1976 W15 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.302724+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	11-0-0	1	24.78	20.36	9.43	10.06	0.94
2	Maryland	ACC	11-0-0	1	24.73	17.09	9.84	10.35	0.65
3	Michigan	Big Ten	10-1-0	0.91	23.13	31.36	9.63	10.79	-0.79
4	Georgia	SEC	10-1-0	0.91	23.08	18.73	11.49	10.08	-0.08
5	USC	Pac-8	10-1-0	0.91	23.06	21.73	10.76	10.12	-0.12
6	Rutgers	FBS Independents	11-0-0	1	22.94	18.73	0.52	10.48	0.52
7	UCLA	Pac-8	9-1-1	0.82	22.79	22.55	10.38	10.13	-1.13
8	Texas Tech	Southwest	10-1-0	0.91	22.75	12.09	11.43	8.68	1.32
9	San Diego State	FBS Independents	10-1-0	0.91	22.06	6.55	10.04	8.21	1.79
10	Yale	Ivy	8-1-0	0.89	21.37	13.44	5.8	8.13	-0.13
11	Brown	Ivy	8-1-0	0.89	21.25	7.67	7.36	6.96	1.04
12	Texas A&M	Southwest	9-2-0	0.82	20.82	18.27	10.33	9.96	-0.96
13	Houston	Southwest	9-2-0	0.82	20.74	13.27	11.25	8.97	0.03
14	East Carolina	Southern	9-2-0	0.82	20.62	14.73	10.08	9.77	-0.77
15	Ohio State	Big Ten	8-2-1	0.73	20.52	12.64	12.95	9.22	-1.22
16	Louisiana	Southland	9-2-0	0.82	20.47	10.27	10.79	8.73	0.27
17	BYU	Western Athletic	9-2-0	0.82	20.31	15.36	8.05	9.08	-0.08
18	Mississippi State	SEC	9-2-0	0.82	20.21	8.27	10.13	8	1
19	Oklahoma	Big 8	8-2-1	0.73	20.17	9.09	12.27	8.09	-0.09
20	McNeese	Southland	9-2-0	0.82	20.08	7.91	9.48	7.81	1.19
21	North Carolina	ACC	9-2-0	0.82	19.56	4	9.06	6.78	2.22
22	Nebraska	Big 8	8-3-1	0.67	18.95	19.33	11.1	10.75	-2.75
23	Iowa State	Big 8	8-3-0	0.73	18.81	13.91	11.79	8.59	-0.59
24	Alabama	SEC	8-3-0	0.73	18.7	14.27	10.96	9.49	-1.49
25	Colorado	Big 8	8-3-0	0.73	18.65	8.82	12.98	7.92	0.08
26	Oklahoma State	Big 8	8-3-0	0.73	18.61	7.91	13.28	7.78	0.22
27	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.59	11.36	11.3	8.9	-0.9
28	Florida	SEC	8-3-0	0.73	18.43	5.36	13.9	6.83	1.17
29	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.39	8.18	11.58	8.79	-0.79
30	Ball State	Mid-American	8-3-0	0.73	17.84	12.09	6	9.34	-1.34
31	Boston College	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	17.75	10.36	6.11	9.05	-1.05
32	Colgate	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	17.57	3.9	-0.78	6.47	1.53
33	Long Beach State	PCAA	8-3-0	0.73	17.48	8.09	5.39	8.39	-0.39
34	Wyoming	Western Athletic	8-3-0	0.73	17.41	5.64	6.54	7.14	0.86
35	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	7-3-1	0.64	17.2	4.45	10.87	6.97	0.03
36	Dartmouth	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.89	13.89	7.85	7.71	-1.71
37	Baylor	Southwest	7-3-1	0.64	16.86	2.36	11.15	6.36	0.64
38	Kent State	Mid-American	8-4-0	0.67	16.54	6.17	9.45	8.09	-0.09
39	Penn State	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	16.21	7.18	11.25	8.01	-1.01
40	Harvard	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.19	6.78	6.38	6.59	-0.59
41	San José State	PCAA	7-4-0	0.64	16.17	12.82	7.86	8.46	-1.46
42	Kentucky	SEC	7-4-0	0.64	16.11	3.36	14.47	6.9	0.1
43	Western Michigan	Mid-American	7-4-0	0.64	15.91	6.18	9.78	7.32	-0.32
44	William & Mary	Southern	7-4-0	0.64	15.89	5.55	10.16	7.62	-0.62
45	Ohio	Mid-American	7-4-0	0.64	15.87	7.09	8.71	7.76	-0.76
46	Memphis	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.69	5.36	8.79	7.27	-0.27
47	LSU	SEC	6-4-1	0.55	15.42	9.64	10.58	8.59	-2.59
48	Southern Illinois	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.08	1.91	8.73	6.08	0.92
49	App State	Southern	6-4-1	0.55	14.88	10.18	5.89	8.51	-2.51
50	Furman	Southern	6-4-1	0.55	14.72	6.18	7.32	7.69	-1.69
51	Villanova	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	14.53	4.91	6.96	7.02	-1.02
52	Central Michigan	Mid-American	7-4-0	0.64	14.3	0.36	7.09	5.62	1.38
53	Louisiana Tech	Southland	6-5-0	0.55	14.26	8.09	11.4	7.42	-1.42
54	Tennessee	SEC	6-5-0	0.55	13.96	6.82	9.76	7.82	-1.82
55	North Texas	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.93	7.91	8.59	8.28	-2.28
56	South Carolina	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.89	4.73	11.32	7.44	-1.44
57	Bowling Green	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	13.81	3.91	11.73	6.53	-0.53
58	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.81	4.27	11.22	7	-1
59	Missouri	Big 8	6-5-0	0.55	13.33	0.45	16.49	5.63	0.37
60	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	13.31	2.45	-0	6.3	-0.3
61	Kansas	Big 8	6-5-0	0.55	13.14	0.82	12.91	5.73	0.27
62	Colorado State	Western Athletic	6-5-0	0.55	12.85	1.73	7.04	6.13	-0.13
63	Arkansas	Southwest	5-5-1	0.45	12.21	1.45	12.66	5.99	-0.99
64	Texas	Southwest	5-5-1	0.45	11.98	0.64	13.74	5.74	-0.74
65	Minnesota	Big Ten	6-5-0	0.55	11.97	-0.91	11	5.18	0.82
66	The Citadel	Southern	6-5-0	0.55	11.93	-0.45	8.47	5.31	0.69
67	Arkansas State	Southland	5-6-0	0.45	11.63	4.82	11.35	6.87	-1.87
68	Stanford	Pac-8	6-5-0	0.55	11.39	-4.09	13.16	4.39	1.61
69	Fresno State	PCAA	5-6-0	0.45	11.34	6.55	6.16	7.73	-2.73
70	Richmond	Southern	5-6-0	0.45	11.31	1.55	15.14	6.17	-1.17
71	Washington	Pac-8	5-6-0	0.45	11.25	2.73	11.04	6.37	-1.37
72	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	11.1	0.9	3.07	5.29	-0.29
73	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	11.1	2.91	8.99	6.24	-1.24
74	Duke	ACC	5-5-1	0.45	10.9	-1	12.17	5.2	-0.2
75	Arizona	Western Athletic	5-6-0	0.45	10.71	0.91	10.92	5.73	-0.73
76	California	Pac-8	5-6-0	0.45	10.66	0.36	13.47	5.61	-0.61
77	Texas-Arlington	Southland	5-6-0	0.45	10.61	1	9.29	5.79	-0.79
78	Illinois	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	9.75	-1.18	13.05	5.15	-0.15
79	West Virginia	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	9.67	-1.64	14.02	4.89	0.11
80	VMI	Southern	5-5-0	0.5	9.65	-6.8	10.05	2.79	2.21
81	Ole Miss	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	9.31	-2.45	12.04	4.45	0.55
82	Wake Forest	ACC	5-6-0	0.45	9.19	-2.64	11.06	4.52	0.48
83	Purdue	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	9.02	-4.09	12.37	4.13	0.87
84	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	4-5-2	0.36	8.85	-3	10.5	4.59	-0.59
85	Florida State	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.8	-4.82	10.78	4.04	0.96
86	Army	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.65	-6	10.65	3.72	1.28
87	Iowa	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	8.61	-6.64	11.11	3.21	1.79
88	Illinois State	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.48	-4.82	6.15	3.25	1.75
89	Indiana	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	8.27	-11.27	11.65	1.87	3.13
90	New Mexico	Western Athletic	4-7-0	0.36	7.94	-0.55	12.82	5.33	-1.33
91	Michigan State	Big Ten	4-6-1	0.36	7.9	-3.82	12.09	4.45	-0.45
92	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	4-6-1	0.36	7.81	-4.18	11.58	4.29	-0.29
93	Temple	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	7.79	-2	4.58	4.43	-0.43
94	Arizona State	Western Athletic	4-7-0	0.36	7.46	-1.64	11.96	5	-1
95	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	4-6-1	0.36	7.05	-8.09	6.18	2.76	1.24
96	Louisville	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.81	-5.18	12.44	3.74	0.26
97	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	6.76	-4.27	9.25	4.02	-0.02
98	Navy	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.69	-6.36	12.79	3.52	0.48
99	Dayton	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.47	-3.91	3.04	4.17	-0.17
100	Air Force	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.43	-8.45	11.6	2.99	1.01
101	Marshall	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.23	-8.36	7.71	2.69	1.31
102	Oregon	Pac-8	4-7-0	0.36	6.19	-11.55	11.42	2.01	1.99
103	Clemson	ACC	3-6-2	0.27	6.09	-5.91	13.62	3.51	-0.51
104	Miami	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	5.99	-0.55	15.6	5.31	-2.31
105	Pennsylvania	Ivy	3-6-0	0.33	5.62	-7.67	7.56	1.85	1.15
106	NC State	ACC	3-7-1	0.27	5.53	-4.91	13.87	4.01	-1.01
107	Columbia	Ivy	3-6-0	0.33	5.48	-11.89	11.24	1.86	1.14
108	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	3-7-1	0.27	5.38	-2.64	2.08	4.56	-1.56
109	Indiana State	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	5.13	-6.1	7.98	3.1	-0.1
110	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	4.88	-4.36	13.16	3.84	-0.84
111	Toledo	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	4.75	-4.27	9.23	4.06	-1.06
112	Auburn	SEC	3-8-0	0.27	4.66	-6.64	14.92	3.51	-0.51
113	Utah State	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.36	-8.45	11.04	2.89	0.11
114	Washington State	Pac-8	3-8-0	0.27	4.35	-8.27	10.34	3.5	-0.5
115	Syracuse	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.28	-9.91	12.25	2.41	0.59
116	SMU	Southwest	3-8-0	0.27	4.18	-12.45	14.13	2.49	0.51
117	Utah	Western Athletic	3-8-0	0.27	4.17	-10.55	10.22	3.14	-0.14
118	Rice	Southwest	3-8-0	0.27	3.94	-16.45	13.21	2.27	0.73
119	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	3.93	-11.18	4.26	2.71	0.29
120	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	3.45	-20.27	1.89	1.18	1.82
121	Cornell	Ivy	2-7-0	0.22	3.39	-7.56	14.54	2.17	-0.17
122	Princeton	Ivy	2-7-0	0.22	3.17	-10.22	14.56	0.95	1.05
123	Tulane	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.45	-7.18	12.02	2.94	-0.94
124	Pacific	PCAA	2-9-0	0.18	2.13	-10.09	7.95	2.77	-0.77
125	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.13	-10.45	9.32	2.85	-0.85
126	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.03	-13.73	15.56	1.71	0.29
127	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-9-0	0.18	2.01	-13.73	13.96	1.54	0.46
128	Virginia	ACC	2-9-0	0.18	1.93	-14.55	11.55	1.12	0.88
129	Lamar	Southland	2-9-0	0.18	1.92	-15.09	12.65	0.95	1.05
130	Oregon State	Pac-8	2-10-0	0.17	1.84	-12.17	11.87	2.35	-0.35
131	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-9-0	0.18	1.67	-20.27	10.44	0.96	1.04
132	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-10-0	0.09	-0.2	-16.09	12.64	1.32	-0.32
133	Kansas State	Big 8	1-10-0	0.09	-0.27	-17.45	16.48	1.42	-0.42
134	Drake	Missouri Valley	1-10-0	0.09	-0.38	-20.36	12.62	1.59	-0.59
135	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-11-0	0.08	-0.39	-15.33	11.92	1.82	-0.82
136	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	1-10-0	0.09	-0.63	-28.18	12.59	0.13	0.87
137	TCU	Southwest	0-11-0	0	-2.7	-27.45	13.9	0.59	-0.59