1978 W7 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.784464+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	26.65	21.83	13.09	5.83	0.17
2	Oklahoma	Big 8	6-0-0	1	25.99	25.17	9.23	5.43	0.57
3	Maryland	ACC	6-0-0	1	25.6	14.67	9.29	5.33	0.67
4	Arkansas	Southwest	4-0-0	1	25.32	22.5	6.61	3.77	0.23
5	Navy	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	24.6	25	3.02	4.93	0.07
6	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	24.23	20.2	1.79	4.7	0.3
7	Chattanooga	Southern	5-0-1	0.83	23.72	16.83	-0.35	5.1	-0.1
8	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-0-1	0.8	23.7	10.4	1.51	4.09	-0.09
9	Cornell	Ivy	3-0-1	0.75	23.3	9.5	0.31	3.23	-0.23
10	Nebraska	Big 8	5-1-0	0.83	22.99	24.67	15.18	5.48	-0.48
11	Alabama	SEC	5-1-0	0.83	22.27	10.33	15.11	4.51	0.49
12	Arizona State	Pac-10	5-1-0	0.83	22.08	16.5	12.17	5.06	-0.06
13	Michigan	Big Ten	4-1-0	0.8	21.66	18.4	10.72	4.56	-0.56
14	Ball State	Mid-American	5-1-0	0.83	21.61	15.33	7.7	5.74	-0.74
15	Clemson	ACC	4-1-0	0.8	21.56	24.2	11.43	4.85	-0.85
16	UCLA	Pac-10	5-1-0	0.83	21.24	6.83	11.23	4.2	0.8
17	USC	Pac-10	4-1-0	0.8	21.15	10.6	10.29	4.06	-0.06
18	California	Pac-10	5-1-0	0.83	21.13	7.17	10.32	4.02	0.98
19	Georgia	SEC	4-1-0	0.8	21.13	8.6	13.87	3.9	0.1
20	Houston	Southwest	4-1-0	0.8	20.98	8.8	13.36	3.68	0.32
21	Texas	Southwest	4-1-0	0.8	20.88	10.8	11.05	4.15	-0.15
22	Texas A&M	Southwest	4-1-0	0.8	20.88	23.2	5.41	4.69	-0.69
23	Colorado	Big 8	5-1-0	0.83	20.8	16	2.79	5.45	-0.45
24	Auburn	SEC	4-1-0	0.8	20.66	16.6	8.06	4.29	-0.29
25	NC State	ACC	4-1-0	0.8	20.6	7.6	10.42	3.5	0.5
26	Utah State	PCAA	5-1-0	0.83	20.55	7	4.74	4.23	0.77
27	Western Michigan	Mid-American	5-1-0	0.83	20.46	8	5.66	4.5	0.5
28	LSU	SEC	4-1-0	0.8	20.44	9	6.83	3.71	0.29
29	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	4-1-1	0.67	20.33	8.83	6.25	4.74	-0.74
30	Purdue	Big Ten	4-1-0	0.8	20.23	9	8.21	4.15	-0.15
31	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	20.22	7.6	6.25	3.63	0.37
32	Washington State	Pac-10	3-1-1	0.6	19.88	13.2	8.4	3.85	-0.85
33	William & Mary	FBS Independents	4-1-1	0.67	19.64	9.5	4.07	4.77	-0.77
34	Utah	Western Athletic	4-1-0	0.8	19.6	18	1.33	4.45	-0.45
35	SMU	Southwest	3-1-1	0.6	19.54	8.6	11.28	3.36	-0.36
36	Rutgers	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	19.44	6.6	4.4	3.62	0.38
37	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	5-2-0	0.71	18.44	3.71	12.21	4.29	0.71
38	North Texas	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.4	10.43	7.12	5.57	-0.57
39	Missouri	Big 8	4-2-0	0.67	18.16	8.17	15.75	4.21	-0.21
40	Columbia	Ivy	3-1-0	0.75	17.98	3.75	4.94	2.52	0.48
41	Louisville	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.89	16.67	9.73	5.15	-1.15
42	Mississippi State	SEC	4-2-0	0.67	17.81	9.83	12.02	4.48	-0.48
43	Iowa State	Big 8	4-2-0	0.67	17.38	4.67	10.14	3.95	0.05
44	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-2-0	0.67	17.36	16.33	6.3	4.87	-0.87
45	McNeese	Southland	4-2-0	0.67	17.24	11	7.51	4.69	-0.69
46	Florida State	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.16	4.5	8.87	3.6	0.4
47	Central Michigan	Mid-American	4-2-0	0.67	17.12	12.83	5.84	5	-1
48	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.08	2.67	13.46	3.52	0.48
49	BYU	Western Athletic	4-2-0	0.67	16.6	1.83	11.06	3.37	0.63
50	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	4-2-0	0.67	16.54	3.33	5.8	3.52	0.48
51	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	16.38	1.5	10.38	3.34	0.66
52	South Carolina	FBS Independents	3-2-1	0.5	16.28	10.33	12.9	5.01	-2.01
53	Furman	Southern	4-2-0	0.67	15.85	6.33	0.21	3.85	0.15
54	Temple	FBS Independents	3-2-1	0.5	15.74	5	13.02	3.9	-0.9
55	Louisiana Tech	Southland	3-2-0	0.6	15.22	1.6	15.33	2.77	0.23
56	East Carolina	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	14.98	5	9.96	4.71	-0.71
57	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	14.73	0	18.52	2.5	0.5
58	Long Beach State	PCAA	3-2-0	0.6	14.31	2.2	7.01	2.93	0.07
59	App State	Southern	4-2-0	0.67	14.24	-1.33	4.55	2.85	1.15
60	Stanford	Pac-10	3-3-0	0.5	13.94	7.83	12.26	4.06	-1.06
61	Washington	Pac-10	3-3-0	0.5	13.58	8.83	11.48	4.65	-1.65
62	Arizona	Pac-10	3-3-0	0.5	13.57	5.5	11.21	3.94	-0.94
63	Yale	Ivy	2-2-0	0.5	13.18	6.75	5.28	3.01	-1.01
64	Duke	ACC	3-2-0	0.6	13.12	-9.2	16.78	1.18	1.82
65	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	3-2-1	0.5	13.07	-1.5	10.01	2.64	0.36
66	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	12.87	-5.4	10.5	1.91	1.09
67	New Mexico	Western Athletic	3-3-0	0.5	12.58	1.17	10.07	3.21	-0.21
68	Harvard	Ivy	2-2-0	0.5	12.4	1.5	6.79	2.2	-0.2
69	Arkansas State	Southland	3-3-0	0.5	11.86	-0.5	17.64	2.89	0.11
70	VMI	Southern	3-3-0	0.5	11.75	0.83	7.79	3.24	-0.24
71	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-2-1	0.4	11.72	-1.4	13.74	2.32	-0.32
72	Brown	Ivy	2-2-0	0.5	11.61	1.75	5.28	2.29	-0.29
73	Western Carolina	Southern	3-3-0	0.5	11.49	2.33	0.44	3.45	-0.45
74	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	11.38	-1	14.53	2.82	0.18
75	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	3-3-0	0.5	11.19	-0.83	11.6	2.88	0.12
76	Pennsylvania	Ivy	2-2-0	0.5	11.07	-1	4.73	1.87	0.13
77	Miami	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	10.94	1.8	16.5	2.77	-0.77
78	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	3-3-0	0.5	10.73	-1.33	3.57	2.8	0.2
79	Villanova	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	10.35	-4.5	8.12	2.22	0.78
80	Pacific	PCAA	3-3-0	0.5	10.18	-3	7.93	2.43	0.57
81	Kentucky	SEC	2-2-1	0.4	10.17	-7.2	15.45	1.31	0.69
82	The Citadel	Southern	3-3-0	0.5	10.16	-5.67	7.72	2.07	0.93
83	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-3-0	0.4	10.15	1	17.01	2.62	-0.62
84	Dartmouth	Ivy	2-2-0	0.5	10.1	-5.25	12.05	1.3	0.7
85	Drake	Missouri Valley	3-4-0	0.43	9.91	-0.86	11.86	3.33	-0.33
86	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	9.74	-14.17	10.21	0.83	2.17
87	Wyoming	Western Athletic	2-3-0	0.4	9.58	0.6	11.77	2.6	-0.6
88	North Carolina	ACC	2-3-0	0.4	9.57	0	16.37	2.5	-0.5
89	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-3-0	0.5	9.43	-5	0.12	2.1	0.9
90	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	2-3-0	0.4	8.53	-0.8	8.5	2.41	-0.41
91	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-3-0	0.4	8.37	-1.2	8.49	2.3	-0.3
92	Texas Tech	Southwest	2-3-0	0.4	8.29	-5.2	20.71	1.84	0.16
93	UNLV	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	7.92	-2.2	7.48	2.2	-0.2
94	Colorado State	Western Athletic	2-3-0	0.4	7.88	-4.6	13.79	1.91	0.09
95	Ole Miss	SEC	2-3-0	0.4	7.53	-13.4	12.3	0.77	1.23
96	Indiana	Big Ten	2-3-0	0.4	7.5	-10.2	16.14	1.31	0.69
97	Memphis	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	7.31	-13.6	16.97	0.76	1.24
98	Texas-Arlington	Southland	2-5-0	0.29	6.93	0.57	11.68	3.62	-1.62
99	Tulane	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	6.7	-2.33	14.08	2.5	-0.5
100	Florida	SEC	1-3-0	0.25	6.63	0	20.49	2	-1
101	Tennessee	SEC	1-2-1	0.25	6.6	-3.5	12.56	1.47	-0.47
102	Louisiana	Southland	2-4-0	0.33	6.24	-7	11.41	1.36	0.64
103	Kent State	Mid-American	2-4-0	0.33	6.2	-8.33	13.12	1.4	0.6
104	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	2-4-0	0.33	6.16	-4.33	10.5	1.96	0.04
105	Kansas State	Big 8	2-4-0	0.33	6.06	-10.67	14.32	1.53	0.47
106	Air Force	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	5.97	-9.5	9.94	1.64	0.36
107	San Diego State	Western Athletic	1-3-0	0.25	5.93	0	7.93	2	-1
108	San José State	PCAA	2-4-0	0.33	5.87	-7.67	4.68	1.64	0.36
109	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	2-5-0	0.29	4.83	-9	13.51	1.94	0.06
110	Army	FBS Independents	1-3-1	0.2	4.22	-8.6	9.77	1.27	-0.27
111	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-3-1	0.2	3.92	-9.8	10.93	0.71	0.29
112	Illinois	Big Ten	1-3-2	0.17	3.76	-14	13.88	0.68	0.32
113	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	3.24	-6.6	14.11	1.7	-0.7
114	Iowa	Big Ten	1-4-0	0.2	3.04	-8	11.62	1.03	-0.03
115	Lamar	Southland	1-4-1	0.17	3.01	-8.33	9.46	1.71	-0.71
116	Richmond	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	2.85	-1.14	11.51	3.22	-2.22
117	Ohio	Mid-American	1-4-0	0.2	2.78	-12	13.33	0.62	0.38
118	Colgate	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	2.44	-10	13.18	1.14	-0.14
119	Fresno State	PCAA	1-5-0	0.17	2.41	-6	5.95	2.13	-1.13
120	Wake Forest	ACC	1-5-0	0.17	2.36	-7.67	13.86	1.49	-0.49
121	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-4-0	0.2	2.27	-24.8	17.02	0.43	0.57
122	TCU	Southwest	1-4-0	0.2	2.15	-26.2	13.23	0.19	0.81
123	Virginia	ACC	1-5-0	0.17	2	-12.17	13.5	0.74	0.26
124	Oklahoma State	Big 8	1-5-0	0.17	1.97	-8.67	19.04	1.34	-0.34
125	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	1.92	-12.83	13.36	1.17	-0.17
126	Marshall	Southern	1-5-0	0.17	1.89	-13.67	11.06	0.74	0.26
127	Kansas	Big 8	1-5-0	0.17	1.88	-15.83	20.42	0.68	0.32
128	West Virginia	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	1.85	-15	14.1	0.84	0.16
129	Rice	Southwest	1-4-0	0.2	1.83	-24	19.3	0.29	0.71
130	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-5-0	0.17	1.75	-15.17	11.88	1.22	-0.22
131	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	1-5-0	0.17	1.7	-13.17	-2.71	1.53	-0.53
132	Baylor	Southwest	0-5-0	0	-1.4	-4.2	16.16	1.95	-1.95
133	Oregon	Pac-10	0-6-0	0	-2.04	-9.17	19.02	1.35	-1.35
134	Princeton	Ivy	0-3-1	0	-2.32	-14	16.07	0.45	-0.45
135	Toledo	Mid-American	0-6-0	0	-2.37	-16	13.16	0.54	-0.54
136	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-5-0	0	-2.46	-16	17.13	0.28	-0.28
137	Illinois State	FBS Independents	0-6-0	0	-2.67	-25.83	9.73	0.23	-0.23
138	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-5-1	0	-2.77	-26	13.7	0.14	-0.14