1961 W3 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:25.517338+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Florida State	FBS Independents	1-0-1	0.5	29.53	4	18.7	1.6	-0.6
2	Memphis	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	29.33	44	4.22	2.99	0.01
3	Baylor	Southwest	2-0-0	1	28.93	17	14.14	1.91	0.09
4	Georgia Tech	SEC	2-0-0	1	28.66	22	12.41	1.98	0.02
5	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	28.52	45	28.25	1	0
6	Army	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	28.45	21	7.24	1.94	0.06
7	Duke	ACC	2-0-0	1	28.13	21.5	10.82	1.99	0.01
8	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	28.07	20	28.59	1	0
9	Furman	Southern	3-0-0	1	28	17	5.54	2.69	0.31
10	Villanova	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	27.83	23	3.66	2.99	0.01
11	Arizona State	Border	2-0-0	1	27.83	11	6.12	1.83	0.17
12	Florida	SEC	1-0-1	0.5	27.76	2	15.35	1.21	-0.21
13	Michigan	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	27.5	23	25.36	0.98	0.02
14	Arizona	FBS Independents	1-0-1	0.5	27.37	11	8.74	1.71	-0.71
15	Utah State	Skyline	3-0-0	1	27.3	27.67	-1.67	2.9	0.1
16	Wyoming	Skyline	2-0-1	0.67	27.05	10	0.38	2.69	-0.69
17	Nebraska	Big 8	1-0-1	0.5	26.83	16.5	6.95	1.89	-0.89
18	Ole Miss	SEC	2-0-0	1	26.62	15	0.81	1.97	0.03
19	Alabama	SEC	2-0-0	1	26.57	17.5	0.04	1.98	0.02
20	Missouri	Big 8	2-0-0	1	26.54	14	1.16	1.97	0.03
21	Virginia Tech	Southern	1-0-0	1	26.32	14	-2.44	0.95	0.05
22	Texas	Southwest	2-0-0	1	26.25	26.5	-1.32	1.93	0.07
23	Detroit Mercy	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	26.14	16.5	2.83	1.8	0.2
24	West Texas A&M	Border	2-0-0	1	26.07	38	-2.1	1.88	0.12
25	Syracuse	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	25.98	13	-1.1	1.73	0.27
26	Purdue	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	25.95	7	1.27	0.86	0.14
27	Stanford	AAWU	2-0-0	1	25.73	18	0.4	1.97	0.03
28	Iowa State	Big 8	2-0-0	1	25.57	14	-5.45	1.96	0.04
29	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-0-0	1	25.22	15.5	-1.46	1.97	0.03
30	Mississippi State	SEC	2-0-0	1	25.11	4.5	0.45	1.75	0.25
31	Maryland	ACC	2-0-0	1	25.03	5.5	-0.46	1.38	0.62
32	TCU	Southwest	1-0-1	0.5	24.74	0.5	2.54	1.05	-0.05
33	Kansas State	Big 8	2-0-0	1	24.4	4	-1.24	1.38	0.62
34	North Texas	Missouri Valley	2-0-0	1	24.31	6.5	-2.7	1.34	0.66
35	Columbia	Ivy	1-0-0	1	22.89	50	0.29	1	0
36	Cornell	Ivy	1-0-0	1	22.58	34	0.36	1	0
37	Colorado	Big 8	1-0-0	1	22.33	24	-0.9	1	0
38	Iowa	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	22.19	21	-2.21	0.96	0.04
39	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.11	13	1.07	0.94	0.06
40	Auburn	SEC	1-0-0	1	21.94	3	3.01	0.58	0.42
41	Rutgers	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	21.85	3	2.45	0.62	0.38
42	North Carolina	ACC	1-0-0	1	21.64	5	1.48	0.62	0.38
43	Utah	Skyline	2-1-0	0.67	20.88	13.67	16.74	2.9	-0.9
44	Dartmouth	Ivy	1-0-0	1	20.65	25	-10	1	0
45	Yale	Ivy	1-0-0	1	20.6	18	-10	1	0
46	Miami	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	19.75	7	19.37	2.43	-0.43
47	San José State	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	19.7	2.67	3.04	1.82	0.18
48	Pennsylvania	Ivy	1-0-0	1	19.68	7	-10	0.84	0.16
49	New Mexico State	Border	2-1-0	0.67	19.04	14.67	3.57	2.41	-0.41
50	VMI	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	18.83	2.33	11.54	1.83	0.17
51	Pacific	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.73	7.33	3.38	2.36	-0.36
52	Oregon	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	17.28	21.5	8.65	1.93	-0.93
53	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	2-1-0	0.67	17.15	-0.33	11.42	1.46	0.54
54	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	16.83	0	19.78	1	0
55	New Mexico	Skyline	1-1-0	0.5	16.37	1	8.37	1.05	-0.05
56	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	14.22	-6.5	11.41	0.15	0.85
57	Rice	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	14.06	-5.5	12.49	0.45	0.55
58	Penn State	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	13.94	-3.5	7.64	0.74	0.26
59	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	13.57	-11	8.08	0.34	0.66
60	Navy	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	13.28	14	11.94	1.7	-0.7
61	UCLA	AAWU	1-1-0	0.5	13.03	-5	0.58	0.62	0.38
62	Washington	AAWU	1-1-0	0.5	12.49	3	13.71	1.3	-0.3
63	Virginia	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	12.47	-13.5	10.38	0.25	0.75
64	South Carolina	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	11.46	1	10.46	1.16	-0.16
65	Arkansas	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	10.5	-5	21.84	0.18	0.82
66	LSU	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	10.42	-2	13.5	0.78	0.22
67	Idaho	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	9.26	-21	27.66	0.2	0.8
68	USC	AAWU	1-1-0	0.5	9.08	-7.5	11.28	0.53	0.47
69	Richmond	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	8.79	-3.67	15.26	1.13	-0.13
70	George Washington	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	8.69	-2.67	19.48	1.12	-0.12
71	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-2-0	0.33	8.6	-5	10.83	0.95	0.05
72	Cincinnati	Missouri Valley	1-2-0	0.33	8.04	-9	13.91	0.52	0.48
73	Xavier	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.79	-7	0.54	0.55	0.45
74	Davidson	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	7.66	-9.33	6.24	0.79	0.21
75	The Citadel	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	5.55	-12	20.56	0.44	0.56
76	Montana	Skyline	1-2-0	0.33	5.5	-15	31.46	0.5	0.5
77	Ohio State	Big Ten	0-0-1	0	0.44	0	24.02	0.5	-0.5
78	Kansas	Big 8	0-1-1	0	0.05	-0.5	27.94	0.95	-0.95
79	Houston	FBS Independents	0-1-1	0	-0.48	-1.5	11.8	0.77	-0.77
80	Tennessee	SEC	0-1-0	0	-0.48	-3	2.54	0.42	-0.42
81	Princeton	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-0.58	-3	2.6	0.38	-0.38
82	NC State	ACC	0-2-0	0	-0.85	-3	16.29	0.82	-0.82
83	Harvard	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-0.97	-5	-10	0.35	-0.35
84	Texas A&M	Southwest	0-1-1	0	-1.1	-4.5	0.93	0.47	-0.47
85	Clemson	ACC	0-2-0	0	-1.11	-3.5	24.06	0.8	-0.8
86	Minnesota	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-1.21	-6	26.61	0	0
87	Tulane	SEC	0-2-0	0	-1.5	-5.5	24.45	0.19	-0.19
88	Illinois	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-1.55	-13	1.27	0.08	-0.08
89	Oklahoma	Big 8	0-1-0	0	-1.66	-13	0.41	0.06	-0.06
90	Kentucky	SEC	0-2-0	0	-1.81	-10.5	20.79	0.19	-0.19
91	Indiana	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-1.84	-6	21.09	0.21	-0.21
92	SMU	Southwest	0-2-0	0	-1.85	-6.5	10.62	0.5	-0.5
93	Air Force	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-1.96	-7.5	23.23	0.38	-0.38
94	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2.02	-14	29.46	0.05	-0.05
95	Dayton	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.28	-15	-1.8	0.4	-0.4
96	Boston University	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.33	-18	9.7	0.15	-0.15
97	Oklahoma State	Big 8	0-2-0	0	-2.35	-15.5	14.99	0.04	-0.04
98	Colgate	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2.42	-34	0.22	0	0
99	West Virginia	Southern	0-3-0	0	-2.48	-11.33	20.87	0.64	-0.64
100	Texas Tech	Southwest	0-2-0	0	-2.5	-17	24.12	0.1	-0.1
101	Oregon State	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.6	-22.5	23.91	0.02	-0.02
102	Wake Forest	ACC	0-2-0	0	-2.61	-17	12.66	0.03	-0.03
103	Brown	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-2.7	-50	0.61	0	0
104	Georgia	SEC	0-2-0	0	-2.76	-23.5	24.26	0.01	-0.01
105	Washington State	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.77	-21	29.2	0.13	-0.13
106	California	AAWU	0-2-0	0	-2.85	-23	14	0.03	-0.03
107	William & Mary	Southern	0-3-0	0	-2.93	-22.33	17.31	0.07	-0.07
108	BYU	Skyline	0-3-0	0	-2.96	-19.67	24.75	0.42	-0.42
109	UTEP	Border	0-2-0	0	-3.01	-22	27.7	0.24	-0.24
110	Colorado State	Skyline	0-3-0	0	-3.29	-23.33	24.61	0.03	-0.03
111	Hardin-Simmons	Border	0-3-0	0	-3.34	-28.33	24	0.01	-0.01