1977 W7 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.550473+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Michigan	Big Ten	6-0-0	1	27.1	25.17	14.91	5.84	0.16
2	Texas	Southwest	5-0-0	1	26.51	36	10.78	4.95	0.05
3	Colorado	Big 8	5-0-1	0.83	26.39	21.67	11.74	5.65	-0.65
4	Louisiana Tech	Southland	3-0-2	0.6	25.62	15.2	9.59	4.42	-1.42
5	Colgate	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	24.36	17.83	3.04	5.27	0.73
6	Ohio State	Big Ten	5-1-0	0.83	22.64	22.5	13.59	5.75	-0.75
7	Kentucky	SEC	5-1-0	0.83	22.27	7.17	16.99	4.4	0.6
8	East Carolina	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	22.21	10.14	10.8	5.54	0.46
9	North Texas	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	22.07	15.14	8.28	6	0
10	Penn State	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	22.05	14.17	12.42	5.03	-0.03
11	Arkansas	Southwest	4-1-0	0.8	21.91	26.2	10.87	4.86	-0.86
12	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	4-1-1	0.67	21.91	23.83	13.6	5.63	-1.63
13	Alabama	SEC	5-1-0	0.83	21.75	8.17	13.1	4.36	0.64
14	USC	Pac-8	5-1-0	0.83	21.7	21	8.62	5.59	-0.59
15	Louisiana	Southland	5-1-1	0.71	21.56	10.29	11.01	5.47	-0.47
16	California	Pac-8	5-1-0	0.83	21.37	15.5	8.01	5.07	-0.07
17	Oklahoma	Big 8	5-1-0	0.83	21.36	8.83	10.31	4.27	0.73
18	Clemson	ACC	5-1-0	0.83	21.29	11	9.47	5.04	-0.04
19	Jackson State	SWAC	5-1-0	0.83	21.29	19.83	6.86	5.8	-0.8
20	BYU	Western Athletic	4-1-0	0.8	21.27	34.8	8.24	4.78	-0.78
21	Central Michigan	Mid-American	6-1-0	0.86	21.23	9.29	5.36	5.44	0.56
22	Florida State	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	21.23	10.6	12.74	4.14	-0.14
23	Tennessee State	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	21.13	14	1.68	6.32	-0.32
24	Texas Tech	Southwest	5-1-0	0.83	21.09	8.83	9.15	4.46	0.54
25	Colorado State	Western Athletic	5-1-0	0.83	21.03	11.83	5.62	4.6	0.4
26	Iowa State	Big 8	5-1-0	0.83	20.94	8.67	8.36	4.65	0.35
27	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	5-1-0	0.83	20.92	9.33	7.38	5.23	-0.23
28	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	20.88	8.8	12.12	3.95	0.05
29	Grambling	SWAC	4-1-0	0.8	20.66	21.4	6.89	4.32	-0.32
30	Texas A&M	Southwest	4-1-0	0.8	20.39	4	12.56	2.99	1.01
31	San Diego State	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	20.35	13	7.2	4.11	-0.11
32	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5-1-0	0.83	20.3	3.5	5.96	3.73	1.27
33	Chattanooga	Southern	5-1-0	0.83	19.91	11	1.19	4.94	0.06
34	Dartmouth	Ivy	4-1-0	0.8	19.76	8.2	3.33	3.93	0.07
35	Arizona State	Western Athletic	4-1-0	0.8	19.65	12.6	3.27	3.92	0.08
36	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	5-1-0	0.83	19.63	1.5	6.78	3.22	1.78
37	Long Beach State	PCAA	3-1-0	0.75	18.94	8.25	4.47	2.77	0.23
38	NC State	ACC	5-2-0	0.71	18.78	9.57	10.03	5.35	-0.35
39	Nebraska	Big 8	4-2-0	0.67	18.1	8.5	12.57	4.37	-0.37
40	North Carolina	ACC	4-2-0	0.67	17.99	15.5	10.98	5.62	-1.62
41	Florida	SEC	2-1-1	0.5	17.97	6.25	14.47	2.64	-0.64
42	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.58	5	14.22	4.02	-0.02
43	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	17.55	7.43	5.13	5.25	-0.25
44	West Virginia	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.5	10	7.36	4.65	-0.65
45	Ball State	Mid-American	4-2-0	0.67	17.37	11.5	8.05	4.79	-0.79
46	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	3-2-1	0.5	16.99	16.33	12.02	5.54	-2.54
47	Georgia	SEC	4-2-0	0.67	16.91	2.67	12.14	3.64	0.36
48	Fresno State	PCAA	4-2-0	0.67	16.84	14.5	3.27	4.97	-0.97
49	Memphis	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	16.8	4.5	8.87	3.91	0.09
50	LSU	SEC	3-2-0	0.6	16.79	17.8	10.7	4.22	-1.22
51	Rutgers	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	16.75	3.57	2.95	4.27	0.73
52	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-2-0	0.67	16.54	3.17	8.69	3.64	0.36
53	Stanford	Pac-8	4-2-0	0.67	16.15	0.17	9.93	3.02	0.98
54	Kent State	Mid-American	4-2-0	0.67	16.11	-0.17	12.2	2.97	1.03
55	Miami	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	15.89	4	14.41	3.49	-0.49
56	VMI	Southern	3-2-0	0.6	15.89	7.4	12.45	3.83	-0.83
57	Louisville	FBS Independents	3-2-1	0.5	15.79	9	6.37	4.84	-1.84
58	South Carolina	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	15.69	6.43	14.03	4.86	-0.86
59	Yale	Ivy	3-2-0	0.6	15.15	3.4	11.22	3.12	-0.12
60	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-2-0	0.67	14.73	-1.83	9.79	2.56	1.44
61	Texas Southern	SWAC	3-2-1	0.5	14.67	8.33	2.44	4.57	-1.57
62	Brown	Ivy	3-2-0	0.6	14.66	6.2	3.33	3.9	-0.9
63	Furman	Southern	3-2-1	0.5	14.62	6.83	2.36	4.12	-1.12
64	Southern	SWAC	3-2-1	0.5	14.59	1.83	5.02	3.36	-0.36
65	Arkansas State	Southland	4-2-0	0.67	14.56	-2.33	6.62	2.51	1.49
66	Pennsylvania	Ivy	3-2-0	0.6	14.07	5.6	0.2	3.45	-0.45
67	Mississippi Valley State	SWAC	4-3-0	0.57	13.95	3.71	2.63	4.18	-0.18
68	Houston	Southwest	3-2-0	0.6	13.91	-1	10.54	2.38	0.62
69	Washington	Pac-8	3-3-0	0.5	13.85	14.33	11.01	4.96	-1.96
70	Duke	ACC	3-3-0	0.5	13.83	3.5	16.74	3.67	-0.67
71	Oklahoma State	Big 8	3-3-0	0.5	13.48	5.33	13.7	3.86	-0.86
72	Harvard	Ivy	3-2-0	0.6	13.27	-0.8	9.3	2.37	0.63
73	Navy	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	13.22	2.83	12	3.59	-0.59
74	Maryland	ACC	3-3-0	0.5	13.15	3.17	15.8	3.58	-0.58
75	McNeese	Southland	3-3-0	0.5	13.05	4.33	11.62	4.09	-1.09
76	UCLA	Pac-8	3-3-0	0.5	13.01	2.83	13.77	3.49	-0.49
77	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	12.84	-1.29	12.38	3.25	0.75
78	Texas-Arlington	Southland	3-3-0	0.5	12.67	0.83	12.75	3.17	-0.17
79	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	3-3-0	0.5	12.34	2	7.11	3.33	-0.33
80	William & Mary	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	12.22	1.17	8.68	3.25	-0.25
81	SMU	Southwest	3-3-0	0.5	11.88	0.17	13.05	3.03	-0.03
82	Mississippi State	SEC	3-3-0	0.5	11.52	-2	15.18	2.63	0.37
83	Auburn	SEC	3-3-0	0.5	11.38	-1.83	12.18	2.65	0.35
84	Washington State	Pac-8	3-3-0	0.5	10.88	-4.83	14.69	2.08	0.92
85	Iowa	Big Ten	3-3-0	0.5	10.48	-5.83	11.7	1.82	1.18
86	Army	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	10.32	-6.17	10.3	2.09	0.91
87	Wyoming	Western Athletic	2-2-1	0.4	10.15	-3.4	5.32	1.86	0.14
88	Boston College	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	10.02	-10.17	16.07	1.73	1.27
89	The Citadel	Southern	3-3-0	0.5	9.99	-3	0.33	1.98	1.02
90	San José State	PCAA	3-3-0	0.5	9.97	-5.33	9.88	2.16	0.84
91	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-3-1	0.33	9.92	0.17	14.88	3.03	-1.03
92	Ole Miss	SEC	3-4-0	0.43	9.36	-2.57	16.84	2.85	0.15
93	Indiana	Big Ten	2-3-1	0.33	9.1	-1.17	15.38	2.78	-0.78
94	Western Michigan	Mid-American	2-4-0	0.33	8.07	1.33	9.65	3.25	-1.25
95	Tulane	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	8	0.5	12.73	3.08	-1.08
96	Tennessee	SEC	2-4-0	0.33	7.76	-0.83	14.92	2.84	-0.84
97	Villanova	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	7.68	1.67	1.86	3.27	-1.27
98	Columbia	Ivy	2-3-0	0.4	7.65	-6.8	5.79	1.55	0.45
99	Indiana State	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	7.28	-5.6	1.37	1.45	0.55
100	Utah	Western Athletic	2-3-0	0.4	7.21	-13.4	15.62	1.02	0.98
101	Temple	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	7.16	-11.4	7.02	1.13	0.87
102	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	2-4-0	0.33	7.05	-0.67	10.91	2.86	-0.86
103	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	6.98	-2	9.86	2.71	-0.71
104	Baylor	Southwest	2-4-0	0.33	6.96	-4	18.22	2.26	-0.26
105	Pacific	PCAA	2-4-0	0.33	6.9	-2.33	9.83	2.52	-0.52
106	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	2-4-0	0.33	6.84	-1.67	4.72	2.76	-0.76
107	Illinois State	FBS Independents	2-4-1	0.29	6.77	-3.57	12.83	2.74	-0.74
108	Purdue	Big Ten	2-4-0	0.33	6.77	-3.17	10.3	2.52	-0.52
109	Oregon State	Pac-8	2-4-0	0.33	6.42	-7.83	16.69	1.85	0.15
110	Marshall	Southern	2-4-0	0.33	6.36	-3.67	4.2	2.52	-0.52
111	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	2-4-0	0.33	6.17	-5.67	7.14	2.03	-0.03
112	Syracuse	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	6.03	-9.83	12.47	1.48	0.52
113	Western Carolina	Southern	2-4-1	0.29	6.02	-2.86	3.22	2.87	-0.87
114	App State	Southern	2-4-0	0.33	5.88	-4.33	4.86	2.32	-0.32
115	Arizona	Western Athletic	1-4-0	0.2	5.81	1.8	15.82	2.77	-1.77
116	Illinois	Big Ten	2-4-0	0.33	5.73	-11	15.39	1.31	0.69
117	New Mexico	Western Athletic	2-4-0	0.33	5.54	-15.33	17.18	1.24	0.76
118	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	2-5-0	0.29	4.85	-13	13.15	0.63	1.37
119	Princeton	Ivy	1-4-0	0.2	4.38	-1.4	17.32	2.2	-1.2
120	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	1-3-1	0.2	4.31	-6.2	12.84	1.48	-0.48
121	Kansas	Big 8	1-4-1	0.17	3.15	-7.33	18.04	1.41	-0.41
122	Air Force	FBS Independents	1-4-1	0.17	2.95	-10.17	15.16	0.84	0.16
123	Missouri	Big 8	1-5-0	0.17	2.9	-4	17.61	1.99	-0.99
124	Lamar	Southland	1-5-0	0.17	2.29	-9.17	13.87	0.79	0.21
125	TCU	Southwest	1-4-0	0.2	2.25	-19.2	12.21	0.72	0.28
126	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-5-0	0.17	2.12	-10.67	14.37	1.1	-0.1
127	Kansas State	Big 8	1-5-0	0.17	2.11	-11.17	16.21	1.08	-0.08
128	Ohio	Mid-American	1-5-0	0.17	2.03	-12.33	16.57	1.54	-0.54
129	Wake Forest	ACC	1-5-0	0.17	1.96	-12.83	11.97	0.81	0.19
130	Oregon	Pac-8	1-5-0	0.17	1.79	-16.67	15.83	0.77	0.23
131	Utah State	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	1.78	-16.67	14.46	0.55	0.45
132	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-5-0	0.17	1.55	-20.17	14.04	0.83	0.17
133	Richmond	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	1.52	-23	16.1	0.24	0.76
134	Alcorn State	SWAC	1-5-0	0.17	1.47	-19.17	3.8	0.51	0.49
135	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-5-0	0.17	1.46	-25.33	16.83	0.37	0.63
136	Prairie View A&M	SWAC	1-5-0	0.17	1.29	-24.83	4.73	0.28	0.72
137	Rice	Southwest	1-5-0	0.17	1.14	-35.5	12.85	0.22	0.78
138	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	0-5-0	0	-1.84	-9.6	3.64	0.92	-0.92
139	Cornell	Ivy	0-5-0	0	-2.16	-12	14.57	0.71	-0.71
140	Drake	Missouri Valley	0-6-0	0	-2.48	-19	12.08	0.6	-0.6
141	Toledo	Mid-American	0-6-0	0	-2.54	-19.33	14.4	0.22	-0.22
142	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	0-6-0	0	-2.59	-22.5	10.59	0.34	-0.34
143	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-7-0	0	-2.6	-19.71	16.48	0.39	-0.39
144	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-6-0	0	-2.69	-22.17	15.75	0.09	-0.09
145	Virginia	ACC	0-5-1	0	-2.84	-25	18.17	0.04	-0.04