1978 W8 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.784933+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Penn State	FBS Independents	7-0-0	1	26.11	23	11.53	6.75	0.25
2	Oklahoma	Big 8	7-0-0	1	26.02	25.57	10.85	6.43	0.57
3	Maryland	ACC	7-0-0	1	25.56	18.14	9.89	6.52	0.48
4	Navy	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	24.64	22.33	4.71	5.93	0.07
5	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	24.13	20.2	2.55	4.7	0.3
6	Chattanooga	Southern	6-0-1	0.86	23.88	15	2.46	5.89	0.11
7	Nebraska	Big 8	6-1-0	0.86	23.57	26.57	15.43	6.46	-0.46
8	Alabama	SEC	6-1-0	0.86	22.46	10.71	13.05	5.31	0.69
9	UCLA	Pac-10	6-1-0	0.86	22.35	12.29	12.2	5.75	0.25
10	Michigan	Big Ten	5-1-0	0.83	22.31	22.33	13.17	5.69	-0.69
11	Clemson	ACC	5-1-0	0.83	22.04	23.5	11.36	5.81	-0.81
12	Texas	Southwest	5-1-0	0.83	21.96	10.17	14.9	4.78	0.22
13	Arizona State	Pac-10	5-1-0	0.83	21.78	16.5	11.13	5.06	-0.06
14	Houston	Southwest	5-1-0	0.83	21.77	9.67	13.85	4.4	0.6
15	Ball State	Mid-American	6-1-0	0.86	21.7	14.14	7.53	6.64	-0.64
16	USC	Pac-10	5-1-0	0.83	21.55	14	10.78	5.21	-0.21
17	Georgia	SEC	5-1-0	0.83	21.41	10.67	11.11	4.93	0.07
18	Western Michigan	Mid-American	6-1-0	0.86	21.4	11.43	7.08	5.85	0.15
19	NC State	ACC	5-1-0	0.83	21.11	10.83	9.38	4.65	0.35
20	Arkansas	Southwest	4-1-0	0.8	21.01	16.6	9.14	4.34	-0.34
21	LSU	SEC	5-1-0	0.83	20.93	11	8.27	4.84	0.16
22	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	20.93	7	10.24	4.41	0.59
23	Purdue	Big Ten	5-1-0	0.83	20.72	9.67	7.58	5.22	-0.22
24	Rutgers	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	20.08	8	4.64	4.58	0.42
25	Missouri	Big 8	5-2-0	0.71	19.13	13	13.96	5.48	-0.48
26	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-1-1	0.67	18.92	1.67	5.16	3.33	0.67
27	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	6-2-0	0.75	18.81	3.38	11.65	4.79	1.21
28	North Texas	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.34	10.43	9.34	5.57	-0.57
29	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.32	4.29	14.14	4.47	0.53
30	Louisville	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.25	18.29	6.17	6.18	-1.18
31	Cornell	Ivy	3-1-1	0.6	18.21	6	2.83	3.53	-0.53
32	BYU	Western Athletic	5-2-0	0.71	18.06	7.86	9.53	5.18	-0.18
33	Central Michigan	Mid-American	5-2-0	0.71	17.99	14.86	5.65	6.07	-1.07
34	Utah State	PCAA	5-2-0	0.71	17.83	5.86	7.39	4.74	0.26
35	Colorado	Big 8	5-2-0	0.71	17.81	8.29	5.55	5.11	-0.11
36	Columbia	Ivy	3-1-1	0.6	17.77	3	4.87	3.12	-0.12
37	Mississippi State	SEC	4-2-0	0.67	17.72	9.83	11.78	4.48	-0.48
38	South Carolina	FBS Independents	4-2-1	0.57	17.66	9	12.52	5.59	-1.59
39	Auburn	SEC	4-2-0	0.67	17.65	11.5	9.05	4.69	-0.69
40	Louisiana Tech	Southland	4-2-0	0.67	17.48	5.5	14.25	3.95	0.05
41	Texas A&M	Southwest	4-2-0	0.67	17.46	16.33	5.77	5.24	-1.24
42	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.45	3.83	16.07	3.76	0.24
43	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	17.14	1.71	9.37	3.98	1.02
44	William & Mary	FBS Independents	4-2-1	0.57	17.06	6.86	7.69	5.23	-1.23
45	Utah	Western Athletic	4-2-0	0.67	16.93	12.83	3.58	4.79	-0.79
46	Temple	FBS Independents	4-2-1	0.57	16.86	4.43	10.22	4.38	-0.38
47	California	Pac-10	5-2-0	0.71	16.83	-0.29	12.12	3.45	1.55
48	App State	Southern	5-2-0	0.71	16.68	2.86	4.92	3.88	1.12
49	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	4-2-1	0.57	16.68	7	4.34	5.09	-1.09
50	Washington State	Pac-10	3-2-1	0.5	15.97	8.33	9.9	4.03	-1.03
51	SMU	Southwest	3-2-1	0.5	15.73	4.83	11.12	3.57	-0.57
52	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	4-2-1	0.57	15.71	0.29	11.14	3.58	0.42
53	Stanford	Pac-10	4-3-0	0.57	15.45	9	13.86	4.84	-0.84
54	Ohio State	Big Ten	3-2-1	0.5	15.11	2.83	12.74	3.45	-0.45
55	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-3-0	0.57	15.07	12.43	6.73	5.37	-1.37
56	McNeese	Southland	4-3-0	0.57	14.96	9	7.77	5.34	-1.34
57	Washington	Pac-10	4-3-0	0.57	14.92	8.43	9.82	5.36	-1.36
58	East Carolina	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	14.89	5	11.85	4.71	-0.71
59	Florida State	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	14.68	3.29	11.01	4.08	-0.08
60	Harvard	Ivy	3-2-0	0.6	14.56	2.2	8.76	2.85	0.15
61	Brown	Ivy	3-2-0	0.6	14.49	3	7.05	3.09	-0.09
62	New Mexico	Western Athletic	4-3-0	0.57	14.37	3.14	11.03	4.12	-0.12
63	Furman	Southern	4-3-0	0.57	14.04	4.86	3.79	4.34	-0.34
64	Iowa State	Big 8	4-3-0	0.57	13.74	0	12.55	3.5	0.5
65	Arkansas State	Southland	4-3-0	0.57	13.69	0	15.51	3.5	0.5
66	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	4-3-0	0.57	13.62	2.57	6.16	3.97	0.03
67	Michigan State	Big Ten	3-3-0	0.5	13.5	6.67	14.53	3.92	-0.92
68	Arizona	Pac-10	3-3-0	0.5	13.2	5.5	10.68	3.94	-0.94
69	Yale	Ivy	2-2-1	0.4	13.08	5.4	9.83	3.71	-1.71
70	Western Carolina	Southern	4-3-0	0.57	13.05	4.14	-1.85	4.42	-0.42
71	Miami	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	12.89	1.67	16.36	3.31	-0.31
72	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	4-3-0	0.57	12.67	-0.86	6.98	3.34	0.66
73	Wyoming	Western Athletic	3-3-0	0.5	12.61	2.67	11.59	3.48	-0.48
74	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	12.47	-5.4	10.21	1.91	1.09
75	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-3-0	0.5	12.04	3	5.8	3.55	-0.55
76	UNLV	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	11.93	2.67	5.54	3.44	-0.44
77	Florida	SEC	2-3-0	0.4	11	4.8	16.86	3.13	-1.13
78	Texas Tech	Southwest	3-3-0	0.5	10.98	-2	15.15	2.72	0.28
79	Long Beach State	PCAA	3-3-0	0.5	10.55	-2.33	6.2	2.49	0.51
80	Duke	ACC	3-3-0	0.5	10.34	-11	17.2	1.16	1.84
81	Texas-Arlington	Southland	3-5-0	0.38	9.78	3	10.47	4.66	-1.66
82	VMI	Southern	3-4-0	0.43	9.75	0.14	4.23	3.55	-0.55
83	Drake	Missouri Valley	3-4-0	0.43	9.66	-0.86	12.19	3.33	-0.33
84	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	9.33	-2.29	12.36	2.98	0.02
85	San Diego State	Western Athletic	2-3-0	0.4	9.3	0.6	8.26	2.57	-0.57
86	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	3-4-0	0.43	9.13	-2.86	11.54	3.04	-0.04
87	Pacific	PCAA	3-4-0	0.43	8.82	-3	8.22	2.89	0.11
88	Villanova	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	8.56	-6	10.47	2.28	0.72
89	Pennsylvania	Ivy	2-3-0	0.4	8.47	-1	3.94	2.34	-0.34
90	Kent State	Mid-American	3-4-0	0.43	8.27	-6.71	11.22	1.97	1.03
91	The Citadel	Southern	3-4-0	0.43	8.24	-8.86	9.72	1.94	1.06
92	Dartmouth	Ivy	2-3-0	0.4	7.96	-5.2	10.18	1.67	0.33
93	San José State	PCAA	3-4-0	0.43	7.89	-5.14	2.86	2.42	0.58
94	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	7.88	-15.71	10.79	0.95	2.05
95	Kentucky	SEC	2-3-1	0.33	7.88	-9.5	15.85	1.12	0.88
96	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-4-0	0.43	7.81	-8.86	3.48	1.69	1.31
97	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	3-5-0	0.38	7.43	-4.25	12.1	3.11	-0.11
98	North Carolina	ACC	2-4-0	0.33	6.78	-4.5	16.14	2.13	-0.13
99	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	2-4-0	0.33	6.33	-5.17	9.92	2.3	-0.3
100	Louisiana	Southland	2-4-0	0.33	6.09	-7	12.15	1.36	0.64
101	Colorado State	Western Athletic	2-4-0	0.33	6.07	-8.33	12.06	1.73	0.27
102	Ole Miss	SEC	2-4-0	0.33	5.96	-11.33	14.9	1.15	0.85
103	Memphis	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	5.95	-11.83	15.72	1.01	0.99
104	Indiana	Big Ten	2-4-0	0.33	5.78	-14.33	14.68	1.19	0.81
105	Tulane	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	5.76	-2.86	11.26	2.74	-0.74
106	Oklahoma State	Big 8	2-5-0	0.29	5.2	-5.43	14.34	2.18	-0.18
107	TCU	Southwest	2-4-0	0.33	5.1	-20.83	13	0.37	1.63
108	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	2-5-0	0.29	5.02	-7.86	9.27	1.57	0.43
109	Air Force	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.81	-11.43	10.97	1.67	0.33
110	Virginia	ACC	2-5-0	0.29	4.79	-9	12.71	1.32	0.68
111	Kansas State	Big 8	2-5-0	0.29	4.74	-15.14	14.54	1.33	0.67
112	Tennessee	SEC	1-3-1	0.2	4.59	-5.4	14.46	1.59	-0.59
113	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	2-5-0	0.29	4.39	-7.71	-0.38	2.41	-0.41
114	Princeton	Ivy	1-3-1	0.2	3.56	-11	14.95	0.78	0.22
115	Baylor	Southwest	1-5-0	0.17	3.51	-0.5	17.4	2.92	-1.92
116	Army	FBS Independents	1-4-1	0.17	2.69	-11.17	8.22	1.17	-0.17
117	Richmond	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	2.68	-1.14	11.64	3.22	-2.22
118	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-4-1	0.17	2.65	-13.33	13.31	0.56	0.44
119	Illinois	Big Ten	1-4-2	0.14	2.62	-13.86	13.83	0.66	0.34
120	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	2.55	-5.67	14.74	2.18	-1.18
121	Colgate	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	2.14	-8.5	9.66	1.49	-0.49
122	Iowa	Big Ten	1-5-0	0.17	2.05	-10.67	11.31	0.9	0.1
123	Lamar	Southland	1-5-1	0.14	2.04	-10	7.8	1.79	-0.79
124	Ohio	Mid-American	1-5-0	0.17	1.93	-12.33	11.15	0.79	0.21
125	Fresno State	PCAA	1-6-0	0.14	1.61	-6.57	5.68	2.38	-1.38
126	Rice	Southwest	1-5-0	0.17	1.49	-22.33	15.85	0.55	0.45
127	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-5-0	0.17	1.49	-24.17	18.65	0.49	0.51
128	Wake Forest	ACC	1-6-0	0.14	1.3	-12.14	15.69	1.03	-0.03
129	Marshall	Southern	1-6-0	0.14	1.22	-12.14	10.93	1.08	-0.08
130	West Virginia	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	1.2	-13	14.23	1.3	-0.3
131	Kansas	Big 8	1-6-0	0.14	1.09	-15.57	16.49	0.76	0.24
132	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	1.09	-15.29	15.11	1.16	-0.16
133	Toledo	Mid-American	1-6-0	0.14	0.99	-11.71	11.7	1.19	-0.19
134	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-6-0	0.14	0.9	-19.29	12.58	0.98	0.02
135	Oregon	Pac-10	0-7-0	0	-1.94	-8.71	17.02	1.64	-1.64
136	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-5-0	0	-2.39	-16	15.67	0.28	-0.28
137	Illinois State	FBS Independents	0-7-0	0	-2.6	-23.14	11.49	0.31	-0.31
138	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-6-1	0	-2.71	-25.71	12.75	0.22	-0.22