1996 W9 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:32.145074+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-0	1	26.55	35	12.99	5.84	0.16
2	Florida	SEC	7-0	1	26.09	38.86	10.64	6.73	0.27
3	Arizona State	Pac-10	7-0	1	25.96	22.57	11.87	5.91	1.09
4	Florida State	ACC	5-0	1	25.82	26.6	10.59	4.83	0.17
5	Alabama	SEC	7-0	1	25.17	16.29	9.41	6.28	0.72
6	West Virginia	Big East	7-0	1	24.6	17.71	6.07	6.64	0.36
7	Wyoming	Western Athletic	8-0	1	24.36	18	4.89	6.36	1.64
8	Army	FBS Independents	6-0	1	24.03	20.5	2.89	5.3	0.7
9	Nebraska	Big 12	5-1	0.83	23.05	29.5	16.95	5.81	-0.81
10	BYU	Western Athletic	7-1	0.88	22.61	20	9.63	6.65	0.35
11	North Carolina	ACC	5-1	0.83	22.36	22.5	14.1	5.85	-0.85
12	Southern Miss	Conference USA	6-1	0.86	22.32	11.43	13.03	5.71	0.29
13	Kansas State	Big 12	6-1	0.86	21.94	16.71	9.25	6.11	-0.11
14	Colorado	Big 12	5-1	0.83	21.91	12.33	14.43	4.7	0.3
15	Northwestern	Big Ten	6-1	0.86	21.86	10	10.89	5.1	0.9
16	Virginia	ACC	5-1	0.83	21.7	25.5	9.87	5.63	-0.63
17	Michigan	Big Ten	5-1	0.83	21.5	10	12.88	4.73	0.27
18	California	Pac-10	5-1	0.83	21.44	8.83	11.64	4.01	0.99
19	Iowa	Big Ten	5-1	0.83	21.41	8	13.42	4.14	0.86
20	LSU	SEC	5-1	0.83	21.4	13.33	11.03	4.57	0.43
21	Tennessee	SEC	4-1	0.8	21.24	23.6	11.4	4.49	-0.49
22	San Diego State	Western Athletic	4-1	0.8	20.83	17.6	10.88	3.78	0.22
23	Penn State	Big Ten	6-2	0.75	20.06	14	12.98	6.76	-0.76
24	Virginia Tech	Big East	4-1	0.8	19.91	12.8	6.28	3.9	0.1
25	Navy	FBS Independents	4-1	0.8	19.63	8.2	6.46	3.4	0.6
26	Auburn	SEC	5-2	0.71	19.38	14.43	14.48	5.51	-0.51
27	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	4-2	0.67	18.09	10.5	13.72	4.57	-0.57
28	Air Force	Western Athletic	4-2	0.67	18.03	19.67	11.79	5.25	-1.25
29	Washington State	Pac-10	5-2	0.71	17.95	7	9.94	4.45	0.55
30	Washington	Pac-10	4-2	0.67	17.73	5	17.12	3.6	0.4
31	East Carolina	FBS Independents	4-2	0.67	17.67	10.67	12.71	4.82	-0.82
32	Miami	Big East	4-2	0.67	17.67	17.33	8.04	5.29	-1.29
33	Georgia Tech	ACC	4-2	0.67	17.3	7.5	9.82	4.25	-0.25
34	Syracuse	Big East	3-2	0.6	16.65	20.4	12.87	4.29	-1.29
35	USC	Pac-10	4-3	0.57	15.82	9.71	15.44	5.11	-1.11
36	Texas Tech	Big 12	4-3	0.57	15.78	10.86	14.32	5.29	-1.29
37	UAB	FBS Independents	4-2	0.67	15.46	2.17	4.1	3.33	0.67
38	Michigan State	Big Ten	4-3	0.57	15.21	10.43	12.01	4.97	-0.97
39	Nevada	Big West	4-3	0.57	14.69	11.29	5.29	4.84	-0.84
40	Louisville	Conference USA	4-3	0.57	14.47	3.71	12.08	4.3	-0.3
41	New Mexico	Western Athletic	4-3	0.57	14.44	5.86	7.04	4.44	-0.44
42	Houston	Conference USA	4-3	0.57	14.21	2.86	8.63	3.9	0.1
43	South Carolina	SEC	4-3	0.57	14.16	3	10.12	4.14	-0.14
44	Ball State	Mid-American	4-3	0.57	14.03	2	11.11	3.92	0.08
45	Ohio	Mid-American	4-3	0.57	13.92	2.29	9.43	3.97	0.03
46	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-3	0.5	13.89	10	12.85	4.58	-1.58
47	Texas	Big 12	3-3	0.5	13.72	15.17	9.64	4.71	-1.71
48	Arizona	Pac-10	3-3	0.5	13.71	7.83	14.04	4.33	-1.33
49	Toledo	Mid-American	4-2	0.67	13.7	-4.33	3.92	2.37	1.63
50	Kansas	Big 12	3-3	0.5	13.39	9.83	8.57	4.15	-1.15
51	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	4-4	0.5	13.33	11.12	7.36	6.24	-2.24
52	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-3	0.57	12.92	-1.14	12.55	3.25	0.75
53	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-3	0.5	12.74	1.5	13.1	3.22	-0.22
54	Georgia	SEC	3-3	0.5	12.43	1.33	14.13	3.28	-0.28
55	Texas A&M	Big 12	3-4	0.43	12.4	11.43	14.07	5.13	-2.13
56	Boston College	Big East	4-3	0.57	12.21	-3.14	13.54	2.99	1.01
57	Idaho	Big West	3-3	0.5	12.11	3.67	5.2	3.43	-0.43
58	Colorado State	Western Athletic	4-4	0.5	11.81	1.62	6.79	4.26	-0.26
59	Central Michigan	Mid-American	4-4	0.5	11.68	0.88	7.63	4.13	-0.13
60	Clemson	ACC	4-3	0.57	11.27	-7.57	9.66	1.96	2.04
61	Utah State	Big West	4-4	0.5	11.25	0.38	6.29	4.06	-0.06
62	Oklahoma State	Big 12	4-3	0.57	11.21	-9.71	10.69	1.98	2.02
63	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	4-4	0.5	10.94	-0.5	8.94	3.92	0.08
64	Maryland	ACC	3-4	0.43	10.72	1.71	13.21	3.87	-0.87
65	Tulsa	Western Athletic	3-3	0.5	10.31	-5.5	11.79	2.2	0.8
66	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	4-3	0.57	10.27	-11.29	1.52	1.66	2.34
67	Baylor	Big 12	3-3	0.5	10.19	-5.5	10.2	2.2	0.8
68	Ole Miss	SEC	3-3	0.5	10.11	-5.5	8.53	2.16	0.84
69	Rice	Western Athletic	3-3	0.5	9.78	-12.67	16.53	1.47	1.53
70	Oregon	Pac-10	3-4	0.43	8.82	-4.29	13.57	2.99	0.01
71	Cincinnati	Conference USA	3-4	0.43	8.7	-3.57	12.28	2.79	0.21
72	Louisiana	FBS Independents	3-4	0.43	8.63	-7.43	15.14	2.6	0.4
73	Tulane	Conference USA	2-4	0.33	8.44	1.17	11.21	3.21	-1.21
74	Memphis	Conference USA	3-4	0.43	8.34	-9.29	12.95	1.53	1.47
75	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	3-4	0.43	8.07	-3.29	2.49	2.97	0.03
76	Iowa State	Big 12	2-4	0.33	7.89	0.17	10.86	3.02	-1.02
77	Mississippi State	SEC	2-3	0.4	7.58	-8.6	12.62	1.51	0.49
78	UCLA	Pac-10	2-4	0.33	7.47	-1.5	17.14	2.82	-0.82
79	North Texas	Big West	3-4	0.43	7.41	-15.29	7.94	0.84	2.16
80	Arkansas	SEC	2-4	0.33	6.48	-5	14.49	2.21	-0.21
81	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-4	0.33	6.48	-1.33	1.77	2.74	-0.74
82	Indiana	Big Ten	2-5	0.29	6.24	-1.57	14.89	3.21	-1.21
83	Stanford	Pac-10	2-4	0.33	6.02	-5	4.93	1.92	0.08
84	Missouri	Big 12	2-4	0.33	5.82	-9.5	11.9	1.8	0.2
85	Oklahoma	Big 12	2-4	0.33	5.64	-10.17	13.67	1.81	0.19
86	TCU	Western Athletic	2-4	0.33	5.57	-11	6.96	1.11	0.89
87	Illinois	Big Ten	2-4	0.33	5.43	-16.5	12.59	1.07	0.93
88	Fresno State	Western Athletic	2-4	0.33	5.42	-14	7.93	1.27	0.73
89	SMU	Western Athletic	2-5	0.29	5.34	-4.71	9.47	2.52	-0.52
90	UCF	FBS Independents	2-5	0.29	5.15	-4.86	6.58	2.68	-0.68
91	Purdue	Big Ten	2-5	0.29	4.8	-15.43	18.35	1.26	0.74
92	Kent State	Mid-American	2-5	0.29	4.46	-14.57	7.89	1.67	0.33
93	Wake Forest	ACC	2-5	0.29	4.36	-21.43	13.09	0.53	1.47
94	Pittsburgh	Big East	2-5	0.29	4.32	-23.86	16.28	0.99	1.01
95	Akron	Mid-American	2-6	0.25	3.44	-14.38	10.58	1.16	0.84
96	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	2-6	0.25	3.26	-18	10.06	1	1
97	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-5	0.17	2.09	-10.33	15.93	0.99	0.01
98	NC State	ACC	1-5	0.17	1.83	-15.67	17.5	1.22	-0.22
99	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-5	0.17	1.44	-15.83	11.85	1.13	-0.13
100	Temple	Big East	1-6	0.14	1.1	-14.86	15.08	1.48	-0.48
101	Rutgers	Big East	1-6	0.14	0.92	-18.57	14.5	0.77	0.23
102	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	1-6	0.14	0.77	-21	6.97	0.42	0.58
103	Kentucky	SEC	1-6	0.14	0.7	-24.71	15.77	0.23	0.77
104	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-7	0.12	0.68	-13	10.68	1.42	-0.42
105	Boise State	Big West	1-7	0.12	0.45	-17.25	4.05	1.44	-0.44
106	San José State	Western Athletic	1-7	0.12	0.28	-22.38	14.24	0.84	0.16
107	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0-7	0	-2.22	-15.29	9.15	1.16	-1.16
108	New Mexico State	Big West	0-7	0	-2.68	-28	8.84	0.15	-0.15
109	Duke	ACC	0-6	0	-2.82	-25	20.2	0.55	-0.55
110	UNLV	Western Athletic	0-8	0	-2.94	-31.88	16.05	0.68	-0.68