1977 W2 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.548266+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Penn State	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	32.95	38	8.02	0.99	0.01
2	Louisiana	Southland	2-0-0	1	32.41	24	6.75	1.78	0.22
3	South Carolina	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	31.52	16	5.76	1.85	0.15
4	Mississippi State	SEC	2-0-0	1	30.97	5.5	7.4	1.33	0.67
5	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	30.8	41	29.09	1	0
6	Alabama	SEC	1-0-0	1	30.36	21	28.23	0.91	0.09
7	East Carolina	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	30.05	3	3.87	1.17	0.83
8	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-0-0	1	29.99	18	7.04	1.95	0.05
9	Iowa State	Big 8	1-0-0	1	29.89	26	26.31	0.96	0.04
10	Arkansas	Southwest	1-0-0	1	29.74	43	27.19	0.98	0.02
11	Kent State	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	28.57	19	22.87	0.88	0.12
12	VMI	Southern	1-0-0	1	27.77	10	28.41	0.79	0.21
13	Navy	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	27.61	19	24.89	1	0
14	Florida State	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	27.36	29	21.02	0.98	0.02
15	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	26.41	10	11.62	0.85	0.15
16	Tennessee State	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	26.37	18.5	2.42	1.97	0.03
17	Michigan	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	26.35	28	4.97	0.97	0.03
18	Texas	Southwest	1-0-0	1	26.23	44	9.74	1	0
19	USC	Pac-8	1-0-0	1	26.13	17	6.3	0.91	0.09
20	Texas A&M	Southwest	1-0-0	1	25.91	14	6.3	0.84	0.16
21	Houston	Southwest	1-0-0	1	25.83	4	11.71	0.65	0.35
22	Ball State	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	25.74	40	3.29	1	0
23	Colgate	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	25.61	23	8.02	1	0
24	Texas Southern	SWAC	1-0-1	0.5	25.61	7	2.24	1.68	-0.68
25	Texas Tech	Southwest	1-0-0	1	25.57	10	7.82	0.89	0.11
26	Ohio State	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	25.48	10	5	1	0
27	Oklahoma State	Big 8	1-0-0	1	25.41	17	5.47	0.84	0.16
28	San Diego State	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	25.13	17	4.04	0.84	0.16
29	Southern	SWAC	1-0-1	0.5	25.04	3	2.49	1.29	-0.29
30	West Virginia	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	24.99	36	6.63	1	0
31	BYU	Western Athletic	1-0-0	1	24.95	39	0.23	1	0
32	Maryland	ACC	1-0-0	1	24.92	7	3.47	0.72	0.28
33	McNeese	Southland	1-0-0	1	24.75	18	2.63	0.95	0.05
34	California	Pac-8	1-0-0	1	24.74	10	8.53	0.75	0.25
35	Georgia	SEC	1-0-0	1	24.74	11	1.33	0.78	0.22
36	Ohio	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	24.7	22	1.96	0.8	0.2
37	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	24.53	10	8.19	1	0
38	Washington State	Pac-8	1-0-0	1	24.48	9	11.79	0.82	0.18
39	Wake Forest	ACC	1-0-0	1	24.43	11	8.79	0.81	0.19
40	Kentucky	SEC	1-0-0	1	24.37	3	6.79	0.7	0.3
41	Mississippi Valley State	SWAC	2-0-0	1	24.31	36	-10	1.99	0.01
42	Colorado	Big 8	1-0-0	1	24.3	6	4.24	0.64	0.36
43	Utah State	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	24.07	12	9.31	0.87	0.13
44	Colorado State	Western Athletic	1-0-0	1	23.97	17	1.74	0.99	0.01
45	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	23.88	16	1.37	0.86	0.14
46	Auburn	SEC	1-0-0	1	23.55	11	5.94	0.85	0.15
47	Oklahoma	Big 8	1-0-0	1	23.53	2	0.59	0.55	0.45
48	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	23.02	5	3.72	0.67	0.33
49	Iowa	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	22.95	24	0.18	1	0
50	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-0-0	1	22.9	9	0.12	0.67	0.33
51	Louisville	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.69	38	-3.28	1	0
52	Arkansas State	Southland	1-0-0	1	22.68	2	0.33	0.54	0.46
53	SMU	Southwest	1-0-0	1	22.48	24	-0.82	0.86	0.14
54	Oregon State	Pac-8	1-0-0	1	22.39	12	1.61	0.84	0.16
55	Lamar	Southland	1-0-0	1	22.24	14	1.8	0.93	0.07
56	Chattanooga	Southern	1-0-0	1	22.01	24	-10	0.99	0.01
57	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	21.66	11	-10	0.92	0.08
58	Army	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	21.08	24	-10	0.95	0.05
59	Rice	Southwest	1-0-0	1	20.54	21	-10	0.94	0.06
60	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	19.92	3	-10	0.57	0.43
61	Grambling	SWAC	1-0-0	1	19.53	25	-7.63	0.9	0.1
62	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	18.16	8.5	11.52	1.8	-0.8
63	William & Mary	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	17.53	2	-3.57	1.12	-0.12
64	Ole Miss	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	16.15	-8.5	8.91	0.38	0.62
65	Illinois State	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	15.92	0.5	-0.85	1.04	-0.04
66	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	15.71	-18.5	7.27	0.24	0.76
67	North Texas	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	15.67	14.5	16.85	1.7	-0.7
68	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	15.51	-10.5	5.67	0.53	0.47
69	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	15.34	-11	6.8	0.34	0.66
70	Memphis	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	14.67	7	15.13	1.63	-0.63
71	The Citadel	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	14.6	-6	-3.55	0.24	0.76
72	Jackson State	SWAC	1-1-0	0.5	14.23	0.5	2.68	1.05	-0.05
73	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	14.04	-3	-3.23	0.86	0.14
74	NC State	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	13.37	4.5	16.85	1.32	-0.32
75	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	10.66	-9	15.72	0.51	0.49
76	Yale	Ivy	0-0-0	0	2.68	0	0	0	0
77	LSU	SEC	0-0-0	0	2.48	0	0	0	0
78	Dartmouth	Ivy	0-0-0	0	2.47	0	0	0	0
79	Brown	Ivy	0-0-0	0	2.41	0	0	0	0
80	Long Beach State	PCAA	0-0-0	0	2.26	0	0	0	0
81	Harvard	Ivy	0-0-0	0	2.14	0	0	0	0
82	Louisiana Tech	Southland	0-0-0	0	2.08	0	0	0	0
83	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	1.93	0	0	0	0
84	Florida	SEC	0-0-0	0	1.83	0	0	0	0
85	UCLA	Pac-8	0-1-0	0	1.71	-4	10.2	0.35	-0.35
86	Wyoming	Western Athletic	0-0-1	0	1.68	0	2.3	0	0
87	Nebraska	Big 8	0-1-0	0	1.31	-9	2.59	0.18	-0.18
88	Villanova	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	1.15	-3	-10	0.35	-0.35
89	Arizona State	Western Athletic	0-0-0	0	1.14	0	0	0	0
90	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	1.09	-10	10.15	0.15	-0.15
91	Duke	ACC	0-1-0	0	0.77	-1	33.51	0.46	-0.46
92	North Carolina	ACC	0-1-0	0	0.66	-3	8.65	0.3	-0.3
93	Air Force	FBS Independents	0-0-1	0	0.57	0	6.71	0	0
94	Utah	Western Athletic	0-0-0	0	0.55	0	0	0	0
95	San José State	PCAA	0-1-0	0	0.51	-12	2.06	0.13	-0.13
96	Cornell	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.46	0	0	0	0
97	Pennsylvania	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.45	0	0	0	0
98	Columbia	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.43	0	0	0	0
99	Furman	Southern	0-1-0	0	0.41	-11	4.14	0.19	-0.19
100	Tennessee	SEC	0-1-0	0	0.38	-10	5.83	0.25	-0.25
101	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	0.31	-10	5.23	0	0
102	Princeton	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.17	0	0	0	0
103	Baylor	Southwest	0-1-0	0	0.15	-10	9.67	0.11	-0.11
104	Temple	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.1	-4	4.42	0.39	-0.39
105	Texas-Arlington	Southland	0-1-0	0	-0.22	-4	29.09	0.41	-0.41
106	Arizona	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	-0.28	-11	2.76	0.15	-0.15
107	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.36	-44	6.61	0	0
108	Purdue	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-0.36	-5	4.32	0.33	-0.33
109	Washington	Pac-8	0-1-0	0	-0.37	-9	33.17	0.28	-0.28
110	Stanford	Pac-8	0-1-0	0	-0.39	-6	8.61	0.36	-0.36
111	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	0-1-0	0	-0.44	-4	26.31	0.31	-0.31
112	Kansas	Big 8	0-1-0	0	-0.49	-14	11.28	0.16	-0.16
113	Miami	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.58	-10	11.45	0	0
114	Missouri	Big 8	0-1-0	0	-0.64	-17	11.64	0.09	-0.09
115	App State	Southern	0-1-0	0	-0.65	-15	33.77	0.18	-0.18
116	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-1-0	0	-0.69	-2	10.64	0.45	-0.45
117	Clemson	ACC	0-1-0	0	-0.72	-7	11.3	0.28	-0.28
118	Drake	Missouri Valley	0-1-0	0	-0.73	-2	7.42	0.46	-0.46
119	Fresno State	PCAA	0-1-0	0	-0.81	-21	35.45	0.09	-0.09
120	Rutgers	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-0.84	-30.5	21.34	0.01	-0.01
121	Richmond	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.96	-36	4.71	0	0
122	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	0-1-0	0	-1.16	-17	9.38	0.16	-0.16
123	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	0-2-0	0	-1.24	-22	22.43	0.28	-0.28
124	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.25	-13	-10	0.17	-0.17
125	Illinois	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-1.35	-28	12.14	0.03	-0.03
126	Syracuse	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.4	-12	1.22	0.16	-0.16
127	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.43	-14	0.04	0.07	-0.07
128	Indiana State	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.55	-18	8.77	0.05	-0.05
129	Oregon	Pac-8	0-1-0	0	-1.56	-11	11.03	0.22	-0.22
130	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.57	-17	33.77	0	0
131	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.64	-9	5.1	0.33	-0.33
132	Tulane	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.66	-18	6.83	0.07	-0.07
133	Pacific	PCAA	0-1-0	0	-1.69	-17	6.49	0.01	-0.01
134	Indiana	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-1.74	-16	6.6	0.14	-0.14
135	Marshall	Southern	0-1-0	0	-1.85	-22	8.55	0.2	-0.2
136	Virginia	ACC	0-1-0	0	-1.87	-14	2.15	0	0
137	Toledo	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	-1.98	-40	10.04	0	0
138	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-2.24	-24	2.71	0	0
139	UTEP	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	-2.45	-31	8.03	0.03	-0.03
140	TCU	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-2.47	-24	1.63	0.14	-0.14
141	Kansas State	Big 8	0-1-0	0	-2.72	-39	9.35	0	0
142	Western Carolina	Southern	0-2-0	0	-3.19	-12.5	-10	0.45	-0.45
143	Prairie View A&M	SWAC	0-1-0	0	-3.39	-28	-10	0.04	-0.04
144	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-2-0	0	-3.48	-30.5	12.43	0	0
145	Alcorn State	SWAC	0-2-0	0	-4.45	-27.5	10.66	0.11	-0.11