1971 W9 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:27.235018+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Nebraska	Big 8	9-0-0	1	26.24	33.11	11.85	8.92	0.08
2	Oklahoma	Big 8	8-0-0	1	26.11	26.62	11.9	7.23	0.77
3	Alabama	SEC	9-0-0	1	26.09	25.11	12.21	8.69	0.31
4	Penn State	FBS Independents	8-0-0	1	25.84	34.25	9.69	7.78	0.22
5	Toledo	Mid-American	9-0-0	1	25.76	20.44	11.29	8.43	0.57
6	Georgia	SEC	9-0-0	1	25.5	28	8.85	8.86	0.14
7	Michigan	Big Ten	9-0-0	1	24.97	37	5.27	8.94	0.06
8	Auburn	SEC	8-0-0	1	24.95	22.5	7.03	7.44	0.56
9	Cornell	Ivy	7-0-0	1	24.68	12.29	7.79	5.7	1.3
10	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	7-1-0	0.88	22.98	18.12	12.05	7.68	-0.68
11	Arizona State	Western Athletic	7-1-0	0.88	22.79	18.38	10.97	6.78	0.22
12	Dartmouth	Ivy	6-1-0	0.86	21.07	9.29	5.49	5.55	0.45
13	Colorado	Big 8	7-2-0	0.78	20.51	7.56	15.34	6.13	0.87
14	Washington	Pac-8	7-2-0	0.78	20.1	18	8.87	7.6	-0.6
15	Stanford	Pac-8	7-2-0	0.78	20.04	12.44	10.13	7.57	-0.57
16	North Carolina	ACC	7-2-0	0.78	19.8	10	9.69	7.05	-0.05
17	Houston	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	19.79	9.75	14.37	6.14	-0.14
18	Ole Miss	SEC	7-2-0	0.78	19.77	3.44	14.28	5.28	1.72
19	Tennessee	SEC	6-2-0	0.75	19.62	12.75	11.98	6.96	-0.96
20	Arkansas	Southwest	6-2-1	0.67	19.58	18.67	9.37	7.78	-1.78
21	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-2-0	0.75	19.36	13.88	8.54	6.89	-0.89
22	Boston College	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	19.34	10.38	11.09	6.46	-0.46
23	Bowling Green	Mid-American	6-2-0	0.75	19.31	10.12	10.87	5.98	0.02
24	Florida State	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	19.3	11.88	9.74	6.72	-0.72
25	Texas	Southwest	6-2-0	0.75	19.29	10.75	10.57	6.22	-0.22
26	Louisville	Missouri Valley	5-2-1	0.62	18.01	9	9.16	6.6	-1.6
27	West Virginia	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	17.52	4.33	14.55	5.48	0.52
28	Western Michigan	Mid-American	6-3-0	0.67	17.24	11.11	7.91	7.5	-1.5
29	Duke	ACC	6-3-0	0.67	17.11	8.33	9.72	7.31	-1.31
30	Temple	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	16.98	15.43	-0.52	5.84	-0.84
31	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	16.86	10.86	-0.98	5.52	-0.52
32	LSU	SEC	5-3-0	0.62	16.77	13.5	11.71	6.57	-1.57
33	Utah State	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	16.57	3	9.4	5.36	0.64
34	Long Beach State	PCAA	6-3-0	0.67	16.42	8.89	4.48	6.47	-0.47
35	Air Force	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	15.65	3.25	10.55	4.87	0.13
36	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	15.53	7.75	6.79	5.89	-0.89
37	The Citadel	Southern	6-3-0	0.67	15.44	5.78	-0.65	5.56	0.44
38	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	5-3-0	0.62	15.42	3	10.66	4.92	0.08
39	Iowa State	Big 8	5-3-0	0.62	15.13	0.75	11.84	4.17	0.83
40	USC	Pac-8	5-4-0	0.56	15.11	7.11	15.28	6.34	-1.34
41	Fresno State	PCAA	5-3-0	0.62	15.02	4.75	3.91	5.2	-0.2
42	Miami	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	14.88	6.43	9.92	4.91	-0.91
43	Princeton	Ivy	4-3-0	0.57	14.8	9.29	9.23	5.18	-1.18
44	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-4-0	0.56	14.76	6.89	12.55	6.61	-1.61
45	New Mexico	Western Athletic	4-2-2	0.5	14.69	-1.88	11.86	3.69	0.31
46	BYU	Western Athletic	5-4-0	0.56	14.42	4.78	10.3	5.77	-0.77
47	William & Mary	Southern	5-4-0	0.56	14.41	4.78	10.07	5.51	-0.51
48	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	14.11	2.33	13.12	5.28	-0.28
49	Wake Forest	ACC	5-4-0	0.56	14.09	4.56	9.08	5.78	-0.78
50	Villanova	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	13.73	4.44	6.91	5.77	-0.77
51	Drake	Missouri Valley	5-4-0	0.56	13.45	7.33	-0.56	6.41	-1.41
52	Colgate	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	13.42	0	3.5	4	1
53	Ohio	Mid-American	4-4-0	0.5	13.21	5.62	12.61	5.21	-1.21
54	Tampa	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	13.21	11.5	6.18	6.23	-2.23
55	Northwestern	Big Ten	5-4-0	0.56	13.02	0.33	10.2	4.6	0.4
56	Oklahoma State	Big 8	4-3-1	0.5	12.89	-0.75	10.19	3.83	0.17
57	Columbia	Ivy	4-3-0	0.57	12.87	-0.29	10.44	3.43	0.57
58	South Carolina	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	12.64	-1.33	12.51	4.12	0.88
59	San Diego State	PCAA	4-3-0	0.57	12.64	-1.14	8.66	3.24	0.76
60	TCU	Southwest	4-3-1	0.5	11.95	-4.12	12.52	3.2	0.8
61	Oregon	Pac-8	5-4-0	0.56	11.9	-4.78	15.37	3.46	1.54
62	Wyoming	Western Athletic	5-4-0	0.56	11.87	-2.11	9.65	3.99	1.01
63	Arizona	Western Athletic	4-4-0	0.5	11.73	0.75	8.89	4.19	-0.19
64	California	Pac-8	5-4-0	0.56	11.61	-7.67	13.73	2.77	2.23
65	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	4-4-1	0.44	11.46	0.56	7.31	4.66	-0.66
66	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	11.42	-4.14	4.27	2.78	1.22
67	UTEP	Western Athletic	4-4-0	0.5	11.15	-0.5	9.37	3.83	0.17
68	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-4-1	0.44	11.02	-0.89	11.15	4.28	-0.28
69	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	4-4-1	0.44	10.54	-2.78	9.88	3.8	0.2
70	Syracuse	FBS Independents	3-4-1	0.38	10.41	0.38	11.62	4.1	-1.1
71	Yale	Ivy	3-4-0	0.43	10.36	1.29	9.41	3.81	-0.81
72	Furman	Southern	4-4-1	0.44	10.33	0.33	-3.54	4.61	-0.61
73	Army	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	9.86	-8	12.45	1.96	2.04
74	Harvard	Ivy	3-4-0	0.43	9.42	-1.57	11.92	3.14	-0.14
75	Memphis	Missouri Valley	3-5-0	0.38	9.34	0.25	14.07	4.06	-1.06
76	Washington State	Pac-8	4-5-0	0.44	9.18	-2.78	10.23	3.91	0.09
77	San José State	PCAA	3-4-1	0.38	9.1	-1.88	13.18	3.61	-0.61
78	Kansas State	Big 8	4-5-0	0.44	8.77	-6.33	14.68	3.04	0.96
79	Texas A&M	Southwest	4-5-0	0.44	8.67	-5.89	12.53	2.57	1.43
80	East Carolina	Southern	4-5-0	0.44	8.37	-9.22	12.62	2.56	1.44
81	Purdue	Big Ten	3-5-0	0.38	8.35	-1	10.9	3.77	-0.77
82	Dayton	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	8.12	-8.11	7.6	2.34	1.66
83	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	7.69	-2.62	11.43	3.47	-0.47
84	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	7.55	-4.75	16.04	2.79	0.21
85	Richmond	Southern	3-5-0	0.38	7.5	-5	11.69	2.4	0.6
86	Clemson	ACC	3-5-0	0.38	7.44	-6.88	14.78	2.02	0.98
87	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-5-1	0.33	7.27	-7	12.07	2.41	0.59
88	SMU	Southwest	3-5-0	0.38	6.98	-10.38	11.63	1.57	1.43
89	Tulane	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	6.95	-2.22	12.75	3.78	-0.78
90	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	3-5-0	0.38	6.91	-12.12	12.72	1.63	1.37
91	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	6.9	-14.25	14.67	1.84	1.16
92	Texas Tech	Southwest	3-6-0	0.33	6.84	-2.11	11	3.62	-0.62
93	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	3-5-0	0.38	6.47	-7	1.3	2.29	0.71
94	Oregon State	Pac-8	3-6-0	0.33	6.29	-6.33	14.2	3.29	-0.29
95	Kansas	Big 8	3-6-0	0.33	6.28	-6.44	14.23	2.99	0.01
96	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-6-0	0.33	6.27	-5.89	12.61	3.06	-0.06
97	Kent State	Mid-American	3-6-0	0.33	5.79	-7.78	10.74	2.7	0.3
98	Illinois	Big Ten	3-6-0	0.33	5.61	-12.67	14.92	1.23	1.77
99	Kentucky	SEC	3-6-0	0.33	5.55	-12.78	13.71	1.43	1.57
100	Pennsylvania	Ivy	2-5-0	0.29	4.93	-6.43	4.97	2.09	-0.09
101	Rice	Southwest	2-5-1	0.25	4.82	-11.38	14.51	1.3	0.7
102	Utah	Western Athletic	2-6-0	0.25	4.37	-5.38	10.65	3.07	-1.07
103	Pacific	PCAA	2-7-0	0.22	3.91	-2.11	7.14	3.83	-1.83
104	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	2-6-0	0.25	3.71	-9.62	3.25	1.66	0.34
105	Maryland	ACC	2-7-0	0.22	3.66	-5.67	11.48	3.22	-1.22
106	California-Santa Barbara	PCAA	2-6-0	0.25	3.58	-11.88	10.6	1.62	0.38
107	North Texas	Missouri Valley	2-6-0	0.25	3.49	-16.5	8.9	0.82	1.18
108	UCLA	Pac-8	2-7-0	0.22	3.43	-8.56	14.73	2.54	-0.54
109	Marshall	FBS Independents	2-6-0	0.25	3.27	-21.12	7.88	0.29	1.71
110	Cal State Los Angeles	PCAA	2-6-0	0.25	3.23	-17.5	1.55	0.62	1.38
111	Mississippi State	SEC	2-7-0	0.22	3.1	-13.11	14.81	1.45	0.55
112	NC State	ACC	2-7-0	0.22	2.94	-11.44	11.16	1.59	0.41
113	Florida	SEC	2-7-0	0.22	2.92	-18.22	17.6	0.75	1.25
114	Virginia	ACC	2-7-0	0.22	2.92	-14.22	10.2	0.92	1.08
115	Navy	FBS Independents	2-7-0	0.22	2.78	-20.78	16.72	0.74	1.26
116	Baylor	Southwest	1-6-0	0.14	1.12	-14	11.69	0.75	0.25
117	Rutgers	FBS Independents	1-7-0	0.12	0.8	-10.25	2.21	1.85	-0.85
118	VMI	Southern	1-7-0	0.12	0.74	-12.12	8.58	0.86	0.14
119	Davidson	Southern	1-7-0	0.12	0.53	-15	1.94	1.16	-0.16
120	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	1-8-0	0.11	0.44	-12.44	1.38	2.03	-1.03
121	Texas-Arlington	FBS Independents	1-7-0	0.12	0.4	-18.62	7.48	0.31	0.69
122	Indiana	Big Ten	1-8-0	0.11	0.4	-13.56	10.77	1.18	-0.18
123	Missouri	Big 8	1-8-0	0.11	0.35	-14.89	16.77	0.72	0.28
124	Iowa	Big Ten	1-8-0	0.11	-0.05	-24.44	14.71	0.65	0.35
125	Brown	Ivy	0-7-0	0	-1.99	-10.86	11.08	1.61	-1.61
126	Xavier	FBS Independents	0-8-0	0	-2.17	-14.75	7.59	0.88	-0.88
127	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-8-0	0	-2.43	-19.38	10.69	0.57	-0.57