1972 W6 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:27.431652+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	LSU	SEC	5-0-0	1	27.79	19.4	17.42	4.64	0.36
2	Oklahoma	Big 8	4-0-0	1	27.5	47.5	12.5	4	0
3	Michigan	Big Ten	5-0-0	1	26.81	19.2	12.37	4.9	0.1
4	Alabama	SEC	5-0-0	1	26.7	24	11.38	4.76	0.24
5	USC	Pac-8	6-0-0	1	26.24	30.5	8.09	5.68	0.32
6	Louisville	Missouri Valley	4-0-0	1	26.07	26	7.63	3.88	0.12
7	Cornell	Ivy	3-0-0	1	25.94	16	9.02	2.5	0.5
8	Dartmouth	Ivy	3-0-0	1	25.66	13.67	9.21	2.59	0.41
9	Ohio State	Big Ten	4-0-0	1	25.48	18	6.11	3.69	0.31
10	Air Force	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	25.31	32.8	3.7	4.82	0.18
11	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	24.96	25	2.93	3.88	0.12
12	East Carolina	Southern	5-0-0	1	24.9	19.6	3.53	4.84	0.16
13	Yale	Ivy	3-0-0	1	24.49	25	1.05	2.83	0.17
14	Stanford	Pac-8	4-1-0	0.8	22.4	13.8	17.25	4.17	-0.17
15	Tennessee	SEC	4-1-0	0.8	22.18	20.8	13.56	4.7	-0.7
16	Colorado	Big 8	5-1-0	0.83	22.03	15.33	10.46	4.95	0.05
17	Nebraska	Big 8	4-1-0	0.8	21.86	41.6	9.36	4.95	-0.95
18	UCLA	Pac-8	5-1-0	0.83	21.77	13.67	9.31	4.57	0.43
19	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	4-1-0	0.8	21.57	15	12.19	4.57	-0.57
20	Texas Tech	Southwest	4-1-0	0.8	21.47	16.6	11.04	4.27	-0.27
21	Penn State	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	21.05	14.2	9.65	4.26	-0.26
22	Florida State	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	21.01	7.33	7.55	4.06	0.94
23	Arizona State	Western Athletic	4-1-0	0.8	20.95	17.4	7.79	3.78	0.22
24	Washington	Pac-8	5-1-0	0.83	20.81	3	7.78	3.67	1.33
25	Iowa State	Big 8	3-1-0	0.75	20.75	20.5	9.84	3.58	-0.58
26	Indiana	Big Ten	4-1-0	0.8	20.74	7.2	11.1	3.39	0.61
27	Auburn	SEC	4-1-0	0.8	20.65	0	17.14	2.5	1.5
28	North Carolina	ACC	4-1-0	0.8	20.63	2.4	14.77	2.77	1.23
29	Arkansas	Southwest	4-1-0	0.8	20.59	1.2	17.35	2.66	1.34
30	San Diego State	PCAA	4-1-0	0.8	20.03	4.8	4.59	3.35	0.65
31	Texas	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	20.01	1.5	15.62	2.2	0.8
32	Fresno State	PCAA	4-1-1	0.67	19.94	10.17	3.19	4.53	-0.53
33	SMU	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	19.94	24.75	6.71	3.78	-0.78
34	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-1-1	0.6	19.9	3.8	11.58	3.33	-0.33
35	TCU	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	19.56	9.75	9.47	2.89	0.11
36	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	3-1-1	0.6	19.45	4.8	10.97	3.12	-0.12
37	Drake	Missouri Valley	4-1-0	0.8	19.32	18.4	-2.47	4.41	-0.41
38	West Virginia	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	18.59	14	10.71	4.54	-0.54
39	Rice	Southwest	2-1-1	0.5	18	3.5	15.46	2.42	-0.42
40	Pacific	PCAA	4-2-0	0.67	17.42	3.17	13.62	3.79	0.21
41	Tampa	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.22	15.5	3.73	5.3	-1.3
42	Oklahoma State	Big 8	3-2-0	0.6	16.55	8.2	11.08	3.61	-0.61
43	Washington State	Pac-8	4-2-0	0.67	16.32	4.67	4.06	3.67	0.33
44	Ole Miss	SEC	3-2-0	0.6	16.1	4.6	10.58	3.3	-0.3
45	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-2-0	0.6	16.1	1.8	14.94	2.79	0.21
46	NC State	ACC	3-2-1	0.5	16.04	10.33	10.03	4.38	-1.38
47	Tulane	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	15.75	3.2	9.57	3.01	-0.01
48	Maryland	ACC	3-2-1	0.5	15.62	9.33	7.59	4.51	-1.51
49	Harvard	Ivy	2-1-0	0.67	15.59	4	1.83	1.82	0.18
50	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	4-2-0	0.67	15.38	2.33	0.03	3.65	0.35
51	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	3-2-0	0.6	15.31	12.8	3.15	3.87	-0.87
52	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	15.05	6	5.97	3.41	-0.41
53	Columbia	Ivy	1-1-1	0.33	14.88	14	8.46	2.81	-1.81
54	Florida	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	14.78	5	19.68	2.57	-0.57
55	Georgia	SEC	3-2-0	0.6	14.09	-2.4	19.72	2.12	0.88
56	Houston	FBS Independents	2-2-1	0.4	14.01	10	15.04	3.72	-1.72
57	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-2-1	0.5	13.89	-3.5	15.05	2.3	0.7
58	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-2-0	0.6	13.52	-1.4	12.25	2.26	0.74
59	Baylor	Southwest	2-2-0	0.5	13.42	3.25	9.79	2.47	-0.47
60	Temple	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	13.15	-2.8	12.16	2.14	0.86
61	BYU	Western Athletic	3-2-0	0.6	13.12	-1.6	9.03	2.3	0.7
62	Utah State	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	12.64	0.83	9.44	3.12	-0.12
63	Princeton	Ivy	1-1-1	0.33	12.11	-6.67	18.98	0.51	0.49
64	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	2-2-1	0.4	11.74	-0.4	11.09	2.43	-0.43
65	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	11.46	-0.33	4.57	2.93	0.07
66	Long Beach State	PCAA	3-3-0	0.5	11.38	-0.17	3.59	2.97	0.03
67	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	2-2-1	0.4	11.05	-2.2	15.77	2.22	-0.22
68	Kansas	Big 8	2-3-0	0.4	11.01	4	9.7	2.94	-0.94
69	Purdue	Big Ten	2-3-0	0.4	10.94	4.8	15.55	3.28	-1.28
70	Toledo	Mid-American	3-3-0	0.5	10.84	-1.83	10.33	2.64	0.36
71	Syracuse	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	10.62	-4.67	14.83	2.09	0.91
72	Ohio	Mid-American	3-3-0	0.5	10.59	-2.5	3.66	2.61	0.39
73	Boston College	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	10.33	0.4	14.23	2.56	-0.56
74	Rutgers	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	10.32	3.4	8.89	3.02	-1.02
75	Virginia	ACC	3-3-0	0.5	10.18	-3.67	7.63	2.42	0.58
76	Kansas State	Big 8	3-3-0	0.5	10.14	-8.83	14.26	1.71	1.29
77	Wyoming	Western Athletic	3-3-0	0.5	10.05	-5.83	9.52	2.25	0.75
78	Pennsylvania	Ivy	1-2-0	0.33	9.98	10.33	7.82	2.15	-1.15
79	South Carolina	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	9.49	0.8	9.91	2.62	-0.62
80	Army	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	9.38	-25	8.71	0.33	1.67
81	William & Mary	Southern	2-4-0	0.33	9.21	2.83	10.87	3.46	-1.46
82	Mississippi State	SEC	2-4-0	0.33	8.73	0.83	13.16	3.18	-1.18
83	Kentucky	SEC	2-3-0	0.4	8.61	-5	15.85	1.83	0.17
84	Xavier	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	8.43	-1.8	11.66	2.08	-0.08
85	Kent State	Mid-American	2-3-1	0.33	8.36	-3.67	16.83	2.12	-0.12
86	Utah	Western Athletic	2-3-0	0.4	8.33	-7.6	17.02	1.86	0.14
87	Navy	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	8.28	-8.8	16.06	1.21	0.79
88	Dayton	FBS Independents	2-3-1	0.33	8.27	-3.5	5.04	2.26	-0.26
89	New Mexico	Western Athletic	2-3-0	0.4	8.18	-6	11.13	1.77	0.23
90	San José State	PCAA	2-3-0	0.4	7.8	-9	12.47	1.32	0.68
91	Iowa	Big Ten	2-3-0	0.4	7.7	-6	11.9	1.27	0.73
92	Missouri	Big 8	2-3-0	0.4	7.64	-16.2	13.07	0.74	1.26
93	Arizona	Western Athletic	2-3-0	0.4	7.51	-6.2	9.26	1.64	0.36
94	The Citadel	Southern	2-4-0	0.33	7.46	-0.33	5.43	2.93	-0.93
95	Davidson	Southern	2-3-1	0.33	6.76	-12.17	4.82	1.48	0.52
96	Duke	ACC	2-4-0	0.33	6.66	-3.5	16.56	2.07	-0.07
97	Richmond	Southern	2-4-0	0.33	6.42	-6.83	11.1	1.69	0.31
98	Colgate	FBS Independents	1-2-1	0.25	6.23	-7.75	13.36	1.16	-0.16
99	Furman	Southern	2-4-0	0.33	5.98	-4.67	-1.81	2.2	-0.2
100	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	5.9	-10.17	7.86	1.19	0.81
101	Brown	Ivy	1-3-0	0.25	4.25	-9	10.02	1.23	-0.23
102	Miami	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	3.74	-10	21.34	0.81	0.19
103	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	3.57	-2.2	1.6	2.07	-1.07
104	Texas A&M	Southwest	1-4-0	0.2	3.16	-9	19.2	1.37	-0.37
105	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-4-0	0.2	3.08	-10.4	19.52	0.71	0.29
106	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-4-0	0.2	2.91	-11.4	15.18	0.75	0.25
107	App State	Southern	1-4-1	0.17	2.71	-11.83	6.7	0.95	0.05
108	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-4-0	0.2	2.69	-10.8	4.75	1.21	-0.21
109	Clemson	ACC	1-4-0	0.2	2.63	-16.8	15.97	0.26	0.74
110	Marshall	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	2.49	-16.4	8.59	0.34	0.66
111	California	Pac-8	1-5-0	0.17	2.39	-9.17	18.27	1.71	-0.71
112	Wake Forest	ACC	1-4-0	0.2	2.23	-26.2	14.6	0.26	0.74
113	Memphis	Missouri Valley	1-4-0	0.2	2.2	-14	16.64	1	0
114	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-5-0	0.17	2.09	-12	14.87	0.95	0.05
115	Villanova	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	2.07	-12	13.08	0.9	0.1
116	Oregon State	Pac-8	1-5-0	0.17	1.89	-16.17	18.25	0.65	0.35
117	Oregon	Pac-8	1-5-0	0.17	1.78	-18	17.29	0.99	0.01
118	Southern Illinois	FBS Independents	0-4-1	0	-2.32	-15.8	11.52	0.01	-0.01
119	Texas-Arlington	FBS Independents	0-5-0	0	-2.5	-19.6	9.9	0.58	-0.58
120	VMI	Southern	0-6-0	0	-2.61	-22	11.3	0.4	-0.4
121	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	0-6-0	0	-2.65	-18.83	19.63	0.78	-0.78
122	Minnesota	Big Ten	0-5-0	0	-2.76	-23.2	16.05	0.36	-0.36
123	Illinois	Big Ten	0-5-0	0	-2.86	-23.2	20.63	0.32	-0.32
124	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-6-0	0	-2.89	-27.33	15.5	0.1	-0.1
125	North Texas	Missouri Valley	0-5-0	0	-3	-28.2	20.1	0.14	-0.14
126	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	0-6-0	0	-3.01	-33.33	14.2	0.36	-0.36