1987 W6 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.578509+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Miami	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	28.9	24	21.56	2.79	0.21
2	LSU	SEC	4-0-1	0.8	27.68	18.8	17.2	4.58	-0.58
3	Nebraska	Big 8	4-0-0	1	26.92	17.25	13.54	3.15	0.85
4	Auburn	SEC	3-0-1	0.75	26.92	21.75	13.23	3.82	-0.82
5	Tennessee	SEC	4-0-1	0.8	26.83	20.2	12.44	4.49	-0.49
6	Ohio State	Big Ten	3-0-1	0.75	26.5	8.75	13.87	3.33	-0.33
7	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	25.95	22	8.09	2.77	0.23
8	Syracuse	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	25.91	14	9.62	4.34	0.66
9	Oklahoma State	Big 8	4-0-0	1	25.47	22	6.05	3.61	0.39
10	Clemson	ACC	4-0-0	1	25.15	19.25	4.73	3.69	0.31
11	Oklahoma	Big 8	4-0-0	1	25.06	50.25	0.93	3.99	0.01
12	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-0-0	1	24.01	12	0.62	3.22	0.78
13	Wake Forest	ACC	4-0-0	1	23.67	12.5	-0.23	3.68	0.32
14	Florida State	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	22.52	21.8	13.05	4.49	-0.49
15	Penn State	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	21.91	16	14	4.26	-0.26
16	Georgia	SEC	4-1-0	0.8	21.74	13	13.75	4.13	-0.13
17	Alabama	SEC	4-1-0	0.8	21.61	13.8	12.7	4.12	-0.12
18	Michigan	Big Ten	3-1-0	0.75	21.5	26.25	16.93	3.79	-0.79
19	UCLA	Pac-10	4-1-0	0.8	21.23	20	8.79	4.36	-0.36
20	Air Force	Western Athletic	4-1-0	0.8	20.7	13.6	7.91	3.96	0.04
21	Arizona State	Pac-10	3-1-0	0.75	20.7	11.25	16.07	3.06	-0.06
22	UTEP	Western Athletic	3-1-0	0.75	20.44	18.75	7.77	3.55	-0.55
23	Kentucky	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	20.16	21.75	9.19	3.81	-0.81
24	Baylor	Southwest	4-1-0	0.8	19.94	7.6	5.51	3.58	0.42
25	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	4-1-0	0.8	19.93	6.6	5.96	3.28	0.72
26	San José State	PCAA	4-1-0	0.8	19.63	11	2.25	3.69	0.31
27	Indiana	Big Ten	3-1-0	0.75	19.45	5.75	11.28	2.57	0.43
28	USC	Pac-10	3-1-0	0.75	19.44	10.75	8.82	3.01	-0.01
29	Oregon	Pac-10	3-1-0	0.75	19.22	1.25	16.97	2.16	0.84
30	Colorado	Big 8	3-1-0	0.75	18.83	8.25	5.81	2.95	0.05
31	Kent State	Mid-American	3-1-0	0.75	18.71	4.75	7.04	2.47	0.53
32	Rutgers	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	18.05	-1.5	18.93	1.66	1.34
33	Arkansas	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	17.96	0.5	9.97	2.05	0.95
34	Florida	SEC	3-2-0	0.6	17.69	13.2	17.12	4.25	-1.25
35	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	16.44	8.2	10.64	3.92	-0.92
36	Boston College	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	16.43	5.2	16.79	3.25	-0.25
37	Iowa	Big Ten	3-2-0	0.6	16.36	11.8	7.59	3.96	-0.96
38	North Carolina	ACC	3-2-0	0.6	16.27	4	13.15	3.04	-0.04
39	Wyoming	Western Athletic	3-2-0	0.6	16.18	10.4	11.66	3.52	-0.52
40	Washington	Pac-10	3-2-0	0.6	15.76	6.4	6.75	3.35	-0.35
41	Virginia	ACC	3-2-0	0.6	15.64	9.2	7.82	3.72	-0.72
42	Duke	ACC	3-2-0	0.6	15.37	4.4	5.07	3.07	-0.07
43	Tulane	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	14.96	4.2	6.77	2.95	0.05
44	Texas Tech	Southwest	3-2-0	0.6	14.71	1.2	10.33	2.63	0.37
45	BYU	Western Athletic	3-2-0	0.6	14.51	3	5.98	2.83	0.17
46	Utah	Western Athletic	3-2-0	0.6	14.48	0.6	5.88	2.55	0.45
47	Temple	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	14.28	-2.2	15.33	2.12	0.88
48	Missouri	Big 8	2-2-0	0.5	14.18	4	15.3	2.51	-0.51
49	Texas A&M	Southwest	2-2-0	0.5	13.93	2.5	16.23	2.31	-0.31
50	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	2-2-0	0.5	13.69	12.75	11.04	3.09	-1.09
51	South Carolina	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	13.67	7.5	7.16	2.99	-0.99
52	Texas	Southwest	2-2-0	0.5	13.51	7.75	12.94	2.65	-0.65
53	Arizona	Pac-10	2-2-0	0.5	13.45	9.5	10.88	2.99	-0.99
54	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	13.43	5.25	16.59	2.46	-0.46
55	Army	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	13.18	13.75	0.11	3.18	-1.18
56	Mississippi State	SEC	3-2-0	0.6	12.5	-6.2	10.32	1.44	1.56
57	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-2-0	0.6	12.38	-3	5.69	2.09	0.91
58	Toledo	Mid-American	2-2-0	0.5	12.28	0.25	8.12	2.04	-0.04
59	Washington State	Pac-10	2-2-0	0.5	11.82	-0.75	14.02	1.94	0.06
60	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-2-0	0.5	11.33	-3.5	11.09	1.65	0.35
61	West Virginia	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	11.23	8	14.73	3.88	-1.88
62	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	10.95	-3.5	14.04	1.53	0.47
63	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-2-0	0.5	10.75	-8	22.77	1.03	0.97
64	Fresno State	PCAA	2-2-0	0.5	10.42	-2	8.47	1.76	0.24
65	Maryland	ACC	2-2-0	0.5	10.2	-8.75	12.14	1.12	0.88
66	Louisville	FBS Independents	2-2-1	0.4	9.71	-11.6	3.4	1.3	0.7
67	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	1-2-1	0.25	8.98	3.75	4.12	2.33	-1.33
68	Akron	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	8.16	-2.8	11.2	2.06	-0.06
69	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2-3-0	0.4	8.16	-3.2	12.18	2.06	-0.06
70	NC State	ACC	2-3-0	0.4	7.9	-5	14.53	1.69	0.31
71	Long Beach State	PCAA	2-3-0	0.4	7.69	-6.4	3.06	1.71	0.29
72	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	2-3-0	0.4	7.52	-15.4	12.47	0.96	1.04
73	Rice	Southwest	2-3-0	0.4	7.37	-12	6.79	1.43	0.57
74	East Carolina	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	7.18	-15.8	6.55	0.61	1.39
75	Pacific	PCAA	2-3-0	0.4	7.15	-9.8	8.46	1.09	0.91
76	Houston	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	5.87	-14.33	11.52	0.62	0.38
77	Georgia Tech	ACC	1-3-0	0.25	5.56	-1.5	9.76	1.84	-0.84
78	UNLV	PCAA	1-2-0	0.33	5.51	-4.33	5.1	1.09	-0.09
79	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-3-0	0.25	5.36	-2.75	14.88	1.75	-0.75
80	TCU	Southwest	1-3-0	0.25	4.91	-4.5	15.08	1.49	-0.49
81	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.72	-1.75	15.73	1.79	-0.79
82	Illinois	Big Ten	1-3-0	0.25	4.68	-7	19.03	0.99	0.01
83	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1-3-0	0.25	4.64	-5	9.56	1.4	-0.4
84	Memphis	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.64	-6	13.45	1.27	-0.27
85	California	Pac-10	1-4-0	0.2	4.33	-2.4	18.54	2.21	-1.21
86	Ohio	Mid-American	1-3-0	0.25	4	-11.25	7.95	0.54	0.46
87	Ole Miss	SEC	1-4-0	0.2	3.87	-2.8	9.27	2.13	-1.13
88	New Mexico State	PCAA	1-3-0	0.25	3.86	-12	4.62	0.55	0.45
89	Louisiana	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	3.73	-20.25	13.84	0.21	0.79
90	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-3-0	0.25	3.52	-27.75	16.34	0.4	0.6
91	Kansas	Big 8	1-3-0	0.25	2.93	-16.75	6.05	0.4	0.6
92	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-4-0	0.2	2.84	-10	5.31	1.33	-0.33
93	San Diego State	Western Athletic	1-4-0	0.2	2.49	-20.8	17.48	0.8	0.2
94	Tulsa	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	1.68	-26.2	17.2	0.46	0.54
95	New Mexico	Western Athletic	0-4-0	0	-1.95	-9.5	10.83	1.04	-1.04
96	Purdue	Big Ten	0-3-1	0	-2.25	-11	21.37	0.97	-0.97
97	Ball State	Mid-American	0-4-0	0	-2.25	-13.75	11.13	0.59	-0.59
98	Kansas State	Big 8	0-4-0	0	-2.3	-17	5.57	0.7	-0.7
99	Navy	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.3	-20.25	-0.57	0.33	-0.33
100	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-3-1	0	-2.38	-14.25	17.18	0.6	-0.6
101	Stanford	Pac-10	0-4-0	0	-2.64	-20	18.88	0.43	-0.43
102	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-5-0	0	-2.86	-23	20.57	0.44	-0.44
103	Iowa State	Big 8	0-4-0	0	-3	-30.5	17.8	0.15	-0.15
104	Utah State	PCAA	0-4-0	0	-3.04	-31.25	16.73	0.18	-0.18