1973 W7 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:27.642067+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Oklahoma	Big 8	3-0-1	0.75	27.46	17.75	17.95	3.52	-0.52
2	Alabama	SEC	5-0-0	1	26.77	31.8	12.38	4.88	0.12
3	LSU	SEC	5-0-0	1	26.43	13.2	14.1	4.44	0.56
4	Missouri	Big 8	5-0-0	1	26.43	13	14.03	4.54	0.46
5	Houston	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	25.88	14.4	10.64	4.08	0.92
6	Arizona State	Western Athletic	5-0-0	1	25.62	27.6	7.44	4.65	0.35
7	Tulane	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	25.59	18	8.7	3.69	0.31
8	Tennessee	SEC	5-0-0	1	25.51	10.2	10.35	3.86	1.14
9	USC	Pac-8	4-0-1	0.8	25.5	11.8	9.95	4.25	-0.25
10	Ohio State	Big Ten	4-0-0	1	25.43	32.75	5.5	3.99	0.01
11	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	25.37	22.25	6.92	3.95	0.05
12	Arizona	Western Athletic	5-0-0	1	25.27	14.4	8.03	4.45	0.55
13	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	5-0-0	1	25.26	13.6	8.25	4.54	0.46
14	Richmond	Southern	5-0-0	1	25.24	28.6	5.32	4.89	0.11
15	Penn State	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	25.2	26.6	5.33	4.93	0.07
16	Michigan	Big Ten	5-0-0	1	24.63	26	2.96	4.97	0.03
17	Harvard	Ivy	3-0-0	1	23.88	30	-0.28	2.99	0.01
18	Cornell	Ivy	2-0-1	0.67	23.44	15	-1	2.64	-0.64
19	Nebraska	Big 8	4-1-0	0.8	22.23	17.6	14.75	4.44	-0.44
20	Kent State	Mid-American	4-1-0	0.8	21.7	13	15.49	4.4	-0.4
21	UCLA	Pac-8	4-1-0	0.8	21.39	23.8	10.66	4.27	-0.27
22	Texas Tech	Southwest	4-1-0	0.8	21.38	10	14.47	3.8	0.2
23	San Diego State	PCAA	3-1-0	0.75	21.27	14.5	19.86	3.71	-0.71
24	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-1-0	0.8	21.16	10.6	10.31	3.62	0.38
25	Colorado	Big 8	4-1-0	0.8	21.09	8.8	13.8	3.5	0.5
26	Kansas	Big 8	4-1-0	0.8	21.01	14	10.66	4.16	-0.16
27	East Carolina	Southern	5-1-0	0.83	20.79	12	6.14	4.78	0.22
28	Temple	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	20.65	10.17	5.71	4.16	0.84
29	Oklahoma State	Big 8	3-1-0	0.75	20.34	32.75	9.34	3.88	-0.88
30	Tampa	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	19.92	8.2	6.59	3.79	0.21
31	Georgia	SEC	3-1-1	0.6	19.83	8.4	13.35	3.88	-0.88
32	Miami	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	19.39	2.5	16.32	2.37	0.63
33	SMU	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	18.98	20.5	3.02	3.67	-0.67
34	Mississippi State	SEC	3-1-1	0.6	18.52	9.8	4.25	3.54	-0.54
35	Utah State	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	18.23	1	4.26	2.72	1.28
36	NC State	ACC	4-2-0	0.67	18.07	6.17	16.27	3.81	0.19
37	Memphis	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.78	4.17	16.33	3.72	0.28
38	Pacific	PCAA	3-1-1	0.6	17.66	3.2	3.47	3	0
39	Boston College	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	17.5	16	16.51	4.33	-1.33
40	Rutgers	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	16.97	17.25	-8.06	3.46	-0.46
41	Kansas State	Big 8	3-2-0	0.6	16.74	5	17.35	3.45	-0.45
42	Furman	Southern	4-2-0	0.67	16.6	7.17	5.22	4.6	-0.6
43	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	3-2-0	0.6	16.42	10.4	10.96	3.92	-0.92
44	Maryland	ACC	3-2-0	0.6	16.38	15.4	8.29	4.51	-1.51
45	Utah	Western Athletic	3-2-0	0.6	16.09	14.2	9.93	3.66	-0.66
46	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	16.07	6.17	-0.29	3.88	0.12
47	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	16.07	3.83	1.68	3.51	0.49
48	William & Mary	Southern	4-2-0	0.67	16	2	3.65	3.32	0.68
49	Auburn	SEC	3-2-0	0.6	15.68	2.4	12.86	3.06	-0.06
50	South Carolina	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	15.56	4.4	12.84	3.06	-0.06
51	Western Michigan	Mid-American	4-2-0	0.67	14.99	-1.5	11.05	2.74	1.26
52	Illinois	Big Ten	3-2-0	0.6	14.81	1	12.93	2.69	0.31
53	Pennsylvania	Ivy	2-1-0	0.67	14.74	4	-4.15	1.86	0.14
54	San José State	PCAA	3-2-1	0.5	14.19	0.33	6.55	3.07	-0.07
55	Texas	Southwest	2-2-0	0.5	14.02	3.25	17.37	2.34	-0.34
56	West Virginia	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	13.44	-2.8	9.93	2.04	0.96
57	Iowa State	Big 8	2-2-0	0.5	13.12	10.25	7.15	3.01	-1.01
58	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	2-2-1	0.4	12.8	2.2	15.7	2.92	-0.92
59	Colgate	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	12.75	3.75	10.36	2.33	-0.33
60	Arkansas	Southwest	3-2-0	0.6	12.69	-6.6	14.73	1.2	1.8
61	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	4-3-0	0.57	12.48	-1.57	6.14	3.22	0.78
62	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-2-0	0.6	12.48	-8.6	14.85	1.45	1.55
63	TCU	Southwest	2-2-0	0.5	12.28	2.5	9.02	2.29	-0.29
64	Texas A&M	Southwest	2-3-0	0.4	11.78	7.6	15.21	3.39	-1.39
65	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	11.01	9.8	9.57	4.13	-2.13
66	Air Force	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	10.88	-5	11.91	1.34	0.66
67	Brown	Ivy	1-1-1	0.33	10.4	0.33	3.1	1.52	-0.52
68	Louisville	Missouri Valley	2-3-0	0.4	10.36	1.8	9.77	2.85	-0.85
69	Purdue	Big Ten	2-3-0	0.4	10.07	0.2	14.92	2.54	-0.54
70	Toledo	Mid-American	2-3-0	0.4	10.01	0.6	10.77	2.56	-0.56
71	Wyoming	Western Athletic	2-3-0	0.4	9.97	0.2	11.79	2.52	-0.52
72	Colorado State	Western Athletic	3-3-0	0.5	9.96	-14.17	13.73	1.29	1.71
73	North Texas	Missouri Valley	2-2-1	0.4	9.8	-5.4	8.71	1.31	0.69
74	Kentucky	SEC	2-3-0	0.4	9.57	-0.2	11.75	2.47	-0.47
75	Dayton	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	9.54	-4.83	3.13	1.95	1.05
76	Columbia	Ivy	1-1-1	0.33	9.52	-18.67	3.17	0.06	0.94
77	Texas-Arlington	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	9.17	-14.75	6.07	0.82	1.18
78	Ole Miss	SEC	2-4-0	0.33	9.1	1.83	14.69	3.49	-1.49
79	Indiana	Big Ten	2-3-0	0.4	8.54	-4.6	14.9	1.71	0.29
80	North Carolina	ACC	2-3-0	0.4	8.31	-4.4	19.09	1.88	0.12
81	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	8.28	-4.8	13.24	1.82	0.18
82	Florida	SEC	2-3-0	0.4	8.17	-10.2	19.11	1	1
83	Stanford	Pac-8	2-3-0	0.4	8.09	-12.4	20.38	0.98	1.02
84	Baylor	Southwest	2-3-0	0.4	7.8	-9	12.42	1.38	0.62
85	Clemson	ACC	2-3-0	0.4	7.52	-6.6	10.79	1.66	0.34
86	Navy	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	7.42	-10	14.2	1.05	0.95
87	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	2-3-0	0.4	7.36	-10.6	10.08	0.88	1.12
88	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-3-0	0.4	7.35	-11.4	15.04	1.26	0.74
89	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-3-0	0.4	7.34	-6.6	7.97	1.44	0.56
90	California	Pac-8	2-3-0	0.4	7.28	-13.4	8.15	1.31	0.69
91	Marshall	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	7.12	-7.8	6.26	1.61	0.39
92	BYU	Western Athletic	1-3-0	0.25	6.79	1.75	8.84	2.21	-1.21
93	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	2-3-0	0.4	6.59	-16.2	6.2	0.58	1.42
94	Virginia	ACC	2-4-0	0.33	6.14	-7.67	10.7	1.76	0.24
95	Yale	Ivy	1-2-0	0.33	5.89	-5.67	-0.61	1.08	-0.08
96	The Citadel	Southern	2-4-0	0.33	5.65	-4.83	1.34	2.03	-0.03
97	Lamar	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	5.27	-8.17	0.54	1.41	0.59
98	Xavier	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	5.05	-27.17	7.73	0.37	1.63
99	Rice	Southwest	1-3-0	0.25	4.13	-12.5	17.34	0.45	0.55
100	Ohio	Mid-American	1-3-0	0.25	3.88	-14.25	15.63	0.37	0.63
101	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-4-0	0.2	3.7	-4.6	19.75	1.85	-0.85
102	Washington	Pac-8	1-4-0	0.2	3.31	-4	-0.16	1.99	-0.99
103	Duke	ACC	1-4-0	0.2	3.28	-6.6	15.75	1.4	-0.4
104	Washington State	Pac-8	1-4-0	0.2	3.18	-8	17.66	1.59	-0.59
105	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-4-0	0.2	3.15	-9.4	21.04	1.42	-0.42
106	Oregon	Pac-8	1-4-0	0.2	3.05	-4.8	18.21	1.85	-0.85
107	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-4-0	0.2	3.04	-9.2	14.44	0.96	0.04
108	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	3.03	-8.4	14.19	1.29	-0.29
109	Southern Illinois	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	2.94	-4.8	14.71	2.07	-1.07
110	Oregon State	Pac-8	1-4-0	0.2	2.62	-8.2	15.94	1.33	-0.33
111	App State	Southern	1-4-1	0.17	2.59	-8.83	-3.83	1.25	-0.25
112	Wake Forest	ACC	1-4-0	0.2	2.42	-19.4	14.93	0.21	0.79
113	Villanova	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	2.12	-9.83	11.31	1.2	-0.2
114	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	1.88	-11.5	4.02	0.93	0.07
115	Drake	Missouri Valley	1-5-0	0.17	1.87	-13.17	8.08	0.9	0.1
116	VMI	Southern	1-5-0	0.17	1.45	-23.67	14.46	0.13	0.87
117	Davidson	Southern	1-5-0	0.17	1.34	-25.67	7.36	0.11	0.89
118	Dartmouth	Ivy	0-3-0	0	-1.49	-5.67	6.37	0.68	-0.68
119	Long Beach State	PCAA	0-5-1	0	-1.66	-7.17	5.72	1.12	-1.12
120	Fresno State	PCAA	0-6-0	0	-1.98	-12.5	1.76	0.75	-0.75
121	Louisiana	FBS Independents	0-5-0	0	-2.08	-15.6	-0.61	0.32	-0.32
122	Florida State	FBS Independents	0-5-0	0	-2.22	-13.2	13.82	0.5	-0.5
123	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	0-6-0	0	-2.37	-14.5	18.49	1.27	-1.27
124	Syracuse	FBS Independents	0-5-0	0	-2.49	-18.8	12.23	0.3	-0.3
125	Princeton	Ivy	0-3-0	0	-2.6	-19	19.75	0.25	-0.25
126	Iowa	Big Ten	0-5-0	0	-2.68	-19.8	20.14	0.53	-0.53
127	UTEP	Western Athletic	0-6-0	0	-2.79	-30	8.88	0.39	-0.39
128	Army	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.95	-29.75	17.97	0.13	-0.13