1961 W6 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:25.518448+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Michigan State	Big Ten	4-0-0	1	28.68	21.5	20.98	3.98	0.02
2	Ole Miss	SEC	5-0-0	1	26.99	28.8	11.93	4.99	0.01
3	Alabama	SEC	5-0-0	1	26.12	22.8	8.92	4.93	0.07
4	Utah State	Skyline	5-0-1	0.83	25.99	27.17	7.5	5.86	-0.86
5	Ohio State	Big Ten	3-0-1	0.75	25.72	16	8.43	3.97	-0.97
6	Missouri	Big 8	4-0-1	0.8	25.57	8.8	10.22	4.54	-0.54
7	Texas	Southwest	5-0-0	1	25.54	26.6	6.18	4.86	0.14
8	Colorado	Big 8	4-0-0	1	25.49	10	9.04	3.6	0.4
9	Arizona	FBS Independents	4-0-1	0.8	25.42	15.6	6.63	4.46	-0.46
10	Iowa	Big Ten	4-0-0	1	25.34	18.25	6.44	3.43	0.57
11	Wyoming	Skyline	4-0-2	0.67	25.31	11.5	7.5	5.47	-1.47
12	Memphis	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	23.94	32.67	-2.87	5.94	0.06
13	Rutgers	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	23.31	14.5	-3	3.49	0.51
14	Georgia Tech	SEC	4-1-0	0.8	21.96	11.2	15.79	4.75	-0.75
15	LSU	SEC	4-1-0	0.8	21.67	11.6	14.2	4.52	-0.52
16	Navy	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	21.63	16.2	12.29	4.44	-0.44
17	Utah	Skyline	5-1-0	0.83	21.35	9.33	8.52	4.79	0.21
18	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	5-1-0	0.83	21.35	5.5	10.97	3.86	1.14
19	Arizona State	Border	4-1-0	0.8	21.03	7.6	11.85	3.63	0.37
20	Michigan	Big Ten	3-1-0	0.75	20.93	6.75	19.54	2.87	0.13
21	Army	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	20.79	12	8.69	4.14	-0.14
22	Maryland	ACC	4-1-0	0.8	20.58	5.4	10.87	3.51	0.49
23	Villanova	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	20.56	15.83	-0.22	5.59	-0.59
24	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	20.53	8.75	12.31	3.22	-0.22
25	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-1-0	0.75	19.99	10.25	12.28	3.81	-0.81
26	Columbia	Ivy	3-1-0	0.75	19.94	15.75	9.79	3.57	-0.57
27	Detroit Mercy	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	19.58	8	6.75	2.91	0.09
28	Dartmouth	Ivy	3-1-0	0.75	19.57	21.25	2.33	3.92	-0.92
29	Rice	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	19.43	2	16.49	2.46	0.54
30	Florida	SEC	3-1-1	0.6	18.95	2.6	11.37	3.27	-0.27
31	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	18.71	3.75	9.17	2.62	0.38
32	North Texas	Missouri Valley	3-1-1	0.6	18.48	2.4	8.64	2.87	0.13
33	Yale	Ivy	3-1-0	0.75	18.4	7.5	3.33	3.75	-0.75
34	Colgate	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	17.8	2.25	5.83	2.54	0.46
35	North Carolina	ACC	3-1-0	0.75	17.62	0.25	9.33	2.04	0.96
36	Florida State	FBS Independents	3-1-1	0.6	16.97	-3.2	13.75	1.43	1.57
37	Furman	Southern	4-2-0	0.67	16.91	7.33	2.93	4.48	-0.48
38	Syracuse	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	16.78	6.6	13.79	3.64	-0.64
39	West Texas A&M	Border	3-2-0	0.6	16.41	18.8	8.94	4.11	-1.11
40	Penn State	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	16.29	7	14.04	3.98	-0.98
41	New Mexico State	Border	3-2-1	0.5	16.26	13.33	6.17	4.55	-1.55
42	Duke	ACC	3-2-0	0.6	16.21	6.4	9.44	3.87	-0.87
43	Stanford	AAWU	3-2-0	0.6	15.7	1.2	13.55	2.8	0.2
44	Mississippi State	SEC	3-2-0	0.6	15.44	6	4.62	4.09	-1.09
45	Arkansas	Southwest	3-2-0	0.6	15.26	-0.2	15.97	2.45	0.55
46	Washington	AAWU	3-2-0	0.6	15.13	3.4	9.13	3.24	-0.24
47	Iowa State	Big 8	3-2-0	0.6	15.06	2.8	5.28	3.15	-0.15
48	The Citadel	Southern	4-2-0	0.67	15.03	-2.5	12.82	2.37	1.63
49	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-2-0	0.5	14.54	12.25	11.24	3.68	-1.68
50	Tennessee	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	14.53	6.5	16.06	2.74	-0.74
51	Xavier	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	14.52	0.17	0.03	3.06	0.94
52	UCLA	AAWU	3-2-0	0.6	14.48	0.2	13.47	2.54	0.46
53	Nebraska	Big 8	2-2-1	0.4	13.97	5.4	10.68	3.59	-1.59
54	Texas A&M	Southwest	2-2-1	0.4	13.95	15.2	5.53	4.56	-2.56
55	Auburn	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	13.87	7	10.25	2.98	-0.98
56	Purdue	Big Ten	2-2-0	0.5	13.79	4	12.25	2.64	-0.64
57	Baylor	Southwest	2-2-0	0.5	13.67	5.5	8.18	2.76	-0.76
58	George Washington	Southern	3-3-0	0.5	13.66	8.67	11.28	4.66	-1.66
59	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-2-0	0.6	13.4	-7.8	15.68	1.03	1.97
60	Kansas	Big 8	2-2-1	0.4	13.35	4.4	14.7	3.52	-1.52
61	Princeton	Ivy	2-2-0	0.5	12.55	-0.5	15.68	1.91	0.09
62	Oregon	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	11.68	8.4	16.95	4.06	-2.06
63	San José State	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	11.51	-0.67	6.67	2.81	0.19
64	Clemson	ACC	2-3-0	0.4	11.16	5.2	15.24	3.4	-1.4
65	Miami	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	10.77	1.6	15.38	2.93	-0.93
66	Houston	FBS Independents	2-2-1	0.4	10.72	-3.2	14.16	1.77	0.23
67	VMI	Southern	3-3-0	0.5	10.71	-1.83	9.01	2.47	0.53
68	Virginia Tech	Southern	2-2-0	0.5	10.38	-1.75	6.97	1.71	0.29
69	TCU	Southwest	2-2-1	0.4	10.29	-6.6	15.17	1.01	0.99
70	Pennsylvania	Ivy	2-2-0	0.5	9.8	-5.5	7.4	0.71	1.29
71	Pacific	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	9.43	-4.5	-0.74	2.19	0.81
72	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-3-0	0.4	9.03	-2.4	13.87	2	0
73	Kentucky	SEC	2-3-0	0.4	9.02	-3.2	17.34	1.84	0.16
74	Oklahoma State	Big 8	2-3-0	0.4	9	-1.4	18.12	2.09	-0.09
75	NC State	ACC	2-3-0	0.4	8.63	-2.2	16.02	2.08	-0.08
76	New Mexico	Skyline	2-3-0	0.4	8.46	-6.4	16.1	1.59	0.41
77	West Virginia	Southern	2-4-0	0.33	8.14	0.33	8.33	3.07	-1.07
78	Kansas State	Big 8	2-3-0	0.4	7.99	-8.4	11.65	0.69	1.31
79	USC	AAWU	2-3-0	0.4	7.96	-6.4	16.8	1.64	0.36
80	Davidson	Southern	2-3-0	0.4	7.81	-5.4	4.3	1.61	0.39
81	Virginia	ACC	2-3-0	0.4	7.71	-9.4	8.67	0.84	1.16
82	Boston College	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	7.65	-8.8	15.76	0.88	1.12
83	Georgia	SEC	2-3-0	0.4	7.63	-8.8	15.36	0.59	1.41
84	Texas Tech	Southwest	2-3-0	0.4	7.51	-10.6	17.1	0.76	1.24
85	UTEP	Border	2-3-0	0.4	7.19	-7.2	6.47	1.45	0.55
86	Richmond	Southern	2-4-0	0.33	6.54	-5.67	13.06	1.76	0.24
87	Indiana	Big Ten	1-3-0	0.25	5.13	-0.5	14.12	1.91	-0.91
88	Cornell	Ivy	1-3-0	0.25	5.06	-4	14.77	1.26	-0.26
89	Harvard	Ivy	1-3-0	0.25	4.67	-4.5	7.64	1.24	-0.24
90	SMU	Southwest	1-3-0	0.25	4.64	-5.25	11.25	0.91	0.09
91	California	AAWU	1-3-1	0.2	4.29	-10.6	18.15	0.9	0.1
92	Oregon State	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	4.1	-2.2	16.55	2.18	-1.18
93	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	3.32	-6.6	12.78	1.19	-0.19
94	Tulane	SEC	1-4-0	0.2	3.13	-10	19.54	0.58	0.42
95	Air Force	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	3.1	-7.2	10.28	0.74	0.26
96	Montana	Skyline	1-4-0	0.2	2.93	-11.6	17.43	0.89	0.11
97	South Carolina	ACC	1-4-0	0.2	2.83	-12	12.67	0.34	0.66
98	Wake Forest	ACC	1-4-0	0.2	2.76	-11.4	11.37	0.32	0.68
99	Washington State	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	2.74	-13.4	15.38	0.83	0.17
100	Cincinnati	Missouri Valley	1-5-0	0.17	2.4	-6.67	8.42	1.27	-0.27
101	Boston University	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	2.04	-15	10.05	0.35	0.65
102	Idaho	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	2.01	-31.6	10.57	0.11	0.89
103	BYU	Skyline	1-5-0	0.17	1.95	-14.5	16.42	0.96	0.04
104	William & Mary	Southern	1-5-0	0.17	1.86	-15.5	13.58	0.55	0.45
105	Dayton	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	1.85	-9.83	-4.11	0.94	0.06
106	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-5-0	0.17	1.81	-16.33	13.87	0.51	0.49
107	Oklahoma	Big 8	0-4-0	0	-2.32	-12.5	19.4	0.32	-0.32
108	Brown	Ivy	0-4-0	0	-2.88	-25.5	16.71	0	0
109	Colorado State	Skyline	0-6-0	0	-2.9	-23.5	22.65	0.05	-0.05
110	Illinois	Big Ten	0-4-0	0	-2.97	-27.75	18.85	0.02	-0.02
111	Hardin-Simmons	Border	0-6-0	0	-2.98	-33.33	12.62	0.01	-0.01