1977 W17 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.555043+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Texas	Southwest	11-0-0	1	25.3	28.82	11.21	10.55	0.45
2	Penn State	FBS Independents	11-1-0	0.92	23.61	16.92	14.11	10.21	0.79
3	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	10-1-0	0.91	23.38	23	12.76	10.22	-0.22
4	Oklahoma	Big 8	10-1-0	0.91	23.01	19	11.58	9.42	0.58
5	Michigan	Big Ten	10-1-0	0.91	23	21.45	11	10.44	-0.44
6	Alabama	SEC	10-1-0	0.91	22.95	19.27	11.18	9.96	0.04
7	Arkansas	Southwest	10-1-0	0.91	22.88	23.91	9.93	10.55	-0.55
8	Kentucky	SEC	10-1-0	0.91	22.79	12.82	11.93	9.62	0.38
9	San Diego State	FBS Independents	10-1-0	0.91	22.22	16.73	7.75	9.41	0.59
10	Grambling	SWAC	10-1-0	0.91	22.07	26.09	5.19	10	0
11	Louisiana Tech	Southland	9-1-2	0.75	22.06	13.17	9.01	10.19	-1.19
12	Central Michigan	Mid-American	10-1-0	0.91	21.9	14.55	6.55	9.27	0.73
13	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	10-1-0	0.91	21.59	8.09	7.04	8.01	1.99
14	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	8-2-1	0.73	20.97	23.91	13.28	10.25	-2.25
15	Tennessee State	FBS Independents	8-1-1	0.8	20.88	15.4	2.99	9.13	-1.13
16	Chattanooga	Southern	9-1-1	0.82	20.87	8.91	3.83	8.24	0.76
17	Ohio State	Big Ten	9-2-0	0.82	20.86	22.91	10.06	10.6	-1.6
18	Florida State	FBS Independents	10-2-0	0.83	20.83	12	11.49	9.73	0.27
19	Colgate	FBS Independents	10-1-0	0.91	20.55	14.82	-1	8.7	1.3
20	North Texas	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	20.54	12.82	10.72	8.78	0.22
21	BYU	Western Athletic	9-2-0	0.82	20.52	24.36	7.8	9.99	-0.99
22	Ball State	Mid-American	9-2-0	0.82	20.18	18.91	6.84	9.57	-0.57
23	Clemson	ACC	8-2-1	0.73	19.9	8.73	11.28	8.68	-0.68
24	Colorado State	Western Athletic	9-2-1	0.75	19.88	7.92	8.79	8.53	0.47
25	Fresno State	PCAA	9-2-0	0.82	19.33	17.36	2.11	9.49	-0.49
26	Yale	Ivy	7-2-0	0.78	19.26	11.56	8.8	7.49	-0.49
27	Nebraska	Big 8	9-3-0	0.75	19.1	9.58	13.12	8.95	0.05
28	Arizona State	Western Athletic	9-3-0	0.75	18.91	16.92	8.81	10.12	-1.12
29	Brown	Ivy	7-2-0	0.78	18.72	8.56	6.67	7.21	-0.21
30	North Carolina	ACC	8-3-1	0.67	18.6	12.42	11.18	10.73	-2.73
31	LSU	SEC	8-3-0	0.73	18.52	16.27	9.61	9.05	-1.05
32	East Carolina	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.13	10.36	9.16	8.67	-0.67
33	Texas A&M	Southwest	8-3-0	0.73	18.12	5.91	11.81	6.94	1.06
34	Iowa State	Big 8	8-3-0	0.73	17.82	7.36	8.68	8.05	-0.05
35	Colorado	Big 8	7-3-1	0.64	17.7	8.36	11.97	8.05	-1.05
36	Michigan State	Big Ten	7-3-1	0.64	17.61	8.91	10.99	8.3	-1.3
37	Jackson State	SWAC	8-3-0	0.73	17.37	10.82	3.8	9.32	-1.32
38	Rutgers	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	17.27	10	3.48	8.3	-0.3
39	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	8-3-0	0.73	17.03	4	5.86	6.8	1.2
40	Maryland	ACC	8-4-0	0.67	16.73	6.25	11.48	8.35	-0.35
41	USC	Pac-8	7-4-0	0.64	16.66	11.45	12.66	8.52	-1.52
42	Washington	Pac-8	7-4-0	0.64	16.57	13	11.34	8.86	-1.86
43	NC State	ACC	7-4-0	0.64	16.22	6.18	12.68	7.61	-0.61
44	Stanford	Pac-8	8-3-0	0.73	16.18	-0.36	10.49	5.4	2.6
45	UCLA	Pac-8	7-4-0	0.64	16.07	6.64	11.16	7.47	-0.47
46	California	Pac-8	7-4-0	0.64	16.05	8.09	9.91	7.67	-0.67
47	Dartmouth	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.01	5	6.97	6.42	-0.42
48	Louisville	FBS Independents	7-4-1	0.58	15.87	8.08	8.51	8.68	-1.68
49	Army	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.35	3.82	8.23	6.52	0.48
50	VMI	Southern	7-4-0	0.64	15.12	6.18	4.08	7.73	-0.73
51	Louisiana	Southland	6-4-2	0.5	14.99	4.83	11.42	7.91	-1.91
52	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	6-4-1	0.55	14.93	7.27	8.64	7.73	-1.73
53	Texas Southern	SWAC	6-4-1	0.55	14.52	9.18	4.06	8.05	-2.05
54	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	5-4-2	0.45	14.45	11.73	9.35	9.33	-4.33
55	Texas Tech	Southwest	7-5-0	0.58	14.43	2.75	13.1	6.89	0.11
56	Florida	SEC	6-4-1	0.55	14.32	1.45	11.5	5.93	0.07
57	Western Carolina	Southern	6-4-1	0.55	13.87	7.36	-0.1	7.55	-1.55
58	Pacific	PCAA	6-5-0	0.55	13.7	6.27	8.43	7.7	-1.7
59	Houston	Southwest	6-5-0	0.55	13.54	2.09	13.12	6.05	-0.05
60	Memphis	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.54	3.09	11.08	6.54	-0.54
61	Washington State	Pac-8	6-5-0	0.55	13.36	2.45	10.61	6.2	-0.2
62	Arkansas State	Southland	7-4-0	0.64	13.04	-2.73	7.38	4.53	2.47
63	Pennsylvania	Ivy	5-4-0	0.56	12.97	2	5.99	5.12	-0.12
64	Minnesota	Big Ten	7-5-0	0.58	12.86	-0.75	12.42	5.64	1.36
65	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	12.53	0.27	10.19	5.59	0.41
66	William & Mary	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	12.49	0.18	10.35	5.56	0.44
67	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	12.46	1.18	5.45	5.95	0.05
68	Syracuse	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	11.8	-1.45	11.84	5.04	0.96
69	Mississippi Valley State	SWAC	5-5-0	0.5	11.42	2.3	2.69	5.66	-0.66
70	Kent State	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	11.26	-3.73	11.63	4.3	1.7
71	Boston College	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	11.25	-2.45	8.84	4.81	1.19
72	Duke	ACC	5-6-0	0.45	10.87	0.91	13.3	5.79	-0.79
73	Ole Miss	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	10.87	1.09	12.46	5.89	-0.89
74	Baylor	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	10.8	0.73	13.4	5.73	-0.73
75	McNeese	Southland	5-5-1	0.45	10.69	-0.82	9.47	5.12	-0.12
76	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	10.6	1.55	7.53	5.96	-0.96
77	Indiana	Big Ten	5-5-1	0.45	10.56	-2.09	12.78	4.81	0.19
78	Texas-Arlington	Southland	5-6-0	0.45	10.42	0.18	12.48	5.57	-0.57
79	Furman	Southern	4-5-2	0.36	10.35	3	3.32	6.5	-2.5
80	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	6-6-0	0.5	10.31	-2.92	12.07	4.94	1.06
81	South Carolina	FBS Independents	5-7-0	0.42	10.2	1.08	12.68	6.44	-1.44
82	Navy	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	10.18	-0.09	11.99	5.47	-0.47
83	Temple	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	9.9	-5.18	11.48	4.08	0.92
84	Arizona	Western Athletic	5-7-0	0.42	9.89	0.5	12.06	6.17	-1.17
85	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	5-6-0	0.45	9.6	-0.64	8.75	5.33	-0.33
86	West Virginia	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	9.44	-1.82	12.12	4.99	0.01
87	Purdue	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	9.42	-1.45	10.42	5.06	-0.06
88	Mississippi State	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	9.32	-3.09	14.53	4.46	0.54
89	Auburn	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	9.13	-3.55	13.14	4.38	0.62
90	Georgia	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	9.12	-3.09	11.89	4.24	0.76
91	Western Michigan	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	8.99	2.09	10.63	6.12	-2.12
92	Missouri	Big 8	4-7-0	0.36	8.97	1.36	13.31	6.02	-2.02
93	Harvard	Ivy	4-5-0	0.44	8.94	-2.22	9.83	3.85	0.15
94	The Citadel	Southern	5-6-0	0.45	8.84	-2.64	6.66	4.24	0.76
95	Bowling Green	Mid-American	5-7-0	0.42	8.69	-1.75	10.88	5.48	-0.48
96	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	8.58	-6.09	10.25	3.03	1.97
97	New Mexico	Western Athletic	5-7-0	0.42	8.31	-3.83	11.84	4.91	0.09
98	Long Beach State	PCAA	4-6-0	0.4	8.24	-1.8	11.25	4.56	-0.56
99	Tennessee	SEC	4-7-0	0.36	8.23	0	12.54	5.5	-1.5
100	Villanova	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	7.44	-0.64	6.07	5.31	-1.31
101	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	4-7-0	0.36	7.28	-0.45	2	5.39	-1.39
102	Wyoming	Western Athletic	4-6-1	0.36	7.21	-9.73	11.58	2.59	1.41
103	Oklahoma State	Big 8	4-7-0	0.36	7.15	-2.91	12.51	4.67	-0.67
104	Princeton	Ivy	3-6-0	0.33	7.12	-0.78	13.07	4.23	-1.23
105	Iowa	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.82	-5.27	13.49	3.67	0.33
106	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	6.71	-3.91	7.82	4.43	-0.43
107	San José State	PCAA	4-7-0	0.36	6.61	-6.18	11.53	3.87	0.13
108	SMU	Southwest	4-7-0	0.36	6.52	-8.45	13.97	3.37	0.63
109	Utah State	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.39	-6.55	7.96	3.39	0.61
110	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	3-7-1	0.27	5.7	-3.27	12.36	4.29	-1.29
111	Illinois State	FBS Independents	3-7-1	0.27	5.46	-4	9.69	4.19	-1.19
112	Southern	SWAC	3-7-1	0.27	4.89	-7.09	4.94	3.12	-0.12
113	Indiana State	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	4.87	-9.1	8.68	2.44	0.56
114	Kansas	Big 8	3-7-1	0.27	4.82	-12.55	13.21	1.69	1.31
115	Miami	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.28	-10.91	14.78	1.86	1.14
116	Tulane	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.28	-9.82	12.54	2.73	0.27
117	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	4.19	-10.09	10.5	2.18	0.82
118	Alcorn State	SWAC	3-8-0	0.27	4.18	-7.91	5.1	2.93	0.07
119	Illinois	Big Ten	3-8-0	0.27	4.05	-13.73	12.86	1.66	1.34
120	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	3.99	-12.36	8.8	1.21	1.79
121	Richmond	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	3.98	-14.91	12.66	1.38	1.62
122	Utah	Western Athletic	3-8-0	0.27	3.98	-15.18	13	2.22	0.78
123	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	3.79	-18.73	12.09	1.66	1.34
124	Prairie View A&M	SWAC	3-8-0	0.27	3.73	-13.36	2.24	1.93	1.07
125	Columbia	Ivy	2-7-0	0.22	3.22	-8.11	10.47	2.52	-0.52
126	Air Force	FBS Independents	2-8-1	0.18	2.31	-16.55	13.01	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	14.35	2.3	-0.3
129	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-9-0	0.18	2.06	-12.27	12.43	1.86	0.14
130	Drake	Missouri Valley	2-9-0	0.18	2.01	-12.09	8.5	2.38	-0.38
131	App State	Southern	2-9-0	0.18	1.99	-12.18	8.05	2.47	-0.47
132	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.89	-12.73	3.59	1.65	0.35
133	Marshall	Southern	2-9-0	0.18	1.87	-14.09	6.88	2.54	-0.54
134	Toledo	Mid-American	2-9-0	0.18	1.86	-15.91	12.2	1.07	0.93
135	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.79	-15.91	7.27	1.19	0.81
136	Oregon	Pac-8	2-9-0	0.18	1.72	-19.36	12.28	1.34	0.66
137	TCU	Southwest	2-9-0	0.18	1.6	-22.73	12.32	1.27	0.73
138	Cornell	Ivy	1-8-0	0.11	0.45	-12.56	13.81	1.08	-0.08
139	Ohio	Mid-American	1-10-0	0.09	0.09	-10.91	11.05	3.05	-2.05
140	Kansas State	Big 8	1-10-0	0.09	-0.1	-14.09	14.4	1.49	-0.49
141	Wake Forest	ACC	1-10-0	0.09	-0.11	-14.27	10.99	1.24	-0.24
142	Virginia	ACC	1-9-1	0.09	-0.15	-20.36	13.7	0.24	0.76
143	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-10-0	0.09	-0.42	-21.36	14.21	0.61	0.39
144	Rice	Southwest	1-10-0	0.09	-0.61	-27.91	12.54	0.74	0.26
145	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-10-0	0.09	-0.62	-28.09	13.37	0.73	0.27