1974 FINAL CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:27.852570+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Oklahoma	Big 8	11-0-0	1	25.5	34.64	11.73	10.78	0.22
2	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	10-0-1	0.91	24.56	19.73	9.14	10.47	-0.47
3	Alabama	SEC	11-1-0	0.92	23.48	19.42	12.75	11.39	-0.39
4	USC	Pac-8	10-1-1	0.83	23	18.42	11.91	10.83	-0.83
5	Michigan	Big Ten	10-1-0	0.91	22.91	22.64	10.5	10.67	-0.67
6	Yale	Ivy	8-1-0	0.89	21.85	18	8.06	8.54	-0.54
7	Auburn	SEC	10-2-0	0.83	21.26	13.75	13.64	10.6	-0.6
8	Ohio State	Big Ten	10-2-0	0.83	21.26	25.67	10.55	11.37	-1.37
9	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	10-2-0	0.83	20.87	14.25	11.18	10.34	-0.34
10	Penn State	FBS Independents	10-2-0	0.83	20.72	15	10.06	10.49	-0.49
11	San Diego State	PCAA	8-2-1	0.73	20.22	11	12.47	8.6	-0.6
12	NC State	ACC	9-2-1	0.75	20.21	6.33	11.96	7.88	1.12
13	Arizona	Western Athletic	9-2-0	0.82	19.84	8.09	8.61	8	1
14	Harvard	Ivy	7-2-0	0.78	19.68	11.89	11.53	7.26	-0.26
15	Temple	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	19.46	19.3	5.23	8.84	-0.84
16	Nebraska	Big 8	9-3-0	0.75	19.26	20.08	10.81	11.06	-2.06
17	Mississippi State	SEC	9-3-0	0.75	19.07	8.58	13.6	8.52	0.48
18	Lamar	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	18.43	4.4	4.96	6.84	1.16
19	Boston College	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.38	19.18	8.11	9.74	-1.74
20	Texas A&M	Southwest	8-3-0	0.73	18.27	8.27	11.45	8.55	-0.55
21	Houston	FBS Independents	8-3-1	0.67	18.16	7.92	10.9	8.73	-0.73
22	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	8-3-0	0.73	17.99	7.36	10.05	7.57	0.43
23	Vanderbilt	SEC	7-3-2	0.58	17.81	9.5	12.31	8.94	-1.94
24	San José State	PCAA	8-3-1	0.67	17.77	10.33	6.97	9.11	-1.11
25	Maryland	ACC	8-4-0	0.67	17.68	17.67	12.96	11.2	-3.2
26	Texas	Southwest	8-4-0	0.67	17.59	14.17	13.23	9.76	-1.76
27	Michigan State	Big Ten	7-3-1	0.64	17.51	6.73	11.9	7.49	-0.49
28	Tennessee	SEC	7-3-2	0.58	17.35	2.5	15.34	7.08	-0.08
29	California	Pac-8	7-3-1	0.64	17.31	5.73	11.2	7.14	-0.14
30	Florida	SEC	8-4-0	0.67	17.07	5.33	14.58	7.93	0.07
31	Pennsylvania	Ivy	6-2-1	0.67	16.82	0.89	6.75	4.73	1.27
32	UCLA	Pac-8	6-3-2	0.55	16.49	6	9.88	7.5	-1.5
33	Baylor	Southwest	8-4-0	0.67	16.39	2.42	13.15	6.86	1.14
34	Wisconsin	Big Ten	7-4-0	0.64	16.3	8.91	11.51	7.6	-0.6
35	Rutgers	FBS Independents	7-3-1	0.64	16.16	8.91	0.85	8.49	-1.49
36	BYU	Western Athletic	7-4-1	0.58	15.99	8.58	9.35	8.75	-1.75
37	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	15.88	9.3	-1.31	7.93	-0.93
38	Memphis	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.88	7	9.57	8.03	-1.03
39	Arkansas	Southwest	6-4-1	0.55	15.81	11	13.71	8.66	-2.66
40	East Carolina	Southern	7-4-0	0.64	15.78	7.91	8.12	8.03	-1.03
41	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.64	2.27	13.27	6.26	0.74
42	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.63	4.73	9.67	7.14	-0.14
43	Kent State	Mid-American	7-4-0	0.64	15.44	8.45	5.14	8.21	-1.21
44	Utah State	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	15.4	-1.64	8.55	4.88	3.12
45	VMI	Southern	7-4-0	0.64	15.22	3.36	8.08	6.73	0.27
46	Bowling Green	Mid-American	6-4-1	0.55	14.99	4.18	12.43	6.81	-0.81
47	Oklahoma State	Big 8	7-5-0	0.58	14.87	6.58	12.7	8.41	-1.41
48	North Carolina	ACC	7-5-0	0.58	14.83	7.08	11.96	7.83	-0.83
49	Texas Tech	Southwest	6-4-2	0.5	14.82	2.92	12.84	7.4	-1.4
50	Arizona State	Western Athletic	7-5-0	0.58	14.78	8.67	10.38	9.16	-2.16
51	Clemson	ACC	7-4-0	0.64	14.39	-0.36	12.74	5.39	1.61
52	Kentucky	SEC	6-5-0	0.55	14.09	4.91	13.63	7.06	-1.06
53	Missouri	Big 8	7-4-0	0.64	14.03	-1.18	12.92	5.1	1.9
54	Tampa	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.79	9.27	7.14	8.25	-2.25
55	Illinois	Big Ten	6-4-1	0.55	13.73	0.36	10.59	5.63	0.37
56	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	6-5-0	0.55	13.7	6.55	8.39	7.91	-1.91
57	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.54	2.36	12.75	6.25	-0.25
58	Ohio	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	13.54	3.45	10.71	6.57	-0.57
59	Georgia	SEC	6-6-0	0.5	12.83	3.5	14.73	6.97	-0.97
60	SMU	Southwest	6-4-1	0.55	12.81	-1.73	11.61	4.96	1.04
61	Long Beach State	PCAA	6-5-0	0.55	12.66	1.27	7.31	5.87	0.13
62	LSU	SEC	5-5-1	0.45	12.52	3.09	12.45	6.68	-1.68
63	Princeton	Ivy	4-4-1	0.44	12.48	3.11	12.01	5.35	-1.35
64	App State	Southern	6-5-0	0.55	12.09	2.55	-1.22	6.45	-0.45
65	Duke	ACC	6-5-0	0.55	12.05	-0.64	11.31	5.28	0.72
66	Brown	Ivy	5-4-0	0.56	11.86	-1.22	9.49	4.1	0.9
67	Stanford	Pac-8	5-4-2	0.45	11.82	-2.82	13.6	4.56	0.44
68	Miami	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	11.74	-2.09	13.38	4.67	1.33
69	Toledo	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	11.71	-0.73	8.18	5.3	0.7
70	Pacific	PCAA	6-5-0	0.55	11.61	-0.91	8.02	5.23	0.77
71	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	11.43	-3.18	12.62	4.23	1.77
72	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	5-6-0	0.45	11.03	3.45	7.77	6.62	-1.62
73	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	10.76	-3.27	5.38	4.3	1.7
74	Fresno State	PCAA	5-7-0	0.42	9.98	3.67	2.85	7.35	-2.35
75	Colorado State	Western Athletic	4-6-1	0.36	9.91	2.64	9.46	6.17	-2.17
76	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	9.68	-3.36	5.52	4.31	0.69
77	Washington	Pac-8	5-6-0	0.45	9.65	-1.18	12.5	5.2	-0.2
78	Richmond	Southern	5-5-0	0.5	9.23	-8.7	7.5	2.85	2.15
79	Tulane	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.87	-3.45	9.45	4.25	0.75
80	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	8.77	1.55	9.92	5.91	-1.91
81	Colorado	Big 8	5-6-0	0.45	8.65	-7.36	13.51	3.59	1.41
82	Furman	Southern	5-6-0	0.45	8.37	-3.36	2.3	3.9	1.1
83	Purdue	Big Ten	4-6-1	0.36	7.97	-3.45	12.86	4.49	-0.49
84	Cornell	Ivy	3-5-1	0.33	7.9	-1.11	9.61	4.22	-1.22
85	Iowa State	Big 8	4-7-0	0.36	7.66	-1.09	12.99	5.09	-1.09
86	West Virginia	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	7.52	-1.27	11.72	5.08	-1.08
87	New Mexico	Western Athletic	4-6-1	0.36	7.44	-6.45	10.95	3.54	0.46
88	Virginia	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	7.09	-2.91	11.78	4.57	-0.57
89	Colgate	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	6.78	-9.8	4.35	2.95	1.05
90	Dartmouth	Ivy	3-6-0	0.33	6.73	-1.33	10.06	3.92	-0.92
91	UTEP	Western Athletic	4-7-0	0.36	6.71	-4.73	10.22	4.27	-0.27
92	The Citadel	Southern	4-7-0	0.36	6.7	-2.91	4.8	4.61	-0.61
93	William & Mary	Southern	4-7-0	0.36	6.7	-5.27	11.32	3.96	0.04
94	Kansas State	Big 8	4-7-0	0.36	6.49	-8.18	13.16	3.16	0.84
95	Kansas	Big 8	4-7-0	0.36	6.44	-8.18	12.17	2.8	1.2
96	South Carolina	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.44	-8.09	11.91	3.42	0.58
97	Navy	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.38	-8.91	12.21	2.31	1.69
98	Louisville	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	6.24	-10.73	12.07	2.04	1.96
99	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.02	-6.45	0.93	3.45	0.55
100	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	5.91	-6.82	-0.55	3.4	0.6
101	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	5.83	-15.55	9.1	1.68	2.32
102	Drake	Missouri Valley	3-7-1	0.27	4.75	-9.27	6.09	3.12	-0.12
103	Oregon State	Pac-8	3-8-0	0.27	4.57	-6.27	12.05	3.76	-0.76
104	Ole Miss	SEC	3-8-0	0.27	4.36	-9.64	14.7	2.22	0.78
105	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	4.28	-7.45	7.13	3.27	-0.27
106	Iowa	Big Ten	3-8-0	0.27	4.12	-13.73	15.51	1.85	1.15
107	Army	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	3.99	-13.64	11	1.85	1.15
108	Dayton	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	3.84	-10.82	1.38	2.65	0.35
109	Villanova	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	3.68	-18.27	8.03	0.61	2.39
110	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-8-0	0.27	3.65	-22.27	11.78	0.92	2.08
111	North Texas	Missouri Valley	2-7-2	0.18	3.09	-10.36	12.17	2.07	-0.07
112	Air Force	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.85	-3.36	8.58	4.29	-2.29
113	Rice	Southwest	2-8-1	0.18	2.75	-9.55	15.03	1.98	0.02
114	Washington State	Pac-8	2-9-0	0.18	2.17	-10	10.68	2.49	-0.49
115	Syracuse	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.06	-12.73	14.16	1.53	0.47
116	Wyoming	Western Athletic	2-9-0	0.18	2.05	-12.09	11.23	2	0
117	Louisiana	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.93	-12.55	5.64	1.92	0.08
118	Southern Illinois	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.83	-14.09	4.07	1.69	0.31
119	Oregon	Pac-8	2-9-0	0.18	1.68	-19.45	9.98	0.85	1.15
120	Columbia	Ivy	1-8-0	0.11	0.11	-19.67	8.61	0.54	0.46
121	Indiana	Big Ten	1-10-0	0.09	0.05	-11.45	13.86	2.29	-1.29
122	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	1-9-1	0.09	-0.1	-19.09	10.89	0.64	0.36
123	Florida State	FBS Independents	1-10-0	0.09	-0.12	-14.45	15.4	1.44	-0.44
124	Marshall	FBS Independents	1-10-0	0.09	-0.2	-16.36	8.54	1.02	-0.02
125	Texas-Arlington	FBS Independents	1-10-0	0.09	-0.34	-20	5.54	0.78	0.22
126	Utah	Western Athletic	1-10-0	0.09	-0.37	-20.36	11.91	0.79	0.21
127	TCU	Southwest	1-10-0	0.09	-0.51	-24.18	13.38	0.32	0.68
128	Wake Forest	ACC	1-10-0	0.09	-0.53	-24.91	14	0.27	0.73