1988 W6 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.745711+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	UCLA	Pac-10	4-0-0	1	27.1	31.5	12.47	3.78	0.22
2	USC	Pac-10	4-0-0	1	27.1	17.5	14.32	3.56	0.44
3	Alabama	SEC	3-0-0	1	26.9	25	11.75	2.8	0.2
4	Houston	Southwest	3-0-0	1	26.76	29	11.33	2.88	0.12
5	Wyoming	Western Athletic	5-0-0	1	26.49	19.8	11.19	4.27	0.73
6	West Virginia	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	26.42	29.4	9.11	4.69	0.31
7	Colorado	Big 8	4-0-0	1	26.37	14	11.29	3.22	0.78
8	Miami	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	26.33	26.75	9.65	3.87	0.13
9	Arkansas	Southwest	4-0-0	1	26.12	26	8.42	3.64	0.36
10	Oregon	Pac-10	4-0-0	1	25.99	22.25	8.07	3.73	0.27
11	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	25.45	23	5.89	3.77	0.23
12	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	4-0-0	1	25.27	12	6.95	2.91	1.09
13	Indiana	Big Ten	3-0-1	0.75	25.16	19.75	4.7	3.39	-0.39
14	Florida	SEC	5-0-0	1	25.02	33.8	2.35	4.97	0.03
15	Oklahoma State	Big 8	3-0-0	1	24.73	30	1.58	2.63	0.37
16	Auburn	SEC	4-0-0	1	24.69	29.25	1.12	3.82	0.18
17	South Carolina	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	24.57	23	1.05	4.89	0.11
18	Louisiana	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	24.28	19.25	0.97	3.42	0.58
19	Duke	ACC	5-0-0	1	24.05	9	2.36	3.44	1.56
20	Western Michigan	Mid-American	4-0-0	1	23.58	22.25	-2.97	3.7	0.3
21	Ball State	Mid-American	4-0-0	1	23.57	23	-3.1	3.74	0.26
22	Florida State	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	21.8	10.2	15.62	3.63	0.37
23	Nebraska	Big 8	4-1-0	0.8	21.52	23.8	9.8	4.4	-0.4
24	Georgia	SEC	4-1-0	0.8	21.16	11.4	10.82	3.75	0.25
25	BYU	Western Athletic	3-1-0	0.75	21.13	17.5	16.65	3.45	-0.45
26	Washington	Pac-10	3-1-0	0.75	20.71	6.25	14.7	2.64	0.36
27	Oklahoma	Big 8	3-1-0	0.75	20.53	14.5	13.42	3.57	-0.57
28	Washington State	Pac-10	3-1-0	0.75	20.53	20.5	11.9	3.34	-0.34
29	Penn State	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	20.08	15.5	10.23	3.33	-0.33
30	UTEP	Western Athletic	4-1-0	0.8	20.02	14	3.42	3.84	0.16
31	Rutgers	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	19.9	9.25	12.28	2.94	0.06
32	Syracuse	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	19.59	9.75	10.31	3.11	-0.11
33	Clemson	ACC	3-1-0	0.75	19.49	16.75	5.56	3.56	-0.56
34	NC State	ACC	3-1-0	0.75	19.38	12.75	6.72	3.39	-0.39
35	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	19.17	2	6.29	2.71	1.29
36	Central Michigan	Mid-American	3-1-0	0.75	19.05	15.5	5.13	3.47	-0.47
37	California	Pac-10	3-1-0	0.75	18.96	15	3.88	3.36	-0.36
38	Army	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	18.58	17.5	0.98	3.54	-0.54
39	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	18.12	2	-0.26	2.91	1.09
40	Texas	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	17.81	4	2.47	2.41	0.59
41	Arizona	Pac-10	3-2-0	0.6	17.35	8.2	17.05	3.48	-0.48
42	Fresno State	Big West	3-2-0	0.6	16.43	16.8	6.32	4.16	-1.16
43	Arizona State	Pac-10	3-1-0	0.75	16.27	-1	3.73	1.9	1.1
44	Baylor	Southwest	3-2-0	0.6	16.17	7.8	8.7	3.6	-0.6
45	Air Force	Western Athletic	3-2-0	0.6	15.93	16.8	6.19	3.7	-0.7
46	Oregon State	Pac-10	3-2-0	0.6	15.85	1.6	19.02	2.72	0.28
47	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-1-0	0.75	15.44	-9	5.57	1.01	1.99
48	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	14.54	14.25	9.73	3.09	-1.09
49	Michigan	Big Ten	2-2-0	0.5	14.22	13.75	15.55	3.16	-1.16
50	Navy	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	14.03	12.4	-6.81	4	-1
51	LSU	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	14.01	9	8.8	2.97	-0.97
52	Iowa	Big Ten	2-2-1	0.4	13.78	7.2	11.19	3.59	-1.59
53	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-2-0	0.5	13.07	1.75	10	2.2	-0.2
54	Wake Forest	ACC	2-2-0	0.5	12.95	9.25	1.94	3.24	-1.24
55	Tulane	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	12.73	-3.6	3.85	2.07	0.93
56	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	11.28	-0.5	2.74	1.95	0.05
57	Maryland	ACC	2-2-0	0.5	11.24	-6.75	18.3	1.4	0.6
58	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	11.24	-7.75	18.86	1.26	0.74
59	TCU	Southwest	2-2-0	0.5	11.16	-5	12.41	1.57	0.43
60	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-2-0	0.5	10.96	-7.75	15.36	1.29	0.71
61	Illinois	Big Ten	2-2-0	0.5	10.7	-3	14.42	1.7	0.3
62	Kentucky	SEC	2-3-0	0.4	10.62	0	21.76	2.5	-0.5
63	Virginia	ACC	2-2-0	0.5	10.39	-5.75	10.34	1.5	0.5
64	Purdue	Big Ten	2-2-0	0.5	10.27	-8	16.72	1.07	0.93
65	Kent State	Mid-American	2-3-0	0.4	9.26	-0.8	7.92	2.39	-0.39
66	Boston College	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	9.17	-1.4	20.07	2.33	-0.33
67	Akron	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	8.43	-0.8	7.97	2.38	-0.38
68	Memphis	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	8.14	-1.4	6.07	2.26	-0.26
69	Louisville	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	8.02	-7.6	12.28	1.69	0.31
70	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	2-3-0	0.4	7.95	-11.2	16.08	0.97	1.03
71	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	6.8	-15	9.06	0.88	1.12
72	San José State	Big West	1-4-0	0.2	6.44	3.4	16.08	2.85	-1.85
73	Missouri	Big 8	1-2-1	0.25	6.41	-16.25	20.56	0.7	0.3
74	Tulsa	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	6.29	-0.5	16.81	1.96	-0.96
75	Stanford	Pac-10	1-3-0	0.25	5.52	-3.75	21.39	1.54	-0.54
76	Georgia Tech	ACC	1-3-0	0.25	5.04	-3	10.02	1.57	-0.57
77	Ole Miss	SEC	1-3-0	0.25	4.89	-6.5	19.1	1.23	-0.23
78	East Carolina	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	4.58	-0.8	12.32	2.42	-1.42
79	Utah	Western Athletic	1-3-0	0.25	4.57	-6	10.39	1.55	-0.55
80	Texas Tech	Southwest	1-3-0	0.25	4.5	-6.5	7	1.44	-0.44
81	Iowa State	Big 8	1-3-0	0.25	4.24	-13.25	17.66	0.48	0.52
82	Temple	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	3.89	-19.5	19.36	0.31	0.69
83	San Diego State	Western Athletic	1-3-0	0.25	3.75	-23	19.54	0.47	0.53
84	UNLV	Big West	1-3-0	0.25	3.74	-17	11.96	0.41	0.59
85	Texas A&M	Southwest	1-3-0	0.25	3.64	-9.5	17.89	1.13	-0.13
86	Utah State	Big West	1-3-0	0.25	3.52	-21.75	12.25	0.51	0.49
87	Ohio	Mid-American	1-3-0	0.25	3.22	-9.5	1.35	1.02	-0.02
88	Mississippi State	SEC	1-4-0	0.2	3.17	-8.4	13.83	1.4	-0.4
89	Toledo	Mid-American	1-4-0	0.2	2.9	-8	6.36	1.37	-0.37
90	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	2.58	-18.2	17.9	0.47	0.53
91	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-4-0	0.2	2.08	-28.6	10.2	0.54	0.46
92	Pacific	Big West	1-4-0	0.2	2.02	-14.6	8.04	0.87	0.13
93	New Mexico State	Big West	1-4-0	0.2	1.81	-18.6	6.63	0.84	0.16
94	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-4-0	0	-1.91	-7.25	20.82	1.34	-1.34
95	Michigan State	Big Ten	0-3-1	0	-2.22	-11	19.5	0.47	-0.47
96	Kansas State	Big 8	0-4-0	0	-2.43	-17	11.21	0.6	-0.6
97	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0-4-0	0	-2.65	-20	18.73	0.36	-0.36
98	North Carolina	ACC	0-4-0	0	-2.7	-19.75	20.13	0.53	-0.53
99	Tennessee	SEC	0-5-0	0	-2.75	-20.2	21.53	0.65	-0.65
100	Rice	Southwest	0-3-0	0	-2.77	-19.67	21.96	0.34	-0.34
101	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-4-0	0	-2.83	-23	20.16	0.5	-0.5
102	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0-5-0	0	-2.84	-23.6	19.56	0.46	-0.46
103	Kansas	Big 8	0-4-0	0	-2.87	-26.5	14.87	0.41	-0.41
104	Long Beach State	Big West	0-4-0	0	-2.95	-33.25	10.27	0.04	-0.04
105	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-5-0	0	-3.12	-33	19.08	0.16	-0.16