1976 W5 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.298252+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Texas Tech	Southwest	2-0-0	1	27.94	10.5	17.87	1.65	0.35
2	Georgia	SEC	4-0-0	1	27.78	20.5	14.55	3.77	0.23
3	Michigan	Big Ten	4-0-0	1	27.26	37.75	10.09	3.9	0.1
4	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	27.2	19	12.21	3.48	0.52
5	Nebraska	Big 8	3-0-1	0.75	26.99	23.5	11.04	3.8	-0.8
6	UCLA	Pac-8	3-0-1	0.75	26.46	19.75	8.22	3.76	-0.76
7	Louisiana	Southland	3-0-0	1	26.41	12	10.27	2.43	0.57
8	Oklahoma	Big 8	4-0-0	1	26.28	15.25	9.36	3.61	0.39
9	East Carolina	Southern	4-0-0	1	26.23	19.25	7.56	3.75	0.25
10	Kansas	Big 8	4-0-0	1	26	15.5	7.46	3.25	0.75
11	McNeese	Southland	4-0-0	1	25.99	17	7.48	3.63	0.37
12	Maryland	ACC	4-0-0	1	25.63	17.5	5.07	3.59	0.41
13	Boston College	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	25.35	9.67	5.87	2.51	0.49
14	Ball State	Mid-American	4-0-0	1	25.05	12.5	3.94	3.22	0.78
15	Rutgers	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	24.75	11.5	1.84	3.71	0.29
16	Brown	Ivy	3-0-0	1	24.44	5.67	4.4	2.64	0.36
17	Ohio	Mid-American	4-0-0	1	24.35	19.75	-1.77	3.85	0.15
18	Long Beach State	PCAA	4-0-0	1	23.93	18.5	-2.89	3.79	0.21
19	Harvard	Ivy	3-0-0	1	23.73	19.33	-3.79	2.71	0.29
20	Dartmouth	Ivy	3-0-0	1	23.67	23	-4.66	2.92	0.08
21	Colgate	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	22.41	7	-7.15	2.27	0.73
22	Florida	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	21.92	10.25	22.19	2.83	0.17
23	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	4-1-0	0.8	21.77	7.2	14.72	3.71	0.29
24	Iowa State	Big 8	3-1-0	0.75	21.55	26.25	9.56	3.74	-0.74
25	USC	Pac-8	3-1-0	0.75	21.31	26.25	14	3.67	-0.67
26	Missouri	Big 8	3-1-0	0.75	20.96	4.5	21.44	2.47	0.53
27	Texas A&M	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	20.92	8.75	15.51	3.23	-0.23
28	San Diego State	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	20.63	4.5	12.12	2.83	0.17
29	Colorado	Big 8	3-1-0	0.75	20.51	12	12.32	3.23	-0.23
30	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	20.46	17	10.66	3.69	-0.69
31	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-1-0	0.75	20.22	11.75	10.14	3.05	-0.05
32	Memphis	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	20.12	6.5	12.98	2.84	0.16
33	North Carolina	ACC	4-1-0	0.8	20.03	0	10.06	2.5	1.5
34	William & Mary	Southern	3-1-0	0.75	19.99	9.75	9.84	3.12	-0.12
35	BYU	Western Athletic	3-1-0	0.75	19.94	7.25	11.95	3.03	-0.03
36	Arkansas	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	19.87	12.25	7.49	3.35	-0.35
37	Mississippi State	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	19.76	12.5	7.16	3.29	-0.29
38	App State	Southern	4-1-0	0.8	19.75	19.6	-2.11	4.61	-0.61
39	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-1-0	0.75	19.71	3.25	7.62	2.37	0.63
40	LSU	SEC	2-1-1	0.5	19.69	10.75	13.92	3.32	-1.32
41	Kentucky	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	19.61	6	10.23	2.7	0.3
42	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-1-1	0.5	19.08	8	16.18	2.93	-0.93
43	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	18.87	6.75	4.64	3.06	-0.06
44	Central Michigan	Mid-American	3-1-0	0.75	18.84	6.5	5.4	3.05	-0.05
45	New Mexico	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	18.55	9	14.46	2.24	-0.24
46	Baylor	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	18.53	-0.25	16.31	1.97	1.03
47	Army	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	18.4	2.75	4.89	2.29	0.71
48	Texas	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	18.39	9.67	15.03	2.32	-0.32
49	Wyoming	Western Athletic	3-1-0	0.75	18.36	12.5	-1.1	3.47	-0.47
50	Southern Illinois	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	18.28	0	13.47	2	1
51	Oklahoma State	Big 8	2-1-0	0.67	18.08	4	15.78	1.89	0.11
52	South Carolina	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	17.4	6	15.59	3.49	-0.49
53	Louisville	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	16.99	6	8.3	1.91	0.09
54	Ole Miss	SEC	3-2-0	0.6	16.51	8.6	7.71	4.15	-1.15
55	Houston	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	16.34	-2	18.86	1.33	0.67
56	Yale	Ivy	2-1-0	0.67	15.99	6	1.02	2.26	-0.26
57	Oregon	Pac-8	3-1-0	0.75	15.93	-3.25	4.75	1.57	1.43
58	San José State	PCAA	3-2-0	0.6	15.92	12.8	0.65	3.93	-0.93
59	Alabama	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	15.62	14.25	17.27	3.46	-1.46
60	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	15.07	-2.33	9.23	1.27	0.73
61	Illinois	Big Ten	2-2-0	0.5	15.07	5.25	18.04	2.68	-0.68
62	Furman	Southern	3-2-0	0.6	14.8	3.6	-1.71	3.13	-0.13
63	Western Michigan	Mid-American	2-2-0	0.5	14.52	8.75	9.94	2.88	-0.88
64	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-2-0	0.5	14.04	5.5	10.24	2.43	-0.43
65	Washington	Pac-8	2-2-0	0.5	13.57	7.75	12.03	2.86	-0.86
66	Columbia	Ivy	2-1-0	0.67	13.51	-4.33	3.85	1.17	0.83
67	California	Pac-8	2-2-0	0.5	13.33	3.25	17.91	2.28	-0.28
68	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	13.13	6.5	0.78	2.73	-0.73
69	Tennessee	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	12.98	5	7.66	2.53	-0.53
70	Auburn	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	12.6	1.75	13.28	2.21	-0.21
71	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	12.43	7	-6.22	2.86	-0.86
72	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	12.24	-1.25	12.01	1.79	0.21
73	Lamar	Southland	2-2-0	0.5	12.23	-1.75	14.61	1.7	0.3
74	West Virginia	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	11.99	-0.25	14.67	1.95	0.05
75	Fresno State	PCAA	2-2-0	0.5	11.79	0.5	10.49	2.07	-0.07
76	Duke	ACC	2-2-0	0.5	11.78	-3.25	14.27	1.64	0.36
77	The Citadel	Southern	2-2-0	0.5	11.26	-4.75	11.69	1.2	0.8
78	Iowa	Big Ten	2-2-0	0.5	11.08	-8.5	11.21	0.96	1.04
79	Temple	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	10.99	-1.25	-0.59	1.85	0.15
80	Kent State	Mid-American	2-2-0	0.5	10.84	-6.75	19.5	1.2	0.8
81	Arizona	Western Athletic	2-2-0	0.5	10.79	-2.75	12.19	1.71	0.29
82	Purdue	Big Ten	2-2-0	0.5	10.64	-1.75	8.12	1.82	0.18
83	SMU	Southwest	2-2-0	0.5	10.5	-10	10.41	1.17	0.83
84	Dayton	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	10.38	1.8	5.27	2.75	-0.75
85	Arkansas State	Southland	2-3-0	0.4	10.17	0.8	16.19	2.6	-0.6
86	Miami	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	9.98	3	14.12	1.79	-0.79
87	Wake Forest	ACC	2-3-0	0.4	8.32	-7.2	11.59	1.28	0.72
88	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	2-3-0	0.4	8.29	-7.2	9.86	1.44	0.56
89	Marshall	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	7.89	-8.4	6.99	1.28	0.72
90	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	1-2-0	0.33	7.88	-1.33	9.41	1.37	-0.37
91	Texas-Arlington	Southland	2-3-0	0.4	7.81	-5.6	11.33	1.69	0.31
92	Princeton	Ivy	1-2-0	0.33	7.12	-6.67	16.03	0.21	0.79
93	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-2-1	0.25	6.72	-8.75	13.66	1.18	-0.18
94	Indiana State	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.71	-7.67	2.76	0.89	0.11
95	Rice	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	6.57	-12.33	12.86	0.71	0.29
96	Clemson	ACC	1-2-1	0.25	6.55	-10	12.85	0.83	0.17
97	Richmond	Southern	1-3-0	0.25	6.53	0.25	13.23	2.04	-1.04
98	Utah	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	6.28	-1.67	11.69	1.38	-0.38
99	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	1-2-1	0.25	5.89	-4.25	14.48	1.6	-0.6
100	Louisiana Tech	Southland	1-3-0	0.25	5.89	-1.5	20.66	1.85	-0.85
101	Penn State	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	5.16	-4.75	15.45	1.04	-0.04
102	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	1-3-0	0.25	4.97	-4	6.94	1.36	-0.36
103	Washington State	Pac-8	1-3-0	0.25	4.96	-0.75	14.97	1.93	-0.93
104	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-3-0	0.25	4.87	-5.5	7.62	1.37	-0.37
105	Air Force	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.57	-10	17.07	1	0
106	Kansas State	Big 8	1-3-0	0.25	4.56	-8.25	11.63	0.72	0.28
107	North Texas	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	4.55	-1.2	13.37	2.28	-1.28
108	Villanova	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.51	-8.25	13.21	1.09	-0.09
109	Colorado State	Western Athletic	1-3-0	0.25	4.5	-7.5	14.02	1.16	-0.16
110	NC State	ACC	1-3-1	0.2	4.44	-2.8	14.7	2.11	-1.11
111	Navy	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.32	-13	17.43	0.64	0.36
112	Stanford	Pac-8	1-3-0	0.25	4.23	-12.5	18.55	0.77	0.23
113	Indiana	Big Ten	1-3-0	0.25	4.17	-11.75	14.91	0.88	0.12
114	Pacific	PCAA	1-3-0	0.25	4.13	-7.5	4.7	1.17	-0.17
115	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-3-0	0.25	4.12	-14.25	13.31	0.65	0.35
116	Illinois State	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.04	-12.75	12.47	0.48	0.52
117	Tulane	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	3.45	-11.75	17.61	0.66	0.34
118	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	3.34	-12.25	15.33	0.77	0.23
119	Florida State	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	3.21	-15.25	16.63	0.41	0.59
120	VMI	Southern	1-3-0	0.25	3.21	-15.5	16.5	0.5	0.5
121	Cornell	Ivy	0-3-0	0	-1.61	-5	20.54	0.89	-0.89
122	Pennsylvania	Ivy	0-3-0	0	-1.94	-9.33	7.42	0.52	-0.52
123	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	0-2-1	0	-2.12	-13	5.29	0.25	-0.25
124	Arizona State	Western Athletic	0-3-0	0	-2.15	-10	16.88	0.65	-0.65
125	Toledo	Mid-American	0-4-0	0	-2.3	-13.75	14.37	0.5	-0.5
126	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0-5-0	0	-2.33	-13	17.25	0.64	-0.64
127	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.42	-18	10.53	0.29	-0.29
128	Virginia	ACC	0-4-0	0	-2.49	-17.75	10.46	0.29	-0.29
129	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.55	-24	1.23	0.4	-0.4
130	Drake	Missouri Valley	0-5-0	0	-2.62	-18.2	17.18	0.94	-0.94
131	Oregon State	Pac-8	0-4-0	0	-2.63	-18	17.14	0.35	-0.35
132	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-4-0	0	-2.71	-21	14.77	0.2	-0.2
133	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0-5-0	0	-2.79	-22	16.04	0.28	-0.28
134	Utah State	FBS Independents	0-5-0	0	-2.84	-21.8	18.97	0.28	-0.28
135	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.92	-23	20.74	0.12	-0.12
136	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-3-0	0	-3.06	-29.67	17.37	0	0
137	TCU	Southwest	0-4-0	0	-3.17	-34.25	17.46	0.1	-0.1