1988 W4 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.745022+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Colorado	Big 8	2-0-0	1	28.43	22.5	14.15	1.85	0.15
2	UCLA	Pac-10	3-0-0	1	28.17	39.67	9.45	2.9	0.1
3	Oregon	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	27.61	32	11.92	1.89	0.11
4	Arkansas	Southwest	3-0-0	1	27.59	20.33	9.83	2.58	0.42
5	Penn State	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	27.57	15.5	11.82	1.65	0.35
6	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	27.36	40.5	8.58	1.96	0.04
7	Oklahoma	Big 8	2-0-0	1	27.29	23	11.54	1.97	0.03
8	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-0-0	1	27.29	2.5	17.91	1.11	0.89
9	Houston	Southwest	2-0-0	1	27.25	42	9.21	2	0
10	West Virginia	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	27.12	38	6.32	2.84	0.16
11	Auburn	SEC	2-0-0	1	26.95	29.5	6.17	1.94	0.06
12	Baylor	Southwest	3-0-0	1	26.84	24	6.98	2.94	0.06
13	Miami	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	26.6	16	6.45	1.7	0.3
14	NC State	ACC	2-0-0	1	26.6	23.5	7.01	1.96	0.04
15	Washington	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	26.46	14	9.33	1.74	0.26
16	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	3-0-0	1	26.3	6.67	9.14	1.91	1.09
17	Indiana	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	26.27	24	6.14	1.82	0.18
18	USC	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	26.27	15.5	5.46	1.72	0.28
19	Wyoming	Western Athletic	3-0-0	1	26.05	25.67	2.44	2.87	0.13
20	Florida	SEC	3-0-0	1	25.9	46.33	-1.32	2.99	0.01
21	Georgia	SEC	3-0-0	1	25.9	15.33	3.24	2.37	0.63
22	South Carolina	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	25.62	25.33	0.7	2.98	0.02
23	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-0-0	1	25.22	6.33	4.18	2.11	0.89
24	LSU	SEC	2-0-0	1	25.2	26	-2.19	1.98	0.02
25	Alabama	SEC	1-0-0	1	24.82	37	-2.72	1	0
26	Oklahoma State	Big 8	1-0-0	1	24.78	32	-2.46	0.91	0.09
27	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-0-0	1	24.39	20.67	-4.92	2.73	0.27
28	Ball State	Mid-American	3-0-0	1	24.3	20.33	-5.3	2.8	0.2
29	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	24.24	9.5	-0.52	1.66	0.34
30	Duke	ACC	3-0-0	1	24.12	13	-4.66	2.27	0.73
31	Louisiana	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	24.06	20	-6.48	1.89	0.11
32	Arizona State	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	23.75	8	-2.3	1.44	0.56
33	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	22.95	2.33	-4.73	1.84	1.16
34	Washington State	Pac-10	2-1-0	0.67	19.53	18	5.78	2.47	-0.47
35	Clemson	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	19.14	16.67	4.29	2.69	-0.69
36	Nebraska	Big 8	2-1-0	0.67	19.14	15.33	7.96	2.32	-0.32
37	Arizona	Pac-10	2-1-0	0.67	18.99	3	11.21	1.75	0.25
38	Kent State	Mid-American	2-1-0	0.67	18.99	14.67	4.13	2.61	-0.61
39	BYU	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	18.96	11.67	16.05	2.27	-0.27
40	Fresno State	Big West	2-1-0	0.67	18.69	15.33	10.98	2.33	-0.33
41	Florida State	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	18.62	2.67	21.3	1.71	0.29
42	Wake Forest	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	18.54	15.67	1.38	2.77	-0.77
43	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	18.21	19	-2.21	2.53	-0.53
44	Oregon State	Pac-10	2-1-0	0.67	18.17	1.33	21.24	1.6	0.4
45	Air Force	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	17.25	12.67	1.64	2.1	-0.1
46	Navy	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.1	11.67	-7.57	2.6	-0.6
47	Tulane	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	15.68	0.33	4.36	1.53	0.47
48	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	15.33	0	4.29	1.5	0.5
49	Tulsa	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	15.11	11	12.71	1.49	-0.49
50	California	Pac-10	1-1-0	0.5	14.96	11	4.72	1.65	-0.65
51	Virginia	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	14.75	-6.33	12.29	1.04	0.96
52	Rutgers	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	14.5	1.5	12.24	1.08	-0.08
53	Army	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	14.11	3	6.17	1.19	-0.19
54	Georgia Tech	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	13.99	6.5	0.79	1.43	-0.43
55	Utah	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	13.37	7	-6.34	1.28	-0.28
56	Ohio State	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	13.31	-7.5	18.86	0.61	0.39
57	Stanford	Pac-10	1-1-0	0.5	13.2	8.5	17.62	1.45	-0.45
58	Iowa State	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	13.08	-9	19.24	0.49	0.51
59	Maryland	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	12.36	-10	11.86	0.63	0.37
60	Missouri	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	12.19	-5	9.62	0.75	0.25
61	TCU	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	12	4.5	11.66	1.19	-0.19
62	Purdue	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	11.96	4.5	10.27	1.3	-0.3
63	Texas	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	11.7	3	10.72	1.14	-0.14
64	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	11.55	-3.5	12.22	0.81	0.19
65	Iowa	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	11.12	9.67	16.74	2.15	-1.15
66	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	11.11	5.5	1.04	1.24	-0.24
67	San José State	Big West	1-2-0	0.33	11.06	9.33	11.66	2.03	-1.03
68	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	10.71	0	11.97	1	0
69	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	10.28	0	6.29	1	0
70	East Carolina	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	10.08	3.67	8.42	1.81	-0.81
71	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	9.76	1.33	16.88	1.61	-0.61
72	Ole Miss	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	9.44	-0.67	21.75	1.43	-0.43
73	Mississippi State	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	8.62	-1.33	16.23	1.41	-0.41
74	Kentucky	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	7.73	-6.67	15.83	0.86	0.14
75	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.59	-14.67	17.2	0.52	0.48
76	Memphis	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.16	-9	1.06	0.59	0.41
77	San Diego State	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	6.06	-23.67	14.39	0.37	0.63
78	Illinois	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	5.55	-10.33	22.72	0.8	0.2
79	Louisville	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	5.33	-11.67	20.16	0.7	0.3
80	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	5.33	-30.67	3.2	0.28	0.72
81	Temple	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	5.19	-14	19.75	0.38	0.62
82	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	1-2-0	0.33	5.06	-13.33	16.41	0.47	0.53
83	Michigan	Big Ten	0-2-0	0	-0.82	-1.5	24.37	0.93	-0.93
84	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0-2-0	0	-1.92	-6	24.7	0.63	-0.63
85	Texas Tech	Southwest	0-2-0	0	-2.02	-10.5	7.88	0.56	-0.56
86	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-3-0	0	-2.07	-8.33	20.38	0.94	-0.94
87	Michigan State	Big Ten	0-2-0	0	-2.1	-10.5	21.7	0.24	-0.24
88	Akron	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.19	-10.67	15.55	0.52	-0.52
89	Ohio	Mid-American	0-2-0	0	-2.23	-20	-5.9	0.18	-0.18
90	Tennessee	SEC	0-3-0	0	-2.51	-13.67	26.26	0.6	-0.6
91	UNLV	Big West	0-2-0	0	-2.58	-17	11.5	0.09	-0.09
92	Toledo	Mid-American	0-3-0	0	-2.68	-19.67	13.73	0.22	-0.22
93	Texas A&M	Southwest	0-2-0	0	-2.81	-18	24.25	0.09	-0.09
94	Kansas State	Big 8	0-3-0	0	-2.82	-21.67	14.15	0.23	-0.23
95	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0-3-0	0	-2.82	-23.67	14.79	0.25	-0.25
96	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-2-0	0	-2.86	-22.5	19.94	0.35	-0.35
97	Pacific	Big West	0-3-0	0	-3	-27.33	13.48	0.25	-0.25
98	Rice	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-3.06	-27	22.68	0.07	-0.07
99	North Carolina	ACC	0-2-0	0	-3.06	-24.5	24.17	0.03	-0.03
100	New Mexico State	Big West	0-3-0	0	-3.07	-31.33	13.02	0.12	-0.12
101	Long Beach State	Big West	0-3-0	0	-3.23	-40.33	14.19	0.01	-0.01
102	Kansas	Big 8	0-2-0	0	-3.25	-31	26.46	0.07	-0.07
103	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-3.29	-33	20.97	0.04	-0.04
104	Utah State	Big West	0-2-0	0	-3.3	-32	21.69	0.15	-0.15
105	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-3-0	0	-3.3	-36.33	16.53	0.11	-0.11