1963 FINAL CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:25.852304+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Texas	Southwest	11-0-0	1	24.78	15.64	10.95	10.43	0.57
2	Memphis	FBS Independents	9-0-1	0.9	24.26	14.7	8.5	9.6	-0.6
3	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	9-1-0	0.9	22.47	10.6	12.2	8.04	0.96
4	Nebraska	Big 8	10-1-0	0.91	22.36	14.45	9.15	9.77	0.23
5	Arizona State	Western Athletic	8-1-0	0.89	22.11	14.11	10.27	7.6	0.4
6	Ole Miss	SEC	7-1-2	0.7	21.93	16.9	9.37	9.76	-2.76
7	Illinois	Big Ten	8-1-1	0.8	21.9	7.4	11.76	7.95	0.05
8	Navy	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	20.86	14.09	11.91	9.11	-0.11
9	Alabama	SEC	9-2-0	0.82	20.68	12	12	9.76	-0.76
10	Auburn	SEC	9-2-0	0.82	20.36	7.27	11.76	8.54	0.46
11	Syracuse	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	20.19	15.4	10.5	9	-1
12	Oklahoma	Big 8	8-2-0	0.8	20.16	9.9	12.34	7.84	0.16
13	North Carolina	ACC	9-2-0	0.82	20.06	8.55	9.57	9.05	-0.05
14	Princeton	Ivy	7-2-0	0.78	20.06	18.22	11.77	8.37	-1.37
15	Utah State	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	19.79	21.9	6.47	9.41	-1.41
16	Mississippi State	SEC	7-2-2	0.64	19.73	8.27	13.36	9.16	-2.16
17	Virginia Tech	Southern	8-2-0	0.8	19.3	9	7.35	7.82	0.18
18	Dartmouth	Ivy	7-2-0	0.78	19.2	9	9.56	7.32	-0.32
19	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	7-2-0	0.78	19.19	12.89	7.84	7.53	-0.53
20	Michigan State	Big Ten	6-2-1	0.67	19.12	9.44	13.25	7.95	-1.95
21	Bowling Green	Mid-American	8-2-0	0.8	19.11	8.5	6.4	7.86	0.14
22	Oregon	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.31	11	10.26	8.79	-0.79
23	Baylor	Southwest	8-3-0	0.73	18.19	7.73	10.96	8.59	-0.59
24	NC State	ACC	8-3-0	0.73	18.18	7.36	11.15	8.71	-0.71
25	Georgia Tech	SEC	7-3-0	0.7	17.93	8.4	13.58	8.29	-1.29
26	Army	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	17.64	8	11.74	8.06	-1.06
27	USC	AAWU	7-3-0	0.7	17.56	9.3	10.44	8.04	-1.04
28	Penn State	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	17.47	5.1	12.76	7.06	-0.06
29	Missouri	Big 8	7-3-0	0.7	17.41	6.5	11.09	7.92	-0.92
30	Harvard	Ivy	5-2-2	0.56	17.34	5.11	10.11	6.79	-1.79
31	Yale	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.6	6.33	10.28	7.07	-1.07
32	Air Force	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	16.36	9	11.72	8.46	-1.46
33	Boston College	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	16.34	4.22	10.32	5.83	0.17
34	Florida	SEC	6-3-1	0.6	15.92	1	12.89	5.47	0.53
35	LSU	SEC	7-4-0	0.64	15.66	2.73	12.36	7.01	-0.01
36	Furman	Southern	7-3-0	0.7	15.23	1.5	1.16	5.43	1.57
37	Cincinnati	Missouri Valley	6-4-0	0.6	15.09	10	8.2	7.84	-1.84
38	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	5-3-2	0.5	15.02	3	10.39	5.91	-0.91
39	Rice	Southwest	6-4-0	0.6	14.84	3.1	12.54	6.39	-0.39
40	Ohio State	Big Ten	5-3-1	0.56	14.74	0.89	13.01	4.9	0.1
41	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	5-3-1	0.56	14.65	7.11	3.03	7.54	-2.54
42	Wyoming	Western Athletic	6-4-0	0.6	14.59	3.9	9.22	6.32	-0.32
43	Buffalo	FBS Independents	5-3-1	0.56	14.54	3.89	5.13	6.24	-1.24
44	New Mexico	Western Athletic	6-4-0	0.6	14.36	3.4	7.93	6.24	-0.24
45	Ohio	Mid-American	6-4-0	0.6	14.33	3.2	7.97	6.55	-0.55
46	Northwestern	Big Ten	5-4-0	0.56	14.27	4.22	13.91	5.88	-0.88
47	Washington	AAWU	6-5-0	0.55	13.91	3.82	13	7.15	-1.15
48	Clemson	ACC	5-4-1	0.5	13.91	4.1	10.86	6.48	-1.48
49	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5-4-0	0.56	13.81	2.89	11.86	5.5	-0.5
50	Duke	ACC	5-4-1	0.5	13.79	3.2	11.12	5.88	-0.88
51	Xavier	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	13.73	4.9	8.21	7.07	-2.07
52	Idaho	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	13.39	4.22	6.03	5.69	-0.69
53	Kansas	Big 8	5-5-0	0.5	13.15	8.5	11.81	7.78	-2.78
54	Arkansas	Southwest	5-5-0	0.5	13.11	8.3	11.61	8.14	-3.14
55	Tennessee	SEC	5-5-0	0.5	12.64	4.7	10.8	6.85	-1.85
56	Columbia	Ivy	4-4-1	0.44	12.42	2.78	11.8	5.25	-1.25
57	Marshall	Mid-American	5-4-1	0.5	12.17	0	6.2	5	0
58	Iowa	Big Ten	3-3-2	0.38	12.05	1.75	10.57	4.55	-1.55
59	Cornell	Ivy	5-4-0	0.56	12.04	-1.44	11.93	4.06	0.94
60	Florida State	FBS Independents	4-5-1	0.4	11.86	7.4	13.74	8	-4
61	West Texas A&M	FBS Independents	4-4-1	0.44	11.82	2.56	6.18	5.25	-1.25
62	Oregon State	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	11.75	0.6	11.91	5.18	-0.18
63	Purdue	Big Ten	5-4-0	0.56	11.5	-3.33	11	3.33	1.67
64	San José State	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	10.69	-0.7	8.88	4.78	0.22
65	Villanova	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	10.65	-5	4.34	2.77	2.23
66	Arizona	Western Athletic	5-5-0	0.5	10.35	-3	12.78	3.84	1.16
67	Michigan	Big Ten	3-4-2	0.33	10.29	0.44	14.55	4.67	-1.67
68	Texas Tech	Southwest	5-5-0	0.5	10.15	-3.1	10.57	3.89	1.11
69	Utah	Western Athletic	4-6-0	0.4	9.97	1.7	13	5.51	-1.51
70	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	5-5-0	0.5	9.9	-2.7	6.54	4.3	0.7
71	California	AAWU	4-5-1	0.4	9.27	-1.8	12.87	4.48	-0.48
72	Georgia	SEC	4-5-1	0.4	9.23	-1.8	12.41	4.25	-0.25
73	Iowa State	Big 8	4-5-0	0.44	9.18	-1.56	10.71	3.95	0.05
74	TCU	Southwest	4-5-1	0.4	8.92	-3.5	13.35	3.63	0.37
75	VMI	Southern	3-5-2	0.3	8.77	0.6	8.46	5.26	-2.26
76	William & Mary	Southern	4-6-0	0.4	8.13	-1.8	9.53	4.34	-0.34
77	Brown	Ivy	3-5-0	0.38	7.95	-1.38	11.68	3.68	-0.68
78	West Virginia	Southern	4-6-0	0.4	7.9	-4.7	14.79	3.47	0.53
79	Kent State	Mid-American	3-5-1	0.33	7.73	-1.67	9.62	3.81	-0.81
80	Colgate	FBS Independents	3-4-1	0.38	7.7	-9	7.69	1.35	1.65
81	SMU	Southwest	4-7-0	0.36	7.26	-3.09	14.59	4.12	-0.12
82	The Citadel	Southern	4-6-0	0.4	7.15	-4.8	2.79	3.38	0.62
83	Rutgers	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	6.88	-0.33	4.94	4.39	-1.39
84	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-6-0	0.33	6.66	-2.44	14.41	3.41	-0.41
85	Kentucky	SEC	3-6-1	0.3	6.56	-2.6	13.18	4.02	-1.02
86	Indiana	Big Ten	3-6-0	0.33	6.31	-4.11	13.68	3.36	-0.36
87	Washington State	AAWU	3-6-1	0.3	5.94	-6.5	12.46	2.25	0.75
88	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	3-6-1	0.3	5.76	-5.1	5.29	3.4	-0.4
89	Richmond	Southern	3-6-1	0.3	5.64	-8.5	9.88	2.15	0.85
90	Pennsylvania	Ivy	3-6-0	0.33	5.58	-10.22	11.41	1.54	1.46
91	UTEP	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	5.47	-4.4	11.3	2.93	0.07
92	North Texas	Missouri Valley	3-6-0	0.33	5.46	-9.56	7.86	1.81	1.19
93	Stanford	AAWU	3-7-0	0.3	5.44	-4.5	10.93	3.53	-0.53
94	Maryland	ACC	3-7-0	0.3	5.4	-5.3	12.63	3.26	-0.26
95	Miami	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	5.37	-5.8	13.4	2.77	0.23
96	Louisville	Missouri Valley	3-7-0	0.3	4.8	-9.5	7.59	1.98	1.02
97	Colorado State	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	4.42	-18.1	9.73	0.99	2.01
98	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	2-6-1	0.22	3.87	-8.56	10.93	1.46	0.54
99	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-7-0	0.22	3.59	-5.67	15.05	2.57	-0.57
100	Detroit Mercy	FBS Independents	2-6-1	0.22	3.58	-11.67	8.41	1.61	0.39
101	George Washington	Southern	2-7-0	0.22	3.53	-4.78	8.97	3.07	-1.07
102	Texas A&M	Southwest	2-7-1	0.2	3.47	-6.3	13.17	2.21	-0.21
103	Toledo	Mid-American	2-7-0	0.22	3.32	-6.44	8.12	2.51	-0.51
104	Virginia	ACC	2-7-1	0.2	3.18	-9.3	12.5	1.31	0.69
105	Houston	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	3.1	-5.9	15.08	3.12	-1.12
106	Western Michigan	Mid-American	2-7-0	0.22	3.04	-10	8.94	1.77	0.23
107	Kansas State	Big 8	2-7-0	0.22	2.84	-14.56	11.97	0.97	1.03
108	UCLA	AAWU	2-8-0	0.2	2.57	-12.3	14.94	1.24	0.76
109	Colorado	Big 8	2-8-0	0.2	2.41	-14.5	13.09	1.07	0.93
110	BYU	Western Athletic	2-8-0	0.2	2.37	-13.1	7.21	1.08	0.92
111	Pacific	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	2.07	-17.6	2.26	0.82	1.18
112	Davidson	Southern	1-5-2	0.12	1.87	-9.5	3.16	1.17	-0.17
113	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-7-2	0.1	1.06	-7.3	12.46	1.62	-0.62
114	Boston University	FBS Independents	1-6-1	0.12	0.94	-14.88	4.83	0.33	0.67
115	Dayton	FBS Independents	1-7-2	0.1	0.92	-8.9	11.61	1.97	-0.97
116	South Carolina	ACC	1-8-1	0.1	0.89	-6.6	10.82	2.38	-1.38
117	Tulane	SEC	1-8-1	0.1	0.33	-14.8	14.26	0.28	0.72
118	Lehigh	FBS Independents	1-8-0	0.11	0.28	-15.11	0.11	0.82	0.18
119	Oklahoma State	Big 8	1-8-0	0.11	0.22	-17	14.68	0.98	0.02
120	Wake Forest	ACC	1-9-0	0.1	-0.39	-28.1	11.13	0.06	0.94