1988 W17 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.749807+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	11-0-0	1	25.28	20.36	12.42	10.01	0.99
2	West Virginia	FBS Independents	11-0-0	1	24.76	27.09	8.79	10.06	0.94
3	Miami	FBS Independents	10-1-0	0.91	23.58	25.64	13.41	10.46	-0.46
4	Wyoming	Western Athletic	11-1-0	0.92	23.4	23.25	11.61	10.51	0.49
5	USC	Pac-10	10-1-0	0.91	23.39	17.64	13.96	9.53	0.47
6	Nebraska	Big 8	11-1-0	0.92	23.27	24.33	10.75	10.87	0.13
7	Florida State	FBS Independents	10-1-0	0.91	23.17	25.18	11.29	10.03	-0.03
8	Auburn	SEC	10-1-0	0.91	22.99	22.91	10.69	10.64	-0.64
9	Arkansas	Southwest	10-1-0	0.91	22.62	15.73	10.16	9.22	0.78
10	UCLA	Pac-10	9-2-0	0.82	21.14	17.09	13.06	9.23	-0.23
11	Houston	Southwest	9-2-0	0.82	20.9	23.36	10.21	9.68	-0.68
12	Oklahoma	Big 8	9-2-0	0.82	20.74	16.27	10.86	9.55	-0.55
13	Clemson	ACC	9-2-0	0.82	20.63	16.18	10.21	9.5	-0.5
14	Michigan	Big Ten	8-2-1	0.73	20.63	16.91	12.8	9.55	-1.55
15	Oklahoma State	Big 8	9-2-0	0.82	20.54	17.73	9.28	8.27	0.73
16	Syracuse	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	20.31	12.64	9.39	8.76	0.24
17	Fresno State	Big West	10-2-0	0.83	20.22	18.67	5.87	10.57	-0.57
18	UTEP	Western Athletic	10-2-0	0.83	20.17	15.83	6.25	9.62	0.38
19	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	19.6	4.45	9.39	6.59	2.41
20	Army	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	18.79	10.09	1.03	8.17	0.83
21	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	9-3-0	0.75	18.66	8.33	10.79	8.06	0.94
22	Alabama	SEC	8-3-0	0.73	18.48	11.64	11.01	8.81	-0.81
23	Colorado	Big 8	8-3-0	0.73	18.48	11.73	10.95	8.65	-0.65
24	Washington State	Pac-10	8-3-0	0.73	18.48	10	11.75	7.55	0.45
25	Western Michigan	Mid-American	9-3-0	0.75	18.42	9.75	8.4	8.66	0.34
26	LSU	SEC	8-3-0	0.73	18.17	5.27	12.67	7.25	0.75
27	Georgia	SEC	8-3-0	0.73	18.14	12.64	8.27	8.7	-0.7
28	Ball State	Mid-American	8-3-0	0.73	17.75	10.55	6.5	8.52	-0.52
29	Indiana	Big Ten	7-3-1	0.64	17.59	12.45	9.12	8.31	-1.31
30	NC State	ACC	7-3-1	0.64	17.5	12.91	8.37	9.22	-2.22
31	BYU	Western Athletic	8-4-0	0.67	17.14	11.42	11.2	8.75	-0.75
32	South Carolina	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	17.04	2.91	7.26	6.5	1.5
33	Louisville	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	16.85	1.45	8.48	5.91	2.09
34	Iowa	Big Ten	6-3-3	0.5	16.77	9	9.72	8.78	-2.78
35	Arizona	Pac-10	7-4-0	0.64	16.43	5.55	14.95	7.06	-0.06
36	Central Michigan	Mid-American	7-4-0	0.64	16	10.09	8.36	8.37	-1.37
37	Michigan State	Big Ten	6-4-1	0.55	15.62	9	13.11	8.54	-2.54
38	Duke	ACC	7-3-1	0.64	15.44	0	8.04	5.5	1.5
39	Virginia	ACC	7-4-0	0.64	14.69	0.64	9.66	5.68	1.32
40	Texas A&M	Southwest	7-5-0	0.58	14.56	3.33	13.67	7.03	-0.03
41	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	14.38	10.64	11.23	8.4	-2.4
42	Wake Forest	ACC	6-4-1	0.55	14.32	4	6.77	6.59	-0.59
43	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	6-3-1	0.6	13.87	-2.7	8.92	4.15	1.85
44	Florida	SEC	6-5-0	0.55	13.87	7.18	9.17	7.78	-1.78
45	Illinois	Big Ten	6-4-1	0.55	13.85	0.55	10.56	5.67	0.33
46	Washington	Pac-10	6-5-0	0.55	13.8	2.82	14.03	6.34	-0.34
47	Louisiana	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.5	6.55	6.46	7.25	-1.25
48	Utah	Western Athletic	6-5-0	0.55	13.5	3.82	9.55	6.22	-0.22
49	Baylor	Southwest	6-5-0	0.55	13.19	3.27	7.54	6.58	-0.58
50	Memphis	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	12.99	1.91	8.4	6.13	-0.13
51	Toledo	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	12.88	2.09	6.95	6.14	-0.14
52	Oregon	Pac-10	6-6-0	0.5	12.61	4.08	11.42	7.27	-1.27
53	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	12.6	-2.73	3.32	4.36	2.64
54	Penn State	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	11.46	2.73	13.88	6.4	-1.4
55	California	Pac-10	5-5-1	0.45	11.25	-0.09	11.31	5.47	-0.47
56	Rutgers	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	10.88	1.64	10.42	5.94	-0.94
57	Arizona State	Pac-10	6-5-0	0.55	10.79	-7.73	11.71	3.25	2.75
58	Kentucky	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	10.78	0.82	12.66	5.78	-0.78
59	Air Force	Western Athletic	5-7-0	0.42	10.59	2.5	12.44	6.52	-1.52
60	Akron	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	10.49	1.73	5.73	6.05	-1.05
61	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	5-6-0	0.45	10.37	0.36	10.56	5.62	-0.62
62	Kent State	Mid-American	5-6-0	0.45	10.33	0.55	8.88	5.65	-0.65
63	Ole Miss	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	10	-0.18	10.56	5.44	-0.44
64	Texas Tech	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	9.77	-0.36	9.04	5.42	-0.42
65	Maryland	ACC	5-6-0	0.45	9.17	-4	14.77	4.49	0.51
66	Tennessee	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	8.77	-6.73	14.07	3.63	1.37
67	Iowa State	Big 8	5-6-0	0.45	8.62	-5.73	10.33	3.74	1.26
68	Stanford	Pac-10	3-6-2	0.27	8.53	2	14.17	6.13	-3.13
69	Tulane	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.42	-7.55	10.04	3.71	1.29
70	Oregon State	Pac-10	4-6-1	0.36	8.2	-3.09	15.3	4.66	-0.66
71	Ohio State	Big Ten	4-6-1	0.36	7.78	-4.91	13.34	4.15	-0.15
72	Ohio	Mid-American	4-6-1	0.36	7.12	-8.45	8.32	3.13	0.87
73	Tulsa	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.75	-5.82	13.41	4.07	-0.07
74	Texas	Southwest	4-7-0	0.36	6.73	-4.73	10.41	4.3	-0.3
75	San José State	Big West	4-8-0	0.33	6.63	-1.5	9.02	5.61	-1.61
76	TCU	Southwest	4-7-0	0.36	6.51	-7.27	11.62	3.46	0.54
77	Georgia Tech	ACC	3-8-0	0.27	6.38	0.55	9.73	5.7	-2.7
78	Temple	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.24	-10	10.74	2.94	1.06
79	UNLV	Big West	4-7-0	0.36	5.99	-12.45	8.98	2.24	1.76
80	Utah State	Big West	4-7-0	0.36	5.98	-13.36	9.77	2.48	1.52
81	Purdue	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	5.91	-16.27	11.25	1.18	2.82
82	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	5.78	-15.18	7.52	1.97	2.03
83	Missouri	Big 8	3-7-1	0.27	5.12	-8.73	14.26	3.38	-0.38
84	East Carolina	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.93	-4	13.34	4.56	-1.56
85	Navy	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.55	-4.82	6.62	4.13	-1.13
86	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-8-0	0.27	4.54	-6.82	12.57	3.53	-0.53
87	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.49	-8	14.19	3.04	-0.04
88	Boston College	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.46	-8.09	13.6	3.52	-0.52
89	San Diego State	Western Athletic	3-8-0	0.27	3.93	-16.36	13.38	2.01	0.99
90	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	3.75	-16.18	7.21	2	1
91	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-7-2	0.18	3.59	-4.64	10.33	4.02	-2.02
92	Long Beach State	Big West	3-9-0	0.25	3.39	-15.33	8.66	2.12	0.88
93	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-8-1	0.18	2.4	-14.36	12.61	2.14	-0.14
94	Bowling Green	Mid-American	2-8-1	0.18	2.29	-15.82	10.52	1.63	0.37
95	Pacific	Big West	2-9-0	0.18	1.88	-13.64	6.03	2.05	-0.05
96	New Mexico	Western Athletic	2-10-0	0.17	1.18	-29	12.06	0.8	1.2
97	Colorado State	Western Athletic	1-10-0	0.09	-0.1	-14.18	13.17	2.16	-1.16
98	Mississippi State	SEC	1-10-0	0.09	-0.12	-14.55	13.94	1.91	-0.91
99	North Carolina	ACC	1-10-0	0.09	-0.19	-15.82	16.01	2.18	-1.18
100	New Mexico State	Big West	1-10-0	0.09	-0.3	-18.73	7.81	1.46	-0.46
101	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-10-0	0.09	-0.32	-18.91	12.86	0.78	0.22
102	Kansas	Big 8	1-10-0	0.09	-0.62	-27.91	12.88	1.01	-0.01
103	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0-10-1	0	-2.31	-17.64	11.54	1.52	-1.52
104	Rice	Southwest	0-11-0	0	-2.33	-17.55	12.82	1.51	-1.51
105	Kansas State	Big 8	0-11-0	0	-2.59	-25.18	12.2	1.02	-1.02