1978 W12 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.786644+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	25.79	22.2	13.04	9.53	0.47
2	Oklahoma	Big 8	10-1-0	0.91	23.42	26.27	10.87	10.19	-0.19
3	USC	Pac-10	9-1-0	0.9	23.39	14	14.63	8.71	0.29
4	Alabama	SEC	9-1-0	0.9	23.24	15.2	13.36	8.45	0.55
5	Clemson	ACC	9-1-0	0.9	22.97	21.7	10.52	9.45	-0.45
6	Michigan	Big Ten	9-1-0	0.9	22.97	26.3	9.74	9.66	-0.66
7	Houston	Southwest	8-1-0	0.89	22.93	14.33	13.22	7.52	0.48
8	Ball State	Mid-American	10-1-0	0.91	22.81	15.36	9.81	10.28	-0.28
9	Georgia	SEC	8-1-1	0.8	22.35	10.5	11.23	7.98	0.02
10	Rutgers	FBS Independents	9-1-0	0.9	21.96	14	6.73	8.66	0.34
11	Nebraska	Big 8	9-2-0	0.82	21.61	21.36	12.77	9.62	-0.62
12	Maryland	ACC	9-2-0	0.82	20.97	12.36	11.44	9.36	-0.36
13	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	20.9	9.7	15.55	7.82	0.18
14	North Texas	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	20.73	11.55	10.84	8.92	0.08
15	Central Michigan	Mid-American	9-2-0	0.82	20.55	19.27	7.58	10.11	-1.11
16	Texas	Southwest	7-2-0	0.78	20.42	13.11	14.1	7.9	-0.9
17	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	9-2-0	0.82	20.35	7.82	10.12	7.68	1.32
18	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	20.01	9.6	10.08	7.75	0.25
19	Arkansas	Southwest	7-2-0	0.78	19.93	14.89	10.48	7.74	-0.74
20	Ohio State	Big Ten	7-2-1	0.7	19.66	13.6	9.15	7.87	-0.87
21	Purdue	Big Ten	7-2-1	0.7	19.55	9.8	9.23	8.31	-1.31
22	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	8-2-1	0.73	19.38	6.09	8.08	7.65	0.35
23	Michigan State	Big Ten	7-3-0	0.7	18.54	20.6	11.71	8.74	-1.74
24	East Carolina	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.45	11.73	9.39	9.3	-1.3
25	UCLA	Pac-10	8-3-0	0.73	18.39	8.09	10.06	8.12	-0.12
26	Florida State	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	17.97	8.7	12.37	7.12	-0.12
27	Arizona State	Pac-10	7-3-0	0.7	17.84	9.4	10.88	7.13	-0.13
28	BYU	Western Athletic	7-3-0	0.7	17.84	10.6	9.6	7.93	-0.93
29	Yale	Ivy	5-2-2	0.56	17.83	8.67	9.76	6.97	-1.97
30	Iowa State	Big 8	8-3-0	0.73	17.77	4.27	9.45	7.13	0.87
31	NC State	ACC	7-3-0	0.7	17.66	5.6	12.24	6.63	0.37
32	Navy	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	17.47	8.9	7.78	7.88	-0.88
33	Furman	Southern	8-3-0	0.73	17.45	11.55	2.71	8.43	-0.43
34	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	17.39	3.8	11.34	6.1	0.9
35	LSU	SEC	6-3-0	0.67	17.11	7.22	11.21	6.46	-0.46
36	Texas A&M	Southwest	6-3-0	0.67	17.1	11	9.01	7	-1
37	Chattanooga	Southern	7-3-1	0.64	17.01	10.36	3.87	8.26	-1.26
38	Missouri	Big 8	7-4-0	0.64	16.86	11.55	12.89	8.2	-1.2
39	Stanford	Pac-10	7-4-0	0.64	16.78	9.27	13.43	8	-1
40	Utah State	PCAA	7-3-0	0.7	16.76	5.8	5.41	6.52	0.48
41	Temple	FBS Independents	6-3-1	0.6	16.73	7.3	9.28	6.92	-0.92
42	Auburn	SEC	6-3-1	0.6	16.67	6.5	9.1	6.94	-0.94
43	Utah	Western Athletic	6-3-0	0.67	16.59	11.56	5.97	7.05	-1.05
44	Texas Tech	Southwest	6-3-0	0.67	16.32	2.11	12.04	4.99	1.01
45	New Mexico	Western Athletic	7-4-0	0.64	16.29	7.45	11.01	7.82	-0.82
46	Louisville	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	16.27	10.64	8.01	8.22	-1.22
47	Dartmouth	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.17	3.11	9.22	5.35	0.65
48	Brown	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.08	2.67	9.24	5.22	0.78
49	Western Michigan	Mid-American	7-4-0	0.64	15.98	6.18	8.74	7.77	-0.77
50	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.81	2.55	13.12	6.41	0.59
51	Washington	Pac-10	6-4-0	0.6	15.73	8.5	12.72	7.47	-1.47
52	UNLV	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	15.7	6	2.71	6.1	-0.1
53	Louisiana Tech	Southland	6-4-0	0.6	15.65	6.4	13.07	6.98	-0.98
54	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	15.6	0.56	10.9	4.62	1.38
55	Arkansas State	Southland	7-4-0	0.64	15.48	1.73	11.57	6.3	0.7
56	Mississippi State	SEC	6-4-0	0.6	15.44	4.7	14.04	6.35	-0.35
57	App State	Southern	7-4-0	0.64	15.07	3.73	5.11	6.34	0.66
58	McNeese	Southland	6-4-0	0.6	15.04	6.5	8.06	6.86	-0.86
59	Cornell	Ivy	5-3-1	0.56	15	3.78	8.07	5.54	-0.54
60	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	7-4-0	0.64	14.7	1.45	5.89	5.99	1.01
61	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	14.54	4.18	7.25	7.24	-1.24
62	South Carolina	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	14.51	7.5	11.45	7.34	-2.34
63	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	13.64	5.78	4.41	5.98	-0.98
64	Colorado	Big 8	6-5-0	0.55	13.41	2.18	9.64	6.21	-0.21
65	Long Beach State	PCAA	5-4-0	0.56	12.85	1.33	6.13	4.86	0.14
66	Western Carolina	Southern	6-5-0	0.55	12.81	2.27	3.83	6.23	-0.23
67	Arizona	Pac-10	5-5-0	0.5	12.66	4.1	10.88	6.15	-1.15
68	SMU	Southwest	4-5-1	0.4	11.97	6.2	13.93	6.41	-2.41
69	Florida	SEC	4-5-0	0.44	11.95	4.89	16.81	5.74	-1.74
70	Harvard	Ivy	4-4-1	0.44	11.69	0.78	8.08	4.69	-0.69
71	William & Mary	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	11.68	0.82	7.65	5.85	-0.85
72	California	Pac-10	6-5-0	0.55	11.49	-4.82	13.72	4.2	1.8
73	San José State	PCAA	6-5-0	0.55	11.4	-0.64	3.59	5.31	0.69
74	Texas-Arlington	Southland	5-6-0	0.45	11.32	2.73	11.34	6.36	-1.36
75	Kentucky	SEC	4-5-1	0.4	11.16	1.9	13.16	5.66	-1.66
76	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	10.55	3.5	12.92	5.9	-1.9
77	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	5-5-0	0.5	10.5	-2.4	11.32	4.44	0.56
78	Minnesota	Big Ten	5-5-0	0.5	10.4	-1.9	9.56	4.46	0.54
79	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-4-2	0.4	9.53	-9.2	9.21	2.69	1.31
80	Miami	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	9.52	-1.33	13.48	4.09	-0.09
81	Tennessee	SEC	3-5-1	0.33	8.87	0.11	14.29	4.53	-1.53
82	Villanova	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.78	-3.27	5.29	4.46	0.54
83	The Citadel	Southern	5-6-0	0.45	8.75	-4.09	6.87	4.21	0.79
84	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	8.72	0.91	9.88	5.74	-1.74
85	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	5-6-0	0.45	8.61	-1.36	-1.39	5.17	-0.17
86	Tulane	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	8.6	-0.9	10.31	4.68	-0.68
87	Wyoming	Western Athletic	4-6-0	0.4	8.54	-1.5	11.97	4.54	-0.54
88	Army	FBS Independents	4-5-1	0.4	8.45	-4.3	5.99	3.78	0.22
89	North Carolina	ACC	4-6-0	0.4	8.39	-2	13.89	4.39	-0.39
90	Colorado State	Western Athletic	4-6-0	0.4	8.27	-1.6	10.65	4.58	-0.58
91	Washington State	Pac-10	3-6-1	0.3	8.09	1	9.93	5.23	-2.23
92	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	7.94	-11.27	6.09	2.22	2.78
93	Indiana	Big Ten	4-6-0	0.4	7.8	-4.9	11.33	3.84	0.16
94	Memphis	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	7.61	-7.7	13.36	3.06	0.94
95	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	4-6-0	0.4	7.55	-6.1	9.54	3.53	0.47
96	Ole Miss	SEC	4-6-0	0.4	7.51	-7.9	11.94	2.73	1.27
97	Duke	ACC	4-6-0	0.4	7.25	-13.8	14.63	1.04	2.96
98	Drake	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	6.93	-4.82	11.76	4.07	-0.07
99	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	6.85	-4.36	8.95	4.33	-0.33
100	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.73	-5.73	12.46	3.46	0.54
101	San Diego State	Western Athletic	3-6-0	0.33	6.68	-1.78	9.03	4.08	-1.08
102	Columbia	Ivy	3-5-1	0.33	6.63	-13	10.78	1.38	1.62
103	Pacific	PCAA	4-7-0	0.36	6.56	-7	9.49	3.54	0.46
104	Kent State	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	6.36	-8.18	9.84	2.81	1.19
105	Kansas State	Big 8	4-7-0	0.36	6.23	-12.82	13.95	2.43	1.57
106	Oregon State	Pac-10	3-6-1	0.3	5.74	-11.7	14.73	1.73	1.27
107	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	3-7-0	0.3	5.37	-5.8	11.6	3.57	-0.57
108	Richmond	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	5.31	-1.73	11.28	4.84	-1.84
109	Louisiana	Southland	3-7-0	0.3	5.23	-7.6	12.4	2.22	0.78
110	Princeton	Ivy	2-5-2	0.22	5.15	-6.33	12.43	2.63	-0.63
111	Syracuse	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	5.06	-9.1	14.01	2.78	0.22
112	Ohio	Mid-American	3-7-0	0.3	4.82	-11.7	12.58	1.46	1.54
113	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-7-0	0.3	4.68	-11.6	5.81	1.7	1.3
114	Oklahoma State	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	4.53	-9	14.91	2.74	0.26
115	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	4.35	-7.18	8.68	2.87	0.13
116	Air Force	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.21	-10.27	8.85	2.96	0.04
117	Pennsylvania	Ivy	2-6-1	0.22	4.18	-5.33	7.53	2.98	-0.98
118	VMI	Southern	3-8-0	0.27	4.17	-10.27	7.58	1.8	1.2
119	Fresno State	PCAA	3-8-0	0.27	4.14	-7.45	3.35	3.7	-0.7
120	Baylor	Southwest	2-8-0	0.2	3.41	-4.1	14.63	3.85	-1.85
121	Virginia	ACC	2-8-0	0.2	2.72	-9.4	10.21	2	0
122	Colgate	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	2.65	-8.2	2.8	2.45	-0.45
123	Iowa	Big Ten	2-8-0	0.2	2.42	-13.1	13.31	1.46	0.54
124	Toledo	Mid-American	2-9-0	0.18	2.21	-10.18	10.92	2.24	-0.24
125	TCU	Southwest	2-8-0	0.2	2.07	-24	13	0.54	1.46
126	Rice	Southwest	2-8-0	0.2	2.04	-22.5	15.29	0.88	1.12
127	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-8-0	0.2	2.02	-22.8	14.18	1	1
128	West Virginia	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.83	-17.91	12.32	1.5	0.5
129	Illinois State	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.66	-17.18	5.98	1.16	0.84
130	Oregon	Pac-10	1-9-0	0.1	0.76	-6	14.08	3.1	-2.1
131	Lamar	Southland	1-8-1	0.1	0.54	-11.1	9.47	2.14	-1.14
132	Illinois	Big Ten	1-8-2	0.09	0.13	-19.45	12.92	0.72	0.28
133	Wake Forest	ACC	1-10-0	0.09	-0.16	-15.45	14.19	1.01	-0.01
134	Marshall	Southern	1-10-0	0.09	-0.19	-16.27	13.57	1.05	-0.05
135	Kansas	Big 8	1-10-0	0.09	-0.37	-20.09	15.26	0.89	0.11
136	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-10-0	0.09	-0.43	-22.09	13.29	0.84	0.16
137	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-8-0	0	-2.15	-13.62	11.81	1.19	-1.19
138	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-10-1	0	-2.81	-31.64	12.97	0.26	-0.26