1976 W7 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.299135+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Texas Tech	Southwest	4-0-0	1	26.91	14	15.86	3.4	0.6
2	Oklahoma	Big 8	5-0-1	0.83	26.53	13.17	14.73	5.35	-0.35
3	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	26.07	19	10.7	5.28	0.72
4	Louisiana	Southland	5-0-0	1	25.92	14.4	11.13	4.24	0.76
5	Nebraska	Big 8	5-0-1	0.83	25.83	26.17	8.46	5.8	-0.8
6	UCLA	Pac-8	5-0-1	0.83	25.71	26	8.1	5.73	-0.73
7	East Carolina	Southern	6-0-0	1	25.5	21	7.58	5.68	0.32
8	Michigan	Big Ten	6-0-0	1	25.32	35.67	4.8	5.85	0.15
9	Maryland	ACC	6-0-0	1	25.29	13.67	8.48	5.2	0.8
10	Rutgers	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	23.25	15.17	-1.97	5.59	0.41
11	Colgate	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	22.76	7	-1.39	3.95	1.05
12	Georgia	SEC	5-1-0	0.83	22.42	20.5	12.71	5.63	-0.63
13	Iowa State	Big 8	5-1-0	0.83	22.29	23.17	11.78	5.48	-0.48
14	Florida	SEC	4-1-0	0.8	21.89	9.6	17.7	3.47	0.53
15	USC	Pac-8	4-1-0	0.8	21.67	22.8	11.89	4.51	-0.51
16	Mississippi State	SEC	5-1-0	0.83	21.66	11	11.39	4.66	0.34
17	Houston	Southwest	4-1-0	0.8	21.43	12	14.05	3.98	0.02
18	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	21.36	21.8	10.96	4.81	-0.81
19	McNeese	Southland	5-1-0	0.83	21.29	8.67	8.04	4.34	0.66
20	Ohio State	Big Ten	4-1-1	0.67	21.21	10.33	13.38	4.61	-0.61
21	Bowling Green	Mid-American	5-1-0	0.83	20.99	8.67	8.54	4.25	0.75
22	Central Michigan	Mid-American	5-1-0	0.83	20.79	5.17	9.49	4.24	0.76
23	Minnesota	Big Ten	5-1-0	0.83	20.75	5.33	8.93	3.96	1.04
24	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	20.72	8.33	7.27	5.05	-0.05
25	Ohio	Mid-American	5-1-0	0.83	20.55	15.17	3.44	5.42	-0.42
26	San Diego State	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	20.52	4.8	12.37	3.51	0.49
27	Wyoming	Western Athletic	5-1-0	0.83	20.31	9.33	4.28	4.52	0.48
28	Long Beach State	PCAA	5-1-0	0.83	20.21	13	0.55	5.07	-0.07
29	App State	Southern	5-1-1	0.71	20	19.43	-0.67	6.46	-1.46
30	Boston College	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	19.94	4.2	9.6	3.35	0.65
31	Yale	Ivy	4-1-0	0.8	19.9	10.6	5.59	4.24	-0.24
32	Brown	Ivy	4-1-0	0.8	19.56	6.4	5.57	4.19	-0.19
33	Harvard	Ivy	4-1-0	0.8	19.53	11.8	2.83	4.23	-0.23
34	Arkansas	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	19.53	12.25	9.06	3.35	-0.35
35	South Carolina	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.98	8.71	13.76	5.48	-0.48
36	Texas A&M	Southwest	4-2-0	0.67	18.26	8	16.38	4.67	-0.67
37	Texas	Southwest	2-1-1	0.5	18.23	7.25	15.77	3	-1
38	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	4-2-0	0.67	18.19	4.5	16.2	3.99	0.01
39	Colorado	Big 8	4-2-0	0.67	18.14	7.67	15.57	4.34	-0.34
40	Missouri	Big 8	4-2-0	0.67	18.03	3.5	16.25	3.56	0.44
41	Kansas	Big 8	4-2-0	0.67	17.93	6.17	12.55	3.92	0.08
42	Alabama	SEC	4-2-0	0.67	17.85	13.33	10.65	5.17	-1.17
43	BYU	Western Athletic	4-2-0	0.67	17.71	11.33	10.63	4.64	-0.64
44	Memphis	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.68	3	14.47	3.47	0.53
45	Kentucky	SEC	4-2-0	0.67	17.65	5.17	14.35	4.04	-0.04
46	William & Mary	Southern	4-2-0	0.67	16.77	7.5	5.75	4.42	-0.42
47	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	16.58	4.83	6.65	4.1	-0.1
48	New Mexico	Western Athletic	3-2-0	0.6	16.49	6.4	14.27	3.29	-0.29
49	Ball State	Mid-American	4-2-0	0.67	16.39	7.33	0.57	4.51	-0.51
50	LSU	SEC	3-2-1	0.5	16.32	7	12.28	4.32	-1.32
51	Oklahoma State	Big 8	3-2-0	0.6	16.12	1.8	17.56	2.81	0.19
52	Arizona	Western Athletic	3-2-0	0.6	15.91	8	10.58	3.41	-0.41
53	Dartmouth	Ivy	3-2-0	0.6	15.81	11.6	5.73	4.23	-1.23
54	Louisville	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	15.61	5	13.01	3.13	-0.13
55	Ole Miss	SEC	4-3-0	0.57	15.49	6.29	12.74	5.29	-1.29
56	Baylor	Southwest	4-2-0	0.67	15.42	-3	14.22	2.41	1.59
57	North Carolina	ACC	4-2-0	0.67	15.2	-1.33	9.09	2.73	1.27
58	The Citadel	Southern	4-2-0	0.67	15.2	-0.33	9.32	2.91	1.09
59	San José State	PCAA	4-3-0	0.57	15.19	12.14	9.01	5.36	-1.36
60	Duke	ACC	3-2-1	0.5	14.22	0	11.42	3	0
61	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	14.21	7.6	-2.64	3.62	-0.62
62	West Virginia	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	13.73	5	13.56	4.26	-1.26
63	Texas-Arlington	Southland	4-3-0	0.57	13.71	1.43	8.83	3.75	0.25
64	California	Pac-8	3-3-0	0.5	13.55	4.83	11.71	3.74	-0.74
65	Tennessee	SEC	3-3-0	0.5	13.44	8	7.88	4.26	-1.26
66	Washington	Pac-8	3-3-0	0.5	13.19	6.17	7.13	3.98	-0.98
67	Illinois	Big Ten	3-3-0	0.5	13.04	1.67	16.7	3.32	-0.32
68	Penn State	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	12.99	4.5	11.25	4.08	-1.08
69	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-3-0	0.5	12.99	6	8.46	3.93	-0.93
70	Furman	Southern	3-3-1	0.43	12.11	1	6.47	3.74	-0.74
71	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	11.66	5.17	-3.27	4.11	-1.11
72	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	2-2-1	0.4	11.43	4.6	-1.49	3.17	-1.17
73	Kent State	Mid-American	3-3-0	0.5	11.31	-3.17	16.92	2.39	0.61
74	Arkansas State	Southland	3-4-0	0.43	11.31	4.71	10.66	4.26	-1.26
75	Colorado State	Western Athletic	3-3-0	0.5	11.16	-0.5	10.39	2.9	0.1
76	Purdue	Big Ten	3-3-0	0.5	11.14	-1.5	9.98	2.75	0.25
77	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	3-3-0	0.5	10.98	0	4.6	3	0
78	North Texas	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	10.53	1.14	10.37	3.81	-0.81
79	Indiana	Big Ten	3-3-0	0.5	10.14	-5.5	11.93	1.92	1.08
80	Army	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	10.11	-4	3.74	2.37	0.63
81	Southern Illinois	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	10.08	-11	11.74	1.4	1.6
82	Oregon	Pac-8	3-3-0	0.5	9.96	-11.83	11.36	1.03	1.97
83	Marshall	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	9.84	-5.5	7.98	1.87	1.13
84	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-4-0	0.33	8.89	1.67	12.6	3.22	-1.22
85	Wake Forest	ACC	3-4-0	0.43	8.88	-4.57	11.54	2.37	0.63
86	Richmond	Southern	2-4-0	0.33	8.61	0.83	13.54	3.19	-1.19
87	Princeton	Ivy	2-3-0	0.4	8.4	-5.4	15.89	0.78	1.22
88	Indiana State	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	8.35	-1.6	4.48	2.26	-0.26
89	Louisiana Tech	Southland	2-4-0	0.33	8.15	0.5	16.66	3.06	-1.06
90	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	8.12	-7.2	13.07	1.58	0.42
91	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	2-3-1	0.33	7.69	-5.67	12.23	2.17	-0.17
92	Rice	Southwest	2-3-0	0.4	7.67	-11.6	13.54	1.24	0.76
93	Columbia	Ivy	2-3-0	0.4	7.58	-9.4	8.32	1.19	0.81
94	Auburn	SEC	2-4-0	0.33	7.41	-2	15.78	2.66	-0.66
95	Pennsylvania	Ivy	2-3-0	0.4	7.33	-5.2	5.59	1.38	0.62
96	Fresno State	PCAA	2-4-0	0.33	7.12	-1	6.66	2.81	-0.81
97	Temple	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	7.05	-9.4	2.61	1.22	0.78
98	NC State	ACC	2-4-1	0.29	6.81	-2.29	15.34	3.01	-1.01
99	Pacific	PCAA	2-4-0	0.33	6.69	-1.83	4.84	2.69	-0.69
100	Florida State	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	6.32	-8.17	16.11	1.63	0.37
101	Air Force	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	6.14	-9	13.22	1.41	0.59
102	Lamar	Southland	2-4-0	0.33	6.06	-10.33	12.56	1.05	0.95
103	Iowa	Big Ten	2-4-0	0.33	6.05	-10.17	13.03	1.18	0.82
104	Tulane	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	6.05	-6.17	13.31	1.62	0.38
105	SMU	Southwest	2-4-0	0.33	5.99	-11.67	13.88	1.46	0.54
106	Illinois State	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	5.98	-8.67	9.68	0.97	1.03
107	Stanford	Pac-8	2-4-0	0.33	5.86	-10.33	17.32	1.58	0.42
108	Syracuse	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	5.81	-11.67	10.63	0.9	1.1
109	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	2-4-0	0.33	5.54	-10.5	5.14	1.25	0.75
110	Dayton	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	5.38	-3	1.54	2.82	-0.82
111	Clemson	ACC	1-3-2	0.17	4.21	-7.67	13.29	1.58	-0.58
112	Miami	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	3.74	-4.2	18.46	1.86	-0.86
113	Cornell	Ivy	1-4-0	0.2	3.55	-5	18.69	1.46	-0.46
114	Arizona State	Western Athletic	1-4-0	0.2	2.95	-5.4	16.85	1.53	-0.53
115	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-4-1	0.17	2.89	-11.83	18.44	1.3	-0.3
116	Utah	Western Athletic	1-4-0	0.2	2.88	-9.2	8.83	1.48	-0.48
117	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	1-4-0	0.2	2.88	-10	12.16	1.04	-0.04
118	Villanova	FBS Independents	1-4-1	0.17	2.86	-8.33	9.38	1.61	-0.61
119	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	2.49	-7.6	6.84	1.33	-0.33
120	Washington State	Pac-8	1-5-0	0.17	2.12	-11.83	15.17	1.48	-0.48
121	Navy	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	2.03	-11.67	13.77	0.93	0.07
122	Kansas State	Big 8	1-5-0	0.17	1.9	-15.17	16.44	0.58	0.42
123	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	1-4-0	0.2	1.86	-20.6	12.09	0.09	0.91
124	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-5-0	0.17	1.78	-15	9.1	0.94	0.06
125	VMI	Southern	1-5-0	0.17	1.75	-17.67	17.1	0.48	0.52
126	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	1.73	-18.6	-1.72	0.72	0.28
127	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-5-0	0.17	1.7	-19.17	16.41	0.62	0.38
128	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-5-0	0.17	1.6	-18	12.65	0.7	0.3
129	Oregon State	Pac-8	1-5-0	0.17	1.56	-13.83	16.17	0.75	0.25
130	Utah State	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	0.83	-14.43	14.45	0.92	0.08
131	Toledo	Mid-American	0-6-0	0	-2.12	-11.5	13.73	1.26	-1.26
132	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0-6-0	0	-2.28	-13.17	16.77	0.8	-0.8
133	Virginia	ACC	0-6-0	0	-2.44	-17.17	13.94	0.44	-0.44
134	Drake	Missouri Valley	0-7-0	0	-2.53	-18.86	14.5	1.19	-1.19
135	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-6-0	0	-2.62	-20.33	17.1	0.22	-0.22
136	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	0-6-0	0	-2.84	-25.33	18.72	0.25	-0.25
137	TCU	Southwest	0-5-0	0	-2.87	-28	15.86	0.28	-0.28