1978 W15 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.787912+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	25.45	20.82	12.69	10.41	0.59
2	USC	Pac-10	11-1-0	0.92	23.64	13.17	14.7	10.24	0.76
3	Alabama	SEC	10-1-0	0.91	23.43	15.45	14.19	9.31	0.69
4	Oklahoma	Big 8	10-1-0	0.91	23.2	26.27	10.77	10.19	-0.19
5	Michigan	Big Ten	10-1-0	0.91	23.07	24.91	10.25	10.63	-0.63
6	Clemson	ACC	10-1-0	0.91	23.01	21.36	10.57	10.26	-0.26
7	Ball State	Mid-American	10-1-0	0.91	22.62	15.36	9.8	10.28	-0.28
8	Georgia	SEC	9-1-1	0.82	22.33	9.64	11.31	8.44	0.56
9	Nebraska	Big 8	9-2-0	0.82	21.26	21.36	12.24	9.62	-0.62
10	Houston	Southwest	9-2-0	0.82	20.9	13.82	12.05	8.93	0.07
11	Arkansas	Southwest	9-2-0	0.82	20.81	17.18	10.54	9.75	-0.75
12	Maryland	ACC	9-2-0	0.82	20.66	12.36	11.08	9.36	-0.36
13	North Texas	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	20.52	11.55	10.58	8.92	0.08
14	Central Michigan	Mid-American	9-2-0	0.82	20.41	19.27	7.66	10.11	-1.11
15	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	9-2-0	0.82	20.17	7.82	10.13	7.68	1.32
16	Rutgers	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	19.86	12.27	6.29	9.27	-0.27
17	Purdue	Big Ten	8-2-1	0.73	19.74	10.09	9.12	9.25	-1.25
18	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	8-2-1	0.73	19.27	6.09	8.33	7.65	0.35
19	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	19.18	8.64	16.74	8.23	-0.23
20	Michigan State	Big Ten	8-3-0	0.73	18.96	21.91	10.56	9.79	-1.79
21	BYU	Western Athletic	9-3-0	0.75	18.9	10.67	10.66	9.42	-0.42
22	Texas	Southwest	8-3-0	0.73	18.77	9.91	13.23	8.82	-0.82
23	Florida State	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.61	9.45	12.41	7.96	0.04
24	East Carolina	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.38	11.73	9.79	9.3	-1.3
25	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.37	8.09	11.47	8.18	-0.18
26	Arizona State	Pac-10	8-3-0	0.73	18.22	8.64	10.18	7.72	0.28
27	LSU	SEC	8-3-0	0.73	18.21	8.27	10.28	8.05	-0.05
28	UCLA	Pac-10	8-3-0	0.73	18.21	8.09	10.41	8.12	-0.12
29	NC State	ACC	8-3-0	0.73	18.07	5.36	11.35	7.2	0.8
30	Navy	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	17.94	10.64	7.28	9.17	-1.17
31	Utah	Western Athletic	8-3-0	0.73	17.88	9.91	7.16	8.28	-0.28
32	Ohio State	Big Ten	7-3-1	0.64	17.73	11.36	10.06	8.37	-1.37
33	Yale	Ivy	5-2-2	0.56	17.66	8.67	9.36	6.97	-1.97
34	Iowa State	Big 8	8-3-0	0.73	17.64	4.27	9.37	7.13	0.87
35	Furman	Southern	8-3-0	0.73	17.29	11.55	2.5	8.43	-0.43
36	Temple	FBS Independents	7-3-1	0.64	17.01	7	7.49	7.5	-0.5
37	Chattanooga	Southern	7-3-1	0.64	16.77	10.36	3.78	8.26	-1.26
38	Missouri	Big 8	7-4-0	0.64	16.71	11.55	12.51	8.2	-1.2
39	Stanford	Pac-10	7-4-0	0.64	16.61	9.27	12.95	8	-1
40	Washington	Pac-10	7-4-0	0.64	16.57	10.45	12.01	8.67	-1.67
41	Dartmouth	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.05	3.11	8.98	5.35	0.65
42	Louisville	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	16.03	10.64	7.78	8.22	-1.22
43	Texas A&M	Southwest	7-4-0	0.64	16.02	8.36	8.95	8.09	-1.09
44	Brown	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	15.96	2.67	8.99	5.22	0.78
45	McNeese	Southland	7-4-0	0.64	15.88	8.27	7.95	7.94	-0.94
46	Western Michigan	Mid-American	7-4-0	0.64	15.81	6.18	8.97	7.77	-0.77
47	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.78	3.36	11.76	6.54	0.46
48	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.77	2.55	13.1	6.41	0.59
49	Utah State	PCAA	7-4-0	0.64	15.47	5	7.41	6.96	0.04
50	Louisiana Tech	Southland	6-4-0	0.6	15.46	6.4	13.22	6.98	-0.98
51	Arkansas State	Southland	7-4-0	0.64	15.41	1.73	11.8	6.3	0.7
52	UNLV	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.22	6.09	4.39	7.45	-0.45
53	App State	Southern	7-4-0	0.64	14.97	3.73	4.83	6.34	0.66
54	Auburn	SEC	6-4-1	0.55	14.96	4.27	11.35	6.9	-0.9
55	Cornell	Ivy	5-3-1	0.56	14.92	3.78	7.92	5.54	-0.54
56	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	14.85	5.18	2.33	7.08	-0.08
57	New Mexico	Western Athletic	7-5-0	0.58	14.72	6.58	10.72	8.21	-1.21
58	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	7-4-0	0.64	14.63	1.45	6.09	5.99	1.01
59	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	14.49	4.18	7.54	7.24	-1.24
60	Texas Tech	Southwest	7-4-0	0.64	13.91	-2	13.32	4.94	2.06
61	Mississippi State	SEC	6-5-0	0.55	13.77	2.45	14	6.3	-0.3
62	Colorado	Big 8	6-5-0	0.55	13.33	2.18	10.46	6.21	-0.21
63	South Carolina	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	12.91	5.18	12.28	7.22	-2.22
64	San José State	PCAA	7-5-0	0.58	12.87	0.92	3.69	6.31	0.69
65	Tennessee	SEC	5-5-1	0.45	12.65	3.82	11.66	6.68	-1.68
66	Western Carolina	Southern	6-5-0	0.55	12.62	2.27	3.65	6.23	-0.23
67	Miami	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	12.59	0.09	11.44	5.53	0.47
68	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	11.79	5	12.87	6.9	-1.9
69	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	11.63	-2.64	12.87	4.79	1.21
70	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	6-5-0	0.55	11.56	-2	10.48	5	1
71	Harvard	Ivy	4-4-1	0.44	11.54	0.78	8.3	4.69	-0.69
72	William & Mary	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	11.48	0.82	7.5	5.85	-0.85
73	Arizona	Pac-10	5-6-0	0.45	11.44	3.64	11.23	6.64	-1.64
74	Texas-Arlington	Southland	5-6-0	0.45	11.27	2.73	11.27	6.36	-1.36
75	California	Pac-10	6-5-0	0.55	11.26	-4.82	12.92	4.2	1.8
76	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5-4-2	0.45	11.15	-4.91	9.34	4.12	0.88
77	SMU	Southwest	4-6-1	0.36	10.65	4.45	13.87	6.65	-2.65
78	Wyoming	Western Athletic	5-7-0	0.42	9.97	0.67	11.49	6.23	-1.23
79	Colorado State	Western Athletic	5-6-0	0.45	9.67	-0.82	10.1	5.26	-0.26
80	North Carolina	ACC	5-6-0	0.45	9.58	-1.73	13.16	4.91	0.09
81	Kentucky	SEC	4-6-1	0.36	9.48	0.36	13.17	5.64	-1.64
82	Florida	SEC	4-7-0	0.36	9.43	2.36	15.25	6.21	-2.21
83	Long Beach State	PCAA	5-6-0	0.45	9.28	-1	6.03	5.18	-0.18
84	Ole Miss	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	8.85	-5.36	12.5	3.73	1.27
85	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	5-6-0	0.45	8.71	-4.73	9.27	4.21	0.79
86	Minnesota	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	8.65	-5.18	9.31	3.98	1.02
87	Villanova	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.64	-3.27	5.2	4.46	0.54
88	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	8.61	0.91	10.02	5.74	-1.74
89	The Citadel	Southern	5-6-0	0.45	8.59	-4.09	6.31	4.21	0.79
90	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	7.9	-11.27	5.98	2.22	2.78
91	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	5-7-0	0.42	7.75	-2.67	-0.06	5.28	-0.28
92	San Diego State	Western Athletic	4-7-0	0.36	7.49	-1.36	10.95	5.11	-1.11
93	Army	FBS Independents	4-6-1	0.36	7.26	-6.45	7.09	3.47	0.53
94	Tulane	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	7.16	-2.55	10.82	4.58	-0.58
95	Drake	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	6.84	-4.82	12.06	4.07	-0.07
96	Indiana	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.73	-5.64	11.99	3.97	0.03
97	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.71	-5.73	11.78	3.46	0.54
98	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	6.71	-4.36	8.57	4.33	-0.33
99	Columbia	Ivy	3-5-1	0.33	6.52	-13	10.6	1.38	1.62
100	Memphis	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.45	-8.82	12.69	3.1	0.9
101	Kent State	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	6.36	-8.18	9.79	2.81	1.19
102	Duke	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	6.26	-12.64	14.2	1.36	2.64
103	Kansas State	Big 8	4-7-0	0.36	6.21	-12.82	13.4	2.43	1.57
104	Washington State	Pac-10	3-7-1	0.27	5.95	-1.82	10.27	5.05	-2.05
105	Pacific	PCAA	4-8-0	0.33	5.77	-7	9.42	3.82	0.18
106	Baylor	Southwest	3-8-0	0.27	5.52	-1.55	14.06	5.03	-2.03
107	Richmond	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	5.35	-1.73	11.34	4.84	-1.84
108	Princeton	Ivy	2-5-2	0.22	5.06	-6.33	12.35	2.63	-0.63
109	Oregon State	Pac-10	3-7-1	0.27	4.87	-12.55	14.02	1.65	1.35
110	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	4.68	-5.45	11.7	4.06	-1.06
111	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-7-0	0.3	4.62	-11.6	6.01	1.7	1.3
112	Oklahoma State	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	4.45	-9	15.01	2.74	0.26
113	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	4.38	-7.18	8.56	2.87	0.13
114	Syracuse	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.37	-9.36	13.72	2.92	0.08
115	Louisiana	Southland	3-8-0	0.27	4.36	-9.27	13.02	2.18	0.82
116	Colgate	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.23	-7	3.85	2.99	0.01
117	Ohio	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	4.17	-11.45	11.89	1.7	1.3
118	Fresno State	PCAA	3-8-0	0.27	4.16	-7.45	3.16	3.7	-0.7
119	Air Force	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.14	-10.27	8.76	2.96	0.04
120	VMI	Southern	3-8-0	0.27	4.1	-10.27	7.55	1.8	1.2
121	Pennsylvania	Ivy	2-6-1	0.22	4.1	-5.33	7.55	2.98	-0.98
122	Oregon	Pac-10	2-9-0	0.18	2.92	-3.55	12.49	4.2	-2.2
123	Lamar	Southland	2-8-1	0.18	2.64	-9.64	9.43	2.83	-0.83
124	Virginia	ACC	2-9-0	0.18	2.27	-8.82	10.5	2.44	-0.44
125	Toledo	Mid-American	2-9-0	0.18	2.18	-10.18	10.85	2.24	-0.24
126	Iowa	Big Ten	2-9-0	0.18	1.93	-15.09	13.7	1.31	0.69
127	West Virginia	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.79	-17.91	12.88	1.5	0.5
128	Illinois State	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.73	-17.18	6.16	1.16	0.84
129	Rice	Southwest	2-9-0	0.18	1.65	-22.64	15.28	1.06	0.94
130	TCU	Southwest	2-9-0	0.18	1.62	-22.55	13.14	0.62	1.38
131	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-9-0	0.18	1.61	-23.09	13.46	1.08	0.92
132	Illinois	Big Ten	1-8-2	0.09	0.12	-19.45	12.85	0.72	0.28
133	Wake Forest	ACC	1-10-0	0.09	-0.17	-15.45	13.9	1.01	-0.01
134	Marshall	Southern	1-10-0	0.09	-0.21	-16.27	13.39	1.05	-0.05
135	Kansas	Big 8	1-10-0	0.09	-0.37	-20.09	15.15	0.89	0.11
136	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-11-0	0.08	-0.69	-22.75	13.38	0.96	0.04
137	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-11-0	0	-2.05	-12.82	9.61	1.93	-1.93
138	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-10-1	0	-2.78	-31.64	12.73	0.26	-0.26