1977 W18 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.555500+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Texas	Southwest	11-0-0	1	25.22	28.82	11.04	10.55	0.45
2	Penn State	FBS Independents	11-1-0	0.92	23.56	16.92	14.02	10.21	0.79
3	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	10-1-0	0.91	23.33	23	12.73	10.22	-0.22
4	Oklahoma	Big 8	10-1-0	0.91	22.98	19	11.61	9.42	0.58
5	Michigan	Big Ten	10-1-0	0.91	22.93	21.45	10.81	10.44	-0.44
6	Alabama	SEC	10-1-0	0.91	22.92	19.27	11.2	9.96	0.04
7	Arkansas	Southwest	10-1-0	0.91	22.81	23.91	9.76	10.55	-0.55
8	Kentucky	SEC	10-1-0	0.91	22.72	12.82	11.79	9.62	0.38
9	San Diego State	FBS Independents	10-1-0	0.91	22.19	16.73	7.77	9.41	0.59
10	Grambling	SWAC	10-1-0	0.91	22.03	26.09	5.17	10	0
11	Louisiana Tech	Southland	9-1-2	0.75	22.02	13.17	8.99	10.19	-1.19
12	Central Michigan	Mid-American	10-1-0	0.91	21.87	14.55	6.54	9.27	0.73
13	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	10-1-0	0.91	21.55	8.09	7.02	8.01	1.99
14	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	9-2-1	0.75	21.49	24.5	13.83	11.28	-2.28
15	Tennessee State	FBS Independents	8-1-1	0.8	20.84	15.4	2.97	9.13	-1.13
16	Chattanooga	Southern	9-1-1	0.82	20.83	8.91	3.81	8.24	0.76
17	Ohio State	Big Ten	9-2-0	0.82	20.79	22.91	9.88	10.6	-1.6
18	Florida State	FBS Independents	10-2-0	0.83	20.78	12	11.33	9.73	0.27
19	Colgate	FBS Independents	10-1-0	0.91	20.51	14.82	-1.01	8.7	1.3
20	North Texas	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	20.51	12.82	10.73	8.78	0.22
21	BYU	Western Athletic	9-2-0	0.82	20.47	24.36	7.66	9.99	-0.99
22	Ball State	Mid-American	9-2-0	0.82	20.14	18.91	6.82	9.57	-0.57
23	Colorado State	Western Athletic	9-2-1	0.75	19.83	7.92	8.65	8.53	0.47
24	Fresno State	PCAA	9-2-0	0.82	19.3	17.36	2.09	9.49	-0.49
25	Yale	Ivy	7-2-0	0.78	19.23	11.56	8.78	7.49	-0.49
26	Nebraska	Big 8	9-3-0	0.75	19.06	9.58	12.97	8.95	0.05
27	Arizona State	Western Athletic	9-3-0	0.75	18.84	16.92	8.81	10.12	-1.12
28	Brown	Ivy	7-2-0	0.78	18.69	8.56	6.65	7.21	-0.21
29	North Carolina	ACC	8-3-1	0.67	18.52	12.42	11.13	10.73	-2.73
30	Clemson	ACC	8-3-1	0.67	18.11	5.42	12.01	8.27	-0.27
31	East Carolina	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.09	10.36	9.14	8.67	-0.67
32	Colorado	Big 8	7-3-1	0.64	17.68	8.36	11.99	8.05	-1.05
33	Michigan State	Big Ten	7-3-1	0.64	17.56	8.91	10.8	8.3	-1.3
34	USC	Pac-8	8-4-0	0.67	17.39	12.08	13.09	9.3	-1.3
35	Jackson State	SWAC	8-3-0	0.73	17.34	10.82	3.79	9.32	-1.32
36	Rutgers	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	17.24	10	3.49	8.3	-0.3
37	Stanford	Pac-8	9-3-0	0.75	17.22	0.5	11.14	6.15	2.85
38	LSU	SEC	8-4-0	0.67	17.16	14.08	10.14	9.53	-1.53
39	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	8-3-0	0.73	17	4	5.85	6.8	1.2
40	NC State	ACC	8-4-0	0.67	16.94	6.5	13.04	8.4	-0.4
41	Maryland	ACC	8-4-0	0.67	16.69	6.25	11.21	8.35	-0.35
42	Texas A&M	Southwest	8-4-0	0.67	16.53	3.83	12.05	6.99	1.01
43	Washington	Pac-8	7-4-0	0.64	16.52	13	11.16	8.86	-1.86
44	Iowa State	Big 8	8-4-0	0.67	16.44	5.92	9.33	8.27	-0.27
45	California	Pac-8	7-4-0	0.64	16.02	8.09	9.89	7.67	-0.67
46	UCLA	Pac-8	7-4-0	0.64	16.02	6.64	10.97	7.47	-0.47
47	Dartmouth	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	15.98	5	6.95	6.42	-0.42
48	Louisville	FBS Independents	7-4-1	0.58	15.84	8.08	8.48	8.68	-1.68
49	Army	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.32	3.82	8.2	6.52	0.48
50	VMI	Southern	7-4-0	0.64	15.09	6.18	4.06	7.73	-0.73
51	Louisiana	Southland	6-4-2	0.5	14.96	4.83	11.39	7.91	-1.91
52	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	6-4-1	0.55	14.9	7.27	8.62	7.73	-1.73
53	Texas Southern	SWAC	6-4-1	0.55	14.5	9.18	4.05	8.05	-2.05
54	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	5-4-2	0.45	14.43	11.73	9.36	9.33	-4.33
55	Texas Tech	Southwest	7-5-0	0.58	14.34	2.75	12.98	6.89	0.11
56	Florida	SEC	6-4-1	0.55	14.29	1.45	11.51	5.93	0.07
57	Western Carolina	Southern	6-4-1	0.55	13.85	7.36	-0.11	7.55	-1.55
58	Pacific	PCAA	6-5-0	0.55	13.67	6.27	8.41	7.7	-1.7
59	Memphis	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.52	3.09	11.09	6.54	-0.54
60	Houston	Southwest	6-5-0	0.55	13.5	2.09	12.97	6.05	-0.05
61	Washington State	Pac-8	6-5-0	0.55	13.34	2.45	10.63	6.2	-0.2
62	Arkansas State	Southland	7-4-0	0.64	13.01	-2.73	7.37	4.53	2.47
63	Pennsylvania	Ivy	5-4-0	0.56	12.95	2	5.97	5.12	-0.12
64	Minnesota	Big Ten	7-5-0	0.58	12.79	-0.75	12.45	5.64	1.36
65	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	12.51	0.27	10.17	5.59	0.41
66	William & Mary	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	12.47	0.18	10.32	5.56	0.44
67	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	12.44	1.18	5.43	5.95	0.05
68	Syracuse	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	11.78	-1.45	11.91	5.04	0.96
69	Mississippi Valley State	SWAC	5-5-0	0.5	11.4	2.3	2.68	5.66	-0.66
70	Kent State	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	11.24	-3.73	11.61	4.3	1.7
71	Boston College	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	11.23	-2.45	8.82	4.81	1.19
72	Ole Miss	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	10.85	1.09	12.43	5.89	-0.89
73	Duke	ACC	5-6-0	0.45	10.84	0.91	13.2	5.79	-0.79
74	Baylor	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	10.77	0.73	13.27	5.73	-0.73
75	McNeese	Southland	5-5-1	0.45	10.67	-0.82	9.45	5.12	-0.12
76	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	10.58	1.55	7.51	5.96	-0.96
77	Indiana	Big Ten	5-5-1	0.45	10.53	-2.09	12.64	4.81	0.19
78	Texas-Arlington	Southland	5-6-0	0.45	10.4	0.18	12.46	5.57	-0.57
79	Furman	Southern	4-5-2	0.36	10.33	3	3.31	6.5	-2.5
80	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	6-6-0	0.5	10.29	-2.92	12.07	4.94	1.06
81	South Carolina	FBS Independents	5-7-0	0.42	10.17	1.08	12.53	6.44	-1.44
82	Navy	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	10.16	-0.09	11.96	5.47	-0.47
83	Temple	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	9.89	-5.18	11.48	4.08	0.92
84	Arizona	Western Athletic	5-7-0	0.42	9.85	0.5	11.78	6.17	-1.17
85	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	5-6-0	0.45	9.59	-0.64	8.73	5.33	-0.33
86	West Virginia	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	9.42	-1.82	12.18	4.99	0.01
87	Purdue	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	9.4	-1.45	10.4	5.06	-0.06
88	Mississippi State	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	9.3	-3.09	14.49	4.46	0.54
89	Auburn	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	9.12	-3.55	13.14	4.38	0.62
90	Georgia	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	9.11	-3.09	11.86	4.24	0.76
91	Western Michigan	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	8.96	2.09	10.45	6.12	-2.12
92	Missouri	Big 8	4-7-0	0.36	8.95	1.36	13.2	6.02	-2.02
93	Harvard	Ivy	4-5-0	0.44	8.92	-2.22	9.81	3.85	0.15
94	The Citadel	Southern	5-6-0	0.45	8.82	-2.64	6.64	4.24	0.76
95	Bowling Green	Mid-American	5-7-0	0.42	8.67	-1.75	10.85	5.48	-0.48
96	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	8.55	-6.09	10.06	3.03	1.97
97	New Mexico	Western Athletic	5-7-0	0.42	8.28	-3.83	11.57	4.91	0.09
98	Long Beach State	PCAA	4-6-0	0.4	8.23	-1.8	11.23	4.56	-0.56
99	Tennessee	SEC	4-7-0	0.36	8.22	0	12.51	5.5	-1.5
100	Villanova	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	7.43	-0.64	6.11	5.31	-1.31
101	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	4-7-0	0.36	7.26	-0.45	1.99	5.39	-1.39
102	Wyoming	Western Athletic	4-6-1	0.36	7.19	-9.73	11.43	2.59	1.41
103	Oklahoma State	Big 8	4-7-0	0.36	7.14	-2.91	12.56	4.67	-0.67
104	Princeton	Ivy	3-6-0	0.33	7.11	-0.78	13.04	4.23	-1.23
105	Iowa	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.8	-5.27	13.3	3.67	0.33
106	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	6.7	-3.91	7.8	4.43	-0.43
107	San José State	PCAA	4-7-0	0.36	6.6	-6.18	11.51	3.87	0.13
108	SMU	Southwest	4-7-0	0.36	6.5	-8.45	13.79	3.37	0.63
109	Utah State	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.38	-6.55	7.96	3.39	0.61
110	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	3-7-1	0.27	5.69	-3.27	12.36	4.29	-1.29
111	Illinois State	FBS Independents	3-7-1	0.27	5.45	-4	9.67	4.19	-1.19
112	Southern	SWAC	3-7-1	0.27	4.88	-7.09	4.92	3.12	-0.12
113	Indiana State	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	4.86	-9.1	8.66	2.44	0.56
114	Kansas	Big 8	3-7-1	0.27	4.81	-12.55	13.23	1.69	1.31
115	Miami	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.27	-10.91	14.81	1.86	1.14
116	Tulane	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.27	-9.82	12.51	2.73	0.27
117	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	4.19	-10.09	10.47	2.18	0.82
118	Alcorn State	SWAC	3-8-0	0.27	4.17	-7.91	5.08	2.93	0.07
119	Illinois	Big Ten	3-8-0	0.27	4.03	-13.73	12.67	1.66	1.34
120	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	3.99	-12.36	8.78	1.21	1.79
121	Richmond	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	3.97	-14.91	12.56	1.38	1.62
122	Utah	Western Athletic	3-8-0	0.27	3.97	-15.18	12.85	2.22	0.78
123	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	3.78	-18.73	12.05	1.66	1.34
124	Prairie View A&M	SWAC	3-8-0	0.27	3.72	-13.36	2.22	1.93	1.07
125	Columbia	Ivy	2-7-0	0.22	3.22	-8.11	10.45	2.52	-0.52
126	Air Force	FBS Independents	2-8-1	0.18	2.3	-16.55	12.86	1.04	0.96
127	Lamar	Southland	2-9-0	0.18	2.3	-8.27	10.42	2.33	-0.33
128	Oregon State	Pac-8	2-9-0	0.18	2.11	-11.82	14.19	2.3	-0.3
129	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-9-0	0.18	2.06	-12.27	12.4	1.86	0.14
130	Drake	Missouri Valley	2-9-0	0.18	2	-12.09	8.48	2.38	-0.38
131	App State	Southern	2-9-0	0.18	1.99	-12.18	8.03	2.47	-0.47
132	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.89	-12.73	3.57	1.65	0.35
133	Marshall	Southern	2-9-0	0.18	1.87	-14.09	6.86	2.54	-0.54
134	Toledo	Mid-American	2-9-0	0.18	1.86	-15.91	12.17	1.07	0.93
135	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.79	-15.91	7.25	1.19	0.81
136	Oregon	Pac-8	2-9-0	0.18	1.72	-19.36	12.26	1.34	0.66
137	TCU	Southwest	2-9-0	0.18	1.59	-22.73	12.15	1.27	0.73
138	Cornell	Ivy	1-8-0	0.11	0.45	-12.56	13.78	1.08	-0.08
139	Ohio	Mid-American	1-10-0	0.09	0.09	-10.91	11.02	3.05	-2.05
140	Kansas State	Big 8	1-10-0	0.09	-0.1	-14.09	14.44	1.49	-0.49
141	Wake Forest	ACC	1-10-0	0.09	-0.11	-14.27	10.9	1.24	-0.24
142	Virginia	ACC	1-9-1	0.09	-0.15	-20.36	13.6	0.24	0.76
143	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-10-0	0.09	-0.41	-21.36	13.75	0.61	0.39
144	Rice	Southwest	1-10-0	0.09	-0.61	-27.91	12.37	0.74	0.26
145	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-10-0	0.09	-0.62	-28.09	13.21	0.73	0.27