1978 W3 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.782778+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Alabama	SEC	2-0-0	1	31.06	17.5	18.62	1.8	0.2
2	Mississippi State	SEC	2-0-0	1	30.85	20	16.4	1.99	0.01
3	Arizona State	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	28.88	21	11.74	1.83	0.17
4	Oklahoma	Big 8	2-0-0	1	28.55	24	10.95	1.74	0.26
5	NC State	ACC	2-0-0	1	28.5	12	8.38	1.58	0.42
6	Maryland	ACC	2-0-0	1	28.1	15.5	10.56	1.75	0.25
7	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	27.63	12	28.26	0.81	0.19
8	McNeese	Southland	2-0-0	1	27.34	18.5	6.21	1.75	0.25
9	Clemson	ACC	1-0-0	1	27.32	55	20.76	1	0
10	Penn State	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	27.14	12.67	0.68	2.83	0.17
11	App State	Southern	2-0-0	1	26.77	21	6.19	1.86	0.14
12	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-0-0	1	26.52	30	-0.99	1.94	0.06
13	Ball State	Mid-American	2-0-0	1	26.48	24	-0.99	1.92	0.08
14	South Carolina	FBS Independents	1-0-1	0.5	26.47	17.5	0.98	1.79	-0.79
15	Florida State	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	26.33	23	-0.99	1.89	0.11
16	USC	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	26.05	17.5	-1	1.84	0.16
17	Duke	ACC	1-0-0	1	26.03	18	-0.69	0.92	0.08
18	Texas A&M	Southwest	1-0-0	1	25.96	27	-2.15	0.96	0.04
19	UCLA	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	25.94	8	1.41	1.89	0.11
20	SMU	Southwest	2-0-0	1	25.92	20.5	-0.33	1.69	0.31
21	Arizona	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	25.86	22.5	-1.67	1.98	0.02
22	Colorado	Big 8	2-0-0	1	25.77	13.5	-0.91	1.85	0.15
23	Western Michigan	Mid-American	2-0-0	1	25.73	12	-0.24	1.45	0.55
24	Ole Miss	SEC	1-0-0	1	25.56	7	0.28	0.84	0.16
25	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	3-0-0	1	25.51	3.33	-0.09	1.79	1.21
26	William & Mary	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	25.11	15.5	-4.74	1.97	0.03
27	Chattanooga	Southern	2-0-0	1	25.1	16	-3.5	1.79	0.21
28	North Carolina	ACC	1-0-0	1	24.93	4	18.04	0.69	0.31
29	Air Force	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	24.92	10	-1.25	1.52	0.48
30	Iowa State	Big 8	2-0-0	1	24.85	2.5	0.66	1.17	0.83
31	Washington State	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	24.83	27.5	-6.85	1.99	0.01
32	Utah State	PCAA	2-0-0	1	24.82	5.5	-3.81	1.48	0.52
33	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	2-0-0	1	24.46	4	-2.22	1.21	0.79
34	Utah	Western Athletic	1-0-0	1	24.34	56	-10	1	0
35	Villanova	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	24.26	5.5	-5.16	1.24	0.76
36	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	24.13	9	-3.86	1.53	0.47
37	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	24.11	5.5	-5.41	1.35	0.65
38	Ohio	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	24.04	1	-0.48	0.53	0.47
39	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	23.48	5.5	-5.45	1.62	0.38
40	Arkansas	Southwest	1-0-0	1	22.95	31	0.23	0.92	0.08
41	Michigan	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	22.93	31	0.21	1	0
42	Texas	Southwest	1-0-0	1	22.7	34	-1.33	1	0
43	Navy	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.25	32	-2.07	1	0
44	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.2	18	-1.93	0.96	0.04
45	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	22.12	26	-2	0.94	0.06
46	Iowa	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	22.11	17	-0.14	0.99	0.01
47	Purdue	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	22.11	7	2.47	0.72	0.28
48	LSU	SEC	1-0-0	1	22.09	7	1.27	0.69	0.31
49	Auburn	SEC	1-0-0	1	21.53	13	-2.44	0.69	0.31
50	Georgia	SEC	1-0-0	1	21.2	2	1.5	0.58	0.42
51	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	20.39	1	-1.1	0.59	0.41
52	Wyoming	Western Athletic	1-0-0	1	20.25	19	-10	0.92	0.08
53	North Texas	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	20.2	14	9.86	2.54	-0.54
54	Army	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	20.07	10	-10	0.78	0.22
55	Nebraska	Big 8	2-1-0	0.67	19.84	13	18.9	2.33	-0.33
56	Drake	Missouri Valley	2-1-0	0.67	19.38	6.33	-1.09	1.9	0.1
57	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	18.9	2	0.25	1.75	0.25
58	Louisville	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	16.74	20	7.38	1.75	-0.75
59	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	15.02	4	-0.56	1.31	-0.31
60	BYU	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	14.44	-1.5	12.91	0.88	0.12
61	Long Beach State	PCAA	1-1-0	0.5	14.41	2	-4.72	1.22	-0.22
62	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	14.17	10	24.41	1.44	-0.44
63	Stanford	Pac-10	1-1-0	0.5	14.13	11.5	22.98	1.46	-0.46
64	Missouri	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	13.93	-7.5	17.34	0.47	0.53
65	Marshall	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	13.72	-2	9.28	0.82	0.18
66	Temple	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	13.48	2	29.77	1.12	-0.12
67	Washington	Pac-10	1-1-0	0.5	13.26	13	11.38	1.88	-0.88
68	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	13.08	15	11.54	1.57	-0.57
69	Fresno State	PCAA	1-1-0	0.5	13.01	18	7.23	1.68	-0.68
70	Wake Forest	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	12.43	-4	-1	0.62	0.38
71	Memphis	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.35	3.5	13.03	1.39	-0.39
72	West Virginia	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.35	-20	11.99	0.18	0.82
73	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.24	-20	6.05	0.26	0.74
74	San José State	PCAA	1-1-0	0.5	11.75	-6	-4.97	0.7	0.3
75	VMI	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	11.53	2	7.22	1.18	-0.18
76	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	11.43	3	6.27	1.19	-0.19
77	California	Pac-10	1-1-0	0.5	11.09	1	5.91	1.04	-0.04
78	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	11.08	-2	23.68	0.86	0.14
79	The Citadel	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	11.02	-22	-3.84	0.22	0.78
80	East Carolina	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	9.03	-4	11.3	1.02	-0.02
81	Furman	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	8.84	-9	7.76	0.59	0.41
82	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	8.84	-11	13.79	0.49	0.51
83	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	1-1-0	0.5	7.61	-7.5	-10	0.68	0.32
84	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	1-2-0	0.33	7.22	-17.33	19.23	0.27	0.73
85	Kentucky	SEC	0-0-1	0	0.46	0	25.52	0.5	-0.5
86	Yale	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.42	0	0	0	0
87	Brown	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.4	0	0	0	0
88	Dartmouth	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.35	0	0	0	0
89	Pennsylvania	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.27	0	0	0	0
90	Princeton	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.19	0	0	0	0
91	Harvard	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.18	0	0	0	0
92	Columbia	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.09	0	0	0	0
93	Cornell	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.01	0	0	0	0
94	San Diego State	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	-0.14	-1	23.13	0.46	-0.46
95	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	-0.19	-1	25.38	0.47	-0.47
96	Baylor	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-0.52	-2	0.97	0.42	-0.42
97	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.84	-3	24.73	0	0
98	Louisiana Tech	Southland	0-1-0	0	-0.99	-5	22.8	0.22	-0.22
99	Michigan State	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-1.05	-7	1.19	0.28	-0.28
100	Richmond	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-1.06	-2	16.92	1.13	-1.13
101	Lamar	Southland	0-2-0	0	-1.19	-3	10.16	0.82	-0.82
102	Indiana	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-1.26	-7	2.47	0.31	-0.31
103	Western Carolina	Southern	0-3-0	0	-1.27	-5.67	-0.65	0.9	-0.9
104	Texas-Arlington	Southland	0-3-0	0	-1.5	-5	20.4	1.09	-1.09
105	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-1-1	0	-1.59	-8.5	0.49	0.02	-0.02
106	Houston	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-1.6	-14	0.28	0.02	-0.02
107	Florida	SEC	0-1-0	0	-1.71	-10	23.11	0.31	-0.31
108	Colgate	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.77	-13	19.55	0.17	-0.17
109	Louisiana	Southland	0-2-0	0	-1.83	-8.5	25.79	0.02	-0.02
110	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.85	-11	20.97	0.1	-0.1
111	Texas Tech	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-1.85	-8	25.31	0.18	-0.18
112	Illinois	Big Ten	0-1-1	0	-1.94	-15.5	1.36	0	0
113	Miami	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.98	-10	24.5	0.11	-0.11
114	Tennessee	SEC	0-1-0	0	-2.01	-13	24.9	0	0
115	Arkansas State	Southland	0-3-0	0	-2.01	-8	24.82	0.73	-0.73
116	Oregon State	Pac-10	0-2-0	0	-2.09	-9	24.05	0.23	-0.23
117	Ohio State	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-2.17	-19	31.14	0	0
118	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	-2.22	-14	23.96	0.29	-0.29
119	Illinois State	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.23	-16	6.98	0.22	-0.22
120	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.25	-15	12.54	0.35	-0.35
121	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0-3-0	0	-2.32	-21.67	3.86	0.19	-0.19
122	Oklahoma State	Big 8	0-2-0	0	-2.41	-14	24.79	0.35	-0.35
123	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-1-0	0	-2.43	-31	3.01	0.08	-0.08
124	Rice	Southwest	0-2-0	0	-2.54	-19	13.04	0.14	-0.14
125	Rutgers	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2.56	-16	31.14	0.09	-0.09
126	Pacific	PCAA	0-2-0	0	-2.56	-26	8.36	0.1	-0.1
127	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0-2-0	0	-2.69	-21.5	26.3	0.23	-0.23
128	Toledo	Mid-American	0-2-0	0	-2.72	-21.5	11.84	0.05	-0.05
129	Tulane	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.73	-21	13.97	0.06	-0.06
130	Syracuse	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.77	-18	28.3	0.15	-0.15
131	UNLV	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.78	-18	6.53	0.17	-0.17
132	Virginia	ACC	0-2-0	0	-2.78	-23	11.58	0	0
133	Kansas State	Big 8	0-2-0	0	-2.82	-22	12.48	0.23	-0.23
134	Kansas	Big 8	0-2-0	0	-2.96	-28	12.93	0.03	-0.03
135	Oregon	Pac-10	0-2-0	0	-3.01	-22	24.91	0.09	-0.09
136	UTEP	Western Athletic	0-3-0	0	-3.14	-20.33	21.7	0.45	-0.45
137	TCU	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-3.3	-31	23.11	0.06	-0.06
138	Kent State	Mid-American	0-2-0	0	-3.3	-32.5	26.3	0	0