1978 W6 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.784037+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Penn State	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	27.13	21.83	13.92	5.83	0.17
2	Oklahoma	Big 8	5-0-0	1	26.99	30	11.91	4.63	0.37
3	Michigan	Big Ten	4-0-0	1	26.75	25.25	11.71	3.87	0.13
4	Maryland	ACC	5-0-0	1	26.68	14.6	13.06	4.42	0.58
5	USC	Pac-10	4-0-0	1	25.96	16.5	9.04	3.61	0.39
6	Arkansas	Southwest	4-0-0	1	25.85	22.5	7.48	3.77	0.23
7	Ball State	Mid-American	5-0-0	1	25.52	20.4	6.36	4.95	0.05
8	Texas A&M	Southwest	4-0-0	1	25.32	37.25	3.27	3.97	0.03
9	Washington State	Pac-10	3-0-1	0.75	25.25	20	5.12	3.58	-0.58
10	LSU	SEC	4-0-0	1	24.99	13	5.47	3.3	0.7
11	Chattanooga	Southern	4-0-1	0.8	24.93	18.8	4.41	4.38	-0.38
12	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	4-0-1	0.8	24.93	14.8	4.76	4.61	-0.61
13	Colorado	Big 8	5-0-0	1	24.85	20	3.47	4.8	0.2
14	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	24.74	11.75	4.42	3.32	0.68
15	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	24.68	17.5	2.55	3.6	0.4
16	Utah State	PCAA	5-0-0	1	24.65	11.6	4.35	4.14	0.86
17	Navy	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	24.42	25.5	0.66	3.97	0.03
18	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-0-0	1	24.12	13	1.71	3.53	0.47
19	Nebraska	Big 8	4-1-0	0.8	22.77	22.8	17.43	4.51	-0.51
20	Cornell	Ivy	2-0-1	0.67	22.57	11	-4.75	2.62	-0.62
21	Alabama	SEC	4-1-0	0.8	21.98	10.2	16.15	3.7	0.3
22	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	5-1-0	0.83	21.43	4.83	12.22	3.89	1.11
23	Arizona State	Pac-10	4-1-0	0.8	21.23	17.2	9.64	4.16	-0.16
24	North Texas	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	21.19	13.83	5.9	5.21	-0.21
25	NC State	ACC	4-1-0	0.8	21.15	7.6	9.8	3.5	0.5
26	Clemson	ACC	3-1-0	0.75	20.94	26.25	13.04	3.94	-0.94
27	Iowa State	Big 8	4-1-0	0.8	20.67	8.2	6.47	3.85	0.15
28	Texas	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	20.4	11	10.1	3.4	-0.4
29	Florida State	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	20.23	11	5.66	3.79	0.21
30	UCLA	Pac-10	4-1-0	0.8	20.19	5.4	8.57	3.49	0.51
31	California	Pac-10	4-1-0	0.8	20.13	6	7.8	3.23	0.77
32	Western Michigan	Mid-American	4-1-0	0.8	20.12	7.6	6.95	3.64	0.36
33	Georgia	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	19.92	9	13.23	3.22	-0.22
34	Auburn	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	19.64	10.25	6.09	3.03	-0.03
35	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	4-1-0	0.8	19.44	4.4	5.5	3.08	0.92
36	William & Mary	FBS Independents	3-1-1	0.6	19.24	6.4	8.19	3.58	-0.58
37	Purdue	Big Ten	3-1-0	0.75	19.08	8.5	6.64	3.41	-0.41
38	Rutgers	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	19.08	5.75	9.57	2.68	0.32
39	Utah	Western Athletic	3-1-0	0.75	18.85	16.75	2.91	3.45	-0.45
40	Houston	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	18.74	2.75	9.79	2.3	0.7
41	SMU	Southwest	2-1-1	0.5	18.63	9	15.86	2.7	-0.7
42	East Carolina	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.27	6	9.48	4.23	-0.23
43	Yale	Ivy	2-1-0	0.67	17.26	11.33	1.41	2.5	-0.5
44	Duke	ACC	3-1-0	0.75	16.88	-5.75	15.66	1.3	1.7
45	Columbia	Ivy	2-1-0	0.67	16.85	3.67	3.8	1.85	0.15
46	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-1-1	0.5	16.85	1	12.98	2.1	-0.1
47	Stanford	Pac-10	3-2-0	0.6	16.73	10	11.81	3.66	-0.66
48	Louisville	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	16.62	11.2	9.8	3.88	-0.88
49	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	16.52	-4.25	12.29	1.63	1.37
50	Mississippi State	SEC	3-2-0	0.6	16.37	6.2	11.01	3.47	-0.47
51	Missouri	Big 8	3-2-0	0.6	16.27	7.2	15.01	3.37	-0.37
52	Pennsylvania	Ivy	2-1-0	0.67	16.25	3.33	8.01	1.76	0.24
53	Arizona	Pac-10	3-2-0	0.6	16.24	9.2	8.53	3.82	-0.82
54	Harvard	Ivy	2-1-0	0.67	15.88	3.67	3.48	1.9	0.1
55	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-2-0	0.6	15.87	18	4.96	4.15	-1.15
56	McNeese	Southland	3-2-0	0.6	15.63	9	6.85	3.68	-0.68
57	New Mexico	Western Athletic	3-2-0	0.6	15.61	4	11.6	3.16	-0.16
58	BYU	Western Athletic	3-2-0	0.6	15.59	2	10.85	2.83	0.17
59	Central Michigan	Mid-American	3-2-0	0.6	15.58	7.8	7.75	3.68	-0.68
60	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	15.25	2.2	12.43	2.87	0.13
61	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	14.91	1.6	10.58	2.81	0.19
62	South Carolina	FBS Independents	2-2-1	0.4	14.62	9	13.7	4.01	-2.01
63	Furman	Southern	3-2-0	0.6	14.49	3.4	4.99	2.88	0.12
64	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	3-2-0	0.6	14.32	1	2.67	2.62	0.38
65	Temple	FBS Independents	2-2-1	0.4	13.85	5.4	14.34	3.27	-1.27
66	Miami	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	13.53	3.5	18.18	2.43	-0.43
67	App State	Southern	3-2-0	0.6	12.93	-5.8	7.1	1.93	1.07
68	Villanova	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	12.77	-4.2	10.06	1.91	1.09
69	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	12.62	-8.2	7.97	1.21	1.79
70	Drake	Missouri Valley	3-3-0	0.5	12.49	1.17	13.11	3.17	-0.17
71	The Citadel	Southern	3-2-0	0.6	12.45	-4	7.92	1.89	1.11
72	Louisiana Tech	Southland	2-2-0	0.5	12.06	-0.5	10.14	1.94	0.06
73	Washington	Pac-10	2-3-0	0.4	11.63	10	9.76	4.26	-2.26
74	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	11.04	-2.25	16.6	1.63	0.37
75	Florida	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	10.28	3.67	21.5	1.76	-0.76
76	Ole Miss	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	10.12	-15	11.55	0.5	1.5
77	Long Beach State	PCAA	2-2-0	0.5	10.05	-1.25	0.79	1.76	0.24
78	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2-2-1	0.4	9.92	-7	11.56	1.2	0.8
79	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-3-0	0.5	9.38	-5	0.53	2.1	0.9
80	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	9.17	-3.8	18.02	1.98	0.02
81	Arkansas State	Southland	2-3-0	0.4	9.05	-1	16.9	2.3	-0.3
82	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	2-3-0	0.4	9.01	-1.6	8.79	2.32	-0.32
83	VMI	Southern	2-3-0	0.4	8.62	-2.4	7.91	1.92	0.08
84	Western Carolina	Southern	2-3-0	0.4	8.56	0	-1.86	2.5	-0.5
85	San Diego State	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	8.21	3	11.57	1.75	-0.75
86	Air Force	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	8.04	-7.8	10.7	1.56	0.44
87	Kent State	Mid-American	2-3-0	0.4	7.99	-8.4	12.55	1.06	0.94
88	Louisiana	Southland	2-3-0	0.4	7.93	-4.2	13.01	1.64	0.36
89	San José State	PCAA	2-3-0	0.4	7.91	-6.2	7.75	1.53	0.47
90	Kansas State	Big 8	2-3-0	0.4	7.81	-6	14.72	1.73	0.27
91	Pacific	PCAA	2-3-0	0.4	7.22	-7.6	7.97	1.38	0.62
92	Army	FBS Independents	1-2-1	0.25	6.92	-3	4.42	1.65	-0.65
93	Kentucky	SEC	1-2-1	0.25	6.68	-10.75	18.1	0.63	0.37
94	Dartmouth	Ivy	1-2-0	0.33	6.29	-9.33	8.58	0.76	0.24
95	Tennessee	SEC	1-2-1	0.25	6.04	-3.5	13.64	1.47	-0.47
96	North Carolina	ACC	1-3-0	0.25	5.92	-1.25	18.59	1.79	-0.79
97	Brown	Ivy	1-2-0	0.33	5.76	-2.33	3.74	1.26	-0.26
98	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-3-0	0.25	5.74	-1	12.3	1.9	-0.9
99	Wyoming	Western Athletic	1-3-0	0.25	5.59	-1.5	13.76	1.78	-0.78
100	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	1-3-0	0.25	5.23	-2	12.02	1.83	-0.83
101	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-3-0	0.25	5.17	-2	7.8	1.73	-0.73
102	Lamar	Southland	1-3-1	0.2	5	-2.2	10.66	2.16	-1.16
103	Richmond	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	4.95	1.5	13.04	3.31	-2.31
104	Texas Tech	Southwest	1-3-0	0.25	4.74	-9.75	24.59	1	0
105	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.55	-7.5	14.56	1.34	-0.34
106	Iowa	Big Ten	1-3-0	0.25	4.36	-9.5	14.83	0.54	0.46
107	Ohio	Mid-American	1-3-0	0.25	4.2	-10.75	12.4	0.6	0.4
108	Indiana	Big Ten	1-3-0	0.25	3.96	-19.75	21.02	0.43	0.57
109	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-3-0	0.25	3.74	-20.5	14.12	0.51	0.49
110	Memphis	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	3.71	-20.25	19.64	0.25	0.75
111	Illinois	Big Ten	1-3-1	0.2	3.7	-16.8	10.67	0.33	0.67
112	UNLV	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	3.67	-5.25	4.9	1.42	-0.42
113	Fresno State	PCAA	1-4-0	0.2	3.64	-3.2	3.59	2.13	-1.13
114	Colorado State	Western Athletic	1-3-0	0.25	3.57	-10.25	15.95	1.01	-0.01
115	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-3-1	0.2	3.5	-9.8	11.63	0.71	0.29
116	TCU	Southwest	1-3-0	0.25	3.46	-31	17.42	0.09	0.91
117	Wake Forest	ACC	1-4-0	0.2	3.23	-8.2	17.59	0.94	0.06
118	Tulane	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	3.14	-4	18.29	1.87	-0.87
119	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	1-4-0	0.2	3.1	-7.8	11.36	1.17	-0.17
120	Marshall	Southern	1-4-0	0.2	2.93	-11.2	11.76	0.88	0.12
121	Virginia	ACC	1-4-0	0.2	2.86	-11.4	13.87	0.6	0.4
122	West Virginia	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	2.68	-15.4	15	0.79	0.21
123	Texas-Arlington	Southland	1-5-0	0.17	2.62	-2.83	13.25	2.54	-1.54
124	Kansas	Big 8	1-4-0	0.2	2.54	-18.8	18.42	0.41	0.59
125	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	1-4-0	0.2	2.53	-11.2	-2.53	1.46	-0.46
126	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	2.22	-12.4	12.68	1.07	-0.07
127	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-5-0	0.17	1.82	-15.17	10.37	1.22	-0.22
128	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	1-5-0	0.17	1.82	-17	15.09	0.65	0.35
129	Baylor	Southwest	0-4-0	0	-1.31	-3.5	15.83	1.63	-1.63
130	Oklahoma State	Big 8	0-5-0	0	-2.2	-11.2	17.86	0.74	-0.74
131	Oregon	Pac-10	0-5-0	0	-2.22	-10.8	19.99	0.95	-0.95
132	Colgate	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.28	-14	12.1	0.63	-0.63
133	Princeton	Ivy	0-2-1	0	-2.38	-17.33	11.73	0.25	-0.25
134	Toledo	Mid-American	0-5-0	0	-2.44	-17.2	12.11	0.44	-0.44
135	Illinois State	FBS Independents	0-5-0	0	-2.59	-23.4	8.54	0.25	-0.25
136	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.69	-18.5	21.71	0.22	-0.22
137	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-4-1	0	-2.82	-25.6	16.08	0.1	-0.1
138	Rice	Southwest	0-4-0	0	-3.25	-31.75	26.14	0.09	-0.09