1976 FINAL CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.304575+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	12-0-0	1	24.85	20.67	10.49	11.08	0.92
2	USC	Pac-8	11-1-0	0.92	23.25	20.58	11.56	11.02	-0.02
3	Maryland	ACC	11-1-0	0.92	22.9	14.92	10.67	10.83	0.17
4	Rutgers	FBS Independents	11-0-0	1	22.8	18.73	0.49	10.48	0.52
5	San Diego State	FBS Independents	10-1-0	0.91	21.9	6.55	9.82	8.21	1.79
6	Michigan	Big Ten	10-2-0	0.83	21.35	28.08	10.67	11.68	-1.68
7	Yale	Ivy	8-1-0	0.89	21.23	13.44	5.74	8.13	-0.13
8	Georgia	SEC	10-2-0	0.83	21.21	15.17	12.56	10.48	-0.48
9	Brown	Ivy	8-1-0	0.89	21.12	7.67	7.3	6.96	1.04
10	Texas A&M	Southwest	10-2-0	0.83	21.03	18.67	10.92	10.87	-0.87
11	Houston	Southwest	10-2-0	0.83	20.98	12.92	12.28	9.67	0.33
12	Ohio State	Big Ten	9-2-1	0.75	20.9	13	13.18	10.14	-1.14
13	Texas Tech	Southwest	10-2-0	0.83	20.86	10.83	11.97	9.13	0.87
14	UCLA	Pac-8	9-2-1	0.75	20.82	18.17	11.05	10.48	-1.48
15	Oklahoma	Big 8	9-2-1	0.75	20.7	11.17	12.53	9.34	-0.34
16	East Carolina	Southern	9-2-0	0.82	20.49	14.73	10	9.77	-0.77
17	Louisiana	Southland	9-2-0	0.82	20.35	10.27	10.73	8.73	0.27
18	McNeese	Southland	10-2-0	0.83	20.23	7.58	9.94	8.46	1.54
19	Mississippi State	SEC	9-2-0	0.82	20.09	8.27	10.11	8	1
20	Nebraska	Big 8	9-3-1	0.69	19.37	18.08	12.02	11.41	-2.41
21	Alabama	SEC	9-3-0	0.75	19.22	15.58	11.72	10.58	-1.58
22	Oklahoma State	Big 8	9-3-0	0.75	19.15	9.58	13.59	8.82	0.18
23	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	9-3-0	0.75	18.97	11.33	11.67	9.76	-0.76
24	Iowa State	Big 8	8-3-0	0.73	18.7	13.91	11.83	8.59	-0.59
25	BYU	Western Athletic	9-3-0	0.75	18.57	11.75	8.78	9.07	-0.07
26	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.25	8.18	11.37	8.79	-0.79
27	Ball State	Mid-American	8-3-0	0.73	17.73	12.09	5.95	9.34	-1.34
28	Boston College	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	17.64	10.36	6.06	9.05	-1.05
29	North Carolina	ACC	9-3-0	0.75	17.6	1.92	9.58	6.7	2.3
30	Colgate	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	17.47	3.9	-0.81	6.47	1.53
31	Long Beach State	PCAA	8-3-0	0.73	17.37	8.09	5.34	8.39	-0.39
32	Colorado	Big 8	8-4-0	0.67	17.1	6.67	13.62	8.07	-0.07
33	Kentucky	SEC	8-4-0	0.67	16.96	4.83	14.79	8.2	-0.2
34	Dartmouth	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.78	13.89	7.78	7.71	-1.71
35	Baylor	Southwest	7-3-1	0.64	16.75	2.36	11.06	6.36	0.64
36	Florida	SEC	8-4-0	0.67	16.68	3	14.38	6.82	1.18
37	Kent State	Mid-American	8-4-0	0.67	16.44	6.17	9.38	8.09	-0.09
38	Harvard	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.09	6.78	6.32	6.59	-0.59
39	San José State	PCAA	7-4-0	0.64	16.07	12.82	7.79	8.46	-1.46
40	Western Michigan	Mid-American	7-4-0	0.64	15.81	6.18	9.71	7.32	-0.32
41	William & Mary	Southern	7-4-0	0.64	15.79	5.55	10.08	7.62	-0.62
42	Ohio	Mid-American	7-4-0	0.64	15.77	7.09	8.64	7.76	-0.76
43	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	7-4-1	0.58	15.73	3.75	11.62	7.37	-0.37
44	Wyoming	Western Athletic	8-4-0	0.67	15.61	2.33	7.54	6.75	1.25
45	Memphis	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.58	5.36	8.59	7.27	-0.27
46	LSU	SEC	6-4-1	0.55	15.33	9.64	10.57	8.59	-2.59
47	Southern Illinois	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	14.99	1.91	8.69	6.08	0.92
48	App State	Southern	6-4-1	0.55	14.79	10.18	5.83	8.51	-2.51
49	Penn State	FBS Independents	7-5-0	0.58	14.7	5.67	11.77	8.24	-1.24
50	Furman	Southern	6-4-1	0.55	14.62	6.18	7.25	7.69	-1.69
51	Villanova	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	14.43	4.91	6.9	7.02	-1.02
52	Central Michigan	Mid-American	7-4-0	0.64	14.21	0.36	7.03	5.62	1.38
53	Louisiana Tech	Southland	6-5-0	0.55	14.17	8.09	11.34	7.42	-1.42
54	Tennessee	SEC	6-5-0	0.55	13.87	6.82	9.74	7.82	-1.82
55	North Texas	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.84	7.91	8.58	8.28	-2.28
56	South Carolina	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.8	4.73	11.24	7.44	-1.44
57	Bowling Green	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	13.72	3.91	11.64	6.53	-0.53
58	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.71	4.27	11.01	7	-1
59	Missouri	Big 8	6-5-0	0.55	13.25	0.45	16.5	5.63	0.37
60	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	13.22	2.45	-0.04	6.3	-0.3
61	Kansas	Big 8	6-5-0	0.55	13.07	0.82	12.94	5.73	0.27
62	Colorado State	Western Athletic	6-5-0	0.55	12.74	1.73	6.68	6.13	-0.13
63	Arkansas	Southwest	5-5-1	0.45	12.12	1.45	12.49	5.99	-0.99
64	Texas	Southwest	5-5-1	0.45	11.91	0.64	13.69	5.74	-0.74
65	Minnesota	Big Ten	6-5-0	0.55	11.89	-0.91	10.91	5.18	0.82
66	The Citadel	Southern	6-5-0	0.55	11.86	-0.45	8.4	5.31	0.69
67	Arkansas State	Southland	5-6-0	0.45	11.56	4.82	11.29	6.87	-1.87
68	Stanford	Pac-8	6-5-0	0.55	11.3	-4.09	12.9	4.39	1.61
69	Fresno State	PCAA	5-6-0	0.45	11.27	6.55	6.09	7.73	-2.73
70	Richmond	Southern	5-6-0	0.45	11.22	1.55	14.9	6.17	-1.17
71	Washington	Pac-8	5-6-0	0.45	11.16	2.73	10.8	6.37	-1.37
72	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	11.03	0.9	3.05	5.29	-0.29
73	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	11.03	2.91	8.92	6.24	-1.24
74	Duke	ACC	5-5-1	0.45	10.83	-1	12.08	5.2	-0.2
75	Arizona	Western Athletic	5-6-0	0.45	10.6	0.91	10.38	5.73	-0.73
76	California	Pac-8	5-6-0	0.45	10.58	0.36	13.27	5.61	-0.61
77	Texas-Arlington	Southland	5-6-0	0.45	10.54	1	9.25	5.79	-0.79
78	Illinois	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	9.69	-1.18	12.95	5.15	-0.15
79	West Virginia	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	9.61	-1.64	13.91	4.89	0.11
80	VMI	Southern	5-5-0	0.5	9.59	-6.8	9.97	2.79	2.21
81	Ole Miss	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	9.25	-2.45	12.01	4.45	0.55
82	Wake Forest	ACC	5-6-0	0.45	9.13	-2.64	10.97	4.52	0.48
83	Purdue	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	8.96	-4.09	12.27	4.13	0.87
84	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	4-5-2	0.36	8.79	-3	10.32	4.59	-0.59
85	Florida State	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.75	-4.82	10.76	4.04	0.96
86	Army	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.59	-6	10.56	3.72	1.28
87	Iowa	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	8.56	-6.64	11.03	3.21	1.79
88	Illinois State	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.43	-4.82	6.1	3.25	1.75
89	Indiana	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	8.22	-11.27	11.56	1.87	3.13
90	New Mexico	Western Athletic	4-7-0	0.36	7.87	-0.55	12.42	5.33	-1.33
91	Michigan State	Big Ten	4-6-1	0.36	7.84	-3.82	11.85	4.45	-0.45
92	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	4-6-1	0.36	7.76	-4.18	11.49	4.29	-0.29
93	Temple	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	7.74	-2	4.52	4.43	-0.43
94	Arizona State	Western Athletic	4-7-0	0.36	7.38	-1.64	11.42	5	-1
95	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	4-6-1	0.36	7	-8.09	6	2.76	1.24
96	Louisville	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.76	-5.18	12.27	3.74	0.26
97	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	6.71	-4.27	9.05	4.02	-0.02
98	Navy	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.64	-6.36	12.69	3.52	0.48
99	Dayton	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.43	-3.91	3	4.17	-0.17
100	Air Force	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.37	-8.45	11.2	2.99	1.01
101	Marshall	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.2	-8.36	7.66	2.69	1.31
102	Oregon	Pac-8	4-7-0	0.36	6.15	-11.55	11.17	2.01	1.99
103	Clemson	ACC	3-6-2	0.27	6.05	-5.91	13.52	3.51	-0.51
104	Miami	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	5.95	-0.55	15.48	5.31	-2.31
105	Pennsylvania	Ivy	3-6-0	0.33	5.59	-7.67	7.48	1.85	1.15
106	NC State	ACC	3-7-1	0.27	5.49	-4.91	13.76	4.01	-1.01
107	Columbia	Ivy	3-6-0	0.33	5.45	-11.89	11.15	1.86	1.14
108	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	3-7-1	0.27	5.34	-2.64	2.03	4.56	-1.56
109	Indiana State	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	5.1	-6.1	7.92	3.1	-0.1
110	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	4.85	-4.36	13.07	3.84	-0.84
111	Toledo	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	4.72	-4.27	9.16	4.06	-1.06
112	Auburn	SEC	3-8-0	0.27	4.63	-6.64	14.86	3.51	-0.51
113	Utah State	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.32	-8.45	10.65	2.89	0.11
114	Washington State	Pac-8	3-8-0	0.27	4.31	-8.27	10.09	3.5	-0.5
115	Syracuse	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.26	-9.91	12.16	2.41	0.59
116	SMU	Southwest	3-8-0	0.27	4.15	-12.45	14.08	2.49	0.51
117	Utah	Western Athletic	3-8-0	0.27	4.13	-10.55	9.85	3.14	-0.14
118	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	3.91	-11.18	4.2	2.71	0.29
119	Rice	Southwest	3-8-0	0.27	3.91	-16.45	13.11	2.27	0.73
120	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	3.42	-20.27	1.85	1.18	1.82
121	Cornell	Ivy	2-7-0	0.22	3.37	-7.56	14.44	2.17	-0.17
122	Princeton	Ivy	2-7-0	0.22	3.15	-10.22	14.46	0.95	1.05
123	Tulane	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.43	-7.18	11.94	2.94	-0.94
124	Pacific	PCAA	2-9-0	0.18	2.12	-10.09	7.88	2.77	-0.77
125	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.12	-10.45	9.27	2.85	-0.85
126	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.02	-13.73	15.36	1.71	0.29
127	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-9-0	0.18	2	-13.73	13.98	1.54	0.46
128	Virginia	ACC	2-9-0	0.18	1.92	-14.55	11.46	1.12	0.88
129	Lamar	Southland	2-9-0	0.18	1.91	-15.09	12.58	0.95	1.05
130	Oregon State	Pac-8	2-10-0	0.17	1.82	-12.17	11.64	2.35	-0.35
131	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-9-0	0.18	1.66	-20.27	10.38	0.96	1.04
132	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-10-0	0.09	-0.2	-16.09	12.54	1.32	-0.32
133	Kansas State	Big 8	1-10-0	0.09	-0.27	-17.45	16.34	1.42	-0.42
134	Drake	Missouri Valley	1-10-0	0.09	-0.37	-20.36	12.4	1.59	-0.59
135	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-11-0	0.08	-0.39	-15.33	11.61	1.82	-0.82
136	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	1-10-0	0.09	-0.62	-28.18	12.5	0.13	0.87
137	TCU	Southwest	0-11-0	0	-2.68	-27.45	13.79	0.59	-0.59