1977 W12 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.552704+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Texas	Southwest	10-0-0	1	25.55	28.8	10.82	9.7	0.3
2	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	9-1-0	0.9	23.63	21.5	14.07	9.2	-0.2
3	Michigan	Big Ten	10-1-0	0.91	23.4	21.45	11.66	10.44	-0.44
4	Penn State	FBS Independents	9-1-0	0.9	23.24	18.9	12.51	8.79	0.21
5	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	8-1-1	0.8	23.24	26.5	12.33	9.44	-1.44
6	Alabama	SEC	9-1-0	0.9	23.05	18.5	11.53	9.1	-0.1
7	Kentucky	SEC	10-1-0	0.91	22.95	12.82	11.21	9.62	0.38
8	Arkansas	Southwest	9-1-0	0.9	22.95	26	9.6	9.68	-0.68
9	Oklahoma	Big 8	9-1-0	0.9	22.95	17.8	11.14	8.37	0.63
10	San Diego State	FBS Independents	9-1-0	0.9	22.34	18.1	7.89	8.87	0.13
11	Central Michigan	Mid-American	10-1-0	0.91	22.25	14.55	6.96	9.27	0.73
12	Grambling	SWAC	9-1-0	0.9	22.13	28.4	4.88	9.3	-0.3
13	Louisiana Tech	Southland	7-1-2	0.7	22.03	12.8	9.25	8.32	-1.32
14	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	9-1-0	0.9	21.63	8.4	6.85	7.25	1.75
15	Ohio State	Big Ten	9-2-0	0.82	21.26	22.91	10.38	10.6	-1.6
16	Chattanooga	Southern	9-1-1	0.82	21.18	8.91	4.17	8.24	0.76
17	Tennessee State	FBS Independents	8-1-1	0.8	21.14	15.4	2.97	9.13	-1.13
18	Colgate	FBS Independents	10-1-0	0.91	20.83	14.82	-1.41	8.7	1.3
19	North Texas	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	20.83	12.82	11.05	8.78	0.22
20	Nebraska	Big 8	8-2-0	0.8	20.53	14.2	11.38	8.35	-0.35
21	Ball State	Mid-American	9-2-0	0.82	20.48	18.91	7.25	9.57	-0.57
22	North Carolina	ACC	8-2-1	0.73	20.45	13.91	11.13	10.18	-2.18
23	BYU	Western Athletic	8-2-0	0.8	20.37	21.9	8.5	8.98	-0.98
24	Florida State	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	20.27	9.3	11.12	7.65	0.35
25	Arizona State	Western Athletic	8-2-0	0.8	20.18	19.9	7.25	8.84	-0.84
26	Clemson	ACC	8-2-1	0.73	20.15	8.73	11.29	8.68	-0.68
27	Colorado State	Western Athletic	8-2-1	0.73	19.63	8.36	8.38	7.85	0.15
28	Fresno State	PCAA	9-2-0	0.82	19.59	17.36	2.22	9.49	-0.49
29	Yale	Ivy	7-2-0	0.78	19.53	11.56	8.92	7.49	-0.49
30	Texas A&M	Southwest	7-2-0	0.78	19.43	8.22	10	6.15	0.85
31	Brown	Ivy	7-2-0	0.78	18.91	8.56	6.32	7.21	-0.21
32	East Carolina	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.45	10.36	9.75	8.67	-0.67
33	Iowa State	Big 8	8-3-0	0.73	18.13	7.36	9.43	8.05	-0.05
34	Colorado	Big 8	7-3-1	0.64	17.9	8.36	11.9	8.05	-1.05
35	Michigan State	Big Ten	7-3-1	0.64	17.84	8.91	11.18	8.3	-1.3
36	LSU	SEC	7-3-0	0.7	17.82	12	9.53	7.62	-0.62
37	Texas Tech	Southwest	7-3-0	0.7	17.65	5.9	11.05	6.56	0.44
38	Jackson State	SWAC	8-3-0	0.73	17.59	10.82	3.97	9.32	-1.32
39	UCLA	Pac-8	7-3-0	0.7	17.59	7.5	10.1	7.07	-0.07
40	Rutgers	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	17.47	10	3.58	8.3	-0.3
41	Louisville	FBS Independents	7-3-1	0.64	17.36	9.73	7.41	8.37	-1.37
42	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	8-3-0	0.73	17.33	4	5.97	6.8	1.2
43	VMI	Southern	7-3-0	0.7	16.79	8.8	3.85	7.76	-0.76
44	Washington	Pac-8	7-4-0	0.64	16.73	13	11.24	8.86	-1.86
45	NC State	ACC	7-4-0	0.64	16.48	6.18	13.1	7.61	-0.61
46	Stanford	Pac-8	8-3-0	0.73	16.38	-0.36	10.87	5.4	2.6
47	California	Pac-8	7-4-0	0.64	16.32	8.09	9.92	7.67	-0.67
48	Maryland	ACC	7-4-0	0.64	16.22	5.91	11.7	7.49	-0.49
49	Dartmouth	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.17	5	6.62	6.42	-0.42
50	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	5-3-2	0.5	16.12	13.4	8.8	8.7	-3.7
51	USC	Pac-8	6-4-0	0.6	15.99	12.4	12.58	7.99	-1.99
52	Florida	SEC	5-3-1	0.56	15.32	3	11.67	5.22	-0.22
53	Louisiana	Southland	6-4-2	0.5	15.21	4.83	11.65	7.91	-1.91
54	Minnesota	Big Ten	7-4-0	0.64	14.82	0.09	12.37	5.54	1.46
55	Texas Southern	SWAC	6-4-1	0.55	14.7	9.18	4.25	8.05	-2.05
56	Army	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	14.67	3.9	8.25	5.91	0.09
57	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	5-4-1	0.5	14.09	6.1	9.17	6.71	-1.71
58	Western Carolina	Southern	6-4-1	0.55	14.03	7.36	0.11	7.55	-1.55
59	Houston	Southwest	5-4-0	0.56	13.82	1.44	15.01	4.82	0.18
60	Pacific	PCAA	6-5-0	0.55	13.81	6.27	8.57	7.7	-1.7
61	Memphis	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.65	3.09	11.04	6.54	-0.54
62	Washington State	Pac-8	6-5-0	0.55	13.58	2.45	10.52	6.2	-0.2
63	Arkansas State	Southland	7-4-0	0.64	13.22	-2.73	7.9	4.53	2.47
64	Pennsylvania	Ivy	5-4-0	0.56	13.15	2	6.1	5.12	-0.12
65	Boston College	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	12.94	-1.2	9.96	4.69	1.31
66	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	12.75	1.18	5.99	5.95	0.05
67	William & Mary	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	12.59	0.18	10.55	5.56	0.44
68	Syracuse	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	11.93	-1.45	12.41	5.04	0.96
69	Navy	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	11.63	0.2	11.55	5.06	-0.06
70	South Carolina	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	11.6	2.73	13.32	6.5	-1.5
71	Mississippi Valley State	SWAC	5-5-0	0.5	11.58	2.3	2.79	5.66	-0.66
72	Kent State	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	11.4	-3.73	12.07	4.3	1.7
73	Temple	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	11.3	-5.4	11.35	3.6	1.4
74	Duke	ACC	5-6-0	0.45	11.1	0.91	13.57	5.79	-0.79
75	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	11.09	-0.6	11.23	4.83	0.17
76	Ole Miss	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	11.07	1.09	12.56	5.89	-0.89
77	Auburn	SEC	5-5-0	0.5	10.91	-1.2	12.16	4.62	0.38
78	McNeese	Southland	5-5-1	0.45	10.86	-0.82	9.83	5.12	-0.12
79	Indiana	Big Ten	5-5-1	0.45	10.66	-2.09	13.17	4.81	0.19
80	Furman	Southern	4-5-2	0.36	10.56	3	3.44	6.5	-2.5
81	Georgia	SEC	5-5-0	0.5	10.55	-2.5	12.17	4.1	0.9
82	Texas-Arlington	Southland	5-6-0	0.45	10.53	0.18	13	5.57	-0.57
83	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	6-6-0	0.5	10.52	-2.92	12.41	4.94	1.06
84	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	10.1	0.78	7.24	4.68	-0.68
85	Arizona	Western Athletic	4-6-0	0.4	9.85	1.5	11.98	5.4	-1.4
86	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	5-6-0	0.45	9.78	-0.64	8.46	5.33	-0.33
87	West Virginia	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	9.63	-1.82	11.99	4.99	0.01
88	Purdue	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	9.62	-1.45	10.62	5.06	-0.06
89	Bowling Green	Mid-American	5-6-0	0.45	9.56	-1.82	11.11	4.99	0.01
90	Mississippi State	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	9.39	-3.09	14.68	4.46	0.54
91	Missouri	Big 8	4-7-0	0.36	9.16	1.36	13.72	6.02	-2.02
92	Western Michigan	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	9.14	2.09	10.53	6.12	-2.12
93	Harvard	Ivy	4-5-0	0.44	9.08	-2.22	10.21	3.85	0.15
94	The Citadel	Southern	5-6-0	0.45	8.91	-2.64	6.89	4.24	0.76
95	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	8.72	-6.09	9.99	3.03	1.97
96	Wyoming	Western Athletic	4-5-1	0.4	8.59	-4.8	10.72	3.49	0.51
97	Baylor	Southwest	4-6-0	0.4	8.36	-3.1	15.2	4.07	-0.07
98	Villanova	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	7.58	-0.64	5.57	5.31	-1.31
99	San José State	PCAA	4-6-0	0.4	7.5	-6.5	10.08	3.37	0.63
100	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	4-7-0	0.36	7.46	-0.45	1.92	5.39	-1.39
101	Oklahoma State	Big 8	4-7-0	0.36	7.31	-2.91	12.89	4.67	-0.67
102	Princeton	Ivy	3-6-0	0.33	7.22	-0.78	13.4	4.23	-1.23
103	Utah State	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	7.18	-6.9	6.77	3.06	0.94
104	Iowa	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.94	-5.27	13.39	3.67	0.33
105	New Mexico	Western Athletic	4-7-0	0.36	6.86	-5.73	12.75	3.98	0.02
106	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	6.83	-3.91	7.63	4.43	-0.43
107	Long Beach State	PCAA	3-6-0	0.33	6.73	-2.11	11.68	4.03	-1.03
108	SMU	Southwest	4-7-0	0.36	6.68	-8.45	14.4	3.37	0.63
109	Miami	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	6.02	-7.22	14.02	2.12	0.88
110	Tennessee	SEC	3-7-0	0.3	5.83	-3.5	13.96	4	-1
111	Illinois State	FBS Independents	3-7-1	0.27	5.55	-4	10.07	4.19	-1.19
112	Southern	SWAC	3-7-1	0.27	4.99	-7.09	4.98	3.12	-0.12
113	Indiana State	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	4.96	-9.1	8.58	2.44	0.56
114	Kansas	Big 8	3-7-1	0.27	4.83	-12.55	14.08	1.69	1.31
115	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	3-7-0	0.3	4.76	-11.7	8.07	1.17	1.83
116	Utah	Western Athletic	3-7-0	0.3	4.76	-15	12.92	1.99	1.01
117	Tulane	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.38	-9.82	12.8	2.73	0.27
118	Alcorn State	SWAC	3-8-0	0.27	4.25	-7.91	5.16	2.93	0.07
119	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	4.2	-10.09	11.09	2.18	0.82
120	Illinois	Big Ten	3-8-0	0.27	4.13	-13.73	12.76	1.66	1.34
121	Richmond	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.06	-14.91	12.63	1.38	1.62
122	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	3.88	-18.73	12.52	1.66	1.34
123	Prairie View A&M	SWAC	3-8-0	0.27	3.8	-13.36	2.28	1.93	1.07
124	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	2-7-1	0.2	3.47	-5.6	12.39	3.18	-1.18
125	Columbia	Ivy	2-7-0	0.22	3.28	-8.11	10.86	2.52	-0.52
126	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-8-0	0.2	2.63	-10	13.6	2.11	-0.11
127	Air Force	FBS Independents	2-8-1	0.18	2.36	-16.55	12.94	1.04	0.96
128	Lamar	Southland	2-9-0	0.18	2.35	-8.27	10.47	2.33	-0.33
129	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	2.26	-15.5	6.52	1.25	0.75
130	TCU	Southwest	2-8-0	0.2	2.17	-21.1	12.76	1.33	0.67
131	Oregon State	Pac-8	2-9-0	0.18	2.17	-11.82	14.19	2.3	-0.3
132	App State	Southern	2-9-0	0.18	2.05	-12.18	8.37	2.47	-0.47
133	Drake	Missouri Valley	2-9-0	0.18	1.96	-12.09	8.81	2.38	-0.38
134	Marshall	Southern	2-9-0	0.18	1.92	-14.09	7.27	2.54	-0.54
135	Toledo	Mid-American	2-9-0	0.18	1.91	-15.91	12.6	1.07	0.93
136	Oregon	Pac-8	2-9-0	0.18	1.67	-19.36	12.78	1.34	0.66
137	Cornell	Ivy	1-8-0	0.11	0.46	-12.56	14.14	1.08	-0.08
138	Ohio	Mid-American	1-10-0	0.09	0.1	-10.91	11.97	3.05	-2.05
139	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	1-9-0	0.1	-0.04	-15.5	3.24	0.92	0.08
140	Kansas State	Big 8	1-10-0	0.09	-0.09	-14.09	14.78	1.49	-0.49
141	Wake Forest	ACC	1-10-0	0.09	-0.1	-14.27	11.11	1.24	-0.24
142	Virginia	ACC	1-9-1	0.09	-0.14	-20.36	13.6	0.24	0.76
143	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-9-0	0.1	-0.33	-26	12.71	0.7	0.3
144	Rice	Southwest	1-9-0	0.1	-0.39	-27.7	12.94	0.63	0.37
145	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-10-0	0.09	-0.52	-21.36	14.74	0.61	0.39