1972 W15 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:27.435460+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	USC	Pac-8	11-0-0	1	25.46	28	11.61	10.51	0.49
2	Oklahoma	Big 8	10-1-0	0.91	23.67	28.27	12.96	10.78	-0.78
3	Alabama	SEC	10-1-0	0.91	23.5	23.64	12.81	10.22	-0.22
4	Texas	Southwest	9-1-0	0.9	23.06	14.6	13.67	8.84	0.16
5	Michigan	Big Ten	10-1-0	0.91	22.88	18.82	10.38	10.72	-0.72
6	Penn State	FBS Independents	10-1-0	0.91	22.78	16.64	10.32	9.3	0.7
7	North Carolina	ACC	10-1-0	0.91	22.67	10	11.76	8.29	1.71
8	San Diego State	PCAA	10-1-0	0.91	22.58	11.18	10.85	8.95	1.05
9	LSU	SEC	9-1-1	0.82	22.58	10.36	12.41	9.11	-0.11
10	Auburn	SEC	9-1-0	0.9	22.47	4.7	14.93	6.67	2.33
11	Louisville	Missouri Valley	9-1-0	0.9	22.44	21.8	8.61	9.48	-0.48
12	Ohio State	Big Ten	9-1-0	0.9	22.25	13.4	9.5	8.44	0.56
13	Dartmouth	Ivy	7-1-1	0.78	21.59	10.22	9.39	6.64	0.36
14	Nebraska	Big 8	8-2-1	0.73	21.11	33.64	12.04	10.77	-2.77
15	Tennessee	SEC	9-2-0	0.82	20.95	17.27	11.37	10.38	-1.38
16	Arizona State	Western Athletic	9-2-0	0.82	20.64	22.91	8.28	9.15	-0.15
17	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	20.2	13.1	10.78	8.14	-0.14
18	East Carolina	Southern	9-2-0	0.82	20.1	8.45	9.33	8.05	0.95
19	Tampa	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	19.79	14.91	5.03	9.81	-0.81
20	Yale	Ivy	7-2-0	0.78	19.58	14	9.41	7.21	-0.21
21	UCLA	Pac-8	8-3-0	0.73	18.66	10.18	12.37	7.84	0.16
22	Colorado	Big 8	8-3-0	0.73	18.57	11.64	11.08	8.57	-0.57
23	West Virginia	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.55	14.73	9.77	8.5	-0.5
24	Texas Tech	Southwest	8-3-0	0.73	18.34	8.91	10.81	8.37	-0.37
25	NC State	ACC	7-3-1	0.64	18.07	12.09	12.14	8.24	-1.24
26	Utah State	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	17.83	9	7.28	7.7	0.3
27	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	7-3-0	0.7	17.52	11.6	8.5	8.38	-1.38
28	Pacific	PCAA	8-3-0	0.73	17.11	5.09	4.9	7.24	0.76
29	Bowling Green	Mid-American	6-3-1	0.6	16.97	5.7	13.09	7.07	-1.07
30	Washington	Pac-8	8-3-0	0.73	16.94	0.36	12.05	5.63	2.37
31	Cornell	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.81	5	12.52	5.65	0.35
32	SMU	Southwest	7-4-0	0.64	16.45	10.45	11.08	8.68	-1.68
33	Western Michigan	Mid-American	7-3-1	0.64	16.43	2.55	7.7	6.34	0.66
34	Pennsylvania	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.33	6.67	7.47	5.84	0.16
35	Florida State	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.84	5.73	9.56	7.07	-0.07
36	Houston	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	15.51	11.18	10.47	8.31	-2.31
37	Georgia	SEC	7-4-0	0.64	15.5	1	14.64	5.92	1.08
38	Air Force	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	15.45	12	9.53	7.68	-1.68
39	Washington State	Pac-8	7-4-0	0.64	15.43	3	9.55	6.33	0.67
40	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.34	5.18	6.17	7.6	-0.6
41	Rutgers	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.24	10.73	1.7	8.53	-1.53
42	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	15.17	5.18	12.04	7.11	-1.11
43	BYU	Western Athletic	7-4-0	0.64	15.03	2.18	7.75	6.15	0.85
44	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	15.03	4.91	11.13	6.74	-0.74
45	Richmond	Southern	6-4-0	0.6	14.49	3.3	8.72	6.16	-0.16
46	Fresno State	PCAA	6-4-1	0.55	14.46	7.18	4.39	7.96	-1.96
47	Purdue	Big Ten	6-5-0	0.55	14.38	10	11.09	8.85	-2.85
48	Oklahoma State	Big 8	6-5-0	0.55	14.14	5.09	13.21	7.05	-1.05
49	Stanford	Pac-8	6-5-0	0.55	14.1	7.55	10.38	7.79	-1.79
50	Tulane	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.84	4.27	11.51	7.09	-1.09
51	Drake	Missouri Valley	7-5-0	0.58	13.64	6.58	1.5	8.26	-1.26
52	Kent State	Mid-American	6-4-1	0.55	13.49	-0.18	11.09	5.43	0.57
53	Florida	SEC	5-5-1	0.45	13.47	6.73	15.96	8	-3
54	Utah	Western Athletic	6-5-0	0.55	13.23	1.64	10.89	5.84	0.16
55	Iowa State	Big 8	5-5-1	0.45	13.19	7.45	12.6	7.57	-2.57
56	Ole Miss	SEC	5-5-0	0.5	12.97	5	13.13	6.71	-1.71
57	Arkansas	Southwest	6-5-0	0.55	12.71	0.09	12.7	5.53	0.47
58	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	12.51	0.5	6.05	5.16	-0.16
59	Maryland	ACC	5-5-1	0.45	12.22	2.36	10.21	6.23	-1.23
60	Memphis	Missouri Valley	5-5-1	0.45	11.87	1	10.85	5.78	-0.78
61	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	5-5-0	0.5	11.76	1.9	6.63	5.54	-0.54
62	Toledo	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	11.75	-1.27	10.22	5.05	0.95
63	Harvard	Ivy	4-4-1	0.44	11.72	1.33	7.98	4.83	-0.83
64	Miami	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	11.7	4	13.4	6.96	-1.96
65	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-5-1	0.45	11.67	0.18	13.2	5.58	-0.58
66	William & Mary	Southern	5-6-0	0.45	11.6	6.36	9.11	7.45	-2.45
67	Army	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	11.57	-12.2	10.89	2.07	3.93
68	Baylor	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	11.33	2.18	13.42	6.42	-1.42
69	Temple	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	11.21	-1.33	2.4	4.12	0.88
70	Missouri	Big 8	6-5-0	0.55	11.01	-7.09	13.09	3.32	2.68
71	Colgate	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	10.68	-5	4.21	3.81	1.19
72	App State	Southern	5-5-1	0.45	10.57	0.64	-1.43	5.69	-0.69
73	Rice	Southwest	5-5-1	0.45	10.36	-3.82	14.18	4.26	0.74
74	The Citadel	Southern	5-6-0	0.45	10.32	0.82	6.76	5.81	-0.81
75	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	6-5-0	0.55	10.25	-6.55	3.73	3.18	2.82
76	Columbia	Ivy	3-5-1	0.33	9.52	2.11	11.04	5.25	-2.25
77	Duke	ACC	5-6-0	0.45	9.45	-2.18	13.12	4.43	0.57
78	TCU	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	9.26	-2.91	12.78	4.6	0.4
79	Long Beach State	PCAA	5-6-0	0.45	8.6	-4.36	7.02	4.26	0.74
80	Indiana	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	8.56	-6.18	9.67	3.69	1.31
81	Syracuse	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.49	-8	11.24	2.65	2.35
82	Dayton	FBS Independents	4-6-1	0.36	8.32	-0.82	6.92	5.17	-1.17
83	Texas-Arlington	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	7.99	-5.55	0.38	3.53	1.47
84	South Carolina	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	7.46	-1.64	12	4.98	-0.98
85	Princeton	Ivy	3-5-1	0.33	7.42	-4.56	13.57	2.99	0.01
86	Boston College	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	7.28	-1.64	8.97	5.03	-1.03
87	Arizona	Western Athletic	4-7-0	0.36	6.88	-4.09	10.94	4.33	-0.33
88	Mississippi State	SEC	4-7-0	0.36	6.78	-5.18	11.91	3.89	0.11
89	Navy	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.65	-6.91	13.2	3.34	0.66
90	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.53	-7	11.05	3.02	0.98
91	Oregon	Pac-8	4-7-0	0.36	6.52	-8.27	13.21	3.15	0.85
92	Virginia	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	6.51	-7	10.73	3.47	0.53
93	Kansas	Big 8	4-7-0	0.36	6.5	-8.82	13.62	3.16	0.84
94	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	6.5	-6.73	10.01	3.5	0.5
95	Clemson	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	6.41	-9.27	12.54	2.4	1.6
96	Wyoming	Western Athletic	4-7-0	0.36	6.31	-7.82	8.33	3.47	0.53
97	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.3	-10.82	12.72	2.59	1.41
98	San José State	PCAA	4-7-0	0.36	6.29	-8.18	8.46	3.2	0.8
99	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	3-7-1	0.27	5.44	-4.45	10.42	3.99	-0.99
100	Iowa	Big Ten	3-7-1	0.27	5	-9	11.3	1.96	1.04
101	Texas A&M	Southwest	3-8-0	0.27	4.63	-7.09	15.23	3.14	-0.14
102	Illinois	Big Ten	3-8-0	0.27	4.58	-7.27	14.45	3.39	-0.39
103	California	Pac-8	3-8-0	0.27	4.53	-7.82	14.33	3.51	-0.51
104	Davidson	Southern	3-7-1	0.27	4.45	-12.82	3.46	2.44	0.56
105	Kentucky	SEC	3-8-0	0.27	4.4	-9.18	14.09	2.26	0.74
106	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-8-0	0.27	4.26	-10.36	12.58	2.01	0.99
107	New Mexico	Western Athletic	3-8-0	0.27	4.17	-10.82	10.88	2.8	0.2
108	Ohio	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	3.99	-12.36	8.13	2.34	0.66
109	Kansas State	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	3.8	-21.64	15.52	1.22	1.78
110	Villanova	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.34	-7	5.64	2.88	-0.88
111	Xavier	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	2.3	-13.8	5.25	1.24	0.76
112	Marshall	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	2.27	-16.1	9.64	0.85	1.15
113	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-8-0	0.2	2.18	-17.3	7.47	1.61	0.39
114	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.01	-10.27	1.34	1.47	0.53
115	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-9-0	0.18	2	-13.09	11.15	1.81	0.19
116	Oregon State	Pac-8	2-9-0	0.18	1.96	-14.91	15.03	1.4	0.6
117	VMI	Southern	2-9-0	0.18	1.96	-13.55	10.06	1.79	0.21
118	Furman	Southern	2-9-0	0.18	1.84	-13.73	3.06	1.84	0.16
119	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.78	-16.82	8.62	1.29	0.71
120	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	2-9-0	0.18	1.69	-18.82	8.07	1.66	0.34
121	Wake Forest	ACC	2-9-0	0.18	1.61	-22.82	12.73	0.43	1.57
122	Southern Illinois	FBS Independents	1-8-1	0.1	0.46	-11.8	5.49	0.6	0.4
123	Brown	Ivy	1-8-0	0.11	0.35	-14.33	11.75	1.89	-0.89
124	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	1-10-0	0.09	-0.11	-14.27	13.65	2.16	-1.16
125	North Texas	Missouri Valley	1-10-0	0.09	-0.31	-18.73	11.3	1.24	-0.24
126	Colorado State	Western Athletic	1-10-0	0.09	-0.56	-25.91	12.15	0.64	0.36