1978 W17 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.788843+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	25.32	20.82	12.53	10.41	0.59
2	USC	Pac-10	11-1-0	0.92	23.53	13.17	14.66	10.24	0.76
3	Alabama	SEC	10-1-0	0.91	23.32	15.45	14.1	9.31	0.69
4	Oklahoma	Big 8	10-1-0	0.91	23.1	26.27	10.7	10.19	-0.19
5	Michigan	Big Ten	10-1-0	0.91	22.96	24.91	10.19	10.63	-0.63
6	Clemson	ACC	10-1-0	0.91	22.91	21.36	10.51	10.26	-0.26
7	Ball State	Mid-American	10-1-0	0.91	22.5	15.36	9.62	10.28	-0.28
8	Georgia	SEC	9-1-1	0.82	22.23	9.64	11.23	8.44	0.56
9	Nebraska	Big 8	9-2-0	0.82	21.16	21.36	12.17	9.62	-0.62
10	Houston	Southwest	9-2-0	0.82	20.8	13.82	11.96	8.93	0.07
11	Arkansas	Southwest	9-2-0	0.82	20.71	17.18	10.45	9.75	-0.75
12	North Texas	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	20.41	11.55	10.39	8.92	0.08
13	Central Michigan	Mid-American	9-2-0	0.82	20.32	19.27	7.62	10.11	-1.11
14	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	9-2-0	0.82	20.08	7.82	10.08	7.68	1.32
15	Purdue	Big Ten	8-2-1	0.73	19.66	10.09	9.08	9.25	-1.25
16	Texas	Southwest	9-3-0	0.75	19.39	12.58	13.75	10.25	-1.25
17	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	8-2-1	0.73	19.18	6.09	8.28	7.65	0.35
18	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	19.09	8.64	16.65	8.23	-0.23
19	Michigan State	Big Ten	8-3-0	0.73	18.87	21.91	10.5	9.79	-1.79
20	East Carolina	FBS Independents	9-3-0	0.75	18.85	12.58	10.09	10.25	-1.25
21	Maryland	ACC	9-3-0	0.75	18.8	7.83	11.66	8.91	0.09
22	Arizona State	Pac-10	9-3-0	0.75	18.74	9.25	10.8	8.56	0.44
23	NC State	ACC	9-3-0	0.75	18.59	6	11.93	8.03	0.97
24	Florida State	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.53	9.45	12.34	7.96	0.04
25	Navy	FBS Independents	9-3-0	0.75	18.41	10.33	8.21	9.87	-0.87
26	Rutgers	FBS Independents	9-3-0	0.75	18.27	9.92	7.33	9.4	-0.4
27	UCLA	Pac-10	8-3-0	0.73	18.13	8.09	10.35	8.12	-0.12
28	Utah	Western Athletic	8-3-0	0.73	17.79	9.91	7.1	8.28	-0.28
29	Ohio State	Big Ten	7-3-1	0.64	17.64	11.36	10	8.37	-1.37
30	Yale	Ivy	5-2-2	0.56	17.56	8.67	9.15	6.97	-1.97
31	BYU	Western Athletic	9-4-0	0.69	17.48	9.31	11.19	9.82	-0.82
32	Missouri	Big 8	8-4-0	0.67	17.33	11	12.93	8.9	-0.9
33	Furman	Southern	8-3-0	0.73	17.22	11.55	2.46	8.43	-0.43
34	Temple	FBS Independents	7-3-1	0.64	16.93	7	7.32	7.5	-0.5
35	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	8-4-0	0.67	16.88	6.33	12.01	8.3	-0.3
36	LSU	SEC	8-4-0	0.67	16.79	7.17	10.75	8.47	-0.47
37	Texas A&M	Southwest	8-4-0	0.67	16.73	9	9.6	9	-1
38	Chattanooga	Southern	7-3-1	0.64	16.68	10.36	3.61	8.26	-1.26
39	Stanford	Pac-10	7-4-0	0.64	16.54	9.27	12.94	8	-1
40	Washington	Pac-10	7-4-0	0.64	16.5	10.45	11.99	8.67	-1.67
41	Iowa State	Big 8	8-4-0	0.67	16.04	2.58	9.87	7.07	0.93
42	Dartmouth	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	15.98	3.11	8.93	5.35	0.65
43	Louisville	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.96	10.64	7.74	8.22	-1.22
44	Brown	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	15.89	2.67	8.94	5.22	0.78
45	McNeese	Southland	7-4-0	0.64	15.79	8.27	7.77	7.94	-0.94
46	Western Michigan	Mid-American	7-4-0	0.64	15.74	6.18	8.93	7.77	-0.77
47	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.71	2.55	13.09	6.41	0.59
48	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.7	3.36	11.68	6.54	0.46
49	Utah State	PCAA	7-4-0	0.64	15.4	5	7.35	6.96	0.04
50	Arkansas State	Southland	7-4-0	0.64	15.32	1.73	11.61	6.3	0.7
51	UNLV	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.15	6.09	4.34	7.45	-0.45
52	App State	Southern	7-4-0	0.64	14.91	3.73	4.84	6.34	0.66
53	Auburn	SEC	6-4-1	0.55	14.89	4.27	11.28	6.9	-0.9
54	Cornell	Ivy	5-3-1	0.56	14.85	3.78	7.88	5.54	-0.54
55	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	14.77	5.18	2.17	7.08	-0.08
56	New Mexico	Western Athletic	7-5-0	0.58	14.65	6.58	10.64	8.21	-1.21
57	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	7-4-0	0.64	14.56	1.45	6.06	5.99	1.01
58	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	14.42	4.18	7.37	7.24	-1.24
59	Louisiana Tech	Southland	6-5-0	0.55	13.95	3.82	13.68	6.8	-0.8
60	Texas Tech	Southwest	7-4-0	0.64	13.84	-2	13.21	4.94	2.06
61	Mississippi State	SEC	6-5-0	0.55	13.71	2.45	13.93	6.3	-0.3
62	Colorado	Big 8	6-5-0	0.55	13.27	2.18	10.4	6.21	-0.21
63	South Carolina	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	12.85	5.18	12.21	7.22	-2.22
64	San José State	PCAA	7-5-0	0.58	12.81	0.92	3.65	6.31	0.69
65	Tennessee	SEC	5-5-1	0.45	12.59	3.82	11.6	6.68	-1.68
66	Western Carolina	Southern	6-5-0	0.55	12.57	2.27	3.66	6.23	-0.23
67	Miami	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	12.53	0.09	11.37	5.53	0.47
68	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	11.74	5	12.85	6.9	-1.9
69	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	11.57	-2.64	12.78	4.79	1.21
70	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	6-5-0	0.55	11.51	-2	10.42	5	1
71	Harvard	Ivy	4-4-1	0.44	11.49	0.78	8.26	4.69	-0.69
72	William & Mary	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	11.44	0.82	7.55	5.85	-0.85
73	Arizona	Pac-10	5-6-0	0.45	11.39	3.64	11.22	6.64	-1.64
74	California	Pac-10	6-5-0	0.55	11.21	-4.82	12.89	4.2	1.8
75	Texas-Arlington	Southland	5-6-0	0.45	11.21	2.73	11.13	6.36	-1.36
76	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5-4-2	0.45	11.1	-4.91	9.29	4.12	0.88
77	SMU	Southwest	4-6-1	0.36	10.6	4.45	13.76	6.65	-2.65
78	Wyoming	Western Athletic	5-7-0	0.42	9.92	0.67	11.41	6.23	-1.23
79	Colorado State	Western Athletic	5-6-0	0.45	9.62	-0.82	10.03	5.26	-0.26
80	North Carolina	ACC	5-6-0	0.45	9.54	-1.73	13.14	4.91	0.09
81	Kentucky	SEC	4-6-1	0.36	9.43	0.36	13.09	5.64	-1.64
82	Florida	SEC	4-7-0	0.36	9.39	2.36	15.15	6.21	-2.21
83	Long Beach State	PCAA	5-6-0	0.45	9.24	-1	5.99	5.18	-0.18
84	Ole Miss	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	8.81	-5.36	12.43	3.73	1.27
85	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	5-6-0	0.45	8.67	-4.73	9.22	4.21	0.79
86	Minnesota	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	8.61	-5.18	9.26	3.98	1.02
87	Villanova	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.6	-3.27	5.08	4.46	0.54
88	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	8.57	0.91	9.96	5.74	-1.74
89	The Citadel	Southern	5-6-0	0.45	8.55	-4.09	6.25	4.21	0.79
90	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	7.86	-11.27	5.81	2.22	2.78
91	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	5-7-0	0.42	7.72	-2.67	-0.1	5.28	-0.28
92	San Diego State	Western Athletic	4-7-0	0.36	7.45	-1.36	10.87	5.11	-1.11
93	Army	FBS Independents	4-6-1	0.36	7.22	-6.45	7.05	3.47	0.53
94	Tulane	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	7.13	-2.55	10.76	4.58	-0.58
95	Drake	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	6.81	-4.82	12.04	4.07	-0.07
96	Indiana	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.7	-5.64	11.93	3.97	0.03
97	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	6.68	-4.36	8.51	4.33	-0.33
98	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.67	-5.73	11.71	3.46	0.54
99	Columbia	Ivy	3-5-1	0.33	6.48	-13	10.38	1.38	1.62
100	Memphis	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.42	-8.82	12.62	3.1	0.9
101	Kent State	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	6.33	-8.18	9.74	2.81	1.19
102	Duke	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	6.23	-12.64	14.13	1.36	2.64
103	Kansas State	Big 8	4-7-0	0.36	6.18	-12.82	13.32	2.43	1.57
104	Washington State	Pac-10	3-7-1	0.27	5.93	-1.82	10.26	5.05	-2.05
105	Pacific	PCAA	4-8-0	0.33	5.75	-7	9.4	3.82	0.18
106	Baylor	Southwest	3-8-0	0.27	5.49	-1.55	13.95	5.03	-2.03
107	Richmond	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	5.33	-1.73	11.34	4.84	-1.84
108	Princeton	Ivy	2-5-2	0.22	5.03	-6.33	12.12	2.63	-0.63
109	Oregon State	Pac-10	3-7-1	0.27	4.84	-12.55	14	1.65	1.35
110	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	4.66	-5.45	11.64	4.06	-1.06
111	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-7-0	0.3	4.6	-11.6	5.97	1.7	1.3
112	Oklahoma State	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	4.43	-9	14.93	2.74	0.26
113	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	4.36	-7.18	8.51	2.87	0.13
114	Syracuse	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.35	-9.36	13.65	2.92	0.08
115	Louisiana	Southland	3-8-0	0.27	4.33	-9.27	12.87	2.18	0.82
116	Colgate	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.21	-7	3.68	2.99	0.01
117	Fresno State	PCAA	3-8-0	0.27	4.15	-7.45	3.12	3.7	-0.7
118	Ohio	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	4.15	-11.45	11.83	1.7	1.3
119	Air Force	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.12	-10.27	8.72	2.96	0.04
120	VMI	Southern	3-8-0	0.27	4.08	-10.27	7.55	1.8	1.2
121	Pennsylvania	Ivy	2-6-1	0.22	4.08	-5.33	7.5	2.98	-0.98
122	Oregon	Pac-10	2-9-0	0.18	2.91	-3.55	12.42	4.2	-2.2
123	Lamar	Southland	2-8-1	0.18	2.63	-9.64	9.24	2.83	-0.83
124	Virginia	ACC	2-9-0	0.18	2.26	-8.82	10.45	2.44	-0.44
125	Toledo	Mid-American	2-9-0	0.18	2.17	-10.18	10.79	2.24	-0.24
126	Iowa	Big Ten	2-9-0	0.18	1.93	-15.09	13.62	1.31	0.69
127	West Virginia	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.79	-17.91	12.86	1.5	0.5
128	Illinois State	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.72	-17.18	6.12	1.16	0.84
129	Rice	Southwest	2-9-0	0.18	1.64	-22.64	15.16	1.06	0.94
130	TCU	Southwest	2-9-0	0.18	1.61	-22.55	13.03	0.62	1.38
131	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-9-0	0.18	1.6	-23.09	13.38	1.08	0.92
132	Illinois	Big Ten	1-8-2	0.09	0.12	-19.45	12.78	0.72	0.28
133	Wake Forest	ACC	1-10-0	0.09	-0.17	-15.45	13.82	1.01	-0.01
134	Marshall	Southern	1-10-0	0.09	-0.21	-16.27	13.37	1.05	-0.05
135	Kansas	Big 8	1-10-0	0.09	-0.37	-20.09	15.07	0.89	0.11
136	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-11-0	0.08	-0.69	-22.75	13.34	0.96	0.04
137	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-11-0	0	-2.04	-12.82	9.59	1.93	-1.93
138	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-10-1	0	-2.77	-31.64	12.72	0.26	-0.26