1972 W3 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:27.430392+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Oklahoma	Big 8	2-0-0	1	31.43	57	16.22	2	0
2	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	30.02	24	15.79	1.94	0.06
3	Alabama	SEC	2-0-0	1	29.89	29	10.97	1.97	0.03
4	Colorado	Big 8	3-0-0	1	29.75	28	9.59	2.88	0.12
5	Tennessee	SEC	3-0-0	1	29.5	25.67	9.32	2.86	0.14
6	Rice	Southwest	2-0-0	1	29.44	10	15.63	1.63	0.37
7	West Virginia	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	29.11	26	8.37	2.91	0.09
8	Michigan	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	28.91	12	14.8	1.91	0.09
9	Texas Tech	Southwest	2-0-0	1	28.85	34	11.71	1.95	0.05
10	SMU	Southwest	2-0-0	1	28.65	26.5	7.77	1.88	0.12
11	Stanford	Pac-8	2-0-0	1	28.45	24	6.25	1.99	0.01
12	Air Force	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	28.25	29.5	5.86	1.88	0.12
13	Tulane	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	28.17	10.5	12.75	1.81	0.19
14	Arizona State	Western Athletic	2-0-0	1	28.11	23.5	8.17	1.71	0.29
15	Bowling Green	Mid-American	2-0-0	1	28.02	6	14.54	1.49	0.51
16	Fresno State	PCAA	3-0-0	1	27.91	25.33	2.06	2.79	0.21
17	LSU	SEC	2-0-0	1	27.75	21.5	7.08	1.78	0.22
18	North Carolina	ACC	3-0-0	1	27.72	5.33	7.64	1.83	1.17
19	USC	Pac-8	3-0-0	1	27.55	33.67	-1.59	2.88	0.12
20	Auburn	SEC	2-0-0	1	27.43	9	4.92	1.84	0.16
21	East Carolina	Southern	3-0-0	1	27.18	23.67	1.93	2.98	0.02
22	Tampa	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	26.98	25.33	-2.47	2.92	0.08
23	Florida State	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	26.71	15.67	-1.53	2.64	0.36
24	San Diego State	PCAA	2-0-0	1	26.59	17	-1.63	1.96	0.04
25	Louisville	Missouri Valley	1-0-0	1	26.34	34	-1.67	1	0
26	Washington	Pac-8	3-0-0	1	26.16	5.33	-1	2.16	0.84
27	Drake	Missouri Valley	2-0-0	1	26.09	22	-0.87	1.89	0.11
28	Iowa State	Big 8	2-0-0	1	26.07	31.5	-2.38	1.92	0.08
29	Ole Miss	SEC	2-0-0	1	25.95	13	-0.37	1.64	0.36
30	Ohio State	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	25.75	21	-2.46	1	0
31	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	25.31	8	-0.36	1.39	0.61
32	TCU	Southwest	1-0-0	1	25.19	3	22.09	0.56	0.44
33	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	23.03	37	0.2	1	0
34	Texas	Southwest	1-0-0	1	21.86	13	-1.97	0.88	0.12
35	Nebraska	Big 8	2-1-0	0.67	20.88	32.33	15.32	2.88	-0.88
36	Colgate	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	20.41	19	-10	0.88	0.12
37	Utah State	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	19.65	2.67	19.66	1.66	0.34
38	UCLA	Pac-8	2-1-0	0.67	19.24	-1.33	13.66	1.4	0.6
39	Mississippi State	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	19.18	9.33	15.89	2.53	-0.53
40	Dayton	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	18.65	5.67	12.67	2.03	-0.03
41	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	18.34	9	18.75	1.59	-0.59
42	Washington State	Pac-8	2-1-0	0.67	18.09	3	9.72	1.75	0.25
43	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.95	0.67	18.64	1.56	0.44
44	Virginia	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	17.55	-8.67	9.85	0.88	1.12
45	NC State	ACC	1-1-1	0.33	17.27	7.33	15.58	1.93	-0.93
46	Western Michigan	Mid-American	2-1-0	0.67	17.26	-5	19.45	1.09	0.91
47	Toledo	Mid-American	2-1-0	0.67	17.22	3	6.04	1.82	0.18
48	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	16.6	6.5	4.92	1.59	-0.59
49	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	16.58	5	11.22	1.18	-0.18
50	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	16.28	9.5	5.01	1.64	-0.64
51	BYU	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	16.22	0	16.22	1	0
52	Long Beach State	PCAA	2-1-0	0.67	15.93	0.33	2.46	1.53	0.47
53	Clemson	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	15.66	-3	20.5	0.73	0.27
54	San José State	PCAA	2-1-0	0.67	15.17	-10.67	11.27	0.71	1.29
55	Oklahoma State	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	15.06	8.5	-1.82	1.52	-0.52
56	Georgia	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	14.76	-0.5	11.2	0.97	0.03
57	Navy	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	14.29	-3.5	10.44	0.7	0.3
58	Indiana	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	13.99	0.5	0.35	1.02	-0.02
59	Baylor	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	13.84	8.5	25.69	1.56	-0.56
60	Penn State	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	13.75	2	29.75	1.12	-0.12
61	Kansas	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	13.57	18.5	14.55	1.72	-0.72
62	Kentucky	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	13.5	-8.5	15.69	0.45	0.55
63	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	13.35	6	18.56	1.32	-0.32
64	Missouri	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	13.13	-12.5	6.58	0.31	0.69
65	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.72	1	-6.5	1.05	-0.05
66	Maryland	ACC	1-1-1	0.33	12.46	2.33	17.56	1.67	-0.67
67	Xavier	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.33	4	14.07	1.34	-0.34
68	Rutgers	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.11	9	6.55	1.44	-0.44
69	William & Mary	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	11.79	5.67	8.35	2.1	-1.1
70	Marshall	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	11.25	-18	1.9	0.24	0.76
71	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	10.26	-0.5	10.86	0.98	0.02
72	Arkansas	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	10.21	-10	27.23	0.5	0.5
73	California	Pac-8	1-2-0	0.33	9.53	-1	20.73	1.41	-0.41
74	Houston	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	9.53	5	21.53	1.98	-0.98
75	Kent State	Mid-American	1-1-1	0.33	9.47	-3.67	10.54	1.15	-0.15
76	Iowa	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	9.02	-6.5	11.01	0.45	0.55
77	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	8.48	-13.33	22.17	0.53	0.47
78	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	8.42	-4.67	12.16	0.97	0.03
79	Oregon	Pac-8	1-2-0	0.33	8.3	-13.33	24.84	0.68	0.32
80	Texas A&M	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	8.09	-10.67	13.51	0.8	0.2
81	Kansas State	Big 8	1-2-0	0.33	7.88	-19	21.51	0.37	0.63
82	Arizona	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	7.87	-10.67	9.11	0.46	0.54
83	The Citadel	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	7.84	-5.33	10.77	0.77	0.23
84	Wake Forest	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	7.72	-26.33	23.88	0.23	0.77
85	Ohio	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	7.57	-7	-7.22	0.94	0.06
86	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.44	-17	7.42	0.27	0.73
87	Temple	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.43	-8.33	5.62	0.86	0.14
88	App State	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	7.32	-11.33	9.87	0.5	0.5
89	Wyoming	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	7.16	-17.67	6.08	0.53	0.47
90	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-2-0	0.33	6.84	-9.33	4.7	0.39	0.61
91	Davidson	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	6.74	-9	0.75	0.83	0.17
92	Richmond	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	5.82	-4.67	17.07	1.01	-0.01
93	Pacific	PCAA	1-2-0	0.33	5.75	-6.67	18.15	0.81	0.19
94	Villanova	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	5.75	-11.33	24.76	0.47	0.53
95	Furman	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	5.39	-3.33	-0.08	1.1	-0.1
96	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	1-2-0	0.33	5.11	-6	5.22	0.71	0.29
97	Cornell	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.43	0	0	0	0
98	Dartmouth	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.43	0	0	0	0
99	Columbia	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.32	0	0	0	0
100	Princeton	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.29	0	0	0	0
101	Harvard	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.27	0	0	0	0
102	Yale	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.21	0	0	0	0
103	Pennsylvania	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.06	0	0	0	0
104	Purdue	Big Ten	0-2-0	0	-0.94	-2	27.05	0.87	-0.87
105	Brown	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-1.59	-6	23.1	0.37	-0.37
106	Florida	SEC	0-1-0	0	-1.74	-7	28.98	0.28	-0.28
107	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-1.96	-8	29.3	0.58	-0.58
108	Memphis	Missouri Valley	0-2-0	0	-1.97	-10.5	24.8	0.5	-0.5
109	UTEP	Western Athletic	0-2-0	0	-2.01	-14.5	-5.78	0.36	-0.36
110	North Texas	Missouri Valley	0-2-0	0	-2.36	-14	20.81	0.24	-0.24
111	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-2-0	0	-2.42	-22	14.29	0	0
112	Duke	ACC	0-3-0	0	-2.49	-11.67	30.9	0.32	-0.32
113	Southern Illinois	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.5	-11.5	8.73	0	0
114	VMI	Southern	0-3-0	0	-2.58	-14.33	12.49	0.36	-0.36
115	Minnesota	Big Ten	0-2-0	0	-2.6	-18	27.66	0.26	-0.26
116	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.67	-12	28.83	0.17	-0.17
117	Miami	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.67	-18	16.36	0.2	-0.2
118	South Carolina	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.69	-19	21.7	0.14	-0.14
119	Texas-Arlington	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.84	-17.67	17.22	0.4	-0.4
120	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.9	-16.67	29.37	0.47	-0.47
121	Oregon State	Pac-8	0-3-0	0	-2.91	-20.67	19.78	0.15	-0.15
122	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-3-0	0	-3.07	-28.33	12.63	0.03	-0.03
123	Illinois	Big Ten	0-2-0	0	-3.25	-29.5	28.59	0.07	-0.07
124	Army	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-3.28	-70	17.52	0	0
125	Utah	Western Athletic	0-2-0	0	-3.29	-32.5	24.57	0.09	-0.09
126	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	0-3-0	0	-3.33	-33.67	24.71	0.21	-0.21