1986 W15 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.418210+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Miami	FBS Independents	11-0-0	1	25.36	25.82	11.42	10.29	0.71
2	Penn State	FBS Independents	11-0-0	1	25.16	18.45	11.7	10.01	0.99
3	Oklahoma	Big 8	10-1-0	0.91	23.71	35.73	12.2	10.87	-0.87
4	Michigan	Big Ten	11-1-0	0.92	23.18	15.25	11.68	10.08	0.92
5	Arizona State	Pac-10	9-1-1	0.82	22.78	18.64	11.09	9.72	-0.72
6	LSU	SEC	9-2-0	0.82	21.34	12.36	15.24	8.98	0.02
7	Nebraska	Big 8	9-2-0	0.82	21	24.18	10.16	10.1	-1.1
8	Washington	Pac-10	8-2-1	0.73	20.77	18.45	12.75	9.53	-1.53
9	Arkansas	Southwest	9-2-0	0.82	20.72	14.64	10.73	9.43	-0.43
10	Texas A&M	Southwest	9-2-0	0.82	20.62	15.73	9.79	9.08	-0.08
11	Auburn	SEC	9-2-0	0.82	20.51	24	7.26	10.38	-1.38
12	San José State	PCAA	9-2-0	0.82	20.25	12.27	8.64	8.28	0.72
13	Fresno State	PCAA	9-2-0	0.82	19.81	13.82	5.49	9.24	-0.24
14	Alabama	SEC	9-3-0	0.75	19.52	13.83	13.48	10.16	-1.16
15	Clemson	ACC	7-2-2	0.64	19.52	9.36	10.89	8.34	-1.34
16	Ohio State	Big Ten	9-3-0	0.75	19.24	12.67	12.09	9.87	-0.87
17	NC State	ACC	8-2-1	0.73	19.23	5	8.87	6.78	1.22
18	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	8-2-1	0.73	18.96	7	5.76	7.66	0.34
19	Arizona	Pac-10	8-3-0	0.73	18.66	12.64	11.26	8.72	-0.72
20	Iowa	Big Ten	8-3-0	0.73	18.65	16	10.03	9.22	-1.22
21	Stanford	Pac-10	8-3-0	0.73	18.61	8.55	12.88	8.2	-0.2
22	UCLA	Pac-10	7-3-1	0.64	18.48	12.91	14.69	8.48	-1.48
23	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	8-3-0	0.73	18.41	13.45	9.28	8.75	-0.75
24	Georgia	SEC	8-3-0	0.73	18.24	7.18	11.21	7.52	0.48
25	Baylor	Southwest	8-3-0	0.73	18.22	9.64	9.65	8.08	-0.08
26	Boston College	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.08	9.27	8.89	7.91	0.09
27	San Diego State	Western Athletic	8-3-0	0.73	17.38	1.27	12.3	5.87	2.13
28	Ole Miss	SEC	7-3-1	0.64	17.26	6.36	9.66	7.84	-0.84
29	North Carolina	ACC	7-3-1	0.64	16.96	3.18	10.69	6.35	0.65
30	BYU	Western Athletic	8-4-0	0.67	16.88	7.92	10.88	8.54	-0.54
31	Florida State	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	16.11	14.64	13.64	8.78	-2.78
32	USC	Pac-10	7-4-0	0.64	15.99	3.09	13.87	6.42	0.58
33	Tulsa	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.83	9.73	6.74	8.21	-1.21
34	Toledo	Mid-American	7-4-0	0.64	15.03	1.73	8.69	6.1	0.9
35	Texas Tech	Southwest	7-4-0	0.64	14.9	0.55	11.35	5.66	1.34
36	Michigan State	Big Ten	6-5-0	0.55	14.28	8	11.66	7.76	-1.76
37	Florida	SEC	6-5-0	0.55	14.17	4.55	14.13	7.11	-1.11
38	Colorado	Big 8	6-5-0	0.55	14.14	5.55	12.63	7.4	-1.4
39	Indiana	Big Ten	6-5-0	0.55	13.77	5.45	9.42	7.16	-1.16
40	Temple	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.72	3.36	11.76	6.33	-0.33
41	Tennessee	SEC	6-5-0	0.55	13.58	3.36	10.49	6.44	-0.44
42	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	7-5-0	0.58	13.46	0.25	11.61	6.09	0.91
43	Colorado State	Western Athletic	6-5-0	0.55	13.42	2.64	10.29	6.25	-0.25
44	Air Force	Western Athletic	6-5-0	0.55	13.12	1.27	10.49	5.91	0.09
45	UNLV	PCAA	6-5-0	0.55	13.12	4.09	5.2	6.6	-0.6
46	Iowa State	Big 8	6-5-0	0.55	12.94	1.18	9.54	5.84	0.16
47	Maryland	ACC	5-5-1	0.45	12.88	4.64	12.76	6.88	-1.88
48	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	12.84	4	13.33	6.72	-1.72
49	Georgia Tech	ACC	5-5-1	0.45	12.82	6.45	10	7.32	-2.32
50	Louisiana	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	12.68	3.45	2.08	6.6	-0.6
51	Rutgers	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	12.54	2.91	12.28	6.51	-1.51
52	Kentucky	SEC	5-5-1	0.45	12.39	1.91	13.09	6.13	-1.13
53	Wyoming	Western Athletic	6-6-0	0.5	12.3	2.25	11.25	6.67	-0.67
54	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	12.27	7.27	15.24	7.44	-2.44
55	Ball State	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	11.91	-0.18	6.59	5.43	0.57
56	Long Beach State	PCAA	6-5-0	0.55	11.78	-0.91	9.04	5.24	0.76
57	Oklahoma State	Big 8	6-5-0	0.55	11.75	-0.91	9.17	5.15	0.85
58	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	11.59	-0.55	5.35	5.33	0.67
59	SMU	Southwest	6-5-0	0.55	11.53	-3.36	13.43	4.59	1.41
60	Minnesota	Big Ten	6-5-0	0.55	11.35	-4.36	13.17	4.36	1.64
61	Army	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	11.21	-1.45	5.58	5.13	0.87
62	Wake Forest	ACC	5-6-0	0.45	11	2.73	8.25	6.13	-1.13
63	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	10.87	-4.91	8.61	3.97	2.03
64	Mississippi State	SEC	6-5-0	0.55	10.83	-7.27	11.21	3.38	2.62
65	Central Michigan	Mid-American	5-5-0	0.5	10.12	-2.6	8.43	4.43	0.57
66	Texas	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	9.66	-1.45	13.06	5.06	-0.06
67	Syracuse	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	9.39	-2.27	12.61	4.86	0.14
68	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.64	-7.09	12.15	3.88	1.12
69	Oregon	Pac-10	5-6-0	0.45	8.63	-9.36	14.93	3.27	1.73
70	South Carolina	FBS Independents	3-6-2	0.27	8.62	2.45	13.28	6.09	-3.09
71	Bowling Green	Mid-American	5-6-0	0.45	8.55	-6.73	10.37	3.04	1.96
72	Kent State	Mid-American	5-6-0	0.45	8.18	-9.91	8.81	2.69	2.31
73	Pacific	PCAA	4-7-0	0.36	8.03	0.18	6.95	5.55	-1.55
74	Northwestern	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.94	-3.09	8.95	4.56	-0.56
75	New Mexico	Western Athletic	4-8-0	0.33	6.66	-1.75	10.51	5.54	-1.54
76	West Virginia	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.64	-6.91	13.03	3.57	0.43
77	Tulane	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.51	-6.27	9.21	4.03	-0.03
78	Duke	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	6.47	-7.64	11.1	3.34	0.66
79	Illinois	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.39	-10	13.23	2.77	1.23
80	Rice	Southwest	4-7-0	0.36	5.96	-13.18	8.61	2.23	1.77
81	UTEP	Western Athletic	4-8-0	0.33	5.81	-6.83	9.98	4.37	-0.37
82	Washington State	Pac-10	3-7-1	0.27	5.21	-8.27	14.92	3.37	-0.37
83	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	4.52	-6.73	11.26	3.4	-0.4
84	Navy	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.32	-6.18	3.36	3.91	-0.91
85	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-9-0	0.25	4.27	-5.42	13.05	4.08	-1.08
86	Missouri	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	4.22	-10.73	11.38	2.71	0.29
87	Oregon State	Pac-10	3-8-0	0.27	4.19	-11.55	12.88	2	1
88	Utah State	PCAA	3-8-0	0.27	4.19	-9.91	9.38	2.16	0.84
89	Virginia	ACC	3-8-0	0.27	4.19	-10.64	11.08	2.75	0.25
90	TCU	Southwest	3-8-0	0.27	4.13	-10.64	9.1	3.22	-0.22
91	Louisville	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.05	-11.27	8.16	2.45	0.55
92	Wichita State	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.01	-10.45	5.3	2.87	0.13
93	Purdue	Big Ten	3-8-0	0.27	3.98	-15.91	13.72	1.63	1.37
94	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	3-9-0	0.25	3.8	-7.92	6.51	3.88	-0.88
95	Kansas	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	3.66	-19.55	8.22	0.8	2.2
96	Utah	Western Athletic	2-9-0	0.18	1.93	-15.09	13.47	2.73	-0.73
97	California	Pac-10	2-9-0	0.18	1.9	-16.36	15.67	1.42	0.58
98	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.89	-14.91	10.07	1.56	0.44
99	East Carolina	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.87	-16.09	12.91	1.88	0.12
100	Kansas State	Big 8	2-9-0	0.18	1.68	-19	8.2	1.07	0.93
101	Ohio	Mid-American	1-10-0	0.09	0.01	-12.09	7.9	2.49	-1.49
102	Houston	Southwest	1-10-0	0.09	-0.03	-12.91	13.75	1.56	-0.56
103	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-10-0	0.09	-0.09	-14	13.31	2.19	-1.19
104	Memphis	FBS Independents	1-10-0	0.09	-0.24	-17.09	8.38	0.88	0.12
105	New Mexico State	PCAA	1-10-0	0.09	-0.38	-20.64	9.49	1.47	-0.47