1986 W16 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.418605+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Miami	FBS Independents	11-0-0	1	25.3	25.82	11.38	10.29	0.71
2	Penn State	FBS Independents	11-0-0	1	25.1	18.45	11.67	10.01	0.99
3	Oklahoma	Big 8	10-1-0	0.91	23.65	35.73	12.2	10.87	-0.87
4	Michigan	Big Ten	11-1-0	0.92	23.11	15.25	11.5	10.08	0.92
5	Arizona State	Pac-10	9-1-1	0.82	22.72	18.64	11.04	9.72	-0.72
6	LSU	SEC	9-2-0	0.82	21.29	12.36	15.2	8.98	0.02
7	Nebraska	Big 8	9-2-0	0.82	20.96	24.18	10.17	10.1	-1.1
8	Washington	Pac-10	8-2-1	0.73	20.73	18.45	12.77	9.53	-1.53
9	Arkansas	Southwest	9-2-0	0.82	20.67	14.64	10.7	9.43	-0.43
10	San José State	PCAA	10-2-0	0.83	20.63	13.75	9.43	9.38	0.62
11	Texas A&M	Southwest	9-2-0	0.82	20.57	15.73	9.75	9.08	-0.08
12	Auburn	SEC	9-2-0	0.82	20.46	24	7.23	10.38	-1.38
13	Fresno State	PCAA	9-2-0	0.82	19.74	13.82	5.31	9.24	-0.24
14	Alabama	SEC	9-3-0	0.75	19.47	13.83	13.45	10.16	-1.16
15	Clemson	ACC	7-2-2	0.64	19.47	9.36	10.85	8.34	-1.34
16	Ohio State	Big Ten	9-3-0	0.75	19.19	12.67	12.07	9.87	-0.87
17	NC State	ACC	8-2-1	0.73	19.18	5	8.83	6.78	1.22
18	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	8-2-1	0.73	18.91	7	5.73	7.66	0.34
19	Arizona	Pac-10	8-3-0	0.73	18.61	12.64	11.21	8.72	-0.72
20	Iowa	Big Ten	8-3-0	0.73	18.6	16	10.02	9.22	-1.22
21	Stanford	Pac-10	8-3-0	0.73	18.56	8.55	12.83	8.2	-0.2
22	UCLA	Pac-10	7-3-1	0.64	18.43	12.91	14.63	8.48	-1.48
23	Georgia	SEC	8-3-0	0.73	18.2	7.18	11.18	7.52	0.48
24	Baylor	Southwest	8-3-0	0.73	18.18	9.64	9.62	8.08	-0.08
25	Boston College	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.06	9.27	9	7.91	0.09
26	San Diego State	Western Athletic	8-3-0	0.73	17.31	1.27	12.04	5.87	2.13
27	Ole Miss	SEC	7-3-1	0.64	17.22	6.36	9.63	7.84	-0.84
28	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	8-4-0	0.67	16.97	9.83	10.17	8.75	-0.75
29	North Carolina	ACC	7-3-1	0.64	16.92	3.18	10.66	6.35	0.65
30	BYU	Western Athletic	8-4-0	0.67	16.83	7.92	10.58	8.54	-0.54
31	Florida State	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	16.07	14.64	13.61	8.78	-2.78
32	USC	Pac-10	7-4-0	0.64	15.94	3.09	13.81	6.42	0.58
33	Tulsa	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.81	9.73	6.82	8.21	-1.21
34	Toledo	Mid-American	7-4-0	0.64	14.99	1.73	8.66	6.1	0.9
35	Texas Tech	Southwest	7-4-0	0.64	14.87	0.55	11.32	5.66	1.34
36	Michigan State	Big Ten	6-5-0	0.55	14.25	8	11.65	7.76	-1.76
37	Florida	SEC	6-5-0	0.55	14.14	4.55	14.09	7.11	-1.11
38	Colorado	Big 8	6-5-0	0.55	14.11	5.55	12.63	7.4	-1.4
39	Indiana	Big Ten	6-5-0	0.55	13.73	5.45	9.29	7.16	-1.16
40	Temple	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.69	3.36	11.8	6.33	-0.33
41	Tennessee	SEC	6-5-0	0.55	13.56	3.36	10.61	6.44	-0.44
42	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	7-5-0	0.58	13.36	0.25	11.55	6.09	0.91
43	Colorado State	Western Athletic	6-5-0	0.55	13.36	2.64	10.03	6.25	-0.25
44	UNLV	PCAA	6-5-0	0.55	13.09	4.09	5.18	6.6	-0.6
45	Air Force	Western Athletic	6-5-0	0.55	13.04	1.27	10.45	5.91	0.09
46	Iowa State	Big 8	6-5-0	0.55	12.91	1.18	9.56	5.84	0.16
47	Maryland	ACC	5-5-1	0.45	12.85	4.64	12.73	6.88	-1.88
48	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	12.81	4	13.23	6.72	-1.72
49	Georgia Tech	ACC	5-5-1	0.45	12.79	6.45	9.97	7.32	-2.32
50	Louisiana	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	12.66	3.45	2.17	6.6	-0.6
51	Rutgers	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	12.53	2.91	12.39	6.51	-1.51
52	Kentucky	SEC	5-5-1	0.45	12.36	1.91	13.06	6.13	-1.13
53	Wyoming	Western Athletic	6-6-0	0.5	12.25	2.25	11.01	6.67	-0.67
54	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	12.23	7.27	15.02	7.44	-2.44
55	Ball State	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	11.88	-0.18	6.57	5.43	0.57
56	Oklahoma State	Big 8	6-5-0	0.55	11.76	-0.91	9.08	5.15	0.85
57	Long Beach State	PCAA	6-5-0	0.55	11.75	-0.91	9.02	5.24	0.76
58	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	11.56	-0.55	5.33	5.33	0.67
59	SMU	Southwest	6-5-0	0.55	11.51	-3.36	13.39	4.59	1.41
60	Minnesota	Big Ten	6-5-0	0.55	11.32	-4.36	13.15	4.36	1.64
61	Army	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	11.21	-1.45	5.36	5.13	0.87
62	Wake Forest	ACC	5-6-0	0.45	10.98	2.73	8.35	6.13	-1.13
63	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	10.84	-4.91	8.58	3.97	2.03
64	Mississippi State	SEC	6-5-0	0.55	10.8	-7.27	11.17	3.38	2.62
65	Central Michigan	Mid-American	5-5-0	0.5	10.1	-2.6	8.4	4.43	0.57
66	Texas	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	9.63	-1.45	12.96	5.06	-0.06
67	Syracuse	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	9.37	-2.27	12.59	4.86	0.14
68	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.62	-7.09	12.11	3.88	1.12
69	Oregon	Pac-10	5-6-0	0.45	8.6	-9.36	14.86	3.27	1.73
70	South Carolina	FBS Independents	3-6-2	0.27	8.59	2.45	13.23	6.09	-3.09
71	Bowling Green	Mid-American	5-6-0	0.45	8.53	-6.73	10.34	3.04	1.96
72	Kent State	Mid-American	5-6-0	0.45	8.16	-9.91	8.79	2.69	2.31
73	Pacific	PCAA	4-7-0	0.36	8.01	0.18	6.93	5.55	-1.55
74	Northwestern	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.93	-3.09	9.06	4.56	-0.56
75	New Mexico	Western Athletic	4-8-0	0.33	6.64	-1.75	10.41	5.54	-1.54
76	West Virginia	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.63	-6.91	13	3.57	0.43
77	Tulane	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.49	-6.27	9.18	4.03	-0.03
78	Duke	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	6.46	-7.64	11.06	3.34	0.66
79	Illinois	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.37	-10	13.21	2.77	1.23
80	Rice	Southwest	4-7-0	0.36	5.94	-13.18	8.44	2.23	1.77
81	UTEP	Western Athletic	4-8-0	0.33	5.79	-6.83	9.75	4.37	-0.37
82	Washington State	Pac-10	3-7-1	0.27	5.19	-8.27	14.85	3.37	-0.37
83	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	4.51	-6.73	11.23	3.4	-0.4
84	Navy	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.28	-6.18	3.34	3.91	-0.91
85	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-9-0	0.25	4.26	-5.42	12.88	4.08	-1.08
86	Missouri	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	4.19	-10.73	11.44	2.71	0.29
87	Oregon State	Pac-10	3-8-0	0.27	4.19	-11.55	12.92	2	1
88	Utah State	PCAA	3-8-0	0.27	4.18	-9.91	9.37	2.16	0.84
89	Virginia	ACC	3-8-0	0.27	4.18	-10.64	10.98	2.75	0.25
90	TCU	Southwest	3-8-0	0.27	4.12	-10.64	9.07	3.22	-0.22
91	Louisville	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.04	-11.27	8.12	2.45	0.55
92	Wichita State	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4	-10.45	5.26	2.87	0.13
93	Purdue	Big Ten	3-8-0	0.27	3.97	-15.91	13.71	1.63	1.37
94	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	3-9-0	0.25	3.79	-7.92	6.34	3.88	-0.88
95	Kansas	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	3.65	-19.55	8.24	0.8	2.2
96	Utah	Western Athletic	2-9-0	0.18	1.92	-15.09	13.2	2.73	-0.73
97	California	Pac-10	2-9-0	0.18	1.9	-16.36	15.6	1.42	0.58
98	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.88	-14.91	10.04	1.56	0.44
99	East Carolina	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.87	-16.09	12.86	1.88	0.12
100	Kansas State	Big 8	2-9-0	0.18	1.68	-19	8.22	1.07	0.93
101	Ohio	Mid-American	1-10-0	0.09	0.01	-12.09	7.88	2.49	-1.49
102	Houston	Southwest	1-10-0	0.09	-0.03	-12.91	13.82	1.56	-0.56
103	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-10-0	0.09	-0.09	-14	13.28	2.19	-1.19
104	Memphis	FBS Independents	1-10-0	0.09	-0.23	-17.09	8.35	0.88	0.12
105	New Mexico State	PCAA	1-10-0	0.09	-0.38	-20.64	9.47	1.47	-0.47