1971 W12 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:27.236208+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Alabama	SEC	11-0-0	1	26.14	25.27	14.3	10.67	0.33
2	Nebraska	Big 8	11-0-0	1	25.8	29.91	12.01	10.69	0.31
3	Toledo	Mid-American	11-0-0	1	25.24	23.82	10.06	10.56	0.44
4	Penn State	FBS Independents	10-0-0	1	25.08	34.3	7.9	9.71	0.29
5	Michigan	Big Ten	11-0-0	1	24.93	30.82	7.56	10.83	0.17
6	Oklahoma	Big 8	9-1-0	0.9	23.62	25.5	12.79	8.89	0.11
7	Arizona State	Western Athletic	10-1-0	0.91	23.29	23.09	10.75	9.93	0.07
8	Georgia	SEC	10-1-0	0.91	23.24	21.91	10.7	10.32	-0.32
9	Auburn	SEC	9-1-0	0.9	23.09	17.1	11.59	8.67	0.33
10	Cornell	Ivy	8-1-0	0.89	22.25	11.56	10.27	7.14	0.86
11	Dartmouth	Ivy	8-1-0	0.89	21.83	11.22	8.04	7.47	0.53
12	Colorado	Big 8	9-2-0	0.82	21.27	12.55	13.6	8.51	0.49
13	Houston	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	21.19	13.82	12.77	9.02	-0.02
14	Ole Miss	SEC	9-2-0	0.82	20.93	10.73	12.45	8.22	0.78
15	North Carolina	ACC	9-2-0	0.82	20.58	12.73	9.38	9.15	-0.15
16	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	20.56	13.9	11.64	9.07	-1.07
17	Boston College	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	20.45	12.91	8.71	9.55	-0.55
18	Tennessee	SEC	8-2-0	0.8	20.38	12.8	11.02	8.8	-0.8
19	Texas	Southwest	8-2-0	0.8	20.24	13.7	9.9	8.37	-0.37
20	Arkansas	Southwest	8-2-1	0.73	20.13	17.09	8.12	9.55	-1.55
21	LSU	SEC	8-3-0	0.73	19.04	16.55	11.6	9.68	-1.68
22	Washington	Pac-8	8-3-0	0.73	18.71	15.36	9.59	9.03	-1.03
23	Iowa State	Big 8	8-3-0	0.73	18.56	9.55	11.16	7.9	0.1
24	Stanford	Pac-8	8-3-0	0.73	18.53	11.36	9.84	9.25	-1.25
25	Florida State	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.48	12.91	9.07	9.38	-1.38
26	Temple	FBS Independents	6-2-1	0.67	17.94	12.44	2.57	7.25	-1.25
27	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	7-3-0	0.7	17.79	9	10.63	7.94	-0.94
28	Utah State	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	17.64	5.45	7.27	7.28	0.72
29	Western Michigan	Mid-American	7-3-0	0.7	17.42	10.4	7.31	8.09	-1.09
30	The Citadel	Southern	8-3-0	0.73	16.9	8.55	0.17	7.36	0.64
31	New Mexico	Western Athletic	6-3-2	0.55	16.88	4.45	11.91	6.5	-0.5
32	Louisville	Missouri Valley	6-3-1	0.6	16.66	7.9	7.47	7.81	-1.81
33	Long Beach State	PCAA	8-4-0	0.67	16.63	8.67	6.89	8.48	-0.48
34	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	16.43	7.2	2.31	6.89	0.11
35	West Virginia	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	16.27	5.45	12.05	7.03	-0.03
36	Columbia	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.14	3.33	8.31	5.54	0.46
37	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-4-0	0.6	15.73	10.4	11.5	8.14	-2.14
38	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.69	3.36	10.31	6.65	0.35
39	Northwestern	Big Ten	7-4-0	0.64	15.63	2.55	10.89	6.42	0.58
40	USC	Pac-8	6-4-1	0.55	15.62	5.91	13.9	7.57	-1.57
41	Bowling Green	Mid-American	6-4-0	0.6	15.06	5.6	9.61	6.38	-0.38
42	Drake	Missouri Valley	7-4-0	0.64	14.81	7.45	-0.72	7.75	-0.75
43	Villanova	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	14.7	4.27	8.12	7.1	-1.1
44	Tampa	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	14.15	15.18	5.88	9.27	-3.27
45	Fresno State	PCAA	6-4-0	0.6	14.14	5.3	2.34	6.74	-0.74
46	Michigan State	Big Ten	6-5-0	0.55	14.13	5.09	11.91	7.3	-1.3
47	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.89	2.09	14.34	6.34	-0.34
48	Air Force	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	13.77	0	11.35	5	1
49	Colgate	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	13.61	2.5	1.47	5.54	0.46
50	Wake Forest	ACC	6-5-0	0.55	13.55	3.64	8.64	6.8	-0.8
51	Duke	ACC	6-5-0	0.55	13.47	1.91	11.3	6.35	-0.35
52	Harvard	Ivy	5-4-0	0.56	13.31	1.44	9	4.9	0.1
53	Ohio	Mid-American	5-5-0	0.5	13.09	6.7	11.24	6.85	-1.85
54	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13	0.91	11.09	5.83	0.17
55	South Carolina	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	12.46	-0.45	12.06	5.33	0.67
56	TCU	Southwest	6-4-1	0.55	12.2	-5.55	11.05	3.91	2.09
57	Army	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	12.06	-6	10.13	3.07	2.93
58	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	11.66	1.09	6.42	5.87	-0.87
59	San Diego State	PCAA	5-5-0	0.5	11.53	-0.1	11.82	4.97	0.03
60	William & Mary	Southern	5-6-0	0.45	11.42	3.36	10.42	6.42	-1.42
61	Princeton	Ivy	4-5-0	0.44	11.37	3.89	11.47	5.54	-1.54
62	BYU	Western Athletic	5-6-0	0.45	11.24	2.55	10.27	6.35	-1.35
63	California	Pac-8	6-5-0	0.55	11.12	-6.91	13.04	3.38	2.62
64	San José State	PCAA	5-5-1	0.45	11.05	-1.09	14.35	5.19	-0.19
65	Furman	Southern	5-5-1	0.45	10.81	1.27	-2.31	5.97	-0.97
66	Memphis	Missouri Valley	4-6-0	0.4	10.52	3.4	13.28	5.95	-1.95
67	Richmond	Southern	5-5-0	0.5	10.35	-3.1	11.42	3.74	1.26
68	Syracuse	FBS Independents	4-5-1	0.4	10.34	0.4	11.03	5.13	-1.13
69	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	10.25	-2.73	9.26	4.61	0.39
70	Yale	Ivy	4-5-0	0.44	9.59	-0.67	10.01	4.29	-0.29
71	Oregon	Pac-8	5-6-0	0.45	9.14	-4.64	14.04	4.24	0.76
72	Arizona	Western Athletic	5-6-0	0.45	9.11	-3.73	10.57	4.25	0.75
73	Oregon State	Pac-8	5-6-0	0.45	9.07	-4.45	12.66	4.42	0.58
74	Clemson	ACC	5-6-0	0.45	9.05	-4.27	12.78	3.83	1.17
75	Texas A&M	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	8.87	-6.18	12.19	3.14	1.86
76	UTEP	Western Athletic	5-6-0	0.45	8.85	-4.64	10.67	3.81	1.19
77	Kansas State	Big 8	5-6-0	0.45	8.82	-7	13.6	3.62	1.38
78	Illinois	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	8.8	-6.82	13.09	3.19	1.81
79	Dayton	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.59	-6.36	9.26	3.32	1.68
80	Wyoming	Western Athletic	5-6-0	0.45	8.57	-7.91	11.16	3.45	1.55
81	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-6-1	0.36	8.32	-1.64	10.01	5.03	-1.03
82	Oklahoma State	Big 8	4-5-1	0.4	8.27	-9.4	11.94	2.61	1.39
83	Miami	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	8.17	-3.3	12.46	3.99	0.01
84	Texas Tech	Southwest	4-7-0	0.36	7.89	-0.64	11.65	5.16	-1.16
85	Vanderbilt	SEC	4-6-1	0.36	7.68	-6.55	12.68	2.94	1.06
86	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	7.35	-5.1	4.43	3.62	0.38
87	East Carolina	Southern	4-6-0	0.4	7.2	-11.9	12.38	2.32	1.68
88	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	7.2	-2.09	9.94	4.93	-0.93
89	Washington State	Pac-8	4-7-0	0.36	6.99	-3.64	10.52	4.53	-0.53
90	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.72	-6	11.64	3.79	0.21
91	SMU	Southwest	4-7-0	0.36	6.65	-6.91	11.45	3.03	0.97
92	Kansas	Big 8	4-7-0	0.36	6.49	-9	12.68	2.94	1.06
93	Florida	SEC	4-7-0	0.36	6.37	-11.27	14.89	2.4	1.6
94	Rutgers	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.37	-4.55	3.02	4.03	-0.03
95	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	6.25	-11.27	12.45	2.39	1.61
96	Purdue	Big Ten	3-7-0	0.3	6.11	-1.8	12.19	4.51	-1.51
97	Rice	Southwest	3-7-1	0.27	5.22	-6.73	12.57	3.02	-0.02
98	Pacific	PCAA	3-8-0	0.27	5.21	-2	8.92	4.74	-1.74
99	Tulane	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.8	-5.73	13.4	3.36	-0.36
100	Utah	Western Athletic	3-8-0	0.27	4.67	-6.45	12.54	3.88	-0.88
101	North Texas	Missouri Valley	3-7-0	0.3	4.58	-15	8.83	1.36	1.64
102	Indiana	Big Ten	3-8-0	0.27	4.22	-9.82	9.16	2.41	0.59
103	Colorado State	Western Athletic	3-8-0	0.27	4.2	-9	8.96	2.85	0.15
104	Kentucky	SEC	3-8-0	0.27	4.19	-12.73	13.73	1.83	1.17
105	Kent State	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	4.18	-12.27	12.58	2.19	0.81
106	NC State	ACC	3-8-0	0.27	4.17	-11.55	11.22	2.05	0.95
107	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.09	-15.64	14.68	2.2	0.8
108	Virginia	ACC	3-8-0	0.27	4.09	-12.55	10.72	1.73	1.27
109	Navy	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.03	-16.82	14.57	1.38	1.62
110	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	4	-10.82	3.74	2.19	0.81
111	California-Santa Barbara	PCAA	3-8-0	0.27	3.98	-12.73	6.56	2.05	0.95
112	UCLA	Pac-8	2-7-1	0.2	3.4	-7.7	14.11	2.88	-0.88
113	Pennsylvania	Ivy	2-7-0	0.22	3.08	-9.67	8.1	1.94	0.06
114	Maryland	ACC	2-9-0	0.18	2.65	-5.36	10.89	4.01	-2.01
115	Cal State Los Angeles	PCAA	2-8-0	0.2	2.03	-17.9	-0.73	0.69	1.31
116	Marshall	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	2	-24.2	10.23	0.19	1.81
117	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.97	-11.64	3.12	2.65	-0.65
118	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	2-9-0	0.18	1.97	-12.55	4.68	1.85	0.15
119	Mississippi State	SEC	2-9-0	0.18	1.89	-17.36	14.8	1.04	0.96
120	Texas-Arlington	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.67	-15.91	2.31	0.84	1.16
121	Xavier	FBS Independents	1-9-0	0.1	0.32	-10.8	9.57	1.98	-0.98
122	Baylor	Southwest	1-9-0	0.1	0.04	-16.2	10.09	0.6	0.4
123	Davidson	Southern	1-9-0	0.1	0	-16.7	4.06	1.15	-0.15
124	Missouri	Big 8	1-10-0	0.09	-0.16	-15.18	15.04	0.88	0.12
125	VMI	Southern	1-10-0	0.09	-0.19	-16.27	9.2	0.62	0.38
126	Iowa	Big Ten	1-10-0	0.09	-0.49	-23.45	12.65	0.69	0.31
127	Brown	Ivy	0-9-0	0	-1.98	-11	11.32	1.97	-1.97