1996 W8 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:32.144620+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Ohio State	Big Ten	5-0	1	27.16	36.4	14.92	4.9	0.1
2	Arizona State	Pac-10	6-0	1	26.34	24.17	12.51	5.23	0.77
3	Florida State	ACC	5-0	1	26.02	26.6	10.91	4.83	0.17
4	Florida	SEC	6-0	1	25.81	38.5	8.41	5.75	0.25
5	California	Pac-10	5-0	1	25.19	11.2	9.77	3.48	1.52
6	West Virginia	Big East	6-0	1	25.12	17.33	7.84	5.71	0.29
7	Alabama	SEC	6-0	1	24.77	12.83	7.05	5.04	0.96
8	Wyoming	Western Athletic	7-0	1	24.69	17.57	5.66	5.52	1.48
9	Army	FBS Independents	5-0	1	24.03	19.8	2.19	4.35	0.65
10	Nebraska	Big 12	4-1	0.8	22.66	32.6	17.8	4.87	-0.87
11	Penn State	Big Ten	6-1	0.86	22.65	16.14	12.23	6.16	-0.16
12	North Carolina	ACC	5-1	0.83	22.43	22.5	13.76	5.85	-0.85
13	Auburn	SEC	5-1	0.83	22.34	23.67	13.03	5.46	-0.46
14	BYU	Western Athletic	6-1	0.86	22.25	19.29	9.4	5.85	0.15
15	Southern Miss	Conference USA	5-1	0.83	21.8	10.67	13.61	4.67	0.33
16	Tennessee	SEC	4-1	0.8	21.51	23.6	12.57	4.49	-0.49
17	Northwestern	Big Ten	5-1	0.83	21.49	11	11.52	4.56	0.44
18	Kansas State	Big 12	5-1	0.83	21.4	19	8.58	5.42	-0.42
19	Virginia	ACC	4-1	0.8	21.4	21	11.73	4.61	-0.61
20	Colorado	Big 12	4-1	0.8	21.32	12.2	14.49	3.81	0.19
21	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	4-1	0.8	21.23	13.2	13.9	4.03	-0.03
22	Michigan	Big Ten	4-1	0.8	21.22	10.6	14.02	4.07	-0.07
23	LSU	SEC	4-1	0.8	21.07	10.6	11.41	3.57	0.43
24	Miami	Big East	4-1	0.8	20.97	25.8	7.15	4.79	-0.79
25	Iowa	Big Ten	4-1	0.8	20.73	9.4	12.25	3.57	0.43
26	Georgia Tech	ACC	4-1	0.8	20.48	9.6	10.09	3.86	0.14
27	Virginia Tech	Big East	4-1	0.8	19.92	12.8	5.93	3.9	0.1
28	Navy	FBS Independents	4-1	0.8	19.75	8.2	6.83	3.4	0.6
29	San Diego State	Western Athletic	3-1	0.75	19.53	20.5	8.58	3.21	-0.21
30	Toledo	Mid-American	4-1	0.8	18.7	3	3.69	2.92	1.08
31	Texas Tech	Big 12	4-2	0.67	18.4	15	15.01	4.92	-0.92
32	USC	Pac-10	4-2	0.67	18.19	13.5	14.03	5.02	-1.02
33	Nevada	Big West	4-2	0.67	16.97	14.67	5.24	4.37	-0.37
34	Washington State	Pac-10	4-2	0.67	16.97	7.67	8.25	3.84	0.16
35	Houston	Conference USA	4-2	0.67	16.85	5.17	9.72	3.6	0.4
36	Syracuse	Big East	3-2	0.6	16.69	20.4	13.5	4.29	-1.29
37	Air Force	Western Athletic	3-2	0.6	16.68	23	9.87	4.49	-1.49
38	New Mexico	Western Athletic	4-2	0.67	16.46	7.83	3.77	4.2	-0.2
39	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-2	0.6	16.35	12.8	10.67	4.24	-1.24
40	Washington	Pac-10	3-2	0.6	16.05	2	17.83	2.71	0.29
41	East Carolina	FBS Independents	3-2	0.6	15.9	7.8	9.85	3.67	-0.67
42	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-2	0.6	15.9	5.4	12.22	3.11	-0.11
43	Kansas	Big 12	3-2	0.6	15.49	14.4	3.61	3.72	-0.72
44	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-2	0.67	15.4	-0.5	12.34	2.91	1.09
45	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	4-3	0.57	15.05	13.14	8.17	5.6	-1.6
46	Arizona	Pac-10	3-3	0.5	14.05	7.83	14.99	4.33	-1.33
47	Texas A&M	Big 12	3-3	0.5	13.99	13.83	13.32	4.59	-1.59
48	Texas	Big 12	3-3	0.5	13.96	15.17	9.39	4.71	-1.71
49	Ole Miss	SEC	3-2	0.6	13.72	0.8	4	2.6	0.4
50	UAB	FBS Independents	3-2	0.6	13.56	0.6	3.59	2.59	0.41
51	Michigan State	Big Ten	3-3	0.5	13.44	9.17	11.18	4.06	-1.06
52	Baylor	Big 12	3-2	0.6	12.94	-5.8	11.29	1.79	1.21
53	Tulsa	Western Athletic	3-2	0.6	12.93	-1.6	9.4	2.27	0.73
54	South Carolina	SEC	3-3	0.5	12.63	2.5	11.74	3.46	-0.46
55	Ohio	Mid-American	3-3	0.5	12.39	1.17	10.02	3.2	-0.2
56	Ball State	Mid-American	3-3	0.5	12.27	1.5	11.06	3.26	-0.26
57	Louisville	Conference USA	3-3	0.5	12.14	0.33	14.9	3.06	-0.06
58	UCLA	Pac-10	2-3	0.4	11.01	2.2	17.66	2.73	-0.73
59	Tulane	Conference USA	2-3	0.4	10.86	6.2	8.29	3.41	-1.41
60	Memphis	Conference USA	3-3	0.5	10.23	-8.17	13.26	1.59	1.41
61	Louisiana	FBS Independents	3-3	0.5	10.18	-7	15.13	2.27	0.73
62	Boston College	Big East	3-3	0.5	10.16	-7.67	15.65	1.96	1.04
63	Central Michigan	Mid-American	3-4	0.43	9.85	0.29	8.85	3.54	-0.54
64	Iowa State	Big 12	2-3	0.4	9.78	0.4	10.79	2.54	-0.54
65	Oklahoma State	Big 12	3-3	0.5	9.75	-11.5	10.11	1.47	1.53
66	Idaho	Big West	2-3	0.4	9.69	2.6	2.58	2.73	-0.73
67	Georgia	SEC	2-3	0.4	9.56	-0.6	16.05	2.4	-0.4
68	Clemson	ACC	3-3	0.5	9.42	-9.33	7.94	1.33	1.67
69	Colorado State	Western Athletic	3-4	0.43	9.18	-1.43	7.41	3.31	-0.31
70	Oregon	Pac-10	3-4	0.43	8.96	-4.29	12.87	2.99	0.01
71	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	3-3	0.5	8.78	-13.33	1.13	1.03	1.97
72	Utah State	Big West	3-4	0.43	8.46	-3.14	7.06	3.08	-0.08
73	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	3-4	0.43	8.34	-6.43	7.32	2.58	0.42
74	Arkansas	SEC	2-3	0.4	7.96	-4.8	15.45	1.88	0.12
75	Mississippi State	SEC	2-3	0.4	7.91	-8.6	13.69	1.51	0.49
76	Stanford	Pac-10	2-3	0.4	7.82	-3.2	8.56	1.89	0.11
77	Indiana	Big Ten	2-4	0.33	7.68	-0.67	13.76	2.89	-0.89
78	Rice	Western Athletic	2-3	0.4	7.39	-18.8	19.58	0.78	1.22
79	TCU	Western Athletic	2-3	0.4	7.15	-10.4	11.09	1.04	0.96
80	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-4	0.33	6.71	-1.33	1.72	2.74	-0.74
81	Fresno State	Western Athletic	2-3	0.4	6.68	-12.6	5.19	1.13	0.87
82	SMU	Western Athletic	2-4	0.33	6.59	-2.5	8.81	2.52	-0.52
83	Maryland	ACC	2-4	0.33	6.42	-6.67	14.68	1.74	0.26
84	Cincinnati	Conference USA	2-4	0.33	6.29	-6	11.74	1.96	0.04
85	Missouri	Big 12	2-4	0.33	5.99	-9.5	12.8	1.8	0.2
86	Purdue	Big Ten	2-4	0.33	5.91	-13.33	16.91	1.25	0.75
87	UCF	FBS Independents	2-4	0.33	5.74	-5.5	6.07	2.13	-0.13
88	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	2-4	0.33	5.64	-8.67	4.15	1.85	0.15
89	Illinois	Big Ten	2-4	0.33	5.59	-16.5	13.14	1.07	0.93
90	Wake Forest	ACC	2-4	0.33	5.54	-16.33	13.86	0.78	1.22
91	Kent State	Mid-American	2-4	0.33	5.32	-15.5	6.67	1.42	0.58
92	North Texas	Big West	2-4	0.33	5.23	-20	8.57	0.49	1.51
93	Pittsburgh	Big East	2-5	0.29	4.42	-23.86	16.56	0.99	1.01
94	NC State	ACC	1-4	0.2	2.98	-9.2	17.58	1.5	-0.5
95	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-4	0.2	2.54	-10.2	18.26	0.96	0.04
96	Oklahoma	Big 12	1-4	0.2	2.27	-13	13.42	1.29	-0.29
97	Temple	Big East	1-5	0.17	1.88	-14	13.06	1.41	-0.41
98	Rutgers	Big East	1-5	0.17	1.7	-17.67	15.04	0.7	0.3
99	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	1-5	0.17	1.45	-20.5	7.52	0.44	0.56
100	Kentucky	SEC	1-5	0.17	1.44	-24.33	15.04	0.16	0.84
101	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-6	0.14	1.11	-14.14	11.3	0.88	0.12
102	Akron	Mid-American	1-6	0.14	0.98	-16.86	10.04	0.88	0.12
103	Boise State	Big West	1-6	0.14	0.96	-16.14	2.85	1.38	-0.38
104	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	1-6	0.14	0.79	-22	11.69	0.46	0.54
105	San José State	Western Athletic	1-6	0.14	0.79	-22.29	14.87	0.76	0.24
106	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0-7	0	-2.22	-15.29	8.62	1.16	-1.16
107	Oregon State	Pac-10	0-5	0	-2.6	-21.8	13.56	0.63	-0.63
108	New Mexico State	Big West	0-6	0	-2.8	-30.5	10.8	0.15	-0.15
109	Duke	ACC	0-6	0	-2.84	-25	19.51	0.55	-0.55
110	UNLV	Western Athletic	0-7	0	-3.1	-35	19.06	0.46	-0.46