1971 W7 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:27.234173+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Oklahoma	Big 8	6-0-0	1	26.61	27.5	11.9	5.31	0.69
2	Nebraska	Big 8	7-0-0	1	26.56	33.86	11.07	6.93	0.07
3	Alabama	SEC	7-0-0	1	26.35	26.86	10.94	6.79	0.21
4	Penn State	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	26.05	35	8.46	5.9	0.1
5	Georgia	SEC	7-0-0	1	25.96	26.57	9.17	6.85	0.15
6	Toledo	Mid-American	7-0-0	1	25.94	18.57	10.25	6.43	0.57
7	Michigan	Big Ten	7-0-0	1	25.28	31.86	5.25	6.95	0.05
8	Auburn	SEC	6-0-0	1	25.27	23	6.31	5.64	0.36
9	Cornell	Ivy	5-0-0	1	25.23	13.8	8.09	4.17	0.83
10	Dartmouth	Ivy	5-0-0	1	24.81	13	6.17	4.55	0.45
11	Colorado	Big 8	6-1-0	0.86	23.17	10.14	15.83	5.12	0.88
12	Arkansas	Southwest	6-1-0	0.86	23.07	25.14	11.57	6.41	-0.41
13	West Virginia	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	22.6	11.86	12.33	5.41	0.59
14	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	22.47	12.5	13.19	5.48	-0.48
15	Florida State	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	22.13	14.57	8.93	6.13	-0.13
16	Bowling Green	Mid-American	5-1-0	0.83	22.12	11	14.17	4.52	0.48
17	Arizona State	Western Athletic	5-1-0	0.83	21.95	17.67	10.98	5.11	-0.11
18	Ohio State	Big Ten	5-1-0	0.83	21.57	19.33	8.41	5.49	-0.49
19	LSU	SEC	5-1-0	0.83	21.54	19.5	7.83	5.35	-0.35
20	Iowa State	Big 8	5-1-0	0.83	21.22	12.33	8.25	4.85	0.15
21	Air Force	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	21.04	8.5	8.6	4.87	0.13
22	San Diego State	PCAA	4-1-0	0.8	19.85	7.4	7.02	3.66	0.34
23	Stanford	Pac-8	5-2-0	0.71	19.19	13.43	10.87	6.08	-1.08
24	Washington	Pac-8	5-2-0	0.71	19.03	18.29	10.22	5.8	-0.8
25	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	18.91	18	-2.82	4.62	-0.62
26	Boston College	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.72	10.86	10.78	5.58	-0.58
27	Duke	ACC	5-2-0	0.71	18.66	11.43	8.33	6.31	-1.31
28	North Carolina	ACC	5-2-0	0.71	18.51	10.86	9.43	5.85	-0.85
29	South Carolina	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.24	5.86	8.62	4.73	0.27
30	Utah State	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.13	4	9.65	4.46	0.54
31	Western Michigan	Mid-American	5-2-0	0.71	18.1	12.43	6.04	5.93	-0.93
32	Ole Miss	SEC	5-2-0	0.71	18.09	4	11.76	4.22	0.78
33	Houston	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	18.08	7.17	13.1	4.16	-0.16
34	William & Mary	Southern	5-2-0	0.71	18.03	7.29	7.99	4.8	0.2
35	Texas	Southwest	4-2-0	0.67	18	9.67	13.45	4.43	-0.43
36	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	4-2-0	0.67	17.47	10.33	6.92	5.07	-1.07
37	Tennessee	SEC	4-2-0	0.67	17.46	6.33	11.47	4.37	-0.37
38	Drake	Missouri Valley	5-2-0	0.71	17.15	11	0.23	5.73	-0.73
39	Tampa	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.07	17.33	1.74	5.25	-1.25
40	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	16.98	8.83	5.91	4.87	-0.87
41	Miami	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	16.39	8	14.15	3.64	-0.64
42	California	Pac-8	5-2-0	0.71	15.93	-2.57	13.36	3.07	1.93
43	Fresno State	PCAA	4-2-0	0.67	15.78	8	-0.86	4.43	-0.43
44	Temple	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	15.69	15.2	3.58	4.25	-1.25
45	Louisville	Missouri Valley	3-2-1	0.5	15.3	7.33	7.31	4.59	-1.59
46	Syracuse	FBS Independents	3-2-1	0.5	15.27	3.33	12.83	3.66	-0.66
47	BYU	Western Athletic	4-3-0	0.57	14.9	7.43	9.53	4.94	-0.94
48	Wake Forest	ACC	4-3-0	0.57	14.74	5	8.04	4.62	-0.62
49	Oklahoma State	Big 8	3-2-1	0.5	14.47	-0.17	12.01	2.97	0.03
50	Long Beach State	PCAA	4-3-0	0.57	14.12	7.14	3.44	4.68	-0.68
51	UTEP	Western Athletic	4-3-0	0.57	13.85	1.71	8.36	3.99	0.01
52	Ohio	Mid-American	3-3-0	0.5	13.79	6	12.55	3.94	-0.94
53	Northwestern	Big Ten	4-3-0	0.57	13.47	-0.14	13.58	3.47	0.53
54	Purdue	Big Ten	3-3-0	0.5	13.43	4.83	10.51	3.79	-0.79
55	Columbia	Ivy	3-2-0	0.6	13.11	-0.2	4.51	2.46	0.54
56	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	12.91	-5.6	9.33	1.83	1.17
57	The Citadel	Southern	4-3-0	0.57	12.86	2	-0.77	3.75	0.25
58	Oregon	Pac-8	4-3-0	0.57	12.12	-6	15.24	2.52	1.48
59	USC	Pac-8	3-4-0	0.43	11.72	3.71	16.28	4.27	-1.27
60	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-3-1	0.43	11.58	-1.14	12.21	3.3	-0.3
61	Arizona	Western Athletic	3-3-0	0.5	11.44	0	9.28	3	0
62	Michigan State	Big Ten	3-4-0	0.43	11.09	3.14	11.49	4.34	-1.34
63	Tulane	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	11.04	1	12.96	3.74	-0.74
64	New Mexico	Western Athletic	2-2-2	0.33	10.69	-6.5	13.23	2.1	-0.1
65	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	3-3-1	0.43	10.65	-2.29	11.01	2.91	0.09
66	Princeton	Ivy	2-3-0	0.4	10.54	5.2	11.5	3.26	-1.26
67	Richmond	Southern	3-3-0	0.5	10.43	-3.83	12.72	1.87	1.13
68	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	3-3-0	0.5	10.27	-7.5	10.95	1.93	1.07
69	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	3-3-1	0.43	10.24	-4.14	8.33	2.75	0.25
70	Colgate	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	9.92	-5.33	8.37	2.3	0.7
71	Furman	Southern	3-3-1	0.43	9.9	-1.71	-3.9	2.98	0.02
72	Texas Tech	Southwest	3-4-0	0.43	9.82	-0.86	11.61	3.24	-0.24
73	Army	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	9.81	-11	13.48	0.91	2.09
74	Harvard	Ivy	2-3-0	0.4	9.73	-0.2	14.04	2.46	-0.46
75	SMU	Southwest	3-3-0	0.5	9.71	-10.33	12.18	1.15	1.85
76	Yale	Ivy	2-3-0	0.4	9.5	0.2	6.47	2.54	-0.54
77	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	9.36	-1.86	14.3	2.99	0.01
78	Kansas	Big 8	3-4-0	0.43	9.19	-4.29	14	2.74	0.26
79	Villanova	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	9.11	-2	11.69	2.98	0.02
80	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-4-0	0.43	9.07	-4.29	12.36	2.67	0.33
81	Oregon State	Pac-8	3-4-0	0.43	8.92	-5.43	13.06	2.68	0.32
82	Washington State	Pac-8	3-4-0	0.43	8.81	-3.57	12.04	2.91	0.09
83	Wyoming	Western Athletic	3-4-0	0.43	8.74	-4.86	9.45	2.55	0.45
84	Memphis	Missouri Valley	2-4-0	0.33	8.2	1	13.13	3.2	-1.2
85	TCU	Southwest	2-3-1	0.33	8.14	-8.5	15.12	1.85	0.15
86	Pennsylvania	Ivy	2-3-0	0.4	7.46	-6.8	1.65	1.32	0.68
87	Utah	Western Athletic	2-4-0	0.33	6.95	-2	9.43	2.71	-0.71
88	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	6.61	-3.5	17.42	2.52	-0.52
89	Clemson	ACC	2-4-0	0.33	6.34	-7.17	14.01	1.49	0.51
90	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-4-1	0.29	6.2	-8.57	13.1	1.72	0.28
91	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	5.96	-12.5	14.7	1.54	0.46
92	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	2-4-0	0.33	5.47	-9.83	0.43	1.16	0.84
93	UCLA	Pac-8	2-5-0	0.29	5.19	-7.86	13.02	2.18	-0.18
94	Kansas State	Big 8	2-5-0	0.29	5.16	-12.14	18.76	1.44	0.56
95	Mississippi State	SEC	2-5-0	0.29	4.88	-11.14	11.81	1.25	0.75
96	Dayton	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.79	-13.43	12.81	0.92	1.08
97	Kent State	Mid-American	2-5-0	0.29	4.73	-10.29	13.27	1.86	0.14
98	Texas A&M	Southwest	2-5-0	0.29	4.72	-11.14	14.26	0.98	1.02
99	Florida	SEC	2-5-0	0.29	4.66	-12.71	16.59	1.02	0.98
100	East Carolina	Southern	2-5-0	0.29	4.58	-13.86	15.41	1.39	0.61
101	Navy	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.27	-21.86	16.83	0.56	1.44
102	San José State	PCAA	1-4-1	0.17	2.89	-10.5	14.6	1.45	-0.45
103	VMI	Southern	1-5-0	0.17	2.81	-3.5	9.48	2.06	-1.06
104	Baylor	Southwest	1-4-0	0.2	2.62	-13.4	11.08	0.46	0.54
105	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	1.99	-13.83	18.82	0.64	0.36
106	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	1-5-0	0.17	1.88	-11.33	1.66	0.63	0.37
107	Rutgers	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	1.86	-11.33	1.8	1.3	-0.3
108	Rice	Southwest	1-5-0	0.17	1.84	-15.5	14.88	0.56	0.44
109	Maryland	ACC	1-6-0	0.14	1.61	-7.57	11.03	2.05	-1.05
110	California-Santa Barbara	PCAA	1-5-0	0.17	1.6	-18.67	8.94	0.68	0.32
111	Texas-Arlington	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	1.6	-18.5	8.65	0.13	0.87
112	North Texas	Missouri Valley	1-5-0	0.17	1.57	-18	6.32	0.48	0.52
113	Pacific	PCAA	1-6-0	0.14	1.57	-4.57	6.52	2.21	-1.21
114	Cal State Los Angeles	PCAA	1-5-0	0.17	1.5	-19.5	2.37	0.39	0.61
115	Indiana	Big Ten	1-6-0	0.14	1.43	-9.57	10.87	1.22	-0.22
116	Marshall	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	1.36	-25	6.93	0.18	0.82
117	Missouri	Big 8	1-6-0	0.14	1.19	-14.43	18.24	0.6	0.4
118	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	1.12	-12.86	4.94	1.62	-0.62
119	NC State	ACC	1-6-0	0.14	1.1	-15	11.98	0.97	0.03
120	Kentucky	SEC	1-6-0	0.14	0.98	-18.29	16.75	0.5	0.5
121	Virginia	ACC	1-6-0	0.14	0.96	-18	13.44	0.57	0.43
122	Davidson	Southern	1-6-0	0.14	0.92	-17	3	0.75	0.25
123	Illinois	Big Ten	1-6-0	0.14	0.62	-18.86	16.57	0.32	0.68
124	Brown	Ivy	0-5-0	0	-1.66	-6.8	9.39	1.56	-1.56
125	Xavier	FBS Independents	0-6-0	0	-2.33	-17	8.39	0.35	-0.35
126	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-6-0	0	-2.59	-22.33	10.85	0.24	-0.24
127	Iowa	Big Ten	0-7-0	0	-2.73	-24	15.05	0.51	-0.51