1972 W8 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:27.432516+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Alabama	SEC	7-0-0	1	26.44	23.43	13.15	6.64	0.36
2	LSU	SEC	6-0-0	1	26.03	17.83	12.02	5.63	0.37
3	Louisville	Missouri Valley	6-0-0	1	25.62	28.67	8.37	5.85	0.15
4	USC	Pac-8	8-0-0	1	25.49	28.5	7.7	7.66	0.34
5	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-0-0	1	25.43	19.5	8.85	5.51	0.49
6	Michigan	Big Ten	7-0-0	1	25.27	23.14	7.48	6.92	0.08
7	Dartmouth	Ivy	4-0-1	0.8	24.55	14	5.86	4.12	-0.12
8	Nebraska	Big 8	6-1-0	0.86	22.98	42.57	10.22	6.97	-0.97
9	UCLA	Pac-8	7-1-0	0.88	22.67	16.62	9.87	6.44	0.56
10	Oklahoma	Big 8	5-1-0	0.83	22.66	39.33	12.46	5.97	-0.97
11	Texas Tech	Southwest	6-1-0	0.86	22.4	17.43	10.87	6.21	-0.21
12	Penn State	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	22.13	13.86	10.28	6.02	-0.02
13	Texas	Southwest	5-1-0	0.83	22.09	10.33	15.45	4.62	0.38
14	Auburn	SEC	6-1-0	0.86	22.03	3.29	15.66	4.4	1.6
15	Air Force	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	22.02	24	7.29	6.32	-0.32
16	Iowa State	Big 8	5-1-0	0.83	21.74	23.5	9.69	5.45	-0.45
17	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	21.43	19.5	8.85	5.57	-0.57
18	East Carolina	Southern	6-1-0	0.86	21.4	11.71	6.79	5.76	0.24
19	San Diego State	PCAA	6-1-0	0.86	21.35	6.71	8.83	4.97	1.03
20	North Carolina	ACC	5-1-0	0.83	21.19	5.5	12.51	3.81	1.19
21	Cornell	Ivy	4-1-0	0.8	21.06	8.2	14.85	3.5	0.5
22	Yale	Ivy	4-1-0	0.8	20.52	15.6	6.54	4.26	-0.26
23	Colorado	Big 8	6-2-0	0.75	19.8	11.88	10.99	6.25	-0.25
24	Florida State	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	19.31	8.5	9.69	5.68	0.32
25	Tennessee	SEC	5-2-0	0.71	19.12	18.43	11.72	6.5	-1.5
26	Arizona State	Western Athletic	5-2-0	0.71	18.97	15.86	10.25	5.19	-0.19
27	NC State	ACC	5-2-1	0.62	18.91	12.75	12.5	6.11	-1.11
28	Stanford	Pac-8	5-2-0	0.71	18.69	10.43	11.82	5.54	-0.54
29	Pacific	PCAA	6-2-0	0.75	18.54	5.5	7.75	5.53	0.47
30	Harvard	Ivy	3-1-1	0.6	18.48	6	6.89	3.28	-0.28
31	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	5-2-0	0.71	18.41	10.57	8.28	5.68	-0.68
32	SMU	Southwest	4-2-0	0.67	18.24	16.67	11.36	5.3	-1.3
33	Tampa	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.23	15.71	6.56	6.25	-1.25
34	Georgia	SEC	5-2-0	0.71	18.03	2.71	13.9	4.16	0.84
35	Western Michigan	Mid-American	5-2-1	0.62	17.87	3.75	11.59	4.95	0.05
36	Washington	Pac-8	6-2-0	0.75	17.86	0.62	11.12	4.17	1.83
37	Fresno State	PCAA	5-2-1	0.62	17.71	10.62	3.98	6.23	-1.23
38	Arkansas	Southwest	5-2-0	0.71	17.64	1.71	13.52	3.8	1.2
39	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-2-1	0.57	17.5	6	13.95	4.9	-0.9
40	Drake	Missouri Valley	5-2-0	0.71	17.39	13.29	2.08	5.75	-0.75
41	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	4-2-1	0.57	17.04	4	12.15	4.28	-0.28
42	TCU	Southwest	4-2-0	0.67	16.87	3.5	9.12	3.62	0.38
43	West Virginia	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	16.76	10.88	11.74	5.72	-0.72
44	Florida	SEC	3-2-0	0.6	16.7	7.2	18.65	3.63	-0.63
45	Washington State	Pac-8	5-3-0	0.62	15.41	5.38	5.32	5.02	-0.02
46	Oklahoma State	Big 8	4-3-0	0.57	14.89	2.86	13.34	4.11	-0.11
47	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	14.86	3.5	5.02	5.03	-0.03
48	Purdue	Big Ten	4-3-0	0.57	14.85	9.57	8.39	5.51	-1.51
49	Utah	Western Athletic	4-3-0	0.57	14.83	4	14.9	4.01	-0.01
50	Ole Miss	SEC	4-3-0	0.57	14.81	4.43	13	4.64	-0.64
51	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	3-2-1	0.5	14.69	2.5	9.68	3.49	-0.49
52	Toledo	Mid-American	5-3-0	0.62	14.6	0.75	9.27	4.18	0.82
53	Maryland	ACC	4-3-1	0.5	14.55	6.38	8.31	5.43	-1.43
54	Pennsylvania	Ivy	3-2-0	0.6	14.51	7.8	1.84	3.42	-0.42
55	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	4-3-0	0.57	14.47	8.57	5.92	5	-1
56	Utah State	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	14.02	2.43	9.32	3.89	0.11
57	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	3-3-1	0.43	13.27	2.86	14.24	3.99	-0.99
58	Mississippi State	SEC	4-4-0	0.5	13.03	4.75	11.29	5.29	-1.29
59	William & Mary	Southern	4-4-0	0.5	12.89	5.75	8.63	5.29	-1.29
60	Indiana	Big Ten	4-3-0	0.57	12.83	-1.43	10.89	3.24	0.76
61	Colgate	FBS Independents	3-2-1	0.5	12.63	-3.33	10.48	2.5	0.5
62	BYU	Western Athletic	4-3-0	0.57	12.46	-0.57	7.6	3.41	0.59
63	Miami	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	11.91	0.17	14.64	3.03	-0.03
64	Baylor	Southwest	3-3-0	0.5	11.87	0.33	11.86	3.08	-0.08
65	Missouri	Big 8	4-3-0	0.57	11.5	-10.57	14.12	1.74	2.26
66	Duke	ACC	4-4-0	0.5	11.08	-1.75	14.74	3.41	0.59
67	Rutgers	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	10.32	1.86	5.63	3.91	-0.91
68	Syracuse	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	10.28	-5.12	12.8	2.48	1.52
69	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	4-4-0	0.5	9.95	-4.25	4.85	2.69	1.31
70	Tulane	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	9.7	-1.43	13.38	3.18	-0.18
71	Richmond	Southern	3-4-0	0.43	9.56	-0.57	9.36	3.37	-0.37
72	Army	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	9.24	-19	8.79	0.84	2.16
73	The Citadel	Southern	3-5-0	0.38	9.1	1	5.48	4.28	-1.28
74	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-4-0	0.43	9.06	-4.29	14.23	2.58	0.42
75	Houston	FBS Independents	2-4-1	0.29	8.99	2.29	13.16	3.92	-1.92
76	New Mexico	Western Athletic	3-4-0	0.43	8.96	-3.71	9.97	2.92	0.08
77	Kent State	Mid-American	3-4-1	0.38	8.94	-4.12	12.11	2.79	0.21
78	Navy	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	8.87	-5.86	15.06	2.23	0.77
79	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	8.87	-3.71	8.73	2.74	0.26
80	San José State	PCAA	3-4-0	0.43	8.61	-4	11.39	2.78	0.22
81	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-4-0	0.43	8.54	-8	12.94	1.71	1.29
82	Dayton	FBS Independents	3-4-1	0.38	8.48	-2.5	5.16	3.27	-0.27
83	Arizona	Western Athletic	3-4-0	0.43	8.47	-4.71	10.99	2.66	0.34
84	Long Beach State	PCAA	3-4-0	0.43	8.43	-4	4.05	2.76	0.24
85	Clemson	ACC	3-4-0	0.43	8.41	-5.29	11.46	2.28	0.72
86	Rice	Southwest	2-3-1	0.33	8.4	-6.17	16.93	1.99	0.01
87	Temple	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	8.31	-5.14	4.77	2.51	0.49
88	Memphis	Missouri Valley	3-4-0	0.43	8.22	-5.86	9.64	2.49	0.51
89	App State	Southern	3-4-1	0.38	7.84	-5.12	2.29	2.86	0.14
90	Virginia	ACC	3-5-0	0.38	7.45	-4.88	9.79	3.03	-0.03
91	Columbia	Ivy	1-3-1	0.2	7.39	5	9.62	3.56	-2.56
92	Davidson	Southern	3-4-1	0.38	7.28	-9.88	0.08	2.25	0.75
93	Wyoming	Western Athletic	3-5-0	0.38	7.04	-8.5	9.08	2.51	0.49
94	Ohio	Mid-American	3-5-0	0.38	7.01	-8	7.86	2.52	0.48
95	Kansas State	Big 8	3-5-0	0.38	6.87	-17.25	15.63	1.26	1.74
96	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-4-1	0.29	6.77	-3	14.6	2.59	-0.59
97	Boston College	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	6.73	-2.17	9.56	2.63	-0.63
98	Iowa	Big Ten	2-4-1	0.29	5.87	-8.43	10.3	1.36	0.64
99	South Carolina	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	5.67	-3.86	12.58	2.72	-0.72
100	Kentucky	SEC	2-5-0	0.29	5.55	-5.86	17.26	2.18	-0.18
101	Kansas	Big 8	2-5-0	0.29	5.15	-8.86	14.36	2.15	-0.15
102	Xavier	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.95	-8.43	7.68	1.52	0.48
103	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.69	-12.29	9.51	1.17	0.83
104	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-5-0	0.29	4.6	-12.14	13.43	1.01	0.99
105	Princeton	Ivy	1-3-1	0.2	4.4	-6.8	13.16	1.24	-0.24
106	Oregon	Pac-8	2-6-0	0.25	3.8	-15.5	17.36	1.31	0.69
107	Furman	Southern	2-6-0	0.25	3.78	-8.88	2.85	2.09	-0.09
108	Brown	Ivy	1-4-0	0.2	2.58	-13	12.71	1.23	-0.23
109	Southern Illinois	FBS Independents	1-5-1	0.14	1.88	-10.86	3.9	0.26	0.74
110	Texas A&M	Southwest	1-6-0	0.14	1.7	-7.14	17.66	2.05	-1.05
111	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	1.66	-5.57	0.27	1.92	-0.92
112	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-6-0	0.14	1.14	-14.29	13.51	1.03	-0.03
113	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-6-0	0.14	0.94	-18.43	16.13	0.89	0.11
114	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-6-0	0.14	0.9	-18	6.87	1.04	-0.04
115	Texas-Arlington	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	0.84	-13.71	6.16	1.07	-0.07
116	Marshall	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	0.77	-22.14	9.99	0.22	0.78
117	Villanova	FBS Independents	1-7-0	0.12	0.75	-11.88	8.09	1.13	-0.13
118	California	Pac-8	1-7-0	0.12	0.73	-13.12	18.3	1.77	-0.77
119	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	1-7-0	0.12	0.71	-12.75	14.52	1.65	-0.65
120	Wake Forest	ACC	1-6-0	0.14	0.66	-26.14	14.84	0.21	0.79
121	Oregon State	Pac-8	1-7-0	0.12	0.53	-16.62	17.87	0.79	0.21
122	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	1-7-0	0.12	0.12	-26.62	11.89	0.64	0.36
123	VMI	Southern	0-8-0	0	-2.49	-20.5	10.7	0.51	-0.51
124	Illinois	Big Ten	0-7-0	0	-2.68	-20.86	19.44	0.51	-0.51
125	North Texas	Missouri Valley	0-7-0	0	-2.71	-24	15.38	0.31	-0.31
126	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-8-0	0	-2.86	-29.62	14.27	0.1	-0.1