1972 W17 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:27.436343+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	USC	Pac-8	11-0-0	1	25.34	28	11.55	10.51	0.49
2	Oklahoma	Big 8	11-1-0	0.92	23.86	27.08	13.52	11.78	-0.78
3	Alabama	SEC	10-1-0	0.91	23.39	23.64	12.72	10.22	-0.22
4	Texas	Southwest	9-1-0	0.9	22.95	14.6	13.59	8.84	0.16
5	North Carolina	ACC	11-1-0	0.92	22.84	9.5	12.24	8.84	2.16
6	Auburn	SEC	10-1-0	0.91	22.84	6.18	15.25	7.89	2.11
7	Michigan	Big Ten	10-1-0	0.91	22.78	18.82	10.33	10.72	-0.72
8	San Diego State	PCAA	10-1-0	0.91	22.46	11.18	10.69	8.95	1.05
9	Louisville	Missouri Valley	9-1-0	0.9	22.34	21.8	8.56	9.48	-0.48
10	Ohio State	Big Ten	9-1-0	0.9	22.15	13.4	9.45	8.44	0.56
11	Dartmouth	Ivy	7-1-1	0.78	21.49	10.22	9.33	6.64	0.36
12	Tennessee	SEC	10-2-0	0.83	21.2	16.42	12.3	11.15	-1.15
13	Penn State	FBS Independents	10-2-0	0.83	20.99	14.08	11.38	9.84	0.16
14	Nebraska	Big 8	8-2-1	0.73	20.98	33.64	11.77	10.77	-2.77
15	Arizona State	Western Athletic	10-2-0	0.83	20.77	22.17	8.37	9.85	0.15
16	LSU	SEC	9-2-1	0.75	20.71	8.92	13.05	9.45	-0.45
17	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	20.09	13.1	10.61	8.14	-0.14
18	East Carolina	Southern	9-2-0	0.82	20.01	8.45	9.28	8.05	0.95
19	Tampa	FBS Independents	10-2-0	0.83	19.98	13.92	5.69	10.49	-0.49
20	Yale	Ivy	7-2-0	0.78	19.49	14	9.35	7.21	-0.21
21	NC State	ACC	8-3-1	0.67	18.83	14.08	12.61	9.36	-1.36
22	UCLA	Pac-8	8-3-0	0.73	18.58	10.18	12.31	7.84	0.16
23	Utah State	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	17.75	9	7.23	7.7	0.3
24	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	7-3-0	0.7	17.44	11.6	8.46	8.38	-1.38
25	Colorado	Big 8	8-4-0	0.67	17.08	8.92	11.78	8.75	-0.75
26	Pacific	PCAA	8-3-0	0.73	17.03	5.09	4.86	7.24	0.76
27	West Virginia	FBS Independents	8-4-0	0.67	17.02	10.5	10.42	8.43	-0.43
28	Texas Tech	Southwest	8-4-0	0.67	16.98	7.83	11.74	8.68	-0.68
29	Bowling Green	Mid-American	6-3-1	0.6	16.9	5.7	13.02	7.07	-1.07
30	Washington	Pac-8	8-3-0	0.73	16.87	0.36	11.99	5.63	2.37
31	Cornell	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.73	5	12.46	5.65	0.35
32	SMU	Southwest	7-4-0	0.64	16.37	10.45	11.02	8.68	-1.68
33	Western Michigan	Mid-American	7-3-1	0.64	16.36	2.55	7.65	6.34	0.66
34	Pennsylvania	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.26	6.67	7.42	5.84	0.16
35	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	7-4-1	0.58	15.97	4.83	11.98	7.59	-0.59
36	Florida State	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.76	5.73	9.5	7.07	-0.07
37	Houston	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	15.45	11.18	10.43	8.31	-2.31
38	Georgia	SEC	7-4-0	0.64	15.44	1	14.63	5.92	1.08
39	Air Force	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	15.38	12	9.5	7.68	-1.68
40	Washington State	Pac-8	7-4-0	0.64	15.36	3	9.5	6.33	0.67
41	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.27	5.18	6.13	7.6	-0.6
42	Rutgers	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.17	10.73	1.67	8.53	-1.53
43	BYU	Western Athletic	7-4-0	0.64	14.97	2.18	7.73	6.15	0.85
44	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	14.96	4.91	11.07	6.74	-0.74
45	Richmond	Southern	6-4-0	0.6	14.43	3.3	8.67	6.16	-0.16
46	Fresno State	PCAA	6-4-1	0.55	14.4	7.18	4.35	7.96	-1.96
47	Purdue	Big Ten	6-5-0	0.55	14.31	10	11.03	8.85	-2.85
48	Oklahoma State	Big 8	6-5-0	0.55	14.06	5.09	12.93	7.05	-1.05
49	Stanford	Pac-8	6-5-0	0.55	14.03	7.55	10.32	7.79	-1.79
50	Tulane	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.79	4.27	11.52	7.09	-1.09
51	Drake	Missouri Valley	7-5-0	0.58	13.57	6.58	1.46	8.26	-1.26
52	Florida	SEC	5-5-1	0.45	13.4	6.73	15.86	8	-3
53	Utah	Western Athletic	6-5-0	0.55	13.16	1.64	10.75	5.84	0.16
54	Ole Miss	SEC	5-5-0	0.5	12.91	5	13.04	6.71	-1.71
55	Arkansas	Southwest	6-5-0	0.55	12.66	0.09	12.63	5.53	0.47
56	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	12.45	0.5	6	5.16	-0.16
57	Kent State	Mid-American	6-5-1	0.5	12.26	-0.42	11.75	5.82	0.18
58	Maryland	ACC	5-5-1	0.45	12.16	2.36	10.15	6.23	-1.23
59	Iowa State	Big 8	5-6-1	0.42	11.94	6.75	12.73	8	-3
60	Memphis	Missouri Valley	5-5-1	0.45	11.82	1	10.79	5.78	-0.78
61	Toledo	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	11.7	-1.27	10.16	5.05	0.95
62	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	5-5-0	0.5	11.7	1.9	6.59	5.54	-0.54
63	Harvard	Ivy	4-4-1	0.44	11.67	1.33	7.93	4.83	-0.83
64	Miami	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	11.64	4	13.31	6.96	-1.96
65	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-5-1	0.45	11.63	0.18	13.2	5.58	-0.58
66	William & Mary	Southern	5-6-0	0.45	11.55	6.36	9.07	7.45	-2.45
67	Army	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	11.51	-12.2	10.83	2.07	3.93
68	Baylor	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	11.27	2.18	13.24	6.42	-1.42
69	Temple	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	11.16	-1.33	2.37	4.12	0.88
70	Colgate	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	10.63	-5	4.17	3.81	1.19
71	App State	Southern	5-5-1	0.45	10.52	0.64	-1.45	5.69	-0.69
72	Rice	Southwest	5-5-1	0.45	10.32	-3.82	14.17	4.26	0.74
73	The Citadel	Southern	5-6-0	0.45	10.27	0.82	6.72	5.81	-0.81
74	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	6-5-0	0.55	10.21	-6.55	3.7	3.18	2.82
75	Missouri	Big 8	6-6-0	0.5	9.8	-7.67	13.57	3.64	2.36
76	Columbia	Ivy	3-5-1	0.33	9.47	2.11	10.97	5.25	-2.25
77	Duke	ACC	5-6-0	0.45	9.41	-2.18	13.12	4.43	0.57
78	TCU	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	9.22	-2.91	12.71	4.6	0.4
79	Long Beach State	PCAA	5-6-0	0.45	8.56	-4.36	6.97	4.26	0.74
80	Indiana	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	8.52	-6.18	9.62	3.69	1.31
81	Syracuse	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.45	-8	11.18	2.65	2.35
82	Dayton	FBS Independents	4-6-1	0.36	8.28	-0.82	6.87	5.17	-1.17
83	Texas-Arlington	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	7.95	-5.55	0.36	3.53	1.47
84	South Carolina	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	7.43	-1.64	12.01	4.98	-0.98
85	Princeton	Ivy	3-5-1	0.33	7.38	-4.56	13.5	2.99	0.01
86	Boston College	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	7.25	-1.64	8.99	5.03	-1.03
87	Arizona	Western Athletic	4-7-0	0.36	6.85	-4.09	10.9	4.33	-0.33
88	Mississippi State	SEC	4-7-0	0.36	6.75	-5.18	11.83	3.89	0.11
89	Navy	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.62	-6.91	13.21	3.34	0.66
90	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.5	-7	10.99	3.02	0.98
91	Oregon	Pac-8	4-7-0	0.36	6.49	-8.27	13.04	3.15	0.85
92	Virginia	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	6.48	-7	10.67	3.47	0.53
93	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	6.47	-6.73	9.95	3.5	0.5
94	Kansas	Big 8	4-7-0	0.36	6.46	-8.82	13.34	3.16	0.84
95	Clemson	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	6.38	-9.27	12.55	2.4	1.6
96	Wyoming	Western Athletic	4-7-0	0.36	6.29	-7.82	8.3	3.47	0.53
97	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.28	-10.82	12.65	2.59	1.41
98	San José State	PCAA	4-7-0	0.36	6.26	-8.18	8.42	3.2	0.8
99	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	3-7-1	0.27	5.42	-4.45	10.36	3.99	-0.99
100	Iowa	Big Ten	3-7-1	0.27	4.98	-9	11.24	1.96	1.04
101	Texas A&M	Southwest	3-8-0	0.27	4.61	-7.09	15.15	3.14	-0.14
102	Illinois	Big Ten	3-8-0	0.27	4.56	-7.27	14.37	3.39	-0.39
103	California	Pac-8	3-8-0	0.27	4.5	-7.82	14.15	3.51	-0.51
104	Davidson	Southern	3-7-1	0.27	4.43	-12.82	3.42	2.44	0.56
105	Kentucky	SEC	3-8-0	0.27	4.38	-9.18	14	2.26	0.74
106	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-8-0	0.27	4.24	-10.36	12.5	2.01	0.99
107	New Mexico	Western Athletic	3-8-0	0.27	4.15	-10.82	10.73	2.8	0.2
108	Ohio	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	3.97	-12.36	8.07	2.34	0.66
109	Kansas State	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	3.77	-21.64	15.24	1.22	1.78
110	Villanova	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.33	-7	5.6	2.88	-0.88
111	Xavier	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	2.29	-13.8	5.21	1.24	0.76
112	Marshall	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	2.26	-16.1	9.59	0.85	1.15
113	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-8-0	0.2	2.17	-17.3	7.45	1.61	0.39
114	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2	-10.27	1.31	1.47	0.53
115	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-9-0	0.18	1.99	-13.09	11.09	1.81	0.19
116	Oregon State	Pac-8	2-9-0	0.18	1.95	-14.91	14.97	1.4	0.6
117	VMI	Southern	2-9-0	0.18	1.95	-13.55	10.01	1.79	0.21
118	Furman	Southern	2-9-0	0.18	1.83	-13.73	3.03	1.84	0.16
119	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.77	-16.82	8.57	1.29	0.71
120	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	2-9-0	0.18	1.68	-18.82	8.02	1.66	0.34
121	Wake Forest	ACC	2-9-0	0.18	1.6	-22.82	12.67	0.43	1.57
122	Southern Illinois	FBS Independents	1-8-1	0.1	0.46	-11.8	5.43	0.6	0.4
123	Brown	Ivy	1-8-0	0.11	0.34	-14.33	11.69	1.89	-0.89
124	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	1-10-0	0.09	-0.11	-14.27	13.58	2.16	-1.16
125	North Texas	Missouri Valley	1-10-0	0.09	-0.31	-18.73	11.23	1.24	-0.24
126	Colorado State	Western Athletic	1-10-0	0.09	-0.56	-25.91	11.98	0.64	0.36