1977 W8 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.550960+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Texas	Southwest	6-0-0	1	26.18	32.67	10.58	5.89	0.11
2	Louisiana Tech	Southland	4-0-2	0.67	25.62	16.33	10.58	5.4	-1.4
3	Colgate	FBS Independents	7-0-0	1	24.3	17	4.01	5.87	1.13
4	Michigan	Big Ten	6-1-0	0.86	23.35	19.29	14.02	6.62	-0.62
5	Kentucky	SEC	6-1-0	0.86	22.9	10.86	15.67	5.79	0.21
6	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-1-0	0.86	22.7	22.14	11.2	6.64	-0.64
7	Penn State	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	22.7	15.14	13.06	5.79	0.21
8	Alabama	SEC	6-1-0	0.86	22.63	14	13.11	5.82	0.18
9	North Texas	FBS Independents	7-1-0	0.88	22.44	13.38	9.47	6.63	0.37
10	East Carolina	FBS Independents	7-1-0	0.88	22.37	11.12	9.75	6.42	0.58
11	Oklahoma	Big 8	6-1-0	0.86	22.24	10.29	12.21	5.18	0.82
12	Arkansas	Southwest	5-1-0	0.83	22.23	27.5	11.67	5.89	-0.89
13	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	5-1-1	0.71	22.18	21.43	12.5	6.4	-1.4
14	Colorado	Big 8	5-1-1	0.71	22.14	16	11.84	6.09	-1.09
15	Clemson	ACC	6-1-0	0.86	22.12	10	11.67	5.9	0.1
16	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	21.85	12.33	13.33	4.98	0.02
17	Florida State	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	21.68	12.33	12.12	5.24	-0.24
18	BYU	Western Athletic	5-1-0	0.83	21.61	29.5	7.84	5.69	-0.69
19	Grambling	SWAC	5-1-0	0.83	21.43	22.33	8.19	5.32	-0.32
20	Colorado State	Western Athletic	6-1-0	0.86	21.16	10.86	5.62	5.35	0.65
21	Texas Tech	Southwest	5-1-0	0.83	21.04	8.83	9.64	4.46	0.54
22	Central Michigan	Mid-American	6-1-0	0.86	20.99	9.29	5.14	5.44	0.56
23	Texas A&M	Southwest	5-1-0	0.83	20.86	5.67	10.62	3.84	1.16
24	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	6-1-0	0.86	20.82	4.14	7.84	4.2	1.8
25	Tennessee State	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	20.8	14	2.37	6.32	-0.32
26	Arizona State	Western Athletic	5-1-0	0.83	20.43	21	2.76	5.33	-0.33
27	San Diego State	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	20.41	14.83	3.79	5.14	-0.14
28	Chattanooga	Southern	6-1-0	0.86	20.19	10	0.47	5.63	0.37
29	Dartmouth	Ivy	5-1-0	0.83	19.82	7.5	3.13	4.6	0.4
30	Florida	SEC	3-1-1	0.6	19.27	7	11.82	3.39	-0.39
31	Nebraska	Big 8	5-2-0	0.71	18.93	9.86	14.02	5.28	-0.28
32	North Carolina	ACC	5-2-0	0.71	18.87	15.71	11.23	6.66	-1.66
33	USC	Pac-8	5-2-0	0.71	18.77	13.71	9.55	5.69	-0.69
34	California	Pac-8	5-2-0	0.71	18.45	13	7.7	5.65	-0.65
35	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.43	7.71	11.85	5.15	-0.15
36	Louisiana	Southland	5-2-1	0.62	18.43	8.12	9.75	5.81	-0.81
37	Jackson State	SWAC	5-2-0	0.71	18.41	13.14	7.37	6.13	-1.13
38	Ball State	Mid-American	5-2-0	0.71	18.07	17.86	5.24	6.13	-1.13
39	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	5-2-0	0.71	18.07	5.71	9.12	5.15	-0.15
40	Iowa State	Big 8	5-2-0	0.71	17.98	4.71	9.36	4.55	0.45
41	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	4-2-1	0.57	17.94	18	10.62	6.63	-2.63
42	Kent State	Mid-American	5-2-0	0.71	17.84	2.14	14.01	3.94	1.06
43	LSU	SEC	4-2-0	0.67	17.84	21.33	9.06	5.23	-1.23
44	Fresno State	PCAA	5-2-0	0.71	17.78	15.43	4.11	5.78	-0.78
45	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5-2-0	0.71	17.29	2.71	6.91	4.22	0.78
46	Minnesota	Big Ten	5-2-0	0.71	17.18	0.71	13.21	3.72	1.28
47	Stanford	Pac-8	5-2-0	0.71	16.9	0.43	11.38	3.57	1.43
48	Yale	Ivy	4-2-0	0.67	16.83	3.83	10.96	3.77	0.23
49	Rutgers	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	16.66	3.57	2.66	4.27	0.73
50	NC State	ACC	5-3-0	0.62	16.48	7.88	11.4	5.95	-0.95
51	Brown	Ivy	4-2-0	0.67	16.43	10.33	3.27	5.11	-1.11
52	Texas Southern	SWAC	4-2-1	0.57	16.19	7.43	3.02	4.98	-0.98
53	Furman	Southern	4-2-1	0.57	16.13	7	2.88	4.81	-0.81
54	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	15.31	3.75	6.19	5.05	-0.05
55	Washington	Pac-8	4-3-0	0.57	15.22	13.43	9.52	5.82	-1.82
56	Maryland	ACC	4-3-0	0.57	15.11	5.29	14.49	4.59	-0.59
57	Oklahoma State	Big 8	4-3-0	0.57	14.99	7.57	11.11	4.99	-0.99
58	West Virginia	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	14.97	5.57	10.48	4.51	-0.51
59	Navy	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	14.82	6	11.14	4.79	-0.79
60	Long Beach State	PCAA	3-2-0	0.6	14.78	3.6	4.7	2.97	0.03
61	McNeese	Southland	4-3-0	0.57	14.69	4.14	12.22	4.69	-0.69
62	Memphis	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	14.66	3.71	10.4	4.37	-0.37
63	UCLA	Pac-8	4-3-0	0.57	14.52	2.71	12.95	4.05	-0.05
64	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	14.25	-0.25	11.19	3.94	1.06
65	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	4-3-0	0.57	13.68	1.86	7.38	3.9	0.1
66	South Carolina	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	13.52	3.5	15.42	4.93	-0.93
67	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-3-0	0.57	13.37	-0.14	10.45	3.47	0.53
68	Miami	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	13.07	2.67	12.29	3.74	-0.74
69	VMI	Southern	3-3-0	0.5	12.93	4.5	7.71	3.93	-0.93
70	Georgia	SEC	4-3-0	0.57	12.84	-2.43	13.47	2.83	1.17
71	Army	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	12.81	-0.14	8.69	3.47	0.53
72	Michigan State	Big Ten	3-3-1	0.43	12.22	0.43	15.03	3.61	-0.61
73	Mississippi Valley State	SWAC	4-4-0	0.5	12.21	3	3.9	4.59	-0.59
74	Pennsylvania	Ivy	3-3-0	0.5	12.2	3.67	2.55	3.71	-0.71
75	Arkansas State	Southland	4-3-0	0.57	12.12	-2.43	7.27	2.9	1.1
76	Louisville	FBS Independents	3-3-1	0.43	12.1	0.71	8.1	3.67	-0.67
77	Boston College	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	11.89	-6.29	14.24	2.46	1.54
78	Ole Miss	SEC	4-4-0	0.5	11.44	-0.75	14.8	3.79	0.21
79	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-4-0	0.43	11.05	4.57	8.75	4.35	-1.35
80	Duke	ACC	3-4-0	0.43	10.93	0.43	15.69	3.59	-0.59
81	Texas-Arlington	Southland	3-4-0	0.43	10.84	0.57	14.53	3.65	-0.65
82	Baylor	Southwest	3-4-0	0.43	10.77	1	15.8	3.71	-0.71
83	Southern	SWAC	3-3-1	0.43	10.6	-1.71	4.67	3.09	-0.09
84	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	3-4-0	0.43	10.58	2	9.44	3.99	-0.99
85	Houston	Southwest	3-3-0	0.5	10.51	-6.5	13.84	2.01	0.99
86	Harvard	Ivy	3-3-0	0.5	10.48	-2.83	7.33	2.43	0.57
87	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	3-4-0	0.43	10.08	2.43	2.38	3.89	-0.89
88	Pacific	PCAA	3-4-0	0.43	9.91	0.14	10.38	3.53	-0.53
89	Indiana State	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	9.73	-3	3.04	2.3	0.7
90	Temple	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	9.55	-8.33	8.89	1.76	1.24
91	SMU	Southwest	3-4-0	0.43	9.54	-2.14	14.62	3.11	-0.11
92	Mississippi State	SEC	3-4-0	0.43	9.45	-2.71	15.42	2.88	0.12
93	Purdue	Big Ten	3-4-0	0.43	9.34	-0.86	10.52	3.35	-0.35
94	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	9.29	-0.43	6.84	3.42	-0.42
95	Arizona	Western Athletic	2-4-0	0.33	9.27	6.17	13.44	3.98	-1.98
96	Western Carolina	Southern	3-4-1	0.38	9.17	0.12	1.48	4.03	-1.03
97	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	3-4-0	0.43	9.16	-0.57	6.72	3.39	-0.39
98	William & Mary	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	9.14	-2.57	9.83	2.93	0.07
99	Washington State	Pac-8	3-4-0	0.43	9.06	-4.43	14.77	2.59	0.41
100	Auburn	SEC	3-4-0	0.43	8.98	-4.57	13.34	2.46	0.54
101	Iowa	Big Ten	3-4-0	0.43	8.55	-6.86	11.6	2.02	0.98
102	San José State	PCAA	3-4-0	0.43	8.35	-7.57	9.95	2.23	0.77
103	Princeton	Ivy	2-4-0	0.33	8.35	1	16.07	3.26	-1.26
104	Illinois	Big Ten	3-4-0	0.43	8.26	-7.43	12.62	2.04	0.96
105	The Citadel	Southern	3-4-0	0.43	8.21	-5.14	3.91	1.87	1.13
106	Wyoming	Western Athletic	2-3-1	0.33	8.11	-3.33	8.1	2.19	-0.19
107	Indiana	Big Ten	2-4-1	0.29	6.82	-3	12.54	2.83	-0.83
108	Tennessee	SEC	2-5-0	0.29	6.16	-2.14	15.21	3.05	-1.05
109	Missouri	Big 8	2-5-0	0.29	6.14	-1.29	16.12	3.14	-1.14
110	Columbia	Ivy	2-4-0	0.33	6.03	-7.67	10.21	1.91	0.09
111	Villanova	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	5.93	-1	2.85	3.3	-1.3
112	Tulane	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	5.89	-3	13.08	2.94	-0.94
113	Utah	Western Athletic	2-4-0	0.33	5.59	-15.83	12.34	1.05	0.95
114	Illinois State	FBS Independents	2-5-1	0.25	5.54	-4.38	11.87	2.91	-0.91
115	TCU	Southwest	2-4-0	0.33	5.3	-15.33	12.38	1.12	0.88
116	Oregon State	Pac-8	2-5-0	0.29	5.28	-7.86	15.95	2.05	-0.05
117	App State	Southern	2-5-0	0.29	5.16	-4.86	5.44	2.62	-0.62
118	Syracuse	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	5.08	-9.43	14.56	1.82	0.18
119	Marshall	Southern	2-5-0	0.29	5	-6.57	5.38	2.58	-0.58
120	New Mexico	Western Athletic	2-5-0	0.29	4.87	-13.86	17.51	1.47	0.53
121	Richmond	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.29	-19.29	15.12	0.47	1.53
122	Alcorn State	SWAC	2-5-0	0.29	4.25	-13.14	5.88	1.11	0.89
123	Prairie View A&M	SWAC	2-5-0	0.29	3.96	-16.71	2.36	0.93	1.07
124	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	2-6-0	0.25	3.67	-14.88	10.6	0.49	1.51
125	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	1-4-1	0.17	3.22	-5.67	11.56	1.85	-0.85
126	Kansas	Big 8	1-5-1	0.14	2.25	-9.29	17.34	1.19	-0.19
127	Air Force	FBS Independents	1-5-1	0.14	1.93	-13.14	13.69	0.7	0.3
128	Utah State	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	1.72	-16.67	16.28	0.55	0.45
129	Lamar	Southland	1-6-0	0.14	1.36	-10.43	11.7	0.81	0.19
130	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-6-0	0.14	1.34	-10.86	13.73	1.29	-0.29
131	Ohio	Mid-American	1-6-0	0.14	1.33	-10.86	12.64	1.99	-0.99
132	Kansas State	Big 8	1-6-0	0.14	1.29	-11.71	13.52	1.21	-0.21
133	Wake Forest	ACC	1-6-0	0.14	1.27	-11.29	10.08	1.08	-0.08
134	Virginia	ACC	1-5-1	0.14	1.23	-21.14	14.88	0.12	0.88
135	Oregon	Pac-8	1-6-0	0.14	0.89	-19.86	15.42	0.76	0.24
136	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-6-0	0.14	0.82	-21.29	13.33	0.76	0.24
137	Toledo	Mid-American	1-6-0	0.14	0.76	-16.29	13.36	0.64	0.36
138	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	0.62	-18.57	6.9	0.68	0.32
139	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-6-0	0.14	0.55	-30.71	17.01	0.27	0.73
140	Rice	Southwest	1-6-0	0.14	0.48	-32.43	13.57	0.31	0.69
141	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	1-7-0	0.12	0.43	-13.75	14.41	1.02	-0.02
142	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	0-6-0	0	-2.03	-13.17	4.8	0.83	-0.83
143	Cornell	Ivy	0-6-0	0	-2.1	-10.67	17.14	1	-1
144	Drake	Missouri Valley	0-7-0	0	-2.49	-20.57	10.5	0.68	-0.68
145	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-7-0	0	-2.65	-21.86	16.41	0.18	-0.18