1987 W9 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.579678+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Miami	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	26.84	28	15.25	4.71	0.29
2	LSU	SEC	6-0-1	0.86	26.45	17.43	15.29	6.23	-0.23
3	Nebraska	Big 8	7-0-0	1	26.08	29.86	11.38	6.55	0.45
4	Auburn	SEC	6-0-1	0.86	25.6	23	10.04	6.65	-0.65
5	Syracuse	FBS Independents	7-0-0	1	25.47	20.43	9.8	6.38	0.62
6	Oklahoma	Big 8	7-0-0	1	25.04	43.29	5.2	6.95	0.05
7	Florida State	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	23.12	26.14	13.8	6.52	-0.52
8	UCLA	Pac-10	6-1-0	0.86	22.58	22.14	11.58	6.24	-0.24
9	Oklahoma State	Big 8	6-1-0	0.86	22.38	11.71	13.16	5.34	0.66
10	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	22.21	15	15.37	4.99	0.01
11	Indiana	Big Ten	6-1-0	0.86	22.1	7	13.8	4.86	1.14
12	Clemson	ACC	6-1-0	0.86	21.65	14.14	6.94	5.82	0.18
13	Ohio State	Big Ten	5-1-1	0.71	21.6	7.14	15.25	5.14	-0.14
14	Tennessee	SEC	5-1-1	0.71	21.6	13.71	12.02	5.58	-0.58
15	San José State	PCAA	7-1-0	0.88	21.52	16.75	4.37	6.59	0.41
16	Georgia	SEC	6-2-0	0.75	19.82	11.62	13.66	6.22	-0.22
17	Florida	SEC	5-2-0	0.71	19.65	23.14	14.87	6.66	-1.66
18	Air Force	Western Athletic	6-2-0	0.75	19.32	10.62	11.01	5.99	0.01
19	Penn State	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.87	9.57	14.15	5	0
20	Alabama	SEC	5-2-0	0.71	18.83	12.14	12.77	5.57	-0.57
21	Arizona State	Pac-10	5-2-0	0.71	18.55	10.29	12.05	5.22	-0.22
22	Texas A&M	Southwest	5-2-0	0.71	18.45	7.43	13	4.93	0.07
23	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	6-2-0	0.75	18.25	4.5	7.77	4.91	1.09
24	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.24	7.57	11.3	5.31	-0.31
25	South Carolina	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.21	18.57	6.91	6.31	-1.31
26	Wyoming	Western Athletic	5-2-0	0.71	18	8	9.13	4.59	0.41
27	UTEP	Western Athletic	5-2-0	0.71	17.95	10.29	6.65	5.13	-0.13
28	Arkansas	Southwest	5-2-0	0.71	17.91	5	11.15	4.54	0.46
29	Rutgers	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	17.5	1	15.07	3.74	1.26
30	Kent State	Mid-American	5-2-0	0.71	17.47	6.57	6.88	4.7	0.3
31	Minnesota	Big Ten	5-2-0	0.71	17.34	3.71	6.99	4.15	0.85
32	Wake Forest	ACC	5-2-0	0.71	17.04	4.29	4.21	4.64	0.36
33	Michigan State	Big Ten	4-2-1	0.57	16.79	1.71	14.21	3.91	0.09
34	Iowa	Big Ten	5-3-0	0.62	16.13	9.62	10.06	5.92	-0.92
35	Michigan	Big Ten	4-3-0	0.57	16.12	17.43	14.24	6.24	-2.24
36	Texas Tech	Southwest	5-3-0	0.62	15.84	7.75	9.39	5.35	-0.35
37	Kentucky	SEC	4-3-0	0.57	15.73	12.57	13.08	5.83	-1.83
38	West Virginia	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	15.34	12.71	11.78	5.84	-1.84
39	Missouri	Big 8	4-3-0	0.57	15.31	8.71	11.92	5.12	-1.12
40	USC	Pac-10	4-3-0	0.57	15.17	5.57	13.32	4.41	-0.41
41	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	4-3-0	0.57	14.78	10	6.73	5.1	-1.1
42	Baylor	Southwest	5-3-0	0.62	14.71	1.38	6.49	4.33	0.67
43	Washington	Pac-10	4-3-0	0.57	14.7	4.43	11.81	4.3	-0.3
44	North Carolina	ACC	4-3-0	0.57	14.43	2.14	13.4	3.93	0.07
45	TCU	Southwest	4-3-0	0.57	14.37	4.14	10.66	4.4	-0.4
46	Colorado	Big 8	4-3-0	0.57	14.3	2.14	10.93	3.93	0.07
47	BYU	Western Athletic	4-3-0	0.57	14.04	2.14	10.87	3.85	0.15
48	Tulane	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	13.85	4.43	5.39	4.07	-0.07
49	Arizona	Pac-10	3-3-1	0.43	12.94	5	8.51	4.35	-1.35
50	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	3-3-1	0.43	12.58	8	2.38	4.77	-1.77
51	Oregon	Pac-10	4-3-0	0.57	12.56	-3.14	14.17	2.87	1.13
52	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	12.25	-3.29	14.04	2.95	1.05
53	Maryland	ACC	4-3-0	0.57	11.95	-7.14	16.49	2.17	1.83
54	Boston College	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	11.76	-0.5	14.23	3.9	0.1
55	Texas	Southwest	3-3-0	0.5	11.75	-0.33	15.06	2.95	0.05
56	Virginia	ACC	4-4-0	0.5	11.2	-0.62	12.11	3.88	0.12
57	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	4-4-0	0.5	11	-1.25	9.95	3.69	0.31
58	Fresno State	PCAA	3-4-0	0.43	10.84	3.14	6.61	4.16	-1.16
59	Duke	ACC	3-4-0	0.43	10.64	2	7.17	3.89	-0.89
60	Utah	Western Athletic	4-4-0	0.5	10.38	-1.5	4.08	3.77	0.23
61	Long Beach State	PCAA	4-4-0	0.5	10.31	-1.5	3.27	3.7	0.3
62	Central Michigan	Mid-American	3-4-0	0.43	10.24	0.43	9.17	3.6	-0.6
63	East Carolina	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	9.7	-8	8.1	2.49	1.51
64	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	4-4-0	0.5	9.52	-15.88	15.02	1.43	2.57
65	Memphis	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	9.2	-2.14	11.74	3.07	-0.07
66	NC State	ACC	3-4-0	0.43	8.9	-3.71	15.44	2.7	0.3
67	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-4-0	0.43	8.7	-2.14	6.12	3.09	-0.09
68	Stanford	Pac-10	3-4-0	0.43	8.57	-5.14	13.92	2.66	0.34
69	Temple	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	8.42	-7	12.43	1.96	1.04
70	Washington State	Pac-10	3-4-0	0.43	8.36	-7.71	15.08	2.44	0.56
71	Mississippi State	SEC	3-4-0	0.43	8.27	-9.43	12.01	1.47	1.53
72	Toledo	Mid-American	3-4-0	0.43	8.18	-5.29	8.24	2.36	0.64
73	Ole Miss	SEC	3-5-0	0.38	8.15	-0.62	9.38	3.87	-0.87
74	Army	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	7.7	5	2.62	4.36	-2.36
75	Louisville	FBS Independents	3-4-1	0.38	7.69	-7.88	4.95	2.6	0.4
76	Louisiana	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	7.62	-10.14	6.29	1.24	1.76
77	Georgia Tech	ACC	2-5-0	0.29	7.41	1.14	10.52	3.73	-1.73
78	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-5-0	0.38	7.14	-6.5	8.93	2.48	0.52
79	Pacific	PCAA	3-5-0	0.38	6.8	-6.88	6.8	2.22	0.78
80	Illinois	Big Ten	2-4-1	0.29	6.35	-4.57	12.9	2.17	-0.17
81	UNLV	PCAA	2-4-0	0.33	5.78	-8.33	7.16	1.78	0.22
82	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-5-0	0.29	5.21	-5.71	9.79	2.45	-0.45
83	Ball State	Mid-American	2-5-0	0.29	4.88	-7.29	11.49	2.07	-0.07
84	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.69	-15.43	15.17	1.24	0.76
85	Oregon State	Pac-10	2-5-0	0.29	4.62	-16.86	15.41	1.44	0.56
86	Utah State	PCAA	2-5-0	0.29	4.3	-16.71	12.76	1.27	0.73
87	Iowa State	Big 8	2-5-0	0.29	4.17	-18.86	11.36	1.19	0.81
88	New Mexico State	PCAA	2-5-0	0.29	4.12	-15.29	5.22	0.89	1.11
89	Akron	FBS Independents	2-6-0	0.25	3.78	-9.62	5.24	2.16	-0.16
90	San Diego State	Western Athletic	2-6-0	0.25	3.7	-12.38	15.64	2.39	-0.39
91	Rice	Southwest	2-6-0	0.25	3.49	-17.38	10.5	1.57	0.43
92	Tulsa	FBS Independents	2-6-0	0.25	3.4	-22.75	14.6	0.88	1.12
93	California	Pac-10	1-5-1	0.14	2.69	-5.14	17.6	2.66	-1.66
94	Purdue	Big Ten	1-5-1	0.14	2.19	-9.29	14.86	1.76	-0.76
95	Houston	Southwest	1-5-0	0.17	2.18	-9	13.79	1.8	-0.8
96	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-5-1	0.14	1.54	-14.86	15.7	1.23	-0.23
97	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	1.46	-9.29	14.66	2.06	-1.06
98	Ohio	Mid-American	1-6-0	0.14	1.23	-11.57	9.46	0.88	0.12
99	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-6-0	0.14	1.14	-14.29	14.94	1.61	-0.61
100	Colorado State	Western Athletic	1-6-0	0.14	1.12	-13.43	14.52	1.47	-0.47
101	Navy	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	1.12	-12.14	3.27	1.36	-0.36
102	Kansas	Big 8	1-6-0	0.14	0.73	-22.57	9.61	0.53	0.47
103	New Mexico	Western Athletic	0-6-0	0	-2.03	-11.67	9.92	1.44	-1.44
104	Kansas State	Big 8	0-7-0	0	-2.73	-27.71	12.5	0.48	-0.48