1978 W13 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.787069+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Penn State	FBS Independents	11-0-0	1	25.76	20.82	13.55	10.41	0.59
2	USC	Pac-10	10-1-0	0.91	23.57	12.91	15.07	9.27	0.73
3	Oklahoma	Big 8	10-1-0	0.91	23.37	26.27	11.01	10.19	-0.19
4	Michigan	Big Ten	10-1-0	0.91	23.27	24.91	10.75	10.63	-0.63
5	Alabama	SEC	9-1-0	0.9	23.27	15.2	13.97	8.45	0.55
6	Clemson	ACC	10-1-0	0.91	23.15	21.36	10.72	10.26	-0.26
7	Ball State	Mid-American	10-1-0	0.91	22.74	15.36	9.74	10.28	-0.28
8	Georgia	SEC	8-1-1	0.8	22.26	10.5	11.15	7.98	0.02
9	Nebraska	Big 8	9-2-0	0.82	21.46	21.36	12.73	9.62	-0.62
10	Maryland	ACC	9-2-0	0.82	20.83	12.36	11.43	9.36	-0.36
11	Houston	Southwest	8-2-0	0.8	20.79	12.8	13.34	8.09	-0.09
12	North Texas	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	20.7	11.55	10.98	8.92	0.08
13	Central Michigan	Mid-American	9-2-0	0.82	20.52	19.27	7.65	10.11	-1.11
14	Arkansas	Southwest	8-2-0	0.8	20.35	14.7	10.68	8.57	-0.57
15	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	9-2-0	0.82	20.26	7.82	10.01	7.68	1.32
16	Rutgers	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	20.01	12.27	6.11	9.27	-0.27
17	Purdue	Big Ten	8-2-1	0.73	19.88	10.09	9.44	9.25	-1.25
18	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	8-2-1	0.73	19.35	6.09	8.2	7.65	0.35
19	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	19.28	8.64	16.25	8.23	-0.23
20	Michigan State	Big Ten	8-3-0	0.73	19.08	21.91	10.85	9.79	-1.79
21	Florida State	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.73	9.45	12.73	7.96	0.04
22	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.56	8.09	11.73	8.18	-0.18
23	BYU	Western Athletic	8-3-0	0.73	18.49	11.27	10.24	8.85	-0.85
24	East Carolina	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.47	11.73	9.75	9.3	-1.3
25	Arizona State	Pac-10	8-3-0	0.73	18.34	8.64	10.46	7.72	0.28
26	UCLA	Pac-10	8-3-0	0.73	18.3	8.09	10.32	8.12	-0.12
27	Texas	Southwest	7-3-0	0.7	18.21	9.4	13.14	7.85	-0.85
28	NC State	ACC	8-3-0	0.73	18.18	5.36	11.62	7.2	0.8
29	Ohio State	Big Ten	7-3-1	0.64	17.9	11.36	10.11	8.37	-1.37
30	Yale	Ivy	5-2-2	0.56	17.79	8.67	9.65	6.97	-1.97
31	Iowa State	Big 8	8-3-0	0.73	17.74	4.27	9.43	7.13	0.87
32	LSU	SEC	7-3-0	0.7	17.71	8.4	10.99	7.35	-0.35
33	Texas A&M	Southwest	7-3-0	0.7	17.52	10.7	8.38	7.83	-0.83
34	Furman	Southern	8-3-0	0.73	17.42	11.55	2.73	8.43	-0.43
35	Utah	Western Athletic	7-3-0	0.7	17.34	10.7	7.26	7.67	-0.67
36	Navy	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	17.32	8.9	7.77	7.88	-0.88
37	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	17.26	3.8	11.38	6.1	0.9
38	Texas Tech	Southwest	7-3-0	0.7	17.1	2	13.23	5.52	1.48
39	Chattanooga	Southern	7-3-1	0.64	16.86	10.36	3.74	8.26	-1.26
40	Missouri	Big 8	7-4-0	0.64	16.81	11.55	12.58	8.2	-1.2
41	Auburn	SEC	6-3-1	0.6	16.74	6.5	10.03	6.94	-0.94
42	Stanford	Pac-10	7-4-0	0.64	16.72	9.27	13.11	8	-1
43	Washington	Pac-10	7-4-0	0.64	16.65	10.45	12.21	8.67	-1.67
44	Temple	FBS Independents	6-3-1	0.6	16.65	7.3	8.75	6.92	-0.92
45	UNLV	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	16.53	7.1	3.5	7.11	-0.11
46	Dartmouth	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.13	3.11	8.91	5.35	0.65
47	Louisville	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	16.12	10.64	7.83	8.22	-1.22
48	Brown	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.04	2.67	8.92	5.22	0.78
49	McNeese	Southland	7-4-0	0.64	15.92	8.27	7.93	7.94	-0.94
50	Western Michigan	Mid-American	7-4-0	0.64	15.9	6.18	8.96	7.77	-0.77
51	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.85	2.55	13.09	6.41	0.59
52	Utah State	PCAA	7-4-0	0.64	15.53	5	6.88	6.96	0.04
53	Louisiana Tech	Southland	6-4-0	0.6	15.52	6.4	13.06	6.98	-0.98
54	Arkansas State	Southland	7-4-0	0.64	15.47	1.73	11.64	6.3	0.7
55	App State	Southern	7-4-0	0.64	15.05	3.73	4.89	6.34	0.66
56	Cornell	Ivy	5-3-1	0.56	14.99	3.78	7.82	5.54	-0.54
57	New Mexico	Western Athletic	7-5-0	0.58	14.86	6.58	10.75	8.21	-1.21
58	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	7-4-0	0.64	14.68	1.45	5.84	5.99	1.01
59	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	14.52	4.18	7.08	7.24	-1.24
60	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	14.18	5.6	2.95	6.61	-0.61
61	Mississippi State	SEC	6-5-0	0.55	13.9	2.45	13.89	6.3	-0.3
62	Colorado	Big 8	6-5-0	0.55	13.34	2.18	9.9	6.21	-0.21
63	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	13.19	-1.3	11.66	4.7	1.3
64	South Carolina	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	13.05	5.18	12.44	7.22	-2.22
65	Western Carolina	Southern	6-5-0	0.55	12.7	2.27	3.7	6.23	-0.23
66	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	11.82	5	13.09	6.9	-1.9
67	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	6-5-0	0.55	11.63	-2	11.1	5	1
68	Harvard	Ivy	4-4-1	0.44	11.59	0.78	8.19	4.69	-0.69
69	Arizona	Pac-10	5-6-0	0.45	11.56	3.64	11.45	6.64	-1.64
70	William & Mary	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	11.55	0.82	7.51	5.85	-0.85
71	San José State	PCAA	6-5-0	0.55	11.45	-0.64	3.81	5.31	0.69
72	Miami	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	11.44	0	12.31	5	0
73	California	Pac-10	6-5-0	0.55	11.35	-4.82	13.21	4.2	1.8
74	Long Beach State	PCAA	5-5-0	0.5	11.34	0.7	5.3	5.2	-0.2
75	Texas-Arlington	Southland	5-6-0	0.45	11.31	2.73	11.08	6.36	-1.36
76	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5-4-2	0.45	11.16	-4.91	9.52	4.12	0.88
77	Tennessee	SEC	4-5-1	0.4	10.92	1.6	13.47	5.47	-1.47
78	Wyoming	Western Athletic	5-6-0	0.45	10.87	1.36	11.25	5.93	-0.93
79	SMU	Southwest	4-6-1	0.36	10.82	4.45	14.69	6.65	-2.65
80	Florida	SEC	4-6-0	0.4	10.63	2.7	16.18	5.74	-1.74
81	Colorado State	Western Athletic	5-6-0	0.45	9.66	-0.82	10.05	5.26	-0.26
82	North Carolina	ACC	5-6-0	0.45	9.61	-1.73	13.55	4.91	0.09
83	Kentucky	SEC	4-6-1	0.36	9.57	0.36	12.84	5.64	-1.64
84	Ole Miss	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	8.86	-5.36	12.76	3.73	1.27
85	Minnesota	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	8.78	-5.18	9.51	3.98	1.02
86	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	5-6-0	0.45	8.74	-4.73	9.68	4.21	0.79
87	Villanova	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.7	-3.27	5.26	4.46	0.54
88	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	8.66	0.91	10.13	5.74	-1.74
89	The Citadel	Southern	5-6-0	0.45	8.65	-4.09	6.49	4.21	0.79
90	Army	FBS Independents	4-5-1	0.4	8.37	-4.3	6	3.78	0.22
91	San Diego State	Western Athletic	4-6-0	0.4	8.34	-1.3	10.13	4.67	-0.67
92	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	7.93	-11.27	5.82	2.22	2.78
93	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	5-7-0	0.42	7.86	-2.67	0.52	5.28	-0.28
94	Tulane	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	7.25	-2.55	10.8	4.58	-0.58
95	Drake	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	6.89	-4.82	12.39	4.07	-0.07
96	Indiana	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.8	-5.64	11.99	3.97	0.03
97	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	6.76	-4.36	8.81	4.33	-0.33
98	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.75	-5.73	12.05	3.46	0.54
99	Columbia	Ivy	3-5-1	0.33	6.57	-13	10.9	1.38	1.62
100	Memphis	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.55	-8.82	13.07	3.1	0.9
101	Kent State	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	6.39	-8.18	9.79	2.81	1.19
102	Duke	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	6.32	-12.64	13.98	1.36	2.64
103	Kansas State	Big 8	4-7-0	0.36	6.26	-12.82	13.74	2.43	1.57
104	Washington State	Pac-10	3-7-1	0.27	6.07	-1.82	10.32	5.05	-2.05
105	Pacific	PCAA	4-8-0	0.33	5.86	-7	9.99	3.82	0.18
106	Baylor	Southwest	3-8-0	0.27	5.51	-1.55	15.09	5.03	-2.03
107	Richmond	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	5.36	-1.73	11.02	4.84	-1.84
108	Princeton	Ivy	2-5-2	0.22	5.1	-6.33	12.47	2.63	-0.63
109	Oregon State	Pac-10	3-7-1	0.27	4.91	-12.55	13.7	1.65	1.35
110	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	4.72	-5.45	11.52	4.06	-1.06
111	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-7-0	0.3	4.65	-11.6	6.11	1.7	1.3
112	Oklahoma State	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	4.47	-9	14.95	2.74	0.26
113	Louisiana	Southland	3-8-0	0.27	4.41	-9.27	12.99	2.18	0.82
114	Syracuse	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.41	-9.36	13.43	2.92	0.08
115	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	4.4	-7.18	8.57	2.87	0.13
116	Ohio	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	4.21	-11.45	11.82	1.7	1.3
117	Colgate	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.2	-7	4.06	2.99	0.01
118	Fresno State	PCAA	3-8-0	0.27	4.19	-7.45	3.45	3.7	-0.7
119	Air Force	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.17	-10.27	8.92	2.96	0.04
120	Pennsylvania	Ivy	2-6-1	0.22	4.13	-5.33	7.62	2.98	-0.98
121	VMI	Southern	3-8-0	0.27	4.12	-10.27	7.62	1.8	1.2
122	Oregon	Pac-10	2-9-0	0.18	2.86	-3.55	12.58	4.2	-2.2
123	Lamar	Southland	2-8-1	0.18	2.58	-9.64	9.83	2.83	-0.83
124	Virginia	ACC	2-9-0	0.18	2.3	-8.82	10.52	2.44	-0.44
125	Toledo	Mid-American	2-9-0	0.18	2.19	-10.18	11.01	2.24	-0.24
126	Rice	Southwest	2-8-0	0.2	2.12	-22.5	14.95	0.88	1.12
127	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-8-0	0.2	2.09	-22.8	13.87	1	1
128	Iowa	Big Ten	2-9-0	0.18	1.97	-15.09	13.88	1.31	0.69
129	West Virginia	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.81	-17.91	13.02	1.5	0.5
130	Illinois State	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.73	-17.18	6.09	1.16	0.84
131	TCU	Southwest	2-9-0	0.18	1.65	-22.55	13.57	0.62	1.38
132	Illinois	Big Ten	1-8-2	0.09	0.12	-19.45	13.12	0.72	0.28
133	Wake Forest	ACC	1-10-0	0.09	-0.17	-15.45	14.05	1.01	-0.01
134	Marshall	Southern	1-10-0	0.09	-0.21	-16.27	13.47	1.05	-0.05
135	Kansas	Big 8	1-10-0	0.09	-0.37	-20.09	14.96	0.89	0.11
136	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-11-0	0.08	-0.69	-22.75	13.23	0.96	0.04
137	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-9-0	0	-2.16	-15.11	8.85	1.04	-1.04
138	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-10-1	0	-2.8	-31.64	12.93	0.26	-0.26