1987 W8 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.579220+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Miami	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	27.42	25.5	17.5	3.72	0.28
2	LSU	SEC	6-0-1	0.86	26.62	17.43	15.09	6.23	-0.23
3	Nebraska	Big 8	6-0-0	1	26.49	26	13.1	5.45	0.55
4	Syracuse	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	26	16.17	12.52	5.22	0.78
5	Auburn	SEC	5-0-1	0.83	25.92	21.67	10.77	5.65	-0.65
6	Clemson	ACC	6-0-0	1	25.2	16.83	8.4	5.32	0.68
7	Oklahoma	Big 8	6-0-0	1	24.85	47.5	2.9	5.97	0.03
8	Florida State	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	22.99	26.14	12.16	6.52	-0.52
9	UCLA	Pac-10	5-1-0	0.83	22.27	21.83	13.2	5.36	-0.36
10	Oklahoma State	Big 8	5-1-0	0.83	22.07	13	12.56	4.69	0.31
11	Indiana	Big Ten	5-1-0	0.83	21.61	7.5	13.95	4.16	0.84
12	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	21.55	15.8	14.7	4.19	-0.19
13	Tennessee	SEC	4-1-1	0.67	21.49	13.67	12.71	4.75	-0.75
14	San José State	PCAA	6-1-0	0.86	21.04	15.71	3.71	5.75	0.25
15	UTEP	Western Athletic	5-1-0	0.83	20.52	16.67	3.91	5.02	-0.02
16	Minnesota	Big Ten	5-1-0	0.83	20.37	9.83	4.16	4.41	0.59
17	Ohio State	Big Ten	4-1-1	0.67	20.34	2.83	14.52	3.64	0.36
18	Wake Forest	ACC	5-1-0	0.83	20.11	7.33	3.35	4.79	0.21
19	Florida	SEC	5-2-0	0.71	19.8	23.14	15.26	6.66	-1.66
20	Penn State	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	19.23	9.57	14.38	5	0
21	Georgia	SEC	5-2-0	0.71	19.07	12.86	13.41	5.53	-0.53
22	Alabama	SEC	5-2-0	0.71	19.01	12.14	13.49	5.57	-0.57
23	Michigan	Big Ten	4-2-0	0.67	18.39	21	12.91	5.51	-1.51
24	Wyoming	Western Athletic	5-2-0	0.71	18.3	8	10.67	4.59	0.41
25	Air Force	Western Athletic	5-2-0	0.71	18.2	8.14	8.45	4.86	0.14
26	Kentucky	SEC	4-2-0	0.67	18.08	15.17	10.7	5.22	-1.22
27	Arizona State	Pac-10	4-2-0	0.67	17.92	10.5	13.54	4.53	-0.53
28	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.84	8.17	13.55	4.55	-0.55
29	USC	Pac-10	4-2-0	0.67	17.71	8.33	13.38	4.11	-0.11
30	Texas A&M	Southwest	4-2-0	0.67	17.67	6.5	14.62	4.14	-0.14
31	Missouri	Big 8	4-2-0	0.67	17.53	10.83	10.69	4.68	-0.68
32	Baylor	Southwest	5-2-0	0.71	17.4	5	5.14	4.47	0.53
33	South Carolina	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.35	18	6.93	5.39	-1.39
34	Arkansas	Southwest	4-2-0	0.67	17.32	5.17	10.76	3.91	0.09
35	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	5-2-0	0.71	17.3	4.29	6.71	4.24	0.76
36	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	4-2-0	0.67	16.97	12	6.23	4.52	-0.52
37	Michigan State	Big Ten	4-2-0	0.67	16.91	2	15.33	3.4	0.6
38	Colorado	Big 8	4-2-0	0.67	16.86	5.5	9.44	3.89	0.11
39	Kent State	Mid-American	4-2-0	0.67	16.61	5.33	7.66	3.81	0.19
40	Rutgers	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	15.86	-1	18.31	2.79	1.21
41	Arizona	Pac-10	3-2-1	0.5	15.48	8.67	8.99	4.33	-1.33
42	Oregon	Pac-10	4-2-0	0.67	15.36	-3.17	15.27	2.49	1.51
43	Iowa	Big Ten	4-3-0	0.57	15.25	7.57	11.12	4.89	-0.89
44	Washington	Pac-10	4-3-0	0.57	14.93	4.43	11.63	4.3	-0.3
45	Boston College	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	14.92	2.43	14.5	3.95	0.05
46	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	3-2-1	0.5	14.69	9.5	2.05	4.24	-1.24
47	North Carolina	ACC	4-3-0	0.57	14.48	2.14	13.61	3.93	0.07
48	Texas Tech	Southwest	4-3-0	0.57	14.29	3.86	10.28	4.1	-0.1
49	West Virginia	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	13.59	11.33	11.02	4.93	-1.93
50	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	4-3-0	0.57	13.38	0.29	10.54	3.57	0.43
51	Fresno State	PCAA	3-3-0	0.5	12.64	3.83	6.53	3.71	-0.71
52	Duke	ACC	3-3-0	0.5	12.49	2.5	7.26	3.42	-0.42
53	BYU	Western Athletic	3-3-0	0.5	12.37	2.17	8.27	3.29	-0.29
54	Utah	Western Athletic	4-3-0	0.57	12.3	-1	4.5	3.36	0.64
55	Central Michigan	Mid-American	3-3-0	0.5	12.3	2.17	10.36	3.39	-0.39
56	Long Beach State	PCAA	4-3-0	0.57	12.19	-0.29	3.63	3.44	0.56
57	Tulane	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	12.18	2	5.17	3.24	-0.24
58	TCU	Southwest	3-3-0	0.5	12	0.83	11.19	3.15	-0.15
59	Texas	Southwest	3-3-0	0.5	11.79	-0.33	16.25	2.95	0.05
60	East Carolina	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	11.23	-6	6.65	2.5	1.5
61	Memphis	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	10.73	-2	12.27	2.67	0.33
62	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	10.54	-4.33	15.16	2.42	0.58
63	Maryland	ACC	3-3-0	0.5	10.29	-8.5	18.42	1.65	1.35
64	Mississippi State	SEC	3-3-0	0.5	10.18	-5.83	9.81	1.8	1.2
65	Virginia	ACC	3-4-0	0.43	9.25	-2.71	10.78	3.03	-0.03
66	Army	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	8.92	8	1.59	4.12	-2.12
67	Georgia Tech	ACC	2-4-0	0.33	8.91	3.67	8.88	3.63	-1.63
68	Temple	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	8.71	-7	13.83	1.96	1.04
69	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-4-0	0.43	8.65	-2.14	6.93	3.09	-0.09
70	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-4-0	0.43	8.27	-6.57	7.15	2.15	0.85
71	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	3-4-0	0.43	7.69	-18.29	14.04	1.06	1.94
72	UNLV	PCAA	2-3-0	0.4	7.57	-5.2	3.97	1.77	0.23
73	NC State	ACC	2-4-0	0.33	6.55	-4.67	13.85	2.07	-0.07
74	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-4-0	0.33	6.28	-6.17	11.86	2.01	-0.01
75	Illinois	Big Ten	2-4-0	0.33	6.07	-5.33	11.91	1.69	0.31
76	Stanford	Pac-10	2-4-0	0.33	6	-6.5	13.94	2.17	-0.17
77	Washington State	Pac-10	2-4-0	0.33	5.92	-11.83	13.99	1.6	0.4
78	Toledo	Mid-American	2-4-0	0.33	5.88	-8.17	7.48	1.4	0.6
79	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	5.87	-11.67	12.7	1.41	0.59
80	Louisiana	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	5.58	-13.5	9.72	0.71	1.29
81	Oregon State	Pac-10	2-4-0	0.33	5.55	-18.17	14.04	1.16	0.84
82	Louisville	FBS Independents	2-4-1	0.29	5.49	-12	5.42	1.76	0.24
83	Ole Miss	SEC	2-5-0	0.29	5.2	-4.71	11.4	2.61	-0.61
84	Akron	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.89	-8	5.71	2.16	-0.16
85	Pacific	PCAA	2-5-0	0.29	4.84	-8	5.3	1.66	0.34
86	Tulsa	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.47	-21	15.36	0.93	1.07
87	Rice	Southwest	2-5-0	0.29	4.38	-18	8.18	1.34	0.66
88	California	Pac-10	1-4-1	0.17	3.99	-2	17.51	2.71	-1.71
89	Purdue	Big Ten	1-4-1	0.17	3.15	-6.83	15.24	1.81	-0.81
90	Houston	Southwest	1-4-0	0.2	2.87	-10	13.89	1.44	-0.44
91	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	2.34	-7.67	14.57	1.81	-0.81
92	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-5-0	0.17	2.05	-12	16.86	1.61	-0.61
93	Ball State	Mid-American	1-5-0	0.17	2.03	-10.17	10.91	1.49	-0.49
94	Ohio	Mid-American	1-5-0	0.17	1.94	-11.17	7.98	0.77	0.23
95	New Mexico State	PCAA	1-5-0	0.17	1.48	-21	7.39	0.32	0.68
96	Navy	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	1.41	-13.5	1.21	1.15	-0.15
97	Iowa State	Big 8	1-5-0	0.17	1.4	-24.33	13.58	0.61	0.39
98	Kansas	Big 8	1-5-0	0.17	1.4	-24	10.55	0.28	0.72
99	Utah State	PCAA	1-5-0	0.17	1.25	-20.33	13.47	0.71	0.29
100	San Diego State	Western Athletic	1-6-0	0.14	1.09	-15.57	16.97	1.69	-0.69
101	Colorado State	Western Athletic	1-6-0	0.14	0.91	-13.43	15.24	1.47	-0.47
102	New Mexico	Western Athletic	0-6-0	0	-2.03	-11.67	9.36	1.44	-1.44
103	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-5-1	0	-2.49	-17.83	16.93	0.77	-0.77
104	Kansas State	Big 8	0-6-0	0	-2.58	-23.5	10.84	0.61	-0.61