1978 W4 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.783192+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Mississippi State	SEC	3-0-0	1	28.65	23.33	13.26	2.92	0.08
2	Maryland	ACC	3-0-0	1	27.68	10.67	12.98	2.36	0.64
3	Oklahoma	Big 8	3-0-0	1	27.64	35.67	7.98	2.84	0.16
4	Duke	ACC	2-0-0	1	27.28	11	12.11	1.68	0.32
5	Purdue	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	26.92	15.5	11.49	1.88	0.12
6	USC	Pac-10	3-0-0	1	26.86	15	8.73	2.65	0.35
7	Texas	Southwest	2-0-0	1	26.8	24	8.86	2	0
8	Penn State	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	26.75	10.75	8.67	3.43	0.57
9	Georgia	SEC	2-0-0	1	26.61	7	13.4	1.68	0.32
10	NC State	ACC	3-0-0	1	26.56	12.67	6.2	2.41	0.59
11	William & Mary	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	26.54	11.67	8.6	2.7	0.3
12	Washington State	Pac-10	3-0-0	1	26.46	26.67	5.37	2.85	0.15
13	Iowa State	Big 8	3-0-0	1	26.12	12	6.48	2.57	0.43
14	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	25.64	13	5.38	1.79	0.21
15	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	25.61	11.67	4.38	2.38	0.62
16	Auburn	SEC	2-0-0	1	25.55	12	5.67	1.51	0.49
17	Colorado	Big 8	3-0-0	1	25.53	14	2.25	2.79	0.21
18	App State	Southern	3-0-0	1	25.47	15.67	0.89	2.59	0.41
19	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	25.22	4.67	5.38	2.03	0.97
20	Texas A&M	Southwest	2-0-0	1	25.18	31	-2.41	1.97	0.03
21	Chattanooga	Southern	3-0-0	1	25.09	12	0.91	2.4	0.6
22	Utah State	PCAA	3-0-0	1	25.03	11.33	0.94	2.41	0.59
23	LSU	SEC	2-0-0	1	24.98	4.5	5.58	1.32	0.68
24	Ball State	Mid-American	3-0-0	1	24.95	22.67	-2.9	2.94	0.06
25	Florida State	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	24.9	18.67	-2.39	2.66	0.34
26	Michigan	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	24.79	22.5	-1.39	1.94	0.06
27	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	4-0-0	1	24.78	5	1.88	2.58	1.42
28	Arkansas	Southwest	2-0-0	1	24.56	21.5	-2.42	1.84	0.16
29	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	24.02	11	-1.33	1.83	0.17
30	Navy	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	23.94	31	-6.39	2	0
31	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	23.66	9.33	-4.74	2.61	0.39
32	Kentucky	SEC	1-0-1	0.5	23.18	2	12.97	1.13	-0.13
33	Yale	Ivy	1-0-0	1	22.28	21	0.4	1	0
34	Dartmouth	Ivy	1-0-0	1	21.76	10	0.27	0.72	0.28
35	Alabama	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	21.44	8.33	19.94	2.2	-0.2
36	North Texas	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	21.09	10.75	12.67	3.12	-0.12
37	Columbia	Ivy	1-0-0	1	20.81	2	0.18	0.56	0.44
38	McNeese	Southland	2-1-0	0.67	20.52	11.33	14.78	2.45	-0.45
39	Nebraska	Big 8	2-1-0	0.67	20.13	13	18.13	2.33	-0.33
40	Arizona State	Pac-10	2-1-0	0.67	19.9	5.67	12.24	1.86	0.14
41	Louisville	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	19.6	18	15.24	2.6	-0.6
42	SMU	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	19.4	12	7.38	2.22	-0.22
43	Stanford	Pac-10	2-1-0	0.67	18.85	16	12.79	2.46	-0.46
44	Missouri	Big 8	2-1-0	0.67	18.81	5.33	18.59	1.96	0.04
45	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	2-1-0	0.67	18.48	2.33	9.5	1.69	0.31
46	Villanova	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	18.44	2.33	9.4	1.67	0.33
47	UCLA	Pac-10	2-1-0	0.67	18.11	4	2.76	2	0
48	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-1-0	0.67	18.02	17.33	-5.33	2.61	-0.61
49	Arizona	Pac-10	2-1-0	0.67	18	10	-2.25	2.28	-0.28
50	BYU	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	17.86	7.67	8.87	2.29	-0.29
51	Bowling Green	Mid-American	2-1-0	0.67	17.85	25.33	3.98	2.75	-0.75
52	Air Force	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.77	1	6.38	1.58	0.42
53	Western Michigan	Mid-American	2-1-0	0.67	17.72	6.67	-2.38	2.04	-0.04
54	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.54	2	8.19	1.75	0.25
55	Clemson	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	17.29	21.5	16.11	1.92	-0.92
56	New Mexico	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	17.26	6.67	8.16	2.22	-0.22
57	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	2-1-0	0.67	16.89	10	-0.44	2.48	-0.48
58	California	Pac-10	2-1-0	0.67	16.85	6.67	5.01	1.97	0.03
59	South Carolina	FBS Independents	1-1-1	0.33	16.2	10.33	11.78	2.39	-1.39
60	North Carolina	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	15.48	1.5	18.57	1.11	-0.11
61	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	2-1-0	0.67	14.53	-2.67	8.47	1.25	0.75
62	Utah	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	14.53	19.5	-5.8	1.65	-0.65
63	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	14.46	-1	17.82	0.94	0.06
64	The Citadel	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	14.03	-11	9.62	0.64	1.36
65	Wyoming	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	14.01	2.5	6.35	1.19	-0.19
66	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	13.71	4.5	-2.45	1.24	-0.24
67	Drake	Missouri Valley	2-2-0	0.5	13.69	2.25	4.7	2.24	-0.24
68	East Carolina	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	13.51	4.25	12.58	2.59	-0.59
69	Texas Tech	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	13.32	3.5	25.95	1.18	-0.18
70	Army	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.86	3	-6.39	1.19	-0.19
71	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	12.56	10.5	9.67	1.45	-0.45
72	Ole Miss	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	12.36	-12	13.14	0.37	0.63
73	Iowa	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	12.19	-7	11.63	0.44	0.56
74	Houston	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	12.14	1.5	18.34	1.08	-0.08
75	Long Beach State	PCAA	1-1-0	0.5	12.01	2	-5.92	1.22	-0.22
76	Ohio	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	11.96	-11.5	9.89	0.32	0.68
77	Louisiana Tech	Southland	1-1-0	0.5	11.44	1	11.8	1.07	-0.07
78	Indiana	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	11.39	0	17.68	1	0
79	Ohio State	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	11.3	-1	24.63	0.92	0.08
80	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	10.65	3	19.82	1.75	-0.75
81	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	10.48	-20	15.46	0.26	0.74
82	Fresno State	PCAA	1-2-0	0.33	10.34	4.33	14.05	1.76	-0.76
83	Washington	Pac-10	1-2-0	0.33	10.15	6.33	7.24	2.36	-1.36
84	Rutgers	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	9.91	-1	8.57	0.94	0.06
85	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	9.06	-12	15.89	0.44	0.56
86	Temple	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	8.9	-1.33	22.91	1.38	-0.38
87	TCU	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	8.55	-13.5	11.46	0.34	0.66
88	Marshall	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	8.23	-2.67	16.38	1.22	-0.22
89	Wake Forest	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	7.68	-3.33	11.16	1.02	-0.02
90	VMI	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	7.64	-2.33	8.71	1.14	-0.14
91	Memphis	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.46	-7.67	18.27	0.74	0.26
92	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	1-2-0	0.33	7.06	-4.33	4.05	1.09	-0.09
93	San José State	PCAA	1-2-0	0.33	6.9	-9	9.97	0.76	0.24
94	West Virginia	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.84	-18	18.66	0.34	0.66
95	Furman	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	6.36	-8.33	4.68	0.84	0.16
96	Lamar	Southland	1-2-0	0.33	6.26	-1.33	7.65	1.38	-0.38
97	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	5.52	-13	26.24	0.49	0.51
98	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	1-2-0	0.33	5.47	-9.67	-10	0.94	0.06
99	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	5.42	-6.67	11.46	1	0
100	Kent State	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	5.16	-11.33	16.92	0.53	0.47
101	Virginia	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	5.12	-14	18.25	0.21	0.79
102	Kansas	Big 8	1-2-0	0.33	5.08	-17.33	21.72	0.37	0.63
103	Arkansas State	Southland	1-3-0	0.25	4.46	-3.5	21.82	1.42	-0.42
104	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	1-3-0	0.25	4.35	-16.5	16.38	0.29	0.71
105	Western Carolina	Southern	1-3-0	0.25	3.94	-1.75	-5.24	1.73	-0.73
106	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-3-0	0.25	3.23	-11.5	9.64	0.8	0.2
107	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-3-0	0.25	3.23	-13.5	17.36	0.97	0.03
108	Princeton	Ivy	0-0-1	0	0.02	0	0.01	0.5	-0.5
109	Cornell	Ivy	0-0-1	0	0	0	0.19	0.5	-0.5
110	Harvard	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-0.74	-2	0.09	0.44	-0.44
111	Baylor	Southwest	0-2-0	0	-1.12	-3	10.83	0.81	-0.81
112	Richmond	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-1.21	-2.75	19.6	1.48	-1.48
113	San Diego State	Western Athletic	0-2-0	0	-1.24	-4	10.86	0.77	-0.77
114	Texas-Arlington	Southland	0-4-0	0	-1.62	-5.5	11.45	1.42	-1.42
115	Pennsylvania	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-1.64	-10	0.35	0.28	-0.28
116	Oregon State	Pac-10	0-2-1	0	-1.76	-6	12.76	0.67	-0.67
117	Tennessee	SEC	0-1-1	0	-1.8	-6.5	11.93	0.32	-0.32
118	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-1.92	-8.5	18.43	0.26	-0.26
119	Brown	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-2.11	-21	0.42	0	0
120	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-2-0	0	-2.2	-13.5	19.63	0.31	-0.31
121	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-2-1	0	-2.23	-12.67	13.52	0.07	-0.07
122	Florida	SEC	0-1-0	0	-2.26	-10	25.92	0.31	-0.31
123	Miami	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.29	-10	26.05	0.44	-0.44
124	Louisiana	Southland	0-3-0	0	-2.45	-15.33	16.32	0.07	-0.07
125	Illinois State	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.5	-21	4.14	0.15	-0.15
126	Oklahoma State	Big 8	0-3-0	0	-2.5	-13.33	21.43	0.45	-0.45
127	Colgate	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.53	-22	7.06	0.13	-0.13
128	Illinois	Big Ten	0-2-1	0	-2.53	-18.67	11.82	0.03	-0.03
129	Oregon	Pac-10	0-3-0	0	-2.62	-16	16.17	0.24	-0.24
130	UNLV	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.62	-20	8.64	0.12	-0.12
131	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-2-0	0	-2.64	-15.5	24.61	0.41	-0.41
132	Tulane	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.65	-17.33	16.02	0.25	-0.25
133	Pacific	PCAA	0-3-0	0	-2.73	-23.33	9.99	0.14	-0.14
134	Kansas State	Big 8	0-3-0	0	-2.83	-18	24.3	0.41	-0.41
135	Syracuse	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.84	-21.33	17.93	0.28	-0.28
136	Toledo	Mid-American	0-3-0	0	-2.88	-21	20.77	0.04	-0.04
137	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.93	-23	25.44	0.03	-0.03
138	Rice	Southwest	0-3-0	0	-3.29	-32.33	25.37	0.07	-0.07