1971 W4 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:27.232959+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Colorado	Big 8	4-0-0	1	29.25	17.25	16.93	3.35	0.65
2	Nebraska	Big 8	4-0-0	1	28.86	29.5	13.36	3.93	0.07
3	Alabama	SEC	4-0-0	1	28.44	28.75	12.99	3.95	0.05
4	Penn State	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	27.88	28.33	9.94	2.87	0.13
5	Oklahoma	Big 8	3-0-0	1	27.83	23	10.15	2.67	0.33
6	Arizona State	Western Athletic	3-0-0	1	27.79	12.67	12.67	2.43	0.57
7	Duke	ACC	4-0-0	1	27.47	14	10.58	3.82	0.18
8	Cornell	Ivy	2-0-0	1	27.4	16	11.21	1.63	0.37
9	Auburn	SEC	3-0-0	1	27.35	28.67	7.37	2.93	0.07
10	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-0-0	1	27.34	14.67	11.9	2.49	0.51
11	Florida State	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	27.26	13.75	9.6	3.6	0.4
12	Georgia	SEC	4-0-0	1	26.97	24.25	5.25	3.8	0.2
13	Toledo	Mid-American	4-0-0	1	26.96	18.5	6.82	3.75	0.25
14	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	26.84	18.67	7.54	2.92	0.08
15	Washington	Pac-8	4-0-0	1	26.36	29.25	2.18	3.56	0.44
16	Michigan	Big Ten	4-0-0	1	26.35	38.75	1.59	4	0
17	William & Mary	Southern	4-0-0	1	26.24	15.5	4.71	3.43	0.57
18	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	4-0-0	1	26.23	22.75	3.08	3.91	0.09
19	Iowa State	Big 8	3-0-0	1	25.97	14.67	3.53	2.55	0.45
20	Dartmouth	Ivy	2-0-0	1	25.89	21.5	5.82	1.91	0.09
21	Texas	Southwest	3-0-0	1	25.75	24.67	0.88	2.94	0.06
22	North Carolina	ACC	4-0-0	1	25.72	24	-0.01	3.93	0.07
23	Pennsylvania	Ivy	2-0-0	1	22.92	7.5	-5.81	1.45	0.55
24	Stanford	Pac-8	3-1-0	0.75	22.43	17.25	12.88	3.79	-0.79
25	Arkansas	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	22.37	21.25	16.09	3.51	-0.51
26	Ole Miss	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	22.19	6	14.49	2.53	0.47
27	LSU	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	22.09	18	15.76	3.45	-0.45
28	Utah State	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	21.86	5.25	14.15	2.72	0.28
29	West Virginia	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	20.92	11.25	11.82	3.34	-0.34
30	South Carolina	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	20.61	5.75	12.55	2.92	0.08
31	Houston	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	20.29	6	10.53	2.74	0.26
32	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-1-0	0.75	20.17	7.5	3.11	3.05	-0.05
33	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	19.9	19	15.53	2.63	-0.63
34	Boston College	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	19.87	12.5	5.24	3.3	-0.3
35	Miami	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	19.63	14	19.11	2.48	-0.48
36	Arizona	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	19.17	5.33	7.95	2	0
37	Wake Forest	ACC	3-1-0	0.75	19.14	4	4.42	2.55	0.45
38	Air Force	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	18.87	1	14.34	1.63	0.37
39	Drake	Missouri Valley	3-1-0	0.75	18.61	10.25	-1.13	3.31	-0.31
40	Tennessee	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	18.53	16	7.31	2.73	-0.73
41	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-1-1	0.5	18.15	6.75	0.02	2.78	-0.78
42	Oklahoma State	Big 8	2-1-0	0.67	17.64	2	9.04	1.69	0.31
43	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	2-1-0	0.67	16.12	-1.33	17.54	1.36	0.64
44	New Mexico	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	15.87	-2.33	15.2	1.26	0.74
45	Tampa	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	15.69	19.33	-7.74	2.66	-0.66
46	Kansas State	Big 8	2-2-0	0.5	15.63	3	22.92	2.44	-0.44
47	Colgate	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	15.55	-1.67	12.3	1.39	0.61
48	USC	Pac-8	2-2-0	0.5	15.44	8	15.06	3.05	-1.05
49	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-2-0	0.5	15.12	5.5	12.54	2.81	-0.81
50	Kansas	Big 8	2-2-0	0.5	14.99	3.75	13.16	2.46	-0.46
51	BYU	Western Athletic	2-2-0	0.5	14.91	9.5	6.84	3	-1
52	Army	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	14.76	-5.33	14.22	0.94	1.06
53	Villanova	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	14.75	3.5	10.82	2.58	-0.58
54	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	14.27	13.5	-1.31	1.7	-0.7
55	Yale	Ivy	1-1-0	0.5	14.2	8	0.84	1.49	-0.49
56	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-2-0	0.5	13.77	1.25	9.75	2.29	-0.29
57	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	13.51	4.25	10.96	2.69	-0.69
58	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-2-0	0.5	13.36	1.75	16.16	2.18	-0.18
59	Louisville	Missouri Valley	1-1-1	0.33	13.25	8.33	17.34	2.55	-1.55
60	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	12.02	0	11.23	2	0
61	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.01	-7	9.96	0.57	0.43
62	California	Pac-8	2-2-0	0.5	11.88	-7.25	14.55	1.28	0.72
63	San Diego State	PCAA	1-1-0	0.5	11.71	5	6.23	1.45	-0.45
64	The Citadel	Southern	2-2-0	0.5	11.69	-0.75	0.88	1.95	0.05
65	Long Beach State	PCAA	2-2-0	0.5	11.56	0.5	6.32	2.05	-0.05
66	Fresno State	PCAA	2-2-0	0.5	11.44	1.25	-0.48	2.16	-0.16
67	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	11.42	-5.75	9.98	1.05	0.95
68	Temple	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	11.33	5	4.14	1.36	-0.36
69	Harvard	Ivy	1-1-0	0.5	11.32	2.5	5.82	1.19	-0.19
70	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-1-1	0.33	10.99	0.33	9.94	1.55	-0.55
71	Washington State	Pac-8	2-2-0	0.5	10.81	-3	13.96	1.71	0.29
72	Ohio	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	10.77	4	20.42	1.77	-0.77
73	Oregon State	Pac-8	2-2-0	0.5	10.56	-4.25	10.52	1.65	0.35
74	Wyoming	Western Athletic	2-2-0	0.5	10.54	-5.5	11.22	1.5	0.5
75	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-2-0	0.5	10.29	-9.75	17.72	0.8	1.2
76	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-2-1	0.25	10.07	2	8.32	2.22	-1.22
77	Memphis	Missouri Valley	1-2-0	0.33	9.35	-0.67	20.17	1.44	-0.44
78	Purdue	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	9.34	9.33	17.28	2.15	-1.15
79	Columbia	Ivy	1-1-0	0.5	9.13	-0.5	-5.82	0.95	0.05
80	VMI	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	8.92	0	5.46	1.5	-0.5
81	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	2-2-0	0.5	8.65	-7.5	-5.45	1.1	0.9
82	TCU	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	8.44	-3.33	15.72	1.3	-0.3
83	Rutgers	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.51	-1.67	4.85	1.35	-0.35
84	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.28	-11	15.34	0.84	0.16
85	Baylor	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	6.59	-12.67	14.22	0.3	0.7
86	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	1-2-0	0.33	6.57	-8.67	5.58	0.5	0.5
87	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.15	-13.67	18.54	0.27	0.73
88	Maryland	ACC	1-3-0	0.25	5.69	-3	16.45	1.66	-0.66
89	Tulane	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	5.5	-4.5	15.07	1.11	-0.11
90	Marshall	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	5.43	-27	5.2	0.11	0.89
91	SMU	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	5.15	-13	17.16	0.5	0.5
92	Missouri	Big 8	1-3-0	0.25	4.93	-6	15.08	0.92	0.08
93	Texas A&M	Southwest	1-3-0	0.25	4.73	-11.75	16.79	0.66	0.34
94	Indiana	Big Ten	1-3-0	0.25	4.69	-6.75	6.51	0.62	0.38
95	Furman	Southern	1-2-1	0.25	4.66	-8.5	-3.49	0.53	0.47
96	Kent State	Mid-American	1-3-0	0.25	4.63	-9.75	12.02	1.11	-0.11
97	Dayton	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.53	-11.5	6.83	0.61	0.39
98	Kentucky	SEC	1-3-0	0.25	4.48	-15.25	15.83	0.49	0.51
99	Oregon	Pac-8	1-3-0	0.25	4.46	-17.25	20.84	0.63	0.37
100	Cal State Los Angeles	PCAA	1-2-0	0.33	4.43	-7.33	-10	0.81	0.19
101	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.42	-12.75	11.95	0.91	0.09
102	California-Santa Barbara	PCAA	1-2-0	0.33	4.28	-28.67	14.59	0.14	0.86
103	Rice	Southwest	1-3-0	0.25	4.28	-14.5	17.41	0.4	0.6
104	Mississippi State	SEC	1-3-0	0.25	4.26	-18.5	18.14	0.37	0.63
105	Navy	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	3.8	-34.5	17.91	0.03	0.97
106	Texas Tech	Southwest	1-3-0	0.25	3.75	-8.5	19.21	0.61	0.39
107	East Carolina	Southern	1-3-0	0.25	3.02	-20.75	24.23	0.47	0.53
108	Virginia	ACC	1-3-0	0.25	3.02	-21	22.48	0.19	0.81
109	Brown	Ivy	0-2-0	0	-1.71	-7	5.09	0.64	-0.64
110	Princeton	Ivy	0-2-0	0	-1.84	-8.5	4.99	0.59	-0.59
111	Xavier	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.02	-10	8.37	0.42	-0.42
112	Pacific	PCAA	0-4-0	0	-2.12	-10	12.43	0.55	-0.55
113	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.33	-11	22.15	0.41	-0.41
114	Clemson	ACC	0-3-0	0	-2.43	-13.67	15.28	0.26	-0.26
115	San José State	PCAA	0-3-0	0	-2.47	-15	14.98	0.4	-0.4
116	Utah	Western Athletic	0-3-0	0	-2.49	-16.33	13.75	0.6	-0.6
117	Florida	SEC	0-4-0	0	-2.5	-13.5	20.27	0.31	-0.31
118	North Texas	Missouri Valley	0-3-0	0	-2.59	-19.33	8.85	0.05	-0.05
119	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-3-0	0	-2.6	-20.33	6.18	0.11	-0.11
120	NC State	ACC	0-4-0	0	-2.61	-17	15.98	0.36	-0.36
121	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.78	-20.25	13.75	0.4	-0.4
122	UCLA	Pac-8	0-4-0	0	-2.78	-19.25	18.89	0.42	-0.42
123	Davidson	Southern	0-4-0	0	-2.88	-23.75	13.08	0.16	-0.16
124	Richmond	Southern	0-3-0	0	-2.97	-21.67	21.92	0	0
125	Iowa	Big Ten	0-4-0	0	-2.98	-26.75	13.37	0.38	-0.38
126	Illinois	Big Ten	0-4-0	0	-3.13	-25.75	23.5	0.03	-0.03
127	Texas-Arlington	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-3.36	-31.33	22.02	0.01	-0.01