1978 W16 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.788368+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	25.4	20.82	12.69	10.41	0.59
2	USC	Pac-10	11-1-0	0.92	23.57	13.17	14.65	10.24	0.76
3	Alabama	SEC	10-1-0	0.91	23.37	15.45	14.14	9.31	0.69
4	Oklahoma	Big 8	10-1-0	0.91	23.15	26.27	10.73	10.19	-0.19
5	Michigan	Big Ten	10-1-0	0.91	23.01	24.91	10.22	10.63	-0.63
6	Clemson	ACC	10-1-0	0.91	22.95	21.36	10.53	10.26	-0.26
7	Ball State	Mid-American	10-1-0	0.91	22.57	15.36	9.78	10.28	-0.28
8	Georgia	SEC	9-1-1	0.82	22.28	9.64	11.26	8.44	0.56
9	Nebraska	Big 8	9-2-0	0.82	21.2	21.36	12.2	9.62	-0.62
10	Houston	Southwest	9-2-0	0.82	20.84	13.82	11.99	8.93	0.07
11	Arkansas	Southwest	9-2-0	0.82	20.75	17.18	10.48	9.75	-0.75
12	Maryland	ACC	9-2-0	0.82	20.61	12.36	11.05	9.36	-0.36
13	North Texas	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	20.47	11.55	10.54	8.92	0.08
14	Central Michigan	Mid-American	9-2-0	0.82	20.36	19.27	7.64	10.11	-1.11
15	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	9-2-0	0.82	20.13	7.82	10.1	7.68	1.32
16	Purdue	Big Ten	8-2-1	0.73	19.7	10.09	9.1	9.25	-1.25
17	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	8-2-1	0.73	19.22	6.09	8.3	7.65	0.35
18	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	19.14	8.64	16.69	8.23	-0.23
19	Michigan State	Big Ten	8-3-0	0.73	18.91	21.91	10.53	9.79	-1.79
20	East Carolina	FBS Independents	9-3-0	0.75	18.89	12.58	10.23	10.25	-1.25
21	BYU	Western Athletic	9-3-0	0.75	18.85	10.67	10.61	9.42	-0.42
22	Arizona State	Pac-10	9-3-0	0.75	18.78	9.25	10.95	8.56	0.44
23	Texas	Southwest	8-3-0	0.73	18.72	9.91	13.16	8.82	-0.82
24	Florida State	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.57	9.45	12.37	7.96	0.04
25	Rutgers	FBS Independents	9-3-0	0.75	18.35	9.92	7.3	9.4	-0.4
26	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.33	8.09	11.48	8.18	-0.18
27	UCLA	Pac-10	8-3-0	0.73	18.17	8.09	10.38	8.12	-0.12
28	LSU	SEC	8-3-0	0.73	18.16	8.27	10.24	8.05	-0.05
29	NC State	ACC	8-3-0	0.73	18.02	5.36	11.32	7.2	0.8
30	Navy	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	17.9	10.64	7.26	9.17	-1.17
31	Utah	Western Athletic	8-3-0	0.73	17.83	9.91	7.12	8.28	-0.28
32	Ohio State	Big Ten	7-3-1	0.64	17.68	11.36	10.02	8.37	-1.37
33	Yale	Ivy	5-2-2	0.56	17.62	8.67	9.33	6.97	-1.97
34	Iowa State	Big 8	8-3-0	0.73	17.59	4.27	9.34	7.13	0.87
35	Furman	Southern	8-3-0	0.73	17.25	11.55	2.48	8.43	-0.43
36	Temple	FBS Independents	7-3-1	0.64	16.99	7	7.47	7.5	-0.5
37	Chattanooga	Southern	7-3-1	0.64	16.73	10.36	3.76	8.26	-1.26
38	Missouri	Big 8	7-4-0	0.64	16.67	11.55	12.48	8.2	-1.2
39	Stanford	Pac-10	7-4-0	0.64	16.57	9.27	12.92	8	-1
40	Washington	Pac-10	7-4-0	0.64	16.53	10.45	11.97	8.67	-1.67
41	Dartmouth	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.01	3.11	8.96	5.35	0.65
42	Louisville	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.99	10.64	7.76	8.22	-1.22
43	Texas A&M	Southwest	7-4-0	0.64	15.97	8.36	8.9	8.09	-1.09
44	Brown	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	15.92	2.67	8.97	5.22	0.78
45	McNeese	Southland	7-4-0	0.64	15.84	8.27	7.92	7.94	-0.94
46	Western Michigan	Mid-American	7-4-0	0.64	15.77	6.18	8.95	7.77	-0.77
47	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.74	2.55	13.07	6.41	0.59
48	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.73	3.36	11.71	6.54	0.46
49	Utah State	PCAA	7-4-0	0.64	15.43	5	7.37	6.96	0.04
50	Arkansas State	Southland	7-4-0	0.64	15.37	1.73	11.76	6.3	0.7
51	UNLV	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.18	6.09	4.35	7.45	-0.45
52	App State	Southern	7-4-0	0.64	14.93	3.73	4.81	6.34	0.66
53	Auburn	SEC	6-4-1	0.55	14.92	4.27	11.3	6.9	-0.9
54	Cornell	Ivy	5-3-1	0.56	14.89	3.78	7.9	5.54	-0.54
55	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	14.81	5.18	2.31	7.08	-0.08
56	New Mexico	Western Athletic	7-5-0	0.58	14.68	6.58	10.67	8.21	-1.21
57	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	7-4-0	0.64	14.59	1.45	6.07	5.99	1.01
58	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	14.46	4.18	7.52	7.24	-1.24
59	Louisiana Tech	Southland	6-5-0	0.55	14.02	3.82	13.66	6.8	-0.8
60	Texas Tech	Southwest	7-4-0	0.64	13.87	-2	13.25	4.94	2.06
61	Mississippi State	SEC	6-5-0	0.55	13.74	2.45	13.96	6.3	-0.3
62	Colorado	Big 8	6-5-0	0.55	13.3	2.18	10.43	6.21	-0.21
63	South Carolina	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	12.88	5.18	12.24	7.22	-2.22
64	San José State	PCAA	7-5-0	0.58	12.84	0.92	3.67	6.31	0.69
65	Tennessee	SEC	5-5-1	0.45	12.62	3.82	11.63	6.68	-1.68
66	Western Carolina	Southern	6-5-0	0.55	12.59	2.27	3.63	6.23	-0.23
67	Miami	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	12.56	0.09	11.4	5.53	0.47
68	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	11.77	5	12.88	6.9	-1.9
69	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	11.6	-2.64	12.82	4.79	1.21
70	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	6-5-0	0.55	11.53	-2	10.44	5	1
71	Harvard	Ivy	4-4-1	0.44	11.51	0.78	8.28	4.69	-0.69
72	William & Mary	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	11.46	0.82	7.52	5.85	-0.85
73	Arizona	Pac-10	5-6-0	0.45	11.41	3.64	11.19	6.64	-1.64
74	Texas-Arlington	Southland	5-6-0	0.45	11.24	2.73	11.24	6.36	-1.36
75	California	Pac-10	6-5-0	0.55	11.23	-4.82	12.87	4.2	1.8
76	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5-4-2	0.45	11.13	-4.91	9.31	4.12	0.88
77	SMU	Southwest	4-6-1	0.36	10.62	4.45	13.8	6.65	-2.65
78	Wyoming	Western Athletic	5-7-0	0.42	9.94	0.67	11.44	6.23	-1.23
79	Colorado State	Western Athletic	5-6-0	0.45	9.64	-0.82	10.06	5.26	-0.26
80	North Carolina	ACC	5-6-0	0.45	9.56	-1.73	13.13	4.91	0.09
81	Kentucky	SEC	4-6-1	0.36	9.45	0.36	13.12	5.64	-1.64
82	Florida	SEC	4-7-0	0.36	9.41	2.36	15.19	6.21	-2.21
83	Long Beach State	PCAA	5-6-0	0.45	9.26	-1	6.01	5.18	-0.18
84	Ole Miss	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	8.83	-5.36	12.46	3.73	1.27
85	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	5-6-0	0.45	8.69	-4.73	9.24	4.21	0.79
86	Minnesota	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	8.63	-5.18	9.29	3.98	1.02
87	Villanova	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.63	-3.27	5.23	4.46	0.54
88	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	8.59	0.91	9.99	5.74	-1.74
89	The Citadel	Southern	5-6-0	0.45	8.57	-4.09	6.28	4.21	0.79
90	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	7.88	-11.27	5.96	2.22	2.78
91	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	5-7-0	0.42	7.73	-2.67	-0.09	5.28	-0.28
92	San Diego State	Western Athletic	4-7-0	0.36	7.47	-1.36	10.9	5.11	-1.11
93	Army	FBS Independents	4-6-1	0.36	7.24	-6.45	7.07	3.47	0.53
94	Tulane	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	7.14	-2.55	10.79	4.58	-0.58
95	Drake	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	6.82	-4.82	12.07	4.07	-0.07
96	Indiana	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.71	-5.64	11.96	3.97	0.03
97	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.69	-5.73	11.74	3.46	0.54
98	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	6.69	-4.36	8.54	4.33	-0.33
99	Columbia	Ivy	3-5-1	0.33	6.5	-13	10.57	1.38	1.62
100	Memphis	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.44	-8.82	12.65	3.1	0.9
101	Kent State	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	6.34	-8.18	9.77	2.81	1.19
102	Duke	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	6.25	-12.64	14.16	1.36	2.64
103	Kansas State	Big 8	4-7-0	0.36	6.2	-12.82	13.36	2.43	1.57
104	Washington State	Pac-10	3-7-1	0.27	5.94	-1.82	10.23	5.05	-2.05
105	Pacific	PCAA	4-8-0	0.33	5.76	-7	9.38	3.82	0.18
106	Baylor	Southwest	3-8-0	0.27	5.5	-1.55	13.99	5.03	-2.03
107	Richmond	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	5.34	-1.73	11.31	4.84	-1.84
108	Princeton	Ivy	2-5-2	0.22	5.05	-6.33	12.32	2.63	-0.63
109	Oregon State	Pac-10	3-7-1	0.27	4.85	-12.55	13.98	1.65	1.35
110	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	4.67	-5.45	11.67	4.06	-1.06
111	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-7-0	0.3	4.61	-11.6	5.99	1.7	1.3
112	Oklahoma State	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	4.44	-9	14.97	2.74	0.26
113	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	4.37	-7.18	8.54	2.87	0.13
114	Syracuse	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.36	-9.36	13.68	2.92	0.08
115	Louisiana	Southland	3-8-0	0.27	4.35	-9.27	12.98	2.18	0.82
116	Colgate	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.22	-7	3.83	2.99	0.01
117	Ohio	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	4.16	-11.45	11.86	1.7	1.3
118	Fresno State	PCAA	3-8-0	0.27	4.15	-7.45	3.14	3.7	-0.7
119	Air Force	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.13	-10.27	8.74	2.96	0.04
120	VMI	Southern	3-8-0	0.27	4.09	-10.27	7.52	1.8	1.2
121	Pennsylvania	Ivy	2-6-1	0.22	4.09	-5.33	7.52	2.98	-0.98
122	Oregon	Pac-10	2-9-0	0.18	2.92	-3.55	12.45	4.2	-2.2
123	Lamar	Southland	2-8-1	0.18	2.63	-9.64	9.4	2.83	-0.83
124	Virginia	ACC	2-9-0	0.18	2.27	-8.82	10.47	2.44	-0.44
125	Toledo	Mid-American	2-9-0	0.18	2.17	-10.18	10.82	2.24	-0.24
126	Iowa	Big Ten	2-9-0	0.18	1.93	-15.09	13.66	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	1.72	-17.18	6.14	1.16	0.84
129	Rice	Southwest	2-9-0	0.18	1.64	-22.64	15.2	1.06	0.94
130	TCU	Southwest	2-9-0	0.18	1.62	-22.55	13.07	0.62	1.38
131	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-9-0	0.18	1.6	-23.09	13.41	1.08	0.92
132	Illinois	Big Ten	1-8-2	0.09	0.12	-19.45	12.81	0.72	0.28
133	Wake Forest	ACC	1-10-0	0.09	-0.17	-15.45	13.85	1.01	-0.01
134	Marshall	Southern	1-10-0	0.09	-0.21	-16.27	13.35	1.05	-0.05
135	Kansas	Big 8	1-10-0	0.09	-0.37	-20.09	15.11	0.89	0.11
136	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-11-0	0.08	-0.69	-22.75	13.33	0.96	0.04
137	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-11-0	0	-2.04	-12.82	9.61	1.93	-1.93
138	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-10-1	0	-2.78	-31.64	12.69	0.26	-0.26