1976 W4 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.297816+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Texas Tech	Southwest	2-0-0	1	28.52	10.5	18.66	1.65	0.35
2	Georgia	SEC	3-0-0	1	28.31	20.33	13.33	2.74	0.26
3	Iowa State	Big 8	3-0-0	1	28.02	39.67	9.47	2.95	0.05
4	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	27.63	21	11.06	2.8	0.2
5	UCLA	Pac-8	3-0-0	1	27.6	26.33	8.52	2.89	0.11
6	LSU	SEC	2-0-1	0.67	27.36	16	13.91	2.88	-0.88
7	Michigan	Big Ten	3-0-0	1	27.34	40	7.22	2.89	0.11
8	San Diego State	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	27.26	8.67	11.3	2.41	0.59
9	East Carolina	Southern	3-0-0	1	26.81	19.33	6.99	2.75	0.25
10	Louisiana	Southland	2-0-0	1	26.71	15.5	6.49	1.84	0.16
11	Rutgers	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	26.47	13	7.76	2.93	0.07
12	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-0-0	1	26.41	14.67	6.73	2.59	0.41
13	Maryland	ACC	3-0-0	1	26.3	19.67	3.2	2.71	0.29
14	Kansas	Big 8	3-0-0	1	26.2	17.33	3.41	2.55	0.45
15	North Carolina	ACC	4-0-0	1	26.19	5.25	8.62	2.66	1.34
16	Nebraska	Big 8	2-0-1	0.67	26.19	28.67	5.31	2.89	-0.89
17	Boston College	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	25.9	12.5	5.06	1.81	0.19
18	Ohio	Mid-American	3-0-0	1	25.89	17.67	1.26	2.88	0.12
19	Oklahoma	Big 8	3-0-0	1	25.5	15.67	1.5	2.72	0.28
20	McNeese	Southland	3-0-0	1	25.39	14.33	1.39	2.64	0.36
21	Ball State	Mid-American	3-0-0	1	24.87	14.33	-1.67	2.46	0.54
22	Long Beach State	PCAA	3-0-0	1	24.24	23.67	-5.39	2.94	0.06
23	Harvard	Ivy	2-0-0	1	23.69	17.5	-6.11	1.8	0.2
24	Dartmouth	Ivy	2-0-0	1	23.62	15.5	-6	1.89	0.11
25	Brown	Ivy	2-0-0	1	23.06	5.5	-5.58	1.84	0.16
26	Colgate	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	23.02	7	-6.97	2.27	0.73
27	South Carolina	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	22.31	7.75	14.66	2.99	0.01
28	Texas A&M	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	20.9	9.33	15.02	2.4	-0.4
29	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	3-1-0	0.75	20.64	2.75	16.18	2.41	0.59
30	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	20.45	10.67	13.17	2.29	-0.29
31	Ole Miss	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	20.25	13.25	7.49	3.6	-0.6
32	San José State	PCAA	3-1-0	0.75	20.21	22.75	-2.72	3.73	-0.73
33	Illinois	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	20.16	9.33	12.05	2.27	-0.27
34	Florida	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	20.01	12	22.19	2.2	-0.2
35	App State	Southern	3-1-0	0.75	19.81	22.75	1.75	3.81	-0.81
36	Arkansas	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	19.78	5.67	11.57	2.16	-0.16
37	Bowling Green	Mid-American	2-1-0	0.67	19.62	14.67	7.58	2.49	-0.49
38	Western Michigan	Mid-American	2-1-0	0.67	19.32	12.67	6.56	2.49	-0.49
39	Alabama	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	19.31	26	13.2	2.88	-0.88
40	Furman	Southern	3-1-0	0.75	19.3	8	-2.77	2.97	0.03
41	Colorado	Big 8	2-1-0	0.67	19.2	9	21.19	2.4	-0.4
42	William & Mary	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	19.11	9	7.21	2.32	-0.32
43	Mississippi State	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	18.98	4	7.8	1.84	0.16
44	USC	Pac-8	2-1-0	0.67	18.94	16.67	12.85	2.43	-0.43
45	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	18.63	16.67	12.2	2.72	-0.72
46	Memphis	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	18.61	4	11.77	1.92	0.08
47	Iowa	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	18.17	7	13.54	2.29	-0.29
48	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	18.08	2.33	11.86	1.85	0.15
49	Army	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.98	3.33	4.86	1.76	0.24
50	Kentucky	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	17.96	2.67	13.48	1.72	0.28
51	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.81	6.67	7.99	2.49	-0.49
52	BYU	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	17.49	7	8.29	2.12	-0.12
53	Missouri	Big 8	2-1-0	0.67	17.44	-1	23.95	1.43	0.57
54	Lamar	Southland	2-1-0	0.67	17.42	1.67	13.38	1.71	0.29
55	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	17.26	10.67	4.63	2.1	-0.1
56	Wyoming	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	17.09	15.67	-1.02	2.7	-0.7
57	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-1-0	0.67	16.7	2.33	9.73	1.83	0.17
58	Duke	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	16.67	0	13.28	1.5	0.5
59	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	16.57	15.33	-2.15	2.78	-0.78
60	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	16.54	7	18.43	1.46	-0.46
61	Houston	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	16.22	-2	18.44	1.33	0.67
62	Temple	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	16.05	-1	2.23	1.41	0.59
63	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	16.04	11.67	-7.55	2.68	-0.68
64	The Citadel	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	15.8	0	9.33	1.5	0.5
65	Baylor	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	15.66	-0.67	13.02	1.44	0.56
66	Oklahoma State	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	15.55	3	24.16	1.18	-0.18
67	Southern Illinois	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	15.12	-4	16.09	1.17	0.83
68	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	14.9	-2.33	9.75	1.27	0.73
69	Indiana State	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	14.89	2	9.6	1.11	-0.11
70	Miami	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	14.82	8.5	4.26	1.46	-0.46
71	SMU	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	14.05	-8.67	7.32	0.99	1.01
72	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	13.69	-1	12.2	0.93	0.07
73	Texas	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	13.68	1	17.67	1.08	-0.08
74	Oregon	Pac-8	2-1-0	0.67	13.51	-10.33	3.31	0.59	1.41
75	Dayton	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	12.6	4	3.76	2.42	-0.42
76	Rice	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	12.28	-5	9.78	0.76	0.24
77	Princeton	Ivy	1-1-0	0.5	12.12	-7	12.14	0.03	0.97
78	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	2-2-0	0.5	11.85	-2.75	6.73	1.66	0.34
79	Louisville	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	11.69	2	12.5	1.08	-0.08
80	Wake Forest	ACC	2-2-0	0.5	11.18	-1.25	10.16	1.82	0.18
81	Yale	Ivy	1-1-0	0.5	11.07	1.5	6.18	1.14	-0.14
82	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-1-1	0.33	11.02	-5.67	14.1	1.14	-0.14
83	Clemson	ACC	1-1-1	0.33	10.63	-12.67	12.21	0.43	0.57
84	Marshall	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	10.52	-4.25	-1.08	1.46	0.54
85	Tennessee	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	9.81	6	3.02	1.96	-0.96
86	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	9.29	0.67	16.44	1.57	-0.57
87	West Virginia	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	8.84	-1.33	17.9	1.34	-0.34
88	Penn State	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	8.67	-1	12.91	1.32	-0.32
89	Columbia	Ivy	1-1-0	0.5	8.63	-8.5	6.35	0.66	0.34
90	Washington	Pac-8	1-2-0	0.33	8.56	0	1.88	1.5	-0.5
91	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	1-2-0	0.33	8.54	-0.67	6.6	1.4	-0.4
92	Kent State	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	7.95	-10.67	22.51	0.58	0.42
93	Richmond	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	7.79	1.33	15.29	1.63	-0.63
94	Kansas State	Big 8	1-2-0	0.33	7.58	-7.67	16.99	0.57	0.43
95	Air Force	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.41	-11.67	18.44	0.65	0.35
96	Arizona	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	7.39	-7.67	13.31	0.92	0.08
97	Louisiana Tech	Southland	1-2-0	0.33	7.35	-0.33	20.8	1.47	-0.47
98	North Texas	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	6.92	0	14.4	2	-1
99	Purdue	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	6.86	-9.67	8.28	0.69	0.31
100	Navy	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.7	-16	13.94	0.38	0.62
101	Villanova	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.61	-7.33	7.15	0.93	0.07
102	Auburn	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	6.54	-1	11.94	1.43	-0.43
103	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	6.49	-15.33	15.93	0.46	0.54
104	California	Pac-8	1-2-0	0.33	5.96	-4.67	17.49	1.19	-0.19
105	Arkansas State	Southland	1-3-0	0.25	5.69	-4	15.64	1.57	-0.57
106	Fresno State	PCAA	1-2-0	0.33	5.66	-5.67	15.52	0.92	0.08
107	Colorado State	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	5.58	-5.67	13.24	0.96	0.04
108	Stanford	Pac-8	1-2-0	0.33	5.21	-16.33	22.95	0.39	0.61
109	Indiana	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	5.18	-14.67	20.92	0.51	0.49
110	Illinois State	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	5.11	-10.67	12.77	0.49	0.51
111	Pacific	PCAA	1-2-0	0.33	4.72	-9	0.4	0.81	0.19
112	Texas-Arlington	Southland	1-3-0	0.25	4.57	-7.5	12.26	1.14	-0.14
113	Cornell	Ivy	0-2-0	0	-1.45	-4	22.18	0.62	-0.62
114	NC State	ACC	0-3-1	0	-1.52	-4.25	17.41	1.53	-1.53
115	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-1.85	-8	6.79	0.5	-0.5
116	Toledo	Mid-American	0-3-0	0	-1.97	-9.67	8.79	0.58	-0.58
117	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	0-1-1	0	-2.02	-10	8.69	0.14	-0.14
118	Pennsylvania	Ivy	0-2-0	0	-2.13	-12	6.31	0.27	-0.27
119	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0-4-0	0	-2.23	-10.75	20.63	0.47	-0.47
120	Arizona State	Western Athletic	0-2-0	0	-2.38	-13.5	13.51	0.38	-0.38
121	Utah	Western Athletic	0-2-0	0	-2.46	-14.5	16.96	0.39	-0.39
122	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	0-2-1	0	-2.51	-12.67	22.92	0.67	-0.67
123	Washington State	Pac-8	0-3-0	0	-2.59	-14	22.03	0.63	-0.63
124	Drake	Missouri Valley	0-4-0	0	-2.61	-17.5	13.34	0.75	-0.75
125	Virginia	ACC	0-3-0	0	-2.66	-16.67	17.94	0.18	-0.18
126	Tulane	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.76	-19.33	19.69	0.15	-0.15
127	Oregon State	Pac-8	0-3-0	0	-2.79	-18	21.88	0.35	-0.35
128	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.85	-28.33	4.99	0.19	-0.19
129	VMI	Southern	0-3-0	0	-2.85	-25.33	13.74	0.16	-0.16
130	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-3-0	0	-2.88	-24	17.19	0.07	-0.07
131	Syracuse	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.95	-22.33	22.51	0.25	-0.25
132	Florida State	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-3.03	-23.67	23.15	0.09	-0.09
133	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0-4-0	0	-3.06	-22	26.72	0.26	-0.26
134	Utah State	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-3.06	-22.75	23.86	0.22	-0.22
135	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-3.15	-28.33	21.41	0.01	-0.01
136	TCU	Southwest	0-3-0	0	-3.19	-35	15.76	0.05	-0.05
137	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-3-0	0	-3.21	-29.67	21.94	0	0