1976 W11 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.300961+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	UCLA	Pac-8	9-0-1	0.9	25.16	25.8	8.82	9.44	-0.44
2	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	10-0-0	1	25.09	20.7	9.32	9.12	0.88
3	Texas Tech	Southwest	8-0-0	1	24.93	14.38	9.79	6.61	1.39
4	Maryland	ACC	10-0-0	1	24.91	16	9.34	9.25	0.75
5	Georgia	SEC	9-1-0	0.9	23.37	20.3	12.39	9.25	-0.25
6	Ohio State	Big Ten	8-1-1	0.8	23.07	16.1	13.04	8.86	-0.86
7	Rutgers	FBS Independents	10-0-0	1	22.88	19.8	-1.42	9.58	0.42
8	Michigan	Big Ten	9-1-0	0.9	22.88	32.3	7.9	9.78	-0.78
9	USC	Pac-8	8-1-0	0.89	22.59	25	8.59	8.43	-0.43
10	Louisiana	Southland	8-1-0	0.89	22.49	12.44	10.14	7.4	0.6
11	San Diego State	FBS Independents	8-1-0	0.89	21.86	6.89	9.68	6.71	1.29
12	Yale	Ivy	8-1-0	0.89	21.67	13.44	6.06	8.13	-0.13
13	Brown	Ivy	8-1-0	0.89	21.56	7.67	7.62	6.96	1.04
14	Iowa State	Big 8	8-2-0	0.8	20.74	17.4	11.39	8.38	-0.38
15	Nebraska	Big 8	7-2-1	0.7	20.42	17	11.51	8.75	-1.75
16	Texas A&M	Southwest	7-2-0	0.78	20.38	14.22	13.05	7.72	-0.72
17	East Carolina	Southern	8-2-0	0.8	20.2	13.4	8.51	8.7	-0.7
18	BYU	Western Athletic	8-2-0	0.8	20.14	14.7	8.46	8.14	-0.14
19	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	7-2-0	0.78	19.99	12.89	11.04	7.68	-0.68
20	Mississippi State	SEC	8-2-0	0.8	19.92	7.4	10.17	7.05	0.95
21	Oklahoma	Big 8	7-2-1	0.7	19.85	9.7	11.44	7.47	-0.47
22	McNeese	Southland	8-2-0	0.8	19.79	8.6	8.72	7.25	0.75
23	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	7-2-0	0.78	19.78	7.33	12.25	6.42	0.58
24	Houston	Southwest	6-2-0	0.75	19.51	13.88	11.79	6.69	-0.69
25	Wyoming	Western Athletic	8-2-0	0.8	19.5	8.2	7.06	7.2	0.8
26	Colgate	FBS Independents	8-1-0	0.89	19.46	5.22	-3.57	6.21	1.79
27	North Carolina	ACC	8-2-0	0.8	19.38	4.3	9.15	6.37	1.63
28	Long Beach State	PCAA	8-2-0	0.8	19.14	9.6	4.16	7.88	0.12
29	Colorado	Big 8	7-3-0	0.7	18.57	9	15.79	7.32	-0.32
30	Alabama	SEC	7-3-0	0.7	18.3	12.6	11.32	8.37	-1.37
31	Arkansas	Southwest	5-2-1	0.62	18.3	7.5	12.06	5.9	-0.9
32	Penn State	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	17.83	9.6	10.3	7.89	-0.89
33	William & Mary	Southern	7-3-0	0.7	17.59	7.2	10.11	7.42	-0.42
34	Memphis	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	17.47	6.1	9.92	6.76	0.24
35	Oklahoma State	Big 8	6-3-0	0.67	17.32	4.11	16.17	5.59	0.41
36	Baylor	Southwest	5-2-1	0.62	17.28	1.75	13.04	4.48	0.52
37	Ball State	Mid-American	7-3-0	0.7	17.23	8.4	5.94	7.77	-0.77
38	Dartmouth	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	17.11	13.89	8.21	7.71	-1.71
39	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	17.1	5.56	13.16	6.5	-0.5
40	Florida	SEC	6-3-0	0.67	17.04	2.44	15.17	5	1
41	App State	Southern	6-3-1	0.6	16.66	14	4.57	8.5	-2.5
42	Harvard	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.48	6.78	6.41	6.59	-0.59
43	Central Michigan	Mid-American	7-3-0	0.7	16.47	3.2	5.84	5.97	1.03
44	San José State	PCAA	7-4-0	0.64	16.39	12.82	8.2	8.46	-1.46
45	Boston College	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	16	2.89	7.86	5.53	0.47
46	South Carolina	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	15.75	7.1	12.67	7.58	-1.58
47	Missouri	Big 8	6-4-0	0.6	15.73	3.2	16.99	5.87	0.13
48	Bowling Green	Mid-American	6-4-0	0.6	15.33	6.3	11.19	6.57	-0.57
49	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	15.25	5.4	10.19	6.76	-0.76
50	Kentucky	SEC	6-4-0	0.6	15.22	3	14.36	6.06	-0.06
51	Western Michigan	Mid-American	6-4-0	0.6	14.85	4	9.63	6.12	-0.12
52	Ohio	Mid-American	6-4-0	0.6	14.72	3	8.79	6	0
53	Tennessee	SEC	5-4-0	0.56	14.64	8.78	11.21	6.63	-1.63
54	Colorado State	Western Athletic	6-4-0	0.6	14.32	2.1	7.13	5.71	0.29
55	Texas	Southwest	4-3-1	0.5	14.25	3	12.48	4.8	-0.8
56	Arizona	Western Athletic	5-4-0	0.56	14.21	3.67	12.76	5.22	-0.22
57	Kent State	Mid-American	6-4-0	0.6	14.13	0.6	11.3	5.18	0.82
58	Minnesota	Big Ten	6-4-0	0.6	13.78	-0.1	10.89	4.97	1.03
59	Furman	Southern	5-4-1	0.5	13.65	2.6	9.5	5.96	-0.96
60	LSU	SEC	4-4-1	0.44	13.49	7.56	13	6.52	-2.52
61	Villanova	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	13.48	3.7	6.49	6.02	-1.02
62	Southern Illinois	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	13.24	-0.7	8.71	4.8	1.2
63	Louisiana Tech	Southland	5-5-0	0.5	13.21	6.9	12.21	6.61	-1.61
64	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	12.95	1.78	4.91	5.05	-0.05
65	Fresno State	PCAA	5-5-0	0.5	12.88	7.5	8.82	7.29	-2.29
66	Duke	ACC	5-4-1	0.5	12.38	-1	12.55	4.71	0.29
67	North Texas	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	12.29	2.4	8.57	5.9	-0.9
68	California	Pac-8	5-5-0	0.5	12.07	0.7	13.36	5.2	-0.2
69	Arkansas State	Southland	5-6-0	0.45	11.78	4.82	11.93	6.87	-1.87
70	Ole Miss	SEC	5-5-0	0.5	11.11	-1	11.5	4.6	0.4
71	Kansas	Big 8	5-5-0	0.5	10.93	-1.8	12.72	4.53	0.47
72	Texas-Arlington	Southland	4-5-0	0.44	10.35	0.22	11.18	4.55	-0.55
73	Purdue	Big Ten	5-5-0	0.5	10.29	-3.9	12.86	3.82	1.18
74	Stanford	Pac-8	5-5-0	0.5	10.22	-4.8	13.49	3.81	1.19
75	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	4-4-1	0.44	10.22	-0.22	-1.41	4.43	-0.43
76	The Citadel	Southern	5-5-0	0.5	10.18	-3.9	9.48	3.5	1.5
77	Army	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	10.16	-3.8	10.98	3.94	1.06
78	Miami	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	10.06	2.62	13.98	4.69	-1.69
79	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-6-0	0.4	9.98	2.3	8.47	5.52	-1.52
80	Washington	Pac-8	4-6-0	0.4	9.89	1.1	11.54	5.36	-1.36
81	Richmond	Southern	4-6-0	0.4	9.73	0.6	14.74	5.24	-1.24
82	Wake Forest	ACC	5-6-0	0.45	9.29	-2.64	11.55	4.52	0.48
83	Michigan State	Big Ten	4-5-1	0.4	9.24	-2.9	12.76	4.27	-0.27
84	Temple	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	9.23	-0.33	4.19	4.42	-0.42
85	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	4-5-1	0.4	8.83	-4.3	10.77	3.92	0.08
86	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	4-5-0	0.44	8.75	-3.67	10.41	3.65	0.35
87	West Virginia	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	8.47	-2.4	14.22	4.13	-0.13
88	VMI	Southern	4-5-0	0.44	8.26	-8.89	10.8	1.96	2.04
89	Illinois	Big Ten	4-6-0	0.4	8.02	-5.5	15.28	3.52	0.48
90	Dayton	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	7.78	-2.3	2.7	4.28	-0.28
91	Florida State	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	7.53	-6	10.57	3.34	0.66
92	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	3-5-1	0.33	7.5	-2.22	4.99	3.86	-0.86
93	Iowa	Big Ten	4-6-0	0.4	7.47	-8.6	11.61	2.32	1.68
94	Illinois State	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	7.39	-5.8	7.75	2.64	1.36
95	Marshall	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	7.35	-6.4	6.22	2.85	1.15
96	New Mexico	Western Athletic	3-6-0	0.33	7.21	-1	12.57	4.26	-1.26
97	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	4-6-0	0.4	7.15	-8.9	6.48	2.36	1.64
98	Indiana	Big Ten	4-6-0	0.4	7.12	-13	13.04	1.36	2.64
99	Louisville	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	6.31	-5.78	14.93	3.02	-0.02
100	Indiana State	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	5.87	-5.44	8.11	2.95	0.05
101	Auburn	SEC	3-7-0	0.3	5.82	-4.2	15.01	3.82	-0.82
102	Toledo	Mid-American	3-7-0	0.3	5.79	-2.1	9.07	4.34	-1.34
103	Pennsylvania	Ivy	3-6-0	0.33	5.76	-7.67	7.64	1.85	1.15
104	Utah	Western Athletic	3-6-0	0.33	5.7	-7.33	9.04	3.17	-0.17
105	NC State	ACC	3-7-1	0.27	5.65	-4.91	13.98	4.01	-1.01
106	Columbia	Ivy	3-6-0	0.33	5.6	-11.89	11.35	1.86	1.14
107	Rice	Southwest	3-6-0	0.33	5.51	-14.56	12.46	2.05	0.95
108	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	3-7-0	0.3	5.25	-6.4	9.06	3.01	-0.01
109	Washington State	Pac-8	3-7-0	0.3	5.21	-7.2	10.34	3.31	-0.31
110	Syracuse	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	5.03	-10.3	11.87	1.95	1.05
111	Navy	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	4.99	-9.8	13.34	2.32	0.68
112	Air Force	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	4.91	-11.3	10.65	1.96	1.04
113	Oregon	Pac-8	3-7-0	0.3	4.85	-13.6	12.68	1.44	1.56
114	Clemson	ACC	2-6-2	0.2	4.08	-8.4	13.38	2.52	-0.52
115	Arizona State	Western Athletic	2-7-0	0.22	3.82	-4.11	12.19	3.49	-1.49
116	Cornell	Ivy	2-7-0	0.22	3.34	-7.56	15.51	2.17	-0.17
117	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	2-6-0	0.25	3.3	-14.38	0.12	1.38	0.62
118	Princeton	Ivy	2-7-0	0.22	3.27	-10.22	15.14	0.95	1.05
119	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	2-7-0	0.22	3.18	-7.89	4.35	2.63	-0.63
120	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	2-7-0	0.22	3.08	-10.33	7.87	2.33	-0.33
121	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2-8-0	0.2	3.02	-6.8	13.11	2.72	-0.72
122	Tulane	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	2.99	-6.9	11.85	2.81	-0.81
123	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-7-0	0.22	2.86	-13.56	13.66	1.36	0.64
124	Pacific	PCAA	2-8-0	0.2	2.69	-9.7	9.16	2.58	-0.58
125	Utah State	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	2.69	-10.7	13.19	2.05	-0.05
126	SMU	Southwest	2-8-0	0.2	2.52	-14.1	14.62	1.9	0.1
127	Virginia	ACC	2-8-0	0.2	2.49	-13.2	10.86	1.28	0.72
128	Lamar	Southland	2-8-0	0.2	2.47	-14.6	13.28	0.83	1.17
129	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-8-0	0.2	2.25	-17.4	8.89	1.17	0.83
130	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-9-0	0.1	0.15	-13.9	12.73	1.71	-0.71
131	Drake	Missouri Valley	1-9-0	0.1	0.05	-16.1	12.82	1.98	-0.98
132	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-9-0	0.1	0.05	-13.5	13.41	1.54	-0.54
133	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	1-8-0	0.11	-0.05	-24.44	11.38	0.11	0.89
134	Kansas State	Big 8	1-9-0	0.1	-0.06	-18.5	16.27	1.06	-0.06
135	Oregon State	Pac-8	1-9-0	0.1	-0.11	-19.6	13.3	0.77	0.23
136	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	0-9-0	0	-2.46	-18.22	16.24	0.93	-0.93
137	TCU	Southwest	0-9-0	0	-2.76	-27.56	15.02	0.44	-0.44