1997 W15 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:32.328543+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Michigan	Big Ten	11-0	1	25.27	18.45	12.23	10.28	0.72
2	Nebraska	Big 12	11-0	1	25.2	29.91	10.08	10.12	0.88
3	Florida State	ACC	10-1	0.91	23.55	24.55	12.91	9.98	0.02
4	Tennessee	SEC	10-1	0.91	23.34	15.09	13.77	8.75	1.25
5	Kansas State	Big 12	10-1	0.91	23.04	20.36	10.93	9.78	0.22
6	Washington State	Pac-10	10-1	0.91	22.79	17.45	10.2	8.56	1.44
7	North Carolina	ACC	10-1	0.91	22.57	14.82	9.68	9.44	0.56
8	Florida	SEC	9-2	0.82	21.56	19.09	14.53	9.31	-0.31
9	Ohio State	Big Ten	10-2	0.83	21.3	20.08	11.39	10.99	-0.99
10	UCLA	Pac-10	9-2	0.82	21.15	20.36	11.79	9.22	-0.22
11	Georgia	SEC	9-2	0.82	21.13	14.36	13.34	8.89	0.11
12	Auburn	SEC	9-2	0.82	20.97	7.91	14.95	7.7	1.3
13	Colorado State	Western Athletic	9-2	0.82	20.86	21.36	9.89	9.79	-0.79
14	Penn State	Big Ten	9-2	0.82	20.68	11.55	11.13	8.11	0.89
15	Texas A&M	Big 12	9-2	0.82	20.42	23.09	7	10.01	-1.01
16	Air Force	Western Athletic	10-2	0.83	20.37	9.75	8.99	9.58	0.42
17	Marshall	Mid-American	9-2	0.82	20.34	18.91	7.29	9.19	-0.19
18	Toledo	Mid-American	9-2	0.82	20.16	9.82	9.07	7.82	1.18
19	New Mexico	Western Athletic	9-2	0.82	19.74	14.91	4.7	8.74	0.26
20	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	9-2	0.82	19.56	7.55	6.53	7.14	1.86
21	Syracuse	Big East	9-3	0.75	19.32	19.33	10.71	10.42	-1.42
22	LSU	SEC	8-3	0.73	18.82	15.18	11.56	9.09	-1.09
23	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	8-3	0.73	18.77	16.91	10.58	8.86	-0.86
24	Purdue	Big Ten	8-3	0.73	18.55	10.55	11.44	7.85	0.15
25	Arizona State	Pac-10	8-3	0.73	18.48	9.45	11.06	8	0
26	Southern Miss	Conference USA	8-3	0.73	18.24	8.45	10.38	7.81	0.19
27	Oklahoma State	Big 12	8-3	0.73	18.23	12	8.63	8.46	-0.46
28	Ohio	Mid-American	8-3	0.73	18.07	11.27	7.84	8.57	-0.57
29	Western Michigan	Mid-American	8-3	0.73	17.3	3.27	8.14	6.32	1.68
30	Washington	Pac-10	7-4	0.64	16.97	12.09	14.17	8.17	-1.17
31	Michigan State	Big Ten	7-4	0.64	16.71	12.09	12.57	8.6	-1.6
32	Iowa	Big Ten	7-4	0.64	16.59	23.82	7.66	10.15	-3.15
33	Virginia Tech	Big East	7-4	0.64	16.52	12.36	10.29	8.66	-1.66
34	Tulane	Conference USA	7-4	0.64	16.49	13.64	9.93	8.47	-1.47
35	West Virginia	Big East	7-4	0.64	16.15	7.27	10.38	7.25	-0.25
36	Clemson	ACC	7-4	0.64	16	7	9.83	7.54	-0.54
37	Ole Miss	SEC	7-4	0.64	15.87	2.18	14.82	6.2	0.8
38	Wisconsin	Big Ten	8-4	0.67	15.77	1	11.2	6.31	1.69
39	Virginia	ACC	7-4	0.64	15.74	3.18	12.08	6.37	0.63
40	Missouri	Big 12	7-4	0.64	15.73	3.27	11.52	6.17	0.83
41	Cincinnati	Conference USA	7-4	0.64	15.65	4.82	9.02	6.81	0.19
42	Mississippi State	SEC	7-4	0.64	15.3	1	12.51	5.82	1.18
43	Rice	Western Athletic	7-4	0.64	15.07	1.91	8.67	5.96	1.04
44	Navy	FBS Independents	6-4	0.6	14.98	15.7	4.29	7.96	-1.96
45	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	7-5	0.58	14.57	2.92	14.13	6.97	0.03
46	NC State	ACC	6-5	0.55	14	5.18	11.77	6.74	-0.74
47	Utah State	Big West	6-5	0.55	13.87	9.91	6.71	7.65	-1.65
48	Wyoming	Western Athletic	7-6	0.54	13.75	7.31	9.51	9.05	-2.05
49	Texas Tech	Big 12	6-5	0.55	13.65	2.55	12.62	6.29	-0.29
50	Georgia Tech	ACC	6-5	0.55	13.36	1.18	13.21	5.81	0.19
51	Pittsburgh	Big East	6-5	0.55	12.99	1.18	10.44	5.77	0.23
52	USC	Pac-10	6-5	0.55	12.79	0	14.09	5.5	0.5
53	SMU	Western Athletic	6-5	0.55	12.75	0.91	8.74	5.77	0.23
54	Oregon	Pac-10	6-5	0.55	12.71	0.18	12.02	5.54	0.46
55	Arizona	Pac-10	6-5	0.55	12.62	-0.09	13.75	5.48	0.52
56	BYU	Western Athletic	6-5	0.55	12.06	-0.36	9.17	5.4	0.6
57	Fresno State	Western Athletic	6-6	0.5	11.99	2.5	7.59	6.7	-0.7
58	UCF	FBS Independents	5-6	0.45	11.85	6.45	11.63	6.84	-1.84
59	Nevada	Big West	5-6	0.45	11.37	3	11.79	6.14	-1.14
60	Miami	Big East	5-6	0.45	11.28	2.64	11.07	6.13	-1.13
61	Colorado	Big 12	5-6	0.45	10.98	0.45	16.18	5.61	-0.61
62	Idaho	Big West	5-6	0.45	10.67	3.55	2.91	6.39	-1.39
63	Kentucky	SEC	5-6	0.45	9.65	-1.27	12.16	5.24	-0.24
64	South Carolina	SEC	5-6	0.45	9.65	-1.91	14.82	4.99	0.01
65	Ball State	Mid-American	5-6	0.45	9.19	-1.91	8.68	4.95	0.05
66	Stanford	Pac-10	5-6	0.45	9.19	-3.73	13.88	4.61	0.39
67	UAB	FBS Independents	5-6	0.45	9.01	-1.45	4.61	5.05	-0.05
68	Wake Forest	ACC	5-6	0.45	8.97	-3.91	11.26	4.46	0.54
69	East Carolina	Conference USA	5-6	0.45	8.57	-7.64	11.9	3.45	1.55
70	Northwestern	Big Ten	5-7	0.42	8.48	-3.75	13.78	4.81	0.19
71	Kansas	Big 12	5-6	0.45	8.41	-9.27	11.55	2.79	2.21
72	Alabama	SEC	4-7	0.36	8.26	-0.18	14.46	5.45	-1.45
73	San Diego State	Western Athletic	5-7	0.42	8.11	-6.33	13.39	4.21	0.79
74	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	5-7	0.42	7.68	-7.75	8.79	3.68	1.32
75	Army	FBS Independents	4-6	0.4	7.31	-5.8	6.85	3.62	0.38
76	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	4-7	0.36	7.26	-2.09	10.73	5.06	-1.06
77	Memphis	Conference USA	4-7	0.36	7.18	-2.27	10.01	4.8	-0.8
78	Arkansas	SEC	4-7	0.36	6.6	-9.36	15.87	2.81	1.19
79	Boston College	Big East	4-7	0.36	6.58	-7	11.98	3.73	0.27
80	Texas	Big 12	4-7	0.36	6.54	-7.55	11.77	3.87	0.13
81	Boise State	Big West	4-7	0.36	6.39	-6.64	7.64	4.05	-0.05
82	North Texas	Big West	4-7	0.36	6.18	-9	7.74	3.31	0.69
83	San José State	Western Athletic	4-7	0.36	5.99	-14.73	10.88	2.38	1.62
84	UTEP	Western Athletic	4-7	0.36	5.94	-13.55	8.53	1.93	2.07
85	Oklahoma	Big 12	4-8	0.33	5.51	-12.25	12.54	2.86	1.14
86	California	Pac-10	3-8	0.27	4.95	-4	13.43	4.6	-1.6
87	UNLV	Western Athletic	3-8	0.27	4.69	-4.64	9.05	4.43	-1.43
88	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-8	0.27	4.65	-6	11.89	3.12	-0.12
89	Oregon State	Pac-10	3-8	0.27	4.42	-8.18	12.3	3.18	-0.18
90	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-8	0.27	4.13	-13.64	14.76	2.22	0.78
91	Temple	Big East	3-8	0.27	4.02	-14.45	12.71	2.31	0.69
92	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-9	0.25	3.99	-8	12.71	3.71	-0.71
93	Kent State	Mid-American	3-8	0.27	3.95	-13.91	9.7	3.21	-0.21
94	Houston	Conference USA	3-8	0.27	3.81	-17.64	10.6	1.98	1.02
95	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	3-9	0.25	3.75	-9.92	9.49	2.87	0.13
96	Duke	ACC	2-9	0.18	2.18	-10.73	13.37	2.94	-0.94
97	Baylor	Big 12	2-9	0.18	1.9	-15.91	14.14	2.02	-0.02
98	Tulsa	Western Athletic	2-9	0.18	1.89	-15.27	11.34	2.57	-0.57
99	Maryland	ACC	2-9	0.18	1.82	-17.64	14.22	1.46	0.54
100	New Mexico State	Big West	2-9	0.18	1.79	-16.09	6.94	2.19	-0.19
101	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-9	0.18	1.77	-17.91	11.39	2.44	-0.44
102	Akron	Mid-American	2-9	0.18	1.73	-19.73	13.44	1.79	0.21
103	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	2-9	0.18	1.7	-17.64	5.31	1.84	0.16
104	Indiana	Big Ten	2-9	0.18	1.66	-21.73	14.23	0.76	1.24
105	TCU	Western Athletic	1-10	0.09	-0.09	-13.91	8.98	1.99	-0.99
106	Louisville	Conference USA	1-10	0.09	-0.13	-14.73	8.7	2.54	-1.54
107	Iowa State	Big 12	1-10	0.09	-0.55	-25.36	14.51	1.34	-0.34
108	Louisiana	FBS Independents	1-10	0.09	-0.77	-34.27	11.91	0.68	0.32
109	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-11	0	-2.54	-23	12.68	0.78	-0.78
110	Illinois	Big Ten	0-11	0	-2.57	-22.64	14.72	0.71	-0.71
111	Rutgers	Big East	0-11	0	-2.66	-27.73	11.67	1.04	-1.04