1986 W3 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.413767+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Nebraska	Big 8	1-0-0	1	31.01	17	19.8	0.84	0.16
2	Miami	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	30.95	26	15.58	2.79	0.21
3	Air Force	Western Athletic	2-0-0	1	29.43	4.5	15.34	1.25	0.75
4	Arizona	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	28.86	30.5	11.18	1.97	0.03
5	Alabama	SEC	3-0-0	1	28.58	17.33	6.42	2.67	0.33
6	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	28.02	5.5	15.22	1.2	0.8
7	Mississippi State	SEC	2-0-0	1	27.77	5.5	13.1	1.28	0.72
8	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	27.19	24	23.85	0.97	0.03
9	Arkansas	Southwest	1-0-0	1	27.18	21	23.67	1	0
10	Georgia	SEC	1-0-0	1	27.12	24	22.7	0.97	0.03
11	Oklahoma	Big 8	1-0-0	1	27.09	35	-0.07	1	0
12	SMU	Southwest	1-0-0	1	26.97	42	20.32	1	0
13	USC	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	26.76	15	23.6	0.83	0.17
14	Penn State	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	26.5	30	-1.16	0.93	0.07
15	Navy	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	26.44	10	23.89	0.84	0.16
16	Maryland	ACC	2-0-0	1	26.38	8.5	-1.31	1.51	0.49
17	BYU	Western Athletic	2-0-0	1	26.19	26.5	-2.12	1.84	0.16
18	West Virginia	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	25.73	18	-2.17	1.68	0.32
19	Fresno State	PCAA	2-0-0	1	25.55	40	-4.95	2	0
20	NC State	ACC	1-0-1	0.5	25.54	14	-0.93	1.72	-0.72
21	San Diego State	Western Athletic	2-0-0	1	25.42	5	1.15	1.2	0.8
22	North Carolina	ACC	2-0-0	1	25.09	25.5	-4.24	1.95	0.05
23	Purdue	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	25.05	17	14.77	0.99	0.01
24	Baylor	Southwest	2-0-0	1	24.94	17	-5.36	1.67	0.33
25	Oregon	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	24.91	4.5	-0.52	1.22	0.78
26	Auburn	SEC	1-0-0	1	24.2	28	-10	0.93	0.07
27	Rutgers	FBS Independents	1-0-1	0.5	24.19	1	0.54	1.09	-0.09
28	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-0-0	1	23.99	4	-5.18	1.27	0.73
29	Wake Forest	ACC	2-0-0	1	23.6	19.5	-10	1.93	0.07
30	Iowa	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	23.03	36	0.28	0.99	0.01
31	LSU	SEC	1-0-0	1	22.97	18	2.58	0.85	0.15
32	Washington	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	22.75	33	0.16	0.98	0.02
33	Stanford	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	22.17	11	1.61	0.74	0.26
34	TCU	Southwest	1-0-0	1	22.04	17	0.14	0.74	0.26
35	Indiana	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	21.84	21	-2.22	1	0
36	Army	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	21.75	5	0.67	0.6	0.4
37	Arizona State	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	21.71	3	1.84	0.6	0.4
38	Missouri	Big 8	1-0-0	1	21.42	14	-2.71	0.89	0.11
39	Michigan	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	21.27	1	1.38	0.53	0.47
40	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	20.27	13	-10	0.76	0.24
41	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	19.86	15.67	10.43	2.22	-0.22
42	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	18.89	15.5	19.04	1.5	-0.5
43	Tulsa	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.5	16.67	0.92	2.56	-0.56
44	Tennessee	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	16.61	5	11.31	1.22	-0.22
45	Florida	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	16.17	8	11.88	1.4	-0.4
46	Florida State	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	15.75	3.5	14.55	1.22	-0.22
47	Washington State	Pac-10	1-1-0	0.5	15.41	6.5	-1.03	1.37	-0.37
48	Wichita State	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	15.1	23	-6.03	1.75	-0.75
49	Illinois	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	15.03	4	-0.2	1.27	-0.27
50	Texas Tech	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	14.88	-8	23.82	0.69	0.31
51	Pacific	PCAA	1-1-0	0.5	14.74	10.5	-5.36	1.56	-0.56
52	Ole Miss	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	14.28	0.5	0.61	1.04	-0.04
53	Virginia	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	13.97	0	-0.15	1	0
54	Colorado State	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	13.73	-5.5	12.81	0.67	0.33
55	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	13.66	-2.5	10.96	0.88	0.12
56	Oklahoma State	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	13.63	-1.5	5.82	0.92	0.08
57	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	12.56	-2	16.25	0.88	0.12
58	Duke	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	12.43	-6.5	0.63	0.53	0.47
59	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	12.37	-9.5	0.45	0.45	0.55
60	UNLV	PCAA	1-1-0	0.5	12.14	8.5	7.34	1.34	-0.34
61	Kent State	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	12	-4	-6.03	0.68	0.32
62	San José State	PCAA	1-1-0	0.5	11.91	0	23.8	1	0
63	Wyoming	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	11.87	0	22.68	1	0
64	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	11.85	6	4.88	1.3	-0.3
65	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	11.82	2	11.33	1.17	-0.17
66	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	11.75	1	12.49	1.06	-0.06
67	Temple	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	11.47	1	12.85	1.04	-0.04
68	Rice	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	11.22	-14	-3.98	0.36	0.64
69	Louisiana	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	11.19	1.5	6.38	1.08	-0.08
70	Ball State	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	7.53	-15	9.54	0.31	0.69
71	Kansas State	Big 8	1-2-0	0.33	7.53	-7.67	2.62	0.79	0.21
72	New Mexico State	PCAA	1-2-0	0.33	6.86	-5.67	2.26	1.13	-0.13
73	Toledo	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	6.32	-3	20.85	1.19	-0.19
74	South Carolina	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.12	-3	15.88	1.31	-0.31
75	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	1-2-0	0.33	4.3	-13	-3.71	0.69	0.31
76	Georgia Tech	ACC	0-0-1	0	0.45	0	-10	0.5	-0.5
77	Kentucky	SEC	0-0-1	0	0.19	0	21.64	0.5	-0.5
78	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.27	-1	3.24	0.47	-0.47
79	Michigan State	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-0.68	-3	2.44	0.4	-0.4
80	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	0-1-1	0	-0.75	-1.5	26.7	0.84	-0.84
81	Clemson	ACC	0-1-0	0	-1.08	-6	0.73	0.3	-0.3
82	Long Beach State	PCAA	0-1-0	0	-1.09	-3	23.77	0.43	-0.43
83	California	Pac-10	0-1-0	0	-1.18	-6	-0.08	0.31	-0.31
84	Syracuse	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-1.4	-6	13.22	0.73	-0.73
85	Utah	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	-1.44	-7	23.77	0.38	-0.38
86	Texas	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-1.47	-11	0.82	0.26	-0.26
87	Texas A&M	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-1.66	-18	2.58	0.15	-0.15
88	Ohio	Mid-American	0-2-0	0	-1.9	-9.5	6.93	0.39	-0.39
89	Colorado	Big 8	0-2-0	0	-1.93	-9	23.62	0.56	-0.56
90	Tulane	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.99	-17	0.03	0.26	-0.26
91	New Mexico	Western Athletic	0-2-0	0	-2.07	-7.5	25.67	0.7	-0.7
92	Kansas	Big 8	0-1-0	0	-2.26	-20	21.84	0	0
93	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-2.32	-11	22.7	0.08	-0.08
94	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0-2-0	0	-2.36	-19.5	10.92	0.25	-0.25
95	Ohio State	Big Ten	0-2-0	0	-2.38	-19.5	16.76	0.11	-0.11
96	Iowa State	Big 8	0-1-0	0	-2.52	-36	2.81	0.01	-0.01
97	Memphis	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.52	-21	6.84	0.09	-0.09
98	East Carolina	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.69	-15.5	23.82	0.32	-0.32
99	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.72	-19.33	13.15	0.36	-0.36
100	Oregon State	Pac-10	0-1-0	0	-2.78	-27	23.68	0	0
101	Louisville	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.78	-22	12.16	0	0
102	UCLA	Pac-10	0-1-0	0	-3.1	-35	27.67	0	0
103	Utah State	PCAA	0-2-0	0	-3.18	-33	13.08	0.02	-0.02
104	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-2-0	0	-3.28	-23	31.14	0.21	-0.21
105	Houston	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-3.35	-34	25.64	0	0