1976 W3 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.297379+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Texas A&M	Southwest	2-0-0	1	31.22	19.5	20.51	1.92	0.08
2	South Carolina	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	29.47	13	12.8	2.59	0.41
3	UCLA	Pac-8	2-0-0	1	29.13	23	12.8	1.9	0.1
4	Ohio	Mid-American	2-0-0	1	28.92	9	11.64	1.66	0.34
5	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	28.85	16.5	12.26	1.73	0.27
6	Georgia	SEC	2-0-0	1	28.83	26.5	11.44	1.88	0.12
7	Maryland	ACC	2-0-0	1	28.61	22.5	11.28	1.97	0.03
8	Arkansas	Southwest	2-0-0	1	28.59	11.5	14.01	1.64	0.36
9	Iowa State	Big 8	2-0-0	1	28.59	39.5	10.78	1.96	0.04
10	Illinois	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	28.44	21.5	12.16	1.95	0.05
11	San Diego State	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	28.41	7	9.5	1.61	0.39
12	Louisiana	Southland	2-0-0	1	28.16	15.5	11	1.84	0.16
13	Kansas	Big 8	3-0-0	1	28.14	17.33	6.02	2.55	0.45
14	Mississippi State	SEC	2-0-0	1	27.75	8	6.88	1.59	0.41
15	San José State	PCAA	3-0-0	1	27.38	32	-1.62	2.97	0.03
16	East Carolina	Southern	2-0-0	1	26.9	28.5	0.04	1.96	0.04
17	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	26.69	24.5	-0.01	1.87	0.13
18	Michigan	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	26.63	32	-0.23	1.89	0.11
19	North Carolina	ACC	3-0-0	1	26.46	6.33	0.34	2.27	0.73
20	Ball State	Mid-American	2-0-0	1	26.37	15	0.72	1.63	0.37
21	Bowling Green	Mid-American	2-0-0	1	26.37	28	-0.99	1.93	0.07
22	Texas Tech	Southwest	1-0-0	1	26.22	17	-0.03	0.95	0.05
23	Oklahoma	Big 8	2-0-0	1	26.07	16	-0.72	1.81	0.19
24	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-0-0	1	25.98	18	18.71	0.95	0.05
25	Western Michigan	Mid-American	2-0-0	1	25.82	24.5	-1.25	1.91	0.09
26	McNeese	Southland	2-0-0	1	25.78	15	-0.99	1.76	0.24
27	Indiana State	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	25.77	10	20.67	0.72	0.28
28	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	25.64	16.5	-1.86	1.74	0.26
29	Furman	Southern	3-0-0	1	25.38	11	-6.52	2.42	0.58
30	William & Mary	Southern	2-0-0	1	25.35	14	-1.58	1.78	0.22
31	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	1-0-0	1	25.24	2	23.06	0.59	0.41
32	Rutgers	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	25.2	11	-4.72	1.88	0.12
33	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	24.99	1	2.22	0.54	0.46
34	Long Beach State	PCAA	2-0-0	1	24.5	17	-6.27	1.86	0.14
35	Army	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	23.59	6	-5.83	1.38	0.62
36	Colgate	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	23.09	8	-10	1.72	0.28
37	Temple	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	23.06	5.5	-10	1.26	0.74
38	Harvard	Ivy	1-0-0	1	22.69	24	0.35	0.95	0.05
39	Dartmouth	Ivy	1-0-0	1	22.62	20	0.85	1	0
40	Miami	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.57	47	-1.02	1	0
41	Brown	Ivy	1-0-0	1	22.36	8	2.31	0.88	0.12
42	Nebraska	Big 8	1-0-1	0.5	22.33	16	-0.6	1.82	-0.82
43	Rice	Southwest	1-0-0	1	22.24	21	-0.01	0.83	0.17
44	LSU	SEC	1-0-1	0.5	21.71	8.5	-0.01	1.68	-0.68
45	Princeton	Ivy	1-0-0	1	21.27	3	0.32	1	0
46	Memphis	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	20.81	4	10.36	1.92	0.08
47	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	2-1-0	0.67	19.73	1.67	19.43	1.66	0.34
48	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	18.95	2.33	13.63	1.85	0.15
49	App State	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	18.74	16.33	6.75	2.65	-0.65
50	Ole Miss	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	18.39	8.33	10.31	2.35	-0.35
51	Oklahoma State	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	18.19	3	22.28	1.18	-0.18
52	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	2-1-0	0.67	17.87	-2.33	4.79	1.28	0.72
53	Kent State	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	16.76	4	15.95	1.33	-0.33
54	Kentucky	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	15.79	2	13.44	1.09	-0.09
55	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	15.68	1.5	11.82	1.16	-0.16
56	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	15.5	9.5	0.24	1.77	-0.77
57	West Virginia	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	15.13	0	11.66	1	0
58	Florida	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	15.03	16	26.76	1.62	-0.62
59	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	15.01	10.5	-6.06	1.87	-0.87
60	Wyoming	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	14.95	15	-5.25	1.7	-0.7
61	Penn State	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	14.85	-1	13.97	0.9	0.1
62	Washington	Pac-8	1-1-0	0.5	14.79	3.5	-1.14	1.2	-0.2
63	USC	Pac-8	1-1-0	0.5	14.55	16	24.39	1.56	-0.56
64	Missouri	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	14.51	-2	11.85	0.91	0.09
65	Alabama	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	14.5	25	17.61	1.95	-0.95
66	Air Force	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	14.38	-1	10.96	0.94	0.06
67	Marshall	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	14.02	-0.67	-3.68	1.44	0.56
68	Kansas State	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	13.76	-5	15.46	0.64	0.36
69	Duke	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	13.68	-7.5	16.08	0.52	0.48
70	Arizona	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	13.59	-8	12.77	0.62	0.38
71	Lamar	Southland	1-1-0	0.5	13.54	0.5	-2.56	1.05	-0.05
72	Tennessee	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	13.17	14	10.76	1.76	-0.76
73	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.74	1	24.52	1.07	-0.07
74	Clemson	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	12.61	-19	13.43	0.05	0.95
75	Texas	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	12.61	1	19.16	1.08	-0.08
76	Iowa	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	12.56	10	11.4	1.58	-0.58
77	BYU	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	12.53	7	10.94	1.41	-0.41
78	Purdue	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	12.37	-5.5	-0.79	0.65	0.35
79	Houston	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	12.36	-8.5	0.22	0.58	0.42
80	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	12.32	11.5	7.75	1.43	-0.43
81	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.12	18	5.46	1.87	-0.87
82	Navy	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12	4	8.11	1.45	-0.45
83	SMU	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	11.78	-16.5	-0.1	0.36	0.64
84	Oregon	Pac-8	1-1-0	0.5	11.68	-19.5	-0.46	0.11	0.89
85	Colorado	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	11.34	-1.5	24.2	0.88	0.12
86	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	10.65	0.67	9.49	1.57	-0.57
87	The Citadel	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	10.43	-0.5	6.29	0.95	0.05
88	North Texas	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	10.36	2.33	9.87	1.86	-0.86
89	Arkansas State	Southland	1-2-0	0.33	10.24	-0.67	10.02	1.45	-0.45
90	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	10.14	-8.5	24.21	0.62	0.38
91	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	10.14	-4	20.8	0.72	0.28
92	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	10.01	-4	11.93	0.61	0.39
93	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	9.42	-9	17.86	0.49	0.51
94	Villanova	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	9.29	-10	17.82	0.54	0.46
95	Baylor	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	9.07	-8.5	11.17	0.38	0.62
96	Dayton	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	8.96	3.33	-7.35	1.74	-0.74
97	Southern Illinois	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	8.9	-8	11.06	0.6	0.4
98	Wake Forest	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	7.22	-6	5.59	0.98	0.02
99	Texas-Arlington	Southland	1-2-0	0.33	5.48	-9.67	20.36	0.68	0.32
100	Cornell	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-0.92	-3	1.46	0	0
101	Yale	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-1.17	-8	2.41	0.12	-0.12
102	NC State	ACC	0-3-0	0	-1.5	-5.67	22.29	0.95	-0.95
103	Toledo	Mid-American	0-2-0	0	-1.58	-8	-4.4	0.41	-0.41
104	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0-3-0	0	-1.69	-8.67	21.43	0.59	-0.59
105	Auburn	SEC	0-2-0	0	-1.73	-6.5	11.94	0.63	-0.63
106	Louisiana Tech	Southland	0-2-0	0	-1.75	-7.5	25.07	0.65	-0.65
107	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	0-1-1	0	-1.83	-10	10.8	0.14	-0.14
108	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-1.87	-8	4.97	0.5	-0.5
109	Louisville	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2	-9	29.57	0.3	-0.3
110	Pennsylvania	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-2.01	-20	2.06	0	0
111	California	Pac-8	0-2-0	0	-2.1	-11.5	25.61	0.52	-0.52
112	Utah	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	-2.16	-21	0.59	0.17	-0.17
113	Columbia	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-2.22	-24	2.31	0.05	-0.05
114	Pacific	PCAA	0-2-0	0	-2.41	-18	6.86	0.28	-0.28
115	Arizona State	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	-2.42	-18	26.64	0.08	-0.08
116	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-2-0	0	-2.46	-12	26.22	0.25	-0.25
117	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-2-0	0	-2.47	-19	11.41	0.16	-0.16
118	VMI	Southern	0-2-0	0	-2.47	-16.5	18.64	0.31	-0.31
119	Tulane	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.49	-17	18.11	0.19	-0.19
120	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.62	-19	28.91	0.26	-0.26
121	Illinois State	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.64	-17	15.98	0.09	-0.09
122	Stanford	Pac-8	0-2-0	0	-2.67	-27	25.27	0.03	-0.03
123	Syracuse	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.67	-26.5	11.88	0.03	-0.03
124	Fresno State	PCAA	0-2-0	0	-2.7	-15.5	27.85	0.16	-0.16
125	Washington State	Pac-8	0-2-0	0	-2.73	-16.5	26.9	0.29	-0.29
126	Drake	Missouri Valley	0-3-0	0	-2.74	-19	16.58	0.49	-0.49
127	Virginia	ACC	0-2-0	0	-2.81	-17.5	22.87	0.13	-0.13
128	Florida State	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.82	-28	15.18	0.03	-0.03
129	Oregon State	Pac-8	0-3-0	0	-2.84	-18	17.74	0.35	-0.35
130	Richmond	Southern	0-2-0	0	-2.86	-19.5	22.46	0.08	-0.08
131	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.87	-28.5	22.66	0.01	-0.01
132	Indiana	Big Ten	0-2-0	0	-2.89	-25.5	13.45	0.14	-0.14
133	TCU	Southwest	0-2-0	0	-2.89	-25.5	11.83	0.05	-0.05
134	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-2-0	0	-2.96	-26	22.95	0.01	-0.01
135	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0-3-0	0	-2.99	-25	26.3	0.16	-0.16
136	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-3.17	-38	10.8	0.09	-0.09
137	Utah State	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-3.2	-24.67	26.27	0.2	-0.2