1997 W12 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:32.327448+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Nebraska	Big 12	9-0	1	25.7	29.22	11.55	8.29	0.71
2	Florida State	ACC	9-0	1	25.67	24.67	12.09	8.24	0.76
3	Michigan	Big Ten	9-0	1	25.33	20.78	11.09	8.62	0.38
4	Tennessee	SEC	7-1	0.88	23.42	15.38	17.06	6.42	0.58
5	Ohio State	Big Ten	9-1	0.9	23.18	21.2	11.69	9.24	-0.24
6	Kansas State	Big 12	8-1	0.89	23.1	20.22	12.75	7.94	0.06
7	Georgia	SEC	7-1	0.88	22.86	19.88	12.72	7.18	-0.18
8	Washington State	Pac-10	8-1	0.89	22.39	19.56	8.96	7.27	0.73
9	North Carolina	ACC	8-1	0.89	22.37	13.33	9.84	7.55	0.45
10	Toledo	Mid-American	8-1	0.89	22.1	10.33	9.21	6.48	1.52
11	Penn State	Big Ten	7-1	0.88	22.05	14	9.04	6.25	0.75
12	Florida	SEC	7-2	0.78	20.87	20	14.84	7.81	-0.81
13	Colorado State	Western Athletic	8-2	0.8	20.7	21.4	10.67	8.92	-0.92
14	Washington	Pac-10	7-2	0.78	20.52	18.11	12.35	7.73	-0.73
15	LSU	SEC	7-2	0.78	20.43	19.44	12.31	7.91	-0.91
16	UCLA	Pac-10	7-2	0.78	20.43	21.44	11.64	7.7	-0.7
17	Auburn	SEC	7-2	0.78	20.31	8.33	15.37	6.49	0.51
18	Air Force	Western Athletic	9-2	0.82	20.15	9.64	8.14	8.63	0.37
19	Arizona State	Pac-10	7-2	0.78	20	10.56	12.45	6.92	0.08
20	Ohio	Mid-American	8-2	0.8	19.84	15.1	6.37	8.39	-0.39
21	Purdue	Big Ten	7-2	0.78	19.84	10.22	11.61	6.41	0.59
22	Virginia Tech	Big East	7-2	0.78	19.84	17.44	9.15	7.9	-0.9
23	Marshall	Mid-American	8-2	0.8	19.82	18.1	6.1	8.13	-0.13
24	Oklahoma State	Big 12	7-2	0.78	19.79	16.22	9.18	7.42	-0.42
25	Texas A&M	Big 12	7-2	0.78	19.7	22.11	7.16	8.1	-1.1
26	Wisconsin	Big Ten	8-2	0.8	19.21	4.7	8.09	6.16	1.84
27	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	8-2	0.8	19.11	4.4	7.67	5.93	2.07
28	West Virginia	Big East	6-2	0.75	18.85	8.75	10.21	5.57	0.43
29	New Mexico	Western Athletic	7-2	0.78	18.77	12.89	3.64	6.95	0.05
30	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	7-3	0.7	18.42	14.4	12.8	7.63	-0.63
31	Syracuse	Big East	7-3	0.7	18.35	20.7	10.43	8.86	-1.86
32	Mississippi State	SEC	6-2	0.75	18.26	1.25	14.23	4.28	1.72
33	Iowa	Big Ten	6-3	0.67	17.71	25.78	8.87	8.29	-2.29
34	Tulane	Conference USA	6-3	0.67	17.37	14.78	10.22	7.14	-1.14
35	Cincinnati	Conference USA	7-3	0.7	17.34	6	9.62	6.4	0.6
36	Southern Miss	Conference USA	6-3	0.67	16.8	4	11.77	5.43	0.57
37	Western Michigan	Mid-American	7-3	0.7	16.69	2.3	9.26	5.53	1.47
38	Clemson	ACC	6-3	0.67	16.55	6.44	8.57	6.08	-0.08
39	Virginia	ACC	6-3	0.67	16.51	3.11	11.81	5.22	0.78
40	Wyoming	Western Athletic	7-4	0.64	16.23	11.18	8.25	8.43	-1.43
41	Rice	Western Athletic	6-3	0.67	16.13	2.22	10.51	4.92	1.08
42	BYU	Western Athletic	6-3	0.67	15.9	1.33	10.65	4.82	1.18
43	Ole Miss	SEC	5-3	0.62	15.25	1.62	14.05	4.39	0.61
44	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-4	0.56	14.97	9.78	12.81	6.69	-1.69
45	Missouri	Big 12	6-4	0.6	14.88	1.8	13.27	5.34	0.66
46	South Carolina	SEC	5-4	0.56	14.37	3.56	14.09	5.34	-0.34
47	Colorado	Big 12	5-4	0.56	14.25	2.78	14.92	5.05	-0.05
48	Utah State	Big West	5-4	0.56	14.24	10.33	6.69	6.47	-1.47
49	Texas Tech	Big 12	5-4	0.56	13.72	1.67	12.92	4.92	0.08
50	SMU	Western Athletic	5-4	0.56	13.32	1.33	10.31	4.85	0.15
51	Oregon	Pac-10	5-4	0.56	13.23	0.56	12.29	4.6	0.4
52	Nevada	Big West	5-5	0.5	12.93	5.2	11.99	5.99	-0.99
53	Navy	FBS Independents	4-4	0.5	12.83	12	5.58	6.12	-2.12
54	USC	Pac-10	5-4	0.56	12.34	-1.78	15.36	4.06	0.94
55	Fresno State	Western Athletic	5-5	0.5	11.83	1.4	6.99	5.31	-0.31
56	Wake Forest	ACC	5-5	0.5	11.69	0.8	9.56	5.2	-0.2
57	Pittsburgh	Big East	4-4	0.5	11.69	1	7.84	4.17	-0.17
58	NC State	ACC	4-5	0.44	11.42	4.11	12.35	5.32	-1.32
59	Georgia Tech	ACC	4-4	0.5	11.4	-0.75	14.71	3.84	0.16
60	Miami	Big East	4-5	0.44	11.18	2.33	12.19	4.97	-0.97
61	Alabama	SEC	4-5	0.44	11.06	1.22	14.11	4.79	-0.79
62	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	4-5	0.44	10.86	1	13.84	4.74	-0.74
63	Kentucky	SEC	4-5	0.44	10.49	0.33	13.28	4.55	-0.55
64	Idaho	Big West	4-5	0.44	10.41	3.22	2.03	5.17	-1.17
65	Kansas	Big 12	5-5	0.5	9.75	-8.8	11.78	2.46	2.54
66	Arizona	Pac-10	4-5	0.44	9.45	-1.78	14.74	4.14	-0.14
67	Ball State	Mid-American	5-6	0.45	9.2	-1.91	8.73	4.95	0.05
68	Stanford	Pac-10	4-5	0.44	9.1	-3.56	13	3.8	0.2
69	UCF	FBS Independents	3-6	0.33	8.91	4.11	11.78	5.17	-2.17
70	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	4-6	0.4	8.69	-0.6	11.11	4.89	-0.89
71	East Carolina	Conference USA	4-5	0.44	8.3	-8.67	12.46	2.66	1.34
72	San Diego State	Western Athletic	4-6	0.4	7.7	-5.6	13.02	3.69	0.31
73	Memphis	Conference USA	3-6	0.33	7.42	-0.22	10.2	4.44	-1.44
74	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	4-6	0.4	7.24	-8.3	8.69	2.93	1.07
75	Northwestern	Big Ten	4-7	0.36	7.06	-4.18	14.41	4.32	-0.32
76	Arkansas	SEC	3-5	0.38	6.93	-11.88	14.99	1.62	1.38
77	Army	FBS Independents	3-5	0.38	6.76	-8.12	6.81	2.53	0.47
78	California	Pac-10	3-6	0.33	6.45	-4.44	14.98	3.68	-0.68
79	Oregon State	Pac-10	3-6	0.33	6.2	-5.44	12.34	3.16	-0.16
80	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-6	0.33	6.16	-5.33	11.54	2.77	0.23
81	UAB	FBS Independents	3-6	0.33	5.96	-5.11	6.97	3.26	-0.26
82	Texas	Big 12	3-6	0.33	5.75	-9.56	11.39	2.84	0.16
83	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	3-6	0.33	5.59	-10.11	9.96	2.03	0.97
84	UNLV	Western Athletic	3-7	0.3	5.47	-4.4	9.05	3.99	-0.99
85	Houston	Conference USA	3-6	0.33	5.4	-14.11	9.98	2.18	0.82
86	North Texas	Big West	3-6	0.33	5.4	-10.11	7.41	2.37	0.63
87	UTEP	Western Athletic	3-6	0.33	5.28	-15.33	8.83	1.32	1.68
88	Boston College	Big East	3-7	0.3	5.19	-8.1	12.39	3.18	-0.18
89	Boise State	Big West	3-7	0.3	5	-8	7.42	3.44	-0.44
90	Oklahoma	Big 12	3-7	0.3	4.94	-11.4	12.12	2.5	0.5
91	Temple	Big East	3-7	0.3	4.78	-13.9	11.87	2.15	0.85
92	Kent State	Mid-American	3-7	0.3	4.76	-12	8.74	3.14	-0.14
93	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-8	0.27	4.22	-13.64	15.23	2.22	0.78
94	Duke	ACC	2-7	0.22	3.26	-8.78	11.55	2.6	-0.6
95	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-8	0.2	2.98	-7.7	14.87	3.26	-1.26
96	Tulsa	Western Athletic	2-7	0.22	2.88	-14.33	10.66	2.15	-0.15
97	Baylor	Big 12	2-7	0.22	2.85	-16.33	13.45	1.6	0.4
98	Indiana	Big Ten	2-7	0.22	2.72	-19.78	15.86	0.74	1.26
99	San José State	Western Athletic	2-7	0.22	2.64	-21.44	13.23	0.95	1.05
100	Maryland	ACC	2-8	0.2	2.35	-17.5	15.1	1.31	0.69
101	New Mexico State	Big West	2-8	0.2	2.25	-16	5.99	2.01	-0.01
102	Akron	Mid-American	2-8	0.2	2.16	-18.5	13.1	1.81	0.19
103	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	2-8	0.2	2.02	-18.8	5.51	1.66	0.34
104	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-9	0.18	1.8	-17.91	11.11	2.44	-0.44
105	Iowa State	Big 12	1-8	0.11	0.06	-21.22	13.49	1.5	-0.5
106	Louisville	Conference USA	1-9	0.1	0.04	-16.1	9.35	2.18	-1.18
107	Louisiana	FBS Independents	1-9	0.1	-0.52	-33.8	10.5	0.59	0.41
108	TCU	Western Athletic	0-9	0	-2.26	-16.56	10.12	1.31	-1.31
109	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-10	0	-2.49	-21.1	12.4	0.91	-0.91
110	Illinois	Big Ten	0-9	0	-2.59	-22.67	14.62	0.57	-0.57
111	Rutgers	Big East	0-10	0	-2.68	-27.7	11.49	0.9	-0.9