1997 W20 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:32.330430+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Nebraska	Big 12	13-0	1	25.3	30.23	11.62	11.99	1.01
2	Michigan	Big Ten	12-0	1	25.08	17.33	12.61	11.06	0.94
3	Florida State	ACC	11-1	0.92	23.63	23.92	13.34	10.86	0.14
4	Kansas State	Big 12	11-1	0.92	23.12	20.08	11.31	10.62	0.38
5	North Carolina	ACC	11-1	0.92	22.77	16.83	10.15	10.64	0.36
6	Tennessee	SEC	11-2	0.85	21.75	10.92	14.93	9.39	1.61
7	Florida	SEC	10-2	0.83	21.61	18.75	14.71	10.23	-0.23
8	Colorado State	Western Athletic	11-2	0.85	21.44	21.08	10.51	11.48	-0.48
9	UCLA	Pac-10	10-2	0.83	21.28	19.17	12.63	9.92	0.08
10	Georgia	SEC	10-2	0.83	21.19	15.42	13.11	9.95	0.05
11	Washington State	Pac-10	10-2	0.83	21	15.58	11.63	9.14	0.86
12	Ohio State	Big Ten	10-3	0.77	19.81	17.23	12.21	11.44	-1.44
13	Auburn	SEC	10-3	0.77	19.62	6.92	15.63	8.77	1.23
14	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	9-2	0.82	19.35	7.55	6.22	7.14	1.86
15	Marshall	Mid-American	10-3	0.77	19.21	17.31	8.56	10.59	-0.59
16	LSU	SEC	9-3	0.75	19.09	15.42	11.25	10.02	-1.02
17	Penn State	Big Ten	9-3	0.75	18.87	9.33	11.93	8.45	0.55
18	Purdue	Big Ten	9-3	0.75	18.85	10.75	11.49	8.62	0.38
19	Arizona State	Pac-10	9-3	0.75	18.79	9.5	11.7	8.84	0.16
20	Southern Miss	Conference USA	9-3	0.75	18.68	10.58	10.47	9.05	-0.05
21	Air Force	Western Athletic	10-3	0.77	18.66	6.85	9.27	9.27	0.73
22	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	8-3	0.73	18.52	16.91	10	8.86	-0.86
23	Toledo	Mid-American	9-3	0.75	18.35	7.33	9.81	7.95	1.05
24	Ohio	Mid-American	8-3	0.73	17.88	11.27	7.64	8.57	-0.57
25	Syracuse	Big East	9-4	0.69	17.83	16.54	11.29	10.79	-1.79
26	Washington	Pac-10	8-4	0.67	17.61	13.42	14.33	9.1	-1.1
27	Texas A&M	Big 12	9-4	0.69	17.51	16.08	9.23	10.63	-1.63
28	Western Michigan	Mid-American	8-3	0.73	17.11	3.27	7.87	6.32	1.68
29	New Mexico	Western Athletic	9-4	0.69	16.77	10	6.56	9.3	-0.3
30	Oklahoma State	Big 12	8-4	0.67	16.71	9.92	9.09	8.72	-0.72
31	Ole Miss	SEC	8-4	0.67	16.47	2.25	14.75	6.75	1.25
32	Tulane	Conference USA	7-4	0.64	16.34	13.64	9.89	8.47	-1.47
33	Cincinnati	Conference USA	8-4	0.67	16.31	5.75	9.31	7.68	0.32
34	Navy	FBS Independents	7-4	0.64	15.75	17.18	4.2	9.04	-2.04
35	Virginia	ACC	7-4	0.64	15.58	3.18	11.56	6.37	0.63
36	Iowa	Big Ten	7-5	0.58	15.17	21	8.44	10.86	-3.86
37	Mississippi State	SEC	7-4	0.64	15.1	1	12.36	5.82	1.18
38	Michigan State	Big Ten	7-5	0.58	15.02	8.75	12.63	8.45	-1.45
39	Rice	Western Athletic	7-4	0.64	14.87	1.91	8.09	5.96	1.04
40	Virginia Tech	Big East	7-5	0.58	14.83	8.08	11.18	8.39	-1.39
41	Clemson	ACC	7-5	0.58	14.55	6.08	10.5	7.97	-0.97
42	West Virginia	Big East	7-5	0.58	14.54	6.25	10.28	7.62	-0.62
43	Oregon	Pac-10	7-5	0.58	14.2	2.5	12.6	6.58	0.42
44	Missouri	Big 12	7-5	0.58	14.07	2.08	12.01	6.47	0.53
45	Georgia Tech	ACC	7-5	0.58	14	1.5	13.38	6.42	0.58
46	NC State	ACC	6-5	0.55	13.87	5.18	11.68	6.74	-0.74
47	Arizona	Pac-10	7-5	0.58	13.63	0.42	13.93	6.11	0.89
48	Wyoming	Western Athletic	7-6	0.54	13.6	7.31	9.17	9.05	-2.05
49	Texas Tech	Big 12	6-5	0.55	13.5	2.55	12.33	6.29	-0.29
50	Wisconsin	Big Ten	8-5	0.62	13.47	-1.15	11.71	6.11	1.89
51	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	7-6	0.54	13.14	1.31	14.36	6.98	0.02
52	USC	Pac-10	6-5	0.55	12.66	0	13.94	5.5	0.5
53	SMU	Western Athletic	6-5	0.55	12.62	0.91	8.52	5.77	0.23
54	Utah State	Big West	6-6	0.5	12.57	7.75	7.15	7.88	-1.88
55	BYU	Western Athletic	6-5	0.55	11.9	-0.36	8.67	5.4	0.6
56	Fresno State	Western Athletic	6-6	0.5	11.88	2.5	7.48	6.7	-0.7
57	UCF	FBS Independents	5-6	0.45	11.71	6.45	11.19	6.84	-1.84
58	Nevada	Big West	5-6	0.45	11.26	3	11.68	6.14	-1.14
59	Miami	Big East	5-6	0.45	11.1	2.64	10.67	6.13	-1.13
60	Colorado	Big 12	5-6	0.45	10.81	0.45	15.84	5.61	-0.61
61	Idaho	Big West	5-6	0.45	10.55	3.55	2.7	6.39	-1.39
62	Pittsburgh	Big East	6-6	0.5	10.47	-1.75	10.43	5.57	0.43
63	Kentucky	SEC	5-6	0.45	9.55	-1.27	11.93	5.24	-0.24
64	South Carolina	SEC	5-6	0.45	9.53	-1.91	14.24	4.99	0.01
65	Stanford	Pac-10	5-6	0.45	9.11	-3.73	13.93	4.61	0.39
66	Ball State	Mid-American	5-6	0.45	9.09	-1.91	8.32	4.95	0.05
67	UAB	FBS Independents	5-6	0.45	8.94	-1.45	4.66	5.05	-0.05
68	Wake Forest	ACC	5-6	0.45	8.89	-3.91	11.14	4.46	0.54
69	East Carolina	Conference USA	5-6	0.45	8.48	-7.64	11.65	3.45	1.55
70	Northwestern	Big Ten	5-7	0.42	8.39	-3.75	13.42	4.81	0.19
71	Kansas	Big 12	5-6	0.45	8.32	-9.27	11.24	2.79	2.21
72	Alabama	SEC	4-7	0.36	8.16	-0.18	14.11	5.45	-1.45
73	San Diego State	Western Athletic	5-7	0.42	8.03	-6.33	13.25	4.21	0.79
74	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	5-7	0.42	7.59	-7.75	8.44	3.68	1.32
75	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	4-7	0.36	7.18	-2.09	10.37	5.06	-1.06
76	Memphis	Conference USA	4-7	0.36	7.1	-2.27	9.72	4.8	-0.8
77	Arkansas	SEC	4-7	0.36	6.5	-9.36	15.63	2.81	1.19
78	Boston College	Big East	4-7	0.36	6.49	-7	11.36	3.73	0.27
79	Texas	Big 12	4-7	0.36	6.44	-7.55	11.43	3.87	0.13
80	Boise State	Big West	4-7	0.36	6.33	-6.64	7.53	4.05	-0.05
81	Army	FBS Independents	4-7	0.36	6.18	-8.18	7.35	3.39	0.61
82	North Texas	Big West	4-7	0.36	6.11	-9	7.38	3.31	0.69
83	San José State	Western Athletic	4-7	0.36	5.92	-14.73	10.6	2.38	1.62
84	UTEP	Western Athletic	4-7	0.36	5.87	-13.55	8.25	1.93	2.07
85	Oklahoma	Big 12	4-8	0.33	5.46	-12.25	12.27	2.86	1.14
86	California	Pac-10	3-8	0.27	4.91	-4	13.45	4.6	-1.6
87	UNLV	Western Athletic	3-8	0.27	4.64	-4.64	8.8	4.43	-1.43
88	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-8	0.27	4.59	-6	12	3.12	-0.12
89	Oregon State	Pac-10	3-8	0.27	4.39	-8.18	12.48	3.18	-0.18
90	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-8	0.27	4.08	-13.64	14.34	2.22	0.78
91	Temple	Big East	3-8	0.27	3.97	-14.45	12.23	2.31	0.69
92	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-9	0.25	3.95	-8	12.32	3.71	-0.71
93	Kent State	Mid-American	3-8	0.27	3.92	-13.91	9.56	3.21	-0.21
94	Houston	Conference USA	3-8	0.27	3.77	-17.64	10.58	1.98	1.02
95	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	3-9	0.25	3.7	-9.92	9.21	2.87	0.13
96	Duke	ACC	2-9	0.18	2.16	-10.73	13.22	2.94	-0.94
97	Baylor	Big 12	2-9	0.18	1.88	-15.91	13.68	2.02	-0.02
98	Tulsa	Western Athletic	2-9	0.18	1.87	-15.27	10.97	2.57	-0.57
99	Maryland	ACC	2-9	0.18	1.8	-17.64	13.93	1.46	0.54
100	New Mexico State	Big West	2-9	0.18	1.76	-16.09	6.43	2.19	-0.19
101	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-9	0.18	1.75	-17.91	11.03	2.44	-0.44
102	Akron	Mid-American	2-9	0.18	1.71	-19.73	13.14	1.79	0.21
103	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	2-9	0.18	1.68	-17.64	4.98	1.84	0.16
104	Indiana	Big Ten	2-9	0.18	1.65	-21.73	14.02	0.76	1.24
105	TCU	Western Athletic	1-10	0.09	-0.09	-13.91	8.55	1.99	-0.99
106	Louisville	Conference USA	1-10	0.09	-0.13	-14.73	8.39	2.54	-1.54
107	Iowa State	Big 12	1-10	0.09	-0.55	-25.36	14.13	1.34	-0.34
108	Louisiana	FBS Independents	1-10	0.09	-0.76	-34.27	11.8	0.68	0.32
109	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-11	0	-2.51	-23	12.32	0.78	-0.78
110	Illinois	Big Ten	0-11	0	-2.54	-22.64	14.35	0.71	-0.71
111	Rutgers	Big East	0-11	0	-2.63	-27.73	11.21	1.04	-1.04