1978 W10 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.785795+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Penn State	FBS Independents	9-0-0	1	25.82	23.67	11.87	8.63	0.37
2	Oklahoma	Big 8	9-0-0	1	25.65	26.33	10.58	8.31	0.69
3	Nebraska	Big 8	8-1-0	0.89	23.16	26.22	10.79	8.24	-0.24
4	Alabama	SEC	8-1-0	0.89	23.12	14.56	13.12	7.5	0.5
5	Maryland	ACC	8-1-0	0.89	22.82	14.44	10.77	8.03	-0.03
6	Clemson	ACC	7-1-0	0.88	22.79	26.12	10.13	7.78	-0.78
7	USC	Pac-10	7-1-0	0.88	22.79	14.38	12.7	6.97	0.03
8	Houston	Southwest	7-1-0	0.88	22.77	15.75	12.23	6.72	0.28
9	Michigan	Big Ten	7-1-0	0.88	22.75	25	10.02	7.72	-0.72
10	Texas	Southwest	6-1-0	0.86	22.5	11.43	14.58	5.85	0.15
11	Ball State	Mid-American	8-1-0	0.89	22.44	16.11	8.96	8.6	-0.6
12	Georgia	SEC	7-1-0	0.88	22.4	12.88	11.05	6.87	0.13
13	UCLA	Pac-10	8-1-0	0.89	22.26	10.89	9.42	7.12	0.88
14	Navy	FBS Independents	7-1-0	0.88	22.05	15.5	7.41	7.45	-0.45
15	Purdue	Big Ten	7-1-0	0.88	21.8	14.5	7.19	7.5	-0.5
16	Rutgers	FBS Independents	7-1-0	0.88	21.38	15.88	4.32	7.16	-0.16
17	LSU	SEC	6-1-0	0.86	21.37	12.57	7.93	5.87	0.13
18	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	8-2-0	0.8	19.98	7.2	10.09	6.82	1.18
19	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	19.92	7.88	17.06	6.07	-0.07
20	North Texas	FBS Independents	7-2-0	0.78	19.91	9.78	11.26	7.08	-0.08
21	Louisville	FBS Independents	7-2-0	0.78	19.79	17.56	7.81	7.75	-0.75
22	Central Michigan	Mid-American	7-2-0	0.78	19.63	17.67	6.79	8.19	-1.19
23	Arizona State	Pac-10	6-2-0	0.75	19.25	9.88	11.43	5.79	0.21
24	Utah State	PCAA	7-2-0	0.78	19.21	8.56	7.48	6.58	0.42
25	Western Michigan	Mid-American	7-2-0	0.78	19.18	10.56	6.24	7.51	-0.51
26	BYU	Western Athletic	6-2-0	0.75	19.02	11.12	9.46	6.39	-0.39
27	NC State	ACC	6-2-0	0.75	18.91	6.38	11.28	5.4	0.6
28	Texas A&M	Southwest	6-2-0	0.75	18.88	14.75	7.16	6.73	-0.73
29	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	18.73	4.25	11.54	5.12	0.88
30	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	18.69	4.12	11.67	5.15	0.85
31	Arkansas	Southwest	5-2-0	0.71	18.51	14.57	10.69	5.94	-0.94
32	Chattanooga	Southern	6-2-1	0.67	18.47	10.11	5.1	6.68	-0.68
33	Ohio State	Big Ten	5-2-1	0.62	18.38	11.88	11.05	6.01	-1.01
34	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	6-2-1	0.67	18.24	4.22	8.7	5.88	0.12
35	Temple	FBS Independents	5-2-1	0.62	17.54	8.25	6.59	5.64	-0.64
36	Washington	Pac-10	6-3-0	0.67	17.5	11.44	11.53	7.33	-1.33
37	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	17.44	12.43	2.96	5.8	-0.8
38	Brown	Ivy	5-2-0	0.71	17.24	3.14	9.26	4.18	0.82
39	New Mexico	Western Athletic	6-3-0	0.67	17.09	6.11	11.87	6.13	-0.13
40	East Carolina	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	17.01	7.44	10.25	6.67	-0.67
41	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-3-0	0.62	16.92	16.62	13.76	6.54	-1.54
42	Arkansas State	Southland	6-3-0	0.67	16.7	3.33	11.92	5.69	0.31
43	Colorado	Big 8	6-3-0	0.67	16.7	4.22	9.58	5.58	0.42
44	Iowa State	Big 8	6-3-0	0.67	16.39	3.33	9.74	5.59	0.41
45	Louisiana Tech	Southland	5-3-0	0.62	16.29	8.5	12.83	5.92	-0.92
46	Mississippi State	SEC	5-3-0	0.62	16.17	6.38	12.11	5.28	-0.28
47	Furman	Southern	6-3-0	0.67	16.11	11.78	1.33	6.79	-0.79
48	Florida State	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	15.92	5.62	11.74	5.1	-0.1
49	McNeese	Southland	5-3-0	0.62	15.92	8.38	9.57	5.9	-0.9
50	Western Carolina	Southern	6-3-0	0.67	15.83	7.56	1.61	6.41	-0.41
51	Auburn	SEC	5-3-0	0.62	15.59	7.38	6.71	5.62	-0.62
52	Yale	Ivy	3-2-2	0.43	15.4	7.86	10.51	5.44	-2.44
53	William & Mary	FBS Independents	5-3-1	0.56	15.3	4.44	8.42	5.94	-0.94
54	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	5-3-1	0.56	15.11	5.56	4.57	6.3	-1.3
55	Missouri	Big 8	5-4-0	0.56	15.07	8.33	13.24	6.19	-1.19
56	Stanford	Pac-10	5-4-0	0.56	15.05	8.33	13.22	6.3	-1.3
57	Utah	Western Athletic	4-3-0	0.57	14.48	9.29	5.53	5.13	-1.13
58	Texas Tech	Southwest	4-3-0	0.57	13.84	0.86	14.03	3.65	0.35
59	Dartmouth	Ivy	4-3-0	0.57	13.67	1.57	10.42	3.87	0.13
60	UNLV	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	13.34	3.57	1.98	4.19	-0.19
61	South Carolina	FBS Independents	4-4-1	0.44	13.31	5.78	12.33	6.25	-2.25
62	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	5-4-0	0.56	13.15	1.56	7.29	4.9	0.1
63	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	5-4-0	0.56	12.28	-1	10.85	4.29	0.71
64	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	12.14	-2.14	11.04	3.15	0.85
65	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	12.07	-2.56	11.81	3.69	1.31
66	Harvard	Ivy	3-3-1	0.43	11.98	1.43	7	3.78	-0.78
67	California	Pac-10	5-4-0	0.56	11.95	-4.56	14.4	3.54	1.46
68	App State	Southern	5-4-0	0.56	11.93	-0.67	3.8	4.38	0.62
69	Florida	SEC	3-4-0	0.43	11.91	6.29	16.82	4.72	-1.72
70	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-5-0	0.44	11.37	3.44	10.18	5.23	-1.23
71	Villanova	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	11.3	-2.78	5.86	3.76	1.24
72	Wyoming	Western Athletic	4-4-0	0.5	11.22	-1	11.79	3.76	0.24
73	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-3-1	0.5	11.14	-9.75	8.28	1.95	2.05
74	Washington State	Pac-10	3-4-1	0.38	10.96	3.12	8.73	4.54	-1.54
75	Cornell	Ivy	3-3-1	0.43	10.95	-0.71	7.04	3.33	-0.33
76	SMU	Southwest	3-4-1	0.38	10.93	0.88	15.84	4.16	-1.16
77	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-4-0	0.5	10.52	-1.62	8.97	3.65	0.35
78	Long Beach State	PCAA	4-4-0	0.5	10.41	-1.62	5.97	3.62	0.38
79	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	4-4-0	0.5	10.17	-3	9.05	3.41	0.59
80	Texas-Arlington	Southland	4-6-0	0.4	10.15	2.7	10.81	5.77	-1.77
81	Tulane	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	10.12	0.11	10.67	4.53	-0.53
82	San Diego State	Western Athletic	3-4-0	0.43	9.94	0.57	8.28	3.59	-0.59
83	Arizona	Pac-10	3-5-0	0.38	9.68	1.62	11.65	4.37	-1.37
84	Columbia	Ivy	3-3-1	0.43	9.46	-12	8.77	1.15	1.85
85	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	4-5-0	0.44	9.45	-1.11	7.92	4.25	-0.25
86	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	9.13	0.5	13.77	4.1	-1.1
87	Kentucky	SEC	3-4-1	0.38	8.91	-3.75	16.46	2.89	0.11
88	Pacific	PCAA	4-5-0	0.44	8.78	-4.11	8.68	3.48	0.52
89	The Citadel	Southern	4-5-0	0.44	8.4	-6.56	8.12	2.84	1.16
90	San José State	PCAA	4-5-0	0.44	8.32	-4.11	4.61	3.45	0.55
91	Miami	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	8.27	-1.75	14.74	3.53	-0.53
92	Army	FBS Independents	3-4-1	0.38	8.25	-3.5	6.11	3.14	-0.14
93	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	7.89	-13.67	8.11	1.52	2.48
94	Princeton	Ivy	2-3-2	0.29	7.72	-4.86	12.68	2.31	-0.31
95	North Carolina	ACC	3-5-0	0.38	7.69	-4.25	14.06	2.97	0.03
96	Ole Miss	SEC	3-5-0	0.38	7.15	-8.12	12.53	2.15	0.85
97	Indiana	Big Ten	3-5-0	0.38	7.11	-8.25	12.27	2.51	0.49
98	Tennessee	SEC	2-4-1	0.29	7.08	-0.86	14.01	3.31	-1.31
99	Memphis	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	6.96	-8.38	12.74	2.2	0.8
100	Duke	ACC	3-5-0	0.38	6.91	-15.88	17.2	0.76	2.24
101	Drake	Missouri Valley	3-6-0	0.33	6.57	-3.44	12.59	3.69	-0.69
102	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-5-0	0.38	6.52	-10.38	5.45	1.54	1.46
103	Oklahoma State	Big 8	3-6-0	0.33	6.48	-3.44	14.25	3.48	-0.48
104	Pennsylvania	Ivy	2-4-1	0.29	6.19	-3.71	5.12	2.63	-0.63
105	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	3-6-0	0.33	6.17	-6.11	12.22	3.15	-0.15
106	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	5.92	-8.78	12.24	2.09	0.91
107	Kent State	Mid-American	3-6-0	0.33	5.91	-7.67	10.16	2.38	0.62
108	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	3-6-0	0.33	5.86	-3.78	0.06	3.77	-0.77
109	VMI	Southern	3-6-0	0.33	5.81	-7.33	7.01	2.11	0.89
110	Air Force	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	5.78	-8.67	9.28	2.59	0.41
111	Baylor	Southwest	2-6-0	0.25	5.19	-1.75	14.25	3.61	-1.61
112	Oregon State	Pac-10	2-5-1	0.25	4.58	-12.12	13.7	1.17	0.83
113	Richmond	FBS Independents	2-7-0	0.22	4.5	-0.67	10.07	4.3	-2.3
114	Colorado State	Western Athletic	2-6-0	0.25	4.1	-7.88	11.98	2.36	-0.36
115	Virginia	ACC	2-6-0	0.25	3.99	-8.25	9.73	1.72	0.28
116	Louisiana	Southland	2-6-0	0.25	3.95	-9.62	11.74	1.36	0.64
117	Ohio	Mid-American	2-6-0	0.25	3.91	-10.75	13.26	1.31	0.69
118	Colgate	FBS Independents	2-6-0	0.25	3.7	-8.25	6.14	1.93	0.07
119	TCU	Southwest	2-6-0	0.25	3.28	-23.62	12.06	0.47	1.53
120	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	2-7-0	0.22	3.18	-10	10.25	1.41	0.59
121	Fresno State	PCAA	2-7-0	0.22	3.06	-8.22	6.48	2.84	-0.84
122	West Virginia	FBS Independents	2-7-0	0.22	2.89	-12.89	12.91	1.8	0.2
123	Kansas State	Big 8	2-7-0	0.22	2.84	-18.56	15.66	1.26	0.74
124	Oregon	Pac-10	1-8-0	0.11	1.24	-4.33	15.83	3.27	-2.27
125	Lamar	Southland	1-6-1	0.12	1.11	-13.38	7.86	1.51	-0.51
126	Illinois	Big Ten	1-6-2	0.11	0.94	-17.56	12.61	0.75	0.25
127	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-7-0	0.12	0.67	-13.5	15.18	1.5	-0.5
128	Iowa	Big Ten	1-7-0	0.12	0.56	-15.62	13.84	0.6	0.4
129	Toledo	Mid-American	1-8-0	0.11	0.38	-14.11	12.4	1.08	-0.08
130	Marshall	Southern	1-8-0	0.11	0.35	-14.78	13.18	1.06	-0.06
131	Wake Forest	ACC	1-8-0	0.11	0.3	-16	16.41	0.85	0.15
132	Rice	Southwest	1-7-0	0.12	0.27	-22.62	16.93	0.73	0.27
133	Kansas	Big 8	1-8-0	0.11	0.23	-17.44	17.07	0.91	0.09
134	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-7-0	0.12	0.22	-23.88	14.71	0.64	0.36
135	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-8-0	0.11	0.12	-19.78	12.48	1.03	-0.03
136	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-6-0	0	-2.3	-15.33	14.35	0.48	-0.48
137	Illinois State	FBS Independents	0-9-0	0	-2.44	-22.56	6.28	0.5	-0.5
138	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-8-1	0	-2.73	-28.22	12.2	0.26	-0.26