1997 W2 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:32.323701+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-0	1	29.79	24	-0.56	1	0
2	NC State	ACC	1-0	1	27.61	1	36.83	0.52	0.48
3	Tennessee	SEC	1-0	1	26.92	35	8.52	0.93	0.07
4	Ohio State	Big Ten	1-0	1	26.74	14	9.49	0.89	0.11
5	Florida	SEC	1-0	1	26.32	15	7.57	0.95	0.05
6	Nebraska	Big 12	1-0	1	26.13	45	2.15	0.97	0.03
7	Colorado State	Western Athletic	1-0	1	26.1	32	9.88	0.95	0.05
8	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-0	1	25.92	17	8.48	0.91	0.09
9	Alabama	SEC	1-0	1	25.89	25	6.36	0.9	0.1
10	Miami	Big East	1-0	1	25.59	31	3.6	0.94	0.06
11	Arizona State	Pac-10	1-0	1	25.23	31	0.02	0.97	0.03
12	Virginia Tech	Big East	1-0	1	25.08	40	-0.07	0.94	0.06
13	Air Force	Western Athletic	1-0	1	24.78	4	7.45	0.69	0.31
14	Ohio	Mid-American	1-0	1	24.32	24	0.7	0.97	0.03
15	Georgia	SEC	1-0	1	24.06	31	2.75	0.98	0.02
16	Kansas	Big 12	1-0	1	24.06	24	4.67	1	0
17	Cincinnati	Conference USA	1-0	1	23.81	10	2.77	0.7	0.3
18	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1-0	1	23.77	34	-0.14	0.97	0.03
19	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	1-0	1	23.46	7	2.88	0.65	0.35
20	Washington State	Pac-10	1-0	1	23.43	3	6.16	0.55	0.45
21	Pittsburgh	Big East	1-0	1	23.28	32	3.08	0.95	0.05
22	West Virginia	Big East	1-0	1	23.21	11	-5	0.67	0.33
23	Mississippi State	SEC	1-0	1	22.98	3	2.29	0.65	0.35
24	Kentucky	SEC	1-0	1	22.87	14	4.39	0.75	0.25
25	Western Michigan	Mid-American	1-0	1	22.85	20	1.02	0.89	0.11
26	Oklahoma State	Big 12	1-0	1	22.72	7	2.88	0.72	0.28
27	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-0	1	22.56	17	1.48	0.89	0.11
28	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	1-0	1	22.34	14	2.58	0.98	0.02
29	Ole Miss	SEC	1-0	1	22.32	1	5.96	0.53	0.47
30	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-0	1	22.04	23	-10	0.94	0.06
31	Syracuse	Big East	1-1	0.5	21.63	16.5	4.18	1.69	-0.69
32	Fresno State	Western Athletic	1-0	1	21.16	28	-10	0.98	0.02
33	Utah State	Big West	1-0	1	20.87	7	-10	0.72	0.28
34	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	1-0	1	20.69	28	-10	1	0
35	Florida State	ACC	0-0	0	2.91	0	0	0	0
36	North Carolina	ACC	0-0	0	2.88	0	0	0	0
37	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	0-0	0	2.71	0	0	0	0
38	Penn State	Big Ten	0-0	0	2.65	0	0	0	0
39	BYU	Western Athletic	0-0	0	2.62	0	0	0	0
40	Kansas State	Big 12	0-0	0	2.49	0	0	0	0
41	Colorado	Big 12	0-0	0	2.41	0	0	0	0
42	Virginia	ACC	0-0	0	2.4	0	0	0	0
43	Army	FBS Independents	0-0	0	2.37	0	0	0	0
44	Washington	Pac-10	0-0	0	2.37	0	0	0	0
45	LSU	SEC	0-0	0	2.34	0	0	0	0
46	Michigan	Big Ten	0-0	0	2.28	0	0	0	0
47	Texas	Big 12	0-0	0	2.28	0	0	0	0
48	East Carolina	Conference USA	0-0	0	2.25	0	0	0	0
49	Auburn	SEC	0-0	0	2.24	0	0	0	0
50	San Diego State	Western Athletic	0-0	0	2.18	0	0	0	0
51	Iowa	Big Ten	0-0	0	2.17	0	0	0	0
52	Texas A&M	Big 12	0-0	0	2.1	0	0	0	0
53	Navy	FBS Independents	0-0	0	1.95	0	0	0	0
54	USC	Pac-10	0-0	0	1.91	0	0	0	0
55	Michigan State	Big Ten	0-0	0	1.84	0	0	0	0
56	Arizona	Pac-10	0-0	0	1.66	0	0	0	0
57	Oregon	Pac-10	0-0	0	1.66	0	0	0	0
58	Stanford	Pac-10	0-0	0	1.61	0	0	0	0
59	South Carolina	SEC	0-0	0	1.54	0	0	0	0
60	Clemson	ACC	0-0	0	1.45	0	0	0	0
61	Rice	Western Athletic	0-0	0	1.29	0	0	0	0
62	California	Pac-10	0-0	0	1.22	0	0	0	0
63	Georgia Tech	ACC	0-0	0	1.19	0	0	0	0
64	SMU	Western Athletic	0-0	0	1.14	0	0	0	0
65	UCF	FBS Independents	0-1	0	1	-1	3.08	0.47	-0.47
66	Toledo	Mid-American	0-0	0	0.96	0	0	0	0
67	Indiana	Big Ten	0-0	0	0.9	0	0	0	0
68	Maryland	ACC	0-0	0	0.86	0	0	0	0
69	Tulane	Conference USA	0-0	0	0.79	0	0	0	0
70	Missouri	Big 12	0-0	0	0.74	0	0	0	0
71	Boston College	Big East	0-0	0	0.72	0	0	0	0
72	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0-0	0	0.69	0	0	0	0
73	Idaho	Big West	0-1	0	0.65	-4	9.13	0.31	-0.31
74	TCU	Western Athletic	0-0	0	0.61	0	0	0	0
75	Arkansas	SEC	0-0	0	0.58	0	0	0	0
76	UCLA	Pac-10	0-1	0	0.53	-3	5.33	0.45	-0.45
77	Purdue	Big Ten	0-0	0	0.42	0	0	0	0
78	UTEP	Western Athletic	0-0	0	0.33	0	0	0	0
79	Wyoming	Western Athletic	0-1	0	0.29	-14	12.16	0.11	-0.11
80	Oregon State	Pac-10	0-0	0	0.27	0	0	0	0
81	Illinois	Big Ten	0-0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0
82	San José State	Western Athletic	0-0	0	0.17	0	0	0	0
83	UNLV	Western Athletic	0-0	0	0.12	0	0	0	0
84	Wake Forest	ACC	0-0	0	0.03	0	0	0	0
85	Duke	ACC	0-0	0	-0.02	0	0	0	0
86	Ball State	Mid-American	0-1	0	-0.05	-17	9.12	0.09	-0.09
87	Nevada	Big West	0-1	0	-0.11	-32	6.93	0.05	-0.05
88	Southern Miss	Conference USA	0-1	0	-0.23	-15	11.77	0.05	-0.05
89	Memphis	Conference USA	0-1	0	-0.44	-3	6.39	0.35	-0.35
90	Texas Tech	Big 12	0-1	0	-0.6	-35	11.03	0.07	-0.07
91	Iowa State	Big 12	0-1	0	-0.76	-7	2.95	0.28	-0.28
92	Louisville	Conference USA	0-1	0	-0.79	-14	0.61	0.25	-0.25
93	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-1	0	-0.8	-7	5.91	0.35	-0.35
94	Houston	Conference USA	0-1	0	-0.86	-25	9.55	0.1	-0.1
95	Tulsa	Western Athletic	0-1	0	-1.07	-10	6.48	0.3	-0.3
96	UAB	FBS Independents	0-1	0	-1.14	-24	3.65	0	0
97	Minnesota	Big Ten	0-1	0	-1.23	-14	-0.15	0.02	-0.02
98	North Texas	Big West	0-1	0	-1.66	-17	1.06	0.11	-0.11
99	Louisiana	FBS Independents	0-1	0	-1.68	-32	0.97	0.05	-0.05
100	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0-1	0	-1.7	-34	36.83	0	0
101	Baylor	Big 12	0-1	0	-1.72	-31	9.89	0.06	-0.06
102	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	0-1	0	-1.81	-31	4.46	0.02	-0.02
103	Temple	Big East	0-1	0	-1.9	-20	2.15	0.11	-0.11
104	Boise State	Big West	0-1	0	-2.15	-40	-10	0.08	-0.08
105	Kent State	Mid-American	0-1	0	-2.21	-24	7.79	0.03	-0.03
106	Akron	Mid-American	0-1	0	-2.41	-45	12.18	0.03	-0.03
107	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-1	0	-2.62	-34	5.29	0.03	-0.03
108	New Mexico State	Big West	0-1	0	-2.64	-31	11.27	0.03	-0.03
109	Rutgers	Big East	0-1	0	-2.83	-40	10.06	0.06	-0.06
110	Oklahoma	Big 12	0-1	0	-2.98	-24	30.65	0	0
111	Marshall	Mid-American	0-1	0	-3.12	-11	9.73	0.33	-0.33