1961 W5 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:25.518081+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Michigan State	Big Ten	3-0-0	1	29.4	25.33	21.39	3	0
2	Ole Miss	SEC	4-0-0	1	27.55	25.75	12.7	3.98	0.02
3	Utah State	Skyline	4-0-1	0.8	26.53	23.4	8.35	4.82	-0.82
4	Arizona	FBS Independents	3-0-1	0.75	26.38	19.25	8.26	3.78	-0.78
5	Alabama	SEC	4-0-0	1	26.22	20.75	7.22	3.93	0.07
6	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	25.91	15	6.93	2.75	0.25
7	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-0-1	0.67	25.59	18	5.5	2.96	-0.96
8	Wyoming	Skyline	3-0-2	0.6	25.53	8.2	7.15	4.36	-1.36
9	Colorado	Big 8	3-0-0	1	25.33	9	6.84	2.53	0.47
10	Detroit Mercy	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	24.95	16.67	2.34	2.79	0.21
11	Dartmouth	Ivy	3-0-0	1	24.83	29.67	-0.7	3	0
12	Memphis	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	24.74	32.2	-1.63	4.93	0.07
13	Missouri	Big 8	3-0-1	0.75	24.69	9.5	3.21	3.7	-0.7
14	Iowa	Big Ten	3-0-0	1	24.56	13.67	0.96	2.43	0.57
15	Villanova	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	24.42	22.2	-1.62	4.91	0.09
16	Texas	Southwest	4-0-0	1	24.29	26.75	-2.71	3.88	0.12
17	Rutgers	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	23.78	13.67	-2.29	2.64	0.36
18	Georgia Tech	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	21.23	13.75	15.84	3.87	-0.87
19	Utah	Skyline	4-1-0	0.8	21.17	8.8	9.43	3.95	0.05
20	Syracuse	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	21.06	11.75	16.28	3.31	-0.31
21	Arkansas	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	20.79	6.25	17.85	3.19	-0.19
22	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	4-1-0	0.8	20.77	3.6	11.78	3.04	0.96
23	Arizona State	Border	3-1-0	0.75	20.68	9.25	14.32	3.13	-0.13
24	Navy	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	20.64	15.75	12.51	3.63	-0.63
25	Duke	ACC	3-1-0	0.75	20.59	10.5	8.11	3.55	-0.55
26	LSU	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	20.41	12	13	3.74	-0.74
27	Michigan	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	20.39	8.33	18.78	2.25	-0.25
28	Stanford	AAWU	3-1-0	0.75	19.97	4.75	13.4	2.8	0.2
29	New Mexico State	Border	3-1-1	0.6	19.95	19	7.01	4.26	-1.26
30	Furman	Southern	4-1-0	0.8	19.86	9	1.54	3.86	0.14
31	Army	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	19.84	4	12.54	2.57	0.43
32	Maryland	ACC	3-1-0	0.75	19.76	1.5	11.36	2.22	0.78
33	Nebraska	Big 8	2-1-1	0.5	19.5	8.75	13	3.23	-1.23
34	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	18.97	19.67	5.48	2.92	-0.92
35	Baylor	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	18.71	8	8.27	2.31	-0.31
36	Mississippi State	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	18.6	8.25	3.33	3.54	-0.54
37	Iowa State	Big 8	3-1-0	0.75	18.44	5	-1.5	2.85	0.15
38	Columbia	Ivy	2-1-0	0.67	18.38	17	11.07	2.74	-0.74
39	Tennessee	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	18.34	19	11.1	2.75	-0.75
40	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	18.14	2.67	20.99	2.17	-0.17
41	Princeton	Ivy	2-1-0	0.67	17.98	4.33	16.48	1.99	0.01
42	Purdue	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	17.8	6	11.43	2.2	-0.2
43	Florida	SEC	2-1-1	0.5	17.7	1.5	8.31	2.31	-0.31
44	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-1-0	0.75	17.63	-1.75	13.96	1.59	1.41
45	Texas A&M	Southwest	2-1-1	0.5	17.22	19.25	4.23	3.81	-1.81
46	North Texas	Missouri Valley	2-1-1	0.5	17.17	0.25	9.41	2.03	-0.03
47	Yale	Ivy	2-1-0	0.67	17.15	6	0.54	2.63	-0.63
48	Auburn	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	16.76	9.67	3.2	2.33	-0.33
49	Rice	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	16.67	-0.67	21.26	1.4	0.6
50	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	16.01	3.67	4.27	1.97	0.03
51	San José State	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	15.61	2.2	7.57	3.02	-0.02
52	Florida State	FBS Independents	2-1-1	0.5	15.42	-5.5	18.43	0.62	1.38
53	West Texas A&M	Border	2-2-0	0.5	14.8	13	9.97	2.89	-0.89
54	North Carolina	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	14.73	-5.33	14.4	0.94	1.06
55	Penn State	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	14.29	5.25	12.35	2.85	-0.85
56	Colgate	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	14.07	-2	5.33	1.16	0.84
57	The Citadel	Southern	3-2-0	0.6	13.19	-3.2	11.79	1.88	1.12
58	Washington	AAWU	2-2-0	0.5	12.71	1	4.89	2.16	-0.16
59	Xavier	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	12.12	-2.6	-0.04	1.8	1.2
60	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	12.12	-1.25	11.03	1.82	0.18
61	Kentucky	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	11.42	-1.5	17.8	1.72	0.28
62	George Washington	Southern	2-3-0	0.4	11.35	3	12.28	3.12	-1.12
63	Miami	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	11.25	1.6	15.16	2.93	-0.93
64	UCLA	AAWU	2-2-0	0.5	11.11	-3.25	17.66	1.52	0.48
65	New Mexico	Skyline	2-2-0	0.5	11.04	-7.75	11.69	1.12	0.88
66	Kansas State	Big 8	2-2-0	0.5	10.71	-7.25	7.71	0.79	1.21
67	Davidson	Southern	2-2-0	0.5	10.19	-3.5	2.71	1.59	0.41
68	Virginia	ACC	2-2-0	0.5	10.19	-6.75	12.54	1.04	0.96
69	West Virginia	Southern	2-3-0	0.4	10.1	1.6	12.51	2.76	-0.76
70	Kansas	Big 8	1-2-1	0.25	8.95	3	21.66	2.5	-1.5
71	Oregon	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	8.48	6.75	16.57	3.04	-2.04
72	VMI	Southern	2-3-0	0.4	8.46	-4.8	8.3	1.47	0.53
73	Cornell	Ivy	1-2-0	0.33	8.12	-1.33	12.8	1.34	-0.34
74	Pacific	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	8.06	-6	1.54	1.68	0.32
75	Richmond	Southern	2-3-0	0.4	7.91	-5.6	12.21	1.54	0.46
76	Clemson	ACC	1-3-0	0.25	7.89	4	15.04	2.53	-1.53
77	Houston	FBS Independents	1-2-1	0.25	7.27	-5.5	15.54	1.08	-0.08
78	Harvard	Ivy	1-2-0	0.33	7.22	-2	4.26	1.19	-0.19
79	TCU	Southwest	1-2-1	0.25	6.66	-8.5	10.03	0.51	0.49
80	SMU	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	6.61	-3.67	10.39	0.98	0.02
81	Pennsylvania	Ivy	1-2-0	0.33	6.48	-9.67	9.66	0.26	0.74
82	Virginia Tech	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	6.25	-9	2.07	0.6	0.4
83	California	AAWU	1-2-1	0.25	5.68	-9.75	23.12	0.74	0.26
84	Oregon State	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	5.31	-2.5	14.83	1.69	-0.69
85	Oklahoma State	Big 8	1-3-0	0.25	5.24	-3.75	19.39	1.17	-0.17
86	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	5.22	-4.75	15.99	1.22	-0.22
87	NC State	ACC	1-3-0	0.25	5.2	-4.5	17.72	1.43	-0.43
88	Tulane	SEC	1-3-0	0.25	4.74	-2.25	20.84	1.5	-0.5
89	USC	AAWU	1-3-0	0.25	4.52	-11.5	19.41	0.85	0.15
90	South Carolina	ACC	1-3-0	0.25	4.45	-10.75	11.66	0.43	0.57
91	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.23	-15	17.38	0.22	0.78
92	Georgia	SEC	1-3-0	0.25	4.22	-11.75	16.63	0.27	0.73
93	Montana	Skyline	1-3-0	0.25	4.21	-11.5	18.32	0.73	0.27
94	Air Force	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.04	-3.75	8.44	1.17	-0.17
95	Washington State	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	3.6	-10.25	20.59	0.92	0.08
96	Idaho	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	3.43	-28.5	8.52	0.11	0.89
97	UTEP	Border	1-3-0	0.25	3.43	-10.25	13.26	0.89	0.11
98	Wake Forest	ACC	1-3-0	0.25	3.42	-12.5	17.98	0.31	0.69
99	Texas Tech	Southwest	1-3-0	0.25	3.29	-13.75	16.07	0.33	0.67
100	Cincinnati	Missouri Valley	1-4-0	0.2	3.2	-6.8	6.58	1.08	-0.08
101	BYU	Skyline	1-4-0	0.2	2.9	-11.8	17.93	1.04	-0.04
102	William & Mary	Southern	1-4-0	0.2	2.86	-11.2	13.5	0.64	0.36
103	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-4-0	0.2	2.65	-17.4	12.32	0.36	0.64
104	Dayton	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	2.06	-9	-7.05	1.01	-0.01
105	Indiana	Big Ten	0-3-0	0	-2.05	-9.33	18.98	0.31	-0.31
106	Oklahoma	Big 8	0-3-0	0	-2.48	-13.33	25.23	0.33	-0.33
107	Boston University	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.57	-20.25	9.39	0.14	-0.14
108	Colorado State	Skyline	0-5-0	0	-2.8	-19	22.79	0.07	-0.07
109	Illinois	Big Ten	0-3-0	0	-3.01	-26	23.26	0.03	-0.03
110	Hardin-Simmons	Border	0-5-0	0	-3.06	-31.6	14.56	0.01	-0.01
111	Brown	Ivy	0-3-0	0	-3.19	-31.67	21.3	0	0