1972 W16 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:27.435920+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	USC	Pac-8	11-0-0	1	25.4	28	11.57	10.51	0.49
2	Oklahoma	Big 8	10-1-0	0.91	23.61	28.27	12.92	10.78	-0.78
3	Alabama	SEC	10-1-0	0.91	23.44	23.64	12.76	10.22	-0.22
4	Texas	Southwest	9-1-0	0.9	23	14.6	13.63	8.84	0.16
5	Michigan	Big Ten	10-1-0	0.91	22.83	18.82	10.35	10.72	-0.72
6	Penn State	FBS Independents	10-1-0	0.91	22.73	16.64	10.3	9.3	0.7
7	North Carolina	ACC	10-1-0	0.91	22.61	10	11.73	8.29	1.71
8	San Diego State	PCAA	10-1-0	0.91	22.53	11.18	10.82	8.95	1.05
9	LSU	SEC	9-1-1	0.82	22.52	10.36	12.37	9.11	-0.11
10	Auburn	SEC	9-1-0	0.9	22.41	4.7	14.88	6.67	2.33
11	Louisville	Missouri Valley	9-1-0	0.9	22.39	21.8	8.58	9.48	-0.48
12	Ohio State	Big Ten	9-1-0	0.9	22.19	13.4	9.47	8.44	0.56
13	Dartmouth	Ivy	7-1-1	0.78	21.53	10.22	9.36	6.64	0.36
14	Nebraska	Big 8	8-2-1	0.73	21.06	33.64	12	10.77	-2.77
15	Tennessee	SEC	9-2-0	0.82	20.9	17.27	11.32	10.38	-1.38
16	Arizona State	Western Athletic	10-2-0	0.83	20.82	22.17	8.48	9.85	0.15
17	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	20.15	13.1	10.75	8.14	-0.14
18	East Carolina	Southern	9-2-0	0.82	20.05	8.45	9.3	8.05	0.95
19	Tampa	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	19.74	14.91	5	9.81	-0.81
20	Yale	Ivy	7-2-0	0.78	19.53	14	9.38	7.21	-0.21
21	UCLA	Pac-8	8-3-0	0.73	18.62	10.18	12.34	7.84	0.16
22	Colorado	Big 8	8-3-0	0.73	18.52	11.64	11.04	8.57	-0.57
23	West Virginia	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.5	14.73	9.75	8.5	-0.5
24	Texas Tech	Southwest	8-3-0	0.73	18.29	8.91	10.78	8.37	-0.37
25	NC State	ACC	7-3-1	0.64	18.02	12.09	12.11	8.24	-1.24
26	Utah State	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	17.78	9	7.25	7.7	0.3
27	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	7-3-0	0.7	17.48	11.6	8.48	8.38	-1.38
28	Pacific	PCAA	8-3-0	0.73	17.07	5.09	4.88	7.24	0.76
29	Bowling Green	Mid-American	6-3-1	0.6	16.93	5.7	13.05	7.07	-1.07
30	Washington	Pac-8	8-3-0	0.73	16.9	0.36	12.02	5.63	2.37
31	Cornell	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.77	5	12.49	5.65	0.35
32	SMU	Southwest	7-4-0	0.64	16.41	10.45	11.04	8.68	-1.68
33	Western Michigan	Mid-American	7-3-1	0.64	16.39	2.55	7.67	6.34	0.66
34	Pennsylvania	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.29	6.67	7.44	5.84	0.16
35	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	7-4-1	0.58	15.98	4.83	12.1	7.59	-0.59
36	Florida State	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.8	5.73	9.52	7.07	-0.07
37	Houston	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	15.48	11.18	10.44	8.31	-2.31
38	Georgia	SEC	7-4-0	0.64	15.46	1	14.58	5.92	1.08
39	Air Force	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	15.41	12	9.5	7.68	-1.68
40	Washington State	Pac-8	7-4-0	0.64	15.39	3	9.53	6.33	0.67
41	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.3	5.18	6.14	7.6	-0.6
42	Rutgers	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.2	10.73	1.68	8.53	-1.53
43	BYU	Western Athletic	7-4-0	0.64	14.99	2.18	7.73	6.15	0.85
44	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	14.99	4.91	11.1	6.74	-0.74
45	Richmond	Southern	6-4-0	0.6	14.46	3.3	8.69	6.16	-0.16
46	Fresno State	PCAA	6-4-1	0.55	14.43	7.18	4.37	7.96	-1.96
47	Purdue	Big Ten	6-5-0	0.55	14.34	10	11.06	8.85	-2.85
48	Oklahoma State	Big 8	6-5-0	0.55	14.11	5.09	13.17	7.05	-1.05
49	Stanford	Pac-8	6-5-0	0.55	14.06	7.55	10.34	7.79	-1.79
50	Tulane	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.81	4.27	11.47	7.09	-1.09
51	Drake	Missouri Valley	7-5-0	0.58	13.6	6.58	1.47	8.26	-1.26
52	Kent State	Mid-American	6-4-1	0.55	13.45	-0.18	11.05	5.43	0.57
53	Florida	SEC	5-5-1	0.45	13.43	6.73	15.9	8	-3
54	Utah	Western Athletic	6-5-0	0.55	13.2	1.64	10.86	5.84	0.16
55	Ole Miss	SEC	5-5-0	0.5	12.94	5	13.08	6.71	-1.71
56	Arkansas	Southwest	6-5-0	0.55	12.68	0.09	12.66	5.53	0.47
57	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	12.48	0.5	6.03	5.16	-0.16
58	Maryland	ACC	5-5-1	0.45	12.19	2.36	10.18	6.23	-1.23
59	Iowa State	Big 8	5-6-1	0.42	12	6.75	12.78	8	-3
60	Memphis	Missouri Valley	5-5-1	0.45	11.84	1	10.81	5.78	-0.78
61	Toledo	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	11.73	-1.27	10.19	5.05	0.95
62	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	5-5-0	0.5	11.73	1.9	6.61	5.54	-0.54
63	Harvard	Ivy	4-4-1	0.44	11.69	1.33	7.96	4.83	-0.83
64	Miami	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	11.67	4	13.35	6.96	-1.96
65	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-5-1	0.45	11.65	0.18	13.16	5.58	-0.58
66	William & Mary	Southern	5-6-0	0.45	11.58	6.36	9.09	7.45	-2.45
67	Army	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	11.54	-12.2	10.86	2.07	3.93
68	Baylor	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	11.31	2.18	13.38	6.42	-1.42
69	Temple	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	11.18	-1.33	2.39	4.12	0.88
70	Colgate	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	10.65	-5	4.19	3.81	1.19
71	App State	Southern	5-5-1	0.45	10.54	0.64	-1.44	5.69	-0.69
72	Rice	Southwest	5-5-1	0.45	10.33	-3.82	14.13	4.26	0.74
73	The Citadel	Southern	5-6-0	0.45	10.29	0.82	6.74	5.81	-0.81
74	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	6-5-0	0.55	10.23	-6.55	3.71	3.18	2.82
75	Missouri	Big 8	6-6-0	0.5	9.86	-7.67	13.68	3.64	2.36
76	Columbia	Ivy	3-5-1	0.33	9.49	2.11	11	5.25	-2.25
77	Duke	ACC	5-6-0	0.45	9.43	-2.18	13.08	4.43	0.57
78	TCU	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	9.24	-2.91	12.74	4.6	0.4
79	Long Beach State	PCAA	5-6-0	0.45	8.58	-4.36	6.99	4.26	0.74
80	Indiana	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	8.54	-6.18	9.64	3.69	1.31
81	Syracuse	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.47	-8	11.21	2.65	2.35
82	Dayton	FBS Independents	4-6-1	0.36	8.3	-0.82	6.89	5.17	-1.17
83	Texas-Arlington	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	7.97	-5.55	0.37	3.53	1.47
84	South Carolina	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	7.44	-1.64	11.96	4.98	-0.98
85	Princeton	Ivy	3-5-1	0.33	7.4	-4.56	13.54	2.99	0.01
86	Boston College	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	7.26	-1.64	8.94	5.03	-1.03
87	Arizona	Western Athletic	4-7-0	0.36	6.86	-4.09	10.9	4.33	-0.33
88	Mississippi State	SEC	4-7-0	0.36	6.76	-5.18	11.86	3.89	0.11
89	Navy	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.63	-6.91	13.16	3.34	0.66
90	Oregon	Pac-8	4-7-0	0.36	6.51	-8.27	13.18	3.15	0.85
91	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.51	-7	11.01	3.02	0.98
92	Virginia	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	6.5	-7	10.7	3.47	0.53
93	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	6.49	-6.73	9.97	3.5	0.5
94	Kansas	Big 8	4-7-0	0.36	6.48	-8.82	13.58	3.16	0.84
95	Clemson	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	6.39	-9.27	12.5	2.4	1.6
96	Wyoming	Western Athletic	4-7-0	0.36	6.3	-7.82	8.3	3.47	0.53
97	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.29	-10.82	12.68	2.59	1.41
98	San José State	PCAA	4-7-0	0.36	6.27	-8.18	8.43	3.2	0.8
99	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	3-7-1	0.27	5.43	-4.45	10.38	3.99	-0.99
100	Iowa	Big Ten	3-7-1	0.27	4.99	-9	11.26	1.96	1.04
101	Texas A&M	Southwest	3-8-0	0.27	4.62	-7.09	15.18	3.14	-0.14
102	Illinois	Big Ten	3-8-0	0.27	4.57	-7.27	14.4	3.39	-0.39
103	California	Pac-8	3-8-0	0.27	4.51	-7.82	14.29	3.51	-0.51
104	Davidson	Southern	3-7-1	0.27	4.44	-12.82	3.44	2.44	0.56
105	Kentucky	SEC	3-8-0	0.27	4.39	-9.18	14.04	2.26	0.74
106	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-8-0	0.27	4.25	-10.36	12.53	2.01	0.99
107	New Mexico	Western Athletic	3-8-0	0.27	4.16	-10.82	10.84	2.8	0.2
108	Ohio	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	3.98	-12.36	8.1	2.34	0.66
109	Kansas State	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	3.79	-21.64	15.47	1.22	1.78
110	Villanova	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.33	-7	5.62	2.88	-0.88
111	Xavier	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	2.3	-13.8	5.23	1.24	0.76
112	Marshall	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	2.27	-16.1	9.61	0.85	1.15
113	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-8-0	0.2	2.18	-17.3	7.45	1.61	0.39
114	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2	-10.27	1.32	1.47	0.53
115	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-9-0	0.18	2	-13.09	11.11	1.81	0.19
116	Oregon State	Pac-8	2-9-0	0.18	1.96	-14.91	14.99	1.4	0.6
117	VMI	Southern	2-9-0	0.18	1.95	-13.55	10.04	1.79	0.21
118	Furman	Southern	2-9-0	0.18	1.83	-13.73	3.04	1.84	0.16
119	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.77	-16.82	8.59	1.29	0.71
120	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	2-9-0	0.18	1.68	-18.82	8.04	1.66	0.34
121	Wake Forest	ACC	2-9-0	0.18	1.6	-22.82	12.7	0.43	1.57
122	Southern Illinois	FBS Independents	1-8-1	0.1	0.46	-11.8	5.45	0.6	0.4
123	Brown	Ivy	1-8-0	0.11	0.34	-14.33	11.72	1.89	-0.89
124	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	1-10-0	0.09	-0.11	-14.27	13.61	2.16	-1.16
125	North Texas	Missouri Valley	1-10-0	0.09	-0.31	-18.73	11.26	1.24	-0.24
126	Colorado State	Western Athletic	1-10-0	0.09	-0.56	-25.91	12.11	0.64	0.36