1973 W8 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:27.642500+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Oklahoma	Big 8	4-0-1	0.8	27.21	19.6	17.56	4.53	-0.53
2	Alabama	SEC	6-0-0	1	26.76	30	13.81	5.76	0.24
3	Missouri	Big 8	6-0-0	1	26.11	11.5	14.18	5.34	0.66
4	Houston	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	26.01	15.83	12.63	5.09	0.91
5	LSU	SEC	6-0-0	1	25.68	12.17	11.74	5.1	0.9
6	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	6-0-0	1	25.67	15.17	11.22	5.53	0.47
7	Ohio State	Big Ten	5-0-0	1	25.4	32.2	7.01	4.97	0.03
8	Arizona State	Western Athletic	6-0-0	1	25.3	29.67	6.72	5.63	0.37
9	Tulane	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	25.3	17.6	8.67	4.71	0.29
10	USC	Pac-8	5-0-1	0.83	25.27	13.33	9.55	5.22	-0.22
11	Richmond	Southern	6-0-0	1	25.15	27.33	6.38	5.79	0.21
12	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	24.81	29.6	4.33	4.97	0.03
13	Michigan	Big Ten	6-0-0	1	24.58	26.5	3.77	5.96	0.04
14	Penn State	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	24.54	29.33	3.04	5.93	0.07
15	Harvard	Ivy	4-0-0	1	24.36	24	3.24	3.93	0.07
16	Nebraska	Big 8	5-1-0	0.83	22.55	14.83	16.32	5.22	-0.22
17	San Diego State	PCAA	4-1-0	0.8	22.11	12.2	19.19	4.5	-0.5
18	Texas Tech	Southwest	5-1-0	0.83	22.06	10.67	15.11	4.61	0.39
19	East Carolina	Southern	6-1-0	0.86	21.61	15.14	7.01	6.02	-0.02
20	UCLA	Pac-8	5-1-0	0.83	21.47	21.67	8.33	5.1	-0.1
21	Kent State	Mid-American	5-1-0	0.83	21.46	13.17	10.28	5.16	-0.16
22	Tennessee	SEC	5-1-0	0.83	21.31	5	12.01	3.79	1.21
23	Arizona	Western Athletic	5-1-0	0.83	21.16	9.67	8.39	4.68	0.32
24	Temple	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	20.36	10.17	4.94	4.16	0.84
25	Tampa	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	20.01	7.17	4.48	4.31	0.69
26	SMU	Southwest	4-1-0	0.8	19.91	18.6	4.16	4.49	-0.49
27	Utah State	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	19.58	4.5	4.23	3.99	1.01
28	Mississippi State	SEC	4-1-1	0.67	19.55	10	4.73	4.38	-0.38
29	Memphis	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.08	4	12.3	4.36	0.64
30	Kansas	Big 8	4-2-0	0.67	18.08	11.5	12.13	4.85	-0.85
31	NC State	ACC	4-2-0	0.67	17.91	6.17	15.61	3.81	0.19
32	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	4-2-0	0.67	17.86	15	11.21	5.07	-1.07
33	Rutgers	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	17.73	17.2	-8.52	4.4	-0.4
34	Utah	Western Athletic	4-2-0	0.67	17.73	13	11.2	4.35	-0.35
35	Kansas State	Big 8	4-2-0	0.67	17.68	4.5	16.07	3.98	0.02
36	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-2-0	0.67	17.65	5	13.17	3.69	0.31
37	Colorado	Big 8	4-2-0	0.67	17.52	2.83	14.9	3.41	0.59
38	Maryland	ACC	4-2-0	0.67	17.45	19	6.98	5.66	-1.66
39	Oklahoma State	Big 8	3-2-0	0.6	17.36	25.4	14.52	4.74	-1.74
40	Cornell	Ivy	2-1-1	0.5	17.31	9.75	6.01	3.12	-1.12
41	Furman	Southern	5-2-0	0.71	17.3	7	4.49	5.31	-0.31
42	South Carolina	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.12	6.33	10.56	3.91	0.09
43	Auburn	SEC	4-2-0	0.67	17.11	4.33	12.3	4.11	-0.11
44	William & Mary	Southern	5-2-0	0.71	16.89	4	4.28	4.16	0.84
45	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	16.88	7.29	1.49	4.58	0.42
46	Pennsylvania	Ivy	3-1-0	0.75	16.74	4.75	-2.77	2.54	0.46
47	Western Michigan	Mid-American	5-2-0	0.71	16.68	0.71	9.2	3.65	1.35
48	Texas	Southwest	3-2-0	0.6	16.39	8.2	16.67	3.54	-0.54
49	Georgia	SEC	3-2-1	0.5	16.32	6.33	14.46	4.3	-1.3
50	Illinois	Big Ten	4-2-0	0.67	15.94	1.33	8.41	3.35	0.65
51	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	15.81	6.17	0.32	3.88	0.12
52	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	3-2-1	0.5	15.69	4.17	15.25	3.88	-0.88
53	Boston College	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	14.49	11	16.27	4.66	-1.66
54	Pacific	PCAA	3-2-1	0.5	14.48	2.17	5.16	3.44	-0.44
55	Vanderbilt	SEC	4-2-0	0.67	14.34	-6.5	14.86	1.98	2.02
56	Miami	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	13.93	-2.6	16.53	2.04	0.96
57	Texas A&M	Southwest	3-3-0	0.5	13.93	9.5	15.28	4.3	-1.3
58	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	13.29	11.67	8.12	5.19	-2.19
59	Wyoming	Western Athletic	3-3-0	0.5	13.08	5.5	11.65	3.77	-0.77
60	Purdue	Big Ten	3-3-0	0.5	12.64	2	13.29	3.45	-0.45
61	North Texas	Missouri Valley	3-2-1	0.5	12.47	-2.5	7.48	2.3	0.7
62	Toledo	Mid-American	3-3-0	0.5	12.08	1.17	9.92	3.17	-0.17
63	Yale	Ivy	2-2-0	0.5	11.88	3	5.67	2.33	-0.33
64	San José State	PCAA	3-3-1	0.43	11.16	-0.71	7.69	3.33	-0.33
65	Iowa State	Big 8	2-3-0	0.4	11.12	7.8	9.46	3.51	-1.51
66	Ole Miss	SEC	3-4-0	0.43	11.02	2	13.29	4.13	-1.13
67	Navy	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	10.66	-2.33	12.86	2.57	0.43
68	West Virginia	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	10.46	-5.83	12.57	1.97	1.03
69	Clemson	ACC	3-3-0	0.5	10.26	-2.83	9.16	2.53	0.47
70	Arkansas	Southwest	3-3-0	0.5	10.25	-10.17	15.51	0.94	2.06
71	Stanford	Pac-8	3-3-0	0.5	10.19	-8.83	17.25	1.59	1.41
72	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	4-4-0	0.5	10	-6.12	7.72	2.83	1.17
73	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-3-0	0.5	9.72	-8.17	10.76	1.91	1.09
74	California	Pac-8	3-3-0	0.5	9.4	-9.5	7.93	1.88	1.12
75	Colgate	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	9.12	-0.2	6.56	2.48	-0.48
76	TCU	Southwest	2-3-0	0.4	8.68	-1.8	9.81	2.25	-0.25
77	Dayton	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	8.26	-4.71	4.2	2.26	0.74
78	Lamar	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	8.01	-2.57	-0.45	2.86	0.14
79	Colorado State	Western Athletic	3-4-0	0.43	7.95	-16.71	12.62	1.16	1.84
80	New Mexico	Western Athletic	2-4-0	0.33	7.92	0.33	15.47	3.05	-1.05
81	Louisville	Missouri Valley	2-4-0	0.33	7.76	-0.33	12.71	2.92	-0.92
82	Baylor	Southwest	2-3-0	0.4	7.69	-9	14.36	1.38	0.62
83	Air Force	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	7.6	-11.2	11.98	0.95	1.05
84	Kentucky	SEC	2-4-0	0.33	7.36	-1.33	14.37	2.77	-0.77
85	Texas-Arlington	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	6.93	-17.2	7.09	0.86	1.14
86	North Carolina	ACC	2-4-0	0.33	6.59	-6.33	18.67	1.84	0.16
87	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	6.54	-2.5	12.39	2.57	-0.57
88	Brown	Ivy	1-2-1	0.25	6.45	-2.75	2.29	1.73	-0.73
89	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	6.39	-6.33	14.47	1.92	0.08
90	Indiana	Big Ten	2-4-0	0.33	6.25	-8.83	15.98	1.37	0.63
91	Florida	SEC	2-4-0	0.33	6.24	-9	16.77	1.29	0.71
92	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-4-0	0.33	5.98	-7.33	8.75	1.58	0.42
93	Marshall	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	5.76	-8.83	6.9	1.72	0.28
94	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	2-4-0	0.33	5.72	-12.5	11.28	0.93	1.07
95	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	2-4-0	0.33	5.23	-17	5.61	0.59	1.41
96	Columbia	Ivy	1-2-1	0.25	5.21	-21.25	4.29	0.04	0.96
97	App State	Southern	2-4-1	0.29	5.15	-6.57	-4.58	2.01	-0.01
98	Virginia	ACC	2-5-0	0.29	4.99	-8.29	9.55	1.95	0.05
99	The Citadel	Southern	2-5-0	0.29	4.7	-9	3.95	1.54	0.46
100	Dartmouth	Ivy	1-3-0	0.25	4.65	-1.25	7.8	1.79	-0.79
101	Xavier	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	3.98	-28.57	7.08	0.31	1.69
102	Princeton	Ivy	1-3-0	0.25	3.61	-10.25	15.67	1	0
103	BYU	Western Athletic	1-4-0	0.2	3.33	-6.6	13.91	1.64	-0.64
104	Rice	Southwest	1-4-0	0.2	2.8	-12.2	17.33	0.69	0.31
105	Southern Illinois	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	2.72	-4.33	15.28	2.51	-1.51
106	Ohio	Mid-American	1-4-0	0.2	2.63	-14.6	15.97	0.62	0.38
107	Oregon	Pac-8	1-5-0	0.17	2.41	-7.5	18.33	1.8	-0.8
108	Washington	Pac-8	1-5-0	0.17	2.41	-4.83	1.46	2.24	-1.24
109	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-5-0	0.17	2.36	-8.67	18.9	1.59	-0.59
110	Washington State	Pac-8	1-5-0	0.17	2.33	-8.5	18.16	1.8	-0.8
111	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-5-0	0.17	2.3	-8.17	15.17	1.14	-0.14
112	Duke	ACC	1-5-0	0.17	2.28	-8.17	13.02	1.4	-0.4
113	Oregon State	Pac-8	1-5-0	0.17	2.21	-8.5	12.92	1.55	-0.55
114	Villanova	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	2.04	-9.83	10.4	1.2	-0.2
115	Wake Forest	ACC	1-5-0	0.17	1.51	-22.33	14.16	0.14	0.86
116	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	1.16	-11.86	2.11	0.89	0.11
117	Drake	Missouri Valley	1-6-0	0.14	1.15	-13	7.38	0.99	0.01
118	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	1.09	-10.71	15.08	1.89	-0.89
119	Fresno State	PCAA	1-6-0	0.14	0.98	-10.57	0.74	1.13	-0.13
120	VMI	Southern	1-6-0	0.14	0.83	-21.14	15.35	0.25	0.75
121	Davidson	Southern	1-6-0	0.14	0.68	-24.29	8.75	0.36	0.64
122	Long Beach State	PCAA	0-6-1	0	-1.54	-6.29	4.95	1.57	-1.57
123	Florida State	FBS Independents	0-6-0	0	-2.12	-11.5	14.49	0.73	-0.73
124	Louisiana	FBS Independents	0-6-0	0	-2.19	-18.17	0.53	0.22	-0.22
125	Iowa	Big Ten	0-6-0	0	-2.54	-17.83	18.53	0.82	-0.82
126	Syracuse	FBS Independents	0-6-0	0	-2.6	-22.83	12.75	0.24	-0.24
127	UTEP	Western Athletic	0-7-0	0	-2.79	-32.71	7.8	0.31	-0.31
128	Army	FBS Independents	0-5-0	0	-3.09	-35.6	18.33	0.09	-0.09