1974 W4 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:27.846025+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Texas Tech	Southwest	2-0-1	0.67	28.73	14.67	17.24	2.72	-0.72
2	Alabama	SEC	3-0-0	1	28.6	23.33	13.66	2.87	0.13
3	Oklahoma	Big 8	2-0-0	1	28.15	43	11.57	1.98	0.02
4	Texas A&M	Southwest	3-0-0	1	27.97	14.67	13.07	2.7	0.3
5	Michigan	Big Ten	3-0-0	1	27.93	33.33	11.28	3	0
6	Kansas State	Big 8	3-0-0	1	27.67	21.67	11.71	2.9	0.1
7	Ohio State	Big Ten	3-0-0	1	27.6	25	10.45	2.79	0.21
8	Miami	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	27.44	9.5	14.27	1.54	0.46
9	Florida	SEC	3-0-0	1	27.32	9	13.59	2.32	0.68
10	Arizona	Western Athletic	3-0-0	1	27.15	9	12.16	2.32	0.68
11	Auburn	SEC	3-0-0	1	26.84	28.67	6.24	3	0
12	Richmond	Southern	3-0-0	1	26.79	2.67	13.86	1.71	1.29
13	Tulane	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	26.32	7	7.95	2.15	0.85
14	Harvard	Ivy	1-0-0	1	26.08	10	23.06	0.78	0.22
15	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	4-0-0	1	25.92	22.25	1.21	3.81	0.19
16	NC State	ACC	4-0-0	1	25.85	14.75	3.2	3.26	0.74
17	Illinois	Big Ten	3-0-0	1	25.63	17.33	1.8	2.79	0.21
18	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2-0-1	0.67	25.43	27	-0.58	2.99	-0.99
19	East Carolina	Southern	3-0-0	1	24.99	11.67	0.27	2.59	0.41
20	Lamar	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	24.2	16	-2.32	1.9	0.1
21	Temple	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	24.15	29	-6.37	1.96	0.04
22	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	23.91	14	-5.42	1.75	0.25
23	Rutgers	FBS Independents	1-0-1	0.5	21.99	1	-4.98	1.11	-0.11
24	Cornell	Ivy	1-0-0	1	21.79	19	-1.7	0.82	0.18
25	Mississippi State	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	21.3	16.67	15.22	2.51	-0.51
26	Arizona State	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	20.61	14	10.52	2.74	-0.74
27	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	20.61	15.67	12.98	2.64	-0.64
28	Pacific	PCAA	3-1-0	0.75	20.58	6.25	6.62	2.8	0.2
29	Yale	Ivy	1-0-0	1	19.97	13	-10	0.92	0.08
30	Pennsylvania	Ivy	1-0-0	1	19.81	10	-10	0.74	0.26
31	Memphis	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	19.66	2.5	9.52	2.51	0.49
32	Nebraska	Big 8	2-1-0	0.67	19.6	31.67	11.12	2.87	-0.87
33	Oklahoma State	Big 8	2-1-0	0.67	19.56	20.33	2.96	2.72	-0.72
34	Texas	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	19.33	9	7.58	2.19	-0.19
35	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	19.2	19.67	0.81	2.68	-0.68
36	Arkansas	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	19.04	18.67	13.03	2.74	-0.74
37	North Carolina	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	18.96	18	1.94	2.75	-0.75
38	Bowling Green	Mid-American	2-1-0	0.67	18.6	3.33	20.35	1.78	0.22
39	Penn State	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	18.57	10	11.49	2.56	-0.56
40	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	18.55	4	4.29	1.83	0.17
41	Villanova	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	18.47	4.5	0.98	2.93	0.07
42	San Diego State	PCAA	2-1-0	0.67	18.39	3.33	19.84	1.8	0.2
43	App State	Southern	3-1-0	0.75	18.32	11.5	-10	3.52	-0.52
44	California	Pac-8	2-1-0	0.67	18.25	3.33	19.1	1.81	0.19
45	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	18.13	3.67	1.54	1.78	0.22
46	Ole Miss	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	18.1	2.67	14.79	1.92	0.08
47	Kansas	Big 8	2-1-0	0.67	18	8	11.08	2.36	-0.36
48	Georgia	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	17.87	9	8.73	1.96	0.04
49	Kent State	Mid-American	3-1-0	0.75	17.84	1.5	-0.19	2.28	0.72
50	San José State	PCAA	2-1-1	0.5	17.65	14.25	-0.77	3.37	-1.37
51	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.42	1.33	1.36	1.67	0.33
52	Missouri	Big 8	2-1-0	0.67	17.3	2	14.86	1.81	0.19
53	Duke	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	17.29	4	12.28	1.84	0.16
54	Kentucky	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	17.23	8	2.76	2.2	-0.2
55	Washington	Pac-8	2-1-0	0.67	17.15	-2	12.66	1.35	0.65
56	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	2-1-0	0.67	17.11	4.33	7.38	1.82	0.18
57	VMI	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	16.82	1.67	9.32	1.66	0.34
58	Navy	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	16.7	-14.67	18	0.46	1.54
59	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	16.31	1.33	6.87	1.64	0.36
60	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-1-1	0.33	16	1.33	21.47	1.62	-0.62
61	SMU	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	15.97	-5	7.21	1	1
62	Furman	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	15.78	2	3.13	1.86	0.14
63	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	15.57	-0.33	9.83	1.47	0.53
64	Utah State	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	15.25	-18.67	7.46	0.22	1.78
65	Tampa	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	15.23	14.25	7.54	3.23	-1.23
66	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	14.59	12.5	-0.93	1.57	-0.57
67	LSU	SEC	1-1-1	0.33	14.36	7	7.69	2.14	-1.14
68	Western Michigan	Mid-American	2-2-0	0.5	14.05	8.75	1.83	2.99	-0.99
69	UCLA	Pac-8	1-1-1	0.33	13.69	10.33	20.59	2.26	-1.26
70	Oregon	Pac-8	2-1-0	0.67	13.66	-14.33	10.29	0.63	1.37
71	Houston	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	13.52	5	12.78	2.64	-0.64
72	Tennessee	SEC	1-1-1	0.33	13.22	-2.33	12.76	1.17	-0.17
73	Purdue	Big Ten	1-1-1	0.33	11.57	-1	27.46	1.4	-0.4
74	West Virginia	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	10.57	2	23.15	1.7	-0.7
75	Dayton	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	10.43	-8.5	-2.44	1.15	0.85
76	USC	Pac-8	1-1-0	0.5	10.36	-3	20.25	0.73	0.27
77	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	10.05	3.33	11.94	1.82	-0.82
78	Air Force	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	10.03	9.67	-1.22	2.27	-1.27
79	Brown	Ivy	1-1-0	0.5	9.37	-2.5	6.53	0.9	0.1
80	Colorado State	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	8.1	-1.33	15.17	1.38	-0.38
81	Washington State	Pac-8	1-2-0	0.33	8.09	-0.67	9.7	1.42	-0.42
82	Maryland	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	7.98	0	26.99	1.5	-0.5
83	Iowa State	Big 8	1-2-0	0.33	7.87	1	17.41	1.58	-0.58
84	Virginia	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	7.45	-5.67	14.54	1.14	-0.14
85	TCU	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	7.31	-7.67	12.81	0.55	0.45
86	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.23	-17.33	21.68	0.14	0.86
87	Ohio	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	7.15	-6	13.63	0.91	0.09
88	Army	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.08	-7.67	9.47	0.79	0.21
89	Iowa	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	6.68	-11	13.72	0.41	0.59
90	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-2-0	0.33	6.63	-17.33	12.75	0.42	0.58
91	Baylor	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	6.57	-2.33	21.76	1.31	-0.31
92	The Citadel	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	6.3	-11	2.28	0.61	0.39
93	Marshall	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.21	-11.33	1.95	0.41	0.59
94	Wyoming	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	5.49	-11	22.37	0.5	0.5
95	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	5.35	-5.75	17.31	1.26	-0.26
96	Clemson	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	5.23	-13.67	20.97	0.36	0.64
97	Long Beach State	PCAA	1-2-0	0.33	5.14	-9	10.2	0.68	0.32
98	Colorado	Big 8	1-2-0	0.33	5.08	-18.67	23.72	0.31	0.69
99	Toledo	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	5.08	-12.67	15.94	0.41	0.59
100	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	5.06	-5.75	12.51	1.39	-0.39
101	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.44	-6.75	-1.04	1.16	-0.16
102	William & Mary	Southern	1-3-0	0.25	4.36	-12.75	12.42	0.66	0.34
103	Princeton	Ivy	0-0-1	0	0.01	0	19.23	0.5	-0.5
104	Dartmouth	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-1.67	-14	-10	0	0
105	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.7	-13	-10	0.08	-0.08
106	Columbia	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-1.76	-15	-10	0	0
107	Fresno State	PCAA	0-4-0	0	-1.76	-8.25	-2.58	0.76	-0.76
108	Louisville	Missouri Valley	0-3-0	0	-1.91	-6.67	19.21	0.46	-0.46
109	Southern Illinois	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-1.92	-7.33	14.47	0.69	-0.69
110	BYU	Western Athletic	0-3-0	0	-2.05	-10.67	15.9	0.39	-0.39
111	Rice	Southwest	0-2-1	0	-2.08	-9.33	12.38	0.54	-0.54
112	Colgate	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.24	-20	-4.87	0.26	-0.26
113	Florida State	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.33	-13.67	16.47	0.23	-0.23
114	Drake	Missouri Valley	0-4-0	0	-2.38	-13.25	12.33	0.52	-0.52
115	Stanford	Pac-8	0-2-1	0	-2.45	-12.67	20.56	0.6	-0.6
116	Utah	Western Athletic	0-2-0	0	-2.45	-17	11.05	0.21	-0.21
117	Indiana	Big Ten	0-3-0	0	-2.49	-12.33	22.53	0.55	-0.55
118	North Texas	Missouri Valley	0-3-0	0	-2.52	-15.33	19.38	0.15	-0.15
119	South Carolina	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.52	-19.67	10.47	0.39	-0.39
120	Louisiana	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.55	-19.5	8.53	0.1	-0.1
121	Texas-Arlington	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.78	-22.75	12.33	0.21	-0.21
122	Oregon State	Pac-8	0-3-0	0	-2.8	-20.67	16.39	0.47	-0.47
123	Wake Forest	ACC	0-3-0	0	-2.86	-20	19.76	0.12	-0.12
124	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.89	-23.67	16.01	0.28	-0.28
125	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-3.11	-25	25.46	0.15	-0.15
126	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	0-4-0	0	-3.22	-27.75	23.93	0.04	-0.04
127	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-3.45	-34	24.87	0	0
128	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-3-0	0	-3.6	-40.67	24.75	0.02	-0.02