1978 W19 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.789707+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Alabama	SEC	11-1-0	0.92	23.58	14.75	14.92	10.15	0.85
2	USC	Pac-10	12-1-0	0.92	23.54	12.69	15.3	11.05	0.95
3	Penn State	FBS Independents	11-1-0	0.92	23.46	18.5	13.04	11.17	-0.17
4	Oklahoma	Big 8	11-1-0	0.92	23.35	24.67	11.58	10.95	0.05
5	Clemson	ACC	11-1-0	0.92	23.03	19.75	10.7	11.04	-0.04
6	Ball State	Mid-American	10-1-0	0.91	22.42	15.36	9.58	10.28	-0.28
7	Michigan	Big Ten	10-2-0	0.83	21.23	22.25	11.21	11.43	-1.43
8	Arkansas	Southwest	9-2-1	0.75	20.7	15.75	11.19	10.52	-1.52
9	North Texas	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	20.35	11.55	10.41	8.92	0.08
10	Georgia	SEC	9-2-1	0.75	20.31	8.58	11.45	8.87	0.13
11	Central Michigan	Mid-American	9-2-0	0.82	20.25	19.27	7.59	10.11	-1.11
12	Purdue	Big Ten	9-2-1	0.75	20.14	10.92	9.35	10.07	-1.07
13	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	9-2-0	0.82	20.01	7.82	10.04	7.68	1.32
14	Nebraska	Big 8	9-3-0	0.75	19.57	19	12.96	10.16	-1.16
15	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	9-3-0	0.75	19.46	8	16.82	8.63	0.37
16	Texas	Southwest	9-3-0	0.75	19.33	12.58	13.62	10.25	-1.25
17	Houston	Southwest	9-3-0	0.75	19.22	12.58	12.63	9.37	-0.37
18	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	8-2-1	0.73	19.12	6.09	8.24	7.65	0.35
19	Michigan State	Big Ten	8-3-0	0.73	18.81	21.91	10.51	9.79	-1.79
20	East Carolina	FBS Independents	9-3-0	0.75	18.79	12.58	10.1	10.25	-1.25
21	Maryland	ACC	9-3-0	0.75	18.7	7.83	11.73	8.91	0.09
22	Arizona State	Pac-10	9-3-0	0.75	18.66	9.25	10.7	8.56	0.44
23	NC State	ACC	9-3-0	0.75	18.5	6	11.62	8.03	0.97
24	Florida State	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.45	9.45	12.21	7.96	0.04
25	Navy	FBS Independents	9-3-0	0.75	18.33	10.33	7.94	9.87	-0.87
26	Rutgers	FBS Independents	9-3-0	0.75	18.2	9.92	7.28	9.4	-0.4
27	UCLA	Pac-10	8-3-1	0.67	18.14	7.42	11.24	8.75	-0.75
28	Utah	Western Athletic	8-3-0	0.73	17.71	9.91	6.94	8.28	-0.28
29	Yale	Ivy	5-2-2	0.56	17.49	8.67	9.1	6.97	-1.97
30	BYU	Western Athletic	9-4-0	0.69	17.39	9.31	11.18	9.82	-0.82
31	Missouri	Big 8	8-4-0	0.67	17.25	11	12.63	8.9	-0.9
32	Stanford	Pac-10	8-4-0	0.67	17.21	8.75	13.52	8.58	-0.58
33	Furman	Southern	8-3-0	0.73	17.16	11.55	2.44	8.43	-0.43
34	Temple	FBS Independents	7-3-1	0.64	16.85	7	7.14	7.5	-0.5
35	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	8-4-0	0.67	16.78	6.33	12.03	8.3	-0.3
36	Texas A&M	Southwest	8-4-0	0.67	16.69	9	9.5	9	-1
37	LSU	SEC	8-4-0	0.67	16.68	7.17	10.61	8.47	-0.47
38	Chattanooga	Southern	7-3-1	0.64	16.62	10.36	3.58	8.26	-1.26
39	Washington	Pac-10	7-4-0	0.64	16.45	10.45	12.02	8.67	-1.67
40	Ohio State	Big Ten	7-4-1	0.58	16.32	10.25	11.1	8.93	-1.93
41	Iowa State	Big 8	8-4-0	0.67	15.95	2.58	9.95	7.07	0.93
42	Dartmouth	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	15.92	3.11	8.89	5.35	0.65
43	Louisville	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.88	10.64	7.53	8.22	-1.22
44	Brown	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	15.83	2.67	8.9	5.22	0.78
45	McNeese	Southland	7-4-0	0.64	15.73	8.27	7.73	7.94	-0.94
46	Western Michigan	Mid-American	7-4-0	0.64	15.69	6.18	8.89	7.77	-0.77
47	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.65	2.55	13.03	6.41	0.59
48	Utah State	PCAA	7-4-0	0.64	15.33	5	7.19	6.96	0.04
49	Arkansas State	Southland	7-4-0	0.64	15.26	1.73	11.56	6.3	0.7
50	UNLV	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.08	6.09	4.18	7.45	-0.45
51	App State	Southern	7-4-0	0.64	14.85	3.73	4.81	6.34	0.66
52	Auburn	SEC	6-4-1	0.55	14.8	4.27	10.91	6.9	-0.9
53	Cornell	Ivy	5-3-1	0.56	14.8	3.78	7.84	5.54	-0.54
54	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	14.72	5.18	2.14	7.08	-0.08
55	New Mexico	Western Athletic	7-5-0	0.58	14.58	6.58	10.48	8.21	-1.21
56	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	7-4-0	0.64	14.51	1.45	6.03	5.99	1.01
57	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	14.36	4.18	7.32	7.24	-1.24
58	Louisiana Tech	Southland	6-5-0	0.55	13.9	3.82	13.61	6.8	-0.8
59	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	7-5-0	0.58	13.88	1.42	12.2	6.46	0.54
60	Texas Tech	Southwest	7-4-0	0.64	13.8	-2	13.31	4.94	2.06
61	Mississippi State	SEC	6-5-0	0.55	13.65	2.45	13.74	6.3	-0.3
62	Colorado	Big 8	6-5-0	0.55	13.21	2.18	10.28	6.21	-0.21
63	San José State	PCAA	7-5-0	0.58	12.78	0.92	3.68	6.31	0.69
64	South Carolina	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	12.78	5.18	11.92	7.22	-2.22
65	Tennessee	SEC	5-5-1	0.45	12.54	3.82	11.55	6.68	-1.68
66	Western Carolina	Southern	6-5-0	0.55	12.53	2.27	3.63	6.23	-0.23
67	Miami	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	12.47	0.09	11.16	5.53	0.47
68	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	11.7	5	12.79	6.9	-1.9
69	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	11.52	-2.64	12.6	4.79	1.21
70	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	6-5-0	0.55	11.47	-2	10.37	5	1
71	Harvard	Ivy	4-4-1	0.44	11.45	0.78	8.21	4.69	-0.69
72	William & Mary	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	11.4	0.82	7.56	5.85	-0.85
73	Arizona	Pac-10	5-6-0	0.45	11.35	3.64	11.18	6.64	-1.64
74	Texas-Arlington	Southland	5-6-0	0.45	11.17	2.73	11.08	6.36	-1.36
75	California	Pac-10	6-5-0	0.55	11.16	-4.82	12.76	4.2	1.8
76	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5-4-2	0.45	11.06	-4.91	9.19	4.12	0.88
77	SMU	Southwest	4-6-1	0.36	10.56	4.45	13.73	6.65	-2.65
78	Wyoming	Western Athletic	5-7-0	0.42	9.87	0.67	11.18	6.23	-1.23
79	Colorado State	Western Athletic	5-6-0	0.45	9.58	-0.82	9.86	5.26	-0.26
80	North Carolina	ACC	5-6-0	0.45	9.49	-1.73	12.87	4.91	0.09
81	Kentucky	SEC	4-6-1	0.36	9.37	0.36	12.58	5.64	-1.64
82	Florida	SEC	4-7-0	0.36	9.32	2.36	14.64	6.21	-2.21
83	Long Beach State	PCAA	5-6-0	0.45	9.21	-1	5.96	5.18	-0.18
84	Ole Miss	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	8.77	-5.36	12.15	3.73	1.27
85	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	5-6-0	0.45	8.64	-4.73	9.18	4.21	0.79
86	Minnesota	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	8.58	-5.18	9.12	3.98	1.02
87	Villanova	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.57	-3.27	5.06	4.46	0.54
88	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	8.54	0.91	9.92	5.74	-1.74
89	The Citadel	Southern	5-6-0	0.45	8.51	-4.09	6.09	4.21	0.79
90	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	7.83	-11.27	5.76	2.22	2.78
91	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	5-7-0	0.42	7.69	-2.67	-0.12	5.28	-0.28
92	San Diego State	Western Athletic	4-7-0	0.36	7.41	-1.36	10.56	5.11	-1.11
93	Army	FBS Independents	4-6-1	0.36	7.19	-6.45	6.94	3.47	0.53
94	Tulane	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	7.07	-2.55	10.22	4.58	-0.58
95	Drake	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	6.77	-4.82	11.85	4.07	-0.07
96	Indiana	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.66	-5.64	11.7	3.97	0.03
97	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	4-7-0	0.36	6.66	-4.36	8.47	4.33	-0.33
98	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.65	-5.73	11.68	3.46	0.54
99	Columbia	Ivy	3-5-1	0.33	6.46	-13	10.33	1.38	1.62
100	Memphis	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.4	-8.82	12.64	3.1	0.9
101	Kent State	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	6.31	-8.18	9.7	2.81	1.19
102	Duke	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	6.2	-12.64	13.87	1.36	2.64
103	Kansas State	Big 8	4-7-0	0.36	6.16	-12.82	13.19	2.43	1.57
104	Washington State	Pac-10	3-7-1	0.27	5.91	-1.82	10.29	5.05	-2.05
105	Pacific	PCAA	4-8-0	0.33	5.73	-7	9.35	3.82	0.18
106	Baylor	Southwest	3-8-0	0.27	5.47	-1.55	13.76	5.03	-2.03
107	Richmond	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	5.31	-1.73	11.29	4.84	-1.84
108	Princeton	Ivy	2-5-2	0.22	5.01	-6.33	12.07	2.63	-0.63
109	Oregon State	Pac-10	3-7-1	0.27	4.83	-12.55	13.89	1.65	1.35
110	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	4.64	-5.45	11.59	4.06	-1.06
111	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-7-0	0.3	4.58	-11.6	5.94	1.7	1.3
112	Oklahoma State	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	4.41	-9	14.79	2.74	0.26
113	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	4.35	-7.18	8.47	2.87	0.13
114	Syracuse	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.33	-9.36	13.4	2.92	0.08
115	Louisiana	Southland	3-8-0	0.27	4.32	-9.27	12.82	2.18	0.82
116	Colgate	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.19	-7	3.64	2.99	0.01
117	Fresno State	PCAA	3-8-0	0.27	4.13	-7.45	3.09	3.7	-0.7
118	Ohio	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	4.13	-11.45	11.83	1.7	1.3
119	Air Force	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.1	-10.27	8.57	2.96	0.04
120	Pennsylvania	Ivy	2-6-1	0.22	4.07	-5.33	7.46	2.98	-0.98
121	VMI	Southern	3-8-0	0.27	4.06	-10.27	7.35	1.8	1.2
122	Oregon	Pac-10	2-9-0	0.18	2.9	-3.55	12.25	4.2	-2.2
123	Lamar	Southland	2-8-1	0.18	2.62	-9.64	9.19	2.83	-0.83
124	Virginia	ACC	2-9-0	0.18	2.25	-8.82	10.36	2.44	-0.44
125	Toledo	Mid-American	2-9-0	0.18	2.16	-10.18	10.75	2.24	-0.24
126	Iowa	Big Ten	2-9-0	0.18	1.92	-15.09	13.36	1.31	0.69
127	West Virginia	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.78	-17.91	12.71	1.5	0.5
128	Illinois State	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.71	-17.18	6.08	1.16	0.84
129	Rice	Southwest	2-9-0	0.18	1.63	-22.64	14.99	1.06	0.94
130	TCU	Southwest	2-9-0	0.18	1.61	-22.55	13.12	0.62	1.38
131	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-9-0	0.18	1.59	-23.09	13.17	1.08	0.92
132	Illinois	Big Ten	1-8-2	0.09	0.12	-19.45	12.8	0.72	0.28
133	Wake Forest	ACC	1-10-0	0.09	-0.17	-15.45	13.6	1.01	-0.01
134	Marshall	Southern	1-10-0	0.09	-0.21	-16.27	13.32	1.05	-0.05
135	Kansas	Big 8	1-10-0	0.09	-0.37	-20.09	15.01	0.89	0.11
136	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-11-0	0.08	-0.69	-22.75	13.17	0.96	0.04
137	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-11-0	0	-2.03	-12.82	9.53	1.93	-1.93
138	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-10-1	0	-2.76	-31.64	12.6	0.26	-0.26