1976 W6 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.298681+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Texas Tech	Southwest	3-0-0	1	27.83	10.67	19.99	2.42	0.58
2	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	26.92	19.4	13.22	4.45	0.55
3	Louisiana	Southland	4-0-0	1	26.48	15.25	12.2	3.45	0.55
4	Nebraska	Big 8	4-0-1	0.8	26.39	21.2	10.24	4.68	-0.68
5	East Carolina	Southern	5-0-0	1	26.36	22.4	10.21	4.71	0.29
6	Oklahoma	Big 8	4-0-1	0.8	26.29	12.2	12.12	4.42	-0.42
7	Michigan	Big Ten	5-0-0	1	26.28	36.6	7.53	4.87	0.13
8	McNeese	Southland	5-0-0	1	25.74	13.8	8.87	4.1	0.9
9	UCLA	Pac-8	4-0-1	0.8	25.71	19.4	7.3	4.58	-0.58
10	Maryland	ACC	5-0-0	1	25.29	16	6.16	4.49	0.51
11	Rutgers	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	23.67	16.8	-2.03	4.86	0.14
12	Long Beach State	PCAA	5-0-0	1	23.58	21	-2.88	4.77	0.23
13	Georgia	SEC	4-1-0	0.8	22.45	15.6	13.88	4.43	-0.43
14	Colgate	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	22.12	6.25	-6.01	3.04	0.96
15	USC	Pac-8	4-1-0	0.8	22	22.8	12.71	4.51	-0.51
16	Kansas	Big 8	4-1-0	0.8	21.57	11	10.81	3.75	0.25
17	Iowa State	Big 8	4-1-0	0.8	21.56	27	9.07	4.67	-0.67
18	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	4-1-0	0.8	21.5	7.2	14.58	3.71	0.29
19	Missouri	Big 8	4-1-0	0.8	21.41	5	16.01	3.14	0.86
20	Florida	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	21.28	10.25	18.96	2.83	0.17
21	Mississippi State	SEC	4-1-0	0.8	21.04	11.4	10.61	4.12	-0.12
22	Memphis	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	20.92	5.4	12.92	3.3	0.7
23	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-1-0	0.8	20.54	5.6	10.46	3.28	0.72
24	Houston	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	20.5	9.25	17.31	2.92	0.08
25	Ohio	Mid-American	4-1-0	0.8	20.43	15.4	2.92	4.58	-0.58
26	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-1-0	0.8	20.36	9.6	6.68	3.57	0.43
27	Ohio State	Big Ten	3-1-1	0.6	20.34	10.4	14.08	3.9	-0.9
28	Oklahoma State	Big 8	3-1-0	0.75	20.28	4.75	18.05	2.62	0.38
29	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	20.27	17	10.46	3.69	-0.69
30	Central Michigan	Mid-American	4-1-0	0.8	20.24	5.6	8.96	3.62	0.38
31	Ball State	Mid-American	4-1-0	0.8	20.2	9.4	3.14	3.85	0.15
32	Baylor	Southwest	4-1-0	0.8	20.17	1.2	14.38	2.68	1.32
33	San Diego State	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	20.1	4.5	15.53	2.83	0.17
34	LSU	SEC	3-1-1	0.6	20.05	11.2	11.39	4.07	-1.07
35	New Mexico	Western Athletic	3-1-0	0.75	20.02	8.25	13.31	2.8	0.2
36	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	19.8	8.2	4.49	4.17	-0.17
37	App State	Southern	4-1-1	0.67	19.77	16.33	0.9	5.37	-1.37
38	Arkansas	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	19.69	12.25	8.46	3.35	-0.35
39	Wyoming	Western Athletic	4-1-0	0.8	19.62	11	2.33	3.99	0.01
40	North Carolina	ACC	4-1-0	0.8	19.24	0	11.25	2.5	1.5
41	Dartmouth	Ivy	3-1-0	0.75	19.01	16.25	0.41	3.66	-0.66
42	Boston College	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	19	2.5	7.34	2.38	0.62
43	Yale	Ivy	3-1-0	0.75	18.64	5.5	7.03	2.89	0.11
44	Brown	Ivy	3-1-0	0.75	18.55	4	2.79	3.2	-0.2
45	Harvard	Ivy	3-1-0	0.75	18.51	13	-2.02	3.43	-0.43
46	Texas	Southwest	2-1-1	0.5	18.44	7.25	15.69	3	-1
47	South Carolina	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	18.28	9.67	13.54	4.73	-0.73
48	Ole Miss	SEC	4-2-0	0.67	17.96	7.83	12.78	4.75	-0.75
49	Colorado	Big 8	3-2-0	0.6	16.96	7.2	15.17	3.52	-0.52
50	Texas A&M	Southwest	3-2-0	0.6	16.73	4.8	15.23	3.35	-0.35
51	Alabama	SEC	3-2-0	0.6	16.57	14.6	11.2	4.39	-1.39
52	California	Pac-8	3-2-0	0.6	16.42	6	16.75	3.19	-0.19
53	BYU	Western Athletic	3-2-0	0.6	16.24	4.8	11.77	3.25	-0.25
54	West Virginia	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	16.13	8.2	13.45	4.01	-1.01
55	Kentucky	SEC	3-2-0	0.6	16.04	3.4	12.06	3.06	-0.06
56	Arizona	Western Athletic	3-2-0	0.6	15.87	8	12.23	3.41	-0.41
57	William & Mary	Southern	3-2-0	0.6	15.83	7.4	5.84	3.66	-0.66
58	Washington	Pac-8	3-2-0	0.6	15.63	8.6	7.85	3.71	-0.71
59	Tennessee	SEC	3-2-0	0.6	15.62	11	6.73	3.83	-0.83
60	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	15.41	5	9.9	3.41	-0.41
61	Furman	Southern	3-2-1	0.5	14.55	3	3.11	3.65	-0.65
62	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	14.41	7.6	-1.52	3.62	-0.62
63	Duke	ACC	3-2-0	0.6	14.35	0	13.01	2.5	0.5
64	Kent State	Mid-American	3-2-0	0.6	13.56	-3	16.77	2.03	0.97
65	San José State	PCAA	3-3-0	0.5	13.46	9.67	4.77	4.28	-1.28
66	Purdue	Big Ten	3-2-0	0.6	13.43	-1	10.15	2.36	0.64
67	Southern Illinois	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	13.37	-7	13.94	1.58	1.42
68	Army	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	13.06	-2.2	3.4	2.22	0.78
69	The Citadel	Southern	3-2-0	0.6	12.94	-3	10	1.83	1.17
70	Oregon	Pac-8	3-2-0	0.6	12.77	-6	8.52	1.55	1.45
71	Louisville	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	12.06	-0.75	12.33	1.92	0.08
72	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	11.63	-2	14.05	1.79	0.21
73	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-3-0	0.4	11.23	4	11.77	2.93	-0.93
74	Illinois	Big Ten	2-3-0	0.4	11.17	1.2	18.24	2.69	-0.69
75	Western Michigan	Mid-American	2-3-0	0.4	11.13	4.6	8.98	3.13	-1.13
76	Auburn	SEC	2-3-0	0.4	10.78	1.2	15.79	2.67	-0.67
77	Texas-Arlington	Southland	3-3-0	0.5	10.76	-1.17	7.76	2.83	0.17
78	Richmond	Southern	2-3-0	0.4	10.67	3.6	13.42	3.17	-1.17
79	Princeton	Ivy	2-2-0	0.5	10.62	-4.25	15.27	0.72	1.28
80	Columbia	Ivy	2-2-0	0.5	10.37	-4	4.73	1.51	0.49
81	Wake Forest	ACC	3-3-0	0.5	10.2	-5	9.86	1.95	1.05
82	Indiana State	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	10.15	-1.25	1.87	1.86	0.14
83	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	10.02	4.8	-2.94	3.31	-1.31
84	Penn State	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	9.81	0.6	14.48	2.63	-0.63
85	Rice	Southwest	2-2-0	0.5	9.74	-8.5	10.3	1.24	0.76
86	Fresno State	PCAA	2-3-0	0.4	9.1	-0.8	7.98	2.38	-0.38
87	Lamar	Southland	2-3-0	0.4	8.57	-6.4	16.24	1.33	0.67
88	Arkansas State	Southland	2-4-0	0.33	8.23	0.33	9.77	3.05	-1.05
89	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	2-3-0	0.4	8.13	-2	7.62	2.15	-0.15
90	North Texas	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	8.06	0.83	10.76	3.18	-1.18
91	Pacific	PCAA	2-3-0	0.4	7.94	-1	1.19	2.36	-0.36
92	Iowa	Big Ten	2-3-0	0.4	7.91	-10.8	12.79	1	1
93	SMU	Southwest	2-3-0	0.4	7.87	-9.4	11.13	1.49	0.51
94	Air Force	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	7.81	-6	13.46	1.61	0.39
95	Colorado State	Western Athletic	2-3-0	0.4	7.75	-5.4	11.31	1.63	0.37
96	Florida State	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	7.68	-8.4	17.26	1.22	0.78
97	Indiana	Big Ten	2-3-0	0.4	7.52	-8	12.4	1.32	0.68
98	Marshall	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	7.51	-8.4	7.31	1.28	0.72
99	Illinois State	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	7.46	-9.6	13.74	0.83	1.17
100	Temple	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	7.39	-9.4	1.84	1.22	0.78
101	Syracuse	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	7.31	-9.2	11.55	1.06	0.94
102	Dayton	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	6.76	-2	1.05	2.65	-0.65
103	Miami	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	5.97	-1	15.62	1.86	-0.86
104	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	2-4-0	0.33	5.84	-10.5	5.68	1.25	0.75
105	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	1-2-1	0.25	5.24	-5.25	1.93	1.25	-0.25
106	Cornell	Ivy	1-3-0	0.25	4.76	-2.25	19.5	1.56	-0.56
107	Clemson	ACC	1-3-1	0.2	4.32	-9.2	13.25	1.12	-0.12
108	Utah	Western Athletic	1-3-0	0.25	4.31	-8.75	12.23	1.24	-0.24
109	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	1-3-0	0.25	4.22	-11.75	11.85	0.8	0.2
110	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-3-1	0.2	4.2	-13.4	17.92	1.05	-0.05
111	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	1-3-1	0.2	4.16	-10.4	12.33	1.33	-0.33
112	Washington State	Pac-8	1-4-0	0.2	3.95	-2.4	14.21	2.21	-1.21
113	Pennsylvania	Ivy	1-3-0	0.25	3.82	-6.75	12.91	0.86	0.14
114	Louisiana Tech	Southland	1-4-0	0.2	3.65	-5.4	19.09	1.95	-0.95
115	NC State	ACC	1-4-1	0.17	3.61	-4	14.31	2.28	-1.28
116	Kansas State	Big 8	1-4-0	0.2	3.17	-8	14.67	1.12	-0.12
117	Villanova	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	2.95	-10	11.71	1.1	-0.1
118	Tulane	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	2.9	-10	13.64	0.78	0.22
119	Stanford	Pac-8	1-4-0	0.2	2.84	-13.6	18.64	0.94	0.06
120	Navy	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	2.83	-12.4	14.39	0.7	0.3
121	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-4-0	0.2	2.73	-14	14.67	0.89	0.11
122	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-4-0	0.2	2.69	-14.6	10.34	0.9	0.1
123	VMI	Southern	1-4-0	0.2	2.46	-18.4	14.66	0.45	0.55
124	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-5-0	0.17	1.29	-18	14.21	0.7	0.3
125	Toledo	Mid-American	0-5-0	0	-2.17	-11.2	15.69	1.01	-1.01
126	Arizona State	Western Athletic	0-4-0	0	-2.2	-11	19.25	0.62	-0.62
127	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0-5-0	0	-2.29	-13	16.5	0.64	-0.64
128	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.33	-14.5	13.62	0.43	-0.43
129	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.45	-24	0.01	0.4	-0.4
130	Oregon State	Pac-8	0-5-0	0	-2.51	-16.8	16.44	0.5	-0.5
131	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-5-0	0	-2.52	-18.2	13.22	0.22	-0.22
132	Virginia	ACC	0-5-0	0	-2.57	-19.8	13.73	0.29	-0.29
133	Utah State	FBS Independents	0-6-0	0	-2.6	-18.67	16.42	0.4	-0.4
134	Drake	Missouri Valley	0-6-0	0	-2.68	-20.33	18.26	0.92	-0.92
135	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	0-5-0	0	-2.75	-21.6	17.89	0.18	-0.18
136	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-4-0	0	-2.82	-26.75	12.53	0.03	-0.03
137	TCU	Southwest	0-5-0	0	-2.92	-28	15.38	0.28	-0.28