1986 W9 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.415916+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Penn State	FBS Independents	7-0-0	1	25.92	22.43	11.82	6.55	0.45
2	Arizona State	Pac-10	6-0-1	0.86	25.86	16.29	12.56	6.11	-0.11
3	Michigan	Big Ten	7-0-0	1	25.58	12.43	12.47	5.63	1.37
4	Miami	FBS Independents	7-0-0	1	25.52	28.57	8.89	6.64	0.36
5	Auburn	SEC	7-0-0	1	24.3	31.43	2.81	6.86	0.14
6	Oklahoma	Big 8	6-1-0	0.86	23.25	32	13.8	6.86	-0.86
7	Washington	Pac-10	6-1-0	0.86	22.93	25.57	12.88	6.57	-0.57
8	Alabama	SEC	7-1-0	0.88	22.71	16.12	10.16	6.96	0.04
9	Iowa	Big Ten	6-1-0	0.86	22.38	24.29	9.97	6.53	-0.53
10	LSU	SEC	5-1-0	0.83	22.34	10.83	17.68	4.73	0.27
11	Nebraska	Big 8	6-1-0	0.86	21.88	20	6.85	6.07	-0.07
12	Arkansas	Southwest	6-1-0	0.86	21.77	14.29	8.89	5.99	0.01
13	Arizona	Pac-10	6-1-0	0.86	21.62	15.57	7.75	5.84	0.16
14	Texas A&M	Southwest	6-1-0	0.86	21.57	13.71	8.08	5.56	0.44
15	Fresno State	PCAA	6-1-0	0.86	21.03	16.71	4.19	6.12	-0.12
16	NC State	ACC	5-1-1	0.71	21.02	4.43	13.83	4.17	0.83
17	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-2-0	0.75	19.6	12.38	12.01	6.63	-0.63
18	UCLA	Pac-10	5-2-0	0.71	19.24	11.14	16.62	5.17	-0.17
19	San José State	PCAA	6-2-0	0.75	19.04	6.12	11.77	5.11	0.89
20	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	6-2-0	0.75	18.91	12.12	7.48	6.36	-0.36
21	Air Force	Western Athletic	6-2-0	0.75	18.87	6	10.49	5.27	0.73
22	Stanford	Pac-10	5-2-0	0.71	18.68	8.57	12.39	5.42	-0.42
23	Georgia	SEC	5-2-0	0.71	18.61	9.29	13.15	5.13	-0.13
24	BYU	Western Athletic	5-2-0	0.71	18.43	9.14	11.97	4.84	0.16
25	Clemson	ACC	5-2-0	0.71	18.43	9.57	10.14	5.42	-0.42
26	USC	Pac-10	5-2-0	0.71	18.33	3.29	16.15	4.2	0.8
27	Florida State	FBS Independents	4-2-1	0.57	18.27	18.57	13.82	6.09	-2.09
28	SMU	Southwest	5-2-0	0.71	18.1	4.86	11.09	4.42	0.58
29	Colorado State	Western Athletic	5-2-0	0.71	18.05	5.29	11.98	4.55	0.45
30	Mississippi State	SEC	6-2-0	0.75	17.85	2.88	5.57	4.61	1.39
31	Ole Miss	SEC	5-2-1	0.62	17.7	7.38	7.89	5.92	-0.92
32	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	5-2-1	0.62	17.59	7.5	7.11	5.61	-0.61
33	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	4-2-1	0.57	17.55	11.57	11.46	5.53	-1.53
34	Ball State	Mid-American	6-2-0	0.75	17.38	3.62	2.87	4.98	1.02
35	North Carolina	ACC	4-2-1	0.57	17.32	4.86	11.95	4.39	-0.39
36	Louisiana	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	16.87	6.71	2.46	4.9	0.1
37	Rutgers	FBS Independents	4-2-1	0.57	16.68	2.71	12.73	4.12	-0.12
38	Baylor	Southwest	5-3-0	0.62	16.24	10	10.68	5.84	-0.84
39	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	4-2-0	0.67	15.97	1.67	9.01	3.29	0.71
40	Temple	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	15.81	6.12	8.74	5.08	-0.08
41	Tulsa	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	15.69	10.62	5.76	6.18	-1.18
42	Indiana	Big Ten	4-3-0	0.57	15.28	7.14	12.6	4.71	-0.71
43	Michigan State	Big Ten	4-3-0	0.57	15.13	7.86	13.16	4.97	-0.97
44	Boston College	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	14.83	5.43	12.56	4.57	-0.57
45	Wake Forest	ACC	4-3-0	0.57	14.64	9.14	7.12	4.83	-0.83
46	Maryland	ACC	4-3-0	0.57	14.39	3.29	11.62	4.15	-0.15
47	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	5-3-0	0.62	13.79	1	2.46	4.22	0.78
48	Kentucky	SEC	3-3-1	0.43	13.26	3.29	13.86	4.14	-1.14
49	Central Michigan	Mid-American	4-3-0	0.57	13.01	0.43	4.63	3.57	0.43
50	Iowa State	Big 8	4-3-0	0.57	12.73	-1.57	10.97	3.2	0.8
51	Wyoming	Western Athletic	4-4-0	0.5	12.62	1.38	12.9	4.3	-0.3
52	Pacific	PCAA	4-4-0	0.5	12.53	3	7.85	4.6	-0.6
53	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-3-0	0.57	12.41	-3.71	12.98	2.84	1.16
54	Long Beach State	PCAA	3-3-0	0.5	12.28	1.33	9.58	3.21	-0.21
55	Georgia Tech	ACC	3-3-1	0.43	12.22	1	12.68	3.7	-0.7
56	San Diego State	Western Athletic	4-3-0	0.57	12.02	-4.43	11.29	2.74	1.26
57	Texas Tech	Southwest	4-3-0	0.57	12.01	-5.57	14.17	2.59	1.41
58	Florida	SEC	3-4-0	0.43	11.88	5.71	14.93	4.7	-1.7
59	Washington State	Pac-10	3-3-1	0.43	11.67	-0.71	13.77	3.37	-0.37
60	Colorado	Big 8	3-4-0	0.43	11.23	2.71	15.14	4.12	-1.12
61	UNLV	PCAA	3-4-0	0.43	11.16	4.86	7.08	4.45	-1.45
62	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	10.34	-6.5	16.47	2.91	1.09
63	Texas	Southwest	3-3-0	0.5	10.12	-7.5	15.69	1.9	1.1
64	Toledo	Mid-American	4-4-0	0.5	10.06	-4.12	9.34	3.02	0.98
65	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-4-0	0.5	9.95	-6.25	11.5	2.41	1.59
66	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	9.61	5.83	16.54	4.08	-2.08
67	Navy	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	9.11	-1	4.06	3.34	-0.34
68	Oklahoma State	Big 8	3-4-0	0.43	8.69	-3.43	11.82	2.71	0.29
69	Duke	ACC	3-4-0	0.43	8.49	-5.29	9.22	2.31	0.69
70	South Carolina	FBS Independents	2-4-1	0.29	8.46	2.57	11.73	3.9	-1.9
71	Kansas	Big 8	3-4-0	0.43	8.34	-4.14	4.5	2.47	0.53
72	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	8.32	-7.43	10.33	2.04	0.96
73	New Mexico	Western Athletic	3-5-0	0.38	8.01	-0.75	8.28	3.87	-0.87
74	Army	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	7.96	-6.71	3.53	2.42	0.58
75	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-5-0	0.38	7.74	-2.62	12.46	3.36	-0.36
76	Wichita State	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	7.08	-4.25	2.95	3.2	-0.2
77	Kent State	Mid-American	3-5-0	0.38	6.78	-11.75	9.88	1.74	1.26
78	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-5-0	0.29	5.68	-2.86	10.4	2.97	-0.97
79	TCU	Southwest	2-5-0	0.29	5.68	-2.57	8.7	3.12	-1.12
80	Tennessee	SEC	2-5-0	0.29	5.41	-5.57	14.18	2.59	-0.59
81	Syracuse	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	5.39	-4.43	15.24	2.7	-0.7
82	Illinois	Big Ten	2-5-0	0.29	5.06	-8.29	12.61	1.95	0.05
83	Oregon State	Pac-10	2-5-0	0.29	5.06	-6.29	13.72	2	0
84	Virginia	ACC	2-5-0	0.29	5	-9.29	12.86	1.88	0.12
85	Louisville	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.91	-8	7.27	2.02	-0.02
86	Tulane	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.9	-7.14	11.63	2.51	-0.51
87	West Virginia	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.82	-10.86	11.77	1.68	0.32
88	Missouri	Big 8	2-5-0	0.29	4.68	-8.86	9.91	1.97	0.03
89	Kansas State	Big 8	2-5-0	0.29	4.55	-10.86	4.87	1.55	0.45
90	Utah State	PCAA	2-5-0	0.29	4.5	-11.14	9.28	1.42	0.58
91	Rice	Southwest	2-5-0	0.29	4.36	-16.14	6.98	1.19	0.81
92	Oregon	Pac-10	2-6-0	0.25	3.7	-19	20.06	1.12	0.88
93	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-7-0	0.22	3.42	-7.33	9.78	3.15	-1.15
94	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	2-7-0	0.22	3.26	-6.89	3.29	2.96	-0.96
95	Houston	Southwest	1-6-0	0.14	1.35	-11.14	17.45	1.18	-0.18
96	California	Pac-10	1-6-0	0.14	1.18	-13.43	15.81	1.38	-0.38
97	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-6-0	0.14	1	-16.86	15.56	1.05	-0.05
98	Purdue	Big Ten	1-6-0	0.14	0.94	-18	13.71	0.94	0.06
99	Western Michigan	Mid-American	1-7-0	0.12	0.71	-12.62	14.54	1.33	-0.33
100	East Carolina	FBS Independents	1-7-0	0.12	0.34	-20.25	12.89	0.97	0.03
101	New Mexico State	PCAA	1-8-0	0.11	0.14	-19.22	8.44	1.16	-0.16
102	Ohio	Mid-American	0-8-0	0	-2.15	-13.62	9.95	1.55	-1.55
103	Memphis	FBS Independents	0-7-0	0	-2.5	-20.43	12.21	0.37	-0.37
104	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	0-8-0	0	-2.52	-21.38	11.57	0.51	-0.51
105	Utah	Western Athletic	0-6-0	0	-2.72	-24.67	16.17	0.89	-0.89