1978 W11 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.786229+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Penn State	FBS Independents	10-0-0	1	25.8	22.2	12.57	9.53	0.47
2	Nebraska	Big 8	9-1-0	0.9	23.46	23.9	12.26	9.05	-0.05
3	Alabama	SEC	9-1-0	0.9	23.45	15.2	14.12	8.45	0.55
4	Oklahoma	Big 8	9-1-0	0.9	23.42	23.4	11.51	9.08	-0.08
5	USC	Pac-10	8-1-0	0.89	23.12	14.78	13.72	7.89	0.11
6	Houston	Southwest	8-1-0	0.89	22.97	14.33	12.96	7.52	0.48
7	Clemson	ACC	8-1-0	0.89	22.73	23.67	9.54	8.69	-0.69
8	Maryland	ACC	9-1-0	0.9	22.71	14	10.31	8.93	0.07
9	Ball State	Mid-American	9-1-0	0.9	22.66	15.1	9.83	9.4	-0.4
10	Michigan	Big Ten	8-1-0	0.89	22.6	27.22	8.21	8.69	-0.69
11	Georgia	SEC	8-1-0	0.89	22.42	11.67	10.74	7.45	0.55
12	Rutgers	FBS Independents	8-1-0	0.89	21.77	14.44	6.36	7.95	0.05
13	Purdue	Big Ten	7-1-1	0.78	21.73	12.89	7.7	8.07	-1.07
14	North Texas	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	20.45	11	11.73	8.16	-0.16
15	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	9-2-0	0.82	20.41	7.82	10.12	7.68	1.32
16	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	7-2-0	0.78	20.41	8.89	15.38	7	0
17	Central Michigan	Mid-American	8-2-0	0.8	20.03	19.1	6.65	9.21	-1.21
18	UCLA	Pac-10	8-2-0	0.8	20.02	9.6	8.88	7.69	0.31
19	Texas	Southwest	6-2-0	0.75	19.91	9.62	15.39	6.48	-0.48
20	BYU	Western Athletic	7-2-0	0.78	19.71	11.89	9.64	7.42	-0.42
21	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	7-2-0	0.78	19.6	8.67	10.5	6.86	0.14
22	Navy	FBS Independents	7-2-0	0.78	19.46	13.44	6.55	8.06	-1.06
23	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	7-2-0	0.78	19.34	6.11	10.25	6.14	0.86
24	Arkansas	Southwest	6-2-0	0.75	19.23	14.38	10.09	6.77	-0.77
25	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-2-1	0.67	19.14	14.78	9.35	7.2	-1.2
26	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	7-2-1	0.7	19.01	6.3	8.09	7.1	-0.1
27	LSU	SEC	6-2-0	0.75	19	8.38	10.15	5.94	0.06
28	Chattanooga	Southern	7-2-1	0.7	18.98	11.8	5.09	7.82	-0.82
29	Texas A&M	Southwest	6-2-0	0.75	18.85	14.75	7.24	6.73	-0.73
30	Michigan State	Big Ten	6-3-0	0.67	17.96	17.44	13.07	7.51	-1.51
31	Louisville	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	17.87	15.1	7.47	8.23	-1.23
32	East Carolina	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	17.77	8.4	10.61	7.74	-0.74
33	Western Michigan	Mid-American	7-3-0	0.7	17.51	8.9	7.68	7.93	-0.93
34	Louisiana Tech	Southland	6-3-0	0.67	17.45	9.11	12.95	6.82	-0.82
35	Arizona State	Pac-10	6-3-0	0.67	17.3	8	11.49	6.21	-0.21
36	Iowa State	Big 8	7-3-0	0.7	17.11	4.3	9.08	6.5	0.5
37	NC State	ACC	6-3-0	0.67	17.07	4.67	12.59	5.71	0.29
38	Yale	Ivy	4-2-2	0.5	16.95	8.88	9.58	6.45	-2.45
39	Utah State	PCAA	7-3-0	0.7	16.92	5.8	5.32	6.52	0.48
40	Florida State	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	16.92	6.11	11.13	5.87	0.13
41	Furman	Southern	7-3-0	0.7	16.81	12.3	2.01	7.73	-0.73
42	McNeese	Southland	6-3-0	0.67	16.7	7.56	8.31	6.41	-0.41
43	Auburn	SEC	6-3-0	0.67	16.61	7.22	7.94	6.46	-0.46
44	Missouri	Big 8	6-4-0	0.6	15.92	12.3	11.94	7.65	-1.65
45	Stanford	Pac-10	6-4-0	0.6	15.91	8.2	14.24	7.01	-1.01
46	Washington	Pac-10	6-4-0	0.6	15.85	8.5	12.53	7.47	-1.47
47	Temple	FBS Independents	5-3-1	0.56	15.72	7	8.86	6.17	-1.17
48	Utah	Western Athletic	5-3-0	0.62	15.44	12.88	4.48	6.48	-1.48
49	Texas Tech	Southwest	5-3-0	0.62	15.23	2	12.46	4.4	0.6
50	New Mexico	Western Athletic	6-4-0	0.6	15.22	4.4	11	6.32	-0.32
51	Dartmouth	Ivy	5-3-0	0.62	15.06	2.62	9.83	4.67	0.33
52	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	14.98	7.75	2.33	5.78	-0.78
53	Brown	Ivy	5-3-0	0.62	14.87	1.5	9.17	4.36	0.64
54	Arkansas State	Southland	6-4-0	0.6	14.76	1.6	12.11	5.63	0.37
55	Colorado	Big 8	6-4-0	0.6	14.69	2.8	8.85	5.82	0.18
56	Mississippi State	SEC	5-4-0	0.56	14.62	5	13.19	5.76	-0.76
57	UNLV	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	14.41	3.38	3.19	4.79	0.21
58	Western Carolina	Southern	6-4-0	0.6	14.28	5.1	2.61	6.51	-0.51
59	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	14.16	0	11.12	4	1
60	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	6-4-0	0.6	13.94	1.5	6.35	5.44	0.56
61	William & Mary	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	13.65	2.3	8.78	5.87	-0.87
62	App State	Southern	6-4-0	0.6	13.63	1.5	4.06	5.3	0.7
63	Cornell	Ivy	4-3-1	0.5	13.58	2	8.65	4.52	-0.52
64	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	13.5	-0.6	12.48	4.8	1.2
65	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	13.49	2.8	6.4	6.04	-1.04
66	Harvard	Ivy	4-3-1	0.5	13.43	1.75	7.37	4.41	-0.41
67	SMU	Southwest	4-4-1	0.44	13.4	7.22	14.33	5.92	-1.92
68	South Carolina	FBS Independents	4-4-1	0.44	13.15	5.78	12.3	6.25	-2.25
69	California	Pac-10	6-4-0	0.6	12.87	-3.3	13.97	4.2	1.8
70	Kentucky	SEC	4-4-1	0.44	12.55	2.33	13.8	5.23	-1.23
71	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	11.47	4.33	12.53	5.52	-1.52
72	Arizona	Pac-10	4-5-0	0.44	11.26	3.78	10.84	5.49	-1.49
73	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-3-2	0.44	11.2	-8.67	10.1	2.44	1.56
74	Florida	SEC	3-5-0	0.38	10.74	5.25	17.07	5.16	-2.16
75	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	5-5-0	0.5	10.6	-2.4	11.17	4.44	0.56
76	Long Beach State	PCAA	4-4-0	0.5	10.32	-1.62	6.37	3.62	0.38
77	Texas-Arlington	Southland	4-6-0	0.4	10.21	2.7	10.79	5.77	-1.77
78	Villanova	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	10	-2.6	4.67	4.24	0.76
79	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-6-0	0.4	9.92	1.4	10.57	5.32	-1.32
80	Army	FBS Independents	4-4-1	0.44	9.88	-2.78	5.4	3.76	0.24
81	San José State	PCAA	5-5-0	0.5	9.73	-3.5	5.08	4.06	0.94
82	The Citadel	Southern	5-5-0	0.5	9.72	-4.1	6.07	3.85	1.15
83	Wyoming	Western Athletic	4-5-0	0.44	9.67	-1.11	12.19	4.18	-0.18
84	Washington State	Pac-10	3-5-1	0.33	9.53	1.89	9.55	4.88	-1.88
85	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-5-0	0.44	8.82	-4.11	10.02	3.5	0.5
86	Tulane	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	8.67	-0.9	9.89	4.68	-0.68
87	Indiana	Big Ten	4-5-0	0.44	8.59	-5.11	11.04	3.43	0.57
88	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	4-5-0	0.44	8.57	-4.78	7.93	3.46	0.54
89	Ole Miss	SEC	4-5-0	0.44	8.56	-6.11	12.27	2.79	1.21
90	Memphis	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	8.54	-6.67	12.96	2.89	1.11
91	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	4-6-0	0.4	8.2	-2.4	9.85	4.39	-0.39
92	Miami	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	8.15	-1.75	14.55	3.53	-0.53
93	Duke	ACC	4-5-0	0.44	8.14	-13.78	14.87	0.93	3.07
94	Drake	Missouri Valley	4-6-0	0.4	8.14	-2.8	12.5	4.27	-0.27
95	San Diego State	Western Athletic	3-5-0	0.38	7.9	-1.75	9.14	3.65	-0.65
96	Pacific	PCAA	4-6-0	0.4	7.84	-3.9	9.01	3.97	0.03
97	Columbia	Ivy	3-4-1	0.38	7.76	-13.12	9.66	1.22	1.78
98	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	4-6-0	0.4	7.39	-2.3	-0.73	4.5	-0.5
99	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	6.98	-12.5	7.9	1.86	2.14
100	Oregon State	Pac-10	3-5-1	0.33	6.88	-10.56	14.98	1.58	1.42
101	North Carolina	ACC	3-6-0	0.33	6.52	-4.22	15.17	3.29	-0.29
102	Princeton	Ivy	2-4-2	0.25	6.12	-6.25	12.04	2.27	-0.27
103	Colorado State	Western Athletic	3-6-0	0.33	6.02	-5.78	12.24	3.11	-0.11
104	Tennessee	SEC	2-5-1	0.25	5.8	-2.88	14.6	3.29	-1.29
105	Louisiana	Southland	3-6-0	0.33	5.76	-8.33	12.07	1.89	1.11
106	Oklahoma State	Big 8	3-7-0	0.3	5.71	-4.4	13.82	3.6	-0.6
107	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	3-7-0	0.3	5.42	-5.8	11.56	3.57	-0.57
108	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-6-0	0.33	5.35	-12.78	6.68	1.38	1.62
109	Pennsylvania	Ivy	2-5-1	0.25	5.28	-3.75	6.93	2.98	-0.98
110	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	5.17	-8.9	12.88	2.3	0.7
111	Kent State	Mid-American	3-7-0	0.3	5.06	-9.4	10.86	2.3	0.7
112	VMI	Southern	3-7-0	0.3	4.99	-8.7	7.94	2.04	0.96
113	Air Force	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	4.97	-9.9	9.71	2.68	0.32
114	Kansas State	Big 8	3-7-0	0.3	4.72	-15.7	15.45	1.7	1.3
115	Baylor	Southwest	2-7-0	0.22	4.13	-3	15.32	3.75	-1.75
116	Richmond	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	3.47	-3.3	10.74	3.9	-1.9
117	Virginia	ACC	2-7-0	0.22	3.29	-8.44	10.86	1.84	0.16
118	Colgate	FBS Independents	2-7-0	0.22	3.14	-8.11	4.18	2.02	-0.02
119	Syracuse	FBS Independents	2-7-0	0.22	3.04	-11.67	16.11	1.95	0.05
120	Ohio	Mid-American	2-7-0	0.22	3	-13.44	12.68	1.01	0.99
121	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	2-8-0	0.2	2.64	-10.3	8.96	1.59	0.41
122	Fresno State	PCAA	2-8-0	0.2	2.61	-9.5	4.84	2.89	-0.89
123	TCU	Southwest	2-7-0	0.22	2.6	-22.11	12.08	0.64	1.36
124	Toledo	Mid-American	2-8-0	0.2	2.55	-10.8	12.23	1.94	0.06
125	West Virginia	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	2.4	-16.1	13.36	1.54	0.46
126	Oregon	Pac-10	1-9-0	0.1	0.79	-6	14.53	3.1	-2.1
127	Lamar	Southland	1-7-1	0.11	0.72	-12	8.74	1.94	-0.94
128	Illinois	Big Ten	1-7-2	0.1	0.37	-19.6	12.62	0.68	0.32
129	Iowa	Big Ten	1-8-0	0.11	0.28	-16.11	13.15	0.71	0.29
130	Marshall	Southern	1-9-0	0.1	0.18	-13.4	12.76	1.35	-0.35
131	Wake Forest	ACC	1-9-0	0.1	0.11	-14.7	14.78	0.92	0.08
132	Rice	Southwest	1-8-0	0.11	-0.11	-26.56	16.82	0.55	0.45
133	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-8-0	0.11	-0.12	-26.89	14.32	0.52	0.48
134	Kansas	Big 8	1-9-0	0.1	-0.14	-20.5	17.04	0.7	0.3
135	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-9-0	0.1	-0.18	-21.6	13.4	0.89	0.11
136	Illinois State	FBS Independents	1-9-0	0.1	-0.2	-19	6.37	0.9	0.1
137	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-7-0	0	-2.19	-13.57	13.58	0.91	-0.91
138	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-9-1	0	-2.78	-29.9	12.92	0.3	-0.3