1973 W4 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:27.640882+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2-0-0	1	28.64	18.5	16.52	1.86	0.14
2	Missouri	Big 8	2-0-0	1	28.23	20.5	14.18	1.98	0.02
3	Nebraska	Big 8	2-0-0	1	28.08	22	13.14	1.82	0.18
4	Texas Tech	Southwest	2-0-0	1	27.52	20.5	13.55	1.78	0.22
5	Alabama	SEC	2-0-0	1	27.35	40	9.26	1.98	0.02
6	Penn State	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	27.15	26.5	10.29	1.99	0.01
7	Oklahoma State	Big 8	2-0-0	1	27.04	40.5	5.09	1.98	0.02
8	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	26.94	44	21.45	1	0
9	Houston	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	26.63	13	10.27	1.69	0.31
10	Tulane	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	26.41	5	27.59	0.66	0.34
11	LSU	SEC	2-0-0	1	26.38	8	10.78	1.48	0.52
12	San Diego State	PCAA	1-0-0	1	26.29	28	19.93	0.98	0.02
13	Bowling Green	Mid-American	2-0-0	1	25.95	21	4.9	1.78	0.22
14	Arizona	Western Athletic	3-0-0	1	25.67	20.33	1.6	2.92	0.08
15	Memphis	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	25.58	10.67	3.29	2.44	0.56
16	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-0-0	1	25.3	8	4.24	2.33	0.67
17	Ohio State	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	25.08	49	-2.7	0.99	0.01
18	TCU	Southwest	1-0-0	1	24.89	36	12	0.96	0.04
19	Michigan	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	24.88	30.5	-1.9	1.95	0.05
20	Kansas	Big 8	2-0-0	1	24.85	24.5	-1.15	1.98	0.02
21	Richmond	Southern	2-0-0	1	24.85	38.5	-2.69	2	0
22	Oklahoma	Big 8	1-0-0	1	24.83	28	-2.12	0.93	0.07
23	Kent State	Mid-American	2-0-0	1	24.64	17.5	-0.66	1.94	0.06
24	Auburn	SEC	2-0-0	1	24.61	20	-1.34	1.96	0.04
25	USC	Pac-8	2-0-0	1	24.54	17	-1.66	1.98	0.02
26	Tampa	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	24.4	18.5	-2.37	1.72	0.28
27	Tennessee	SEC	2-0-0	1	24.4	11.5	-0.44	1.54	0.46
28	Illinois	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	24.33	17	-2.32	1.81	0.19
29	West Virginia	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	24.22	10.5	-1.3	1.65	0.35
30	Arizona State	Western Athletic	2-0-0	1	24	8.5	-1.57	1.5	0.5
31	San José State	PCAA	3-0-0	1	23.96	12.67	-4.53	2.71	0.29
32	Georgia	SEC	1-0-1	0.5	23.92	8.5	12.32	1.61	-0.61
33	SMU	Southwest	2-0-0	1	23.89	30.5	-5.8	1.91	0.09
34	Florida	SEC	2-0-0	1	23.8	6	-1.71	1.46	0.54
35	Furman	Southern	3-0-0	1	23.16	8.67	-7.51	2.53	0.47
36	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	23.07	19	-10	2.65	0.35
37	Mississippi State	SEC	1-0-1	0.5	22.99	15.5	5.32	1.58	-0.58
38	Miami	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	21.37	5	0.47	0.66	0.34
39	NC State	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	21.31	17.33	16.57	2.43	-0.43
40	Air Force	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	21.25	7	-1.28	0.69	0.31
41	Iowa State	Big 8	1-0-0	1	20.76	48	-10	1	0
42	Colgate	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	20.53	34	-10	0.91	0.09
43	Rutgers	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	20.16	18	-10	0.89	0.11
44	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	18	3.33	4.06	1.71	0.29
45	William & Mary	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	17.22	0.33	15.4	1.52	0.48
46	Pacific	PCAA	2-1-0	0.67	16.97	4	-5.06	1.83	0.17
47	Temple	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	16.74	3.67	4.78	1.71	0.29
48	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	16.56	4	19.55	1.18	-0.18
49	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	16.29	20	6.81	1.85	-0.85
50	Texas A&M	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	16.1	21.5	10	1.8	-0.8
51	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	15.73	12	5.03	1.68	-0.68
52	South Carolina	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	14.68	2.5	10.59	1.1	-0.1
53	Colorado State	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	14.56	-6.33	13.88	0.97	1.03
54	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	14.31	13	-2.63	1.74	-0.74
55	East Carolina	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	14.03	-6.33	8.63	1.05	0.95
56	Wyoming	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	14.02	10.5	25.3	1.51	-0.51
57	Maryland	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	13.68	6.5	24.34	1.49	-0.49
58	Wake Forest	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	13.54	0.5	6.92	1.05	-0.05
59	Kansas State	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	13.47	5	24.8	1.43	-0.43
60	Utah	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	13.37	34.5	9.54	1.86	-0.86
61	Purdue	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	12.94	-2	13.34	0.87	0.13
62	Navy	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.43	-4	9.98	0.77	0.23
63	North Carolina	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	12.41	-6.5	6.55	0.66	0.34
64	Kentucky	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	12.34	-4.5	11.06	0.79	0.21
65	UCLA	Pac-8	1-1-0	0.5	12.09	5	12.29	1.19	-0.19
66	Clemson	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	12.04	-7.5	6.12	0.53	0.47
67	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	2-2-0	0.5	11.93	-3.5	10.92	1.64	0.36
68	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	11.25	1	9.59	1.1	-0.1
69	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	10.64	-14.5	-0.47	0.39	0.61
70	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	10.55	-20	-0.24	0.08	0.92
71	Utah State	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	10.45	-10.5	-4.79	0.26	0.74
72	Duke	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	10.28	-1	10.58	0.94	0.06
73	Marshall	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	10.21	-7.5	-10	0.58	0.42
74	Colorado	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	9.57	-4	11.11	0.75	0.25
75	Rice	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	9.21	-3.5	6.34	0.73	0.27
76	Toledo	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	9.17	-4	6.17	0.82	0.18
77	Baylor	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	8.85	-11	11.62	0.47	0.53
78	Ole Miss	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	8.81	-1	16.94	1.36	-0.36
79	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	8.41	-11	6.61	0.58	0.42
80	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	7.91	-23	6.47	0.06	0.94
81	Virginia	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	7.51	-9.33	17.75	0.73	0.27
82	The Citadel	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	7.27	-2.67	1.53	1.2	-0.2
83	Dayton	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.14	-8.33	13.29	0.7	0.3
84	Louisville	Missouri Valley	1-2-0	0.33	6.64	-1.33	15.31	1.37	-0.37
85	Texas-Arlington	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.3	-20.33	8.25	0.4	0.6
86	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	1-2-0	0.33	6.26	-19.67	7.47	0.22	0.78
87	Lamar	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.06	-8.67	-1	0.63	0.37
88	Villanova	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	5.65	-4	8.75	1.05	-0.05
89	North Texas	Missouri Valley	1-2-0	0.33	5.32	-9.33	16.6	0.69	0.31
90	Davidson	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	4.17	-20.67	0.87	0.1	0.9
91	Dartmouth	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.05	0	0	0	0
92	Yale	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.05	0	0	0	0
93	Columbia	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.04	0	0	0	0
94	Cornell	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.04	0	0	0	0
95	Pennsylvania	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.04	0	0	0	0
96	Harvard	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.03	0	0	0	0
97	Princeton	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.02	0	0	0	0
98	Brown	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.01	0	0	0	0
99	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0-2-0	0	-0.88	-2	9.8	0.88	-0.88
100	Washington	Pac-8	0-2-0	0	-0.91	-2.5	-5.49	0.81	-0.81
101	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	0-1-1	0	-0.95	-3	-0.92	0.71	-0.71
102	Texas	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-1.19	-5	0.31	0.34	-0.34
103	Oregon	Pac-8	0-2-0	0	-1.7	-6.5	11.13	0.66	-0.66
104	BYU	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	-1.79	-8	8.7	0.24	-0.24
105	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-1.85	-7	15.47	0.3	-0.3
106	Fresno State	PCAA	0-3-0	0	-1.89	-9.67	1.35	0.42	-0.42
107	Drake	Missouri Valley	0-3-0	0	-2	-9.33	9.13	0.65	-0.65
108	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.02	-8.67	19.28	0.9	-0.9
109	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.11	-12.33	10.89	0.2	-0.2
110	Louisiana	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.12	-18.5	-10	0.08	-0.08
111	Southern Illinois	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.21	-11.5	16.67	0.6	-0.6
112	Long Beach State	PCAA	0-3-0	0	-2.21	-12	12.62	0.4	-0.4
113	Florida State	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.35	-15	21.84	0.04	-0.04
114	Oregon State	Pac-8	0-2-0	0	-2.44	-14	21.53	0.29	-0.29
115	Syracuse	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.46	-16.5	10.97	0.2	-0.2
116	Army	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2.47	-19	21.79	0.15	-0.15
117	App State	Southern	0-3-0	0	-2.47	-20.33	1.35	0.11	-0.11
118	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.5	-15	22.62	0.37	-0.37
119	Indiana	Big Ten	0-2-0	0	-2.55	-15	24.01	0.26	-0.26
120	Washington State	Pac-8	0-2-0	0	-2.58	-16	22.24	0.15	-0.15
121	Ohio	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	-2.78	-28	21.95	0.02	-0.02
122	Iowa	Big Ten	0-2-0	0	-2.88	-30.5	9.95	0.1	-0.1
123	Stanford	Pac-8	0-2-0	0	-2.93	-25.5	22.77	0.06	-0.06
124	Arkansas	Southwest	0-2-0	0	-2.97	-24.5	25.2	0.01	-0.01
125	VMI	Southern	0-3-0	0	-3.07	-27.33	19.61	0.01	-0.01
126	UTEP	Western Athletic	0-3-0	0	-3.21	-49.67	4.51	0.04	-0.04
127	Xavier	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-3.29	-34	19.19	0.04	-0.04
128	California	Pac-8	0-2-0	0	-3.51	-43	22.84	0	0