1974 W9 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:27.848202+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Oklahoma	Big 8	7-0-0	1	26.2	38.29	11.03	6.91	0.09
2	Alabama	SEC	8-0-0	1	25.64	22.5	10.49	7.69	0.31
3	Ohio State	Big Ten	8-0-0	1	25.41	35.62	7.59	7.81	0.19
4	Michigan	Big Ten	8-0-0	1	25.26	24	8.27	7.76	0.24
5	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	7-0-1	0.88	25.02	23	7.27	7.78	-0.78
6	Yale	Ivy	6-0-0	1	24.03	21.5	2.69	5.9	0.1
7	Florida	SEC	7-1-0	0.88	23.01	7.62	15.95	5.82	1.18
8	Auburn	SEC	7-1-0	0.88	22.84	17.12	10.53	7.44	-0.44
9	Texas A&M	Southwest	7-1-0	0.88	22.54	11.75	11.44	7	0
10	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	7-1-0	0.88	22.14	19.75	7.08	7.53	-0.53
11	Penn State	FBS Independents	7-1-0	0.88	21.9	15.5	6.85	7.16	-0.16
12	Harvard	Ivy	5-1-0	0.83	21.47	14.67	11.27	5.05	-0.05
13	Lamar	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	21.4	7.14	9.81	5.27	0.73
14	USC	Pac-8	5-1-1	0.71	21.3	15.57	9.64	6.3	-1.3
15	Temple	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	21.17	25.71	2.09	6.6	-0.6
16	Mississippi State	SEC	6-2-0	0.75	20.33	10.75	15.92	5.9	0.1
17	Texas	Southwest	6-2-0	0.75	19.9	13.75	13.48	6.62	-0.62
18	Nebraska	Big 8	6-2-0	0.75	19.78	26.75	9.27	7.69	-1.69
19	NC State	ACC	7-2-0	0.78	19.47	5.56	10.17	5.72	1.28
20	Houston	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	19.35	11.62	10.69	6.53	-0.53
21	Vanderbilt	SEC	5-2-0	0.71	19.06	12.57	14.48	5.59	-0.59
22	Memphis	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	18.86	10.5	7.84	6.6	-0.6
23	Pennsylvania	Ivy	4-1-1	0.67	18.79	1.33	5.92	3.23	0.77
24	East Carolina	Southern	6-2-0	0.75	18.7	10	7.12	6.21	-0.21
25	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	18.57	4.88	9.54	5.18	0.82
26	Utah State	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	18.43	-4.71	10.38	2.51	3.49
27	Arizona State	Western Athletic	5-2-0	0.71	18.23	15.71	6.45	6.29	-1.29
28	Miami	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.18	3.14	15.08	4.29	0.71
29	California	Pac-8	5-2-1	0.62	18.17	4.38	13.19	5.09	-0.09
30	San Diego State	PCAA	5-2-0	0.71	18.14	6.29	10.09	4.74	0.26
31	Texas Tech	Southwest	5-2-1	0.62	18.14	2.75	13.69	4.82	0.18
32	Arizona	Western Athletic	5-2-0	0.71	18.06	8	9.56	5.03	-0.03
33	Maryland	ACC	5-3-0	0.62	17.21	15.25	14.29	7.15	-2.15
34	UCLA	Pac-8	4-2-2	0.5	16.99	6.38	8.48	5.53	-1.53
35	Tulane	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	16.9	1.71	6.81	3.94	1.06
36	North Carolina	ACC	5-3-0	0.62	16.48	11.75	11.65	6.14	-1.14
37	Georgia	SEC	5-3-0	0.62	16.45	9.5	11.3	5.47	-0.47
38	Kent State	Mid-American	6-3-0	0.67	16.23	8.22	3.46	6.72	-0.72
39	Tampa	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	16.19	12	8.83	6.32	-1.32
40	Rutgers	FBS Independents	4-2-1	0.57	16.04	4	3.45	4.52	-0.52
41	Ohio	Mid-American	5-3-0	0.62	15.82	5.5	10.92	5.24	-0.24
42	Princeton	Ivy	3-2-1	0.5	15.55	6.17	9.47	4.19	-1.19
43	San José State	PCAA	5-3-1	0.56	15.51	6.56	7.35	6.12	-1.12
44	Oklahoma State	Big 8	4-3-0	0.57	15.5	13	12.78	6.02	-2.02
45	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	15.42	9.33	-3.02	4.85	-0.85
46	Duke	ACC	5-3-0	0.62	15.35	2.62	10.84	4.7	0.3
47	Cornell	Ivy	3-2-1	0.5	15.25	5.17	10.98	3.83	-0.83
48	VMI	Southern	5-3-0	0.62	15.24	3.5	7.1	4.91	0.09
49	Boston College	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	15.09	8.29	12.52	4.88	-0.88
50	BYU	Western Athletic	4-3-1	0.5	14.83	6.12	11.88	5.35	-1.35
51	Michigan State	Big Ten	4-3-1	0.5	14.55	2.88	13.88	4.66	-0.66
52	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	5-3-0	0.62	14.45	0.75	8.94	4.17	0.83
53	Toledo	Mid-American	5-3-0	0.62	14.31	-0.12	12.1	3.98	1.02
54	Missouri	Big 8	5-3-0	0.62	14.22	-0.38	12.88	3.92	1.08
55	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	14.2	3.14	10.27	4.26	-0.26
56	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	5-4-0	0.56	14.12	8.89	4.16	6.75	-1.75
57	Arkansas	Southwest	4-4-0	0.5	14.04	11.75	13.58	6.37	-2.37
58	SMU	Southwest	5-3-0	0.62	13.93	-0.75	9.17	3.83	1.17
59	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	13.66	-2	-0.15	2.63	1.37
60	Washington	Pac-8	4-4-0	0.5	13.04	4.62	12.71	4.9	-0.9
61	Kentucky	SEC	4-4-0	0.5	13.02	3.5	14.26	4.88	-0.88
62	Illinois	Big Ten	4-3-1	0.5	13	-0.62	10.33	3.85	0.15
63	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	4-4-0	0.5	13	6.12	8.31	5.56	-1.56
64	LSU	SEC	3-3-1	0.43	12.97	5.43	11.11	4.78	-1.78
65	Baylor	Southwest	4-3-0	0.57	12.87	-0.71	12.78	3.34	0.66
66	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-4-0	0.5	12.54	1.38	12.21	4.31	-0.31
67	App State	Southern	5-4-0	0.56	12.53	3.33	-2.69	5.5	-0.5
68	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-4-0	0.5	12.4	0.62	13.95	4.11	-0.11
69	Iowa State	Big 8	4-4-0	0.5	12.25	0.38	13.67	4.09	-0.09
70	Pacific	PCAA	5-4-0	0.56	11.7	-2	7.51	3.99	1.01
71	Richmond	Southern	4-3-0	0.57	11.06	-6.86	6.5	2.26	1.74
72	Fresno State	PCAA	4-5-0	0.44	10.71	5.56	1.32	6.02	-2.02
73	Tennessee	SEC	3-3-1	0.43	10.68	-4.43	16.32	2.38	0.62
74	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	10.55	-2.75	12.53	3.22	0.78
75	Stanford	Pac-8	3-3-2	0.38	10.54	-3.25	13.93	3.24	-0.24
76	Furman	Southern	4-4-0	0.5	10.47	-1.38	4.07	3.53	0.47
77	Colorado State	Western Athletic	3-4-1	0.38	10.45	1.88	8.02	4.37	-1.37
78	Kansas	Big 8	4-4-0	0.5	10.4	-4.25	11.16	2.88	1.12
79	Clemson	ACC	4-4-0	0.5	10	-7.88	14.08	2.2	1.8
80	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	9.81	-1.78	15.29	4.05	-0.05
81	Purdue	Big Ten	3-4-1	0.38	9.74	-0.5	14.33	3.89	-0.89
82	New Mexico	Western Athletic	3-4-1	0.38	8.62	-5.38	14.86	2.79	0.21
83	Long Beach State	PCAA	3-5-0	0.38	8	-0.88	8.48	3.79	-0.79
84	Virginia	ACC	3-5-0	0.38	7.76	-2.62	9.32	3.45	-0.45
85	Colgate	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	7.7	-7.57	4.68	2.3	0.7
86	UTEP	Western Athletic	3-5-0	0.38	7.57	-3.25	11.85	3.32	-0.32
87	Kansas State	Big 8	3-5-0	0.38	7.46	-6.5	13.51	2.63	0.37
88	Iowa	Big Ten	3-5-0	0.38	7.24	-9.25	14.98	1.84	1.16
89	Colorado	Big 8	3-5-0	0.38	7.21	-10.62	16.24	2.08	0.92
90	William & Mary	Southern	3-5-0	0.38	7.16	-7.5	12.11	2.33	0.67
91	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	6.68	-7.88	2.75	1.99	1.01
92	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-5-0	0.38	6.45	-17.12	8.94	1.01	1.99
93	Villanova	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	6.22	-18.25	4.99	0.56	2.44
94	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-6-0	0.33	6.2	-5	8.58	3.13	-0.13
95	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	2-4-1	0.29	6.18	-4	7.2	2.6	-0.6
96	Air Force	FBS Independents	2-6-0	0.25	6.12	0.62	8.17	4.17	-2.17
97	Brown	Ivy	2-4-0	0.33	6.02	-5.17	11.17	1.96	0.04
98	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	5.53	-7.89	1.42	2.45	0.55
99	West Virginia	FBS Independents	2-6-0	0.25	4.83	-3.62	13.95	3.05	-1.05
100	North Texas	Missouri Valley	2-5-1	0.25	4.66	-11.38	14.35	1.3	0.7
101	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	2-6-0	0.25	4.55	-4.5	13.09	3.09	-1.09
102	Syracuse	FBS Independents	2-6-0	0.25	4.11	-8.75	13.92	1.81	0.19
103	Wyoming	Western Athletic	2-6-0	0.25	4.04	-8.5	11.3	1.93	0.07
104	Louisville	Missouri Valley	2-6-0	0.25	3.96	-10.12	11.92	1.65	0.35
105	Ole Miss	SEC	2-6-0	0.25	3.94	-11.5	14.53	1.11	0.89
106	South Carolina	FBS Independents	2-6-0	0.25	3.93	-10.88	13.47	2	0
107	Navy	FBS Independents	2-6-0	0.25	3.86	-12.75	15.1	1.06	0.94
108	Drake	Missouri Valley	2-6-1	0.22	3.83	-9.11	6.01	2.5	-0.5
109	The Citadel	Southern	2-6-0	0.25	3.78	-10.5	7.85	1.71	0.29
110	Washington State	Pac-8	2-6-0	0.25	3.72	-10.62	12.29	1.63	0.37
111	Army	FBS Independents	2-6-0	0.25	3.71	-14.75	13.84	1.05	0.95
112	Oregon	Pac-8	2-6-0	0.25	3.38	-19.62	9.52	0.77	1.23
113	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-6-0	0.25	3.13	-23.5	13.34	0.56	1.44
114	Dayton	FBS Independents	2-7-0	0.22	2.8	-12.78	1.19	1.97	0.03
115	Dartmouth	Ivy	1-5-0	0.17	2.37	-6.33	10.54	1.05	-0.05
116	Rice	Southwest	1-5-1	0.14	2.17	-6.71	17.31	1.68	-0.68
117	Columbia	Ivy	1-5-0	0.17	1.44	-21.5	9.46	0.36	0.64
118	Louisiana	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	0.97	-16.14	7.71	0.89	0.11
119	Oregon State	Pac-8	1-7-0	0.12	0.88	-10.38	15.59	2.08	-1.08
120	Indiana	Big Ten	1-7-0	0.12	0.79	-11.75	15.82	1.59	-0.59
121	Southern Illinois	FBS Independents	1-7-0	0.12	0.69	-12.88	9.7	1.46	-0.46
122	Marshall	FBS Independents	1-7-0	0.12	0.61	-14.25	9.18	0.91	0.09
123	TCU	Southwest	1-7-0	0.12	0.36	-20.12	14.73	0.25	0.75
124	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	1-7-0	0.12	0.1	-21.75	11.06	0.32	0.68
125	Florida State	FBS Independents	0-8-0	0	-2.32	-14.5	17.67	0.85	-0.85
126	Texas-Arlington	FBS Independents	0-8-0	0	-2.42	-23.25	3.56	0.43	-0.43
127	Utah	Western Athletic	0-7-0	0	-2.53	-21.14	12.59	0.39	-0.39
128	Wake Forest	ACC	0-8-0	0	-2.92	-31.38	15.85	0.04	-0.04