1977 W5 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.549604+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Colorado	Big 8	4-0-0	1	28.05	28.5	14.58	3.92	0.08
2	Michigan	Big Ten	4-0-0	1	27.91	21.25	15.52	3.86	0.14
3	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	3-0-1	0.75	27.82	28.75	13	3.94	-0.94
4	Arkansas	Southwest	4-0-0	1	27.29	33.75	9.9	3.95	0.05
5	BYU	Western Athletic	3-0-0	1	26.67	44.33	6.52	2.96	0.04
6	USC	Pac-8	4-0-0	1	26.14	27.25	5.95	3.92	0.08
7	Oklahoma	Big 8	4-0-0	1	26.13	14	7.82	3.08	0.92
8	Texas	Southwest	3-0-0	1	25.91	56.33	2.69	2.99	0.01
9	Louisiana Tech	Southland	2-0-1	0.67	25.7	21	5.52	2.83	-0.83
10	California	Pac-8	4-0-0	1	25.64	19	5.32	3.55	0.45
11	San Diego State	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	25.24	14.33	4.6	2.66	0.34
12	Colgate	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	24.99	18	2.38	3.52	0.48
13	Colorado State	Western Athletic	4-0-0	1	24.85	25	0.41	3.87	0.13
14	Long Beach State	PCAA	3-0-0	1	24.84	16.67	1.2	2.53	0.47
15	Tennessee State	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	24.82	16.6	0.93	4.86	0.14
16	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-0-0	1	24.8	12.75	1.99	3.59	0.41
17	Grambling	SWAC	3-0-0	1	24.34	34.67	-3.08	2.85	0.15
18	Dartmouth	Ivy	3-0-0	1	23.41	14.67	-4.4	2.75	0.25
19	Central Michigan	Mid-American	4-1-0	0.8	22.1	11.6	9.97	4.18	-0.18
20	South Carolina	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	21.88	11.2	12.7	4.04	-0.04
21	Penn State	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	21.83	17.25	13.31	3.5	-0.5
22	Louisiana	Southland	4-1-0	0.8	21.57	9.6	7.51	3.76	0.24
23	Ohio State	Big Ten	3-1-0	0.75	21.56	17	16.8	3.62	-0.62
24	NC State	ACC	4-1-0	0.8	21.4	15.6	8.72	4.37	-0.37
25	East Carolina	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	21.33	3.4	11.41	3.06	0.94
26	North Texas	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	21.25	16.8	7.43	4.29	-0.29
27	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	4-1-0	0.8	21.15	7.8	9.8	4.37	-0.37
28	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	20.94	31.5	10.52	3.91	-0.91
29	Jackson State	SWAC	4-1-0	0.8	20.74	16.2	4.57	4.69	-0.69
30	Alabama	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	20.55	8.5	14.42	2.91	0.09
31	Texas A&M	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	20.48	3.25	12.78	2.36	0.64
32	Nebraska	Big 8	3-1-0	0.75	20.42	9.25	13.2	2.97	0.03
33	Florida State	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	20.4	9.75	12.63	3.11	-0.11
34	Mississippi Valley State	SWAC	4-1-0	0.8	20.37	14.6	3.32	4.23	-0.23
35	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	20.28	5	15.53	2.67	0.33
36	Mississippi State	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	20.27	3	16.29	2.34	0.66
37	Texas Tech	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	20.05	3	14.84	2.42	0.58
38	Kentucky	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	19.99	1.75	18.32	2.26	0.74
39	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	19.9	2.6	7.84	2.95	1.05
40	West Virginia	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	19.66	10.5	6.82	3.32	-0.32
41	Florida	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	19.62	8.33	13.23	2.08	-0.08
42	Stanford	Pac-8	3-1-0	0.75	19.42	5.25	9.96	2.55	0.45
43	Iowa State	Big 8	3-1-0	0.75	19.36	10.5	4.69	3.17	-0.17
44	Clemson	ACC	3-1-0	0.75	19.33	7.25	7.74	2.94	0.06
45	LSU	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	19.14	32	14.1	2.86	-0.86
46	Auburn	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	19.13	2	12.34	2.29	0.71
47	Houston	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	18.97	2.25	10.16	2.24	0.76
48	Chattanooga	Southern	3-1-0	0.75	18.47	13	-1.07	3.6	-0.6
49	Louisville	FBS Independents	2-1-1	0.5	18.26	6.25	14.34	2.88	-0.88
50	Kent State	Mid-American	3-1-0	0.75	18.13	-0.25	13.3	1.97	1.03
51	Southern	SWAC	2-1-1	0.5	18.04	6	5.16	2.74	-0.74
52	The Citadel	Southern	3-1-0	0.75	17.87	3.5	0.81	2.89	0.11
53	Arizona State	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	17.59	6.33	1.56	2.05	-0.05
54	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-1-0	0.75	17.45	-1.25	11.46	1.82	1.18
55	Furman	Southern	2-1-1	0.5	17.27	7.25	4.68	2.8	-0.8
56	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	3-1-0	0.75	17.21	-1.25	10.48	1.88	1.12
57	Brown	Ivy	2-1-0	0.67	16.54	6.67	3.93	2.36	-0.36
58	Arkansas State	Southland	3-1-0	0.75	16.26	-1.25	2.59	1.85	1.15
59	Yale	Ivy	2-1-0	0.67	15.99	-0.67	5.56	1.43	0.57
60	Columbia	Ivy	2-1-0	0.67	15.89	3	4.48	1.8	0.2
61	Memphis	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	15.77	3.8	6.28	3.15	-0.15
62	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	15.68	0.4	13.47	2.56	0.44
63	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	3-2-0	0.6	15.67	3	6.4	2.9	0.1
64	William & Mary	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	15.15	3.2	8.78	3.04	-0.04
65	Wyoming	Western Athletic	2-1-1	0.5	14.9	-1.75	9	1.72	0.28
66	Oklahoma State	Big 8	2-2-0	0.5	14.8	10.25	12.2	3	-1
67	North Carolina	ACC	2-2-0	0.5	14.69	14.75	9.83	3.76	-1.76
68	Navy	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	14.62	7.75	10.79	3.02	-1.02
69	McNeese	Southland	2-2-0	0.5	14.48	5.25	12.8	2.96	-0.96
70	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-2-0	0.5	14.31	2.75	15.07	2.35	-0.35
71	Purdue	Big Ten	2-2-0	0.5	14	8.5	13.21	2.84	-0.84
72	Duke	ACC	2-2-0	0.5	13.93	5.75	17.62	2.72	-0.72
73	Ball State	Mid-American	2-2-0	0.5	13.85	8.25	12.45	2.89	-0.89
74	Georgia	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	13.83	1	16.3	2.17	-0.17
75	Tennessee	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	13.58	6.25	14.38	2.7	-0.7
76	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	13.25	5	12.51	2.48	-0.48
77	UCLA	Pac-8	2-2-0	0.5	12.96	2.5	13.89	2.33	-0.33
78	Miami	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	12.95	3.25	13.33	2.64	-0.64
79	Fresno State	PCAA	2-2-0	0.5	12.68	13.25	-0.57	3.19	-1.19
80	Rutgers	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	12.66	-3.8	7.95	1.9	1.1
81	Bowling Green	Mid-American	2-2-0	0.5	12.39	1.75	9.78	2.22	-0.22
82	Marshall	Southern	2-2-0	0.5	12.02	1.5	-2	2.13	-0.13
83	Washington State	Pac-8	2-2-0	0.5	11.85	-6.25	17.68	1.23	0.77
84	SMU	Southwest	2-2-0	0.5	11.59	-2.5	9.06	1.76	0.24
85	Texas-Arlington	Southland	2-2-0	0.5	11.5	-0.75	13.03	1.91	0.09
86	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	11.46	-0.75	14.05	1.87	0.13
87	Army	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	11.39	-3.75	8.28	1.63	0.37
88	Iowa	Big Ten	2-2-0	0.5	10.88	-6.5	8.38	1.18	0.82
89	Illinois State	FBS Independents	2-2-1	0.4	10.79	-2.2	11.06	2.11	-0.11
90	Syracuse	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	9.72	-9.5	11.73	1	1
91	Temple	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	9.28	-8.75	2.75	1.09	0.91
92	Ole Miss	SEC	2-3-0	0.4	9.13	-4.8	18.72	1.7	0.3
93	Arizona	Western Athletic	1-3-0	0.25	7.93	3.75	17.46	2.5	-1.5
94	VMI	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	7.9	-1.33	18.6	1.36	-0.36
95	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	2-3-0	0.4	7.7	-6.8	11.49	1.21	0.79
96	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	2-3-0	0.4	7.67	-5.8	9.36	1.68	0.32
97	Washington	Pac-8	1-3-0	0.25	7.32	2	11.55	2.25	-1.25
98	Texas Southern	SWAC	1-2-1	0.25	7.26	-4.25	8.16	1.31	-0.31
99	Harvard	Ivy	1-2-0	0.33	6.72	-6.67	8.16	0.85	0.15
100	Air Force	FBS Independents	1-2-1	0.25	6.62	-8.75	12.76	0.59	0.41
101	Pennsylvania	Ivy	1-2-0	0.33	6.53	-4.67	-0.8	1.01	-0.01
102	Tulane	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	5.79	0.5	15.58	2.06	-1.06
103	Lamar	Southland	1-3-0	0.25	5.64	-2	13.89	1.56	-0.56
104	Villanova	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	5.39	-1.25	0.5	1.84	-0.84
105	Western Michigan	Mid-American	1-3-0	0.25	5.23	-2.25	7.06	1.73	-0.73
106	Maryland	ACC	1-3-0	0.25	5.18	-5.75	21.56	1.32	-0.32
107	Baylor	Southwest	1-3-0	0.25	5.14	-5	18.54	1.36	-0.36
108	Oregon State	Pac-8	1-3-0	0.25	5.07	-7	16.3	1.28	-0.28
109	Wake Forest	ACC	1-3-0	0.25	4.78	-7	14.42	1.1	-0.1
110	Indiana	Big Ten	1-3-0	0.25	4.74	-8	18.23	1.17	-0.17
111	Oregon	Pac-8	1-3-0	0.25	4.72	-7	14.7	1.2	-0.2
112	Kansas	Big 8	1-3-0	0.25	4.57	-9.25	20.24	0.76	0.24
113	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-3-0	0.25	4.52	-10	13.06	0.73	0.27
114	Missouri	Big 8	1-3-0	0.25	4.51	-3.25	21.05	1.49	-0.49
115	Pacific	PCAA	1-3-0	0.25	4.46	-7.5	8.03	0.99	0.01
116	Ohio	Mid-American	1-3-0	0.25	4.36	-13.25	17.55	1.02	-0.02
117	Indiana State	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.33	-7.75	4.28	0.78	0.22
118	Kansas State	Big 8	1-3-0	0.25	4.32	-10.75	17.82	0.77	0.23
119	Illinois	Big Ten	1-3-0	0.25	4.21	-11.75	11.88	0.85	0.15
120	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-3-0	0.25	4.17	-19	20.9	0.64	0.36
121	Utah State	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.17	-17.75	19.18	0.48	0.52
122	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.02	-16.75	17.69	0.71	0.29
123	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	1-3-0	0.25	4.02	-4	11.49	1.67	-0.67
124	App State	Southern	1-3-0	0.25	3.97	-5.5	14.99	1.34	-0.34
125	Western Carolina	Southern	1-3-1	0.2	3.85	-8.8	4.42	1.27	-0.27
126	San José State	PCAA	1-3-0	0.25	3.74	-17.75	9.9	0.32	0.68
127	Richmond	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	3.6	-23	13.95	0.18	0.82
128	Rice	Southwest	1-3-0	0.25	3.31	-39.5	14.65	0.13	0.87
129	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-3-0	0.25	2.9	-23.25	17.85	0.31	0.69
130	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-4-0	0.2	2.64	-17.6	15.38	0.95	0.05
131	Alcorn State	SWAC	1-4-0	0.2	2.39	-18.4	4.5	0.42	0.58
132	Princeton	Ivy	0-3-0	0	-1.28	-3.33	15.14	0.91	-0.91
133	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-1.87	-10	1.13	0.45	-0.45
134	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	0-4-0	0	-1.89	-7.75	13.18	0.98	-0.98
135	Cornell	Ivy	0-3-0	0	-2.14	-10.67	15.5	0.63	-0.63
136	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.43	-13.33	21.33	0.47	-0.47
137	Drake	Missouri Valley	0-4-0	0	-2.77	-21.75	16.89	0.32	-0.32
138	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-5-0	0	-2.77	-21.8	15.73	0.15	-0.15
139	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.79	-23	15.18	0.24	-0.24
140	Toledo	Mid-American	0-4-0	0	-2.82	-21.75	18.38	0.07	-0.07
141	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-4-0	0	-3.03	-25.5	21.51	0.04	-0.04
142	TCU	Southwest	0-4-0	0	-3.07	-29	19.94	0.23	-0.23
143	Virginia	ACC	0-4-0	0	-3.09	-29.75	18.66	0	0
144	Prairie View A&M	SWAC	0-4-0	0	-3.21	-39	15.3	0.04	-0.04
145	Utah	Western Athletic	0-3-0	0	-3.25	-32.33	23.38	0.17	-0.17