1978 W9 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.785364+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Penn State	FBS Independents	8-0-0	1	25.69	23.62	10.38	7.62	0.38
2	Oklahoma	Big 8	8-0-0	1	25.68	27	9.85	7.36	0.64
3	Maryland	ACC	8-0-0	1	25.26	19.25	9.06	7.59	0.41
4	Navy	FBS Independents	7-0-0	1	24.76	20.57	6.51	6.86	0.14
5	Nebraska	Big 8	7-1-0	0.88	23.3	24.25	12.38	7.3	-0.3
6	Alabama	SEC	7-1-0	0.88	22.97	13.75	13.2	6.58	0.42
7	Michigan	Big Ten	6-1-0	0.86	22.81	23.71	12.58	6.67	-0.67
8	Texas	Southwest	6-1-0	0.86	22.69	11.43	15.17	5.85	0.15
9	Clemson	ACC	6-1-0	0.86	22.68	23.43	11.97	6.75	-0.75
10	UCLA	Pac-10	7-1-0	0.88	22.62	12	11.76	6.54	0.46
11	USC	Pac-10	6-1-0	0.86	22.41	15.57	12.32	6.12	-0.12
12	Houston	Southwest	6-1-0	0.86	22.31	9.86	13.61	5.24	0.76
13	Ball State	Mid-American	7-1-0	0.88	22.24	15	8.83	7.7	-0.7
14	Georgia	SEC	6-1-0	0.86	21.88	9.29	11.35	5.53	0.47
15	Rutgers	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	21.49	16.71	7.01	6.32	-0.32
16	Purdue	Big Ten	6-1-0	0.86	21.42	12.14	7.71	6.33	-0.33
17	Chattanooga	Southern	6-1-1	0.75	21.06	12.62	4.3	6.36	-0.36
18	LSU	SEC	5-1-0	0.83	20.79	11	8.14	4.84	0.16
19	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	20.5	15.83	3.68	5.22	-0.22
20	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	7-2-0	0.78	19.52	5.67	10.49	5.88	1.12
21	North Texas	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	19.27	9.38	11.2	6.22	-0.22
22	Louisville	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	19.1	17.5	7.11	6.94	-0.94
23	Central Michigan	Mid-American	6-2-0	0.75	19.05	16.88	7.05	7.15	-1.15
24	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	18.94	4.25	12.55	5.12	0.88
25	Western Michigan	Mid-American	6-2-0	0.75	18.8	9.62	6.69	6.48	-0.48
26	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.76	6.14	16.33	4.97	0.03
27	Colorado	Big 8	6-2-0	0.75	18.64	7.38	8.14	5.59	0.41
28	Arizona State	Pac-10	5-2-0	0.71	18.56	9.29	11.07	5.01	-0.01
29	Utah State	PCAA	6-2-0	0.75	18.45	6.38	7.46	5.47	0.53
30	Mississippi State	SEC	5-2-0	0.71	18.44	10.29	11.3	5.24	-0.24
31	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.17	4.57	11.97	4.62	0.38
32	NC State	ACC	5-2-0	0.71	18.14	6	10.41	4.63	0.37
33	Auburn	SEC	5-2-0	0.71	18.01	11.86	7.52	5.6	-0.6
34	Texas A&M	Southwest	5-2-0	0.71	18.01	16.43	6.06	6.03	-1.03
35	Arkansas	Southwest	4-2-0	0.67	18	12	12.39	4.83	-0.83
36	BYU	Western Athletic	5-2-0	0.71	17.93	7.86	8.81	5.18	-0.18
37	Temple	FBS Independents	5-2-1	0.62	17.67	8.25	7.19	5.64	-0.64
38	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	5-2-1	0.62	17.26	2.88	9.39	4.9	0.1
39	Ohio State	Big Ten	4-2-1	0.57	17.26	8.57	11.06	4.85	-0.85
40	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	5-2-1	0.62	17.16	7.88	3.74	6.14	-1.14
41	Missouri	Big 8	5-3-0	0.62	16.92	11.25	13.85	5.98	-0.98
42	Utah	Western Athletic	4-2-0	0.67	16.67	12.83	3.75	4.79	-0.79
43	Brown	Ivy	4-2-0	0.67	16.46	3.5	9.58	3.72	0.28
44	Stanford	Pac-10	5-3-0	0.62	16.44	10.12	12.27	5.79	-0.79
45	Washington	Pac-10	5-3-0	0.62	16.38	11.62	11.2	6.64	-1.64
46	Florida State	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	16.02	5.62	12.41	5.1	-0.1
47	McNeese	Southland	5-3-0	0.62	15.99	8.38	9.83	5.9	-0.9
48	New Mexico	Western Athletic	5-3-0	0.62	15.83	5.38	11.21	5.27	-0.27
49	East Carolina	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	15.79	5.25	10.8	5.44	-0.44
50	Michigan State	Big Ten	4-3-0	0.57	15.78	13.29	15.4	5.46	-1.46
51	Arkansas State	Southland	5-3-0	0.62	15.59	2.5	13.45	4.78	0.22
52	Furman	Southern	5-3-0	0.62	15.18	8	3.87	5.51	-0.51
53	Louisiana Tech	Southland	4-3-0	0.57	15.16	4.43	14.66	4.43	-0.43
54	South Carolina	FBS Independents	4-3-1	0.5	15.1	7.62	10.83	5.99	-1.99
55	Iowa State	Big 8	5-3-0	0.62	14.84	0.75	11.54	4.22	0.78
56	Cornell	Ivy	3-2-1	0.5	14.73	3.83	5.45	3.86	-0.86
57	Western Carolina	Southern	5-3-0	0.62	14.5	7.25	-0.74	5.69	-0.69
58	App State	Southern	5-3-0	0.62	14.46	2.38	2.51	4.36	0.64
59	William & Mary	FBS Independents	4-3-1	0.5	14.46	4.5	8.42	5.24	-1.24
60	Wyoming	Western Athletic	4-3-0	0.57	14.37	3.71	10.92	4.34	-0.34
61	Harvard	Ivy	3-2-1	0.5	14.27	1.83	6.61	3.34	-0.34
62	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	13.8	-1.25	9.77	3.64	1.36
63	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-2-1	0.57	13.72	-6.14	6.03	2.22	1.78
64	California	Pac-10	5-3-0	0.62	13.64	-3.38	13.38	3.35	1.65
65	UNLV	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	13.41	3.57	2.7	4.19	-0.19
66	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-4-0	0.5	13.17	7	8.84	5.29	-1.29
67	SMU	Southwest	3-3-1	0.43	12.88	1.43	14.94	3.72	-0.72
68	Yale	Ivy	2-2-2	0.33	12.87	4.5	9.79	4.17	-2.17
69	Washington State	Pac-10	3-3-1	0.43	12.83	3.71	8.89	4.08	-1.08
70	Columbia	Ivy	3-2-1	0.5	12.14	-9	8.29	1.34	1.66
71	Long Beach State	PCAA	4-3-0	0.57	11.86	-1.71	6.11	3.09	0.91
72	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	4-4-0	0.5	11.86	1	6.8	4.2	-0.2
73	Arizona	Pac-10	3-4-0	0.43	11.33	3.29	11.7	4.17	-1.17
74	Texas Tech	Southwest	3-3-0	0.5	11.06	-2	15.01	2.72	0.28
75	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	4-4-0	0.5	10.91	-1.25	11.69	3.77	0.23
76	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	4-4-0	0.5	10.89	-0.88	7.41	3.8	0.2
77	Pacific	PCAA	4-4-0	0.5	10.58	-1.38	8.37	3.68	0.32
78	Dartmouth	Ivy	3-3-0	0.5	10.35	-3.17	11.41	2.34	0.66
79	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	10.22	-6.17	11.83	2.17	0.83
80	Villanova	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	9.84	-4.62	7.38	2.91	1.09
81	Miami	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	9.75	-1.43	14.98	3.17	-0.17
82	The Citadel	Southern	4-4-0	0.5	9.6	-6.88	7.63	2.55	1.45
83	Florida	SEC	2-4-0	0.33	9.32	3.33	16.31	3.56	-1.56
84	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	9.19	-12.5	7.89	1.55	2.45
85	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-4-0	0.43	9.12	-2	8.96	3.09	-0.09
86	North Carolina	ACC	3-4-0	0.43	9.03	-3.57	16.74	2.72	0.28
87	Duke	ACC	3-4-0	0.43	8.47	-13.29	19.33	0.97	2.03
88	Tulane	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	8.43	-0.38	11.3	3.9	-0.9
89	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	3-4-0	0.43	8.42	-4.29	9.53	2.77	0.23
90	Pennsylvania	Ivy	2-3-1	0.33	8.42	-0.83	5.55	2.84	-0.84
91	Ole Miss	SEC	3-4-0	0.43	8.38	-6.14	12.95	2.25	0.75
92	Indiana	Big Ten	3-4-0	0.43	8.1	-9.29	13.11	2	1
93	Texas-Arlington	Southland	3-6-0	0.33	8.06	0.44	10.97	4.61	-1.61
94	Drake	Missouri Valley	3-5-0	0.38	7.8	-3.75	13.02	3.23	-0.23
95	San Diego State	Western Athletic	2-4-0	0.33	7.7	0.17	8.04	3.02	-1.02
96	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	3-5-0	0.38	7.52	-4.25	11.77	3.11	-0.11
97	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	7.44	-6.38	13.16	2.41	0.59
98	VMI	Southern	3-5-0	0.38	7.39	-3.5	5.09	2.85	0.15
99	Baylor	Southwest	2-5-0	0.29	7.11	0.57	14.92	3.61	-1.61
100	Kent State	Mid-American	3-5-0	0.38	7.08	-7.88	10.19	2	1
101	San José State	PCAA	3-5-0	0.38	6.95	-5.75	4.4	2.68	0.32
102	Air Force	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	6.9	-8	10.48	2.43	0.57
103	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	3-5-0	0.38	6.81	-3.12	-0.82	3.47	-0.47
104	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-5-0	0.38	6.64	-10.38	5.76	1.54	1.46
105	Kentucky	SEC	2-4-1	0.29	6.25	-8.29	17.31	1.54	0.46
106	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	5.98	-1.29	13.5	3.28	-1.28
107	Army	FBS Independents	2-4-1	0.29	5.74	-6	7.52	2.22	-0.22
108	Colorado State	Western Athletic	2-5-0	0.29	5.01	-8.57	11.87	1.85	0.15
109	Louisiana	Southland	2-5-0	0.29	4.9	-9.57	10.87	1.26	0.74
110	Virginia	ACC	2-5-0	0.29	4.89	-9	11.44	1.32	0.68
111	Memphis	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.81	-12.57	14.2	1.26	0.74
112	Ohio	Mid-American	2-5-0	0.29	4.72	-10.14	13.55	1.13	0.87
113	Oklahoma State	Big 8	2-6-0	0.25	4.42	-5.75	14.36	2.43	-0.43
114	TCU	Southwest	2-5-0	0.29	4.34	-18.86	10.24	0.62	1.38
115	Princeton	Ivy	1-3-2	0.17	4.02	-9.17	14.54	1.31	-0.31
116	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	2-6-0	0.25	4.01	-8.62	10.08	1.49	0.51
117	Kansas State	Big 8	2-6-0	0.25	3.64	-17.88	16.05	1.31	0.69
118	Tennessee	SEC	1-4-1	0.17	3.16	-6.67	14.25	1.79	-0.79
119	Richmond	FBS Independents	1-7-0	0.12	1.98	-1.88	11.21	3.48	-2.48
120	Lamar	Southland	1-5-1	0.14	1.96	-10	7.22	1.79	-0.79
121	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-5-1	0.14	1.85	-14	14.26	0.58	0.42
122	Illinois	Big Ten	1-5-2	0.12	1.79	-14.75	12.59	0.72	0.28
123	Colgate	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	1.28	-10.86	8.82	1.32	-0.32
124	Oregon	Pac-10	1-7-0	0.12	1.26	-4.62	16.14	2.81	-1.81
125	Iowa	Big Ten	1-6-0	0.14	1.19	-13	12.72	0.8	0.2
126	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	1.03	-15.29	14.97	1.16	-0.16
127	Fresno State	PCAA	1-7-0	0.12	0.9	-9.38	5.4	2.21	-1.21
128	Rice	Southwest	1-6-0	0.14	0.81	-21.57	16.6	0.74	0.26
129	Wake Forest	ACC	1-7-0	0.12	0.75	-12.38	15.86	1.09	-0.09
130	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-6-0	0.14	0.71	-24.29	15.47	0.54	0.46
131	Toledo	Mid-American	1-7-0	0.12	0.69	-12.88	12.11	1.17	-0.17
132	Kansas	Big 8	1-7-0	0.12	0.63	-14.38	16.3	0.9	0.1
133	Marshall	Southern	1-7-0	0.12	0.62	-14.38	12.61	1.03	-0.03
134	West Virginia	FBS Independents	1-7-0	0.12	0.61	-14.88	15	1.37	-0.37
135	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-7-0	0.12	0.38	-19.5	12.73	0.95	0.05
136	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-5-0	0	-2.35	-16	14.72	0.28	-0.28
137	Illinois State	FBS Independents	0-8-0	0	-2.45	-21	8.54	0.52	-0.52
138	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-7-1	0	-2.73	-27.88	12.01	0.29	-0.29