1965 W8 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:26.179289+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Michigan State	Big Ten	7-0-0	1	26.41	18.71	13.94	6.72	0.28
2	Nebraska	Big 8	7-0-0	1	25.86	25.57	10.01	6.76	0.24
3	Princeton	Ivy	6-0-0	1	25.78	27	9.14	5.74	0.26
4	Arkansas	Southwest	7-0-0	1	25.65	21.43	9.6	6.5	0.5
5	Tennessee	SEC	3-0-2	0.6	25.51	10.2	11.59	4.55	-1.55
6	Dartmouth	Ivy	6-0-0	1	24.63	19.83	4.95	5.61	0.39
7	Utah State	FBS Independents	7-0-0	1	23.68	19.57	0.63	6.19	0.81
8	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	22.66	22.17	15.07	5.75	-0.75
9	Alabama	SEC	5-1-1	0.71	21.64	9.43	13.11	6.06	-1.06
10	Wyoming	Western Athletic	5-1-0	0.83	21.41	11.33	10.61	4.75	0.25
11	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	5-1-1	0.71	21.28	10.43	10.59	5.59	-0.59
12	UCLA	AAWU	4-1-1	0.67	21.27	10.83	14.78	5.01	-1.01
13	USC	AAWU	4-1-1	0.67	21.15	10.17	13.79	4.95	-0.95
14	Xavier	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	21.1	9.86	5.79	5.54	0.46
15	Texas Tech	Southwest	6-1-0	0.86	20.87	4.71	7.6	4.49	1.51
16	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	20.62	11.14	2.57	5.75	0.25
17	Washington State	AAWU	6-1-0	0.86	20.36	5	4.21	5.2	0.8
18	East Carolina	Southern	5-1-0	0.83	20	19.17	0.56	5.63	-0.63
19	Colorado	Big 8	4-1-2	0.57	19.69	7.14	6.79	5.54	-1.54
20	Kentucky	SEC	5-2-0	0.71	18.76	5.86	15.57	4.82	0.18
21	Harvard	Ivy	3-1-2	0.5	18.69	7.33	7.08	5.12	-2.12
22	LSU	SEC	5-2-0	0.71	18.57	5.57	12.53	4.74	0.26
23	Syracuse	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.2	8.86	9.81	5.3	-0.3
24	West Texas A&M	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.08	8.14	7.36	5.65	-0.65
25	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	5-2-0	0.71	18.04	14.29	6.15	5.83	-0.83
26	UTEP	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	18.02	12.5	10.97	4.64	-0.64
27	Georgia	SEC	5-2-0	0.71	17.93	3.43	12.14	4.27	0.73
28	Missouri	Big 8	4-2-1	0.57	17.92	7.57	13.33	5.8	-1.8
29	Florida	SEC	4-2-0	0.67	17.87	6.67	13.36	4.43	-0.43
30	Louisville	Missouri Valley	5-2-0	0.71	17.76	10.43	5.78	5.64	-0.64
31	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	17.67	4.29	7.69	4.88	0.12
32	Purdue	Big Ten	4-2-1	0.57	17.48	3.14	13.89	4.32	-0.32
33	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	17.29	3.71	5.79	5.04	-0.04
34	Boston College	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	16.92	12.17	5.94	5.33	-1.33
35	Oregon	AAWU	4-2-1	0.57	16.44	4	7.42	4.38	-0.38
36	Colgate	FBS Independents	4-2-1	0.57	16.07	2.71	6.57	4.55	-0.55
37	Clemson	ACC	5-2-0	0.71	16.05	-1.29	12.56	3.1	1.9
38	Bowling Green	Mid-American	5-2-0	0.71	16	-1.14	9	3.13	1.87
39	Iowa State	Big 8	4-2-1	0.57	15.68	0.57	8.87	3.65	0.35
40	Illinois	Big Ten	4-3-0	0.57	15.6	10.29	14.45	5.62	-1.62
41	Stanford	AAWU	4-2-1	0.57	15.55	-0.86	11.38	3.27	0.73
42	Texas	Southwest	4-3-0	0.57	15.51	9.71	11.62	5.45	-1.45
43	Mississippi State	SEC	4-3-0	0.57	15.36	10.71	10.03	5.67	-1.67
44	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	4-3-0	0.57	15.35	6.86	14.85	4.88	-0.88
45	Ole Miss	SEC	4-3-0	0.57	15.3	7.14	14.44	5.35	-1.35
46	Ohio State	Big Ten	4-2-0	0.67	15.12	-1.5	13.68	2.67	1.33
47	Duke	ACC	4-3-0	0.57	14.82	2.86	12.85	4.12	-0.12
48	Western Michigan	Mid-American	4-2-1	0.57	14.81	-1.86	11.96	2.97	1.03
49	William & Mary	Southern	4-3-0	0.57	14.43	1.71	14.61	3.87	0.13
50	George Washington	Southern	4-3-0	0.57	14.14	4.57	6.91	4.77	-0.77
51	West Virginia	Southern	4-3-0	0.57	14.1	2.14	8.03	3.84	0.16
52	Toledo	Mid-American	4-3-0	0.57	13.62	0.71	10.68	3.86	0.14
53	Furman	Southern	4-3-0	0.57	13.32	5.57	-1.12	4.62	-0.62
54	Memphis	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	13.27	5.67	13.17	3.91	-0.91
55	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-3-1	0.43	13.19	3.29	12.52	4.37	-1.37
56	Auburn	SEC	3-3-1	0.43	13.14	3	15.75	4.31	-1.31
57	Marshall	Mid-American	4-3-0	0.57	13.12	0.14	6.52	3.54	0.46
58	SMU	Southwest	3-2-1	0.5	13.08	-3.33	15	2.32	0.68
59	Cornell	Ivy	2-2-2	0.33	13.08	5.17	12.32	4.09	-2.09
60	Kent State	Mid-American	3-3-1	0.43	13.04	3.43	10.61	4.62	-1.62
61	BYU	Western Athletic	3-3-0	0.5	12.68	1.5	11.56	3.28	-0.28
62	Quantico Marines	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	12.59	7.83	4.3	4.84	-1.84
63	Pennsylvania	Ivy	3-2-1	0.5	12.31	-6.67	10.25	1.56	1.44
64	Davidson	Southern	3-3-0	0.5	12.29	2.83	4.44	3.67	-0.67
65	Baylor	Southwest	3-3-0	0.5	12.25	0.67	10.71	3.18	-0.18
66	Navy	FBS Independents	3-3-1	0.43	11.93	-0.71	15.64	3.29	-0.29
67	California	AAWU	4-3-0	0.57	11.38	-8	10.38	1.74	2.26
68	Michigan	Big Ten	3-4-0	0.43	11.25	2.57	15.83	4.1	-1.1
69	Virginia	ACC	3-4-0	0.43	11.01	1.14	12.91	3.81	-0.81
70	Utah	Western Athletic	3-4-0	0.43	10.96	3.71	8.45	4.4	-1.4
71	Florida State	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	10.9	-2.83	16.29	2.05	0.95
72	Maryland	ACC	3-3-0	0.5	10.63	-1.33	8.64	2.68	0.32
73	South Carolina	ACC	3-4-0	0.43	9.82	-0.86	11.95	3.27	-0.27
74	Washington	AAWU	3-4-0	0.43	9.8	-0.14	12.23	3.47	-0.47
75	Army	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	9.58	-2.14	15.58	2.9	0.1
76	North Carolina	ACC	3-4-0	0.43	9.51	-1.29	10.28	3.21	-0.21
77	Penn State	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	9.44	3.17	17.52	3.6	-1.6
78	NC State	ACC	3-4-0	0.43	9.37	-1.14	12.67	3.12	-0.12
79	Miami	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	8.98	3.83	10.61	3.69	-1.69
80	Arizona State	Western Athletic	3-4-0	0.43	8.91	-3.29	14.09	2.64	0.36
81	Buffalo	FBS Independents	2-3-2	0.29	8.79	0.57	-3.19	3.73	-1.73
82	TCU	Southwest	3-4-0	0.43	8.74	-5.71	16.65	1.82	1.18
83	Cincinnati	Missouri Valley	3-4-0	0.43	8.68	-3.86	7.83	2.48	0.52
84	Oregon State	AAWU	3-4-0	0.43	8.58	-5.14	9.69	1.94	1.06
85	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-4-0	0.43	8.51	-8.57	13.32	1.45	1.55
86	San José State	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	8.1	-7.29	10.04	1.78	1.22
87	Oklahoma	Big 8	2-4-0	0.33	7.3	-0.83	9.77	2.7	-0.7
88	Yale	Ivy	2-4-0	0.33	6.52	-3	8.29	2.06	-0.06
89	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-4-1	0.29	6.37	-4.14	14.9	2.11	-0.11
90	New Mexico	Western Athletic	2-4-0	0.33	6.25	-5.67	9.29	1.95	0.05
91	Columbia	Ivy	2-4-0	0.33	6.04	-7.5	10.17	1.17	0.83
92	Rice	Southwest	2-4-0	0.33	5.96	-10.17	12.99	1.28	0.72
93	Colorado State	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	5.96	-2.57	13.67	3.05	-1.05
94	Arizona	Western Athletic	2-4-0	0.33	5.92	-8.33	11.05	0.99	1.01
95	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-4-1	0.29	5.92	-12.29	14.44	0.87	1.13
96	Rutgers	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	5.55	-10.5	3.93	0.61	1.39
97	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	5.22	-8.14	14.46	2.08	-0.08
98	Wake Forest	ACC	2-5-0	0.29	5.16	-7	11.14	1.37	0.63
99	Kansas	Big 8	2-5-0	0.29	5.11	-4.14	8.44	2.26	-0.26
100	Texas A&M	Southwest	2-5-0	0.29	5.04	-11	15.93	0.67	1.33
101	Houston	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.94	-6.57	11.03	1.89	0.11
102	Tulane	SEC	2-5-0	0.29	4.92	-11.57	14.71	0.78	1.22
103	Indiana	Big Ten	2-5-0	0.29	4.71	-9.29	11.18	1.51	0.49
104	North Texas	Missouri Valley	2-5-0	0.29	4.57	-10.86	10.37	1.88	0.12
105	Air Force	FBS Independents	1-5-1	0.14	3.23	-2.14	16.61	2.98	-1.98
106	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	1-4-1	0.17	2.62	-8	12.9	0.99	0.01
107	Iowa	Big Ten	1-6-0	0.14	2.36	-2.43	12.48	2.66	-1.66
108	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	1-5-0	0.17	2.28	-6.5	5.67	1.62	-0.62
109	Brown	Ivy	1-5-0	0.17	2.14	-9.33	12.82	0.83	0.17
110	Villanova	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	1.99	-10.5	7.89	1.08	-0.08
111	Dayton	FBS Independents	1-5-1	0.14	1.65	-11.86	11.79	0.13	0.87
112	Pacific	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	1.58	-16.33	1.43	0.46	0.54
113	Oklahoma State	Big 8	1-6-0	0.14	1.52	-9	17	1.19	-0.19
114	VMI	Southern	1-6-0	0.14	1.42	-9.86	14.28	1.08	-0.08
115	The Citadel	Southern	1-6-0	0.14	0.97	-11.57	9.07	0.4	0.6
116	Lehigh	FBS Independents	0-6-0	0	-2.12	-15	3.59	0.86	-0.86
117	Ohio	Mid-American	0-7-0	0	-2.23	-13.86	12.69	0.5	-0.5
118	Kansas State	Big 8	0-7-0	0	-2.77	-27.14	13.53	0.02	-0.02
119	Richmond	Southern	0-7-0	0	-2.81	-27.86	14.38	0.08	-0.08