1974 W3 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:27.845529+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Arizona State	Western Athletic	2-0-0	1	31.35	25.5	17.98	1.94	0.06
2	Mississippi State	SEC	2-0-0	1	30.82	33	16.8	1.93	0.07
3	Alabama	SEC	2-0-0	1	29.78	28.5	15.53	1.95	0.05
4	Oklahoma State	Big 8	2-0-0	1	29.04	39	11.13	1.99	0.01
5	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	28.65	35	4.49	1.99	0.01
6	Texas A&M	Southwest	2-0-0	1	28.45	15.5	12.2	1.88	0.12
7	Texas Tech	Southwest	1-0-1	0.5	28.13	10.5	11.18	1.63	-0.63
8	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-0-0	1	28.1	30	9.98	1.97	0.03
9	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	3-0-0	1	28.01	20.33	5.98	2.89	0.11
10	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	27.88	7.5	12.8	1.41	0.59
11	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	27.74	26.5	7.73	1.99	0.01
12	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-0-1	0.5	27.37	4.5	12.49	1.22	-0.22
13	Navy	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	27.21	4	12.16	1.25	0.75
14	Tulane	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	27.06	9	9.29	1.51	0.49
15	Richmond	Southern	2-0-0	1	26.85	2.5	5.86	1.15	0.85
16	Texas	Southwest	2-0-0	1	26.65	25	-0.4	1.85	0.15
17	NC State	ACC	3-0-0	1	26.59	17.67	-2.05	2.58	0.42
18	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	26.4	28	-1.5	1.85	0.15
19	Auburn	SEC	2-0-0	1	26.08	32.5	-1.8	2	0
20	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	26.08	6.5	4.9	1.49	0.51
21	Illinois	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	26.07	25	-0.72	1.99	0.01
22	Michigan	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	26.07	24	-1.81	1.99	0.01
23	Pacific	PCAA	3-0-0	1	26.06	18.67	-3.95	2.88	0.12
24	North Carolina	ACC	2-0-0	1	26.01	33	-2.4	1.99	0.01
25	Arizona	Western Athletic	2-0-0	1	25.99	11	-0.16	1.57	0.43
26	Oklahoma	Big 8	1-0-0	1	25.87	17	-1.99	0.9	0.1
27	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-0-1	0.5	25.84	19.5	-5.37	1.98	-0.98
28	Kansas State	Big 8	2-0-0	1	25.81	17	-1.26	1.9	0.1
29	Utah State	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	25.47	6.5	0.22	1.68	0.32
30	East Carolina	Southern	2-0-0	1	25.41	17	-5.12	1.9	0.1
31	Florida	SEC	2-0-0	1	25.19	5.5	0.34	1.38	0.62
32	Washington	Pac-8	2-0-0	1	24.94	3.5	0.17	1.17	0.83
33	Miami	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	24.82	17	13.99	0.99	0.01
34	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	24.53	14	-4.38	1.75	0.25
35	SMU	Southwest	2-0-0	1	24.38	2	-1.03	1.14	0.86
36	App State	Southern	3-0-0	1	24.28	16.67	-10	2.92	0.08
37	Tennessee	SEC	1-0-1	0.5	24.28	7	13.46	1.56	-0.56
38	Temple	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	24.27	31	-10	0.98	0.02
39	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	23.06	35	1.81	0.97	0.03
40	Lamar	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	21.45	12	-2.55	0.93	0.07
41	Tampa	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	20.43	19.67	-1.3	2.68	-0.68
42	Memphis	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	19.71	2.67	18.07	2.01	-0.01
43	San José State	PCAA	2-1-0	0.67	19.67	19	-4.14	2.73	-0.73
44	Rutgers	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	19.23	2	-10	0.58	0.42
45	Western Michigan	Mid-American	2-1-0	0.67	18.24	14.33	-0.54	2.56	-0.56
46	Nebraska	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	17.87	26.5	10.9	1.85	-0.85
47	Kent State	Mid-American	2-1-0	0.67	17.8	-2.33	1.88	1.22	0.78
48	Dayton	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.41	0	-4.27	1.5	0.5
49	LSU	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	17.2	10.5	11.85	1.51	-0.51
50	Villanova	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.17	3.33	5.71	2.04	-0.04
51	Penn State	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	15.94	1.5	11.71	1.12	-0.12
52	Ole Miss	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	15.55	1	9.65	1.15	-0.15
53	Kentucky	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	15.53	9	-1.35	1.59	-0.59
54	Air Force	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	14.99	16.5	-6.06	1.74	-0.74
55	Arkansas	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	14.42	-2	13.13	0.85	0.15
56	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	14.29	-23	22.62	0.01	0.99
57	Georgia	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	13.79	-5.5	14.23	0.81	0.19
58	West Virginia	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	13.74	4.5	26.94	1.29	-0.29
59	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	13.09	12	15.11	1.68	-0.68
60	TCU	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	13.08	-10.5	15.44	0.29	0.71
61	Kansas	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	13.04	-3.5	0.67	0.61	0.39
62	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	12.89	1	26.68	1.05	-0.05
63	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	12.88	-10.5	12.89	0.51	0.49
64	VMI	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	12.69	-15.5	11.56	0.12	0.88
65	Army	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.43	-5	6.1	0.65	0.35
66	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	12.3	4	12.21	1.23	-0.23
67	Virginia	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	12	1.5	16.32	1.06	-0.06
68	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	11.84	1.5	10.78	1.08	-0.08
69	San Diego State	PCAA	1-1-0	0.5	11.76	-2	28.19	0.88	0.12
70	California	Pac-8	1-1-0	0.5	11.36	-1.5	25.7	0.9	0.1
71	The Citadel	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	10.67	-15	-10	0.18	0.82
72	Washington State	Pac-8	1-1-0	0.5	10.53	0	7.09	1	0
73	Missouri	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	10.38	-1.5	11.56	0.88	0.12
74	Colorado State	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	10.29	-1	11.02	0.94	0.06
75	Ohio	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	10.23	-7.5	27.17	0.52	0.48
76	Marshall	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	10.15	4	-10	1.36	-0.36
77	Furman	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	9.85	-2	6.48	0.8	0.2
78	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	9.85	-1.5	8.05	0.94	0.06
79	Iowa	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	9.74	-3	13.95	0.77	0.23
80	Duke	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	9.73	-4	14.92	0.79	0.21
81	Oregon	Pac-8	1-1-0	0.5	9.01	-25	24.09	0.21	0.79
82	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	8.99	-5.67	17.25	0.87	0.13
83	Houston	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	8.11	-5.67	10.82	0.82	0.18
84	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.88	-6.33	18.12	1.02	-0.02
85	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.18	-6	2.58	0.93	0.07
86	William & Mary	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	6.69	-13.67	8.84	0.6	0.4
87	Dartmouth	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.36	0	0	0	0
88	Harvard	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.36	0	0	0	0
89	Yale	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.36	0	0	0	0
90	Pennsylvania	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.35	0	0	0	0
91	Cornell	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.27	0	0	0	0
92	Princeton	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.04	0	0	0	0
93	Columbia	Ivy	0-0-0	0	-0.02	0	0	0	0
94	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	-0.21	0	0	0	0
95	UCLA	Pac-8	0-1-1	0	-0.84	-5.5	-0.26	0.62	-0.62
96	BYU	Western Athletic	0-2-0	0	-0.84	-2.5	22.55	0.73	-0.73
97	Maryland	ACC	0-2-0	0	-1.42	-6	24.66	0.58	-0.58
98	Florida State	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-1.56	-5	10.84	0.41	-0.41
99	Colgate	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.7	-21	-10	0.08	-0.08
100	South Carolina	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-1.75	-10.5	4.58	0.48	-0.48
101	Purdue	Big Ten	0-1-1	0	-1.9	-7	26.29	0.46	-0.46
102	Fresno State	PCAA	0-3-0	0	-1.98	-9.67	2.82	0.43	-0.43
103	North Texas	Missouri Valley	0-2-0	0	-1.99	-13	11.38	0.12	-0.12
104	Utah	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	-2	-27	-1.48	0.02	-0.02
105	Louisville	Missouri Valley	0-2-0	0	-2.04	-9.5	21.42	0.21	-0.21
106	Southern Illinois	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.07	-10.5	9.17	0.26	-0.26
107	Brown	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-2.22	-35	1.3	0.03	-0.03
108	USC	Pac-8	0-1-0	0	-2.24	-15	24.74	0.06	-0.06
109	Rice	Southwest	0-2-0	0	-2.28	-14	7.61	0.24	-0.24
110	Iowa State	Big 8	0-2-0	0	-2.31	-12	24.52	0.41	-0.41
111	Baylor	Southwest	0-2-0	0	-2.32	-12	12.94	0.42	-0.42
112	Louisiana	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.33	-19.5	6.1	0.1	-0.1
113	Long Beach State	PCAA	0-2-0	0	-2.41	-17	19.7	0.17	-0.17
114	Stanford	Pac-8	0-2-0	0	-2.47	-19	24.48	0.22	-0.22
115	Drake	Missouri Valley	0-3-0	0	-2.65	-15.33	16.62	0.3	-0.3
116	Indiana	Big Ten	0-2-0	0	-2.66	-15.5	24.73	0.2	-0.2
117	Wyoming	Western Athletic	0-2-0	0	-2.66	-18.5	25.48	0.09	-0.09
118	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2.73	-23	26.8	0.13	-0.13
119	Texas-Arlington	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.76	-21	10.02	0.14	-0.14
120	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.79	-17	23.61	0.3	-0.3
121	Oregon State	Pac-8	0-3-0	0	-2.89	-20.67	22.54	0.47	-0.47
122	Toledo	Mid-American	0-2-0	0	-2.92	-20.5	21.39	0.07	-0.07
123	Clemson	ACC	0-2-0	0	-2.94	-22.5	27.34	0.03	-0.03
124	Wake Forest	ACC	0-3-0	0	-3	-20	21.16	0.12	-0.12
125	Colorado	Big 8	0-2-0	0	-3.11	-29.5	25.44	0.04	-0.04
126	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	0-3-0	0	-3.22	-25.67	26.08	0.03	-0.03
127	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-3.52	-34	25.71	0	0
128	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-2-0	0	-3.54	-40	27.64	0.01	-0.01