1988 W7 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.746066+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	USC	Pac-10	5-0-0	1	27.08	19.6	15.71	4.51	0.49
2	UCLA	Pac-10	5-0-0	1	26.59	28.6	11.78	4.63	0.37
3	Miami	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	26.13	26.75	9.95	3.87	0.13
4	Wyoming	Western Athletic	6-0-0	1	26.1	21.17	10.6	5.11	0.89
5	Oklahoma State	Big 8	4-0-0	1	25.73	27.5	8.37	3.47	0.53
6	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	25.59	20.4	8.47	4.56	0.44
7	West Virginia	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	25.45	27.83	6.29	5.63	0.37
8	Arkansas	Southwest	5-0-0	1	25.25	25	5.77	4.57	0.43
9	Indiana	Big Ten	4-0-1	0.8	24.86	22.6	4.48	4.44	-0.44
10	South Carolina	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	24.04	19.5	0.94	5.64	0.36
11	Ball State	Mid-American	5-0-0	1	23.67	20.6	-0.76	4.53	0.47
12	Duke	ACC	5-0-0	1	23.55	9	1.21	3.44	1.56
13	Western Michigan	Mid-American	5-0-0	1	23.27	22.4	-3.14	4.57	0.43
14	Nebraska	Big 8	5-1-0	0.83	21.91	28.67	8.57	5.49	-0.49
15	Washington State	Pac-10	4-1-0	0.8	21.76	22.6	13.19	4.32	-0.32
16	BYU	Western Athletic	4-1-0	0.8	21.75	21	13.19	4.52	-0.52
17	Florida State	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	21.67	11.5	10.92	4.56	0.44
18	Colorado	Big 8	4-1-0	0.8	21.45	7.2	13.78	3.31	0.69
19	Oklahoma	Big 8	4-1-0	0.8	21.37	14.6	12.76	4.43	-0.43
20	Georgia	SEC	5-1-0	0.83	21.33	12.67	8.71	4.58	0.42
21	Oregon	Pac-10	4-1-0	0.8	21.33	12.2	10.79	3.9	0.1
22	Washington	Pac-10	4-1-0	0.8	21.32	7	15.73	3.53	0.47
23	Penn State	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	21.19	17.6	10.93	4.33	-0.33
24	Florida	SEC	5-1-0	0.83	20.99	27.17	1.7	5.89	-0.89
25	UTEP	Western Athletic	5-1-0	0.83	20.94	14.5	6.21	4.61	0.39
26	Syracuse	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	20.61	10.6	9.71	3.89	0.11
27	Auburn	SEC	4-1-0	0.8	20.5	23.2	3.26	4.72	-0.72
28	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	4-1-0	0.8	20.48	6.2	8.58	3.1	0.9
29	Central Michigan	Mid-American	4-1-0	0.8	20.35	15.2	6.75	4.41	-0.41
30	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	20.34	5.83	6.62	3.74	1.26
31	Clemson	ACC	4-1-0	0.8	20.21	14	5.96	4.39	-0.39
32	Houston	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	20.2	18.25	8.26	3.46	-0.46
33	Alabama	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	20.04	16.25	7.66	3.41	-0.41
34	Louisiana	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	19.86	14.8	1.31	4.05	-0.05
35	NC State	ACC	4-1-0	0.8	19.79	20	1.85	4.68	-0.68
36	Army	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	18.95	17	-2.42	4.35	-0.35
37	Fresno State	Big West	4-2-0	0.67	17.54	16.17	7.34	5.03	-1.03
38	Air Force	Western Athletic	4-2-0	0.67	17.42	15.67	6.93	4.41	-0.41
39	Baylor	Southwest	4-2-0	0.67	16.97	12.83	4.4	4.91	-0.91
40	Arizona	Pac-10	3-2-0	0.6	16.76	8.2	16.68	3.48	-0.48
41	Michigan	Big Ten	3-2-0	0.6	16.34	13.8	11.97	4.11	-1.11
42	Rutgers	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	16	4.6	11.99	3.09	-0.09
43	LSU	SEC	3-2-0	0.6	15.93	7.4	12.31	3.66	-0.66
44	California	Pac-10	3-2-0	0.6	15.66	5.8	8.39	3.21	-0.21
45	Iowa	Big Ten	3-2-1	0.5	15.63	10.17	8.1	4.76	-1.76
46	Wake Forest	ACC	3-2-0	0.6	14.91	11	2.18	4.01	-1.01
47	Illinois	Big Ten	3-2-0	0.6	14.82	1.6	12.52	2.73	0.27
48	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	14.45	-0.5	0.29	2.89	1.11
49	Texas	Southwest	3-2-0	0.6	14.06	0.2	6.19	2.53	0.47
50	Maryland	ACC	3-2-0	0.6	13.12	-4.4	15.69	1.94	1.06
51	TCU	Southwest	3-2-0	0.6	13.08	-1.8	10.11	2.29	0.71
52	Arizona State	Pac-10	3-2-0	0.6	13.03	-2.8	8.2	2.07	0.93
53	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-2-1	0.4	12.34	1.4	8.65	2.69	-0.69
54	Navy	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	12.24	8.67	-3.36	4.27	-1.27
55	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-2-0	0.6	12.03	-10	6.56	1.07	1.93
56	Oregon State	Pac-10	3-3-0	0.5	12.03	-1.5	18.78	2.77	0.23
57	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	11.71	9.4	12.4	3.46	-1.46
58	Memphis	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	11.11	-0.17	7.3	2.96	0.04
59	Stanford	Pac-10	2-3-0	0.4	10.83	3.4	17.75	2.98	-0.98
60	Kentucky	SEC	2-3-0	0.4	10.23	0	21.01	2.5	-0.5
61	Missouri	Big 8	2-2-1	0.4	10.22	-6.8	15.87	1.79	0.21
62	Louisville	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	10.16	-5.33	11.44	2.2	0.8
63	Tulane	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	9.96	-7.17	6.82	2	1
64	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	9.52	-12	11.38	1.31	1.69
65	Boston College	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	9.13	-1.4	16.83	2.33	-0.33
66	Ole Miss	SEC	2-3-0	0.4	8.67	-3.2	21.47	2	0
67	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-3-0	0.4	8.19	-10	19.04	1.4	0.6
68	Virginia	ACC	2-3-0	0.4	8.17	-5.2	11.73	1.85	0.15
69	Texas A&M	Southwest	2-3-0	0.4	8.12	-4.8	18.3	1.92	0.08
70	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	7.92	-5.6	7.26	1.85	0.15
71	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-3-0	0.4	7.86	-13	16.8	1.09	0.91
72	Purdue	Big Ten	2-3-0	0.4	7.85	-10.4	14.63	0.93	1.07
73	Utah	Western Athletic	2-3-0	0.4	7.85	-3.6	9.61	2.16	-0.16
74	Iowa State	Big 8	2-3-0	0.4	7.23	-10	10.64	0.96	1.04
75	UNLV	Big West	2-3-0	0.4	7.11	-10.8	10.18	1.08	0.92
76	Akron	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	7.04	-0.83	4.75	2.84	-0.84
77	Kent State	Mid-American	2-4-0	0.33	6.95	-2.5	11.19	2.59	-0.59
78	Utah State	Big West	2-3-0	0.4	6.79	-16	9.58	0.99	1.01
79	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	2-4-0	0.33	6.11	-11.5	16.56	1.09	0.91
80	Toledo	Mid-American	2-4-0	0.33	6.06	-4.5	9.23	2.25	-0.25
81	Tulsa	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	4.23	-1.6	15.29	2.31	-1.31
82	Temple	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	3.69	-19.5	20.15	0.31	0.69
83	Georgia Tech	ACC	1-4-0	0.2	3.59	-3.4	10.1	1.85	-0.85
84	San José State	Big West	1-5-0	0.17	3.31	-2.5	14.69	2.69	-1.69
85	Mississippi State	SEC	1-4-0	0.2	2.98	-8.4	14.47	1.4	-0.4
86	Texas Tech	Southwest	1-4-0	0.2	2.92	-9.4	10.66	1.46	-0.46
87	East Carolina	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	2.9	-4	14.5	2.5	-1.5
88	San Diego State	Western Athletic	1-4-0	0.2	2.34	-24	20.21	0.63	0.37
89	Ohio	Mid-American	1-4-0	0.2	2.27	-16	0.76	0.66	0.34
90	New Mexico State	Big West	1-4-0	0.2	2.15	-18.6	5.12	0.84	0.16
91	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	1.88	-15.5	18.97	0.84	0.16
92	Pacific	Big West	1-5-0	0.17	1.74	-14.5	7.3	1.06	-0.06
93	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-5-0	0.17	1.4	-24.83	10.83	0.82	0.18
94	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-5-0	0.17	1.21	-20.5	15.14	0.72	0.28
95	Michigan State	Big Ten	0-4-1	0	-2.21	-11.6	19.03	0.47	-0.47
96	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-5-0	0	-2.3	-12.8	20.99	1.12	-1.12
97	Kansas State	Big 8	0-5-0	0	-2.45	-19.8	9.2	0.68	-0.68
98	Rice	Southwest	0-4-0	0	-2.57	-17.5	19.6	0.48	-0.48
99	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-4-1	0	-2.61	-18.4	19.36	0.88	-0.88
100	North Carolina	ACC	0-5-0	0	-2.62	-19.4	18.15	0.74	-0.74
101	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0-5-0	0	-2.7	-21	19.21	0.36	-0.36
102	Tennessee	SEC	0-5-0	0	-2.71	-20.2	20.89	0.65	-0.65
103	Long Beach State	Big West	0-5-0	0	-2.75	-28	9.73	0.18	-0.18
104	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0-6-0	0	-2.79	-23.5	18.61	0.58	-0.58
105	Kansas	Big 8	0-5-0	0	-2.98	-31.8	16.63	0.35	-0.35