1974 W12 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:27.849488+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Oklahoma	Big 8	10-0-0	1	25.82	35	11.48	9.82	0.18
2	Alabama	SEC	10-0-0	1	25.33	23.1	10.57	9.69	0.31
3	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	9-0-1	0.9	24.88	20.6	8.79	9.57	-0.57
4	Michigan	Big Ten	10-1-0	0.91	23.26	22.64	10.16	10.67	-0.67
5	Ohio State	Big Ten	10-1-0	0.91	23.25	28.09	9.76	10.55	-0.55
6	Auburn	SEC	9-1-0	0.9	22.98	14.5	12.13	8.91	0.09
7	USC	Pac-8	8-1-1	0.8	22.6	18.9	10.29	9.24	-1.24
8	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	9-1-0	0.9	22.56	20	8.55	9.5	-0.5
9	Yale	Ivy	8-1-0	0.89	22.28	18	8.14	8.54	-0.54
10	NC State	ACC	9-2-0	0.82	20.52	6.91	11.7	7.43	1.57
11	Texas A&M	Southwest	8-2-0	0.8	20.24	12	10.32	8.68	-0.68
12	Houston	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	20.04	11.1	9.56	8.2	-0.2
13	Penn State	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	20	13.8	8.28	8.7	-0.7
14	Harvard	Ivy	7-2-0	0.78	20	11.89	11.99	7.26	-0.26
15	San Diego State	PCAA	7-2-1	0.7	19.92	9.3	12.42	7.44	-0.44
16	Temple	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	19.74	19.3	5.27	8.84	-0.84
17	Arizona	Western Athletic	8-2-0	0.8	19.66	7.9	8.66	7.08	0.92
18	Maryland	ACC	8-3-0	0.73	19.33	19.64	12.63	10.36	-2.36
19	Nebraska	Big 8	8-3-0	0.73	19.15	21.64	10.39	10.21	-2.21
20	Mississippi State	SEC	8-3-0	0.73	18.85	9.18	13.16	7.97	0.03
21	Lamar	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	18.69	4.4	4.99	6.84	1.16
22	Texas	Southwest	7-3-0	0.7	18.42	16.5	11.86	8.36	-1.36
23	Utah State	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	18.33	1	7.79	5.35	2.65
24	Vanderbilt	SEC	7-3-0	0.7	18.16	11.4	12.23	7.69	-0.69
25	Rutgers	FBS Independents	7-2-1	0.7	18.01	11	-0.24	8.27	-1.27
26	San José State	PCAA	8-3-1	0.67	17.98	10.33	6.81	9.11	-1.11
27	Florida	SEC	7-3-0	0.7	17.93	4.3	15.21	6.26	0.74
28	Boston College	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	17.9	17.9	8.07	8.67	-1.67
29	Michigan State	Big Ten	7-3-1	0.64	17.79	6.73	12.34	7.49	-0.49
30	BYU	Western Athletic	7-3-1	0.64	17.67	10.27	9.27	8.33	-1.33
31	California	Pac-8	7-3-1	0.64	17.61	5.73	10.96	7.14	-0.14
32	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	17.57	4.6	12.34	6.38	0.62
33	Baylor	Southwest	7-3-0	0.7	17.45	2.9	13.96	5.88	1.12
34	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	7-3-0	0.7	17.36	6.5	9.2	6.68	0.32
35	Pennsylvania	Ivy	6-2-1	0.67	17.06	0.89	7.1	4.73	1.27
36	Tennessee	SEC	6-3-1	0.6	16.78	2.6	14.9	5.9	0.1
37	UCLA	Pac-8	6-3-2	0.55	16.77	6	9.63	7.5	-1.5
38	Wisconsin	Big Ten	7-4-0	0.64	16.54	8.91	11.96	7.6	-0.6
39	North Carolina	ACC	7-4-0	0.64	16.4	7.91	11.41	7.35	-0.35
40	East Carolina	Southern	7-4-0	0.64	16.07	7.91	8.14	8.03	-1.03
41	Memphis	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	16.04	7	9.3	8.03	-1.03
42	Arkansas	Southwest	6-4-1	0.55	16.04	11	13.99	8.66	-2.66
43	Georgia	SEC	6-4-0	0.6	15.77	7.3	13.93	6.58	-0.58
44	Kent State	Mid-American	7-4-0	0.64	15.71	8.45	5.54	8.21	-1.21
45	Oklahoma State	Big 8	6-4-0	0.6	15.65	10	11.39	7.91	-1.91
46	VMI	Southern	7-4-0	0.64	15.44	3.36	8.4	6.73	0.27
47	Arizona State	Western Athletic	6-4-0	0.6	15.38	9.1	9.76	7.55	-1.55
48	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	15.32	7.89	-1.58	6.81	-0.81
49	Bowling Green	Mid-American	6-4-1	0.55	15.22	4.18	12.52	6.81	-0.81
50	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	6-4-0	0.6	15.16	7.4	8.91	7.34	-1.34
51	Texas Tech	Southwest	6-4-1	0.55	15.1	3.18	12.31	6.82	-0.82
52	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	15	3.9	11.4	6.21	-0.21
53	Clemson	ACC	7-4-0	0.64	14.58	-0.36	13.18	5.39	1.61
54	Kentucky	SEC	6-5-0	0.55	14.38	4.91	13.87	7.06	-1.06
55	Missouri	Big 8	7-4-0	0.64	14.18	-1.18	12.99	5.1	1.9
56	Tampa	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	14.1	9.27	7.66	8.25	-2.25
57	Miami	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	14.05	0.1	13.69	5.04	0.96
58	Illinois	Big Ten	6-4-1	0.55	13.9	0.36	10.97	5.63	0.37
59	Ohio	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	13.69	3.45	10.97	6.57	-0.57
60	SMU	Southwest	6-4-1	0.55	13.09	-1.73	11.6	4.96	1.04
61	Long Beach State	PCAA	6-5-0	0.55	12.77	1.27	7.36	5.87	0.13
62	Princeton	Ivy	4-4-1	0.44	12.65	3.11	12.71	5.35	-1.35
63	App State	Southern	6-5-0	0.55	12.3	2.55	-0.84	6.45	-0.45
64	Duke	ACC	6-5-0	0.55	12.26	-0.64	11.13	5.28	0.72
65	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	12.08	0.6	13.8	5.18	-0.18
66	Brown	Ivy	5-4-0	0.56	12.01	-1.22	9.96	4.1	0.9
67	Toledo	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	11.99	-0.73	8.36	5.3	0.7
68	Stanford	Pac-8	5-4-2	0.45	11.94	-2.82	13.8	4.56	0.44
69	Pacific	PCAA	6-5-0	0.55	11.77	-0.91	7.91	5.23	0.77
70	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	11.77	-0.5	4.46	4.83	0.17
71	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	11.57	-3.18	12.93	4.23	1.77
72	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	5-6-0	0.45	11.22	3.45	8.04	6.62	-1.62
73	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	10.95	-2.78	3.12	3.66	1.34
74	LSU	SEC	4-5-1	0.4	10.77	0.9	13.93	5.33	-1.33
75	Tulane	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	10.45	-2.2	9.57	4.27	0.73
76	Fresno State	PCAA	5-7-0	0.42	10.14	3.67	2.58	7.35	-2.35
77	Colorado State	Western Athletic	4-6-1	0.36	10.1	2.64	9.59	6.17	-2.17
78	Washington	Pac-8	5-6-0	0.45	9.76	-1.18	12.78	5.2	-0.2
79	Richmond	Southern	5-5-0	0.5	9.43	-8.7	7.44	2.85	2.15
80	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	8.99	1.55	10.6	5.91	-1.91
81	Colorado	Big 8	5-6-0	0.45	8.84	-7.36	13.68	3.59	1.41
82	Furman	Southern	5-6-0	0.45	8.52	-3.36	2.04	3.9	1.1
83	Cornell	Ivy	3-5-1	0.33	8.12	-1.11	9.7	4.22	-1.22
84	Purdue	Big Ten	4-6-1	0.36	8.04	-3.45	13.43	4.49	-0.49
85	Iowa State	Big 8	4-7-0	0.36	7.83	-1.09	13.24	5.09	-1.09
86	West Virginia	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	7.63	-1.27	12.65	5.08	-1.08
87	New Mexico	Western Athletic	4-6-1	0.36	7.52	-6.45	11.59	3.54	0.46
88	Virginia	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	7.22	-2.91	11.37	4.57	-0.57
89	Colgate	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	6.95	-9.8	4.75	2.95	1.05
90	Dartmouth	Ivy	3-6-0	0.33	6.89	-1.33	10.21	3.92	-0.92
91	UTEP	Western Athletic	4-7-0	0.36	6.86	-4.73	10.34	4.27	-0.27
92	The Citadel	Southern	4-7-0	0.36	6.74	-2.91	5.16	4.61	-0.61
93	William & Mary	Southern	4-7-0	0.36	6.73	-5.27	11.46	3.96	0.04
94	Kansas	Big 8	4-7-0	0.36	6.6	-8.18	12.42	2.8	1.2
95	South Carolina	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.58	-8.09	12.1	3.42	0.58
96	Kansas State	Big 8	4-7-0	0.36	6.54	-8.18	13.5	3.16	0.84
97	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.16	-6.45	1.15	3.45	0.55
98	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	5.99	-6.82	-0.55	3.4	0.6
99	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	5.97	-15.55	9.31	1.68	2.32
100	Navy	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	4.94	-11.7	13.53	1.55	1.45
101	Louisville	Missouri Valley	3-7-0	0.3	4.9	-12	11.85	1.7	1.3
102	Army	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	4.82	-13.1	12.53	1.91	1.09
103	Drake	Missouri Valley	3-7-1	0.27	4.82	-9.27	6.09	3.12	-0.12
104	Oregon State	Pac-8	3-8-0	0.27	4.59	-6.27	12.82	3.76	-0.76
105	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	4.35	-7.45	7.19	3.27	-0.27
106	Iowa	Big Ten	3-8-0	0.27	4.22	-13.73	15.58	1.85	1.15
107	Dayton	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	3.9	-10.82	1.82	2.65	0.35
108	Villanova	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	3.78	-18.27	8.77	0.61	2.39
109	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-8-0	0.27	3.73	-22.27	11.97	0.92	2.08
110	Rice	Southwest	2-7-1	0.2	3.26	-8.4	15.2	2.13	-0.13
111	North Texas	Missouri Valley	2-7-2	0.18	3.16	-10.36	12.23	2.07	-0.07
112	Air Force	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.98	-3.36	9.34	4.29	-2.29
113	Ole Miss	SEC	2-8-0	0.2	2.62	-12.2	14.78	1.44	0.56
114	Louisiana	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	2.45	-11.6	5.01	1.97	0.03
115	Washington State	Pac-8	2-9-0	0.18	2.23	-10	10.69	2.49	-0.49
116	Syracuse	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.1	-12.73	14.03	1.53	0.47
117	Wyoming	Western Athletic	2-9-0	0.18	2.1	-12.09	11.69	2	0
118	Southern Illinois	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.87	-14.09	3.96	1.69	0.31
119	Oregon	Pac-8	2-9-0	0.18	1.73	-19.45	10.45	0.85	1.15
120	Columbia	Ivy	1-8-0	0.11	0.12	-19.67	8.83	0.54	0.46
121	Indiana	Big Ten	1-10-0	0.09	0.07	-11.45	13.81	2.29	-1.29
122	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	1-9-1	0.09	-0.09	-19.09	10.81	0.64	0.36
123	Florida State	FBS Independents	1-10-0	0.09	-0.11	-14.45	16.13	1.44	-0.44
124	Utah	Western Athletic	1-9-0	0.1	-0.12	-19.9	12.33	0.75	0.25
125	Marshall	FBS Independents	1-10-0	0.09	-0.19	-16.36	8.72	1.02	-0.02
126	Texas-Arlington	FBS Independents	1-10-0	0.09	-0.34	-20	5.57	0.78	0.22
127	TCU	Southwest	1-10-0	0.09	-0.51	-24.18	13.69	0.32	0.68
128	Wake Forest	ACC	1-10-0	0.09	-0.63	-24.91	14.35	0.27	0.73