1996 FINAL CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:32.150087+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Florida	SEC	12-1	0.92	23.65	30	12.52	11.93	0.07
2	Ohio State	Big Ten	11-1	0.92	23.63	27	12.88	11.4	-0.4
3	Florida State	ACC	11-1	0.92	23.59	22.67	13.07	10.84	0.16
4	Arizona State	Pac-10	11-1	0.92	23.45	22.67	12.32	10.48	0.52
5	BYU	Western Athletic	14-1	0.93	22.93	20.87	8.91	12.86	1.14
6	Nebraska	Big 12	11-2	0.85	22.23	29.15	13.68	12.21	-1.21
7	Penn State	Big Ten	11-2	0.85	21.47	15.15	12.15	10.83	0.17
8	North Carolina	ACC	10-2	0.83	21.1	19.5	11.51	11.11	-1.11
9	Colorado	Big 12	10-2	0.83	21	11	13.47	9.03	0.97
10	Tennessee	SEC	10-2	0.83	20.97	21	10.38	10.62	-0.62
11	Virginia Tech	Big East	10-2	0.83	20.93	13.42	11.8	9.54	0.46
12	Wyoming	Western Athletic	10-2	0.83	20.48	15	8.91	9.14	0.86
13	LSU	SEC	10-2	0.83	20.44	10.42	10.2	9.02	0.98
14	Army	FBS Independents	10-2	0.83	20.11	12.92	7.08	9.32	0.68
15	Alabama	SEC	10-3	0.77	19.35	9.31	12.47	9.86	0.14
16	Syracuse	Big East	9-3	0.75	19.32	19.08	11.73	10.24	-1.24
17	Washington	Pac-10	9-3	0.75	19.26	11.42	13.57	8.83	0.17
18	Kansas State	Big 12	9-3	0.75	18.93	12.42	10.96	9.56	-0.56
19	Miami	Big East	9-3	0.75	18.92	13.17	10.91	9.49	-0.49
20	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	8-3	0.73	18.92	20.55	11.69	9.59	-1.59
21	Iowa	Big Ten	9-3	0.75	18.7	8	11.82	8.25	0.75
22	Nevada	Big West	9-3	0.75	18.46	19.75	5.94	9.74	-0.74
23	East Carolina	FBS Independents	8-3	0.73	18.23	9.27	10.96	7.87	0.13
24	Northwestern	Big Ten	9-3	0.75	18.21	4.83	10.46	7.33	1.67
25	San Diego State	Western Athletic	8-3	0.73	18.11	11.36	9.14	7.63	0.37
26	Navy	FBS Independents	9-3	0.75	17.94	6.92	7.33	7.65	1.35
27	Southern Miss	Conference USA	8-3	0.73	17.82	3.64	12.49	6.47	1.53
28	Auburn	SEC	8-4	0.67	17.19	10.08	12.97	8.43	-0.43
29	Michigan	Big Ten	8-4	0.67	17.04	7.75	12.84	8.7	-0.7
30	West Virginia	Big East	8-4	0.67	16.93	9.58	10.88	9.45	-1.45
31	Ball State	Mid-American	8-4	0.67	16.42	7.17	8.84	8.31	-0.31
32	Texas	Big 12	8-5	0.62	16.07	10.92	12.26	9.26	-1.26
33	Wisconsin	Big Ten	8-5	0.62	15.57	10.31	8.93	9.61	-1.61
34	Virginia	ACC	7-5	0.58	15.22	11.5	12.66	9.28	-2.28
35	Texas Tech	Big 12	7-5	0.58	14.87	7.58	12.21	8.24	-1.24
36	Air Force	Western Athletic	6-5	0.55	14.5	11.73	12.3	8.15	-2.15
37	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	6-5	0.55	14.1	9.55	10	8.36	-2.36
38	Colorado State	Western Athletic	7-5	0.58	14.09	3.67	9.64	6.87	0.13
39	Houston	Conference USA	7-5	0.58	13.77	1.67	10.62	6.4	0.6
40	Stanford	Pac-10	7-5	0.58	13.67	1.5	10.73	6.54	0.46
41	Rice	Western Athletic	7-4	0.64	13.59	-1.45	10.06	5.16	1.84
42	Oregon	Pac-10	6-5	0.55	13.42	2	12.83	5.89	0.11
43	New Mexico	Western Athletic	6-5	0.55	13.19	4.64	6.2	6.58	-0.58
44	Idaho	Big West	6-5	0.55	13.16	7.09	3.44	6.99	-0.99
45	Clemson	ACC	7-5	0.58	13.14	0.33	9.76	6.12	0.88
46	Texas A&M	Big 12	6-6	0.5	13.07	7.83	12.21	8.12	-2.12
47	Cincinnati	Conference USA	6-5	0.55	13.01	1.45	10.46	5.97	0.03
48	South Carolina	SEC	6-5	0.55	12.91	0.64	12.5	5.69	0.31
49	USC	Pac-10	6-6	0.5	12.84	4.83	13.14	7.37	-1.37
50	Michigan State	Big Ten	6-6	0.5	12.69	4.67	11.5	7.19	-1.19
51	Toledo	Mid-American	7-4	0.64	12.68	-4.45	7.25	4.16	2.84
52	Ohio	Mid-American	6-6	0.5	12.64	5.42	10.45	7.68	-1.68
53	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	6-5	0.55	12.39	0.82	6.63	5.67	0.33
54	Utah State	Big West	6-5	0.55	11.59	-0.82	7.7	5.32	0.68
55	Arizona	Pac-10	5-6	0.45	11.21	2.73	11.66	6.16	-1.16
56	UCLA	Pac-10	5-6	0.45	11.02	1.09	14.74	5.74	-0.74
57	Mississippi State	SEC	5-6	0.45	10.96	1.82	11.41	6.04	-1.04
58	California	Pac-10	6-6	0.5	10.52	-2.08	12.91	5.55	0.45
59	UCF	FBS Independents	5-6	0.45	10.37	1.45	5.76	5.89	-0.89
60	Washington State	Pac-10	5-6	0.45	9.9	-0.27	10.66	5.44	-0.44
61	Central Michigan	Mid-American	5-6	0.45	9.79	-0.18	8.49	5.46	-0.46
62	Georgia Tech	ACC	5-6	0.45	9.46	-1.45	11.51	5.04	-0.04
63	Georgia	SEC	5-6	0.45	9.3	-2.45	13.04	4.78	0.22
64	Louisville	Conference USA	5-6	0.45	9.25	-2.09	11.12	4.73	0.27
65	SMU	Western Athletic	5-6	0.45	9.19	-1.91	9.78	4.97	0.03
66	UAB	FBS Independents	5-6	0.45	9.01	-1.18	4.35	5.19	-0.19
67	Maryland	ACC	5-6	0.45	8.73	-4.73	10.59	3.94	1.06
68	Louisiana	FBS Independents	5-6	0.45	8.43	-9.09	12.69	3.71	1.29
69	Ole Miss	SEC	5-6	0.45	8.41	-6.09	8.34	3.71	1.29
70	Missouri	Big 12	5-6	0.45	8.4	-8.91	12.11	3.61	1.39
71	Oklahoma State	Big 12	5-6	0.45	8.28	-7.64	8.68	3.64	1.36
72	North Texas	Big West	5-6	0.45	7.97	-12	8.74	2.14	2.86
73	Boston College	Big East	5-7	0.42	7.82	-8.33	13.03	3.82	1.18
74	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	5-6	0.45	7.47	-14.64	3.17	2.1	2.9
75	Baylor	Big 12	4-7	0.36	6.67	-4.91	10.34	4.31	-0.31
76	Kansas	Big 12	4-7	0.36	6.67	-5.27	11.14	4.36	-0.36
77	Memphis	Conference USA	4-7	0.36	6.56	-7.09	12.95	2.87	1.13
78	Arkansas	SEC	4-7	0.36	6.53	-8.45	14.68	2.93	1.07
79	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-7	0.36	6.52	-5.82	9.53	3.56	0.44
80	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-7	0.36	6.44	-9.45	14.49	3.26	0.74
81	Fresno State	Western Athletic	4-7	0.36	6.34	-7	8.42	3.9	0.1
82	Tulsa	Western Athletic	4-7	0.36	6.29	-8	9.29	3.58	0.42
83	Akron	Mid-American	4-7	0.36	6.18	-8.55	8.02	2.92	1.08
84	TCU	Western Athletic	4-7	0.36	6.12	-8.27	6.36	3.29	0.71
85	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	4-7	0.36	6.09	-8.45	6.14	3.66	0.34
86	Kentucky	SEC	4-7	0.36	5.96	-16.73	13.29	1.3	2.7
87	Pittsburgh	Big East	4-7	0.36	5.84	-19.64	13.29	1.77	2.23
88	Indiana	Big Ten	3-8	0.27	4.86	-4.45	14.02	4.32	-1.32
89	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-8	0.27	4.42	-6.73	9.58	3.61	-0.61
90	Purdue	Big Ten	3-8	0.27	4.21	-11.82	14.99	2.52	0.48
91	NC State	ACC	3-8	0.27	4.11	-12.09	12.33	3.06	-0.06
92	Oklahoma	Big 12	3-8	0.27	4.1	-12.45	12.7	2.92	0.08
93	Wake Forest	ACC	3-8	0.27	3.66	-20.91	11.14	1.04	1.96
94	San José State	Western Athletic	3-9	0.25	3.28	-18.92	10.77	1.89	1.11
95	Tulane	Conference USA	2-9	0.18	2.72	-5	14.54	4.04	-2.04
96	Iowa State	Big 12	2-9	0.18	2.36	-7.91	12.3	3.95	-1.95
97	Western Michigan	Mid-American	2-9	0.18	2.23	-8.73	9.01	3.18	-1.18
98	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-9	0.18	2.22	-10.18	14.19	1.94	0.06
99	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-9	0.18	1.98	-11.91	6.82	2.39	-0.39
100	Illinois	Big Ten	2-9	0.18	1.85	-16.55	13.78	1.86	0.14
101	Oregon State	Pac-10	2-9	0.18	1.84	-15.64	10.17	2.2	-0.2
102	Rutgers	Big East	2-9	0.18	1.64	-21.55	12.86	0.99	1.01
103	Kent State	Mid-American	2-9	0.18	1.57	-21.55	7.89	1.91	0.09
104	Boise State	Big West	2-10	0.17	1.44	-18.25	5.3	2.12	-0.12
105	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	2-10	0.17	1.35	-22.67	11.38	1.05	0.95
106	Temple	Big East	1-10	0.09	-0.16	-15.27	12.4	2.26	-1.26
107	New Mexico State	Big West	1-10	0.09	-0.38	-20.91	7.79	1.24	-0.24
108	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	1-10	0.09	-0.41	-22.09	6.72	1.08	-0.08
109	UNLV	Western Athletic	1-11	0.08	-0.69	-22.92	13.5	1.95	-0.95
110	Duke	ACC	0-11	0	-2.44	-19.73	14.58	1.29	-1.29