1973 W5 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:27.641279+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	28.41	41.5	16.65	1.99	0.01
2	San Diego State	PCAA	2-0-0	1	28.06	18	17.55	1.88	0.12
3	Houston	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	27.66	13.33	16.49	2.45	0.55
4	Oklahoma	Big 8	1-0-1	0.5	27.56	14	16.7	1.76	-0.76
5	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	27.34	28.5	11.75	1.99	0.01
6	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	3-0-0	1	26.91	13	11.59	2.63	0.37
7	Nebraska	Big 8	3-0-0	1	26.86	16	10.84	2.57	0.43
8	Missouri	Big 8	3-0-0	1	26.72	18	9.58	2.86	0.14
9	Alabama	SEC	3-0-0	1	26.62	41.33	6.49	2.99	0.01
10	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-0-0	1	26.55	17.67	9.99	2.54	0.46
11	LSU	SEC	3-0-0	1	26.53	10.33	11.63	2.41	0.59
12	Tennessee	SEC	3-0-0	1	26.42	14.67	10.81	2.62	0.38
13	Arizona	Western Athletic	3-0-0	1	26.37	20.33	8.68	2.92	0.08
14	West Virginia	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	26.31	9.33	12	2.43	0.57
15	Georgia	SEC	2-0-1	0.67	26.23	12	10.8	2.56	-0.56
16	Tulane	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	26.15	23.5	6.61	1.93	0.07
17	Richmond	Southern	3-0-0	1	26.02	39.33	4.88	3	0
18	Mississippi State	SEC	2-0-1	0.67	25.89	17.33	8.15	2.5	-0.5
19	Cornell	Ivy	1-0-0	1	25.82	14	20.53	0.77	0.23
20	Oklahoma State	Big 8	3-0-0	1	25.48	48	0.37	2.98	0.02
21	USC	Pac-8	2-0-1	0.67	25.43	11.33	6.45	2.86	-0.86
22	Penn State	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	25.38	24	2.21	2.96	0.04
23	Arizona State	Western Athletic	3-0-0	1	25.28	23.33	3.43	2.72	0.28
24	Michigan	Big Ten	3-0-0	1	25.18	25	2.21	2.95	0.05
25	Kansas	Big 8	3-0-0	1	24.87	21.33	1.16	2.84	0.16
26	Air Force	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	24.81	5.5	7.43	1.43	0.57
27	SMU	Southwest	3-0-0	1	23.85	30.67	-4.82	2.9	0.1
28	Rutgers	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	23.21	21.5	-4.99	1.81	0.19
29	Miami	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	22.99	4.5	-1.77	1.35	0.65
30	Memphis	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	20.42	4.5	11.85	2.52	0.48
31	Harvard	Ivy	1-0-0	1	20.09	17	-10	0.95	0.05
32	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-1-0	0.75	19.65	3.25	7.93	2.42	0.58
33	Boston College	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	19.65	16	19.75	2.54	-0.54
34	Temple	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	19.29	10	6.52	2.66	0.34
35	Kansas State	Big 8	2-1-0	0.67	19.14	9	21.31	2.63	-0.63
36	Texas Tech	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	18.96	8.33	9.58	2.11	-0.11
37	William & Mary	Southern	3-1-0	0.75	18.82	3.25	7.8	2.34	0.66
38	Kent State	Mid-American	2-1-0	0.67	18.78	9	10.05	2.51	-0.51
39	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	18.64	4.25	4.84	2.39	0.61
40	Maryland	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	18.52	13.67	14.09	2.71	-0.71
41	Wyoming	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	18.47	14.67	13.14	2.52	-0.52
42	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	18.27	7	-3.32	2.55	0.45
43	Illinois	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	18.23	9	6.05	2.34	-0.34
44	San José State	PCAA	3-1-0	0.75	18.21	6.75	-4.26	2.98	0.02
45	Utah	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	18.14	29	7.54	2.73	-0.73
46	Furman	Southern	3-1-0	0.75	18.1	3.75	-2.11	2.74	0.26
47	Auburn	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	18.1	6.33	6.62	2.29	-0.29
48	Tampa	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	18.09	6.67	6.45	2.08	-0.08
49	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	2-1-0	0.67	18.06	9	11.35	2.36	-0.36
50	UCLA	Pac-8	2-1-0	0.67	17.69	7.67	12.15	1.94	0.06
51	Colorado	Big 8	2-1-0	0.67	17.11	5.33	11.45	1.86	0.14
52	East Carolina	Southern	3-1-0	0.75	16.9	-2	10.1	1.77	1.23
53	Pacific	PCAA	2-1-0	0.67	16.25	4	0.27	1.83	0.17
54	Toledo	Mid-American	2-1-0	0.67	16.2	6.33	3.87	1.95	0.05
55	Florida	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	16.07	-3	11.54	1.19	0.81
56	NC State	ACC	2-2-0	0.5	15.53	8.25	18.38	2.69	-0.69
57	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	3-2-0	0.6	15.01	2.4	8.62	2.79	0.21
58	TCU	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	14.41	1	15.69	1.05	-0.05
59	Ole Miss	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	13.98	9.5	14.4	3.32	-1.32
60	Texas	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	13.6	5.5	24.45	1.34	-0.34
61	Iowa State	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	13.59	23	-6.49	1.88	-0.88
62	Utah State	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	13.35	-5.67	2.1	0.66	1.34
63	Colgate	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	13.21	10	-4.98	1.35	-0.35
64	BYU	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	11.92	7.5	6.06	1.4	-0.4
65	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	1-1-1	0.33	11.39	0.33	14.44	1.54	-0.54
66	Texas A&M	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	11.21	11.67	16.86	2.24	-1.24
67	Virginia	ACC	2-2-0	0.5	10.47	-6	14.19	1.17	0.83
68	Colorado State	Western Athletic	2-2-0	0.5	10.45	-18	14.95	0.59	1.41
69	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	10.12	1.33	20.23	1.62	-0.62
70	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	9.96	7.67	6.03	2.28	-1.28
71	South Carolina	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	9.64	1	17.59	1.58	-0.58
72	Louisville	Missouri Valley	1-2-0	0.33	7.52	-1.33	16.07	1.37	-0.37
73	Purdue	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	7.42	-5.67	18.23	0.9	0.1
74	Washington	Pac-8	1-2-0	0.33	7.42	3	-0.73	1.85	-0.85
75	Duke	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	7.39	-2	10.33	1.27	-0.27
76	North Carolina	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	7.13	-8.67	19.71	0.82	0.18
77	Navy	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.1	-7.33	16.32	0.75	0.25
78	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	6.98	-3.67	6.73	1.12	-0.12
79	Clemson	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	6.73	-7.67	9.56	0.86	0.14
80	Rice	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	6.69	-7.33	14.34	0.73	0.27
81	Kentucky	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	6.67	-7.67	7.59	0.85	0.15
82	Wake Forest	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	6.65	-13.33	13.24	0.25	0.75
83	Washington State	Pac-8	1-2-0	0.33	6.33	-1.67	12.95	1.37	-0.37
84	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	6.2	-12.33	13.31	0.78	0.22
85	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	6.2	-15.67	12.41	0.26	0.74
86	North Texas	Missouri Valley	1-2-1	0.25	6.09	-7	8.98	0.92	0.08
87	Indiana	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	6.03	-5.33	20.78	0.94	0.06
88	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	6.03	-24.33	16.08	0.19	0.81
89	Baylor	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	6	-15.33	11.15	0.63	0.37
90	Marshall	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	5.94	-5.67	-7.76	1.07	-0.07
91	Texas-Arlington	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	5.85	-20.33	19.08	0.4	0.6
92	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	5.64	-7.33	17.09	0.99	0.01
93	Stanford	Pac-8	1-2-0	0.33	5.51	-13.33	25.33	0.47	0.53
94	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	1-2-0	0.33	5.38	-24	6.01	0.17	0.83
95	Arkansas	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	5.33	-15.67	24.11	0.25	0.75
96	California	Pac-8	1-2-0	0.33	5.06	-13.67	16.4	0.66	0.34
97	The Citadel	Southern	1-3-0	0.25	4.56	-5	2.31	1.3	-0.3
98	Dayton	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.41	-8.5	8.65	0.82	0.18
99	Villanova	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.09	-10	6.7	0.7	0.3
100	Drake	Missouri Valley	1-3-0	0.25	4.02	-3.5	7.72	1.53	-0.53
101	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	1-3-0	0.25	3.88	-16.5	9.26	0.42	0.58
102	Lamar	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	3.87	-10	-2.52	0.73	0.27
103	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	3.57	-6.5	5.78	0.92	0.08
104	Davidson	Southern	1-3-0	0.25	3.33	-19.5	0.6	0.16	0.84
105	App State	Southern	1-3-0	0.25	3.06	-11.25	1.83	0.65	0.35
106	Xavier	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	2.8	-25	16.41	0.28	0.72
107	Brown	Ivy	0-0-1	0	0	0	-10	0.5	-0.5
108	Columbia	Ivy	0-0-1	0	0	0	-10	0	0
109	Dartmouth	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-0.43	-1	-10	0.44	-0.44
110	Pennsylvania	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-0.69	-2	-10	0.42	-0.42
111	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0-3-0	0	-1.12	-2.67	16.86	1.26	-1.26
112	Yale	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-1.71	-14	-10	0.15	-0.15
113	Long Beach State	PCAA	0-3-1	0	-1.98	-9	11.14	0.53	-0.53
114	Louisiana	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.05	-16	-7.37	0.19	-0.19
115	Fresno State	PCAA	0-4-0	0	-2.1	-15.25	-1.51	0.28	-0.28
116	Oregon	Pac-8	0-3-0	0	-2.15	-10.33	19.54	0.76	-0.76
117	Florida State	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.28	-11.33	19.92	0.21	-0.21
118	Syracuse	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.41	-15.67	12.1	0.28	-0.28
119	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.42	-14.25	19.42	0.74	-0.74
120	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.52	-18.33	15.55	0.06	-0.06
121	Oregon State	Pac-8	0-3-0	0	-2.53	-17	15.57	0.36	-0.36
122	Princeton	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-2.66	-25	20.16	0.08	-0.08
123	Army	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.9	-32	10.45	0.09	-0.09
124	Ohio	Mid-American	0-2-0	0	-2.95	-27.5	16.91	0.05	-0.05
125	Southern Illinois	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.98	-28.67	19.69	0.33	-0.33
126	Iowa	Big Ten	0-3-0	0	-3.03	-26.67	21.37	0.15	-0.15
127	VMI	Southern	0-4-0	0	-3.09	-31	17.8	0	0
128	UTEP	Western Athletic	0-4-0	0	-3.15	-43	8.59	0.06	-0.06