1976 W8 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.299633+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Texas Tech	Southwest	5-0-0	1	26.6	16.2	15.29	4.21	0.79
2	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	7-0-0	1	25.82	22.71	10.24	6.45	0.55
3	UCLA	Pac-8	6-0-1	0.86	25.74	24.57	9.68	6.58	-0.58
4	Louisiana	Southland	6-0-0	1	25.57	16.67	10.14	5.26	0.74
5	Maryland	ACC	7-0-0	1	25.2	15.57	8.7	6.3	0.7
6	Michigan	Big Ten	7-0-0	1	25.1	35.57	5.15	6.87	0.13
7	Rutgers	FBS Independents	7-0-0	1	23.33	19.71	-1.21	6.76	0.24
8	Georgia	SEC	6-1-0	0.86	22.91	21	12.78	6.61	-0.61
9	Colgate	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	22.42	7.5	-2.59	4.72	1.28
10	East Carolina	Southern	6-1-0	0.86	22.34	17.71	9	6.48	-0.48
11	Oklahoma	Big 8	5-1-1	0.71	22.14	10.29	13.73	5.66	-0.66
12	Florida	SEC	5-1-0	0.83	22.02	8.33	15.73	4.07	0.93
13	Mississippi State	SEC	6-1-0	0.86	21.92	10.57	10.07	5.5	0.5
14	Nebraska	Big 8	5-1-1	0.71	21.89	21	9.34	6.42	-1.42
15	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	21.84	19.33	11.07	5.74	-0.74
16	Ohio State	Big Ten	5-1-1	0.71	21.67	11.86	12.24	5.69	-0.69
17	USC	Pac-8	5-1-0	0.83	21.65	28.33	8.14	5.67	-0.67
18	McNeese	Southland	6-1-0	0.86	21.51	7.86	8.97	4.92	1.08
19	San Diego State	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	21.22	6.17	12.54	4.41	0.59
20	Wyoming	Western Athletic	6-1-0	0.86	21.01	11.29	4.82	5.43	0.57
21	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	20.72	8.33	8	5.05	-0.05
22	Long Beach State	PCAA	6-1-0	0.86	20.71	12.71	2.59	5.92	0.08
23	Boston College	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	20.71	6.33	9.41	4.42	0.58
24	Arkansas	Southwest	4-1-0	0.8	20.63	11.2	10.74	4.19	-0.19
25	Yale	Ivy	5-1-0	0.83	20.39	11.17	5.05	5.18	-0.18
26	Brown	Ivy	5-1-0	0.83	20.1	7	5.28	4.86	0.14
27	Harvard	Ivy	5-1-0	0.83	19.95	10.83	2.56	4.96	0.04
28	Texas	Southwest	3-1-1	0.6	19.51	6	14.13	3.6	-0.6
29	Iowa State	Big 8	5-2-0	0.71	19.24	17.14	11.5	5.91	-0.91
30	Texas A&M	Southwest	5-2-0	0.71	19.06	10.14	14.71	5.43	-0.43
31	Colorado	Big 8	5-2-0	0.71	19.04	9.29	15.08	5.3	-0.3
32	Missouri	Big 8	5-2-0	0.71	18.83	4.43	17.31	4.28	0.72
33	Alabama	SEC	5-2-0	0.71	18.66	14.43	10.26	6.22	-1.22
34	BYU	Western Athletic	5-2-0	0.71	18.56	14.14	9.68	5.7	-0.7
35	Memphis	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.43	7	12.29	4.8	0.2
36	Kansas	Big 8	5-2-0	0.71	18.2	6.71	10.68	4.69	0.31
37	Houston	Southwest	4-2-0	0.67	18.16	8.83	13.99	4.49	-0.49
38	William & Mary	Southern	5-2-0	0.71	17.93	9.29	7.71	5.58	-0.58
39	Bowling Green	Mid-American	5-2-0	0.71	17.9	7.14	6.83	4.83	0.17
40	Ohio	Mid-American	5-2-0	0.71	17.87	10.14	5.15	5.76	-0.76
41	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	17.79	8.14	7.38	5.33	-0.33
42	Minnesota	Big Ten	5-2-0	0.71	17.63	3.14	8.63	4.18	0.82
43	Oklahoma State	Big 8	4-2-0	0.67	17.62	2.67	18.48	3.5	0.5
44	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	4-2-0	0.67	17.6	4.5	14.7	3.99	0.01
45	App State	Southern	5-2-1	0.62	17.56	15.38	1.15	7.03	-2.03
46	Dartmouth	Ivy	4-2-0	0.67	17.29	15.5	7.13	5.48	-1.48
47	Ball State	Mid-American	5-2-0	0.71	17.26	8.14	3.59	5.46	-0.46
48	The Citadel	Southern	5-2-0	0.71	17.1	2.43	8.32	4.23	0.77
49	South Carolina	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	16.73	6.75	14.27	5.91	-0.91
50	Central Michigan	Mid-American	5-2-0	0.71	16.54	0.43	6.27	3.61	1.39
51	San José State	PCAA	5-3-0	0.62	16.35	12.38	9.65	6.26	-1.26
52	Ole Miss	SEC	5-3-0	0.62	16.22	7.62	11.16	6.43	-1.43
53	North Carolina	ACC	5-2-0	0.71	16.05	-0.86	11.06	3.28	1.72
54	LSU	SEC	3-2-1	0.5	15.96	7	12.72	4.32	-1.32
55	Penn State	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	15.09	8.57	11.49	5.66	-1.66
56	Baylor	Southwest	4-2-0	0.67	14.94	-3	14.19	2.41	1.59
57	Western Michigan	Mid-American	4-3-0	0.57	14.65	6.57	9.18	4.66	-0.66
58	Washington	Pac-8	4-3-0	0.57	14.63	6.29	9.14	4.76	-0.76
59	Kentucky	SEC	4-3-0	0.57	14.57	1	15.23	3.74	0.26
60	Colorado State	Western Athletic	4-3-0	0.57	13.96	2.57	9.13	4.11	-0.11
61	Texas-Arlington	Southland	4-3-0	0.57	13.75	1.43	8.33	3.75	0.25
62	New Mexico	Western Athletic	3-3-0	0.5	13.18	2.67	13.05	3.4	-0.4
63	Arizona	Western Athletic	3-3-0	0.5	13.08	2.5	12.82	3.32	-0.32
64	Louisville	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	12.57	0.67	13.69	3.11	-0.11
65	North Texas	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	12.38	2.38	9.27	4.71	-0.71
66	Southern Illinois	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	12.22	-1.71	9.48	3.19	0.81
67	Tennessee	SEC	3-4-0	0.43	11.73	6.57	10.06	4.74	-1.74
68	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	11.68	5.17	-3.14	4.11	-1.11
69	Louisiana Tech	Southland	3-4-0	0.43	11.64	4.57	15.56	4.21	-1.21
70	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	11.46	1.5	-0.75	3.28	-0.28
71	California	Pac-8	3-4-0	0.43	11.39	1.86	14.9	3.83	-0.83
72	Duke	ACC	3-3-1	0.43	10.78	-3.86	12.76	2.67	0.33
73	Richmond	Southern	3-4-0	0.43	10.73	1.29	12.73	3.86	-0.86
74	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-4-0	0.43	10.64	1.86	9.3	3.79	-0.79
75	Illinois	Big Ten	3-4-0	0.43	10.6	0.29	13.22	3.56	-0.56
76	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	3-3-1	0.43	10.32	-3.14	10.53	2.95	0.05
77	Arkansas State	Southland	3-5-0	0.38	10.27	3.75	11.54	4.7	-1.7
78	West Virginia	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	10.2	-0.43	13.48	3.37	-0.37
79	Furman	Southern	3-4-1	0.38	10.14	0.38	7.29	4.11	-1.11
80	NC State	ACC	3-4-1	0.38	10.1	0.12	13.03	4.03	-1.03
81	Auburn	SEC	3-4-0	0.43	10.05	0	13.14	3.5	-0.5
82	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	2-3-1	0.33	9.56	1.67	2.14	3.3	-1.3
83	Miami	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	9.04	4.67	14.62	3.81	-1.81
84	Kent State	Mid-American	3-4-0	0.43	8.97	-6.71	17.19	2.14	0.86
85	Purdue	Big Ten	3-4-0	0.43	8.9	-4.29	11.61	2.62	0.38
86	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	3-4-0	0.43	8.61	-4.43	7.68	2.52	0.48
87	Iowa	Big Ten	3-4-0	0.43	8.45	-7.29	15.09	1.88	1.12
88	Indiana	Big Ten	3-4-0	0.43	8.41	-9.71	13.62	1.43	1.57
89	Army	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	8.37	-5.86	7.5	2.41	0.59
90	Stanford	Pac-8	3-4-0	0.43	8.36	-8	14.95	2.14	0.86
91	Marshall	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	8.34	-6.14	7.74	2.14	0.86
92	Illinois State	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	8.27	-6	10.25	1.82	1.18
93	Oregon	Pac-8	3-4-0	0.43	8.21	-11.14	12.09	1.19	1.81
94	Syracuse	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	8.07	-8.86	11.43	1.56	1.44
95	Wake Forest	ACC	3-5-0	0.38	7.58	-4.12	9.92	2.84	0.16
96	Dayton	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	7.16	-2.25	0.67	3.41	-0.41
97	Arizona State	Western Athletic	2-4-0	0.33	6.91	-1.83	16.43	2.62	-0.62
98	Princeton	Ivy	2-4-0	0.33	6.57	-5.5	16.04	1.16	0.84
99	Indiana State	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	6.45	-3	5.89	2.45	-0.45
100	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	6.13	-6.67	9.66	1.89	0.11
101	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-4-1	0.29	5.99	-9	18.4	1.97	0.03
102	Pennsylvania	Ivy	2-4-0	0.33	5.97	-6.67	7.14	1.36	0.64
103	Villanova	FBS Independents	2-4-1	0.29	5.89	-4.29	5.57	2.65	-0.65
104	Rice	Southwest	2-4-0	0.33	5.77	-13.5	13.29	1.45	0.55
105	Fresno State	PCAA	2-5-0	0.29	5.7	-2.86	9.15	2.86	-0.86
106	Columbia	Ivy	2-4-0	0.33	5.58	-15.67	11.4	0.75	1.25
107	Temple	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	5.54	-9.17	2.6	1.5	0.5
108	Pacific	PCAA	2-5-0	0.29	5.22	-5.57	7.79	2.44	-0.44
109	Tulane	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	5.18	-7	11.64	1.8	0.2
110	Florida State	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	5.14	-8.71	14.16	1.86	0.14
111	SMU	Southwest	2-5-0	0.29	5.01	-10.14	14.04	1.8	0.2
112	Air Force	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.98	-10.43	13.48	1.39	0.61
113	Lamar	Southland	2-5-0	0.29	4.96	-10.43	13.18	1.2	0.8
114	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	2-5-0	0.29	4.64	-10.57	5.39	1.45	0.55
115	VMI	Southern	2-5-0	0.29	4.44	-14.57	12.8	0.73	1.27
116	Clemson	ACC	1-4-2	0.14	2.93	-9	12.67	1.74	-0.74
117	Cornell	Ivy	1-5-0	0.17	2.23	-10	18.22	0.89	0.11
118	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	2.16	-8	8.04	1.59	-0.59
119	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	2.01	-18.6	-1.62	0.72	0.28
120	Utah	Western Athletic	1-5-0	0.17	1.98	-11.5	10.47	1.57	-0.57
121	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	1-5-0	0.17	1.97	-11.67	10.7	1.1	-0.1
122	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	1-5-0	0.17	1.33	-26.17	11.43	0.05	0.95
123	Washington State	Pac-8	1-6-0	0.14	1.33	-11	12.97	1.78	-0.78
124	Kansas State	Big 8	1-6-0	0.14	1.14	-14.43	16.14	0.78	0.22
125	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-6-0	0.14	1.08	-11	16.4	1.11	-0.11
126	Navy	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	1.05	-16.43	15.36	0.6	0.4
127	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-6-0	0.14	1.02	-15.86	9.81	0.95	0.05
128	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-6-0	0.14	0.93	-18.86	16.22	0.63	0.37
129	Oregon State	Pac-8	1-6-0	0.14	0.88	-19.86	15.16	0.44	0.56
130	Virginia	ACC	1-6-0	0.14	0.85	-14.57	13.76	0.77	0.23
131	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-6-0	0.14	0.82	-20.57	9.59	0.56	0.44
132	Utah State	FBS Independents	1-7-0	0.12	0.52	-16.5	14.62	0.92	0.08
133	Drake	Missouri Valley	1-7-0	0.12	0.42	-14	13.22	1.88	-0.88
134	Toledo	Mid-American	0-7-0	0	-2	-10.29	12.44	1.59	-1.59
135	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-7-0	0	-2.48	-17.86	15.42	0.52	-0.52
136	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	0-7-0	0	-2.75	-22.86	19.36	0.32	-0.32
137	TCU	Southwest	0-6-0	0	-2.87	-31.5	12.7	0.2	-0.2