1996 W12 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:32.146400+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Ohio State	Big Ten	9-0	1	25.88	35	11.7	8.78	0.22
2	Florida State	ACC	8-0	1	25.65	27.88	11.4	7.69	0.31
3	Florida	SEC	9-0	1	25.38	35.44	9.19	8.59	0.41
4	Arizona State	Pac-10	10-0	1	25.33	23.3	10.62	8.76	1.24
5	Army	FBS Independents	9-0	1	23.94	19.89	4.34	8.01	0.99
6	Nebraska	Big 12	8-1	0.89	23.82	36.56	14.08	8.77	-0.77
7	North Carolina	ACC	8-1	0.89	23.18	23.67	12.52	8.6	-0.6
8	BYU	Western Athletic	10-1	0.91	22.97	23.18	9.05	9.58	0.42
9	Colorado	Big 12	8-1	0.89	22.65	12.56	12.22	6.83	1.17
10	Alabama	SEC	8-1	0.89	22.57	14.78	11.18	7.98	0.02
11	Kansas State	Big 12	8-1	0.89	22.41	16.67	9.77	7.64	0.36
12	Wyoming	Western Athletic	9-1	0.9	22.2	18.2	6.45	7.98	1.02
13	Virginia Tech	Big East	7-1	0.88	22	16.62	8.88	6.66	0.34
14	Penn State	Big Ten	8-2	0.8	20.64	15.9	11.5	8.56	-0.56
15	Auburn	SEC	7-2	0.78	20.3	14	13.06	7.11	-0.11
16	Southern Miss	Conference USA	8-2	0.8	20.28	8	11.81	6.95	1.05
17	Washington	Pac-10	7-2	0.78	20.14	11	13.22	6.59	0.41
18	West Virginia	Big East	8-2	0.8	20.03	13.9	8.53	8.81	-0.81
19	Northwestern	Big Ten	8-2	0.8	19.96	7.5	10.87	6.76	1.24
20	Michigan	Big Ten	7-2	0.78	19.89	11.56	10.45	7.22	-0.22
21	Syracuse	Big East	6-2	0.75	19.76	22.12	11.88	7.15	-1.15
22	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	6-2	0.75	19.73	14.62	13.72	6.39	-0.39
23	Tennessee	SEC	6-2	0.75	19.7	17.25	11.7	6.82	-0.82
24	San Diego State	Western Athletic	6-2	0.75	19.29	14	11.16	5.84	0.16
25	LSU	SEC	6-2	0.75	19.17	7.75	12.23	5.4	0.6
26	Miami	Big East	6-2	0.75	19.1	17.25	8.63	6.97	-0.97
27	Navy	FBS Independents	6-2	0.75	18.02	7.38	5.59	5.21	0.79
28	Virginia	ACC	6-3	0.67	17.6	18	9.94	7.86	-1.86
29	Nevada	Big West	7-3	0.7	17.41	18.2	4.74	7.86	-0.86
30	Ball State	Mid-American	7-3	0.7	17.27	7.9	7.9	7.05	-0.05
31	Iowa	Big Ten	6-3	0.67	16.56	2.11	12.7	4.94	1.06
32	California	Pac-10	6-3	0.67	16.48	1.89	12.65	4.81	1.19
33	East Carolina	FBS Independents	5-3	0.62	16.17	7.62	12.38	5.71	-0.71
34	Michigan State	Big Ten	6-4	0.6	15.64	9.7	11.47	6.96	-0.96
35	Colorado State	Western Athletic	7-4	0.64	15.59	4.09	8.65	6.37	0.63
36	Ohio	Mid-American	6-4	0.6	15.32	7.6	9.43	7.17	-1.17
37	Air Force	Western Athletic	5-4	0.56	15.22	14.22	12.5	7.16	-2.16
38	Texas Tech	Big 12	5-4	0.56	14.97	8.11	13.83	6.28	-1.28
39	Texas	Big 12	5-4	0.56	14.83	10.89	11.92	6.43	-1.43
40	Georgia Tech	ACC	5-3	0.62	14.66	0.75	11.21	4.17	0.83
41	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5-4	0.56	14.46	7.56	10.99	6.15	-1.15
42	Clemson	ACC	6-3	0.67	14.44	-1.44	10.04	4.1	1.9
43	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	6-5	0.55	14.35	9.55	10.5	8.36	-2.36
44	South Carolina	SEC	5-4	0.56	13.98	3.44	10.88	5.46	-0.46
45	Houston	Conference USA	6-4	0.6	13.78	0.2	10.71	5.04	0.96
46	Washington State	Pac-10	5-4	0.56	13.68	2.22	9.68	4.9	0.1
47	Texas A&M	Big 12	5-5	0.5	13.65	11.3	13.59	7.51	-2.51
48	Toledo	Mid-American	6-3	0.67	13.32	-4.44	5.51	3.41	2.59
49	USC	Pac-10	5-5	0.5	13.31	5.8	13.68	6.47	-1.47
50	Idaho	Big West	5-4	0.56	13.27	4.44	3.68	5.27	-0.27
51	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	6-5	0.55	12.71	0.82	7.04	5.67	0.33
52	Louisville	Conference USA	5-5	0.5	12.05	0.8	11.67	5.28	-0.28
53	New Mexico	Western Athletic	5-5	0.5	11.99	2.4	6.04	5.52	-0.52
54	Utah State	Big West	6-5	0.55	11.88	-0.82	7.62	5.32	0.68
55	Arizona	Pac-10	4-5	0.44	11.74	6	11.49	5.71	-1.71
56	UCLA	Pac-10	4-5	0.44	11.44	2.56	16.33	4.98	-0.98
57	Rice	Western Athletic	5-4	0.56	11.41	-6.33	11.91	3.32	1.68
58	Ole Miss	SEC	4-4	0.5	10.16	-2.75	7.43	3.41	0.59
59	Central Michigan	Mid-American	5-6	0.45	10.02	-0.18	8.6	5.46	-0.46
60	Louisiana	FBS Independents	5-5	0.5	9.94	-6.5	13.1	3.8	1.2
61	Kansas	Big 12	4-5	0.44	9.3	-2.22	11.79	4.1	-0.1
62	Mississippi State	SEC	3-5	0.38	9.2	0.62	11.89	4.12	-1.12
63	UCF	FBS Independents	4-6	0.4	9.16	0.8	6.61	5.19	-1.19
64	Maryland	ACC	4-5	0.44	9.14	-1.89	9.74	3.98	0.02
65	Baylor	Big 12	4-5	0.44	9.08	-3	11.46	3.85	0.15
66	Cincinnati	Conference USA	4-5	0.44	9.06	-2.89	12.03	3.7	0.3
67	Oregon	Pac-10	4-5	0.44	9.05	-3.44	14.48	3.96	0.04
68	UAB	FBS Independents	4-5	0.44	8.61	-3.22	5.35	3.79	0.21
69	Stanford	Pac-10	4-5	0.44	8.27	-6.33	8.86	2.71	1.29
70	Fresno State	Western Athletic	4-5	0.44	8.17	-6.78	6.21	3.17	0.83
71	SMU	Western Athletic	4-6	0.4	8.06	-2.4	10.48	4.39	-0.39
72	TCU	Western Athletic	4-5	0.44	7.91	-8.33	6.2	2.66	1.34
73	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-6	0.4	7.63	-5.6	9.99	3.27	0.73
74	Boston College	Big East	4-6	0.4	7.6	-8.4	13.99	3.15	0.85
75	Memphis	Conference USA	4-6	0.4	7.58	-6.8	13.18	2.71	1.29
76	Georgia	SEC	3-5	0.38	7.52	-4.88	14.91	2.78	0.22
77	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	4-6	0.4	7.45	-4.1	5.64	4.13	-0.13
78	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	4-5	0.44	7.38	-15.78	3.16	1.52	2.48
79	Arkansas	SEC	3-5	0.38	7.35	-5.62	15.31	2.7	0.3
80	Oklahoma State	Big 12	4-6	0.4	7.15	-10.4	9.12	2.75	1.25
81	North Texas	Big West	4-6	0.4	6.8	-13.9	8.61	1.6	2.4
82	Akron	Mid-American	4-7	0.36	6.34	-8.55	8.25	2.92	1.08
83	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-6	0.33	5.95	-9.67	15.94	2.61	0.39
84	Tulsa	Western Athletic	3-6	0.33	5.73	-8.56	9.34	2.8	0.2
85	Purdue	Big Ten	3-6	0.33	5.64	-12.22	16.03	1.96	1.04
86	Missouri	Big 12	3-6	0.33	5.58	-13.56	13.33	2.1	0.9
87	Oklahoma	Big 12	3-6	0.33	5.53	-12.22	13.56	2.53	0.47
88	Pittsburgh	Big East	3-6	0.33	5.28	-19.67	14.39	1.52	1.48
89	Kentucky	SEC	3-6	0.33	5.26	-18.11	14.37	0.86	2.14
90	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-8	0.27	4.43	-6.73	9.61	3.61	-0.61
91	Tulane	Conference USA	2-7	0.22	4.2	-2.56	14.09	3.85	-1.85
92	Iowa State	Big 12	2-7	0.22	3.79	-4.11	11.78	3.84	-1.84
93	NC State	ACC	2-6	0.25	3.61	-13	14.49	2.06	-0.06
94	Indiana	Big Ten	2-7	0.22	3.6	-6.22	14.33	3.18	-1.18
95	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-7	0.22	3.35	-8.89	15.3	2	0
96	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-7	0.22	3.06	-9.67	5.83	2.22	-0.22
97	Illinois	Big Ten	2-7	0.22	2.84	-17.78	15.78	1.4	0.6
98	Rutgers	Big East	2-7	0.22	2.79	-17.78	13.31	1.21	0.79
99	Wake Forest	ACC	2-7	0.22	2.58	-24	14.74	0.59	1.41
100	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	2-8	0.2	2.2	-19.2	10.63	1.11	0.89
101	Kent State	Mid-American	2-8	0.2	2.19	-18.8	8.81	1.94	0.06
102	San José State	Western Athletic	2-8	0.2	2.15	-18.7	13.09	1.56	0.44
103	Temple	Big East	1-8	0.11	0.26	-16.22	12.99	1.79	-0.79
104	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-8	0.11	0.13	-19.44	12.83	1.11	-0.11
105	Western Michigan	Mid-American	1-9	0.1	0.01	-14.5	10.93	1.47	-0.47
106	Boise State	Big West	1-9	0.1	-0.02	-17.5	5.47	1.74	-0.74
107	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	1-9	0.1	-0.13	-20.4	7.9	0.96	0.04
108	New Mexico State	Big West	1-9	0.1	-0.22	-22.9	8.05	0.86	0.14
109	Duke	ACC	0-9	0	-2.6	-22.11	16.03	0.95	-0.95
110	UNLV	Western Athletic	0-10	0	-2.74	-27.4	14.9	1.17	-1.17