1968 W3 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:26.685879+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Purdue	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	29.22	26.5	12.98	1.85	0.15
2	Penn State	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	29.02	20.5	13.27	1.92	0.08
3	Arizona State	Western Athletic	2-0-0	1	28.64	30	10.43	1.89	0.11
4	Kansas	Big 8	2-0-0	1	28.57	29	10.6	1.88	0.12
5	Ole Miss	SEC	2-0-0	1	28.4	15	11.72	1.78	0.22
6	UCLA	Pac-8	2-0-0	1	28.31	33	8.29	1.89	0.11
7	West Texas A&M	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	28.15	26.67	5.3	2.97	0.03
8	Nebraska	Big 8	3-0-0	1	28.14	12.33	5.53	2.7	0.3
9	Bowling Green	Mid-American	2-0-0	1	28.1	30	10.29	1.92	0.08
10	California	Pac-8	2-0-0	1	27.99	12	11.99	1.94	0.06
11	Miami	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	27.97	12	10.5	1.83	0.17
12	North Texas	Missouri Valley	2-0-0	1	27.94	16	7.79	1.68	0.32
13	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-0-0	1	27.91	8.5	12.74	1.55	0.45
14	Alabama	SEC	2-0-0	1	27.66	5	11.45	1.43	0.57
15	Arizona	Western Athletic	2-0-0	1	27.58	10	7.41	1.68	0.32
16	Houston	FBS Independents	1-0-1	0.5	27.37	23.5	-0.71	1.83	-0.83
17	Florida	SEC	2-0-0	1	27.21	4.5	11.69	1.37	0.63
18	Ohio State	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	27.1	21	23.97	0.9	0.1
19	Toledo	Mid-American	3-0-0	1	26.97	21.33	-2.15	2.65	0.35
20	Arkansas	Southwest	2-0-0	1	26.69	30	0.76	1.88	0.12
21	Cornell	Ivy	1-0-0	1	26.43	17	20.91	1	0
22	Ohio	Mid-American	2-0-0	1	26.19	32	-1.48	1.96	0.04
23	USC	Pac-8	2-0-0	1	26.09	13	-0.6	1.66	0.34
24	Stanford	Pac-8	2-0-0	1	26.01	32	-2.25	1.86	0.14
25	LSU	SEC	2-0-0	1	25.88	7.5	1.39	1.6	0.4
26	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	25.74	11	0.12	1.71	0.29
27	West Virginia	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	25.71	20	-2.65	1.91	0.09
28	Rutgers	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	24.87	18	-3.91	1.83	0.17
29	Louisville	Missouri Valley	1-0-0	1	24	23	-10	0.94	0.06
30	Tampa	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	23.23	13	-10	1.82	0.18
31	Georgia	SEC	1-0-1	0.5	22.47	9	2.3	1.51	-0.51
32	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.46	34	-1.33	0.94	0.06
33	Harvard	Ivy	1-0-0	1	22.06	7	1.21	0.67	0.33
34	Cincinnati	Missouri Valley	1-0-1	0.5	21.88	1.5	6.43	1.14	-0.14
35	Texas Tech	Southwest	1-0-1	0.5	21.76	4.5	1.34	1.29	-0.29
36	Tennessee	SEC	1-0-1	0.5	21.74	3.5	1.38	1.22	-0.22
37	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2-1-0	0.67	21.32	16	18.85	2.74	-0.74
38	Dayton	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	21.19	21.67	3.87	2.82	-0.82
39	Washington	Pac-8	1-0-1	0.5	20.87	2	-0.78	1.09	-0.09
40	Dartmouth	Ivy	1-0-0	1	20.58	21	-10	1	0
41	Iowa State	Big 8	2-1-0	0.67	20.55	5.67	22.27	1.99	0.01
42	Yale	Ivy	1-0-0	1	20.55	17	-10	0.87	0.13
43	Pennsylvania	Ivy	1-0-0	1	20.2	17	-10	0.91	0.09
44	NC State	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	19.84	7.33	-0.96	2.22	-0.22
45	Brown	Ivy	1-0-0	1	18.72	1	-10	0.56	0.44
46	Utah State	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.96	3	5.24	1.75	0.25
47	Kansas State	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	17.51	2.5	20.96	1.21	-0.21
48	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	17.04	4.5	13.37	1.17	-0.17
49	Army	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	16.98	8	11.44	1.46	-0.46
50	BYU	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	16.86	1	17.66	1.07	-0.07
51	Buffalo	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	16.74	4.33	2.39	1.97	0.03
52	Colorado	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	16.53	5.5	10.76	1.53	-0.53
53	William & Mary	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	16.24	1	9.69	1.18	-0.18
54	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	15.99	3.5	12	1.39	-0.39
55	Florida State	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	15.76	2	10.54	1.19	-0.19
56	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-1-1	0.33	15.66	5.67	4.1	1.93	-0.93
57	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	15.65	4.5	7.86	1.29	-0.29
58	Pacific	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	15.04	-7.5	24.67	0.53	0.47
59	Colgate	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	14.41	5.5	-3.82	1.53	-0.53
60	Kentucky	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	13.65	-5	13.17	0.63	0.37
61	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	13.61	2.5	27.48	1.35	-0.35
62	Missouri	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	13.37	19	10.63	1.93	-0.93
63	Indiana	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	13.32	-7	11.93	0.76	0.24
64	Texas A&M	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	13.32	15.5	10.6	1.86	-0.86
65	Washington State	Pac-8	1-1-0	0.5	13.3	-1.5	7.7	0.9	0.1
66	Michigan	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	13.15	3.5	23.59	1.24	-0.24
67	Auburn	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	12.83	8.5	11.22	1.42	-0.42
68	SMU	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	12.74	-6	1.31	0.75	0.25
69	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.74	7	10.93	1.45	-0.45
70	Air Force	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.61	2	20.74	1.17	-0.17
71	Wyoming	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	12.61	11.67	16.25	2.65	-1.65
72	Iowa	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	12.53	-5	0.36	0.73	0.27
73	Duke	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	12.44	-7	-0.62	0.5	0.5
74	Virginia	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	12.23	4.5	13	1.22	-0.22
75	TCU	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	12.12	0.5	22.59	1.03	-0.03
76	Oregon State	Pac-8	1-1-0	0.5	11.72	1	10.13	1.06	-0.06
77	Oklahoma	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	11.04	-5	28.92	0.78	0.22
78	South Carolina	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	10.35	-1	10.42	0.94	0.06
79	The Citadel	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	9.74	-2	7.88	0.89	0.11
80	Villanova	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	9.37	-4	10.68	0.77	0.23
81	Western Michigan	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	8.77	-6	13.01	0.69	0.31
82	East Carolina	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	8.74	-4	3.08	1.08	-0.08
83	Colorado State	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	8.7	-6	17.25	0.79	0.21
84	San José State	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	7.89	-22	7.06	0.33	0.67
85	Xavier	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.7	-2.67	3.67	1.23	-0.23
86	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.02	-5.67	-10	1.14	-0.14
87	Furman	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	6.56	-3.67	-10	1	0
88	Richmond	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	5.56	-8	18.56	0.72	0.28
89	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	5.12	-14	11.49	0.6	0.4
90	Wake Forest	ACC	0-1-1	0	-0.97	-2	16.25	0.83	-0.83
91	Texas	Southwest	0-1-1	0	-1	-4.5	16.84	0.77	-0.77
92	Princeton	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-1.24	-6	21.49	0.3	-0.3
93	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.27	-7	2.34	0.33	-0.33
94	Clemson	ACC	0-1-1	0	-1.29	-9	1.03	0.53	-0.53
95	Rice	Southwest	0-1-1	0	-1.41	-7	13.15	0.67	-0.67
96	Davidson	Southern	0-2-0	0	-1.59	-9.5	-6.03	0.44	-0.44
97	Minnesota	Big Ten	0-2-0	0	-1.61	-6	28.98	0.66	-0.66
98	Memphis	Missouri Valley	0-2-0	0	-1.88	-10.5	14	0.37	-0.37
99	Columbia	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-1.94	-22	-10	0.1	-0.1
100	Mississippi State	SEC	0-2-0	0	-2.16	-16.5	-4.6	0.1	-0.1
101	Baylor	Southwest	0-2-0	0	-2.24	-11	23.59	0.57	-0.57
102	Kent State	Mid-American	0-3-0	0	-2.42	-15.33	22.05	0.3	-0.3
103	Maryland	ACC	0-2-0	0	-2.44	-14	12.61	0.32	-0.32
104	Oklahoma State	Big 8	0-1-0	0	-2.6	-17	24.92	0.14	-0.14
105	VMI	Southern	0-2-0	0	-2.67	-30	11.16	0.03	-0.03
106	Utah	Western Athletic	0-2-0	0	-2.68	-17	16.8	0.19	-0.19
107	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	0-1-0	0	-2.79	-43	24.92	0.03	-0.03
108	North Carolina	ACC	0-2-0	0	-2.8	-18.5	15.17	0.29	-0.29
109	Marshall	Mid-American	0-2-1	0	-2.83	-21	15.22	0.16	-0.16
110	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-2-0	0	-2.83	-19	25.69	0.09	-0.09
111	Oregon	Pac-8	0-2-0	0	-2.85	-18.5	24.57	0.14	-0.14
112	New Mexico	Western Athletic	0-3-0	0	-2.85	-16	22.22	0.36	-0.36
113	Navy	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.88	-29.5	13.71	0.08	-0.08
114	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0-2-0	0	-3.02	-26	13.39	0.12	-0.12
115	Illinois	Big Ten	0-2-0	0	-3.25	-42	12.9	0	0
116	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	0-2-0	0	-3.29	-32	23.25	0	0
117	Tulane	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-3.54	-39.5	16.65	0.01	-0.01
118	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-3.68	-39.5	25.01	0.05	-0.05