1961 W2 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:25.516968+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Memphis	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	35.07	38	16.21	1.98	0.02
2	Wyoming	Skyline	2-0-0	1	31.86	15	5.42	1.88	0.12
3	Utah State	Skyline	2-0-0	1	31.79	31.5	2.63	1.97	0.03
4	New Mexico	Skyline	1-0-0	1	30.72	34	32.29	0.99	0.01
5	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	30.59	3	5.86	0.7	0.3
6	San José State	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	30.13	8.5	10.56	1.76	0.24
7	Florida State	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	29.73	8	5.96	0.86	0.14
8	Arizona State	Border	1-0-0	1	29.66	14	27.9	0.93	0.07
9	Furman	Southern	2-0-0	1	29.52	23.5	6.21	1.85	0.15
10	Villanova	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	29.46	27.5	10.07	2	0
11	Virginia Tech	Southern	1-0-0	1	29.46	14	-1.14	0.95	0.05
12	Army	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	29.4	18	24.13	0.96	0.04
13	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	28.59	7	32.91	1	0
14	Iowa State	Big 8	2-0-0	1	28.38	14	-3.19	1.96	0.04
15	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	28.25	23	24.33	1	0
16	Alabama	SEC	1-0-0	1	27.23	26	8.59	0.98	0.02
17	Ole Miss	SEC	1-0-0	1	27.23	16	10.45	1	0
18	Missouri	Big 8	1-0-0	1	26.61	22	7.8	0.97	0.03
19	Rice	Southwest	1-0-0	1	26.45	13	10.16	0.98	0.02
20	Penn State	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	26.33	10	10.99	0.84	0.16
21	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	26.16	11	8.82	0.89	0.11
22	Purdue	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	25.61	7	11.29	0.86	0.14
23	UCLA	AAWU	1-0-0	1	25.36	13	3.94	0.94	0.06
24	Florida	SEC	1-0-0	1	25.25	4	8.72	0.62	0.38
25	Baylor	Southwest	1-0-0	1	25.21	31	1.3	1	0
26	Texas	Southwest	1-0-0	1	25.2	25	1.08	1	0
27	Oregon	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	25.19	51	0.09	1	0
28	Georgia Tech	SEC	1-0-0	1	24.44	20	2.48	0.96	0.04
29	TCU	Southwest	1-0-0	1	24.02	1	11.66	0.54	0.46
30	Arizona	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	23.89	22	-2.81	0.97	0.03
31	West Texas A&M	Border	1-0-0	1	23.62	47	0.45	0.99	0.01
32	Duke	ACC	1-0-0	1	23.21	1	2.48	0.59	0.41
33	Mississippi State	SEC	1-0-0	1	23.05	6	3.86	1	0
34	Maryland	ACC	1-0-0	1	22.87	8	-1.14	0.88	0.12
35	Stanford	AAWU	1-0-0	1	21.67	2	4.99	0.64	0.36
36	Detroit Mercy	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	21.63	7	-10	0.72	0.28
37	Virginia	ACC	1-0-0	1	21.53	15	-1.14	0.95	0.05
38	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-0-0	1	21.29	10	-2.83	0.91	0.09
39	Kansas State	Big 8	1-0-0	1	21.09	6	-0.44	0.79	0.21
40	Nebraska	Big 8	1-0-0	1	21.03	33	-10	1	0
41	North Texas	Missouri Valley	1-0-0	1	20.49	2	-3.44	0.64	0.36
42	Utah	Skyline	1-1-0	0.5	20.27	16.5	0.54	1.97	-0.97
43	New Mexico State	Border	1-1-0	0.5	19.48	8	-1.21	1.33	-0.33
44	VMI	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	18.91	2.5	5.32	1.19	-0.19
45	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	16.45	-4.5	16.93	0.76	0.24
46	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	15.78	-4.5	-0.12	0.57	0.43
47	Xavier	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	15.67	2.5	-10	1.42	-0.42
48	Richmond	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	15.16	-4.5	3.99	0.77	0.23
49	Cincinnati	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	14.6	-9.5	2.02	0.27	0.73
50	Pacific	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	14.49	-5.5	8.14	0.35	0.65
51	Davidson	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	14.46	-10	7.19	0.55	0.45
52	Miami	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	14.35	2	22.54	1.25	-0.25
53	George Washington	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	12.16	-2	17.71	0.82	0.18
54	Tennessee	SEC	0-0-0	0	3.01	0	0	0	0
55	Yale	Ivy	0-0-0	0	2.9	0	0	0	0
56	Iowa	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	2.81	0	0	0	0
57	Minnesota	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	2.77	0	0	0	0
58	Ohio State	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	2.66	0	0	0	0
59	Rutgers	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	2.6	0	0	0	0
60	Michigan State	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	2.56	0	0	0	0
61	Auburn	SEC	0-0-0	0	2.54	0	0	0	0
62	Princeton	Ivy	0-0-0	0	2.45	0	0	0	0
63	Kansas	Big 8	0-1-0	0	2.41	-1	5.79	0.46	-0.46
64	Michigan	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	2.19	0	0	0	0
65	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	2.06	0	0	0	0
66	Dartmouth	Ivy	0-0-0	0	2.02	0	0	0	0
67	Illinois	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	1.81	0	0	0	0
68	Colorado	Big 8	0-0-0	0	1.61	0	0	0	0
69	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	1.57	0	0	0	0
70	NC State	ACC	0-1-0	0	1.48	-1	35.58	0.46	-0.46
71	Houston	FBS Independents	0-0-1	0	1.32	0	2.19	0.5	-0.5
72	Washington	AAWU	0-1-0	0	1.27	-7	8.17	0.14	-0.14
73	Kentucky	SEC	0-1-0	0	1.2	-7	5.86	0.16	-0.16
74	Oklahoma	Big 8	0-0-0	0	1.07	0	0	0	0
75	Harvard	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.99	0	0	0	0
76	Clemson	ACC	0-1-0	0	0.96	-4	10.1	0.38	-0.38
77	Navy	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	0.93	-10	10.31	0.16	-0.16
78	North Carolina	ACC	0-0-0	0	0.72	0	0	0	0
79	Pennsylvania	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.69	0	0	0	0
80	Columbia	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.61	0	0	0	0
81	Texas A&M	Southwest	0-0-1	0	0.55	0	5.28	0.5	-0.5
82	LSU	SEC	0-1-0	0	0.53	-13	10.69	0.02	-0.02
83	Tulane	SEC	0-1-0	0	0.48	-2	-0.01	0.36	-0.36
84	Arkansas	Southwest	0-1-0	0	0.42	-16	13.01	0	0
85	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.41	0	0	0	0
86	Colgate	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.36	0	0	0	0
87	Oregon State	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	0.31	-11	11.02	0.11	-0.11
88	Brown	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.29	0	0	0	0
89	Cornell	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.22	0	0	0	0
90	South Carolina	ACC	0-1-0	0	0.1	-1	9.13	0.41	-0.41
91	Georgia	SEC	0-1-0	0	-0.4	-26	13.05	0.02	-0.02
92	Texas Tech	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-0.43	-6	3.9	0	0
93	Washington State	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.45	-22	11.67	0.03	-0.03
94	Boston University	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.68	-12	-10	0.16	-0.16
95	The Citadel	Southern	0-2-0	0	-0.81	-22	21.62	0.06	-0.06
96	Oklahoma State	Big 8	0-1-0	0	-0.9	-7	28.45	0.16	-0.16
97	Air Force	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.03	-13	11.08	0.06	-0.06
98	Indiana	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-1.45	-6	-0.7	0.21	-0.21
99	USC	AAWU	0-1-0	0	-1.63	-20	7.36	0.04	-0.04
100	UTEP	Border	0-1-0	0	-1.8	-15	35.42	0.05	-0.05
101	SMU	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-1.89	-8	6.22	0.12	-0.12
102	California	AAWU	0-1-0	0	-2.21	-25	10.91	0	0
103	Wake Forest	ACC	0-1-0	0	-2.3	-31	10.2	0	0
104	Dayton	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.3	-14	7.16	0.3	-0.3
105	BYU	Skyline	0-2-0	0	-2.41	-24	14.82	0.11	-0.11
106	William & Mary	Southern	0-2-0	0	-2.44	-14.5	15.22	0.1	-0.1
107	West Virginia	Southern	0-2-0	0	-2.52	-9.5	12.38	0.5	-0.5
108	Montana	Skyline	0-2-0	0	-2.75	-38.5	35.5	0	0
109	Idaho	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2.96	-51	9.71	0	0
110	Hardin-Simmons	Border	0-2-0	0	-2.99	-14.5	13.36	0.04	-0.04
111	Colorado State	Skyline	0-2-0	0	-3.55	-31	20.97	0.01	-0.01