1986 W17 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.419002+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Miami	FBS Independents	11-0-0	1	25.24	25.82	11.36	10.29	0.71
2	Penn State	FBS Independents	11-0-0	1	25.05	18.45	11.65	10.01	0.99
3	Oklahoma	Big 8	10-1-0	0.91	23.61	35.73	12.18	10.87	-0.87
4	Michigan	Big Ten	11-1-0	0.92	23.06	15.25	11.46	10.08	0.92
5	Arizona State	Pac-10	9-1-1	0.82	22.67	18.64	11.01	9.72	-0.72
6	LSU	SEC	9-2-0	0.82	21.22	12.36	15.03	8.98	0.02
7	Nebraska	Big 8	9-2-0	0.82	20.91	24.18	10.14	10.1	-1.1
8	Washington	Pac-10	8-2-1	0.73	20.68	18.45	12.73	9.53	-1.53
9	Arkansas	Southwest	9-2-0	0.82	20.63	14.64	10.68	9.43	-0.43
10	San José State	PCAA	10-2-0	0.83	20.58	13.75	9.28	9.38	0.62
11	Texas A&M	Southwest	9-2-0	0.82	20.52	15.73	9.73	9.08	-0.08
12	Auburn	SEC	9-2-0	0.82	20.41	24	7.21	10.38	-1.38
13	Fresno State	PCAA	9-2-0	0.82	19.71	13.82	5.33	9.24	-0.24
14	Alabama	SEC	9-3-0	0.75	19.43	13.83	13.42	10.16	-1.16
15	Clemson	ACC	7-2-2	0.64	19.43	9.36	10.82	8.34	-1.34
16	Ohio State	Big Ten	9-3-0	0.75	19.15	12.67	12.04	9.87	-0.87
17	NC State	ACC	8-2-1	0.73	19.14	5	8.81	6.78	1.22
18	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	8-2-1	0.73	18.87	7	5.71	7.66	0.34
19	Arizona	Pac-10	8-3-0	0.73	18.57	12.64	11.18	8.72	-0.72
20	Iowa	Big Ten	8-3-0	0.73	18.57	16	10	9.22	-1.22
21	Stanford	Pac-10	8-3-0	0.73	18.53	8.55	12.83	8.2	-0.2
22	UCLA	Pac-10	7-3-1	0.64	18.39	12.91	14.6	8.48	-1.48
23	Georgia	SEC	8-3-0	0.73	18.16	7.18	11.15	7.52	0.48
24	Baylor	Southwest	8-3-0	0.73	18.14	9.64	9.59	8.08	-0.08
25	Boston College	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.02	9.27	8.98	7.91	0.09
26	Ole Miss	SEC	8-3-1	0.67	17.87	6.08	10.05	8.43	-0.43
27	San Diego State	Western Athletic	8-3-0	0.73	17.27	1.27	11.99	5.87	2.13
28	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	8-4-0	0.67	16.9	9.83	10.18	8.75	-0.75
29	North Carolina	ACC	7-3-1	0.64	16.89	3.18	10.63	6.35	0.65
30	BYU	Western Athletic	8-4-0	0.67	16.79	7.92	10.54	8.54	-0.54
31	Florida State	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	16.04	14.64	13.58	8.78	-2.78
32	USC	Pac-10	7-4-0	0.64	15.91	3.09	13.77	6.42	0.58
33	Tulsa	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.77	9.73	6.81	8.21	-1.21
34	Toledo	Mid-American	7-4-0	0.64	14.94	1.73	8.52	6.1	0.9
35	Michigan State	Big Ten	6-5-0	0.55	14.22	8	11.61	7.76	-1.76
36	Florida	SEC	6-5-0	0.55	14.11	4.55	14.06	7.11	-1.11
37	Colorado	Big 8	6-5-0	0.55	14.08	5.55	12.6	7.4	-1.4
38	Indiana	Big Ten	6-5-0	0.55	13.7	5.45	9.26	7.16	-1.16
39	Temple	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.66	3.36	11.77	6.33	-0.33
40	Tennessee	SEC	6-5-0	0.55	13.54	3.36	10.58	6.44	-0.44
41	Texas Tech	Southwest	7-5-0	0.58	13.4	0.25	11.79	6.08	0.92
42	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	7-5-0	0.58	13.33	0.25	11.5	6.09	0.91
43	Colorado State	Western Athletic	6-5-0	0.55	13.33	2.64	9.99	6.25	-0.25
44	UNLV	PCAA	6-5-0	0.55	13.07	4.09	5.2	6.6	-0.6
45	Air Force	Western Athletic	6-5-0	0.55	13.01	1.27	10.41	5.91	0.09
46	Iowa State	Big 8	6-5-0	0.55	12.88	1.18	9.53	5.84	0.16
47	Maryland	ACC	5-5-1	0.45	12.82	4.64	12.7	6.88	-1.88
48	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	12.78	4	13.19	6.72	-1.72
49	Georgia Tech	ACC	5-5-1	0.45	12.76	6.45	9.95	7.32	-2.32
50	Louisiana	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	12.64	3.45	2.16	6.6	-0.6
51	Rutgers	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	12.5	2.91	12.37	6.51	-1.51
52	Kentucky	SEC	5-5-1	0.45	12.33	1.91	13.03	6.13	-1.13
53	Wyoming	Western Athletic	6-6-0	0.5	12.22	2.25	10.97	6.67	-0.67
54	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	12.2	7.27	14.98	7.44	-2.44
55	Ball State	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	11.85	-0.18	6.43	5.43	0.57
56	Long Beach State	PCAA	6-5-0	0.55	11.73	-0.91	9.03	5.24	0.76
57	Oklahoma State	Big 8	6-5-0	0.55	11.73	-0.91	9.05	5.15	0.85
58	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	11.52	-0.55	5.18	5.33	0.67
59	SMU	Southwest	6-5-0	0.55	11.48	-3.36	13.36	4.59	1.41
60	Minnesota	Big Ten	6-5-0	0.55	11.29	-4.36	13.11	4.36	1.64
61	Army	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	11.19	-1.45	5.34	5.13	0.87
62	Wake Forest	ACC	5-6-0	0.45	10.96	2.73	8.33	6.13	-1.13
63	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	10.81	-4.91	8.55	3.97	2.03
64	Mississippi State	SEC	6-5-0	0.55	10.78	-7.27	11.15	3.38	2.62
65	Central Michigan	Mid-American	5-5-0	0.5	10.06	-2.6	8.24	4.43	0.57
66	Texas	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	9.61	-1.45	12.93	5.06	-0.06
67	Syracuse	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	9.35	-2.27	12.56	4.86	0.14
68	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.59	-7.09	11.96	3.88	1.12
69	Oregon	Pac-10	5-6-0	0.45	8.59	-9.36	14.87	3.27	1.73
70	South Carolina	FBS Independents	3-6-2	0.27	8.57	2.45	13.19	6.09	-3.09
71	Bowling Green	Mid-American	5-6-0	0.45	8.51	-6.73	10.19	3.04	1.96
72	Kent State	Mid-American	5-6-0	0.45	8.13	-9.91	8.64	2.69	2.31
73	Pacific	PCAA	4-7-0	0.36	8	0.18	6.94	5.55	-1.55
74	Northwestern	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.92	-3.09	9.03	4.56	-0.56
75	New Mexico	Western Athletic	4-8-0	0.33	6.63	-1.75	10.37	5.54	-1.54
76	West Virginia	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.61	-6.91	12.97	3.57	0.43
77	Tulane	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.48	-6.27	9.16	4.03	-0.03
78	Duke	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	6.44	-7.64	11.04	3.34	0.66
79	Illinois	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.36	-10	13.18	2.77	1.23
80	Rice	Southwest	4-7-0	0.36	5.93	-13.18	8.41	2.23	1.77
81	UTEP	Western Athletic	4-8-0	0.33	5.78	-6.83	9.71	4.37	-0.37
82	Washington State	Pac-10	3-7-1	0.27	5.18	-8.27	14.85	3.37	-0.37
83	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-8-0	0.27	4.5	-6.73	11.08	3.4	-0.4
84	Navy	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.27	-6.18	3.32	3.91	-0.91
85	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-9-0	0.25	4.25	-5.42	12.84	4.08	-1.08
86	Missouri	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	4.18	-10.73	11.42	2.71	0.29
87	Oregon State	Pac-10	3-8-0	0.27	4.18	-11.55	12.88	2	1
88	Utah State	PCAA	3-8-0	0.27	4.17	-9.91	9.38	2.16	0.84
89	Virginia	ACC	3-8-0	0.27	4.17	-10.64	10.95	2.75	0.25
90	TCU	Southwest	3-8-0	0.27	4.11	-10.64	9.05	3.22	-0.22
91	Louisville	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.04	-11.27	8.1	2.45	0.55
92	Wichita State	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	3.99	-10.45	5.24	2.87	0.13
93	Purdue	Big Ten	3-8-0	0.27	3.96	-15.91	13.67	1.63	1.37
94	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	3-9-0	0.25	3.78	-7.92	6.35	3.88	-0.88
95	Kansas	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	3.64	-19.55	8.21	0.8	2.2
96	Utah	Western Athletic	2-9-0	0.18	1.92	-15.09	13.15	2.73	-0.73
97	California	Pac-10	2-9-0	0.18	1.89	-16.36	15.61	1.42	0.58
98	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.88	-14.91	9.88	1.56	0.44
99	East Carolina	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.87	-16.09	12.82	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	7.73	2.49	-1.49
102	Houston	Southwest	1-10-0	0.09	-0.03	-12.91	13.79	1.56	-0.56
103	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-10-0	0.09	-0.09	-14	13.25	2.19	-1.19
104	Memphis	FBS Independents	1-10-0	0.09	-0.23	-17.09	8.33	0.88	0.12
105	New Mexico State	PCAA	1-10-0	0.09	-0.38	-20.64	9.48	1.47	-0.47