1986 W5 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.414472+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Miami	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	28.02	22.5	15.27	3.63	0.37
2	USC	Pac-10	3-0-0	1	27.93	9.33	18.17	2.34	0.66
3	Nebraska	Big 8	3-0-0	1	27.9	32	12.96	2.81	0.19
4	Kentucky	SEC	2-0-1	0.67	27.68	14	17.08	2.45	-0.45
5	Arkansas	Southwest	3-0-0	1	27.07	23	10.34	2.85	0.15
6	Arizona	Pac-10	4-0-0	1	27.02	22	10.41	3.66	0.34
7	Indiana	Big Ten	3-0-0	1	26.98	20.33	11.03	2.58	0.42
8	NC State	ACC	3-0-1	0.75	26.97	11	13.81	2.97	0.03
9	Iowa	Big Ten	3-0-0	1	26.84	50.67	8.01	2.99	0.01
10	Arizona State	Pac-10	2-0-1	0.67	26.81	11	12.41	2.44	-0.44
11	Rutgers	FBS Independents	3-0-1	0.75	26.46	7	12.33	2.82	0.18
12	Penn State	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	26.37	22.33	7.28	2.68	0.32
13	Alabama	SEC	4-0-0	1	26.06	16.5	7.25	3.59	0.41
14	North Carolina	ACC	2-0-1	0.67	25.43	17	4.58	2.81	-0.81
15	Stanford	Pac-10	3-0-0	1	25.36	13	5	2.54	0.46
16	Auburn	SEC	3-0-0	1	24.98	33	0.49	2.95	0.05
17	Michigan	Big Ten	3-0-0	1	24.55	7.33	3.56	2.08	0.92
18	Central Michigan	Mid-American	3-0-0	1	24.16	17.33	-1.63	2.46	0.54
19	Fresno State	PCAA	3-0-0	1	23.43	34.67	-7.67	2.99	0.01
20	Maryland	ACC	3-1-0	0.75	21.04	6.5	13.89	2.82	0.18
21	Oklahoma	Big 8	2-1-0	0.67	21	28.67	17.4	2.88	-0.88
22	Baylor	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	20.85	15.5	13.21	3.31	-0.31
23	Air Force	Western Athletic	3-1-0	0.75	20.64	5	17.29	2.59	0.41
24	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	3-1-0	0.75	20.62	14.25	11.54	3.21	-0.21
25	Washington	Pac-10	2-1-0	0.67	20.59	18	17.61	2.57	-0.57
26	Wyoming	Western Athletic	3-1-0	0.75	20.23	3.75	16.32	2.4	0.6
27	BYU	Western Athletic	3-1-0	0.75	19.85	8	9.92	2.64	0.36
28	Wake Forest	ACC	3-1-0	0.75	19.54	17.5	4.56	3.36	-0.36
29	Pacific	PCAA	3-1-0	0.75	19.53	13	6.38	3.21	-0.21
30	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	2-1-1	0.5	19.3	11	21.34	3.08	-1.08
31	Mississippi State	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	19.28	3.25	9.85	2.36	0.64
32	SMU	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	19.05	7.33	19.5	2.08	-0.08
33	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	18.95	9.5	4.22	2.99	0.01
34	UNLV	PCAA	3-1-0	0.75	18.89	11	2.99	2.97	0.03
35	TCU	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	18.71	6.67	10.57	1.87	0.13
36	Duke	ACC	3-1-0	0.75	18.54	2.25	7.9	2.34	0.66
37	Clemson	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	18.29	7	18.19	2.08	-0.08
38	Georgia	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	18.03	8.67	11.34	2.08	-0.08
39	UCLA	Pac-10	2-1-0	0.67	17.99	4.67	17.93	1.8	0.2
40	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	17.78	2	14.44	1.66	0.34
41	Iowa State	Big 8	2-1-0	0.67	17.58	13.67	8.36	2.28	-0.28
42	Navy	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.44	9.33	8.29	2.12	-0.12
43	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-1-0	0.75	17.42	1.75	-4	2.22	0.78
44	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	17.39	12.33	7.94	2.42	-0.42
45	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	16.97	11	6.1	2.49	-0.49
46	Ole Miss	SEC	2-1-1	0.5	16.91	6.5	6.73	2.96	-0.96
47	Texas A&M	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	16.47	3.67	7.2	1.76	0.24
48	Louisiana	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	16.18	6.33	-1.73	2.04	-0.04
49	San Diego State	Western Athletic	3-1-0	0.75	15.87	-4.25	4.34	1.68	1.32
50	Tulsa	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	15.6	8.6	5.08	3.56	-0.56
51	Kansas	Big 8	2-1-0	0.67	14.28	-1	4.16	1.36	0.64
52	LSU	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	14.19	4.5	15.54	1.25	-0.25
53	Temple	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	13.53	3.25	8.57	2.27	-0.27
54	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-2-0	0.5	13.07	5.5	12.63	2.61	-0.61
55	Colorado State	Western Athletic	2-2-0	0.5	13.03	1	8.94	2.11	-0.11
56	San José State	PCAA	2-2-0	0.5	12.61	0.75	15.93	2.09	-0.09
57	Louisville	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	12.42	5.25	5.54	2.7	-0.7
58	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	12.08	-6.5	22.38	1.53	0.47
59	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	11.73	-2.5	11.62	1.72	0.28
60	Georgia Tech	ACC	1-1-1	0.33	11.39	-3.33	2.83	1.17	-0.17
61	West Virginia	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	11.38	-4.25	8.47	1.6	0.4
62	Texas	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	11.37	-4.5	19.74	0.8	0.2
63	Oregon	Pac-10	2-2-0	0.5	11.01	-12.25	15.85	1.01	0.99
64	Oklahoma State	Big 8	2-2-0	0.5	10.97	-0.75	7.51	1.91	0.09
65	Texas Tech	Southwest	2-2-0	0.5	10.82	-10	12.63	1.11	0.89
66	Kent State	Mid-American	2-2-0	0.5	10.01	-7.25	11.28	1.1	0.9
67	Florida State	FBS Independents	1-2-1	0.25	9.99	1.25	21.46	2.18	-1.18
68	Ball State	Mid-American	2-2-0	0.5	9.89	-7	9.56	1.12	0.88
69	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	9.25	8.67	16.45	2.16	-1.16
70	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-3-0	0.4	8.94	-5	11.39	2.07	-0.07
71	Washington State	Pac-10	1-2-1	0.25	8.92	0.75	16.02	2.08	-1.08
72	Missouri	Big 8	1-2-0	0.33	7.9	-1.67	11.54	1.38	-0.38
73	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.6	-2.67	22.21	1.21	-0.21
74	Tennessee	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	7.42	-5.33	13.74	1.12	-0.12
75	Wichita State	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	7.32	5.75	-0.22	2.45	-1.45
76	California	Pac-10	1-2-0	0.33	6.86	-5.67	8.39	1.07	-0.07
77	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	6.7	-14.33	17.75	0.57	0.43
78	Tulane	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.68	-8	11.58	1.03	-0.03
79	Houston	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	6.65	-9.33	16.6	0.72	0.28
80	Purdue	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	6.59	-10	6.21	0.79	0.21
81	Long Beach State	PCAA	1-2-0	0.33	6.58	-6.67	7.86	1.01	-0.01
82	Illinois	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	6.44	-12.33	21.35	0.67	0.33
83	Army	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.38	-12.33	8.94	0.77	0.23
84	Florida	SEC	1-3-0	0.25	6.15	-1	16.05	1.87	-0.87
85	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-3-0	0.25	5.66	-1.75	12.75	1.78	-0.78
86	Rice	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	5.12	-17.67	-1.21	0.33	0.67
87	South Carolina	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	5.02	-3.5	10.47	1.71	-0.71
88	Virginia	ACC	1-3-0	0.25	4.97	-5.25	14.58	1.38	-0.38
89	Toledo	Mid-American	1-3-0	0.25	4.61	-6.5	9.34	1.15	-0.15
90	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-3-0	0.25	4.35	-11.5	13.83	0.63	0.37
91	Kansas State	Big 8	1-3-0	0.25	4	-9	5.21	1.03	-0.03
92	New Mexico State	PCAA	1-4-0	0.2	2.71	-15	10.97	1.01	-0.01
93	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	1-4-0	0.2	2.51	-12.8	-1.68	1.17	-0.17
94	Colorado	Big 8	0-4-0	0	-1.74	-6	16.85	1.31	-1.31
95	New Mexico	Western Athletic	0-4-0	0	-1.79	-6.5	16.02	1.43	-1.43
96	Syracuse	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-1.84	-6.75	18.75	1.28	-1.28
97	Ohio	Mid-American	0-4-0	0	-2.33	-15.75	9.48	0.58	-0.58
98	Memphis	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.51	-21	6.17	0.2	-0.2
99	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0-4-0	0	-2.58	-18.75	15.34	0.45	-0.45
100	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	0-5-0	0	-2.74	-24.4	9.77	0.23	-0.23
101	Utah State	PCAA	0-3-0	0	-2.77	-23	13.89	0.11	-0.11
102	Oregon State	Pac-10	0-3-0	0	-2.82	-18.67	24.74	0.11	-0.11
103	Utah	Western Athletic	0-2-0	0	-2.85	-32.5	10.07	0.16	-0.16
104	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-3-0	0	-2.85	-21.33	21.36	0.36	-0.36
105	East Carolina	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-3.06	-25.25	24.24	0.26	-0.26