1971 W15 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:27.237405+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Alabama	SEC	11-0-0	1	25.9	25.27	14.19	10.67	0.33
2	Nebraska	Big 8	12-0-0	1	25.58	30.92	11.84	11.71	0.29
3	Toledo	Mid-American	11-0-0	1	25.04	23.82	10.12	10.56	0.44
4	Michigan	Big Ten	11-0-0	1	24.69	30.82	7.43	10.83	0.17
5	Oklahoma	Big 8	10-1-0	0.91	23.48	27.18	12.14	9.91	0.09
6	Arizona State	Western Athletic	10-1-0	0.91	23.1	23.09	10.71	9.93	0.07
7	Penn State	FBS Independents	10-1-0	0.91	22.99	29.36	9.19	10.45	-0.45
8	Georgia	SEC	10-1-0	0.91	22.97	21.91	10.23	10.32	-0.32
9	Auburn	SEC	9-1-0	0.9	22.88	17.1	12	8.67	0.33
10	Cornell	Ivy	8-1-0	0.89	22.06	11.56	10.31	7.14	0.86
11	Dartmouth	Ivy	8-1-0	0.89	21.6	11.22	7.84	7.47	0.53
12	Houston	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	21.06	13.82	13.03	9.02	-0.02
13	Colorado	Big 8	9-2-0	0.82	21.04	12.55	13.33	8.51	0.49
14	Tennessee	SEC	9-2-0	0.82	20.81	13.45	11.66	9.74	-0.74
15	Ole Miss	SEC	9-2-0	0.82	20.79	10.73	12.51	8.22	0.78
16	North Carolina	ACC	9-2-0	0.82	20.38	12.73	9.28	9.15	-0.15
17	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	20.28	13.9	11.02	9.07	-1.07
18	Boston College	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	20.27	12.91	8.56	9.55	-0.55
19	Texas	Southwest	8-2-0	0.8	20.05	13.7	9.66	8.37	-0.37
20	Arkansas	Southwest	8-2-1	0.73	19.96	17.09	8.1	9.55	-1.55
21	LSU	SEC	9-3-0	0.75	19.44	16.67	12.17	10.55	-1.55
22	Washington	Pac-8	8-3-0	0.73	18.53	15.36	9.48	9.03	-1.03
23	Stanford	Pac-8	8-3-0	0.73	18.39	11.36	9.98	9.25	-1.25
24	Florida State	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.34	12.91	9.03	9.38	-1.38
25	Temple	FBS Independents	6-2-1	0.67	17.77	12.44	2.53	7.25	-1.25
26	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	7-3-0	0.7	17.64	9	10.62	7.94	-0.94
27	Utah State	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	17.47	5.45	7.1	7.28	0.72
28	Western Michigan	Mid-American	7-3-0	0.7	17.26	10.4	7.23	8.09	-1.09
29	Iowa State	Big 8	8-4-0	0.67	16.95	7.25	11.29	8.04	-0.04
30	The Citadel	Southern	8-3-0	0.73	16.74	8.55	0.12	7.36	0.64
31	New Mexico	Western Athletic	6-3-2	0.55	16.63	4.45	11.7	6.5	-0.5
32	Louisville	Missouri Valley	6-3-1	0.6	16.45	7.9	7.5	7.81	-1.81
33	Long Beach State	PCAA	8-4-0	0.67	16.43	8.67	6.89	8.48	-0.48
34	West Virginia	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	16.09	5.45	11.85	7.03	-0.03
35	Columbia	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.01	3.33	8.37	5.54	0.46
36	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-4-0	0.6	15.58	10.4	11.39	8.14	-2.14
37	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.53	3.36	9.85	6.65	0.35
38	Northwestern	Big Ten	7-4-0	0.64	15.51	2.55	10.93	6.42	0.58
39	USC	Pac-8	6-4-1	0.55	15.47	5.91	13.76	7.57	-1.57
40	Bowling Green	Mid-American	6-4-0	0.6	14.94	5.6	9.7	6.38	-0.38
41	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	14.67	2.73	3.89	6.31	0.69
42	Drake	Missouri Valley	7-4-0	0.64	14.63	7.45	-1.1	7.75	-0.75
43	Villanova	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	14.58	4.27	8.16	7.1	-1.1
44	Tampa	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	14.04	15.18	5.62	9.27	-3.27
45	Michigan State	Big Ten	6-5-0	0.55	13.97	5.09	11.66	7.3	-1.3
46	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.69	2.09	14.05	6.34	-0.34
47	Air Force	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	13.65	0	11.38	5	1
48	Colgate	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	13.49	2.5	1.47	5.54	0.46
49	Wake Forest	ACC	6-5-0	0.55	13.41	3.64	8.52	6.8	-0.8
50	Duke	ACC	6-5-0	0.55	13.33	1.91	11.1	6.35	-0.35
51	Harvard	Ivy	5-4-0	0.56	13.17	1.44	8.78	4.9	0.1
52	San Diego State	PCAA	6-5-0	0.55	13.16	1.36	11.04	5.91	0.09
53	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	12.99	0.91	11.01	5.83	0.17
54	Ohio	Mid-American	5-5-0	0.5	12.98	6.7	11.29	6.85	-1.85
55	Fresno State	PCAA	6-5-0	0.55	12.74	4.55	1.15	7.17	-1.17
56	South Carolina	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	12.29	-0.45	12.1	5.33	0.67
57	TCU	Southwest	6-4-1	0.55	12.11	-5.55	10.82	3.91	2.09
58	Syracuse	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	12.03	1.64	10.22	6.12	-1.12
59	Army	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	11.92	-6	9.42	3.07	2.93
60	Memphis	Missouri Valley	5-6-0	0.45	11.73	4.82	12.95	6.98	-1.98
61	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	11.48	1.09	6.36	5.87	-0.87
62	William & Mary	Southern	5-6-0	0.45	11.31	3.36	10.35	6.42	-1.42
63	Princeton	Ivy	4-5-0	0.44	11.28	3.89	11.51	5.54	-1.54
64	BYU	Western Athletic	5-6-0	0.45	11.13	2.55	10.12	6.35	-1.35
65	California	Pac-8	6-5-0	0.55	11.03	-6.91	13.07	3.38	2.62
66	Furman	Southern	5-5-1	0.45	10.71	1.27	-2.36	5.97	-0.97
67	Richmond	Southern	5-5-0	0.5	10.28	-3.1	11.57	3.74	1.26
68	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	10.14	-2.73	9.01	4.61	0.39
69	Yale	Ivy	4-5-0	0.44	9.49	-0.67	9.88	4.29	-0.29
70	San José State	PCAA	5-6-1	0.42	9.44	-2.58	13.47	5.2	-0.2
71	Oregon	Pac-8	5-6-0	0.45	9.06	-4.64	14.05	4.24	0.76
72	Clemson	ACC	5-6-0	0.45	8.98	-4.27	12.21	3.83	1.17
73	Oregon State	Pac-8	5-6-0	0.45	8.97	-4.45	12.38	4.42	0.58
74	Arizona	Western Athletic	5-6-0	0.45	8.93	-3.73	10.29	4.25	0.75
75	UTEP	Western Athletic	5-6-0	0.45	8.79	-4.64	10.2	3.81	1.19
76	Texas A&M	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	8.75	-6.18	12.37	3.14	1.86
77	Kansas State	Big 8	5-6-0	0.45	8.73	-7	13.41	3.62	1.38
78	Illinois	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	8.72	-6.82	12.96	3.19	1.81
79	Dayton	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.51	-6.36	9.17	3.32	1.68
80	Wyoming	Western Athletic	5-6-0	0.45	8.48	-7.91	10.9	3.45	1.55
81	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-6-1	0.36	8.25	-1.64	10.14	5.03	-1.03
82	Texas Tech	Southwest	4-7-0	0.36	7.79	-0.64	11.23	5.16	-1.16
83	Vanderbilt	SEC	4-6-1	0.36	7.57	-6.55	12.55	2.94	1.06
84	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	7.26	-5.1	4.72	3.62	0.38
85	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	7.23	-2.09	10.16	4.93	-0.93
86	Oklahoma State	Big 8	4-6-1	0.36	7.14	-12.55	13.18	2.31	1.69
87	East Carolina	Southern	4-6-0	0.4	7.13	-11.9	12.36	2.32	1.68
88	Miami	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.94	-4.27	12.53	3.98	0.02
89	Washington State	Pac-8	4-7-0	0.36	6.91	-3.64	10.16	4.53	-0.53
90	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.66	-6	11.55	3.79	0.21
91	SMU	Southwest	4-7-0	0.36	6.54	-6.91	11.16	3.03	0.97
92	Kansas	Big 8	4-7-0	0.36	6.42	-9	12.41	2.94	1.06
93	Rutgers	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.38	-4.55	2.93	4.03	-0.03
94	Florida	SEC	4-7-0	0.36	6.36	-11.27	14.47	2.4	1.6
95	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	6.26	-11.27	12.36	2.39	1.61
96	Purdue	Big Ten	3-7-0	0.3	6.04	-1.8	12.06	4.51	-1.51
97	Rice	Southwest	3-7-1	0.27	5.25	-6.73	12.34	3.02	-0.02
98	Pacific	PCAA	3-8-0	0.27	5.16	-2	8.73	4.74	-1.74
99	Tulane	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.7	-5.73	13.23	3.36	-0.36
100	Utah	Western Athletic	3-8-0	0.27	4.59	-6.45	12.38	3.88	-0.88
101	Colorado State	Western Athletic	3-8-0	0.27	4.23	-9	8.62	2.85	0.15
102	Indiana	Big Ten	3-8-0	0.27	4.19	-9.82	9.22	2.41	0.59
103	Kentucky	SEC	3-8-0	0.27	4.16	-12.73	14.01	1.83	1.17
104	Kent State	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	4.14	-12.27	12.61	2.19	0.81
105	NC State	ACC	3-8-0	0.27	4.12	-11.55	10.6	2.05	0.95
106	Virginia	ACC	3-8-0	0.27	4.06	-12.55	10.67	1.73	1.27
107	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.01	-15.64	14.35	2.2	0.8
108	Navy	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	3.95	-16.82	14.06	1.38	1.62
109	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	3.93	-10.82	3.52	2.19	0.81
110	California-Santa Barbara	PCAA	3-8-0	0.27	3.92	-12.73	6.55	2.05	0.95
111	North Texas	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	3.87	-15.09	8.82	1.66	1.34
112	UCLA	Pac-8	2-7-1	0.2	3.36	-7.7	13.73	2.88	-0.88
113	Pennsylvania	Ivy	2-7-0	0.22	3.05	-9.67	7.99	1.94	0.06
114	Maryland	ACC	2-9-0	0.18	2.62	-5.36	10.85	4.01	-2.01
115	Cal State Los Angeles	PCAA	2-8-0	0.2	2	-17.9	-1.2	0.69	1.31
116	Marshall	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	1.98	-24.2	10.13	0.19	1.81
117	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.95	-11.64	2.91	2.65	-0.65
118	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	2-9-0	0.18	1.93	-12.55	5.09	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	2.23	0.84	1.16
121	Xavier	FBS Independents	1-9-0	0.1	0.32	-10.8	9.55	1.98	-0.98
122	Baylor	Southwest	1-9-0	0.1	0.03	-16.2	9.83	0.6	0.4
123	Davidson	Southern	1-9-0	0.1	0	-16.7	3.96	1.15	-0.15
124	Missouri	Big 8	1-10-0	0.09	-0.16	-15.18	14.7	0.88	0.12
125	VMI	Southern	1-10-0	0.09	-0.2	-16.27	9.53	0.62	0.38
126	Iowa	Big Ten	1-10-0	0.09	-0.48	-23.45	12.36	0.69	0.31
127	Brown	Ivy	0-9-0	0	-1.96	-11	11.16	1.97	-1.97