1978 W18 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.789284+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	25.22	20.82	12.26	10.41	0.59
2	USC	Pac-10	11-1-0	0.92	23.49	13.17	14.63	10.24	0.76
3	Alabama	SEC	10-1-0	0.91	23.26	15.45	14.01	9.31	0.69
4	Clemson	ACC	11-1-0	0.92	23.11	19.75	10.98	11.04	-0.04
5	Oklahoma	Big 8	10-1-0	0.91	23.05	26.27	10.67	10.19	-0.19
6	Michigan	Big Ten	10-1-0	0.91	22.92	24.91	10.17	10.63	-0.63
7	Ball State	Mid-American	10-1-0	0.91	22.46	15.36	9.6	10.28	-0.28
8	Nebraska	Big 8	9-2-0	0.82	21.11	21.36	12.07	9.62	-0.62
9	Houston	Southwest	9-2-0	0.82	20.78	13.82	12.07	8.93	0.07
10	Arkansas	Southwest	9-2-1	0.75	20.73	15.75	11.2	10.52	-1.52
11	Georgia	SEC	9-2-1	0.75	20.4	8.58	11.54	8.87	0.13
12	North Texas	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	20.38	11.55	10.43	8.92	0.08
13	Central Michigan	Mid-American	9-2-0	0.82	20.28	19.27	7.6	10.11	-1.11
14	Purdue	Big Ten	9-2-1	0.75	20.19	10.92	9.61	10.07	-1.07
15	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	9-2-0	0.82	20.05	7.82	10.05	7.68	1.32
16	Texas	Southwest	9-3-0	0.75	19.36	12.58	13.64	10.25	-1.25
17	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	8-2-1	0.73	19.15	6.09	8.26	7.65	0.35
18	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	19.05	8.64	16.6	8.23	-0.23
19	Michigan State	Big Ten	8-3-0	0.73	18.84	21.91	10.48	9.79	-1.79
20	East Carolina	FBS Independents	9-3-0	0.75	18.82	12.58	10.12	10.25	-1.25
21	Maryland	ACC	9-3-0	0.75	18.73	7.83	11.74	8.91	0.09
22	Arizona State	Pac-10	9-3-0	0.75	18.69	9.25	10.67	8.56	0.44
23	NC State	ACC	9-3-0	0.75	18.53	6	11.63	8.03	0.97
24	Florida State	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.48	9.45	12.24	7.96	0.04
25	Navy	FBS Independents	9-3-0	0.75	18.36	10.33	7.96	9.87	-0.87
26	Rutgers	FBS Independents	9-3-0	0.75	18.23	9.92	7.3	9.4	-0.4
27	UCLA	Pac-10	8-3-1	0.67	18.16	7.42	11.2	8.75	-0.75
28	Utah	Western Athletic	8-3-0	0.73	17.74	9.91	6.96	8.28	-0.28
29	Yale	Ivy	5-2-2	0.56	17.52	8.67	9.12	6.97	-1.97
30	BYU	Western Athletic	9-4-0	0.69	17.42	9.31	11.21	9.82	-0.82
31	Missouri	Big 8	8-4-0	0.67	17.28	11	12.66	8.9	-0.9
32	Stanford	Pac-10	8-4-0	0.67	17.24	8.75	13.69	8.58	-0.58
33	Furman	Southern	8-3-0	0.73	17.19	11.55	2.45	8.43	-0.43
34	Temple	FBS Independents	7-3-1	0.64	16.88	7	7.16	7.5	-0.5
35	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	8-4-0	0.67	16.81	6.33	12.07	8.3	-0.3
36	LSU	SEC	8-4-0	0.67	16.73	7.17	10.79	8.47	-0.47
37	Texas A&M	Southwest	8-4-0	0.67	16.71	9	9.51	9	-1
38	Chattanooga	Southern	7-3-1	0.64	16.65	10.36	3.6	8.26	-1.26
39	Washington	Pac-10	7-4-0	0.64	16.47	10.45	11.97	8.67	-1.67
40	Ohio State	Big Ten	7-4-1	0.58	16.37	10.25	11.05	8.93	-1.93
41	Iowa State	Big 8	8-4-0	0.67	15.98	2.58	9.97	7.07	0.93
42	Dartmouth	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	15.95	3.11	8.91	5.35	0.65
43	Louisville	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.91	10.64	7.55	8.22	-1.22
44	Brown	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	15.86	2.67	8.92	5.22	0.78
45	McNeese	Southland	7-4-0	0.64	15.76	8.27	7.75	7.94	-0.94
46	Western Michigan	Mid-American	7-4-0	0.64	15.71	6.18	8.91	7.77	-0.77
47	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.68	2.55	13.06	6.41	0.59
48	Utah State	PCAA	7-4-0	0.64	15.36	5	7.21	6.96	0.04
49	Arkansas State	Southland	7-4-0	0.64	15.29	1.73	11.58	6.3	0.7
50	UNLV	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.1	6.09	4.2	7.45	-0.45
51	App State	Southern	7-4-0	0.64	14.88	3.73	4.82	6.34	0.66
52	Auburn	SEC	6-4-1	0.55	14.86	4.27	11.25	6.9	-0.9
53	Cornell	Ivy	5-3-1	0.56	14.83	3.78	7.86	5.54	-0.54
54	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	14.74	5.18	2.15	7.08	-0.08
55	New Mexico	Western Athletic	7-5-0	0.58	14.61	6.58	10.51	8.21	-1.21
56	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	7-4-0	0.64	14.54	1.45	6.04	5.99	1.01
57	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	14.39	4.18	7.34	7.24	-1.24
58	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	7-5-0	0.58	13.97	1.42	12.32	6.46	0.54
59	Louisiana Tech	Southland	6-5-0	0.55	13.92	3.82	13.64	6.8	-0.8
60	Texas Tech	Southwest	7-4-0	0.64	13.82	-2	13.32	4.94	2.06
61	Mississippi State	SEC	6-5-0	0.55	13.67	2.45	13.77	6.3	-0.3
62	Colorado	Big 8	6-5-0	0.55	13.24	2.18	10.3	6.21	-0.21
63	South Carolina	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	12.83	5.18	12.24	7.22	-2.22
64	San José State	PCAA	7-5-0	0.58	12.79	0.92	3.64	6.31	0.69
65	Tennessee	SEC	5-5-1	0.45	12.57	3.82	11.57	6.68	-1.68
66	Western Carolina	Southern	6-5-0	0.55	12.55	2.27	3.64	6.23	-0.23
67	Miami	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	12.51	0.09	11.35	5.53	0.47
68	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	11.72	5	12.82	6.9	-1.9
69	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	11.54	-2.64	12.64	4.79	1.21
70	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	6-5-0	0.55	11.49	-2	10.39	5	1
71	Harvard	Ivy	4-4-1	0.44	11.47	0.78	8.23	4.69	-0.69
72	William & Mary	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	11.42	0.82	7.58	5.85	-0.85
73	Arizona	Pac-10	5-6-0	0.45	11.37	3.64	11.2	6.64	-1.64
74	California	Pac-10	6-5-0	0.55	11.19	-4.82	12.87	4.2	1.8
75	Texas-Arlington	Southland	5-6-0	0.45	11.19	2.73	11.1	6.36	-1.36
76	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5-4-2	0.45	11.08	-4.91	9.27	4.12	0.88
77	SMU	Southwest	4-6-1	0.36	10.59	4.45	13.87	6.65	-2.65
78	Wyoming	Western Athletic	5-7-0	0.42	9.89	0.67	11.22	6.23	-1.23
79	Colorado State	Western Athletic	5-6-0	0.45	9.59	-0.82	9.89	5.26	-0.26
80	North Carolina	ACC	5-6-0	0.45	9.5	-1.73	12.88	4.91	0.09
81	Kentucky	SEC	4-6-1	0.36	9.4	0.36	12.78	5.64	-1.64
82	Florida	SEC	4-7-0	0.36	9.36	2.36	15	6.21	-2.21
83	Long Beach State	PCAA	5-6-0	0.45	9.22	-1	5.97	5.18	-0.18
84	Ole Miss	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	8.79	-5.36	12.34	3.73	1.27
85	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	5-6-0	0.45	8.65	-4.73	9.2	4.21	0.79
86	Minnesota	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	8.6	-5.18	9.24	3.98	1.02
87	Villanova	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.58	-3.27	5.06	4.46	0.54
88	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	8.55	0.91	9.94	5.74	-1.74
89	The Citadel	Southern	5-6-0	0.45	8.54	-4.09	6.24	4.21	0.79
90	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	7.84	-11.27	5.78	2.22	2.78
91	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	5-7-0	0.42	7.7	-2.67	-0.11	5.28	-0.28
92	San Diego State	Western Athletic	4-7-0	0.36	7.42	-1.36	10.59	5.11	-1.11
93	Army	FBS Independents	4-6-1	0.36	7.21	-6.45	6.96	3.47	0.53
94	Tulane	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	7.09	-2.55	10.33	4.58	-0.58
95	Drake	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	6.79	-4.82	11.87	4.07	-0.07
96	Indiana	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.68	-5.64	11.78	3.97	0.03
97	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	6.67	-4.36	8.49	4.33	-0.33
98	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.66	-5.73	11.69	3.46	0.54
99	Columbia	Ivy	3-5-1	0.33	6.47	-13	10.35	1.38	1.62
100	Memphis	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.41	-8.82	12.66	3.1	0.9
101	Kent State	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	6.32	-8.18	9.72	2.81	1.19
102	Duke	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	6.22	-12.64	14.04	1.36	2.64
103	Kansas State	Big 8	4-7-0	0.36	6.17	-12.82	13.22	2.43	1.57
104	Washington State	Pac-10	3-7-1	0.27	5.92	-1.82	10.24	5.05	-2.05
105	Pacific	PCAA	4-8-0	0.33	5.74	-7	9.38	3.82	0.18
106	Baylor	Southwest	3-8-0	0.27	5.49	-1.55	14.06	5.03	-2.03
107	Richmond	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	5.32	-1.73	11.31	4.84	-1.84
108	Princeton	Ivy	2-5-2	0.22	5.02	-6.33	12.09	2.63	-0.63
109	Oregon State	Pac-10	3-7-1	0.27	4.83	-12.55	13.85	1.65	1.35
110	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	4.65	-5.45	11.61	4.06	-1.06
111	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-7-0	0.3	4.59	-11.6	5.95	1.7	1.3
112	Oklahoma State	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	4.42	-9	14.82	2.74	0.26
113	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	4.35	-7.18	8.49	2.87	0.13
114	Syracuse	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.34	-9.36	13.44	2.92	0.08
115	Louisiana	Southland	3-8-0	0.27	4.33	-9.27	12.84	2.18	0.82
116	Colgate	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.2	-7	3.66	2.99	0.01
117	Fresno State	PCAA	3-8-0	0.27	4.14	-7.45	3.11	3.7	-0.7
118	Ohio	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	4.14	-11.45	11.8	1.7	1.3
119	Air Force	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.12	-10.27	8.74	2.96	0.04
120	VMI	Southern	3-8-0	0.27	4.07	-10.27	7.53	1.8	1.2
121	Pennsylvania	Ivy	2-6-1	0.22	4.07	-5.33	7.48	2.98	-0.98
122	Oregon	Pac-10	2-9-0	0.18	2.9	-3.55	12.27	4.2	-2.2
123	Lamar	Southland	2-8-1	0.18	2.62	-9.64	9.21	2.83	-0.83
124	Virginia	ACC	2-9-0	0.18	2.26	-8.82	10.37	2.44	-0.44
125	Toledo	Mid-American	2-9-0	0.18	2.16	-10.18	10.77	2.24	-0.24
126	Iowa	Big Ten	2-9-0	0.18	1.92	-15.09	13.45	1.31	0.69
127	West Virginia	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.78	-17.91	12.75	1.5	0.5
128	Illinois State	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.72	-17.18	6.1	1.16	0.84
129	Rice	Southwest	2-9-0	0.18	1.63	-22.64	15.01	1.06	0.94
130	TCU	Southwest	2-9-0	0.18	1.61	-22.55	13.14	0.62	1.38
131	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-9-0	0.18	1.6	-23.09	13.35	1.08	0.92
132	Illinois	Big Ten	1-8-2	0.09	0.12	-19.45	12.82	0.72	0.28
133	Wake Forest	ACC	1-10-0	0.09	-0.17	-15.45	13.56	1.01	-0.01
134	Marshall	Southern	1-10-0	0.09	-0.21	-16.27	13.34	1.05	-0.05
135	Kansas	Big 8	1-10-0	0.09	-0.37	-20.09	15.04	0.89	0.11
136	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-11-0	0.08	-0.69	-22.75	13.2	0.96	0.04
137	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-11-0	0	-2.03	-12.82	9.56	1.93	-1.93
138	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-10-1	0	-2.77	-31.64	12.69	0.26	-0.26