1973 W3 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:27.640491+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	NC State	ACC	2-0-0	1	29.19	34.5	11.06	1.88	0.12
2	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-0-0	1	28.32	42	28.43	0.99	0.01
3	Oklahoma State	Big 8	1-0-0	1	27.6	49	22.92	0.99	0.01
4	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	27.59	45	23.91	1	0
5	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-0-0	1	27.46	45	23.63	1	0
6	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	27.07	32	21.53	1	0
7	Missouri	Big 8	1-0-0	1	26.82	17	24.4	1	0
8	Nebraska	Big 8	1-0-0	1	26.82	27	-0.3	0.93	0.07
9	North Carolina	ACC	1-0-0	1	26.52	7	24.95	0.63	0.37
10	Memphis	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	26.01	14	-0.45	1.72	0.28
11	Arizona	Western Athletic	2-0-0	1	25.87	22.5	-0.98	1.98	0.02
12	Pacific	PCAA	2-0-0	1	24.73	23.5	-6.14	1.97	0.03
13	Clemson	ACC	1-0-0	1	24.6	2	0.68	0.59	0.41
14	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	24.52	12	-5.01	1.42	0.58
15	San José State	PCAA	2-0-0	1	24.06	10	-4.58	1.71	0.29
16	Furman	Southern	2-0-0	1	24.04	12	-5.41	1.96	0.04
17	Western Michigan	Mid-American	2-0-0	1	23.79	5	-5.38	1.43	0.57
18	Alabama	SEC	1-0-0	1	23.54	66	0.67	1	0
19	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	23.35	13	-10	1.52	0.48
20	Ohio State	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	23.22	49	0.47	0.99	0.01
21	Oklahoma	Big 8	1-0-0	1	23.2	28	1.72	0.93	0.07
22	Texas A&M	Southwest	1-0-0	1	22.94	48	0.66	1	0
23	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	22.81	27	0.54	0.93	0.07
24	Michigan	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	22.81	24	0.39	0.97	0.03
25	USC	Pac-8	1-0-0	1	22.8	17	1.48	1	0
26	Penn State	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.72	14	2.14	0.95	0.05
27	Houston	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.67	18	1.12	0.96	0.04
28	LSU	SEC	1-0-0	1	22.61	11	2.29	0.92	0.08
29	Richmond	Southern	1-0-0	1	22.6	42	-1.59	1	0
30	Kansas	Big 8	1-0-0	1	22.59	21	1.77	0.95	0.05
31	South Carolina	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.43	13	2.12	0.71	0.29
32	Tampa	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.34	10	1.25	0.69	0.31
33	Navy	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.16	31	-1.82	0.99	0.01
34	West Virginia	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.15	7	1.78	0.74	0.26
35	Illinois	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	22.14	14	0.78	0.84	0.16
36	Florida	SEC	1-0-0	1	22.13	11	0.08	0.85	0.15
37	Texas Tech	Southwest	1-0-0	1	22.12	7	1.6	0.66	0.34
38	Auburn	SEC	1-0-0	1	22.02	9	0.11	0.84	0.16
39	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	21.95	33	-2.6	0.98	0.02
40	Kent State	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	21.95	7	1.36	0.95	0.05
41	Arizona State	Western Athletic	1-0-0	1	21.89	6	0.62	0.65	0.35
42	Tennessee	SEC	1-0-0	1	21.79	4	1.05	0.62	0.38
43	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	21.45	4	1.58	0.69	0.31
44	Kentucky	SEC	1-0-0	1	21.4	5	0.49	0.6	0.4
45	Wake Forest	ACC	1-0-0	1	21.1	2	1.98	0.64	0.36
46	SMU	Southwest	1-0-0	1	21.04	42	-10	0.99	0.01
47	Purdue	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	20.99	1	0.59	0.54	0.46
48	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-0-0	1	20.65	2	-0.89	0.59	0.41
49	Utah State	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	19.93	7	-10	0.95	0.05
50	Marshall	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	19.57	7	-10	0.69	0.31
51	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	2-1-0	0.67	16.99	-3.33	-1.19	1.22	0.78
52	Ole Miss	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	14.3	0.5	-0.51	1.05	-0.05
53	William & Mary	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	14.28	0	1.44	1	0
54	Virginia	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	14.06	-2	12.69	0.88	0.12
55	Temple	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	13.29	-1.5	-0.74	0.93	0.07
56	Dayton	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.06	-5	-3.76	0.58	0.42
57	Texas-Arlington	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12	-12.5	-0.15	0.46	0.54
58	The Citadel	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	11.96	5	6.13	1.36	-0.36
59	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	11.8	-21	0.18	0.09	0.91
60	East Carolina	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	8.82	-18	14.04	0.17	0.83
61	Colorado State	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	8.7	-11.5	12.45	0.3	0.7
62	Lamar	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	8.67	-6.5	9.21	0.58	0.42
63	Texas	Southwest	0-0-0	0	0.47	0	0	0	0
64	Dartmouth	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.43	0	0	0	0
65	San Diego State	PCAA	0-0-0	0	0.43	0	0	0	0
66	Yale	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.41	0	0	0	0
67	Air Force	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.38	0	0	0	0
68	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.38	0	0	0	0
69	Rutgers	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.37	0	0	0	0
70	Iowa State	Big 8	0-0-0	0	0.36	0	0	0	0
71	Cornell	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.33	0	0	0	0
72	Pennsylvania	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.33	0	0	0	0
73	Tulane	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.33	0	0	0	0
74	Miami	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.31	0	0	0	0
75	Columbia	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.28	0	0	0	0
76	Georgia	SEC	0-0-1	0	0.28	0	0.24	0.5	-0.5
77	Harvard	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.27	0	0	0	0
78	Colgate	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.18	0	0	0	0
79	TCU	Southwest	0-0-0	0	0.18	0	0	0	0
80	Princeton	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.15	0	0	0	0
81	Mississippi State	SEC	0-0-1	0	0.14	0	-10	0.5	-0.5
82	Army	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.09	0	0	0	0
83	Ohio	Mid-American	0-0-0	0	0.06	0	0	0	0
84	Brown	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.04	0	0	0	0
85	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	0-0-1	0	0.04	0	1.69	0.5	-0.5
86	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-0.39	-1	2.41	0.46	-0.46
87	Florida State	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.43	-2	-0.14	0.36	-0.36
88	Washington	Pac-8	0-1-0	0	-0.62	-3	-10	0.3	-0.3
89	Michigan State	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-0.86	-4	0.21	0.31	-0.31
90	Duke	ACC	0-1-0	0	-0.97	-4	2.89	0.38	-0.38
91	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-1.07	-3	-4.84	0.67	-0.67
92	Maryland	ACC	0-1-0	0	-1.18	-7	2.21	0.26	-0.26
93	BYU	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	-1.21	-8	-2.63	0.24	-0.24
94	Utah	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	-1.21	-7	2.26	0.34	-0.34
95	Oregon	Pac-8	0-1-0	0	-1.28	-6	2.56	0.35	-0.35
96	Colorado	Big 8	0-1-0	0	-1.39	-11	2.68	0.08	-0.08
97	Louisville	Missouri Valley	0-2-0	0	-1.39	-7	13.38	0.5	-0.5
98	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-1.42	-6	12.67	0.75	-0.75
99	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.5	-13	1.14	0.29	-0.29
100	Toledo	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	-1.5	-10	2.6	0.31	-0.31
101	Stanford	Pac-8	0-1-0	0	-1.57	-14	2.58	0.05	-0.05
102	Oregon State	Pac-8	0-1-0	0	-1.61	-9	2.38	0.16	-0.16
103	Southern Illinois	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.62	-6	22.15	0.39	-0.39
104	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.67	-13	-0.68	0	0
105	Kansas State	Big 8	0-1-0	0	-1.75	-11	2.33	0.15	-0.15
106	Indiana	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-1.76	-14	0.66	0.16	-0.16
107	Fresno State	PCAA	0-2-0	0	-1.77	-13	4.78	0.17	-0.17
108	Long Beach State	PCAA	0-2-0	0	-1.81	-9	5.64	0.42	-0.42
109	Arkansas	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-1.82	-17	3.05	0	0
110	Washington State	Pac-8	0-1-0	0	-1.86	-21	0.62	0.05	-0.05
111	Rice	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-1.9	-18	2.43	0.04	-0.04
112	Louisiana	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.93	-14	-10	0.15	-0.15
113	Drake	Missouri Valley	0-2-0	0	-2.02	-9	26.03	0.39	-0.39
114	Villanova	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.02	-9.5	7.2	0.43	-0.43
115	Baylor	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-2.12	-28	3.14	0.07	-0.07
116	Wyoming	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	-2.15	-14	23.22	0.07	-0.07
117	Iowa	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-2.23	-24	3	0.03	-0.03
118	Syracuse	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2.27	-27	2.34	0.07	-0.07
119	App State	Southern	0-2-0	0	-2.52	-26	4.88	0.01	-0.01
120	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	0-1-0	0	-2.61	-48	0.6	0	0
121	Davidson	Southern	0-2-0	0	-2.62	-32.5	-4.08	0	0
122	Minnesota	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-2.7	-49	2.42	0.01	-0.01
123	VMI	Southern	0-2-0	0	-2.75	-23.5	11.74	0.01	-0.01
124	California	Pac-8	0-1-0	0	-2.88	-66	2.91	0	0
125	UCLA	Pac-8	0-1-0	0	-2.92	-27	27.39	0.07	-0.07
126	North Texas	Missouri Valley	0-2-0	0	-3.03	-22.5	24.09	0.03	-0.03
127	UTEP	Western Athletic	0-2-0	0	-3.03	-36.5	6.1	0.07	-0.07
128	Xavier	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-3.24	-37.5	11.99	0.02	-0.02