1997 W6 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:32.325194+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Florida	SEC	4-0	1	28.09	32.75	16.54	3.76	0.24
2	Ohio State	Big Ten	4-0	1	27.1	18.5	14.3	3.55	0.45
3	Auburn	SEC	4-0	1	26.83	12.75	14.14	3.16	0.84
4	Penn State	Big Ten	3-0	1	26.51	31.67	9.3	2.79	0.21
5	Georgia	SEC	3-0	1	26.45	28.67	9.37	2.91	0.09
6	Kansas State	Big 12	3-0	1	26.43	33.67	9	2.93	0.07
7	Air Force	Western Athletic	5-0	1	26.18	12.8	11.22	4.19	0.81
8	Michigan State	Big Ten	3-0	1	26.11	26	7.87	2.8	0.2
9	Michigan	Big Ten	3-0	1	26.05	22	8.2	2.91	0.09
10	North Carolina	ACC	4-0	1	26	20.5	8.67	3.57	0.43
11	Nebraska	Big 12	3-0	1	25.94	24	7.8	2.66	0.34
12	Virginia Tech	Big East	4-0	1	25.45	32	4.48	3.9	0.1
13	Toledo	Mid-American	4-0	1	25.36	11.25	7.87	2.95	1.05
14	Florida State	ACC	3-0	1	25.09	19	4.4	2.65	0.35
15	Washington State	Pac-10	4-0	1	24.63	20.25	2.5	3.38	0.62
16	Texas A&M	Big 12	3-0	1	24.53	48.33	-0.84	2.99	0.01
17	Oklahoma State	Big 12	4-0	1	24.51	24.25	0.99	3.89	0.11
18	New Mexico	Western Athletic	4-0	1	24.5	20.25	1.52	3.39	0.61
19	Iowa	Big Ten	4-0	1	23.75	43.75	-4.56	3.91	0.09
20	Ohio	Mid-American	4-1	0.8	20.63	20.4	5.58	4.66	-0.66
21	LSU	SEC	3-1	0.75	20.52	30	9.51	3.84	-0.84
22	Marshall	Mid-American	4-1	0.8	20.42	18.2	4.82	4.06	-0.06
23	Alabama	SEC	3-1	0.75	20.26	14.5	11.93	3.48	-0.48
24	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	3-1	0.75	20.25	8	10.45	2.73	0.27
25	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-1	0.8	19.9	8.6	4.93	3.47	0.53
26	Stanford	Pac-10	3-1	0.75	19.89	4.25	15.98	2.33	0.67
27	Arizona State	Pac-10	3-1	0.75	19.79	10.5	10.43	3.31	-0.31
28	West Virginia	Big East	3-1	0.75	19.7	5.5	13.35	2.48	0.52
29	Cincinnati	Conference USA	3-1	0.75	19.67	10.25	10.33	3.01	-0.01
30	Mississippi State	SEC	3-1	0.75	19.65	4	15.27	2.44	0.56
31	Purdue	Big Ten	3-1	0.75	19.57	5.75	12.56	2.61	0.39
32	Ole Miss	SEC	3-1	0.75	19.36	2.75	14.88	2.39	0.61
33	Pittsburgh	Big East	3-1	0.75	19.27	7.5	7.93	2.67	0.33
34	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	3-1	0.75	19.19	15.75	5.22	3.26	-0.26
35	Oregon	Pac-10	3-1	0.75	18.9	1.25	9.03	2.09	0.91
36	Kansas	Big 12	3-1	0.75	18.85	3	9.09	2.49	0.51
37	Tennessee	SEC	2-1	0.67	18.83	9.33	16.41	2.04	-0.04
38	Washington	Pac-10	2-1	0.67	18.82	14	14.31	2.43	-0.43
39	Arkansas	SEC	3-1	0.75	17.57	-1.25	14.53	1.84	1.16
40	California	Pac-10	2-1	0.67	17.16	8.67	0.65	2.06	-0.06
41	Wyoming	Western Athletic	3-2	0.6	16.75	16	8.77	4.29	-1.29
42	NC State	ACC	3-2	0.6	16.38	11.2	8.16	3.73	-0.73
43	Georgia Tech	ACC	2-1	0.67	15.83	0.33	11.42	1.53	0.47
44	Colorado	Big 12	2-1	0.67	15.42	-4.33	20.73	1.12	0.88
45	BYU	Western Athletic	2-1	0.67	14.57	-5.33	15.24	1.04	0.96
46	UCLA	Pac-10	2-2	0.5	14.56	16.75	15.5	3.11	-1.11
47	Kentucky	SEC	2-2	0.5	14.19	5.25	14.04	2.37	-0.37
48	Texas	Big 12	2-1	0.67	13.52	-7.33	7.77	1.12	0.88
49	Navy	FBS Independents	2-2	0.5	13.48	9	4.07	2.73	-0.73
50	Missouri	Big 12	2-2	0.5	13.43	3	10.47	2.29	-0.29
51	Colorado State	Western Athletic	2-2	0.5	13.35	2.25	14.14	2.22	-0.22
52	Idaho	Big West	2-2	0.5	13.35	13.5	3.36	3.34	-1.34
53	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-2	0.5	13.33	2.25	11.02	2.31	-0.31
54	Southern Miss	Conference USA	2-2	0.5	13.09	1	12.53	2.12	-0.12
55	Utah State	Big West	2-2	0.5	13.06	6.75	4.82	2.66	-0.66
56	Clemson	ACC	2-2	0.5	12.95	0.75	11.57	2.08	-0.08
57	UNLV	Western Athletic	2-2	0.5	12.75	6.75	8.05	2.68	-0.68
58	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-2	0.5	12.55	2.75	2.54	2.23	-0.23
59	Wake Forest	ACC	2-2	0.5	12.51	1.25	12.68	2.13	-0.13
60	South Carolina	SEC	2-2	0.5	11.83	-2	14.26	1.8	0.2
61	Boston College	Big East	2-2	0.5	11.67	-1	9.21	1.9	0.1
62	Oklahoma	Big 12	2-2	0.5	11.12	-1.25	13.52	1.89	0.11
63	Syracuse	Big East	2-3	0.4	11.09	2.8	15.87	2.83	-0.83
64	Rice	Western Athletic	2-2	0.5	11	-6	14.47	1.55	0.45
65	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	2-2	0.5	10.62	-3	8.37	1.64	0.36
66	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-2	0.33	10.4	6.67	15.82	2.1	-1.1
67	Duke	ACC	2-2	0.5	10.26	-5.75	15.06	1.42	0.58
68	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-3	0.4	10.25	0.6	10.78	2.58	-0.58
69	Texas Tech	Big 12	1-2	0.33	8.8	2.33	9.08	1.62	-0.62
70	Western Michigan	Mid-American	2-3	0.4	8.31	-7.6	14.7	1.47	0.53
71	North Texas	Big West	2-3	0.4	8.18	-6.2	11.19	1.73	0.27
72	UAB	FBS Independents	2-3	0.4	7.98	-1.2	3.94	2.32	-0.32
73	Bowling Green	Mid-American	2-3	0.4	7.86	-17.2	18.96	0.89	1.11
74	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-3	0.4	7.68	-11.8	10.68	1.55	0.45
75	Tulane	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	7.58	-1	14.66	1.43	-0.43
76	Miami	Big East	1-3	0.25	7.23	1.25	15.65	2.13	-1.13
77	USC	Pac-10	1-2	0.33	7.17	-1.33	25.15	1.38	-0.38
78	Virginia	ACC	1-2	0.33	6.94	-6.67	14.68	1.03	-0.03
79	East Carolina	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	6.08	-10.67	14.83	0.62	0.38
80	Baylor	Big 12	1-2	0.33	5.52	-21.33	14.51	0.41	0.59
81	Arizona	Pac-10	1-3	0.25	5.25	-3.5	16.79	1.62	-0.62
82	Army	FBS Independents	1-3	0.25	5.17	-2.5	8.03	1.77	-0.77
83	Memphis	Conference USA	1-3	0.25	4.9	-3.75	15.96	1.58	-0.58
84	Fresno State	Western Athletic	1-3	0.25	4.89	-3	11.61	1.76	-0.76
85	SMU	Western Athletic	1-3	0.25	4.89	-4.75	14.91	1.49	-0.49
86	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-3	0.25	4.72	-7.5	20.66	1.05	-0.05
87	Indiana	Big Ten	1-3	0.25	4.53	-8.25	16.93	1.16	-0.16
88	San Diego State	Western Athletic	1-3	0.25	4.31	-12.75	20.64	0.91	0.09
89	UCF	FBS Independents	1-4	0.2	4.23	-2.6	20.27	2.22	-1.22
90	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-3	0.25	4.09	-4.75	14.12	1.67	-0.67
91	New Mexico State	Big West	1-3	0.25	3.67	-16.5	7.64	0.76	0.24
92	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	1-3	0.25	3.48	-22.5	8.19	0.47	0.53
93	Kent State	Mid-American	1-3	0.25	3.42	-16.75	6.69	0.83	0.17
94	Houston	Conference USA	1-3	0.25	3.3	-16.5	20.17	0.85	0.15
95	Maryland	ACC	1-3	0.25	3.18	-18.25	18.95	0.52	0.48
96	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	1-4	0.2	3.04	-11	16.81	1.01	-0.01
97	Nevada	Big West	1-4	0.2	3.03	-10.6	17.79	1.3	-0.3
98	Temple	Big East	1-4	0.2	2.78	-13.6	15.6	1	0
99	Ball State	Mid-American	1-4	0.2	2.7	-13.2	10.2	0.86	0.14
100	Louisville	Conference USA	1-4	0.2	2.65	-13	8.01	1.22	-0.22
101	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-3	0.25	2.61	-28.75	10.18	0.22	0.78
102	Boise State	Big West	1-4	0.2	2.23	-20.6	6.72	0.76	0.24
103	TCU	Western Athletic	0-3	0	-2.27	-15	8.98	0.48	-0.48
104	Illinois	Big Ten	0-4	0	-2.53	-17.5	17.49	0.48	-0.48
105	Tulsa	Western Athletic	0-3	0	-2.83	-23	19.81	0.43	-0.43
106	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-4	0	-2.92	-27.25	17.11	0.2	-0.2
107	San José State	Western Athletic	0-3	0	-2.96	-27.33	19.04	0.14	-0.14
108	Rutgers	Big East	0-4	0	-2.98	-29.25	17.31	0.29	-0.29
109	Iowa State	Big 12	0-4	0	-3.09	-30	21.54	0.36	-0.36
110	Akron	Mid-American	0-4	0	-3.1	-33.25	18.63	0.25	-0.25
111	Louisiana	FBS Independents	0-5	0	-3.23	-40.4	16.2	0.07	-0.07