1976 W12 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.301397+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	10-0-0	1	25.03	20.7	9.54	9.12	0.88
2	Maryland	ACC	11-0-0	1	24.85	17.09	9.36	10.35	0.65
3	Michigan	Big Ten	10-1-0	0.91	23.31	31.36	9.64	10.79	-0.79
4	Georgia	SEC	9-1-0	0.9	23.2	20.3	11.94	9.25	-0.25
5	UCLA	Pac-8	9-1-1	0.82	23.02	22.55	10.07	10.13	-1.13
6	USC	Pac-8	9-1-0	0.9	22.95	23.5	10.08	9.29	-0.29
7	Rutgers	FBS Independents	10-0-0	1	22.8	19.8	-1.35	9.58	0.42
8	Texas Tech	Southwest	8-1-0	0.89	22.51	11.89	11.04	7.03	0.97
9	San Diego State	FBS Independents	9-1-0	0.9	22.2	6.9	10.87	7.59	1.41
10	Yale	Ivy	8-1-0	0.89	21.57	13.44	5.9	8.13	-0.13
11	Brown	Ivy	8-1-0	0.89	21.44	7.67	7.38	6.96	1.04
12	Ohio State	Big Ten	8-2-1	0.73	20.87	12.64	13.41	9.22	-1.22
13	East Carolina	Southern	9-2-0	0.82	20.64	14.73	9.26	9.77	-0.77
14	Texas A&M	Southwest	8-2-0	0.8	20.6	17.7	10.85	8.92	-0.92
15	Louisiana	Southland	8-2-0	0.8	20.48	11.1	11.69	7.96	0.04
16	BYU	Western Athletic	9-2-0	0.82	20.45	15.36	7.9	9.08	-0.08
17	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	20.34	12.9	10.75	8.34	-0.34
18	Houston	Southwest	7-2-0	0.78	20.3	13.22	13.41	7.4	-0.4
19	McNeese	Southland	9-2-0	0.82	20.28	7.91	9.81	7.81	1.19
20	Mississippi State	SEC	9-2-0	0.82	20.27	8.27	9.51	8	1
21	Nebraska	Big 8	7-2-1	0.7	20.17	17	11.11	8.75	-1.75
22	Oklahoma	Big 8	7-2-1	0.7	19.88	9.7	11.99	7.47	-0.47
23	North Carolina	ACC	9-2-0	0.82	19.72	4	9.1	6.78	2.22
24	Colgate	FBS Independents	8-1-0	0.89	19.32	5.22	-3.34	6.21	1.79
25	Iowa State	Big 8	8-3-0	0.73	19.01	13.91	11.6	8.59	-0.59
26	Colorado	Big 8	8-3-0	0.73	18.89	8.82	13.62	7.92	0.08
27	Baylor	Southwest	6-2-1	0.67	18.32	2.67	12.23	5.33	0.67
28	Oklahoma State	Big 8	7-3-0	0.7	18.15	5.8	15.66	6.6	0.4
29	Alabama	SEC	7-3-0	0.7	18.12	12.6	11.18	8.37	-1.37
30	Ball State	Mid-American	8-3-0	0.73	17.98	12.09	6.07	9.34	-1.34
31	Florida	SEC	7-3-0	0.7	17.88	5	14.44	6.08	0.92
32	Penn State	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	17.81	9.6	10.46	7.89	-0.89
33	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	17.77	7.6	11.55	7.79	-0.79
34	Long Beach State	PCAA	8-3-0	0.73	17.72	8.09	5.61	8.39	-0.39
35	Wyoming	Western Athletic	8-3-0	0.73	17.64	5.64	6.58	7.14	0.86
36	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	7-3-0	0.7	17.58	4.9	11.39	6.45	0.55
37	Dartmouth	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	17.04	13.89	7.87	7.71	-1.71
38	Boston College	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	16.93	6.1	6.7	7.27	-0.27
39	San José State	PCAA	7-4-0	0.64	16.35	12.82	8.14	8.46	-1.46
40	Harvard	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.35	6.78	6.48	6.59	-0.59
41	Kentucky	SEC	7-4-0	0.64	16.14	3.36	13.94	6.9	0.1
42	Western Michigan	Mid-American	7-4-0	0.64	16.03	6.18	10	7.32	-0.32
43	William & Mary	Southern	7-4-0	0.64	16.03	5.55	9.65	7.62	-0.62
44	Ohio	Mid-American	7-4-0	0.64	15.96	7.09	8.77	7.76	-0.76
45	Arkansas	Southwest	5-3-1	0.56	15.91	6.22	11.36	6.16	-1.16
46	Memphis	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.86	5.36	8.49	7.27	-0.27
47	Kent State	Mid-American	7-4-0	0.64	15.61	2.91	10.6	6.43	0.57
48	Southern Illinois	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.16	1.91	8.99	6.08	0.92
49	App State	Southern	6-4-1	0.55	15.05	10.18	5.71	8.51	-2.51
50	Furman	Southern	6-4-1	0.55	14.8	6.18	7.34	7.69	-1.69
51	Villanova	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	14.58	4.91	6.73	7.02	-1.02
52	LSU	SEC	5-4-1	0.5	14.53	7.8	11.33	7.38	-2.38
53	Central Michigan	Mid-American	7-4-0	0.64	14.51	0.36	7.06	5.62	1.38
54	Louisiana Tech	Southland	6-5-0	0.55	14.28	8.09	10.93	7.42	-1.42
55	South Carolina	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	14.14	4.73	11.92	7.44	-1.44
56	North Texas	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.94	7.91	8.28	8.28	-2.28
57	Bowling Green	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	13.91	3.91	11.05	6.53	-0.53
58	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.9	4.27	10.47	7	-1
59	Missouri	Big 8	6-5-0	0.55	13.54	0.45	16.44	5.63	0.37
60	Kansas	Big 8	6-5-0	0.55	13.17	0.82	12.99	5.73	0.27
61	Tennessee	SEC	5-5-0	0.5	13.15	7.2	10.75	7.15	-2.15
62	Colorado State	Western Athletic	6-5-0	0.55	12.97	1.73	6.61	6.13	-0.13
63	Arizona	Western Athletic	5-5-0	0.5	12.67	2.7	12.3	5.61	-0.61
64	Texas	Southwest	4-4-1	0.44	12.44	1.56	12.79	4.98	-0.98
65	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	12.4	1.8	0.58	5.53	-0.53
66	Texas-Arlington	Southland	5-5-0	0.5	12.2	2.2	10.12	5.57	-0.57
67	Minnesota	Big Ten	6-5-0	0.55	12.11	-0.91	10.71	5.18	0.82
68	The Citadel	Southern	6-5-0	0.55	11.89	-0.45	7.75	5.31	0.69
69	Arkansas State	Southland	5-6-0	0.45	11.75	4.82	11.6	6.87	-1.87
70	Fresno State	PCAA	5-6-0	0.45	11.54	6.55	6.59	7.73	-2.73
71	Stanford	Pac-8	6-5-0	0.55	11.45	-4.09	13.36	4.39	1.61
72	Richmond	Southern	5-6-0	0.45	11.3	1.55	14.73	6.17	-1.17
73	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	11.29	0.9	3.28	5.29	-0.29
74	Washington	Pac-8	5-6-0	0.45	11.29	2.73	11.09	6.37	-1.37
75	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	11.14	2.91	8.98	6.24	-1.24
76	Duke	ACC	5-5-1	0.45	11.09	-1	12.74	5.2	-0.2
77	California	Pac-8	5-6-0	0.45	10.75	0.36	12.84	5.61	-0.61
78	Army	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	10.18	-3.8	10.91	3.94	1.06
79	Illinois	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	9.8	-1.18	13.65	5.15	-0.15
80	West Virginia	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	9.7	-1.64	14.07	4.89	0.11
81	VMI	Southern	5-5-0	0.5	9.68	-6.8	10.16	2.79	2.21
82	Ole Miss	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	9.46	-2.45	12.01	4.45	0.55
83	Wake Forest	ACC	5-6-0	0.45	9.3	-2.64	11.42	4.52	0.48
84	Purdue	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	9.13	-4.09	12.13	4.13	0.87
85	New Mexico	Western Athletic	4-6-0	0.4	8.98	-0.3	12.63	4.92	-0.92
86	Florida State	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.8	-4.82	10.49	4.04	0.96
87	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	4-5-1	0.4	8.79	-3.3	9.32	4.11	-0.11
88	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	4-5-1	0.4	8.73	-4.3	10.82	3.92	0.08
89	Iowa	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	8.67	-6.64	11.55	3.21	1.79
90	Illinois State	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.49	-4.82	6.01	3.25	1.75
91	Miami	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	8.39	0.89	15.01	4.74	-1.74
92	Indiana	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	8.32	-11.27	12.07	1.87	3.13
93	Michigan State	Big Ten	4-6-1	0.36	8.05	-3.82	12.53	4.45	-0.45
94	Temple	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	7.92	-2	4.77	4.43	-0.43
95	Louisville	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	7.83	-4.3	12.18	3.7	0.3
96	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	4-6-1	0.36	7.12	-8.09	6.29	2.76	1.24
97	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	6.8	-4.27	10.15	4.02	-0.02
98	Dayton	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.59	-3.91	3.19	4.17	-0.17
99	Air Force	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.42	-8.45	11.69	2.99	1.01
100	Marshall	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.32	-8.36	7.44	2.69	1.31
101	Oregon	Pac-8	4-7-0	0.36	6.2	-11.55	11.61	2.01	1.99
102	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	3-6-1	0.3	6.2	-2.6	3.63	4.15	-1.15
103	Clemson	ACC	3-6-2	0.27	6.06	-5.91	13.81	3.51	-0.51
104	Auburn	SEC	3-7-0	0.3	5.74	-4.2	15.14	3.82	-0.82
105	Pennsylvania	Ivy	3-6-0	0.33	5.68	-7.67	7.67	1.85	1.15
106	Arizona State	Western Athletic	3-7-0	0.3	5.66	-3.5	12.63	4.04	-1.04
107	NC State	ACC	3-7-1	0.27	5.58	-4.91	13.98	4.01	-1.01
108	Columbia	Ivy	3-6-0	0.33	5.54	-11.89	11.34	1.86	1.14
109	Indiana State	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	5.2	-6.1	7.73	3.1	-0.1
110	Navy	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	5.06	-9.8	13.32	2.32	0.68
111	Utah	Western Athletic	3-7-0	0.3	5.03	-8.8	9.88	3.22	-0.22
112	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	5.02	-11	0.1	2.09	0.91
113	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	4.84	-4.36	13.09	3.84	-0.84
114	Toledo	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	4.83	-4.27	9.17	4.06	-1.06
115	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	4.81	-7	3.18	3.28	-0.28
116	Rice	Southwest	3-7-0	0.3	4.73	-15.9	13.11	2.13	0.87
117	Washington State	Pac-8	3-8-0	0.27	4.4	-8.27	9.94	3.5	-0.5
118	Utah State	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.36	-8.45	12.08	2.89	0.11
119	Syracuse	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.34	-9.91	12.02	2.41	0.59
120	SMU	Southwest	3-8-0	0.27	4.17	-12.45	15.04	2.49	0.51
121	Cornell	Ivy	2-7-0	0.22	3.43	-7.56	14.87	2.17	-0.17
122	Princeton	Ivy	2-7-0	0.22	3.21	-10.22	14.87	0.95	1.05
123	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	2.55	-11.3	8.34	2.58	-0.58
124	Tulane	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.49	-7.18	12.13	2.94	-0.94
125	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-8-0	0.2	2.45	-14.8	13.56	1.31	0.69
126	Pacific	PCAA	2-9-0	0.18	2.18	-10.09	8.29	2.77	-0.77
127	Virginia	ACC	2-9-0	0.18	1.97	-14.55	11.96	1.12	0.88
128	Lamar	Southland	2-9-0	0.18	1.96	-15.09	12.9	0.95	1.05
129	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-9-0	0.18	1.7	-20.27	10.15	0.96	1.04
130	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	1-9-0	0.1	-0.08	-16.2	16.02	1.21	-0.21
131	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-10-0	0.09	-0.09	-14.09	11.6	1.83	-0.83
132	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-10-0	0.09	-0.19	-16.09	12.94	1.32	-0.32
133	Kansas State	Big 8	1-10-0	0.09	-0.26	-17.45	16.45	1.42	-0.42
134	Oregon State	Pac-8	1-10-0	0.09	-0.3	-18.64	12.24	0.95	0.05
135	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	1-9-0	0.1	-0.35	-26.8	12	0.15	0.85
136	Drake	Missouri Valley	1-10-0	0.09	-0.36	-20.36	12.77	1.59	-0.59
137	TCU	Southwest	0-10-0	0	-2.81	-29.7	15.05	0.42	-0.42