1976 W9 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.300085+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Texas Tech	Southwest	6-0-0	1	26.22	14	14.94	4.79	1.21
2	UCLA	Pac-8	7-0-1	0.88	25.63	22.62	10.29	7.37	-0.37
3	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	8-0-0	1	25.5	21.12	9.9	7.3	0.7
4	Louisiana	Southland	7-0-0	1	25.34	15.29	10.3	5.92	1.08
5	Michigan	Big Ten	8-0-0	1	25.33	36.75	7.15	7.89	0.11
6	Maryland	ACC	8-0-0	1	25.19	14.88	9.74	7.11	0.89
7	Georgia	SEC	7-1-0	0.88	23.2	20.12	12.77	7.44	-0.44
8	Rutgers	FBS Independents	8-0-0	1	22.8	19.38	-3.07	7.71	0.29
9	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-1-1	0.75	22.48	15.38	12.76	6.91	-0.91
10	Nebraska	Big 8	6-1-1	0.75	22.45	21.88	10.97	7.45	-1.45
11	Florida	SEC	6-1-0	0.86	22.25	7.86	14.14	4.71	1.29
12	East Carolina	Southern	7-1-0	0.88	22.22	16.38	8.14	7.25	-0.25
13	USC	Pac-8	6-1-0	0.86	22.11	26.29	8.28	6.62	-0.62
14	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	21.98	17.43	9.17	6.48	-0.48
15	Colgate	FBS Independents	7-0-0	1	21.95	7.43	-4.15	5.44	1.56
16	San Diego State	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	21.4	6.86	9.75	5.2	0.8
17	Long Beach State	PCAA	7-1-0	0.88	21.13	12.38	3.43	6.7	0.3
18	Arkansas	Southwest	5-1-0	0.83	21.13	13.5	9.47	5.14	-0.14
19	Brown	Ivy	6-1-0	0.86	20.79	6.29	6.75	5.43	0.57
20	Yale	Ivy	6-1-0	0.86	20.78	10.71	4.45	6.06	-0.06
21	Colorado	Big 8	6-2-0	0.75	20.09	9.5	16.45	5.92	0.08
22	Texas A&M	Southwest	6-2-0	0.75	19.75	13.38	12.5	6.75	-0.75
23	Alabama	SEC	6-2-0	0.75	19.59	14.75	11.07	7.05	-1.05
24	Iowa State	Big 8	6-2-0	0.75	19.59	18.88	9.69	6.9	-0.9
25	BYU	Western Athletic	6-2-0	0.75	19.35	15.12	9.39	6.56	-0.56
26	Mississippi State	SEC	6-2-0	0.75	19.22	7.12	10.73	5.58	0.42
27	Memphis	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	19.08	7	11.22	5.58	0.42
28	Oklahoma	Big 8	5-2-1	0.62	18.83	7.62	13.88	5.73	-0.73
29	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	18.81	9.25	8.29	6.34	-0.34
30	McNeese	Southland	6-2-0	0.75	18.74	6.25	8.14	5.28	0.72
31	Wyoming	Western Athletic	6-2-0	0.75	18.73	9.5	6.39	5.95	0.05
32	Houston	Southwest	5-2-0	0.71	18.58	11.57	11.54	5.49	-0.49
33	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	5-2-0	0.71	18.49	5.29	15.05	4.85	0.15
34	Oklahoma State	Big 8	5-2-0	0.71	18.46	2.43	18.4	4.03	0.97
35	App State	Southern	6-2-1	0.67	18.35	15.67	2.85	7.92	-1.92
36	Ball State	Mid-American	6-2-0	0.75	18.29	10.38	4.38	6.63	-0.63
37	North Carolina	ACC	6-2-0	0.75	18.1	1.75	10.98	4.48	1.52
38	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.09	5.14	10.93	4.95	0.05
39	Dartmouth	Ivy	5-2-0	0.71	18.07	16.14	6.61	6.36	-1.36
40	South Carolina	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	17.7	8.22	13.95	7.02	-1.02
41	LSU	SEC	4-2-1	0.57	17.65	12.43	11.75	5.88	-1.88
42	Central Michigan	Mid-American	6-2-0	0.75	17.54	1.62	6.97	4.43	1.57
43	Harvard	Ivy	5-2-0	0.71	17.54	9	4.54	5.5	-0.5
44	Boston College	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	17.31	2.71	7.91	4.27	0.73
45	San José State	PCAA	6-3-0	0.67	17.15	14.89	6.83	7.35	-1.35
46	Missouri	Big 8	5-3-0	0.62	16.44	3.75	16.23	4.78	0.22
47	Texas	Southwest	3-2-1	0.5	16.05	4.5	15.44	3.89	-0.89
48	Penn State	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	16.03	7.62	10.65	6.02	-1.02
49	Western Michigan	Mid-American	5-3-0	0.62	15.74	7.12	8.86	5.48	-0.48
50	William & Mary	Southern	5-3-0	0.62	15.73	6.12	8.06	5.69	-0.69
51	Bowling Green	Mid-American	5-3-0	0.62	15.67	5	8.67	5.02	-0.02
52	Ohio	Mid-American	5-3-0	0.62	15.61	7.5	6	6.04	-1.04
53	Kansas	Big 8	5-3-0	0.62	15.56	2.38	11.28	4.51	0.49
54	Colorado State	Western Athletic	5-3-0	0.62	15.18	2.62	9.51	4.71	0.29
55	Baylor	Southwest	4-2-0	0.67	14.71	-3	13.27	2.41	1.59
56	Southern Illinois	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	14.49	0.88	8.66	4.19	0.81
57	Arizona	Western Athletic	4-3-0	0.57	14.26	2.57	11.64	3.87	0.13
58	The Citadel	Southern	5-3-0	0.62	14.22	-0.12	8.79	3.96	1.04
59	Ole Miss	SEC	5-4-0	0.56	14.04	1.78	11.79	5.16	-0.16
60	North Texas	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	13.83	2.78	9.56	5.46	-0.46
61	Minnesota	Big Ten	5-3-0	0.62	13.55	-2.88	11.14	3.3	1.7
62	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	13.31	5.71	-0.56	4.84	-0.84
63	Washington	Pac-8	4-4-0	0.5	13.07	4.38	11.14	4.99	-0.99
64	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	13.05	3	0.43	4.16	-0.16
65	Duke	ACC	4-3-1	0.5	13.03	-0.38	12.83	3.91	0.09
66	Illinois	Big Ten	4-4-0	0.5	12.27	1	13.05	4.23	-0.23
67	Furman	Southern	4-4-1	0.44	12.23	2.11	9.27	5.2	-1.2
68	Kentucky	SEC	4-4-0	0.5	11.98	-0.38	16.3	3.9	0.1
69	Texas-Arlington	Southland	4-4-0	0.5	11.93	0.38	10.61	4.07	-0.07
70	Arkansas State	Southland	4-5-0	0.44	11.75	6.78	10.71	5.96	-1.96
71	Tennessee	SEC	3-4-0	0.43	11.56	6.57	10.27	4.74	-1.74
72	New Mexico	Western Athletic	3-4-0	0.43	10.84	1	12.93	3.69	-0.69
73	Kent State	Mid-American	4-4-0	0.5	10.67	-2.75	13.72	3.36	0.64
74	Louisiana Tech	Southland	3-5-0	0.38	10.35	3.25	14.65	4.62	-1.62
75	Stanford	Pac-8	4-4-0	0.5	10.33	-4.38	13.44	3.08	0.92
76	Army	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	10.12	-3	7.82	3.32	0.68
77	Iowa	Big Ten	4-4-0	0.5	10.07	-6	12.58	2.38	1.62
78	Louisville	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	9.88	-0.86	14.17	3.33	-0.33
79	Marshall	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	9.86	-3.75	6.15	2.94	1.06
80	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-5-0	0.38	9.27	0.88	9.17	4.15	-1.15
81	Miami	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	9.22	4.67	13.3	3.81	-1.81
82	California	Pac-8	3-5-0	0.38	9.18	-0.12	15.6	3.97	-0.97
83	Richmond	Southern	3-5-0	0.38	9.05	0	12.78	4	-1
84	Fresno State	PCAA	3-5-0	0.38	8.99	1	8.32	4.25	-1.25
85	Michigan State	Big Ten	3-4-1	0.38	8.95	-3.88	17.11	3.24	-0.24
86	Villanova	FBS Independents	3-4-1	0.38	8.87	-1.38	7.78	3.67	-0.67
87	Auburn	SEC	3-5-0	0.38	8.71	-0.62	13.98	3.86	-0.86
88	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	3-4-1	0.38	8.52	-5.75	10.51	2.84	0.16
89	West Virginia	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	8.15	-2.5	14.44	3.16	-0.16
90	NC State	ACC	3-5-1	0.33	8.14	-2.11	12.82	3.94	-0.94
91	Pennsylvania	Ivy	3-4-0	0.43	8.08	-5.57	7.13	1.8	1.2
92	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	3-5-0	0.38	7.34	-5.12	9.39	2.72	0.28
93	Dayton	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	7.22	-2.25	0.74	3.41	-0.41
94	Purdue	Big Ten	3-5-0	0.38	7.19	-7.75	11.37	2.34	0.66
95	Syracuse	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	7.13	-9	13.01	1.76	1.24
96	Illinois State	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	7.05	-6.5	7.19	2.03	0.97
97	Oregon	Pac-8	3-5-0	0.38	6.96	-9.88	10.91	1.66	1.34
98	Indiana	Big Ten	3-5-0	0.38	6.94	-13.5	14.62	1.14	1.86
99	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	3-5-0	0.38	6.67	-8.12	6.66	2.03	0.97
100	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	2-4-1	0.29	6.63	-1.43	2.18	3.2	-1.2
101	VMI	Southern	3-5-0	0.38	6.62	-12	10.92	1.1	1.9
102	Wake Forest	ACC	3-6-0	0.33	6.19	-5.89	11.12	2.76	0.24
103	Clemson	ACC	2-4-2	0.25	5.81	-7.5	11.96	2.22	-0.22
104	Arizona State	Western Athletic	2-5-0	0.29	5.61	-4.71	15.95	2.5	-0.5
105	Princeton	Ivy	2-5-0	0.29	5.51	-4.86	14.23	1.56	0.44
106	Indiana State	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	5.14	-5.29	6.54	2.33	-0.33
107	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	5.01	-7.43	9.22	2.02	-0.02
108	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	5	-4.14	5.45	2.63	-0.63
109	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	4.93	-12.17	0.19	1.38	0.62
110	Temple	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.74	-8	4.17	2.04	-0.04
111	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	2-5-0	0.29	4.74	-9.29	12.44	1.75	0.25
112	Rice	Southwest	2-5-0	0.29	4.68	-15.14	14.41	1.51	0.49
113	Columbia	Ivy	2-5-0	0.29	4.53	-16.29	11.93	0.86	1.14
114	Tulane	FBS Independents	2-6-0	0.25	4.25	-7	12.97	1.99	0.01
115	Florida State	FBS Independents	2-6-0	0.25	4.16	-8	13.31	2.19	-0.19
116	Pacific	PCAA	2-6-0	0.25	3.96	-8.38	7.52	2.23	-0.23
117	Air Force	FBS Independents	2-6-0	0.25	3.89	-11.25	12.46	1.41	0.59
118	SMU	Southwest	2-6-0	0.25	3.83	-13.38	14.78	1.51	0.49
119	Washington State	Pac-8	2-6-0	0.25	3.81	-9.5	12.55	2.25	-0.25
120	Lamar	Southland	2-6-0	0.25	3.8	-13	12.83	0.93	1.07
121	Cornell	Ivy	1-6-0	0.14	1.46	-9.71	18.58	1.01	-0.01
122	Utah	Western Athletic	1-6-0	0.14	1.32	-10.29	9.84	2.06	-1.06
123	Toledo	Mid-American	1-7-0	0.12	0.92	-7.12	10.31	2.38	-1.38
124	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-6-0	0.14	0.87	-18.86	15.52	0.63	0.37
125	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-7-0	0.12	0.78	-11.5	13.13	1.18	-0.18
126	Virginia	ACC	1-7-0	0.12	0.65	-13.5	12.53	0.92	0.08
127	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	1-6-0	0.14	0.64	-26.14	12.6	0.07	0.93
128	Drake	Missouri Valley	1-7-0	0.12	0.6	-14	12.38	1.88	-0.88
129	Navy	FBS Independents	1-7-0	0.12	0.59	-15.12	16.21	0.91	0.09
130	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-7-0	0.12	0.56	-15.25	11.09	1.17	-0.17
131	Kansas State	Big 8	1-7-0	0.12	0.53	-16.5	16.06	0.79	0.21
132	Utah State	FBS Independents	1-7-0	0.12	0.49	-16.5	15.18	0.92	0.08
133	Oregon State	Pac-8	1-7-0	0.12	0.37	-20	14.1	0.43	0.57
134	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-7-0	0.12	0.31	-21.12	8.9	0.63	0.37
135	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-8-0	0	-2.35	-16	14.06	0.7	-0.7
136	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	0-7-0	0	-2.73	-22.86	19.46	0.32	-0.32
137	TCU	Southwest	0-7-0	0	-2.85	-31	13.18	0.31	-0.31