1987 FINAL CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.583683+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Miami	FBS Independents	12-0-0	1	25.42	23.92	12.95	11.33	0.67
2	Syracuse	FBS Independents	11-0-1	0.92	24.5	17.5	9.48	10.46	0.54
3	Florida State	FBS Independents	11-1-0	0.92	23.68	26.5	13.04	11.14	-0.14
4	Oklahoma	Big 8	11-1-0	0.92	23.24	32.58	9.58	11.72	-0.72
5	LSU	SEC	10-1-1	0.83	22.89	15.08	12.31	10.02	-0.02
6	Auburn	SEC	9-1-2	0.75	22.8	15.17	12.98	10.64	-1.64
7	Nebraska	Big 8	10-2-0	0.83	21.65	23.92	13.38	11	-1
8	UCLA	Pac-10	10-2-0	0.83	21.31	19.25	12.59	10.37	-0.37
9	Oklahoma State	Big 8	10-2-0	0.83	20.82	13.92	11.07	9.31	0.69
10	Texas A&M	Southwest	10-2-0	0.83	20.78	12.08	11.53	9.77	0.23
11	Michigan State	Big Ten	9-2-1	0.75	20.7	9	13.75	9.36	-0.36
12	Tennessee	SEC	10-2-1	0.77	20.58	13.54	9.84	10.17	-0.17
13	Clemson	ACC	10-2-0	0.83	20.52	13.08	9.61	9.83	0.17
14	San José State	PCAA	10-2-0	0.83	20.23	16.17	6.89	9.78	0.22
15	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	10-2-0	0.83	19.96	8.83	7.8	8.47	1.53
16	Iowa	Big Ten	10-3-0	0.77	19.26	10	11.39	9.48	0.52
17	Wyoming	Western Athletic	10-3-0	0.77	19.25	11.92	10.17	9.68	0.32
18	Georgia	SEC	9-3-0	0.75	19	8.92	13.24	8.77	0.23
19	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	8-4-0	0.67	17.66	10.08	15.77	8.88	-0.88
20	South Carolina	FBS Independents	8-4-0	0.67	17.43	16.67	11.44	10.68	-2.68
21	Air Force	Western Athletic	9-4-0	0.69	17.4	10.46	10.4	9.43	-0.43
22	Michigan	Big Ten	8-4-0	0.67	17.27	13.25	11.92	9.9	-1.9
23	Arkansas	Southwest	9-4-0	0.69	17.11	6.23	10.89	8.82	0.18
24	USC	Pac-10	8-4-0	0.67	17.06	7.67	12.86	8.28	-0.28
25	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	8-4-0	0.67	16.99	7	12.76	8.95	-0.95
26	BYU	Western Athletic	9-4-0	0.69	16.88	4.38	11.21	7.85	1.15
27	Penn State	FBS Independents	8-4-0	0.67	16.59	3.5	13.19	7.12	0.88
28	Indiana	Big Ten	8-4-0	0.67	16.43	3.75	11.71	7.21	0.79
29	Arizona State	Pac-10	7-4-1	0.58	16.04	5.92	12.08	7.66	-0.66
30	Colorado	Big 8	7-4-0	0.64	15.98	8	9.86	7.92	-0.92
31	Washington	Pac-10	7-4-1	0.58	15.65	3.42	11.61	7.05	-0.05
32	UTEP	Western Athletic	7-4-0	0.64	15.62	6.82	7.9	7.25	-0.25
33	Virginia	ACC	8-4-0	0.67	15.61	1.33	9.88	6.4	1.6
34	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-4-1	0.55	15.05	3.91	13.51	6.86	-0.86
35	Kent State	Mid-American	7-4-0	0.64	14.96	1.91	8.61	6.11	0.89
36	Alabama	SEC	7-5-0	0.58	14.9	4.58	14.98	7.59	-0.59
37	Wake Forest	ACC	7-4-0	0.64	14.69	1.45	7.49	6.04	0.96
38	Texas Tech	Southwest	6-4-1	0.55	14.64	4.45	9.31	6.59	-0.59
39	Texas	Southwest	7-5-0	0.58	13.9	0.92	14.3	6.24	0.76
40	Florida	SEC	6-6-0	0.5	13.62	10.08	15.52	9.28	-3.28
41	Fresno State	PCAA	6-5-0	0.55	13.5	7.36	6.15	7.79	-1.79
42	West Virginia	FBS Independents	6-6-0	0.5	13.2	9.83	11.73	8.89	-2.89
43	Oregon	Pac-10	6-5-0	0.55	12.62	0.18	12.07	5.56	0.44
44	Arizona	Pac-10	4-4-3	0.36	12.48	3.91	10.81	6.65	-2.65
45	Minnesota	Big Ten	6-5-0	0.55	11.85	-0.45	8.53	5.37	0.63
46	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	11.75	3.91	3.44	6.48	-1.48
47	Kentucky	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	11.75	6.45	11.45	7.5	-2.5
48	Baylor	Southwest	6-5-0	0.55	11.71	-0.64	8	5.3	0.7
49	Central Michigan	Mid-American	5-5-1	0.45	11.68	1.73	7.21	6.08	-1.08
50	Memphis	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	11.49	0.91	8.03	5.8	-0.8
51	Duke	ACC	5-6-0	0.45	11.28	5.27	7.89	6.87	-1.87
52	TCU	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	11.28	3.18	11.25	6.43	-1.43
53	Rutgers	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	11.22	-4.09	12.23	3.99	2.01
54	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	11.2	-2.36	8.41	4.9	1.1
55	Missouri	Big 8	5-6-0	0.45	11.03	1.55	12.94	6.01	-1.01
56	Tulane	FBS Independents	6-6-0	0.5	10.88	-0.5	10.26	5.89	0.11
57	Army	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	10.66	4.91	1.6	6.88	-1.88
58	North Carolina	ACC	5-6-0	0.45	10.6	0.64	11.98	5.72	-0.72
59	Louisiana	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	10.51	-5.55	6.39	3.76	2.24
60	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	5-7-0	0.42	10.4	3.17	8.97	6.84	-1.84
61	Stanford	Pac-10	5-6-0	0.45	9.91	-0.55	12.55	5.35	-0.35
62	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	6-6-0	0.5	9.48	-7.33	9.48	4.02	1.98
63	Boston College	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	9.3	-3.36	15.44	4.59	0.41
64	Western Michigan	Mid-American	5-6-0	0.45	9.03	-2	7.66	4.88	0.12
65	Bowling Green	Mid-American	5-6-0	0.45	8.88	-3.09	8.84	4.55	0.45
66	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	5-6-0	0.45	8.8	-5	12.04	3.82	1.18
67	UNLV	PCAA	5-6-0	0.45	8.65	-4.18	8.2	4.39	0.61
68	Houston	Southwest	4-6-1	0.36	8.62	-0.73	11.55	5.32	-1.32
69	Utah State	PCAA	5-6-0	0.45	8.35	-9.18	11.51	3.07	1.93
70	East Carolina	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.23	-9.18	9.68	3.26	1.74
71	Utah	Western Athletic	5-7-0	0.42	8.01	-3.42	6.71	5.15	-0.15
72	San Diego State	Western Athletic	5-7-0	0.42	7.98	-5.92	11.52	4.73	0.27
73	Ball State	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	6.91	-2.64	7.69	4.72	-0.72
74	Vanderbilt	SEC	4-7-0	0.36	6.67	-6.27	13.24	4.12	-0.12
75	California	Pac-10	3-6-2	0.27	6.59	-2.55	13.98	4.78	-1.78
76	Long Beach State	PCAA	4-7-0	0.36	6.46	-5.09	6.63	4.12	-0.12
77	Maryland	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	6.46	-9.73	15.14	2.87	1.13
78	Mississippi State	SEC	4-7-0	0.36	6.43	-8.18	12.21	2.93	1.07
79	NC State	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	6.35	-8.18	10.61	3.32	0.68
80	Pacific	PCAA	4-7-0	0.36	6.35	-7.09	8.71	3.23	0.77
81	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.18	-7.27	5.64	3.66	0.34
82	Akron	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.1	-6.27	2.39	3.67	0.33
83	Illinois	Big Ten	3-7-1	0.27	5.38	-5	11.59	3.58	-0.58
84	Toledo	Mid-American	3-7-1	0.27	5.1	-7.27	11.06	3.1	-0.1
85	Purdue	Big Ten	3-7-1	0.27	5.09	-8	12.31	3.24	-0.24
86	Washington State	Pac-10	3-7-1	0.27	4.96	-10.73	14.32	3.06	-0.06
87	Louisville	FBS Independents	3-7-1	0.27	4.6	-12.09	7.14	2.66	0.34
88	Ole Miss	SEC	3-8-0	0.27	4.4	-7.82	11.62	3.47	-0.47
89	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-8-0	0.27	4.29	-8.82	11	3.11	-0.11
90	Temple	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.27	-8.82	10.32	2.63	0.37
91	Tulsa	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	3.76	-17.82	10.18	1.59	1.41
92	Iowa State	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	3.72	-20.18	12.14	1.56	1.44
93	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-8-1	0.18	2.47	-12.91	12.2	2.27	-0.27
94	Georgia Tech	ACC	2-9-0	0.18	2.43	-6.91	10.94	3.49	-1.49
95	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.32	-8.82	14.22	3.12	-1.12
96	Navy	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.84	-14.27	5.86	1.82	0.18
97	Rice	Southwest	2-9-0	0.18	1.78	-17.27	10.79	2.18	-0.18
98	New Mexico State	PCAA	2-9-0	0.18	1.65	-18.82	6.03	0.95	1.05
99	Oregon State	Pac-10	2-9-0	0.18	1.64	-22.18	14.87	1.35	0.65
100	Ohio	Mid-American	1-10-0	0.09	-0.04	-13.09	9.13	1.57	-0.57
101	Colorado State	Western Athletic	1-11-0	0.08	-0.11	-10.42	13.12	3.28	-2.28
102	Kansas	Big 8	1-9-1	0.09	-0.26	-23.91	10.45	0.79	0.21
103	New Mexico	Western Athletic	0-11-0	0	-2.45	-21.36	11.9	1.58	-1.58
104	Kansas State	Big 8	0-10-1	0	-2.58	-26	11.17	0.7	-0.7