1997 W19 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:32.330064+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Nebraska	Big 12	12-0	1	25.14	30.67	10.59	11.09	0.91
2	Michigan	Big Ten	11-0	1	25.03	18.45	11.97	10.28	0.72
3	Tennessee	SEC	11-1	0.92	23.38	13.92	14.03	9.3	1.7
4	Florida State	ACC	10-1	0.91	23.33	24.55	12.66	9.98	0.02
5	Kansas State	Big 12	10-1	0.91	22.82	20.36	10.61	9.78	0.22
6	Washington State	Pac-10	10-1	0.91	22.64	17.45	10.25	8.56	1.44
7	North Carolina	ACC	10-1	0.91	22.4	14.82	9.6	9.44	0.56
8	Florida	SEC	9-2	0.82	21.34	19.09	14.16	9.31	-0.31
9	Ohio State	Big Ten	10-2	0.83	21.13	20.08	11.34	10.99	-0.99
10	Colorado State	Western Athletic	10-2	0.83	21.01	21.92	10.22	10.74	-0.74
11	UCLA	Pac-10	9-2	0.82	21.01	20.36	11.92	9.22	-0.22
12	Georgia	SEC	9-2	0.82	20.9	14.36	12.84	8.89	0.11
13	Penn State	Big Ten	9-2	0.82	20.48	11.55	11.23	8.11	0.89
14	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	9-2	0.82	19.38	7.55	6.23	7.14	1.86
15	Marshall	Mid-American	10-3	0.77	19.26	17.31	8.52	10.59	-0.59
16	Auburn	SEC	9-3	0.75	19.2	7.17	15.53	8.14	0.86
17	Syracuse	Big East	9-3	0.75	19.15	19.33	10.35	10.42	-1.42
18	LSU	SEC	9-3	0.75	19.13	15.42	11.41	10.02	-1.02
19	Texas A&M	Big 12	9-3	0.75	18.77	17.92	8.26	10.13	-1.13
20	Air Force	Western Athletic	10-3	0.77	18.69	6.85	9.29	9.27	0.73
21	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	8-3	0.73	18.57	16.91	10.13	8.86	-0.86
22	Toledo	Mid-American	9-3	0.75	18.39	7.33	9.93	7.95	1.05
23	Purdue	Big Ten	8-3	0.73	18.38	10.55	11.16	7.85	0.15
24	Arizona State	Pac-10	8-3	0.73	18.29	9.45	11.11	8	0
25	Southern Miss	Conference USA	8-3	0.73	18.09	8.45	10.27	7.81	0.19
26	Oklahoma State	Big 12	8-3	0.73	18.04	12	8.26	8.46	-0.46
27	Ohio	Mid-American	8-3	0.73	17.93	11.27	7.77	8.57	-0.57
28	Washington	Pac-10	8-4	0.67	17.62	13.42	14.38	9.1	-1.1
29	Western Michigan	Mid-American	8-3	0.73	17.16	3.27	8.02	6.32	1.68
30	New Mexico	Western Athletic	9-4	0.69	16.82	10	6.5	9.3	-0.3
31	Ole Miss	SEC	8-4	0.67	16.48	2.25	14.84	6.75	1.25
32	Iowa	Big Ten	7-4	0.64	16.46	23.82	7.56	10.15	-3.15
33	Tulane	Conference USA	7-4	0.64	16.36	13.64	9.84	8.47	-1.47
34	Virginia Tech	Big East	7-4	0.64	16.33	12.36	10.18	8.66	-1.66
35	West Virginia	Big East	7-4	0.64	15.97	7.27	10.25	7.25	-0.25
36	Clemson	ACC	7-4	0.64	15.87	7	9.72	7.54	-0.54
37	Navy	FBS Independents	7-4	0.64	15.79	17.18	4.33	9.04	-2.04
38	Wisconsin	Big Ten	8-4	0.67	15.62	1	10.96	6.31	1.69
39	Virginia	ACC	7-4	0.64	15.6	3.18	11.58	6.37	0.63
40	Missouri	Big 12	7-4	0.64	15.57	3.27	11.21	6.17	0.83
41	Cincinnati	Conference USA	7-4	0.64	15.53	4.82	8.92	6.81	0.19
42	Mississippi State	SEC	7-4	0.64	15.11	1	12.27	5.82	1.18
43	Michigan State	Big Ten	7-5	0.58	15.08	8.75	12.69	8.45	-1.45
44	Rice	Western Athletic	7-4	0.64	14.91	1.91	8.22	5.96	1.04
45	Oregon	Pac-10	7-5	0.58	14.2	2.5	12.46	6.58	0.42
46	NC State	ACC	6-5	0.55	13.89	5.18	11.7	6.74	-0.74
47	Utah State	Big West	6-5	0.55	13.74	9.91	6.51	7.65	-1.65
48	Arizona	Pac-10	7-5	0.58	13.62	0.42	13.98	6.11	0.89
49	Wyoming	Western Athletic	7-6	0.54	13.62	7.31	9.2	9.05	-2.05
50	Texas Tech	Big 12	6-5	0.55	13.52	2.55	12.35	6.29	-0.29
51	Georgia Tech	ACC	6-5	0.55	13.23	1.18	13.28	5.81	0.19
52	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	7-6	0.54	13.2	1.31	14.42	6.98	0.02
53	Pittsburgh	Big East	6-5	0.55	12.88	1.18	9.87	5.77	0.23
54	USC	Pac-10	6-5	0.55	12.68	0	14	5.5	0.5
55	SMU	Western Athletic	6-5	0.55	12.64	0.91	8.59	5.77	0.23
56	BYU	Western Athletic	6-5	0.55	11.92	-0.36	8.73	5.4	0.6
57	Fresno State	Western Athletic	6-6	0.5	11.9	2.5	7.5	6.7	-0.7
58	UCF	FBS Independents	5-6	0.45	11.72	6.45	11.15	6.84	-1.84
59	Nevada	Big West	5-6	0.45	11.28	3	11.7	6.14	-1.14
60	Miami	Big East	5-6	0.45	11.11	2.64	10.68	6.13	-1.13
61	Colorado	Big 12	5-6	0.45	10.83	0.45	15.87	5.61	-0.61
62	Idaho	Big West	5-6	0.45	10.57	3.55	2.71	6.39	-1.39
63	Kentucky	SEC	5-6	0.45	9.56	-1.27	11.91	5.24	-0.24
64	South Carolina	SEC	5-6	0.45	9.54	-1.91	14.27	4.99	0.01
65	Stanford	Pac-10	5-6	0.45	9.13	-3.73	13.97	4.61	0.39
66	Ball State	Mid-American	5-6	0.45	9.11	-1.91	8.45	4.95	0.05
67	UAB	FBS Independents	5-6	0.45	8.95	-1.45	4.57	5.05	-0.05
68	Wake Forest	ACC	5-6	0.45	8.9	-3.91	11.16	4.46	0.54
69	East Carolina	Conference USA	5-6	0.45	8.49	-7.64	11.67	3.45	1.55
70	Northwestern	Big Ten	5-7	0.42	8.41	-3.75	13.57	4.81	0.19
71	Kansas	Big 12	5-6	0.45	8.33	-9.27	11.26	2.79	2.21
72	Alabama	SEC	4-7	0.36	8.17	-0.18	14.02	5.45	-1.45
73	San Diego State	Western Athletic	5-7	0.42	8.04	-6.33	13.23	4.21	0.79
74	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	5-7	0.42	7.6	-7.75	8.46	3.68	1.32
75	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	4-7	0.36	7.19	-2.09	10.49	5.06	-1.06
76	Memphis	Conference USA	4-7	0.36	7.11	-2.27	9.87	4.8	-0.8
77	Arkansas	SEC	4-7	0.36	6.51	-9.36	15.55	2.81	1.19
78	Boston College	Big East	4-7	0.36	6.51	-7	11.49	3.73	0.27
79	Texas	Big 12	4-7	0.36	6.45	-7.55	11.44	3.87	0.13
80	Boise State	Big West	4-7	0.36	6.34	-6.64	7.55	4.05	-0.05
81	Army	FBS Independents	4-7	0.36	6.19	-8.18	7.48	3.39	0.61
82	North Texas	Big West	4-7	0.36	6.12	-9	7.39	3.31	0.69
83	San José State	Western Athletic	4-7	0.36	5.93	-14.73	10.63	2.38	1.62
84	UTEP	Western Athletic	4-7	0.36	5.88	-13.55	8.34	1.93	2.07
85	Oklahoma	Big 12	4-8	0.33	5.46	-12.25	12.29	2.86	1.14
86	California	Pac-10	3-8	0.27	4.91	-4	13.3	4.6	-1.6
87	UNLV	Western Athletic	3-8	0.27	4.64	-4.64	8.82	4.43	-1.43
88	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-8	0.27	4.59	-6	11.91	3.12	-0.12
89	Oregon State	Pac-10	3-8	0.27	4.39	-8.18	12.32	3.18	-0.18
90	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-8	0.27	4.09	-13.64	14.48	2.22	0.78
91	Temple	Big East	3-8	0.27	3.98	-14.45	12.25	2.31	0.69
92	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-9	0.25	3.96	-8	12.47	3.71	-0.71
93	Kent State	Mid-American	3-8	0.27	3.92	-13.91	9.69	3.21	-0.21
94	Houston	Conference USA	3-8	0.27	3.78	-17.64	10.6	1.98	1.02
95	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	3-9	0.25	3.71	-9.92	9.34	2.87	0.13
96	Duke	ACC	2-9	0.18	2.17	-10.73	13.24	2.94	-0.94
97	Baylor	Big 12	2-9	0.18	1.88	-15.91	13.7	2.02	-0.02
98	Tulsa	Western Athletic	2-9	0.18	1.87	-15.27	11.11	2.57	-0.57
99	Maryland	ACC	2-9	0.18	1.81	-17.64	13.96	1.46	0.54
100	New Mexico State	Big West	2-9	0.18	1.77	-16.09	6.56	2.19	-0.19
101	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-9	0.18	1.76	-17.91	11.16	2.44	-0.44
102	Akron	Mid-American	2-9	0.18	1.71	-19.73	13.23	1.79	0.21
103	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	2-9	0.18	1.68	-17.64	4.99	1.84	0.16
104	Indiana	Big Ten	2-9	0.18	1.65	-21.73	14.18	0.76	1.24
105	TCU	Western Athletic	1-10	0.09	-0.09	-13.91	8.68	1.99	-0.99
106	Louisville	Conference USA	1-10	0.09	-0.13	-14.73	8.41	2.54	-1.54
107	Iowa State	Big 12	1-10	0.09	-0.55	-25.36	14.15	1.34	-0.34
108	Louisiana	FBS Independents	1-10	0.09	-0.77	-34.27	11.82	0.68	0.32
109	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-11	0	-2.51	-23	12.34	0.78	-0.78
110	Illinois	Big Ten	0-11	0	-2.54	-22.64	14.51	0.71	-0.71
111	Rutgers	Big East	0-11	0	-2.63	-27.73	11.23	1.04	-1.04