1961 W9 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:25.519642+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Alabama	SEC	8-0-0	1	25.51	27.62	8.98	7.97	0.03
2	Texas	Southwest	8-0-0	1	25.27	26.62	8.02	7.83	0.17
3	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-0-1	0.86	25.27	14	10.21	6.49	-0.49
4	Utah State	Skyline	8-0-1	0.89	24.7	33.11	4.28	8.82	-0.82
5	LSU	SEC	7-1-0	0.88	23.28	14.25	14.77	7.63	-0.63
6	Ole Miss	SEC	7-1-0	0.88	22.75	30.25	8.44	7.98	-0.98
7	Minnesota	Big Ten	6-1-0	0.86	22.64	9.14	15.79	6.23	-0.23
8	Rutgers	FBS Independents	7-0-0	1	22.5	15.86	-3.84	6.25	0.75
9	Wyoming	Skyline	6-1-2	0.67	22.08	10.78	11.85	7.91	-1.91
10	Colorado	Big 8	6-1-0	0.86	21.84	5.71	11.86	5.26	0.74
11	Arizona	FBS Independents	6-1-1	0.75	21.69	14.38	8.42	6.84	-0.84
12	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	8-1-0	0.89	21.5	6.67	6.38	6.21	1.79
13	Georgia Tech	SEC	6-2-0	0.75	20.1	13.38	13.45	7.75	-1.75
14	Syracuse	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	19.79	15.38	12.18	7.12	-1.12
15	Memphis	FBS Independents	7-2-0	0.78	19.54	25.44	3.94	8.78	-1.78
16	Army	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	19.5	14.75	10.45	7.02	-1.02
17	Arizona State	Border	6-2-0	0.75	19.26	12.38	9.65	6.29	-0.29
18	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-2-0	0.71	19.26	15.29	13.28	6.81	-1.81
19	Michigan	Big Ten	5-2-0	0.71	19.08	10	15.78	5.46	-0.46
20	Arkansas	Southwest	6-2-0	0.75	19.07	6.38	11.68	6.1	-0.1
21	UCLA	AAWU	6-2-0	0.75	18.95	7.75	9.96	6.11	-0.11
22	Villanova	FBS Independents	7-2-0	0.78	18.78	15.78	0.46	8.26	-1.26
23	Kansas	Big 8	5-2-1	0.62	18.64	14	11.12	7.33	-2.33
24	Maryland	ACC	6-2-0	0.75	18.43	3	10.68	4.95	1.05
25	Furman	Southern	7-2-0	0.78	18.36	7.89	1.64	7.08	-0.08
26	Missouri	Big 8	5-2-1	0.62	18.09	5.75	10	6.85	-1.85
27	Columbia	Ivy	5-2-0	0.71	18.05	15	6.95	6.17	-1.17
28	Detroit Mercy	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	17.99	6.86	10.33	4.88	0.12
29	Purdue	Big Ten	5-2-0	0.71	17.86	5.71	10.29	5.3	-0.3
30	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	17.46	7.43	6.42	5.24	-0.24
31	Utah	Skyline	6-3-0	0.67	17.19	5.89	12.04	6.37	-0.37
32	Penn State	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	16.45	7.75	13.87	6.24	-1.24
33	Miami	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	16.1	6.12	12.44	6.48	-1.48
34	Duke	ACC	5-3-0	0.62	16.08	6.25	12.27	5.92	-0.92
35	Navy	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	16.07	6.12	10.57	5.48	-0.48
36	West Texas A&M	Border	5-3-0	0.62	15.62	9.62	6	5.57	-0.57
37	San José State	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	15.54	0.78	7.84	4.74	1.26
38	Iowa	Big Ten	4-3-0	0.57	15.16	5.86	12.88	4.69	-0.69
39	Mississippi State	SEC	5-3-0	0.62	15.14	1.75	10.8	4.72	0.28
40	Princeton	Ivy	4-3-0	0.57	15.04	7.57	10.47	5.27	-1.27
41	Texas A&M	Southwest	4-3-1	0.5	15.03	13.12	8.83	7.15	-3.15
42	Northwestern	Big Ten	4-3-0	0.57	14.97	5.43	11.71	5.09	-1.09
43	Tennessee	SEC	4-3-0	0.57	14.91	6	12.65	4.86	-0.86
44	Auburn	SEC	4-3-0	0.57	14.9	7.29	9.63	5.33	-1.33
45	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	14.9	5.14	13.37	4.85	-0.85
46	Dartmouth	Ivy	4-3-0	0.57	14.88	10.57	7.24	5.72	-1.72
47	New Mexico State	Border	4-3-1	0.5	14.72	14.12	5.18	6.31	-2.31
48	Xavier	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	14.49	1	-1.24	5.09	0.91
49	Rice	Southwest	4-3-0	0.57	14.43	0.86	15.84	3.77	0.23
50	The Citadel	Southern	6-3-0	0.67	14.32	-4.89	11.35	2.73	3.27
51	Harvard	Ivy	4-3-0	0.57	14.06	3	9.31	4.34	-0.34
52	Yale	Ivy	4-3-0	0.57	13.96	4.43	6.44	5.26	-1.26
53	Oregon	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	13.49	6.75	12.14	6.11	-2.11
54	VMI	Southern	5-4-0	0.56	13.34	2.56	6.23	5.54	-0.54
55	Florida State	FBS Independents	4-3-1	0.5	13.01	-0.38	12.72	3.84	0.16
56	Iowa State	Big 8	4-4-0	0.5	12.62	3.88	7.42	5.31	-1.31
57	Kentucky	SEC	4-4-0	0.5	12.61	2	13.48	4.72	-0.72
58	Pacific	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	12.51	1.44	-0.68	4.86	0.14
59	USC	AAWU	4-3-1	0.5	12.26	-1.62	10.15	3.56	0.44
60	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-3-0	0.57	12.24	-4.14	15.64	2.48	1.52
61	Florida	SEC	4-3-1	0.5	12.2	-2.88	12.56	2.79	1.21
62	North Carolina	ACC	4-3-0	0.57	12.13	-5.43	13.49	1.99	2.01
63	North Texas	Missouri Valley	4-3-1	0.5	11.68	-4.25	6.47	2.98	1.02
64	Colgate	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	11.61	-4.71	6.13	2.14	1.86
65	New Mexico	Skyline	4-4-0	0.5	10.62	-4.75	14.76	2.84	1.16
66	Washington	AAWU	3-4-1	0.38	10.61	1.62	7.98	4.82	-1.82
67	Houston	FBS Independents	3-3-1	0.43	10.56	-3	13.58	2.43	0.57
68	West Virginia	Southern	4-5-0	0.44	10.16	-0.33	11.62	4.37	-0.37
69	George Washington	Southern	3-5-0	0.38	10.15	4.12	11.08	5.23	-2.23
70	Clemson	ACC	3-5-0	0.38	10	3	10.78	4.85	-1.85
71	Oregon State	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	9.76	0	10.13	3.5	-0.5
72	Davidson	Southern	4-4-0	0.5	9.73	-3.12	3.48	3.22	0.78
73	Nebraska	Big 8	3-4-1	0.38	9.73	-0.25	11.76	3.91	-0.91
74	Boston University	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	9.62	-4.88	5.36	2.43	1.57
75	Baylor	Southwest	3-4-0	0.43	9.35	-1.86	11.49	3.05	-0.05
76	Richmond	Southern	4-5-0	0.44	8.81	-7.67	13.74	2.12	1.88
77	Virginia Tech	Southern	3-4-0	0.43	8.61	-3.43	7.02	2.43	0.57
78	Boston College	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	8.51	-6.86	12.43	1.54	1.46
79	Virginia	ACC	3-4-0	0.43	8.16	-6.43	7.96	1.96	1.04
80	NC State	ACC	3-5-0	0.38	7.84	-3	12.21	2.92	0.08
81	Stanford	AAWU	3-5-0	0.38	7.55	-5.12	12.67	2.26	0.74
82	South Carolina	ACC	3-5-0	0.38	7.2	-6.38	12.88	2.07	0.93
83	Georgia	SEC	3-5-0	0.38	7.08	-9.38	12.26	1.21	1.79
84	Wake Forest	ACC	3-5-0	0.38	7.02	-7	11.02	1.75	1.25
85	Air Force	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	6.99	-5.62	7.87	1.85	1.15
86	UTEP	Border	3-5-0	0.38	6.94	-8	7.97	2.38	0.62
87	Texas Tech	Southwest	3-5-0	0.38	6.89	-10.12	13.41	1.25	1.75
88	TCU	Southwest	2-4-1	0.29	6.08	-9.71	15.85	1.05	0.95
89	Cornell	Ivy	2-5-0	0.29	5.43	-3.43	12.92	2.61	-0.61
90	Oklahoma	Big 8	2-5-0	0.29	5.28	-5.71	17.54	1.72	0.28
91	Oklahoma State	Big 8	2-5-0	0.29	5.21	-7.57	16.04	1.42	0.58
92	SMU	Southwest	2-5-0	0.29	5.07	-8.57	13.44	0.96	1.04
93	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-5-0	0.29	5.01	-10.29	15.5	1.05	0.95
94	Montana	Skyline	2-5-0	0.29	4.95	-8	9.18	1.75	0.25
95	Pennsylvania	Ivy	2-5-0	0.29	4.63	-12.86	9.89	0.34	1.66
96	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	2-6-0	0.25	4.49	-5.5	15.14	2.47	-0.47
97	Cincinnati	Missouri Valley	2-6-0	0.25	4.21	-5.88	9.8	1.92	0.08
98	Washington State	FBS Independents	2-6-0	0.25	3.85	-9.5	13.96	1.86	0.14
99	Kansas State	Big 8	2-6-0	0.25	3.68	-13.88	10.6	0.46	1.54
100	BYU	Skyline	2-6-0	0.25	3.67	-12	13.91	1.64	0.36
101	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	2-7-0	0.22	3.19	-10.33	11.39	1.33	0.67
102	Indiana	Big Ten	1-6-0	0.14	1.62	-7.43	14.32	1.43	-0.43
103	California	AAWU	1-6-1	0.12	1.31	-11.38	15.72	1.47	-0.47
104	Tulane	SEC	1-7-0	0.12	0.7	-13.25	16.04	0.4	0.6
105	William & Mary	Southern	1-8-0	0.11	0.34	-15.11	13.31	1.13	-0.13
106	Dayton	FBS Independents	1-8-0	0.11	0.2	-17.56	0.13	0.57	0.43
107	Idaho	FBS Independents	1-7-0	0.12	-0.1	-36	14.63	0.08	0.92
108	Colorado State	Skyline	0-9-0	0	-2.45	-18.11	14.36	0.45	-0.45
109	Brown	Ivy	0-7-0	0	-2.61	-26	8.8	0.01	-0.01
110	Illinois	Big Ten	0-7-0	0	-2.7	-23	17.68	0.14	-0.14
111	Hardin-Simmons	Border	0-9-0	0	-2.78	-32	9.03	0.05	-0.05