1972 W5 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:27.431225+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	LSU	SEC	4-0-0	1	27.97	17.25	16.13	3.63	0.37
2	Michigan	Big Ten	4-0-0	1	27.97	21.5	15.19	3.9	0.1
3	Oklahoma	Big 8	3-0-0	1	27.89	54.33	10.72	3	0
4	Louisville	Missouri Valley	3-0-0	1	27.49	18	13.57	2.82	0.18
5	USC	Pac-8	5-0-0	1	27.12	31	10.29	4.75	0.25
6	Ohio State	Big Ten	3-0-0	1	27.08	17.67	11.21	2.73	0.27
7	Auburn	SEC	4-0-0	1	27.07	7	15.18	3.33	0.67
8	Alabama	SEC	4-0-0	1	26.97	25.75	9.73	3.81	0.19
9	Texas	Southwest	3-0-0	1	26.84	11	12.78	2.39	0.61
10	Cornell	Ivy	2-0-0	1	26.83	22	10.34	1.8	0.2
11	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-0-1	0.75	26.18	5.75	11.65	2.95	0.05
12	Iowa State	Big 8	3-0-0	1	25.72	31.33	3.41	2.94	0.06
13	Air Force	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	25.68	40	2.1	3.89	0.11
14	Columbia	Ivy	1-0-1	0.5	25.48	22	6.35	2	-1
15	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	25.45	24.67	3.6	2.96	0.04
16	East Carolina	Southern	4-0-0	1	25.38	23	3.04	3.98	0.02
17	San Diego State	PCAA	4-0-0	1	25.38	14.75	4.74	3.85	0.15
18	Princeton	Ivy	1-0-1	0.5	25.25	0.5	15.24	1.18	-0.18
19	Washington	Pac-8	5-0-0	1	24.61	8.4	3.03	3.88	1.12
20	Dartmouth	Ivy	2-0-0	1	24.43	10	4.11	1.66	0.34
21	Yale	Ivy	2-0-0	1	24.24	20.5	0.45	1.92	0.08
22	Tennessee	SEC	4-1-0	0.8	22.61	20.8	13.54	4.7	-0.7
23	West Virginia	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	22.51	17.4	13.96	4.09	-0.09
24	Stanford	Pac-8	3-1-0	0.75	21.98	11.25	16.46	3.05	-0.05
25	UCLA	Pac-8	4-1-0	0.8	21.58	10.4	11.51	3.49	0.51
26	Colorado	Big 8	4-1-0	0.8	21.48	16	8.5	4.21	-0.21
27	Fresno State	PCAA	4-1-0	0.8	21.26	12.2	5.27	4.01	-0.01
28	Florida State	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	20.86	8	4.99	3.45	0.55
29	Texas Tech	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	20.86	20	11.17	3.52	-0.52
30	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	3-1-0	0.75	20.82	12.75	13.49	3.55	-0.55
31	Nebraska	Big 8	3-1-0	0.75	20.79	36.5	7.71	3.92	-0.92
32	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-1-0	0.75	20.72	8.75	14.21	3.05	-0.05
33	Arizona State	Western Athletic	3-1-0	0.75	20.39	19	8.79	3.21	-0.21
34	Oklahoma State	Big 8	3-1-0	0.75	20.38	10.75	12.19	3.27	-0.27
35	Ole Miss	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	20.22	6	9.25	2.79	0.21
36	SMU	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	20.03	24.75	5.67	3.78	-0.78
37	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	3-1-1	0.6	20.01	4.8	13.95	3.12	-0.12
38	Tulane	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	19.92	4.75	13.61	2.63	0.37
39	Drake	Missouri Valley	3-1-0	0.75	19.8	21.25	0.3	3.61	-0.61
40	Penn State	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	19.79	6.5	10.94	2.76	0.24
41	North Carolina	ACC	3-1-0	0.75	19.26	0.25	15.35	2.02	0.98
42	Rice	Southwest	2-1-1	0.5	19.26	3.5	16.12	2.42	-0.42
43	Florida	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	19.14	12.33	19.66	2.4	-0.4
44	Indiana	Big Ten	3-1-0	0.75	19	2.5	10.33	2.25	0.75
45	TCU	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	18.41	4.33	9.73	1.8	0.2
46	Arkansas	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	18.35	-1.25	19.12	1.86	1.14
47	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-1-1	0.6	17.97	-2.8	18.13	2.04	0.96
48	Baylor	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	17.72	8	10.12	2.46	-0.46
49	Tampa	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	16.44	9.8	6.22	3.91	-0.91
50	Utah State	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	16.28	2.8	11.57	2.86	0.14
51	Pacific	PCAA	3-2-0	0.6	15.78	3	14.88	3.11	-0.11
52	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	15.19	3.2	8.25	3.13	-0.13
53	Washington State	Pac-8	3-2-0	0.6	14.41	2.2	3.64	2.76	0.24
54	Long Beach State	PCAA	3-2-0	0.6	14.14	0.6	0.21	2.57	0.43
55	Ohio	Mid-American	3-2-0	0.6	13.96	1.8	1.75	2.73	0.27
56	NC State	ACC	2-2-1	0.4	13.78	6.6	12.74	3.28	-1.28
57	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	3-2-0	0.6	13.68	2.2	-1.17	3.06	-0.06
58	Pennsylvania	Ivy	1-1-0	0.5	13.49	17.5	-5.76	1.63	-0.63
59	Kansas	Big 8	2-2-0	0.5	13.45	5.25	11.15	2.43	-0.43
60	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	2-2-0	0.5	13.27	3.75	5.28	2.4	-0.4
61	Maryland	ACC	2-2-1	0.4	13.1	5.2	9.18	3.25	-1.25
62	Boston College	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	12.8	1.5	12.48	2.16	-0.16
63	Army	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	12.68	-18.33	5.21	0.5	1.5
64	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	12.37	-0.5	9.75	1.93	0.07
65	Georgia	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	12.23	-3.25	17.83	1.61	0.39
66	Dayton	FBS Independents	2-2-1	0.4	12.08	0	8.48	2.5	-0.5
67	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	12.05	1.25	7.34	2.16	-0.16
68	Navy	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	11.55	-7	17.69	1.12	0.88
69	William & Mary	Southern	2-3-0	0.4	11.47	4.2	11.71	3.05	-1.05
70	Missouri	Big 8	2-2-0	0.5	11.11	-4.75	10.97	1.47	0.53
71	Kentucky	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	10.97	-3.5	15.88	1.6	0.4
72	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	10.91	-2.75	12.68	1.61	0.39
73	Mississippi State	SEC	2-3-0	0.4	10.85	1.8	9.38	2.85	-0.85
74	Temple	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	10.84	-4.25	11.64	1.48	0.52
75	BYU	Western Athletic	2-2-0	0.5	10.69	-3.75	13.2	1.65	0.35
76	New Mexico	Western Athletic	2-2-0	0.5	10.66	-4.5	13.56	1.57	0.43
77	Utah	Western Athletic	2-2-0	0.5	10.29	-6.75	15.91	1.48	0.52
78	Harvard	Ivy	1-1-0	0.5	10.12	5	-10	1.25	-0.25
79	Houston	FBS Independents	1-2-1	0.25	9.72	3.75	14.68	2.43	-1.43
80	The Citadel	Southern	2-3-0	0.4	9.06	0.8	2.67	2.65	-0.65
81	Richmond	Southern	2-3-0	0.4	8.93	-3.2	11.35	1.94	0.06
82	Toledo	Mid-American	2-3-0	0.4	8.67	-3.6	8.98	1.93	0.07
83	San José State	PCAA	2-3-0	0.4	8.39	-9	15.27	1.32	0.68
84	Syracuse	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	8.26	-8.8	13.78	1.1	0.9
85	Kansas State	Big 8	2-3-0	0.4	8.19	-10.8	14.82	1.25	0.75
86	Furman	Southern	2-3-0	0.4	8	-2.4	-2.31	2.05	-0.05
87	Wyoming	Western Athletic	2-3-0	0.4	7.91	-10.8	11.1	1.45	0.55
88	Virginia	ACC	2-3-0	0.4	7.88	-10.6	9.14	1.13	0.87
89	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	7.6	-11.6	6.88	0.82	1.18
90	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	1-2-1	0.25	7.04	-3.25	16.52	1.63	-0.63
91	Rutgers	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	7.04	0.75	14.34	2.09	-1.09
92	Brown	Ivy	1-2-0	0.33	6.62	-0.67	9.62	1.45	-0.45
93	Colgate	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.53	-10.33	12.23	0.69	0.31
94	Purdue	Big Ten	1-3-0	0.25	5.53	-0.25	20.86	1.97	-0.97
95	Kent State	Mid-American	1-3-1	0.2	4.89	-5.2	14.21	1.52	-0.52
96	Xavier	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.87	-5.75	13.36	1.09	-0.09
97	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-3-0	0.25	4.55	-10.5	16.7	0.71	0.29
98	Iowa	Big Ten	1-3-0	0.25	4.37	-10.25	12.16	0.44	0.56
99	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-3-0	0.25	4.27	-11.5	17.93	0.58	0.42
100	South Carolina	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.27	-7.5	12.95	1.06	-0.06
101	Texas A&M	Southwest	1-3-0	0.25	4.26	-10.5	16.91	1.03	-0.03
102	App State	Southern	1-3-1	0.2	4.18	-7.4	6.82	1.24	-0.24
103	Arizona	Western Athletic	1-3-0	0.25	4.16	-10.75	8.59	0.88	0.12
104	Clemson	ACC	1-3-0	0.25	4.16	-19.25	20.02	0.24	0.76
105	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.06	-2.5	4	1.56	-0.56
106	Marshall	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	3.85	-17	8.99	0.36	0.64
107	California	Pac-8	1-4-0	0.2	3.73	-5.4	17.73	1.82	-0.82
108	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-3-0	0.25	3.72	-11.75	0.89	0.94	0.06
109	Wake Forest	ACC	1-3-0	0.25	3.66	-25.5	13.88	0.2	0.8
110	Duke	ACC	1-4-0	0.2	3.64	-5.6	20.55	1.45	-0.45
111	Davidson	Southern	1-3-1	0.2	3.47	-17.8	4.99	0.63	0.37
112	Villanova	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	3.17	-8.4	12.87	1.11	-0.11
113	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-4-0	0.2	3.13	-9.2	13.44	1.04	-0.04
114	Oregon State	Pac-8	1-4-0	0.2	2.84	-13.4	17.37	0.74	0.26
115	Oregon	Pac-8	1-4-0	0.2	2.71	-18.2	19.31	0.85	0.15
116	Southern Illinois	FBS Independents	0-3-1	0	-1.94	-8.75	9.79	0.04	-0.04
117	Miami	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.55	-14.33	22.39	0.28	-0.28
118	Texas-Arlington	FBS Independents	0-5-0	0	-2.58	-19.6	10.97	0.58	-0.58
119	VMI	Southern	0-5-0	0	-2.58	-20.2	11.16	0.35	-0.35
120	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	0-5-0	0	-2.62	-17.4	19.31	0.7	-0.7
121	Memphis	Missouri Valley	0-4-0	0	-2.72	-19.75	19.58	0.38	-0.38
122	Minnesota	Big Ten	0-4-0	0	-2.85	-22.75	17.59	0.38	-0.38
123	North Texas	Missouri Valley	0-4-0	0	-2.88	-22.75	19.88	0.18	-0.18
124	Illinois	Big Ten	0-4-0	0	-2.94	-24.25	19.42	0.27	-0.27
125	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	0-5-0	0	-3.02	-30.2	15.74	0.35	-0.35
126	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-5-0	0	-3.06	-29	19.3	0.06	-0.06