1997 W3 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:32.324070+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Florida	SEC	2-0	1	29.39	45.5	11.77	1.99	0.01
2	NC State	ACC	2-0	1	28.65	16	10.8	1.56	0.44
3	Mississippi State	SEC	2-0	1	27.22	5.5	11.21	1.3	0.7
4	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-0	1	27.22	32	22.85	0.97	0.03
5	Wake Forest	ACC	1-0	1	27.04	7	29.79	0.67	0.33
6	Colorado	Big 12	1-0	1	27.01	10	26.1	0.72	0.28
7	Penn State	Big Ten	1-0	1	26.93	17	23.28	0.84	0.16
8	Tennessee	SEC	2-0	1	26.61	20.5	-0.03	1.68	0.32
9	Tulane	Conference USA	1-0	1	26.57	14	23.81	0.81	0.19
10	Nebraska	Big 12	1-0	1	26.54	45	-2.41	0.97	0.03
11	Alabama	SEC	1-0	1	26.41	25	-0.86	0.9	0.1
12	Ohio State	Big Ten	1-0	1	26.39	14	0.29	0.89	0.11
13	Miami	Big East	1-0	1	26.34	31	-1.72	0.94	0.06
14	Air Force	Western Athletic	2-0	1	26.31	16.5	0.97	1.8	0.2
15	Virginia Tech	Big East	1-0	1	26.2	40	-2.83	0.94	0.06
16	Arizona State	Pac-10	1-0	1	26.1	31	-2.64	0.97	0.03
17	Georgia	SEC	1-0	1	26.06	31	-1.81	0.98	0.02
18	Kansas	Big 12	2-0	1	25.91	15.5	-0.26	1.93	0.07
19	Ohio	Mid-American	2-0	1	25.87	15.5	-0.68	1.79	0.21
20	Arkansas	SEC	1-0	1	25.82	12	20.69	0.79	0.21
21	Oklahoma State	Big 12	2-0	1	25.5	15.5	-1.22	1.79	0.21
22	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-0	1	25.45	17	-1.66	0.89	0.11
23	West Virginia	Big East	2-0	1	25.39	9	-0.44	1.36	0.64
24	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	1-0	1	25.2	7	-0.8	0.65	0.35
25	Ole Miss	SEC	2-0	1	25.1	4.5	1.07	1.25	0.75
26	Washington State	Pac-10	1-0	1	24.97	3	0.53	0.55	0.45
27	New Mexico	Western Athletic	2-0	1	24.82	30	-6.32	1.84	0.16
28	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	2-0	1	24.51	13.5	-5.62	1.71	0.29
29	Utah State	Big West	2-0	1	23.67	20.5	-10	1.86	0.14
30	LSU	SEC	1-0	1	23.21	52	0.33	1	0
31	Washington	Pac-10	1-0	1	23.08	22	2.62	0.85	0.15
32	North Carolina	ACC	1-0	1	22.66	17	0.9	0.96	0.04
33	San Diego State	Western Athletic	1-0	1	22.62	14	1.95	0.71	0.29
34	Auburn	SEC	1-0	1	22.56	11	2.4	0.77	0.23
35	Kansas State	Big 12	1-0	1	22.48	40	-2.62	0.99	0.01
36	California	Pac-10	1-0	1	22.46	32	-0.86	1	0
37	Missouri	Big 12	1-0	1	22.37	20	0.69	0.81	0.19
38	Florida State	ACC	1-0	1	22.29	7	1.91	0.84	0.16
39	Texas	Big 12	1-0	1	22.29	34	-2.83	0.95	0.05
40	Stanford	Pac-10	1-0	1	22.27	16	0.17	0.88	0.12
41	Toledo	Mid-American	1-0	1	22.12	14	0.42	0.76	0.24
42	Oregon	Pac-10	1-0	1	22.03	7	1.66	0.8	0.2
43	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-0	1	22.01	26	-1.66	0.98	0.02
44	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-0	1	21.79	4	1.19	0.65	0.35
45	Iowa	Big Ten	1-0	1	21.28	66	-10	1	0
46	South Carolina	SEC	1-0	1	21.2	2	1	0.54	0.46
47	Texas A&M	Big 12	1-0	1	21.13	53	-10	1	0
48	Clemson	ACC	1-0	1	20.07	11	-10	0.82	0.18
49	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	16.38	8.5	-1.48	1.52	-0.52
50	Colorado State	Western Athletic	1-1	0.5	16.19	11	1.15	1.45	-0.45
51	Kentucky	SEC	1-1	0.5	15.84	3	11.1	1.11	-0.11
52	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	15.52	5	-0.43	1.27	-0.27
53	Pittsburgh	Big East	1-1	0.5	15.42	7.5	0.48	1.32	-0.32
54	Fresno State	Western Athletic	1-1	0.5	14.75	13	-5.86	1.5	-0.5
55	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	1-1	0.5	14.5	8	-4.71	1.49	-0.49
56	Wyoming	Western Athletic	1-1	0.5	13.38	16	12.99	1.66	-0.66
57	Cincinnati	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	13.19	-2	-0.14	0.91	0.09
58	Idaho	Big West	1-1	0.5	13.04	21	7.39	1.93	-0.93
59	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	12.63	-21	11.85	0.38	0.62
60	Memphis	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	12.63	9	10.92	1.64	-0.64
61	Western Michigan	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	12.45	-6	-0.03	0.72	0.28
62	Syracuse	Big East	1-2	0.33	12.45	10.33	7.64	2.13	-1.13
63	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	12.03	0	24.69	1	0
64	Southern Miss	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	11.66	1	13.26	1.08	-0.08
65	Ball State	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	10.99	0.5	7.96	1.04	-0.04
66	Marshall	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	10.29	-0.5	12.79	0.98	0.02
67	Oklahoma	Big 12	1-1	0.5	9.64	-11	25.71	0.49	0.51
68	Nevada	Big West	1-1	0.5	9.47	-7.5	13.11	0.67	0.33
69	Baylor	Big 12	1-1	0.5	9.46	-14.5	23.38	0.51	0.49
70	Temple	Big East	1-1	0.5	9.17	-6.5	11.79	0.69	0.31
71	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	8.48	-15	9.74	0.3	0.7
72	Michigan	Big Ten	0-0	0	0.38	0	0	0	0
73	UCF	FBS Independents	0-2	0	-0.54	-1.5	11.93	0.94	-0.94
74	Georgia Tech	ACC	0-1	0	-0.95	-4	2.71	0.35	-0.35
75	USC	Pac-10	0-1	0	-1.16	-7	2.91	0.16	-0.16
76	Arizona	Pac-10	0-1	0	-1.19	-7	1.66	0.2	-0.2
77	Army	FBS Independents	0-1	0	-1.23	-10	-3.12	0.31	-0.31
78	Boston College	Big East	0-1	0	-1.3	-7	-1.9	0.34	-0.34
79	East Carolina	Conference USA	0-1	0	-1.36	-7	23.21	0.31	-0.31
80	Virginia	ACC	0-1	0	-1.36	-11	2.24	0.23	-0.23
81	UCLA	Pac-10	0-2	0	-1.36	-4.5	25.18	0.83	-0.83
82	Navy	FBS Independents	0-1	0	-1.59	-14	2.18	0.29	-0.29
83	Maryland	ACC	0-1	0	-1.61	-7	24.32	0.28	-0.28
84	SMU	Western Athletic	0-1	0	-1.63	-8	22.32	0.27	-0.27
85	TCU	Western Athletic	0-1	0	-1.65	-7	24.06	0.22	-0.22
86	BYU	Western Athletic	0-1	0	-1.79	-22	2.37	0.15	-0.15
87	Purdue	Big Ten	0-1	0	-1.83	-14	0.96	0.24	-0.24
88	Louisville	Conference USA	0-2	0	-1.89	-10	6.44	0.59	-0.59
89	Indiana	Big Ten	0-1	0	-1.91	-17	2.88	0.04	-0.04
90	Illinois	Big Ten	0-1	0	-1.97	-17	-0.23	0.05	-0.05
91	San José State	Western Athletic	0-1	0	-1.97	-16	1.61	0.12	-0.12
92	UNLV	Western Athletic	0-1	0	-1.99	-17	-0.11	0.13	-0.13
93	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0-1	0	-2.01	-20	0.74	0.19	-0.19
94	Tulsa	Western Athletic	0-1	0	-2.19	-10	23.81	0.3	-0.3
95	Boise State	Big West	0-2	0	-2.43	-22	-5.85	0.35	-0.35
96	Minnesota	Big Ten	0-1	0	-2.45	-14	22.34	0.02	-0.02
97	UAB	FBS Independents	0-2	0	-2.61	-22.5	11.81	0.02	-0.02
98	Rice	Western Athletic	0-1	0	-2.66	-29	24.78	0.05	-0.05
99	Iowa State	Big 12	0-2	0	-2.66	-26.5	11.5	0.12	-0.12
100	North Texas	Big West	0-2	0	-2.66	-21.5	11.41	0.11	-0.11
101	Kent State	Mid-American	0-2	0	-2.7	-22.5	7.16	0.2	-0.2
102	UTEP	Western Athletic	0-1	0	-2.76	-52	2.34	0	0
103	Houston	Conference USA	0-2	0	-2.77	-28.5	13.55	0.08	-0.08
104	Duke	ACC	0-1	0	-2.99	-31	27.61	0.06	-0.06
105	Louisiana	FBS Independents	0-2	0	-3.09	-28	23	0.08	-0.08
106	Texas Tech	Big 12	0-1	0	-3.18	-35	26.92	0.07	-0.07
107	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	0-1	0	-3.22	-31	24.06	0.02	-0.02
108	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-2	0	-3.25	-37	13.13	0.04	-0.04
109	Rutgers	Big East	0-2	0	-3.3	-37	13.68	0.12	-0.12
110	New Mexico State	Big West	0-2	0	-3.42	-34	23.63	0.14	-0.14
111	Akron	Mid-American	0-1	0	-3.67	-45	26.13	0.03	-0.03