1997 W1 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:32.323347+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins
1	Syracuse	Big East	1-0	1	36.83	34	18.39	1
2	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-0	1	30.65	24	3.96	1
3	Nebraska	Big 12	0-0	0	12.18	0	0	0
4	Ohio State	Big Ten	0-0	0	12.16	0	0	0
5	Florida	SEC	0-0	0	11.77	0	0	0
6	Florida State	ACC	0-0	0	11.65	0	0	0
7	North Carolina	ACC	0-0	0	11.52	0	0	0
8	Arizona State	Pac-10	0-0	0	11.27	0	0	0
9	Tennessee	SEC	0-0	0	11.03	0	0	0
10	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	0-0	0	10.85	0	0	0
11	Penn State	Big Ten	0-0	0	10.59	0	0	0
12	BYU	Western Athletic	0-0	0	10.46	0	0	0
13	Virginia Tech	Big East	0-0	0	10.06	0	0	0
14	Kansas State	Big 12	0-0	0	9.96	0	0	0
15	Miami	Big East	0-0	0	9.89	0	0	0
16	Nevada	Big West	0-0	0	9.88	0	0	0
17	West Virginia	Big East	0-0	0	9.73	0	0	0
18	Colorado	Big 12	0-0	0	9.65	0	0	0
19	Virginia	ACC	0-0	0	9.61	0	0	0
20	Alabama	SEC	0-0	0	9.55	0	0	0
21	Wyoming	Western Athletic	0-0	0	9.49	0	0	0
22	Washington	Pac-10	0-0	0	9.48	0	0	0
23	Army	FBS Independents	0-0	0	9.46	0	0	0
24	LSU	SEC	0-0	0	9.37	0	0	0
25	Air Force	Western Athletic	0-0	0	9.13	0	0	0
26	Michigan	Big Ten	0-0	0	9.13	0	0	0
27	Texas	Big 12	0-0	0	9.13	0	0	0
28	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0-0	0	9.12	0	0	0
29	East Carolina	Conference USA	0-0	0	9	0	0	0
30	Auburn	SEC	0-0	0	8.97	0	0	0
31	San Diego State	Western Athletic	0-0	0	8.73	0	0	0
32	Iowa	Big Ten	0-0	0	8.7	0	0	0
33	Texas Tech	Big 12	0-0	0	8.52	0	0	0
34	Ball State	Mid-American	0-0	0	8.48	0	0	0
35	Texas A&M	Big 12	0-0	0	8.39	0	0	0
36	Navy	FBS Independents	0-0	0	7.79	0	0	0
37	Ohio	Mid-American	0-0	0	7.79	0	0	0
38	USC	Pac-10	0-0	0	7.62	0	0	0
39	Southern Miss	Conference USA	0-0	0	7.57	0	0	0
40	Idaho	Big West	0-0	0	7.45	0	0	0
41	Michigan State	Big Ten	0-0	0	7.38	0	0	0
42	New Mexico	Western Athletic	0-0	0	7.11	0	0	0
43	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-0	0	6.93	0	0	0
44	Arizona	Pac-10	0-0	0	6.62	0	0	0
45	Oregon	Pac-10	0-0	0	6.62	0	0	0
46	Cincinnati	Conference USA	0-0	0	6.48	0	0	0
47	Stanford	Pac-10	0-0	0	6.43	0	0	0
48	Mississippi State	SEC	0-0	0	6.39	0	0	0
49	Houston	Conference USA	0-0	0	6.36	0	0	0
50	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0-1	0	6.26	-34	21.49	0
51	South Carolina	SEC	0-0	0	6.18	0	0	0
52	UCLA	Pac-10	0-0	0	6.16	0	0	0
53	UCF	FBS Independents	0-0	0	5.96	0	0	0
54	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	0-0	0	5.91	0	0	0
55	Clemson	ACC	0-0	0	5.8	0	0	0
56	Washington State	Pac-10	0-0	0	5.33	0	0	0
57	Central Michigan	Mid-American	0-0	0	5.29	0	0	0
58	Utah State	Big West	0-0	0	5.2	0	0	0
59	Rice	Western Athletic	0-0	0	5.18	0	0	0
60	California	Pac-10	0-0	0	4.87	0	0	0
61	Georgia Tech	ACC	0-0	0	4.76	0	0	0
62	UAB	FBS Independents	0-0	0	4.67	0	0	0
63	SMU	Western Athletic	0-0	0	4.57	0	0	0
64	Georgia	SEC	0-0	0	4.46	0	0	0
65	Louisville	Conference USA	0-0	0	4.39	0	0	0
66	Toledo	Mid-American	0-0	0	3.85	0	0	0
67	Kansas	Big 12	0-0	0	3.65	0	0	0
68	Baylor	Big 12	0-0	0	3.6	0	0	0
69	Indiana	Big Ten	0-0	0	3.58	0	0	0
70	Maryland	ACC	0-0	0	3.44	0	0	0
71	Tulane	Conference USA	0-0	0	3.15	0	0	0
72	Fresno State	Western Athletic	0-0	0	3.08	0	0	0
73	Louisiana	FBS Independents	0-0	0	3.08	0	0	0
74	Ole Miss	SEC	0-0	0	3.08	0	0	0
75	Missouri	Big 12	0-0	0	2.98	0	0	0
76	Oklahoma State	Big 12	0-0	0	2.95	0	0	0
77	Boston College	Big East	0-0	0	2.88	0	0	0
78	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-0	0	2.88	0	0	0
79	Iowa State	Big 12	0-0	0	2.88	0	0	0
80	Tulsa	Western Athletic	0-0	0	2.77	0	0	0
81	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	0-0	0	2.75	0	0	0
82	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0-0	0	2.75	0	0	0
83	Minnesota	Big Ten	0-0	0	2.58	0	0	0
84	TCU	Western Athletic	0-0	0	2.44	0	0	0
85	Arkansas	SEC	0-0	0	2.33	0	0	0
86	Memphis	Conference USA	0-0	0	2.29	0	0	0
87	Akron	Mid-American	0-0	0	2.15	0	0	0
88	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0-0	0	2.15	0	0	0
89	NC State	ACC	0-0	0	2.11	0	0	0
90	Purdue	Big Ten	0-0	0	1.69	0	0	0
91	North Texas	Big West	0-0	0	1.48	0	0	0
92	UTEP	Western Athletic	0-0	0	1.33	0	0	0
93	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	0-0	0	1.2	0	0	0
94	Oregon State	Pac-10	0-0	0	1.09	0	0	0
95	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-0	0	1.06	0	0	0
96	Temple	Big East	0-0	0	1.02	0	0	0
97	Pittsburgh	Big East	0-0	0	0.97	0	0	0
98	Boise State	Big West	0-0	0	0.82	0	0	0
99	Illinois	Big Ten	0-0	0	0.8	0	0	0
100	Kent State	Mid-American	0-0	0	0.7	0	0	0
101	San José State	Western Athletic	0-0	0	0.67	0	0	0
102	Kentucky	SEC	0-0	0	0.61	0	0	0
103	UNLV	Western Athletic	0-0	0	0.48	0	0	0
104	Wake Forest	ACC	0-0	0	0.12	0	0	0
105	New Mexico State	Big West	0-0	0	0.02	0	0	0
106	Rutgers	Big East	0-0	0	-0.07	0	0	0
107	Duke	ACC	0-0	0	-0.09	0	0	0
108	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-0	0	-0.14	0	0	0
109	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	0-0	0	-0.15	0	0	0
110	Oklahoma	Big 12	0-1	0	-0.56	-24	15.29	0
111	Marshall	Mid-American	0-0	0	-5	0	0	0