1997 W5 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:32.324823+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Florida	SEC	3-0	1	28.8	34.67	17.5	2.91	0.09
2	Auburn	SEC	3-0	1	27.75	8	18.81	2.12	0.88
3	Michigan	Big Ten	2-0	1	27.41	29.5	11.64	1.99	0.01
4	Michigan State	Big Ten	3-0	1	27.4	26	11.69	2.8	0.2
5	Ohio State	Big Ten	3-0	1	27.31	17.67	12.86	2.61	0.39
6	Penn State	Big Ten	3-0	1	27.17	31.67	9.85	2.79	0.21
7	Georgia	SEC	3-0	1	27.1	28.67	10.33	2.91	0.09
8	Air Force	Western Athletic	4-0	1	26.63	14.5	11.3	3.49	0.51
9	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	3-0	1	26.5	12	10.75	2.2	0.8
10	Kansas State	Big 12	2-0	1	26.43	21.5	8	1.81	0.19
11	North Carolina	ACC	3-0	1	26.28	18	8.12	2.68	0.32
12	Nebraska	Big 12	3-0	1	26.2	24	7.38	2.66	0.34
13	Florida State	ACC	3-0	1	25.9	19	6.94	2.65	0.35
14	Virginia Tech	Big East	3-0	1	25.65	26	3.59	2.82	0.18
15	Toledo	Mid-American	3-0	1	25.52	9	8.06	2.05	0.95
16	Oregon	Pac-10	3-0	1	25.34	4.67	8.89	1.82	1.18
17	California	Pac-10	2-0	1	25.24	18	3.78	1.65	0.35
18	New Mexico	Western Athletic	4-0	1	25	20.25	2.28	3.39	0.61
19	Oklahoma State	Big 12	3-0	1	24.9	22	0.64	2.9	0.1
20	Washington State	Pac-10	3-0	1	24.3	7.67	2.07	1.95	1.05
21	Iowa	Big Ten	3-0	1	24.1	49	-5.24	2.94	0.06
22	Texas A&M	Big 12	2-0	1	23.88	59.5	-6.56	2	0
23	Wyoming	Western Athletic	3-1	0.75	20.5	20.25	9.57	3.63	-0.63
24	LSU	SEC	2-1	0.67	20.22	21.33	13.85	2.69	-0.69
25	NC State	ACC	3-1	0.75	19.91	14.25	6.9	3.14	-0.14
26	Tennessee	SEC	2-1	0.67	19.76	9.33	17.03	2.04	-0.04
27	Pittsburgh	Big East	3-1	0.75	19.67	7.5	9.71	2.67	0.33
28	Washington	Pac-10	2-1	0.67	19.54	14	11.47	2.43	-0.43
29	Ohio	Mid-American	3-1	0.75	19.43	19.5	2.88	3.67	-0.67
30	Kansas	Big 12	3-1	0.75	19.37	3	5.63	2.49	0.51
31	Marshall	Mid-American	3-1	0.75	19.31	16.25	4.17	3.13	-0.13
32	Alabama	SEC	2-1	0.67	19.11	14.67	7.68	2.63	-0.63
33	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-1	0.75	18.83	10.5	3.57	2.94	0.06
34	Arizona State	Pac-10	2-1	0.67	18.82	13	6.18	2.57	-0.57
35	Kentucky	SEC	2-1	0.67	18.41	16	12.11	2.36	-0.36
36	Clemson	ACC	2-1	0.67	18.16	2	11.57	1.66	0.34
37	West Virginia	Big East	2-1	0.67	17.93	3.67	13.15	1.73	0.27
38	Stanford	Pac-10	2-1	0.67	17.78	2.67	16.07	1.71	0.29
39	Cincinnati	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	17.75	7.67	12.78	2.04	-0.04
40	Missouri	Big 12	2-1	0.67	17.59	11	7.01	2.22	-0.22
41	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-1	0.67	17.57	7	10.56	2.11	-0.11
42	Navy	FBS Independents	2-1	0.67	17.56	15	7.51	2.31	-0.31
43	Southern Miss	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	17.51	6	11.16	2.05	-0.05
44	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	17.5	13	3.46	2.32	-0.32
45	Purdue	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	17.34	3.67	14	1.77	0.23
46	South Carolina	SEC	2-1	0.67	17.28	4	12.17	1.81	0.19
47	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	16.66	4.33	7.06	1.83	0.17
48	Boston College	Big East	2-1	0.67	16.63	4.67	6.98	1.81	0.19
49	Mississippi State	SEC	2-1	0.67	16.49	-1.33	16.6	1.38	0.62
50	Ole Miss	SEC	2-1	0.67	16.41	-0.33	12.96	1.47	0.53
51	Arkansas	SEC	2-1	0.67	15.57	-3	17.36	1.23	0.77
52	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-1	0.5	15.27	11.5	10.32	1.55	-0.55
53	Rice	Western Athletic	2-1	0.67	15.14	-5.67	19.62	1.17	0.83
54	Colorado State	Western Athletic	2-2	0.5	14.29	2.25	15.73	2.22	-0.22
55	Utah State	Big West	2-2	0.5	13.81	6.75	6.04	2.66	-0.66
56	Idaho	Big West	2-2	0.5	13.73	13.5	0.98	3.34	-1.34
57	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-2	0.5	13.71	3.75	8.15	2.37	-0.37
58	Virginia	ACC	1-1	0.5	13.09	4	8.38	1.24	-0.24
59	Western Michigan	Mid-American	2-2	0.5	11.6	-3.5	13.84	1.61	0.39
60	Colorado	Big 12	1-1	0.5	11.58	-7	23.67	0.61	0.39
61	UCLA	Pac-10	1-2	0.33	11.19	18	19.96	2.38	-1.38
62	Syracuse	Big East	2-3	0.4	11.08	2.8	17.63	2.83	-0.83
63	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	2-2	0.5	11.03	-3	4.82	1.64	0.36
64	North Texas	Big West	2-2	0.5	10.86	-1.25	10.01	1.87	0.13
65	Miami	Big East	1-2	0.33	10.85	5.33	18.73	1.92	-0.92
66	Bowling Green	Mid-American	2-2	0.5	10.59	-7	17.32	1.41	0.59
67	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-2	0.5	10.48	-13	12.48	1.2	0.8
68	Georgia Tech	ACC	1-1	0.5	10.48	-1	13.32	0.94	0.06
69	BYU	Western Athletic	1-1	0.5	10.09	-9.5	27.44	0.51	0.49
70	Texas	Big 12	1-1	0.5	9.42	-14.5	3.55	0.51	0.49
71	Wake Forest	ACC	1-2	0.33	9.28	1.33	9.28	1.59	-0.59
72	Texas Tech	Big 12	1-2	0.33	9.24	2.33	9.3	1.62	-0.62
73	Army	FBS Independents	1-2	0.33	9.05	4.67	1.45	1.82	-0.82
74	Arizona	Pac-10	1-2	0.33	8.52	-0.33	16.71	1.47	-0.47
75	Tulane	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	8.14	-1	9.83	1.43	-0.43
76	SMU	Western Athletic	1-2	0.33	7.35	-5.33	13.95	1.1	-0.1
77	Indiana	Big Ten	1-2	0.33	6.83	-10.67	15.76	0.67	0.33
78	UCF	FBS Independents	1-3	0.25	6.83	3.5	18.06	2.29	-1.29
79	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-2	0.33	6.82	-7.67	12.58	0.77	0.23
80	Oklahoma	Big 12	1-2	0.33	6.82	-8.67	16.95	0.98	0.02
81	East Carolina	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	6.63	-10.67	15.06	0.62	0.38
82	San Diego State	Western Athletic	1-2	0.33	6.63	-15	18.53	0.61	0.39
83	UNLV	Western Athletic	1-2	0.33	6.3	-2.67	16.22	1.29	-0.29
84	Baylor	Big 12	1-2	0.33	6.19	-21.33	17.4	0.41	0.59
85	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	1-2	0.33	5.67	-13.33	2.41	0.74	0.26
86	New Mexico State	Big West	1-2	0.33	5.52	-19.33	13.99	0.52	0.48
87	Duke	ACC	1-2	0.33	5.32	-10.67	16.57	0.75	0.25
88	Fresno State	Western Athletic	1-3	0.25	5.28	-3	12.88	1.76	-0.76
89	Memphis	Conference USA	1-3	0.25	5.18	-3.75	13.94	1.58	-0.58
90	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	1-3	0.25	5.16	-6	14.11	1.27	-0.27
91	Nevada	Big West	1-3	0.25	4.53	-8.75	13.93	1.21	-0.21
92	Ball State	Mid-American	1-3	0.25	4.21	-10	7.91	0.85	0.15
93	Temple	Big East	1-3	0.25	4.18	-16.25	20.44	0.65	0.35
94	Louisville	Conference USA	1-3	0.25	4.04	-11	7.52	1.13	-0.13
95	UAB	FBS Independents	1-3	0.25	3.31	-10.25	8.99	0.79	0.21
96	Boise State	Big West	1-3	0.25	3.08	-11.25	2.59	1.15	-0.15
97	Kent State	Mid-American	1-3	0.25	2.89	-16.75	5.96	0.83	0.17
98	USC	Pac-10	0-2	0	-1.94	-7	24.45	0.55	-0.55
99	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0-3	0	-1.98	-8.67	12.2	1.09	-1.09
100	TCU	Western Athletic	0-3	0	-2.3	-15	9.92	0.48	-0.48
101	Illinois	Big Ten	0-3	0	-2.34	-14	14.29	0.5	-0.5
102	Tulsa	Western Athletic	0-3	0	-2.82	-23	17.14	0.43	-0.43
103	Houston	Conference USA	0-3	0	-2.94	-22.67	23.4	0.3	-0.3
104	Akron	Mid-American	0-3	0	-2.96	-25.67	16.9	0.39	-0.39
105	San José State	Western Athletic	0-3	0	-2.96	-27.33	16.7	0.14	-0.14
106	Rutgers	Big East	0-4	0	-3.01	-29.25	15.24	0.29	-0.29
107	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-4	0	-3.02	-27.25	19.25	0.2	-0.2
108	Maryland	ACC	0-3	0	-3.03	-25.33	23.5	0.18	-0.18
109	Iowa State	Big 12	0-4	0	-3.1	-30	20.39	0.36	-0.36
110	UTEP	Western Athletic	0-3	0	-3.25	-41	14.03	0.05	-0.05
111	Louisiana	FBS Independents	0-4	0	-3.37	-41.75	19.8	0.06	-0.06