1978 W1 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.781960+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Alabama	SEC	1-0-0	1	37.27	17	18.92	0.99	0.01
2	East Carolina	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	34.26	8	16.54	0.88	0.12
3	Penn State	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	33.56	3	8.26	0.7	0.3
4	North Texas	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	32.54	49	-1.09	1	0
5	Mississippi State	SEC	1-0-0	1	30	28	17.9	1	0
6	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	25.38	3	1.12	0.7	0.3
7	Drake	Missouri Valley	1-0-0	1	24.17	2	11.38	0.55	0.45
8	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-0-0	1	22.75	1	8.67	0.53	0.47
9	Utah State	PCAA	1-0-0	1	22.42	10	-10	1	0
10	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	12.71	0	0	0	0
11	Arkansas	Southwest	0-0-0	0	12.05	0	0	0	0
12	Louisiana Tech	Southland	0-0-0	0	12.03	0	0	0	0
13	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	12.02	0	0	0	0
14	Texas	Southwest	0-0-0	0	11.82	0	0	0	0
15	North Carolina	ACC	0-0-0	0	11.62	0	0	0	0
16	Michigan	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	11.49	0	0	0	0
17	Ohio State	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	11.45	0	0	0	0
18	BYU	Western Athletic	0-0-0	0	11.08	0	0	0	0
19	Kentucky	SEC	0-0-0	0	11	0	0	0	0
20	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	10.99	0	0	0	0
21	San Diego State	Western Athletic	0-0-0	0	10.56	0	0	0	0
22	Ball State	Mid-American	0-0-0	0	10.55	0	0	0	0
23	Arizona State	Pac-10	0-0-0	0	10.38	0	0	0	0
24	Oklahoma	Big 8	0-0-0	0	10.35	0	0	0	0
25	Central Michigan	Mid-American	0-0-0	0	10.28	0	0	0	0
26	Florida State	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	10.14	0	0	0	0
27	Fresno State	PCAA	0-0-0	0	10.06	0	0	0	0
28	Yale	Ivy	0-0-0	0	10.03	0	0	0	0
29	Washington	Pac-10	0-0-0	0	9.99	0	0	0	0
30	LSU	SEC	0-0-0	0	9.89	0	0	0	0
31	Michigan State	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	9.89	0	0	0	0
32	USC	Pac-10	0-0-0	0	9.82	0	0	0	0
33	Colorado	Big 8	0-0-0	0	9.74	0	0	0	0
34	Chattanooga	Southern	0-0-0	0	9.73	0	0	0	0
35	Brown	Ivy	0-0-0	0	9.52	0	0	0	0
36	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-0-0	0	9.49	0	0	0	0
37	Louisville	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	9.38	0	0	0	0
38	Clemson	ACC	0-0-0	0	9.26	0	0	0	0
39	Louisiana	Southland	0-0-0	0	9.13	0	0	0	0
40	Colgate	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	9.11	0	0	0	0
41	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0-0-0	0	9.02	0	0	0	0
42	Rutgers	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	8.87	0	0	0	0
43	NC State	ACC	0-0-0	0	8.8	0	0	0	0
44	Maryland	ACC	0-0-0	0	8.63	0	0	0	0
45	California	Pac-10	0-0-0	0	8.59	0	0	0	0
46	Iowa State	Big 8	0-0-0	0	8.43	0	0	0	0
47	UCLA	Pac-10	0-0-0	0	8.42	0	0	0	0
48	Dartmouth	Ivy	0-0-0	0	8.34	0	0	0	0
49	Pacific	PCAA	0-0-0	0	8.31	0	0	0	0
50	VMI	Southern	0-0-0	0	8.18	0	0	0	0
51	Furman	Southern	0-0-0	0	7.35	0	0	0	0
52	Texas A&M	Southwest	0-0-0	0	7.34	0	0	0	0
53	Army	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	7.23	0	0	0	0
54	Memphis	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	7.22	0	0	0	0
55	Florida	SEC	0-0-0	0	7.07	0	0	0	0
56	Texas Tech	Southwest	0-0-0	0	7.05	0	0	0	0
57	Nebraska	Big 8	0-1-0	0	7.04	-17	23.24	0.01	-0.01
58	Washington State	Pac-10	0-0-0	0	6.84	0	0	0	0
59	Houston	Southwest	0-0-0	0	6.78	0	0	0	0
60	Pennsylvania	Ivy	0-0-0	0	6.57	0	0	0	0
61	Western Carolina	Southern	0-1-0	0	6.49	-8	19.24	0.12	-0.12
62	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	0-1-0	0	6.44	-28	8.32	0	0
63	South Carolina	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	6.33	0	0	0	0
64	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0-0-0	0	6.33	0	0	0	0
65	Missouri	Big 8	0-0-0	0	6.23	0	0	0	0
66	Ole Miss	SEC	0-0-0	0	6.19	0	0	0	0
67	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	6.17	0	0	0	0
68	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	6.12	0	0	0	0
69	Stanford	Pac-10	0-0-0	0	6.11	0	0	0	0
70	Duke	ACC	0-0-0	0	6.1	0	0	0	0
71	Baylor	Southwest	0-0-0	0	6.01	0	0	0	0
72	Arizona	Pac-10	0-0-0	0	5.94	0	0	0	0
73	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	5.88	0	0	0	0
74	William & Mary	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	5.84	0	0	0	0
75	Navy	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	5.48	0	0	0	0
76	McNeese	Southland	0-0-0	0	5.43	0	0	0	0
77	Tennessee	SEC	0-0-0	0	5.41	0	0	0	0
78	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	5.32	-27	-10	0	0
79	Minnesota	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	5.19	0	0	0	0
80	Indiana	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	5.08	0	0	0	0
81	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	0-0-0	0	5.07	0	0	0	0
82	Syracuse	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	5.05	0	0	0	0
83	Texas-Arlington	Southland	0-1-0	0	4.91	-2	2.67	0.45	-0.45
84	Villanova	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	4.86	0	0	0	0
85	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	0-0-0	0	4.84	0	0	0	0
86	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-0-0	0	4.75	0	0	0	0
87	Purdue	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	4.75	0	0	0	0
88	West Virginia	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	4.7	0	0	0	0
89	Princeton	Ivy	0-0-0	0	4.62	0	0	0	0
90	Long Beach State	PCAA	0-0-0	0	4.6	0	0	0	0
91	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	4.57	0	0	0	0
92	Harvard	Ivy	0-0-0	0	4.33	0	0	0	0
93	Oklahoma State	Big 8	0-0-0	0	4.14	0	0	0	0
94	Kent State	Mid-American	0-0-0	0	4.12	0	0	0	0
95	New Mexico	Western Athletic	0-0-0	0	4.05	0	0	0	0
96	Auburn	SEC	0-0-0	0	4.01	0	0	0	0
97	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	3.96	0	0	0	0
98	Georgia	SEC	0-0-0	0	3.88	0	0	0	0
99	Arkansas State	Southland	0-1-0	0	3.85	-1	1.43	0.47	-0.47
100	Illinois State	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	3.76	0	0	0	0
101	The Citadel	Southern	0-0-0	0	3.73	0	0	0	0
102	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	0-0-0	0	3.72	0	0	0	0
103	San José State	PCAA	0-0-0	0	3.18	0	0	0	0
104	Iowa	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	3.1	0	0	0	0
105	Temple	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	2.98	-3	22.16	0.3	-0.3
106	SMU	Southwest	0-0-0	0	2.69	0	0	0	0
107	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	2.54	0	0	0	0
108	Wyoming	Western Athletic	0-0-0	0	2.35	0	0	0	0
109	Columbia	Ivy	0-0-0	0	2.06	0	0	0	0
110	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	0-0-0	0	1.94	0	0	0	0
111	Tulane	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	1.9	0	0	0	0
112	Ohio	Mid-American	0-0-0	0	1.84	0	0	0	0
113	Lamar	Southland	0-0-0	0	1.44	0	0	0	0
114	App State	Southern	0-0-0	0	1.41	0	0	0	0
115	Marshall	Southern	0-0-0	0	1.41	0	0	0	0
116	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-0-0	0	1.38	0	0	0	0
117	Oregon State	Pac-10	0-0-0	0	1.31	0	0	0	0
118	Utah	Western Athletic	0-0-0	0	1.29	0	0	0	0
119	Kansas	Big 8	0-0-0	0	1.25	0	0	0	0
120	Miami	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	1.14	0	0	0	0
121	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-0-0	0	0.9	0	0	0	0
122	Illinois	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	0.84	0	0	0	0
123	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.64	0	0	0	0
124	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	0-0-0	0	0.42	0	0	0	0
125	Kansas State	Big 8	0-0-0	0	0.38	0	0	0	0
126	Air Force	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.31	0	0	0	0
127	Cornell	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.29	0	0	0	0
128	Oregon	Pac-10	0-0-0	0	0.28	0	0	0	0
129	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.18	0	0	0	0
130	TCU	Southwest	0-0-0	0	0.15	0	0	0	0
131	Wake Forest	ACC	0-0-0	0	0.15	0	0	0	0
132	Toledo	Mid-American	0-0-0	0	0.12	0	0	0	0
133	Richmond	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.47	-3	8.42	0.3	-0.3
134	Rice	Southwest	0-0-0	0	-0.53	0	0	0	0
135	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	-0.55	0	0	0	0
136	Virginia	ACC	0-0-0	0	-0.74	0	0	0	0
137	UTEP	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	-3.74	-49	20.08	0	0
138	UNLV	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	-5	0	0	0	0