1986 W4 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.414127+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Nebraska	Big 8	2-0-0	1	29.3	31	15.39	1.86	0.14
2	USC	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	28.72	9	19.98	1.51	0.49
3	Miami	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	28.57	26	12.39	2.79	0.21
4	Arkansas	Southwest	2-0-0	1	28.55	19	15.89	1.88	0.12
5	Oklahoma	Big 8	2-0-0	1	28.5	49	12.04	2	0
6	Arizona	Pac-10	3-0-0	1	28.25	28.33	11.76	2.88	0.12
7	Penn State	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	27.72	21	11.64	1.79	0.21
8	Washington	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	27.61	32	11.91	1.89	0.11
9	Arizona State	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	27.23	16.5	13.14	1.86	0.14
10	Indiana	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	27.2	22	11.83	1.8	0.2
11	Rutgers	FBS Independents	2-0-1	0.67	27	7.33	13.34	2.08	-0.08
12	Alabama	SEC	4-0-0	1	26.72	16.5	6.04	3.59	0.41
13	Maryland	ACC	3-0-0	1	26.49	12.67	7.23	2.61	0.39
14	NC State	ACC	2-0-1	0.67	26.18	10.67	6.72	2.19	-0.19
15	Stanford	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	25.68	14.5	5.22	1.66	0.34
16	North Carolina	ACC	2-0-1	0.67	25.37	17	1.16	2.81	-0.81
17	Kentucky	SEC	1-0-1	0.5	25.28	12.5	18.09	1.64	-0.64
18	TCU	Southwest	2-0-0	1	25.21	15	2.77	1.49	0.51
19	Iowa	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	25.02	45	-2.62	1.99	0.01
20	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-0-0	1	24.51	11.5	1.18	1.58	0.42
21	Fresno State	PCAA	2-0-0	1	24.51	40	-6.39	2	0
22	Auburn	SEC	2-0-0	1	24.29	36.5	-6.34	1.97	0.03
23	Michigan	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	24.04	10	-1.52	1.49	0.51
24	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-0-0	1	22.7	3.67	-7.45	1.84	1.16
25	Georgia Tech	ACC	1-0-1	0.5	21.87	7	1.99	1.41	-0.41
26	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2-1-0	0.67	20.21	13.33	19.51	2.28	-0.28
27	Baylor	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	19.46	10.33	9.54	2.26	-0.26
28	Air Force	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	19.35	1	14.76	1.59	0.41
29	BYU	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	18.91	7.33	5.83	1.91	0.09
30	Mississippi State	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	18.91	2.33	9.62	1.67	0.33
31	West Virginia	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	18.76	5	6.99	1.89	0.11
32	Wyoming	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	18.5	2	23.04	1.65	0.35
33	Wake Forest	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	18.36	11.67	1.85	2.29	-0.29
34	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	18.26	2	20.38	1.66	0.34
35	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.93	-3	18.28	1.34	0.66
36	Pacific	PCAA	2-1-0	0.67	17.6	16	2.91	2.56	-0.56
37	Colorado State	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	17.29	7	5.64	2.03	-0.03
38	UNLV	PCAA	2-1-0	0.67	17.27	9	5.75	2.16	-0.16
39	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.02	3.67	8.51	1.82	0.18
40	Temple	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	16.95	7.67	4.71	1.94	0.06
41	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	16.69	-0.33	15.45	1.48	0.52
42	Oregon	Pac-10	2-1-0	0.67	16.65	-5	12.95	1.16	0.84
43	SMU	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	16.36	6	16.46	1.35	-0.35
44	Duke	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	16.23	0.67	7.63	1.58	0.42
45	Louisiana	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	16.23	6.33	0.37	2.04	-0.04
46	Georgia	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	15.67	10.5	5.67	1.48	-0.48
47	Texas Tech	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	15.62	-3	12.14	1.27	0.73
48	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-2-0	0.5	15.09	9.25	9.71	2.63	-0.63
49	San Diego State	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	14.94	-7	-1.88	1.09	0.91
50	LSU	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	14.9	4.5	8.62	1.25	-0.25
51	Florida State	FBS Independents	1-1-1	0.33	14.78	2.33	20.81	1.76	-0.76
52	Tennessee	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	14.59	5	12.85	1.22	-0.22
53	Tulsa	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	14.26	8.25	5.2	2.78	-0.78
54	Purdue	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	13.92	1	3.39	1.05	-0.05
55	Missouri	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	13.8	6	-2.33	1.32	-0.32
56	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	1-1-1	0.33	13.52	4	25.66	1.87	-0.87
57	Navy	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	13.25	-6.5	17.91	0.73	0.27
58	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	12.66	-19.5	19.73	0.25	0.75
59	Ole Miss	SEC	1-1-1	0.33	12.42	0.33	4.89	1.55	-0.55
60	Army	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.08	-1	-1.86	0.95	0.05
61	Iowa State	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	11.98	9.5	6.52	1.35	-0.35
62	California	Pac-10	1-1-0	0.5	11.9	2	13.62	1.11	-0.11
63	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	11.38	1	10.72	1.07	-0.07
64	UCLA	Pac-10	1-1-0	0.5	10.97	-2	26.26	0.91	0.09
65	Tulane	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	10.88	0.5	9.38	1.02	-0.02
66	Texas A&M	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	10.87	1	6.48	1.04	-0.04
67	Clemson	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	10.82	-1.5	19.44	0.92	0.08
68	Long Beach State	PCAA	1-1-0	0.5	10.34	-1	11.53	0.94	0.06
69	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	10.33	-2	17.09	0.86	0.14
70	Texas	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	10.31	-4.5	21.8	0.8	0.2
71	Wichita State	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	10.07	15	-4.56	2.28	-1.28
72	Florida	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	9.98	0.67	16.51	1.56	-0.56
73	Houston	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	9.54	-9	21.25	0.51	0.49
74	Washington State	Pac-10	1-2-0	0.33	9.48	1	7.62	1.58	-0.58
75	Kansas	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	8.96	-8.5	10.96	0.3	0.7
76	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	8.88	0.67	7.33	1.56	-0.56
77	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	8	-2.67	16.5	1.21	-0.21
78	San José State	PCAA	1-2-0	0.33	7.69	-6	20.83	0.92	0.08
79	Virginia	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	7.66	-4.67	11	1.1	-0.1
80	Illinois	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	7.45	-12.33	18.33	0.67	0.33
81	Oklahoma State	Big 8	1-2-0	0.33	7.3	-6.33	8.45	1	0
82	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	7.16	-9.67	15.19	0.62	0.38
83	Toledo	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	7.13	-3	14.28	1.19	-0.19
84	South Carolina	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.98	-3	11.64	1.31	-0.31
85	Kent State	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	6.32	-11	-1.16	0.54	0.46
86	Ball State	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	6.18	-15	13.74	0.31	0.69
87	Rice	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	6.06	-17.67	2.32	0.33	0.67
88	Louisville	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.03	-1.67	8.96	1.31	-0.31
89	Ohio State	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	5.21	-12	16.47	0.4	0.6
90	Kansas State	Big 8	1-3-0	0.25	4.47	-9	4.23	1.03	-0.03
91	New Mexico State	PCAA	1-3-0	0.25	4.34	-11	7.22	1.08	-0.08
92	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	1-3-0	0.25	3.61	-11.75	-5.79	0.97	0.03
93	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-1.08	-3	10.29	0.83	-0.83
94	Colorado	Big 8	0-3-0	0	-1.84	-7	12.09	0.88	-0.88
95	Syracuse	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-1.88	-7	20.42	1	-1
96	Utah	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	-1.95	-7	25.42	0.38	-0.38
97	New Mexico	Western Athletic	0-3-0	0	-1.98	-7.33	19.23	0.95	-0.95
98	Ohio	Mid-American	0-3-0	0	-2.06	-11.33	4.93	0.43	-0.43
99	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0-3-0	0	-2.33	-13.33	11.46	0.53	-0.53
100	Memphis	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.5	-19.33	5.16	0.18	-0.18
101	Utah State	PCAA	0-3-0	0	-2.9	-23	15.12	0.11	-0.11
102	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-3-0	0	-2.9	-21.33	17.66	0.36	-0.36
103	Oregon State	Pac-10	0-2-0	0	-3.01	-23	23.41	0.05	-0.05
104	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-3.03	-28	17.04	0.21	-0.21
105	East Carolina	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-3.11	-25.33	25.16	0.15	-0.15