1997 W8 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:32.325975+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Auburn	SEC	6-0	1	26.36	17.33	14.01	5.19	0.81
2	Nebraska	Big 12	5-0	1	26.09	26	11.02	4.4	0.6
3	Florida State	ACC	5-0	1	25.73	25.6	9.48	4.62	0.38
4	Penn State	Big Ten	5-0	1	25.73	26.8	9.4	4.55	0.45
5	Washington State	Pac-10	5-0	1	25.33	18.4	8.73	4.21	0.79
6	North Carolina	ACC	6-0	1	25.25	20.17	8.04	5.4	0.6
7	Toledo	Mid-American	5-0	1	25.07	15.2	8.14	4.02	0.98
8	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-0	1	25.01	26.2	5.72	4.74	0.26
9	Air Force	Western Athletic	7-0	1	25	11.57	8.77	5.97	1.03
10	Michigan	Big Ten	5-0	1	24.98	24	5.85	4.92	0.08
11	Oklahoma State	Big 12	6-0	1	24.79	21.17	5.7	5.5	0.5
12	Texas A&M	Big 12	5-0	1	24.31	38	1.1	4.91	0.09
13	New Mexico	Western Athletic	6-0	1	23.9	17.17	1.91	4.95	1.05
14	Florida	SEC	5-1	0.83	23.21	28.83	15.33	5.53	-0.53
15	Ohio State	Big Ten	5-1	0.83	22.78	14.33	16.18	4.97	0.03
16	LSU	SEC	5-1	0.83	22.34	21.33	13.59	5.53	-0.53
17	Tennessee	SEC	4-1	0.8	22.2	13.4	19.55	3.82	0.18
18	Kansas State	Big 12	4-1	0.8	21.65	20.2	14.05	4.25	-0.25
19	Washington	Pac-10	4-1	0.8	21.65	16.2	15.16	4.34	-0.34
20	Georgia	SEC	4-1	0.8	21.42	21.6	10.16	4.57	-0.57
21	Virginia Tech	Big East	5-1	0.83	21.4	21.83	7.93	5.58	-0.58
22	Ohio	Mid-American	5-1	0.83	21.08	23.67	5.6	5.7	-0.7
23	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	5-1	0.83	21	17.67	6.71	4.95	0.05
24	West Virginia	Big East	5-1	0.83	20.86	14.5	6.58	4.79	0.21
25	Cincinnati	Conference USA	5-1	0.83	20.78	8	8.79	4.18	0.82
26	Wisconsin	Big Ten	6-1	0.86	20.7	9.71	3.54	5.06	0.94
27	Marshall	Mid-American	5-1	0.83	20.55	21	3.3	5.04	-0.04
28	Georgia Tech	ACC	4-1	0.8	20.3	7.8	10.41	3.47	0.53
29	Purdue	Big Ten	4-1	0.8	20.17	7.8	9.47	3.31	0.69
30	Iowa	Big Ten	4-1	0.8	19.97	31.8	1.65	4.72	-0.72
31	UCLA	Pac-10	4-2	0.67	18.46	21.83	13.45	4.98	-0.98
32	Wyoming	Western Athletic	5-2	0.71	17.83	14.14	4.63	5.71	-0.71
33	Colorado State	Western Athletic	4-2	0.67	17.7	17.83	9.09	4.98	-0.98
34	Arizona State	Pac-10	4-2	0.67	17.59	9.67	11.69	4.73	-0.73
35	Stanford	Pac-10	4-2	0.67	17.22	4.83	10.25	3.6	0.4
36	Southern Miss	Conference USA	4-2	0.67	16.7	5.33	8.26	3.87	0.13
37	Idaho	Big West	4-2	0.67	16.54	16.17	1.58	5.14	-1.14
38	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	4-2	0.67	16.44	0.5	12.31	3.06	0.94
39	Kansas	Big 12	4-2	0.67	16.38	0.83	10.91	3.2	0.8
40	Rice	Western Athletic	4-2	0.67	16.22	1.17	11.86	3.14	0.86
41	Alabama	SEC	3-2	0.6	16.1	10.4	11.42	3.76	-0.76
42	Tulane	Conference USA	3-2	0.6	15.98	13.8	10.46	3.8	-0.8
43	Syracuse	Big East	4-3	0.57	15.62	16.71	11.46	5.83	-1.83
44	Oregon State	Pac-10	3-2	0.6	15.6	8.4	10.12	3.71	-0.71
45	Texas Tech	Big 12	3-2	0.6	15.5	7.6	10.19	3.3	-0.3
46	Mississippi State	SEC	4-2	0.67	14.8	-2.83	13.67	2.53	1.47
47	Virginia	ACC	3-2	0.6	14.32	0.4	13.26	2.56	0.44
48	Ole Miss	SEC	3-2	0.6	13.99	-0.6	13.83	2.4	0.6
49	NC State	ACC	3-3	0.5	13.56	7.67	10.53	4.07	-1.07
50	BYU	Western Athletic	3-2	0.6	13.1	-4.4	12.81	1.96	1.04
51	Clemson	ACC	3-3	0.5	13.03	3.5	10.54	3.59	-0.59
52	Kentucky	SEC	3-3	0.5	12.92	2.17	11.77	3.23	-0.23
53	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-3	0.5	12.49	3	8.95	3.73	-0.73
54	Missouri	Big 12	3-3	0.5	12.43	1	10.72	3.14	-0.14
55	Arkansas	SEC	3-2	0.6	12.42	-10.8	14.78	1.12	1.88
56	Western Michigan	Mid-American	4-3	0.57	12.33	-2.43	12.42	3.03	0.97
57	Texas	Big 12	3-2	0.6	12.13	-9	12.15	1.66	1.34
58	UNLV	Western Athletic	3-3	0.5	12.09	2.5	6.04	3.38	-0.38
59	Pittsburgh	Big East	3-3	0.5	11.77	0.33	6.79	3.05	-0.05
60	UCF	FBS Independents	3-4	0.43	11.59	6.86	11.89	4.39	-1.39
61	Arizona	Pac-10	3-3	0.5	11.39	-0.83	15.24	2.87	0.13
62	Oregon	Pac-10	3-3	0.5	11.15	-2.33	13.88	2.73	0.27
63	South Carolina	SEC	3-3	0.5	11.08	-1.83	15.62	2.72	0.28
64	Navy	FBS Independents	2-3	0.4	10.82	6.6	7.3	3.29	-1.29
65	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	3-3	0.5	9.39	-10.5	8.66	1.43	1.57
66	UAB	FBS Independents	3-4	0.43	9.16	-0.86	4.72	3.33	-0.33
67	California	Pac-10	2-3	0.4	9.02	-1.6	13.12	2.32	-0.32
68	USC	Pac-10	2-3	0.4	8.87	-3.6	18.17	2	0
69	Colorado	Big 12	2-3	0.4	8.81	-4.6	21.78	1.86	0.14
70	Utah State	Big West	2-4	0.33	8.57	2	8.54	3.28	-1.28
71	Memphis	Conference USA	2-4	0.33	8.42	1.83	13.45	3.31	-1.31
72	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-4	0.43	8.36	-10.57	13.99	1.96	1.04
73	Oklahoma	Big 12	2-4	0.33	7.01	-1.83	11.26	2.75	-0.75
74	Wake Forest	ACC	2-4	0.33	6.81	-3.5	13.82	2.44	-0.44
75	Fresno State	Western Athletic	2-4	0.33	6.73	-1.67	4.9	2.78	-0.78
76	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-4	0.33	6.68	-4	20.95	2.34	-0.34
77	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-4	0.33	6.42	-4.33	9.2	2.5	-0.5
78	Boston College	Big East	2-4	0.33	6.29	-7	13.97	1.93	0.07
79	SMU	Western Athletic	2-4	0.33	6.25	-4.17	11.94	2.3	-0.3
80	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-5	0.29	6.18	-2.14	14.95	3.09	-1.09
81	Duke	ACC	2-4	0.33	6.04	-8.83	12.17	1.75	0.25
82	North Texas	Big West	2-4	0.33	6.01	-7.33	11.16	1.92	0.08
83	Maryland	ACC	2-4	0.33	5.91	-14	17.74	1.03	0.97
84	Temple	Big East	2-4	0.33	5.88	-10.67	14.62	1.45	0.55
85	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-4	0.33	5.71	-8.83	11.96	2.08	-0.08
86	Boise State	Big West	2-4	0.33	5.3	-10.17	5.6	1.84	0.16
87	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	2-5	0.29	5.02	-8.43	11.11	1.71	0.29
88	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-4	0.33	4.87	-22	8.54	0.63	1.37
89	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-5	0.29	4.44	-18.43	11.04	1.45	0.55
90	Miami	Big East	1-4	0.2	3	-8.4	16.25	1.45	-0.45
91	Army	FBS Independents	1-4	0.2	2.71	-10.2	10.39	1.34	-0.34
92	East Carolina	Conference USA	1-4	0.2	2.35	-19.6	13.57	0.41	0.59
93	Baylor	Big 12	1-4	0.2	2.27	-22.6	15.43	0.63	0.37
94	Nevada	Big West	1-5	0.17	2.2	-9.5	16.46	1.75	-0.75
95	Houston	Conference USA	1-4	0.2	2.11	-24.4	14.23	0.65	0.35
96	San Diego State	Western Athletic	1-5	0.17	2.1	-11.5	18.63	1.56	-0.56
97	Indiana	Big Ten	1-5	0.17	1.8	-17	19.12	0.73	0.27
98	Kent State	Mid-American	1-5	0.17	1.56	-19.83	10.48	1.25	-0.25
99	Akron	Mid-American	1-5	0.17	1.55	-21.5	17.34	0.99	0.01
100	New Mexico State	Big West	1-5	0.17	1.54	-18.5	4.08	1.07	-0.07
101	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	1-5	0.17	1.48	-20.33	5.32	0.91	0.09
102	Ball State	Mid-American	1-6	0.14	1.26	-11.43	9.39	1.56	-0.56
103	Louisville	Conference USA	1-6	0.14	1	-16.29	9.48	1.55	-0.55
104	Louisiana	FBS Independents	1-6	0.14	0.53	-29.29	11.49	0.63	0.37
105	TCU	Western Athletic	0-5	0	-2.19	-13.6	11.21	0.87	-0.87
106	Tulsa	Western Athletic	0-5	0	-2.56	-20.4	14.28	0.82	-0.82
107	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-6	0	-2.65	-24	12.19	0.32	-0.32
108	Illinois	Big Ten	0-6	0	-2.67	-21.5	18.1	0.43	-0.43
109	San José State	Western Athletic	0-5	0	-2.82	-26.2	17.64	0.33	-0.33
110	Iowa State	Big 12	0-6	0	-2.97	-30.5	18.55	0.54	-0.54
111	Rutgers	Big East	0-6	0	-3	-35.33	14.48	0.18	-0.18