1962 FINAL CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:25.684938+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	USC	AAWU	11-0-0	1	24.77	15.36	10.98	10.14	0.86
2	Ole Miss	SEC	10-0-0	1	24.62	19.4	9.32	9.75	0.25
3	Dartmouth	Ivy	9-0-0	1	24.26	19.89	7.43	8.7	0.3
4	Alabama	SEC	10-1-0	0.91	23	22.73	10.83	10.91	-0.91
5	LSU	SEC	9-1-1	0.82	22.57	12.82	12.07	10.78	-1.78
6	Missouri	Big 8	8-1-2	0.73	22.22	12.91	11.29	10.38	-2.38
7	Texas	Southwest	9-1-1	0.82	22.2	10.18	10.48	9.93	-0.93
8	Washington	AAWU	7-1-2	0.7	21.9	12.5	10.87	8.98	-1.98
9	Bowling Green	Mid-American	7-1-1	0.78	21.65	12.56	9.42	7.84	-0.84
10	Memphis	FBS Independents	8-1-0	0.89	21.22	21.56	3.58	8.66	-0.66
11	Penn State	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	20.72	12.45	11.95	9.46	-0.46
12	Oregon State	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	20.69	11.91	11.96	9	0
13	Wisconsin	Big Ten	8-2-0	0.8	20.65	19.2	11.99	8.96	-0.96
14	Arkansas	Southwest	9-2-0	0.82	20.58	16.73	9.5	9.96	-0.96
15	West Texas A&M	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	20.21	17.91	7.34	10.06	-1.06
16	Nebraska	Big 8	9-2-0	0.82	20.1	12	8.32	8.86	0.14
17	Duke	ACC	8-2-0	0.8	19.9	9.4	10.93	8.2	-0.2
18	Boston College	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	19.81	12.8	9.01	8.44	-0.44
19	Northwestern	Big Ten	7-2-0	0.78	19.74	8.78	13.15	6.51	0.49
20	Arizona State	Western Athletic	7-2-1	0.7	19.67	17.8	9.42	8.9	-1.9
21	Utah State	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	19.56	13.4	7.25	8.32	-0.32
22	West Virginia	Southern	8-2-0	0.8	19.56	7.4	9.83	7.36	0.64
23	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	8-2-1	0.73	19.38	6	9.58	7.49	0.51
24	Oklahoma	Big 8	8-3-0	0.73	19.25	18.73	13.48	10.68	-2.68
25	Minnesota	Big Ten	6-2-1	0.67	18.98	7.78	13.23	7.74	-1.74
26	Ohio	Mid-American	8-3-0	0.73	18.83	13.55	12.29	9.69	-1.69
27	New Mexico	Western Athletic	7-2-1	0.7	18.67	5.1	8.6	6.59	0.41
28	Georgia Tech	SEC	7-3-1	0.64	18.28	10.36	14.95	9.49	-2.49
29	Oregon	FBS Independents	6-3-1	0.6	17.14	7.3	13.54	7.13	-1.13
30	Villanova	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	17.11	11.3	6.26	8.65	-1.65
31	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-3-0	0.67	17.07	11.89	10.45	7.67	-1.67
32	Kansas	Big 8	6-3-1	0.6	16.86	9.8	9.97	8.1	-2.1
33	Harvard	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.6	9.33	8.28	7.03	-1.03
34	Florida	SEC	7-4-0	0.64	16.41	7.45	13.19	8.25	-1.25
35	Houston	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.76	2.45	13.65	6.45	0.55
36	Auburn	SEC	6-3-1	0.6	15.45	0.5	10.96	5.17	0.83
37	Florida State	FBS Independents	4-3-3	0.4	14.87	10.1	11.91	8.94	-4.94
38	Maryland	ACC	6-4-0	0.6	14.79	4.2	10.48	6.62	-0.62
39	Clemson	ACC	6-4-0	0.6	14.71	3.8	10.38	6.47	-0.47
40	Buffalo	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	14.69	1.22	2.47	4.88	1.12
41	Army	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	14.62	4.8	8.4	7.11	-1.11
42	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-4-0	0.56	14.44	10.33	9.99	7.49	-2.49
43	TCU	Southwest	6-4-0	0.6	14.33	1.3	12.07	5.48	0.52
44	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	14.32	1.2	12.26	5.34	0.66
45	Washington State	AAWU	5-4-1	0.5	14.17	4.6	12.46	6.4	-1.4
46	Western Michigan	Mid-American	5-4-0	0.56	14.01	5.11	10.43	6.24	-1.24
47	Miami	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	13.99	-2.55	15.88	4.61	2.39
48	Princeton	Ivy	5-4-0	0.56	13.89	4.56	10.01	5.78	-0.78
49	Louisville	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	13.64	0.1	11.06	5.03	0.97
50	VMI	Southern	6-4-0	0.6	13.6	0	11.41	5	1
51	Richmond	Southern	6-3-0	0.67	13.49	-1.78	3.6	3.91	2.09
52	Purdue	Big Ten	4-4-1	0.44	13.12	8.11	11.86	7.64	-3.64
53	Syracuse	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	13.05	4.9	14.61	7.05	-2.05
54	Xavier	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	12.92	-0.9	9.73	4.59	1.41
55	North Texas	Missouri Valley	6-4-0	0.6	12.8	-0.8	8.19	4.73	1.27
56	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	5-5-0	0.5	12.52	3.8	10.97	6.11	-1.11
57	Navy	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	12.22	1	15	5.33	-0.33
58	Wyoming	Western Athletic	5-5-0	0.5	12.19	2.2	10.81	5.84	-0.84
59	Virginia	ACC	5-5-0	0.5	12.08	2.7	8.58	5.88	-0.88
60	Iowa State	Big 8	5-5-0	0.5	11.37	0	11.83	5	0
61	Air Force	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	11.29	0.2	9.4	5.07	-0.07
62	Virginia Tech	Southern	5-5-0	0.5	11.19	0	9.78	5	0
63	South Carolina	ACC	4-5-1	0.4	11.09	3.9	9.89	6.35	-2.35
64	Columbia	Ivy	5-4-0	0.56	10.62	-9.11	8.49	2.08	2.92
65	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	10.49	-3.3	15.18	3.9	1.1
66	Rutgers	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	10.24	-0.5	2.64	4.82	0.18
67	Arizona	Western Athletic	5-5-0	0.5	10.19	-3.7	12.32	3.59	1.41
68	Tennessee	SEC	4-6-0	0.4	10.13	4.5	8.01	6.65	-2.65
69	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	10.08	-4.3	12.21	3.48	1.52
70	BYU	Western Athletic	4-6-0	0.4	10.03	2.7	10.58	5.86	-1.86
71	Stanford	AAWU	5-5-0	0.5	9.98	-5	12.17	3.09	1.91
72	Pacific	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	9.97	-0.7	0.49	4.77	0.23
73	Montana	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	9.22	-4.8	2.17	3.5	1.5
74	William & Mary	Southern	4-5-1	0.4	9	-2.2	10.63	3.93	0.07
75	Iowa	Big Ten	4-5-0	0.44	8.92	-4.33	15.26	3.12	0.88
76	Utah	Western Athletic	4-5-1	0.4	8.9	-2.7	10.88	4.13	-0.13
77	Baylor	Southwest	4-6-0	0.4	8.5	-1	11.07	4.64	-0.64
78	UTEP	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	8.28	-6.67	10.11	1.96	2.04
79	Georgia	SEC	3-4-3	0.3	8.25	-6.5	12.79	2.48	0.52
80	Cornell	Ivy	4-5-0	0.44	8.24	-7.67	10.86	2.76	1.24
81	UCLA	AAWU	4-6-0	0.4	8.18	-2.1	11.51	4.04	-0.04
82	Kentucky	SEC	3-5-2	0.3	7.91	-1.6	12.29	3.99	-0.99
83	Oklahoma State	Big 8	4-6-0	0.4	7.53	-7.6	14.04	2.61	1.39
84	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	7.41	-6.8	10.81	3.27	0.73
85	Furman	Southern	4-6-0	0.4	7.05	-5	1.55	3.43	0.57
86	Colgate	FBS Independents	3-5-1	0.33	6.98	-4.11	5.44	2.86	0.14
87	Davidson	Southern	3-5-1	0.33	6.91	-3.78	3.33	2.96	0.04
88	Marshall	Mid-American	4-6-0	0.4	6.89	-10	6.45	2.14	1.86
89	Indiana	Big Ten	3-6-0	0.33	6.79	-1.56	12.28	3.94	-0.94
90	NC State	ACC	3-6-1	0.3	6.26	-3.1	9.37	3.55	-0.55
91	Mississippi State	SEC	3-6-0	0.33	6.15	-6.22	16.21	1.91	1.09
92	Yale	Ivy	2-5-2	0.22	6.03	-0.67	8.63	4.2	-2.2
93	Toledo	Mid-American	3-6-0	0.33	5.98	-4.78	8.98	3.06	-0.06
94	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	3-7-0	0.3	5.87	-1.2	5.19	4.47	-1.47
95	Kent State	Mid-American	3-6-0	0.33	5.77	-8.67	13.07	1.93	1.07
96	Pennsylvania	Ivy	3-6-0	0.33	5.53	-9.33	9.05	1.56	1.44
97	George Washington	Southern	3-7-0	0.3	5.28	-5.9	11.52	2.59	0.41
98	Texas A&M	Southwest	3-7-0	0.3	5.02	-9.4	13.14	0.99	2.01
99	North Carolina	ACC	3-7-0	0.3	4.97	-9.4	11.86	1.91	1.09
100	The Citadel	Southern	3-7-0	0.3	4.62	-12.1	7.25	1.9	1.1
101	Rice	Southwest	2-6-2	0.2	4.28	-5.4	13.79	2.92	-0.92
102	Idaho	FBS Independents	2-6-1	0.22	3.57	-11.22	7.26	1.56	0.44
103	Boston University	FBS Independents	2-7-0	0.22	3.31	-6.89	9.4	2.08	-0.08
104	SMU	Southwest	2-8-0	0.2	3.27	-4.2	12.96	2.84	-0.84
105	Cincinnati	Missouri Valley	2-8-0	0.2	2.97	-6	10.28	3.03	-1.03
106	Michigan	Big Ten	2-7-0	0.22	2.83	-16	14.76	0.59	1.41
107	Illinois	Big Ten	2-7-0	0.22	2.81	-17.67	17.28	0.57	1.43
108	Dayton	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	2.58	-11	11.76	1.47	0.53
109	San José State	FBS Independents	2-8-1	0.18	2.48	-11.64	8.48	1.85	0.15
110	Colorado	Big 8	2-8-0	0.2	2.05	-22.4	11.67	0.78	1.22
111	Brown	Ivy	1-6-2	0.11	1.42	-8	9.15	2.17	-1.17
112	Detroit Mercy	FBS Independents	1-8-0	0.11	0.47	-12.11	11.47	1.19	-0.19
113	California	AAWU	1-9-0	0.1	0.36	-10.4	15.73	2.15	-1.15
114	Hardin-Simmons	FBS Independents	1-9-0	0.1	0.16	-13.4	4.14	0.76	0.24
115	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-9-0	0.1	0.07	-15.3	13.15	0.5	0.5
116	Texas Tech	Southwest	1-9-0	0.1	0	-16.7	12.36	0.68	0.32
117	Wake Forest	ACC	0-10-0	0	-2.45	-21.2	12	0.32	-0.32
118	Colorado State	FBS Independents	0-10-0	0	-2.46	-20.3	13.87	0.35	-0.35
119	Tulane	SEC	0-10-0	0	-2.53	-21.7	14.95	0.39	-0.39
120	Kansas State	Big 8	0-10-0	0	-2.6	-24.4	14.01	0.09	-0.09