1976 W17 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.303642+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	11-0-0	1	24.67	20.36	9.38	10.06	0.94
2	Maryland	ACC	11-0-0	1	24.62	17.09	9.79	10.35	0.65
3	Michigan	Big Ten	10-1-0	0.91	23.02	31.36	9.58	10.79	-0.79
4	Georgia	SEC	10-1-0	0.91	22.98	18.73	11.43	10.08	-0.08
5	USC	Pac-8	10-1-0	0.91	22.95	21.73	10.7	10.12	-0.12
6	Rutgers	FBS Independents	11-0-0	1	22.84	18.73	0.5	10.48	0.52
7	Texas Tech	Southwest	10-1-0	0.91	22.64	12.09	11.36	8.68	1.32
8	San Diego State	FBS Independents	10-1-0	0.91	21.94	6.55	9.85	8.21	1.79
9	Yale	Ivy	8-1-0	0.89	21.27	13.44	5.76	8.13	-0.13
10	Brown	Ivy	8-1-0	0.89	21.16	7.67	7.32	6.96	1.04
11	UCLA	Pac-8	9-2-1	0.75	20.9	18.17	11.02	10.48	-1.48
12	Oklahoma	Big 8	9-2-1	0.75	20.74	11.17	12.7	9.34	-0.34
13	Texas A&M	Southwest	9-2-0	0.82	20.72	18.27	10.27	9.96	-0.96
14	Houston	Southwest	9-2-0	0.82	20.64	13.27	11.18	8.97	0.03
15	East Carolina	Southern	9-2-0	0.82	20.53	14.73	10.03	9.77	-0.77
16	Ohio State	Big Ten	8-2-1	0.73	20.43	12.64	12.89	9.22	-1.22
17	Louisiana	Southland	9-2-0	0.82	20.39	10.27	10.76	8.73	0.27
18	McNeese	Southland	10-2-0	0.83	20.27	7.58	9.96	8.46	1.54
19	Mississippi State	SEC	9-2-0	0.82	20.12	8.27	10.07	8	1
20	North Carolina	ACC	9-2-0	0.82	19.47	4	9.01	6.78	2.22
21	Alabama	SEC	9-3-0	0.75	19.26	15.58	11.89	10.58	-1.58
22	Oklahoma State	Big 8	9-3-0	0.75	19.18	9.58	13.56	8.82	0.18
23	Nebraska	Big 8	8-3-1	0.67	18.87	19.33	11.1	10.75	-2.75
24	Iowa State	Big 8	8-3-0	0.73	18.73	13.91	11.79	8.59	-0.59
25	BYU	Western Athletic	9-3-0	0.75	18.63	11.75	8.95	9.07	-0.07
26	Colorado	Big 8	8-3-0	0.73	18.57	8.82	12.97	7.92	0.08
27	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.5	11.36	11.23	8.9	-0.9
28	Florida	SEC	8-3-0	0.73	18.35	5.36	13.83	6.83	1.17
29	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.29	8.18	11.4	8.79	-0.79
30	Ball State	Mid-American	8-3-0	0.73	17.77	12.09	5.97	9.34	-1.34
31	Boston College	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	17.67	10.36	6.07	9.05	-1.05
32	Colgate	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	17.5	3.9	-0.8	6.47	1.53
33	Long Beach State	PCAA	8-3-0	0.73	17.4	8.09	5.36	8.39	-0.39
34	Dartmouth	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.81	13.89	7.8	7.71	-1.71
35	Baylor	Southwest	7-3-1	0.64	16.78	2.36	11.08	6.36	0.64
36	Kent State	Mid-American	8-4-0	0.67	16.47	6.17	9.4	8.09	-0.09
37	Penn State	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	16.13	7.18	11.18	8.01	-1.01
38	Harvard	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.12	6.78	6.33	6.59	-0.59
39	San José State	PCAA	7-4-0	0.64	16.1	12.82	7.81	8.46	-1.46
40	Kentucky	SEC	7-4-0	0.64	16.04	3.36	14.39	6.9	0.1
41	Western Michigan	Mid-American	7-4-0	0.64	15.84	6.18	9.73	7.32	-0.32
42	William & Mary	Southern	7-4-0	0.64	15.82	5.55	10.1	7.62	-0.62
43	Ohio	Mid-American	7-4-0	0.64	15.8	7.09	8.66	7.76	-0.76
44	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	7-4-1	0.58	15.76	3.75	11.65	7.37	-0.37
45	Wyoming	Western Athletic	8-4-0	0.67	15.68	2.33	7.51	6.75	1.25
46	Memphis	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.61	5.36	8.62	7.27	-0.27
47	LSU	SEC	6-4-1	0.55	15.35	9.64	10.53	8.59	-2.59
48	Southern Illinois	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.02	1.91	8.71	6.08	0.92
49	App State	Southern	6-4-1	0.55	14.81	10.18	5.84	8.51	-2.51
50	Furman	Southern	6-4-1	0.55	14.65	6.18	7.27	7.69	-1.69
51	Villanova	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	14.46	4.91	6.92	7.02	-1.02
52	Central Michigan	Mid-American	7-4-0	0.64	14.24	0.36	7.05	5.62	1.38
53	Louisiana Tech	Southland	6-5-0	0.55	14.2	8.09	11.37	7.42	-1.42
54	Tennessee	SEC	6-5-0	0.55	13.89	6.82	9.7	7.82	-1.82
55	North Texas	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.87	7.91	8.6	8.28	-2.28
56	South Carolina	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.82	4.73	11.26	7.44	-1.44
57	Bowling Green	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	13.75	3.91	11.67	6.53	-0.53
58	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.73	4.27	11.04	7	-1
59	Missouri	Big 8	6-5-0	0.55	13.27	0.45	16.47	5.63	0.37
60	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	13.25	2.45	-0.03	6.3	-0.3
61	Kansas	Big 8	6-5-0	0.55	13.09	0.82	12.91	5.73	0.27
62	Colorado State	Western Athletic	6-5-0	0.55	12.78	1.73	6.85	6.13	-0.13
63	Arkansas	Southwest	5-5-1	0.45	12.15	1.45	12.52	5.99	-0.99
64	Texas	Southwest	5-5-1	0.45	11.93	0.64	13.66	5.74	-0.74
65	Minnesota	Big Ten	6-5-0	0.55	11.91	-0.91	10.94	5.18	0.82
66	The Citadel	Southern	6-5-0	0.55	11.88	-0.45	8.42	5.31	0.69
67	Arkansas State	Southland	5-6-0	0.45	11.58	4.82	11.32	6.87	-1.87
68	Stanford	Pac-8	6-5-0	0.55	11.33	-4.09	13.09	4.39	1.61
69	Fresno State	PCAA	5-6-0	0.45	11.29	6.55	6.12	7.73	-2.73
70	Richmond	Southern	5-6-0	0.45	11.24	1.55	14.94	6.17	-1.17
71	Washington	Pac-8	5-6-0	0.45	11.2	2.73	10.98	6.37	-1.37
72	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	11.05	0.9	3.06	5.29	-0.29
73	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	11.05	2.91	8.94	6.24	-1.24
74	Duke	ACC	5-5-1	0.45	10.85	-1	12.1	5.2	-0.2
75	Arizona	Western Athletic	5-6-0	0.45	10.65	0.91	10.72	5.73	-0.73
76	California	Pac-8	5-6-0	0.45	10.61	0.36	13.4	5.61	-0.61
77	Texas-Arlington	Southland	5-6-0	0.45	10.56	1	9.27	5.79	-0.79
78	Illinois	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	9.7	-1.18	12.97	5.15	-0.15
79	West Virginia	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	9.63	-1.64	13.94	4.89	0.11
80	VMI	Southern	5-5-0	0.5	9.61	-6.8	10	2.79	2.21
81	Ole Miss	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	9.26	-2.45	11.98	4.45	0.55
82	Wake Forest	ACC	5-6-0	0.45	9.15	-2.64	11	4.52	0.48
83	Purdue	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	8.98	-4.09	12.3	4.13	0.87
84	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	4-5-2	0.36	8.81	-3	10.34	4.59	-0.59
85	Florida State	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.76	-4.82	10.73	4.04	0.96
86	Army	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.61	-6	10.59	3.72	1.28
87	Iowa	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	8.57	-6.64	11.05	3.21	1.79
88	Illinois State	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.44	-4.82	6.11	3.25	1.75
89	Indiana	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	8.24	-11.27	11.59	1.87	3.13
90	New Mexico	Western Athletic	4-7-0	0.36	7.89	-0.55	12.6	5.33	-1.33
91	Michigan State	Big Ten	4-6-1	0.36	7.87	-3.82	12.02	4.45	-0.45
92	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	4-6-1	0.36	7.78	-4.18	11.52	4.29	-0.29
93	Temple	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	7.75	-2	4.54	4.43	-0.43
94	Arizona State	Western Athletic	4-7-0	0.36	7.42	-1.64	11.76	5	-1
95	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	4-6-1	0.36	7.01	-8.09	6.02	2.76	1.24
96	Louisville	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.77	-5.18	12.25	3.74	0.26
97	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	6.72	-4.27	9.08	4.02	-0.02
98	Navy	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.66	-6.36	12.72	3.52	0.48
99	Dayton	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.44	-3.91	3.01	4.17	-0.17
100	Air Force	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.4	-8.45	11.54	2.99	1.01
101	Marshall	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.21	-8.36	7.68	2.69	1.31
102	Oregon	Pac-8	4-7-0	0.36	6.17	-11.55	11.36	2.01	1.99
103	Clemson	ACC	3-6-2	0.27	6.06	-5.91	13.55	3.51	-0.51
104	Miami	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	5.97	-0.55	15.52	5.31	-2.31
105	Pennsylvania	Ivy	3-6-0	0.33	5.6	-7.67	7.5	1.85	1.15
106	NC State	ACC	3-7-1	0.27	5.5	-4.91	13.79	4.01	-1.01
107	Columbia	Ivy	3-6-0	0.33	5.46	-11.89	11.17	1.86	1.14
108	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	3-7-1	0.27	5.35	-2.64	2.04	4.56	-1.56
109	Indiana State	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	5.11	-6.1	7.94	3.1	-0.1
110	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	4.86	-4.36	13.1	3.84	-0.84
111	Toledo	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	4.72	-4.27	9.18	4.06	-1.06
112	Auburn	SEC	3-8-0	0.27	4.64	-6.64	14.83	3.51	-0.51
113	Utah State	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.33	-8.45	10.83	2.89	0.11
114	Washington State	Pac-8	3-8-0	0.27	4.33	-8.27	10.28	3.5	-0.5
115	Syracuse	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.26	-9.91	12.18	2.41	0.59
116	SMU	Southwest	3-8-0	0.27	4.16	-12.45	14.05	2.49	0.51
117	Utah	Western Athletic	3-8-0	0.27	4.15	-10.55	10.03	3.14	-0.14
118	Rice	Southwest	3-8-0	0.27	3.92	-16.45	13.14	2.27	0.73
119	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	3.91	-11.18	4.22	2.71	0.29
120	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	3.43	-20.27	1.86	1.18	1.82
121	Cornell	Ivy	2-7-0	0.22	3.38	-7.56	14.47	2.17	-0.17
122	Princeton	Ivy	2-7-0	0.22	3.16	-10.22	14.49	0.95	1.05
123	Tulane	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.44	-7.18	11.96	2.94	-0.94
124	Pacific	PCAA	2-9-0	0.18	2.12	-10.09	7.9	2.77	-0.77
125	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.12	-10.45	9.29	2.85	-0.85
126	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.02	-13.73	15.34	1.71	0.29
127	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-9-0	0.18	2	-13.73	13.89	1.54	0.46
128	Virginia	ACC	2-9-0	0.18	1.92	-14.55	11.49	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	11.81	2.35	-0.35
131	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-9-0	0.18	1.66	-20.27	10.4	0.96	1.04
132	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-10-0	0.09	-0.2	-16.09	12.57	1.32	-0.32
133	Kansas State	Big 8	1-10-0	0.09	-0.27	-17.45	16.31	1.42	-0.42
134	Drake	Missouri Valley	1-10-0	0.09	-0.37	-20.36	12.43	1.59	-0.59
135	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-11-0	0.08	-0.39	-15.33	11.78	1.82	-0.82
136	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	1-10-0	0.09	-0.62	-28.18	12.53	0.13	0.87
137	TCU	Southwest	0-11-0	0	-2.69	-27.45	13.82	0.59	-0.59