1997 W14 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:32.328177+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Michigan	Big Ten	11-0	1	25.37	18.45	12.44	10.28	0.72
2	Nebraska	Big 12	10-0	1	25.31	32.6	9.97	9.34	0.66
3	Florida State	ACC	10-1	0.91	23.65	24.55	12.77	9.98	0.02
4	Tennessee	SEC	9-1	0.9	23.45	15.9	15.17	7.96	1.04
5	Kansas State	Big 12	10-1	0.91	23.11	20.36	11.01	9.78	0.22
6	Washington State	Pac-10	10-1	0.91	22.82	17.45	10.12	8.56	1.44
7	Penn State	Big Ten	9-1	0.9	22.67	16.2	10.85	8.17	0.83
8	North Carolina	ACC	10-1	0.91	22.58	14.82	9.4	9.44	0.56
9	Florida	SEC	9-2	0.82	21.65	19.09	14.88	9.31	-0.31
10	Ohio State	Big Ten	10-2	0.83	21.42	20.08	11.44	10.99	-0.99
11	UCLA	Pac-10	9-2	0.82	21.21	20.36	11.97	9.22	-0.22
12	Auburn	SEC	9-2	0.82	21.07	7.91	15.31	7.7	1.3
13	Colorado State	Western Athletic	9-2	0.82	20.94	21.36	10.11	9.79	-0.79
14	Georgia	SEC	8-2	0.8	20.87	15.5	13.95	8.28	-0.28
15	Marshall	Mid-American	9-2	0.82	20.44	18.91	7.62	9.19	-0.19
16	Air Force	Western Athletic	10-2	0.83	20.41	9.75	8.97	9.58	0.42
17	Toledo	Mid-American	9-2	0.82	20.26	9.82	8.92	7.82	1.18
18	Arizona State	Pac-10	8-2	0.8	20.26	11.6	11.39	7.69	0.31
19	Texas A&M	Big 12	8-2	0.8	20.06	24.3	6.87	9.18	-1.18
20	New Mexico	Western Athletic	9-2	0.82	19.81	14.91	4.99	8.74	0.26
21	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	9-2	0.82	19.56	7.55	6.19	7.14	1.86
22	Syracuse	Big East	8-3	0.73	18.91	19.27	10.55	9.52	-1.52
23	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	8-3	0.73	18.89	16.91	11.1	8.86	-0.86
24	Purdue	Big Ten	8-3	0.73	18.6	10.55	11.63	7.85	0.15
25	LSU	SEC	7-3	0.7	18.38	15.7	12.62	8.37	-1.37
26	Southern Miss	Conference USA	8-3	0.73	18.3	8.45	10.67	7.81	0.19
27	Oklahoma State	Big 12	8-3	0.73	18.23	12	8.48	8.46	-0.46
28	Ohio	Mid-American	8-3	0.73	18.13	11.27	7.98	8.57	-0.57
29	Virginia Tech	Big East	7-3	0.7	17.98	15	9.66	8.37	-1.37
30	West Virginia	Big East	7-3	0.7	17.65	8.3	10.33	6.88	0.12
31	Western Michigan	Mid-American	8-3	0.73	17.36	3.27	8.23	6.32	1.68
32	Washington	Pac-10	7-4	0.64	17.1	12.09	14.48	8.17	-1.17
33	Mississippi State	SEC	7-3	0.7	16.82	1.2	12.51	5.34	1.66
34	Iowa	Big Ten	7-4	0.64	16.66	23.82	8.08	10.15	-3.15
35	Tulane	Conference USA	7-4	0.64	16.55	13.64	10.32	8.47	-1.47
36	Clemson	ACC	7-4	0.64	16.05	7	10.15	7.54	-0.54
37	Wisconsin	Big Ten	8-4	0.67	15.85	1	10.97	6.31	1.69
38	Missouri	Big 12	7-4	0.64	15.8	3.27	11.78	6.17	0.83
39	Cincinnati	Conference USA	7-4	0.64	15.69	4.82	9.02	6.81	0.19
40	Michigan State	Big Ten	6-4	0.6	15.59	9.8	11.8	7.44	-1.44
41	Rice	Western Athletic	7-4	0.64	15.07	1.91	8.79	5.96	1.04
42	Ole Miss	SEC	6-4	0.6	15.05	2.3	14.42	5.66	0.34
43	Navy	FBS Independents	6-4	0.6	15.01	15.7	4.52	7.96	-1.96
44	Virginia	ACC	6-4	0.6	14.59	2.1	11.39	5.53	0.47
45	Georgia Tech	ACC	6-4	0.6	14.48	1.6	12.29	5.38	0.62
46	NC State	ACC	6-5	0.55	14	5.18	11.93	6.74	-0.74
47	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	6-5	0.55	13.96	3.09	14.58	6.44	-0.44
48	Utah State	Big West	6-5	0.55	13.95	9.91	6.74	7.65	-1.65
49	Wyoming	Western Athletic	7-6	0.54	13.85	7.31	9.71	9.05	-2.05
50	Texas Tech	Big 12	6-5	0.55	13.71	2.55	12.39	6.29	-0.29
51	USC	Pac-10	6-5	0.55	12.88	0	14.19	5.5	0.5
52	SMU	Western Athletic	6-5	0.55	12.83	0.91	8.7	5.77	0.23
53	Miami	Big East	5-5	0.5	12.73	4.9	10.63	6.04	-1.04
54	Oregon	Pac-10	6-5	0.55	12.68	0.18	12.1	5.54	0.46
55	Colorado	Big 12	5-5	0.5	12.25	0.8	15.36	5.17	-0.17
56	BYU	Western Athletic	6-5	0.55	12.17	-0.36	9.39	5.4	0.6
57	Fresno State	Western Athletic	6-6	0.5	11.97	2.5	7.57	6.7	-0.7
58	UCF	FBS Independents	5-6	0.45	11.9	6.45	12.44	6.84	-1.84
59	Pittsburgh	Big East	5-5	0.5	11.73	1	9.69	5.21	-0.21
60	Nevada	Big West	5-6	0.45	11.41	3	11.85	6.14	-1.14
61	Arizona	Pac-10	5-5	0.5	10.9	-1.3	13.17	4.72	0.28
62	Idaho	Big West	5-6	0.45	10.71	3.55	2.66	6.39	-1.39
63	Kentucky	SEC	5-6	0.45	9.79	-1.27	12.55	5.24	-0.24
64	South Carolina	SEC	5-6	0.45	9.77	-1.91	14.9	4.99	0.01
65	Ball State	Mid-American	5-6	0.45	9.23	-1.91	8.87	4.95	0.05
66	Stanford	Pac-10	5-6	0.45	9.16	-3.73	13.7	4.61	0.39
67	UAB	FBS Independents	5-6	0.45	9.02	-1.45	4.98	5.05	-0.05
68	Wake Forest	ACC	5-6	0.45	9	-3.91	11.3	4.46	0.54
69	East Carolina	Conference USA	5-6	0.45	8.66	-7.64	12.27	3.45	1.55
70	Northwestern	Big Ten	5-7	0.42	8.5	-3.75	13.69	4.81	0.19
71	Kansas	Big 12	5-6	0.45	8.42	-9.27	11.32	2.79	2.21
72	Alabama	SEC	4-7	0.36	8.34	-0.18	14.89	5.45	-1.45
73	San Diego State	Western Athletic	5-7	0.42	8.16	-6.33	13.5	4.21	0.79
74	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	5-7	0.42	7.66	-7.75	8.93	3.68	1.32
75	Arkansas	SEC	4-6	0.4	7.5	-9.3	16.3	2.52	1.48
76	Texas	Big 12	4-6	0.4	7.42	-7.2	10.81	3.62	0.38
77	Army	FBS Independents	4-6	0.4	7.34	-5.8	6.57	3.62	0.38
78	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	4-7	0.36	7.29	-2.09	10.89	5.06	-1.06
79	Memphis	Conference USA	4-7	0.36	7.26	-2.27	10.17	4.8	-0.8
80	Boston College	Big East	4-7	0.36	6.54	-7	11.98	3.73	0.27
81	Boise State	Big West	4-7	0.36	6.36	-6.64	7.89	4.05	-0.05
82	North Texas	Big West	4-7	0.36	6.17	-9	8.13	3.31	0.69
83	San José State	Western Athletic	4-7	0.36	5.97	-14.73	11.24	2.38	1.62
84	UTEP	Western Athletic	4-7	0.36	5.97	-13.55	8.3	1.93	2.07
85	Oklahoma	Big 12	4-8	0.33	5.49	-12.25	12.76	2.86	1.14
86	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-7	0.3	5.3	-5.9	11.07	2.89	0.11
87	California	Pac-10	3-8	0.27	4.99	-4	13.57	4.6	-1.6
88	UNLV	Western Athletic	3-8	0.27	4.72	-4.64	8.96	4.43	-1.43
89	Oregon State	Pac-10	3-8	0.27	4.46	-8.18	12.2	3.18	-0.18
90	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	3-8	0.27	4.16	-10.73	9.13	2.42	0.58
91	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-8	0.27	4.15	-13.64	15.2	2.22	0.78
92	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-9	0.25	4.04	-8	13.11	3.71	-0.71
93	Temple	Big East	3-8	0.27	4.03	-14.45	12.7	2.31	0.69
94	Kent State	Mid-American	3-8	0.27	3.98	-13.91	9.52	3.21	-0.21
95	Houston	Conference USA	3-8	0.27	3.85	-17.64	10.76	1.98	1.02
96	Duke	ACC	2-9	0.18	2.21	-10.73	13.24	2.94	-0.94
97	Baylor	Big 12	2-9	0.18	1.92	-15.91	14.02	2.02	-0.02
98	Tulsa	Western Athletic	2-9	0.18	1.91	-15.27	11.28	2.57	-0.57
99	Maryland	ACC	2-9	0.18	1.85	-17.64	14.29	1.46	0.54
100	New Mexico State	Big West	2-9	0.18	1.79	-16.09	6.99	2.19	-0.19
101	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-9	0.18	1.78	-17.91	11.5	2.44	-0.44
102	Akron	Mid-American	2-9	0.18	1.74	-19.73	13.73	1.79	0.21
103	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	2-9	0.18	1.72	-17.64	5.49	1.84	0.16
104	Indiana	Big Ten	2-9	0.18	1.69	-21.73	14.61	0.76	1.24
105	Louisville	Conference USA	1-10	0.09	-0.13	-14.73	8.94	2.54	-1.54
106	TCU	Western Athletic	1-10	0.09	-0.16	-13.91	9.3	1.99	-0.99
107	Iowa State	Big 12	1-10	0.09	-0.55	-25.36	14.66	1.34	-0.34
108	Louisiana	FBS Independents	1-10	0.09	-0.77	-34.27	11.58	0.68	0.32
109	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-11	0	-2.55	-23	12.8	0.78	-0.78
110	Illinois	Big Ten	0-11	0	-2.58	-22.64	14.79	0.71	-0.71
111	Rutgers	Big East	0-11	0	-2.67	-27.73	11.72	1.04	-1.04