1977 W9 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.551399+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Texas	Southwest	7-0-0	1	26.36	31.71	12.66	6.9	0.1
2	Louisiana Tech	Southland	5-0-2	0.71	25.28	17.14	9.56	6.33	-1.33
3	Colgate	FBS Independents	8-0-0	1	23.8	17.5	2.17	6.7	1.3
4	Michigan	Big Ten	7-1-0	0.88	23.35	19	13.76	7.58	-0.58
5	Ohio State	Big Ten	7-1-0	0.88	23.17	24.62	11.82	7.72	-0.72
6	Kentucky	SEC	7-1-0	0.88	23.08	13.5	13.83	7.05	-0.05
7	Penn State	FBS Independents	7-1-0	0.88	23.08	18.5	12.5	6.96	0.04
8	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	22.78	15.29	14.51	6.08	-0.08
9	Alabama	SEC	7-1-0	0.88	22.77	16	11.38	6.9	0.1
10	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	6-1-1	0.75	22.76	24.75	12.19	7.55	-1.55
11	Arkansas	Southwest	6-1-0	0.86	22.5	26.86	10.28	6.86	-0.86
12	Florida State	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	22.48	13.57	13.28	6.15	-0.15
13	Oklahoma	Big 8	7-1-0	0.88	22.46	13.38	10.43	6.38	0.62
14	Clemson	ACC	7-1-0	0.88	22.3	12	9.94	7.12	-0.12
15	Grambling	SWAC	6-1-0	0.86	22.13	21.14	9.4	6.17	-0.17
16	BYU	Western Athletic	6-1-0	0.86	22.01	28.14	7.39	6.6	-0.6
17	Texas A&M	Southwest	6-1-0	0.86	21.48	7.29	10.09	4.71	1.29
18	Central Michigan	Mid-American	7-1-0	0.88	21.44	9	6.38	6	1
19	Tennessee State	FBS Independents	7-1-0	0.88	21.17	13.25	3.33	7.19	-0.19
20	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	7-1-0	0.88	21.16	6.62	5.95	5.32	1.68
21	San Diego State	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	21.09	17.57	4.32	6.24	-0.24
22	Arizona State	Western Athletic	6-1-0	0.86	21.04	22	3.1	6.23	-0.23
23	Chattanooga	Southern	7-1-0	0.88	20.66	9.62	1.78	6.36	0.64
24	Dartmouth	Ivy	6-1-0	0.86	20.43	7.43	3.94	5.42	0.58
25	North Texas	FBS Independents	7-2-0	0.78	20.09	9.56	10.65	6.73	0.27
26	East Carolina	FBS Independents	7-2-0	0.78	19.98	9.67	9.91	7.07	-0.07
27	Nebraska	Big 8	6-2-0	0.75	19.69	10.75	13.21	6.17	-0.17
28	North Carolina	ACC	6-2-0	0.75	19.67	14.88	11.49	7.56	-1.56
29	Louisiana	Southland	6-2-1	0.67	19.13	7.44	11.26	6.5	-0.5
30	California	Pac-8	6-2-0	0.75	19.08	11.75	8.78	6.34	-0.34
31	Ball State	Mid-American	6-2-0	0.75	18.97	19.5	5.83	7.17	-1.17
32	Colorado	Big 8	5-2-1	0.62	18.91	12.75	11.84	6.55	-1.55
33	Iowa State	Big 8	6-2-0	0.75	18.87	8.88	8.83	6.07	-0.07
34	LSU	SEC	5-2-0	0.71	18.57	19.29	9.02	5.96	-0.96
35	Colorado State	Western Athletic	6-2-0	0.75	18.56	7.5	6.24	5.54	0.46
36	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	6-2-0	0.75	18.49	6.75	7.43	5.86	0.14
37	Fresno State	PCAA	6-2-0	0.75	18.28	16.12	2.14	6.76	-0.76
38	Stanford	Pac-8	6-2-0	0.75	18.27	2.75	10.16	4.52	1.48
39	Texas Tech	Southwest	5-2-0	0.71	18.21	3.86	13.04	4.33	0.67
40	Yale	Ivy	5-2-0	0.71	17.84	7.29	9.03	5.17	-0.17
41	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	4-2-2	0.5	17.7	15.75	10.03	7.36	-3.36
42	Rutgers	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	17.5	3.25	4.05	4.79	1.21
43	Brown	Ivy	5-2-0	0.71	17.42	9.57	4.82	5.78	-0.78
44	NC State	ACC	6-3-0	0.67	17.37	7.44	12.06	6.74	-0.74
45	USC	Pac-8	5-3-0	0.62	16.59	11.62	11.2	6.27	-1.27
46	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	16.08	6.62	10.32	5.58	-0.58
47	Memphis	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	15.85	6.75	10.06	5.63	-0.63
48	Furman	Southern	4-2-2	0.5	15.83	6.12	1.35	5.39	-1.39
49	Jackson State	SWAC	5-3-0	0.62	15.73	10.62	4.88	6.75	-1.75
50	UCLA	Pac-8	5-3-0	0.62	15.67	3.38	12.27	4.79	0.21
51	Florida	SEC	3-2-1	0.5	15.33	3.33	10.85	3.53	-0.53
52	Kent State	Mid-American	5-3-0	0.62	15.31	1.5	11.25	4.35	0.65
53	Army	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	15.14	5	6.59	4.97	0.03
54	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	15.05	3.75	6.06	5.05	-0.05
55	Michigan State	Big Ten	4-3-1	0.5	14.62	4	13.01	5	-1
56	Louisville	FBS Independents	4-3-1	0.5	14.42	7.62	7.58	5.81	-1.81
57	Georgia	SEC	5-3-0	0.62	14.37	-0.12	12.39	3.96	1.04
58	Minnesota	Big Ten	5-3-0	0.62	14.22	-0.88	12.45	3.73	1.27
59	VMI	Southern	4-3-0	0.57	14.14	6.86	5.26	5.17	-1.17
60	Texas Southern	SWAC	4-3-1	0.5	14.06	4.75	4.91	5.11	-1.11
61	Pennsylvania	Ivy	4-3-0	0.57	13.69	4.71	3.65	4.58	-0.58
62	Washington	Pac-8	4-4-0	0.5	13.55	10.75	9.71	6.28	-2.28
63	Boston College	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	13.35	-2.75	12.01	3.47	1.53
64	Arkansas State	Southland	5-3-0	0.62	13.33	-0.75	6.1	3.8	1.2
65	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5-3-0	0.62	13.32	-2.88	9	3.17	1.83
66	Maryland	ACC	4-4-0	0.5	13.24	3.5	14.05	4.88	-0.88
67	West Virginia	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	13.13	4.25	11.7	4.82	-0.82
68	Oklahoma State	Big 8	4-4-0	0.5	13.12	4.5	11.24	5.03	-1.03
69	Western Michigan	Mid-American	4-4-0	0.5	12.65	4.75	8.34	4.99	-0.99
70	Houston	Southwest	4-3-0	0.57	12.54	-1.57	12.95	3.22	0.78
71	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	4-4-0	0.5	12.53	3.12	9.93	4.81	-0.81
72	Duke	ACC	4-4-0	0.5	12.36	0.5	16.37	4.12	-0.12
73	McNeese	Southland	4-4-0	0.5	12.36	1.5	9.7	4.5	-0.5
74	Navy	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	12.36	1.12	10.95	4.27	-0.27
75	Pacific	PCAA	4-4-0	0.5	12.27	2.25	9.54	4.63	-0.63
76	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	12.02	-3.33	11.76	3.67	1.33
77	Washington State	Pac-8	4-4-0	0.5	12	0.62	12.87	4.13	-0.13
78	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	4-4-0	0.5	11.78	1.25	7.69	4.26	-0.26
79	South Carolina	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	11.75	2.67	15.26	5.37	-1.37
80	Purdue	Big Ten	4-4-0	0.5	11.74	0.75	9.19	4.15	-0.15
81	Long Beach State	PCAA	3-3-0	0.5	11.72	0.67	6.06	3.1	-0.1
82	Western Carolina	Southern	4-4-1	0.44	11.67	4	0.47	5.52	-1.52
83	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-4-0	0.5	11.28	-1	12.19	3.76	0.24
84	Wyoming	Western Athletic	3-3-1	0.43	11.01	-0.57	10.33	3.35	-0.35
85	Auburn	SEC	4-4-0	0.5	10.88	-2.12	14.62	3.45	0.55
86	Baylor	Southwest	3-4-0	0.43	10.88	1	15.1	3.71	-0.71
87	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	4-4-0	0.5	10.85	-1.12	7.43	3.73	0.27
88	Mississippi Valley State	SWAC	4-5-0	0.44	10.6	2.33	3.4	5.08	-1.08
89	Ole Miss	SEC	4-5-0	0.44	9.83	-1.44	14.21	4.06	-0.06
90	Temple	FBS Independents	3-3-1	0.43	9.76	-7.14	9.24	2.2	0.8
91	Indiana	Big Ten	3-4-1	0.38	9.43	-1.12	13.74	3.73	-0.73
92	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	9.38	-0.43	6.95	3.42	-0.42
93	Miami	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	9.22	-3.71	14.71	2.49	0.51
94	Missouri	Big 8	3-5-0	0.38	9.11	0.12	16.2	4.04	-1.04
95	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	3-5-0	0.38	8.9	1.75	0.52	4.32	-1.32
96	Harvard	Ivy	3-4-0	0.43	8.79	-3.14	8.98	2.77	0.23
97	Southern	SWAC	3-4-1	0.38	8.79	-2.5	6.98	3.28	-0.28
98	Texas-Arlington	Southland	3-5-0	0.38	8.36	-2.25	16.48	3.37	-0.37
99	Indiana State	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	8.29	-4.14	4.45	2.48	0.52
100	Villanova	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	8.07	-0.25	4.61	3.95	-0.95
101	Arizona	Western Athletic	2-5-0	0.29	7.96	2.43	13.47	3.96	-1.96
102	SMU	Southwest	3-5-0	0.38	7.9	-4	15.58	3.2	-0.2
103	William & Mary	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	7.84	-2.38	9.73	3.41	-0.41
104	Mississippi State	SEC	3-5-0	0.38	7.66	-6.12	16.58	2.5	0.5
105	Illinois State	FBS Independents	3-5-1	0.33	7.59	-2.78	10.32	3.68	-0.68
106	Iowa	Big Ten	3-5-0	0.38	7.28	-8.12	13.96	2	1
107	New Mexico	Western Athletic	3-5-0	0.38	7.15	-9.38	17.31	2.33	0.67
108	The Citadel	Southern	3-5-0	0.38	7.11	-5.38	6.19	2.15	0.85
109	Syracuse	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	7.07	-7.88	13.31	2.2	0.8
110	Illinois	Big Ten	3-5-0	0.38	7.01	-10.12	12.14	1.97	1.03
111	San José State	PCAA	3-5-0	0.38	6.99	-8.75	9.74	2.27	0.73
112	Princeton	Ivy	2-5-0	0.29	6.61	-0.71	15.13	3.29	-1.29
113	Prairie View A&M	SWAC	3-5-0	0.38	6.07	-14.25	2.83	1.13	1.87
114	Tennessee	SEC	2-5-0	0.29	6	-2.14	14.99	3.05	-1.05
115	Columbia	Ivy	2-5-0	0.29	5.08	-7.57	11.71	2.14	-0.14
116	Utah	Western Athletic	2-5-0	0.29	4.52	-17.57	13.35	1.13	0.87
117	TCU	Southwest	2-5-0	0.29	4.44	-17.14	10.78	1.14	0.86
118	Tulane	FBS Independents	2-6-0	0.25	4.18	-8.62	14.11	2.26	-0.26
119	Oregon State	Pac-8	2-6-0	0.25	4.13	-9.25	15.33	2.04	-0.04
120	App State	Southern	2-6-0	0.25	3.97	-8.12	7.15	2.37	-0.37
121	Marshall	Southern	2-6-0	0.25	3.66	-12.75	7.17	2.06	-0.06
122	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	2-6-0	0.25	3.58	-14.88	10.96	0.49	1.51
123	Alcorn State	SWAC	2-6-0	0.25	3.55	-12.12	3.65	1.41	0.59
124	Richmond	FBS Independents	2-6-0	0.25	3.52	-18.88	14.1	0.52	1.48
125	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	2-7-0	0.22	2.97	-11.89	13.85	1.49	0.51
126	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	1-5-1	0.14	2.16	-9.43	13.6	1.41	-0.41
127	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-6-0	0.14	1.28	-10.86	13.45	1.29	-0.29
128	Kansas	Big 8	1-6-1	0.12	1.24	-12.88	16.86	0.85	0.15
129	Air Force	FBS Independents	1-6-1	0.12	1.13	-14.25	14.1	0.79	0.21
130	Utah State	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	1.05	-15.29	11.9	0.79	0.21
131	Virginia	ACC	1-6-1	0.12	0.87	-18.88	12.53	0.16	0.84
132	Ohio	Mid-American	1-7-0	0.12	0.87	-10.25	12.98	2.34	-1.34
133	Lamar	Southland	1-7-0	0.12	0.75	-11.88	9.13	1.01	-0.01
134	Wake Forest	ACC	1-7-0	0.12	0.69	-13.12	12.58	0.89	0.11
135	Kansas State	Big 8	1-7-0	0.12	0.63	-14.62	15.53	1.04	-0.04
136	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-6-0	0.14	0.49	-30.71	17.32	0.27	0.73
137	Toledo	Mid-American	1-7-0	0.12	0.47	-17.25	13.76	0.6	0.4
138	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	1-7-0	0.12	0.43	-17.62	7.79	0.92	0.08
139	Drake	Missouri Valley	1-7-0	0.12	0.37	-15.25	10.12	1.43	-0.43
140	Oregon	Pac-8	1-7-0	0.12	0.3	-21.88	14.15	0.82	0.18
141	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-7-0	0.12	0.27	-22.88	14.48	0.72	0.28
142	Rice	Southwest	1-7-0	0.12	0.01	-31.25	15.34	0.34	0.66
143	Cornell	Ivy	0-7-0	0	-2.23	-13.14	16.67	0.79	-0.79
144	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	0-7-0	0	-2.24	-17.14	6.19	0.66	-0.66
145	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-8-0	0	-2.57	-20.62	15.15	0.32	-0.32