1977 W4 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.549154+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Florida	SEC	2-0-0	1	29.42	23.5	19.62	1.85	0.15
2	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	2-0-1	0.67	29.19	34.67	14.43	2.97	-0.97
3	Arkansas	Southwest	3-0-0	1	28.79	33	12.28	2.96	0.04
4	Colorado	Big 8	3-0-0	1	28.48	27.67	12.89	2.89	0.11
5	Penn State	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	28.26	24.33	11.47	2.85	0.15
6	Central Michigan	Mid-American	4-0-0	1	27.89	18.5	11.42	3.79	0.21
7	Louisiana	Southland	4-0-0	1	27.72	15.5	11.39	3.37	0.63
8	Oklahoma	Big 8	3-0-0	1	27.54	13.67	12.68	2.21	0.79
9	Michigan	Big Ten	3-0-0	1	27.48	15.67	11.54	2.77	0.23
10	BYU	Western Athletic	2-0-0	1	27.24	49	6.3	2	0
11	Texas A&M	Southwest	3-0-0	1	26.85	17	7.96	2.66	0.34
12	USC	Pac-8	3-0-0	1	26.52	25	3.77	2.93	0.07
13	Tennessee State	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	26.45	16.5	6.26	3.83	0.17
14	Southern	SWAC	2-0-1	0.67	26.17	15.33	4.74	2.74	-0.74
15	Long Beach State	PCAA	2-0-0	1	26.11	16.5	7	1.63	0.37
16	East Carolina	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	26.01	5	7.39	2.65	1.35
17	Arizona State	Western Athletic	2-0-0	1	26.01	17	6.41	1.68	0.32
18	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-0-0	1	26	13	5.24	2.68	0.32
19	Texas	Southwest	2-0-0	1	25.59	56	-2.97	2	0
20	California	Pac-8	3-0-0	1	25.28	9	2.33	2.19	0.81
21	Colorado State	Western Athletic	3-0-0	1	25.1	19.67	-0.91	2.8	0.2
22	Louisiana Tech	Southland	1-0-1	0.5	24.85	28	-0.71	1.91	-0.91
23	Colgate	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	24.84	18.33	-2.1	2.72	0.28
24	Grambling	SWAC	2-0-0	1	24.59	20.5	-2.78	1.72	0.28
25	San Diego State	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	24.59	12	-2.23	1.59	0.41
26	Dartmouth	Ivy	2-0-0	1	23.38	3	-1.43	1.25	0.75
27	Yale	Ivy	2-0-0	1	23.08	6	-5.04	1.49	0.51
28	South Carolina	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	21.69	13.25	8.74	3.38	-0.38
29	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-1-0	0.75	21.35	7.25	16.47	3.47	-0.47
30	North Texas	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	20.78	12.75	9.78	3.24	-0.24
31	NC State	ACC	3-1-0	0.75	20.76	18.5	9.03	3.67	-0.67
32	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	20.51	13.33	12.55	2.56	-0.56
33	Jackson State	SWAC	3-1-0	0.75	20.43	12.5	9.37	3.52	-0.52
34	Mississippi State	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	20.36	3	20.01	1.76	0.24
35	Navy	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	20.22	14.33	11.26	2.77	-0.77
36	Texas Tech	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	20.14	3	17.85	1.77	0.23
37	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	20.01	3.25	12.47	2.33	0.67
38	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	3-1-0	0.75	19.84	4.25	11.01	2.44	0.56
39	Iowa State	Big 8	2-1-0	0.67	19.81	12.67	16.87	2.46	-0.46
40	West Virginia	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	19.71	9.67	8.25	2.31	-0.31
41	Memphis	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	19.64	5	7.25	2.64	0.36
42	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	19.54	7	21.14	2.06	-0.06
43	McNeese	Southland	2-1-0	0.67	19.48	9.33	9.31	2.59	-0.59
44	Mississippi Valley State	SWAC	3-1-0	0.75	19.42	12.75	-3.02	3.29	-0.29
45	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	19.18	29.33	12.3	2.92	-0.92
46	Florida State	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	19.13	10.33	4.41	2.4	-0.4
47	Alabama	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	18.98	8.67	14	2.14	-0.14
48	Washington State	Pac-8	2-1-0	0.67	18.89	3	8.51	1.82	0.18
49	Nebraska	Big 8	2-1-0	0.67	18.8	6.33	19.43	2.02	-0.02
50	Oklahoma State	Big 8	2-1-0	0.67	18.72	16.33	11.33	2.55	-0.55
51	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	18.56	0	11.24	2	1
52	Georgia	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	18.5	4	16.33	1.99	0.01
53	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	18.32	3.33	15.26	1.8	0.2
54	Army	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	18.22	5.33	0.99	1.85	0.15
55	Chattanooga	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	17.93	7	0.07	2.39	-0.39
56	Furman	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	17.91	9.67	9.92	2.32	-0.32
57	Kentucky	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	17.71	1	18.38	1.63	0.37
58	Clemson	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	17.5	3.67	13.22	1.91	0.09
59	North Carolina	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	17.5	20.67	2.29	2.92	-0.92
60	Houston	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	17.49	1.67	13.25	1.64	0.36
61	SMU	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	17.4	6	5.18	1.91	0.09
62	Stanford	Pac-8	2-1-0	0.67	17.28	3.67	11.95	1.76	0.24
63	The Citadel	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	17.09	2.67	4.96	2.05	-0.05
64	Auburn	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	16.63	0.67	8.8	1.58	0.42
65	Iowa	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	16.54	-2.67	4.6	1.2	0.8
66	Louisville	FBS Independents	1-1-1	0.33	16.31	8	12.07	2.28	-1.28
67	Marshall	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	15.7	4.67	-0.21	1.8	0.2
68	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	15.68	-2.33	13.16	1.24	0.76
69	Kent State	Mid-American	2-1-0	0.67	15.59	-7.33	17.82	0.85	1.15
70	Arkansas State	Southland	2-1-0	0.67	15	-2	7.09	1.33	0.67
71	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2-1-0	0.67	14.54	-6.33	9.25	1.06	0.94
72	Texas Southern	SWAC	1-1-1	0.33	14.23	-0.67	14.2	1.4	-0.4
73	LSU	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	13.59	37	10.32	1.93	-0.93
74	Ole Miss	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	12.38	-4.5	17.55	1.39	0.61
75	Brown	Ivy	1-1-0	0.5	12.13	8.5	5.68	1.62	-0.62
76	Wyoming	Western Athletic	1-1-1	0.33	12.07	-2.67	3.87	1.2	-0.2
77	Pennsylvania	Ivy	1-1-0	0.5	11.76	-1	-5.8	0.91	0.09
78	Harvard	Ivy	1-1-0	0.5	11.67	-1.5	-5.92	0.84	0.16
79	William & Mary	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	11.57	-1	11.95	1.86	0.14
80	Purdue	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	11	8.33	14.66	2.11	-1.11
81	Ball State	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	10.45	5.67	7.97	1.97	-0.97
82	Air Force	FBS Independents	1-1-1	0.33	10.43	-2.67	18.82	1.08	-0.08
83	Oregon State	Pac-8	1-2-0	0.33	10.04	1	15.85	1.58	-0.58
84	Rutgers	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	9.9	-8.75	11.19	0.92	1.08
85	Washington	Pac-8	1-2-0	0.33	9.73	3.33	7.64	1.81	-0.81
86	Columbia	Ivy	1-1-0	0.5	9.64	-1.5	6.16	0.88	0.12
87	Villanova	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	9.33	5	-1.38	1.95	-0.95
88	Arizona	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	9.21	5.33	22.89	1.98	-0.98
89	VMI	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	9.06	-1.33	20.97	1.36	-0.36
90	Fresno State	PCAA	1-2-0	0.33	8.93	1.33	2.91	1.61	-0.61
91	Lamar	Southland	1-2-0	0.33	8.93	-1.33	16.35	1.3	-0.3
92	Duke	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	8.59	3.67	16.75	1.88	-0.88
93	Maryland	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	8.14	-6.33	23.27	0.92	0.08
94	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	8.01	-3.67	19.53	1.06	-0.06
95	Western Michigan	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	7.94	3.67	7.15	1.86	-0.86
96	Texas-Arlington	Southland	1-2-0	0.33	7.92	-2.33	14.58	1.31	-0.31
97	Baylor	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	7.8	-5.33	17.68	0.91	0.09
98	Wake Forest	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	7.78	-6.33	14.51	0.83	0.17
99	Tennessee	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	7.77	-2	12.61	1.31	-0.31
100	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.75	2	9.73	1.63	-0.63
101	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	7.68	-4.33	9.62	1.05	-0.05
102	UCLA	Pac-8	1-2-0	0.33	7.68	-2.67	8.49	1.2	-0.2
103	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	7.22	-13.67	18.45	0.64	0.36
104	Ohio	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	7.21	-10.67	17.47	0.87	0.13
105	Indiana	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	7.14	-4.67	12.41	1.12	-0.12
106	Utah State	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.13	-17.33	14.32	0.5	0.5
107	Indiana State	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.08	-4.67	10.17	0.93	0.07
108	Illinois State	FBS Independents	1-2-1	0.25	7.07	-5	13.65	1.36	-0.36
109	Oregon	Pac-8	1-2-0	0.33	7.04	-6	12.7	1.01	-0.01
110	Pacific	PCAA	1-2-0	0.33	7.02	-3	4.7	1.19	-0.19
111	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.66	-10	12.55	0.38	0.62
112	Temple	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.61	-12.67	6.09	0.73	0.27
113	Miami	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.58	-2.67	21.97	1.08	-0.08
114	Illinois	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	6.4	-12.33	11.62	0.57	0.43
115	Kansas	Big 8	1-2-0	0.33	5.86	-7.33	22.2	0.72	0.28
116	Rice	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	5.75	-33.67	5.5	0.11	0.89
117	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	5.56	-9.67	21.51	0.9	0.1
118	San José State	PCAA	1-2-0	0.33	5.25	-7.33	8.72	0.73	0.27
119	Kansas State	Big 8	1-2-0	0.33	5.21	-13.33	20.65	0.37	0.63
120	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	4.92	-16	15.8	0.33	0.67
121	Richmond	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	4.65	-19.67	13.21	0.12	0.88
122	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	1-3-0	0.25	4.63	-9.5	12.98	0.77	0.23
123	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	1-3-0	0.25	4.55	-10.25	7.68	0.77	0.23
124	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-3-0	0.25	4.04	-19	18.18	0.67	0.33
125	Alcorn State	SWAC	1-3-0	0.25	3.76	-17	8.24	0.42	0.58
126	Western Carolina	Southern	1-3-0	0.25	3.02	-11	1.75	0.76	0.24
127	Princeton	Ivy	0-2-0	0	-1.29	-3.5	13.36	0.61	-0.61
128	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-1.91	-10	0.47	0.45	-0.45
129	Cornell	Ivy	0-2-0	0	-2.04	-8	23.64	0.52	-0.52
130	Tulane	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.07	-9	15.03	0.78	-0.78
131	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	0-3-0	0	-2.09	-9	18.01	0.66	-0.66
132	Missouri	Big 8	0-3-0	0	-2.17	-9.33	21	0.64	-0.64
133	App State	Southern	0-3-0	0	-2.19	-10	16.71	0.59	-0.59
134	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.36	-11	22.69	0.38	-0.38
135	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	0-3-0	0	-2.53	-15.67	15.32	0.61	-0.61
136	Drake	Missouri Valley	0-3-0	0	-2.81	-23.33	14.09	0.23	-0.23
137	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.89	-26.33	17.58	0.23	-0.23
138	TCU	Southwest	0-3-0	0	-2.98	-26.67	17.89	0.24	-0.24
139	Prairie View A&M	SWAC	0-3-0	0	-3.01	-31	11.5	0.04	-0.04
140	Toledo	Mid-American	0-3-0	0	-3.03	-25.67	17.34	0.03	-0.03
141	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-4-0	0	-3.03	-25	18.07	0.09	-0.09
142	Utah	Western Athletic	0-2-0	0	-3.12	-28	20.12	0.22	-0.22
143	UTEP	Western Athletic	0-3-0	0	-3.16	-31.67	18.66	0.08	-0.08
144	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-3-0	0	-3.2	-30	21.23	0.01	-0.01
145	Virginia	ACC	0-3-0	0	-3.24	-35.33	14.71	0	0