1961 W8 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:25.519212+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Ohio State	Big Ten	5-0-1	0.83	25.86	14.83	12.18	5.59	-0.59
2	Alabama	SEC	7-0-0	1	25.64	22.14	9.49	6.95	0.05
3	Texas	Southwest	7-0-0	1	25.25	26.71	6.88	6.85	0.15
4	Utah State	Skyline	7-0-1	0.88	25.25	31.88	6.24	7.89	-0.89
5	Colorado	Big 8	6-0-0	1	25.14	8.17	10.86	5.09	0.91
6	Ole Miss	SEC	6-1-0	0.86	23.04	26.86	10.99	6.96	-0.96
7	Rutgers	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	22.91	17.17	-2.9	5.51	0.49
8	LSU	SEC	6-1-0	0.86	22.89	12	15.13	6.48	-0.48
9	Georgia Tech	SEC	6-1-0	0.86	22.84	15.86	13.64	6.89	-0.89
10	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-1-0	0.83	22.52	18	13.3	5.9	-0.9
11	Minnesota	Big Ten	5-1-0	0.83	22.14	9.5	16.21	5.43	-0.43
12	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	7-1-0	0.88	21.82	5.88	9.27	5.35	1.65
13	Wyoming	Skyline	5-1-2	0.62	21.63	8.88	11.63	6.78	-1.78
14	Missouri	Big 8	5-1-1	0.71	21.61	7.57	12.19	6.32	-1.32
15	Arizona	FBS Independents	5-1-1	0.71	21.33	11.29	10.5	5.64	-0.64
16	Villanova	FBS Independents	7-1-0	0.88	20.64	19.5	-2.04	7.63	-0.63
17	Memphis	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	18.89	23.5	2.27	7.72	-1.72
18	Army	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.71	11.86	11.62	5.93	-0.93
19	Arizona State	Border	5-2-0	0.71	18.67	11.29	9.87	5.51	-0.51
20	Syracuse	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.67	11.43	11.41	5.88	-0.88
21	Navy	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.55	10	11.28	5.5	-0.5
22	Michigan	Big Ten	4-2-0	0.67	18.35	6.33	19.39	4.16	-0.16
23	Arkansas	Southwest	5-2-0	0.71	18.16	5.86	11.32	5.09	-0.09
24	UCLA	AAWU	5-2-0	0.71	18.01	5.86	10.28	4.96	0.04
25	Kansas	Big 8	4-2-1	0.57	17.91	11.14	13.27	6.08	-2.08
26	Furman	Southern	6-2-0	0.75	17.9	6.25	3.24	5.94	0.06
27	Iowa	Big Ten	4-2-0	0.67	17.74	8	11.47	4.28	-0.28
28	Maryland	ACC	5-2-0	0.71	17.64	3	10.68	4.28	0.72
29	Northwestern	Big Ten	4-2-0	0.67	17.62	9.5	11.9	5.25	-1.25
30	Princeton	Ivy	4-2-0	0.67	17.4	9.17	11.15	4.67	-0.67
31	Rice	Southwest	4-2-0	0.67	17.23	2.67	16.4	3.65	0.35
32	Dartmouth	Ivy	4-2-0	0.67	17.07	15.83	5.32	5.57	-1.57
33	Auburn	SEC	4-2-0	0.67	17.04	8.67	8.33	4.73	-0.73
34	Detroit Mercy	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17	5.67	7.84	3.94	0.06
35	Purdue	Big Ten	4-2-0	0.67	16.97	6.5	9.05	4.61	-0.61
36	The Citadel	Southern	6-2-0	0.75	16.96	-1	11.41	3.63	2.37
37	Columbia	Ivy	4-2-0	0.67	16.92	14	4.88	5.26	-1.26
38	Utah	Skyline	5-3-0	0.62	16.17	5.5	10.92	5.57	-0.57
39	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	16.17	2.5	8.54	3.59	0.41
40	Colgate	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	15.73	1.67	3.64	3.53	0.47
41	Penn State	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	15.43	6.86	13.2	5.24	-1.24
42	Oregon	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	15.37	7.86	14.04	5.73	-1.73
43	North Texas	Missouri Valley	4-2-1	0.57	15.35	1	4.89	3.72	0.28
44	West Texas A&M	Border	4-3-0	0.57	15.21	10.86	8.33	5.04	-1.04
45	Miami	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	15.15	6.14	13.99	5.52	-1.52
46	North Carolina	ACC	4-2-0	0.67	14.93	-1.33	11.33	2.66	1.34
47	New Mexico State	Border	4-3-1	0.5	14.86	14.12	4.14	6.31	-2.31
48	Duke	ACC	4-3-0	0.57	14.76	4.14	10.43	4.72	-0.72
49	Iowa State	Big 8	4-3-0	0.57	14.46	4.86	7.09	4.93	-0.93
50	Mississippi State	SEC	4-3-0	0.57	14.37	1.86	11.04	4.16	-0.16
51	San José State	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	14.31	0.5	7.53	4.15	0.85
52	Texas A&M	Southwest	3-3-1	0.43	13.79	13.14	9.14	6.3	-3.3
53	Xavier	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	13.7	1	0.33	4.48	0.52
54	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	13.67	5	14.26	4.22	-1.22
55	Pacific	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	13.59	2	-2.36	4.46	0.54
56	Tennessee	SEC	3-3-0	0.5	13.41	6.33	10.53	4.13	-1.13
57	New Mexico	Skyline	4-3-0	0.57	12.66	-1.71	13.72	3.12	0.88
58	Washington	AAWU	3-3-1	0.43	12.41	2.29	8.3	4.39	-1.39
59	Baylor	Southwest	3-3-0	0.5	12.37	2.17	10.36	3.47	-0.47
60	Harvard	Ivy	3-3-0	0.5	12.33	3.17	8.67	3.71	-0.71
61	West Virginia	Southern	4-4-0	0.5	12.27	1.38	11.03	4.46	-0.46
62	Yale	Ivy	3-3-0	0.5	12.18	1.33	6.95	3.5	-0.5
63	Richmond	Southern	4-4-0	0.5	11.43	-0.38	12.61	3.87	0.13
64	Clemson	ACC	3-4-0	0.43	11.39	4.43	12.15	4.59	-1.59
65	VMI	Southern	4-4-0	0.5	10.84	-1.25	7.56	3.5	0.5
66	Florida	SEC	3-3-1	0.43	10.71	-4.29	12.84	1.84	1.16
67	Florida State	FBS Independents	3-3-1	0.43	10.54	-5.57	13.09	1.19	1.81
68	Virginia Tech	Southern	3-3-0	0.5	10.51	-2.5	7.04	2.27	0.73
69	Kentucky	SEC	3-4-0	0.43	10.47	0.43	15.31	3.63	-0.63
70	USC	AAWU	3-3-1	0.43	10.42	-4	11.5	2.54	0.46
71	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-3-0	0.5	10.38	-8	16.6	1.38	1.62
72	George Washington	Southern	3-5-0	0.38	10.28	4.12	10.67	5.23	-2.23
73	Boston College	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	10.17	-6.67	14.64	1.41	1.59
74	Stanford	AAWU	3-4-0	0.43	9.07	-3.71	12.78	2.25	0.75
75	NC State	ACC	3-4-0	0.43	8.87	-3	11.95	2.6	0.4
76	Georgia	SEC	3-4-0	0.43	8.35	-9.71	12.7	0.92	2.08
77	Houston	FBS Independents	2-3-1	0.33	8.18	-5.5	16.4	1.48	0.52
78	Virginia	ACC	3-4-0	0.43	8.14	-6.43	8.92	1.96	1.04
79	UTEP	Border	3-4-0	0.43	8.02	-6.29	6.99	2.25	0.75
80	TCU	Southwest	2-3-1	0.33	8	-7.83	15.13	1.15	0.85
81	Boston University	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	7.99	-6.71	7.29	1.74	1.26
82	Davidson	Southern	3-4-0	0.43	7.88	-6.57	5.12	2.07	0.93
83	Nebraska	Big 8	2-4-1	0.29	7.55	-0.71	11.86	3.27	-1.27
84	Oregon State	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	7.16	-0.5	10.81	2.9	-0.9
85	SMU	Southwest	2-4-0	0.33	6.14	-7.83	12.56	0.8	1.2
86	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-4-0	0.33	6.09	-9.83	17.3	1.05	0.95
87	Montana	Skyline	2-4-0	0.33	5.93	-9.17	13.26	1.42	0.58
88	Pennsylvania	Ivy	2-4-0	0.33	5.7	-11.17	8.26	0.46	1.54
89	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	5.47	-5.43	14.13	2.11	-0.11
90	Oklahoma State	Big 8	2-5-0	0.29	5.34	-7.57	16.71	1.42	0.58
91	South Carolina	ACC	2-5-0	0.29	5.11	-8.29	13.11	1.35	0.65
92	Wake Forest	ACC	2-5-0	0.29	4.9	-9.29	10.04	0.95	1.05
93	Air Force	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.87	-6.57	8.76	1.3	0.7
94	Texas Tech	Southwest	2-5-0	0.29	4.87	-12.71	14.38	0.79	1.21
95	Kansas State	Big 8	2-5-0	0.29	4.77	-11	8.99	0.67	1.33
96	Cincinnati	Missouri Valley	2-6-0	0.25	4.27	-5.88	8.58	1.92	0.08
97	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	2-6-0	0.25	3.76	-10.12	12.31	1.33	0.67
98	Indiana	Big Ten	1-5-0	0.17	2.38	-7.17	13.91	1.3	-0.3
99	Cornell	Ivy	1-5-0	0.17	2.33	-8.17	15.17	1.37	-0.37
100	Oklahoma	Big 8	1-5-0	0.17	2.04	-7.83	17.65	1.2	-0.2
101	California	AAWU	1-5-1	0.14	2.01	-12.86	18.59	1.13	-0.13
102	Washington State	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	1.33	-11	13.93	1.36	-0.36
103	Tulane	SEC	1-6-0	0.14	1.17	-14.29	17.47	0.38	0.62
104	BYU	Skyline	1-6-0	0.14	1.08	-15.71	17.19	0.96	0.04
105	William & Mary	Southern	1-7-0	0.12	0.72	-12.62	12.51	1.21	-0.21
106	Dayton	FBS Independents	1-7-0	0.12	0.57	-14.5	1.45	0.7	0.3
107	Idaho	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	0.39	-36	12.42	0.07	0.93
108	Colorado State	Skyline	0-8-0	0	-2.54	-18.62	16.57	0.29	-0.29
109	Brown	Ivy	0-6-0	0	-2.65	-26.17	9.89	0.01	-0.01
110	Illinois	Big Ten	0-6-0	0	-2.66	-21.5	17.02	0.14	-0.14
111	Hardin-Simmons	Border	0-8-0	0	-2.92	-34.38	11.57	0.02	-0.02