1976 W2 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.296934+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	San José State	PCAA	2-0-0	1	31.6	38	2.6	1.96	0.04
2	South Carolina	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	31.16	10.5	7.29	1.59	0.41
3	San Diego State	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	31.08	10	35.71	0.78	0.22
4	Texas A&M	Southwest	1-0-0	1	30.95	19	32.28	1	0
5	Ohio	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	30.7	16	4.17	0.94	0.06
6	Oklahoma State	Big 8	1-0-0	1	30.55	12	33.6	0.74	0.26
7	North Carolina	ACC	2-0-0	1	30.07	3.5	10.39	1.24	0.76
8	Memphis	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	29.84	7	4.52	1.45	0.55
9	Kansas	Big 8	2-0-0	1	29.75	15.5	0.96	1.67	0.33
10	Mississippi State	SEC	1-0-0	1	29.57	7	3.66	1	0
11	Furman	Southern	2-0-0	1	29.36	8	-1.56	1.62	0.38
12	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	2-0-0	1	28.71	2	12.22	1.12	0.88
13	East Carolina	Southern	1-0-0	1	27.23	48	10.39	1	0
14	Ohio State	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	27.02	28	8.32	0.88	0.12
15	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	26.66	21	9.61	0.94	0.06
16	UCLA	Pac-8	1-0-0	1	26.64	18	11.22	0.92	0.08
17	Rutgers	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	26.21	10	9.55	0.97	0.03
18	Missouri	Big 8	1-0-0	1	25.92	21	9.79	0.81	0.19
19	Ball State	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	25.85	13	9.31	0.71	0.29
20	Georgia	SEC	1-0-0	1	25.79	12	8.9	0.72	0.28
21	Michigan	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	25.5	13	2.62	0.72	0.28
22	Oklahoma	Big 8	1-0-0	1	25.43	21	2.42	0.99	0.01
23	Maryland	ACC	1-0-0	1	25.37	24	1.67	0.97	0.03
24	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	25.36	15	5.39	0.94	0.06
25	Texas Tech	Southwest	1-0-0	1	25.3	17	8.4	0.95	0.05
26	Penn State	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	25.03	3	7.87	0.63	0.37
27	Arizona	Western Athletic	1-0-0	1	25.02	12	3.39	0.76	0.24
28	Arkansas	Southwest	1-0-0	1	25.01	17	0.81	0.85	0.15
29	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	24.66	1	10.97	0.54	0.46
30	West Virginia	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	24.65	21	1.03	0.96	0.04
31	Louisiana	Southland	1-0-0	1	24.62	27	3.15	0.93	0.07
32	Kent State	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	24.52	10	11.62	0.84	0.16
33	McNeese	Southland	1-0-0	1	24.28	28	0.63	0.96	0.04
34	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	24.05	19	0.51	0.89	0.11
35	Duke	ACC	1-0-0	1	23.81	3	8.04	0.59	0.41
36	Air Force	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	23.71	33	4.24	1	0
37	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	23.66	7	2.23	0.72	0.28
38	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	23.6	24	0.8	1	0
39	Illinois	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	23.54	18	2.11	0.96	0.04
40	Houston	Southwest	1-0-0	1	23.45	18	3.81	0.97	0.03
41	Iowa State	Big 8	1-0-0	1	23.36	44	1.11	0.97	0.03
42	Washington	Pac-8	1-0-0	1	23.11	21	-0.07	0.87	0.13
43	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	1-0-0	1	23.06	21	3.6	1	0
44	Kansas State	Big 8	1-0-0	1	22.94	10	6.5	0.97	0.03
45	Oregon	Pac-8	1-0-0	1	22.86	14	3.35	0.98	0.02
46	Western Michigan	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	22.85	18	4.17	0.89	0.11
47	SMU	Southwest	1-0-0	1	22.66	20	-0.47	0.89	0.11
48	William & Mary	Southern	1-0-0	1	22.62	14	3.83	0.78	0.22
49	Kentucky	SEC	1-0-0	1	22.59	25	-2.06	0.93	0.07
50	Clemson	ACC	1-0-0	1	22.58	3	8.19	0.7	0.3
51	Purdue	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	22.37	12	0.69	0.76	0.24
52	Long Beach State	PCAA	1-0-0	1	22.2	12	-10	0.91	0.09
53	Temple	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	21.72	10	-10	0.79	0.21
54	Wyoming	Western Athletic	1-0-0	1	21.41	41	-10	0.99	0.01
55	Lamar	Southland	1-0-0	1	20.92	11	-5	0.92	0.08
56	Colgate	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	20.7	6	-10	0.81	0.19
57	Arkansas State	Southland	1-1-0	0.5	20.67	4	6.44	1.23	-0.23
58	Army	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	19.94	10	-10	0.91	0.09
59	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	19.55	1.5	5.57	1.09	-0.09
60	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	18.71	10	11.85	1.56	-0.56
61	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	18.08	-1	5.9	0.9	0.1
62	App State	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	14.67	15	11.16	1.74	-0.74
63	North Texas	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	13.66	5	15.28	1.56	-0.56
64	Ole Miss	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	12.55	-1	21.25	0.91	0.09
65	Dayton	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	10.99	5.5	-10	1.3	-0.3
66	Wake Forest	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	10.29	-7.5	19.57	0.51	0.49
67	Marshall	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	8.37	-6	-0.18	0.66	0.34
68	Nebraska	Big 8	0-0-1	0	2.85	0	3.5	0.5	-0.5
69	Brown	Ivy	0-0-0	0	2.41	0	0	0	0
70	Harvard	Ivy	0-0-0	0	2.31	0	0	0	0
71	Yale	Ivy	0-0-0	0	2.31	0	0	0	0
72	Texas	Southwest	0-1-0	0	2.22	-1	8.84	0.46	-0.46
73	Alabama	SEC	0-1-0	0	2.07	-3	5.03	0.3	-0.3
74	Dartmouth	Ivy	0-0-0	0	2.06	0	0	0	0
75	New Mexico	Western Athletic	0-0-0	0	1.93	0	0	0	0
76	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	0-0-0	0	1.74	0	0	0	0
77	Florida	SEC	0-1-0	0	1.58	-3	28.43	0.42	-0.42
78	Princeton	Ivy	0-0-0	0	1.46	0	0	0	0
79	Central Michigan	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	1.2	-10	2.62	0.16	-0.16
80	Indiana State	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	1.1	0	0	0	0
81	The Citadel	Southern	0-1-0	0	1.08	-3	0.47	0.3	-0.3
82	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0-2-0	0	1.08	-4.5	13.69	0.66	-0.66
83	Tennessee	SEC	0-1-0	0	1	-3	5.5	0.41	-0.41
84	Stanford	Pac-8	0-1-0	0	0.92	-3	10.5	0.37	-0.37
85	LSU	SEC	0-0-1	0	0.88	0	11.38	0.5	-0.5
86	Pennsylvania	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.85	0	0	0	0
87	Rice	Southwest	0-0-0	0	0.59	0	0	0	0
88	Arizona State	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	0.59	-18	9.72	0.08	-0.08
89	Navy	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	0.56	-10	10.95	0.03	-0.03
90	Miami	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.51	0	0	0	0
91	NC State	ACC	0-2-0	0	0.43	-4	16.88	0.73	-0.73
92	Columbia	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.35	0	0	0	0
93	Louisiana Tech	Southland	0-1-0	0	0.35	-13	8.97	0.29	-0.29
94	Cornell	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.32	0	0	0	0
95	California	Pac-8	0-1-0	0	0.3	-12	9.25	0.28	-0.28
96	USC	Pac-8	0-1-0	0	0.16	-21	7.49	0.19	-0.19
97	Louisville	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0
98	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	0.06	-21	10.62	0.06	-0.06
99	Utah	Western Athletic	0-0-0	0	-0.01	0	0	0	0
100	Colorado	Big 8	0-1-0	0	-0.03	-17	6.7	0.05	-0.05
101	BYU	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	-0.04	-10	0.18	0.03	-0.03
102	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	0-0-1	0	-0.05	0	-10	0.5	-0.5
103	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.08	-10	32.32	0.25	-0.25
104	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.34	-48	9.86	0	0
105	Michigan State	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-0.51	-28	12.21	0.12	-0.12
106	Toledo	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	-0.66	-14	-10	0.16	-0.16
107	Syracuse	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.74	-15	9.58	0.06	-0.06
108	VMI	Southern	0-1-0	0	-0.92	-14	0.01	0.22	-0.22
109	Tulane	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.98	-7	7.17	0.28	-0.28
110	Florida State	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.02	-9	30.19	0.21	-0.21
111	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	-1.07	-14	1.35	0.02	-0.02
112	Auburn	SEC	0-1-0	0	-1.1	-12	10.35	0.24	-0.24
113	Baylor	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-1.14	-18	2.69	0.03	-0.03
114	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0-2-0	0	-1.24	-17	15.87	0.17	-0.17
115	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	-1.26	-21	0.84	0	0
116	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-1.38	-13	12.65	0.28	-0.28
117	Pacific	PCAA	0-1-0	0	-1.43	-33	1.72	0	0
118	Iowa	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-1.6	-18	4.33	0.04	-0.04
119	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-1.64	-12	1.84	0.24	-0.24
120	Washington State	Pac-8	0-1-0	0	-1.64	-19	30.48	0.14	-0.14
121	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.65	-14	-10	0.02	-0.02
122	Fresno State	PCAA	0-1-0	0	-1.67	-27	6.77	0.07	-0.07
123	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-1-0	0	-1.75	-21	11.24	0.01	-0.01
124	Villanova	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2.06	-21	9.2	0.04	-0.04
125	Indiana	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-2.09	-19	7.48	0.11	-0.11
126	Richmond	Southern	0-2-0	0	-2.09	-19.5	22.43	0.08	-0.08
127	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2.12	-18	35.71	0.11	-0.11
128	Illinois State	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2.13	-24	4.84	0	0
129	Drake	Missouri Valley	0-2-0	0	-2.16	-22.5	12.45	0.31	-0.31
130	Texas-Arlington	Southland	0-2-0	0	-2.17	-20	13.49	0.16	-0.16
131	Virginia	ACC	0-1-0	0	-2.24	-21	3.89	0.13	-0.13
132	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2.28	-41	34.17	0.01	-0.01
133	TCU	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-2.28	-20	2.53	0.11	-0.11
134	Southern Illinois	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2.33	-28	7.28	0.04	-0.04
135	Utah State	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.54	-26	22.79	0.14	-0.14
136	Oregon State	Pac-8	0-2-0	0	-2.88	-18.5	16.7	0.25	-0.25
137	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2.99	-11	0.56	0.08	-0.08