1996 W5 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:32.143408+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Arizona State	Pac-10	3-0	1	28.3	22.33	17.68	2.66	0.34
2	Virginia	ACC	3-0	1	28.08	29	14.18	2.88	0.12
3	LSU	SEC	2-0	1	27.58	2.5	22.41	1.11	0.89
4	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-0	1	27.19	67.5	8.59	2	0
5	North Carolina	ACC	3-0	1	27.13	26	11.29	2.98	0.02
6	Penn State	Big Ten	4-0	1	26.85	31	8.45	3.98	0.02
7	Florida	SEC	3-0	1	26.38	29.33	7.96	2.66	0.34
8	Baylor	Big 12	3-0	1	26.23	13.67	8.54	2.54	0.46
9	Army	FBS Independents	2-0	1	26.17	17.5	7.49	1.66	0.34
10	Kansas State	Big 12	4-0	1	26.13	31.25	5.32	3.95	0.05
11	Michigan	Big Ten	3-0	1	26.12	8.33	9.75	2.35	0.65
12	Kansas	Big 12	2-0	1	26.07	30	4.69	1.88	0.12
13	California	Pac-10	3-0	1	26.06	14.33	7.96	2.22	0.78
14	Wyoming	Western Athletic	4-0	1	25.92	18.5	7.05	3.19	0.81
15	Navy	FBS Independents	2-0	1	25.9	3	12.3	1.27	0.73
16	Virginia Tech	Big East	3-0	1	25.83	19	5.49	2.68	0.32
17	West Virginia	Big East	4-0	1	25.66	18.5	4.47	3.86	0.14
18	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	3-0	1	25.63	15	6.56	2.68	0.32
19	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-0	1	25.48	23.33	4.16	2.92	0.08
20	Alabama	SEC	4-0	1	25.4	11	5.71	3.27	0.73
21	Miami	Big East	3-0	1	25.2	34	0.78	2.98	0.02
22	Florida State	ACC	2-0	1	24.47	35.5	-2.65	1.93	0.07
23	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-0	1	24.35	10.67	0.22	2.21	0.79
24	Auburn	SEC	3-1	0.75	21.75	26	11.64	3.76	-0.76
25	USC	Pac-10	3-1	0.75	20.46	20.25	9.99	3.6	-0.6
26	BYU	Western Athletic	3-1	0.75	20.19	11	10.69	2.89	0.11
27	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	3-1	0.75	19.98	7	12.35	2.66	0.34
28	Southern Miss	Conference USA	3-1	0.75	19.94	6.5	12.59	2.66	0.34
29	New Mexico	Western Athletic	3-1	0.75	19.71	11	3.32	3.1	-0.1
30	Tennessee	SEC	2-1	0.67	19.69	22.67	11.46	2.59	-0.59
31	Oregon	Pac-10	3-1	0.75	19.64	3.25	7.74	2.21	0.79
32	Colorado	Big 12	2-1	0.67	19.2	8.33	16.6	2	0
33	Air Force	Western Athletic	2-1	0.67	19.15	30	6.03	2.83	-0.83
34	Indiana	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	19.09	12.67	8.57	2.73	-0.73
35	Georgia Tech	ACC	2-1	0.67	19.07	5.33	13.23	2.05	-0.05
36	Washington	Pac-10	2-1	0.67	19.04	7.67	21.37	1.94	0.06
37	Texas	Big 12	2-1	0.67	18.9	20.33	6.33	2.66	-0.66
38	Ole Miss	SEC	3-1	0.75	18.71	10.5	1.21	2.97	0.03
39	East Carolina	FBS Independents	2-1	0.67	18.68	13	14.47	2.53	-0.53
40	Maryland	ACC	2-1	0.67	18.38	10	10.59	2.35	-0.35
41	San Diego State	Western Athletic	2-1	0.67	18.09	11.33	10.77	2.03	-0.03
42	Oklahoma State	Big 12	3-1	0.75	18.01	2.5	5.15	2.29	0.71
43	Iowa	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	18	6.33	4.51	1.97	0.03
44	South Carolina	SEC	2-1	0.67	17.99	4	6.83	1.87	0.13
45	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	17.98	15	10.2	2.48	-0.48
46	Nebraska	Big 12	1-1	0.5	16.6	11	19.42	1.54	-0.54
47	Washington State	Pac-10	2-1	0.67	16.09	-1	18.03	1.45	0.55
48	Bowling Green	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	15.61	-2	17.77	1.26	0.74
49	Toledo	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	15.48	0	10.1	1.5	0.5
50	UCLA	Pac-10	1-1	0.5	14.89	14.5	15.62	1.61	-0.61
51	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2-2	0.5	14.87	14.25	9.77	3.47	-1.47
52	Arizona	Pac-10	2-2	0.5	14.76	11.5	11.33	3.23	-1.23
53	Mississippi State	SEC	1-1	0.5	14.48	3	11.29	1.14	-0.14
54	Louisville	Conference USA	2-2	0.5	13.75	4	16.11	2.47	-0.47
55	Colorado State	Western Athletic	2-2	0.5	13.61	10	8.12	2.67	-0.67
56	Houston	Conference USA	2-2	0.5	13.49	1.75	10.69	2.13	-0.13
57	SMU	Western Athletic	2-2	0.5	13.06	3.5	2.99	2.49	-0.49
58	Utah State	Big West	2-2	0.5	13.01	3	2.91	2.25	-0.25
59	Ohio	Mid-American	2-2	0.5	12.96	0.75	8.56	2.08	-0.08
60	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-2	0.5	11.35	-1	12.76	1.93	0.07
61	Wake Forest	ACC	2-2	0.5	10.84	-12	14.77	0.84	1.16
62	Texas Tech	Big 12	1-2	0.33	10.4	6	13.06	2.13	-1.13
63	TCU	Western Athletic	1-1	0.5	10.38	-11	12.61	0.5	0.5
64	Memphis	Conference USA	2-2	0.5	10.09	-8.5	15.64	0.94	1.06
65	UAB	FBS Independents	2-2	0.5	10.07	-5.25	10.5	1.47	0.53
66	Idaho	Big West	1-2	0.33	9.33	4.67	10.04	1.74	-0.74
67	Tulane	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	9.32	2	6.98	1.69	-0.69
68	Texas A&M	Big 12	1-2	0.33	9.3	14.67	12.78	2.28	-1.28
69	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	2-2	0.5	8.95	-16.5	4.91	0.49	1.51
70	Stanford	Pac-10	1-2	0.33	8.26	0.67	3.83	1.6	-0.6
71	Nevada	Big West	1-2	0.33	7.57	-2.67	13.94	1.32	-0.32
72	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-2	0.33	7.22	-4.33	12.02	1.25	-0.25
73	Boston College	Big East	1-2	0.33	6.61	-13.67	17.04	0.53	0.47
74	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-2	0.33	6.46	-4.67	4.15	1.01	-0.01
75	Georgia	SEC	1-2	0.33	6.36	-3.33	19.59	1.08	-0.08
76	Cincinnati	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	6.1	-11.33	12.99	0.54	0.46
77	Iowa State	Big 12	1-2	0.33	6.07	-3	13.77	1.34	-0.34
78	Rice	Western Athletic	1-2	0.33	6	-27.67	22.34	0.16	0.84
79	Louisiana	FBS Independents	1-2	0.33	5.98	-17.33	13.43	0.68	0.32
80	Clemson	ACC	1-2	0.33	5.87	-14.33	4.61	0.49	0.51
81	Tulsa	Western Athletic	1-2	0.33	5.78	-7	19.31	0.87	0.13
82	Missouri	Big 12	1-2	0.33	5.56	-6.33	13.29	1.05	-0.05
83	North Texas	Big West	1-2	0.33	5.44	-31.33	5.05	0.08	0.92
84	Kentucky	SEC	1-2	0.33	5.06	-14	14.97	0.19	0.81
85	Kent State	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	4.94	-26.67	5.93	0.27	0.73
86	Rutgers	Big East	1-3	0.25	4.52	-10.75	17.36	0.85	0.15
87	Temple	Big East	1-3	0.25	4.43	-11.25	13.71	1.01	-0.01
88	Ball State	Mid-American	1-3	0.25	4.27	-4.25	20.08	1.5	-0.5
89	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-3	0.25	4.26	-8.75	9.79	0.92	0.08
90	UCF	FBS Independents	1-3	0.25	4.26	-11	9.62	0.96	0.04
91	Pittsburgh	Big East	1-3	0.25	4.23	-18.75	18.67	0.75	0.25
92	Boise State	Big West	1-3	0.25	4.2	-5.5	-3.83	1.49	-0.49
93	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	1-3	0.25	3.84	-12.75	2.85	0.95	0.05
94	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	1-3	0.25	3.02	-18.5	15.22	0.43	0.57
95	Illinois	Big Ten	1-3	0.25	3.01	-18.5	15.36	0.41	0.59
96	San José State	Western Athletic	1-3	0.25	2.96	-21.75	17.77	0.36	0.64
97	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	1-3	0.25	2.77	-22.25	10.73	0.21	0.79
98	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0-4	0	-2.15	-12.5	7.65	0.86	-0.86
99	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-3	0	-2.16	-9.33	22.89	0.69	-0.69
100	Syracuse	Big East	0-2	0	-2.28	-9.5	26.22	0.59	-0.59
101	Arkansas	SEC	0-2	0	-2.33	-11.5	21.59	0.23	-0.23
102	Oklahoma	Big 12	0-2	0	-2.46	-16.5	13.56	0.37	-0.37
103	Akron	Mid-American	0-4	0	-2.62	-20.25	12.63	0.36	-0.36
104	New Mexico State	Big West	0-4	0	-2.75	-23.75	12.2	0.07	-0.07
105	Oregon State	Pac-10	0-3	0	-2.82	-27.33	11.91	0.21	-0.21
106	NC State	ACC	0-2	0	-2.94	-23	25.89	0.22	-0.22
107	Duke	ACC	0-3	0	-3.04	-26.67	21.59	0.18	-0.18
108	Fresno State	Western Athletic	0-3	0	-3.04	-31	14.14	0.19	-0.19
109	Purdue	Big Ten	0-3	0	-3.14	-29	21.28	0.06	-0.06
110	UNLV	Western Athletic	0-4	0	-3.45	-40.25	21.57	0.14	-0.14