1997 W13 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:32.327815+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Florida State	ACC	10-0	1	25.64	27.3	11.91	9.32	0.68
2	Nebraska	Big 12	10-0	1	25.41	32.6	10.09	9.34	0.66
3	Michigan	Big Ten	10-0	1	25.3	19.7	11.47	9.46	0.54
4	Tennessee	SEC	8-1	0.89	23.33	14.56	15.81	7.12	0.88
5	Kansas State	Big 12	9-1	0.9	23.19	19.9	12.45	8.75	0.25
6	Ohio State	Big Ten	10-1	0.91	23.06	22.45	9.97	10.28	-0.28
7	Washington State	Pac-10	9-1	0.9	22.56	18.6	9.29	7.96	1.04
8	North Carolina	ACC	9-1	0.9	22.5	12.7	10.52	8.35	0.65
9	Penn State	Big Ten	8-1	0.89	22.36	15.22	10.26	7.19	0.81
10	Toledo	Mid-American	9-1	0.9	22.24	12.5	9.15	7.6	1.4
11	Florida	SEC	8-2	0.8	21.22	20.7	14.36	8.68	-0.68
12	UCLA	Pac-10	8-2	0.8	20.89	21.7	12.19	8.51	-0.51
13	Auburn	SEC	8-2	0.8	20.87	8.6	16.35	7.11	0.89
14	Colorado State	Western Athletic	8-2	0.8	20.64	21.4	10.62	8.92	-0.92
15	Georgia	SEC	7-2	0.78	20.57	16.44	13.68	7.51	-0.51
16	Marshall	Mid-American	9-2	0.82	20.49	18.91	7.7	9.19	-0.19
17	Air Force	Western Athletic	10-2	0.83	20.44	9.75	8.86	9.58	0.42
18	Arizona State	Pac-10	8-2	0.8	20.39	11.6	11.96	7.69	0.31
19	Texas A&M	Big 12	8-2	0.8	20.18	24.3	7.36	9.18	-1.18
20	Virginia Tech	Big East	7-2	0.78	19.79	17.44	9.12	7.9	-0.9
21	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	9-2	0.82	19.63	7.55	6.41	7.14	1.86
22	West Virginia	Big East	7-2	0.78	19.45	10	9.68	6.45	0.55
23	New Mexico	Western Athletic	8-2	0.8	19.36	12.6	5.26	7.61	0.39
24	Mississippi State	SEC	7-2	0.78	19.13	2.44	13.68	5.1	1.9
25	Syracuse	Big East	8-3	0.73	18.98	19.27	10.81	9.52	-1.52
26	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	8-3	0.73	18.94	16.91	11.23	8.86	-0.86
27	Washington	Pac-10	7-3	0.7	18.57	13.9	13.74	7.82	-0.82
28	LSU	SEC	7-3	0.7	18.43	15.7	12.07	8.37	-1.37
29	Ohio	Mid-American	8-3	0.73	18.24	11.27	7.97	8.57	-0.57
30	Purdue	Big Ten	7-3	0.7	17.85	6.7	12.36	6.42	0.58
31	Oklahoma State	Big 12	7-3	0.7	17.82	12.2	9.18	7.68	-0.68
32	Wisconsin	Big Ten	8-3	0.73	17.69	3.36	9.7	6.43	1.57
33	Southern Miss	Conference USA	7-3	0.7	17.62	6.9	11.41	6.79	0.21
34	Western Michigan	Mid-American	8-3	0.73	17.43	3.27	8.65	6.32	1.68
35	Ole Miss	SEC	6-3	0.67	16.8	3.33	14.21	5.34	0.66
36	Iowa	Big Ten	6-4	0.6	15.98	23.1	8.77	9.08	-3.08
37	Missouri	Big 12	7-4	0.64	15.87	3.27	12.36	6.17	0.83
38	Cincinnati	Conference USA	7-4	0.64	15.78	4.82	8.87	6.81	0.19
39	Tulane	Conference USA	6-4	0.6	15.7	11.6	10.59	7.35	-1.35
40	Texas Tech	Big 12	6-4	0.6	15.18	3.9	13.49	6.11	-0.11
41	Utah State	Big West	6-4	0.6	15.15	11.2	7.22	7.34	-1.34
42	Clemson	ACC	6-4	0.6	15.05	5.1	10	6.46	-0.46
43	Wyoming	Western Athletic	7-5	0.58	14.97	9.33	9.67	8.87	-1.87
44	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-4	0.56	14.88	9.78	12.9	6.69	-1.69
45	Virginia	ACC	6-4	0.6	14.71	2.1	11.5	5.53	0.47
46	USC	Pac-10	6-4	0.6	14.36	0.7	13.99	5.2	0.8
47	SMU	Western Athletic	6-4	0.6	14.19	1.3	10.02	5.35	0.65
48	Navy	FBS Independents	5-4	0.56	14.04	13.78	4.15	7.04	-2.04
49	BYU	Western Athletic	6-4	0.6	13.95	0.2	11.45	5.05	0.95
50	Rice	Western Athletic	6-4	0.6	13.75	0.3	8.89	5.06	0.94
51	NC State	ACC	5-5	0.5	12.84	4.4	12.57	5.97	-0.97
52	Georgia Tech	ACC	5-4	0.56	12.76	-0.33	13.72	4.43	0.57
53	Miami	Big East	5-5	0.5	12.73	4.9	10.82	6.04	-1.04
54	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-5	0.5	12.69	2.7	14.31	5.74	-0.74
55	Colorado	Big 12	5-5	0.5	12.37	0.8	15.53	5.17	-0.17
56	Kentucky	SEC	5-5	0.5	12.16	1.4	12.4	5.27	-0.27
57	South Carolina	SEC	5-5	0.5	12.15	0.5	14.65	5.13	-0.13
58	Idaho	Big West	5-5	0.5	11.83	4.6	2.39	6.05	-1.05
59	Nevada	Big West	5-6	0.45	11.5	3	11.98	6.14	-1.14
60	Arizona	Pac-10	5-5	0.5	10.9	-1.3	13.52	4.72	0.28
61	Oregon	Pac-10	5-5	0.5	10.9	-1.6	12.9	4.68	0.32
62	Fresno State	Western Athletic	5-6	0.45	10.59	1.18	7.1	5.79	-0.79
63	UCF	FBS Independents	4-6	0.4	10.57	5.4	11.5	6.01	-2.01
64	Pittsburgh	Big East	4-5	0.44	10.1	0.33	8.29	4.56	-0.56
65	East Carolina	Conference USA	5-5	0.5	9.82	-7.1	12.76	3.2	1.8
66	Alabama	SEC	4-6	0.4	9.35	-0.1	14.22	4.97	-0.97
67	Ball State	Mid-American	5-6	0.45	9.27	-1.91	9.07	4.95	0.05
68	Wake Forest	ACC	5-6	0.45	9.11	-3.91	11.11	4.46	0.54
69	San Diego State	Western Athletic	5-6	0.45	8.93	-5	12.97	4.18	0.82
70	Memphis	Conference USA	4-6	0.4	8.86	-0.1	9.26	4.97	-0.97
71	Northwestern	Big Ten	5-7	0.42	8.53	-3.75	14.64	4.81	0.19
72	Kansas	Big 12	5-6	0.45	8.48	-9.27	11.22	2.79	2.21
73	Army	FBS Independents	4-5	0.44	8.15	-6	6.86	3.23	0.77
74	Stanford	Pac-10	4-6	0.4	8.04	-4.2	13.99	4.11	-0.11
75	UAB	FBS Independents	4-6	0.4	7.75	-2.2	5.24	4.41	-0.41
76	Texas	Big 12	4-6	0.4	7.41	-7.2	11.41	3.62	0.38
77	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	4-7	0.36	7.35	-2.09	10.7	5.06	-1.06
78	UTEP	Western Athletic	4-6	0.4	6.8	-13.1	8.05	1.83	2.17
79	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	4-7	0.36	6.36	-8.73	9.32	3.14	0.86
80	Arkansas	SEC	3-6	0.33	5.8	-11.44	16.11	1.95	1.05
81	California	Pac-10	3-7	0.3	5.69	-4.3	14.08	4.15	-1.15
82	UNLV	Western Athletic	3-7	0.3	5.44	-4.4	9.52	3.99	-0.99
83	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-7	0.3	5.37	-5.9	11.6	2.89	0.11
84	Oregon State	Pac-10	3-7	0.3	5.26	-7.2	12.06	2.98	0.02
85	Boston College	Big East	3-7	0.3	5.14	-8.1	12.16	3.18	-0.18
86	Boise State	Big West	3-7	0.3	4.97	-8	7.73	3.44	-0.44
87	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	3-7	0.3	4.81	-11.5	9.36	2.03	0.97
88	North Texas	Big West	3-7	0.3	4.81	-10.2	7.31	2.57	0.43
89	Kent State	Mid-American	3-7	0.3	4.73	-12	9.05	3.14	-0.14
90	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-8	0.27	4.64	-5.91	13.25	3.97	-0.97
91	Houston	Conference USA	3-7	0.3	4.6	-16	10.25	2.04	0.96
92	San José State	Western Athletic	3-7	0.3	4.52	-16.9	12.2	1.63	1.37
93	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-8	0.27	4.17	-13.64	15.15	2.22	0.78
94	Oklahoma	Big 12	3-8	0.27	4.08	-14.36	12.59	2.21	0.79
95	Temple	Big East	3-8	0.27	4.06	-14.45	12.39	2.31	0.69
96	Duke	ACC	2-8	0.2	2.85	-8.2	12.22	3.13	-1.13
97	Tulsa	Western Athletic	2-8	0.2	2.48	-13	10.9	2.67	-0.67
98	Baylor	Big 12	2-8	0.2	2.35	-16.5	13.31	1.82	0.18
99	Maryland	ACC	2-8	0.2	2.32	-17.5	15.09	1.31	0.69
100	Indiana	Big Ten	2-8	0.2	2.26	-19	14.29	0.88	1.12
101	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	2-8	0.2	2.09	-18.8	5.21	1.66	0.34
102	New Mexico State	Big West	2-9	0.18	1.81	-16.09	6.73	2.19	-0.19
103	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-9	0.18	1.78	-17.91	11.45	2.44	-0.44
104	Akron	Mid-American	2-9	0.18	1.76	-19.73	14.09	1.79	0.21
105	Louisville	Conference USA	1-10	0.09	-0.12	-14.73	8.87	2.54	-1.54
106	Iowa State	Big 12	1-9	0.1	-0.31	-25.4	14.38	1.33	-0.33
107	Louisiana	FBS Independents	1-10	0.09	-0.77	-34.27	11.73	0.68	0.32
108	TCU	Western Athletic	0-10	0	-2.2	-15.6	9.27	1.57	-1.57
109	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-11	0	-2.55	-23	12.88	0.78	-0.78
110	Illinois	Big Ten	0-10	0	-2.63	-23.9	15.1	0.54	-0.54
111	Rutgers	Big East	0-11	0	-2.67	-27.73	11.54	1.04	-1.04