1986 W7 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.415156+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Arizona State	Pac-10	4-0-1	0.8	26.35	12	13.87	4.14	-0.14
2	Iowa	Big Ten	5-0-0	1	26.01	33.2	8.37	4.88	0.12
3	Penn State	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	25.99	19.6	10.29	4.45	0.55
4	Miami	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	25.59	28	7.06	5.69	0.31
5	Nebraska	Big 8	5-0-0	1	25.52	23.8	7.31	4.49	0.51
6	Alabama	SEC	6-0-0	1	25.12	20.17	6.04	5.65	0.35
7	North Carolina	ACC	4-0-1	0.8	25.11	12.4	7.89	4.04	-0.04
8	Michigan	Big Ten	5-0-0	1	24.78	12	6.47	3.99	1.01
9	Auburn	SEC	5-0-0	1	23.84	34	-1.69	4.92	0.08
10	Washington	Pac-10	4-1-0	0.8	22.41	19.2	17.64	4.33	-0.33
11	Oklahoma	Big 8	4-1-0	0.8	22.18	33.4	13.58	4.83	-0.83
12	Indiana	Big Ten	4-1-0	0.8	21.84	15.2	12.59	4.11	-0.11
13	Air Force	Western Athletic	5-1-0	0.83	21.73	10.67	12.09	4.5	0.5
14	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	5-1-0	0.83	21.58	15.5	9.51	5.03	-0.03
15	Arkansas	Southwest	4-1-0	0.8	21.52	15.2	10.56	4.35	-0.35
16	Stanford	Pac-10	4-1-0	0.8	21.19	7.2	12.43	3.63	0.37
17	USC	Pac-10	4-1-0	0.8	21.13	4.4	13.61	3.1	0.9
18	Arizona	Pac-10	4-1-0	0.8	21.07	16.2	7.93	4.17	-0.17
19	Iowa State	Big 8	4-1-0	0.8	21	11	11.96	3.82	0.18
20	SMU	Southwest	4-1-0	0.8	20.93	6	14.13	3.23	0.77
21	Kentucky	SEC	3-1-1	0.6	20.65	10.8	13.57	3.85	-0.85
22	Clemson	ACC	4-1-0	0.8	20.59	11.8	9.1	4.07	-0.07
23	LSU	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	20.05	7.25	16.02	2.79	0.21
24	Texas A&M	Southwest	4-1-0	0.8	20.03	12	5.65	3.9	0.1
25	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	4-1-1	0.67	19.94	7.33	6.78	4.23	-0.23
26	Mississippi State	SEC	5-1-0	0.83	19.9	7.5	2.62	4.21	0.79
27	Fresno State	PCAA	4-1-0	0.8	19.3	20.6	-1.12	4.47	-0.47
28	Central Michigan	Mid-American	4-1-0	0.8	19.27	11.4	1.09	3.71	0.29
29	Louisiana	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	19.07	6.8	2.52	3.55	0.45
30	NC State	ACC	3-1-1	0.6	18.95	1.2	11	2.63	0.37
31	Rutgers	FBS Independents	3-1-1	0.6	18.81	0.6	15.64	2.59	0.41
32	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	3-1-0	0.75	18.72	5.75	7.26	2.63	0.37
33	Baylor	Southwest	4-2-0	0.67	18.13	11.67	10.8	4.61	-0.61
34	Ohio State	Big Ten	4-2-0	0.67	17.5	6.33	12.3	4.15	-0.15
35	Wyoming	Western Athletic	4-2-0	0.67	17.41	4.67	13.08	3.76	0.24
36	San José State	PCAA	4-2-0	0.67	16.95	2.83	12.17	3.39	0.61
37	Temple	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	16.76	6	6.99	3.76	0.24
38	Pacific	PCAA	4-2-0	0.67	16.69	9	4.43	4.21	-0.21
39	Georgia	SEC	3-2-0	0.6	16.17	4.2	13.85	3.07	-0.07
40	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	3-2-1	0.5	16.05	6.5	13.67	4.17	-1.17
41	UCLA	Pac-10	3-2-0	0.6	16.03	2.8	18.65	2.84	0.16
42	Washington State	Pac-10	3-2-1	0.5	15.95	5.5	14.86	3.88	-0.88
43	Maryland	ACC	3-2-0	0.6	15.93	4.2	11.72	3.11	-0.11
44	Navy	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	15.72	7.8	7.2	3.41	-0.41
45	Ole Miss	SEC	3-2-1	0.5	15.7	7	11.06	4.46	-1.46
46	BYU	Western Athletic	3-2-0	0.6	15.69	5.6	10.68	3.1	-0.1
47	UNLV	PCAA	3-2-0	0.6	15.38	7.6	4.76	3.42	-0.42
48	Ball State	Mid-American	4-2-0	0.67	15.11	1	2.93	3.21	0.79
49	Colorado State	Western Athletic	3-2-0	0.6	14.86	1.6	10.18	2.72	0.28
50	Tulsa	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	14.73	7	6.01	4.85	-0.85
51	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-2-0	0.6	14.58	1	12.38	2.62	0.38
52	Kansas	Big 8	3-2-0	0.6	14.4	1.2	5.72	2.73	0.27
53	Duke	ACC	3-2-0	0.6	14.29	0.6	8.56	2.61	0.39
54	Florida State	FBS Independents	2-2-1	0.4	13.94	7.6	17.69	3.53	-1.53
55	Wake Forest	ACC	3-3-0	0.5	13.63	9.67	8.3	4.17	-1.17
56	Georgia Tech	ACC	2-2-1	0.4	13.17	5.4	13.94	3.19	-1.19
57	San Diego State	Western Athletic	3-2-0	0.6	12.48	-4.8	8.19	1.99	1.01
58	Army	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	12.38	-3.2	7.09	2.16	0.84
59	Wichita State	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	11.93	4.5	0.39	3.64	-0.64
60	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	11.47	-4.17	20.79	2.48	0.52
61	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-3-0	0.4	11.23	2.6	16.7	2.87	-0.87
62	Texas	Southwest	2-2-0	0.5	10.39	-10.25	13.72	1.06	0.94
63	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-3-0	0.5	10.35	-3	9.81	2.34	0.66
64	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-3-0	0.5	10.28	-2	0.95	2.62	0.38
65	Louisville	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	10.19	2.8	6.54	2.96	-0.96
66	Long Beach State	PCAA	2-2-0	0.5	10.1	-2.5	6.54	1.75	0.25
67	Texas Tech	Southwest	3-3-0	0.5	9.95	-11.17	15.72	1.42	1.58
68	Kent State	Mid-American	3-3-0	0.5	9.9	-11.5	10.26	1.33	1.67
69	TCU	Southwest	2-3-0	0.4	9.39	-0.6	11.53	2.44	-0.44
70	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-3-0	0.4	9.17	-1	10.36	2.35	-0.35
71	Florida	SEC	2-4-0	0.33	9.13	4.67	15.33	3.78	-1.78
72	Boston College	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	9.1	-1	18.06	2.36	-0.36
73	Tennessee	SEC	2-3-0	0.4	8.76	-2	11.56	2.25	-0.25
74	Oklahoma State	Big 8	2-3-0	0.4	8.25	-4.6	11.02	1.84	0.16
75	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	7.96	-8.4	16.32	1.34	0.66
76	Illinois	Big Ten	2-3-0	0.4	7.65	-8.8	16.62	1.37	0.63
77	Rice	Southwest	2-3-0	0.4	6.91	-10	5.65	1.28	0.72
78	Virginia	ACC	2-4-0	0.33	6.5	-5.5	13.34	2.12	-0.12
79	Toledo	Mid-American	2-4-0	0.33	6.4	-6.17	13.11	1.81	0.19
80	Oregon	Pac-10	2-4-0	0.33	6.13	-13.83	19.89	1.36	0.64
81	West Virginia	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	6	-11.17	12.58	1.48	0.52
82	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	5.82	1.4	16.71	2.72	-1.72
83	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	5.41	1	14.64	2.63	-1.63
84	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-5-0	0.29	5.37	-5.29	9.63	2.8	-0.8
85	South Carolina	FBS Independents	1-4-1	0.17	3.74	-2.83	15.12	2.63	-1.63
86	Colorado	Big 8	1-4-0	0.2	3.14	-3.8	13.78	1.91	-0.91
87	Houston	Southwest	1-4-0	0.2	2.98	-10.8	18.88	0.96	0.04
88	Missouri	Big 8	1-4-0	0.2	2.96	-8.4	9.75	1.47	-0.47
89	Utah State	PCAA	1-4-0	0.2	2.86	-9.2	10.87	1.39	-0.39
90	California	Pac-10	1-4-0	0.2	2.83	-10.2	10.49	1.28	-0.28
91	Tulane	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	2.75	-11.6	9.84	1.39	-0.39
92	Purdue	Big Ten	1-4-0	0.2	2.65	-12.8	9.82	1.1	-0.1
93	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-5-0	0.17	2.63	-5.83	17.05	1.92	-0.92
94	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-4-0	0.2	2.59	-16	17.74	0.82	0.18
95	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-4-0	0.2	2.32	-12.8	17.23	0.58	0.42
96	Kansas State	Big 8	1-4-0	0.2	2.27	-16.4	4.45	0.73	0.27
97	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-5-0	0.17	2.04	-6.83	12.19	2.03	-1.03
98	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	1-6-0	0.14	1.17	-12	1.9	1.63	-0.63
99	New Mexico State	PCAA	1-6-0	0.14	1.02	-15.86	9.03	1.21	-0.21
100	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0-6-0	0	-2.37	-16.17	12.68	0.64	-0.64
101	Ohio	Mid-American	0-6-0	0	-2.38	-17.33	10.68	0.73	-0.73
102	Memphis	FBS Independents	0-6-0	0	-2.64	-23	12.78	0.26	-0.26
103	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	0-6-0	0	-2.71	-26	11.21	0.18	-0.18
104	East Carolina	FBS Independents	0-6-0	0	-2.74	-21.5	19.76	0.61	-0.61
105	Utah	Western Athletic	0-4-0	0	-2.78	-24.75	16.34	0.55	-0.55