1997 W11 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:32.327086+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Nebraska	Big 12	8-0	1	25.78	32	11.08	7.59	0.41
2	Florida State	ACC	8-0	1	25.48	25.62	10.44	7.27	0.73
3	Michigan	Big Ten	8-0	1	25.05	20.12	9.2	7.65	0.35
4	Toledo	Mid-American	8-0	1	24.98	15.62	9.9	6.42	1.58
5	North Carolina	ACC	8-0	1	24.77	17.12	8.45	7.09	0.91
6	Penn State	Big Ten	7-0	1	24.57	19.71	6.93	5.99	1.01
7	Ohio State	Big Ten	8-1	0.89	23.13	20.44	12.39	8.2	-0.2
8	Tennessee	SEC	6-1	0.86	23.09	14.14	17.86	5.53	0.47
9	Washington	Pac-10	7-1	0.88	23.01	20.75	13	7.17	-0.17
10	Kansas State	Big 12	7-1	0.88	22.99	18.75	13.29	6.98	0.02
11	Georgia	SEC	7-1	0.88	22.98	19.88	13.05	7.18	-0.18
12	Washington State	Pac-10	7-1	0.88	22.28	13.25	10	5.83	1.17
13	Ohio	Mid-American	8-1	0.89	21.78	19.44	5.08	8.2	-0.2
14	Florida	SEC	6-2	0.75	20.62	20.88	16.11	6.91	-0.91
15	UCLA	Pac-10	7-2	0.78	20.61	21.44	12.42	7.7	-0.7
16	Auburn	SEC	7-2	0.78	20.5	8.33	15.29	6.49	0.51
17	Colorado State	Western Athletic	7-2	0.78	20.17	19.56	10.24	7.8	-0.8
18	LSU	SEC	6-2	0.75	19.83	18.5	12.71	6.83	-0.83
19	Air Force	Western Athletic	8-2	0.8	19.82	8.2	9.04	7.42	0.58
20	Arizona State	Pac-10	6-2	0.75	19.64	11	14.2	6.26	-0.26
21	Marshall	Mid-American	7-2	0.78	19.47	17	6.5	7.06	-0.06
22	Iowa	Big Ten	6-2	0.75	19.32	29.38	7.35	7.47	-1.47
23	Oklahoma State	Big 12	6-2	0.75	19.31	15.38	9.37	6.42	-0.42
24	Purdue	Big Ten	6-2	0.75	19.3	11.38	10.64	5.82	0.18
25	Virginia Tech	Big East	6-2	0.75	19.28	19.38	8.94	7.26	-1.26
26	Texas A&M	Big 12	6-2	0.75	19.27	21.38	8.49	7.13	-1.13
27	West Virginia	Big East	6-2	0.75	18.88	8.75	9.11	5.57	0.43
28	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	7-2	0.78	18.81	4.56	8.1	5.37	1.63
29	Southern Miss	Conference USA	6-2	0.75	18.81	7.5	10.53	5.59	0.41
30	New Mexico	Western Athletic	7-2	0.78	18.8	12.89	3.56	6.95	0.05
31	Wisconsin	Big Ten	7-2	0.78	18.76	4.89	7.26	5.53	1.47
32	Mississippi State	SEC	6-2	0.75	18.26	1.25	14.48	4.28	1.72
33	Syracuse	Big East	6-3	0.67	17.83	22.22	10.92	8.04	-2.04
34	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	6-3	0.67	17.68	13.33	11.56	6.74	-0.74
35	Cincinnati	Conference USA	6-3	0.67	16.71	4.56	9.96	5.44	0.56
36	Missouri	Big 12	6-3	0.67	16.54	2.78	12.19	4.98	1.02
37	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-3	0.62	16.36	11.12	11.19	6.17	-1.17
38	Tulane	Conference USA	5-3	0.62	16.34	15.12	10.49	6.33	-1.33
39	Western Michigan	Mid-American	6-3	0.67	15.75	1	9.87	4.71	1.29
40	Clemson	ACC	5-3	0.62	15.55	6.12	9.4	5.37	-0.37
41	Wyoming	Western Athletic	6-4	0.6	15.41	11.1	8.49	7.71	-1.71
42	Virginia	ACC	5-3	0.62	15.36	3	12.25	4.66	0.34
43	Rice	Western Athletic	5-3	0.62	14.58	0.12	11.81	4.02	0.98
44	BYU	Western Athletic	5-3	0.62	14.57	0.25	11.19	4.06	0.94
45	South Carolina	SEC	5-4	0.56	14.51	3.56	14.21	5.34	-0.34
46	Utah State	Big West	5-4	0.56	14.32	10.33	7.4	6.47	-1.47
47	Ole Miss	SEC	4-3	0.57	13.84	0.43	15.22	3.59	0.41
48	Fresno State	Western Athletic	5-4	0.56	13.71	5.78	5.9	5.61	-0.61
49	Georgia Tech	ACC	4-3	0.57	13.36	-0.29	14.51	3.44	0.56
50	Alabama	SEC	4-4	0.5	13.23	4.75	13.6	4.93	-0.93
51	Colorado	Big 12	4-4	0.5	13.14	2.5	16.57	4.47	-0.47
52	Miami	Big East	4-4	0.5	12.41	2.88	10.93	4.51	-0.51
53	Texas Tech	Big 12	4-4	0.5	11.87	0.12	13.04	4.03	-0.03
54	Pittsburgh	Big East	4-4	0.5	11.72	1	6.97	4.17	-0.17
55	Oregon	Pac-10	4-4	0.5	11.7	0.25	11.39	4.04	-0.04
56	Nevada	Big West	4-5	0.44	11.51	4.22	12.81	5.28	-1.28
57	Kansas	Big 12	5-4	0.56	11.27	-6.22	11.55	2.7	2.3
58	Stanford	Pac-10	4-4	0.5	11.26	-1	13.27	3.82	0.18
59	Navy	FBS Independents	3-4	0.43	11.25	9.14	5.16	5.03	-2.03
60	SMU	Western Athletic	4-4	0.5	11.24	-0.25	11.59	3.94	0.06
61	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	4-5	0.44	10.95	1	15.34	4.74	-0.74
62	Kentucky	SEC	4-5	0.44	10.63	0.33	13.11	4.55	-0.55
63	USC	Pac-10	4-4	0.5	10.54	-5	15.77	2.85	1.15
64	Idaho	Big West	4-5	0.44	10.51	3.22	1.84	5.17	-1.17
65	NC State	ACC	3-5	0.38	10.01	2.5	13.84	4.47	-1.47
66	Wake Forest	ACC	4-5	0.44	9.8	-0.67	10.83	4.35	-0.35
67	Memphis	Conference USA	3-5	0.38	9.15	1.25	9.91	4.3	-1.3
68	UCF	FBS Independents	3-6	0.33	9.01	4.11	11.82	5.17	-2.17
69	Arkansas	SEC	3-4	0.43	8.12	-12.14	15.74	1.45	1.55
70	Army	FBS Independents	3-4	0.43	7.94	-5.86	4.96	2.62	0.38
71	Arizona	Pac-10	3-5	0.38	7.7	-4.5	16.59	3.23	-0.23
72	Oregon State	Pac-10	3-5	0.38	7.7	-3.62	12.71	3.21	-0.21
73	California	Pac-10	3-5	0.38	7.57	-4.12	15.4	3.33	-0.33
74	Ball State	Mid-American	4-6	0.4	7.41	-5.3	7.29	3.66	0.34
75	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-5	0.38	7.37	-4.38	10.68	2.74	0.26
76	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	4-6	0.4	7.21	-8.3	8.99	2.93	1.07
77	Texas	Big 12	3-5	0.38	7	-9	11.97	2.67	0.33
78	UAB	FBS Independents	3-5	0.38	7	-5.38	5.15	2.79	0.21
79	East Carolina	Conference USA	3-5	0.38	6.84	-9.88	13.21	2.13	0.87
80	Houston	Conference USA	3-5	0.38	6.5	-15.75	10.43	1.76	1.24
81	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-6	0.33	6.43	-3.78	11.96	3.89	-0.89
82	UNLV	Western Athletic	3-6	0.33	6.32	-3.56	8.33	3.75	-0.75
83	UTEP	Western Athletic	3-5	0.38	6.26	-15.5	8.4	1.16	1.84
84	San Diego State	Western Athletic	3-6	0.33	5.94	-9.22	14.35	2.54	0.46
85	Boise State	Big West	3-6	0.33	5.76	-7.33	7.19	3.11	-0.11
86	Boston College	Big East	3-6	0.33	5.76	-8.22	11.88	2.9	0.1
87	Oklahoma	Big 12	3-6	0.33	5.73	-10.11	10.75	2.52	0.48
88	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	3-6	0.33	5.68	-10.11	10.27	2.03	0.97
89	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-7	0.3	5.66	-5.9	17.37	3.48	-0.48
90	Temple	Big East	3-6	0.33	5.46	-11.89	11.36	2.19	0.81
91	Kent State	Mid-American	3-6	0.33	5.39	-12.22	10.16	2.79	0.21
92	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-7	0.3	5.01	-12.2	14.59	2.37	0.63
93	Duke	ACC	2-6	0.25	3.95	-8.75	11.56	2.31	-0.31
94	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-7	0.22	3.71	-5.44	14.45	3.41	-1.41
95	North Texas	Big West	2-6	0.25	3.58	-12.75	8.52	1.73	0.27
96	Baylor	Big 12	2-6	0.25	3.47	-14.88	12.81	1.62	0.38
97	San José State	Western Athletic	2-6	0.25	3.41	-20.75	13.97	0.82	1.18
98	Tulsa	Western Athletic	2-6	0.25	3.39	-14.88	10.18	1.73	0.27
99	Maryland	ACC	2-7	0.22	2.87	-17.56	15.57	1.03	0.97
100	New Mexico State	Big West	2-7	0.22	2.67	-16.56	5.64	1.8	0.2
101	Indiana	Big Ten	2-7	0.22	2.62	-19.78	16.08	0.74	1.26
102	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-8	0.2	2.25	-18.3	10.64	2.19	-0.19
103	Louisville	Conference USA	1-8	0.11	0.28	-15.78	8.63	2.09	-1.09
104	Iowa State	Big 12	1-7	0.12	0.23	-23.25	12.93	1.1	-0.1
105	Akron	Mid-American	1-8	0.11	0.05	-21.67	14.11	1.21	-0.21
106	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	1-8	0.11	0.04	-21.78	6.41	1.16	-0.16
107	Louisiana	FBS Independents	1-8	0.11	-0.19	-29.78	9.68	0.69	0.31
108	TCU	Western Athletic	0-8	0	-2.24	-16.25	9.6	1.14	-1.14
109	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-9	0	-2.48	-20.33	13.04	0.89	-0.89
110	Illinois	Big Ten	0-8	0	-2.67	-23.88	15.88	0.38	-0.38
111	Rutgers	Big East	0-9	0	-2.74	-29.22	11.82	0.78	-0.78