1972 W1 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:27.429560+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Alabama	SEC	1-0-0	1	37.07	23	13.88	0.93	0.07
2	Tampa	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	36.68	21	24.16	1	0
3	Tennessee	SEC	1-0-0	1	35.57	31	11.68	1	0
4	USC	Pac-8	1-0-0	1	35.55	21	22.36	0.94	0.06
5	Western Michigan	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	34.31	8	17.18	0.69	0.31
6	West Virginia	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	33.29	19	16.45	0.97	0.03
7	Washington	Pac-8	1-0-0	1	33.1	7	8.18	0.86	0.14
8	Utah State	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	33.09	34	12.95	0.95	0.05
9	North Carolina	ACC	1-0-0	1	32.96	10	5.95	0.74	0.26
10	Colorado	Big 8	1-0-0	1	32.88	10	6.36	0.84	0.16
11	Auburn	SEC	1-0-0	1	32.19	11	0.16	0.97	0.03
12	Florida State	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	32.14	12	2.59	0.91	0.09
13	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	32.14	7	19.88	0.78	0.22
14	William & Mary	Southern	1-0-0	1	31.51	24	12.37	0.97	0.03
15	San Diego State	PCAA	1-0-0	1	29.55	9	7.92	0.86	0.14
16	Wake Forest	ACC	1-0-0	1	28.78	6	0.26	0.65	0.35
17	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	28.41	21	-0.31	0.87	0.13
18	Clemson	ACC	1-0-0	1	28.25	13	15.55	1	0
19	UCLA	Pac-8	1-0-0	1	28.01	3	25.14	0.6	0.4
20	Ohio	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	27.47	5	-10	0.62	0.38
21	Fresno State	PCAA	1-0-0	1	27.44	17	-10	0.95	0.05
22	Rice	Southwest	1-0-0	1	26.69	1	19.99	0.54	0.46
23	Arizona	Western Athletic	1-0-0	1	26.56	17	3.95	1	0
24	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	26.56	3	-10	0.7	0.3
25	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-0-0	1	25.45	17	3.08	0.95	0.05
26	Texas A&M	Southwest	1-0-0	1	25.41	23	2.49	0.92	0.08
27	Kansas State	Big 8	1-0-0	1	25.3	8	3.4	0.76	0.24
28	Washington State	Pac-8	1-0-0	1	25.2	1	4.54	0.53	0.47
29	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	24.67	14	-10	0.93	0.07
30	Virginia	ACC	1-0-0	1	24.52	8	11.08	0.72	0.28
31	San José State	PCAA	1-0-0	1	24.24	5	-10	0.6	0.4
32	East Carolina	Southern	1-0-0	1	24.23	27	-0.86	1	0
33	Wyoming	Western Athletic	1-0-0	1	22.91	16	-10	0.86	0.14
34	Dayton	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.15	5	-10	0.68	0.32
35	Missouri	Big 8	1-0-0	1	21.97	2	7.68	0.55	0.45
36	App State	Southern	1-0-0	1	13.69	1	-10	0.59	0.41
37	Michigan	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	12.14	0	0	0	0
38	Penn State	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	12.01	0	0	0	0
39	Georgia	SEC	0-0-0	0	11.81	0	0	0	0
40	Oklahoma	Big 8	0-0-0	0	11.62	0	0	0	0
41	Nebraska	Big 8	0-1-0	0	11.57	-3	4.88	0.4	-0.4
42	Arizona State	Western Athletic	0-0-0	0	11.21	0	0	0	0
43	LSU	SEC	0-0-0	0	11.03	0	0	0	0
44	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	11.03	0	0	0	0
45	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	10.57	0	0	0	0
46	Dartmouth	Ivy	0-0-0	0	10.29	0	0	0	0
47	Cornell	Ivy	0-0-0	0	10.23	0	0	0	0
48	Stanford	Pac-8	0-0-0	0	10.22	0	0	0	0
49	Louisville	Missouri Valley	0-0-0	0	9.78	0	0	0	0
50	Ole Miss	SEC	0-0-0	0	9.77	0	0	0	0
51	Ohio State	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	9.62	0	0	0	0
52	Texas	Southwest	0-0-0	0	9.62	0	0	0	0
53	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0-0-0	0	9.6	0	0	0	0
54	Toledo	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	9.56	-21	19.7	0	0
55	Houston	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	9.49	-1	5.25	0.46	-0.46
56	New Mexico	Western Athletic	0-0-0	0	8.7	0	0	0	0
57	Arkansas	Southwest	0-1-0	0	8.69	-21	18.14	0.06	-0.06
58	Iowa State	Big 8	0-0-0	0	8.45	0	0	0	0
59	Temple	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	8.32	-7	13.94	0.22	-0.22
60	Michigan State	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	8.09	0	0	0	0
61	Drake	Missouri Valley	0-0-0	0	7.94	0	0	0	0
62	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-0-0	0	7.77	0	0	0	0
63	Memphis	Missouri Valley	0-0-0	0	7.59	0	0	0	0
64	Columbia	Ivy	0-0-0	0	7.57	0	0	0	0
65	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	7.21	0	0	0	0
66	Princeton	Ivy	0-0-0	0	6.96	0	0	0	0
67	Long Beach State	PCAA	0-1-0	0	6.81	-8	19.09	0.31	-0.31
68	BYU	Western Athletic	0-0-0	0	6.72	0	0	0	0
69	Harvard	Ivy	0-0-0	0	6.46	0	0	0	0
70	Colgate	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	6.31	0	0	0	0
71	Air Force	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	5.92	0	0	0	0
72	Villanova	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	5.85	-19	16.07	0.03	-0.03
73	The Citadel	Southern	0-1-0	0	5.83	-13	6.89	0	0
74	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	5.01	0	0	0	0
75	Yale	Ivy	0-0-0	0	4.98	0	0	0	0
76	Texas Tech	Southwest	0-0-0	0	4.89	0	0	0	0
77	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	4.42	0	0	0	0
78	Purdue	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	4.33	0	0	0	0
79	Duke	ACC	0-1-0	0	4.26	-23	24.33	0.07	-0.07
80	TCU	Southwest	0-0-0	0	4.2	0	0	0	0
81	South Carolina	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	3.99	-8	1.82	0.28	-0.28
82	Furman	Southern	0-1-0	0	3.68	-24	13.74	0.03	-0.03
83	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	0-1-0	0	3.66	-34	16.15	0.05	-0.05
84	Miami	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	3.44	0	0	0	0
85	Army	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	3.37	0	0	0	0
86	UTEP	Western Athletic	0-0-0	0	3.33	0	0	0	0
87	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	3.29	0	0	0	0
88	Rutgers	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	3.2	0	0	0	0
89	Minnesota	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	3.13	0	0	0	0
90	Oregon	Pac-8	0-1-0	0	3.08	-2	-0.37	0.45	-0.45
91	Maryland	ACC	0-0-1	0	3.06	0	2.44	0.5	-0.5
92	Utah	Western Athletic	0-0-0	0	3.06	0	0	0	0
93	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	2.97	-31	21.75	0	0
94	Illinois	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	2.75	0	0	0	0
95	Tulane	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	2.65	0	0	0	0
96	SMU	Southwest	0-0-0	0	2.4	0	0	0	0
97	Pacific	PCAA	0-1-0	0	2.39	-7	20.25	0.14	-0.14
98	Oregon State	Pac-8	0-1-0	0	2.18	-9	12.91	0.14	-0.14
99	Oklahoma State	Big 8	0-0-0	0	2.06	0	0	0	0
100	Florida	SEC	0-0-0	0	1.77	0	0	0	0
101	Kansas	Big 8	0-1-0	0	1.76	-1	7.81	0.47	-0.47
102	Indiana	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	1.57	0	0	0	0
103	Pennsylvania	Ivy	0-0-0	0	1.47	0	0	0	0
104	Kent State	Mid-American	0-0-1	0	1.35	0	-10	0.5	-0.5
105	NC State	ACC	0-0-1	0	1.22	0	6.13	0.5	-0.5
106	California	Pac-8	0-1-0	0	1.22	-10	20.01	0.16	-0.16
107	Kentucky	SEC	0-0-0	0	1.04	0	0	0	0
108	Xavier	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	1.01	0	0	0	0
109	Richmond	Southern	0-1-0	0	1.01	-10	20.33	0.26	-0.26
110	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	0-0-0	0	0.83	0	0	0	0
111	Brown	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.75	0	0	0	0
112	North Texas	Missouri Valley	0-0-0	0	0.75	0	0	0	0
113	Navy	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.55	0	0	0	0
114	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	0-1-0	0	0.09	-8	6.27	0.24	-0.24
115	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	-0.17	-17	7.58	0	0
116	Baylor	Southwest	0-0-0	0	-0.34	0	0	0	0
117	Iowa	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	-0.51	0	0	0	0
118	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.57	-17	5.69	0.05	-0.05
119	Marshall	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	-0.6	0	0	0	0
120	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.79	-12	19.73	0.09	-0.09
121	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	0-1-0	0	-1.07	-23	5.44	0.08	-0.08
122	Davidson	Southern	0-1-0	0	-1.4	-6	14.75	0.35	-0.35
123	Mississippi State	SEC	0-1-0	0	-1.96	-11	20.86	0.03	-0.03
124	Texas-Arlington	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2.54	-21	12.64	0.13	-0.13
125	VMI	Southern	0-1-0	0	-2.83	-27	4.16	0	0
126	Southern Illinois	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	-5	0	0	0	0