1996 W3 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:32.142547+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Penn State	Big Ten	2-0	1	29.79	17	12.35	1.9	0.1
2	Colorado	Big 12	2-0	1	28.26	16	10.72	1.51	0.49
3	Alabama	SEC	2-0	1	28.16	12	11.57	1.78	0.22
4	Nebraska	Big 12	1-0	1	28.05	41	24.98	0.96	0.04
5	BYU	Western Athletic	2-0	1	27.45	26.5	-0.7	1.72	0.28
6	Virginia	ACC	1-0	1	27.21	34	22.29	0.91	0.09
7	North Carolina	ACC	2-0	1	26.97	31	0.87	1.98	0.02
8	Tennessee	SEC	2-0	1	26.65	37	-0.65	1.94	0.06
9	Kansas	Big 12	1-0	1	26.39	25	-0.77	0.95	0.05
10	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2-0	1	26.34	34	-1.99	1.98	0.02
11	West Virginia	Big East	2-0	1	26.33	29.5	-0.76	1.98	0.02
12	Air Force	Western Athletic	2-0	1	26.31	46.5	-2.65	1.98	0.02
13	Texas	Big 12	2-0	1	26.29	32	-1.69	1.95	0.05
14	Auburn	SEC	2-0	1	26.26	45.5	-1.8	2	0
15	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-0	1	26.18	27	19.22	1	0
16	Tulane	Conference USA	1-0	1	26.1	20	-0.14	0.89	0.11
17	Florida	SEC	2-0	1	25.99	41	-5.39	1.89	0.11
18	Baylor	Big 12	1-0	1	25.9	8	21.15	0.72	0.28
19	Michigan	Big Ten	1-0	1	25.9	12	-0.45	0.9	0.1
20	South Carolina	SEC	1-0	1	25.86	19	18.23	0.88	0.12
21	Kansas State	Big 12	2-0	1	25.85	31.5	-4.63	1.95	0.05
22	Oregon	Pac-10	2-0	1	25.75	8.5	1.19	1.3	0.7
23	Ohio	Mid-American	2-0	1	25.62	20.5	-1.43	1.83	0.17
24	Maryland	ACC	2-0	1	25.57	24	-2.94	1.89	0.11
25	Miami	Big East	2-0	1	25.44	34.5	-5.95	1.97	0.03
26	SMU	Western Athletic	2-0	1	25.41	10	0.4	1.68	0.32
27	Navy	FBS Independents	1-0	1	25.18	4	20.46	0.77	0.23
28	Iowa	Big Ten	1-0	1	25.12	1	23.85	0.53	0.47
29	New Mexico	Western Athletic	2-0	1	24.96	18.5	-5.6	1.65	0.35
30	LSU	SEC	1-0	1	24.56	1	20.34	0.52	0.48
31	Boston College	Big East	1-0	1	24.55	3	-0.36	0.58	0.42
32	Wyoming	Western Athletic	2-0	1	24.35	2.5	-0.79	1.08	0.92
33	Ole Miss	SEC	2-0	1	23.91	24	-10	1.89	0.11
34	Wake Forest	ACC	2-0	1	23.63	3.5	-3.75	1.19	0.81
35	Ohio State	Big Ten	1-0	1	23.5	63	0.75	1	0
36	Utah State	Big West	2-0	1	23.48	16.5	-10	1.58	0.42
37	Florida State	ACC	1-0	1	23.12	37	0.65	0.99	0.01
38	Indiana	Big Ten	1-0	1	23.01	34	2.59	0.99	0.01
39	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-0	1	22.48	21	0.53	0.99	0.01
40	TCU	Western Athletic	1-0	1	22.24	13	1.15	0.92	0.08
41	Georgia Tech	ACC	1-0	1	22.18	12	0.67	0.79	0.21
42	San Diego State	Western Athletic	1-0	1	22.05	19	-2.06	0.82	0.18
43	Mississippi State	SEC	1-0	1	21.89	21	-1.89	0.94	0.06
44	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-0	1	21.87	7	0.1	0.84	0.16
45	California	Pac-10	1-0	1	21.84	20	-2.21	0.8	0.2
46	Arizona State	Pac-10	1-0	1	21.53	3	1.93	0.54	0.46
47	Virginia Tech	Big East	1-0	1	20.95	3	-2.5	0.59	0.41
48	East Carolina	FBS Independents	1-0	1	20.61	24	-10	0.86	0.14
49	North Texas	Big West	1-0	1	19.5	6	-10	0.7	0.3
50	Louisville	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	16.76	3.5	15.47	1.2	-0.2
51	Colorado State	Western Athletic	1-1	0.5	16.47	14	7.69	1.39	-0.39
52	Arizona	Pac-10	1-1	0.5	15.62	9.5	0.09	1.6	-0.6
53	Houston	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	14.58	8.5	-3.7	1.29	-0.29
54	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	1-1	0.5	14.5	6	-3.84	1.45	-0.45
55	Texas Tech	Big 12	1-1	0.5	14.17	10.5	22.93	1.63	-0.63
56	Southern Miss	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	14	-3	12.54	0.71	0.29
57	Rutgers	Big East	1-1	0.5	13.97	3	-4.16	1.17	-0.17
58	Temple	Big East	1-1	0.5	13.72	0	-0.38	1	0
59	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	13.61	-1.5	1.03	0.95	0.05
60	USC	Pac-10	1-1	0.5	13.61	17.5	15.99	1.76	-0.76
61	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	12.26	-6.5	-0.67	0.78	0.22
62	Pittsburgh	Big East	1-1	0.5	11.42	2	10.72	1.09	-0.09
63	UCF	FBS Independents	1-1	0.5	11.32	-6.5	-4.23	0.75	0.25
64	Cincinnati	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	11.27	0.5	11.29	1.03	-0.03
65	Oklahoma State	Big 12	1-1	0.5	11.16	-12.5	-4.63	0.34	0.66
66	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	1-1	0.5	11.06	-12.5	-4.66	0.21	0.79
67	Washington State	Pac-10	1-1	0.5	10.13	-7	23.95	0.75	0.25
68	Boise State	Big West	1-1	0.5	8.65	-5	6.14	0.8	0.2
69	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	1-1	0.5	8.6	-12.5	10.87	0.42	0.58
70	Clemson	ACC	1-1	0.5	8.55	-14.5	8.16	0.2	0.8
71	Army	FBS Independents	0-0	0	0.38	0	0	0	0
72	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-1	0	-0.15	-1	19.68	0.48	-0.48
73	Washington	Pac-10	0-1	0	-0.65	-3	1.26	0.46	-0.46
74	Stanford	Pac-10	0-1	0	-1	-7	-10	0.22	-0.22
75	Iowa State	Big 12	0-1	0	-1.07	-3	21.75	0.46	-0.46
76	Texas A&M	Big 12	0-1	0	-1.29	-4	31.73	0.44	-0.44
77	Georgia	SEC	0-1	0	-1.35	-4	23.84	0.26	-0.26
78	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-1	0	-1.46	-7	2.44	0.16	-0.16
79	Oklahoma	Big 12	0-1	0	-1.66	-13	1.12	0.08	-0.08
80	NC State	ACC	0-1	0	-1.7	-12	1.6	0.21	-0.21
81	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	0-2	0	-1.79	-7	22.25	0.59	-0.59
82	Tulsa	Western Athletic	0-1	0	-1.83	-7	21.99	0.22	-0.22
83	Nevada	Big West	0-1	0	-1.91	-14	23.78	0.29	-0.29
84	Oregon State	Pac-10	0-1	0	-1.91	-21	-10	0.1	-0.1
85	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0-2	0	-1.91	-12.5	11.96	0.35	-0.35
86	Arkansas	SEC	0-1	0	-1.94	-13	21.99	0.12	-0.12
87	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0-2	0	-2.02	-16.5	7.32	0.28	-0.28
88	Toledo	Mid-American	0-1	0	-2.04	-34	0.18	0.01	-0.01
89	Syracuse	Big East	0-1	0	-2.06	-17	26.32	0.09	-0.09
90	UCLA	Pac-10	0-1	0	-2.06	-15	25.51	0.21	-0.21
91	Idaho	Big West	0-2	0	-2.22	-10.5	11.96	0.65	-0.65
92	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-1	0	-2.41	-14	25.04	0.07	-0.07
93	Duke	ACC	0-1	0	-2.48	-37	2.78	0.01	-0.01
94	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	0-2	0	-2.6	-20.5	6.73	0.02	-0.02
95	Ball State	Mid-American	0-2	0	-2.61	-17.5	25.59	0.12	-0.12
96	Akron	Mid-American	0-2	0	-2.62	-16.5	12.6	0.31	-0.31
97	Kentucky	SEC	0-2	0	-2.68	-22.5	12.58	0.09	-0.09
98	Memphis	Conference USA	0-2	0	-2.74	-22	12.73	0.09	-0.09
99	Illinois	Big Ten	0-2	0	-2.77	-32	12.3	0.02	-0.02
100	Rice	Western Athletic	0-1	0	-2.83	-63	2.75	0	0
101	UTEP	Western Athletic	0-1	0	-2.89	-20	23.85	0.01	-0.01
102	Fresno State	Western Athletic	0-2	0	-2.91	-32.5	23.75	0.1	-0.1
103	New Mexico State	Big West	0-2	0	-3.03	-27.5	24.53	0.04	-0.04
104	San José State	Western Athletic	0-2	0	-3.08	-32.5	12.93	0.09	-0.09
105	Louisiana	FBS Independents	0-1	0	-3.18	-34	26.73	0.09	-0.09
106	Purdue	Big Ten	0-1	0	-3.27	-38	24.98	0.04	-0.04
107	Missouri	Big 12	0-1	0	-3.28	-30	25.18	0.04	-0.04
108	UAB	FBS Independents	0-2	0	-3.41	-26.5	23.59	0.05	-0.05
109	Kent State	Mid-American	0-2	0	-3.51	-48	11.71	0.03	-0.03
110	UNLV	Western Athletic	0-2	0	-3.91	-53.5	25.22	0.02	-0.02