1996 W11 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:32.145966+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Ohio State	Big Ten	8-0	1	26.04	33.38	12.16	7.74	0.26
2	Florida State	ACC	7-0	1	25.95	26.57	12.68	6.69	0.31
3	Florida	SEC	8-0	1	25.78	39	10.35	7.73	0.27
4	Arizona State	Pac-10	9-0	1	25.29	22.78	9.9	7.76	1.24
5	Wyoming	Western Athletic	9-0	1	24.27	20.67	5.34	7.41	1.59
6	Nebraska	Big 12	7-1	0.88	23.86	35.62	15.29	7.77	-0.77
7	Army	FBS Independents	8-0	1	23.76	20.38	2.76	7.08	0.92
8	North Carolina	ACC	7-1	0.88	23.09	24.38	12.68	7.67	-0.67
9	Colorado	Big 12	7-1	0.88	22.66	13.25	12.87	6.33	0.67
10	BYU	Western Athletic	9-1	0.9	22.65	20.6	8.45	8.38	0.62
11	Michigan	Big Ten	7-1	0.88	22.61	13.75	12.48	6.59	0.41
12	Southern Miss	Conference USA	8-1	0.89	22.57	9.67	12.32	6.86	1.14
13	Tennessee	SEC	6-1	0.86	22.57	20.29	13.32	6.19	-0.19
14	Kansas State	Big 12	7-1	0.88	22.19	15.5	9.57	6.66	0.34
15	Alabama	SEC	7-1	0.88	22.16	13.38	9.92	6.84	0.16
16	LSU	SEC	6-1	0.86	21.58	12.57	9.52	5.28	0.72
17	Virginia Tech	Big East	6-1	0.86	21.33	16	7.35	5.75	0.25
18	Penn State	Big Ten	8-2	0.8	20.74	15.9	11.8	8.56	-0.56
19	Auburn	SEC	6-2	0.75	19.81	15.25	13.52	6.49	-0.49
20	West Virginia	Big East	7-2	0.78	19.73	10.89	9.25	7.65	-0.65
21	Virginia	ACC	6-2	0.75	19.54	21.25	10.07	7.26	-1.26
22	Washington	Pac-10	6-2	0.75	19.5	7.5	15.06	5.29	0.71
23	Northwestern	Big Ten	7-2	0.78	19.34	5.33	9.92	5.66	1.34
24	Miami	Big East	6-2	0.75	19.16	17.25	8.77	6.97	-0.97
25	Syracuse	Big East	5-2	0.71	19.08	21.86	13.14	6.18	-1.18
26	Iowa	Big Ten	6-2	0.75	18.97	5.75	12.66	5.06	0.94
27	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-2	0.71	18.88	12.86	14.57	5.46	-0.46
28	California	Pac-10	6-2	0.75	18.79	5.62	11.58	4.78	1.22
29	East Carolina	FBS Independents	5-2	0.71	18.37	11.71	11.44	5.7	-0.7
30	San Diego State	Western Athletic	5-2	0.71	18.21	15.43	8.91	5.2	-0.2
31	Navy	FBS Independents	5-2	0.71	17.64	6.14	8.41	4.36	0.64
32	Ohio	Mid-American	6-3	0.67	17.03	10.22	9.34	6.98	-0.98
33	Air Force	Western Athletic	5-3	0.62	16.68	18	10.98	6.72	-1.72
34	Nevada	Big West	6-3	0.67	16.63	17.22	3.73	7	-1
35	Texas Tech	Big 12	5-3	0.62	16.55	9.88	14.09	6	-1
36	Ball State	Mid-American	6-3	0.67	16.22	3.89	8.09	5.47	0.53
37	Washington State	Pac-10	5-3	0.62	15.65	5.5	10.21	4.87	0.13
38	USC	Pac-10	5-4	0.56	14.99	6.89	14.48	6.05	-1.05
39	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-4	0.56	14.86	8.22	12.27	6	-1
40	Georgia Tech	ACC	5-3	0.62	14.8	0.75	10.75	4.17	0.83
41	Colorado State	Western Athletic	6-4	0.6	14.44	2.3	8.83	5.45	0.55
42	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	6-4	0.6	14.3	2.6	7.42	5.51	0.49
43	Utah State	Big West	6-4	0.6	14.07	1.8	6.9	5.36	0.64
44	South Carolina	SEC	5-4	0.56	14.01	3.44	10.01	5.46	-0.46
45	Louisville	Conference USA	5-4	0.56	13.91	2.89	11.15	5.4	-0.4
46	Rice	Western Athletic	5-3	0.62	13.62	-1	11.19	3.83	1.17
47	New Mexico	Western Athletic	5-4	0.56	13.59	3.44	7.46	5.16	-0.16
48	Arizona	Pac-10	4-4	0.5	13.54	9	12.28	5.67	-1.67
49	Texas	Big 12	4-4	0.5	13.53	11.5	11.87	5.84	-1.84
50	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	5-5	0.5	13.15	8.9	10.1	7.4	-2.4
51	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-4	0.5	13.1	6.38	11.85	5.34	-1.34
52	Clemson	ACC	5-3	0.62	12.99	-2.62	9.72	3.36	1.64
53	Houston	Conference USA	5-4	0.56	12.34	-0.56	9.96	4.39	0.61
54	Texas A&M	Big 12	4-5	0.44	12.32	10.67	14.25	6.58	-2.58
55	Toledo	Mid-American	5-3	0.62	12.2	-5.38	4.48	2.83	2.17
56	Idaho	Big West	4-4	0.5	11.83	3.12	3.84	4.48	-0.48
57	Kansas	Big 12	4-4	0.5	11.8	0.75	10.36	4.12	-0.12
58	Ole Miss	SEC	4-3	0.57	11.79	-2.29	7.37	3.1	0.9
59	Central Michigan	Mid-American	5-5	0.5	11.22	0.1	7.93	5.02	-0.02
60	Baylor	Big 12	4-4	0.5	10.93	-1.25	11.13	3.77	0.23
61	UAB	FBS Independents	4-4	0.5	10.61	-0.88	5.29	3.83	0.17
62	Mississippi State	SEC	3-4	0.43	10.5	1.14	13.77	3.69	-0.69
63	Fresno State	Western Athletic	4-4	0.5	9.51	-4.88	5.17	3.12	0.88
64	Maryland	ACC	4-5	0.44	9.34	-1.89	10.19	3.98	0.02
65	Cincinnati	Conference USA	4-5	0.44	9.16	-2.89	12.04	3.7	0.3
66	UCLA	Pac-10	3-5	0.38	9.05	-0.12	16.12	3.98	-0.98
67	Boston College	Big East	4-5	0.44	8.77	-6.33	13.7	3.18	0.82
68	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-5	0.44	8.64	-5.89	10.98	2.9	1.1
69	Louisiana	FBS Independents	4-5	0.44	8.6	-8.78	14.55	3.03	0.97
70	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	4-4	0.5	8.5	-17.25	0.78	1.16	2.84
71	Oklahoma State	Big 12	4-5	0.44	8.15	-10.44	9.68	2.5	1.5
72	Georgia	SEC	3-5	0.38	7.62	-4.88	14.14	2.78	0.22
73	Oregon	Pac-10	3-5	0.38	7.34	-6.12	13.99	3.13	-0.13
74	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-5	0.38	7.32	-8.75	16.86	2.39	0.61
75	Akron	Mid-American	4-6	0.4	7.14	-9.1	8.88	2.54	1.46
76	Missouri	Big 12	3-5	0.38	6.96	-9.75	12.26	2.39	0.61
77	Tulsa	Western Athletic	3-5	0.38	6.91	-8.75	9.91	2.44	0.56
78	Stanford	Pac-10	3-5	0.38	6.75	-7.62	8.11	2.08	0.92
79	UCF	FBS Independents	3-6	0.33	6.48	-1.56	6.51	4.16	-1.16
80	TCU	Western Athletic	3-5	0.38	6.45	-10.25	6.2	2	1
81	SMU	Western Athletic	3-6	0.33	6.13	-6	11.55	3.2	-0.2
82	Tulane	Conference USA	2-6	0.25	5.99	0.12	13.04	4.03	-2.03
83	Memphis	Conference USA	3-6	0.33	5.92	-8	11.89	2.09	0.91
84	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	3-6	0.33	5.75	-6.44	5.1	3.2	-0.2
85	North Texas	Big West	3-6	0.33	5.3	-15.78	9.02	1.07	1.93
86	Arkansas	SEC	2-5	0.29	5.24	-7.29	16.2	2.15	-0.15
87	Pittsburgh	Big East	3-6	0.33	5.22	-19.67	14.54	1.52	1.48
88	Indiana	Big Ten	2-6	0.25	4.57	-4.12	14.61	3.2	-1.2
89	Iowa State	Big 12	2-6	0.25	4.53	-3.75	10.57	3.44	-1.44
90	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-6	0.25	3.94	-7.12	5.6	2.5	-0.5
91	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-6	0.25	3.89	-9.12	14.89	1.63	0.37
92	Illinois	Big Ten	2-6	0.25	3.74	-14	15.11	1.72	0.28
93	Purdue	Big Ten	2-6	0.25	3.73	-14.5	15.71	1.59	0.41
94	Oklahoma	Big 12	2-6	0.25	3.67	-15	13.93	1.98	0.02
95	Rutgers	Big East	2-6	0.25	3.58	-14.88	12.81	1.31	0.69
96	Kentucky	SEC	2-6	0.25	3.4	-20.75	15.43	0.51	1.49
97	Wake Forest	ACC	2-6	0.25	3.32	-22.38	14.47	0.63	1.37
98	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-8	0.2	2.86	-7.7	9.7	3.09	-1.09
99	Kent State	Mid-American	2-7	0.22	2.74	-16	7.29	2.11	-0.11
100	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	2-7	0.22	2.68	-19	11.73	0.98	1.02
101	NC State	ACC	1-6	0.14	0.95	-18	17.87	1.26	-0.26
102	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-7	0.12	0.48	-17	12.37	1.27	-0.27
103	Temple	Big East	1-8	0.11	0.28	-16.22	13.07	1.79	-0.79
104	Boise State	Big West	1-8	0.11	0.14	-19.11	4.95	1.36	-0.36
105	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	1-8	0.11	0.07	-21.11	7.96	0.65	0.35
106	San José State	Western Athletic	1-8	0.11	-0	-23.11	13.97	0.95	0.05
107	New Mexico State	Big West	1-8	0.11	-0.03	-23.78	7.34	0.69	0.31
108	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0-9	0	-2.28	-16.44	11.15	1.12	-1.12
109	Duke	ACC	0-8	0	-2.67	-22.12	19.1	0.78	-0.78
110	UNLV	Western Athletic	0-10	0	-2.75	-27.4	14.33	1.17	-1.17