1997 W7 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:32.325585+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Florida	SEC	5-0	1	27.33	36	14.27	4.78	0.22
2	Ohio State	Big Ten	5-0	1	26.57	18	13.41	4.49	0.51
3	Nebraska	Big 12	4-0	1	26.39	25.5	11.6	3.52	0.48
4	Georgia	SEC	4-0	1	26.21	33.25	9.5	3.95	0.05
5	Auburn	SEC	5-0	1	26.19	13.6	12.58	4.12	0.88
6	Michigan	Big Ten	4-0	1	25.62	25.75	7.55	3.95	0.05
7	Michigan State	Big Ten	4-0	1	25.61	24.75	7.62	3.74	0.26
8	Florida State	ACC	4-0	1	25.57	26	7.63	3.8	0.2
9	Penn State	Big Ten	4-0	1	25.42	32.5	5.54	3.79	0.21
10	Washington State	Pac-10	5-0	1	25.38	18.4	8.07	4.21	0.79
11	North Carolina	ACC	5-0	1	25.24	20.6	6.45	4.5	0.5
12	Toledo	Mid-American	4-0	1	25.22	11.25	8.75	2.95	1.05
13	Air Force	Western Athletic	6-0	1	25.13	13	7.46	5.17	0.83
14	Texas A&M	Big 12	4-0	1	24.8	37.75	2.59	3.96	0.04
15	Oklahoma State	Big 12	5-0	1	24.59	24.6	3.03	4.8	0.2
16	New Mexico	Western Athletic	5-0	1	24.33	17.6	2.85	4.16	0.84
17	LSU	SEC	4-1	0.8	21.6	24.2	11.86	4.75	-0.75
18	Ohio	Mid-American	5-1	0.83	21.27	23.67	5.91	5.7	-0.7
19	Virginia Tech	Big East	4-1	0.8	21.13	24.2	6.71	4.67	-0.67
20	Kansas State	Big 12	3-1	0.75	20.84	17.75	12.88	3.25	-0.25
21	Tennessee	SEC	3-1	0.75	20.63	10.5	17.7	2.84	0.16
22	West Virginia	Big East	4-1	0.8	20.62	14	8.48	3.93	0.07
23	Stanford	Pac-10	4-1	0.8	20.61	7	11.41	3.2	0.8
24	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	4-1	0.8	20.59	7.8	10.66	3.32	0.68
25	Washington	Pac-10	3-1	0.75	20.58	13.5	16.15	3.24	-0.24
26	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	4-1	0.8	20.44	14	7.62	3.99	0.01
27	Iowa	Big Ten	4-1	0.8	20.4	31.8	1.73	4.72	-0.72
28	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5-1	0.83	20.27	7.33	4.91	4	1
29	Cincinnati	Conference USA	4-1	0.8	20.23	8.8	8.03	3.64	0.36
30	Marshall	Mid-American	4-1	0.8	20.18	18.2	4.2	4.06	-0.06
31	Kansas	Big 12	4-1	0.8	19.79	3	9.99	3.08	0.92
32	Purdue	Big Ten	3-1	0.75	19.26	5.75	10.76	2.61	0.39
33	Georgia Tech	ACC	3-1	0.75	19.1	7.25	10.46	2.72	0.28
34	Wyoming	Western Athletic	4-2	0.67	17.39	15.83	6.18	5.15	-1.15
35	BYU	Western Athletic	3-1	0.75	16.98	-2.25	14.14	1.78	1.22
36	UCLA	Pac-10	3-2	0.6	16.93	24.6	13.11	4.3	-1.3
37	Alabama	SEC	3-2	0.6	16.61	10.4	12.3	3.76	-0.76
38	Colorado State	Western Athletic	3-2	0.6	16.51	14.4	13.66	3.99	-0.99
39	Kentucky	SEC	3-2	0.6	16.05	5.4	15.04	2.97	0.03
40	Arizona State	Pac-10	3-2	0.6	16.04	6	10.94	3.49	-0.49
41	NC State	ACC	3-2	0.6	15.96	11.2	8.78	3.73	-0.73
42	Clemson	ACC	3-2	0.6	15.54	7	9.98	3.4	-0.4
43	Pittsburgh	Big East	3-2	0.6	15.49	5.2	7.32	3.14	-0.14
44	Missouri	Big 12	3-2	0.6	15.46	7.2	8.82	3.3	-0.3
45	Southern Miss	Conference USA	3-2	0.6	15.29	4.4	10.3	3.09	-0.09
46	Idaho	Big West	3-2	0.6	15.26	13.4	3.72	4.13	-1.13
47	Ole Miss	SEC	3-2	0.6	14.45	-0.6	13.62	2.4	0.6
48	Syracuse	Big East	3-3	0.5	14.04	11.67	14.42	4.51	-1.51
49	Oregon	Pac-10	3-2	0.6	13.96	-1.2	11.54	2.38	0.62
50	Mississippi State	SEC	3-2	0.6	13.48	-6.2	15.58	1.69	1.31
51	California	Pac-10	2-2	0.5	13.47	4.75	10.46	2.38	-0.38
52	Oregon State	Pac-10	2-2	0.5	13.44	8.5	11.22	2.98	-0.98
53	Tulane	Conference USA	2-2	0.5	13.37	9.5	11.73	2.88	-0.88
54	Rice	Western Athletic	3-2	0.6	13.33	-1.2	10.94	2.39	0.61
55	USC	Pac-10	2-2	0.5	13.28	2.5	19.91	2.28	-0.28
56	Navy	FBS Independents	2-2	0.5	12.98	9	4.12	2.73	-0.73
57	Arkansas	SEC	3-2	0.6	12.92	-10.8	15.31	1.12	1.88
58	Texas Tech	Big 12	2-2	0.5	12.81	7	7.32	2.52	-0.52
59	Colorado	Big 12	2-2	0.5	11.44	-4.75	20.17	1.4	0.6
60	Virginia	ACC	2-2	0.5	10.63	-3	13.83	1.69	0.31
61	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-3	0.4	10.62	1.6	13.21	2.82	-0.82
62	Utah State	Big West	2-3	0.4	10.57	4	6.48	2.94	-0.94
63	UAB	FBS Independents	3-3	0.5	10.45	-0.33	0.96	2.94	0.06
64	UNLV	Western Athletic	2-3	0.4	10.38	2.6	7.4	2.82	-0.82
65	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-3	0.5	10.3	-5	12.44	2.14	0.86
66	Texas	Big 12	2-2	0.5	10.03	-12	11.77	1.16	0.84
67	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-3	0.5	9.94	-10.17	14.49	1.72	1.28
68	Wake Forest	ACC	2-3	0.4	9.31	-0.6	11.1	2.42	-0.42
69	Fresno State	Western Athletic	2-3	0.4	9	0.4	5.79	2.54	-0.54
70	Oklahoma	Big 12	2-3	0.4	8.9	-1.6	12	2.32	-0.32
71	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-3	0.4	8.66	-2	8.37	2.28	-0.28
72	South Carolina	SEC	2-3	0.4	8.58	-5	16.65	1.84	0.16
73	Arizona	Pac-10	2-3	0.4	8.48	-2.2	14.57	2.22	-0.22
74	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-4	0.33	8.37	0.33	14.06	3.05	-1.05
75	UCF	FBS Independents	2-4	0.33	8.19	0.5	16.79	3.06	-1.06
76	Boston College	Big East	2-3	0.4	8.08	-6.4	11	1.75	0.25
77	Duke	ACC	2-3	0.4	7.97	-5.8	9.69	1.7	0.3
78	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	2-3	0.4	7.31	-15	9.08	0.78	1.22
79	Maryland	ACC	2-3	0.4	7.29	-13.4	16.95	0.9	1.1
80	North Texas	Big West	2-4	0.33	6.16	-7.33	10.07	1.92	0.08
81	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	2-4	0.33	5.84	-7.5	11.46	1.63	0.37
82	Temple	Big East	2-4	0.33	5.76	-10.67	15.73	1.45	0.55
83	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-4	0.33	5.49	-16.33	8.11	1.46	0.54
84	Memphis	Conference USA	1-4	0.2	3.73	-3.6	17.19	1.98	-0.98
85	East Carolina	Conference USA	1-3	0.25	3.6	-22	13.78	0.26	0.74
86	Baylor	Big 12	1-3	0.25	3.53	-21.25	11.74	0.51	0.49
87	SMU	Western Athletic	1-4	0.2	3.51	-5.2	17.9	1.79	-0.79
88	Miami	Big East	1-4	0.2	3.34	-8.4	17.87	1.45	-0.45
89	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-4	0.2	3.14	-9.6	21.49	1.12	-0.12
90	San Diego State	Western Athletic	1-4	0.2	2.93	-10.8	16.73	1.35	-0.35
91	Army	FBS Independents	1-4	0.2	2.88	-10.2	9.49	1.34	-0.34
92	Nevada	Big West	1-4	0.2	2.85	-10.6	16.69	1.3	-0.3
93	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-4	0.2	2.8	-11.8	14.1	1.49	-0.49
94	Indiana	Big Ten	1-4	0.2	2.77	-14	17.77	0.83	0.17
95	New Mexico State	Big West	1-4	0.2	2.49	-13.8	5.38	1.22	-0.22
96	Kent State	Mid-American	1-4	0.2	2.39	-16.6	7.87	1.19	-0.19
97	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	1-4	0.2	2.28	-18.6	5.73	0.91	0.09
98	Houston	Conference USA	1-4	0.2	2.24	-24.4	16.76	0.65	0.35
99	Boise State	Big West	1-4	0.2	2.13	-20.6	6.44	0.76	0.24
100	Akron	Mid-American	1-4	0.2	1.98	-18.8	16.24	0.98	0.02
101	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-4	0.2	1.96	-29.4	10.33	0.23	0.77
102	Ball State	Mid-American	1-5	0.17	1.94	-12.33	10.34	1.09	-0.09
103	Louisville	Conference USA	1-5	0.17	1.83	-13.83	8.73	1.42	-0.42
104	Louisiana	FBS Independents	1-5	0.17	0.84	-33.17	14.76	0.31	0.69
105	TCU	Western Athletic	0-4	0	-2.36	-16.5	12.04	0.52	-0.52
106	Illinois	Big Ten	0-5	0	-2.67	-21	18.13	0.41	-0.41
107	Tulsa	Western Athletic	0-4	0	-2.7	-21.75	16.96	0.63	-0.63
108	San José State	Western Athletic	0-4	0	-2.78	-24	16.73	0.24	-0.24
109	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-5	0	-2.79	-26.8	13.33	0.25	-0.25
110	Iowa State	Big 12	0-5	0	-2.95	-28.8	18.2	0.5	-0.5
111	Rutgers	Big East	0-5	0	-3.02	-33	16.76	0.21	-0.21