1986 W1 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.413090+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Alabama	SEC	1-0-0	1	35.82	6	18.72	0.75	0.25
2	Air Force	Western Athletic	1-0-0	1	35.26	7	13.26	0.69	0.31
3	Miami	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	34.67	20	9.08	0.89	0.11
4	Maryland	ACC	1-0-0	1	33.38	3	13.7	0.7	0.3
5	Florida State	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	32.76	24	5.8	1	0
6	Florida	SEC	1-0-0	1	31.5	24	-10	0.91	0.09
7	Ball State	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	25.29	10	4.82	0.84	0.16
8	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-0-0	1	21.24	35	-10	0.87	0.13
9	Kansas State	Big 8	1-0-0	1	20.08	28	-10	0.98	0.02
10	Michigan	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	12.96	0	0	0	0
11	Tennessee	SEC	0-0-0	0	12.8	0	0	0	0
12	Oklahoma	Big 8	0-0-0	0	12.26	0	0	0	0
13	Fresno State	PCAA	0-0-0	0	11.62	0	0	0	0
14	Nebraska	Big 8	0-0-0	0	11.38	0	0	0	0
15	BYU	Western Athletic	0-0-0	0	11.24	0	0	0	0
16	Iowa	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	11.22	0	0	0	0
17	Georgia	SEC	0-0-0	0	11.16	0	0	0	0
18	Arkansas	Southwest	0-0-0	0	10.77	0	0	0	0
19	Georgia Tech	ACC	0-0-0	0	10.77	0	0	0	0
20	UCLA	Pac-10	0-0-0	0	10.75	0	0	0	0
21	Arizona	Pac-10	0-0-0	0	10.35	0	0	0	0
22	Baylor	Southwest	0-0-0	0	10.35	0	0	0	0
23	Texas A&M	Southwest	0-0-0	0	10.34	0	0	0	0
24	LSU	SEC	0-0-0	0	10.32	0	0	0	0
25	Penn State	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	10.21	0	0	0	0
26	Auburn	SEC	0-0-0	0	9.89	0	0	0	0
27	Arizona State	Pac-10	0-0-0	0	9.76	0	0	0	0
28	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-0-0	0	9.35	0	0	0	0
29	Army	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	9.19	0	0	0	0
30	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	8.81	0	0	0	0
31	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0-0-0	0	8.71	0	0	0	0
32	Syracuse	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	8.66	0	0	0	0
33	Oklahoma State	Big 8	0-0-0	0	8.37	0	0	0	0
34	Central Michigan	Mid-American	0-0-0	0	8.22	0	0	0	0
35	SMU	Southwest	0-0-0	0	8.2	0	0	0	0
36	West Virginia	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	8.11	0	0	0	0
37	Colorado	Big 8	0-0-0	0	8.05	0	0	0	0
38	Ohio State	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	7.75	-6	21.95	0.25	-0.25
39	Minnesota	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	7.57	0	0	0	0
40	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	7.5	0	0	0	0
41	Virginia	ACC	0-0-0	0	7.38	0	0	0	0
42	Michigan State	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	7.37	0	0	0	0
43	Utah	Western Athletic	0-0-0	0	7.36	0	0	0	0
44	USC	Pac-10	0-0-0	0	7.32	0	0	0	0
45	San Diego State	Western Athletic	0-0-0	0	6.86	0	0	0	0
46	Clemson	ACC	0-0-0	0	6.67	0	0	0	0
47	Washington State	Pac-10	0-0-0	0	6.5	0	0	0	0
48	Texas	Southwest	0-0-0	0	6.43	0	0	0	0
49	Washington	Pac-10	0-0-0	0	6.35	0	0	0	0
50	Kansas	Big 8	0-0-0	0	6.13	0	0	0	0
51	Long Beach State	PCAA	0-0-0	0	5.93	0	0	0	0
52	Navy	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	5.93	0	0	0	0
53	Texas Tech	Southwest	0-0-0	0	5.78	0	0	0	0
54	Temple	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	5.76	0	0	0	0
55	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	5.72	-3	19.81	0.3	-0.3
56	North Carolina	ACC	0-0-0	0	5.56	0	0	0	0
57	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	5.51	0	0	0	0
58	Illinois	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	5.28	0	0	0	0
59	Pacific	PCAA	0-0-0	0	5.05	0	0	0	0
60	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	4.9	-7	22.65	0.31	-0.31
61	Purdue	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	4.83	0	0	0	0
62	UNLV	PCAA	0-0-0	0	4.81	0	0	0	0
63	Kentucky	SEC	0-0-0	0	4.69	0	0	0	0
64	Oregon	Pac-10	0-0-0	0	4.49	0	0	0	0
65	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0-0-0	0	4.46	0	0	0	0
66	Mississippi State	SEC	0-0-0	0	4.34	0	0	0	0
67	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	4.29	0	0	0	0
68	California	Pac-10	0-0-0	0	4.08	0	0	0	0
69	Wake Forest	ACC	0-0-0	0	3.77	0	0	0	0
70	Ole Miss	SEC	0-0-0	0	3.54	0	0	0	0
71	Stanford	Pac-10	0-0-0	0	3.27	0	0	0	0
72	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-0-0	0	3.25	0	0	0	0
73	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	3.22	0	0	0	0
74	Duke	ACC	0-0-0	0	3.16	0	0	0	0
75	Memphis	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	3.15	0	0	0	0
76	Tulsa	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	2.96	-5	-10	0.35	-0.35
77	Houston	Southwest	0-0-0	0	2.94	0	0	0	0
78	Kent State	Mid-American	0-0-0	0	2.94	0	0	0	0
79	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0-0-0	0	2.89	0	0	0	0
80	Indiana	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	2.83	0	0	0	0
81	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	2.77	0	0	0	0
82	New Mexico	Western Athletic	0-0-0	0	2.3	0	0	0	0
83	South Carolina	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	2.02	-20	21.6	0.11	-0.11
84	San José State	PCAA	0-0-0	0	1.88	0	0	0	0
85	NC State	ACC	0-0-0	0	1.7	0	0	0	0
86	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-0-0	0	1.53	0	0	0	0
87	Rutgers	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	1.49	0	0	0	0
88	Ohio	Mid-American	0-0-0	0	1.45	0	0	0	0
89	Rice	Southwest	0-0-0	0	1.41	0	0	0	0
90	Wyoming	Western Athletic	0-0-0	0	1.36	0	0	0	0
91	Missouri	Big 8	0-0-0	0	1.35	0	0	0	0
92	East Carolina	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	1.34	0	0	0	0
93	Utah State	PCAA	0-0-0	0	1.3	0	0	0	0
94	Wichita State	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	1.24	0	0	0	0
95	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	0-1-0	0	1.17	-46	-10	0	0
96	Iowa State	Big 8	0-0-0	0	1.11	0	0	0	0
97	Louisiana	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	1.09	0	0	0	0
98	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	0.97	0	0	0	0
99	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	0.66	-10	5.42	0.16	-0.16
100	Tulane	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.58	0	0	0	0
101	Oregon State	Pac-10	0-0-0	0	0.45	0	0	0	0
102	Louisville	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.38	0	0	0	0
103	Toledo	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	0.3	-24	18.79	0	0
104	TCU	Southwest	0-0-0	0	0.12	0	0	0	0
105	New Mexico State	PCAA	0-1-0	0	-0.55	-6	-10	0.3	-0.3