1986 W12 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.417072+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Miami	FBS Independents	10-0-0	1	25.79	25.8	12.45	9.33	0.67
2	Penn State	FBS Independents	10-0-0	1	25.41	18.3	11.86	9.12	0.88
3	Arizona State	Pac-10	9-0-1	0.9	25.27	22.2	10.44	9.25	-0.25
4	Oklahoma	Big 8	9-1-0	0.9	23.57	39	11.26	9.93	-0.93
5	Michigan	Big Ten	9-1-0	0.9	22.95	16.4	10.91	8.55	0.45
6	Nebraska	Big 8	9-1-0	0.9	22.69	26.9	8.09	9.34	-0.34
7	Alabama	SEC	9-2-0	0.82	21.31	15.45	13.05	9.6	-0.6
8	Ohio State	Big Ten	9-2-0	0.82	20.89	14	10.93	9.37	-0.37
9	LSU	SEC	7-2-0	0.78	20.85	12.67	17.07	7.48	-0.48
10	Washington	Pac-10	7-2-1	0.7	20.7	18.2	14.14	8.72	-1.72
11	San José State	PCAA	9-2-0	0.82	20.45	12.27	8.95	8.28	0.72
12	Arkansas	Southwest	8-2-0	0.8	20.33	12	11.03	8.1	-0.1
13	Auburn	SEC	8-2-0	0.8	20.18	26	6.08	9.56	-1.56
14	Stanford	Pac-10	7-2-0	0.78	20.12	10.56	13.06	7.16	-0.16
15	Clemson	ACC	7-2-1	0.7	19.81	10.3	11.19	7.81	-0.81
16	USC	Pac-10	7-2-0	0.78	19.78	6.11	13.63	6.18	0.82
17	Texas A&M	Southwest	7-2-0	0.78	19.74	10.67	10.03	6.65	0.35
18	Arizona	Pac-10	7-2-0	0.78	19.72	14.11	9.17	7.43	-0.43
19	Fresno State	PCAA	8-2-0	0.8	19.68	14.5	5.59	8.4	-0.4
20	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	8-2-1	0.73	19.12	7	5.87	7.66	0.34
21	NC State	ACC	7-2-1	0.7	19.08	4.2	10.68	5.98	1.02
22	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	8-3-0	0.73	18.54	13.45	9.26	8.75	-0.75
23	Iowa	Big Ten	7-3-0	0.7	18.1	17.3	9.61	8.61	-1.61
24	Florida State	FBS Independents	6-3-1	0.6	17.92	16.5	13.59	8.17	-2.17
25	UCLA	Pac-10	6-3-1	0.6	17.92	12.2	14.83	7.67	-1.67
26	Baylor	Southwest	7-3-0	0.7	17.82	10.1	10.4	7.37	-0.37
27	Georgia	SEC	7-3-0	0.7	17.7	7.2	11.3	6.88	0.12
28	Boston College	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	17.65	7.2	10.92	6.87	0.13
29	BYU	Western Athletic	6-3-0	0.67	17.09	7.56	10.74	6.2	-0.2
30	Ole Miss	SEC	6-3-1	0.6	16.53	4.9	8.77	6.64	-0.64
31	Air Force	Western Athletic	6-3-0	0.67	16.5	4.22	9.85	5.55	0.45
32	North Carolina	ACC	6-3-1	0.6	16.4	2.8	11.51	5.72	0.28
33	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	6-3-0	0.67	16.36	3.78	9.81	5.54	0.46
34	Tulsa	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.97	9.73	6.37	8.21	-1.21
35	Georgia Tech	ACC	5-3-1	0.56	15.71	9	8.63	6.56	-1.56
36	Indiana	Big Ten	6-4-0	0.6	15.27	6.2	10.16	6.66	-0.66
37	Toledo	Mid-American	7-4-0	0.64	15.11	1.73	8.89	6.1	0.9
38	Colorado State	Western Athletic	6-4-0	0.6	14.81	3.1	10.96	5.79	0.21
39	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	14.5	6.4	12.36	6.77	-1.77
40	Iowa State	Big 8	6-4-0	0.6	14.39	2	9.92	5.51	0.49
41	San Diego State	Western Athletic	6-3-0	0.67	14.37	-2.56	11.96	3.95	2.05
42	Kentucky	SEC	5-4-1	0.5	14.33	4	13.67	6.17	-1.17
43	Rutgers	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	14.29	3.9	12.27	6.26	-1.26
44	SMU	Southwest	6-4-0	0.6	14.18	0.4	13.1	5.1	0.9
45	Louisiana	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	14.14	4.7	3.26	6.33	-0.33
46	Wyoming	Western Athletic	6-5-0	0.55	13.87	3.91	10.73	6.57	-0.57
47	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-5-0	0.5	13.4	7.8	12.57	6.98	-1.98
48	Florida	SEC	5-5-0	0.5	13.27	4.6	14.84	6.45	-1.45
49	Texas Tech	Southwest	6-4-0	0.6	13.07	-2.1	12.68	4.46	1.54
50	Texas	Southwest	5-4-0	0.56	12.92	0.22	11.59	4.55	0.45
51	Temple	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	12.68	3	11.68	5.67	-0.67
52	Minnesota	Big Ten	6-4-0	0.6	12.56	-4.5	13.41	3.91	2.09
53	Colorado	Big 8	5-5-0	0.5	12.5	1.5	13.58	5.5	-0.5
54	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	12.38	9	15.4	6.52	-2.52
55	Long Beach State	PCAA	5-4-0	0.56	12.33	-0.44	8.12	4.4	0.6
56	Mississippi State	SEC	6-4-0	0.6	12.22	-5.9	10.27	3.46	2.54
57	Ball State	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	12.06	-0.18	6.21	5.43	0.57
58	UNLV	PCAA	5-5-0	0.5	11.74	2.2	5.31	5.53	-0.53
59	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	11.73	-0.55	5.09	5.33	0.67
60	Maryland	ACC	4-5-1	0.4	11.14	1.9	13.52	5.53	-1.53
61	Tennessee	SEC	4-5-0	0.44	10.29	0.33	12.09	4.58	-0.58
62	Central Michigan	Mid-American	5-5-0	0.5	10.15	-2.6	8.6	4.43	0.57
63	Wake Forest	ACC	4-6-0	0.4	9.96	2.7	7.33	5.55	-1.55
64	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	9.76	-6.9	9.66	3.06	1.94
65	Army	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	9.69	-3.6	5.2	4.21	0.79
66	Pacific	PCAA	4-6-0	0.4	9.69	1.9	6.61	5.47	-1.47
67	Oklahoma State	Big 8	4-5-0	0.44	9.03	-2.33	9.96	3.81	0.19
68	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.81	-7.09	12.69	3.88	1.12
69	Bowling Green	Mid-American	5-6-0	0.45	8.66	-6.73	10.17	3.04	1.96
70	South Carolina	FBS Independents	3-6-1	0.3	8.59	2.7	12.68	5.57	-2.57
71	Kent State	Mid-American	5-6-0	0.45	8.29	-9.91	8.68	2.69	2.31
72	Syracuse	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	8.16	-3.6	13.63	4.06	-0.06
73	West Virginia	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	7.62	-6.5	13.55	3.3	0.7
74	Tulane	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	7.56	-4.9	9.2	3.95	0.05
75	Duke	ACC	4-6-0	0.4	7.42	-7.7	10.17	2.87	1.13
76	Illinois	Big Ten	4-6-0	0.4	7.37	-10.5	15.12	2.43	1.57
77	Oregon	Pac-10	4-6-0	0.4	7.35	-12.4	16.99	2.3	1.7
78	Washington State	Pac-10	3-6-1	0.3	6.1	-7	14.19	3.28	-0.28
79	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-7-0	0.3	5.46	-3.9	9.69	3.93	-0.93
80	TCU	Southwest	3-7-0	0.3	5.31	-5.3	7.8	3.88	-0.88
81	New Mexico	Western Athletic	3-8-0	0.27	5.2	-2.55	10.86	4.92	-1.92
82	Navy	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	5.18	-4.8	3.59	3.9	-0.9
83	Virginia	ACC	3-7-0	0.3	5.1	-8.5	10.98	2.92	0.08
84	Oregon State	Pac-10	3-7-0	0.3	4.96	-10.6	14.27	1.75	1.25
85	Utah State	PCAA	3-7-0	0.3	4.88	-10.2	8.53	1.98	1.02
86	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-8-0	0.27	4.87	-5	13.1	3.88	-0.88
87	Louisville	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	4.82	-10.9	8.44	2.29	0.71
88	Kansas	Big 8	3-7-0	0.3	4.53	-16.7	8.52	1.03	1.97
89	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	4.5	-6.73	11.67	3.4	-0.4
90	Wichita State	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.09	-10.45	5.6	2.87	0.13
91	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	3-9-0	0.25	3.79	-7.92	7.08	3.88	-0.88
92	Utah	Western Athletic	2-7-0	0.22	2.77	-15.67	14.63	2.08	-0.08
93	Missouri	Big 8	2-7-0	0.22	2.74	-18	13.1	1.27	0.73
94	Rice	Southwest	2-7-0	0.22	2.74	-16.67	9.3	1.46	0.54
95	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-8-0	0.2	2.69	-9.5	10.07	3.08	-1.08
96	Purdue	Big Ten	2-8-0	0.2	2.33	-17.7	14.04	1.29	0.71
97	East Carolina	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	2.29	-15.1	11.7	1.88	0.12
98	Kansas State	Big 8	2-8-0	0.2	2.27	-16.3	7.68	1.28	0.72
99	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.92	-14.91	10.14	1.56	0.44
100	Houston	Southwest	1-8-0	0.11	0.45	-12.67	15.01	1.34	-0.34
101	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-9-0	0.1	0.15	-13.9	13.59	1.98	-0.98
102	Memphis	FBS Independents	1-9-0	0.1	-0.05	-18.1	8.86	0.69	0.31
103	California	Pac-10	1-9-0	0.1	-0.07	-18.6	15.64	1.07	-0.07
104	Ohio	Mid-American	1-10-0	0.09	-0.07	-12.09	8.17	2.49	-1.49
105	New Mexico State	PCAA	1-10-0	0.09	-0.37	-20.64	9.42	1.47	-0.47