1987 W18 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.583000+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Miami	FBS Independents	11-0-0	1	25.32	25.55	12.01	10.47	0.53
2	Oklahoma	Big 8	11-0-0	1	24.81	36.09	8.15	10.83	0.17
3	Syracuse	FBS Independents	11-0-0	1	24.38	19.09	8.39	9.74	1.26
4	Florida State	FBS Independents	10-1-0	0.91	23.41	28.64	12.24	10.4	-0.4
5	Nebraska	Big 8	10-1-0	0.91	23.38	26.36	12.46	10.33	-0.33
6	Auburn	SEC	9-1-1	0.82	22.73	16.55	12.07	9.94	-0.94
7	LSU	SEC	9-1-1	0.82	22.62	14.91	11.85	9.14	-0.14
8	UCLA	Pac-10	10-2-0	0.83	21.36	19.25	12.71	10.37	-0.37
9	Oklahoma State	Big 8	10-2-0	0.83	20.86	13.92	11.18	9.31	0.69
10	Wyoming	Western Athletic	10-2-0	0.83	20.55	13	9.57	9.1	0.9
11	Texas A&M	Southwest	9-2-0	0.82	20.41	10.91	10.85	8.72	0.28
12	Tennessee	SEC	9-2-1	0.75	20.33	14.25	9.19	9.52	-0.52
13	San José State	PCAA	10-2-0	0.83	20.26	16.17	6.91	9.78	0.22
14	Michigan State	Big Ten	8-2-1	0.73	20.26	9.55	13.35	8.75	-0.75
15	Clemson	ACC	9-2-0	0.82	20.14	12	8.77	8.8	0.2
16	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	10-2-0	0.83	19.99	8.83	7.81	8.47	1.53
17	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	19.19	13.27	15.37	8.81	-0.81
18	Iowa	Big Ten	9-3-0	0.75	18.79	10.75	10.64	8.89	0.11
19	Air Force	Western Athletic	9-3-0	0.75	18.78	11.75	10.14	9.03	-0.03
20	South Carolina	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.74	19.73	10.37	10.22	-2.22
21	Georgia	SEC	8-3-0	0.73	18.57	9.45	12.82	8.14	-0.14
22	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.48	8.09	12.98	8.77	-0.77
23	Arkansas	Southwest	9-3-0	0.75	18.44	7	10.27	8.37	0.63
24	USC	Pac-10	8-3-0	0.73	18.41	8.64	12.19	7.79	0.21
25	Penn State	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.24	6.09	12.68	7.25	0.75
26	Indiana	Big Ten	8-3-0	0.73	17.8	4.55	10.95	6.86	1.14
27	BYU	Western Athletic	9-4-0	0.69	16.94	4.38	11.16	7.85	1.15
28	Michigan	Big Ten	7-4-0	0.64	16.63	14.09	11.53	9.3	-2.3
29	Alabama	SEC	7-4-0	0.64	16.39	5.36	14.97	7.24	-0.24
30	Colorado	Big 8	7-4-0	0.64	16.01	8	9.85	7.92	-0.92
31	UTEP	Western Athletic	7-4-0	0.64	15.67	6.82	8.04	7.25	-0.25
32	Washington	Pac-10	7-4-1	0.58	15.67	3.42	11.61	7.05	-0.05
33	Virginia	ACC	8-4-0	0.67	15.62	1.33	10.02	6.4	1.6
34	Arizona State	Pac-10	6-4-1	0.55	15.11	6	11.47	7.07	-1.07
35	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-4-1	0.55	15.09	3.91	13.64	6.86	-0.86
36	Kent State	Mid-American	7-4-0	0.64	14.98	1.91	8.63	6.11	0.89
37	Wake Forest	ACC	7-4-0	0.64	14.7	1.45	7.42	6.04	0.96
38	Texas Tech	Southwest	6-4-1	0.55	14.66	4.45	9.33	6.59	-0.59
39	Florida	SEC	6-6-0	0.5	13.67	10.08	15.53	9.28	-3.28
40	Fresno State	PCAA	6-5-0	0.55	13.52	7.36	6.14	7.79	-1.79
41	West Virginia	FBS Independents	6-6-0	0.5	13.25	9.83	11.74	8.89	-2.89
42	Texas	Southwest	6-5-0	0.55	13.06	0.55	14.07	5.63	0.37
43	Oregon	Pac-10	6-5-0	0.55	12.64	0.18	12.07	5.56	0.44
44	Arizona	Pac-10	4-4-3	0.36	12.5	3.91	10.81	6.65	-2.65
45	Minnesota	Big Ten	6-5-0	0.55	11.87	-0.45	8.55	5.37	0.63
46	Kentucky	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	11.78	6.45	11.58	7.5	-2.5
47	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	11.77	3.91	3.45	6.48	-1.48
48	Baylor	Southwest	6-5-0	0.55	11.73	-0.64	8.02	5.3	0.7
49	Central Michigan	Mid-American	5-5-1	0.45	11.7	1.73	7.23	6.08	-1.08
50	Memphis	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	11.51	0.91	8.06	5.8	-0.8
51	TCU	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	11.31	3.18	11.4	6.43	-1.43
52	Duke	ACC	5-6-0	0.45	11.29	5.27	7.82	6.87	-1.87
53	Rutgers	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	11.25	-4.09	12.36	3.99	2.01
54	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	11.22	-2.36	8.43	4.9	1.1
55	Missouri	Big 8	5-6-0	0.45	11.05	1.55	12.94	6.01	-1.01
56	Tulane	FBS Independents	6-6-0	0.5	10.9	-0.5	10.29	5.89	0.11
57	Army	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	10.68	4.91	1.61	6.88	-1.88
58	North Carolina	ACC	5-6-0	0.45	10.61	0.64	11.92	5.72	-0.72
59	Louisiana	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	10.53	-5.55	6.39	3.76	2.24
60	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	5-7-0	0.42	10.43	3.17	9.1	6.84	-1.84
61	Stanford	Pac-10	5-6-0	0.45	9.93	-0.55	12.55	5.35	-0.35
62	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	6-6-0	0.5	9.51	-7.33	9.6	4.02	1.98
63	Boston College	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	9.32	-3.36	15.56	4.59	0.41
64	Western Michigan	Mid-American	5-6-0	0.45	9.04	-2	7.68	4.88	0.12
65	Bowling Green	Mid-American	5-6-0	0.45	8.89	-3.09	8.86	4.55	0.45
66	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	5-6-0	0.45	8.82	-5	12.07	3.82	1.18
67	UNLV	PCAA	5-6-0	0.45	8.66	-4.18	8.22	4.39	0.61
68	Houston	Southwest	4-6-1	0.36	8.63	-0.73	11.55	5.32	-1.32
69	Utah State	PCAA	5-6-0	0.45	8.37	-9.18	11.65	3.07	1.93
70	East Carolina	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.25	-9.18	9.8	3.26	1.74
71	Utah	Western Athletic	5-7-0	0.42	8.03	-3.42	6.84	5.15	-0.15
72	San Diego State	Western Athletic	5-7-0	0.42	8	-5.92	11.64	4.73	0.27
73	Ball State	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	6.92	-2.64	7.7	4.72	-0.72
74	Vanderbilt	SEC	4-7-0	0.36	6.68	-6.27	13.27	4.12	-0.12
75	California	Pac-10	3-6-2	0.27	6.6	-2.55	13.98	4.78	-1.78
76	Long Beach State	PCAA	4-7-0	0.36	6.47	-5.09	6.65	4.12	-0.12
77	Maryland	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	6.47	-9.73	15.19	2.87	1.13
78	Mississippi State	SEC	4-7-0	0.36	6.45	-8.18	12.35	2.93	1.07
79	NC State	ACC	4-7-0	0.36	6.36	-8.18	10.55	3.32	0.68
80	Pacific	PCAA	4-7-0	0.36	6.36	-7.09	8.73	3.23	0.77
81	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.19	-7.27	5.76	3.66	0.34
82	Akron	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.11	-6.27	2.4	3.67	0.33
83	Illinois	Big Ten	3-7-1	0.27	5.39	-5	11.61	3.58	-0.58
84	Toledo	Mid-American	3-7-1	0.27	5.11	-7.27	11.08	3.1	-0.1
85	Purdue	Big Ten	3-7-1	0.27	5.1	-8	12.34	3.24	-0.24
86	Washington State	Pac-10	3-7-1	0.27	4.97	-10.73	14.35	3.06	-0.06
87	Louisville	FBS Independents	3-7-1	0.27	4.61	-12.09	7.16	2.66	0.34
88	Ole Miss	SEC	3-8-0	0.27	4.41	-7.82	11.65	3.47	-0.47
89	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-8-0	0.27	4.3	-8.82	11.02	3.11	-0.11
90	Temple	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.28	-8.82	10.44	2.63	0.37
91	Tulsa	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	3.77	-17.82	10.29	1.59	1.41
92	Iowa State	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	3.73	-20.18	12.15	1.56	1.44
93	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-8-1	0.18	2.47	-12.91	12.23	2.27	-0.27
94	Georgia Tech	ACC	2-9-0	0.18	2.44	-6.91	10.88	3.49	-1.49
95	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.33	-8.82	14.27	3.12	-1.12
96	Navy	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.84	-14.27	5.88	1.82	0.18
97	Rice	Southwest	2-9-0	0.18	1.78	-17.27	10.81	2.18	-0.18
98	New Mexico State	PCAA	2-9-0	0.18	1.65	-18.82	6.05	0.95	1.05
99	Oregon State	Pac-10	2-9-0	0.18	1.65	-22.18	14.88	1.35	0.65
100	Ohio	Mid-American	1-10-0	0.09	-0.04	-13.09	9.25	1.57	-0.57
101	Colorado State	Western Athletic	1-11-0	0.08	-0.11	-10.42	13.26	3.28	-2.28
102	Kansas	Big 8	1-9-1	0.09	-0.26	-23.91	10.46	0.79	0.21
103	New Mexico	Western Athletic	0-11-0	0	-2.46	-21.36	12.04	1.58	-1.58
104	Kansas State	Big 8	0-10-1	0	-2.59	-26	11.17	0.7	-0.7