1996 W7 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:32.144221+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Ohio State	Big Ten	4-0	1	27.25	44.75	13.33	3.96	0.04
2	Arizona State	Pac-10	5-0	1	26.6	27.4	11.84	4.55	0.45
3	LSU	SEC	4-0	1	25.54	24	7.23	3.66	0.34
4	Florida	SEC	5-0	1	25.52	37.6	5.8	4.78	0.22
5	Alabama	SEC	5-0	1	25.5	14.4	9.37	4.37	0.63
6	California	Pac-10	5-0	1	25.46	11.2	10.12	3.48	1.52
7	Florida State	ACC	4-0	1	25.41	28.75	6.22	3.92	0.08
8	West Virginia	Big East	6-0	1	25.39	17.33	8	5.71	0.29
9	Wyoming	Western Athletic	6-0	1	25.17	18.17	6.72	4.79	1.21
10	Miami	Big East	4-0	1	24.65	36.75	1.71	3.99	0.01
11	Army	FBS Independents	4-0	1	24.04	19.5	0.73	3.51	0.49
12	Penn State	Big Ten	5-1	0.83	22.8	16	14.1	5.29	-0.29
13	Virginia	ACC	4-1	0.8	22.19	21	13.06	4.61	-0.61
14	BYU	Western Athletic	5-1	0.83	21.98	16.67	11.3	4.94	0.06
15	Auburn	SEC	4-1	0.8	21.94	21.6	14.23	4.5	-0.5
16	North Carolina	ACC	4-1	0.8	21.92	20.8	14.37	4.87	-0.87
17	Nebraska	Big 12	3-1	0.75	21.55	28.5	18.57	3.81	-0.81
18	Michigan	Big Ten	4-1	0.8	21.53	10.6	12.69	4.07	-0.07
19	Northwestern	Big Ten	4-1	0.8	21.04	12.8	11.51	3.99	0.01
20	Kansas State	Big 12	4-1	0.8	21.02	17.8	7.5	4.45	-0.45
21	Southern Miss	Conference USA	4-1	0.8	20.95	8.6	12.13	3.63	0.37
22	Washington	Pac-10	3-1	0.75	20.71	11	17.82	2.92	0.08
23	Georgia Tech	ACC	4-1	0.8	20.59	9.6	10.14	3.86	0.14
24	Tennessee	SEC	3-1	0.75	20.54	26.5	12.42	3.66	-0.66
25	Colorado	Big 12	3-1	0.75	20.39	9.75	15.58	2.85	0.15
26	Air Force	Western Athletic	3-1	0.75	19.88	29.5	7.03	3.74	-0.74
27	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-1	0.75	19.74	16.75	8.62	3.61	-0.61
28	East Carolina	FBS Independents	3-1	0.75	19.52	15	7.89	3.53	-0.53
29	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	3-1	0.75	19.52	8	10.75	2.93	0.07
30	Baylor	Big 12	3-1	0.75	19.45	5	9.46	2.5	0.5
31	Iowa	Big Ten	3-1	0.75	19.42	6.5	12.37	2.58	0.42
32	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-1	0.75	19.08	7.25	6.03	2.64	0.36
33	Toledo	Mid-American	4-1	0.8	19	3	5.34	2.92	1.08
34	Virginia Tech	Big East	3-1	0.75	18.68	6.5	6.51	2.58	0.42
35	Navy	FBS Independents	3-1	0.75	18.56	9.5	5.06	2.77	0.23
36	Kansas	Big 12	3-1	0.75	18.38	21.25	-0.32	3.27	-0.27
37	San Diego State	Western Athletic	2-1	0.67	17.75	11.33	9.93	2.03	-0.03
38	Texas Tech	Big 12	3-2	0.6	17.03	15.4	16.86	4.13	-1.13
39	USC	Pac-10	3-2	0.6	16.98	14.8	13.2	4.18	-1.18
40	New Mexico	Western Athletic	4-2	0.67	16.82	7.83	3.54	4.2	-0.2
41	Texas	Big 12	3-2	0.6	16.77	18.8	13.42	4.18	-1.18
42	Arizona	Pac-10	3-2	0.6	16.45	10.8	14.38	3.85	-0.85
43	Washington State	Pac-10	3-2	0.6	15.92	5	11.06	2.91	0.09
44	Nevada	Big West	3-2	0.6	15.27	10	5.89	3.35	-0.35
45	Houston	Conference USA	3-2	0.6	14.96	2.8	9.88	2.77	0.23
46	Ohio	Mid-American	3-2	0.6	14.82	2	10.44	2.81	0.19
47	Syracuse	Big East	2-2	0.5	14.29	13.5	17.09	3.07	-1.07
48	Ole Miss	SEC	3-2	0.6	14.1	0.8	3.59	2.6	0.4
49	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-2	0.6	13.84	-2	13.53	2.18	0.82
50	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	3-3	0.5	13.73	13.67	9.88	4.93	-1.93
51	UAB	FBS Independents	3-2	0.6	13.47	0.6	3.82	2.59	0.41
52	UCLA	Pac-10	2-2	0.5	13.47	4.75	16.55	2.43	-0.43
53	Tulane	Conference USA	2-2	0.5	12.94	8.5	7.55	2.98	-0.98
54	Georgia	SEC	2-2	0.5	12.89	2.25	16.64	2.3	-0.3
55	Memphis	Conference USA	3-2	0.6	12.56	-6.4	13.14	1.46	1.54
56	Oklahoma State	Big 12	3-2	0.6	12.34	-9.4	7.51	1.44	1.56
57	Iowa State	Big 12	2-2	0.5	12.28	1.25	9.29	2.09	-0.09
58	Texas A&M	Big 12	2-3	0.4	11.79	16	14.34	3.95	-1.95
59	Mississippi State	SEC	2-2	0.5	11.37	-2.25	11.6	1.77	0.23
60	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-3	0.4	11.07	5.4	10.52	3.03	-1.03
61	Indiana	Big Ten	2-3	0.4	10.93	3.4	11.22	2.94	-0.94
62	Colorado State	Western Athletic	3-3	0.5	10.87	-0.67	7.21	2.93	0.07
63	Oregon	Pac-10	3-3	0.5	10.86	-4.5	13.35	2.56	0.44
64	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	3-3	0.5	10.71	-4.67	10.15	2.42	0.58
65	Tulsa	Western Athletic	2-2	0.5	10.51	-3.5	10.47	1.61	0.39
66	South Carolina	SEC	2-3	0.4	10.36	0.8	13.65	2.62	-0.62
67	Louisville	Conference USA	2-3	0.4	9.85	-0.2	18.16	2.47	-0.47
68	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-3	0.4	9.72	2	1.13	2.79	-0.79
69	Ball State	Mid-American	2-3	0.4	9.71	1.2	10.92	2.69	-0.69
70	Idaho	Big West	2-3	0.4	9.59	2.6	2.72	2.73	-0.73
71	Maryland	ACC	2-3	0.4	9.11	-1.8	12.56	2.19	-0.19
72	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	3-3	0.5	8.76	-13.33	1.63	1.03	1.97
73	Cincinnati	Conference USA	2-3	0.4	8.08	-5.8	11.87	1.66	0.34
74	Boston College	Big East	2-3	0.4	8.03	-10.6	17.9	1.38	0.62
75	Louisiana	FBS Independents	2-3	0.4	7.94	-10.6	16.75	1.58	0.42
76	Missouri	Big 12	2-3	0.4	7.55	-6.4	11.02	1.83	0.17
77	Clemson	ACC	2-3	0.4	7.4	-12.6	9.76	0.86	1.14
78	Purdue	Big Ten	2-3	0.4	7.28	-12.6	16.08	1.13	0.87
79	Rice	Western Athletic	2-3	0.4	7.24	-18.8	20.3	0.78	1.22
80	Illinois	Big Ten	2-3	0.4	7.19	-14.2	15.4	1.05	0.95
81	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	2-3	0.4	6.88	-8.2	2.79	1.51	0.49
82	SMU	Western Athletic	2-4	0.33	6.76	-2.5	8.23	2.52	-0.52
83	North Texas	Big West	2-3	0.4	6.62	-21.6	10.56	0.41	1.59
84	Kent State	Mid-American	2-3	0.4	6.41	-17.2	3.79	1.1	0.9
85	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-4	0.33	6.4	-6.67	12.32	2.3	-0.3
86	Utah State	Big West	2-4	0.33	5.98	-9	9.21	1.98	0.02
87	Wake Forest	ACC	2-4	0.33	5.76	-16.33	14.59	0.78	1.22
88	Pittsburgh	Big East	2-4	0.33	5.3	-19.83	16.35	1.13	0.87
89	Stanford	Pac-10	1-3	0.25	4.62	-4.75	7.98	1.15	-0.15
90	Arkansas	SEC	1-3	0.25	4.26	-10.25	16.67	0.92	0.08
91	TCU	Western Athletic	1-3	0.25	3.7	-17.5	11.1	0.46	0.54
92	NC State	ACC	1-3	0.25	3.58	-10.25	15.66	1.15	-0.15
93	Fresno State	Western Athletic	1-3	0.25	3.33	-18.25	6.92	0.57	0.43
94	Temple	Big East	1-4	0.2	2.97	-9.2	13.89	1.64	-0.64
95	UCF	FBS Independents	1-4	0.2	2.54	-13	9.63	0.95	0.05
96	Rutgers	Big East	1-4	0.2	2.5	-17	11.97	0.53	0.47
97	Kentucky	SEC	1-4	0.2	2.19	-27	17.11	0.07	0.93
98	Akron	Mid-American	1-5	0.17	1.86	-12.67	8.88	1.17	-0.17
99	Boise State	Big West	1-5	0.17	1.83	-12.5	1.49	1.37	-0.37
100	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-5	0.17	1.8	-14.83	10.86	0.53	0.47
101	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	1-5	0.17	1.66	-17.67	10.5	0.57	0.43
102	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	1-5	0.17	1.51	-20.5	8.44	0.44	0.56
103	San José State	Western Athletic	1-5	0.17	1.5	-24.33	18.43	0.56	0.44
104	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0-6	0	-2.2	-15.5	5.7	0.84	-0.84
105	Oklahoma	Big 12	0-4	0	-2.4	-17	13.12	0.8	-0.8
106	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-4	0	-2.5	-15.75	22.55	0.41	-0.41
107	Oregon State	Pac-10	0-4	0	-2.67	-22	15.39	0.61	-0.61
108	New Mexico State	Big West	0-5	0	-2.86	-30.2	12.69	0.06	-0.06
109	Duke	ACC	0-5	0	-3.01	-28.6	21.41	0.45	-0.45
110	UNLV	Western Athletic	0-6	0	-3.11	-35	17.72	0.33	-0.33