1988 W8 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.746474+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	USC	Pac-10	6-0-0	1	26.91	16.5	16.79	5.12	0.88
2	UCLA	Pac-10	6-0-0	1	26.26	26.67	11.75	5.47	0.53
3	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	25.88	17.17	11.78	5.14	0.86
4	Wyoming	Western Athletic	7-0-0	1	25.81	25	9.81	6.23	0.77
5	Arkansas	Southwest	6-0-0	1	25.18	21.33	7.45	5.28	0.72
6	West Virginia	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	25.13	27.83	6.16	5.63	0.37
7	Indiana	Big Ten	5-0-1	0.83	24.88	22.17	5.91	5.34	-0.34
8	Nebraska	Big 8	6-1-0	0.86	22.96	27.57	12.06	6.19	-0.19
9	BYU	Western Athletic	5-1-0	0.83	22.21	19.67	13.11	5.32	-0.32
10	Miami	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	22.05	21.2	14.22	4.55	-0.55
11	Florida State	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	22.01	13.29	9.62	5.47	0.53
12	Oklahoma	Big 8	5-1-0	0.83	21.68	19.83	10.01	5.41	-0.41
13	Syracuse	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	21.33	11.17	10.62	4.78	0.22
14	Oklahoma State	Big 8	4-1-0	0.8	21.32	17.8	10.58	3.73	0.27
15	Oregon	Pac-10	5-1-0	0.83	21.31	17.67	8.21	5.15	-0.15
16	UTEP	Western Athletic	6-1-0	0.86	21.21	15.29	4.57	5.5	0.5
17	Georgia	SEC	5-1-0	0.83	21.21	12.67	9.04	4.58	0.42
18	Clemson	ACC	5-1-0	0.83	21.2	17	8.14	5.35	-0.35
19	Colorado	Big 8	5-1-0	0.83	21.2	8	10.94	4.15	0.85
20	Houston	Southwest	4-1-0	0.8	21.11	25.4	9.81	4.46	-0.46
21	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	20.88	7.43	5.65	4.58	1.42
22	Auburn	SEC	5-1-0	0.83	20.87	26.33	4.15	5.8	-0.8
23	South Carolina	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	20.64	11.86	1.01	5.81	0.19
24	Central Michigan	Mid-American	5-1-0	0.83	20.57	15.67	4.58	5.42	-0.42
25	Louisiana	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	20.51	19.83	3.4	5.3	-0.3
26	Ball State	Mid-American	5-1-0	0.83	20.43	16.5	2.24	5.23	-0.23
27	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	5-1-0	0.83	20.43	5.5	7.96	3.63	1.37
28	NC State	ACC	5-1-0	0.83	20.33	24.17	1.5	5.76	-0.76
29	Alabama	SEC	4-1-0	0.8	20.04	14.6	5.61	4.13	-0.13
30	Western Michigan	Mid-American	5-1-0	0.83	19.98	15.83	-0.21	4.88	0.12
31	Duke	ACC	5-1-0	0.83	19.41	2.17	3.54	3.27	1.73
32	Army	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	19.15	15.33	-3.55	5.09	-0.09
33	Washington State	Pac-10	4-2-0	0.67	18.48	16	13.03	4.64	-0.64
34	Fresno State	Big West	5-2-0	0.71	18.22	19.71	5.7	6.14	-1.14
35	Arizona	Pac-10	4-2-0	0.67	18.22	9.67	16.2	4.26	-0.26
36	Florida	SEC	5-2-0	0.71	18.21	21.14	3.84	6.63	-1.63
37	Washington	Pac-10	4-2-0	0.67	18.13	5.67	16.14	3.95	0.05
38	Air Force	Western Athletic	5-2-0	0.71	18.1	14.43	6.43	4.95	0.05
39	Penn State	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.98	12.33	10.92	4.76	-0.76
40	LSU	SEC	4-2-0	0.67	17.21	6.67	10.83	4.32	-0.32
41	Rutgers	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.11	5.67	10.8	3.93	0.07
42	Illinois	Big Ten	4-2-0	0.67	16.88	6	9.28	3.99	0.01
43	Wake Forest	ACC	4-2-0	0.67	16.56	9.67	4.44	4.57	-0.57
44	Michigan	Big Ten	3-2-1	0.5	16.33	11.5	12.89	4.73	-1.73
45	Iowa	Big Ten	3-2-2	0.43	15.54	8.71	8.31	5.32	-2.32
46	Baylor	Southwest	4-3-0	0.57	14.59	9	4.66	5.17	-1.17
47	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	13.67	13.67	10.29	4.63	-1.63
48	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	4-2-0	0.67	13.6	-7.67	9.16	1.57	2.43
49	Stanford	Pac-10	3-3-0	0.5	13.6	6.33	15.45	4.11	-1.11
50	California	Pac-10	3-3-0	0.5	12.72	2	10.41	3.29	-0.29
51	Navy	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	12.02	8.67	-3.15	4.27	-1.27
52	Louisville	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	11.91	-4.29	11.49	2.77	1.23
53	Oregon State	Pac-10	3-3-0	0.5	11.5	-1.5	16.89	2.77	0.23
54	Texas	Southwest	3-3-0	0.5	11.5	-0.33	9.53	2.95	0.05
55	Texas A&M	Southwest	3-3-0	0.5	11.23	-1.67	17.28	2.75	0.25
56	Memphis	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	11.2	-0.17	7.13	2.96	0.04
57	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	11.15	-6.86	3.23	1.95	2.05
58	Ole Miss	SEC	3-3-0	0.5	10.93	-2.17	14.79	2.61	0.39
59	Maryland	ACC	3-3-0	0.5	10.9	-4.17	15.75	2.37	0.63
60	TCU	Southwest	3-3-0	0.5	10.74	-3.67	12.68	2.48	0.52
61	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-3-0	0.5	10.5	-5.83	17.48	2.15	0.85
62	Arizona State	Pac-10	3-3-0	0.5	10.19	-5.83	9.43	1.91	1.09
63	Kent State	Mid-American	3-4-0	0.43	10.16	0.29	12.37	3.55	-0.55
64	Purdue	Big Ten	3-3-0	0.5	10.02	-7.83	14.03	1.63	1.37
65	Iowa State	Big 8	3-3-0	0.5	9.98	-5.33	10.69	1.87	1.13
66	Tulane	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	9.76	-7.17	7.98	2	1
67	UNLV	Big West	3-3-0	0.5	9.58	-7.67	8.53	1.77	1.23
68	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	9.49	-12	9.45	1.31	1.69
69	Toledo	Mid-American	3-4-0	0.43	9.2	-0.43	6.41	3.42	-0.42
70	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-3-1	0.33	8.64	-2.17	10.59	2.65	-0.65
71	Georgia Tech	ACC	2-4-0	0.33	8.59	2.83	12.55	3.64	-1.64
72	Kentucky	SEC	2-4-0	0.33	7.96	-0.5	18.11	2.91	-0.91
73	Missouri	Big 8	2-3-1	0.33	7.84	-8.67	13.79	1.83	0.17
74	Boston College	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	7	-3	16.16	2.53	-0.53
75	San José State	Big West	2-5-0	0.29	6.89	0.43	12.03	3.56	-1.56
76	Utah	Western Athletic	2-4-0	0.33	6.47	-4.17	10.84	2.57	-0.57
77	Virginia	ACC	2-4-0	0.33	6.45	-4.67	11.45	2.32	-0.32
78	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-4-0	0.33	6	-11.67	15.96	1.49	0.51
79	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	5.74	-9.17	5.9	1.78	0.22
80	Texas Tech	Southwest	2-4-0	0.33	5.7	-7.5	9.09	2.05	-0.05
81	Utah State	Big West	2-4-0	0.33	5.37	-20.17	11.8	0.88	1.12
82	Ohio	Mid-American	2-4-0	0.33	5.11	-10.5	1.57	1.47	0.53
83	Akron	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	5.06	-6.71	6.24	2.1	-0.1
84	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	2-5-0	0.29	5	-10.14	13.58	1.53	0.47
85	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.92	-9.43	17.35	1.85	0.15
86	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-4-1	0.17	3.11	-4.17	15.44	1.98	-0.98
87	Temple	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	2.3	-22.6	17.16	0.28	0.72
88	Tulsa	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	2.23	-10.33	16.64	1.84	-0.84
89	Mississippi State	SEC	1-5-0	0.17	2.16	-9.83	15.25	1.57	-0.57
90	East Carolina	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	1.73	-6.86	14.75	2.53	-1.53
91	San Diego State	Western Athletic	1-5-0	0.17	1.65	-20.33	20.46	1	0
92	New Mexico State	Big West	1-5-0	0.17	1.6	-16.83	5.53	1.11	-0.11
93	Long Beach State	Big West	1-5-0	0.17	1.11	-23	8.76	0.43	0.57
94	Pacific	Big West	1-6-0	0.14	1.03	-15	6.38	1.21	-0.21
95	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-6-0	0.14	0.85	-20.14	16.31	0.74	0.26
96	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-6-0	0.14	0.6	-28.14	13.17	0.73	0.27
97	Rice	Southwest	0-5-0	0	-2.31	-14.4	14.96	0.99	-0.99
98	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-6-0	0	-2.34	-14	19.18	1.21	-1.21
99	Tennessee	SEC	0-6-0	0	-2.59	-18.17	20.52	0.91	-0.91
100	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-5-1	0	-2.6	-20.83	15.82	0.79	-0.79
101	Kansas State	Big 8	0-6-0	0	-2.63	-24.17	11.82	0.7	-0.7
102	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0-7-0	0	-2.66	-22.57	15.32	0.77	-0.77
103	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0-6-0	0	-2.7	-22.17	18.44	0.35	-0.35
104	North Carolina	ACC	0-6-0	0	-2.75	-23.67	18.46	0.59	-0.59
105	Kansas	Big 8	0-6-0	0	-2.88	-28.5	16.44	0.45	-0.45