1988 W9 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.746894+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	USC	Pac-10	6-0-0	1	26.69	16.5	16.66	5.12	0.88
2	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	7-0-0	1	26.18	18.71	13.84	6.11	0.89
3	UCLA	Pac-10	7-0-0	1	26.15	25.86	12.33	6.45	0.55
4	Wyoming	Western Athletic	8-0-0	1	25.6	27.25	9.43	7.21	0.79
5	Arkansas	Southwest	7-0-0	1	25.22	19	9.03	6	1
6	West Virginia	FBS Independents	7-0-0	1	25.01	29.57	6.3	6.56	0.44
7	Nebraska	Big 8	7-1-0	0.88	22.97	29.75	9.8	7.27	-0.27
8	BYU	Western Athletic	6-1-0	0.86	22.67	17	13.25	5.97	0.03
9	Florida State	FBS Independents	7-1-0	0.88	22.61	19.5	9.78	6.89	0.11
10	Oklahoma	Big 8	6-1-0	0.86	22.41	17.43	11.78	6.18	-0.18
11	Miami	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	22.2	26.67	12.52	5.68	-0.68
12	Oregon	Pac-10	6-1-0	0.86	22.01	15.57	9.98	5.89	0.11
13	Syracuse	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	21.67	13	8.71	5.76	0.24
14	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	7-1-0	0.88	21.62	8.12	7.88	5.39	1.61
15	Oklahoma State	Big 8	5-1-0	0.83	21.6	19.5	10.47	4.63	0.37
16	UTEP	Western Athletic	7-1-0	0.88	21.46	18	3.7	6.69	0.31
17	NC State	ACC	6-1-0	0.86	21.33	21.71	4.93	6.72	-0.72
18	Auburn	SEC	6-1-0	0.86	21.27	27.29	3.45	6.83	-0.83
19	Ball State	Mid-American	6-1-0	0.86	21.27	15.14	5.96	5.93	0.07
20	Indiana	Big Ten	5-1-1	0.71	20.9	15.43	5.98	5.7	-0.7
21	Alabama	SEC	5-1-0	0.83	20.81	13	7.85	4.98	0.02
22	Western Michigan	Mid-American	6-1-0	0.86	20.66	14.57	2.64	5.55	0.45
23	South Carolina	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	20.45	11.86	1.96	5.81	0.19
24	Army	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	20	14.57	-1.05	5.78	0.22
25	Clemson	ACC	5-2-0	0.71	18.68	13.57	10.24	6.04	-1.04
26	Colorado	Big 8	5-2-0	0.71	18.39	6.43	11.86	4.65	0.35
27	Houston	Southwest	4-2-0	0.67	18.3	20.33	11.76	5.08	-1.08
28	Georgia	SEC	5-2-0	0.71	18.24	10	8.62	5.1	-0.1
29	Michigan	Big Ten	4-2-1	0.57	18.17	13.43	15.05	5.81	-1.81
30	Central Michigan	Mid-American	5-2-0	0.71	18.11	12.43	6.87	5.87	-0.87
31	Fresno State	Big West	5-2-0	0.71	18.04	19.71	5.04	6.14	-1.14
32	Florida	SEC	5-2-0	0.71	18.02	21.14	4.57	6.63	-1.63
33	Louisiana	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18	15.14	5.13	5.77	-0.77
34	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	5-2-0	0.71	17.91	4.57	10.23	4.14	0.86
35	Iowa	Big Ten	4-2-2	0.5	17.22	10.62	9.47	6.44	-2.44
36	LSU	SEC	4-2-0	0.67	17.1	6.67	10.28	4.32	-0.32
37	Duke	ACC	5-2-0	0.71	16.14	0.43	4.84	3.56	1.44
38	Air Force	Western Athletic	5-3-0	0.62	16.05	9.12	8.44	5.12	-0.12
39	Washington State	Pac-10	4-3-0	0.57	15.69	13.29	12.2	5.15	-1.15
40	Arizona	Pac-10	4-3-0	0.57	15.66	5.29	17.73	4.39	-0.39
41	Washington	Pac-10	4-3-0	0.57	15.48	4.43	17.25	4.41	-0.41
42	Penn State	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	15.36	9.86	11.42	5.38	-1.38
43	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	15.36	18.29	9.76	5.87	-1.87
44	Rutgers	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	14.7	3.43	12.12	4.14	-0.14
45	Illinois	Big Ten	4-3-0	0.57	14.28	4.14	7.37	4.29	-0.29
46	California	Pac-10	4-3-0	0.57	14.24	4.14	9.08	4.2	-0.2
47	Wake Forest	ACC	4-3-0	0.57	14.11	5.43	4.47	4.56	-0.56
48	Texas A&M	Southwest	4-3-0	0.57	13.81	0.57	14.37	3.6	0.4
49	Stanford	Pac-10	3-3-1	0.43	13.52	5.43	14.9	4.62	-1.62
50	Louisville	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	13.09	-3.38	10.56	3.38	1.62
51	Ole Miss	SEC	4-3-0	0.57	12.96	-0.71	13.76	3.36	0.64
52	Baylor	Southwest	4-4-0	0.5	12.91	6.62	6.93	5.46	-1.46
53	Maryland	ACC	4-3-0	0.57	12.84	-2.14	17.61	3.13	0.87
54	TCU	Southwest	4-3-0	0.57	12.49	-1.71	12.68	3.21	0.79
55	Iowa State	Big 8	4-3-0	0.57	12.42	-0.57	8.08	3.37	0.63
56	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	11.81	-5.88	1.34	2.37	2.63
57	Arizona State	Pac-10	4-3-0	0.57	11.76	-4.57	11.1	2.56	1.44
58	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	4-3-0	0.57	11.61	-7.57	10.96	1.96	2.04
59	Toledo	Mid-American	4-4-0	0.5	11.48	1.25	4.36	4.29	-0.29
60	Oregon State	Pac-10	3-3-1	0.43	11.44	-1.29	16.73	3.26	-0.26
61	Texas	Southwest	3-3-0	0.5	11.26	-0.33	9.56	2.95	0.05
62	Kentucky	SEC	3-4-0	0.43	10.78	0.43	19.28	3.59	-0.59
63	UNLV	Big West	3-3-0	0.5	9.65	-7.67	8.38	1.77	1.23
64	Navy	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	9.63	0.86	-0.85	3.65	-0.65
65	Virginia	ACC	3-4-0	0.43	9.29	-1.14	12.24	3.3	-0.3
66	San José State	Big West	3-5-0	0.38	9.21	1	10.55	4.17	-1.17
67	Memphis	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	8.85	-2	5.77	3.06	-0.06
68	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-4-0	0.43	8.8	-6.14	15.58	2.51	0.49
69	Kent State	Mid-American	3-5-0	0.38	8.48	-0.62	10.34	3.87	-0.87
70	Ohio State	Big Ten	3-4-0	0.43	8.32	-9	16.09	1.97	1.03
71	Purdue	Big Ten	3-4-0	0.43	8.31	-10.14	13.74	1.51	1.49
72	Tulane	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	8.31	-6.57	9.05	2.49	0.51
73	Akron	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	7.79	-0.88	5.56	3.78	-0.78
74	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	7.68	-19.29	11.28	0.86	2.14
75	Ohio	Mid-American	3-4-0	0.43	7.6	-8	3.88	2.06	0.94
76	Georgia Tech	ACC	2-5-0	0.29	7.59	2	9.54	4.02	-2.02
77	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	3-5-0	0.38	7.2	-6.25	12.87	2.48	0.52
78	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-4-1	0.29	6.68	-2.57	15.88	2.82	-0.82
79	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-4-1	0.29	6.6	-2.86	9.32	2.92	-0.92
80	Missouri	Big 8	2-4-1	0.29	5.9	-11.43	14.58	1.83	0.17
81	Texas Tech	Southwest	2-4-0	0.33	5.85	-7.5	9.48	2.05	-0.05
82	Boston College	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	5.26	-8.29	16.75	2.17	-0.17
83	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	5.05	-9.43	16.66	1.85	0.15
84	Utah	Western Athletic	2-5-0	0.29	4.99	-9.71	13.29	2.39	-0.39
85	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.44	-15.57	8.06	1.32	0.68
86	Utah State	Big West	2-5-0	0.29	4.43	-18	11.55	1.26	0.74
87	Bowling Green	Mid-American	2-6-0	0.25	3.36	-17.12	12.64	1.09	0.91
88	Tulsa	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	2.08	-10.33	16.35	1.84	-0.84
89	Temple	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	1.53	-21.67	16.29	0.39	0.61
90	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-5-1	0.14	1.5	-14.86	12.94	1.46	-0.46
91	Mississippi State	SEC	1-6-0	0.14	1.21	-13.14	16.05	1.31	-0.31
92	Colorado State	Western Athletic	1-6-0	0.14	1.09	-11.14	16.43	1.64	-0.64
93	East Carolina	FBS Independents	1-7-0	0.12	1.01	-9	15.68	2.55	-1.55
94	San Diego State	Western Athletic	1-6-0	0.14	0.95	-18.29	17.6	1.17	-0.17
95	Tennessee	SEC	1-6-0	0.14	0.94	-13.71	18.35	1.57	-0.57
96	New Mexico State	Big West	1-6-0	0.14	0.91	-17.43	6.11	1.11	-0.11
97	North Carolina	ACC	1-6-0	0.14	0.64	-19.86	17.23	0.9	0.1
98	Long Beach State	Big West	1-6-0	0.14	0.62	-25.43	7.72	0.34	0.66
99	Pacific	Big West	1-7-0	0.12	0.59	-14.25	5.06	1.5	-0.5
100	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-7-0	0.12	0.07	-29.25	13.5	0.66	0.34
101	Rice	Southwest	0-6-0	0	-2.26	-14.33	14.09	1.11	-1.11
102	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0-8-0	0	-2.55	-21.38	13	0.86	-0.86
103	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0-7-0	0	-2.6	-22	14.19	0.45	-0.45
104	Kansas State	Big 8	0-7-0	0	-2.72	-27.14	12.79	0.6	-0.6
105	Kansas	Big 8	0-7-0	0	-2.82	-28.43	14.85	0.51	-0.51