1971 W16 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:27.237937+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Alabama	SEC	11-0-0	1	25.85	25.27	14.2	10.67	0.33
2	Nebraska	Big 8	12-0-0	1	25.5	30.92	11.68	11.71	0.29
3	Toledo	Mid-American	11-0-0	1	24.98	23.82	10.09	10.56	0.44
4	Michigan	Big Ten	11-0-0	1	24.63	30.82	7.41	10.83	0.17
5	Oklahoma	Big 8	10-1-0	0.91	23.4	27.18	11.98	9.91	0.09
6	Arizona State	Western Athletic	10-1-0	0.91	23.01	23.09	10.54	9.93	0.07
7	Penn State	FBS Independents	10-1-0	0.91	22.94	29.36	9.17	10.45	-0.45
8	Georgia	SEC	10-1-0	0.91	22.91	21.91	10.2	10.32	-0.32
9	Auburn	SEC	9-1-0	0.9	22.82	17.1	11.96	8.67	0.33
10	Cornell	Ivy	8-1-0	0.89	22.01	11.56	10.28	7.14	0.86
11	Dartmouth	Ivy	8-1-0	0.89	21.55	11.22	7.82	7.47	0.53
12	Tennessee	SEC	10-2-0	0.83	21.04	12.42	12.32	10.44	-0.44
13	Houston	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	21	13.82	12.97	9.02	-0.02
14	Colorado	Big 8	9-2-0	0.82	20.97	12.55	13.21	8.51	0.49
15	Ole Miss	SEC	9-2-0	0.82	20.76	10.73	12.64	8.22	0.78
16	North Carolina	ACC	9-2-0	0.82	20.33	12.73	9.26	9.15	-0.15
17	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	20.24	13.9	11.04	9.07	-1.07
18	Boston College	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	20.22	12.91	8.54	9.55	-0.55
19	Texas	Southwest	8-2-0	0.8	20	13.7	9.63	8.37	-0.37
20	LSU	SEC	9-3-0	0.75	19.39	16.67	12.02	10.55	-1.55
21	Arkansas	Southwest	8-3-1	0.67	18.5	15.58	9.14	10.25	-2.25
22	Washington	Pac-8	8-3-0	0.73	18.49	15.36	9.45	9.03	-1.03
23	Stanford	Pac-8	8-3-0	0.73	18.32	11.36	9.81	9.25	-1.25
24	Florida State	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.3	12.91	9.01	9.38	-1.38
25	Temple	FBS Independents	6-2-1	0.67	17.73	12.44	2.51	7.25	-1.25
26	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	7-3-0	0.7	17.6	9	10.59	7.94	-0.94
27	Utah State	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	17.44	5.45	7.19	7.28	0.72
28	Western Michigan	Mid-American	7-3-0	0.7	17.22	10.4	7.2	8.09	-1.09
29	Iowa State	Big 8	8-4-0	0.67	16.87	7.25	11.3	8.04	-0.04
30	The Citadel	Southern	8-3-0	0.73	16.71	8.55	0.11	7.36	0.64
31	New Mexico	Western Athletic	6-3-2	0.55	16.55	4.45	11.4	6.5	-0.5
32	Louisville	Missouri Valley	6-3-1	0.6	16.43	7.9	7.61	7.81	-1.81
33	Long Beach State	PCAA	8-4-0	0.67	16.37	8.67	6.73	8.48	-0.48
34	West Virginia	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	16.05	5.45	11.81	7.03	-0.03
35	Columbia	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	15.97	3.33	8.34	5.54	0.46
36	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-4-0	0.6	15.54	10.4	11.36	8.14	-2.14
37	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.51	3.36	9.94	6.65	0.35
38	Northwestern	Big Ten	7-4-0	0.64	15.47	2.55	10.9	6.42	0.58
39	USC	Pac-8	6-4-1	0.55	15.43	5.91	13.72	7.57	-1.57
40	Bowling Green	Mid-American	6-4-0	0.6	14.9	5.6	9.67	6.38	-0.38
41	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	14.64	2.73	3.86	6.31	0.69
42	Drake	Missouri Valley	7-4-0	0.64	14.6	7.45	-1.11	7.75	-0.75
43	Villanova	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	14.55	4.27	8.13	7.1	-1.1
44	Tampa	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	14.01	15.18	5.6	9.27	-3.27
45	Michigan State	Big Ten	6-5-0	0.55	13.94	5.09	11.63	7.3	-1.3
46	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.66	2.09	14.01	6.34	-0.34
47	Air Force	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	13.62	0	11.35	5	1
48	Colgate	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	13.46	2.5	1.45	5.54	0.46
49	Wake Forest	ACC	6-5-0	0.55	13.38	3.64	8.5	6.8	-0.8
50	Duke	ACC	6-5-0	0.55	13.3	1.91	11.07	6.35	-0.35
51	Harvard	Ivy	5-4-0	0.56	13.14	1.44	8.75	4.9	0.1
52	San Diego State	PCAA	6-5-0	0.55	13.1	1.36	10.73	5.91	0.09
53	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	12.97	0.91	11.09	5.83	0.17
54	Ohio	Mid-American	5-5-0	0.5	12.95	6.7	11.26	6.85	-1.85
55	Fresno State	PCAA	6-5-0	0.55	12.69	4.55	0.99	7.17	-1.17
56	South Carolina	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	12.27	-0.45	12.19	5.33	0.67
57	TCU	Southwest	6-4-1	0.55	12.08	-5.55	10.8	3.91	2.09
58	Syracuse	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	12	1.64	10.19	6.12	-1.12
59	Army	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	11.89	-6	9.39	3.07	2.93
60	Memphis	Missouri Valley	5-6-0	0.45	11.73	4.82	12.78	6.98	-1.98
61	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	11.45	1.09	6.34	5.87	-0.87
62	William & Mary	Southern	5-6-0	0.45	11.28	3.36	10.32	6.42	-1.42
63	Princeton	Ivy	4-5-0	0.44	11.25	3.89	11.48	5.54	-1.54
64	BYU	Western Athletic	5-6-0	0.45	11.1	2.55	10.1	6.35	-1.35
65	California	Pac-8	6-5-0	0.55	10.99	-6.91	12.89	3.38	2.62
66	Furman	Southern	5-5-1	0.45	10.69	1.27	-2.37	5.97	-0.97
67	Richmond	Southern	5-5-0	0.5	10.25	-3.1	11.54	3.74	1.26
68	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	10.12	-2.73	8.98	4.61	0.39
69	Yale	Ivy	4-5-0	0.44	9.47	-0.67	9.86	4.29	-0.29
70	San José State	PCAA	5-6-1	0.42	9.37	-2.58	13.53	5.2	-0.2
71	Oregon	Pac-8	5-6-0	0.45	9.03	-4.64	13.87	4.24	0.76
72	Clemson	ACC	5-6-0	0.45	8.96	-4.27	12.17	3.83	1.17
73	Oregon State	Pac-8	5-6-0	0.45	8.95	-4.45	12.34	4.42	0.58
74	Arizona	Western Athletic	5-6-0	0.45	8.91	-3.73	10.26	4.25	0.75
75	UTEP	Western Athletic	5-6-0	0.45	8.77	-4.64	10.17	3.81	1.19
76	Texas A&M	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	8.73	-6.18	12.38	3.14	1.86
77	Kansas State	Big 8	5-6-0	0.45	8.71	-7	13.37	3.62	1.38
78	Illinois	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	8.7	-6.82	12.92	3.19	1.81
79	Dayton	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.49	-6.36	9.14	3.32	1.68
80	Wyoming	Western Athletic	5-6-0	0.45	8.46	-7.91	10.87	3.45	1.55
81	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-6-1	0.36	8.24	-1.64	10.16	5.03	-1.03
82	Texas Tech	Southwest	4-7-0	0.36	7.77	-0.64	11.2	5.16	-1.16
83	Vanderbilt	SEC	4-6-1	0.36	7.55	-6.55	12.52	2.94	1.06
84	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	7.25	-5.1	4.69	3.62	0.38
85	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	7.21	-2.09	10.14	4.93	-0.93
86	East Carolina	Southern	4-6-0	0.4	7.12	-11.9	12.33	2.32	1.68
87	Oklahoma State	Big 8	4-6-1	0.36	7.12	-12.55	13.02	2.31	1.69
88	Miami	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.92	-4.27	12.49	3.98	0.02
89	Washington State	Pac-8	4-7-0	0.36	6.89	-3.64	10.13	4.53	-0.53
90	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.64	-6	11.51	3.79	0.21
91	SMU	Southwest	4-7-0	0.36	6.53	-6.91	11.13	3.03	0.97
92	Kansas	Big 8	4-7-0	0.36	6.4	-9	12.25	2.94	1.06
93	Rutgers	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.36	-4.55	2.91	4.03	-0.03
94	Florida	SEC	4-7-0	0.36	6.35	-11.27	14.48	2.4	1.6
95	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	6.24	-11.27	12.32	2.39	1.61
96	Purdue	Big Ten	3-7-0	0.3	6.03	-1.8	12.03	4.51	-1.51
97	Rice	Southwest	3-7-1	0.27	5.24	-6.73	12.35	3.02	-0.02
98	Pacific	PCAA	3-8-0	0.27	5.14	-2	8.55	4.74	-1.74
99	Tulane	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.69	-5.73	13.24	3.36	-0.36
100	Utah	Western Athletic	3-8-0	0.27	4.58	-6.45	12.34	3.88	-0.88
101	Colorado State	Western Athletic	3-8-0	0.27	4.22	-9	8.6	2.85	0.15
102	Indiana	Big Ten	3-8-0	0.27	4.18	-9.82	9.2	2.41	0.59
103	Kentucky	SEC	3-8-0	0.27	4.15	-12.73	14.02	1.83	1.17
104	Kent State	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	4.13	-12.27	12.45	2.19	0.81
105	NC State	ACC	3-8-0	0.27	4.11	-11.55	10.57	2.05	0.95
106	Virginia	ACC	3-8-0	0.27	4.05	-12.55	10.64	1.73	1.27
107	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4	-15.64	14.31	2.2	0.8
108	Navy	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	3.94	-16.82	14.02	1.38	1.62
109	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	3.92	-10.82	3.5	2.19	0.81
110	California-Santa Barbara	PCAA	3-8-0	0.27	3.9	-12.73	6.38	2.05	0.95
111	North Texas	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	3.86	-15.09	8.91	1.66	1.34
112	UCLA	Pac-8	2-7-1	0.2	3.35	-7.7	13.7	2.88	-0.88
113	Pennsylvania	Ivy	2-7-0	0.22	3.04	-9.67	7.96	1.94	0.06
114	Maryland	ACC	2-9-0	0.18	2.61	-5.36	10.82	4.01	-2.01
115	Cal State Los Angeles	PCAA	2-8-0	0.2	2	-17.9	-1.22	0.69	1.31
116	Marshall	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	1.97	-24.2	10.1	0.19	1.81
117	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.94	-11.64	2.89	2.65	-0.65
118	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	2-9-0	0.18	1.93	-12.55	5.19	1.85	0.15
119	Mississippi State	SEC	2-9-0	0.18	1.84	-17.36	14.75	1.04	0.96
120	Texas-Arlington	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.72	-15.91	2.21	0.84	1.16
121	Xavier	FBS Independents	1-9-0	0.1	0.32	-10.8	9.52	1.98	-0.98
122	Baylor	Southwest	1-9-0	0.1	0.03	-16.2	9.8	0.6	0.4
123	Davidson	Southern	1-9-0	0.1	0	-16.7	3.94	1.15	-0.15
124	Missouri	Big 8	1-10-0	0.09	-0.16	-15.18	14.53	0.88	0.12
125	VMI	Southern	1-10-0	0.09	-0.2	-16.27	9.5	0.62	0.38
126	Iowa	Big Ten	1-10-0	0.09	-0.48	-23.45	12.32	0.69	0.31
127	Brown	Ivy	0-9-0	0	-1.96	-11	11.13	1.97	-1.97