1976 W16 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.303177+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	11-0-0	1	24.72	20.36	9.4	10.06	0.94
2	Maryland	ACC	11-0-0	1	24.67	17.09	9.81	10.35	0.65
3	Michigan	Big Ten	10-1-0	0.91	23.07	31.36	9.6	10.79	-0.79
4	Georgia	SEC	10-1-0	0.91	23.03	18.73	11.46	10.08	-0.08
5	USC	Pac-8	10-1-0	0.91	23	21.73	10.73	10.12	-0.12
6	Rutgers	FBS Independents	11-0-0	1	22.89	18.73	0.51	10.48	0.52
7	UCLA	Pac-8	9-1-1	0.82	22.74	22.55	10.35	10.13	-1.13
8	Texas Tech	Southwest	10-1-0	0.91	22.69	12.09	11.39	8.68	1.32
9	San Diego State	FBS Independents	10-1-0	0.91	22.01	6.55	10.01	8.21	1.79
10	Yale	Ivy	8-1-0	0.89	21.32	13.44	5.78	8.13	-0.13
11	Brown	Ivy	8-1-0	0.89	21.2	7.67	7.34	6.96	1.04
12	Texas A&M	Southwest	9-2-0	0.82	20.77	18.27	10.3	9.96	-0.96
13	Houston	Southwest	9-2-0	0.82	20.68	13.27	11.21	8.97	0.03
14	East Carolina	Southern	9-2-0	0.82	20.57	14.73	10.05	9.77	-0.77
15	Ohio State	Big Ten	8-2-1	0.73	20.47	12.64	12.92	9.22	-1.22
16	Louisiana	Southland	9-2-0	0.82	20.43	10.27	10.76	8.73	0.27
17	McNeese	Southland	10-2-0	0.83	20.32	7.58	10.1	8.46	1.54
18	Mississippi State	SEC	9-2-0	0.82	20.16	8.27	10.1	8	1
19	Oklahoma	Big 8	8-2-1	0.73	20.12	9.09	12.24	8.09	-0.09
20	North Carolina	ACC	9-2-0	0.82	19.51	4	9.03	6.78	2.22
21	Oklahoma State	Big 8	9-3-0	0.75	19.24	9.58	13.84	8.82	0.18
22	Nebraska	Big 8	8-3-1	0.67	18.9	19.33	11.07	10.75	-2.75
23	Iowa State	Big 8	8-3-0	0.73	18.76	13.91	11.76	8.59	-0.59
24	BYU	Western Athletic	9-3-0	0.75	18.71	11.75	8.91	9.07	-0.07
25	Alabama	SEC	8-3-0	0.73	18.66	14.27	10.93	9.49	-1.49
26	Colorado	Big 8	8-3-0	0.73	18.6	8.82	12.94	7.92	0.08
27	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.54	11.36	11.26	8.9	-0.9
28	Florida	SEC	8-3-0	0.73	18.39	5.36	13.86	6.83	1.17
29	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.34	8.18	11.54	8.79	-0.79
30	Ball State	Mid-American	8-3-0	0.73	17.8	12.09	5.98	9.34	-1.34
31	Boston College	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	17.71	10.36	6.09	9.05	-1.05
32	Colgate	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	17.54	3.9	-0.79	6.47	1.53
33	Long Beach State	PCAA	8-3-0	0.73	17.44	8.09	5.37	8.39	-0.39
34	Wyoming	Western Athletic	8-3-0	0.73	17.37	5.64	6.52	7.14	0.86
35	Dartmouth	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.85	13.89	7.82	7.71	-1.71
36	Baylor	Southwest	7-3-1	0.64	16.81	2.36	11.11	6.36	0.64
37	Kent State	Mid-American	8-4-0	0.67	16.5	6.17	9.42	8.09	-0.09
38	Penn State	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	16.17	7.18	11.21	8.01	-1.01
39	Harvard	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.15	6.78	6.35	6.59	-0.59
40	San José State	PCAA	7-4-0	0.64	16.13	12.82	7.84	8.46	-1.46
41	Kentucky	SEC	7-4-0	0.64	16.07	3.36	14.43	6.9	0.1
42	Western Michigan	Mid-American	7-4-0	0.64	15.88	6.18	9.75	7.32	-0.32
43	William & Mary	Southern	7-4-0	0.64	15.85	5.55	10.13	7.62	-0.62
44	Ohio	Mid-American	7-4-0	0.64	15.83	7.09	8.68	7.76	-0.76
45	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	7-4-1	0.58	15.83	3.75	11.6	7.37	-0.37
46	Memphis	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.66	5.36	8.76	7.27	-0.27
47	LSU	SEC	6-4-1	0.55	15.38	9.64	10.56	8.59	-2.59
48	Southern Illinois	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.04	1.91	8.7	6.08	0.92
49	App State	Southern	6-4-1	0.55	14.84	10.18	5.87	8.51	-2.51
50	Furman	Southern	6-4-1	0.55	14.68	6.18	7.3	7.69	-1.69
51	Villanova	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	14.49	4.91	6.94	7.02	-1.02
52	Central Michigan	Mid-American	7-4-0	0.64	14.27	0.36	7.07	5.62	1.38
53	Louisiana Tech	Southland	6-5-0	0.55	14.23	8.09	11.37	7.42	-1.42
54	Tennessee	SEC	6-5-0	0.55	13.92	6.82	9.73	7.82	-1.82
55	North Texas	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.89	7.91	8.56	8.28	-2.28
56	South Carolina	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.85	4.73	11.29	7.44	-1.44
57	Bowling Green	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	13.78	3.91	11.7	6.53	-0.53
58	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.78	4.27	11.18	7	-1
59	Missouri	Big 8	6-5-0	0.55	13.3	0.45	16.45	5.63	0.37
60	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	13.28	2.45	-0.02	6.3	-0.3
61	Kansas	Big 8	6-5-0	0.55	13.11	0.82	12.88	5.73	0.27
62	Colorado State	Western Athletic	6-5-0	0.55	12.82	1.73	7.02	6.13	-0.13
63	Arkansas	Southwest	5-5-1	0.45	12.18	1.45	12.61	5.99	-0.99
64	Texas	Southwest	5-5-1	0.45	11.96	0.64	13.7	5.74	-0.74
65	Minnesota	Big Ten	6-5-0	0.55	11.94	-0.91	10.96	5.18	0.82
66	The Citadel	Southern	6-5-0	0.55	11.91	-0.45	8.45	5.31	0.69
67	Arkansas State	Southland	5-6-0	0.45	11.6	4.82	11.32	6.87	-1.87
68	Stanford	Pac-8	6-5-0	0.55	11.36	-4.09	13.12	4.39	1.61
69	Fresno State	PCAA	5-6-0	0.45	11.32	6.55	6.14	7.73	-2.73
70	Richmond	Southern	5-6-0	0.45	11.28	1.55	15.1	6.17	-1.17
71	Washington	Pac-8	5-6-0	0.45	11.22	2.73	11.01	6.37	-1.37
72	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	11.07	0.9	3.05	5.29	-0.29
73	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	11.07	2.91	8.96	6.24	-1.24
74	Duke	ACC	5-5-1	0.45	10.87	-1	12.13	5.2	-0.2
75	Arizona	Western Athletic	5-6-0	0.45	10.68	0.91	10.89	5.73	-0.73
76	California	Pac-8	5-6-0	0.45	10.63	0.36	13.43	5.61	-0.61
77	Texas-Arlington	Southland	5-6-0	0.45	10.58	1	9.27	5.79	-0.79
78	Illinois	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	9.73	-1.18	13.01	5.15	-0.15
79	West Virginia	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	9.65	-1.64	13.98	4.89	0.11
80	VMI	Southern	5-5-0	0.5	9.63	-6.8	10.02	2.79	2.21
81	Ole Miss	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	9.28	-2.45	12.01	4.45	0.55
82	Wake Forest	ACC	5-6-0	0.45	9.17	-2.64	11.03	4.52	0.48
83	Purdue	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	9	-4.09	12.33	4.13	0.87
84	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	4-5-2	0.36	8.83	-3	10.47	4.59	-0.59
85	Florida State	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.78	-4.82	10.75	4.04	0.96
86	Army	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.63	-6	10.61	3.72	1.28
87	Iowa	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	8.59	-6.64	11.08	3.21	1.79
88	Illinois State	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.46	-4.82	6.13	3.25	1.75
89	Indiana	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	8.25	-11.27	11.62	1.87	3.13
90	New Mexico	Western Athletic	4-7-0	0.36	7.92	-0.55	12.78	5.33	-1.33
91	Michigan State	Big Ten	4-6-1	0.36	7.88	-3.82	12.05	4.45	-0.45
92	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	4-6-1	0.36	7.79	-4.18	11.55	4.29	-0.29
93	Temple	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	7.77	-2	4.56	4.43	-0.43
94	Arizona State	Western Athletic	4-7-0	0.36	7.44	-1.64	11.93	5	-1
95	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	4-6-1	0.36	7.03	-8.09	6.16	2.76	1.24
96	Louisville	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.79	-5.18	12.4	3.74	0.26
97	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	6.74	-4.27	9.22	4.02	-0.02
98	Navy	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.67	-6.36	12.75	3.52	0.48
99	Dayton	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.46	-3.91	3.03	4.17	-0.17
100	Air Force	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.41	-8.45	11.57	2.99	1.01
101	Marshall	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.22	-8.36	7.68	2.69	1.31
102	Oregon	Pac-8	4-7-0	0.36	6.18	-11.55	11.39	2.01	1.99
103	Clemson	ACC	3-6-2	0.27	6.07	-5.91	13.58	3.51	-0.51
104	Miami	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	5.98	-0.55	15.55	5.31	-2.31
105	Pennsylvania	Ivy	3-6-0	0.33	5.61	-7.67	7.53	1.85	1.15
106	NC State	ACC	3-7-1	0.27	5.51	-4.91	13.83	4.01	-1.01
107	Columbia	Ivy	3-6-0	0.33	5.47	-11.89	11.2	1.86	1.14
108	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	3-7-1	0.27	5.36	-2.64	2.06	4.56	-1.56
109	Indiana State	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	5.12	-6.1	7.96	3.1	-0.1
110	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	4.87	-4.36	13.13	3.84	-0.84
111	Toledo	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	4.73	-4.27	9.2	4.06	-1.06
112	Auburn	SEC	3-8-0	0.27	4.65	-6.64	14.87	3.51	-0.51
113	Utah State	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.34	-8.45	11	2.89	0.11
114	Washington State	Pac-8	3-8-0	0.27	4.34	-8.27	10.31	3.5	-0.5
115	Syracuse	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.27	-9.91	12.21	2.41	0.59
116	SMU	Southwest	3-8-0	0.27	4.17	-12.45	14.08	2.49	0.51
117	Utah	Western Athletic	3-8-0	0.27	4.16	-10.55	10.2	3.14	-0.14
118	Rice	Southwest	3-8-0	0.27	3.93	-16.45	13.17	2.27	0.73
119	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	3.92	-11.18	4.24	2.71	0.29
120	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	3.44	-20.27	1.87	1.18	1.82
121	Cornell	Ivy	2-7-0	0.22	3.38	-7.56	14.5	2.17	-0.17
122	Princeton	Ivy	2-7-0	0.22	3.16	-10.22	14.52	0.95	1.05
123	Tulane	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.44	-7.18	11.99	2.94	-0.94
124	Pacific	PCAA	2-9-0	0.18	2.13	-10.09	7.92	2.77	-0.77
125	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.13	-10.45	9.29	2.85	-0.85
126	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.03	-13.73	15.52	1.71	0.29
127	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-9-0	0.18	2	-13.73	13.93	1.54	0.46
128	Virginia	ACC	2-9-0	0.18	1.92	-14.55	11.52	1.12	0.88
129	Lamar	Southland	2-9-0	0.18	1.91	-15.09	12.61	0.95	1.05
130	Oregon State	Pac-8	2-10-0	0.17	1.83	-12.17	11.84	2.35	-0.35
131	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-9-0	0.18	1.66	-20.27	10.41	0.96	1.04
132	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-10-0	0.09	-0.2	-16.09	12.6	1.32	-0.32
133	Kansas State	Big 8	1-10-0	0.09	-0.27	-17.45	16.43	1.42	-0.42
134	Drake	Missouri Valley	1-10-0	0.09	-0.38	-20.36	12.58	1.59	-0.59
135	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-11-0	0.08	-0.39	-15.33	11.89	1.82	-0.82
136	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	1-10-0	0.09	-0.62	-28.18	12.56	0.13	0.87
137	TCU	Southwest	0-11-0	0	-2.69	-27.45	13.85	0.59	-0.59