1996 W10 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:32.145539+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Ohio State	Big Ten	7-0	1	26.34	31.71	13.19	6.69	0.31
2	Florida State	ACC	6-0	1	25.84	23.33	12	5.61	0.39
3	Florida	SEC	7-0	1	25.78	38.86	9.69	6.73	0.27
4	Arizona State	Pac-10	8-0	1	25.64	23.75	10.85	6.91	1.09
5	Wyoming	Western Athletic	8-0	1	24.27	18	5.23	6.36	1.64
6	Army	FBS Independents	7-0	1	24.19	20.43	4.46	6.26	0.74
7	Nebraska	Big 12	6-1	0.86	23.62	33.29	16.33	6.83	-0.83
8	North Carolina	ACC	6-1	0.86	22.97	23.29	14.33	6.78	-0.78
9	BYU	Western Athletic	8-1	0.89	22.65	20.44	9.13	7.51	0.49
10	Southern Miss	Conference USA	7-1	0.88	22.65	10.38	13.3	6.21	0.79
11	Colorado	Big 12	6-1	0.86	22.44	11.14	14.57	5.3	0.7
12	Alabama	SEC	7-1	0.88	22.36	13.38	9.71	6.84	0.16
13	Michigan	Big Ten	6-1	0.86	22.22	13.43	12.55	5.9	0.1
14	West Virginia	Big East	7-1	0.88	22.18	15.12	8.28	7.44	-0.44
15	Kansas State	Big 12	7-1	0.88	22.17	15.5	8.9	6.66	0.34
16	Tennessee	SEC	5-1	0.83	21.94	20.83	13.05	5.31	-0.31
17	Northwestern	Big Ten	7-1	0.88	21.88	9.12	9.41	5.68	1.32
18	LSU	SEC	6-1	0.86	21.68	12.57	9.62	5.28	0.72
19	Virginia Tech	Big East	5-1	0.83	20.49	13.5	6.44	4.74	0.26
20	Navy	FBS Independents	5-1	0.83	20.36	11.67	6.34	4.43	0.57
21	Penn State	Big Ten	7-2	0.78	20.31	14.89	11.67	7.55	-0.55
22	Virginia	ACC	5-2	0.71	19.17	20.86	12.2	6.24	-1.24
23	Auburn	SEC	5-2	0.71	19.09	14.43	14.32	5.51	-0.51
24	Air Force	Western Athletic	5-2	0.71	18.72	20.71	10.35	6.25	-1.25
25	Washington	Pac-10	5-2	0.71	18.54	7	14.67	4.5	0.5
26	Miami	Big East	5-2	0.71	18.47	15.29	10.24	6.11	-1.11
27	Iowa	Big Ten	5-2	0.71	18.46	5.14	14.28	4.33	0.67
28	California	Pac-10	5-2	0.71	18.18	6.29	11.21	4.34	0.66
29	Syracuse	Big East	4-2	0.67	18.05	21.67	12.08	5.21	-1.21
30	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	4-2	0.67	17.83	10.5	13.82	4.57	-0.57
31	San Diego State	Western Athletic	4-2	0.67	17.81	13.17	11.45	4.27	-0.27
32	Georgia Tech	ACC	5-2	0.71	17.8	7.43	9.12	4.92	0.08
33	East Carolina	FBS Independents	4-2	0.67	17.62	10.67	12.32	4.82	-0.82
34	USC	Pac-10	5-3	0.62	16.64	9.12	15.03	5.72	-0.72
35	Texas Tech	Big 12	5-3	0.62	16.63	9.88	14.48	6	-1
36	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-3	0.62	16.39	11.25	12.06	5.84	-0.84
37	Washington State	Pac-10	5-3	0.62	15.86	5.5	10.56	4.87	0.13
38	Ohio	Mid-American	5-3	0.62	15.8	6.75	10.58	5.52	-0.52
39	Nevada	Big West	5-3	0.62	15.63	13.25	5.22	5.81	-0.81
40	South Carolina	SEC	5-3	0.62	15.54	6	8.94	5.48	-0.48
41	Arizona	Pac-10	4-3	0.57	15.19	10.43	12.32	5.48	-1.48
42	Ball State	Mid-American	5-3	0.62	15.17	2.62	10.11	4.63	0.37
43	Toledo	Mid-American	5-2	0.71	14.24	-3.29	3.14	2.88	2.12
44	Colorado State	Western Athletic	5-4	0.56	13.53	2.44	8.39	4.95	0.05
45	UAB	FBS Independents	4-3	0.57	13.31	1.29	5.39	3.72	0.28
46	Utah State	Big West	5-4	0.56	12.99	1.11	6.87	4.69	0.31
47	Louisville	Conference USA	4-4	0.5	12.7	2.88	10.8	4.77	-0.77
48	Baylor	Big 12	4-3	0.57	12.63	-0.71	11.32	3.38	0.62
49	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	5-4	0.56	12.58	0	8.46	4.5	0.5
50	Maryland	ACC	4-4	0.5	12.31	1.88	11.03	4.46	-0.46
51	New Mexico	Western Athletic	4-4	0.5	12.26	2.5	7.07	4.43	-0.43
52	Texas	Big 12	3-4	0.43	12.15	12.43	11.67	5.21	-2.21
53	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	4-5	0.44	11.83	7.67	9.58	6.37	-2.37
54	Ole Miss	SEC	4-3	0.57	11.82	-2.29	7.99	3.1	0.9
55	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-4	0.43	11.75	6.14	12.49	4.69	-1.69
56	Rice	Western Athletic	4-3	0.57	11.7	-7	14.46	2.49	1.51
57	Clemson	ACC	4-3	0.57	11.25	-7.57	8.98	1.96	2.04
58	Houston	Conference USA	4-4	0.5	11.06	-1	9.95	3.84	0.16
59	Texas A&M	Big 12	3-5	0.38	11.05	9.62	14.64	5.71	-2.71
60	Idaho	Big West	3-4	0.43	10.48	2.14	5.88	3.79	-0.79
61	Cincinnati	Conference USA	4-4	0.5	10.45	-2.75	11.71	3.32	0.68
62	Kansas	Big 12	3-4	0.43	10.36	0.43	10.85	3.56	-0.56
63	UCLA	Pac-10	3-4	0.43	10.34	0	18.14	3.5	-0.5
64	Boston College	Big East	4-4	0.5	10.32	-6.25	14.4	2.89	1.11
65	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-4	0.5	10.24	-5.75	12.17	2.62	1.38
66	Georgia	SEC	3-4	0.43	10.23	0.14	11.98	3.53	-0.53
67	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	4-3	0.57	10.19	-11.29	0.26	1.66	2.34
68	Louisiana	FBS Independents	4-4	0.5	10.19	-6	14.73	3.09	0.91
69	Central Michigan	Mid-American	4-5	0.44	10.03	0	8.36	4.5	-0.5
70	Oklahoma State	Big 12	4-4	0.5	9.64	-9.38	9.59	2.37	1.63
71	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-4	0.43	9.16	-3.57	14.9	2.91	0.09
72	Tulsa	Western Athletic	3-4	0.43	8.16	-8.43	9.72	2.16	0.84
73	Missouri	Big 12	3-4	0.43	8.15	-7.14	11.39	2.45	0.55
74	SMU	Western Athletic	3-5	0.38	7.83	-1.5	9.88	3.68	-0.68
75	Fresno State	Western Athletic	3-4	0.43	7.55	-10.43	6.17	1.94	1.06
76	Oregon	Pac-10	3-5	0.38	7.41	-6.12	13.38	3.13	-0.13
77	Tulane	Conference USA	2-5	0.29	7.25	0.57	13.32	3.61	-1.61
78	Memphis	Conference USA	3-5	0.38	7.06	-8.62	11.67	1.79	1.21
79	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	3-5	0.38	6.95	-5	3.45	3.1	-0.1
80	Arkansas	SEC	2-4	0.33	6.4	-5	15.33	2.21	-0.21
81	North Texas	Big West	3-5	0.38	6.38	-16.75	8.41	0.87	2.13
82	Mississippi State	SEC	2-4	0.33	6.05	-8.5	14.44	1.82	0.18
83	Iowa State	Big 12	2-5	0.29	5.54	-3.86	10.77	3	-1
84	Akron	Mid-American	3-6	0.33	5.44	-10.89	9	1.96	1.04
85	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-5	0.29	4.98	-5	2.49	2.52	-0.52
86	Oklahoma	Big 12	2-5	0.29	4.93	-9.71	13.71	2.23	-0.23
87	Stanford	Pac-10	2-5	0.29	4.82	-8.86	8.3	1.56	0.44
88	Indiana	Big Ten	2-6	0.25	4.68	-4.12	14.75	3.2	-1.2
89	Purdue	Big Ten	2-5	0.29	4.67	-15.43	17.01	1.26	0.74
90	Illinois	Big Ten	2-5	0.29	4.64	-14.57	13.97	1.44	0.56
91	TCU	Western Athletic	2-5	0.29	4.55	-12.86	8.71	1.22	0.78
92	UCF	FBS Independents	2-6	0.25	4.28	-5.12	8.48	3.01	-1.01
93	Rutgers	Big East	2-6	0.25	3.47	-14.88	12.65	1.31	0.69
94	Pittsburgh	Big East	2-6	0.25	3.39	-23	15.64	1.15	0.85
95	Wake Forest	ACC	2-6	0.25	3.38	-22.38	14.36	0.63	1.37
96	Kent State	Mid-American	2-6	0.25	3.35	-17.88	6.66	1.53	0.47
97	Kentucky	SEC	2-6	0.25	3.3	-20.75	16.08	0.51	1.49
98	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-7	0.22	3.23	-7	9.45	2.86	-0.86
99	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	2-7	0.22	2.72	-19	11.57	0.98	1.02
100	NC State	ACC	1-5	0.17	1.76	-15.67	17.59	1.22	-0.22
101	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-6	0.14	1.22	-12.71	15.54	0.77	0.23
102	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-6	0.14	0.93	-17.29	10.73	1.12	-0.12
103	Temple	Big East	1-7	0.12	0.61	-14.38	12.67	1.71	-0.71
104	Boise State	Big West	1-7	0.12	0.42	-17.25	4.61	1.44	-0.44
105	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	1-7	0.12	0.32	-20.5	7.58	0.57	0.43
106	San José State	Western Athletic	1-7	0.12	0.25	-22.38	13.94	0.84	0.16
107	New Mexico State	Big West	1-7	0.12	0.15	-20.62	6.84	0.73	0.27
108	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0-8	0	-2.15	-13.75	10.31	1.37	-1.37
109	Duke	ACC	0-7	0	-2.67	-21.86	18.66	0.8	-0.8
110	UNLV	Western Athletic	0-9	0	-2.84	-29.56	15.03	0.87	-0.87