1986 FINAL CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.420209+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Penn State	FBS Independents	12-0-0	1	25.15	17.25	12.82	10.83	1.17
2	Oklahoma	Big 8	11-1-0	0.92	23.87	35.58	12.83	11.85	-0.85
3	Miami	FBS Independents	11-1-0	0.92	23.5	23.33	12.33	11.09	-0.09
4	Arizona State	Pac-10	10-1-1	0.83	22.93	17.67	11.87	10.5	-0.5
5	Michigan	Big Ten	11-2-0	0.85	21.49	13.54	12.28	10.59	0.41
6	Nebraska	Big 8	10-2-0	0.83	21.19	23.42	11.03	10.96	-0.96
7	Auburn	SEC	10-2-0	0.83	20.63	22.75	7.84	11.3	-1.3
8	San José State	PCAA	10-2-0	0.83	20.49	13.75	9.13	9.38	0.62
9	Alabama	SEC	10-3-0	0.77	19.92	14.46	13.8	11.18	-1.18
10	Clemson	ACC	8-2-2	0.67	19.84	9.08	11.08	8.98	-0.98
11	Fresno State	PCAA	9-2-0	0.82	19.64	13.82	5.3	9.24	-0.24
12	Ohio State	Big Ten	10-3-0	0.77	19.63	12.92	12.56	10.76	-0.76
13	LSU	SEC	9-3-0	0.75	19.46	10.08	15.33	9.21	-0.21
14	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	9-2-1	0.75	19.36	6.5	6.84	8.16	0.84
15	UCLA	Pac-10	8-3-1	0.67	19.04	13.58	14.52	9.44	-1.44
16	Arizona	Pac-10	9-3-0	0.75	18.97	12.33	11.38	9.42	-0.42
17	Iowa	Big Ten	9-3-0	0.75	18.97	14.75	10.56	9.68	-0.68
18	Arkansas	Southwest	9-3-0	0.75	18.94	10.58	11.64	9.31	-0.31
19	Washington	Pac-10	8-3-1	0.67	18.94	15.08	13.18	9.89	-1.89
20	Texas A&M	Southwest	9-3-0	0.75	18.9	13.08	10.34	9.43	-0.43
21	Baylor	Southwest	9-3-0	0.75	18.56	9.83	9.79	8.93	0.07
22	Boston College	FBS Independents	9-3-0	0.75	18.46	8.75	9.6	8.49	0.51
23	Ole Miss	SEC	8-3-1	0.67	17.79	6.08	9.77	8.43	-0.43
24	NC State	ACC	8-3-1	0.67	17.6	4.5	9.53	7.26	0.74
25	Stanford	Pac-10	8-4-0	0.67	17.05	7.33	13.28	8.53	-0.53
26	Florida State	FBS Independents	7-4-1	0.58	16.85	14.58	13.41	9.62	-2.62
27	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	8-4-0	0.67	16.83	9.83	10.13	8.75	-0.75
28	Georgia	SEC	8-4-0	0.67	16.76	6.33	11.82	7.94	0.06
29	San Diego State	Western Athletic	8-4-0	0.67	15.87	1.08	12.38	6.32	1.68
30	Tulsa	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.72	9.73	6.77	8.21	-1.21
31	BYU	Western Athletic	8-5-0	0.62	15.48	5.69	10.97	8.53	-0.53
32	North Carolina	ACC	7-4-1	0.58	15.35	2.17	11.33	6.63	0.37
33	Toledo	Mid-American	7-4-0	0.64	14.89	1.73	8.47	6.1	0.9
34	USC	Pac-10	7-5-0	0.58	14.32	2.08	14.07	6.7	0.3
35	Tennessee	SEC	7-5-0	0.58	14.21	3.67	10.71	7.14	-0.14
36	Michigan State	Big Ten	6-5-0	0.55	14.17	8	11.57	7.76	-1.76
37	Florida	SEC	6-5-0	0.55	14.05	4.55	13.92	7.11	-1.11
38	Temple	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.62	3.36	11.81	6.33	-0.33
39	Texas Tech	Southwest	7-5-0	0.58	13.32	0.25	11.79	6.08	0.92
40	Colorado State	Western Athletic	6-5-0	0.55	13.29	2.64	9.99	6.25	-0.25
41	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	7-5-0	0.58	13.28	0.25	11.46	6.09	0.91
42	UNLV	PCAA	6-5-0	0.55	13.02	4.09	5.17	6.6	-0.6
43	Air Force	Western Athletic	6-5-0	0.55	12.96	1.27	10.36	5.91	0.09
44	Iowa State	Big 8	6-5-0	0.55	12.84	1.18	9.49	5.84	0.16
45	Colorado	Big 8	6-6-0	0.5	12.77	4.08	13.05	7.57	-1.57
46	Maryland	ACC	5-5-1	0.45	12.77	4.64	12.61	6.88	-1.88
47	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	12.73	4	13.14	6.72	-1.72
48	Georgia Tech	ACC	5-5-1	0.45	12.7	6.45	9.7	7.32	-2.32
49	Louisiana	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	12.6	3.45	2.2	6.6	-0.6
50	Rutgers	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	12.46	2.91	12.36	6.51	-1.51
51	Indiana	Big Ten	6-6-0	0.5	12.4	3.83	9.79	7.29	-1.29
52	Kentucky	SEC	5-5-1	0.45	12.28	1.91	12.92	6.13	-1.13
53	Wyoming	Western Athletic	6-6-0	0.5	12.17	2.25	10.92	6.67	-0.67
54	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	12.16	7.27	14.97	7.44	-2.44
55	Ball State	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	11.8	-0.18	6.39	5.43	0.57
56	Long Beach State	PCAA	6-5-0	0.55	11.69	-0.91	8.99	5.24	0.76
57	Oklahoma State	Big 8	6-5-0	0.55	11.69	-0.91	9.01	5.15	0.85
58	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	11.48	-0.55	5.15	5.33	0.67
59	SMU	Southwest	6-5-0	0.55	11.43	-3.36	13.21	4.59	1.41
60	Army	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	11.16	-1.45	5.36	5.13	0.87
61	Wake Forest	ACC	5-6-0	0.45	10.91	2.73	8.21	6.13	-1.13
62	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	10.78	-4.91	8.57	3.97	2.03
63	Mississippi State	SEC	6-5-0	0.55	10.75	-7.27	11.21	3.38	2.62
64	Minnesota	Big Ten	6-6-0	0.5	10.11	-4.58	13.1	4.66	1.34
65	Central Michigan	Mid-American	5-5-0	0.5	10.03	-2.6	8.2	4.43	0.57
66	Texas	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	9.55	-1.45	12.61	5.06	-0.06
67	Syracuse	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	9.32	-2.27	12.56	4.86	0.14
68	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.56	-7.09	11.9	3.88	1.12
69	Oregon	Pac-10	5-6-0	0.45	8.54	-9.36	14.58	3.27	1.73
70	South Carolina	FBS Independents	3-6-2	0.27	8.54	2.45	13.06	6.09	-3.09
71	Bowling Green	Mid-American	5-6-0	0.45	8.46	-6.73	9.99	3.04	1.96
72	Kent State	Mid-American	5-6-0	0.45	8.1	-9.91	8.59	2.69	2.31
73	Pacific	PCAA	4-7-0	0.36	7.97	0.18	6.91	5.55	-1.55
74	Northwestern	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.89	-3.09	8.99	4.56	-0.56
75	New Mexico	Western Athletic	4-8-0	0.33	6.6	-1.75	10.21	5.54	-1.54
76	West Virginia	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.59	-6.91	12.97	3.57	0.43
77	Tulane	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.46	-6.27	9.18	4.03	-0.03
78	Duke	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	6.41	-7.64	10.79	3.34	0.66
79	Illinois	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.34	-10	13.13	2.77	1.23
80	Rice	Southwest	4-7-0	0.36	5.9	-13.18	8.23	2.23	1.77
81	UTEP	Western Athletic	4-8-0	0.33	5.76	-6.83	9.67	4.37	-0.37
82	Washington State	Pac-10	3-7-1	0.27	5.16	-8.27	14.57	3.37	-0.37
83	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	4.48	-6.73	11.03	3.4	-0.4
84	Navy	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.26	-6.18	3.29	3.91	-0.91
85	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-9-0	0.25	4.23	-5.42	12.79	4.08	-1.08
86	Missouri	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	4.17	-10.73	11.37	2.71	0.29
87	Oregon State	Pac-10	3-8-0	0.27	4.15	-11.55	12.6	2	1
88	Utah State	PCAA	3-8-0	0.27	4.15	-9.91	9.35	2.16	0.84
89	Virginia	ACC	3-8-0	0.27	4.15	-10.64	10.82	2.75	0.25
90	TCU	Southwest	3-8-0	0.27	4.09	-10.64	8.87	3.22	-0.22
91	Louisville	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.02	-11.27	8.11	2.45	0.55
92	Wichita State	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	3.98	-10.45	5.2	2.87	0.13
93	Purdue	Big Ten	3-8-0	0.27	3.95	-15.91	13.62	1.63	1.37
94	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	3-9-0	0.25	3.77	-7.92	6.32	3.88	-0.88
95	Kansas	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	3.63	-19.55	8.04	0.8	2.2
96	Utah	Western Athletic	2-9-0	0.18	1.91	-15.09	13.1	2.73	-0.73
97	California	Pac-10	2-9-0	0.18	1.88	-16.36	15.36	1.42	0.58
98	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.87	-14.91	9.83	1.56	0.44
99	East Carolina	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.86	-16.09	12.77	1.88	0.12
100	Kansas State	Big 8	2-9-0	0.18	1.67	-19	8.03	1.07	0.93
101	Ohio	Mid-American	1-10-0	0.09	0.01	-12.09	7.68	2.49	-1.49
102	Houston	Southwest	1-10-0	0.09	-0.03	-12.91	13.64	1.56	-0.56
103	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-10-0	0.09	-0.09	-14	13.19	2.19	-1.19
104	Memphis	FBS Independents	1-10-0	0.09	-0.23	-17.09	8.41	0.88	0.12
105	New Mexico State	PCAA	1-10-0	0.09	-0.37	-20.64	9.44	1.47	-0.47