1961 W7 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:25.518811+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-0-0	1	27.24	24.2	15.14	4.99	0.01
2	Ole Miss	SEC	6-0-0	1	26.45	31.83	10.69	5.99	0.01
3	Alabama	SEC	6-0-0	1	25.78	21.83	8.95	5.94	0.06
4	Texas	Southwest	6-0-0	1	25.66	26.67	7.82	5.83	0.17
5	Ohio State	Big Ten	4-0-1	0.8	25.65	14.6	9.95	4.73	-0.73
6	Utah State	Skyline	6-0-1	0.86	25.59	33.14	6.53	6.92	-0.92
7	Missouri	Big 8	5-0-1	0.83	25.47	9	10.84	5.59	-0.59
8	Wyoming	Skyline	5-0-2	0.71	25.46	10.86	10.19	6.35	-1.35
9	Colorado	Big 8	5-0-0	1	24.93	9.6	7.76	4.33	0.67
10	Rutgers	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	23.27	14.4	-1.53	4.43	0.57
11	Georgia Tech	SEC	5-1-0	0.83	22.33	15.17	13.71	5.87	-0.87
12	LSU	SEC	5-1-0	0.83	22.32	13.5	14.36	5.64	-0.64
13	Arizona State	Border	5-1-0	0.83	21.54	14.17	9.56	5.15	-0.15
14	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	6-1-0	0.86	21.5	5	9.48	4.51	1.49
15	Memphis	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	21.21	27	-0.1	6.8	-0.8
16	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-1-0	0.8	21.16	8.8	13.95	4.35	-0.35
17	Iowa	Big Ten	4-1-0	0.8	21.02	12.8	8.91	4.08	-0.08
18	Arizona	FBS Independents	4-1-1	0.67	20.77	12.33	7.44	4.94	-0.94
19	Villanova	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	20.66	18.43	-0.42	6.71	-0.71
20	Detroit Mercy	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	20.3	12.2	7.13	4.03	-0.03
21	Colgate	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	19.15	3	6.14	3.37	0.63
22	Utah	Skyline	5-2-0	0.71	18.61	7	10.49	5.24	-0.24
23	West Texas A&M	Border	4-2-0	0.67	18.21	16.33	12.33	4.77	-0.77
24	Syracuse	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	18.07	10.17	13.63	4.89	-0.89
25	Navy	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.94	11.17	9.48	4.78	-0.78
26	Penn State	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.81	8.67	12.72	4.87	-0.87
27	Army	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.73	9.33	9.33	4.79	-0.79
28	New Mexico State	Border	4-2-1	0.57	17.42	16.57	6.42	5.69	-1.69
29	Arkansas	Southwest	4-2-0	0.67	17.27	5.67	11.38	4.29	-0.29
30	Duke	ACC	4-2-0	0.67	17.21	7.17	9.18	4.82	-0.82
31	UCLA	AAWU	4-2-0	0.67	17.12	3.5	12.97	3.85	0.15
32	Mississippi State	SEC	4-2-0	0.67	17.04	6.17	9.05	4.73	-0.73
33	Furman	Southern	5-2-0	0.71	17.02	7	1.19	5.25	-0.25
34	Maryland	ACC	4-2-0	0.67	16.98	2.83	9.36	3.66	0.34
35	Michigan	Big Ten	3-2-0	0.6	16.98	4.8	19.55	3.26	-0.26
36	Iowa State	Big 8	4-2-0	0.67	16.8	6.33	7.27	4.52	-0.52
37	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-2-0	0.6	16.41	10.2	14.18	4.43	-1.43
38	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	16.35	6.6	12.53	3.76	-0.76
39	Kansas	Big 8	3-2-1	0.5	16.22	9.33	13.8	4.99	-1.99
40	Texas A&M	Southwest	3-2-1	0.5	16.08	16.5	8.98	5.64	-2.64
41	The Citadel	Southern	5-2-0	0.71	15.94	-2	12.18	2.86	2.14
42	Purdue	Big Ten	3-2-0	0.6	15.9	5	14.39	3.62	-0.62
43	Dartmouth	Ivy	3-2-0	0.6	15.85	15.8	4.06	4.64	-1.64
44	Columbia	Ivy	3-2-0	0.6	15.71	11.2	4.55	4.16	-1.16
45	Tennessee	SEC	3-2-0	0.6	15.67	7.8	9.45	3.66	-0.66
46	Auburn	SEC	3-2-0	0.6	15.59	7.6	9.33	3.77	-0.77
47	Yale	Ivy	3-2-0	0.6	15.23	4.8	5.98	4.06	-1.06
48	Princeton	Ivy	3-2-0	0.6	14.86	0.6	15.18	2.61	0.39
49	Rice	Southwest	3-2-0	0.6	14.07	-3.8	18.55	1.62	1.38
50	North Texas	Missouri Valley	3-2-1	0.5	14.03	0	6.8	3	0
51	Florida	SEC	3-2-1	0.5	14.01	-1.67	13.56	2.41	0.59
52	Oregon	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	13.89	7.17	15.9	4.78	-1.78
53	North Carolina	ACC	3-2-0	0.6	13.61	-1.8	10.79	2.08	0.92
54	Florida State	FBS Independents	3-2-1	0.5	13.57	-3.17	14.03	1.73	1.27
55	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	13.4	-2.6	9.79	2	1
56	Miami	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	13.22	3	15.56	4.03	-1.03
57	Virginia Tech	Southern	3-2-0	0.6	13.1	-0.8	7.56	2.32	0.68
58	Washington	AAWU	3-3-0	0.5	12.71	2.67	7.63	3.77	-0.77
59	San José State	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	12.62	-0.29	5.8	3.41	0.59
60	Xavier	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	12.56	0	1.27	3.5	0.5
61	VMI	Southern	4-3-0	0.57	12.52	-0.57	6.88	3.3	0.7
62	George Washington	Southern	3-4-0	0.43	11.73	5.43	10.01	4.83	-1.83
63	Stanford	AAWU	3-3-0	0.5	11.31	-2.33	12.84	2.3	0.7
64	Pacific	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	11.2	-1.29	-3.18	3.25	0.75
65	Nebraska	Big 8	2-3-1	0.33	10.91	2.83	12.46	3.8	-1.8
66	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-3-0	0.5	10.79	-8	18.39	1.38	1.62
67	New Mexico	Skyline	3-3-0	0.5	10.74	-2.83	13.48	2.47	0.53
68	TCU	Southwest	2-2-1	0.4	10.46	-6.6	15.16	1.01	0.99
69	West Virginia	Southern	3-4-0	0.43	10.39	0.86	9.84	3.74	-0.74
70	USC	AAWU	3-3-0	0.5	10.31	-4.67	12.3	2.17	0.83
71	Georgia	SEC	3-3-0	0.5	10.07	-7.17	13.23	1.1	1.9
72	Baylor	Southwest	2-3-0	0.4	9.44	-0.2	8.56	2.46	-0.46
73	Clemson	ACC	2-4-0	0.33	9.28	2.67	15	3.56	-1.56
74	Richmond	Southern	3-4-0	0.43	9.22	-2	13.3	2.94	0.06
75	Houston	FBS Independents	2-3-1	0.33	8.37	-5.5	15.42	1.48	0.52
76	Harvard	Ivy	2-3-0	0.4	8.14	-2.4	10.47	2.01	-0.01
77	SMU	Southwest	2-3-0	0.4	7.92	-4	11.72	1.36	0.64
78	Boston College	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	7.72	-8.8	13.56	0.88	1.12
79	Pennsylvania	Ivy	2-3-0	0.4	7.72	-7.2	8.51	0.67	1.33
80	Kentucky	SEC	2-4-0	0.33	7.05	-2.83	14.82	2.3	-0.3
81	NC State	ACC	2-4-0	0.33	6.92	-3.67	15.96	2.13	-0.13
82	Oklahoma State	Big 8	2-4-0	0.33	6.53	-6.83	15.88	1.26	0.74
83	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	6.53	-3.17	13.97	2.26	-0.26
84	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-4-0	0.33	6.33	-9.83	17.05	1.05	0.95
85	Texas Tech	Southwest	2-4-0	0.33	6.15	-9	13.92	1.03	0.97
86	Kansas State	Big 8	2-4-0	0.33	5.95	-11	11.96	0.6	1.4
87	Virginia	ACC	2-4-0	0.33	5.93	-8.83	8.43	1.16	0.84
88	South Carolina	ACC	2-4-0	0.33	5.89	-8.33	14.41	0.97	1.03
89	Davidson	Southern	2-4-0	0.33	5.86	-7.83	4.87	1.41	0.59
90	Montana	Skyline	2-4-0	0.33	5.78	-9.17	13.36	1.42	0.58
91	Wake Forest	ACC	2-4-0	0.33	5.68	-8.5	10.04	0.91	1.09
92	UTEP	Border	2-4-0	0.33	5.66	-12	7.85	1.12	0.88
93	Boston University	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	5.55	-10.17	11.27	0.92	1.08
94	Cincinnati	Missouri Valley	2-5-0	0.29	5.31	-4	11.1	2.24	-0.24
95	Oregon State	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	3.87	-2.2	13.78	2.18	-1.18
96	Cornell	Ivy	1-4-0	0.2	3.59	-4.2	15.01	1.71	-0.71
97	Indiana	Big Ten	1-4-0	0.2	3.23	-7.4	15.63	1.09	-0.09
98	California	AAWU	1-4-1	0.17	2.92	-11.67	19.3	1.04	-0.04
99	Air Force	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	2.21	-8.5	9.76	0.73	0.27
100	Washington State	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	2.07	-11.5	15.96	1.21	-0.21
101	Tulane	SEC	1-5-0	0.17	2	-14.17	20.02	0.34	0.66
102	BYU	Skyline	1-5-0	0.17	1.84	-14.5	16	0.96	0.04
103	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-6-0	0.14	1.15	-14.29	14.23	0.68	0.32
104	William & Mary	Southern	1-6-0	0.14	1.15	-14.29	13.72	0.68	0.32
105	Dayton	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	1.12	-12.57	-0.5	0.87	0.13
106	Idaho	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	1.1	-37.83	12.8	0.07	0.93
107	Oklahoma	Big 8	0-5-0	0	-2.23	-11.6	19.99	0.57	-0.57
108	Brown	Ivy	0-5-0	0	-2.57	-21	11.54	0.02	-0.02
109	Colorado State	Skyline	0-7-0	0	-2.7	-20.57	19.08	0.19	-0.19
110	Illinois	Big Ten	0-5-0	0	-2.74	-23	16.67	0.08	-0.08
111	Hardin-Simmons	Border	0-7-0	0	-3.01	-35.29	13.87	0.01	-0.01