1974 W5 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:27.846470+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Alabama	SEC	4-0-0	1	27.62	21	13.48	3.68	0.32
2	Texas Tech	Southwest	3-0-1	0.75	27.6	11.25	15.69	3.43	-0.43
3	Florida	SEC	4-0-0	1	27.27	9.25	15.47	3.1	0.9
4	Ohio State	Big Ten	4-0-0	1	26.89	27.5	9.21	3.8	0.2
5	Oklahoma	Big 8	3-0-0	1	26.8	49.67	6.32	2.99	0.01
6	Arizona	Western Athletic	4-0-0	1	26.6	14	10.49	3.39	0.61
7	Auburn	SEC	4-0-0	1	26.58	22.25	8.83	4	0
8	Michigan	Big Ten	4-0-0	1	26.4	27.75	6.5	3.94	0.06
9	NC State	ACC	5-0-0	1	26.31	12.6	10	3.91	1.09
10	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	3-0-1	0.75	25.91	21.25	6.25	3.94	-0.94
11	Tulane	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	25.02	7	5.03	2.15	0.85
12	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	24.73	12.33	2.84	2.53	0.47
13	Temple	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	24.27	26.33	-2.3	2.91	0.09
14	Lamar	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	24.02	19	-2.48	2.82	0.18
15	Rutgers	FBS Independents	2-0-1	0.67	23.85	1.67	5.36	1.7	0.3
16	Princeton	Ivy	1-0-1	0.5	23.79	13.5	10.11	1.78	-0.78
17	Pennsylvania	Ivy	2-0-0	1	23.41	7.5	-0.32	1.48	0.52
18	Cornell	Ivy	2-0-0	1	23.16	21.5	-6.12	1.87	0.13
19	Yale	Ivy	2-0-0	1	22.86	18	-6.12	1.91	0.09
20	Mississippi State	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	21.85	13.75	19.3	3.23	-0.23
21	Kansas State	Big 8	3-1-0	0.75	21.37	15	11.32	3.56	-0.56
22	Nebraska	Big 8	3-1-0	0.75	21.19	37.25	11.04	3.92	-0.92
23	Texas A&M	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	21.16	6.5	13.68	2.84	0.16
24	California	Pac-8	3-1-0	0.75	21.04	6.75	19.42	2.78	0.22
25	Arkansas	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	20.86	26.25	10.96	3.87	-0.87
26	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	4-1-0	0.8	20.85	17.4	1.49	4.65	-0.65
27	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-1-0	0.75	20.65	12.75	13.39	3.07	-0.07
28	Arizona State	Western Athletic	3-1-0	0.75	20.44	12	10.9	3.54	-0.54
29	Texas	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	20.37	10.25	12.06	2.97	0.03
30	Kansas	Big 8	3-1-0	0.75	20.21	10.5	11.74	3.34	-0.34
31	East Carolina	Southern	3-1-0	0.75	20.18	7.75	8.13	2.98	0.02
32	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	20.05	16	7.79	3.45	-0.45
33	North Carolina	ACC	3-1-0	0.75	20.03	17.5	7.42	3.45	-0.45
34	Illinois	Big Ten	3-1-0	0.75	19.92	8.75	5.35	3.03	-0.03
35	Miami	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	19.81	5.33	18.53	2.17	-0.17
36	Penn State	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	19.49	9.25	7	3.28	-0.28
37	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	3-1-0	0.75	19.45	11	6.89	3.09	-0.09
38	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	19.3	15.67	13.99	2.64	-0.64
39	Kent State	Mid-American	4-1-0	0.8	19.29	5.6	1.31	3.65	0.35
40	Duke	ACC	3-1-0	0.75	19.26	3.5	10.59	2.43	0.57
41	Richmond	Southern	3-1-0	0.75	19.04	-0.5	12.78	1.94	1.06
42	Furman	Southern	3-1-0	0.75	19.03	4	9.49	2.76	0.24
43	Memphis	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	18.93	2.5	7.88	2.51	0.49
44	San José State	PCAA	3-1-1	0.6	18.89	13.4	1.84	4.13	-1.13
45	San Diego State	PCAA	2-1-0	0.67	18.46	3.33	17.48	1.8	0.2
46	Villanova	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	18.45	4.5	2.97	2.93	0.07
47	VMI	Southern	3-1-0	0.75	18.37	2.5	5.88	2.32	0.68
48	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	18.14	12	11.26	2.5	-0.5
49	USC	Pac-8	2-1-0	0.67	18.04	10.67	14.38	2.51	-0.51
50	UCLA	Pac-8	2-1-1	0.5	17.67	11	8.89	3.08	-1.08
51	Tennessee	SEC	2-1-1	0.5	16.63	0	16.29	2	0
52	SMU	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	16.44	-2	4.85	1.78	1.22
53	Pacific	PCAA	3-2-0	0.6	16.35	3.2	11.35	3.03	-0.03
54	Tampa	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	16.27	13.2	7.49	4.07	-1.07
55	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	16.16	1.33	4.39	1.64	0.36
56	Houston	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	15.65	6	8.11	3.44	-0.44
57	Harvard	Ivy	1-1-0	0.5	15.42	3.5	18.29	1.2	-0.2
58	Oklahoma State	Big 8	2-2-0	0.5	15.22	15	12.78	3.44	-1.44
59	Maryland	ACC	2-2-0	0.5	14.32	7.75	20.06	3.03	-1.03
60	West Virginia	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	14.25	7.5	16.96	3.02	-1.02
61	App State	Southern	3-2-0	0.6	14.12	7.2	-10	3.78	-0.78
62	Utah State	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	13.9	-18.67	10.53	0.22	1.78
63	Kentucky	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	13.72	5	7.66	2.67	-0.67
64	Iowa State	Big 8	2-2-0	0.5	13.7	6.75	14.96	2.78	-0.78
65	Bowling Green	Mid-American	2-2-0	0.5	13.68	1.25	13.64	2.14	-0.14
66	Georgia	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	13.64	5.75	5.3	2.43	-0.43
67	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-2-0	0.5	13.26	1.5	8.66	2.17	-0.17
68	Ole Miss	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	12.66	-1.5	18.2	1.77	0.23
69	Washington	Pac-8	2-2-0	0.5	11.84	-5	17.87	1.52	0.48
70	Baylor	Southwest	2-2-0	0.5	11.59	-0.75	15.67	1.92	0.08
71	Ohio	Mid-American	2-2-0	0.5	11.56	-0.25	11.58	1.97	0.03
72	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	11.41	-3	8.01	1.64	0.36
73	Missouri	Big 8	2-2-0	0.5	11.36	-8.25	15.96	1.01	0.99
74	Western Michigan	Mid-American	2-3-0	0.4	10.73	2.6	5.62	2.9	-0.9
75	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-2-0	0.5	10.48	-13.75	11.13	0.81	1.19
76	Navy	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	10.42	-20.25	12.71	0.29	1.71
77	Clemson	ACC	2-2-0	0.5	10.31	-9.25	19.19	0.96	1.04
78	Toledo	Mid-American	2-2-0	0.5	10.06	-8.25	14.86	1	1
79	Oregon	Pac-8	2-2-0	0.5	10.02	-11.75	5.9	0.88	1.12
80	LSU	SEC	1-2-1	0.25	9.91	2.75	14.57	2.35	-1.35
81	Colorado	Big 8	2-2-0	0.5	9.9	-13.75	17.72	0.77	1.23
82	Purdue	Big Ten	1-2-1	0.25	8.26	-1.25	20.12	1.83	-0.83
83	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	8.08	-3	-10	0.71	0.29
84	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	7.98	-3.8	9.36	2.01	-0.01
85	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-2-1	0.25	7.8	-5	17.96	1.39	-0.39
86	Air Force	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	7.65	7	3.56	2.72	-1.72
87	Colorado State	Western Athletic	1-2-1	0.25	7.35	-1	7.82	1.89	-0.89
88	William & Mary	Southern	2-3-0	0.4	7.34	-9.4	9.59	1.12	0.88
89	Dayton	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	7.24	-11.2	-1.14	1.2	0.8
90	Brown	Ivy	1-2-0	0.33	6.92	-3.33	8.13	1.24	-0.24
91	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.08	-4.33	20.06	1.17	-0.17
92	Southern Illinois	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	5.37	0	12.84	2	-1
93	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-3-0	0.25	5.32	-4.75	15.92	1.47	-0.47
94	Virginia	ACC	1-3-0	0.25	4.83	-5.25	10.85	1.54	-0.54
95	Washington State	Pac-8	1-3-0	0.25	4.64	-9.25	15.31	0.85	0.15
96	Army	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.63	-7.5	13.29	1.06	-0.06
97	Wyoming	Western Athletic	1-3-0	0.25	4.38	-9.75	16.3	0.73	0.27
98	Louisville	Missouri Valley	1-3-0	0.25	4.32	-3.25	14.9	1.25	-0.25
99	Long Beach State	PCAA	1-3-0	0.25	4.19	-9.25	10.07	0.94	0.06
100	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-3-0	0.25	4.13	-14.75	14.35	0.6	0.4
101	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.11	-20.75	20.87	0.08	0.92
102	The Citadel	Southern	1-3-0	0.25	4.1	-9.25	2.79	0.9	0.1
103	Iowa	Big Ten	1-3-0	0.25	4.09	-17.75	17.64	0.22	0.78
104	TCU	Southwest	1-3-0	0.25	4.02	-18	13.11	0.17	0.83
105	Marshall	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	3.95	-13.75	7.39	0.44	0.56
106	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	3.09	-10.8	13.4	0.88	0.12
107	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	2.88	-8.8	1.27	1.23	-0.23
108	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	2.83	-21.25	13.17	0.16	0.84
109	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-3-0	0.25	2.67	-29.5	17.65	0.09	0.91
110	Fresno State	PCAA	1-4-0	0.2	2.51	-6.2	2.71	1.17	-0.17
111	BYU	Western Athletic	0-3-1	0	-1.92	-8	13.78	1.05	-1.05
112	Dartmouth	Ivy	0-2-0	0	-2.01	-12.5	2.29	0.01	-0.01
113	Rice	Southwest	0-2-1	0	-2.04	-9.33	14.73	0.54	-0.54
114	Drake	Missouri Valley	0-4-1	0	-2.1	-10.6	10.87	1	-1
115	Florida State	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.16	-11.25	12.52	0.56	-0.56
116	North Texas	Missouri Valley	0-3-1	0	-2.18	-11.5	11.11	0.61	-0.61
117	Columbia	Ivy	0-2-0	0	-2.23	-21	-5	0.06	-0.06
118	Stanford	Pac-8	0-3-1	0	-2.39	-12.25	22.45	0.83	-0.83
119	Utah	Western Athletic	0-3-0	0	-2.41	-15.67	12.47	0.38	-0.38
120	South Carolina	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.51	-17.25	13.44	0.58	-0.58
121	Indiana	Big Ten	0-4-0	0	-2.53	-15.25	20.14	0.43	-0.43
122	Colgate	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.57	-21	10.59	0.29	-0.29
123	Oregon State	Pac-8	0-4-0	0	-2.59	-17.25	16.7	0.82	-0.82
124	Texas-Arlington	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.66	-22.75	9.32	0.21	-0.21
125	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.66	-19	15.88	0.51	-0.51
126	Louisiana	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.67	-21.33	13.51	0.18	-0.18
127	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	0-5-0	0	-2.89	-23.6	17.67	0.09	-0.09
128	Wake Forest	ACC	0-4-0	0	-3.1	-30.75	19.33	0.04	-0.04