1996 W16 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:32.148080+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Florida State	ACC	11-0	1	25.56	27.64	12.42	10.46	0.54
2	Arizona State	Pac-10	11-0	1	25.33	25	11.68	9.78	1.22
3	Florida	SEC	11-1	0.92	23.64	29.83	11.68	11.02	-0.02
4	Ohio State	Big Ten	10-1	0.91	23.41	29.18	11.73	10.56	-0.56
5	BYU	Western Athletic	13-1	0.93	23	22.07	8.29	12.09	0.91
6	Virginia Tech	Big East	10-1	0.91	22.85	16.45	11.02	9.35	0.65
7	Nebraska	Big 12	10-2	0.83	21.9	29.92	13.11	11.35	-1.35
8	Army	FBS Independents	10-1	0.91	21.89	14.36	6.36	8.86	1.14
9	Penn State	Big Ten	10-2	0.83	21.06	14.5	11.69	9.9	0.1
10	North Carolina	ACC	9-2	0.82	21.04	20.64	11.37	10.28	-1.28
11	Washington	Pac-10	9-2	0.82	20.99	13.55	12.99	8.5	0.5
12	Colorado	Big 12	9-2	0.82	20.84	10.91	13.03	8.29	0.71
13	Tennessee	SEC	9-2	0.82	20.78	21.09	9.72	9.85	-0.85
14	Wyoming	Western Athletic	10-2	0.83	20.68	15	8.97	9.14	0.86
15	Kansas State	Big 12	9-2	0.82	20.57	13.91	10.29	9.01	-0.01
16	LSU	SEC	9-2	0.82	20.4	11.09	10.27	8.28	0.72
17	Northwestern	Big Ten	9-2	0.82	19.96	7.09	9.48	7.33	1.67
18	Alabama	SEC	9-3	0.75	19.06	9.83	12.05	9.2	-0.2
19	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	8-3	0.73	19.06	20.55	11.82	9.59	-1.59
20	Syracuse	Big East	8-3	0.73	18.99	19.64	11.56	9.43	-1.43
21	Miami	Big East	8-3	0.73	18.56	13.45	10.57	8.77	-0.77
22	Michigan	Big Ten	8-3	0.73	18.52	8.73	12.39	8.2	-0.2
23	East Carolina	FBS Independents	8-3	0.73	18.35	9.27	11.01	7.87	0.13
24	West Virginia	Big East	8-3	0.73	18.33	11.09	9.96	9.02	-1.02
25	San Diego State	Western Athletic	8-3	0.73	18.27	11.36	9.47	7.63	0.37
26	Iowa	Big Ten	8-3	0.73	18.16	6.27	11.55	7.08	0.92
27	Nevada	Big West	8-3	0.73	18.07	21.27	5.13	9.01	-1.01
28	Southern Miss	Conference USA	8-3	0.73	17.99	3.64	12.88	6.47	1.53
29	Ball State	Mid-American	8-3	0.73	17.83	8.09	8.03	7.83	0.17
30	Navy	FBS Independents	8-3	0.73	17.65	7.18	7.09	7.12	0.88
31	Texas	Big 12	8-4	0.67	17.4	13.75	12.06	9.09	-1.09
32	Virginia	ACC	7-4	0.64	16.76	13.45	12.28	8.95	-1.95
33	Auburn	SEC	7-4	0.64	16.6	10.73	12.38	7.87	-0.87
34	Texas Tech	Big 12	7-4	0.64	16.53	10.73	11.82	8.21	-1.21
35	Houston	Conference USA	7-4	0.64	15.44	3	9.9	6.15	0.85
36	Wisconsin	Big Ten	7-5	0.58	14.87	8.83	10.53	8.5	-1.5
37	Clemson	ACC	7-4	0.64	14.64	0.64	9.02	5.69	1.31
38	Air Force	Western Athletic	6-5	0.55	14.64	11.73	12.63	8.15	-2.15
39	Michigan State	Big Ten	6-5	0.55	14.29	8.55	11.62	7.4	-1.4
40	Colorado State	Western Athletic	7-5	0.58	14.23	3.67	10.03	6.87	0.13
41	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	6-5	0.55	14.21	9.55	10.17	8.36	-2.36
42	Rice	Western Athletic	7-4	0.64	13.68	-1.45	10.13	5.16	1.84
43	Oregon	Pac-10	6-5	0.55	13.52	2	12.99	5.89	0.11
44	New Mexico	Western Athletic	6-5	0.55	13.28	4.64	6.24	6.58	-0.58
45	Idaho	Big West	6-5	0.55	13.26	7.09	3.6	6.99	-0.99
46	Texas A&M	Big 12	6-6	0.5	13.17	7.83	12.36	8.12	-2.12
47	Cincinnati	Conference USA	6-5	0.55	13.12	1.45	10.69	5.97	0.03
48	South Carolina	SEC	6-5	0.55	13.01	0.64	12.71	5.69	0.31
49	USC	Pac-10	6-6	0.5	12.95	4.83	13.47	7.37	-1.37
50	Toledo	Mid-American	7-4	0.64	12.78	-4.45	7.43	4.16	2.84
51	Ohio	Mid-American	6-6	0.5	12.74	5.42	10.62	7.68	-1.68
52	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	6-5	0.55	12.48	0.82	6.7	5.67	0.33
53	California	Pac-10	6-5	0.55	11.75	-1.91	12.5	5.11	0.89
54	Utah State	Big West	6-5	0.55	11.68	-0.82	7.83	5.32	0.68
55	Stanford	Pac-10	6-5	0.55	11.59	-1.82	10.53	4.91	1.09
56	Arizona	Pac-10	5-6	0.45	11.29	2.73	11.79	6.16	-1.16
57	UCLA	Pac-10	5-6	0.45	11.1	1.09	14.96	5.74	-0.74
58	Mississippi State	SEC	5-6	0.45	11.05	1.82	11.64	6.04	-1.04
59	UCF	FBS Independents	5-6	0.45	10.45	1.45	5.95	5.89	-0.89
60	Washington State	Pac-10	5-6	0.45	9.98	-0.27	10.85	5.44	-0.44
61	Central Michigan	Mid-American	5-6	0.45	9.88	-0.18	8.81	5.46	-0.46
62	Georgia Tech	ACC	5-6	0.45	9.55	-1.45	11.97	5.04	-0.04
63	Georgia	SEC	5-6	0.45	9.38	-2.45	13.27	4.78	0.22
64	Louisville	Conference USA	5-6	0.45	9.32	-2.09	11.35	4.73	0.27
65	SMU	Western Athletic	5-6	0.45	9.28	-1.91	10.08	4.97	0.03
66	UAB	FBS Independents	5-6	0.45	9.07	-1.18	4.42	5.19	-0.19
67	Maryland	ACC	5-6	0.45	8.81	-4.73	10.96	3.94	1.06
68	Louisiana	FBS Independents	5-6	0.45	8.5	-9.09	13.05	3.71	1.29
69	Missouri	Big 12	5-6	0.45	8.48	-8.91	12.46	3.61	1.39
70	Ole Miss	SEC	5-6	0.45	8.48	-6.09	8.55	3.71	1.29
71	Oklahoma State	Big 12	5-6	0.45	8.34	-7.64	8.85	3.64	1.36
72	North Texas	Big West	5-6	0.45	8.02	-12	8.75	2.14	2.86
73	Boston College	Big East	5-7	0.42	7.88	-8.33	13.14	3.82	1.18
74	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	5-6	0.45	7.53	-14.64	3.23	2.1	2.9
75	Kansas	Big 12	4-7	0.36	6.74	-5.27	11.61	4.36	-0.36
76	Baylor	Big 12	4-7	0.36	6.73	-4.91	10.68	4.31	-0.31
77	Memphis	Conference USA	4-7	0.36	6.61	-7.09	13.14	2.87	1.13
78	Arkansas	SEC	4-7	0.36	6.58	-8.45	14.9	2.93	1.07
79	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-7	0.36	6.58	-5.82	9.88	3.56	0.44
80	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-7	0.36	6.48	-9.45	14.55	3.26	0.74
81	Fresno State	Western Athletic	4-7	0.36	6.39	-7	8.66	3.9	0.1
82	Tulsa	Western Athletic	4-7	0.36	6.33	-8	9.29	3.58	0.42
83	Akron	Mid-American	4-7	0.36	6.23	-8.55	8.09	2.92	1.08
84	TCU	Western Athletic	4-7	0.36	6.16	-8.27	6.4	3.29	0.71
85	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	4-7	0.36	6.13	-8.45	6.13	3.66	0.34
86	Kentucky	SEC	4-7	0.36	6	-16.73	13.5	1.3	2.7
87	Pittsburgh	Big East	4-7	0.36	5.88	-19.64	13.45	1.77	2.23
88	Indiana	Big Ten	3-8	0.27	4.89	-4.45	14.07	4.32	-1.32
89	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-8	0.27	4.46	-6.73	9.7	3.61	-0.61
90	Purdue	Big Ten	3-8	0.27	4.24	-11.82	15.04	2.52	0.48
91	NC State	ACC	3-8	0.27	4.15	-12.09	12.86	3.06	-0.06
92	Oklahoma	Big 12	3-8	0.27	4.13	-12.45	13.06	2.92	0.08
93	Wake Forest	ACC	3-8	0.27	3.7	-20.91	11.61	1.04	1.96
94	San José State	Western Athletic	3-9	0.25	3.31	-18.92	11.09	1.89	1.11
95	Tulane	Conference USA	2-9	0.18	2.75	-5	14.8	4.04	-2.04
96	Iowa State	Big 12	2-9	0.18	2.39	-7.91	12.69	3.95	-1.95
97	Western Michigan	Mid-American	2-9	0.18	2.26	-8.73	9.36	3.18	-1.18
98	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-9	0.18	2.24	-10.18	14.42	1.94	0.06
99	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-9	0.18	1.99	-11.91	6.85	2.39	-0.39
100	Illinois	Big Ten	2-9	0.18	1.86	-16.55	13.76	1.86	0.14
101	Oregon State	Pac-10	2-9	0.18	1.85	-15.64	10.36	2.2	-0.2
102	Rutgers	Big East	2-9	0.18	1.65	-21.55	12.94	0.99	1.01
103	Kent State	Mid-American	2-9	0.18	1.59	-21.55	8.03	1.91	0.09
104	Boise State	Big West	2-10	0.17	1.45	-18.25	5.32	2.12	-0.12
105	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	2-10	0.17	1.37	-22.67	11.53	1.05	0.95
106	Temple	Big East	1-10	0.09	-0.16	-15.27	12.41	2.26	-1.26
107	New Mexico State	Big West	1-10	0.09	-0.38	-20.91	7.73	1.24	-0.24
108	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	1-10	0.09	-0.42	-22.09	6.79	1.08	-0.08
109	UNLV	Western Athletic	1-11	0.08	-0.7	-22.92	13.62	1.95	-0.95
110	Duke	ACC	0-11	0	-2.46	-19.73	15.05	1.29	-1.29