1987 W3 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.577431+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Tennessee	SEC	3-0-0	1	29.13	25	8.17	2.81	0.19
2	Florida State	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	29.03	32.5	11.42	1.94	0.06
3	Nebraska	Big 8	2-0-0	1	28.92	26.5	11.92	1.73	0.27
4	Alabama	SEC	2-0-0	1	28.8	21.5	11.96	1.89	0.11
5	Washington State	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	28.5	16	12.61	1.51	0.49
6	Boston College	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	28.32	19.5	10.9	1.79	0.21
7	Syracuse	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	28.3	15.5	11.76	1.88	0.12
8	Oklahoma	Big 8	2-0-0	1	28.02	41.5	7.18	1.98	0.02
9	Ohio State	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	27.06	21	23.1	0.99	0.01
10	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	27.05	21	24.63	0.96	0.04
11	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-0-0	1	26.91	15.5	7.36	1.62	0.38
12	San José State	PCAA	2-0-0	1	26.84	11.5	6.89	1.61	0.39
13	Auburn	SEC	2-0-0	1	26.77	38.5	-0.7	2	0
14	Miami	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	26.68	27	-0.56	0.99	0.01
15	LSU	SEC	2-0-0	1	26.57	29	-0.86	1.95	0.05
16	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	26.4	22	0.12	1.91	0.09
17	Oklahoma State	Big 8	2-0-0	1	26.38	23	0.28	1.82	0.18
18	Washington	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	26.3	14	0.31	1.64	0.36
19	Indiana	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	26.29	22	19.62	0.91	0.09
20	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-0-0	1	26.07	10	23.03	0.75	0.25
21	Georgia	SEC	2-0-0	1	26.06	21	-0.44	1.79	0.21
22	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	26.05	14	-0.3	0.85	0.15
23	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-0-0	1	25.81	31	-2.42	1	0
24	Clemson	ACC	2-0-0	1	25.46	27.5	-3.88	1.98	0.02
25	Missouri	Big 8	1-0-0	1	25.43	5	22.08	0.64	0.36
26	Duke	ACC	2-0-0	1	24.92	25	-4.51	1.89	0.11
27	Long Beach State	PCAA	2-0-0	1	24.06	29.5	-10	1.91	0.09
28	South Carolina	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	23.92	23	-10	1.97	0.03
29	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.93	19	2.6	0.96	0.04
30	Arkansas	Southwest	1-0-0	1	22.74	21	0.97	0.94	0.06
31	Kentucky	SEC	1-0-0	1	22.39	41	-2.57	1	0
32	Arizona State	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	22.05	14	-1.73	0.93	0.07
33	Oregon	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	21.43	3	1.94	0.7	0.3
34	Georgia Tech	ACC	1-0-0	1	20.94	39	-10	0.97	0.03
35	Kent State	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	20.74	4	-2.52	0.59	0.41
36	Wake Forest	ACC	1-0-0	1	20.56	24	-10	1	0
37	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	20.24	17	-10	0.95	0.05
38	UCLA	Pac-10	1-1-0	0.5	17.46	12	12.35	1.4	-0.4
39	California	Pac-10	1-1-0	0.5	17.21	20	10.68	1.79	-0.79
40	Penn State	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	16.97	7.5	12	1.34	-0.34
41	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	15.79	11.5	-0.68	1.61	-0.61
42	Mississippi State	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	15.43	0	15.47	1	0
43	Wyoming	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	14.88	-0.5	12.13	0.98	0.02
44	Baylor	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	14.1	2.5	-4.77	1.21	-0.21
45	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	14.01	11	22.6	1.88	-0.88
46	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	13.89	-3.5	10.35	0.77	0.23
47	North Carolina	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	13.81	-4	11.12	0.75	0.25
48	West Virginia	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	13.6	-0.5	0.39	0.96	0.04
49	Rutgers	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	13.38	-7	12.18	0.3	0.7
50	Temple	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	13.18	-10	12.91	0.32	0.68
51	East Carolina	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	13.15	-11.5	13.02	0.46	0.54
52	Florida	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	13.12	12.5	13.63	1.6	-0.6
53	Memphis	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	13.12	-2	0.61	0.87	0.13
54	Tulane	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.46	5.5	11.65	1.22	-0.22
55	Utah	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	12.24	-7	-0.52	0.75	0.25
56	Toledo	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	11.98	1.5	12.4	1.11	-0.11
57	Louisville	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	11.86	-11.5	-0.08	0.52	0.48
58	Western Michigan	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	11.83	-4.5	-6.26	0.7	0.3
59	Iowa	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	11.79	0	17.05	1	0
60	Rice	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	11.37	-9	-4.08	0.63	0.37
61	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	11.22	1.5	7.36	1.1	-0.1
62	Air Force	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	10.25	-1.5	11.56	0.9	0.1
63	San Diego State	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	10.15	-7.5	24.39	0.76	0.24
64	BYU	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	10.13	-2.5	11.91	0.86	0.14
65	Maryland	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	9.54	-6	11.69	0.64	0.36
66	Louisiana	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	9.29	-8.5	13.1	0.44	0.56
67	Texas Tech	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	9.26	-7.5	12.18	0.69	0.31
68	Fresno State	PCAA	1-1-0	0.5	9.18	-7	7.33	0.68	0.32
69	Ohio	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	8.84	-6	6.55	0.58	0.42
70	Pacific	PCAA	1-1-0	0.5	8.69	-9	6.89	0.51	0.49
71	New Mexico State	PCAA	1-1-0	0.5	8.54	-14	11.65	0.18	0.82
72	Arizona	Pac-10	0-1-0	0	-0.08	-1	1.77	0.46	-0.46
73	Colorado	Big 8	0-1-0	0	-0.65	-3	0.69	0.3	-0.3
74	Ball State	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	-0.9	-4	1.15	0.38	-0.38
75	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1	-4	-10	0.44	-0.44
76	New Mexico	Western Athletic	0-2-0	0	-1.13	-3.5	9.98	0.78	-0.78
77	Kansas State	Big 8	0-1-0	0	-1.19	-4	-10	0.4	-0.4
78	Army	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.32	-10	-10	0.3	-0.3
79	UNLV	PCAA	0-1-0	0	-1.42	-11	-0.7	0.15	-0.15
80	Iowa State	Big 8	0-1-0	0	-1.57	-13	0.04	0.15	-0.15
81	Virginia	ACC	0-2-0	0	-1.57	-5	12.01	0.75	-0.75
82	Navy	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.64	-15	-10	0.13	-0.13
83	Michigan	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-1.69	-19	2.05	0.04	-0.04
84	Akron	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-1.72	-4.5	10.74	0.77	-0.77
85	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.77	-12	23.34	0.13	-0.13
86	Ole Miss	SEC	0-2-0	0	-1.9	-13.5	12.74	0.23	-0.23
87	Stanford	Pac-10	0-1-0	0	-1.98	-10	26.15	0.28	-0.28
88	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-2.12	-15	21.18	0.17	-0.17
89	Texas A&M	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-2.25	-14	26.24	0.02	-0.02
90	USC	Pac-10	0-1-0	0	-2.35	-14	25.36	0.15	-0.15
91	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-2-0	0	-2.35	-14.5	7.84	0.4	-0.4
92	TCU	Southwest	0-2-0	0	-2.38	-14.5	12.14	0.34	-0.34
93	Texas	Southwest	0-2-0	0	-2.45	-16.5	13.21	0.18	-0.18
94	Purdue	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-2.48	-18	26.15	0.08	-0.08
95	Illinois	Big Ten	0-2-0	0	-2.54	-17	13.67	0.19	-0.19
96	Tulsa	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.6	-31.5	12.07	0.12	-0.12
97	NC State	ACC	0-2-0	0	-2.78	-26	24.51	0.05	-0.05
98	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-2-0	0	-2.92	-27.5	15.33	0.13	-0.13
99	Oregon State	Pac-10	0-1-0	0	-2.94	-34	23.96	0.01	-0.01
100	Houston	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-3.01	-35	24.7	0	0
101	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-3.27	-32	25.89	0.01	-0.01
102	Kansas	Big 8	0-1-0	0	-3.35	-49	26.15	0	0
103	Utah State	PCAA	0-2-0	0	-3.37	-42.5	13.78	0.01	-0.01
104	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	0-2-0	0	-3.59	-44	25.43	0.01	-0.01