1971 W8 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:27.234601+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Oklahoma	Big 8	7-0-0	1	26.65	28	13.56	6.27	0.73
2	Nebraska	Big 8	8-0-0	1	26.36	32.62	11.51	7.91	0.09
3	Penn State	FBS Independents	7-0-0	1	26.3	34	11.2	6.88	0.12
4	Alabama	SEC	8-0-0	1	26	27.38	10.38	7.75	0.25
5	Toledo	Mid-American	8-0-0	1	25.99	21.12	11.45	7.5	0.5
6	Georgia	SEC	8-0-0	1	25.74	26.25	9.34	7.87	0.13
7	Michigan	Big Ten	8-0-0	1	25.2	34.62	5.76	7.94	0.06
8	Cornell	Ivy	6-0-0	1	25.1	12	9.11	4.78	1.22
9	Auburn	SEC	7-0-0	1	24.99	24.43	5.99	6.65	0.35
10	Dartmouth	Ivy	6-0-0	1	24.17	11.17	4.66	5.23	0.77
11	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	22.59	13.71	12.7	6.58	-0.58
12	Arizona State	Western Athletic	6-1-0	0.86	22.44	17.43	10.99	5.84	0.16
13	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-1-0	0.86	21.97	16.86	8.44	6.28	-0.28
14	Colorado	Big 8	6-2-0	0.75	20.16	5.88	16.57	5.15	0.85
15	Arkansas	Southwest	6-2-0	0.75	20.01	21	9.46	7.13	-1.13
16	West Virginia	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	19.92	6.88	14.42	5.36	0.64
17	Stanford	Pac-8	6-2-0	0.75	19.67	12.62	11.28	6.7	-0.7
18	Florida State	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	19.63	11.88	10	6.72	-0.72
19	Washington	Pac-8	6-2-0	0.75	19.5	17.38	8.65	6.62	-0.62
20	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	19.47	16.5	-1.85	5.43	-0.43
21	North Carolina	ACC	6-2-0	0.75	19.26	9.62	10.01	6.2	-0.2
22	Ole Miss	SEC	6-2-0	0.75	19.07	3.75	13.17	4.77	1.23
23	Western Michigan	Mid-American	6-2-0	0.75	19.02	12.62	7.27	6.77	-0.77
24	Bowling Green	Mid-American	5-2-0	0.71	18.89	9.14	12.28	5.12	-0.12
25	LSU	SEC	5-2-0	0.71	18.85	16.43	9.29	5.96	-0.96
26	Houston	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.77	7.14	14.46	4.94	0.06
27	Texas	Southwest	5-2-0	0.71	18.66	8.86	12.62	5.06	-0.06
28	Boston College	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.64	10.86	11.13	5.58	-0.58
29	Tennessee	SEC	5-2-0	0.71	18.62	10.43	11.77	5.8	-0.8
30	Utah State	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	18.47	3.62	9.09	4.99	1.01
31	Iowa State	Big 8	5-2-0	0.71	18.25	6.14	9.94	4.63	0.37
32	Air Force	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.2	5	10.69	4.66	0.34
33	Miami	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.65	8.5	12.67	4.45	-0.45
34	Louisville	Missouri Valley	4-2-1	0.57	17	7.86	8.64	5.46	-1.46
35	Fresno State	PCAA	5-2-0	0.71	16.96	7.86	1.88	5.2	-0.2
36	San Diego State	PCAA	4-2-0	0.67	16.94	5	8.22	4.01	-0.01
37	Temple	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	16.44	13.5	1.5	4.85	-0.85
38	William & Mary	Southern	5-3-0	0.62	16.11	6.25	9.99	5.2	-0.2
39	Oklahoma State	Big 8	4-2-1	0.57	16.11	0.86	11.38	3.68	0.32
40	Duke	ACC	5-3-0	0.62	16.02	7.38	8.02	6.42	-1.42
41	BYU	Western Athletic	5-3-0	0.62	15.9	8.5	8.23	5.98	-0.98
42	South Carolina	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	15.6	2.12	11	4.55	0.45
43	Drake	Missouri Valley	5-3-0	0.62	15.11	8.5	0.57	6.09	-1.09
44	Long Beach State	PCAA	5-3-0	0.62	15.04	7.88	1.99	5.56	-0.56
45	Tampa	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	14.77	13.29	3.92	5.75	-1.75
46	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	4-3-0	0.57	14.55	3.29	9.61	4.31	-0.31
47	The Citadel	Southern	5-3-0	0.62	14.28	5.25	-1.68	4.81	0.19
48	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	14.28	4.14	6.24	4.47	-0.47
49	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	13.96	-3	6.62	2.52	1.48
50	USC	Pac-8	4-4-0	0.5	13.72	6.75	15.64	5.61	-1.61
51	California	Pac-8	5-3-0	0.62	13.34	-5.75	13.1	2.85	2.15
52	Michigan State	Big Ten	4-4-0	0.5	13.24	6.88	11.12	5.83	-1.83
53	Princeton	Ivy	3-3-0	0.5	13.2	9	9.32	4.35	-1.35
54	Wake Forest	ACC	4-4-0	0.5	12.83	4.25	7.72	5.17	-1.17
55	New Mexico	Western Athletic	3-2-2	0.43	12.71	-4.71	13.27	2.76	0.24
56	Syracuse	FBS Independents	3-3-1	0.43	12.54	1.43	10.43	3.81	-0.81
57	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	12.42	1	14.74	4.33	-0.33
58	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	4-3-1	0.5	12.21	-1.25	7.7	3.73	0.27
59	Harvard	Ivy	3-3-0	0.5	11.68	0	12.25	3	0
60	Ohio	Mid-American	3-4-0	0.43	11.6	3.14	13.71	4.09	-1.09
61	Colgate	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	11.48	-3.29	5.22	2.99	1.01
62	UTEP	Western Athletic	4-4-0	0.5	11.41	-0.5	9.72	3.83	0.17
63	Memphis	Missouri Valley	3-4-0	0.43	11.37	4.29	12.94	4.39	-1.39
64	Columbia	Ivy	3-3-0	0.5	11.12	-0.67	7.81	2.85	0.15
65	Northwestern	Big Ten	4-4-0	0.5	10.9	-2.25	10.92	3.38	0.62
66	Villanova	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	10.84	-1	8.99	3.73	0.27
67	Washington State	Pac-8	4-4-0	0.5	10.72	-1.88	11.13	3.64	0.36
68	Wyoming	Western Athletic	4-4-0	0.5	10.44	-2.62	9.85	3.41	0.59
69	Oregon	Pac-8	4-4-0	0.5	10.42	-6.5	14.14	2.79	1.21
70	TCU	Southwest	3-3-1	0.43	10.12	-6.29	13.08	2.51	0.49
71	Purdue	Big Ten	3-4-0	0.43	9.88	-0.57	10.43	3.39	-0.39
72	Arizona	Western Athletic	3-4-0	0.43	9.54	-0.86	9.15	3.3	-0.3
73	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-4-1	0.38	9.49	-1.5	11.48	3.69	-0.69
74	Tulane	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	9.33	0.38	11.96	4.11	-1.11
75	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	3-4-1	0.38	8.9	-2.62	7.84	3.23	-0.23
76	Richmond	Southern	3-4-0	0.43	8.83	-4.29	11.3	2.26	0.74
77	Clemson	ACC	3-4-0	0.43	8.51	-6	13.7	1.91	1.09
78	Texas Tech	Southwest	3-5-0	0.38	8.4	-1	10.77	3.63	-0.63
79	SMU	Southwest	3-4-0	0.43	8.35	-9.43	12.74	1.52	1.48
80	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-4-1	0.38	8.35	-7	12.96	2.21	0.79
81	Army	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	8.3	-11	13.45	1.11	1.89
82	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	8.26	-9.29	14.81	2.18	0.82
83	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	3-4-0	0.43	8.21	-11.43	11.97	1.65	1.35
84	Furman	Southern	3-4-1	0.38	8.06	-3.12	-2.66	2.99	0.01
85	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-5-0	0.38	7.78	-4	12.94	3.07	-0.07
86	Kansas	Big 8	3-5-0	0.38	7.74	-4.62	13.75	3.01	-0.01
87	Yale	Ivy	2-4-0	0.33	7.67	-0.17	10.23	2.96	-0.96
88	Oregon State	Pac-8	3-5-0	0.38	7.64	-5.62	14.45	3.04	-0.04
89	Kansas State	Big 8	3-5-0	0.38	7.17	-8.62	15.58	2.22	0.78
90	Texas A&M	Southwest	3-5-0	0.38	7.06	-8.75	14.28	1.55	1.45
91	East Carolina	Southern	3-5-0	0.38	6.98	-10.5	15.37	2.04	0.96
92	Dayton	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	6.69	-10.38	9.27	1.69	1.31
93	Pennsylvania	Ivy	2-4-0	0.33	5.91	-5.83	3.9	1.89	0.11
94	San José State	PCAA	2-4-1	0.29	5.85	-7.57	12.61	2.15	-0.15
95	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	5.67	-3.86	13.49	2.9	-0.9
96	Utah	Western Athletic	2-5-0	0.29	5.62	-3.57	10.62	2.89	-0.89
97	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.87	-10.86	18.62	1.3	0.7
98	Maryland	ACC	2-6-0	0.25	4.76	-1.88	10.55	3.57	-1.57
99	Rice	Southwest	2-5-0	0.29	4.58	-13	14.27	0.81	1.19
100	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	2-5-0	0.29	4.53	-7.29	2.25	1.61	0.39
101	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	2-5-0	0.29	4.47	-10.86	1.27	1.26	0.74
102	North Texas	Missouri Valley	2-5-0	0.29	4.31	-14.14	8.72	0.92	1.08
103	UCLA	Pac-8	2-6-0	0.25	4.21	-8.25	14.17	2.37	-0.37
104	Marshall	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.01	-21.14	8.63	0.32	1.68
105	Cal State Los Angeles	PCAA	2-5-0	0.29	3.96	-16.29	1.26	0.72	1.28
106	Kent State	Mid-American	2-6-0	0.25	3.91	-11.38	12.65	1.89	0.11
107	Florida	SEC	2-6-0	0.25	3.82	-15.25	17.24	0.89	1.11
108	Mississippi State	SEC	2-6-0	0.25	3.81	-13.62	13.4	1.14	0.86
109	Illinois	Big Ten	2-6-0	0.25	3.59	-14.38	16.76	0.8	1.2
110	Kentucky	SEC	2-6-0	0.25	3.52	-15.25	14.88	1.04	0.96
111	Navy	FBS Independents	2-6-0	0.25	3.51	-21.75	16.81	0.53	1.47
112	Virginia	ACC	2-6-0	0.25	3.42	-15.25	11.24	0.87	1.13
113	Baylor	Southwest	1-5-0	0.17	1.91	-12.33	10.49	0.89	0.11
114	VMI	Southern	1-6-0	0.14	1.51	-8.43	8.98	1.28	-0.28
115	Pacific	PCAA	1-7-0	0.12	1.29	-5.25	6.22	2.44	-1.44
116	Rutgers	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	1.27	-9.86	1.27	1.65	-0.65
117	California-Santa Barbara	PCAA	1-6-0	0.14	0.96	-17.29	11.56	0.87	0.13
118	Davidson	Southern	1-6-0	0.14	0.86	-17	2.21	0.75	0.25
119	Texas-Arlington	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	0.86	-18.86	5.78	0.17	0.83
120	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	1-7-0	0.12	0.7	-12.12	2.67	1.82	-0.82
121	NC State	ACC	1-7-0	0.12	0.65	-13.62	10.25	1.19	-0.19
122	Missouri	Big 8	1-7-0	0.12	0.63	-14.62	16.14	0.72	0.28
123	Indiana	Big Ten	1-7-0	0.12	0.61	-15.12	12.48	0.8	0.2
124	Iowa	Big Ten	1-7-0	0.12	0.13	-20.5	14.4	0.8	0.2
125	Brown	Ivy	0-6-0	0	-1.92	-10.33	8.71	1.52	-1.52
126	Xavier	FBS Independents	0-7-0	0	-2.23	-15.43	7.91	0.73	-0.73
127	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-7-0	0	-2.47	-19.29	11.67	0.46	-0.46