1972 W12 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:27.434190+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Alabama	SEC	10-0-0	1	25.71	26.1	11.98	9.42	0.58
2	USC	Pac-8	10-0-0	1	25.47	28.6	10.46	9.65	0.35
3	Oklahoma	Big 8	9-1-0	0.9	23.7	28.8	13.28	9.85	-0.85
4	Texas	Southwest	9-1-0	0.9	23.3	14.6	13.91	8.84	0.16
5	Michigan	Big Ten	10-1-0	0.91	23.15	18.82	10.31	10.72	-0.72
6	Penn State	FBS Independents	10-1-0	0.91	22.99	16.64	10.39	9.3	0.7
7	North Carolina	ACC	9-1-0	0.9	22.7	10.6	11.99	7.71	1.29
8	Louisville	Missouri Valley	9-1-0	0.9	22.67	21.8	8.89	9.48	-0.48
9	LSU	SEC	8-1-1	0.8	22.66	10.8	12.83	8.23	-0.23
10	San Diego State	PCAA	9-1-0	0.9	22.52	11	10.76	8.12	0.88
11	Ohio State	Big Ten	9-1-0	0.9	22.43	13.4	9.54	8.44	0.56
12	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	8-1-0	0.89	22.41	17	9.56	8.02	-0.02
13	Auburn	SEC	8-1-0	0.89	22.34	5.11	14.06	6.13	1.87
14	Dartmouth	Ivy	7-1-1	0.78	21.81	10.22	9.73	6.64	0.36
15	Nebraska	Big 8	8-2-1	0.73	21.42	33.64	12.29	10.77	-2.77
16	Tennessee	SEC	8-2-0	0.8	20.81	17	12.32	9.45	-1.45
17	Arizona State	Western Athletic	9-2-0	0.82	20.8	22.91	8.22	9.15	-0.15
18	East Carolina	Southern	9-2-0	0.82	20.37	8.45	9.43	8.05	0.95
19	Tampa	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	20.02	14.91	5.48	9.81	-0.81
20	Yale	Ivy	7-2-0	0.78	19.78	14	9.81	7.21	-0.21
21	UCLA	Pac-8	8-3-0	0.73	18.9	10.18	12.86	7.84	0.16
22	Colorado	Big 8	8-3-0	0.73	18.8	11.64	11.53	8.57	-0.57
23	West Virginia	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.73	14.73	9.91	8.5	-0.5
24	Texas Tech	Southwest	8-3-0	0.73	18.57	8.91	10.78	8.37	-0.37
25	NC State	ACC	7-3-1	0.64	18.26	12.09	12.36	8.24	-1.24
26	Utah State	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	17.93	9	7.02	7.7	0.3
27	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	7-3-0	0.7	17.71	11.6	8.75	8.38	-1.38
28	Pacific	PCAA	8-3-0	0.73	17.28	5.09	5.06	7.24	0.76
29	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	6-3-1	0.6	17.14	7.7	11.65	7.09	-1.09
30	Bowling Green	Mid-American	6-3-1	0.6	17.12	5.7	13.02	7.07	-1.07
31	Washington	Pac-8	8-3-0	0.73	17.09	0.36	12.03	5.63	2.37
32	Cornell	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.96	5	12.87	5.65	0.35
33	Western Michigan	Mid-American	7-3-1	0.64	16.59	2.55	7.81	6.34	0.66
34	Pennsylvania	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.54	6.67	7.41	5.84	0.16
35	Florida State	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.95	5.73	9.36	7.07	-0.07
36	SMU	Southwest	6-4-0	0.6	15.66	10.2	11.39	7.95	-1.95
37	Air Force	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	15.62	12	9.78	7.68	-1.68
38	Houston	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	15.6	11.18	10.49	8.31	-2.31
39	Oklahoma State	Big 8	6-4-0	0.6	15.59	7.9	12.37	7.17	-1.17
40	Washington State	Pac-8	7-4-0	0.64	15.54	3	9.33	6.33	0.67
41	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.49	5.18	6.34	7.6	-0.6
42	Drake	Missouri Valley	7-4-0	0.64	15.43	9.18	2.57	8.26	-1.26
43	Rutgers	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.33	10.73	1.72	8.53	-1.53
44	Tulane	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	15.17	5.3	10.84	6.67	-0.67
45	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	15.12	4.91	11.31	6.74	-0.74
46	BYU	Western Athletic	7-4-0	0.64	15.11	2.18	7.74	6.15	0.85
47	Iowa State	Big 8	5-4-1	0.5	14.84	9.5	11.74	7.32	-2.32
48	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	5-3-1	0.56	14.78	3.89	5.92	5.66	-0.66
49	Richmond	Southern	6-4-0	0.6	14.64	3.3	8.93	6.16	-0.16
50	Fresno State	PCAA	6-4-1	0.55	14.61	7.18	4.54	7.96	-1.96
51	Purdue	Big Ten	6-5-0	0.55	14.49	10	11.43	8.85	-2.85
52	Georgia	SEC	6-4-0	0.6	13.65	-0.9	15	4.65	1.35
53	Florida	SEC	4-4-1	0.44	13.63	7.44	15.66	6.8	-2.8
54	Kent State	Mid-American	6-4-1	0.55	13.61	-0.18	11.14	5.43	0.57
55	Utah	Western Athletic	6-5-0	0.55	13.31	1.64	11.43	5.84	0.16
56	Miami	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	13.15	5.5	13.77	6.74	-1.74
57	Stanford	Pac-8	5-5-0	0.5	13.05	5.1	12.65	6.46	-1.46
58	Ole Miss	SEC	5-5-0	0.5	13.03	5	13.4	6.71	-1.71
59	Arkansas	Southwest	6-5-0	0.55	12.79	0.09	13.04	5.53	0.47
60	Maryland	ACC	5-5-1	0.45	12.4	2.36	10.16	6.23	-1.23
61	Memphis	Missouri Valley	5-5-0	0.5	12.08	1.1	11.46	5.27	-0.27
62	Rice	Southwest	5-4-1	0.5	12.04	-2.8	14.75	4.16	0.84
63	Harvard	Ivy	4-4-1	0.44	11.89	1.33	7.92	4.83	-0.83
64	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	5-5-0	0.5	11.88	1.9	6.87	5.54	-0.54
65	Toledo	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	11.86	-1.27	10.21	5.05	0.95
66	William & Mary	Southern	5-6-0	0.45	11.74	6.36	9.49	7.45	-2.45
67	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-5-1	0.45	11.73	0.18	13.57	5.58	-0.58
68	Temple	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	11.32	-1.33	2.52	4.12	0.88
69	Missouri	Big 8	6-5-0	0.55	11.21	-7.09	13.71	3.32	2.68
70	Colgate	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	10.85	-5	4.26	3.81	1.19
71	TCU	Southwest	5-5-0	0.5	10.81	-1.9	12.72	4.44	0.56
72	Army	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	10.71	-14.44	11.83	1.54	3.46
73	App State	Southern	5-5-1	0.45	10.69	0.64	-1.14	5.69	-0.69
74	The Citadel	Southern	5-6-0	0.45	10.43	0.82	7.09	5.81	-0.81
75	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	6-5-0	0.55	10.34	-6.55	3.79	3.18	2.82
76	Baylor	Southwest	4-6-0	0.4	9.99	1	14.03	5.4	-1.4
77	Duke	ACC	5-6-0	0.45	9.58	-2.18	13.63	4.43	0.57
78	Columbia	Ivy	3-5-1	0.33	9.52	2.11	11.36	5.25	-2.25
79	Indiana	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	8.72	-6.18	10.01	3.69	1.31
80	Syracuse	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.6	-8	11.69	2.65	2.35
81	Dayton	FBS Independents	4-6-1	0.36	8.41	-0.82	7.13	5.17	-1.17
82	Texas-Arlington	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.03	-5.55	0.72	3.53	1.47
83	Navy	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	7.71	-6.8	14.06	3.07	0.93
84	Long Beach State	PCAA	4-6-0	0.4	7.63	-5.1	8.81	3.62	0.38
85	South Carolina	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	7.56	-1.64	11.92	4.98	-0.98
86	Princeton	Ivy	3-5-1	0.33	7.54	-4.56	13.67	2.99	0.01
87	Arizona	Western Athletic	4-7-0	0.36	6.99	-4.09	10.94	4.33	-0.33
88	Mississippi State	SEC	4-7-0	0.36	6.92	-5.18	12.13	3.89	0.11
89	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.61	-7	10.76	3.02	0.98
90	Oregon	Pac-8	4-7-0	0.36	6.59	-8.27	13.52	3.15	0.85
91	Virginia	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	6.58	-7	10.97	3.47	0.53
92	Kansas	Big 8	4-7-0	0.36	6.52	-8.82	14.17	3.16	0.84
93	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	6.51	-6.73	10.29	3.5	0.5
94	Clemson	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	6.43	-9.27	13.01	2.4	1.6
95	San José State	PCAA	4-7-0	0.36	6.39	-8.18	8.46	3.2	0.8
96	Wyoming	Western Athletic	4-7-0	0.36	6.35	-7.82	8.09	3.47	0.53
97	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.3	-10.82	12.84	2.59	1.41
98	Boston College	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	5.43	-4.8	9.15	3.75	-0.75
99	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	5.43	-4.9	10.33	3.53	-0.53
100	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-7-0	0.3	5.08	-9.4	12.07	2.01	0.99
101	Iowa	Big Ten	3-7-1	0.27	4.97	-9	11.43	1.96	1.04
102	Texas A&M	Southwest	3-8-0	0.27	4.73	-7.09	15.57	3.14	-0.14
103	Illinois	Big Ten	3-8-0	0.27	4.65	-7.27	14.52	3.39	-0.39
104	California	Pac-8	3-8-0	0.27	4.57	-7.82	14.56	3.51	-0.51
105	Davidson	Southern	3-7-1	0.27	4.5	-12.82	3.58	2.44	0.56
106	Kentucky	SEC	3-8-0	0.27	4.49	-9.18	14.68	2.26	0.74
107	New Mexico	Western Athletic	3-8-0	0.27	4.25	-10.82	11.18	2.8	0.2
108	Ohio	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	4.03	-12.36	8.28	2.34	0.66
109	Kansas State	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	3.84	-21.64	15.77	1.22	1.78
110	Villanova	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.37	-7	6.05	2.88	-0.88
111	Xavier	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	2.33	-13.8	5.38	1.24	0.76
112	Marshall	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	2.29	-16.1	9.77	0.85	1.15
113	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-8-0	0.2	2.2	-17.3	7.38	1.61	0.39
114	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.06	-10.27	1.67	1.47	0.53
115	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-9-0	0.18	2.04	-13.09	11.3	1.81	0.19
116	Oregon State	Pac-8	2-9-0	0.18	1.98	-14.91	14.71	1.4	0.6
117	VMI	Southern	2-9-0	0.18	1.98	-13.55	10.55	1.79	0.21
118	Furman	Southern	2-9-0	0.18	1.86	-13.73	3.3	1.84	0.16
119	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.82	-16.82	8.62	1.29	0.71
120	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	2-9-0	0.18	1.71	-18.82	8.21	1.66	0.34
121	Wake Forest	ACC	2-9-0	0.18	1.64	-22.82	12.59	0.43	1.57
122	Southern Illinois	FBS Independents	1-8-1	0.1	0.47	-11.8	5.98	0.6	0.4
123	Brown	Ivy	1-8-0	0.11	0.36	-14.33	12.03	1.89	-0.89
124	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	1-10-0	0.09	-0.1	-14.27	14.18	2.16	-1.16
125	North Texas	Missouri Valley	1-10-0	0.09	-0.3	-18.73	11.35	1.24	-0.24
126	Colorado State	Western Athletic	1-10-0	0.09	-0.56	-25.91	12.19	0.64	0.36