1988 W3 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.744667+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	UCLA	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	29.83	33	15.3	1.86	0.14
2	Arkansas	Southwest	2-0-0	1	28.48	26.5	10.02	1.76	0.24
3	Colorado	Big 8	1-0-0	1	27.89	42	24.8	1	0
4	Florida	SEC	2-0-0	1	27.86	40.5	6.97	1.98	0.02
5	Ohio State	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	27.16	17	24.95	0.93	0.07
6	Miami	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	27.1	31	0.33	1	0
7	Auburn	SEC	1-0-0	1	26.95	10	25.03	0.84	0.16
8	Penn State	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	26.81	28	21.25	0.93	0.07
9	LSU	SEC	1-0-0	1	26.7	27	-0.42	1	0
10	Georgia	SEC	2-0-0	1	26.68	19.5	1.23	1.79	0.21
11	West Virginia	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	26.59	41.5	-1.57	1.94	0.06
12	Washington State	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	26.4	34.5	-0.22	1.96	0.04
13	Wyoming	Western Athletic	2-0-0	1	26.31	22.5	-0.6	1.86	0.14
14	USC	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	26.16	15.5	-0.05	1.72	0.28
15	Iowa State	Big 8	1-0-0	1	26.13	17	21.3	0.88	0.12
16	Baylor	Southwest	2-0-0	1	25.97	18.5	-0.73	1.88	0.12
17	Arizona	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	25.75	13.5	-0.49	1.62	0.38
18	South Carolina	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	25.66	29.5	-5.43	1.98	0.02
19	Western Michigan	Mid-American	2-0-0	1	25.62	16	-1.12	1.78	0.22
20	Ball State	Mid-American	2-0-0	1	25.58	17	-1.49	1.91	0.09
21	Louisiana	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	25.58	15	-1.23	0.91	0.09
22	Duke	ACC	2-0-0	1	25.39	7.5	-0.33	1.32	0.68
23	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	2-0-0	1	25.39	5.5	0.15	1.24	0.76
24	Clemson	ACC	2-0-0	1	25.35	26.5	-6.06	1.97	0.03
25	Maryland	ACC	1-0-0	1	25.27	11	-1.26	0.78	0.22
26	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-0-0	1	25.16	4	21.08	0.61	0.39
27	Kent State	Mid-American	2-0-0	1	25.01	25.5	-4.91	1.94	0.06
28	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	24.57	49	-10	0.99	0.01
29	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-0-0	1	24.39	6	-5.36	1.39	0.61
30	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-0-0	1	24.19	30.5	-10	1.9	0.1
31	NC State	ACC	1-0-0	1	24.13	39	-10	0.99	0.01
32	Wake Forest	ACC	2-0-0	1	24.01	27.5	-10	1.97	0.03
33	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	23.77	2.5	-4.91	1.31	0.69
34	Navy	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	23.53	20	-10	1.89	0.11
35	Oregon	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	22.75	49	-1.07	1	0
36	Oklahoma State	Big 8	1-0-0	1	22.7	32	-0.71	0.91	0.09
37	Indiana	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	22.68	27	0.26	0.93	0.07
38	Oklahoma	Big 8	1-0-0	1	22.68	28	-0.87	1	0
39	Alabama	SEC	1-0-0	1	22.59	37	-1.39	1	0
40	Houston	Southwest	1-0-0	1	22.54	60	-2.72	1	0
41	Washington	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	22.34	14	0.69	0.95	0.05
42	California	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	21.97	23	-2.29	0.97	0.03
43	Nebraska	Big 8	2-1-0	0.67	21.81	15.33	7.61	2.32	-0.32
44	Rutgers	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	21.77	4	2.67	0.65	0.35
45	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	21.63	2	2.57	0.57	0.43
46	Missouri	Big 8	1-0-0	1	21.57	14	-3	0.77	0.23
47	Arizona State	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	21.27	5	-1.79	0.66	0.34
48	Utah	Western Athletic	1-0-0	1	20.49	25	-10	0.9	0.1
49	Army	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	20.47	20	-10	0.99	0.01
50	Georgia Tech	ACC	1-0-0	1	20.07	14	-10	0.89	0.11
51	Tulsa	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	16.62	11	11.42	1.49	-0.49
52	Ole Miss	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	16.05	3	11.44	1.2	-0.2
53	San José State	Big West	1-1-0	0.5	16.01	18.5	-2.4	1.64	-0.64
54	Fresno State	Big West	1-1-0	0.5	14.97	2.5	-0.32	1.09	-0.09
55	East Carolina	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	14.79	14	-6.06	1.56	-0.56
56	Kentucky	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	14.59	0.5	1.53	1.04	-0.04
57	Air Force	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	14.49	1.5	-1.54	1.06	-0.06
58	Mississippi State	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	14.06	1.5	-0.93	1.09	-0.09
59	BYU	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	13.37	15.5	13.49	1.69	-0.69
60	Iowa	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	13.33	16	10.94	1.63	-0.63
61	Florida State	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	13.25	2.5	24.45	1.13	-0.13
62	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	13.14	-3.5	0.34	0.81	0.19
63	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-1-0	0.5	12.62	1.5	24.56	1.07	-0.07
64	Tulane	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.51	-1.5	-4.92	0.93	0.07
65	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.07	3.5	13.03	1.18	-0.18
66	Virginia	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	11.58	-10	-4.06	0.59	0.41
67	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	11.45	-11	-4.83	0.47	0.53
68	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	9.61	-11	23.32	0.47	0.53
69	San Diego State	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	9.09	-25	25.12	0.29	0.71
70	Memphis	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	8.91	-8	6.97	0.3	0.7
71	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	8.07	-22.5	10.89	0.4	0.6
72	Michigan	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-0.35	-2	2.4	0.43	-0.43
73	Michigan State	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-0.68	-4	0.96	0.35	-0.35
74	Stanford	Pac-10	0-1-0	0	-1.15	-4	25.35	0.39	-0.39
75	Texas Tech	Southwest	0-2-0	0	-1.66	-10.5	6.96	0.56	-0.56
76	Tennessee	SEC	0-2-0	0	-1.74	-8	24.9	0.64	-0.64
77	Purdue	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-1.8	-14	1.97	0.05	-0.05
78	Ohio	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	-1.81	-17	-10	0.13	-0.13
79	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-2-0	0	-1.91	-7	24.16	0.7	-0.7
80	Akron	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2	-10.5	22.45	0.28	-0.28
81	Central Michigan	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	-2.13	-11	25.03	0.1	-0.1
82	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-2.2	-10	23.19	0.22	-0.22
83	Kansas	Big 8	0-1-0	0	-2.24	-13	24.29	0.17	-0.17
84	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-2.25	-10	23.76	0.28	-0.28
85	Rice	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-2.31	-27	1.88	0.07	-0.07
86	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2.32	-34	-1.42	0.01	-0.01
87	Texas	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-2.34	-41	0.05	0.01	-0.01
88	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0-2-0	0	-2.46	-19.5	13.34	0.31	-0.31
89	Toledo	Mid-American	0-2-0	0	-2.55	-16	23.19	0.09	-0.09
90	Long Beach State	Big West	0-2-0	0	-2.56	-34	-4.26	0.02	-0.02
91	TCU	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-2.59	-28	26.04	0.04	-0.04
92	Texas A&M	Southwest	0-2-0	0	-2.65	-18	29.75	0.09	-0.09
93	North Carolina	ACC	0-2-0	0	-2.68	-24.5	14.56	0.03	-0.03
94	Illinois	Big Ten	0-2-0	0	-2.69	-21	12.97	0.16	-0.16
95	Minnesota	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-2.71	-32	23.79	0.03	-0.03
96	Temple	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.72	-23.5	13.47	0.12	-0.12
97	Louisville	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.88	-23	24.04	0.16	-0.16
98	UNLV	Big West	0-1-0	0	-2.94	-24	24.29	0.01	-0.01
99	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	0-2-0	0	-2.96	-25	24.56	0.09	-0.09
100	New Mexico State	Big West	0-2-0	0	-3.03	-26.5	11.18	0.19	-0.19
101	Kansas State	Big 8	0-2-0	0	-3.06	-30.5	11.79	0.06	-0.06
102	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-3.16	-33.5	11.22	0.03	-0.03
103	Pacific	Big West	0-2-0	0	-3.18	-36	13.26	0.06	-0.06
104	Utah State	Big West	0-2-0	0	-3.29	-32	17.16	0.15	-0.15
105	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-2-0	0	-3.36	-36	24.48	0.07	-0.07