1977 W3 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.548710+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Arkansas	Southwest	2-0-0	1	31.41	32.5	20.46	1.96	0.04
2	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	1-0-1	0.5	30.98	20.5	19.2	1.9	-0.9
3	Penn State	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	30.26	27.5	12.49	1.91	0.09
4	Colorado	Big 8	2-0-0	1	29.03	24	14.09	1.89	0.11
5	Central Michigan	Mid-American	3-0-0	1	28.99	19	9.88	2.91	0.09
6	Louisiana	Southland	3-0-0	1	28.72	17.33	6.73	2.63	0.37
7	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	28.7	20.5	11.98	1.98	0.02
8	West Virginia	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	28.67	22	11.98	1.92	0.08
9	Louisville	FBS Independents	1-0-1	0.5	28.5	19	13.66	1.88	-0.88
10	South Carolina	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	28.45	18.33	5.9	2.7	0.3
11	Iowa	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	28.3	13	13.82	1.91	0.09
12	Texas Tech	Southwest	2-0-0	1	28.27	12.5	11.52	1.73	0.27
13	USC	Pac-8	2-0-0	1	28.21	12	10.88	1.73	0.27
14	Mississippi State	SEC	2-0-0	1	27.89	5.5	7.65	1.33	0.67
15	Florida State	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	27.72	18.5	5.66	1.89	0.11
16	Washington State	Pac-8	2-0-0	1	27.65	5.5	12.16	1.35	0.65
17	Navy	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	27.31	25	2.3	1.98	0.02
18	Army	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	27.29	18.5	8.88	1.8	0.2
19	East Carolina	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	27.15	6.33	4.05	2.06	0.94
20	Texas Southern	SWAC	1-0-1	0.5	27.12	7	7.52	1.68	-0.68
21	Florida	SEC	1-0-0	1	27.04	45	20.54	1	0
22	Texas	Southwest	2-0-0	1	26.96	56	-1.11	2	0
23	Southern	SWAC	1-0-1	0.5	26.57	3	7.8	1.29	-0.29
24	Texas A&M	Southwest	2-0-0	1	26.48	17.5	0.72	1.83	0.17
25	Michigan	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	26.45	20	-0.29	1.88	0.12
26	BYU	Western Athletic	1-0-0	1	26.18	39	-2.72	1	0
27	Tennessee State	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	26.02	16.67	-1.92	2.89	0.11
28	Oklahoma	Big 8	2-0-0	1	26.02	20	-0.07	1.62	0.38
29	California	Pac-8	2-0-0	1	25.88	10	0.47	1.53	0.47
30	McNeese	Southland	2-0-0	1	25.86	15	-0.99	1.86	0.14
31	San Diego State	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	25.83	12	-0.72	1.59	0.41
32	Colgate	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	25.46	24.5	-5.42	1.96	0.04
33	Colorado State	Western Athletic	2-0-0	1	25.38	10.5	-1.67	1.71	0.29
34	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	25.34	13.5	-2.61	1.81	0.19
35	Chattanooga	Southern	2-0-0	1	24.59	15.5	-5.33	1.93	0.07
36	Mississippi Valley State	SWAC	3-0-0	1	24.37	25	-10	2.93	0.07
37	Grambling	SWAC	2-0-0	1	23.99	20.5	-7.22	1.72	0.28
38	Harvard	Ivy	1-0-0	1	22.32	14	0.43	0.93	0.07
39	Long Beach State	PCAA	1-0-0	1	22.23	19	-1.16	0.76	0.24
40	Arizona State	Western Athletic	1-0-0	1	22.18	32	-2.24	1	0
41	Pennsylvania	Ivy	1-0-0	1	21.83	10	0.46	0.89	0.11
42	Dartmouth	Ivy	1-0-0	1	21.41	3	0.17	0.64	0.36
43	Yale	Ivy	1-0-0	1	21.36	1	2.41	0.56	0.44
44	Wyoming	Western Athletic	1-0-1	0.5	21.35	5	-0.94	1.5	-0.5
45	Louisiana Tech	Southland	1-0-0	1	21.16	56	-10	1	0
46	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-1-0	0.67	20.13	9	16.06	2.71	-0.71
47	North Texas	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	20.13	13.33	17	2.51	-0.51
48	Memphis	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	18.89	6.33	12.85	2.12	-0.12
49	NC State	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	18.78	15.67	8.93	2.74	-0.74
50	Iowa State	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	18.74	12	19.14	1.72	-0.72
51	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	18.1	1.67	13.64	1.63	0.37
52	Jackson State	SWAC	2-1-0	0.67	17.92	8.67	4.33	2.53	-0.53
53	Ole Miss	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	17.65	-3.33	23.81	1.11	0.89
54	Alabama	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	17.38	7	8.73	1.32	-0.32
55	The Citadel	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	17.34	2.67	4.81	2.05	-0.05
56	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	2-1-0	0.67	17.04	-3	18.58	1.26	0.74
57	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	16.71	-4.67	17.75	1.12	0.88
58	Lamar	Southland	1-1-0	0.5	16.48	5	15.49	1.5	-0.5
59	Ball State	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	15.85	9	-0.42	1.41	-0.41
60	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	15.84	1.5	8.62	1.12	-0.12
61	SMU	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	15.8	6.5	6.6	1.29	-0.29
62	Utah State	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	15.79	3.5	7.59	1.18	-0.18
63	Oregon State	Pac-8	1-1-0	0.5	15.78	2.5	12.37	1.19	-0.19
64	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	15.6	1.5	12.06	1.09	-0.09
65	VMI	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	15.57	-1.5	19.3	0.91	0.09
66	Georgia	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	15.26	5	-1.14	1.4	-0.4
67	Wake Forest	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	15.18	4	-0.14	1.45	-0.45
68	Maryland	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	14.9	-0.5	12.13	0.97	0.03
69	Auburn	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	14.53	0	6.88	1	0
70	Oklahoma State	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	14.5	-2.5	14.25	0.86	0.14
71	Kent State	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	14.46	-11.5	20.11	0.44	0.56
72	Purdue	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	14.41	16	23.86	1.74	-0.74
73	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	14.26	0.5	4.08	1.05	-0.05
74	Houston	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	14.21	-6.5	17.33	0.61	0.39
75	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	13.8	-3	11.96	0.86	0.14
76	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	13.72	6	21.97	1.43	-0.43
77	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	13.33	-10.5	12.89	0.26	0.74
78	Baylor	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	13.27	2.5	24.97	1.23	-0.23
79	North Carolina	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	13.21	14	11.71	1.92	-0.92
80	Washington	Pac-8	1-1-0	0.5	12.85	6	15.74	1.38	-0.38
81	Kentucky	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	12.74	-6	0.41	0.42	0.58
82	Arkansas State	Southland	1-1-0	0.5	12.63	-10.5	7.49	0.52	0.48
83	Villanova	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.63	9.5	7.87	1.54	-0.54
84	Temple	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.59	19	4.96	1.81	-0.81
85	Ohio	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	12.55	-7.5	-1.1	0.73	0.27
86	UCLA	Pac-8	1-1-0	0.5	12.46	3	12.67	1.26	-0.26
87	Furman	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	12.44	9.5	7.21	1.46	-0.46
88	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	12.44	-10	10.76	0.59	0.41
89	Fresno State	PCAA	1-1-0	0.5	12.43	7	11.2	1.33	-0.33
90	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	12.32	0.5	23.98	1.05	-0.05
91	Nebraska	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	12.02	-1	27.42	0.94	0.06
92	Rice	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	11.35	-12	-4.08	0.44	0.56
93	Texas-Arlington	Southland	1-1-0	0.5	11.35	1.5	8.01	1.09	-0.09
94	Clemson	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	10.88	-3	24.83	0.71	0.29
95	Stanford	Pac-8	1-1-0	0.5	10.4	-1	11.32	0.94	0.06
96	Tennessee	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	10.28	-2	12.19	0.89	0.11
97	Indiana State	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	9.67	-6.5	17.7	0.48	0.52
98	Oregon	Pac-8	1-1-0	0.5	9.66	-3	11.13	0.85	0.15
99	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	9.5	-6.5	15.47	0.24	0.76
100	Indiana	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	9.3	-6.5	13.18	0.66	0.34
101	Pacific	PCAA	1-1-0	0.5	9.22	-3.5	6.98	0.78	0.22
102	Marshall	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	9.01	-5	7.35	0.83	0.17
103	Illinois	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	8.92	-12	12.86	0.27	0.73
104	Illinois State	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	8.57	-6.67	16.19	0.84	0.16
105	William & Mary	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	8.46	-6	6.29	0.94	0.06
106	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	1-2-0	0.33	8.05	-11.33	14.99	0.5	0.5
107	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	1-2-0	0.33	7.08	-7.67	4.62	0.76	0.24
108	Rutgers	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	5.3	-13	16.19	0.53	0.47
109	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-2-0	0.33	5.29	-14	18.8	0.78	0.22
110	Alcorn State	SWAC	1-2-0	0.33	4.44	-15.67	13.17	0.4	0.6
111	Brown	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-0.09	-1	2.68	0.44	-0.44
112	LSU	SEC	0-1-0	0	-0.54	-3	-1.74	0.42	-0.42
113	Princeton	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-0.96	-3	2.47	0.36	-0.36
114	Air Force	FBS Independents	0-1-1	0	-1.29	-5	13.21	0.44	-0.44
115	Cornell	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-1.6	-10	0.45	0.11	-0.11
116	Duke	ACC	0-2-0	0	-1.62	-6.5	28.2	0.54	-0.54
117	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0-2-0	0	-1.68	-8.5	12.16	0.17	-0.17
118	Miami	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-1.69	-7	11.96	0.11	-0.11
119	Columbia	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-1.85	-14	2.14	0.07	-0.07
120	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	0-2-0	0	-1.87	-8	20.05	0.36	-0.36
121	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-1.9	-13.5	-10	0.15	-0.15
122	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-1.91	-8	10.5	0.64	-0.64
123	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-1.96	-6.5	23.43	0.69	-0.69
124	Arizona	Western Athletic	0-2-0	0	-1.99	-9	24.34	0.42	-0.42
125	Missouri	Big 8	0-2-0	0	-1.99	-10.5	12.39	0.26	-0.26
126	Kansas	Big 8	0-2-0	0	-2.08	-12	13.81	0.28	-0.28
127	San José State	PCAA	0-2-0	0	-2.11	-16.5	11.85	0.1	-0.1
128	Tulane	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.11	-11	7.14	0.38	-0.38
129	App State	Southern	0-2-0	0	-2.24	-11	26.77	0.35	-0.35
130	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2.31	-21	25.91	0.03	-0.03
131	Western Carolina	Southern	0-3-0	0	-2.43	-15	-1.8	0.4	-0.4
132	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	0-2-0	0	-2.48	-18	13.7	0.42	-0.42
133	TCU	Southwest	0-2-0	0	-2.49	-14.5	10.46	0.47	-0.47
134	Drake	Missouri Valley	0-2-0	0	-2.52	-22	11.29	0.2	-0.2
135	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.59	-25	13.3	0.08	-0.08
136	UTEP	Western Athletic	0-2-0	0	-2.7	-20.5	8.68	0.2	-0.2
137	Syracuse	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.85	-25	17.88	0.04	-0.04
138	Richmond	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.9	-33.5	12.82	0	0
139	Prairie View A&M	SWAC	0-2-0	0	-2.91	-26.5	2.12	0.04	-0.04
140	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-2-0	0	-2.96	-28	12.04	0	0
141	Utah	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	-2.98	-38	23.53	0.1	-0.1
142	Kansas State	Big 8	0-2-0	0	-3.18	-23.5	26.16	0.03	-0.03
143	Toledo	Mid-American	0-2-0	0	-3.19	-26.5	27.89	0.04	-0.04
144	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-3-0	0	-3.24	-24	21.58	0	0
145	Virginia	ACC	0-2-0	0	-3.36	-41	19.8	0	0