1971 W3 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:27.232549+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Colorado	Big 8	3-0-0	1	31.73	19.67	20.59	2.61	0.39
2	Nebraska	Big 8	3-0-0	1	30.98	27.33	14.81	2.93	0.07
3	Ole Miss	SEC	3-0-0	1	30.12	19.33	11.6	2.55	0.45
4	Georgia	SEC	3-0-0	1	29.62	23	9.28	2.82	0.18
5	Oklahoma	Big 8	2-0-0	1	29.17	28	13.56	1.85	0.15
6	Penn State	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	28.73	41.5	5.69	1.97	0.03
7	Toledo	Mid-American	3-0-0	1	28.65	23.67	4.11	2.99	0.01
8	Utah State	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	28.55	19	6.16	2.94	0.06
9	Washington	Pac-8	3-0-0	1	28.54	26.33	5.9	2.58	0.42
10	Duke	ACC	3-0-0	1	28.49	16.67	5.98	2.88	0.12
11	Auburn	SEC	2-0-0	1	28.44	27	10.49	1.94	0.06
12	Florida State	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	28.43	13.67	8.52	2.61	0.39
13	Arizona State	Western Athletic	2-0-0	1	28.42	10.5	9.76	1.48	0.52
14	Alabama	SEC	3-0-0	1	28.34	27	4.07	2.96	0.04
15	Stanford	Pac-8	3-0-0	1	27.96	25	2.38	2.93	0.07
16	North Carolina	ACC	3-0-0	1	27.89	25.33	2.44	2.96	0.04
17	Michigan	Big Ten	3-0-0	1	27.78	36.33	-1.09	3	0
18	Arizona	Western Athletic	2-0-0	1	27.73	9.5	12.66	1.48	0.52
19	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	3-0-0	1	27.47	10.33	4.48	2.76	0.24
20	William & Mary	Southern	3-0-0	1	27.08	17	1.68	2.5	0.5
21	Iowa State	Big 8	2-0-0	1	27.04	20.5	7.12	1.8	0.2
22	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-0-1	0.67	26.56	10.33	2.54	2.41	-0.41
23	Texas	Southwest	2-0-0	1	26.55	23	-0.11	1.97	0.03
24	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	26.5	22	-0.77	1.93	0.07
25	Cornell	Ivy	1-0-0	1	26.2	18	20.08	0.82	0.18
26	Air Force	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	25.97	2.5	6.47	1.21	0.79
27	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-0-0	1	25.9	15.67	-3.52	2.79	0.21
28	Bowling Green	Mid-American	2-0-0	1	25.14	13.5	-1.67	1.54	0.46
29	Arkansas	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	22.42	17	9.71	2.51	-0.51
30	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	21.64	5	2.25	0.66	0.34
31	LSU	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	21.57	12.33	26.37	2.28	-0.28
32	Villanova	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	21.28	7.33	22.81	2.43	-0.43
33	Kansas	Big 8	2-1-0	0.67	21.05	11	8.03	2.56	-0.56
34	Dartmouth	Ivy	1-0-0	1	20.8	24	-10	0.97	0.03
35	Yale	Ivy	1-0-0	1	20.7	23	-10	1	0
36	BYU	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	20.67	17.33	2.99	2.53	-0.53
37	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	20.65	13	5.16	2.69	-0.69
38	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	20.37	38	-10	0.99	0.01
39	Pennsylvania	Ivy	1-0-0	1	20.17	14	-10	0.84	0.16
40	South Carolina	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	19.96	6.33	14.34	2.13	-0.13
41	Kansas State	Big 8	2-1-0	0.67	19.75	7.33	20.22	2.41	-0.41
42	West Virginia	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	19.58	11.33	6.88	2.47	-0.47
43	Houston	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	19.48	3.33	14.73	1.87	0.13
44	Wake Forest	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	19.19	4	-1.45	1.91	0.09
45	USC	Pac-8	2-1-0	0.67	19.14	15	9.24	2.87	-0.87
46	Oklahoma State	Big 8	2-1-0	0.67	18.82	2	14.27	1.69	0.31
47	Ohio State	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	18.52	12.5	15.48	1.51	-0.51
48	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	18.42	5.67	6.79	2.34	-0.34
49	Boston College	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	18.29	8.67	10.73	2.15	-0.15
50	California	Pac-8	2-1-0	0.67	18.07	1	18.16	1.57	0.43
51	Tennessee	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	17.39	20.5	10.24	1.91	-0.91
52	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-1-1	0.33	17.37	7	9.49	2.03	-1.03
53	TCU	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	16.76	12	12.89	1.47	-0.47
54	Drake	Missouri Valley	2-1-0	0.67	16.75	5.33	2.33	2.19	-0.19
55	The Citadel	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	16.05	1	2.82	1.55	0.45
56	VMI	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	16.04	7	9.14	1.63	-0.63
57	Memphis	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	16.01	1	22.7	1.05	-0.05
58	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	15.88	-6.67	13.35	0.41	1.59
59	Miami	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	14.33	8	29.37	1.47	-0.47
60	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	14	-11	12.29	0.64	0.36
61	Ohio	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	13.35	7.5	18.14	1.35	-0.35
62	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	13.12	-10.5	10.72	0.47	0.53
63	Colgate	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	11.68	-6	-4.17	0.74	0.26
64	Rutgers	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	10.74	4.5	-4.16	1.29	-0.29
65	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	10.72	-4	23.85	0.73	0.27
66	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	10.44	-11	5.35	0.19	0.81
67	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	10.27	0	17.16	1.5	-0.5
68	Tampa	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	10	4.5	-7.02	1.23	-0.23
69	Baylor	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	9.71	-6	19.55	0.27	0.73
70	Tulane	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	9.46	-2.33	10.96	1.16	-0.16
71	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	9.18	-3.67	13.81	1.18	-0.18
72	Army	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	9.09	-16	22.16	0.18	0.82
73	Dayton	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	8.72	-6	11.88	0.74	0.26
74	Maryland	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	8.61	-2.67	16.5	1.29	-0.29
75	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	8.28	-3.33	11.3	1.01	-0.01
76	Texas A&M	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	8.2	-10	16.24	0.72	0.28
77	Kentucky	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	7.93	-9.67	14.5	0.66	0.34
78	Wyoming	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	7.86	-11	15.79	0.88	0.12
79	Marshall	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	7.63	-10.5	-6.08	0.32	0.68
80	Oregon	Pac-8	1-2-0	0.33	7.5	-13.67	22.1	0.68	0.32
81	Kent State	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	7.46	-12	4.77	0.77	0.23
82	Fresno State	PCAA	1-2-0	0.33	7.39	-2	-6.97	1.32	-0.32
83	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.31	-10.33	19.2	0.85	0.15
84	Indiana	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	7.28	-6.67	9.84	0.62	0.38
85	Oregon State	Pac-8	1-2-0	0.33	7.21	-11.33	15.91	0.86	0.14
86	Navy	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.07	-30.67	13.32	0.05	0.95
87	Mississippi State	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	6.86	-15.33	14.39	0.41	0.59
88	Missouri	Big 8	1-2-0	0.33	6.42	-2.67	17.67	1.09	-0.09
89	Rice	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	5.72	-7.67	17.85	0.7	0.3
90	Long Beach State	PCAA	1-2-0	0.33	5.67	-8.33	14.05	0.96	0.04
91	Washington State	Pac-8	1-2-0	0.33	5.33	-11.33	23.1	0.76	0.24
92	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	5.18	-17.33	20.52	0.2	0.8
93	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	5.16	-13.67	21.27	0.27	0.73
94	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	1-2-0	0.33	4.32	-10.67	-1.53	0.5	0.5
95	Louisville	Missouri Valley	0-1-1	0	-0.41	-1.5	18.46	0.6	-0.6
96	Columbia	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-0.76	-3	-10	0	0
97	Syracuse	FBS Independents	0-1-1	0	-0.78	-3	14.26	0.76	-0.76
98	Harvard	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-0.87	-5	-0.11	0.34	-0.34
99	Purdue	Big Ten	0-2-0	0	-0.99	-2	28.67	0.89	-0.89
100	San Diego State	PCAA	0-1-0	0	-1.16	-10	-2.71	0	0
101	Brown	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-1.63	-13	-10	0.24	-0.24
102	Princeton	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-1.64	-15	-0.2	0.19	-0.19
103	Furman	Southern	0-2-1	0	-1.76	-16	-10	0.09	-0.09
104	Xavier	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-1.88	-6	14.1	0.49	-0.49
105	Cal State Los Angeles	PCAA	0-2-0	0	-1.99	-13	-10	0.14	-0.14
106	Texas Tech	Southwest	0-3-0	0	-2.12	-12.33	23.1	0.21	-0.21
107	Utah	Western Athletic	0-2-0	0	-2.13	-13.5	20.16	0.53	-0.53
108	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.15	-9.5	23.25	0.42	-0.42
109	Pacific	PCAA	0-3-0	0	-2.17	-8.67	19.32	0.5	-0.5
110	San José State	PCAA	0-2-0	0	-2.3	-15.5	11.66	0.16	-0.16
111	Florida	SEC	0-3-0	0	-2.46	-15.67	24.39	0.11	-0.11
112	Clemson	ACC	0-2-0	0	-2.54	-15.5	23.89	0.07	-0.07
113	NC State	ACC	0-3-0	0	-2.57	-16	15.72	0.33	-0.33
114	Temple	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2.61	-14	11.42	0.02	-0.02
115	North Texas	Missouri Valley	0-3-0	0	-2.67	-19.33	11.36	0.05	-0.05
116	SMU	Southwest	0-2-0	0	-2.69	-21	12.05	0.06	-0.06
117	UCLA	Pac-8	0-3-0	0	-2.74	-20	29.36	0.26	-0.26
118	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-2-0	0	-2.83	-25	9.54	0.05	-0.05
119	Illinois	Big Ten	0-3-0	0	-3	-21.67	21.07	0	0
120	Richmond	Southern	0-2-0	0	-3.06	-20.5	25.98	0	0
121	Davidson	Southern	0-3-0	0	-3.13	-23.33	26.57	0.11	-0.11
122	Virginia	ACC	0-3-0	0	-3.16	-29.33	26.43	0	0
123	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-3.21	-23.67	15.93	0.25	-0.25
124	Iowa	Big Ten	0-3-0	0	-3.21	-25	23.58	0.34	-0.34
125	East Carolina	Southern	0-3-0	0	-3.56	-29.67	27.95	0.12	-0.12
126	Texas-Arlington	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-3.8	-31.33	28	0.01	-0.01
127	California-Santa Barbara	PCAA	0-2-0	0	-4.06	-50	27.77	0.01	-0.01