC	5-5-0	0.5	12.16	1.5	12.29	5.68	-0.68
57	Pacific	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	12.11	1.44	-0.87	4.86	0.14
58	Iowa State	Big 8	5-5-0	0.5	11.92	1.8	8.83	5.75	-0.75
59	Texas A&M	Southwest	4-5-1	0.4	11.61	6.6	11.56	7.41	-3.41
60	Colgate	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	11.21	-3.22	7.4	3.34	1.66
61	Northwestern	Big Ten	4-5-0	0.44	11.2	2.89	12.94	5.65	-1.65
62	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	11.17	-0.7	14.14	4.77	0.23
63	North Texas	Missouri Valley	5-4-1	0.5	10.75	-4.4	4.42	3.61	1.39
64	Oklahoma	Big 8	5-5-0	0.5	10.72	-1.9	13.88	4.15	0.85
65	North Carolina	ACC	5-5-0	0.5	10.64	-2	13.24	4.1	0.9
66	Mississippi State	SEC	5-5-0	0.5	10.57	-2.4	13.55	3.86	1.14
67	Oregon	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	10.53	4	13.56	6.73	-2.73
68	Richmond	Southern	5-5-0	0.5	9.92	-5.1	11.33	3.27	1.73
69	Davidson	Southern	4-4-0	0.5	9.56	-3.12	3.1	3.22	0.78
70	Yale	Ivy	4-5-0	0.44	9.34	-0.67	8.17	4.19	-0.19
71	USC	AAWU	4-5-1	0.4	9.02	-1.7	8.8	4.37	-0.37
72	Virginia Tech	Southern	4-5-0	0.44	8.81	-2.11	7.44	3.52	0.48
73	Florida State	FBS Independents	4-5-1	0.4	8.66	-3.5	9.37	3.19	0.81
74	Florida	SEC	4-5-1	0.4	8.63	-4.9	11.95	2.75	1.25
75	Oklahoma State	Big 8	4-6-0	0.4	8.54	-1.2	12.6	4.56	-0.56
76	West Virginia	Southern	4-6-0	0.4	8.39	-1.1	9.88	4.53	-0.53
77	George Washington	Southern	3-6-0	0.33	8.37	2.44	9.88	5.38	-2.38
78	NC State	ACC	4-6-0	0.4	8.24	-2	11.72	4.15	-0.15
79	Boston University	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	8.18	-4.67	4.94	2.73	1.27
80	Cornell	Ivy	3-6-0	0.33	7.9	0.67	11.39	4.73	-1.73
81	Wake Forest	ACC	4-6-0	0.4	7.62	-5.6	11.85	2.63	1.37
82	South Carolina	ACC	4-6-0	0.4	7.54	-5.9	11.17	2.89	1.11
83	Stanford	AAWU	4-6-0	0.4	7.51	-5.8	10.34	2.61	1.39
84	Boston College	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	7.48	-7.2	12.37	2.43	1.57
85	Virginia	ACC	4-6-0	0.4	7.44	-6.7	10.88	2.63	1.37
86	Texas Tech	Southwest	4-6-0	0.4	7.22	-10.7	12.69	1.42	2.58
87	TCU	Southwest	3-5-2	0.3	7.11	-8.1	15.42	2.17	0.83
88	Nebraska	Big 8	3-6-1	0.3	6.79	-1.6	12.41	4.26	-1.26
89	Washington State	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	5.45	-5	12.64	3.47	-0.47
90	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	5.35	-6.4	14.32	2.96	0.04
91	Cincinnati	Missouri Valley	3-7-0	0.3	5.3	-4.5	7.53	2.88	0.12
92	Georgia	SEC	3-7-0	0.3	5.01	-9.3	12.44	1.46	1.54
93	Air Force	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	4.95	-8.6	9.35	1.64	1.36
94	UTEP	Border	3-7-0	0.3	4.79	-10.7	9.42	2.45	0.55
95	Montana	Skyline	2-6-0	0.25	3.91	-7.25	8.28	2.13	-0.13
96	Indiana	Big Ten	2-7-0	0.22	3.37	-7.33	13.29	2.02	-0.02
97	SMU	Southwest	2-7-1	0.2	3.15	-9.9	12.85	1.5	0.5
98	Pennsylvania	Ivy	2-7-0	0.22	2.69	-16.89	10.17	0.23	1.77
99	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	2-8-0	0.2	2.57	-11.4	11.98	1.27	0.73
100	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-8-0	0.2	2.51	-12.5	12.46	1.2	0.8
101	Tulane	SEC	2-8-0	0.2	2.34	-16.5	14.58	0.42	1.58
102	BYU	Skyline	2-8-0	0.2	2.33	-15.9	12.65	1.31	0.69
103	Idaho	FBS Independents	2-7-0	0.22	2.27	-31.78	13.01	0.16	1.84
104	Kansas State	Big 8	2-8-0	0.2	2.25	-17.4	11.84	0.36	1.64
105	Dayton	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	2.18	-14.7	1.61	1.02	0.98
106	California	AAWU	1-8-1	0.1	0.32	-15	14.46	1.25	-0.25
107	William & Mary	Southern	1-9-0	0.1	0.06	-15.4	12.2	1.3	-0.3
108	Colorado State	Skyline	0-10-0	0	-2.35	-17.5	13.81	0.53	-0.53
109	Brown	Ivy	0-9-0	0	-2.52	-24.56	9.49	0.04	-0.04
110	Illinois	Big Ten	0-9-0	0	-2.71	-26.22	16.49	0.16	-0.16
111	Hardin-Simmons	Border	0-10-0	0	-2.73	-33.4	8.61	0.06	-0.06