1968 FINAL CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:26.691670+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Penn State	FBS Independents	11-0-0	1	25	21.27	10.91	10.21	0.79
2	Ohio State	Big Ten	10-0-0	1	24.91	17.3	11.21	8.6	1.4
3	Yale	Ivy	8-0-1	0.89	24.47	18.89	8.63	7.75	0.25
4	Harvard	Ivy	8-0-1	0.89	24.27	16.22	8.18	8.17	-0.17
5	Georgia	SEC	8-1-2	0.73	22.96	15.45	14.3	9.87	-1.87
6	Texas	Southwest	9-1-1	0.82	22.79	16.45	12.28	9.06	-0.06
7	Arkansas	Southwest	10-1-0	0.91	22.76	14.64	11.3	8.93	1.07
8	Ohio	Mid-American	10-1-0	0.91	22.54	17.27	9.37	8.89	1.11
9	USC	Pac-8	9-1-1	0.82	22.53	8.27	13.18	8.1	0.9
10	Kansas	Big 8	9-2-0	0.82	20.76	18.55	10.12	9.34	-0.34
11	Tennessee	SEC	8-2-1	0.73	20.39	10.45	13.15	8.78	-0.78
12	Purdue	Big Ten	8-2-0	0.8	20.25	12.4	11.86	7.89	0.11
13	Arizona State	Western Athletic	8-2-0	0.8	20.1	25.1	7.76	9.01	-1.01
14	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	7-2-1	0.7	19.83	20.6	9.74	8.68	-1.68
15	Michigan	Big Ten	8-2-0	0.8	19.77	12.2	8.98	7.98	0.02
16	Houston	FBS Independents	6-2-2	0.6	19.62	27.1	11.39	9.17	-3.17
17	North Texas	Missouri Valley	8-2-0	0.8	19.47	11.3	7.4	7.57	0.43
18	West Texas A&M	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	18.93	13.6	3.24	8.08	-0.08
19	Missouri	Big 8	8-3-0	0.73	18.7	15.64	11.05	9.61	-1.61
20	Rutgers	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	18.41	9.4	1.56	7.28	0.72
21	Florida State	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.29	8.82	10.71	7.81	0.19
22	Pennsylvania	Ivy	7-2-0	0.78	18.26	3.78	7.1	5.7	1.3
23	Richmond	Southern	8-3-0	0.73	18.24	10.82	9.71	8.55	-0.55
24	Army	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	18.17	13.3	12.9	8.33	-1.33
25	Alabama	SEC	8-3-0	0.73	18.15	4.09	13.68	7.26	0.74
26	SMU	Southwest	8-3-0	0.73	18	3.45	13.53	6.34	1.66
27	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	7-3-0	0.7	17.92	14.1	10.85	8.91	-1.91
28	Oregon State	Pac-8	7-3-0	0.7	17.78	10.6	11.34	7.51	-0.51
29	California	Pac-8	7-3-1	0.64	17.77	11.73	10.74	9.43	-2.43
30	Wyoming	Western Athletic	7-3-0	0.7	17.76	12.4	10.33	8.46	-1.46
31	Arizona	Western Athletic	8-3-0	0.73	17.55	3.36	10.28	6.91	1.09
32	LSU	SEC	8-3-0	0.73	17.4	4.55	8.1	7.12	0.88
33	West Virginia	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	17.39	6.6	10.88	7.13	-0.13
34	Air Force	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	17.37	9.5	8.91	7.55	-0.55
35	Stanford	Pac-8	6-3-1	0.6	17.24	10.6	12.35	7.67	-1.67
36	Virginia	ACC	7-3-0	0.7	17.15	10.6	6.86	7.16	-0.16
37	Oklahoma	Big 8	7-4-0	0.64	16.83	10.73	14.04	8.04	-1.04
38	Utah State	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	16.79	10.5	4.35	7.88	-0.88
39	Bowling Green	Mid-American	6-3-1	0.6	16.69	12	7.67	8.04	-2.04
40	Ole Miss	SEC	7-3-1	0.64	16.67	1.36	12.4	5.98	1.02
41	Auburn	SEC	7-4-0	0.64	16.59	8.91	13.55	8.33	-1.33
42	Boston College	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	16.31	6.33	8.11	5.82	0.18
43	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	16.16	6.82	11.7	7.79	-0.79
44	Memphis	Missouri Valley	6-4-0	0.6	15.68	8.8	13.73	7.29	-1.29
45	Tampa	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	15.37	4.7	-2.22	6.47	0.53
46	Syracuse	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	15.22	9.8	9.38	7.63	-1.63
47	Buffalo	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	15.04	1.2	0.41	5.38	1.62
48	Texas Tech	Southwest	5-3-2	0.5	14.46	1.4	9	5.33	-0.33
49	Minnesota	Big Ten	6-4-0	0.6	14.43	1.7	11.82	5.51	0.49
50	Toledo	Mid-American	5-4-1	0.5	14.43	7.4	11.92	7.15	-2.15
51	NC State	ACC	6-4-0	0.6	14.42	2	11.06	5.61	0.39
52	Villanova	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	14.37	6	5.1	6.63	-0.63
53	Florida	SEC	6-3-1	0.6	14.25	-2.4	11.65	4.13	1.87
54	Pacific	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	13.61	2.1	3.75	5.73	0.27
55	Vanderbilt	SEC	5-4-1	0.5	13.48	1.6	11.71	5.61	-0.61
56	Nebraska	Big 8	6-4-0	0.6	13.32	-0.6	12.27	4.78	1.22
57	Indiana	Big Ten	6-4-0	0.6	13.06	-1.2	12.21	4.72	1.28
58	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-5-0	0.5	12.91	5.1	12.96	6.66	-1.66
59	Xavier	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	12.8	-0.7	7.8	4.79	1.21
60	Miami	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	12.66	3	13.82	6.2	-1.2
61	Iowa	Big Ten	5-5-0	0.5	12.47	3.3	11.29	5.64	-0.64
62	Dayton	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	12.32	5.7	6.43	6.69	-1.69
63	Princeton	Ivy	4-5-0	0.44	11.95	9	13.18	6.65	-2.65
64	Cincinnati	Missouri Valley	5-4-1	0.5	11.85	-2.7	13.41	4.49	0.51
65	Dartmouth	Ivy	4-5-0	0.44	10.82	2.56	9.67	5.13	-1.13
66	Clemson	ACC	4-5-1	0.4	10.26	0.5	10.97	5.16	-1.16
67	UTEP	Western Athletic	4-5-1	0.4	10.01	0.7	6.77	5.18	-1.18
68	Colgate	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	9.99	-1.2	2.96	4.67	0.33
69	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	9.89	-1.6	3.27	4.6	0.4
70	The Citadel	Southern	5-5-0	0.5	9.87	-2.3	5.15	4.28	0.72
71	Louisville	Missouri Valley	5-5-0	0.5	9.45	-4.1	3.93	3.87	1.13
72	South Carolina	ACC	4-6-0	0.4	8.62	-0.9	12.25	4.76	-0.76
73	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	8.47	-0.3	5.92	4.92	-0.92
74	Colorado	Big 8	4-6-0	0.4	8.22	-2.4	13.31	4.39	-0.39
75	Kansas State	Big 8	4-6-0	0.4	7.74	-5.3	13.44	3.61	0.39
76	Oregon	Pac-8	4-6-0	0.4	7.48	-6.9	12.07	2.7	1.3
77	Washington	Pac-8	3-5-2	0.3	7.48	-2.3	8.33	4.18	-1.18
78	Texas A&M	Southwest	3-7-0	0.3	7.48	1.2	12.37	5.37	-2.37
79	Washington State	Pac-8	3-6-1	0.3	7.43	0.1	9.27	5.03	-2.03
80	Duke	ACC	4-6-0	0.4	7.36	-7.3	10.75	3.33	0.67
81	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	7.21	-10.5	12.52	2.3	1.7
82	East Carolina	Southern	4-6-0	0.4	6.91	-6.9	2.47	3.13	0.87
83	Cornell	Ivy	3-6-0	0.33	6.39	-3.67	13.8	3.32	-0.32
84	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-6-0	0.33	6.19	-3.44	9.05	3.57	-0.57
85	Davidson	Southern	3-6-0	0.33	5.71	-4.67	3.21	3.41	-0.41
86	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	3-6-1	0.3	5.7	-6.8	8.03	3.18	-0.18
87	TCU	Southwest	3-7-0	0.3	5.59	-3.9	12.3	3.84	-0.84
88	UCLA	Pac-8	3-7-0	0.3	5.58	-4.9	15.48	3.71	-0.71
89	Kentucky	SEC	3-7-0	0.3	5.48	-6.5	17.98	2.89	0.11
90	Utah	Western Athletic	3-7-0	0.3	5.16	-7.2	11.88	2.95	0.05
91	Iowa State	Big 8	3-7-0	0.3	5.01	-9.5	12.91	2.66	0.34
92	William & Mary	Southern	3-7-0	0.3	4.95	-9.8	12.04	1.6	1.4
93	North Carolina	ACC	3-7-0	0.3	4.94	-9.4	10.99	2.68	0.32
94	Oklahoma State	Big 8	3-7-0	0.3	4.9	-12.7	15.81	2.01	0.99
95	Baylor	Southwest	3-7-0	0.3	4.87	-11.6	13	2.58	0.42
96	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	3-7-0	0.3	4.52	-16.5	10.61	1.46	1.54
97	Wake Forest	ACC	2-7-1	0.2	4.25	-1.6	11.9	4.57	-2.57
98	San José State	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	3.99	-25.5	4.66	0.85	2.15
99	Columbia	Ivy	2-7-0	0.22	3.26	-8.11	11.93	2.73	-0.73
100	BYU	Western Athletic	2-8-0	0.2	2.88	-6.8	10.02	3.18	-1.18
101	Brown	Ivy	2-7-0	0.22	2.55	-21	11.07	0.64	1.36
102	Maryland	ACC	2-8-0	0.2	2.49	-12.8	12.72	2.1	-0.1
103	Colorado State	Western Athletic	2-8-0	0.2	2.46	-12.9	11.46	1.67	0.33
104	Tulane	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	2.45	-13.7	13.23	1.91	0.09
105	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	2.44	-10.4	2.72	2.27	-0.27
106	Navy	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	2.35	-16.7	15.58	1.3	0.7
107	Kent State	Mid-American	1-9-0	0.1	0.2	-12.9	12.53	1.25	-0.25
108	Furman	Southern	1-9-0	0.1	0.16	-13.2	-1.92	1.15	-0.15
109	VMI	Southern	1-9-0	0.1	-0.13	-20	13.4	0.59	0.41
110	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-9-0	0.1	-0.19	-21.6	14.48	0.7	0.3
111	Illinois	Big Ten	1-9-0	0.1	-0.23	-22.6	16.56	0.64	0.36
112	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	1-9-0	0.1	-0.43	-29.4	13.87	0.37	0.63
113	Mississippi State	SEC	0-8-2	0	-2.01	-11.4	13.08	2.03	-2.03
114	Rice	Southwest	0-9-1	0	-2.35	-17.5	14.12	1.39	-1.39
115	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	0-10-0	0	-2.41	-21.1	9.93	0.93	-0.93
116	Marshall	Mid-American	0-9-1	0	-2.47	-22.9	9.75	0.82	-0.82
117	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0-10-0	0	-2.54	-22.4	14.18	0.46	-0.46
118	New Mexico	Western Athletic	0-10-0	0	-2.66	-28.3	11.25	0.54	-0.54