1987 W4 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.577799+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	28.69	15.5	17.52	1.84	0.16
2	Florida State	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	28.26	27.33	11.84	2.78	0.22
3	Miami	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	28.21	27	13.12	0.99	0.01
4	Syracuse	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	27.82	15	12.27	2.77	0.23
5	Tennessee	SEC	3-0-0	1	27.48	25	8.1	2.81	0.19
6	Kentucky	SEC	2-0-0	1	27.43	30	11.46	1.96	0.04
7	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	27.37	21	12.18	1.92	0.08
8	Nebraska	Big 8	2-0-0	1	27.29	26.5	7.04	1.73	0.27
9	Oklahoma	Big 8	2-0-0	1	26.49	41.5	1.91	1.98	0.02
10	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-0-0	1	26.27	35	2.81	2	0
11	Missouri	Big 8	2-0-0	1	26.25	15	5.99	1.78	0.22
12	Clemson	ACC	3-0-0	1	26.17	18.67	4.76	2.77	0.23
13	LSU	SEC	3-0-0	1	26.08	30.33	1.84	2.89	0.11
14	Duke	ACC	3-0-0	1	26.06	18	4.65	2.52	0.48
15	Oklahoma State	Big 8	3-0-0	1	25.91	17.33	3.09	2.47	0.53
16	Arizona State	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	25.34	16.5	3.07	1.83	0.17
17	Auburn	SEC	2-0-0	1	25.33	38.5	-2.9	2	0
18	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	25.05	13	3.61	1.63	0.37
19	Arkansas	Southwest	2-0-0	1	24.45	18	-2.25	1.78	0.22
20	Kent State	Mid-American	2-0-0	1	23.71	9	-2.54	1.41	0.59
21	Wake Forest	ACC	2-0-0	1	23.48	21	-6.39	2	0
22	South Carolina	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	23.26	23	-10	1.97	0.03
23	Alabama	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	19.93	11.33	8.94	2.41	-0.41
24	UCLA	Pac-10	2-1-0	0.67	19.6	13.67	16.08	2.36	-0.36
25	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	19.48	13.67	6.84	2.51	-0.51
26	Georgia	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	19.46	13.67	6.98	2.42	-0.42
27	Penn State	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	19.42	18.67	13.49	2.63	-0.63
28	Florida	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	19.12	11.33	17.63	2.37	-0.37
29	Boston College	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	19.04	11	2.82	2.31	-0.31
30	Washington State	Pac-10	2-1-0	0.67	18.65	2	7.46	1.61	0.39
31	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-1-0	0.67	18.52	10	0.72	2.22	-0.22
32	San José State	PCAA	2-1-0	0.67	18.38	7	1.42	1.99	0.01
33	Iowa	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	17.93	13	9.16	2.43	-0.43
34	Air Force	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	17.52	13	7.55	2.45	-0.45
35	Washington	Pac-10	2-1-0	0.67	17.47	3.67	-2.24	1.8	0.2
36	Long Beach State	PCAA	2-1-0	0.67	17.21	13.33	-7.86	2.37	-0.37
37	Baylor	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	16.87	4	4.67	1.95	0.05
38	North Carolina	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	16.71	-0.33	15.47	1.47	0.53
39	Toledo	Mid-American	2-1-0	0.67	16.68	2.67	7.04	1.81	0.19
40	Mississippi State	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	16.66	0.33	9.47	1.53	0.47
41	Texas Tech	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	16.45	4.67	5.37	1.79	0.21
42	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	16.4	9	14.02	1.43	-0.43
43	Temple	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	16.08	-5.67	22.23	0.95	1.05
44	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	16.05	3	19.02	1.13	-0.13
45	Indiana	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	15.49	1.5	16.88	1.07	-0.07
46	Maryland	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	15.23	-2.33	13.44	1.3	0.7
47	Utah	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	15.16	-3.67	12.02	1.29	0.71
48	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	14.93	11.5	11.73	1.61	-0.61
49	Georgia Tech	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	14.79	16	1.91	1.59	-0.59
50	Michigan	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	13.32	3.5	25.71	1.17	-0.17
51	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	12.87	-4.5	10.29	0.74	0.26
52	Texas A&M	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	12.82	1.5	26.44	1.12	-0.12
53	Oregon	Pac-10	1-1-0	0.5	12.67	-3.5	13.21	0.71	0.29
54	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	12.22	1.5	1.95	1.1	-0.1
55	Colorado	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	12.18	5.5	9.72	1.38	-0.38
56	Rutgers	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	11.81	-7	21.16	0.3	0.7
57	California	Pac-10	1-2-0	0.33	11.79	10.33	18.59	2.19	-1.19
58	Arizona	Pac-10	1-1-0	0.5	11.76	5	5.33	1.39	-0.39
59	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	11.49	8	0.92	1.3	-0.3
60	Army	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	10.83	8.5	-5.59	1.34	-0.34
61	USC	Pac-10	1-1-0	0.5	10.7	-4	27.19	0.77	0.23
62	Louisville	FBS Independents	1-1-1	0.33	10.58	-7.67	8	0.98	0.02
63	Louisiana	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	10.11	-8.5	7	0.44	0.56
64	New Mexico State	PCAA	1-1-0	0.5	10.06	-14	12.34	0.18	0.82
65	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-1-0	0.5	9.52	-16	26.45	0.42	0.58
66	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	9.26	-12.5	20.63	0.45	0.55
67	Tulane	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	8.89	1.33	2.34	1.58	-0.58
68	Wyoming	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	8.72	-2.33	21.71	1.36	-0.36
69	West Virginia	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	8.31	-2	15.15	1.28	-0.28
70	Ole Miss	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	7.96	3.33	8.62	1.78	-0.78
71	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	7.89	-7	22.14	0.83	0.17
72	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.61	-6.33	14.07	0.75	0.25
73	Memphis	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.59	-7	17.73	0.97	0.03
74	East Carolina	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.85	-11	7.9	0.64	0.36
75	Ohio	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	6.63	-5.67	5.19	0.88	0.12
76	BYU	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	6.61	-8.67	7.19	0.82	0.18
77	Rice	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	6.59	-17	14.29	0.59	0.41
78	Fresno State	PCAA	1-2-0	0.33	6.58	-10.33	11.99	0.66	0.34
79	Akron	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.47	-2.67	19.83	1.28	-0.28
80	San Diego State	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	6.31	-19	13.32	0.61	0.39
81	Pacific	PCAA	1-2-0	0.33	6.3	-12.33	9.75	0.56	0.44
82	Western Michigan	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	6.25	-9.67	-4.24	0.69	0.31
83	TCU	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	6.21	-2.67	16.23	1.29	-0.29
84	Virginia	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	6	-3	11.28	1.23	-0.23
85	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	5.73	-1.67	2.02	1.36	-0.36
86	Illinois	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	5.48	-8	16.34	0.75	0.25
87	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	1-2-0	0.33	4.79	-23	22.14	0.28	0.72
88	New Mexico	Western Athletic	0-3-0	0	-1.58	-6	6.9	0.91	-0.91
89	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-1.77	-6.5	11.95	0.51	-0.51
90	UNLV	PCAA	0-2-0	0	-1.94	-9	11.7	0.42	-0.42
91	Navy	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-1.96	-15	-10	0.22	-0.22
92	Kansas State	Big 8	0-2-0	0	-2	-15.5	-5.66	0.37	-0.37
93	Ball State	Mid-American	0-2-0	0	-2.07	-14	4.82	0.18	-0.18
94	Purdue	Big Ten	0-1-1	0	-2.18	-9	19.08	0.52	-0.52
95	Stanford	Pac-10	0-2-0	0	-2.23	-12	12.83	0.48	-0.48
96	Texas	Southwest	0-2-0	0	-2.62	-16.5	18.45	0.18	-0.18
97	Iowa State	Big 8	0-2-0	0	-2.73	-26	12.12	0.1	-0.1
98	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-2-0	0	-2.85	-20	25.18	0.13	-0.13
99	NC State	ACC	0-3-0	0	-2.95	-23.33	20.04	0.06	-0.06
100	Tulsa	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-3.03	-26	20.75	0.24	-0.24
101	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-3-0	0	-3.23	-31.33	21.4	0.12	-0.12
102	Kansas	Big 8	0-2-0	0	-3.34	-31.5	23.75	0.05	-0.05
103	Houston	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-3.44	-35	26.38	0	0
104	Utah State	PCAA	0-2-0	0	-3.63	-42.5	25.66	0.01	-0.01