1970 W9 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:27.039779+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Texas	Southwest	5-0-0	1	26.44	24.4	13.93	4.54	0.46
2	Nebraska	Big 8	6-0-1	0.86	25.92	20.86	11.94	6.25	-0.25
3	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	25.48	31.2	8.4	4.93	0.07
4	Ohio State	Big Ten	5-0-0	1	25.42	27	8.51	4.71	0.29
5	Michigan	Big Ten	6-0-0	1	25.36	16.33	10.14	5.51	0.49
6	Toledo	Mid-American	7-0-0	1	24.98	27.86	6.39	6.92	0.08
7	Dartmouth	Ivy	5-0-0	1	24.92	30.4	5.92	4.87	0.13
8	Air Force	FBS Independents	7-0-0	1	24.89	24.14	6.52	6.59	0.41
9	Arizona State	Western Athletic	6-0-0	1	24.81	26.67	5.79	5.65	0.35
10	Yale	Ivy	5-0-0	1	24.81	23.6	6.25	4.9	0.1
11	San Diego State	PCAA	6-0-0	1	24.64	27.17	4.89	5.91	0.09
12	Stanford	Pac-8	6-1-0	0.86	22.6	15.29	13.38	5.9	0.1
13	Tennessee	SEC	5-1-0	0.83	22.48	20.5	15.47	5.65	-0.65
14	Auburn	SEC	5-1-0	0.83	22.4	18.33	13.9	5.36	-0.36
15	Arkansas	Southwest	5-1-0	0.83	21.52	30.5	8.07	5.73	-0.73
16	LSU	SEC	5-1-0	0.83	21.46	15.33	10.89	5.59	-0.59
17	Ole Miss	SEC	5-1-0	0.83	21.11	11	10.14	4.43	0.57
18	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	5-1-0	0.83	20.7	15	6.28	5.43	-0.43
19	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	20.47	5.17	9.61	3.93	1.07
20	Princeton	Ivy	4-1-0	0.8	19.95	3.4	12.63	2.94	1.06
21	Fresno State	PCAA	6-1-0	0.86	19.51	14.57	-3.77	5.98	0.02
22	Villanova	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	19.38	10.83	0.12	4.61	0.39
23	Texas Tech	Southwest	5-2-0	0.71	18.64	9.14	13.13	5.27	-0.27
24	USC	Pac-8	4-2-1	0.57	18.42	13	14.81	5.6	-1.6
25	Kansas	Big 8	5-2-0	0.71	18.23	5.14	13.35	4.34	0.66
26	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.2	3.29	15.15	4.24	0.76
27	West Virginia	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.14	16	7.02	5.84	-0.84
28	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.04	12.29	7.81	6.31	-1.31
29	Mississippi State	SEC	5-2-0	0.71	17.83	2.57	14.56	4.07	0.93
30	Duke	ACC	5-2-0	0.71	17.69	2.86	12.33	4.23	0.77
31	Oregon	Pac-8	5-2-0	0.71	17.66	5	9.56	4.35	0.65
32	Florida	SEC	5-2-0	0.71	16.77	0	11.42	3.5	1.5
33	Dayton	FBS Independents	4-2-1	0.57	16.64	11.43	4.85	5.82	-1.82
34	Long Beach State	PCAA	5-2-0	0.71	16.26	10.86	-3.73	5.82	-0.82
35	West Texas A&M	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	16.1	13.5	0.28	4.79	-0.79
36	Houston	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	15.68	5.8	11.05	3.23	-0.23
37	Boston College	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	15.62	4.8	11.44	3.12	-0.12
38	Harvard	Ivy	3-2-0	0.6	15.41	4.8	9.73	3.1	-0.1
39	Missouri	Big 8	4-3-0	0.57	15.3	5.71	16.23	4.58	-0.58
40	Furman	Southern	5-2-0	0.71	15.2	2.14	-4.63	3.95	1.05
41	Alabama	SEC	4-3-0	0.57	15.04	3.86	16.34	4.08	-0.08
42	Columbia	Ivy	3-2-0	0.6	15.01	3.6	11.01	2.98	0.02
43	Pennsylvania	Ivy	3-2-0	0.6	14.99	7.2	4.39	3.51	-0.51
44	UCLA	Pac-8	4-3-0	0.57	14.92	2.29	16.21	4.01	-0.01
45	Western Michigan	Mid-American	4-3-0	0.57	14.8	10.86	8.17	5.66	-1.66
46	Cornell	Ivy	3-2-0	0.6	14.73	0.8	11.54	2.6	0.4
47	Kansas State	Big 8	4-3-0	0.57	14.68	2.71	15.22	4.18	-0.18
48	North Carolina	ACC	4-3-0	0.57	14.66	6.14	8.36	4.8	-0.8
49	Utah State	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	14.58	3.4	4.86	2.91	0.09
50	New Mexico	Western Athletic	4-2-0	0.67	14.47	-1.5	9.01	2.79	1.21
51	Virginia	ACC	4-3-0	0.57	13.96	4.86	6.18	4.61	-0.61
52	Colorado	Big 8	3-3-0	0.5	13.76	10.5	11.27	4.51	-1.51
53	Georgia	SEC	3-3-0	0.5	13.62	12.33	11.4	5.21	-2.21
54	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-3-0	0.5	13.58	9.17	13.44	4.47	-1.47
55	Washington	Pac-8	3-3-0	0.5	13.54	10.67	11.53	4.41	-1.41
56	South Carolina	ACC	3-3-1	0.43	13.2	7.14	8.62	4.99	-1.99
57	Utah	Western Athletic	3-3-0	0.5	13.02	5.5	11.81	3.86	-0.86
58	Tulane	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	13.01	-2.14	16.27	2.89	1.11
59	Penn State	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	12.84	6.5	8.55	3.98	-0.98
60	Arizona	Western Athletic	3-2-0	0.6	12.67	-4	8.44	1.85	1.15
61	Wake Forest	ACC	4-3-0	0.57	12.6	-1.29	12.4	3.24	0.76
62	The Citadel	Southern	4-3-0	0.57	12.41	1.14	-0.16	3.72	0.28
63	Memphis	Missouri Valley	3-2-0	0.6	12.23	-4.6	9.53	1.84	1.16
64	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	11.86	-5.14	9.79	2.67	1.33
65	Oklahoma	Big 8	3-3-0	0.5	11.41	-1.17	14.12	2.78	0.22
66	Pacific	PCAA	4-3-0	0.57	11.29	-7.86	7.12	2.01	1.99
67	Florida State	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	10.94	-1.67	14.19	2.67	0.33
68	Louisville	Missouri Valley	3-3-0	0.5	10.86	-0.5	6.37	2.88	0.12
69	SMU	Southwest	3-3-0	0.5	10.78	-3.67	14.55	2.23	0.77
70	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	3-3-0	0.5	10.76	-1.17	8.37	2.76	0.24
71	Iowa State	Big 8	3-3-0	0.5	10.71	-3.17	11.93	2.42	0.58
72	Rice	Southwest	2-3-0	0.4	10.67	2.4	13.59	2.92	-0.92
73	California	Pac-8	3-4-0	0.43	10.66	1.57	12.87	3.74	-0.74
74	Purdue	Big Ten	3-3-0	0.5	10.28	-8.83	15.72	1.37	1.63
75	UTEP	Western Athletic	3-3-0	0.5	10.25	-5.17	10.23	2.26	0.74
76	Syracuse	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	10.07	-3.83	9.67	2.27	0.73
77	Ohio	Mid-American	3-3-0	0.5	10.05	-11.83	15.82	1.3	1.7
78	Oregon State	Pac-8	3-4-0	0.43	9.12	-3.29	13.77	2.85	0.15
79	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-3-1	0.33	8.51	-0.5	8.01	2.9	-0.9
80	Miami	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	8.37	-1.8	6.91	2.26	-0.26
81	TCU	Southwest	2-3-1	0.33	7.74	-4	7.23	2.31	-0.31
82	Colgate	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	7.72	-10.14	8.02	1.61	1.39
83	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-5-0	0.29	6.83	0	10.99	3.5	-1.5
84	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-4-0	0.33	6.76	-4.67	17.71	2.24	-0.24
85	Oklahoma State	Big 8	2-4-0	0.33	6.31	-8	17.15	1.94	0.06
86	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	6.2	-0.57	5.04	3.4	-1.4
87	NC State	ACC	2-4-1	0.29	6.01	-5	10.22	1.64	0.36
88	Illinois	Big Ten	2-4-0	0.33	5.97	-9.33	13.2	1.63	0.37
89	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-4-0	0.33	5.92	-7.83	15.57	1.73	0.27
90	Marshall	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	5.76	-10.33	9.56	1.23	0.77
91	Kent State	Mid-American	2-4-0	0.33	5.66	-13.83	12.8	1.04	0.96
92	Baylor	Southwest	2-4-0	0.33	5.37	-15	13.94	0.69	1.31
93	San José State	PCAA	2-5-0	0.29	5.36	-4.29	14.9	2.72	-0.72
94	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	5.22	-11.83	6.22	1.09	0.91
95	Texas A&M	Southwest	2-5-0	0.29	5.18	-7.57	13.94	2.15	-0.15
96	North Texas	Missouri Valley	2-5-0	0.29	4.98	-6.29	5.91	1.69	0.31
97	BYU	Western Athletic	2-5-0	0.29	4.79	-10.86	16.79	1.26	0.74
98	Clemson	ACC	2-5-0	0.29	4.76	-13.71	14.76	1.04	0.96
99	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.75	-8.14	10.56	1.81	0.19
100	Richmond	Southern	2-5-0	0.29	4.69	-9	10.51	1.72	0.28
101	William & Mary	Southern	2-5-0	0.29	4.62	-11.86	8.31	1.36	0.64
102	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-4-1	0.17	3.69	-3.17	16.59	2.24	-1.24
103	Davidson	Southern	1-4-0	0.2	2.8	-6.4	-2.72	1.55	-0.55
104	Brown	Ivy	1-4-0	0.2	2.67	-12.2	12.6	0.66	0.34
105	Wyoming	Western Athletic	1-5-0	0.17	1.81	-15	15.36	0.95	0.05
106	Indiana	Big Ten	1-5-0	0.17	1.73	-15	10.37	0.8	0.2
107	Rutgers	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	1.69	-14.17	3.4	1.12	-0.12
108	Iowa	Big Ten	1-5-0	0.17	1.62	-18.33	11.77	0.37	0.63
109	Kentucky	SEC	1-6-0	0.14	1.44	-10	18.25	1.2	-0.2
110	Colorado State	Western Athletic	1-6-0	0.14	1.37	-10.43	15	1.8	-0.8
111	Maryland	ACC	1-6-0	0.14	1.31	-10.71	12.93	1.12	-0.12
112	Cal State Los Angeles	PCAA	1-5-0	0.17	1.29	-23.17	0.53	0.12	0.88
113	Buffalo	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	1.07	-14.14	6.85	0.78	0.22
114	Army	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	1	-16.57	13.73	0.75	0.25
115	Washington State	Pac-8	1-6-0	0.14	0.99	-16.71	11.37	1.41	-0.41
116	Navy	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	0.95	-17.86	14.19	0.84	0.16
117	California-Santa Barbara	PCAA	1-6-0	0.14	0.77	-15	3.46	0.98	0.02
118	VMI	Southern	1-6-0	0.14	0.5	-31.29	13.07	0.15	0.85
119	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	0-6-0	0	-2.28	-18.33	5.12	0.65	-0.65
120	East Carolina	Southern	0-7-0	0	-2.28	-18.71	4.78	0.44	-0.44
121	Xavier	FBS Independents	0-7-0	0	-2.45	-22.43	6.16	0.39	-0.39
122	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	0-5-0	0	-2.96	-40.2	9.82	0.05	-0.05