1974 W8 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:27.847780+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Oklahoma	Big 8	6-0-0	1	26.61	41.67	11.82	5.94	0.06
2	Auburn	SEC	7-0-0	1	25.65	21.14	9.57	6.79	0.21
3	Ohio State	Big Ten	7-0-0	1	25.49	34.71	7.04	6.81	0.19
4	Michigan	Big Ten	7-0-0	1	25.48	25.43	8.24	6.81	0.19
5	Alabama	SEC	7-0-0	1	25.43	20.71	8.63	6.61	0.39
6	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	6-0-1	0.86	25.21	21.86	7.58	6.74	-0.74
7	Yale	Ivy	5-0-0	1	24.16	24.8	2.16	4.96	0.04
8	Pennsylvania	Ivy	4-0-1	0.8	24.09	9.4	5.1	3.75	0.25
9	Temple	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	24	30.33	0.18	5.81	0.19
10	Mississippi State	SEC	6-1-0	0.86	23.19	17.29	15.19	5.86	0.14
11	Florida	SEC	6-1-0	0.86	22.5	7.14	15.17	5.01	0.99
12	Texas A&M	Southwest	6-1-0	0.86	22.25	12	11.45	6.16	-0.16
13	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	21.89	21.43	7.2	6.61	-0.61
14	Texas Tech	Southwest	5-1-1	0.71	21.83	5.14	16.95	4.79	0.21
15	San Diego State	PCAA	5-1-0	0.83	21.34	8.17	11.91	4.27	0.73
16	USC	Pac-8	5-1-0	0.83	21.26	18.17	7.9	5.57	-0.57
17	Penn State	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	21.18	16.71	4.14	6.41	-0.41
18	Arizona State	Western Athletic	5-1-0	0.83	20.97	19	6.23	5.74	-0.74
19	Lamar	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	20.61	8	7.8	4.57	0.43
20	Harvard	Ivy	4-1-0	0.8	20.32	9.8	9.07	3.72	0.28
21	Tulane	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	20.19	5.83	4.71	4.25	0.75
22	UCLA	Pac-8	4-1-2	0.57	19.93	10.43	7.03	5.56	-1.56
23	Maryland	ACC	5-2-0	0.71	19.45	18.43	14.31	6.57	-1.57
24	Rutgers	FBS Independents	4-1-1	0.67	19.45	5	6.96	4	0
25	Princeton	Ivy	3-1-1	0.6	19.4	8.2	9.16	3.74	-0.74
26	Nebraska	Big 8	5-2-0	0.71	19.2	28.29	10.29	6.79	-1.79
27	NC State	ACC	6-2-0	0.75	19.13	4.38	11.19	4.91	1.09
28	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	18.77	3.8	1.13	3.06	0.94
29	Texas	Southwest	5-2-0	0.71	18.71	12.86	10.97	5.72	-0.72
30	Georgia	SEC	5-2-0	0.71	18.53	11.86	10.38	5.06	-0.06
31	California	Pac-8	5-2-0	0.71	18.49	5	12.42	4.55	0.45
32	Houston	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.46	12.29	9.81	5.92	-0.92
33	Vanderbilt	SEC	4-2-0	0.67	18.35	10.67	16.31	4.6	-0.6
34	Arizona	Western Athletic	5-2-0	0.71	18.31	8	8.97	5.03	-0.03
35	Memphis	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.25	8	10.62	5.5	-0.5
36	East Carolina	Southern	5-2-0	0.71	17.95	8.57	7.88	5.33	-0.33
37	Utah State	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	17.89	-7.83	13.29	1.73	3.27
38	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	17.78	4.43	9.93	4.43	0.57
39	Miami	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.73	2.5	16.87	3.51	0.49
40	VMI	Southern	5-2-0	0.71	17.22	4.43	5.94	4.48	0.52
41	SMU	Southwest	5-2-0	0.71	17.19	2	7.66	3.9	1.1
42	Illinois	Big Ten	4-2-1	0.57	16.92	5.29	7.79	4.62	-0.62
43	Tampa	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	16.5	12	9.29	6.32	-1.32
44	Arkansas	Southwest	4-3-0	0.57	15.76	14.86	13.23	5.9	-1.9
45	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	5-3-0	0.62	15.6	10.25	3.21	6.31	-1.31
46	North Carolina	ACC	4-3-0	0.57	15.56	11.43	11.06	5.26	-1.26
47	Kent State	Mid-American	5-3-0	0.62	14.98	5.75	3.33	5.46	-0.46
48	Ohio	Mid-American	4-3-0	0.57	14.64	4.71	11.39	4.49	-0.49
49	San José State	PCAA	4-3-1	0.5	14.64	5.12	8.28	5.1	-1.1
50	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	4-3-0	0.57	14.63	7.29	6.23	4.99	-0.99
51	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-3-0	0.57	14.5	3.14	12.51	4.15	-0.15
52	Iowa State	Big 8	4-3-0	0.57	14.45	3	12.29	4.15	-0.15
53	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-3-0	0.57	14.45	1.71	14.65	3.77	0.23
54	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	14.28	10.6	-1.58	4.19	-1.19
55	Duke	ACC	4-3-0	0.57	14.26	1.71	10.45	3.86	0.14
56	Oklahoma State	Big 8	3-3-0	0.5	14.21	13.33	12.76	5.21	-2.21
57	BYU	Western Athletic	3-3-1	0.43	13.34	6.71	12.76	4.71	-1.71
58	Furman	Southern	4-3-0	0.57	13.25	1.86	3.56	4.06	-0.06
59	Boston College	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	13.07	4.33	14.05	3.62	-0.62
60	Cornell	Ivy	2-2-1	0.4	12.85	1.4	12.11	2.67	-0.67
61	Michigan State	Big Ten	3-3-1	0.43	12.76	2.29	14.38	3.97	-0.97
62	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	12.66	3.33	7.23	3.71	-0.71
63	Kansas	Big 8	4-3-0	0.57	12.34	-3.29	10.73	2.73	1.27
64	Toledo	Mid-American	4-3-0	0.57	12.33	-4.43	13.23	2.72	1.28
65	Missouri	Big 8	4-3-0	0.57	11.99	-5.71	14.24	2.31	1.69
66	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	4-3-0	0.57	11.92	-3.43	10.3	2.84	1.16
67	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	11.44	-0.88	15.6	3.82	0.18
68	Baylor	Southwest	3-3-0	0.5	11.08	-3.17	14.67	2.42	0.58
69	Kentucky	SEC	3-4-0	0.43	10.81	0.71	13.29	3.66	-0.66
70	App State	Southern	4-4-0	0.5	10.71	0.75	-5.08	4.2	-0.2
71	Washington	Pac-8	3-4-0	0.43	10.71	2.14	11.36	3.86	-0.86
72	Tennessee	SEC	3-3-1	0.43	10.66	-4.43	16.74	2.38	0.62
73	LSU	SEC	2-3-1	0.33	10.46	2.33	12.27	3.47	-1.47
74	Pacific	PCAA	4-4-0	0.5	10.32	-3.38	10.12	3.24	0.76
75	Kansas State	Big 8	3-4-0	0.43	9.58	-2.14	13.33	3.06	-0.06
76	Richmond	Southern	3-3-0	0.5	9.52	-8.5	4.11	1.76	1.24
77	Virginia	ACC	3-4-0	0.43	9.14	-1	8.71	3.32	-0.32
78	Fresno State	PCAA	3-5-0	0.38	8.68	1.12	3.1	4.28	-1.28
79	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	8.59	-8	14.29	1.56	1.44
80	Iowa	Big Ten	3-4-0	0.43	8.57	-7.14	16.6	1.9	1.1
81	Colorado	Big 8	3-4-0	0.43	8.53	-9.86	15.35	1.94	1.06
82	Clemson	ACC	3-4-0	0.43	8.51	-10.71	16.4	1.51	1.49
83	Colorado State	Western Athletic	2-4-1	0.29	8.36	1.43	7.85	3.73	-1.73
84	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	8.05	-6.57	4.29	2.09	0.91
85	Stanford	Pac-8	2-3-2	0.29	8.04	-4.29	15.64	2.66	-0.66
86	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-5-0	0.38	7.91	-1.75	6.27	3.57	-0.57
87	Villanova	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	7.72	-14.86	7.4	0.69	2.31
88	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-4-0	0.43	7.69	-18.43	10.04	0.82	2.18
89	West Virginia	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	7.45	0.43	15.85	3.6	-1.6
90	Air Force	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	7.27	1	8.05	3.73	-1.73
91	William & Mary	Southern	3-5-0	0.38	7.19	-7.5	10.41	2.33	0.67
92	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	6.86	-5.12	0.41	2.7	0.3
93	Purdue	Big Ten	2-4-1	0.29	6.79	-4	15.18	2.69	-0.69
94	New Mexico	Western Athletic	2-4-1	0.29	6.42	-6.43	14.93	2.2	-0.2
95	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	6.36	-4.67	9.43	2.14	-0.14
96	Colgate	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	5.48	-10.17	9.07	1.55	0.45
97	Long Beach State	PCAA	2-5-0	0.29	5.42	-4.57	10.09	2.56	-0.56
98	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	5.29	-4.14	12.39	2.82	-0.82
99	Louisville	Missouri Valley	2-5-0	0.29	5.25	-7.29	11.78	1.9	0.1
100	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-5-0	0.29	5.23	-4.29	10.63	2.68	-0.68
101	Ole Miss	SEC	2-5-0	0.29	5.06	-9.71	14.33	1.31	0.69
102	Syracuse	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	5.01	-8.86	13.1	1.57	0.43
103	Navy	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.76	-13.43	13.16	0.93	1.07
104	Wyoming	Western Athletic	2-5-0	0.29	4.74	-9	11.47	1.71	0.29
105	South Carolina	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.66	-10.29	12.49	1.73	0.27
106	Drake	Missouri Valley	2-5-1	0.25	4.6	-9.12	8.2	2.26	-0.26
107	The Citadel	Southern	2-5-0	0.29	4.59	-9.14	7.74	1.58	0.42
108	Army	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.57	-13.43	14.71	1	1
109	Oregon	Pac-8	2-5-0	0.29	4.32	-21.71	10.71	0.56	1.44
110	Dayton	FBS Independents	2-6-0	0.25	3.46	-14	2.27	1.56	0.44
111	Dartmouth	Ivy	1-4-0	0.2	3.03	-6.6	9.24	0.79	0.21
112	Brown	Ivy	1-4-0	0.2	2.97	-7	9.9	1.38	-0.38
113	North Texas	Missouri Valley	1-5-1	0.14	1.87	-13.71	13.38	0.9	0.1
114	Columbia	Ivy	1-4-0	0.2	1.83	-21	9.71	0.41	0.59
115	Louisiana	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	1.53	-13.17	8.71	1.02	-0.02
116	Oregon State	Pac-8	1-6-0	0.14	1.35	-11.29	16.77	1.78	-0.78
117	Indiana	Big Ten	1-6-0	0.14	1.32	-11.43	15.89	1.5	-0.5
118	Southern Illinois	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	1.3	-11.14	10.72	1.53	-0.53
119	Marshall	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	1.21	-12.29	8.64	1	0
120	Washington State	Pac-8	1-6-0	0.14	1.21	-12.86	13.59	1.11	-0.11
121	TCU	Southwest	1-6-0	0.14	0.85	-21	15.54	0.19	0.81
122	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-6-0	0.14	0.6	-28	13.68	0.31	0.69
123	Rice	Southwest	0-5-1	0	-2.04	-10.17	17.04	0.86	-0.86
124	Florida State	FBS Independents	0-7-0	0	-2.24	-12.57	18.85	0.83	-0.83
125	Texas-Arlington	FBS Independents	0-7-0	0	-2.5	-25.29	3.19	0.27	-0.27
126	Utah	Western Athletic	0-6-0	0	-2.56	-21.67	11.72	0.35	-0.35
127	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	0-7-0	0	-2.75	-26.14	14	0.11	-0.11
128	Wake Forest	ACC	0-7-0	0	-3.04	-34.14	17.23	0.02	-0.02