1971 FINAL CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:27.238896+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Nebraska	Big 8	13-0-0	1	25.66	31	12.74	12.7	0.3
2	Toledo	Mid-American	12-0-0	1	24.93	23.92	10.08	11.56	0.44
3	Alabama	SEC	11-1-0	0.92	24.01	20.5	15.13	11.18	-0.18
4	Oklahoma	Big 8	11-1-0	0.92	23.72	26.42	12.85	10.73	0.27
5	Penn State	FBS Independents	11-1-0	0.92	23.27	28.92	10.07	11.43	-0.43
6	Arizona State	Western Athletic	11-1-0	0.92	23.25	21.75	11.15	10.53	0.47
7	Georgia	SEC	11-1-0	0.92	23.18	20.42	11.03	11.25	-0.25
8	Michigan	Big Ten	11-1-0	0.92	22.98	28.17	8.31	11.75	-0.75
9	Cornell	Ivy	8-1-0	0.89	21.96	11.56	10.25	7.14	0.86
10	Dartmouth	Ivy	8-1-0	0.89	21.51	11.22	7.8	7.47	0.53
11	Colorado	Big 8	10-2-0	0.83	21.25	12.5	13.82	9.29	0.71
12	Auburn	SEC	9-2-0	0.82	21.03	13.91	13.01	8.9	0.1
13	Ole Miss	SEC	10-2-0	0.83	21.02	11.75	12.7	9.15	0.85
14	Tennessee	SEC	10-2-0	0.83	20.98	12.42	12.17	10.44	-0.44
15	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	20.19	13.9	11.01	9.07	-1.07
16	Boston College	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	20.18	12.91	8.51	9.55	-0.55
17	Houston	FBS Independents	9-3-0	0.75	19.38	11.67	13.6	9.35	-0.35
18	LSU	SEC	9-3-0	0.75	19.35	16.67	11.99	10.55	-1.55
19	North Carolina	ACC	9-3-0	0.75	18.86	11.33	10.37	9.84	-0.84
20	Stanford	Pac-8	9-3-0	0.75	18.84	10.5	11.01	9.92	-0.92
21	Washington	Pac-8	8-3-0	0.73	18.45	15.36	9.42	9.03	-1.03
22	Arkansas	Southwest	8-3-1	0.67	18.42	15.58	9.14	10.25	-2.25
23	Texas	Southwest	8-3-0	0.73	18.39	10.27	10.69	8.49	-0.49
24	Temple	FBS Independents	6-2-1	0.67	17.69	12.44	2.49	7.25	-1.25
25	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	7-3-0	0.7	17.56	9	10.56	7.94	-0.94
26	Utah State	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	17.41	5.45	7.17	7.28	0.72
27	Western Michigan	Mid-American	7-3-0	0.7	17.18	10.4	7.18	8.09	-1.09
28	Florida State	FBS Independents	8-4-0	0.67	17.02	11.25	10.16	9.55	-1.55
29	Iowa State	Big 8	8-4-0	0.67	16.83	7.25	11.26	8.04	-0.04
30	The Citadel	Southern	8-3-0	0.73	16.67	8.55	0.1	7.36	0.64
31	New Mexico	Western Athletic	6-3-2	0.55	16.51	4.45	11.36	6.5	-0.5
32	Louisville	Missouri Valley	6-3-1	0.6	16.39	7.9	7.59	7.81	-1.81
33	Long Beach State	PCAA	8-4-0	0.67	16.34	8.67	6.71	8.48	-0.48
34	West Virginia	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	16.02	5.45	11.78	7.03	-0.03
35	Columbia	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	15.94	3.33	8.32	5.54	0.46
36	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-4-0	0.6	15.51	10.4	11.33	8.14	-2.14
37	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.48	3.36	9.92	6.65	0.35
38	Northwestern	Big Ten	7-4-0	0.64	15.44	2.55	10.88	6.42	0.58
39	USC	Pac-8	6-4-1	0.55	15.39	5.91	13.68	7.57	-1.57
40	Bowling Green	Mid-American	6-4-0	0.6	14.87	5.6	9.65	6.38	-0.38
41	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	14.6	2.73	3.83	6.31	0.69
42	Drake	Missouri Valley	7-4-0	0.64	14.57	7.45	-1.12	7.75	-0.75
43	Villanova	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	14.52	4.27	8.11	7.1	-1.1
44	Tampa	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.98	15.18	5.59	9.27	-3.27
45	Michigan State	Big Ten	6-5-0	0.55	13.91	5.09	11.6	7.3	-1.3
46	Air Force	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	13.59	0	11.31	5	1
47	Colgate	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	13.43	2.5	1.44	5.54	0.46
48	Wake Forest	ACC	6-5-0	0.55	13.35	3.64	8.48	6.8	-0.8
49	Duke	ACC	6-5-0	0.55	13.27	1.91	11.04	6.35	-0.35
50	Harvard	Ivy	5-4-0	0.56	13.11	1.44	8.73	4.9	0.1
51	San Diego State	PCAA	6-5-0	0.55	13.07	1.36	10.69	5.91	0.09
52	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	12.94	0.91	11.07	5.83	0.17
53	Ohio	Mid-American	5-5-0	0.5	12.92	6.7	11.24	6.85	-1.85
54	Fresno State	PCAA	6-5-0	0.55	12.67	4.55	0.97	7.17	-1.17
55	South Carolina	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	12.25	-0.45	12.19	5.33	0.67
56	TCU	Southwest	6-4-1	0.55	12.05	-5.55	10.64	3.91	2.09
57	Syracuse	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	11.98	1.64	10.17	6.12	-1.12
58	Army	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	11.87	-6	9.37	3.07	2.93
59	Memphis	Missouri Valley	5-6-0	0.45	11.71	4.82	12.75	6.98	-1.98
60	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	6-6-0	0.5	11.68	0	14.57	6	0
61	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	11.43	1.09	6.32	5.87	-0.87
62	William & Mary	Southern	5-6-0	0.45	11.26	3.36	10.3	6.42	-1.42
63	Princeton	Ivy	4-5-0	0.44	11.23	3.89	11.45	5.54	-1.54
64	BYU	Western Athletic	5-6-0	0.45	11.08	2.55	10.07	6.35	-1.35
65	California	Pac-8	6-5-0	0.55	10.95	-6.91	12.72	3.38	2.62
66	Furman	Southern	5-5-1	0.45	10.67	1.27	-2.37	5.97	-0.97
67	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	10.09	-2.73	8.95	4.61	0.39
68	Yale	Ivy	4-5-0	0.44	9.45	-0.67	9.83	4.29	-0.29
69	San José State	PCAA	5-6-1	0.42	9.35	-2.58	13.49	5.2	-0.2
70	Oregon	Pac-8	5-6-0	0.45	9.01	-4.64	13.83	4.24	0.76
71	Clemson	ACC	5-6-0	0.45	8.94	-4.27	12.14	3.83	1.17
72	Oregon State	Pac-8	5-6-0	0.45	8.93	-4.45	12.31	4.42	0.58
73	Richmond	Southern	5-6-0	0.45	8.91	-5.09	12.74	3.31	1.69
74	Arizona	Western Athletic	5-6-0	0.45	8.89	-3.73	10.23	4.25	0.75
75	UTEP	Western Athletic	5-6-0	0.45	8.75	-4.64	10.14	3.81	1.19
76	Texas A&M	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	8.7	-6.18	12.22	3.14	1.86
77	Kansas State	Big 8	5-6-0	0.45	8.69	-7	13.33	3.62	1.38
78	Illinois	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	8.68	-6.82	12.89	3.19	1.81
79	Dayton	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.47	-6.36	9.12	3.32	1.68
80	Wyoming	Western Athletic	5-6-0	0.45	8.44	-7.91	10.83	3.45	1.55
81	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-6-1	0.36	8.22	-1.64	10.14	5.03	-1.03
82	Texas Tech	Southwest	4-7-0	0.36	7.75	-0.64	11.04	5.16	-1.16
83	Vanderbilt	SEC	4-6-1	0.36	7.54	-6.55	12.52	2.94	1.06
84	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	7.23	-5.1	4.67	3.62	0.38
85	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	7.2	-2.09	10.11	4.93	-0.93
86	East Carolina	Southern	4-6-0	0.4	7.1	-11.9	12.3	2.32	1.68
87	Oklahoma State	Big 8	4-6-1	0.36	7.09	-12.55	12.85	2.31	1.69
88	Miami	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.91	-4.27	12.46	3.98	0.02
89	Washington State	Pac-8	4-7-0	0.36	6.88	-3.64	10.1	4.53	-0.53
90	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.63	-6	11.49	3.79	0.21
91	SMU	Southwest	4-7-0	0.36	6.51	-6.91	10.97	3.03	0.97
92	Kansas	Big 8	4-7-0	0.36	6.39	-9	12.21	2.94	1.06
93	Rutgers	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.35	-4.55	2.89	4.03	-0.03
94	Florida	SEC	4-7-0	0.36	6.34	-11.27	14.47	2.4	1.6
95	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	6.22	-11.27	12.19	2.39	1.61
96	Purdue	Big Ten	3-7-0	0.3	6.02	-1.8	12	4.51	-1.51
97	Rice	Southwest	3-7-1	0.27	5.22	-6.73	12.2	3.02	-0.02
98	Pacific	PCAA	3-8-0	0.27	5.13	-2	8.51	4.74	-1.74
99	Tulane	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.68	-5.73	13.21	3.36	-0.36
100	Utah	Western Athletic	3-8-0	0.27	4.57	-6.45	12.31	3.88	-0.88
101	Colorado State	Western Athletic	3-8-0	0.27	4.21	-9	8.57	2.85	0.15
102	Indiana	Big Ten	3-8-0	0.27	4.17	-9.82	9.18	2.41	0.59
103	Kentucky	SEC	3-8-0	0.27	4.14	-12.73	14.01	1.83	1.17
104	Kent State	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	4.12	-12.27	12.41	2.19	0.81
105	NC State	ACC	3-8-0	0.27	4.1	-11.55	10.55	2.05	0.95
106	Virginia	ACC	3-8-0	0.27	4.04	-12.55	10.62	1.73	1.27
107	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	3.99	-15.64	14.27	2.2	0.8
108	Navy	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	3.93	-16.82	13.99	1.38	1.62
109	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	3.91	-10.82	3.49	2.19	0.81
110	California-Santa Barbara	PCAA	3-8-0	0.27	3.89	-12.73	6.38	2.05	0.95
111	North Texas	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	3.85	-15.09	8.76	1.66	1.34
112	UCLA	Pac-8	2-7-1	0.2	3.34	-7.7	13.66	2.88	-0.88
113	Pennsylvania	Ivy	2-7-0	0.22	3.04	-9.67	7.94	1.94	0.06
114	Maryland	ACC	2-9-0	0.18	2.61	-5.36	10.79	4.01	-2.01
115	Cal State Los Angeles	PCAA	2-8-0	0.2	2	-17.9	-1.24	0.69	1.31
116	Marshall	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	1.97	-24.2	10.07	0.19	1.81
117	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.94	-11.64	2.88	2.65	-0.65
118	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	2-9-0	0.18	1.93	-12.55	5.18	1.85	0.15
119	Mississippi State	SEC	2-9-0	0.18	1.84	-17.36	14.74	1.04	0.96
120	Texas-Arlington	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.72	-15.91	2.19	0.84	1.16
121	Xavier	FBS Independents	1-9-0	0.1	0.32	-10.8	9.5	1.98	-0.98
122	Baylor	Southwest	1-9-0	0.1	0.03	-16.2	9.63	0.6	0.4
123	Davidson	Southern	1-9-0	0.1	0	-16.7	3.92	1.15	-0.15
124	Missouri	Big 8	1-10-0	0.09	-0.16	-15.18	14.48	0.88	0.12
125	VMI	Southern	1-10-0	0.09	-0.2	-16.27	9.48	0.62	0.38
126	Iowa	Big Ten	1-10-0	0.09	-0.48	-23.45	12.3	0.69	0.31
127	Brown	Ivy	0-9-0	0	-1.95	-11	11.1	1.97	-1.97