1961 W4 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:25.517708+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Michigan	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	29.79	26.5	20.74	1.95	0.05
2	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	29.63	24	19.98	2	0
3	Nebraska	Big 8	2-0-1	0.67	28.12	19	13.92	2.94	-0.94
4	Ole Miss	SEC	3-0-0	1	27.94	21	12.74	2.99	0.01
5	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	27.2	33	6.01	1.99	0.01
6	Duke	ACC	3-0-0	1	27.04	21	7.11	2.98	0.02
7	Baylor	Southwest	2-0-0	1	26.99	17	7.11	1.91	0.09
8	Arizona	FBS Independents	2-0-1	0.67	26.93	22.67	6.73	2.86	-0.86
9	Utah State	Skyline	3-0-1	0.75	26.85	20.75	6.69	3.82	-0.82
10	Alabama	SEC	3-0-0	1	26.83	21.33	6.99	2.96	0.04
11	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	26.53	7.5	12.14	1.49	0.51
12	Florida	SEC	2-0-1	0.67	26.38	5	8.97	2.3	-0.3
13	Wyoming	Skyline	2-0-2	0.5	26.37	7.5	8	3.44	-1.44
14	Memphis	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	26.23	36.75	0.2	3.96	0.04
15	Dartmouth	Ivy	2-0-0	1	25.85	27.5	4.84	2	0
16	Maryland	ACC	3-0-0	1	25.66	4	7.67	1.89	1.11
17	Villanova	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	25.51	22.25	-0.8	3.94	0.06
18	Texas	Southwest	3-0-0	1	25.11	28.67	-2.71	2.91	0.09
19	Iowa	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	25.09	11	3.12	1.47	0.53
20	Detroit Mercy	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	25.04	16.5	-1.1	1.8	0.2
21	North Texas	Missouri Valley	2-0-1	0.67	24.99	4.33	4.25	1.89	0.11
22	Ohio State	Big Ten	1-0-1	0.5	24.81	5	18.88	1.68	-0.68
23	Missouri	Big 8	2-0-1	0.67	24.51	9.33	-2.28	2.67	-0.67
24	Colorado	Big 8	2-0-0	1	24.38	12.5	-1.15	1.76	0.24
25	Iowa State	Big 8	3-0-0	1	24.05	11.33	-4.67	2.7	0.3
26	Rutgers	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	23.55	13	-5.29	1.69	0.31
27	Yale	Ivy	2-0-0	1	23.26	14.5	-6.35	1.99	0.01
28	Utah	Skyline	3-1-0	0.75	21.37	10.75	14.01	3.41	-0.41
29	Furman	Southern	3-1-0	0.75	20.26	9.5	0.85	3.13	-0.13
30	Georgia Tech	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	20.21	11.33	11.19	2.79	-0.79
31	Arizona State	Border	2-1-0	0.67	19.79	6.67	11.58	2.16	-0.16
32	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	3-1-0	0.75	19.56	1.5	12.98	2.18	0.82
33	Army	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	19.51	4	11.32	1.87	0.13
34	San José State	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	19.5	5.5	5.19	2.95	0.05
35	West Texas A&M	Border	2-1-0	0.67	19.38	23	3.73	2.47	-0.47
36	Syracuse	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	19.07	8.33	6.65	2.23	-0.23
37	Arkansas	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	18.52	5	19.99	2.4	-0.4
38	Stanford	AAWU	2-1-0	0.67	18.52	2.67	7.99	1.83	0.17
39	Navy	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	18.26	13	10.25	2.61	-0.61
40	New Mexico State	Border	2-1-1	0.5	18.19	11	5.17	3.06	-1.06
41	Penn State	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	18.03	8.33	10.23	2.35	-0.35
42	Washington	AAWU	2-1-0	0.67	17.77	3.67	13.74	1.95	0.05
43	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	17.76	0.67	7.11	1.58	0.42
44	LSU	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	17.18	2	13.87	1.9	0.1
45	New Mexico	Skyline	2-1-0	0.67	16.8	1	7.18	1.6	0.4
46	Kansas State	Big 8	2-1-0	0.67	15.98	-5.33	7.68	0.77	1.23
47	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	15.86	-3.33	15.7	0.62	1.38
48	Purdue	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	15.76	2.5	17.3	1.19	-0.19
49	Mississippi State	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	15.73	-1.67	-1.15	1.1	0.9
50	Columbia	Ivy	1-1-0	0.5	14.8	20	-1.64	1.76	-0.76
51	Miami	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	14.34	2.5	10.56	2.5	-0.5
52	Cornell	Ivy	1-1-0	0.5	14.32	10	-1.69	1.78	-0.78
53	George Washington	Southern	2-2-0	0.5	14.2	4	20.48	2.67	-0.67
54	Florida State	FBS Independents	1-1-1	0.33	13.69	-8.33	21.02	0.34	0.66
55	Tennessee	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	13.57	5.5	23.52	1.38	-0.38
56	Pacific	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	13.24	5.25	-2.58	2.79	-0.79
57	Princeton	Ivy	1-1-0	0.5	13.13	3.5	22.37	1.21	-0.21
58	Auburn	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	12.92	0.5	-1.15	1.03	-0.03
59	Houston	FBS Independents	1-1-1	0.33	12.54	6	12.53	2.54	-1.54
60	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	12.1	0.5	21.91	1.09	-0.09
61	Rice	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	11.94	-5.5	19.54	0.45	0.55
62	VMI	Southern	2-2-0	0.5	11.88	-4.25	8.83	1.3	0.7
63	TCU	Southwest	1-1-1	0.33	11.84	-8	3.66	0.54	0.46
64	Harvard	Ivy	1-1-0	0.5	11.68	4.5	6.29	1.39	-0.39
65	Virginia Tech	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	11.64	-7	-2.71	0.44	0.56
66	Texas A&M	Southwest	1-1-1	0.33	11.58	7.33	2.48	2.36	-1.36
67	Oregon	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	11.25	12	9.64	2.63	-1.63
68	Pennsylvania	Ivy	1-1-0	0.5	11.09	-11.5	5.32	0.18	0.82
69	North Carolina	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	10.91	-11	-0.98	0.39	0.61
70	The Citadel	Southern	2-2-0	0.5	10.56	-4.5	13.62	1.37	0.63
71	Davidson	Southern	2-2-0	0.5	10.18	-3.5	3.39	1.59	0.41
72	Xavier	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	10.13	-4	3.54	1.26	0.74
73	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	10.01	-1	8.91	0.91	0.09
74	Clemson	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	9.62	6.67	24.81	2.12	-1.12
75	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	9.08	-1.67	20.39	1.29	-0.29
76	Colgate	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	8.46	-10.5	6.29	0.19	0.81
77	South Carolina	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	8.26	-0.33	7.59	1.44	-0.44
78	NC State	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	7.91	0.33	20.39	1.53	-0.53
79	UCLA	AAWU	1-2-0	0.33	7.21	-6.67	8.66	0.65	0.35
80	USC	AAWU	1-2-0	0.33	7.21	-5.33	16.33	1.1	-0.1
81	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.89	-14.33	12.03	0.23	0.77
82	Virginia	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	6.76	-11.33	8.12	0.5	0.5
83	Oklahoma State	Big 8	1-2-0	0.33	6.6	-1.67	18.83	1.25	-0.25
84	Oregon State	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.46	-2.33	20.32	1.28	-0.28
85	Kentucky	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	6.03	-6.33	22.77	0.66	0.34
86	Idaho	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	5.88	-26.67	11.46	0.15	0.85
87	SMU	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	5.82	-3.67	10.72	0.98	0.02
88	Georgia	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	5.21	-14.67	21.08	0.22	0.78
89	Richmond	Southern	1-3-0	0.25	5.02	-7.25	12.59	1.05	-0.05
90	West Virginia	Southern	1-3-0	0.25	4.88	-1.5	21.58	1.82	-0.82
91	Cincinnati	Missouri Valley	1-3-0	0.25	4.75	-8	9.06	0.81	0.19
92	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-3-0	0.25	4.64	-10.25	8.54	0.62	0.38
93	Montana	Skyline	1-3-0	0.25	4.41	-11.5	16.94	0.73	0.27
94	William & Mary	Southern	1-3-0	0.25	3.33	-13.5	20.02	0.42	0.58
95	BYU	Skyline	1-3-0	0.25	3.24	-14.5	18.89	0.65	0.35
96	Kansas	Big 8	0-2-1	0	-0.43	-0.67	24.71	1.42	-1.42
97	Indiana	Big Ten	0-2-0	0	-1.61	-4.5	19.31	0.39	-0.39
98	Air Force	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-1.7	-5.67	11.86	0.68	-0.68
99	Dayton	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-1.96	-11.5	-5.49	0.7	-0.7
100	Tulane	SEC	0-3-0	0	-2	-7.33	26.69	0.18	-0.18
101	Oklahoma	Big 8	0-2-0	0	-2.18	-9.5	23.84	0.36	-0.36
102	Illinois	Big Ten	0-2-0	0	-2.56	-17	20.5	0.1	-0.1
103	UTEP	Border	0-3-0	0	-2.69	-15	23.25	0.42	-0.42
104	Boston University	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.7	-22.67	10.8	0.08	-0.08
105	California	AAWU	0-2-1	0	-2.72	-15.33	24.99	0.22	-0.22
106	Wake Forest	ACC	0-3-0	0	-2.78	-18	22.84	0.04	-0.04
107	Texas Tech	Southwest	0-3-0	0	-2.8	-21.67	16.75	0.1	-0.1
108	Colorado State	Skyline	0-4-0	0	-3.01	-21	23.95	0.03	-0.03
109	Washington State	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-3.14	-25	26.7	0.13	-0.13
110	Brown	Ivy	0-2-0	0	-3.19	-30.5	21.75	0	0
111	Hardin-Simmons	Border	0-4-0	0	-3.34	-32.75	22.4	0.02	-0.02