1996 W4 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:32.143013+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Virginia	ACC	2-0	1	29.38	26	18.91	1.88	0.12
2	Nebraska	Big 12	1-0	1	28.79	41	13.61	0.96	0.04
3	Penn State	Big Ten	3-0	1	27.86	27.67	9.26	2.97	0.03
4	Kansas	Big 12	2-0	1	27.61	30	9.81	1.88	0.12
5	Indiana	Big Ten	2-0	1	27.36	20.5	12.15	1.87	0.13
6	West Virginia	Big East	3-0	1	27.34	20	10	2.91	0.09
7	Baylor	Big 12	2-0	1	27.32	4.5	15.63	1.31	0.69
8	Michigan	Big Ten	2-0	1	27.28	9.5	12.75	1.64	0.36
9	Army	FBS Independents	1-0	1	26.99	17	25.62	0.81	0.19
10	Auburn	SEC	3-0	1	26.95	36	5.86	2.93	0.07
11	Virginia Tech	Big East	2-0	1	26.87	20.5	10.96	1.82	0.18
12	Georgia Tech	ACC	2-0	1	26.85	16	10.96	1.74	0.26
13	Navy	FBS Independents	1-0	1	26.85	4	13.97	0.77	0.23
14	Arizona State	Pac-10	2-0	1	26.76	24	9.43	1.67	0.33
15	Kansas State	Big 12	3-0	1	26.69	32.67	5.15	2.97	0.03
16	North Carolina	ACC	2-0	1	26.42	31	3.25	1.98	0.02
17	Iowa	Big Ten	2-0	1	26.36	13	7.27	1.6	0.4
18	California	Pac-10	2-0	1	26.35	12.5	9.48	1.38	0.62
19	LSU	SEC	1-0	1	26.16	1	14.58	0.52	0.48
20	South Carolina	SEC	2-0	1	26.07	14	4.99	1.68	0.32
21	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-0	1	26.01	15	4.23	1.72	0.28
22	Alabama	SEC	3-0	1	25.91	11.33	3.38	2.4	0.6
23	Miami	Big East	3-0	1	25.73	34	0.41	2.98	0.02
24	Oregon	Pac-10	3-0	1	25.48	8	3.88	1.93	1.07
25	Air Force	Western Athletic	2-0	1	25.28	46.5	-3.5	1.98	0.02
26	Tennessee	SEC	2-0	1	25.27	37	-2.99	1.94	0.06
27	Ohio State	Big Ten	1-0	1	25.26	63	-2.83	1	0
28	Texas	Big 12	2-0	1	25.1	32	-3.15	1.95	0.05
29	New Mexico	Western Athletic	3-0	1	24.97	15.67	-0.57	2.51	0.49
30	Wyoming	Western Athletic	3-0	1	24.94	23.67	-1.69	2.48	0.52
31	Florida State	ACC	1-0	1	24.93	37	-2.48	0.99	0.01
32	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-0	1	24.58	28	-2.91	1.92	0.08
33	Florida	SEC	2-0	1	24.54	41	-6.59	1.89	0.11
34	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-0	1	24.42	21	-2.37	1.98	0.02
35	Mississippi State	SEC	1-0	1	24.35	21	-2.74	0.94	0.06
36	Colorado	Big 12	2-1	0.67	20.77	8.33	17.5	2	0
37	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	19.58	20.33	5.63	2.77	-0.77
38	Maryland	ACC	2-1	0.67	19.19	10	7.07	2.35	-0.35
39	BYU	Western Athletic	2-1	0.67	18.99	13.67	2.22	2.21	-0.21
40	USC	Pac-10	2-1	0.67	18.4	21.33	8.37	2.68	-0.68
41	Arizona	Pac-10	2-1	0.67	18.35	20	6.49	2.85	-0.85
42	Ole Miss	SEC	2-1	0.67	18.35	10.33	2.09	2.14	-0.14
43	Ohio	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	17.95	8	-1.34	2.06	-0.06
44	Houston	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	17.88	8	8.66	1.89	0.11
45	Utah State	Big West	2-1	0.67	17.65	8.67	-2	2.01	-0.01
46	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	2-1	0.67	17.57	4.33	9.39	1.84	0.16
47	Southern Miss	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	17.34	0.33	16.76	1.53	0.47
48	SMU	Western Athletic	2-1	0.67	17.27	5.33	-4.59	2.06	-0.06
49	Wake Forest	ACC	2-1	0.67	15.62	-4.33	4.01	1.14	0.86
50	Texas Tech	Big 12	1-1	0.5	15.36	10.5	18.51	1.63	-0.63
51	San Diego State	Western Athletic	1-1	0.5	15.18	7	9.81	1.23	-0.23
52	East Carolina	FBS Independents	1-1	0.5	15.17	11.5	8.16	1.58	-0.58
53	Tulane	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	15.08	6.5	4.22	1.36	-0.36
54	Oklahoma State	Big 12	2-1	0.67	14.29	-1.33	0.78	1.38	0.62
55	UCLA	Pac-10	1-1	0.5	13.61	14.5	18.86	1.61	-0.61
56	Washington	Pac-10	1-1	0.5	13.5	4.5	24.49	1.16	-0.16
57	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	12.85	12	10.57	1.5	-0.5
58	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	12.08	-1.5	12.39	0.95	0.05
59	TCU	Western Athletic	1-1	0.5	11.95	-11	12.37	0.5	0.5
60	Nevada	Big West	1-1	0.5	11.78	5	7.88	1.21	-0.21
61	Boston College	Big East	1-1	0.5	11.71	-17.5	9.58	0.29	0.71
62	Washington State	Pac-10	1-1	0.5	11.39	-7	20.99	0.75	0.25
63	Colorado State	Western Athletic	1-2	0.33	11.14	7	14.67	1.83	-0.83
64	North Texas	Big West	1-1	0.5	10.74	-19.5	5.77	0.21	0.79
65	Stanford	Pac-10	1-1	0.5	10.74	8	-6.54	1.62	-0.62
66	Louisville	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	10.6	2	17.67	1.69	-0.69
67	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	10.06	-5	20.94	0.64	0.36
68	Clemson	ACC	1-1	0.5	9.76	-14.5	8.48	0.2	0.8
69	Rice	Western Athletic	1-1	0.5	8.97	-28	24.8	0.14	0.86
70	Toledo	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	8.93	-8.5	10.2	0.54	0.46
71	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-1	0.5	8.71	-6.5	6.29	0.41	0.59
72	Louisiana	FBS Independents	1-1	0.5	8.62	-13.5	12.35	0.53	0.47
73	Idaho	Big West	1-2	0.33	8.36	4.67	12.13	1.74	-0.74
74	Pittsburgh	Big East	1-2	0.33	8.21	-1	12.47	1.44	-0.44
75	Temple	Big East	1-2	0.33	7.83	-1.33	1.94	1.41	-0.41
76	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	7.72	-4.67	16.79	1.27	-0.27
77	Rutgers	Big East	1-2	0.33	7.34	-9	13.54	0.73	0.27
78	UCF	FBS Independents	1-2	0.33	7.12	-7.67	13.61	0.95	0.05
79	Cincinnati	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	6.96	-11.33	16.42	0.54	0.46
80	Boise State	Big West	1-2	0.33	6.28	-5.33	-2.58	1.16	-0.16
81	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	1-2	0.33	5.96	-23	4.71	0.06	0.94
82	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	1-2	0.33	5.87	-16.67	4.68	0.49	0.51
83	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	5.53	-6	11.39	0.94	0.06
84	UAB	FBS Independents	1-2	0.33	5.43	-9.33	20.14	0.84	0.16
85	Memphis	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	5	-13.67	14.68	0.42	0.58
86	Kent State	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	4.2	-26.67	9.25	0.27	0.73
87	Texas A&M	Big 12	0-2	0	-1.6	-5.5	12.13	0.8	-0.8
88	Georgia	SEC	0-2	0	-1.81	-6.5	19.93	0.48	-0.48
89	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-2	0	-2.09	-8.5	25.02	0.54	-0.54
90	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0-3	0	-2.18	-13.33	4.81	0.5	-0.5
91	NC State	ACC	0-1	0	-2.34	-12	22.18	0.21	-0.21
92	Oklahoma	Big 12	0-1	0	-2.4	-13	22.24	0.08	-0.08
93	Tulsa	Western Athletic	0-2	0	-2.41	-14	18.29	0.21	-0.21
94	Iowa State	Big 12	0-2	0	-2.42	-14	24.73	0.52	-0.52
95	Arkansas	SEC	0-1	0	-2.48	-13	25.41	0.12	-0.12
96	Oregon State	Pac-10	0-2	0	-2.54	-25	1.8	0.19	-0.19
97	Ball State	Mid-American	0-3	0	-2.56	-12.67	26.3	0.5	-0.5
98	Akron	Mid-American	0-3	0	-2.58	-16.67	14.84	0.4	-0.4
99	Missouri	Big 12	0-2	0	-2.6	-16.5	11.77	0.25	-0.25
100	Syracuse	Big East	0-1	0	-2.74	-17	26.97	0.09	-0.09
101	Kentucky	SEC	0-2	0	-2.8	-22.5	14.02	0.09	-0.09
102	New Mexico State	Big West	0-3	0	-2.82	-20.67	16.12	0.11	-0.11
103	Duke	ACC	0-2	0	-2.96	-31	11.49	0.07	-0.07
104	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	0-3	0	-3.03	-26.67	24.84	0.14	-0.14
105	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	0-3	0	-3.03	-30	15.12	0	0
106	San José State	Western Athletic	0-3	0	-3.08	-29.33	15.72	0.09	-0.09
107	Illinois	Big Ten	0-3	0	-3.24	-35	18.38	0.01	-0.01
108	Purdue	Big Ten	0-2	0	-3.32	-36.5	17.74	0.03	-0.03
109	Fresno State	Western Athletic	0-2	0	-3.36	-32.5	26.01	0.1	-0.1
110	UNLV	Western Athletic	0-3	0	-3.78	-47.33	25.15	0.07	-0.07