1972 FINAL CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:27.437179+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	USC	Pac-8	12-0-0	1	25.46	27.75	12.41	11.41	0.59
2	Oklahoma	Big 8	11-1-0	0.92	23.78	27.08	13.22	11.78	-0.78
3	Texas	Southwest	10-1-0	0.91	23.22	13.64	14.37	9.58	0.42
4	North Carolina	ACC	11-1-0	0.92	22.8	9.5	12.18	8.84	2.16
5	Auburn	SEC	10-1-0	0.91	22.77	6.18	14.96	7.89	2.11
6	Michigan	Big Ten	10-1-0	0.91	22.74	18.82	10.31	10.72	-0.72
7	San Diego State	PCAA	10-1-0	0.91	22.4	11.18	10.56	8.95	1.05
8	Louisville	Missouri Valley	9-1-0	0.9	22.28	21.8	8.45	9.48	-0.48
9	Alabama	SEC	10-2-0	0.83	21.62	21.33	13.47	10.96	-0.96
10	Nebraska	Big 8	9-2-1	0.75	21.48	33.67	12.34	11.76	-2.76
11	Dartmouth	Ivy	7-1-1	0.78	21.45	10.22	9.31	6.64	0.36
12	Tennessee	SEC	10-2-0	0.83	21.13	16.42	12.02	11.15	-1.15
13	Penn State	FBS Independents	10-2-0	0.83	20.91	14.08	11.36	9.84	0.16
14	Arizona State	Western Athletic	10-2-0	0.83	20.73	22.17	8.35	9.85	0.15
15	LSU	SEC	9-2-1	0.75	20.63	8.92	13.09	9.45	-0.45
16	Ohio State	Big Ten	9-2-0	0.82	20.4	9.91	10.9	8.39	0.61
17	East Carolina	Southern	9-2-0	0.82	19.99	8.45	9.36	8.05	0.95
18	Tampa	FBS Independents	10-2-0	0.83	19.93	13.92	5.57	10.49	-0.49
19	Yale	Ivy	7-2-0	0.78	19.45	14	9.33	7.21	-0.21
20	NC State	ACC	8-3-1	0.67	18.79	14.08	12.35	9.36	-1.36
21	UCLA	Pac-8	8-3-0	0.73	18.54	10.18	12.28	7.84	0.16
22	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.38	8.82	11.53	7.97	0.03
23	Utah State	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	17.72	9	7.24	7.7	0.3
24	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	7-3-0	0.7	17.39	11.6	8.32	8.38	-1.38
25	Colorado	Big 8	8-4-0	0.67	17.02	8.92	11.8	8.75	-0.75
26	Pacific	PCAA	8-3-0	0.73	16.98	5.09	4.68	7.24	0.76
27	West Virginia	FBS Independents	8-4-0	0.67	16.93	10.5	10.32	8.43	-0.43
28	Texas Tech	Southwest	8-4-0	0.67	16.92	7.83	11.74	8.68	-0.68
29	Bowling Green	Mid-American	6-3-1	0.6	16.85	5.7	12.9	7.07	-1.07
30	Washington	Pac-8	8-3-0	0.73	16.83	0.36	11.96	5.63	2.37
31	Cornell	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.7	5	12.43	5.65	0.35
32	SMU	Southwest	7-4-0	0.64	16.33	10.45	10.88	8.68	-1.68
33	Western Michigan	Mid-American	7-3-1	0.64	16.31	2.55	7.52	6.34	0.66
34	Pennsylvania	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.23	6.67	7.4	5.84	0.16
35	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	7-4-1	0.58	15.94	4.83	12.02	7.59	-0.59
36	Florida State	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.74	5.73	9.52	7.07	-0.07
37	Georgia	SEC	7-4-0	0.64	15.42	1	14.75	5.92	1.08
38	Houston	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	15.42	11.18	10.41	8.31	-2.31
39	Air Force	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	15.34	12	9.34	7.68	-1.68
40	Washington State	Pac-8	7-4-0	0.64	15.33	3	9.48	6.33	0.67
41	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.23	5.18	6	7.6	-0.6
42	Rutgers	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.14	10.73	1.65	8.53	-1.53
43	BYU	Western Athletic	7-4-0	0.64	14.94	2.18	7.71	6.15	0.85
44	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	14.93	4.91	11.04	6.74	-0.74
45	Richmond	Southern	6-4-0	0.6	14.39	3.3	8.53	6.16	-0.16
46	Fresno State	PCAA	6-4-1	0.55	14.37	7.18	4.33	7.96	-1.96
47	Purdue	Big Ten	6-5-0	0.55	14.28	10	11.01	8.85	-2.85
48	Oklahoma State	Big 8	6-5-0	0.55	14.02	5.09	12.79	7.05	-1.05
49	Stanford	Pac-8	6-5-0	0.55	13.99	7.55	10.16	7.79	-1.79
50	Tulane	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.73	4.27	11.21	7.09	-1.09
51	Drake	Missouri Valley	7-5-0	0.58	13.55	6.58	1.47	8.26	-1.26
52	Florida	SEC	5-5-1	0.45	13.36	6.73	15.73	8	-3
53	Utah	Western Athletic	6-5-0	0.55	13.12	1.64	10.61	5.84	0.16
54	Ole Miss	SEC	5-5-0	0.5	12.88	5	12.93	6.71	-1.71
55	Arkansas	Southwest	6-5-0	0.55	12.62	0.09	12.48	5.53	0.47
56	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	12.43	0.5	5.99	5.16	-0.16
57	Kent State	Mid-American	6-5-1	0.5	12.2	-0.42	11.75	5.82	0.18
58	Maryland	ACC	5-5-1	0.45	12.14	2.36	10.08	6.23	-1.23
59	Iowa State	Big 8	5-6-1	0.42	11.9	6.75	12.6	8	-3
60	Memphis	Missouri Valley	5-5-1	0.45	11.8	1	10.8	5.78	-0.78
61	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	5-5-0	0.5	11.68	1.9	6.57	5.54	-0.54
62	Toledo	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	11.67	-1.27	10.06	5.05	0.95
63	Harvard	Ivy	4-4-1	0.44	11.65	1.33	7.91	4.83	-0.83
64	Miami	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	11.62	4	13.31	6.96	-1.96
65	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-5-1	0.45	11.61	0.18	13.18	5.58	-0.58
66	William & Mary	Southern	5-6-0	0.45	11.52	6.36	8.92	7.45	-2.45
67	Army	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	11.48	-12.2	10.63	2.07	3.93
68	Baylor	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	11.24	2.18	13.1	6.42	-1.42
69	Temple	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	11.13	-1.33	2.2	4.12	0.88
70	Colgate	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	10.61	-5	4.15	3.81	1.19
71	App State	Southern	5-5-1	0.45	10.5	0.64	-1.46	5.69	-0.69
72	Rice	Southwest	5-5-1	0.45	10.27	-3.82	13.87	4.26	0.74
73	The Citadel	Southern	5-6-0	0.45	10.25	0.82	6.7	5.81	-0.81
74	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	6-5-0	0.55	10.19	-6.55	3.69	3.18	2.82
75	Missouri	Big 8	6-6-0	0.5	9.77	-7.67	13.44	3.64	2.36
76	Columbia	Ivy	3-5-1	0.33	9.46	2.11	10.95	5.25	-2.25
77	Duke	ACC	5-6-0	0.45	9.4	-2.18	13.2	4.43	0.57
78	TCU	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	9.19	-2.91	12.56	4.6	0.4
79	Long Beach State	PCAA	5-6-0	0.45	8.55	-4.36	6.95	4.26	0.74
80	Indiana	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	8.51	-6.18	9.6	3.69	1.31
81	Syracuse	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.42	-8	10.95	2.65	2.35
82	Dayton	FBS Independents	4-6-1	0.36	8.27	-0.82	6.85	5.17	-1.17
83	Texas-Arlington	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	7.94	-5.55	0.34	3.53	1.47
84	South Carolina	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	7.42	-1.64	12.06	4.98	-0.98
85	Princeton	Ivy	3-5-1	0.33	7.37	-4.56	13.47	2.99	0.01
86	Boston College	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	7.23	-1.64	8.82	5.03	-1.03
87	Arizona	Western Athletic	4-7-0	0.36	6.83	-4.09	10.76	4.33	-0.33
88	Mississippi State	SEC	4-7-0	0.36	6.73	-5.18	11.68	3.89	0.11
89	Navy	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.6	-6.91	13.02	3.34	0.66
90	Oregon	Pac-8	4-7-0	0.36	6.48	-8.27	13.04	3.15	0.85
91	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.48	-7	10.8	3.02	0.98
92	Virginia	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	6.47	-7	10.62	3.47	0.53
93	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	6.45	-6.73	9.81	3.5	0.5
94	Kansas	Big 8	4-7-0	0.36	6.44	-8.82	13.2	3.16	0.84
95	Clemson	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	6.38	-9.27	12.65	2.4	1.6
96	Wyoming	Western Athletic	4-7-0	0.36	6.27	-7.82	8.28	3.47	0.53
97	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.26	-10.82	12.49	2.59	1.41
98	San José State	PCAA	4-7-0	0.36	6.25	-8.18	8.4	3.2	0.8
99	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	3-7-1	0.27	5.41	-4.45	10.33	3.99	-0.99
100	Iowa	Big Ten	3-7-1	0.27	4.96	-9	11.06	1.96	1.04
101	Texas A&M	Southwest	3-8-0	0.27	4.59	-7.09	14.83	3.14	-0.14
102	Illinois	Big Ten	3-8-0	0.27	4.55	-7.27	14.19	3.39	-0.39
103	California	Pac-8	3-8-0	0.27	4.49	-7.82	13.99	3.51	-0.51
104	Davidson	Southern	3-7-1	0.27	4.42	-12.82	3.41	2.44	0.56
105	Kentucky	SEC	3-8-0	0.27	4.37	-9.18	13.87	2.26	0.74
106	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-8-0	0.27	4.24	-10.36	12.53	2.01	0.99
107	New Mexico	Western Athletic	3-8-0	0.27	4.14	-10.82	10.59	2.8	0.2
108	Ohio	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	3.96	-12.36	7.95	2.34	0.66
109	Kansas State	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	3.76	-21.64	15.12	1.22	1.78
110	Villanova	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.32	-7	5.46	2.88	-0.88
111	Xavier	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	2.29	-13.8	5.08	1.24	0.76
112	Marshall	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	2.26	-16.1	9.45	0.85	1.15
113	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-8-0	0.2	2.17	-17.3	7.43	1.61	0.39
114	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.99	-10.27	1.34	1.47	0.53
115	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-9-0	0.18	1.99	-13.09	11.06	1.81	0.19
116	Oregon State	Pac-8	2-9-0	0.18	1.95	-14.91	14.94	1.4	0.6
117	VMI	Southern	2-9-0	0.18	1.94	-13.55	9.86	1.79	0.21
118	Furman	Southern	2-9-0	0.18	1.83	-13.73	3.01	1.84	0.16
119	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.77	-16.82	8.42	1.29	0.71
120	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	2-9-0	0.18	1.68	-18.82	8	1.66	0.34
121	Wake Forest	ACC	2-9-0	0.18	1.6	-22.82	12.77	0.43	1.57
122	Southern Illinois	FBS Independents	1-8-1	0.1	0.46	-11.8	5.44	0.6	0.4
123	Brown	Ivy	1-8-0	0.11	0.34	-14.33	11.66	1.89	-0.89
124	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	1-10-0	0.09	-0.11	-14.27	13.27	2.16	-1.16
125	North Texas	Missouri Valley	1-10-0	0.09	-0.31	-18.73	11.2	1.24	-0.24
126	Colorado State	Western Athletic	1-10-0	0.09	-0.55	-25.91	11.95	0.64	0.36