1978 W5 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.783616+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Oklahoma	Big 8	4-0-0	1	27.22	32.25	10.3	3.7	0.3
2	Maryland	ACC	4-0-0	1	27.21	12.25	13.9	3.38	0.62
3	Penn State	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	27.04	20.2	11.61	4.78	0.22
4	USC	Pac-10	4-0-0	1	26.83	16.5	11.18	3.61	0.39
5	Arkansas	Southwest	3-0-0	1	26.48	17	10.45	2.66	0.34
6	Michigan	Big Ten	3-0-0	1	26.41	32.33	7.61	2.98	0.02
7	Texas	Southwest	3-0-0	1	26.4	21.67	8.01	2.97	0.03
8	Ball State	Mid-American	4-0-0	1	25.98	23.75	6.46	3.95	0.05
9	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	25.89	17.5	6.75	3.6	0.4
10	NC State	ACC	4-0-0	1	25.81	15.5	6.3	3.41	0.59
11	Texas A&M	Southwest	3-0-0	1	25.73	40	3.2	2.99	0.01
12	Washington State	Pac-10	3-0-1	0.75	25.73	20	5.03	3.58	-0.58
13	Iowa State	Big 8	4-0-0	1	25.61	16	5.34	3.64	0.36
14	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	25.6	10	7.24	2.45	0.55
15	LSU	SEC	3-0-0	1	25.34	13	5.26	2.57	0.43
16	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	25.25	18.5	4.26	3.87	0.13
17	Auburn	SEC	3-0-0	1	24.84	14.33	2.01	2.45	0.55
18	Utah State	PCAA	4-0-0	1	24.76	10.25	3.04	3.16	0.84
19	Colorado	Big 8	4-0-0	1	24.74	22.5	-0.06	3.87	0.13
20	Navy	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	24.13	24.33	-2.6	2.99	0.01
21	Chattanooga	Southern	3-0-1	0.75	24.09	9	-0.08	3.02	-0.02
22	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-0-0	1	23.57	8.33	-2.02	2.39	0.61
23	Yale	Ivy	2-0-0	1	23.09	17.5	-6.05	1.97	0.03
24	Columbia	Ivy	2-0-0	1	22.81	11.5	-5.37	1.74	0.26
25	Alabama	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	21.67	12	18.71	3.05	-0.05
26	Nebraska	Big 8	3-1-0	0.75	21.48	22.75	15.04	3.49	-0.49
27	North Texas	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	21.18	9.6	9.25	3.9	0.1
28	Cornell	Ivy	1-0-1	0.5	20.95	4.5	-1.25	1.34	-0.34
29	Mississippi State	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	20.58	9	7.66	3.09	-0.09
30	Louisville	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	20.48	18.25	9.8	3.5	-0.5
31	Arizona State	Pac-10	3-1-0	0.75	20.36	11	11.21	3	0
32	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	4-1-0	0.8	20.34	2.4	6.88	2.86	1.14
33	William & Mary	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	20.15	8	6.68	3.13	-0.13
34	Clemson	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	20.08	24.67	19.69	2.96	-0.96
35	Stanford	Pac-10	3-1-0	0.75	19.79	12.75	7.34	3.16	-0.16
36	South Carolina	FBS Independents	2-1-1	0.5	19.57	12	20.86	3.33	-1.33
37	Florida State	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	19.46	12.5	1.13	3.15	-0.15
38	BYU	Western Athletic	3-1-0	0.75	19.4	6.75	8.3	2.84	0.16
39	Arizona	Pac-10	3-1-0	0.75	19.38	12.5	5.23	3.34	-0.34
40	UCLA	Pac-10	3-1-0	0.75	19.19	6.5	6.79	3.1	-0.1
41	California	Pac-10	3-1-0	0.75	19.17	6.75	7.42	2.63	0.37
42	App State	Southern	3-1-0	0.75	19.14	7.25	0.85	2.63	0.37
43	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-1-0	0.75	18.78	6	4.56	2.64	0.36
44	Purdue	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	18.68	9	7.53	2.57	-0.57
45	SMU	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	18.58	12	11.01	2.22	-0.22
46	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	3-1-0	0.75	18.53	7.75	2.28	2.83	0.17
47	Louisiana Tech	Southland	2-1-0	0.67	17.71	5.33	14.66	1.95	0.05
48	Houston	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	17.54	3	15.63	1.74	0.26
49	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	3-1-0	0.75	17.33	-1	10.7	1.9	1.1
50	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	17.19	-8	10.11	0.97	2.03
51	Utah	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	17	21	-0.02	2.64	-0.64
52	Georgia	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	16.8	-1	10.79	1.37	0.63
53	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	16.72	1.33	13.11	1.62	0.38
54	Rutgers	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	16.59	7.33	5.59	2.23	-0.23
55	Duke	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	16.05	-10	15.47	0.68	1.32
56	East Carolina	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	15.52	4.6	8.38	3.27	-0.27
57	Ole Miss	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	14.72	-7	14.6	0.85	1.15
58	Bowling Green	Mid-American	2-2-0	0.5	14.61	18	7.35	3.39	-1.39
59	McNeese	Southland	2-2-0	0.5	14.56	5	12.84	2.56	-0.56
60	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	14.23	-10.33	14.29	0.91	1.09
61	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	14.06	3	21.14	2.34	-0.34
62	Florida	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	14.03	12	24.02	1.55	-0.55
63	New Mexico	Western Athletic	2-2-0	0.5	13.88	4	10.65	2.52	-0.52
64	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-2-0	0.5	13.82	6.25	6.41	2.7	-0.7
65	Temple	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	13.71	6.75	14.02	2.77	-0.77
66	Washington	Pac-10	2-2-0	0.5	13.71	13.25	8.21	3.73	-1.73
67	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	2-2-0	0.5	13.28	0.75	11.48	2.07	-0.07
68	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	12.83	0.75	7.52	2.13	-0.13
69	Army	FBS Independents	1-1-1	0.33	12.73	2	7.19	1.68	-0.68
70	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	12.61	2	13.88	2.23	-0.23
71	Missouri	Big 8	2-2-0	0.5	12.46	-1.5	14.88	1.85	0.15
72	Kentucky	SEC	1-1-1	0.33	12.26	-4.33	14.25	1.04	-0.04
73	VMI	Southern	2-2-0	0.5	11.71	0.25	8.92	2.05	-0.05
74	Harvard	Ivy	1-1-0	0.5	11.57	4	5.4	1.36	-0.36
75	Villanova	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	11.47	-6	12.92	1.38	0.62
76	Air Force	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	11.37	-2.5	5.77	1.75	0.25
77	Dartmouth	Ivy	1-1-0	0.5	11.23	-12.5	11.98	0.4	0.6
78	Furman	Southern	2-2-0	0.5	10.76	-1.75	10.18	1.84	0.16
79	Kent State	Mid-American	2-2-0	0.5	10.05	-7	13.11	1.12	0.88
80	San José State	PCAA	2-2-0	0.5	10.01	-4.25	6.1	1.46	0.54
81	Pennsylvania	Ivy	1-1-0	0.5	9.84	-1	5.88	0.94	0.06
82	The Citadel	Southern	2-2-0	0.5	9.82	-15.25	5.09	0.46	1.54
83	North Carolina	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	9.2	-0.33	22.28	1.46	-0.46
84	Drake	Missouri Valley	2-3-0	0.4	8.91	-3.8	10.48	1.99	0.01
85	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	8.84	0	16.98	1.5	-0.5
86	Miami	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	8.74	4	18.5	1.85	-0.85
87	Wyoming	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	8.41	-0.67	13.94	1.42	-0.42
88	Western Carolina	Southern	2-3-0	0.4	8.28	0	-1.65	2.5	-0.5
89	Texas Tech	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	8.08	-3.33	23.89	1.22	-0.22
90	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	7.75	-1.67	8.84	1.33	-0.33
91	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-3-0	0.4	7.05	-8.2	4.8	1.31	0.69
92	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.02	-8.33	11.98	0.97	0.03
93	Iowa	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	6.67	-11.33	13.96	0.31	0.69
94	Ohio	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	6.66	-9.67	11.77	0.61	0.39
95	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	6.55	-1	12.96	1.44	-0.44
96	Long Beach State	PCAA	1-2-0	0.33	6.54	-3.33	-5.06	0.89	0.11
97	Fresno State	PCAA	1-3-0	0.25	6.48	0.25	6.39	2.02	-1.02
98	Indiana	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	6.46	-17.33	18.42	0.45	0.55
99	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.36	-4.33	23.51	0.79	0.21
100	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	6.26	-15.67	17.45	0.62	0.38
101	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-2-1	0.25	6.05	-9.75	12.67	0.8	0.2
102	TCU	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	5.65	-28.33	14.51	0.11	0.89
103	Richmond	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	5.48	2.4	17.67	2.9	-1.9
104	Marshall	Southern	1-3-0	0.25	5.18	-3.75	12.9	1.49	-0.49
105	Arkansas State	Southland	1-3-0	0.25	5.09	-3.5	19.92	1.42	-0.42
106	Illinois	Big Ten	1-2-1	0.25	5.06	-10.5	9.64	0.58	0.42
107	Lamar	Southland	1-3-0	0.25	4.95	-2.75	6.82	1.67	-0.67
108	Wake Forest	ACC	1-3-0	0.25	4.71	-8.5	16.83	0.77	0.23
109	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	1-3-0	0.25	4.42	-8	7.83	1.07	-0.07
110	West Virginia	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.21	-15.25	17.46	0.64	0.36
111	Memphis	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.11	-20.25	19.58	0.25	0.75
112	Virginia	ACC	1-3-0	0.25	4.07	-12.5	13.03	0.36	0.64
113	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	1-3-0	0.25	3.77	-9.5	-4.88	1.31	-0.31
114	Kansas	Big 8	1-3-0	0.25	3.68	-21	12.79	0.31	0.69
115	Kansas State	Big 8	1-3-0	0.25	3.66	-10.25	21.52	1.09	-0.09
116	Louisiana	Southland	1-3-0	0.25	3.52	-9.75	14.14	0.58	0.42
117	Pacific	PCAA	1-3-0	0.25	3.11	-14	9.69	0.46	0.54
118	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	1-4-0	0.2	2.88	-13.4	15.79	0.86	0.14
119	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-4-0	0.2	2.62	-16.2	15.2	0.88	0.12
120	San Diego State	Western Athletic	0-2-0	0	-1.39	-4	14.68	0.77	-0.77
121	Baylor	Southwest	0-3-0	0	-1.43	-4	20.36	1.19	-1.19
122	Texas-Arlington	Southland	0-5-0	0	-1.62	-5.6	12.82	1.75	-1.75
123	Princeton	Ivy	0-1-1	0	-1.86	-12	4.96	0.17	-0.17
124	Tennessee	SEC	0-2-1	0	-2.1	-10.67	13.97	0.34	-0.34
125	Oregon State	Pac-10	0-3-1	0	-2.19	-13	11.05	0.28	-0.28
126	Oklahoma State	Big 8	0-4-0	0	-2.32	-11.25	21.86	0.63	-0.63
127	Brown	Ivy	0-2-0	0	-2.35	-17.5	6.14	0	0
128	Colgate	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.38	-17.67	5.2	0.28	-0.28
129	Oregon	Pac-10	0-4-0	0	-2.42	-12.75	21.24	0.58	-0.58
130	Tulane	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.45	-13.75	19.4	0.51	-0.51
131	Illinois State	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.5	-22.75	2.56	0.29	-0.29
132	Toledo	Mid-American	0-4-0	0	-2.52	-17	12.53	0.16	-0.16
133	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-3-0	0	-2.56	-17	19.14	0.28	-0.28
134	UNLV	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.59	-20	11.24	0.12	-0.12
135	Syracuse	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.66	-19.5	15.37	0.43	-0.43
136	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-3-1	0	-2.67	-21.5	14.8	0.06	-0.06
137	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.78	-19	22.3	0.09	-0.09
138	Rice	Southwest	0-4-0	0	-3.31	-31.75	26.39	0.09	-0.09