1972 W2 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:27.429984+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Colorado	Big 8	2-0-0	1	33.22	26	13.89	1.88	0.12
2	Tennessee	SEC	2-0-0	1	32.42	19	7.49	1.81	0.19
3	USC	Pac-8	2-0-0	1	32.4	33	5.43	1.96	0.04
4	Alabama	SEC	1-0-0	1	32.3	23	4.26	0.93	0.07
5	Oklahoma	Big 8	1-0-0	1	32.2	49	33.09	1	0
6	Fresno State	PCAA	2-0-0	1	31.4	22	12.16	1.87	0.13
7	Tampa	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	31.14	17	-0.22	1.81	0.19
8	West Virginia	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	31.1	20	3.43	1.93	0.07
9	Washington	Pac-8	2-0-0	1	30.39	7.5	3.33	1.74	0.26
10	Florida State	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	30.32	17.5	1.32	1.82	0.18
11	North Carolina	ACC	2-0-0	1	30.11	7.5	2.04	1.33	0.67
12	Clemson	ACC	1-0-0	1	30.01	13	5.83	1	0
13	Stanford	Pac-8	1-0-0	1	30	44	24.24	1	0
14	UCLA	Pac-8	2-0-0	1	29.41	6.5	5.39	1.29	0.71
15	Auburn	SEC	1-0-0	1	29.4	11	-1.96	0.97	0.03
16	San Diego State	PCAA	1-0-0	1	29.4	9	2.18	0.86	0.14
17	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	29.04	27	22.15	0.98	0.02
18	SMU	Southwest	1-0-0	1	28.98	46	28.78	0.98	0.02
19	Rice	Southwest	1-0-0	1	28.85	1	9.49	0.54	0.46
20	BYU	Western Athletic	1-0-0	1	28.8	23	25.3	0.95	0.05
21	Air Force	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	28.38	31	22.91	0.94	0.06
22	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	28.29	24	24.67	0.97	0.03
23	Virginia	ACC	2-0-0	1	28.27	6	4.21	1.33	0.67
24	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-0-0	1	28.26	17	-0.57	0.95	0.05
25	East Carolina	Southern	2-0-0	1	27.46	21.5	-3.92	2	0
26	Navy	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	27.08	4	31.51	0.71	0.29
27	Missouri	Big 8	1-0-0	1	26.82	2	3.08	0.55	0.45
28	Michigan	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	25.83	7	7.21	1	0
29	Arizona State	Western Athletic	1-0-0	1	25.81	5	9.49	0.6	0.4
30	NC State	ACC	1-0-1	0.5	25.41	11.5	17.6	1.46	-0.46
31	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-0-0	1	25.39	35	3.66	0.92	0.08
32	LSU	SEC	1-0-0	1	25.26	18	2.39	0.89	0.11
33	Louisville	Missouri Valley	1-0-0	1	25.18	34	1.35	1	0
34	Ole Miss	SEC	1-0-0	1	25.1	5	7.59	0.59	0.41
35	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	24.79	24	2.75	1	0
36	Iowa State	Big 8	1-0-0	1	24.68	41	-0.17	1	0
37	Georgia	SEC	1-0-0	1	24.55	10	-0.34	0.78	0.22
38	Drake	Missouri Valley	1-0-0	1	24.49	28	0.83	0.95	0.05
39	Texas Tech	Southwest	1-0-0	1	24.46	43	3.06	1	0
40	Ohio State	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	24.45	21	-0.51	1	0
41	Tulane	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	24.33	10	10.57	1	0
42	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	23.7	3	4.33	0.61	0.39
43	Kentucky	SEC	1-0-0	1	23.43	18	5.85	0.95	0.05
44	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	23.1	10	3.2	0.78	0.22
45	Indiana	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	22.09	4	3.13	0.59	0.41
46	Oklahoma State	Big 8	1-0-0	1	22.07	18	-2.54	0.99	0.01
47	William & Mary	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	19.76	10	2.12	1.68	-0.68
48	Marshall	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	18.98	3	-10	0.57	0.43
49	Western Michigan	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	18.2	-9.5	17.12	0.58	0.42
50	Nebraska	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	17.52	13.5	26.71	1.68	-0.68
51	Utah State	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	17.35	-7.5	7.64	0.69	0.31
52	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	17.01	1	-6.27	1.05	-0.05
53	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	16.86	-8	4.77	0.6	0.4
54	Ohio	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	16.43	1	-10	1.06	-0.06
55	Texas A&M	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	15.72	-3.5	5.25	0.82	0.18
56	Arizona	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	15.51	-5	1.46	0.61	0.39
57	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	15.33	-19.5	11.44	0.18	0.82
58	Wake Forest	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	15.11	-20	0.5	0.29	0.71
59	Kansas State	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	15.09	-7.5	3.4	0.55	0.45
60	Oregon	Pac-8	1-1-0	0.5	15.09	12.5	24.27	1.6	-0.6
61	Washington State	Pac-8	1-1-0	0.5	15.01	-6.5	1.49	0.68	0.32
62	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	14.73	-5	-2.5	0.65	0.35
63	Wyoming	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	14.09	-7.5	-2.04	0.67	0.33
64	San José State	PCAA	1-1-0	0.5	13.97	-19.5	0.11	0.27	0.73
65	California	Pac-8	1-1-0	0.5	13.8	2	29.04	1.11	-0.11
66	Dayton	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	13.8	-11	-0.2	0.37	0.63
67	Temple	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.8	-1.5	16.57	0.87	0.13
68	Toledo	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	12.58	-2.5	13.34	0.69	0.31
69	Mississippi State	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	12.44	12	11.09	1.72	-0.72
70	App State	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	12.29	-3	-2.08	0.77	0.23
71	Long Beach State	PCAA	1-1-0	0.5	12.23	-2.5	17.53	0.87	0.13
72	The Citadel	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	12.15	-3	20.97	0.77	0.23
73	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	11.73	-1.5	19.78	0.91	0.09
74	Davidson	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	10.25	-1	12.98	0.94	0.06
75	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	9.93	-3.5	12.12	0.7	0.3
76	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	2.76	0	0	0	0
77	Dartmouth	Ivy	0-0-0	0	2.57	0	0	0	0
78	Cornell	Ivy	0-0-0	0	2.56	0	0	0	0
79	Texas	Southwest	0-0-0	0	2.4	0	0	0	0
80	Columbia	Ivy	0-0-0	0	1.89	0	0	0	0
81	Princeton	Ivy	0-0-0	0	1.74	0	0	0	0
82	Harvard	Ivy	0-0-0	0	1.61	0	0	0	0
83	Colgate	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	1.58	0	0	0	0
84	Yale	Ivy	0-0-0	0	1.25	0	0	0	0
85	Houston	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	1.25	-3	18.95	0.84	-0.84
86	Penn State	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	1.11	-7	35.57	0.34	-0.34
87	TCU	Southwest	0-0-0	0	1.05	0	0	0	0
88	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	0.94	-10	2.65	0	0
89	Army	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.84	0	0	0	0
90	Memphis	Missouri Valley	0-1-0	0	0.55	-5	9.77	0.41	-0.41
91	Florida	SEC	0-0-0	0	0.44	0	0	0	0
92	Pennsylvania	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.37	0	0	0	0
93	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	0.2	-7	12.14	0	0
94	Brown	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.19	0	0	0	0
95	Purdue	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	0.05	-3	7.77	0.39	-0.39
96	Kansas	Big 8	0-1-0	0	-0.15	-1	25.2	0.47	-0.47
97	Maryland	ACC	0-1-1	0	-0.24	-2.5	17.09	0.89	-0.89
98	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.25	-4	24.52	0.39	-0.39
99	Minnesota	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-0.35	-4	1.57	0.41	-0.41
100	Arkansas	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-0.64	-21	35.55	0.06	-0.06
101	North Texas	Missouri Valley	0-1-0	0	-0.83	-3	6.81	0.42	-0.42
102	Rutgers	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.91	-10	3.29	0.22	-0.22
103	Villanova	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-0.91	-18.5	17.16	0.08	-0.08
104	Xavier	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.95	-4	8.32	0.34	-0.34
105	Furman	Southern	0-2-0	0	-1.11	-13.5	10.76	0.15	-0.15
106	UTEP	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	-1.21	-24	-10	0.12	-0.12
107	South Carolina	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-1.29	-18	13.74	0.18	-0.18
108	Duke	ACC	0-2-0	0	-1.48	-15.5	35.09	0.17	-0.17
109	Pacific	PCAA	0-2-0	0	-1.56	-12.5	22.07	0.24	-0.24
110	Kent State	Mid-American	0-1-1	0	-1.67	-17	-0.11	0.09	-0.09
111	Illinois	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-1.71	-24	8.09	0	0
112	Baylor	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-1.92	-10	11.81	0.22	-0.22
113	Miami	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.97	-23	32.14	0.09	-0.09
114	Utah	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	-1.98	-43	4.89	0	0
115	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	0-2-0	0	-2.02	-34.5	20.9	0.13	-0.13
116	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	0-2-0	0	-2.25	-12	12.75	0.3	-0.3
117	Richmond	Southern	0-2-0	0	-2.26	-15.5	33.12	0.26	-0.26
118	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	0-1-0	0	-2.29	-28	7.94	0.05	-0.05
119	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.38	-11	30.08	0.48	-0.48
120	Oregon State	Pac-8	0-2-0	0	-2.43	-27	32.55	0.05	-0.05
121	Iowa	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-2.46	-21	9.62	0	0
122	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2.6	-17	25.45	0.05	-0.05
123	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-2-0	0	-2.77	-29	17.5	0	0
124	VMI	Southern	0-2-0	0	-2.85	-15.5	11.42	0.16	-0.16
125	Texas-Arlington	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-3.01	-19.5	15.23	0.14	-0.14
126	Southern Illinois	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-3.64	-16	24.23	0	0