1988 W2 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.744333+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Nebraska	Big 8	2-0-0	1	32.71	29.5	5.37	1.88	0.12
2	Miami	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	27.78	31	11.96	1	0
3	LSU	SEC	1-0-0	1	26.79	27	8.26	1	0
4	UCLA	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	26.26	53	3.75	1	0
5	South Carolina	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	26.06	21	5.93	0.94	0.06
6	Georgia	SEC	1-0-0	1	26.04	11	10.44	0.77	0.23
7	West Virginia	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	25.79	48	4.04	0.97	0.03
8	Wyoming	Western Athletic	1-0-0	1	25.41	10	7.43	0.78	0.22
9	Clemson	ACC	1-0-0	1	25.4	33	2.14	0.98	0.02
10	USC	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	25.35	27	4.29	0.98	0.02
11	Arkansas	Southwest	1-0-0	1	25.31	49	2.5	0.97	0.03
12	San José State	Big West	1-0-0	1	25.21	51	-0.1	1	0
13	Kentucky	SEC	1-0-0	1	25.03	11	6.79	0.9	0.1
14	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	24.95	10	1.81	0.72	0.28
15	Fresno State	Big West	1-0-0	1	24.8	47	0.15	0.94	0.06
16	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	1-0-0	1	24.35	3	9.18	0.57	0.43
17	Baylor	Southwest	1-0-0	1	24.29	24	3.79	0.99	0.01
18	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	24.24	7	3.37	0.69	0.31
19	Air Force	Western Athletic	1-0-0	1	23.98	6	1.94	0.63	0.37
20	Ole Miss	SEC	1-0-0	1	23.94	18	6.45	0.96	0.04
21	Arizona	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	23.91	11	0.25	0.81	0.19
22	Washington State	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	23.79	37	3.19	0.99	0.01
23	Duke	ACC	1-0-0	1	23.76	10	1.47	0.72	0.28
24	Florida	SEC	1-0-0	1	23.36	69	-10	1	0
25	Louisiana	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	23.33	15	3.01	0.91	0.09
26	Western Michigan	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	23.19	10	2.24	0.78	0.22
27	Ball State	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	23.18	10	2.63	0.97	0.03
28	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	23.06	49	-10	0.99	0.01
29	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.77	1	2.76	0.59	0.41
30	Maryland	ACC	1-0-0	1	22.67	11	2	0.78	0.22
31	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-0-0	1	22.51	34	-10	1	0
32	Tulsa	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.32	26	-0.68	0.96	0.04
33	Kent State	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	22.12	31	-10	1	0
34	Wake Forest	ACC	1-0-0	1	21.81	20	-10	0.92	0.08
35	Tulane	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	21.3	14	-10	0.79	0.21
36	Virginia	ACC	1-0-0	1	21.25	8	-10	0.67	0.33
37	East Carolina	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	21.24	39	-10	0.96	0.04
38	NC State	ACC	1-0-0	1	21.23	39	-10	0.99	0.01
39	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	21.13	14	-10	0.93	0.07
40	Mississippi State	SEC	1-0-0	1	21.08	7	-5	0.72	0.28
41	Navy	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	20.12	13	-10	0.83	0.17
42	Auburn	SEC	0-0-0	0	3.21	0	0	0	0
43	Oklahoma	Big 8	0-0-0	0	3.06	0	0	0	0
44	Michigan State	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	2.67	0	0	0	0
45	Michigan	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	2.57	0	0	0	0
46	Oklahoma State	Big 8	0-0-0	0	2.45	0	0	0	0
47	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	2.4	0	0	0	0
48	Colorado	Big 8	0-0-0	0	2.2	0	0	0	0
49	Arizona State	Pac-10	0-0-0	0	2.15	0	0	0	0
50	Ohio State	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	2.07	0	0	0	0
51	Alabama	SEC	0-0-0	0	1.99	0	0	0	0
52	Washington	Pac-10	0-0-0	0	1.97	0	0	0	0
53	Indiana	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	1.88	0	0	0	0
54	Penn State	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	1.88	0	0	0	0
55	Army	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	1.74	0	0	0	0
56	TCU	Southwest	0-0-0	0	1.72	0	0	0	0
57	Missouri	Big 8	0-0-0	0	1.6	0	0	0	0
58	Texas	Southwest	0-0-0	0	1.57	0	0	0	0
59	Oregon	Pac-10	0-0-0	0	1.48	0	0	0	0
60	Houston	Southwest	0-0-0	0	1.36	0	0	0	0
61	Minnesota	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	1.34	0	0	0	0
62	Stanford	Pac-10	0-0-0	0	1.31	0	0	0	0
63	Iowa	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	1.27	-3	6.81	0.43	-0.43
64	California	Pac-10	0-0-0	0	1.22	0	0	0	0
65	Utah	Western Athletic	0-0-0	0	1.03	0	0	0	0
66	Rutgers	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.96	0	0	0	0
67	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-0-0	0	0.86	0	0	0	0
68	Texas Tech	Southwest	0-1-0	0	0.82	-5	-10	0.39	-0.39
69	Tennessee	SEC	0-1-0	0	0.74	-11	9.3	0.23	-0.23
70	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.7	0	0	0	0
71	Purdue	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	0.69	0	0	0	0
72	Georgia Tech	ACC	0-0-0	0	0.63	0	0	0	0
73	Florida State	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	0.33	-31	12.12	0	0
74	Rice	Southwest	0-0-0	0	0.26	0	0	0	0
75	Akron	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	0.18	-1	7.17	0.41	-0.41
76	Iowa State	Big 8	0-0-0	0	0.15	0	0	0	0
77	Ohio	Mid-American	0-0-0	0	0.12	0	0	0	0
78	BYU	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	0.05	-10	9.35	0.22	-0.22
79	Kansas	Big 8	0-0-0	0	-0.08	0	0	0	0
80	Central Michigan	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	-0.15	-11	8.06	0.1	-0.1
81	Texas A&M	Southwest	0-2-0	0	-0.42	-18	24.3	0.09	-0.09
82	Memphis	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.48	-18	2.61	0.04	-0.04
83	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	-0.71	-7	8.64	0.31	-0.31
84	North Carolina	ACC	0-1-0	0	-0.87	-21	11.06	0.06	-0.06
85	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	-0.97	-6	9.07	0.37	-0.37
86	Long Beach State	Big West	0-1-0	0	-1.07	-19	-10	0.07	-0.07
87	Toledo	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	-1.07	-10	4.08	0.03	-0.03
88	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-1.17	-10	4.41	0.22	-0.22
89	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	0-1-0	0	-1.23	-15	3.29	0.09	-0.09
90	Louisville	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.26	-11	2.24	0.22	-0.22
91	Temple	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.39	-10	11.78	0.28	-0.28
92	UNLV	Big West	0-1-0	0	-1.39	-24	5.25	0.01	-0.01
93	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-1.4	-10	7.28	0.28	-0.28
94	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.42	-27	8.78	0.02	-0.02
95	Illinois	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-1.79	-37	2.54	0.01	-0.01
96	Oregon State	Pac-10	0-1-0	0	-1.79	-11	8.56	0.19	-0.19
97	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	-1.91	-48	9.13	0.03	-0.03
98	San Diego State	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	-2.1	-53	10.98	0	0
99	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2.13	-33	10.11	0.02	-0.02
100	Pacific	Big West	0-1-0	0	-2.29	-49	8.39	0.03	-0.03
101	Kansas State	Big 8	0-1-0	0	-2.47	-26	0.65	0.04	-0.04
102	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2.72	-7	2.28	0.28	-0.28
103	New Mexico	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	-2.85	-47	8.31	0.06	-0.06
104	Utah State	Big West	0-1-0	0	-3	-50	37.15	0.02	-0.02
105	New Mexico State	Big West	0-1-0	0	-3.01	-51	9.92	0	0