1997 W18 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:32.329690+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Nebraska	Big 12	12-0	1	25.18	30.67	10.61	11.09	0.91
2	Michigan	Big Ten	11-0	1	25.08	18.45	12	10.28	0.72
3	Tennessee	SEC	11-1	0.92	23.42	13.92	14.06	9.3	1.7
4	Florida State	ACC	10-1	0.91	23.37	24.55	12.68	9.98	0.02
5	Kansas State	Big 12	10-1	0.91	22.86	20.36	10.64	9.78	0.22
6	Washington State	Pac-10	10-1	0.91	22.65	17.45	10.12	8.56	1.44
7	North Carolina	ACC	10-1	0.91	22.44	14.82	9.62	9.44	0.56
8	Florida	SEC	9-2	0.82	21.37	19.09	14.19	9.31	-0.31
9	Ohio State	Big Ten	10-2	0.83	21.17	20.08	11.37	10.99	-0.99
10	Colorado State	Western Athletic	10-2	0.83	21.06	21.92	10.36	10.74	-0.74
11	UCLA	Pac-10	9-2	0.82	21.02	20.36	11.79	9.22	-0.22
12	Georgia	SEC	9-2	0.82	20.94	14.36	12.86	8.89	0.11
13	Marshall	Mid-American	10-2	0.83	20.55	19	7.93	10.08	-0.08
14	Penn State	Big Ten	9-2	0.82	20.52	11.55	11.25	8.11	0.89
15	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	9-2	0.82	19.41	7.55	6.25	7.14	1.86
16	Auburn	SEC	9-3	0.75	19.24	7.17	15.56	8.14	0.86
17	Syracuse	Big East	9-3	0.75	19.18	19.33	10.37	10.42	-1.42
18	Texas A&M	Big 12	9-3	0.75	18.8	17.92	8.28	10.13	-1.13
19	Air Force	Western Athletic	10-3	0.77	18.75	6.85	9.19	9.27	0.73
20	LSU	SEC	8-3	0.73	18.67	15.18	11.16	9.09	-1.09
21	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	8-3	0.73	18.6	16.91	10.15	8.86	-0.86
22	Toledo	Mid-American	9-3	0.75	18.42	7.33	9.95	7.95	1.05
23	Purdue	Big Ten	8-3	0.73	18.41	10.55	11.19	7.85	0.15
24	Arizona State	Pac-10	8-3	0.73	18.3	9.45	10.99	8	0
25	New Mexico	Western Athletic	9-3	0.75	18.13	11.33	6.01	8.81	0.19
26	Southern Miss	Conference USA	8-3	0.73	18.12	8.45	10.29	7.81	0.19
27	Oklahoma State	Big 12	8-3	0.73	18.07	12	8.27	8.46	-0.46
28	Ohio	Mid-American	8-3	0.73	17.95	11.27	7.78	8.57	-0.57
29	Western Michigan	Mid-American	8-3	0.73	17.18	3.27	8.03	6.32	1.68
30	Washington	Pac-10	7-4	0.64	16.85	12.09	14.06	8.17	-1.17
31	Michigan State	Big Ten	7-4	0.64	16.62	12.09	12.34	8.6	-1.6
32	Iowa	Big Ten	7-4	0.64	16.49	23.82	7.57	10.15	-3.15
33	Tulane	Conference USA	7-4	0.64	16.39	13.64	9.86	8.47	-1.47
34	Virginia Tech	Big East	7-4	0.64	16.36	12.36	10.2	8.66	-1.66
35	West Virginia	Big East	7-4	0.64	16	7.27	10.27	7.25	-0.25
36	Clemson	ACC	7-4	0.64	15.9	7	9.74	7.54	-0.54
37	Navy	FBS Independents	7-4	0.64	15.84	17.18	4.48	9.04	-2.04
38	Ole Miss	SEC	7-4	0.64	15.75	2.18	14.35	6.2	0.8
39	Wisconsin	Big Ten	8-4	0.67	15.65	1	10.98	6.31	1.69
40	Virginia	ACC	7-4	0.64	15.63	3.18	11.6	6.37	0.63
41	Missouri	Big 12	7-4	0.64	15.6	3.27	11.24	6.17	0.83
42	Cincinnati	Conference USA	7-4	0.64	15.55	4.82	8.93	6.81	0.19
43	Mississippi State	SEC	7-4	0.64	15.13	1	12.29	5.82	1.18
44	Rice	Western Athletic	7-4	0.64	14.95	1.91	8.38	5.96	1.04
45	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	7-5	0.58	14.5	2.92	14.09	6.97	0.03
46	Oregon	Pac-10	7-5	0.58	14.2	2.5	12.61	6.58	0.42
47	NC State	ACC	6-5	0.55	13.91	5.18	11.72	6.74	-0.74
48	Utah State	Big West	6-5	0.55	13.77	9.91	6.53	7.65	-1.65
49	Wyoming	Western Athletic	7-6	0.54	13.65	7.31	9.33	9.05	-2.05
50	Texas Tech	Big 12	6-5	0.55	13.54	2.55	12.38	6.29	-0.29
51	Georgia Tech	ACC	6-5	0.55	13.25	1.18	13.31	5.81	0.19
52	Pittsburgh	Big East	6-5	0.55	12.9	1.18	9.89	5.77	0.23
53	USC	Pac-10	6-5	0.55	12.69	0	13.88	5.5	0.5
54	SMU	Western Athletic	6-5	0.55	12.66	0.91	8.61	5.77	0.23
55	Arizona	Pac-10	6-5	0.55	12.58	-0.09	13.49	5.48	0.52
56	BYU	Western Athletic	6-5	0.55	11.94	-0.36	8.75	5.4	0.6
57	Fresno State	Western Athletic	6-6	0.5	11.92	2.5	7.51	6.7	-0.7
58	UCF	FBS Independents	5-6	0.45	11.74	6.45	11.17	6.84	-1.84
59	Nevada	Big West	5-6	0.45	11.29	3	11.58	6.14	-1.14
60	Miami	Big East	5-6	0.45	11.13	2.64	10.71	6.13	-1.13
61	Colorado	Big 12	5-6	0.45	10.85	0.45	15.9	5.61	-0.61
62	Idaho	Big West	5-6	0.45	10.6	3.55	2.86	6.39	-1.39
63	Kentucky	SEC	5-6	0.45	9.58	-1.27	11.93	5.24	-0.24
64	South Carolina	SEC	5-6	0.45	9.56	-1.91	14.3	4.99	0.01
65	Stanford	Pac-10	5-6	0.45	9.13	-3.73	13.85	4.61	0.39
66	Ball State	Mid-American	5-6	0.45	9.12	-1.91	8.47	4.95	0.05
67	UAB	FBS Independents	5-6	0.45	8.96	-1.45	4.59	5.05	-0.05
68	Wake Forest	ACC	5-6	0.45	8.91	-3.91	11.18	4.46	0.54
69	East Carolina	Conference USA	5-6	0.45	8.51	-7.64	11.69	3.45	1.55
70	Northwestern	Big Ten	5-7	0.42	8.42	-3.75	13.6	4.81	0.19
71	Kansas	Big 12	5-6	0.45	8.34	-9.27	11.28	2.79	2.21
72	Alabama	SEC	4-7	0.36	8.18	-0.18	14.05	5.45	-1.45
73	San Diego State	Western Athletic	5-7	0.42	8.06	-6.33	13.38	4.21	0.79
74	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	5-7	0.42	7.62	-7.75	8.48	3.68	1.32
75	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	4-7	0.36	7.21	-2.09	10.52	5.06	-1.06
76	Memphis	Conference USA	4-7	0.36	7.13	-2.27	9.89	4.8	-0.8
77	Arkansas	SEC	4-7	0.36	6.52	-9.36	15.58	2.81	1.19
78	Boston College	Big East	4-7	0.36	6.52	-7	11.51	3.73	0.27
79	Texas	Big 12	4-7	0.36	6.46	-7.55	11.47	3.87	0.13
80	Boise State	Big West	4-7	0.36	6.35	-6.64	7.57	4.05	-0.05
81	Army	FBS Independents	4-7	0.36	6.21	-8.18	7.63	3.39	0.61
82	North Texas	Big West	4-7	0.36	6.13	-9	7.41	3.31	0.69
83	San José State	Western Athletic	4-7	0.36	5.95	-14.73	10.78	2.38	1.62
84	UTEP	Western Athletic	4-7	0.36	5.89	-13.55	8.36	1.93	2.07
85	Oklahoma	Big 12	4-8	0.33	5.47	-12.25	12.32	2.86	1.14
86	California	Pac-10	3-8	0.27	4.92	-4	13.32	4.6	-1.6
87	UNLV	Western Athletic	3-8	0.27	4.66	-4.64	8.97	4.43	-1.43
88	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-8	0.27	4.6	-6	11.93	3.12	-0.12
89	Oregon State	Pac-10	3-8	0.27	4.39	-8.18	12.2	3.18	-0.18
90	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-8	0.27	4.1	-13.64	14.51	2.22	0.78
91	Temple	Big East	3-8	0.27	3.98	-14.45	12.28	2.31	0.69
92	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-9	0.25	3.96	-8	12.5	3.71	-0.71
93	Kent State	Mid-American	3-8	0.27	3.93	-13.91	9.71	3.21	-0.21
94	Houston	Conference USA	3-8	0.27	3.79	-17.64	10.61	1.98	1.02
95	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	3-9	0.25	3.72	-9.92	9.48	2.87	0.13
96	Duke	ACC	2-9	0.18	2.17	-10.73	13.27	2.94	-0.94
97	Baylor	Big 12	2-9	0.18	1.88	-15.91	13.73	2.02	-0.02
98	Tulsa	Western Athletic	2-9	0.18	1.88	-15.27	11.13	2.57	-0.57
99	Maryland	ACC	2-9	0.18	1.81	-17.64	13.98	1.46	0.54
100	New Mexico State	Big West	2-9	0.18	1.77	-16.09	6.58	2.19	-0.19
101	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-9	0.18	1.76	-17.91	11.18	2.44	-0.44
102	Akron	Mid-American	2-9	0.18	1.71	-19.73	13.25	1.79	0.21
103	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	2-9	0.18	1.68	-17.64	5.01	1.84	0.16
104	Indiana	Big Ten	2-9	0.18	1.65	-21.73	14.21	0.76	1.24
105	TCU	Western Athletic	1-10	0.09	-0.09	-13.91	8.7	1.99	-0.99
106	Louisville	Conference USA	1-10	0.09	-0.13	-14.73	8.43	2.54	-1.54
107	Iowa State	Big 12	1-10	0.09	-0.55	-25.36	14.18	1.34	-0.34
108	Louisiana	FBS Independents	1-10	0.09	-0.77	-34.27	11.85	0.68	0.32
109	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-11	0	-2.52	-23	12.36	0.78	-0.78
110	Illinois	Big Ten	0-11	0	-2.55	-22.64	14.53	0.71	-0.71
111	Rutgers	Big East	0-11	0	-2.64	-27.73	11.25	1.04	-1.04