1996 W6 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:32.143823+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Virginia	ACC	4-0	1	27.58	27.75	14.87	3.81	0.19
2	Arizona State	Pac-10	4-0	1	27.48	22	15.18	3.44	0.56
3	Ohio State	Big Ten	3-0	1	27.36	49.33	11.95	2.97	0.03
4	Penn State	Big Ten	5-0	1	27.12	25.4	13.38	4.88	0.12
5	LSU	SEC	3-0	1	26.52	20.33	10.83	2.55	0.45
6	Michigan	Big Ten	4-0	1	26.12	13.5	10.93	3.48	0.52
7	Baylor	Big 12	3-0	1	26.02	13.67	10.3	2.54	0.46
8	Florida	SEC	4-0	1	25.77	38.25	5.18	3.79	0.21
9	Florida State	ACC	3-0	1	25.76	28	7.05	2.92	0.08
10	West Virginia	Big East	5-0	1	25.55	17.4	7.2	4.87	0.13
11	Wyoming	Western Athletic	5-0	1	25.49	17.2	6.82	3.94	1.06
12	Alabama	SEC	4-0	1	25.32	11	7.77	3.27	0.73
13	California	Pac-10	4-0	1	25.2	12.25	6.45	2.77	1.23
14	Kansas State	Big 12	4-0	1	25.2	31.25	3.12	3.95	0.05
15	Army	FBS Independents	3-0	1	25.19	17.33	5.12	2.56	0.44
16	Miami	Big East	4-0	1	25.06	36.75	2.21	3.99	0.01
17	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-0	1	24.43	10.67	3.65	2.21	0.79
18	BYU	Western Athletic	4-1	0.8	21.62	14.4	12.99	3.99	0.01
19	Southern Miss	Conference USA	4-1	0.8	21.22	8.6	12.9	3.63	0.37
20	Auburn	SEC	3-1	0.75	21.12	26	13.33	3.76	-0.76
21	North Carolina	ACC	3-1	0.75	20.99	16.25	11.78	3.84	-0.84
22	Colorado	Big 12	3-1	0.75	20.62	9.75	16.28	2.85	0.15
23	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-1	0.75	20.46	16.75	8.98	3.61	-0.61
24	USC	Pac-10	3-1	0.75	20.35	20.25	10.13	3.6	-0.6
25	Air Force	Western Athletic	3-1	0.75	20.17	29.5	7.86	3.74	-0.74
26	New Mexico	Western Athletic	4-1	0.8	20.16	12.8	4.42	4.1	-0.1
27	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	3-1	0.75	20.14	8	10.2	2.93	0.07
28	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-1	0.75	19.93	15.75	9.96	3.33	-0.33
29	East Carolina	FBS Independents	3-1	0.75	19.89	15	9.48	3.53	-0.53
30	Washington State	Pac-10	3-1	0.75	19.56	8.25	11.56	2.52	0.48
31	Georgia Tech	ACC	3-1	0.75	19.45	10.5	8	3.07	-0.07
32	Nebraska	Big 12	2-1	0.67	19.32	26	16.38	2.77	-0.77
33	Washington	Pac-10	2-1	0.67	19.23	7.67	21.08	1.94	0.06
34	Tennessee	SEC	2-1	0.67	18.96	22.67	12.61	2.59	-0.59
35	Virginia Tech	Big East	3-1	0.75	18.78	6.5	1.56	2.58	0.42
36	Ole Miss	SEC	3-1	0.75	18.24	10.5	-0.1	2.97	0.03
37	San Diego State	Western Athletic	2-1	0.67	18.11	11.33	10.98	2.03	-0.03
38	Oklahoma State	Big 12	3-1	0.75	18.04	2.5	4.8	2.29	0.71
39	Kansas	Big 12	2-1	0.67	17.86	19	1.55	2.4	-0.4
40	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-1	0.75	17.82	-0.5	14.01	1.94	1.06
41	Mississippi State	SEC	2-1	0.67	17.65	3.33	16.02	1.78	0.22
42	Iowa	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	17.43	6.33	8.87	1.97	0.03
43	Toledo	Mid-American	3-1	0.75	17.36	1.75	2.68	2.2	0.8
44	Navy	FBS Independents	2-1	0.67	16.72	0.33	8.06	1.53	0.47
45	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	3-2	0.6	15.94	4.4	9.61	2.99	0.01
46	Texas	Big 12	2-2	0.5	14.63	9.25	14.13	2.84	-0.84
47	Texas Tech	Big 12	2-2	0.5	14.4	14	15.88	3.32	-1.32
48	Maryland	ACC	2-2	0.5	14.31	4.25	16.64	2.62	-0.62
49	Oregon	Pac-10	3-2	0.6	14.21	-1.6	12.51	2.37	0.63
50	Arizona	Pac-10	2-2	0.5	14.18	11.5	11.63	3.23	-1.23
51	Indiana	Big Ten	2-2	0.5	14.15	5	13.35	2.67	-0.67
52	South Carolina	SEC	2-2	0.5	13.29	2	10.95	2.27	-0.27
53	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-2	0.5	12.96	8.5	7.87	2.67	-0.67
54	Houston	Conference USA	2-2	0.5	12.82	1.75	10.57	2.13	-0.13
55	Nevada	Big West	2-2	0.5	12.61	3.25	10.16	2.23	-0.23
56	Ohio	Mid-American	2-2	0.5	12.48	0.75	11.14	2.08	-0.08
57	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-2	0.5	12.12	4.25	4.43	2.56	-0.56
58	Iowa State	Big 12	2-2	0.5	11.98	1.25	9.87	2.09	-0.09
59	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2-3	0.4	11.75	10	10	3.83	-1.83
60	Boston College	Big East	2-2	0.5	10.44	-9	20.22	1.23	0.77
61	Tulsa	Western Athletic	2-2	0.5	10.35	-3.5	11.65	1.61	0.39
62	Memphis	Conference USA	2-2	0.5	10.28	-8.5	13.64	0.94	1.06
63	UAB	FBS Independents	2-2	0.5	10.21	-5.25	8.49	1.47	0.53
64	Louisville	Conference USA	2-3	0.4	10.19	-0.2	17.06	2.47	-0.47
65	Cincinnati	Conference USA	2-2	0.5	10.12	-6.75	13.84	1.25	0.75
66	Louisiana	FBS Independents	2-2	0.5	10.11	-11.5	18.9	1.24	0.76
67	Clemson	ACC	2-2	0.5	9.58	-8	8.38	1.11	0.89
68	Syracuse	Big East	1-2	0.33	9.27	4	25.77	1.74	-0.74
69	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-3	0.4	9.13	-1.6	13.14	2.36	-0.36
70	UCLA	Pac-10	1-2	0.33	8.89	0	18.25	1.5	-0.5
71	Colorado State	Western Athletic	2-3	0.4	8.65	-3.2	8.4	2.23	-0.23
72	SMU	Western Athletic	2-3	0.4	8.65	-2.8	7.91	2.01	-0.01
73	Tulane	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	8.62	2	7.4	1.69	-0.69
74	Utah State	Big West	2-3	0.4	8.15	-5.2	5.67	2	0
75	Stanford	Pac-10	1-2	0.33	8.02	0.67	6.15	1.6	-0.6
76	Texas A&M	Big 12	1-3	0.25	7.98	7.5	12.7	2.63	-1.63
77	Wake Forest	ACC	2-3	0.4	7.8	-11.8	12.2	1	1
78	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	2-3	0.4	6.93	-16.6	3.38	0.7	1.3
79	Georgia	SEC	1-2	0.33	6.9	-3.33	16.11	1.08	-0.08
80	Idaho	Big West	1-3	0.25	6.84	2	6	2.15	-1.15
81	Arkansas	SEC	1-2	0.33	6.45	-2	15.8	1.32	-0.32
82	TCU	Western Athletic	1-2	0.33	6.18	-14	14.44	0.51	0.49
83	Ball State	Mid-American	1-3	0.25	4.79	-4.25	17.39	1.5	-0.5
84	Missouri	Big 12	1-3	0.25	4.23	-8.25	10.23	1.32	-0.32
85	Rutgers	Big East	1-3	0.25	4.15	-10.75	16.73	0.85	0.15
86	Temple	Big East	1-3	0.25	4.08	-11.25	15.7	1.01	-0.01
87	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	1-3	0.25	3.66	-12.75	5.76	0.95	0.05
88	Rice	Western Athletic	1-3	0.25	3.64	-27.75	20.45	0.25	0.75
89	Illinois	Big Ten	1-3	0.25	3.56	-18.5	14.68	0.41	0.59
90	Kentucky	SEC	1-3	0.25	3.5	-26.75	16.33	0.05	0.95
91	North Texas	Big West	1-3	0.25	3.43	-27.75	13.44	0.14	0.86
92	Kent State	Mid-American	1-3	0.25	3.24	-25.25	4.17	0.58	0.42
93	Purdue	Big Ten	1-3	0.25	3.12	-16.5	13.89	0.61	0.39
94	Boise State	Big West	1-4	0.2	3.01	-5.2	-3.13	1.86	-0.86
95	Fresno State	Western Athletic	1-3	0.25	2.91	-18.25	8.6	0.57	0.43
96	UCF	FBS Independents	1-4	0.2	2.71	-13	10.13	0.95	0.05
97	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-4	0.2	2.55	-16.4	10.09	0.49	0.51
98	Pittsburgh	Big East	1-4	0.2	2.41	-24	19.3	0.57	0.43
99	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	1-4	0.2	2.33	-18.8	9.33	0.39	0.61
100	San José State	Western Athletic	1-4	0.2	2.23	-24.6	15.2	0.41	0.59
101	Akron	Mid-American	1-4	0.2	2.2	-12.2	11.03	0.99	0.01
102	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	1-4	0.2	2.13	-24	9.11	0.2	0.8
103	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-3	0	-2.13	-9.33	23.25	0.69	-0.69
104	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0-5	0	-2.16	-14	5.73	0.88	-0.88
105	Oklahoma	Big 12	0-3	0	-2.24	-13.33	11.42	0.71	-0.71
106	NC State	ACC	0-3	0	-2.69	-22.33	13.47	0.39	-0.39
107	Oregon State	Pac-10	0-4	0	-2.71	-22	15.69	0.61	-0.61
108	New Mexico State	Big West	0-5	0	-2.88	-30.2	12.53	0.06	-0.06
109	Duke	ACC	0-4	0	-3	-26.5	21.92	0.32	-0.32
110	UNLV	Western Athletic	0-5	0	-3.22	-34.6	20.77	0.27	-0.27