1972 W4 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:27.430802+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Oklahoma	Big 8	3-0-0	1	29.62	54.33	14.54	3	0
2	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	28.81	18	18.37	1.91	0.09
3	Michigan	Big Ten	3-0-0	1	28.61	19.33	15	2.92	0.08
4	LSU	SEC	3-0-0	1	28.45	21	14.62	2.74	0.26
5	Louisville	Missouri Valley	2-0-0	1	28.31	25.5	14.06	1.97	0.03
6	Stanford	Pac-8	3-0-0	1	28.29	18	13.93	2.64	0.36
7	Alabama	SEC	3-0-0	1	27.88	28.33	9.2	2.86	0.14
8	Rice	Southwest	2-0-1	0.67	27.79	6.67	14.38	2	0
9	Auburn	SEC	3-0-0	1	27.78	7.33	15.34	2.66	0.34
10	USC	Pac-8	4-0-0	1	26.96	36.5	5.08	3.89	0.11
11	Air Force	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	26.84	40.33	3.67	2.92	0.08
12	Texas	Southwest	2-0-0	1	26.81	9	13.09	1.51	0.49
13	Bowling Green	Mid-American	2-0-1	0.67	26.75	4	11.55	2.02	-0.02
14	Fresno State	PCAA	4-0-0	1	26.51	19.5	4.78	3.52	0.48
15	Cornell	Ivy	1-0-0	1	26.44	30	20.41	0.98	0.02
16	Iowa State	Big 8	3-0-0	1	26.34	31.33	3.41	2.94	0.06
17	TCU	Southwest	2-0-0	1	26.07	13.5	5.58	1.53	0.47
18	Drake	Missouri Valley	3-0-0	1	26.04	30	1.98	2.91	0.09
19	East Carolina	Southern	3-0-0	1	25.77	23.67	0.75	2.98	0.02
20	Florida State	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	25.65	17.25	1.51	3.46	0.54
21	San Diego State	PCAA	3-0-0	1	25.56	16	1.4	2.97	0.03
22	Ole Miss	SEC	3-0-0	1	25.42	10	2.69	2.4	0.6
23	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	24.91	29	-1.68	1.96	0.04
24	Washington	Pac-8	4-0-0	1	24.83	9	-0.23	3.22	0.78
25	Tennessee	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	23.24	18.25	16.71	3.69	-0.69
26	West Virginia	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	22.83	18	14.39	3.43	-0.43
27	Princeton	Ivy	1-0-0	1	22.69	1	12.11	0.59	0.41
28	Colorado	Big 8	3-1-0	0.75	21.72	14.75	7.36	3.33	-0.33
29	UCLA	Pac-8	3-1-0	0.75	21.1	10.25	13.8	2.83	0.17
30	Nebraska	Big 8	3-1-0	0.75	20.95	36.5	5.36	3.92	-0.92
31	Texas Tech	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	20.75	21	11.72	2.68	-0.68
32	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	20.73	9.33	14.88	2.32	-0.32
33	Columbia	Ivy	1-0-0	1	20.7	44	-10	1	0
34	Pennsylvania	Ivy	1-0-0	1	20.66	43	-10	0.97	0.03
35	North Carolina	ACC	3-1-0	0.75	20.65	0.25	15.32	2.02	0.98
36	Utah State	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	20.41	7.25	10.31	2.69	0.31
37	Tampa	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	20.39	13	1.27	3.35	-0.35
38	Yale	Ivy	1-0-0	1	20.24	21	-10	0.96	0.04
39	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2-1-0	0.67	20.09	12	19.67	2.6	-0.6
40	Arizona State	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	19.94	15	8.19	2.19	-0.19
41	Dartmouth	Ivy	1-0-0	1	19.82	10	-10	0.78	0.22
42	SMU	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	19.16	16.67	1.34	2.65	-0.65
43	Oklahoma State	Big 8	2-1-0	0.67	18.82	14	12.37	2.62	-0.62
44	Georgia	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	18.36	1.67	19.76	1.64	0.36
45	Penn State	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	18.22	2.67	17.6	1.77	0.23
46	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	18.21	2.67	5.98	1.75	0.25
47	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	2-1-1	0.5	18.1	0.5	18.13	2.05	-0.05
48	Long Beach State	PCAA	3-1-0	0.75	17.86	3.5	-1.27	2.37	0.63
49	Tulane	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.79	-4.33	19.01	1.03	0.97
50	Indiana	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	16.95	0.67	12.03	1.54	0.46
51	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	2-1-0	0.67	16.72	7.33	4.34	1.99	0.01
52	Navy	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	16.71	0	12.96	1.5	0.5
53	Western Michigan	Mid-American	2-1-1	0.5	16.64	-3.75	20.07	1.54	0.46
54	Arkansas	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	15.02	-6.33	16.48	0.99	1.01
55	Missouri	Big 8	2-1-0	0.67	14.8	-6	10.56	1.04	0.96
56	Baylor	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	14.71	8.5	13.95	1.56	-0.56
57	Mississippi State	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	14.18	3.25	8.07	2.49	-0.49
58	William & Mary	Southern	2-2-0	0.5	13.92	9	8.32	3.11	-1.11
59	Dayton	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	13.34	0	11.48	2	0
60	Florida	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	13.23	4	23.91	1.25	-0.25
61	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	12.54	0.75	12.13	2.12	-0.12
62	Richmond	Southern	2-2-0	0.5	12.31	1.25	11.06	2.16	-0.16
63	Washington State	Pac-8	2-2-0	0.5	11.94	-2.5	6.92	1.76	0.24
64	Toledo	Mid-American	2-2-0	0.5	11.89	-1.75	5.43	1.79	0.21
65	San José State	PCAA	2-2-0	0.5	11.36	-8.5	13.97	1.13	0.87
66	Pacific	PCAA	2-2-0	0.5	11.33	-0.5	10.47	1.92	0.08
67	NC State	ACC	1-2-1	0.25	10.95	4	15.86	2.33	-1.33
68	Temple	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	10.93	-4.25	14.87	1.48	0.52
69	Colgate	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	10.89	-5.5	-4.79	0.72	0.28
70	Kansas State	Big 8	2-2-0	0.5	10.88	-8.25	19.54	1.19	0.81
71	Virginia	ACC	2-2-0	0.5	10.78	-12.5	5.49	0.88	1.12
72	Kansas	Big 8	1-2-0	0.33	10.73	5	17.32	1.82	-0.82
73	Syracuse	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	10.69	-9	16.8	0.99	1.01
74	Ohio	Mid-American	2-2-0	0.5	10.52	-1.25	1.67	1.87	0.13
75	Houston	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	10.51	5	21.46	1.98	-0.98
76	Wyoming	Western Athletic	2-2-0	0.5	10.15	-12.75	14.98	1.11	0.89
77	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	2-2-0	0.5	10.05	-1.5	0.61	1.67	0.33
78	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	10.01	1.67	16.63	1.63	-0.63
79	Furman	Southern	2-2-0	0.5	9.95	-1.75	-0.22	1.73	0.27
80	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	9.89	-11	9.46	0.66	1.34
81	Rutgers	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	9.79	5.67	5.2	2.05	-1.05
82	Maryland	ACC	1-2-1	0.25	9.32	0.75	12.72	2.08	-1.08
83	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	8.2	-4.67	15.47	1.08	-0.08
84	Army	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	8.17	-30	14.48	0.14	0.86
85	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	8.07	-0.67	4.37	1.44	-0.44
86	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	8	-7	17.2	1.05	-0.05
87	Kentucky	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	7.69	-6	16.54	1.04	-0.04
88	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	7.68	-8.67	14.08	0.77	0.23
89	Xavier	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.66	-3.33	11.07	1.1	-0.1
90	BYU	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	7.41	-8.67	8.21	0.85	0.15
91	Clemson	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	7.41	-18.33	22.9	0.19	0.81
92	Kent State	Mid-American	1-2-1	0.25	6.98	-6.25	12.62	1.11	-0.11
93	Iowa	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	6.97	-5.67	12.2	0.75	0.25
94	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.35	-4.33	24.3	1.09	-0.09
95	Arizona	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	6.21	-10.67	7.77	0.46	0.54
96	Marshall	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.2	-17.67	5.69	0.29	0.71
97	Wake Forest	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	6.08	-26.33	21.63	0.23	0.77
98	California	Pac-8	1-3-0	0.25	6.01	-2.5	19.04	1.73	-0.73
99	Utah	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	5.24	-15.33	24.34	0.68	0.32
100	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	5.15	-13	16.35	0.32	0.68
101	Duke	ACC	1-3-0	0.25	4.68	-2.75	25.51	1.61	-0.61
102	Texas A&M	Southwest	1-3-0	0.25	4.68	-10.5	12.62	1.03	-0.03
103	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-3-0	0.25	4.64	-7.25	8.18	0.91	0.09
104	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	4.62	-9.33	-2.53	0.8	0.2
105	The Citadel	Southern	1-3-0	0.25	4.58	-8.75	6.19	0.74	0.26
106	App State	Southern	1-3-0	0.25	4.52	-9.25	7.6	0.87	0.13
107	Villanova	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.49	-10.25	15.46	0.63	0.37
108	Oregon	Pac-8	1-3-0	0.25	4.33	-21.25	17.92	0.6	0.4
109	Davidson	Southern	1-3-0	0.25	3.8	-22.25	5.85	0.42	0.58
110	Oregon State	Pac-8	1-3-0	0.25	3.63	-9	19.84	0.92	0.08
111	South Carolina	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	3.63	-7.5	14.87	1.06	-0.06
112	Harvard	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-1.43	-9	-10	0.29	-0.29
113	Brown	Ivy	0-2-0	0	-1.53	-5	7.65	0.75	-0.75
114	Purdue	Big Ten	0-3-0	0	-2.02	-8.33	25.74	0.82	-0.82
115	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.12	-9.33	11.34	0.47	-0.47
116	Southern Illinois	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.19	-11.67	7.43	0	0
117	VMI	Southern	0-4-0	0	-2.49	-15.5	13.05	0.49	-0.49
118	Memphis	Missouri Valley	0-3-0	0	-2.5	-16	16.45	0.43	-0.43
119	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.53	-13.75	17.95	0.81	-0.81
120	Texas-Arlington	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.77	-19.25	17.55	0.48	-0.48
121	Miami	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.81	-18	24.29	0.2	-0.2
122	North Texas	Missouri Valley	0-3-0	0	-3	-24.67	22.87	0.14	-0.14
123	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	0-4-0	0	-3	-25.5	15.53	0.43	-0.43
124	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-4-0	0	-3.01	-26.5	15.96	0.02	-0.02
125	Minnesota	Big Ten	0-3-0	0	-3.12	-28.33	21.54	0.11	-0.11
126	Illinois	Big Ten	0-3-0	0	-3.17	-26.33	23.33	0.14	-0.14