1977 W16 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.554526+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Texas	Southwest	11-0-0	1	25.35	28.82	11.24	10.55	0.45
2	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	10-1-0	0.91	23.43	23	12.79	10.22	-0.22
3	Penn State	FBS Independents	10-1-0	0.91	23.36	17.36	13.58	9.55	0.45
4	Oklahoma	Big 8	10-1-0	0.91	23.06	19	11.61	9.42	0.58
5	Michigan	Big Ten	10-1-0	0.91	23.05	21.45	11.03	10.44	-0.44
6	Alabama	SEC	10-1-0	0.91	23.02	19.27	11.32	9.96	0.04
7	Arkansas	Southwest	10-1-0	0.91	22.93	23.91	9.95	10.55	-0.55
8	Kentucky	SEC	10-1-0	0.91	22.84	12.82	11.96	9.62	0.38
9	San Diego State	FBS Independents	10-1-0	0.91	22.27	16.73	7.77	9.41	0.59
10	Grambling	SWAC	10-1-0	0.91	22.12	26.09	5.21	10	0
11	Louisiana Tech	Southland	9-1-2	0.75	22.11	13.17	9.14	10.19	-1.19
12	Central Michigan	Mid-American	10-1-0	0.91	21.95	14.55	6.57	9.27	0.73
13	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	10-1-0	0.91	21.63	8.09	7.06	8.01	1.99
14	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	8-2-1	0.73	21.02	23.91	13.31	10.25	-2.25
15	Tennessee State	FBS Independents	8-1-1	0.8	20.92	15.4	3.01	9.13	-1.13
16	Chattanooga	Southern	9-1-1	0.82	20.91	8.91	3.84	8.24	0.76
17	Ohio State	Big Ten	9-2-0	0.82	20.9	22.91	10.09	10.6	-1.6
18	Colgate	FBS Independents	10-1-0	0.91	20.59	14.82	-0.99	8.7	1.3
19	North Texas	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	20.58	12.82	10.71	8.78	0.22
20	BYU	Western Athletic	9-2-0	0.82	20.57	24.36	7.82	9.99	-0.99
21	Florida State	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	20.53	11	11.1	8.79	0.21
22	Arizona State	Western Athletic	9-2-0	0.82	20.35	19.55	7.5	9.77	-0.77
23	Ball State	Mid-American	9-2-0	0.82	20.22	18.91	6.85	9.57	-0.57
24	North Carolina	ACC	8-2-1	0.73	20.16	13.91	10.53	10.18	-2.18
25	Clemson	ACC	8-2-1	0.73	19.94	8.73	11.31	8.68	-0.68
26	Colorado State	Western Athletic	9-2-1	0.75	19.93	7.92	8.81	8.53	0.47
27	Fresno State	PCAA	9-2-0	0.82	19.37	17.36	2.13	9.49	-0.49
28	Yale	Ivy	7-2-0	0.78	19.3	11.56	8.82	7.49	-0.49
29	Brown	Ivy	7-2-0	0.78	18.76	8.56	6.69	7.21	-0.21
30	Nebraska	Big 8	8-3-0	0.73	18.64	10.09	12.52	8.3	-0.3
31	LSU	SEC	8-3-0	0.73	18.56	16.27	9.63	9.05	-1.05
32	East Carolina	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.17	10.36	9.19	8.67	-0.67
33	Texas A&M	Southwest	8-3-0	0.73	18.16	5.91	11.83	6.94	1.06
34	Iowa State	Big 8	8-3-0	0.73	17.86	7.36	8.71	8.05	-0.05
35	Colorado	Big 8	7-3-1	0.64	17.74	8.36	12	8.05	-1.05
36	Michigan State	Big Ten	7-3-1	0.64	17.65	8.91	11.02	8.3	-1.3
37	Jackson State	SWAC	8-3-0	0.73	17.41	10.82	3.82	9.32	-1.32
38	Rutgers	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	17.31	10	3.5	8.3	-0.3
39	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	8-3-0	0.73	17.06	4	5.88	6.8	1.2
40	USC	Pac-8	7-4-0	0.64	16.69	11.45	12.7	8.52	-1.52
41	Washington	Pac-8	7-4-0	0.64	16.61	13	11.37	8.86	-1.86
42	NC State	ACC	7-4-0	0.64	16.25	6.18	12.71	7.61	-0.61
43	Stanford	Pac-8	8-3-0	0.73	16.22	-0.36	10.52	5.4	2.6
44	UCLA	Pac-8	7-4-0	0.64	16.11	6.64	11.19	7.47	-0.47
45	Texas Tech	Southwest	7-4-0	0.64	16.09	5.09	12.46	7.03	-0.03
46	California	Pac-8	7-4-0	0.64	16.08	8.09	9.94	7.67	-0.67
47	Dartmouth	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.04	5	6.99	6.42	-0.42
48	Maryland	ACC	7-4-0	0.64	16.03	5.91	11.22	7.49	-0.49
49	Louisville	FBS Independents	7-4-1	0.58	15.94	8.08	8.51	8.68	-1.68
50	Army	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.38	3.82	8.25	6.52	0.48
51	VMI	Southern	7-4-0	0.64	15.15	6.18	4.09	7.73	-0.73
52	Louisiana	Southland	6-4-2	0.5	15.02	4.83	11.42	7.91	-1.91
53	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	6-4-1	0.55	14.96	7.27	8.66	7.73	-1.73
54	Minnesota	Big Ten	7-4-0	0.64	14.68	0.09	12.12	5.54	1.46
55	Texas Southern	SWAC	6-4-1	0.55	14.55	9.18	4.08	8.05	-2.05
56	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	5-4-2	0.45	14.5	11.73	9.49	9.33	-4.33
57	Florida	SEC	6-4-1	0.55	14.35	1.45	11.53	5.93	0.07
58	Western Carolina	Southern	6-4-1	0.55	13.9	7.36	-0.09	7.55	-1.55
59	Pacific	PCAA	6-5-0	0.55	13.72	6.27	8.46	7.7	-1.7
60	Memphis	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.58	3.09	11.22	6.54	-0.54
61	Houston	Southwest	6-5-0	0.55	13.57	2.09	13.16	6.05	-0.05
62	Washington State	Pac-8	6-5-0	0.55	13.38	2.45	10.63	6.2	-0.2
63	Arkansas State	Southland	7-4-0	0.64	13.06	-2.73	7.38	4.53	2.47
64	Pennsylvania	Ivy	5-4-0	0.56	13	2	6.01	5.12	-0.12
65	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	12.56	0.27	10.22	5.59	0.41
66	William & Mary	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	12.53	0.18	10.49	5.56	0.44
67	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	12.48	1.18	5.44	5.95	0.05
68	Syracuse	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	11.82	-1.45	11.87	5.04	0.96
69	Mississippi Valley State	SWAC	5-5-0	0.5	11.44	2.3	2.71	5.66	-0.66
70	Kent State	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	11.29	-3.73	11.66	4.3	1.7
71	Boston College	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	11.28	-2.45	8.87	4.81	1.19
72	Duke	ACC	5-6-0	0.45	10.89	0.91	13.33	5.79	-0.79
73	Ole Miss	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	10.89	1.09	12.49	5.89	-0.89
74	Baylor	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	10.82	0.73	13.43	5.73	-0.73
75	McNeese	Southland	5-5-1	0.45	10.71	-0.82	9.46	5.12	-0.12
76	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	10.62	1.55	7.55	5.96	-0.96
77	Indiana	Big Ten	5-5-1	0.45	10.58	-2.09	12.81	4.81	0.19
78	Texas-Arlington	Southland	5-6-0	0.45	10.44	0.18	12.48	5.57	-0.57
79	Furman	Southern	4-5-2	0.36	10.37	3	3.34	6.5	-2.5
80	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	6-6-0	0.5	10.33	-2.92	12.07	4.94	1.06
81	South Carolina	FBS Independents	5-7-0	0.42	10.22	1.08	12.71	6.44	-1.44
82	Navy	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	10.2	-0.09	12.02	5.47	-0.47
83	Temple	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	9.93	-5.18	11.52	4.08	0.92
84	Arizona	Western Athletic	5-7-0	0.42	9.91	0.5	12.09	6.17	-1.17
85	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	5-6-0	0.45	9.63	-0.64	8.88	5.33	-0.33
86	West Virginia	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	9.46	-1.82	12.15	4.99	0.01
87	Purdue	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	9.44	-1.45	10.45	5.06	-0.06
88	Mississippi State	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	9.34	-3.09	14.56	4.46	0.54
89	Auburn	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	9.15	-3.55	13.18	4.38	0.62
90	Georgia	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	9.14	-3.09	11.92	4.24	0.76
91	Western Michigan	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	9.01	2.09	10.66	6.12	-2.12
92	Missouri	Big 8	4-7-0	0.36	8.99	1.36	13.34	6.02	-2.02
93	Harvard	Ivy	4-5-0	0.44	8.96	-2.22	9.86	3.85	0.15
94	The Citadel	Southern	5-6-0	0.45	8.85	-2.64	6.68	4.24	0.76
95	Bowling Green	Mid-American	5-7-0	0.42	8.7	-1.75	10.91	5.48	-0.48
96	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	8.59	-6.09	10.27	3.03	1.97
97	New Mexico	Western Athletic	5-7-0	0.42	8.32	-3.83	11.87	4.91	0.09
98	Long Beach State	PCAA	4-6-0	0.4	8.26	-1.8	11.28	4.56	-0.56
99	Tennessee	SEC	4-7-0	0.36	8.25	0	12.57	5.5	-1.5
100	Villanova	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	7.46	-0.64	6.09	5.31	-1.31
101	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	4-7-0	0.36	7.29	-0.45	2.02	5.39	-1.39
102	Wyoming	Western Athletic	4-6-1	0.36	7.22	-9.73	11.6	2.59	1.41
103	Oklahoma State	Big 8	4-7-0	0.36	7.16	-2.91	12.54	4.67	-0.67
104	Princeton	Ivy	3-6-0	0.33	7.13	-0.78	13.1	4.23	-1.23
105	Iowa	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.84	-5.27	13.52	3.67	0.33
106	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	6.72	-3.91	7.84	4.43	-0.43
107	San José State	PCAA	4-7-0	0.36	6.63	-6.18	11.56	3.87	0.13
108	SMU	Southwest	4-7-0	0.36	6.53	-8.45	14.01	3.37	0.63
109	Utah State	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.4	-6.55	7.98	3.39	0.61
110	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	3-7-1	0.27	5.71	-3.27	12.39	4.29	-1.29
111	Illinois State	FBS Independents	3-7-1	0.27	5.47	-4	9.69	4.19	-1.19
112	Southern	SWAC	3-7-1	0.27	4.9	-7.09	4.96	3.12	-0.12
113	Indiana State	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	4.89	-9.1	8.83	2.44	0.56
114	Kansas	Big 8	3-7-1	0.27	4.83	-12.55	13.24	1.69	1.31
115	Miami	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.29	-10.91	14.82	1.86	1.14
116	Tulane	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.29	-9.82	12.57	2.73	0.27
117	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	4.21	-10.09	10.64	2.18	0.82
118	Alcorn State	SWAC	3-8-0	0.27	4.18	-7.91	5.12	2.93	0.07
119	Illinois	Big Ten	3-8-0	0.27	4.06	-13.73	12.9	1.66	1.34
120	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	4	-12.36	8.82	1.21	1.79
121	Richmond	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	3.99	-14.91	12.7	1.38	1.62
122	Utah	Western Athletic	3-8-0	0.27	3.99	-15.18	13.04	2.22	0.78
123	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	3.8	-18.73	12.23	1.66	1.34
124	Prairie View A&M	SWAC	3-8-0	0.27	3.74	-13.36	2.25	1.93	1.07
125	Columbia	Ivy	2-7-0	0.22	3.23	-8.11	10.5	2.52	-0.52
126	Air Force	FBS Independents	2-8-1	0.18	2.31	-16.55	13.04	1.04	0.96
127	Lamar	Southland	2-9-0	0.18	2.31	-8.27	10.44	2.33	-0.33
128	Oregon State	Pac-8	2-9-0	0.18	2.12	-11.82	14.38	2.3	-0.3
129	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-9-0	0.18	2.06	-12.27	12.46	1.86	0.14
130	Drake	Missouri Valley	2-9-0	0.18	2.01	-12.09	8.64	2.38	-0.38
131	App State	Southern	2-9-0	0.18	2	-12.18	8.07	2.47	-0.47
132	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.9	-12.73	3.61	1.65	0.35
133	Marshall	Southern	2-9-0	0.18	1.88	-14.09	7.02	2.54	-0.54
134	Toledo	Mid-American	2-9-0	0.18	1.87	-15.91	12.23	1.07	0.93
135	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.8	-15.91	7.27	1.19	0.81
136	Oregon	Pac-8	2-9-0	0.18	1.72	-19.36	12.31	1.34	0.66
137	TCU	Southwest	2-9-0	0.18	1.6	-22.73	12.35	1.27	0.73
138	Cornell	Ivy	1-8-0	0.11	0.45	-12.56	13.85	1.08	-0.08
139	Ohio	Mid-American	1-10-0	0.09	0.09	-10.91	11.08	3.05	-2.05
140	Kansas State	Big 8	1-10-0	0.09	-0.1	-14.09	14.43	1.49	-0.49
141	Wake Forest	ACC	1-10-0	0.09	-0.11	-14.27	11.02	1.24	-0.24
142	Virginia	ACC	1-9-1	0.09	-0.15	-20.36	13.73	0.24	0.76
143	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-10-0	0.09	-0.42	-21.36	14.24	0.61	0.39
144	Rice	Southwest	1-10-0	0.09	-0.62	-27.91	12.58	0.74	0.26
145	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-10-0	0.09	-0.63	-28.09	13.4	0.73	0.27