1973 W9 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:27.642909+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Oklahoma	Big 8	5-0-1	0.83	26.92	23.33	16.41	5.54	-0.54
2	Alabama	SEC	7-0-0	1	26.13	35.86	10.87	6.82	0.18
3	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	7-0-0	1	25.45	15.29	10.88	6.56	0.44
4	LSU	SEC	7-0-0	1	25.38	11	11.73	5.6	1.4
5	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	25.16	26.17	7.65	5.9	0.1
6	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-0-0	1	25.1	36.83	5.89	5.98	0.02
7	Tulane	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	24.86	16.17	7.71	5.53	0.47
8	Arizona State	Western Athletic	7-0-0	1	24.83	29.71	5.33	6.57	0.43
9	Michigan	Big Ten	7-0-0	1	24.65	26.57	5.01	6.94	0.06
10	Penn State	FBS Independents	7-0-0	1	24.65	32	4.38	6.9	0.1
11	Texas Tech	Southwest	6-1-0	0.86	22.89	11.57	16.34	5.5	0.5
12	Houston	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	22.65	12.57	13.18	5.77	0.23
13	Missouri	Big 8	6-1-0	0.86	22.62	9.29	14.28	5.85	0.15
14	Nebraska	Big 8	5-1-1	0.71	22.27	12.71	16.14	5.87	-0.87
15	UCLA	Pac-8	6-1-0	0.86	22.14	24.29	8.85	6.06	-0.06
16	San Diego State	PCAA	5-1-0	0.83	22.1	13.67	14.9	5.35	-0.35
17	Kent State	Mid-American	6-1-0	0.86	22.04	12.86	10.92	5.93	0.07
18	Arizona	Western Athletic	6-1-0	0.86	21.83	11.29	10.35	5.56	0.44
19	Tennessee	SEC	6-1-0	0.86	21.76	8.86	10.89	5.05	0.95
20	Richmond	Southern	6-1-0	0.86	21.45	22.57	3.9	6.62	-0.62
21	USC	Pac-8	5-1-1	0.71	21.41	10.14	10.8	5.62	-0.62
22	Temple	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	20.53	12	2.51	5.14	0.86
23	Tampa	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	20.35	9	2.64	5.46	0.54
24	Harvard	Ivy	4-1-0	0.8	19.63	18	1.43	4.64	-0.64
25	Mississippi State	SEC	4-1-2	0.57	19.32	8.57	4.3	5.02	-1.02
26	East Carolina	Southern	6-2-0	0.75	19.1	13.12	7.16	6.53	-0.53
27	Rutgers	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	18.81	18.67	-5.2	5.47	-0.47
28	NC State	ACC	5-2-0	0.71	18.73	8.57	14.25	4.85	0.15
29	Kansas	Big 8	5-2-0	0.71	18.52	10.14	11.8	5.43	-0.43
30	Pennsylvania	Ivy	4-1-0	0.8	18.34	8.6	-1.06	3.76	0.24
31	Colorado	Big 8	5-2-0	0.71	18.18	3	15.4	4.04	0.96
32	Auburn	SEC	5-2-0	0.71	18.17	4.71	13.4	5.05	-0.05
33	Bowling Green	Mid-American	5-2-0	0.71	18.07	4.71	12.47	4.27	0.73
34	Memphis	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.06	4	12.95	4.36	0.64
35	Maryland	ACC	5-2-0	0.71	18.03	19.14	5.46	6.59	-1.59
36	William & Mary	Southern	6-2-0	0.75	17.99	7.38	3.97	5.33	0.67
37	Furman	Southern	6-2-0	0.75	17.95	8.5	2.93	6.19	-0.19
38	Texas	Southwest	4-2-0	0.67	17.92	13.83	12.96	4.81	-0.81
39	Illinois	Big Ten	5-2-0	0.71	17.59	8.29	6.96	5.52	-0.52
40	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	17.51	8.12	0.23	5.41	0.59
41	SMU	Southwest	4-2-0	0.67	17.31	12.67	7.38	4.83	-0.83
42	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	4-2-1	0.57	17.08	4.29	12.99	4.53	-0.53
43	Oklahoma State	Big 8	3-2-1	0.5	16.99	21.17	15.1	5.52	-2.52
44	Utah State	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	16.88	2.29	5.8	4.07	0.93
45	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	16.48	6.29	0.15	4.61	0.39
46	Pacific	PCAA	4-2-1	0.57	16.08	7.29	3.15	5.04	-1.04
47	Boston College	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	15.54	10	14.56	5.43	-1.43
48	Miami	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	15.5	-0.33	13.23	2.94	1.06
49	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	4-3-0	0.57	15.36	10.86	10.88	5.48	-1.48
50	Utah	Western Athletic	4-3-0	0.57	15.35	8.14	12.65	4.52	-0.52
51	North Texas	Missouri Valley	4-2-1	0.57	15.3	0.71	6.87	3.72	0.28
52	Texas A&M	Southwest	4-3-0	0.57	15.3	9	13.44	4.94	-0.94
53	South Carolina	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	14.98	4.86	12.71	4.29	-0.29
54	Wyoming	Western Athletic	4-3-0	0.57	14.65	7.57	9.17	4.68	-0.68
55	Yale	Ivy	3-2-0	0.6	14.65	5.8	5.62	3.36	-0.36
56	Georgia	SEC	3-3-1	0.43	13.57	4.71	14.76	4.73	-1.73
57	Western Michigan	Mid-American	5-3-0	0.62	13.56	-1.38	8.12	3.64	1.36
58	San José State	PCAA	4-3-1	0.5	13.43	1.25	8.13	4.37	-0.37
59	Kansas State	Big 8	4-3-0	0.57	13.16	-2.14	16.94	3.02	0.98
60	Cornell	Ivy	2-2-1	0.4	12.89	4.4	7.79	3.24	-1.24
61	Ole Miss	SEC	4-4-0	0.5	12.86	3	13.35	5.02	-1.02
62	Stanford	Pac-8	4-3-0	0.57	12.31	-3.14	14.63	2.92	1.08
63	Vanderbilt	SEC	4-3-0	0.57	11.95	-7	13.81	2.2	1.8
64	Colgate	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	11.9	2.83	4.77	3.36	-0.36
65	Arkansas	Southwest	4-3-0	0.57	11.85	-6.71	14.91	1.74	2.26
66	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	11.69	9.71	7.86	5.85	-2.85
67	Purdue	Big Ten	3-4-0	0.43	10.79	1.29	11.33	3.86	-0.86
68	Louisville	Missouri Valley	3-4-0	0.43	10.01	0	13.03	3.5	-0.5
69	Air Force	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	9.91	-5.67	10.62	2.05	0.95
70	Kentucky	SEC	3-4-0	0.43	9.83	-0.43	14.61	3.41	-0.41
71	Dayton	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	9.74	-3.25	3.66	2.98	1.02
72	Colorado State	Western Athletic	4-4-0	0.5	9.64	-8.12	9.96	2.69	1.31
73	Lamar	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	9.53	-1.88	-2.26	3.43	0.57
74	Toledo	Mid-American	3-4-0	0.43	9.51	-1.29	11.56	3.26	-0.26
75	Iowa State	Big 8	2-4-0	0.33	9.25	6.17	9.48	3.98	-1.98
76	Dartmouth	Ivy	2-3-0	0.4	9.14	0.2	10.67	2.54	-0.54
77	Navy	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	9.1	-2.71	12.16	2.92	0.08
78	Texas-Arlington	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	8.95	-12.83	5.48	1.43	1.57
79	North Carolina	ACC	3-4-0	0.43	8.9	-5.29	18.95	2.43	0.57
80	Clemson	ACC	3-4-0	0.43	8.45	-5.71	9.5	2.4	0.6
81	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	4-5-0	0.44	8.42	-7.67	8.88	2.82	1.18
82	West Virginia	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	8.31	-11.86	15.16	1.49	1.51
83	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-4-0	0.43	8.15	-10.86	12.05	1.81	1.19
84	California	Pac-8	3-4-0	0.43	7.82	-13.86	9.73	1.77	1.23
85	App State	Southern	3-4-1	0.38	7.76	-2.62	-3.42	3.29	-0.29
86	Oregon	Pac-8	2-5-0	0.29	7.58	1.86	16.04	3.84	-1.84
87	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	3-4-0	0.43	7.45	-12.29	5.95	1.26	1.74
88	Virginia	ACC	3-5-0	0.38	7.05	-5.88	9.29	2.66	0.34
89	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	2-4-1	0.29	6.83	-2.14	13.09	3.04	-1.04
90	Brown	Ivy	1-2-1	0.25	6.33	-2.75	5.82	1.73	-0.73
91	TCU	Southwest	2-4-0	0.33	6.16	-6.83	11.3	1.92	0.08
92	Florida	SEC	2-4-0	0.33	6.13	-9	17.87	1.29	0.71
93	New Mexico	Western Athletic	2-5-0	0.29	6.11	-1.86	13.5	3.15	-1.15
94	Baylor	Southwest	2-4-0	0.33	6.07	-8.5	13.75	1.75	0.25
95	Ohio	Mid-American	2-4-0	0.33	5.83	-9.5	16.5	1.22	0.78
96	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-5-0	0.29	5.53	-4	17.43	2.69	-0.69
97	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	5.36	-6.71	16.18	2.15	-0.15
98	Southern Illinois	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	5.36	-3.57	11.16	2.99	-0.99
99	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-5-0	0.29	5.09	-6.57	14.69	1.59	0.41
100	Marshall	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.92	-8	8.69	2.13	-0.13
101	Indiana	Big Ten	2-5-0	0.29	4.89	-11	13.2	1.26	0.74
102	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	2-5-0	0.29	4.69	-13	11.6	1.07	0.93
103	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-5-0	0.29	4.6	-14.86	11.56	0.87	1.13
104	Xavier	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	3.88	-28.57	7.14	0.31	1.69
105	The Citadel	Southern	2-6-0	0.25	3.66	-11	4.49	1.4	0.6
106	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	2-6-0	0.25	3.44	-9.88	1.31	1.2	0.8
107	Columbia	Ivy	1-3-1	0.2	3.34	-22.2	9.52	0.04	0.96
108	Princeton	Ivy	1-4-0	0.2	2.62	-13	13.22	0.87	0.13
109	BYU	Western Athletic	1-5-0	0.17	2.21	-8.83	13.21	1.73	-0.73
110	Rice	Southwest	1-5-0	0.17	1.75	-17.17	17.13	0.57	0.43
111	Villanova	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	1.44	-9	11.88	1.43	-0.43
112	Duke	ACC	1-6-0	0.14	1.4	-9.86	13.48	1.38	-0.38
113	Washington State	Pac-8	1-6-0	0.14	1.31	-11.71	16.53	1.7	-0.7
114	Oregon State	Pac-8	1-6-0	0.14	1.3	-11.57	14.68	1.44	-0.44
115	Washington	Pac-8	1-6-0	0.14	1.15	-12.43	1.98	1.5	-0.5
116	Wake Forest	ACC	1-6-0	0.14	0.82	-20.71	13.7	0.22	0.78
117	Fresno State	PCAA	1-7-0	0.12	0.72	-11	-1.03	1.3	-0.3
118	Drake	Missouri Valley	1-7-0	0.12	0.71	-12.25	7.51	1.17	-0.17
119	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	1-7-0	0.12	0.45	-18.25	16.19	1.33	-0.33
120	VMI	Southern	1-7-0	0.12	0.29	-22.38	15.82	0.32	0.68
121	Davidson	Southern	1-7-0	0.12	0.21	-24	9.21	0.49	0.51
122	Long Beach State	PCAA	0-7-1	0	-1.62	-7.62	3.22	1.66	-1.66
123	Louisiana	FBS Independents	0-7-0	0	-2.16	-16.86	1.91	0.48	-0.48
124	Florida State	FBS Independents	0-7-0	0	-2.17	-12.86	14.42	0.86	-0.86
125	Syracuse	FBS Independents	0-7-0	0	-2.54	-21.14	12.71	0.46	-0.46
126	Iowa	Big Ten	0-7-0	0	-2.67	-22.43	17.63	0.6	-0.6
127	UTEP	Western Athletic	0-8-0	0	-2.84	-35.12	8.65	0.38	-0.38
128	Army	FBS Independents	0-6-0	0	-2.93	-30.83	17.04	0.15	-0.15