1972 W9 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:27.432945+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Alabama	SEC	8-0-0	1	26.22	26	12.62	7.62	0.38
2	LSU	SEC	7-0-0	1	25.59	15.43	11.44	6.36	0.64
3	USC	Pac-8	9-0-0	1	25.51	29.89	8.75	8.69	0.31
4	Michigan	Big Ten	8-0-0	1	25.13	22	7.96	7.88	0.12
5	Ohio State	Big Ten	7-0-0	1	24.77	17.86	6.85	6.27	0.73
6	Nebraska	Big 8	7-1-0	0.88	23.36	40.12	10.74	7.95	-0.95
7	Oklahoma	Big 8	6-1-0	0.86	23.34	35.71	13.82	6.96	-0.96
8	UCLA	Pac-8	8-1-0	0.89	22.85	15.33	10.73	7.1	0.9
9	Texas	Southwest	6-1-0	0.86	22.81	10	16.47	5.43	0.57
10	Texas Tech	Southwest	7-1-0	0.88	22.6	15.75	10.48	7.06	-0.06
11	Penn State	FBS Independents	7-1-0	0.88	22.55	15.88	10.25	7	0
12	Auburn	SEC	7-1-0	0.88	22.49	3.62	15.96	5.07	1.93
13	Louisville	Missouri Valley	6-1-0	0.86	22.05	24.29	6.96	6.6	-0.6
14	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	22.03	19.43	9.17	6.36	-0.36
15	San Diego State	PCAA	7-1-0	0.88	22	9.75	9.26	6.27	0.73
16	North Carolina	ACC	6-1-0	0.86	21.76	7	11.87	4.72	1.28
17	East Carolina	Southern	7-1-0	0.88	21.72	13.5	6.28	6.84	0.16
18	Yale	Ivy	5-1-0	0.83	21.37	18.17	9.7	5.26	-0.26
19	Tennessee	SEC	6-2-0	0.75	20.05	17.88	13.07	7.51	-1.51
20	Dartmouth	Ivy	4-1-1	0.67	20.05	6.5	8.45	3.96	0.04
21	NC State	ACC	6-2-1	0.67	19.73	13.67	12.26	7.03	-1.03
22	Arizona State	Western Athletic	6-2-0	0.75	19.51	19	9.21	6.26	-0.26
23	Air Force	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	19.41	20.62	7	7.05	-1.05
24	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	6-2-0	0.75	19.27	13	9.61	6.82	-0.82
25	Iowa State	Big 8	5-2-0	0.71	18.99	18.14	10.77	6.06	-1.06
26	Pacific	PCAA	7-2-0	0.78	18.85	6.56	5.5	6.37	0.63
27	Tampa	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	18.65	15.88	4.54	7.18	-1.18
28	Washington	Pac-8	7-2-0	0.78	18.61	1.33	10.11	4.89	2.11
29	Bowling Green	Mid-American	5-2-1	0.62	18.43	7.38	12.97	6.03	-1.03
30	Drake	Missouri Valley	6-2-0	0.75	18.17	12.88	2.53	6.59	-0.59
31	Colorado	Big 8	6-3-0	0.67	17.58	8	11.89	6.3	-0.3
32	Cornell	Ivy	4-2-0	0.67	17.54	4.5	13.97	3.77	0.23
33	West Virginia	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	17.42	11.67	10.02	6.55	-0.55
34	Florida State	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	17.21	7.11	9.88	6.06	-0.06
35	Stanford	Pac-8	5-3-0	0.62	16.63	8.5	13.35	5.89	-0.89
36	Pennsylvania	Ivy	4-2-0	0.67	16.34	8.33	4.42	4.12	-0.12
37	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	16.27	5.67	5.63	6.3	-0.3
38	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	4-2-1	0.57	16.2	3.86	7.02	4.35	-0.35
39	Utah	Western Athletic	5-3-0	0.62	15.82	3.62	12.99	4.54	0.46
40	SMU	Southwest	4-3-0	0.57	15.64	13.14	11.95	5.88	-1.88
41	Fresno State	PCAA	5-3-1	0.56	15.59	8.89	4.99	6.68	-1.68
42	Utah State	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	15.58	7.62	7.47	5.35	-0.35
43	Georgia	SEC	5-3-0	0.62	15.34	0.62	14.37	4.19	0.81
44	Arkansas	Southwest	5-3-0	0.62	15.19	1.12	11.42	4.25	0.75
45	Harvard	Ivy	3-2-1	0.5	14.92	3.17	7.92	3.47	-0.47
46	Baylor	Southwest	4-3-0	0.57	14.77	5	13.22	4.69	-0.69
47	Western Michigan	Mid-American	5-3-1	0.56	14.7	0	12.03	4.5	0.5
48	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	4-3-1	0.5	14.61	4.12	12.21	4.82	-0.82
49	BYU	Western Athletic	5-3-0	0.62	14.6	1.88	6.74	4.36	0.64
50	Miami	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	14.59	6.43	10.17	4.78	-0.78
51	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	4-3-1	0.5	14.49	2.75	11.4	4.64	-0.64
52	William & Mary	Southern	5-4-0	0.56	14.43	10.33	7.32	6.82	-1.82
53	Colgate	FBS Independents	4-2-1	0.57	14.2	-1.71	7.11	3.22	0.78
54	Florida	SEC	3-3-0	0.5	14.04	5	18.98	3.93	-0.93
55	Ole Miss	SEC	4-4-0	0.5	13.29	3.75	14.26	5.1	-1.1
56	Purdue	Big Ten	4-4-0	0.5	13.19	7.12	9.04	5.8	-1.8
57	Washington State	Pac-8	5-4-0	0.56	12.99	0.22	7.96	4.55	0.45
58	Oklahoma State	Big 8	4-4-0	0.5	12.83	2.12	12.88	4.55	-0.55
59	Duke	ACC	5-4-0	0.56	12.82	-0.89	15.36	4.17	0.83
60	Missouri	Big 8	5-3-0	0.62	12.81	-7.12	12.8	2.58	2.42
61	Maryland	ACC	4-4-1	0.44	12.59	2.33	10	5.08	-1.08
62	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	4-4-0	0.5	12.59	3.62	7.46	4.76	-0.76
63	TCU	Southwest	4-3-0	0.57	12.55	-1.71	9.64	3.16	0.84
64	Toledo	Mid-American	5-4-0	0.56	12.22	-1.89	10.36	3.98	1.02
65	Richmond	Southern	4-4-0	0.5	11.89	1.25	8.58	4.34	-0.34
66	Rutgers	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	11.79	2.62	3.35	4.67	-0.67
67	Tulane	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	11.75	0.12	12.75	4.03	-0.03
68	Memphis	Missouri Valley	4-4-0	0.5	11.56	0.38	9.92	4.07	-0.07
69	Houston	FBS Independents	3-4-1	0.38	11.08	2.5	13.42	4.51	-1.51
70	Army	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	10.91	-15.86	11.58	1.18	2.82
71	Dayton	FBS Independents	4-4-1	0.44	10.75	-0.22	4.86	4.43	-0.43
72	Boston College	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	10.74	3.43	8.66	4.18	-1.18
73	Indiana	Big Ten	4-4-0	0.5	10.72	-3	12.25	3.35	0.65
74	Columbia	Ivy	2-3-1	0.33	10.7	6.5	10.8	4.7	-2.7
75	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-4-0	0.5	10.5	-3.5	13.33	3.11	0.89
76	San José State	PCAA	4-4-0	0.5	10.42	-2.62	10.55	3.42	0.58
77	Kent State	Mid-American	4-4-1	0.44	10.33	-3.44	11.1	3.35	0.65
78	Long Beach State	PCAA	4-4-0	0.5	10.05	-2.88	6.56	3.38	0.62
79	Mississippi State	SEC	4-5-0	0.44	10.04	-0.67	11.83	4.31	-0.31
80	App State	Southern	4-4-1	0.44	9.54	-3	0.8	3.69	0.31
81	Michigan State	Big Ten	3-4-1	0.38	9.39	-1.38	14.54	3.53	-0.53
82	South Carolina	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	9.06	0.62	11.67	4.15	-1.15
83	Syracuse	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	8.51	-8.67	11.34	1.86	2.14
84	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-4-0	0.43	8.38	-8	13.47	1.71	1.29
85	Princeton	Ivy	2-3-1	0.33	8.2	-2.17	12	2.51	-0.51
86	Temple	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	8.11	-5.14	4.77	2.51	0.49
87	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	4-5-0	0.44	8.09	-8.67	5	2.05	1.95
88	New Mexico	Western Athletic	3-5-0	0.38	7.56	-4.12	10.51	3.21	-0.21
89	Arizona	Western Athletic	3-5-0	0.38	7.53	-4.25	10.76	3.15	-0.15
90	Navy	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	7.49	-7.5	16.48	2.32	0.68
91	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	7.44	-4.88	10.3	2.87	0.13
92	Clemson	ACC	3-5-0	0.38	7.32	-6.62	12.2	2.29	0.71
93	Kansas	Big 8	3-5-0	0.38	7.14	-7.38	13.65	2.61	0.39
94	The Citadel	Southern	3-6-0	0.33	7.13	-0.67	6.88	4.29	-1.29
95	Rice	Southwest	2-4-1	0.29	6.54	-5.86	17.6	2.28	-0.28
96	Davidson	Southern	3-5-1	0.33	6.2	-14	1.63	1.92	1.08
97	Virginia	ACC	3-6-0	0.33	6.08	-6.67	10.52	3.03	-0.03
98	Ohio	Mid-American	3-6-0	0.33	5.76	-9	8.36	2.52	0.48
99	Wyoming	Western Athletic	3-6-0	0.33	5.75	-9.67	9.28	2.6	0.4
100	Kansas State	Big 8	3-6-0	0.33	5.55	-17.22	14.63	1.39	1.61
101	Iowa	Big Ten	2-5-1	0.25	5.03	-7.62	10.54	1.75	0.25
102	Kentucky	SEC	2-6-0	0.25	4.41	-6.5	16	2.28	-0.28
103	Texas A&M	Southwest	2-6-0	0.25	4.3	-5.88	17.12	2.52	-0.52
104	Xavier	FBS Independents	2-6-0	0.25	3.83	-9.62	6.81	1.57	0.43
105	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	2-6-0	0.25	3.73	-11	6.92	1.64	0.36
106	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	2-6-0	0.25	3.68	-12.25	14.57	1.55	0.45
107	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-6-0	0.25	3.65	-14.38	10.92	0.98	1.02
108	Texas-Arlington	FBS Independents	2-6-0	0.25	3.46	-10.25	3.17	1.88	0.12
109	California	Pac-8	2-7-0	0.22	3.21	-9.56	16.73	2.56	-0.56
110	Oregon	Pac-8	2-7-0	0.22	2.99	-15.89	15.94	1.4	0.6
111	Furman	Southern	2-7-0	0.22	2.98	-10.56	2.94	2	0
112	Brown	Ivy	1-5-0	0.17	1.8	-14.33	11.45	1.29	-0.29
113	Southern Illinois	FBS Independents	1-6-1	0.12	1.25	-10.75	5.68	0.4	0.6
114	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	1-7-0	0.12	0.98	-8.12	2.63	1.64	-0.64
115	Villanova	FBS Independents	1-8-0	0.11	0.52	-11.33	6.21	1.28	-0.28
116	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-7-0	0.12	0.49	-17.12	16.52	1.15	-0.15
117	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	1-8-0	0.11	0.43	-13.33	14.83	1.82	-0.82
118	Illinois	Big Ten	1-7-0	0.12	0.42	-14.5	17.8	1.33	-0.33
119	Marshall	FBS Independents	1-7-0	0.12	0.37	-19.62	10.13	0.38	0.62
120	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-7-0	0.12	0.33	-20.88	9.04	0.99	0.01
121	Oregon State	Pac-8	1-8-0	0.11	0.32	-15.56	17.64	1.03	-0.03
122	North Texas	Missouri Valley	1-7-0	0.12	0.14	-20.75	14.16	0.62	0.38
123	Wake Forest	ACC	1-7-0	0.12	0.14	-26.88	14.17	0.2	0.8
124	VMI	Southern	1-8-0	0.11	0.13	-15.56	10.5	1.11	-0.11
125	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	1-8-0	0.11	-0.04	-24.22	9.17	0.85	0.15
126	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-8-0	0	-2.85	-29.62	14.94	0.1	-0.1