1988 W5 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.745370+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Alabama	SEC	2-0-0	1	28.18	35.5	16.24	1.99	0.01
2	Colorado	Big 8	3-0-0	1	27.94	17.33	15.99	2.58	0.42
3	USC	Pac-10	3-0-0	1	27.8	15.67	16.75	2.66	0.34
4	West Virginia	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	27.22	33.75	10.37	3.78	0.22
5	Oregon	Pac-10	3-0-0	1	26.87	22.67	9.83	2.82	0.18
6	UCLA	Pac-10	3-0-0	1	26.84	39.67	7.32	2.9	0.1
7	Washington	Pac-10	3-0-0	1	26.7	10.67	12.38	2.25	0.75
8	Wyoming	Western Athletic	4-0-0	1	26.57	20	9.56	3.4	0.6
9	Arkansas	Southwest	3-0-0	1	26.28	20.33	7.18	2.58	0.42
10	Houston	Southwest	2-0-0	1	26.22	42	4.45	2	0
11	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	4-0-0	1	26.01	12	8.37	2.91	1.09
12	South Carolina	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	25.86	22.25	5.73	3.93	0.07
13	Miami	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	25.7	17.33	5.29	2.71	0.29
14	Indiana	Big Ten	2-0-1	0.67	25.68	16	5.62	2.43	-0.43
15	Auburn	SEC	3-0-0	1	25.22	30.33	0.66	2.93	0.07
16	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	25.17	21.33	3.01	2.84	0.16
17	Florida	SEC	4-0-0	1	25.06	39	-0.49	3.99	0.01
18	Oklahoma State	Big 8	2-0-0	1	24.41	34.5	-2.81	1.86	0.14
19	Duke	ACC	4-0-0	1	24.1	10.75	-0.15	2.81	1.19
20	Louisiana	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	24.06	21.67	-2.67	2.79	0.21
21	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-0-0	1	23.63	20.67	-4.87	2.73	0.27
22	Ball State	Mid-American	3-0-0	1	23.52	20.33	-5.33	2.8	0.2
23	Arizona	Pac-10	3-1-0	0.75	21.41	16	17.16	3.39	-0.39
24	Georgia	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	20.72	8.25	10.93	2.74	0.26
25	Nebraska	Big 8	3-1-0	0.75	20.72	19.25	11.45	3.29	-0.29
26	Florida State	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	20.5	7.75	14.74	2.8	0.2
27	Clemson	ACC	3-1-0	0.75	20	16.75	7.3	3.56	-0.56
28	Fresno State	Big West	3-1-0	0.75	19.88	23.75	5.17	3.57	-0.57
29	Oklahoma	Big 8	2-1-0	0.67	19.65	10	14.07	2.47	-0.47
30	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	19.63	20	10.14	2.59	-0.59
31	Baylor	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	19.57	10.5	1.31	3.2	-0.2
32	BYU	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	19.53	11.67	18.65	2.27	-0.27
33	Penn State	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	19.44	8.67	13	2.14	-0.14
34	Washington State	Pac-10	2-1-0	0.67	19.37	18	14.62	2.47	-0.47
35	UTEP	Western Athletic	3-1-0	0.75	19.27	15	3.52	3.17	-0.17
36	NC State	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	18.89	14.33	6.97	2.53	-0.53
37	LSU	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	18.26	16.33	2.66	2.55	-0.55
38	Rutgers	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.95	2.67	17.59	1.72	0.28
39	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	17.77	0.75	6.32	2.06	0.94
40	TCU	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	17.51	7.67	10.79	2	0
41	California	Pac-10	2-1-0	0.67	17.47	17.67	3.97	2.59	-0.59
42	Syracuse	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.28	9.33	8.36	2.26	-0.26
43	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	17.21	3.67	13.22	1.78	0.22
44	Tulane	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	17.06	0.5	1.6	2.06	0.94
45	Army	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	16.87	7.33	4.53	2.2	-0.2
46	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	16.71	-1	-0.85	1.85	1.15
47	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-1-0	0.75	16.66	-9	6.29	1.01	1.99
48	Texas	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	16.13	3	4.76	1.71	0.29
49	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	16.13	-9.67	15.98	0.88	1.12
50	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-1-0	0.67	16.05	12.67	-1.49	2.44	-0.44
51	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	15.98	9	-1.02	2.08	-0.08
52	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	15.91	-4	21.37	1.23	0.77
53	Maryland	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	15.44	-5.33	19.68	1.18	0.82
54	Arizona State	Pac-10	2-1-0	0.67	15.33	-5	7.54	1.14	0.86
55	Iowa	Big Ten	2-2-0	0.5	14.36	9	16.25	2.97	-0.97
56	Air Force	Western Athletic	2-2-0	0.5	14	8.75	6.79	2.53	-0.53
57	Kent State	Mid-American	2-2-0	0.5	13.65	5	5.19	2.55	-0.55
58	Wake Forest	ACC	2-2-0	0.5	13.62	9.25	1.45	3.24	-1.24
59	Kentucky	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	13.15	1	20.62	2.12	-0.12
60	Oregon State	Pac-10	2-2-0	0.5	12.97	-0.75	18.36	1.92	0.08
61	Navy	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	12.53	7	-6.2	2.75	-0.75
62	Missouri	Big 8	1-1-1	0.33	11.52	-3.33	16.74	1.26	-0.26
63	Virginia	ACC	2-2-0	0.5	11.2	-5.75	13.92	1.5	0.5
64	Tulsa	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	10.5	6.33	14.33	1.94	-0.94
65	Stanford	Pac-10	1-2-0	0.33	10.44	4.33	19.98	1.97	-0.97
66	Louisville	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	9.8	-7.75	10.38	1.34	0.66
67	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	2-2-0	0.5	9.72	-9.25	11.4	0.87	1.13
68	Michigan	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	8.86	2.33	23.13	1.7	-0.7
69	San José State	Big West	1-3-0	0.25	8.4	6	16.96	2.45	-1.45
70	Ole Miss	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	8.28	-0.67	19.88	1.43	-0.43
71	Texas Tech	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	8.15	3	11.94	1.71	-0.71
72	Georgia Tech	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	7.83	-1.33	7.96	1.37	-0.37
73	East Carolina	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	7.24	2	9.38	2.18	-1.18
74	Iowa State	Big 8	1-2-0	0.33	7.15	-8.33	17.88	0.62	0.38
75	Utah	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	7.08	-4.67	7.28	1.23	-0.23
76	Purdue	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	6.69	-12	16.16	0.61	0.39
77	Illinois	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	6.28	-10.33	18.88	0.8	0.2
78	Temple	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	5.97	-14	17.82	0.38	0.62
79	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	5.8	-2.5	19.24	1.74	-0.74
80	San Diego State	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	5.73	-23.67	19.54	0.37	0.63
81	Mississippi State	SEC	1-3-0	0.25	5.21	-5.25	18.95	1.44	-0.44
82	UNLV	Big West	1-2-0	0.33	5.2	-8.67	9.89	0.69	0.31
83	Utah State	Big West	1-2-0	0.33	4.63	-17.33	9.42	0.6	0.4
84	Memphis	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.33	-7	5.11	1.06	-0.06
85	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	3.91	-19.75	14.03	0.35	0.65
86	Akron	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	3.74	-7.5	14.39	1.15	-0.15
87	Toledo	Mid-American	1-3-0	0.25	3.52	-7.5	8.85	1.16	-0.16
88	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-3-0	0.25	3.46	-23.5	6.28	0.58	0.42
89	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	2.9	-19.5	12.98	0.4	0.6
90	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-3-0	0	-2.06	-8.33	22.43	0.94	-0.94
91	Ohio	Mid-American	0-3-0	0	-2.19	-16	-0.21	0.42	-0.42
92	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0-3-0	0	-2.27	-10.67	24.65	0.52	-0.52
93	Michigan State	Big Ten	0-3-0	0	-2.44	-14.67	19.12	0.22	-0.22
94	Pacific	Big West	0-4-0	0	-2.63	-21.25	9.4	0.41	-0.41
95	North Carolina	ACC	0-3-0	0	-2.69	-17.67	19.41	0.4	-0.4
96	Kansas State	Big 8	0-3-0	0	-2.72	-21.67	13.97	0.23	-0.23
97	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-3-0	0	-2.76	-20.33	18.49	0.44	-0.44
98	New Mexico State	Big West	0-4-0	0	-2.77	-26.5	7.95	0.28	-0.28
99	Tennessee	SEC	0-4-0	0	-2.77	-18.25	25.54	0.51	-0.51
100	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0-4-0	0	-2.79	-21.75	17.95	0.41	-0.41
101	Texas A&M	Southwest	0-3-0	0	-2.98	-24.33	23.04	0.14	-0.14
102	Rice	Southwest	0-2-0	0	-3.1	-26	25.16	0.17	-0.17
103	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-4-0	0	-3.14	-34.5	15.19	0.12	-0.12
104	Kansas	Big 8	0-3-0	0	-3.22	-31	22.92	0.18	-0.18
105	Long Beach State	Big West	0-3-0	0	-3.25	-40.33	15.26	0.01	-0.01