1996 W17 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:32.148477+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Florida State	ACC	11-0	1	25.51	27.64	12.4	10.46	0.54
2	Arizona State	Pac-10	11-0	1	25.25	25	11.49	9.78	1.22
3	Florida	SEC	11-1	0.92	23.57	29.83	11.51	11.02	-0.02
4	Ohio State	Big Ten	10-1	0.91	23.36	29.18	11.7	10.56	-0.56
5	BYU	Western Athletic	13-1	0.93	22.94	22.07	8.15	12.09	0.91
6	Virginia Tech	Big East	10-1	0.91	22.8	16.45	11	9.35	0.65
7	Army	FBS Independents	10-1	0.91	21.83	14.36	6.2	8.86	1.14
8	Nebraska	Big 12	10-2	0.83	21.81	29.92	13.14	11.35	-1.35
9	Penn State	Big Ten	10-2	0.83	21.01	14.5	11.67	9.9	0.1
10	North Carolina	ACC	9-2	0.82	20.99	20.64	11.31	10.28	-1.28
11	Washington	Pac-10	9-2	0.82	20.95	13.55	13	8.5	0.5
12	Colorado	Big 12	9-2	0.82	20.78	10.91	12.88	8.29	0.71
13	Tennessee	SEC	9-2	0.82	20.72	21.09	9.58	9.85	-0.85
14	Wyoming	Western Athletic	10-2	0.83	20.59	15	8.97	9.14	0.86
15	Kansas State	Big 12	9-2	0.82	20.5	13.91	10.09	9.01	-0.01
16	LSU	SEC	9-2	0.82	20.34	11.09	10.13	8.28	0.72
17	Northwestern	Big Ten	9-2	0.82	19.92	7.09	9.46	7.33	1.67
18	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	8-3	0.73	19.01	20.55	11.72	9.59	-1.59
19	Alabama	SEC	9-3	0.75	18.97	9.83	12.04	9.2	-0.2
20	Syracuse	Big East	8-3	0.73	18.95	19.64	11.56	9.43	-1.43
21	Miami	Big East	8-3	0.73	18.52	13.45	10.54	8.77	-0.77
22	Michigan	Big Ten	8-3	0.73	18.47	8.73	12.36	8.2	-0.2
23	East Carolina	FBS Independents	8-3	0.73	18.32	9.27	10.98	7.87	0.13
24	West Virginia	Big East	8-3	0.73	18.29	11.09	9.94	9.02	-1.02
25	San Diego State	Western Athletic	8-3	0.73	18.21	11.36	9.3	7.63	0.37
26	Iowa	Big Ten	8-3	0.73	18.12	6.27	11.53	7.08	0.92
27	Nevada	Big West	8-3	0.73	18.04	21.27	5.12	9.01	-1.01
28	Southern Miss	Conference USA	8-3	0.73	17.94	3.64	12.71	6.47	1.53
29	Ball State	Mid-American	8-3	0.73	17.79	8.09	8.02	7.83	0.17
30	Navy	FBS Independents	8-3	0.73	17.58	7.18	7.09	7.12	0.88
31	Texas	Big 12	8-4	0.67	17.37	13.75	11.86	9.09	-1.09
32	Virginia	ACC	7-4	0.64	16.72	13.45	12.28	8.95	-1.95
33	Auburn	SEC	7-4	0.64	16.55	10.73	12.24	7.87	-0.87
34	Texas Tech	Big 12	7-4	0.64	16.48	10.73	11.69	8.21	-1.21
35	Houston	Conference USA	7-4	0.64	15.41	3	9.87	6.15	0.85
36	Wisconsin	Big Ten	7-5	0.58	14.84	8.83	10.52	8.5	-1.5
37	Clemson	ACC	7-4	0.64	14.6	0.64	8.96	5.69	1.31
38	Air Force	Western Athletic	6-5	0.55	14.58	11.73	12.35	8.15	-2.15
39	Michigan State	Big Ten	6-5	0.55	14.24	8.55	11.43	7.4	-1.4
40	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	6-5	0.55	14.18	9.55	10.18	8.36	-2.36
41	Colorado State	Western Athletic	7-5	0.58	14.17	3.67	9.71	6.87	0.13
42	Rice	Western Athletic	7-4	0.64	13.66	-1.45	10.13	5.16	1.84
43	Oregon	Pac-10	6-5	0.55	13.49	2	12.96	5.89	0.11
44	New Mexico	Western Athletic	6-5	0.55	13.26	4.64	6.25	6.58	-0.58
45	Idaho	Big West	6-5	0.55	13.22	7.09	3.44	6.99	-0.99
46	Texas A&M	Big 12	6-6	0.5	13.15	7.83	12.41	8.12	-2.12
47	Cincinnati	Conference USA	6-5	0.55	13.09	1.45	10.67	5.97	0.03
48	South Carolina	SEC	6-5	0.55	12.98	0.64	12.7	5.69	0.31
49	USC	Pac-10	6-6	0.5	12.93	4.83	13.44	7.37	-1.37
50	Toledo	Mid-American	7-4	0.64	12.75	-4.45	7.41	4.16	2.84
51	Ohio	Mid-American	6-6	0.5	12.72	5.42	10.63	7.68	-1.68
52	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	6-5	0.55	12.45	0.82	6.68	5.67	0.33
53	California	Pac-10	6-5	0.55	11.72	-1.91	12.48	5.11	0.89
54	Utah State	Big West	6-5	0.55	11.65	-0.82	7.84	5.32	0.68
55	Stanford	Pac-10	6-5	0.55	11.57	-1.82	10.51	4.91	1.09
56	Arizona	Pac-10	5-6	0.45	11.27	2.73	11.77	6.16	-1.16
57	UCLA	Pac-10	5-6	0.45	11.08	1.09	14.93	5.74	-0.74
58	Mississippi State	SEC	5-6	0.45	11.02	1.82	11.47	6.04	-1.04
59	UCF	FBS Independents	5-6	0.45	10.43	1.45	5.93	5.89	-0.89
60	Washington State	Pac-10	5-6	0.45	9.96	-0.27	10.82	5.44	-0.44
61	Central Michigan	Mid-American	5-6	0.45	9.86	-0.18	8.78	5.46	-0.46
62	Georgia Tech	ACC	5-6	0.45	9.52	-1.45	11.79	5.04	-0.04
63	Georgia	SEC	5-6	0.45	9.36	-2.45	13.26	4.78	0.22
64	Louisville	Conference USA	5-6	0.45	9.3	-2.09	11.33	4.73	0.27
65	SMU	Western Athletic	5-6	0.45	9.24	-1.91	9.8	4.97	0.03
66	UAB	FBS Independents	5-6	0.45	9.05	-1.18	4.39	5.19	-0.19
67	Maryland	ACC	5-6	0.45	8.79	-4.73	10.9	3.94	1.06
68	Louisiana	FBS Independents	5-6	0.45	8.49	-9.09	13.04	3.71	1.29
69	Missouri	Big 12	5-6	0.45	8.45	-8.91	12.31	3.61	1.39
70	Ole Miss	SEC	5-6	0.45	8.45	-6.09	8.38	3.71	1.29
71	Oklahoma State	Big 12	5-6	0.45	8.33	-7.64	8.88	3.64	1.36
72	North Texas	Big West	5-6	0.45	8.01	-12	8.75	2.14	2.86
73	Boston College	Big East	5-7	0.42	7.86	-8.33	12.98	3.82	1.18
74	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	5-6	0.45	7.51	-14.64	3.22	2.1	2.9
75	Kansas	Big 12	4-7	0.36	6.72	-5.27	11.48	4.36	-0.36
76	Baylor	Big 12	4-7	0.36	6.71	-4.91	10.54	4.31	-0.31
77	Memphis	Conference USA	4-7	0.36	6.6	-7.09	13.12	2.87	1.13
78	Arkansas	SEC	4-7	0.36	6.56	-8.45	14.76	2.93	1.07
79	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-7	0.36	6.56	-5.82	9.72	3.56	0.44
80	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-7	0.36	6.47	-9.45	14.51	3.26	0.74
81	Fresno State	Western Athletic	4-7	0.36	6.37	-7	8.49	3.9	0.1
82	Tulsa	Western Athletic	4-7	0.36	6.32	-8	9.3	3.58	0.42
83	Akron	Mid-American	4-7	0.36	6.21	-8.55	8.07	2.92	1.08
84	TCU	Western Athletic	4-7	0.36	6.15	-8.27	6.41	3.29	0.71
85	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	4-7	0.36	6.12	-8.45	6.14	3.66	0.34
86	Kentucky	SEC	4-7	0.36	5.99	-16.73	13.35	1.3	2.7
87	Pittsburgh	Big East	4-7	0.36	5.87	-19.64	13.42	1.77	2.23
88	Indiana	Big Ten	3-8	0.27	4.88	-4.45	14.04	4.32	-1.32
89	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-8	0.27	4.45	-6.73	9.68	3.61	-0.61
90	Purdue	Big Ten	3-8	0.27	4.23	-11.82	15	2.52	0.48
91	NC State	ACC	3-8	0.27	4.14	-12.09	12.66	3.06	-0.06
92	Oklahoma	Big 12	3-8	0.27	4.12	-12.45	12.92	2.92	0.08
93	Wake Forest	ACC	3-8	0.27	3.69	-20.91	11.42	1.04	1.96
94	San José State	Western Athletic	3-9	0.25	3.3	-18.92	10.93	1.89	1.11
95	Tulane	Conference USA	2-9	0.18	2.74	-5	14.66	4.04	-2.04
96	Iowa State	Big 12	2-9	0.18	2.37	-7.91	12.33	3.95	-1.95
97	Western Michigan	Mid-American	2-9	0.18	2.25	-8.73	9.19	3.18	-1.18
98	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-9	0.18	2.23	-10.18	14.26	1.94	0.06
99	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-9	0.18	1.99	-11.91	6.87	2.39	-0.39
100	Illinois	Big Ten	2-9	0.18	1.86	-16.55	13.73	1.86	0.14
101	Oregon State	Pac-10	2-9	0.18	1.85	-15.64	10.34	2.2	-0.2
102	Rutgers	Big East	2-9	0.18	1.64	-21.55	12.81	0.99	1.01
103	Kent State	Mid-American	2-9	0.18	1.58	-21.55	8.01	1.91	0.09
104	Boise State	Big West	2-10	0.17	1.45	-18.25	5.3	2.12	-0.12
105	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	2-10	0.17	1.36	-22.67	11.4	1.05	0.95
106	Temple	Big East	1-10	0.09	-0.16	-15.27	12.38	2.26	-1.26
107	New Mexico State	Big West	1-10	0.09	-0.38	-20.91	7.78	1.24	-0.24
108	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	1-10	0.09	-0.42	-22.09	6.76	1.08	-0.08
109	UNLV	Western Athletic	1-11	0.08	-0.7	-22.92	13.48	1.95	-0.95
110	Duke	ACC	0-11	0	-2.45	-19.73	14.88	1.29	-1.29