1986 W2 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.413428+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Miami	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	33.76	14	16.76	1.66	0.34
2	Air Force	Western Athletic	2-0-0	1	32.42	4.5	13.07	1.25	0.75
3	Alabama	SEC	2-0-0	1	31.93	19	4.64	1.85	0.15
4	Nebraska	Big 8	1-0-0	1	31.16	17	32.76	0.84	0.16
5	Maryland	ACC	1-0-0	1	30.36	3	5.72	0.7	0.3
6	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	29.71	38	25.29	0.99	0.01
7	Texas Tech	Southwest	1-0-0	1	27.86	34	20.08	0.99	0.01
8	Oklahoma	Big 8	1-0-0	1	27.67	35	10.75	1	0
9	Penn State	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	26.07	30	5.76	0.93	0.07
10	BYU	Western Athletic	1-0-0	1	25.83	52	1.3	1	0
11	Arizona	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	25.64	34	2.94	1	0
12	Tennessee	SEC	1-0-0	1	25.52	14	2.3	0.77	0.23
13	Washington State	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	24.67	20	4.81	0.89	0.11
14	West Virginia	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	24.61	33	0.66	0.95	0.05
15	Colorado State	Western Athletic	1-0-0	1	24.33	16	8.05	0.94	0.06
16	Mississippi State	SEC	1-0-0	1	24.15	7	8.66	0.69	0.31
17	Virginia	ACC	1-0-0	1	23.89	10	2.02	0.72	0.28
18	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	23.85	5	1.45	0.66	0.34
19	Baylor	Southwest	1-0-0	1	23.8	3	1.36	0.56	0.44
20	San Diego State	Western Athletic	1-0-0	1	23.77	3	5.93	0.57	0.43
21	Fresno State	PCAA	1-0-0	1	23.68	53	-10	1	0
22	Ole Miss	SEC	1-0-0	1	23.67	22	3.15	0.97	0.03
23	Illinois	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	23.6	23	0.38	1	0
24	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	23.31	4	7.5	0.61	0.39
25	NC State	ACC	1-0-0	1	23.03	28	1.34	0.96	0.04
26	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	23	7	4.46	0.72	0.28
27	Oregon	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	22.92	7	1.88	0.72	0.28
28	Auburn	SEC	1-0-0	1	22.86	28	-10	0.93	0.07
29	Oklahoma State	Big 8	1-0-0	1	22.77	1	1.09	0.53	0.47
30	Duke	ACC	1-0-0	1	22.7	11	0.97	0.92	0.08
31	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	21.91	9	-10	0.71	0.29
32	North Carolina	ACC	1-0-0	1	21.84	31	-10	0.94	0.06
33	Rutgers	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	21.64	2	2.77	0.62	0.38
34	Kent State	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	21.55	2	0.3	0.57	0.43
35	Pacific	PCAA	1-0-0	1	21.55	24	-10	0.97	0.03
36	Wichita State	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	21.2	63	-10	1	0
37	Florida	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	20.65	8	12.34	1.4	-0.4
38	Wake Forest	ACC	1-0-0	1	20.59	8	-10	0.76	0.24
39	Rice	Southwest	1-0-0	1	20.32	14	-10	0.84	0.16
40	Florida State	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	19.8	3.5	5.84	1.22	-0.22
41	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	18.62	16.5	12.63	1.52	-0.52
42	Ball State	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	14.77	-14	4.69	0.31	0.69
43	Kansas State	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	13.89	-3	-2.11	0.84	0.16
44	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	12.06	-2	19.77	0.88	0.12
45	Tulsa	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	11.88	23	-10	1.87	-0.87
46	New Mexico State	PCAA	1-1-0	0.5	8.86	-1.5	-4.42	0.91	0.09
47	Michigan	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	3.24	0	0	0	0
48	Iowa	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	2.81	0	0	0	0
49	Georgia	SEC	0-0-0	0	2.79	0	0	0	0
50	Arkansas	Southwest	0-0-0	0	2.69	0	0	0	0
51	Georgia Tech	ACC	0-0-0	0	2.69	0	0	0	0
52	LSU	SEC	0-0-0	0	2.58	0	0	0	0
53	Texas A&M	Southwest	0-0-0	0	2.58	0	0	0	0
54	Arizona State	Pac-10	0-0-0	0	2.44	0	0	0	0
55	Army	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	2.3	0	0	0	0
56	Central Michigan	Mid-American	0-0-0	0	2.06	0	0	0	0
57	SMU	Southwest	0-0-0	0	2.05	0	0	0	0
58	Minnesota	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	1.89	0	0	0	0
59	Michigan State	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	1.84	0	0	0	0
60	Utah	Western Athletic	0-0-0	0	1.84	0	0	0	0
61	USC	Pac-10	0-0-0	0	1.83	0	0	0	0
62	Clemson	ACC	0-0-0	0	1.67	0	0	0	0
63	Texas	Southwest	0-0-0	0	1.61	0	0	0	0
64	Washington	Pac-10	0-0-0	0	1.59	0	0	0	0
65	Kansas	Big 8	0-0-0	0	1.53	0	0	0	0
66	Navy	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	1.48	0	0	0	0
67	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	1.38	0	0	0	0
68	Purdue	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	1.21	0	0	0	0
69	Kentucky	SEC	0-0-0	0	1.17	0	0	0	0
70	California	Pac-10	0-0-0	0	1.02	0	0	0	0
71	Stanford	Pac-10	0-0-0	0	0.82	0	0	0	0
72	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	0.73	-4	3.22	0.39	-0.39
73	Indiana	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	0.71	0	0	0	0
74	Syracuse	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	0.67	-7	4.34	0.31	-0.31
75	Long Beach State	PCAA	0-1-0	0	0.46	-3	6.86	0.43	-0.43
76	Missouri	Big 8	0-0-0	0	0.34	0	0	0	0
77	Iowa State	Big 8	0-0-0	0	0.28	0	0	0	0
78	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	0.19	-3	33.38	0.3	-0.3
79	Ohio State	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	0.16	-6	35.82	0.25	-0.25
80	Tulane	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.14	0	0	0	0
81	Oregon State	Pac-10	0-0-0	0	0.11	0	0	0	0
82	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	0.07	-3	4.9	0.4	-0.4
83	TCU	Southwest	0-0-0	0	0.03	0	0	0	0
84	Colorado	Big 8	0-1-0	0	-0.01	-16	3.25	0.06	-0.06
85	UCLA	Pac-10	0-1-0	0	-0.07	-35	12.26	0	0
86	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.08	-2	1.49	0.38	-0.38
87	Louisiana	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.24	-1	8.37	0.47	-0.47
88	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	-0.37	-7	2.89	0.28	-0.28
89	Wyoming	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	-0.71	-3	10.35	0.44	-0.44
90	Ohio	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	-0.98	-5	9.35	0.34	-0.34
91	San José State	PCAA	0-1-0	0	-1.03	-7	4.49	0.28	-0.28
92	UNLV	PCAA	0-1-0	0	-1.03	-20	6.5	0.11	-0.11
93	Temple	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.16	-30	10.21	0.07	-0.07
94	Memphis	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.46	-22	3.54	0.03	-0.03
95	New Mexico	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	-1.52	-14	12.8	0.23	-0.23
96	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-1.53	-11	3.16	0.08	-0.08
97	South Carolina	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-1.78	-15	21.03	0.37	-0.37
98	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	0-2-0	0	-1.85	-24.5	-5.28	0.13	-0.13
99	Houston	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-1.96	-34	10.35	0	0
100	East Carolina	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2.04	-28	1.7	0.04	-0.04
101	Toledo	Mid-American	0-2-0	0	-2.05	-13	17.85	0.18	-0.18
102	Louisville	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2.22	-23	5.28	0	0
103	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.31	-21.5	16.7	0.16	-0.16
104	Utah State	PCAA	0-1-0	0	-2.71	-52	11.24	0	0
105	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-1-0	0	-2.81	-32	35.82	0.03	-0.03