1988 W18 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.750163+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	25.23	20.36	12.39	10.01	0.99
2	West Virginia	FBS Independents	11-0-0	1	24.72	27.09	8.77	10.06	0.94
3	Miami	FBS Independents	10-1-0	0.91	23.53	25.64	13.39	10.46	-0.46
4	Wyoming	Western Athletic	11-1-0	0.92	23.35	23.25	11.58	10.51	0.49
5	USC	Pac-10	10-1-0	0.91	23.35	17.64	13.93	9.53	0.47
6	Nebraska	Big 8	11-1-0	0.92	23.23	24.33	10.73	10.87	0.13
7	Florida State	FBS Independents	10-1-0	0.91	23.13	25.18	11.27	10.03	-0.03
8	Auburn	SEC	10-1-0	0.91	22.95	22.91	10.67	10.64	-0.64
9	Arkansas	Southwest	10-1-0	0.91	22.57	15.73	10.14	9.22	0.78
10	UCLA	Pac-10	9-2-0	0.82	21.1	17.09	13.03	9.23	-0.23
11	Oklahoma	Big 8	9-2-0	0.82	20.7	16.27	10.83	9.55	-0.55
12	Clemson	ACC	9-2-0	0.82	20.59	16.18	10.18	9.5	-0.5
13	Michigan	Big Ten	8-2-1	0.73	20.59	16.91	12.77	9.55	-1.55
14	Oklahoma State	Big 8	9-2-0	0.82	20.5	17.73	9.25	8.27	0.73
15	Syracuse	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	20.27	12.64	9.37	8.76	0.24
16	Fresno State	Big West	10-2-0	0.83	20.19	18.67	5.85	10.57	-0.57
17	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	10-2-0	0.83	20.08	5.75	10.26	7.51	2.49
18	Houston	Southwest	9-3-0	0.75	19.37	21.25	10.88	10.34	-1.34
19	Washington State	Pac-10	9-3-0	0.75	18.95	9.33	12.49	8.14	0.86
20	Alabama	SEC	9-3-0	0.75	18.93	10.75	11.64	9.3	-0.3
21	UTEP	Western Athletic	10-3-0	0.77	18.89	13.08	7.26	9.85	0.15
22	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	9-3-0	0.75	18.63	8.33	10.77	8.06	0.94
23	Colorado	Big 8	8-3-0	0.73	18.44	11.73	10.92	8.65	-0.65
24	Western Michigan	Mid-American	9-3-0	0.75	18.38	9.75	8.37	8.66	0.34
25	LSU	SEC	8-3-0	0.73	18.14	5.27	12.65	7.25	0.75
26	Georgia	SEC	8-3-0	0.73	18.1	12.64	8.25	8.7	-0.7
27	Ball State	Mid-American	8-3-0	0.73	17.72	10.55	6.47	8.52	-0.52
28	Indiana	Big Ten	7-3-1	0.64	17.55	12.45	9.1	8.31	-1.31
29	Army	FBS Independents	9-3-0	0.75	17.49	9.17	2.48	8.63	0.37
30	NC State	ACC	7-3-1	0.64	17.47	12.91	8.35	9.22	-2.22
31	BYU	Western Athletic	8-4-0	0.67	17.11	11.42	11.18	8.75	-0.75
32	South Carolina	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	17.01	2.91	7.24	6.5	1.5
33	Louisville	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	16.82	1.45	8.46	5.91	2.09
34	Iowa	Big Ten	6-3-3	0.5	16.74	9	9.7	8.78	-2.78
35	Arizona	Pac-10	7-4-0	0.64	16.4	5.55	14.91	7.06	-0.06
36	Central Michigan	Mid-American	7-4-0	0.64	15.97	10.09	8.33	8.37	-1.37
37	Michigan State	Big Ten	6-4-1	0.55	15.59	9	13.09	8.54	-2.54
38	Duke	ACC	7-3-1	0.64	15.41	0	8.02	5.5	1.5
39	Virginia	ACC	7-4-0	0.64	14.66	0.64	9.64	5.68	1.32
40	Texas A&M	Southwest	7-5-0	0.58	14.53	3.33	13.64	7.03	-0.03
41	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	14.35	10.64	11.2	8.4	-2.4
42	Wake Forest	ACC	6-4-1	0.55	14.29	4	6.75	6.59	-0.59
43	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	6-3-1	0.6	13.85	-2.7	8.89	4.15	1.85
44	Florida	SEC	6-5-0	0.55	13.84	7.18	9.15	7.78	-1.78
45	Illinois	Big Ten	6-4-1	0.55	13.82	0.55	10.54	5.67	0.33
46	Washington	Pac-10	6-5-0	0.55	13.78	2.82	14	6.34	-0.34
47	Louisiana	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.48	6.55	6.44	7.25	-1.25
48	Utah	Western Athletic	6-5-0	0.55	13.48	3.82	9.53	6.22	-0.22
49	Baylor	Southwest	6-5-0	0.55	13.17	3.27	7.52	6.58	-0.58
50	Memphis	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	12.96	1.91	8.38	6.13	-0.13
51	Toledo	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	12.86	2.09	6.92	6.14	-0.14
52	Oregon	Pac-10	6-6-0	0.5	12.59	4.08	11.4	7.27	-1.27
53	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	12.58	-2.73	3.3	4.36	2.64
54	Penn State	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	11.43	2.73	13.85	6.4	-1.4
55	California	Pac-10	5-5-1	0.45	11.23	-0.09	11.28	5.47	-0.47
56	Rutgers	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	10.86	1.64	10.39	5.94	-0.94
57	Arizona State	Pac-10	6-5-0	0.55	10.76	-7.73	11.68	3.25	2.75
58	Kentucky	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	10.76	0.82	12.63	5.78	-0.78
59	Air Force	Western Athletic	5-7-0	0.42	10.57	2.5	12.41	6.52	-1.52
60	Akron	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	10.47	1.73	5.71	6.05	-1.05
61	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	5-6-0	0.45	10.35	0.36	10.54	5.62	-0.62
62	Kent State	Mid-American	5-6-0	0.45	10.31	0.55	8.84	5.65	-0.65
63	Ole Miss	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	9.98	-0.18	10.53	5.44	-0.44
64	Texas Tech	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	9.75	-0.36	9.01	5.42	-0.42
65	Maryland	ACC	5-6-0	0.45	9.15	-4	14.74	4.49	0.51
66	Tennessee	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	8.75	-6.73	14.04	3.63	1.37
67	Iowa State	Big 8	5-6-0	0.45	8.61	-5.73	10.3	3.74	1.26
68	Stanford	Pac-10	3-6-2	0.27	8.51	2	14.14	6.13	-3.13
69	Tulane	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.4	-7.55	10.02	3.71	1.29
70	Oregon State	Pac-10	4-6-1	0.36	8.19	-3.09	15.27	4.66	-0.66
71	Ohio State	Big Ten	4-6-1	0.36	7.77	-4.91	13.32	4.15	-0.15
72	Ohio	Mid-American	4-6-1	0.36	7.1	-8.45	8.28	3.13	0.87
73	Tulsa	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.74	-5.82	13.38	4.07	-0.07
74	Texas	Southwest	4-7-0	0.36	6.72	-4.73	10.39	4.3	-0.3
75	San José State	Big West	4-8-0	0.33	6.62	-1.5	9	5.61	-1.61
76	TCU	Southwest	4-7-0	0.36	6.49	-7.27	11.59	3.46	0.54
77	Georgia Tech	ACC	3-8-0	0.27	6.36	0.55	9.7	5.7	-2.7
78	Temple	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.23	-10	10.72	2.94	1.06
79	UNLV	Big West	4-7-0	0.36	5.98	-12.45	8.95	2.24	1.76
80	Utah State	Big West	4-7-0	0.36	5.97	-13.36	9.75	2.48	1.52
81	Purdue	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	5.9	-16.27	11.23	1.18	2.82
82	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	5.77	-15.18	7.49	1.97	2.03
83	Missouri	Big 8	3-7-1	0.27	5.11	-8.73	14.23	3.38	-0.38
84	East Carolina	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.92	-4	13.31	4.56	-1.56
85	Navy	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.54	-4.82	6.6	4.13	-1.13
86	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-8-0	0.27	4.53	-6.82	12.55	3.53	-0.53
87	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.48	-8	14.16	3.04	-0.04
88	Boston College	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.45	-8.09	13.57	3.52	-0.52
89	San Diego State	Western Athletic	3-8-0	0.27	3.92	-16.36	13.35	2.01	0.99
90	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	3.74	-16.18	7.19	2	1
91	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-7-2	0.18	3.59	-4.64	10.31	4.02	-2.02
92	Long Beach State	Big West	3-9-0	0.25	3.38	-15.33	8.64	2.12	0.88
93	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-8-1	0.18	2.4	-14.36	12.59	2.14	-0.14
94	Bowling Green	Mid-American	2-8-1	0.18	2.29	-15.82	10.48	1.63	0.37
95	Pacific	Big West	2-9-0	0.18	1.88	-13.64	6.01	2.05	-0.05
96	New Mexico	Western Athletic	2-10-0	0.17	1.18	-29	12.04	0.8	1.2
97	Colorado State	Western Athletic	1-10-0	0.09	-0.1	-14.18	13.14	2.16	-1.16
98	Mississippi State	SEC	1-10-0	0.09	-0.12	-14.55	13.91	1.91	-0.91
99	North Carolina	ACC	1-10-0	0.09	-0.19	-15.82	15.98	2.18	-1.18
100	New Mexico State	Big West	1-10-0	0.09	-0.3	-18.73	7.79	1.46	-0.46
101	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-10-0	0.09	-0.32	-18.91	12.83	0.78	0.22
102	Kansas	Big 8	1-10-0	0.09	-0.62	-27.91	12.85	1.01	-0.01
103	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0-10-1	0	-2.3	-17.64	11.5	1.52	-1.52
104	Rice	Southwest	0-11-0	0	-2.32	-17.55	12.79	1.51	-1.51
105	Kansas State	Big 8	0-11-0	0	-2.58	-25.18	12.17	1.02	-1.02