1978 W14 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.787493+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	25.53	20.82	12.76	10.41	0.59
2	USC	Pac-10	11-1-0	0.92	23.76	13.17	15.09	10.24	0.76
3	Alabama	SEC	10-1-0	0.91	23.5	15.45	14.29	9.31	0.69
4	Oklahoma	Big 8	10-1-0	0.91	23.26	26.27	10.78	10.19	-0.19
5	Michigan	Big Ten	10-1-0	0.91	23.14	24.91	10.3	10.63	-0.63
6	Clemson	ACC	10-1-0	0.91	23.07	21.36	10.59	10.26	-0.26
7	Ball State	Mid-American	10-1-0	0.91	22.68	15.36	9.82	10.28	-0.28
8	Georgia	SEC	9-1-1	0.82	22.45	9.64	11.7	8.44	0.56
9	Nebraska	Big 8	9-2-0	0.82	21.34	21.36	12.38	9.62	-0.62
10	Houston	Southwest	9-2-0	0.82	20.99	13.82	12.35	8.93	0.07
11	Arkansas	Southwest	9-2-0	0.82	20.91	17.18	10.96	9.75	-0.75
12	Maryland	ACC	9-2-0	0.82	20.72	12.36	11.14	9.36	-0.36
13	North Texas	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	20.57	11.55	10.54	8.92	0.08
14	Central Michigan	Mid-American	9-2-0	0.82	20.47	19.27	7.69	10.11	-1.11
15	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	9-2-0	0.82	20.22	7.82	10.11	7.68	1.32
16	Rutgers	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	19.91	12.27	6.27	9.27	-0.27
17	Purdue	Big Ten	8-2-1	0.73	19.8	10.09	9.17	9.25	-1.25
18	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	8-2-1	0.73	19.32	6.09	8.35	7.65	0.35
19	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	19.21	8.64	16.57	8.23	-0.23
20	Michigan State	Big Ten	8-3-0	0.73	19.01	21.91	10.59	9.79	-1.79
21	BYU	Western Athletic	9-3-0	0.75	18.97	10.67	10.98	9.42	-0.42
22	Texas	Southwest	8-3-0	0.73	18.86	9.91	13.71	8.82	-0.82
23	Florida State	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.65	9.45	12.36	7.96	0.04
24	East Carolina	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.43	11.73	9.81	9.3	-1.3
25	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.43	8.09	11.55	8.18	-0.18
26	Arizona State	Pac-10	8-3-0	0.73	18.27	8.64	10.15	7.72	0.28
27	LSU	SEC	8-3-0	0.73	18.26	8.27	10.49	8.05	-0.05
28	UCLA	Pac-10	8-3-0	0.73	18.24	8.09	10.27	8.12	-0.12
29	NC State	ACC	8-3-0	0.73	18.12	5.36	11.41	7.2	0.8
30	Navy	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	17.98	10.64	7.41	9.17	-1.17
31	Utah	Western Athletic	8-3-0	0.73	17.91	9.91	7.26	8.28	-0.28
32	Ohio State	Big Ten	7-3-1	0.64	17.78	11.36	10.12	8.37	-1.37
33	Yale	Ivy	5-2-2	0.56	17.71	8.67	9.4	6.97	-1.97
34	Iowa State	Big 8	8-3-0	0.73	17.7	4.27	9.51	7.13	0.87
35	Furman	Southern	8-3-0	0.73	17.35	11.55	2.56	8.43	-0.43
36	Chattanooga	Southern	7-3-1	0.64	16.81	10.36	3.8	8.26	-1.26
37	Missouri	Big 8	7-4-0	0.64	16.75	11.55	12.53	8.2	-1.2
38	Stanford	Pac-10	7-4-0	0.64	16.64	9.27	12.85	8	-1
39	Washington	Pac-10	7-4-0	0.64	16.61	10.45	12	8.67	-1.67
40	Temple	FBS Independents	6-3-1	0.6	16.57	7.3	8.51	6.92	-0.92
41	Texas A&M	Southwest	7-4-0	0.64	16.13	8.36	9.14	8.09	-1.09
42	Dartmouth	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.08	3.11	8.93	5.35	0.65
43	Louisville	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	16.07	10.64	7.81	8.22	-1.22
44	Brown	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	15.99	2.67	8.94	5.22	0.78
45	McNeese	Southland	7-4-0	0.64	15.92	8.27	7.96	7.94	-0.94
46	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.88	3.36	11.92	6.54	0.46
47	Western Michigan	Mid-American	7-4-0	0.64	15.85	6.18	9	7.77	-0.77
48	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.82	2.55	13.15	6.41	0.59
49	Utah State	PCAA	7-4-0	0.64	15.5	5	7.33	6.96	0.04
50	Louisiana Tech	Southland	6-4-0	0.6	15.5	6.4	13.24	6.98	-0.98
51	Arkansas State	Southland	7-4-0	0.64	15.44	1.73	11.81	6.3	0.7
52	UNLV	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.32	6.09	4.57	7.45	-0.45
53	Auburn	SEC	6-4-1	0.55	15.06	4.27	11.33	6.9	-0.9
54	App State	Southern	7-4-0	0.64	15.01	3.73	4.85	6.34	0.66
55	Cornell	Ivy	5-3-1	0.56	14.96	3.78	7.95	5.54	-0.54
56	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	14.87	5.18	2.43	7.08	-0.08
57	New Mexico	Western Athletic	7-5-0	0.58	14.82	6.58	11.26	8.21	-1.21
58	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	7-4-0	0.64	14.66	1.45	6.1	5.99	1.01
59	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	14.53	4.18	7.55	7.24	-1.24
60	Texas Tech	Southwest	7-4-0	0.64	14.05	-2	13.36	4.94	2.06
61	Mississippi State	SEC	6-5-0	0.55	13.82	2.45	14.06	6.3	-0.3
62	Colorado	Big 8	6-5-0	0.55	13.34	2.18	10.24	6.21	-0.21
63	South Carolina	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	12.96	5.18	12.42	7.22	-2.22
64	San José State	PCAA	7-5-0	0.58	12.88	0.92	4	6.31	0.69
65	Western Carolina	Southern	6-5-0	0.55	12.66	2.27	3.67	6.23	-0.23
66	Tennessee	SEC	5-5-1	0.45	12.64	3.82	11.96	6.68	-1.68
67	Miami	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	12.62	0.09	11.92	5.53	0.47
68	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	11.82	5	12.91	6.9	-1.9
69	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	11.71	-2.64	12.9	4.79	1.21
70	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	6-5-0	0.55	11.6	-2	10.64	5	1
71	Harvard	Ivy	4-4-1	0.44	11.57	0.78	8.33	4.69	-0.69
72	William & Mary	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	11.51	0.82	7.47	5.85	-0.85
73	Arizona	Pac-10	5-6-0	0.45	11.5	3.64	11.55	6.64	-1.64
74	California	Pac-10	6-5-0	0.55	11.3	-4.82	13.07	4.2	1.8
75	Texas-Arlington	Southland	5-6-0	0.45	11.3	2.73	11.29	6.36	-1.36
76	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5-4-2	0.45	11.18	-4.91	9.38	4.12	0.88
77	SMU	Southwest	4-6-1	0.36	10.72	4.45	14.32	6.65	-2.65
78	Wyoming	Western Athletic	5-7-0	0.42	10.03	0.67	11.6	6.23	-1.23
79	Colorado State	Western Athletic	5-6-0	0.45	9.7	-0.82	10.28	5.26	-0.26
80	North Carolina	ACC	5-6-0	0.45	9.61	-1.73	13.22	4.91	0.09
81	Florida	SEC	4-7-0	0.36	9.51	2.36	15.46	6.21	-2.21
82	Kentucky	SEC	4-6-1	0.36	9.5	0.36	13.12	5.64	-1.64
83	Long Beach State	PCAA	5-6-0	0.45	9.37	-1	5.99	5.18	-0.18
84	Ole Miss	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	8.86	-5.36	12.36	3.73	1.27
85	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	5-6-0	0.45	8.74	-4.73	9.47	4.21	0.79
86	Minnesota	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	8.68	-5.18	9.35	3.98	1.02
87	Villanova	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.67	-3.27	5.22	4.46	0.54
88	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	8.63	0.91	10.05	5.74	-1.74
89	The Citadel	Southern	5-6-0	0.45	8.62	-4.09	6.46	4.21	0.79
90	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	7.92	-11.27	5.99	2.22	2.78
91	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	5-7-0	0.42	7.79	-2.67	0.21	5.28	-0.28
92	San Diego State	Western Athletic	4-7-0	0.36	7.54	-1.36	11.01	5.11	-1.11
93	Army	FBS Independents	4-6-1	0.36	7.3	-6.45	6.93	3.47	0.53
94	Tulane	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	7.18	-2.55	10.86	4.58	-0.58
95	Drake	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	6.86	-4.82	12.27	4.07	-0.07
96	Indiana	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.75	-5.64	11.99	3.97	0.03
97	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.73	-5.73	11.94	3.46	0.54
98	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	6.73	-4.36	8.6	4.33	-0.33
99	Columbia	Ivy	3-5-1	0.33	6.54	-13	10.64	1.38	1.62
100	Memphis	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.48	-8.82	12.88	3.1	0.9
101	Kent State	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	6.37	-8.18	9.82	2.81	1.19
102	Duke	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	6.28	-12.64	14.16	1.36	2.64
103	Kansas State	Big 8	4-7-0	0.36	6.24	-12.82	13.6	2.43	1.57
104	Washington State	Pac-10	3-7-1	0.27	5.98	-1.82	10.51	5.05	-2.05
105	Pacific	PCAA	4-8-0	0.33	5.8	-7	9.68	3.82	0.18
106	Baylor	Southwest	3-8-0	0.27	5.55	-1.55	14.39	5.03	-2.03
107	Richmond	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	5.36	-1.73	11.36	4.84	-1.84
108	Princeton	Ivy	2-5-2	0.22	5.08	-6.33	12.38	2.63	-0.63
109	Oregon State	Pac-10	3-7-1	0.27	4.87	-12.55	13.84	1.65	1.35
110	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	4.69	-5.45	11.73	4.06	-1.06
111	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-7-0	0.3	4.63	-11.6	6.04	1.7	1.3
112	Oklahoma State	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	4.46	-9	15.01	2.74	0.26
113	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	4.39	-7.18	8.59	2.87	0.13
114	Louisiana	Southland	3-8-0	0.27	4.38	-9.27	13.21	2.18	0.82
115	Syracuse	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.38	-9.36	13.61	2.92	0.08
116	Colgate	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.24	-7	3.9	2.99	0.01
117	Fresno State	PCAA	3-8-0	0.27	4.18	-7.45	3.3	3.7	-0.7
118	Ohio	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	4.18	-11.45	11.92	1.7	1.3
119	Air Force	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.16	-10.27	8.91	2.96	0.04
120	VMI	Southern	3-8-0	0.27	4.11	-10.27	7.55	1.8	1.2
121	Pennsylvania	Ivy	2-6-1	0.22	4.11	-5.33	7.58	2.98	-0.98
122	Oregon	Pac-10	2-9-0	0.18	2.93	-3.55	12.46	4.2	-2.2
123	Lamar	Southland	2-8-1	0.18	2.65	-9.64	9.62	2.83	-0.83
124	Virginia	ACC	2-9-0	0.18	2.28	-8.82	10.57	2.44	-0.44
125	Toledo	Mid-American	2-9-0	0.18	2.18	-10.18	10.88	2.24	-0.24
126	Iowa	Big Ten	2-9-0	0.18	1.94	-15.09	13.7	1.31	0.69
127	West Virginia	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.8	-17.91	12.94	1.5	0.5
128	Illinois State	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.73	-17.18	6.18	1.16	0.84
129	Rice	Southwest	2-9-0	0.18	1.67	-22.64	15.52	1.06	0.94
130	TCU	Southwest	2-9-0	0.18	1.63	-22.55	13.48	0.62	1.38
131	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-9-0	0.18	1.63	-23.09	13.4	1.08	0.92
132	Illinois	Big Ten	1-8-2	0.09	0.12	-19.45	12.91	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	13.42	1.05	-0.05
135	Kansas	Big 8	1-10-0	0.09	-0.37	-20.09	15.21	0.89	0.11
136	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-11-0	0.08	-0.7	-22.75	13.68	0.96	0.04
137	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-10-0	0	-2.09	-13.7	9.05	1.52	-1.52
138	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-10-1	0	-2.79	-31.64	12.79	0.26	-0.26