1997 W10 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:32.326716+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Nebraska	Big 12	7-0	1	25.96	27.71	11.88	6.5	0.5
2	Florida State	ACC	7-0	1	25.6	27.43	10.23	6.56	0.44
3	Michigan	Big Ten	7-0	1	25.26	20	9.81	6.65	0.35
4	Washington State	Pac-10	7-0	1	25.03	17	9.16	5.51	1.49
5	North Carolina	ACC	7-0	1	24.86	19.14	7.88	6.32	0.68
6	Toledo	Mid-American	7-0	1	24.84	16.86	8.29	5.78	1.22
7	Penn State	Big Ten	6-0	1	24.83	22.5	7.13	5.33	0.67
8	Florida	SEC	6-1	0.86	23.37	26.71	15.67	6.43	-0.43
9	Auburn	SEC	7-1	0.88	23.28	11.88	16.19	6.27	0.73
10	Ohio State	Big Ten	7-1	0.88	22.96	20	12.18	7.28	-0.28
11	Kansas State	Big 12	6-1	0.86	22.75	19.86	13.73	6.04	-0.04
12	Washington	Pac-10	6-1	0.86	22.65	19.86	13.26	6.1	-0.1
13	Tennessee	SEC	5-1	0.83	22.53	14	18.02	4.63	0.37
14	Georgia	SEC	6-1	0.86	22.35	19.86	11.55	6.32	-0.32
15	Ohio	Mid-American	7-1	0.88	21.91	21.25	6.17	7.54	-0.54
16	Purdue	Big Ten	6-1	0.86	21.74	15.57	9.1	5.56	0.44
17	Oklahoma State	Big 12	6-1	0.86	21.62	18	6.81	5.88	0.12
18	West Virginia	Big East	6-1	0.86	21.42	14.29	7.73	5.59	0.41
19	UCLA	Pac-10	6-2	0.75	20.1	21.62	13.07	6.76	-0.76
20	Air Force	Western Athletic	7-2	0.78	19.58	8.33	8.78	6.85	0.15
21	Colorado State	Western Athletic	6-2	0.75	19.46	18.75	9.79	6.91	-0.91
22	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	6-2	0.75	19.45	15.88	9.37	6.32	-0.32
23	LSU	SEC	5-2	0.71	19.03	16.14	13.34	5.94	-0.94
24	Marshall	Mid-American	6-2	0.75	18.82	15.62	6.54	6.12	-0.12
25	Wisconsin	Big Ten	7-2	0.78	18.79	4.89	7.1	5.53	1.47
26	Cincinnati	Conference USA	6-2	0.75	18.69	6	10.12	5.06	0.94
27	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-2	0.71	18.63	16.14	9.84	6.04	-1.04
28	Virginia Tech	Big East	5-2	0.71	18.62	16.86	9.57	6.09	-1.09
29	Arizona State	Pac-10	5-2	0.71	18.46	10.71	11.7	5.63	-0.63
30	Texas A&M	Big 12	5-2	0.71	18.33	24	5.86	6.42	-1.42
31	New Mexico	Western Athletic	6-2	0.75	18.22	10.75	3.14	5.86	0.14
32	Iowa	Big Ten	5-2	0.71	18.2	31	4.95	6.59	-1.59
33	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	6-2	0.75	18.15	4.38	7.76	4.73	1.27
34	Rice	Western Athletic	5-2	0.71	17.8	2.71	13.64	3.88	1.12
35	Southern Miss	Conference USA	5-2	0.71	17.69	7.57	8.55	4.89	0.11
36	BYU	Western Athletic	5-2	0.71	17.2	1.86	11.65	3.86	1.14
37	Syracuse	Big East	5-3	0.62	16.68	21.25	10.12	7.05	-2.05
38	South Carolina	SEC	5-3	0.62	16.07	5.88	13.43	5.17	-0.17
39	Mississippi State	SEC	5-2	0.71	15.92	-1.43	13.49	3.24	1.76
40	Georgia Tech	ACC	4-2	0.67	15.71	0.17	11.81	3.03	0.97
41	Missouri	Big 12	5-3	0.62	15.26	1.88	12.42	4.3	0.7
42	Colorado	Big 12	4-3	0.57	15.21	4.29	18.14	4.24	-0.24
43	Tulane	Conference USA	4-3	0.57	15.15	9.29	11	4.84	-0.84
44	Alabama	SEC	4-3	0.57	14.98	6.29	13.66	4.56	-0.56
45	Western Michigan	Mid-American	5-3	0.62	14.66	0.75	10.15	4.15	0.85
46	Wyoming	Western Athletic	5-4	0.56	14.42	9.67	6.94	6.74	-1.74
47	Clemson	ACC	4-3	0.57	14.31	4.57	9.74	4.43	-0.43
48	Stanford	Pac-10	4-3	0.57	14.11	1.71	12.26	3.76	0.24
49	Texas Tech	Big 12	4-3	0.57	14.07	1.71	12.73	3.8	0.2
50	Ole Miss	SEC	4-3	0.57	14.05	0.43	15.23	3.59	0.41
51	Pittsburgh	Big East	4-3	0.57	13.21	1.29	6.33	3.68	0.32
52	Kentucky	SEC	4-4	0.5	13.1	4.75	11.72	4.72	-0.72
53	Utah State	Big West	4-4	0.5	13.09	11.12	7.83	5.84	-1.84
54	Navy	FBS Independents	3-3	0.5	12.82	11.33	4.27	4.54	-1.54
55	USC	Pac-10	4-3	0.57	12.62	-1.86	15.04	3.14	0.86
56	Virginia	ACC	4-3	0.57	12.43	-3	13.06	2.92	1.08
57	Idaho	Big West	4-4	0.5	12.14	4	3.18	4.73	-0.73
58	Wake Forest	ACC	4-4	0.5	12.11	1.38	11.04	4.28	-0.28
59	Fresno State	Western Athletic	4-4	0.5	11.75	1.38	7.5	4.24	-0.24
60	Oregon	Pac-10	4-4	0.5	11.75	0.25	10.38	4.04	-0.04
61	NC State	ACC	3-4	0.43	11.41	4.71	11.83	4.34	-1.34
62	UCF	FBS Independents	3-5	0.38	10.42	5.12	12.58	4.76	-1.76
63	Kansas	Big 12	4-4	0.5	9.98	-8.25	12.48	1.8	2.2
64	Nevada	Big West	3-5	0.38	9.75	2.12	14.86	4.36	-1.36
65	Oregon State	Pac-10	3-4	0.43	9.54	-1.43	13.11	3.22	-0.22
66	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	3-5	0.38	9.32	0.62	15.7	4.13	-1.13
67	Miami	Big East	3-4	0.43	9.2	-1.29	12.53	3.3	-0.3
68	UAB	FBS Independents	3-4	0.43	8.91	-0.86	3.99	3.33	-0.33
69	SMU	Western Athletic	3-4	0.43	8.76	-2.86	11.65	2.93	0.07
70	Texas	Big 12	3-4	0.43	8.26	-10	13.59	2.26	0.74
71	Arkansas	SEC	3-4	0.43	8.17	-12.14	14.63	1.45	1.55
72	UNLV	Western Athletic	3-5	0.38	8.11	-0.75	6.02	3.85	-0.85
73	Army	FBS Independents	3-4	0.43	7.9	-5.86	5.65	2.62	0.38
74	Arizona	Pac-10	3-5	0.38	7.78	-4.5	16.39	3.23	-0.23
75	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-5	0.38	7.57	-3.88	10.9	3.43	-0.43
76	Houston	Conference USA	3-4	0.43	7.56	-15	10.75	1.74	1.26
77	Oklahoma	Big 12	3-5	0.38	7.55	-3.62	9.8	3.3	-0.3
78	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-5	0.38	7.53	-4.38	10.81	2.74	0.26
79	San Diego State	Western Athletic	3-5	0.38	7.2	-7.38	15.44	2.54	0.46
80	Boise State	Big West	3-5	0.38	6.81	-7.75	6.3	2.73	0.27
81	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	3-5	0.38	6.75	-10.5	8.67	1.6	1.4
82	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-6	0.33	6.4	-6.22	16.67	3.02	-0.02
83	Memphis	Conference USA	2-5	0.29	6.03	-1.57	10.13	3.19	-1.19
84	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-6	0.33	5.81	-12.56	15.97	2.08	0.92
85	Ball State	Mid-American	3-6	0.33	5.66	-7.78	8.51	2.78	0.22
86	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	3-6	0.33	5.55	-9.67	9.29	2.16	0.84
87	California	Pac-10	2-5	0.29	5.23	-7.43	15.61	2.49	-0.49
88	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-6	0.25	4.69	-3.5	13.08	3.41	-1.41
89	East Carolina	Conference USA	2-5	0.29	4.55	-13.29	14.86	1.25	0.75
90	San José State	Western Athletic	2-5	0.29	4.32	-17.86	15.17	0.88	1.12
91	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-5	0.29	4.14	-19.29	6.69	0.79	1.21
92	Duke	ACC	2-6	0.25	4.02	-8.75	11.78	2.31	-0.31
93	Boston College	Big East	2-6	0.25	3.97	-9.38	11.17	2.42	-0.42
94	Maryland	ACC	2-6	0.25	3.78	-14.12	15.64	1.32	0.68
95	North Texas	Big West	2-6	0.25	3.69	-12.75	9.2	1.73	0.27
96	Temple	Big East	2-6	0.25	3.5	-18.62	13.16	1.08	0.92
97	Kent State	Mid-American	2-6	0.25	3.43	-14.88	11.32	2.24	-0.24
98	New Mexico State	Big West	2-6	0.25	3.21	-16	5.41	1.62	0.38
99	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-7	0.22	2.76	-17.22	9.48	2.12	-0.12
100	Baylor	Big 12	1-6	0.14	0.94	-17.29	12.13	1.21	-0.21
101	Tulsa	Western Athletic	1-6	0.14	0.9	-18.14	12.53	1.28	-0.28
102	Louisville	Conference USA	1-7	0.12	0.51	-16	9.41	1.79	-0.79
103	Iowa State	Big 12	1-6	0.14	0.45	-25.14	14.28	0.85	0.15
104	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	1-7	0.12	0.32	-20.5	6.32	1.17	-0.17
105	Akron	Mid-American	1-7	0.12	0.28	-22.25	15.83	1.07	-0.07
106	Indiana	Big Ten	1-7	0.12	0.22	-24.38	18.54	0.39	0.61
107	Louisiana	FBS Independents	1-7	0.12	0.13	-26.5	9.16	0.85	0.15
108	TCU	Western Athletic	0-7	0	-2.15	-14.29	9.12	1.19	-1.19
109	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-8	0	-2.55	-22.25	12.18	0.55	-0.55
110	Rutgers	Big East	0-8	0	-2.74	-27.62	12.98	0.82	-0.82
111	Illinois	Big Ten	0-7	0	-2.75	-24.86	17.8	0.34	-0.34