1997 W4 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:32.324446+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Florida	SEC	2-0	1	28.75	45.5	12.14	1.99	0.01
2	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-0	1	28.27	31	12.54	1.86	0.14
3	Penn State	Big Ten	2-0	1	28.15	29.5	12.29	1.88	0.12
4	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-0	1	27.96	22.5	12.71	1.86	0.14
5	LSU	SEC	2-0	1	27.76	33.5	12.23	1.98	0.02
6	Alabama	SEC	2-0	1	27.7	22.5	11.34	1.91	0.09
7	Arizona State	Pac-10	2-0	1	27.63	21	11.46	1.85	0.15
8	Michigan	Big Ten	1-0	1	27.54	24	27.01	0.99	0.01
9	Washington	Pac-10	2-0	1	27.25	27.5	10.42	1.9	0.1
10	Georgia	SEC	2-0	1	27.23	23.5	8.99	1.88	0.12
11	Kansas State	Big 12	2-0	1	27.17	21.5	11.31	1.81	0.19
12	Auburn	SEC	2-0	1	26.77	10.5	11.87	1.61	0.39
13	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	2-0	1	26.72	4	13.27	1.22	0.78
14	North Carolina	ACC	2-0	1	26.66	14	10.18	1.74	0.26
15	Virginia Tech	Big East	2-0	1	26.64	34	4.57	1.93	0.07
16	Kansas	Big 12	3-0	1	26.23	13	6.04	2.83	0.17
17	Oklahoma State	Big 12	3-0	1	25.95	22	3	2.9	0.1
18	Clemson	ACC	2-0	1	25.65	6.5	9.32	1.41	0.59
19	Air Force	Western Athletic	3-0	1	25.57	11.33	2.8	2.36	0.64
20	Nebraska	Big 12	2-0	1	25.28	29.5	-2.1	1.8	0.2
21	Tennessee	SEC	2-0	1	25.02	20.5	-2.27	1.68	0.32
22	Oregon	Pac-10	2-0	1	24.83	5.5	4.14	1.36	0.64
23	Florida State	ACC	2-0	1	24.78	25	-1.39	1.95	0.05
24	California	Pac-10	1-0	1	24.69	32	-2.77	1	0
25	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-0	1	24.52	26	-2.66	0.98	0.02
26	New Mexico	Western Athletic	3-0	1	24.34	26	-5.39	2.68	0.32
27	Iowa	Big Ten	2-0	1	24.21	52	-6.09	1.98	0.02
28	Washington State	Pac-10	2-0	1	24.13	5	-1.26	1.2	0.8
29	Toledo	Mid-American	2-0	1	23.97	8.5	-1.92	1.3	0.7
30	Texas A&M	Big 12	1-0	1	23.42	53	-10	1	0
31	NC State	ACC	2-1	0.67	19.94	10	9.84	2.14	-0.14
32	Colorado State	Western Athletic	2-1	0.67	19.8	11	20.05	2.16	-0.16
33	Wyoming	Western Athletic	2-1	0.67	19.38	20.33	16.08	2.7	-0.7
34	Ohio	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	19.05	9.33	6.06	2.29	-0.29
35	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	18.35	7	11.23	2.12	-0.12
36	Mississippi State	SEC	2-1	0.67	18.14	-1.33	17.23	1.38	0.62
37	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	18.03	13	6.45	2.32	-0.32
38	West Virginia	Big East	2-1	0.67	17.97	3.67	2.54	1.73	0.27
39	Utah State	Big West	2-1	0.67	17.86	10	-1.27	2.2	-0.2
40	Pittsburgh	Big East	2-1	0.67	17.82	8.67	7.02	2.03	-0.03
41	Idaho	Big West	2-1	0.67	17.67	28.33	2.1	2.97	-0.97
42	Marshall	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	17.15	8	7.15	1.93	0.07
43	Ole Miss	SEC	2-1	0.67	17.12	-0.33	6.8	1.47	0.53
44	Miami	Big East	1-1	0.5	16.77	10	17.78	1.47	-0.47
45	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	2-1	0.67	16.14	-0.67	0.31	1.44	0.56
46	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	16.09	5.33	2.68	1.87	0.13
47	Western Michigan	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	15.61	-1.33	11.05	1.39	0.61
48	Missouri	Big 12	1-1	0.5	15.34	6	11.95	1.31	-0.31
49	Wake Forest	ACC	1-1	0.5	15.06	3	7.51	1.15	-0.15
50	Tulane	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	14.95	4	5.26	1.18	-0.18
51	Stanford	Pac-10	1-1	0.5	14.64	2.5	10.35	1.14	-0.14
52	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	14.27	-8	7.9	1.11	0.89
53	Kentucky	SEC	1-1	0.5	14.16	3	12.66	1.11	-0.11
54	SMU	Western Athletic	1-1	0.5	13.79	7	25.46	1.41	-0.41
55	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-1	0.5	13.52	-1.5	11.88	0.88	0.12
56	Southern Miss	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	13.2	1	13.71	1.08	-0.08
57	Indiana	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	12.66	5	16.82	1.34	-0.34
58	Colorado	Big 12	1-1	0.5	12.55	-7	8.29	0.61	0.39
59	Arkansas	SEC	1-1	0.5	12.48	-5	6.44	0.72	0.28
60	Navy	FBS Independents	1-1	0.5	12.26	7.5	9.66	1.29	-0.29
61	South Carolina	SEC	1-1	0.5	12.16	-7	12.76	0.71	0.29
62	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	12.01	5	10.93	1.23	-0.23
63	Texas Tech	Big 12	1-1	0.5	12	5	11.76	1.17	-0.17
64	San Diego State	Western Athletic	1-1	0.5	11.98	-9.5	10.74	0.62	0.38
65	Cincinnati	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	11.87	-2	12.19	0.91	0.09
66	Arizona	Pac-10	1-1	0.5	11.83	3.5	9.71	1.28	-0.28
67	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-1	0.5	11.57	-3.5	-1.39	0.78	0.22
68	Virginia	ACC	1-1	0.5	11.56	4	6.28	1.24	-0.24
69	Army	FBS Independents	1-1	0.5	11.42	8.5	0.14	1.34	-0.34
70	Boston College	Big East	1-1	0.5	11.35	0	17.28	1	0
71	East Carolina	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	10.94	-3	26.21	0.84	0.16
72	Purdue	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	10.93	-1.5	21.95	0.93	0.07
73	Baylor	Big 12	1-1	0.5	10.73	-14.5	20.55	0.51	0.49
74	Texas	Big 12	1-1	0.5	10.72	-14.5	-2.33	0.51	0.49
75	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	1-2	0.33	10.6	5	13.67	1.99	-0.99
76	Oklahoma	Big 12	1-1	0.5	10.52	-11	14.41	0.49	0.51
77	UCLA	Pac-10	1-2	0.33	10.34	18	24.62	2.38	-1.38
78	Rice	Western Athletic	1-1	0.5	9.82	-11.5	26.44	0.52	0.48
79	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	1-1	0.5	8.24	-15	8.03	0.44	0.56
80	Fresno State	Western Athletic	1-2	0.33	7.89	-3	8.32	1.29	-0.29
81	Memphis	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	7.89	-4	17.28	1.18	-0.18
82	Syracuse	Big East	1-3	0.25	7.8	0.75	18.24	2.07	-1.07
83	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	7.38	-10.33	22.37	0.85	0.15
84	Nevada	Big West	1-2	0.33	6.95	-6.33	12.08	1.05	-0.05
85	Ball State	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	6.45	-8.67	1.2	0.7	0.3
86	Temple	Big East	1-2	0.33	6.19	-18.33	12.69	0.46	0.54
87	North Texas	Big West	1-2	0.33	5.99	-2.67	12.49	1.28	-0.28
88	Louisville	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	5.53	-2.67	1.29	1.31	-0.31
89	New Mexico State	Big West	1-2	0.33	4.62	-19.33	13.64	0.52	0.48
90	Georgia Tech	ACC	0-1	0	-1.45	-4	21.79	0.35	-0.35
91	UCF	FBS Independents	0-3	0	-1.67	-5.67	24.28	1.16	-1.16
92	USC	Pac-10	0-2	0	-1.89	-7	23.63	0.55	-0.55
93	TCU	Western Athletic	0-2	0	-2.02	-10.5	7.96	0.42	-0.42
94	UNLV	Western Athletic	0-2	0	-2.1	-9	17.89	0.57	-0.57
95	Illinois	Big Ten	0-2	0	-2.23	-14.5	4.88	0.23	-0.23
96	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0-2	0	-2.35	-11.5	22.25	0.63	-0.63
97	Boise State	Big West	0-3	0	-2.51	-20.67	3.7	0.57	-0.57
98	UAB	FBS Independents	0-3	0	-2.66	-19.67	12.45	0.08	-0.08
99	Kent State	Mid-American	0-3	0	-2.72	-23.33	8.72	0.31	-0.31
100	Duke	ACC	0-2	0	-2.8	-17.5	22.52	0.31	-0.31
101	BYU	Western Athletic	0-1	0	-2.84	-22	23.08	0.15	-0.15
102	Tulsa	Western Athletic	0-2	0	-2.85	-24	17.23	0.27	-0.27
103	Iowa State	Big 12	0-3	0	-2.86	-25.67	12.14	0.32	-0.32
104	Maryland	ACC	0-2	0	-2.94	-25	24.08	0.11	-0.11
105	Houston	Conference USA	0-3	0	-2.96	-22.67	21.43	0.3	-0.3
106	San José State	Western Athletic	0-2	0	-2.98	-31	15.38	0.08	-0.08
107	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-3	0	-3.05	-27.33	15.85	0.13	-0.13
108	Louisiana	FBS Independents	0-3	0	-3.12	-33.67	12.58	0.11	-0.11
109	Rutgers	Big East	0-3	0	-3.23	-34.33	15.63	0.14	-0.14
110	UTEP	Western Athletic	0-2	0	-3.36	-35	24.02	0.07	-0.07
111	Akron	Mid-American	0-2	0	-3.45	-37	21.03	0.12	-0.12