1987 W5 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.578151+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Miami	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	29.61	35.5	21.79	1.98	0.02
2	Tennessee	SEC	3-0-1	0.75	27.56	18.75	14.17	3.54	-0.54
3	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-0-1	0.67	27.53	10.33	15.69	2.53	-0.53
4	Nebraska	Big 8	3-0-0	1	27.51	20	13.77	2.42	0.58
5	LSU	SEC	3-0-1	0.75	27.38	22.75	13.22	3.74	-0.74
6	Florida State	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	27.29	27.5	10.94	3.79	0.21
7	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	26.47	22	8	2.77	0.23
8	UTEP	Western Athletic	3-0-0	1	26.46	31.33	7.25	2.96	0.04
9	Syracuse	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	26.29	14.75	8.29	3.52	0.48
10	Auburn	SEC	2-0-1	0.67	26.21	25.67	7.17	2.91	-0.91
11	Clemson	ACC	4-0-0	1	25.79	19.25	5.62	3.69	0.31
12	Oklahoma	Big 8	3-0-0	1	25.62	49.33	1.23	2.99	0.01
13	Oklahoma State	Big 8	4-0-0	1	25.37	22	3.09	3.61	0.39
14	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-0-0	1	25.34	15.33	4.67	2.58	0.42
15	Wake Forest	ACC	3-0-0	1	22.82	15.33	-7.65	2.9	0.1
16	Florida	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	21.23	17.25	15.44	3.57	-0.57
17	Georgia	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	21.11	12	16.24	3.25	-0.25
18	Alabama	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	21	10.25	15.96	3.04	-0.04
19	Penn State	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	20.87	16.5	13.08	3.41	-0.41
20	UCLA	Pac-10	3-1-0	0.75	20.69	12.75	12.98	3.05	-0.05
21	Iowa	Big Ten	3-1-0	0.75	20.04	16	8.63	3.4	-0.4
22	North Carolina	ACC	3-1-0	0.75	19.77	7.5	11.2	2.73	0.27
23	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	19.7	11	7.01	3.35	-0.35
24	Michigan	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	19.65	18.67	21.08	2.62	-0.62
25	Duke	ACC	3-1-0	0.75	19.4	7.25	2.3	2.61	0.39
26	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-1-0	0.75	19.39	8	7.02	2.8	0.2
27	Kentucky	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	19.32	19.67	7.89	2.75	-0.75
28	Arizona State	Pac-10	2-1-0	0.67	19.22	8.67	13.02	2.15	-0.15
29	Baylor	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	19.19	6.5	7.69	2.79	0.21
30	Air Force	Western Athletic	3-1-0	0.75	19.18	11.75	4.5	3.16	-0.16
31	Temple	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	19.07	0.75	15.42	2.11	0.89
32	Washington	Pac-10	3-1-0	0.75	18.93	9.75	3.68	3.03	-0.03
33	Missouri	Big 8	2-1-0	0.67	18.92	9	9.84	2.31	-0.31
34	San José State	PCAA	3-1-0	0.75	18.61	7	2.27	2.68	0.32
35	Utah	Western Athletic	3-1-0	0.75	18.27	6	2.78	2.44	0.56
36	Texas A&M	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	18.23	5.33	17.6	2.04	-0.04
37	Indiana	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	18.2	2	20.09	1.66	0.34
38	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	18.04	11.67	9.34	2.33	-0.33
39	Kent State	Mid-American	2-1-0	0.67	17.98	5.33	7.22	1.89	0.11
40	South Carolina	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.54	13	-0.18	2.75	-0.75
41	Colorado	Big 8	2-1-0	0.67	17.29	6.67	9.7	2.13	-0.13
42	USC	Pac-10	2-1-0	0.67	17.26	3	14.57	1.75	0.25
43	Toledo	Mid-American	2-1-0	0.67	16.83	2.67	6.88	1.81	0.19
44	Arkansas	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	16.15	-2.67	11.05	1.3	0.7
45	Oregon	Pac-10	2-1-0	0.67	16.11	-0.67	15.73	1.43	0.57
46	Rutgers	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	15.66	-4.33	20.95	0.92	1.08
47	Army	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	15.59	19.67	-7.33	2.56	-0.56
48	Louisville	FBS Independents	2-1-1	0.5	14.74	0.25	1.08	2.02	-0.02
49	Boston College	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	14.53	5.75	13.1	2.6	-0.6
50	Virginia	ACC	2-2-0	0.5	13.15	4	14.74	2.42	-0.42
51	Wyoming	Western Athletic	2-2-0	0.5	13.15	2.5	14.84	2.21	-0.21
52	Tulane	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	12.41	2.75	6.27	2.23	-0.23
53	Texas Tech	Southwest	2-2-0	0.5	12.34	0	7.98	2	0
54	Washington State	Pac-10	2-2-0	0.5	12.33	-0.75	10.2	1.94	0.06
55	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	1-1-1	0.33	12.21	5.33	-2.2	1.86	-0.86
56	Mississippi State	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	10.96	-8.5	11.68	1	1
57	Long Beach State	PCAA	2-2-0	0.5	10.86	-2.25	-0.47	1.78	0.22
58	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	10.69	-3.5	12.43	1.53	0.47
59	Maryland	ACC	2-2-0	0.5	10.66	-8.75	9.79	1.12	0.88
60	BYU	Western Athletic	2-2-0	0.5	10.46	-1.5	5.37	1.86	0.14
61	Georgia Tech	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	9.88	3.67	10.96	1.74	-0.74
62	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	2-2-0	0.5	9.65	-12.5	13.65	0.9	1.1
63	East Carolina	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	9.59	-7.5	5.2	1.12	0.88
64	Western Michigan	Mid-American	2-2-0	0.5	9.58	-5.5	3.42	1.43	0.57
65	Rice	Southwest	2-2-0	0.5	9.37	-10.25	5.39	1.23	0.77
66	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	9	-0.33	17.86	1.48	-0.48
67	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	8.78	-0.33	15.82	1.47	-0.47
68	Arizona	Pac-10	1-2-0	0.33	8.47	0	11.98	1.5	-0.5
69	Texas	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	8.39	4	13.82	1.78	-0.78
70	Houston	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	8.27	-15.5	7.96	0.39	0.61
71	California	Pac-10	1-3-0	0.25	8.02	3.5	15.11	2.34	-1.34
72	TCU	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	7.04	-2.67	14.39	1.29	-0.29
73	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	7.02	-12.33	22.11	0.5	0.5
74	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	6.86	-5.67	7.65	0.97	0.03
75	Memphis	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.7	-7	17.42	0.97	0.03
76	Ole Miss	SEC	1-3-0	0.25	6.55	0.75	7.73	2.08	-1.08
77	Illinois	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	6.34	-8	16.3	0.75	0.25
78	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.29	-12.67	13.88	0.63	0.37
79	Ohio	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	6.18	-5.67	5	0.88	0.12
80	Louisiana	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.12	-17.67	13.54	0.18	0.82
81	New Mexico State	PCAA	1-2-0	0.33	6.11	-10.67	4.9	0.52	0.48
82	Fresno State	PCAA	1-2-0	0.33	5.98	-10.33	9.42	0.66	0.34
83	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-2-0	0.33	5.71	-25.67	11.74	0.36	0.64
84	West Virginia	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	5.65	-2.25	17.51	1.61	-0.61
85	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-3-0	0.25	4.91	-6.5	16.54	1.27	-0.27
86	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-3-0	0.25	4.73	-3	3.4	1.7	-0.7
87	Akron	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.7	-7	16.14	1.17	-0.17
88	San Diego State	Western Athletic	1-3-0	0.25	4.12	-15.5	16.24	0.92	0.08
89	Pacific	PCAA	1-3-0	0.25	3.95	-16.25	11.15	0.44	0.56
90	NC State	ACC	1-3-0	0.25	3.48	-10.5	16.26	0.87	0.13
91	New Mexico	Western Athletic	0-4-0	0	-1.95	-9.5	10.9	1.04	-1.04
92	UNLV	PCAA	0-2-0	0	-1.98	-9	13.49	0.42	-0.42
93	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.06	-9	20	0.73	-0.73
94	Stanford	Pac-10	0-3-0	0	-2.15	-10.33	16.01	0.77	-0.77
95	Navy	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.3	-20.33	-1.1	0.25	-0.25
96	Ball State	Mid-American	0-3-0	0	-2.35	-15	12.94	0.31	-0.31
97	Kansas State	Big 8	0-3-0	0	-2.38	-18.67	6.25	0.42	-0.42
98	Purdue	Big Ten	0-2-1	0	-2.4	-14	18.47	0.59	-0.59
99	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-2-1	0	-2.48	-13.33	21.27	0.42	-0.42
100	Iowa State	Big 8	0-3-0	0	-2.71	-23	11.85	0.24	-0.24
101	Kansas	Big 8	0-3-0	0	-2.78	-22.67	13.01	0.15	-0.15
102	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-4-0	0	-3.04	-25.5	21.93	0.28	-0.28
103	Utah State	PCAA	0-3-0	0	-3.28	-34.67	19.84	0.05	-0.05
104	Tulsa	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-3.33	-35.75	23.99	0.12	-0.12