1977 W6 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.550035+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Colorado	Big 8	5-0-0	1	27.28	26	13.58	4.84	0.16
2	Michigan	Big Ten	5-0-0	1	27.02	19	13.51	4.71	0.29
3	Texas	Southwest	4-0-0	1	26.31	44	7.59	3.98	0.02
4	Arkansas	Southwest	4-0-0	1	26.22	33.75	7.51	3.95	0.05
5	Louisiana Tech	Southland	2-0-2	0.5	25.87	15.75	9.21	3.51	-1.51
6	Tennessee State	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	24.79	16.83	3.72	5.8	0.2
7	Colorado State	Western Athletic	5-0-0	1	24.58	23.4	1.47	4.76	0.24
8	Long Beach State	PCAA	3-0-0	1	24.51	16.67	2.3	2.53	0.47
9	Colgate	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	24.33	17.8	1.07	4.38	0.62
10	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5-0-0	1	24.31	15.4	1.57	4.71	0.29
11	Dartmouth	Ivy	4-0-0	1	23.85	11.75	0.71	3.7	0.3
12	Ohio State	Big Ten	4-1-0	0.8	22.61	22.8	16.42	4.78	-0.78
13	East Carolina	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	21.78	8.33	11.66	4.56	0.44
14	NC State	ACC	5-1-0	0.83	21.77	13.33	9.51	5.06	-0.06
15	North Texas	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	21.76	16.17	8.69	5.12	-0.12
16	Florida State	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	21.74	10.6	15.11	4.14	-0.14
17	Penn State	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	21.69	15.6	12.19	4.38	-0.38
18	USC	Pac-8	4-1-0	0.8	21.58	21.6	7.78	4.71	-0.71
19	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	3-1-1	0.6	21.58	20.2	14.29	4.79	-1.79
20	Oklahoma	Big 8	4-1-0	0.8	21.48	9.8	10.66	3.62	0.38
21	Central Michigan	Mid-American	5-1-0	0.83	21.45	10.33	8.29	4.77	0.23
22	Alabama	SEC	4-1-0	0.8	21.42	7	14.81	3.46	0.54
23	Kentucky	SEC	4-1-0	0.8	21.32	4.6	16.32	3.33	0.67
24	California	Pac-8	4-1-0	0.8	21.27	13.8	8.06	4.16	-0.16
25	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	5-1-0	0.83	21.25	9.33	7.96	5.23	-0.23
26	Louisiana	Southland	4-1-1	0.67	21.15	8	11.9	4.29	-0.29
27	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	3-1-1	0.6	21.08	25.2	13.67	4.77	-1.77
28	Nebraska	Big 8	4-1-0	0.8	20.86	10.8	9.32	3.92	0.08
29	Stanford	Pac-8	4-1-0	0.8	20.55	5	11.15	3.11	0.89
30	West Virginia	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	20.55	12.8	6.99	4.24	-0.24
31	Jackson State	SWAC	4-1-0	0.8	20.4	16.2	4.4	4.69	-0.69
32	BYU	Western Athletic	3-1-0	0.75	20.33	32	4.43	3.82	-0.82
33	Texas Tech	Southwest	4-1-0	0.8	20.3	3.6	10.48	3.05	0.95
34	Clemson	ACC	4-1-0	0.8	20.17	12	4.99	4.27	-0.27
35	LSU	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	20.14	27.25	8.05	3.74	-0.74
36	Iowa State	Big 8	4-1-0	0.8	20.05	9.8	5.09	4.1	-0.1
37	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	20.01	5	14.6	2.67	0.33
38	Louisville	FBS Independents	3-1-1	0.6	20	11.6	11.72	4.29	-1.29
39	Grambling	SWAC	3-1-0	0.75	19.72	21.5	3.5	3.49	-0.49
40	Kent State	Mid-American	4-1-0	0.8	19.62	0.6	12.46	2.58	1.42
41	Chattanooga	Southern	4-1-0	0.8	19.51	12.6	1.02	4.46	-0.46
42	Texas A&M	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	19.47	3.25	12.53	2.36	0.64
43	San Diego State	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	19.46	5.75	7.2	2.69	0.31
44	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	4-1-0	0.8	19.2	1	8.93	2.62	1.38
45	Houston	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	18.67	2.25	9.17	2.24	0.76
46	South Carolina	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	18.58	8.67	13.62	4.46	-0.46
47	Arizona State	Western Athletic	3-1-0	0.75	18.52	10	2.68	2.95	0.05
48	Florida	SEC	2-1-1	0.5	18.47	6.25	15.92	2.64	-0.64
49	Southern	SWAC	3-1-1	0.6	18.29	9.8	0.88	3.96	-0.96
50	Arkansas State	Southland	4-1-0	0.8	17.8	-0.2	4.09	2.47	1.53
51	Mississippi Valley State	SWAC	4-2-0	0.67	16.59	7.83	-0.2	4.25	-0.25
52	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	16.37	1.5	5.46	3.34	0.66
53	Duke	ACC	3-2-0	0.6	16.37	5.4	16.53	3.31	-0.31
54	North Carolina	ACC	3-2-0	0.6	16.3	16	9.08	4.78	-1.78
55	Ball State	Mid-American	3-2-0	0.6	16.01	8.8	10.72	3.67	-0.67
56	Navy	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	15.97	6.8	11.27	3.75	-0.75
57	Auburn	SEC	3-2-0	0.6	15.63	1.2	13.54	2.72	0.28
58	Miami	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	15.63	4	12.49	3.49	-0.49
59	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	15.52	2.6	14.87	3.03	-0.03
60	Fresno State	PCAA	3-2-0	0.6	15.37	14.6	3.36	4.09	-1.09
61	Rutgers	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	15.35	0.83	3.9	3.15	0.85
62	Georgia	SEC	3-2-0	0.6	15.29	1	15.12	2.71	0.29
63	Texas-Arlington	Southland	3-2-0	0.6	15.23	2.8	11.86	2.93	0.07
64	Memphis	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	15.2	3.8	6.98	3.15	-0.15
65	Mississippi State	SEC	3-2-0	0.6	14.75	-0.8	14.5	2.38	0.62
66	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-2-0	0.6	14.74	3	6.58	2.98	0.02
67	Washington State	Pac-8	3-2-0	0.6	13.67	-3.6	18.22	1.9	1.1
68	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-2-0	0.6	13.54	-3.4	11.59	1.86	1.14
69	VMI	Southern	2-2-0	0.5	13.2	5.25	12.87	2.74	-0.74
70	Iowa	Big Ten	3-2-0	0.6	13.04	-2.8	10.93	2.01	0.99
71	The Citadel	Southern	3-2-0	0.6	13.02	-0.4	-2.31	2.38	0.62
72	Furman	Southern	2-2-1	0.4	12.78	4.6	1.42	3.23	-1.23
73	Army	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	12.75	-2.6	7.07	2.2	0.8
74	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	3-3-0	0.5	12.71	2	6.82	3.33	-0.33
75	Brown	Ivy	2-2-0	0.5	12.65	3.25	2.81	2.63	-0.63
76	William & Mary	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	12.42	1.17	6.68	3.25	-0.25
77	Oklahoma State	Big 8	2-3-0	0.4	11.79	5	16.26	3.15	-1.15
78	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	11.77	-1.83	14.62	2.69	0.31
79	Yale	Ivy	2-2-0	0.5	11.74	-1.25	11.79	1.76	0.24
80	Texas Southern	SWAC	2-2-1	0.4	11.62	1.2	5.05	2.72	-0.72
81	Washington	Pac-8	2-3-0	0.4	11.37	12.4	11.18	4.08	-2.08
82	Tennessee	SEC	2-3-0	0.4	10.84	1.8	13.06	2.77	-0.77
83	UCLA	Pac-8	2-3-0	0.4	10.69	1.2	14.26	2.67	-0.67
84	Wyoming	Western Athletic	2-2-1	0.4	10.66	-3.4	5.7	1.86	0.14
85	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-3-0	0.4	10.58	0.2	17.79	2.53	-0.53
86	McNeese	Southland	2-3-0	0.4	10.51	0.8	12.16	2.68	-0.68
87	Columbia	Ivy	2-2-0	0.5	10.4	-3	0.49	1.6	0.4
88	Harvard	Ivy	2-2-0	0.5	10.26	-2.5	7.18	1.63	0.37
89	Pennsylvania	Ivy	2-2-0	0.5	10.25	-1.75	5.07	1.72	0.28
90	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	2-3-0	0.4	9.43	1	8.21	2.61	-0.61
91	Purdue	Big Ten	2-3-0	0.4	9.13	-2.4	13.06	2.19	-0.19
92	Pacific	PCAA	2-3-0	0.4	9.04	0	9.53	2.5	-0.5
93	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	8.91	-2	9.01	2.25	-0.25
94	Maryland	ACC	2-3-0	0.4	8.89	-1.8	18.39	2.22	-0.22
95	Indiana	Big Ten	2-3-0	0.4	8.8	-1.4	15.71	2.3	-0.3
96	Marshall	Southern	2-3-0	0.4	8.76	-0.8	2.54	2.41	-0.41
97	SMU	Southwest	2-3-0	0.4	8.71	-2.6	10.13	2.14	-0.14
98	Baylor	Southwest	2-3-0	0.4	8.51	-3.4	18.2	1.88	0.12
99	Illinois State	FBS Independents	2-3-1	0.33	8.51	-3.67	11.17	2.27	-0.27
100	Oregon State	Pac-8	2-3-0	0.4	8.34	-4.6	18.74	1.89	0.11
101	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	2-3-0	0.4	7.77	-5.8	8.02	1.68	0.32
102	Syracuse	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	7.6	-10.4	8.64	1.1	0.9
103	Temple	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	7.41	-11.4	7.11	1.13	0.87
104	Boston College	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	7.34	-13	15.52	1.2	0.8
105	Indiana State	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	7.2	-5.6	2.65	1.45	0.55
106	Ole Miss	SEC	2-4-0	0.33	7.06	-4.17	17.54	2.13	-0.13
107	San José State	PCAA	2-3-0	0.4	7	-9.8	6.23	1.25	0.75
108	Princeton	Ivy	1-3-0	0.25	6.7	2.75	17.12	2.55	-1.55
109	Arizona	Western Athletic	1-4-0	0.2	6.12	1.8	18.04	2.77	-1.77
110	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	2-4-0	0.33	6.02	-11.17	12.09	0.79	1.21
111	Tulane	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	4.87	0	11.06	2.5	-1.5
112	Air Force	FBS Independents	1-3-1	0.2	4.49	-7.6	14.22	0.83	0.17
113	Lamar	Southland	1-4-0	0.2	3.99	-2.4	13.52	1.82	-0.82
114	Villanova	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	3.96	-1.4	4.08	2.31	-1.31
115	Western Michigan	Mid-American	1-4-0	0.2	3.85	-2.6	11.34	2.1	-1.1
116	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	3.83	-7.75	17.68	1.04	-0.04
117	Missouri	Big 8	1-4-0	0.2	3.73	-4	18.59	1.59	-0.59
118	Kansas	Big 8	1-4-0	0.2	3.15	-8.8	16.87	0.93	0.07
119	Utah	Western Athletic	1-3-0	0.25	3.08	-21.75	21.21	0.48	0.52
120	Wake Forest	ACC	1-4-0	0.2	3.04	-9.8	14.38	0.95	0.05
121	App State	Southern	1-4-0	0.2	3	-8	9.19	1.43	-0.43
122	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-4-0	0.2	2.98	-10.6	15.28	0.91	0.09
123	Kansas State	Big 8	1-4-0	0.2	2.95	-12	19.09	0.82	0.18
124	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	1-4-0	0.2	2.86	-5.6	14.11	1.53	-0.53
125	Western Carolina	Southern	1-4-1	0.17	2.84	-9.17	6.32	1.42	-0.42
126	Ohio	Mid-American	1-4-0	0.2	2.81	-14	17.48	1.16	-0.16
127	Illinois	Big Ten	1-4-0	0.2	2.76	-14.6	17.27	0.71	0.29
128	Utah State	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	2.71	-16	18.65	0.6	0.4
129	Oregon	Pac-8	1-4-0	0.2	2.63	-16.4	12.46	0.63	0.37
130	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-4-0	0.2	2.6	-19.4	21.12	0.83	0.17
131	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-4-0	0.2	2.35	-22	18.29	0.43	0.57
132	Richmond	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	2.29	-23.4	13.49	0.15	0.85
133	Rice	Southwest	1-4-0	0.2	1.91	-35.6	10.32	0.21	0.79
134	TCU	Southwest	1-4-0	0.2	1.9	-19.2	14.61	0.72	0.28
135	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-5-0	0.17	1.66	-20.17	14.47	0.83	0.17
136	Alcorn State	SWAC	1-5-0	0.17	1.56	-19.17	3.95	0.51	0.49
137	Prairie View A&M	SWAC	1-4-0	0.2	1.5	-28.8	8.62	0.16	0.84
138	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.03	-11.75	7.1	0.58	-0.58
139	Cornell	Ivy	0-4-0	0	-2.06	-10.5	12.72	0.76	-0.76
140	Drake	Missouri Valley	0-5-0	0	-2.53	-18	14.08	0.6	-0.6
141	Toledo	Mid-American	0-5-0	0	-2.61	-19	16.15	0.18	-0.18
142	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-6-0	0	-2.62	-18.83	17.05	0.39	-0.39
143	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	0-5-0	0	-2.66	-22.6	12	0.3	-0.3
144	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-5-0	0	-2.82	-25.4	14.54	0.04	-0.04
145	Virginia	ACC	0-5-0	0	-3.06	-30	20.05	0	0