1986 W6 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.414818+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Kentucky	SEC	3-0-1	0.75	27.28	18.5	15.07	3.6	-0.6
2	Arkansas	Southwest	4-0-0	1	27.03	21.5	13.48	3.71	0.29
3	Indiana	Big Ten	4-0-0	1	26.99	19.5	13.68	3.51	0.49
4	Arizona State	Pac-10	3-0-1	0.75	26.9	10	15.84	3.25	-0.25
5	Iowa	Big Ten	4-0-0	1	26.83	38.75	10.29	3.92	0.08
6	USC	Pac-10	4-0-0	1	26.82	10.5	14.72	3.1	0.9
7	NC State	ACC	3-0-1	0.75	26.67	11	14.21	2.97	0.03
8	Penn State	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	26.57	23	11.13	3.67	0.33
9	Miami	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	26.16	24.8	8.05	4.7	0.3
10	Nebraska	Big 8	4-0-0	1	26.16	24.75	8.12	3.57	0.43
11	Arizona	Pac-10	4-0-0	1	25.84	22	7.24	3.66	0.34
12	Stanford	Pac-10	4-0-0	1	25.63	11.5	9.26	3.34	0.66
13	Alabama	SEC	5-0-0	1	25.61	16.8	7.47	4.51	0.49
14	North Carolina	ACC	3-0-1	0.75	25.18	13	6.42	3.46	-0.46
15	Michigan	Big Ten	4-0-0	1	24.74	9.75	5.52	2.96	1.04
16	Auburn	SEC	4-0-0	1	23.84	37	-3.91	3.95	0.05
17	Baylor	Southwest	4-1-0	0.8	21.42	15.2	11.13	4.16	-0.16
18	Washington	Pac-10	3-1-0	0.75	21.42	21.5	16.93	3.51	-0.51
19	Oklahoma	Big 8	3-1-0	0.75	21.36	33	14.18	3.87	-0.87
20	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	4-1-0	0.8	20.86	15.4	7.64	4.11	-0.11
21	Air Force	Western Athletic	4-1-0	0.8	20.81	6	11.43	3.23	0.77
22	Maryland	ACC	3-1-0	0.75	20.12	6.5	13.7	2.82	0.18
23	Georgia	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	20.11	7.5	14.69	2.77	0.23
24	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	20.09	8.8	5.98	3.78	0.22
25	SMU	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	20.02	6	14.56	2.58	0.42
26	Iowa State	Big 8	3-1-0	0.75	19.93	13	11.1	3.1	-0.1
27	Clemson	ACC	3-1-0	0.75	19.67	11.25	9.59	3.27	-0.27
28	Mississippi State	SEC	4-1-0	0.8	19.59	6	4.19	3.29	0.71
29	Rutgers	FBS Independents	3-1-1	0.6	19.46	0.6	14.38	2.59	0.41
30	Texas A&M	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	19.14	12	6.69	3.03	-0.03
31	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	3-1-0	0.75	19	5.75	8.36	2.63	0.37
32	Navy	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	18.95	18.25	2.99	3.45	-0.45
33	Central Michigan	Mid-American	3-1-0	0.75	18.88	12.25	0.51	2.94	0.06
34	Fresno State	PCAA	3-1-0	0.75	18.83	25	-2.55	3.67	-0.67
35	UNLV	PCAA	3-1-0	0.75	18.56	11	1.77	2.97	0.03
36	LSU	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	17.87	6.67	14.41	2.03	-0.03
37	Louisiana	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	17.67	7.5	-1.15	2.88	0.12
38	Kansas	Big 8	3-1-0	0.75	17.1	2.25	0.66	2.32	0.68
39	Tulsa	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	16.88	8.83	4.53	4.37	-0.37
40	BYU	Western Athletic	3-2-0	0.6	15.96	5.6	8.52	3.1	-0.1
41	Wake Forest	ACC	3-2-0	0.6	15.94	13.6	3.66	3.88	-0.88
42	Wyoming	Western Athletic	3-2-0	0.6	15.92	0.8	16.85	2.61	0.39
43	Ohio State	Big Ten	3-2-0	0.6	15.69	7.2	9.7	3.62	-0.62
44	Pacific	PCAA	3-2-0	0.6	15.5	9.6	1.93	3.52	-0.52
45	Temple	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	15.43	3.8	10.59	2.93	0.07
46	San José State	PCAA	3-2-0	0.6	15.33	1.4	15.12	2.67	0.33
47	Texas	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	15	-2	12.79	1.34	0.66
48	Colorado State	Western Athletic	3-2-0	0.6	14.98	1.6	11.15	2.72	0.28
49	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	2-2-1	0.4	14.7	7.6	15.9	3.53	-1.53
50	Duke	ACC	3-2-0	0.6	14.62	0.6	6.96	2.61	0.39
51	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-2-0	0.5	14.54	8.5	15.08	2.88	-0.88
52	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	13.94	-3.8	21.23	2.13	0.87
53	UCLA	Pac-10	2-2-0	0.5	13.85	1.75	17.56	2.18	-0.18
54	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-2-0	0.5	13.55	4	10.47	2.55	-0.55
55	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-2-0	0.6	13.52	0.4	-1.59	2.56	0.44
56	Ole Miss	SEC	2-2-1	0.4	13.35	4.4	7.85	3.37	-1.37
57	TCU	Southwest	2-2-0	0.5	13.24	0.75	14.2	2.06	-0.06
58	San Diego State	Western Athletic	3-2-0	0.6	12.96	-4.8	9.06	1.99	1.01
59	Washington State	Pac-10	2-2-1	0.4	12.82	2.6	12.47	2.86	-0.86
60	Kent State	Mid-American	3-2-0	0.6	12.77	-5.2	12.77	1.77	1.23
61	Ball State	Mid-American	3-2-0	0.6	12.23	-3	3.82	1.96	1.04
62	Oklahoma State	Big 8	2-2-0	0.5	11.12	-0.75	7.11	1.91	0.09
63	Tennessee	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	11.03	-1.5	12.85	1.85	0.15
64	Louisville	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	10.48	2.8	6.6	2.96	-0.96
65	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-2-0	0.5	10.44	-4	12.87	1.61	0.39
66	Wichita State	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	9.97	4.8	1.77	3	-1
67	Army	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	9.76	-5	6.17	1.6	0.4
68	Florida State	FBS Independents	1-2-1	0.25	9.29	1.25	20.62	2.18	-1.18
69	West Virginia	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	8.39	-4.6	10.7	1.88	0.12
70	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	8.32	-8.4	15.9	1.34	0.66
71	Virginia	ACC	2-3-0	0.4	8.19	-3.8	14.39	1.98	0.02
72	Oregon	Pac-10	2-3-0	0.4	8.12	-12.6	18.74	1.24	0.76
73	Toledo	Mid-American	2-3-0	0.4	7.89	-4.2	10.93	1.82	0.18
74	Texas Tech	Southwest	2-3-0	0.4	7.67	-15.4	13.51	0.92	1.08
75	Bowling Green	Mid-American	2-3-0	0.4	7.51	-6.4	9.31	1.36	0.64
76	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	7.47	2	18.65	2.22	-1.22
77	Georgia Tech	ACC	1-2-1	0.25	7.11	-2.75	9.67	1.65	-0.65
78	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-4-0	0.33	6.51	-5.83	10.9	2.36	-0.36
79	Long Beach State	PCAA	1-2-0	0.33	6.21	-6.67	10.43	1.01	-0.01
80	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	5.47	-2.5	19.69	1.7	-0.7
81	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	4.95	1	15.79	2.63	-1.63
82	Tulane	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.5	-6.25	10.02	1.46	-0.46
83	Houston	Southwest	1-3-0	0.25	4.39	-10.5	18.61	0.86	0.14
84	Missouri	Big 8	1-3-0	0.25	4.29	-9.25	8.44	1.17	-0.17
85	Illinois	Big Ten	1-3-0	0.25	4.28	-12.75	20.33	0.67	0.33
86	California	Pac-10	1-3-0	0.25	4.12	-12.25	12.43	0.96	0.04
87	Purdue	Big Ten	1-3-0	0.25	3.96	-14.25	11.29	0.72	0.28
88	Florida	SEC	1-4-0	0.2	3.96	-3	15.51	2.03	-1.03
89	South Carolina	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	3.75	-3.4	13.78	2.14	-1.14
90	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-4-0	0.2	3.63	-4.8	15.74	1.8	-0.8
91	Rice	Southwest	1-3-0	0.25	3.62	-14	2.6	0.59	0.41
92	Utah State	PCAA	1-3-0	0.25	3.5	-9	11.19	1.04	-0.04
93	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-3-0	0.25	3.35	-14.5	18.08	0.79	0.21
94	Kansas State	Big 8	1-4-0	0.2	2.46	-16.4	6.11	0.73	0.27
95	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	1-5-0	0.17	1.83	-12.33	1.2	1.36	-0.36
96	New Mexico State	PCAA	1-5-0	0.17	1.67	-18	7.55	0.95	0.05
97	Colorado	Big 8	0-4-0	0	-1.69	-6	16.03	1.31	-1.31
98	New Mexico	Western Athletic	0-5-0	0	-1.92	-8.6	14.35	1.51	-1.51
99	Ohio	Mid-American	0-5-0	0	-2.39	-16.6	11.53	0.69	-0.69
100	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0-5-0	0	-2.46	-17.8	11.85	0.49	-0.49
101	Memphis	FBS Independents	0-5-0	0	-2.53	-20.2	10.96	0.35	-0.35
102	Oregon State	Pac-10	0-4-0	0	-2.58	-16.5	20.57	0.28	-0.28
103	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	0-6-0	0	-2.76	-26	11.97	0.18	-0.18
104	Utah	Western Athletic	0-3-0	0	-2.83	-25	16.53	0.46	-0.46
105	East Carolina	FBS Independents	0-5-0	0	-2.85	-22.4	21.18	0.36	-0.36