1986 W8 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.415519+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Arizona State	Pac-10	5-0-1	0.83	26.3	11.5	15.23	4.83	0.17
2	Penn State	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	25.73	22.83	9.8	5.56	0.44
3	Miami	FBS Independents	7-0-0	1	25.62	28.57	8.54	6.64	0.36
4	Nebraska	Big 8	6-0-0	1	25.24	25	7.11	5.42	0.58
5	Michigan	Big Ten	6-0-0	1	25.21	10.5	10.33	4.64	1.36
6	Alabama	SEC	7-0-0	1	25.09	21.29	7.02	6.45	0.55
7	Auburn	SEC	6-0-0	1	23.97	31.83	0.3	5.87	0.13
8	Washington	Pac-10	5-1-0	0.83	22.67	24	14.78	5.52	-0.52
9	Oklahoma	Big 8	5-1-0	0.83	22.53	31	12.85	5.84	-0.84
10	Iowa	Big Ten	5-1-0	0.83	22.26	27.17	10.38	5.72	-0.72
11	Stanford	Pac-10	5-1-0	0.83	21.58	11.67	11.78	4.92	0.08
12	Arkansas	Southwest	5-1-0	0.83	21.47	13.83	10.2	5.11	-0.11
13	Clemson	ACC	5-1-0	0.83	21.44	15.17	10.01	5.26	-0.26
14	LSU	SEC	4-1-0	0.8	21.43	7.6	17.51	3.53	0.47
15	SMU	Southwest	5-1-0	0.83	21.18	6.17	12.14	4.01	0.99
16	Arizona	Pac-10	5-1-0	0.83	21.09	15.33	7.58	5	0
17	North Carolina	ACC	4-1-1	0.67	20.9	10.17	10.68	4.45	-0.45
18	Texas A&M	Southwest	5-1-0	0.83	20.84	10.17	8.18	4.4	0.6
19	Mississippi State	SEC	6-1-0	0.86	20.42	7.43	3.05	4.82	1.18
20	Fresno State	PCAA	5-1-0	0.83	20.29	17.33	2.83	5.27	-0.27
21	NC State	ACC	4-1-1	0.67	19.68	1.17	13.53	3.14	0.86
22	Ohio State	Big Ten	5-2-0	0.71	18.51	9.43	11.43	5.32	-0.32
23	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	5-2-0	0.71	18.49	11.86	8.38	5.44	-0.44
24	Air Force	Western Athletic	5-2-0	0.71	18.27	5.14	10.73	4.43	0.57
25	Indiana	Big Ten	4-2-0	0.67	18.12	12.33	11.69	4.7	-0.7
26	Temple	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	17.96	7.43	8.94	4.63	0.37
27	UCLA	Pac-10	4-2-0	0.67	17.87	6.67	15.84	3.95	0.05
28	San José State	PCAA	5-2-0	0.71	17.78	2.86	11.95	3.97	1.03
29	Georgia	SEC	4-2-0	0.67	17.54	7.17	12.83	4.09	-0.09
30	USC	Pac-10	4-2-0	0.67	17.52	2.17	16.1	3.35	0.65
31	BYU	Western Athletic	4-2-0	0.67	17.44	6.67	12.72	3.84	0.16
32	Iowa State	Big 8	4-2-0	0.67	17.23	4.5	10.48	3.72	0.28
33	Colorado State	Western Athletic	4-2-0	0.67	17.12	5.33	11.72	3.89	0.11
34	Ole Miss	SEC	4-2-1	0.57	16.99	6.14	9.65	4.97	-0.97
35	Florida State	FBS Independents	3-2-1	0.5	16.79	15.67	16.08	5.09	-2.09
36	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	4-2-1	0.57	16.74	4	7.71	4.31	-0.31
37	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-2-0	0.67	16.53	1.17	13.81	3.17	0.83
38	Kentucky	SEC	3-2-1	0.5	16.43	7.5	13.98	4.19	-1.19
39	Ball State	Mid-American	5-2-0	0.71	16.42	2.14	3.63	4.01	0.99
40	Louisiana	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	16.39	5.5	3.88	4.02	-0.02
41	Central Michigan	Mid-American	4-2-0	0.67	16.08	3.5	3.37	3.48	0.52
42	Washington State	Pac-10	3-2-1	0.5	15.95	5.5	14.16	3.88	-0.88
43	Tulsa	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	15.83	10.62	6.53	6.18	-1.18
44	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	3-2-1	0.5	15.69	6.5	11.02	4.17	-1.17
45	Baylor	Southwest	4-3-0	0.57	15.54	9.86	11.78	5.07	-1.07
46	Wake Forest	ACC	4-3-0	0.57	14.82	9.14	8.41	4.83	-0.83
47	Wyoming	Western Athletic	4-3-0	0.57	14.74	2.29	13.3	3.92	0.08
48	Pacific	PCAA	4-3-0	0.57	14.7	7.57	6.81	4.81	-0.81
49	Long Beach State	PCAA	3-2-0	0.6	14.43	4.2	5.67	3.02	-0.02
50	San Diego State	Western Athletic	4-2-0	0.67	14.13	-3.17	8.66	2.55	1.45
51	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	3-2-0	0.6	14.01	-0.2	9.33	2.47	0.53
52	Rutgers	FBS Independents	3-2-1	0.5	13.89	-1.5	13.62	2.69	0.31
53	Boston College	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	13.34	4.83	15.78	3.78	-0.78
54	Michigan State	Big Ten	3-3-0	0.5	13.17	3.5	14.71	3.58	-0.58
55	UNLV	PCAA	3-3-0	0.5	13.01	5.83	7.23	3.87	-0.87
56	Maryland	ACC	3-3-0	0.5	12.92	2.5	11.05	3.43	-0.43
57	Navy	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	12.65	5.83	3.35	3.82	-0.82
58	Texas Tech	Southwest	4-3-0	0.57	11.93	-5.57	13.78	2.59	1.41
59	Florida	SEC	3-4-0	0.43	11.85	5.71	15.62	4.7	-1.7
60	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	4-3-0	0.57	11.45	-1.43	0.27	3.21	0.79
61	Kansas	Big 8	3-3-0	0.5	10.6	-1.83	5.21	2.6	0.4
62	Georgia Tech	ACC	2-3-1	0.33	10.36	1	14.16	3.16	-1.16
63	Duke	ACC	3-3-0	0.5	10.34	-4.83	8.77	2.02	0.98
64	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	10.05	-6.17	12.18	1.88	1.12
65	Army	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	10.01	-3.17	2.83	2.57	0.43
66	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	9.47	5.83	16.93	4.08	-2.08
67	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	9.04	-8.14	20.39	2.35	0.65
68	Toledo	Mid-American	3-4-0	0.43	8.47	-5.14	11.43	2.42	0.58
69	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-4-0	0.43	8.34	-9.43	11.91	1.44	1.56
70	Wichita State	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	8.34	-4.14	2.01	2.83	0.17
71	Colorado	Big 8	2-4-0	0.33	8.31	1.5	13.92	3.29	-1.29
72	Kent State	Mid-American	3-4-0	0.43	8.09	-11.14	10.12	1.6	1.4
73	Texas	Southwest	2-3-0	0.4	7.84	-9.6	14.95	1.33	0.67
74	TCU	Southwest	2-4-0	0.33	7.04	-1.17	7.4	2.86	-0.86
75	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-4-0	0.33	6.84	-2.17	9.29	2.65	-0.65
76	Louisville	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	6.52	-3.33	6.24	2.38	-0.38
77	Tennessee	SEC	2-4-0	0.33	6.44	-6.33	14.78	2.17	-0.17
78	Virginia	ACC	2-4-0	0.33	6.33	-5.5	13.52	2.12	-0.12
79	Oklahoma State	Big 8	2-4-0	0.33	6.23	-7	12.41	1.71	0.29
80	Illinois	Big Ten	2-4-0	0.33	6.15	-8.67	14.7	1.7	0.3
81	West Virginia	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	5.75	-11.17	12.01	1.48	0.52
82	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-5-0	0.29	5.51	-3.86	15.54	2.72	-0.72
83	Rice	Southwest	2-4-0	0.33	5.41	-13	5.11	1.31	0.69
84	Kansas State	Big 8	2-4-0	0.33	5.28	-10.83	5.99	1.43	0.57
85	New Mexico	Western Athletic	2-5-0	0.29	5.04	-5.29	9.74	2.71	-0.71
86	Oregon	Pac-10	2-5-0	0.29	4.83	-16.71	19.34	1.25	0.75
87	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-6-0	0.25	4.39	-5.25	10.1	3.14	-1.14
88	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	2-6-0	0.25	3.74	-6.38	1.76	2.75	-0.75
89	South Carolina	FBS Independents	1-4-1	0.17	3.67	-2.83	13.95	2.63	-1.63
90	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	2.72	-5.67	16.66	2.11	-1.11
91	Houston	Southwest	1-5-0	0.17	2.17	-10.17	17.19	1.08	-0.08
92	Tulane	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	2.04	-10.83	12.24	1.76	-0.76
93	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-5-0	0.17	1.98	-12.5	17.52	0.75	0.25
94	Missouri	Big 8	1-5-0	0.17	1.96	-12.17	11.53	1.39	-0.39
95	California	Pac-10	1-5-0	0.17	1.94	-12.83	13.79	1.23	-0.23
96	Utah State	PCAA	1-5-0	0.17	1.86	-13.17	8.7	1.13	-0.13
97	Purdue	Big Ten	1-5-0	0.17	1.79	-15.33	12.79	1.07	-0.07
98	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-5-0	0.17	1.75	-17	16.35	0.92	0.08
99	Western Michigan	Mid-American	1-6-0	0.14	0.97	-12.43	14.22	1.22	-0.22
100	East Carolina	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	0.67	-18.14	14.37	1.08	-0.08
101	New Mexico State	PCAA	1-7-0	0.12	0.45	-17.75	8.38	1.15	-0.15
102	Ohio	Mid-American	0-7-0	0	-2.28	-15.14	11.55	1.19	-1.19
103	Memphis	FBS Independents	0-7-0	0	-2.53	-20.43	12.56	0.37	-0.37
104	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	0-7-0	0	-2.56	-22.43	10.25	0.45	-0.45
105	Utah	Western Athletic	0-5-0	0	-2.57	-20.6	14.23	0.99	-0.99