1973 FINAL CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:27.647378+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Oklahoma	Big 8	10-0-1	0.91	25.55	24.27	13.55	10.25	-0.25
2	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	11-0-0	1	25.11	26.64	10.99	10.66	0.34
3	Ohio State	Big Ten	10-0-1	0.91	24.97	31.73	9.65	10.87	-0.87
4	Penn State	FBS Independents	12-0-0	1	24.96	26.5	10.27	11.4	0.6
5	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	11-0-0	1	24.72	13.36	11.62	10.2	0.8
6	Michigan	Big Ten	10-0-1	0.91	24.64	23.82	9.04	10.75	-0.75
7	Alabama	SEC	11-1-0	0.92	23.71	30.33	12.34	11.62	-0.62
8	Houston	FBS Independents	11-1-0	0.92	23.03	18.42	10.97	10.83	0.17
9	Arizona State	Western Athletic	11-1-0	0.92	22.94	29	8.64	11.19	-0.19
10	Texas Tech	Southwest	11-1-0	0.92	22.93	12.92	11.82	9.68	1.32
11	San Diego State	PCAA	9-1-1	0.82	22.48	17.45	10.6	9.86	-0.86
12	Nebraska	Big 8	9-2-1	0.75	21.12	11.92	15.12	9.8	-0.8
13	Temple	FBS Independents	9-1-0	0.9	20.81	18.6	1.09	8.55	0.45
14	UCLA	Pac-8	9-2-0	0.82	20.69	24.64	9.13	9.73	-0.73
15	USC	Pac-8	9-2-1	0.75	20.66	10	12.69	9.01	-0.01
16	East Carolina	Southern	9-2-0	0.82	20.58	18.27	9.79	9.7	-0.7
17	Kent State	Mid-American	9-2-0	0.82	20.37	15.36	9.3	9.65	-0.65
18	Richmond	Southern	8-2-0	0.8	19.74	18.6	7.27	9.1	-1.1
19	NC State	ACC	9-3-0	0.75	19.21	12.08	13.06	8.96	0.04
20	LSU	SEC	9-3-0	0.75	19.17	8.17	14.4	8.97	0.03
21	Texas	Southwest	8-3-0	0.73	18.91	18.64	11.69	9.62	-1.62
22	Harvard	Ivy	7-2-0	0.78	18.44	7.44	5.84	6.29	0.71
23	Pacific	PCAA	7-2-1	0.7	18.12	16.9	0.23	9.01	-2.01
24	Tulane	FBS Independents	9-3-0	0.75	18.06	2.83	11.81	7.13	1.87
25	Memphis	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	17.97	8.82	9.26	8.22	-0.22
26	Arizona	Western Athletic	8-3-0	0.73	17.8	6.64	9.44	7.35	0.65
27	Tampa	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	17.25	10	3.7	8.73	-0.73
28	Maryland	ACC	8-4-0	0.67	17.19	16.17	10.1	10.63	-2.63
29	Bowling Green	Mid-American	7-3-0	0.7	16.99	5.7	9.13	6.39	0.61
30	Missouri	Big 8	8-4-0	0.67	16.83	5.58	13.03	8.45	-0.45
31	Yale	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.47	8.11	8.45	6.57	-0.57
32	Tennessee	SEC	8-4-0	0.67	16.37	3.67	11.55	7.15	0.85
33	Dartmouth	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.37	7.22	8.25	6.64	-0.64
34	Pennsylvania	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.21	8.78	6.09	6.49	-0.49
35	Georgia	SEC	7-4-1	0.58	16.17	4.83	13.97	8.05	-1.05
36	Boston College	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	16.16	12.45	8.85	8.78	-1.78
37	South Carolina	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	16.1	7.82	10.91	7.29	-0.29
38	Kansas	Big 8	7-4-1	0.58	15.74	2.75	13.39	6.98	0.02
39	Utah State	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.05	2.55	8.12	6.34	0.66
40	Furman	Southern	7-4-0	0.64	14.91	6.73	2.35	7.62	-0.62
41	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	14.9	5.55	10.29	7.45	-1.45
42	Oklahoma State	Big 8	5-4-2	0.45	14.85	10.64	13.74	8.37	-3.37
43	Stanford	Pac-8	7-4-0	0.64	14.84	0.36	12.59	5.61	1.39
44	SMU	Southwest	6-4-1	0.55	14.24	2.82	8.27	6.32	-0.32
45	Utah	Western Athletic	7-5-0	0.58	14.19	3.42	10.72	6.8	0.2
46	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	6-5-0	0.55	13.77	5.91	9.86	7.32	-1.32
47	Ole Miss	SEC	6-5-0	0.55	13.59	2.27	13.58	6.35	-0.35
48	Brown	Ivy	4-3-1	0.5	13.53	2.5	8.44	4.55	-0.55
49	Florida	SEC	7-5-0	0.58	13.32	0	13.48	6	1
50	Minnesota	Big Ten	7-4-0	0.64	13.18	-3.18	9.91	4.68	2.32
51	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	6-5-1	0.5	13.14	1.17	12.46	6.46	-0.46
52	San José State	PCAA	5-4-2	0.45	13.1	1.82	8.04	6.21	-1.21
53	Air Force	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	12.73	-1.6	10.71	4.59	1.41
54	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	12.72	5.18	1.12	6.73	-0.73
55	Rutgers	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	12.37	3.36	0.16	6.55	-0.55
56	Texas A&M	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	11.72	5.55	12.23	6.99	-1.99
57	BYU	Western Athletic	5-6-0	0.45	11.58	7.82	8.24	7.36	-2.36
58	William & Mary	Southern	6-5-0	0.55	11.56	-0.91	7.63	5.27	0.73
59	Colgate	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	11.47	3.1	1.97	5.65	-0.65
60	Kentucky	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	11.31	2.73	12.66	6.42	-1.42
61	Western Michigan	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	11.08	-2.55	7.54	4.61	1.39
62	West Virginia	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	11.01	-4.91	11.17	4.06	1.94
63	Louisville	Missouri Valley	5-6-0	0.45	10.99	2.18	10.4	6.47	-1.47
64	Auburn	SEC	6-6-0	0.5	10.7	-1.92	14.32	5.1	0.9
65	Illinois	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	10.5	0.64	10.81	5.78	-0.78
66	Arkansas	Southwest	5-5-1	0.45	9.97	-5.45	13.11	3.1	1.9
67	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	9.95	9.18	11.33	9.08	-5.08
68	Colorado	Big 8	5-6-0	0.45	9.86	-0.91	14	5.23	-0.23
69	Ohio	Mid-American	5-5-0	0.5	9.83	-7.5	14.16	2.83	2.17
70	Purdue	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	9.54	-1.18	11.18	5.09	-0.09
71	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	9.51	0	3.32	5.5	-0.5
72	Dayton	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	9.43	-4.36	4.54	3.83	1.17
73	North Texas	Missouri Valley	5-5-1	0.45	9.38	-8.18	9.15	2.75	2.25
74	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	9.35	-1.73	10.98	4.89	0.11
75	Cornell	Ivy	3-5-1	0.33	9.23	1.78	9.26	5.02	-2.02
76	Lamar	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	9.22	-2.2	-2.62	4.08	0.92
77	Clemson	ACC	5-6-0	0.45	9	-2.91	10.02	4.66	0.34
78	Washington State	Pac-8	5-6-0	0.45	8.96	-3.64	11.33	4.54	0.46
79	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	8.85	-4.55	11.84	3.27	1.73
80	Kansas State	Big 8	5-6-0	0.45	8.78	-7.64	15.88	3.12	1.88
81	Mississippi State	SEC	4-5-2	0.36	8.75	-3.27	10.68	4.52	-0.52
82	Xavier	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	8.73	-16.82	7.19	1.84	3.16
83	Miami	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.73	-7	14.26	3.14	1.86
84	Iowa State	Big 8	4-7-0	0.36	8.73	0.82	13.31	5.74	-1.74
85	Rice	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	8.72	-6.36	13.13	3.2	1.8
86	Vanderbilt	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	8.65	-7.36	13.7	3.23	1.77
87	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	5-6-0	0.45	8.55	-5	8.4	4.2	0.8
88	Colorado State	Western Athletic	5-6-0	0.45	8.36	-7.55	9.56	3.7	1.3
89	Navy	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	7.71	-1	13.38	5.18	-1.18
90	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	7.29	-1.91	11.3	4.9	-0.9
91	North Carolina	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	7.26	-2.18	12.09	4.89	-0.89
92	New Mexico	Western Athletic	4-7-0	0.36	7.16	-2.73	12.42	4.78	-0.78
93	Wyoming	Western Athletic	4-7-0	0.36	6.99	-3.82	13	4.49	-0.49
94	Texas-Arlington	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	6.53	-12.5	3.16	2.13	1.87
95	Marshall	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.38	-6.91	8.98	3.59	0.41
96	Northwestern	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.23	-10.09	11.07	2.75	1.25
97	Virginia	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	6.19	-9.18	8.89	3.02	0.98
98	California	Pac-8	4-7-0	0.36	6.08	-12.27	10.93	2.87	1.13
99	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	5.93	-10.45	5.51	2.44	1.56
100	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	5.7	-10	0.31	2.1	1.9
101	Southern Illinois	FBS Independents	3-7-1	0.27	5.43	-2.64	4.15	4.83	-1.83
102	Toledo	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	4.64	-5.36	11.22	4.04	-1.04
103	App State	Southern	3-7-1	0.27	4.56	-8.27	-0.2	2.86	0.14
104	Villanova	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.51	-5.36	7.77	3.47	-0.47
105	TCU	Southwest	3-8-0	0.27	4.29	-9.18	11.62	2.93	0.07
106	The Citadel	Southern	3-8-0	0.27	4.04	-10.27	6.55	2.13	0.87
107	VMI	Southern	3-8-0	0.27	3.76	-18.18	10.58	0.94	2.06
108	Oregon	Pac-8	2-9-0	0.18	3.02	-3.09	13.79	4.51	-2.51
109	Duke	ACC	2-8-1	0.18	2.91	-6.55	10.38	2.89	-0.89
110	Indiana	Big Ten	2-9-0	0.18	2.15	-10.91	13.21	2.2	-0.2
111	Oregon State	Pac-8	2-9-0	0.18	2.1	-11.55	12.5	2.27	-0.27
112	Davidson	Southern	2-8-0	0.2	2.07	-19.6	7.2	0.97	1.03
113	Drake	Missouri Valley	2-9-0	0.18	1.97	-12.45	7.77	1.72	0.28
114	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.94	-14.27	12.58	2.42	-0.42
115	Syracuse	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.93	-14.45	12.39	1.43	0.57
116	Baylor	Southwest	2-9-0	0.18	1.9	-15.18	12.6	2.03	-0.03
117	Fresno State	PCAA	2-9-0	0.18	1.87	-12.55	2.1	1.91	0.09
118	Washington	Pac-8	2-9-0	0.18	1.84	-14.36	5.74	2.37	-0.37
119	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	2-9-0	0.18	1.76	-17.73	10.9	0.96	1.04
120	Long Beach State	PCAA	1-9-1	0.09	0.61	-6.82	3.83	2.7	-1.7
121	Princeton	Ivy	1-8-0	0.11	0.49	-11.78	12.72	1.73	-0.73
122	Columbia	Ivy	1-7-1	0.11	0.18	-24	10.36	0.22	0.78
123	Wake Forest	ACC	1-9-1	0.09	-0.24	-23	11.59	0.31	0.69
124	Louisiana	FBS Independents	0-10-0	0	-2.21	-20	1.82	0.44	-0.44
125	Florida State	FBS Independents	0-11-0	0	-2.44	-21.18	11.82	0.58	-0.58
126	Iowa	Big Ten	0-11-0	0	-2.6	-23.73	15.33	0.84	-0.84
127	Army	FBS Independents	0-10-0	0	-2.78	-31.5	13.37	0.16	-0.16
128	UTEP	Western Athletic	0-11-0	0	-2.82	-36.55	10.46	0.44	-0.44