1996 W2 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:32.142165+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Penn State	Big Ten	1-0	1	32.43	17	8.1	0.95	0.05
2	BYU	Western Athletic	2-0	1	31.73	26.5	7.05	1.72	0.28
3	Florida	SEC	1-0	1	26.73	34	7.69	0.91	0.09
4	North Carolina	ACC	1-0	1	26.32	45	8.44	1	0
5	Kansas State	Big 12	1-0	1	26.05	7	9.3	0.72	0.28
6	Kansas	Big 12	1-0	1	25.64	25	6.62	0.95	0.05
7	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-0	1	25.55	58	-0.36	1	0
8	Tennessee	SEC	1-0	1	25.51	59	0.08	1	0
9	Colorado	Big 12	1-0	1	25.38	18	3.81	0.83	0.17
10	Louisville	Conference USA	1-0	1	25.3	24	3.72	0.91	0.09
11	Michigan	Big Ten	1-0	1	25.21	12	5.92	0.9	0.1
12	Texas	Big 12	1-0	1	25.18	30	1.65	0.96	0.04
13	Alabama	SEC	1-0	1	25.04	14	5.29	0.93	0.07
14	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-0	1	24.98	38	6.51	0.96	0.04
15	Air Force	Western Athletic	1-0	1	24.93	45	2.48	1	0
16	Miami	Big East	1-0	1	24.79	23	1.95	0.97	0.03
17	West Virginia	Big East	1-0	1	24.64	34	1.96	1	0
18	Tulane	Conference USA	1-0	1	24.07	20	8.01	0.89	0.11
19	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-0	1	23.88	21	4.08	0.96	0.04
20	Arizona	Pac-10	1-0	1	23.85	20	0.97	0.99	0.01
21	Southern Miss	Conference USA	1-0	1	23.84	4	4.88	0.74	0.26
22	Oregon	Pac-10	1-0	1	23.78	3	4.96	0.56	0.44
23	Auburn	SEC	1-0	1	23.72	29	-5	1	0
24	Maryland	ACC	1-0	1	23.46	24	0.98	0.98	0.02
25	Colorado State	Western Athletic	1-0	1	22.72	42	-10	0.94	0.06
26	Ohio	Mid-American	1-0	1	22.56	30	-0.37	0.94	0.06
27	Temple	Big East	1-0	1	22.53	4	6.63	0.59	0.41
28	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1-0	1	22.29	21	-5	0.84	0.16
29	SMU	Western Athletic	1-0	1	21.99	7	3.17	0.78	0.22
30	Boston College	Big East	1-0	1	21.94	3	2.48	0.58	0.42
31	Wyoming	Western Athletic	1-0	1	21.75	2	-5	0.53	0.47
32	Ole Miss	SEC	1-0	1	21.73	24	-10	0.91	0.09
33	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	1-0	1	21.15	20	-10	1	0
34	Utah State	Big West	1-0	1	20.51	3	-10	0.6	0.4
35	Rutgers	Big East	1-0	1	20.46	10	-10	0.67	0.33
36	Houston	Conference USA	1-0	1	20.34	18	-10	0.78	0.22
37	Oklahoma State	Big 12	1-0	1	19.81	3	-10	0.58	0.42
38	Wake Forest	ACC	1-0	1	19.68	6	-10	0.71	0.29
39	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	1-0	1	19.22	2	-10	0.59	0.41
40	UCF	FBS Independents	1-0	1	18.23	6	-10	0.6	0.4
41	Nebraska	Big 12	0-0	0	3.08	0	0	0	0
42	Florida State	ACC	0-0	0	2.78	0	0	0	0
43	Ohio State	Big Ten	0-0	0	2.75	0	0	0	0
44	Virginia Tech	Big East	0-0	0	2.65	0	0	0	0
45	LSU	SEC	0-0	0	2.6	0	0	0	0
46	Toledo	Mid-American	0-0	0	2.59	0	0	0	0
47	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-0	0	2.51	0	0	0	0
48	Syracuse	Big East	0-0	0	2.48	0	0	0	0
49	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	0-0	0	2.44	0	0	0	0
50	Baylor	Big 12	0-0	0	2.32	0	0	0	0
51	Army	FBS Independents	0-0	0	2.25	0	0	0	0
52	San Diego State	Western Athletic	0-0	0	2.18	0	0	0	0
53	Iowa	Big Ten	0-0	0	2.17	0	0	0	0
54	Nevada	Big West	0-0	0	2.17	0	0	0	0
55	Virginia	ACC	0-0	0	2.15	0	0	0	0
56	Washington	Pac-10	0-0	0	1.93	0	0	0	0
57	East Carolina	FBS Independents	0-0	0	1.91	0	0	0	0
58	Stanford	Pac-10	0-0	0	1.91	0	0	0	0
59	UCLA	Pac-10	0-0	0	1.78	0	0	0	0
60	Navy	FBS Independents	0-0	0	1.69	0	0	0	0
61	Georgia Tech	ACC	0-0	0	1.6	0	0	0	0
62	South Carolina	SEC	0-0	0	1.54	0	0	0	0
63	Arkansas	SEC	0-0	0	1.45	0	0	0	0
64	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0-0	0	1.39	0	0	0	0
65	Arizona State	Pac-10	0-0	0	1.26	0	0	0	0
66	Oklahoma	Big 12	0-0	0	1.15	0	0	0	0
67	TCU	Western Athletic	0-0	0	1.12	0	0	0	0
68	California	Pac-10	0-0	0	0.93	0	0	0	0
69	Texas A&M	Big 12	0-1	0	0.81	-4	32.21	0.44	-0.44
70	Rice	Western Athletic	0-0	0	0.75	0	0	0	0
71	Texas Tech	Big 12	0-1	0	0.74	-7	11.43	0.28	-0.28
72	Minnesota	Big Ten	0-0	0	0.69	0	0	0	0
73	Mississippi State	SEC	0-0	0	0.67	0	0	0	0
74	NC State	ACC	0-0	0	0.67	0	0	0	0
75	Duke	ACC	0-0	0	0.65	0	0	0	0
76	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0-1	0	0.6	-8	-10	0.31	-0.31
77	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0-1	0	0.53	-4	0.74	0.41	-0.41
78	Iowa State	Big 12	0-0	0	0.48	0	0	0	0
79	Oregon State	Pac-10	0-0	0	0.32	0	0	0	0
80	Fresno State	Western Athletic	0-1	0	0.21	-3	7.62	0.44	-0.44
81	Indiana	Big Ten	0-0	0	0.18	0	0	0	0
82	North Texas	Big West	0-0	0	0.11	0	0	0	0
83	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0
84	Georgia	SEC	0-1	0	0.03	-4	7.3	0.26	-0.26
85	Cincinnati	Conference USA	0-1	0	-0.14	-20	1.63	0.11	-0.11
86	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	0-1	0	-0.36	-3	2.08	0.42	-0.42
87	Illinois	Big Ten	0-1	0	-0.45	-12	9.21	0.1	-0.1
88	USC	Pac-10	0-1	0	-0.61	-17	35.45	0.05	-0.05
89	Tulsa	Western Athletic	0-1	0	-0.65	-7	-0.2	0.22	-0.22
90	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-1	0	-0.7	-14	8.58	0.07	-0.07
91	Clemson	ACC	0-1	0	-0.74	-45	7.95	0	0
92	Ball State	Mid-American	0-1	0	-0.77	-25	8.34	0.05	-0.05
93	Louisiana	FBS Independents	0-1	0	-0.79	-34	11.01	0.09	-0.09
94	Purdue	Big Ten	0-1	0	-1.02	-38	4.61	0.04	-0.04
95	New Mexico State	Big West	0-1	0	-1.2	-21	3.75	0.04	-0.04
96	Washington State	Pac-10	0-1	0	-1.28	-18	10.4	0.17	-0.17
97	Kentucky	SEC	0-1	0	-1.49	-24	9.35	0.09	-0.09
98	Memphis	Conference USA	0-1	0	-1.89	-23	8.82	0.03	-0.03
99	UTEP	Western Athletic	0-1	0	-1.99	-20	6.18	0.01	-0.01
100	Idaho	Big West	0-1	0	-2.06	-2	7.59	0.47	-0.47
101	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	0-1	0	-2.07	-24	4.13	0.02	-0.02
102	Pittsburgh	Big East	0-1	0	-2.13	-34	7.12	0	0
103	Missouri	Big 12	0-1	0	-2.18	-30	9.88	0.04	-0.04
104	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	0-1	0	-2.2	-49	32.21	0.01	-0.01
105	San José State	Western Athletic	0-1	0	-2.21	-45	7.12	0	0
106	Akron	Mid-American	0-1	0	-2.5	-30	1	0.06	-0.06
107	UNLV	Western Athletic	0-1	0	-3.09	-59	10.6	0	0
108	Kent State	Mid-American	0-1	0	-3.2	-58	11.14	0	0
109	Boise State	Big West	0-1	0	-3.48	-21	4.43	0.16	-0.16
110	UAB	FBS Independents	0-1	0	-3.81	-29	9.34	0	0