1997 W9 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:32.326345+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Nebraska	Big 12	6-0	1	26.17	26.5	12.37	5.44	0.56
2	Florida State	ACC	6-0	1	25.62	27.67	9.53	5.69	0.31
3	Washington State	Pac-10	6-0	1	25.13	19.67	8.36	4.96	1.04
4	Penn State	Big Ten	6-0	1	25.09	22.5	7.53	5.33	0.67
5	North Carolina	ACC	7-0	1	25.07	19.14	8.2	6.32	0.68
6	Michigan	Big Ten	6-0	1	25	20.67	7.62	5.7	0.3
7	Toledo	Mid-American	6-0	1	24.76	17.17	7.03	4.99	1.01
8	Oklahoma State	Big 12	6-0	1	24.51	21.17	5.04	5.5	0.5
9	Florida	SEC	6-1	0.86	23.66	26.71	16.77	6.43	-0.43
10	Auburn	SEC	6-1	0.86	23.18	12.86	16.14	5.62	0.38
11	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-1	0.86	22.8	16.71	13.93	6.14	-0.14
12	Tennessee	SEC	5-1	0.83	22.64	14	18.11	4.63	0.37
13	Kansas State	Big 12	5-1	0.83	22.36	20	14.94	5.1	-0.1
14	Air Force	Western Athletic	7-1	0.88	22.16	9.75	9.03	6.46	0.54
15	Washington	Pac-10	5-1	0.83	22.03	18.5	13.22	5.17	-0.17
16	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	6-1	0.86	21.82	18.57	8.2	5.81	0.19
17	Georgia	SEC	5-1	0.83	21.79	21.5	11.18	5.48	-0.48
18	Ohio	Mid-American	6-1	0.86	21.7	23.71	6.5	6.73	-0.73
19	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-1	0.83	21.3	21.5	6.97	5.51	-0.51
20	Virginia Tech	Big East	5-1	0.83	21.26	21.83	7.88	5.58	-0.58
21	Purdue	Big Ten	5-1	0.83	21.2	10.67	11.05	4.26	0.74
22	New Mexico	Western Athletic	6-1	0.86	21.06	13	4.22	5.31	0.69
23	Texas A&M	Big 12	5-1	0.83	20.97	28.5	4	5.63	-0.63
24	West Virginia	Big East	5-1	0.83	20.61	14.5	5.85	4.79	0.21
25	UCLA	Pac-10	5-2	0.71	19.45	22.14	14.27	5.92	-0.92
26	LSU	SEC	5-2	0.71	19.38	16.14	13.9	5.94	-0.94
27	Colorado State	Western Athletic	5-2	0.71	18.56	16.29	9.85	5.82	-0.82
28	Arizona State	Pac-10	5-2	0.71	18.5	10.71	11.57	5.63	-0.63
29	Wisconsin	Big Ten	6-2	0.75	18.25	5.38	5.71	4.99	1.01
30	Marshall	Mid-American	5-2	0.71	18.03	14.57	5.56	5.28	-0.28
31	Cincinnati	Conference USA	5-2	0.71	17.84	6.43	7.97	4.53	0.47
32	Rice	Western Athletic	5-2	0.71	17.78	2.71	13.39	3.88	1.12
33	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	5-2	0.71	17.58	4.43	9.59	4.15	0.85
34	Tulane	Conference USA	4-2	0.67	17.49	14.33	9.78	4.65	-0.65
35	Iowa	Big Ten	4-2	0.67	17.47	25.83	4.93	5.43	-1.43
36	Ole Miss	SEC	4-2	0.67	17.03	2	16.87	3.36	0.64
37	Syracuse	Big East	5-3	0.62	16.76	21.25	10.48	7.05	-2.05
38	Southern Miss	Conference USA	4-2	0.67	16.51	5.33	7.03	3.87	0.13
39	Georgia Tech	ACC	4-2	0.67	16.06	0.17	12.02	3.03	0.97
40	Virginia	ACC	4-2	0.67	15.98	0.83	11.25	3.15	0.85
41	Wyoming	Western Athletic	5-3	0.62	15.84	11.5	5.64	6.28	-1.28
42	BYU	Western Athletic	4-2	0.67	15.03	-1.33	13.28	2.78	1.22
43	Mississippi State	SEC	4-2	0.67	14.76	-2.83	13.53	2.53	1.47
44	Kentucky	SEC	4-3	0.57	14.72	6.86	10.43	4.35	-0.35
45	Western Michigan	Mid-American	5-3	0.62	14.67	0.75	10.7	4.15	0.85
46	South Carolina	SEC	4-3	0.57	14.36	2.14	14.55	3.87	0.13
47	Stanford	Pac-10	4-3	0.57	14.33	1.71	12.12	3.76	0.24
48	Idaho	Big West	4-3	0.57	14.3	11.14	2.11	5.29	-1.29
49	Missouri	Big 12	4-3	0.57	13.97	2	10.45	3.81	0.19
50	Alabama	SEC	3-3	0.5	13.53	5.83	13.14	3.85	-0.85
51	Oregon	Pac-10	4-3	0.57	13.38	0.57	10.19	3.58	0.42
52	Colorado	Big 12	3-3	0.5	13.27	2.17	21	3.36	-0.36
53	Clemson	ACC	3-3	0.5	12.88	3.5	11.46	3.59	-0.59
54	Oregon State	Pac-10	3-3	0.5	12.87	3	10.84	3.54	-0.54
55	Navy	FBS Independents	3-3	0.5	12.8	11.33	4.4	4.54	-1.54
56	Texas Tech	Big 12	3-3	0.5	12.64	1.5	12.25	3.21	-0.21
57	Kansas	Big 12	4-3	0.57	12.05	-4.43	10.21	2.38	1.62
58	UCF	FBS Independents	3-4	0.43	11.75	6.86	12.23	4.39	-1.39
59	NC State	ACC	3-4	0.43	11.6	4.71	12.06	4.34	-1.34
60	Pittsburgh	Big East	3-3	0.5	11.51	0.33	7.32	3.05	-0.05
61	Utah State	Big West	3-4	0.43	11.09	6.14	7.41	4.49	-1.49
62	USC	Pac-10	3-3	0.5	10.91	-2.5	16.07	2.57	0.43
63	UNLV	Western Athletic	3-4	0.43	10.38	1.71	5.05	3.82	-0.82
64	Texas	Big 12	3-3	0.5	10.02	-8.83	12.65	2.03	0.97
65	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-4	0.43	9.83	-0.43	10.72	3.39	-0.39
66	Arkansas	SEC	3-3	0.5	9.77	-13.33	13.02	1.1	1.9
67	Wake Forest	ACC	3-4	0.43	9.65	-0.43	12.55	3.42	-0.42
68	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-4	0.43	9.07	-1.14	9.63	3.35	-0.35
69	UAB	FBS Independents	3-4	0.43	9.06	-0.86	5.36	3.33	-0.33
70	Fresno State	Western Athletic	3-4	0.43	9.03	-1	7.51	3.34	-0.34
71	Oklahoma	Big 12	3-4	0.43	9	-1.43	8.94	3.27	-0.27
72	Arizona	Pac-10	3-4	0.43	8.93	-5	14.65	2.72	0.28
73	Memphis	Conference USA	2-4	0.33	8.62	1.83	12.94	3.31	-1.31
74	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-5	0.38	8.23	-1.62	15.87	3.63	-0.63
75	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	3-4	0.43	7.94	-11	9.12	1.47	1.53
76	Boise State	Big West	3-4	0.43	7.68	-8.29	5.43	2.31	0.69
77	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-5	0.38	6.99	-12.25	14.27	1.87	1.13
78	California	Pac-10	2-4	0.33	6.41	-5.67	13.57	2.35	-0.35
79	SMU	Western Athletic	2-4	0.33	6.32	-4.17	10.71	2.3	-0.3
80	Miami	Big East	2-4	0.33	5.97	-6.83	14.09	2.09	-0.09
81	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-5	0.29	5.83	-3.86	18.33	2.74	-0.74
82	Army	FBS Independents	2-4	0.33	5.58	-8.17	8.43	1.94	0.06
83	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-5	0.29	5.57	-3.86	12.55	2.95	-0.95
84	Nevada	Big West	2-5	0.29	5.29	-5.43	16.73	2.67	-0.67
85	Boston College	Big East	2-5	0.29	5.28	-6.14	12.75	2.53	-0.53
86	Houston	Conference USA	2-4	0.33	5.15	-19.83	13.76	1.13	0.87
87	North Texas	Big West	2-5	0.29	5.15	-6.71	11.39	2.28	-0.28
88	Duke	ACC	2-5	0.29	5.03	-8	11.32	2.07	-0.07
89	San Diego State	Western Athletic	2-5	0.29	4.94	-9.43	17.94	2.04	-0.04
90	Maryland	ACC	2-5	0.29	4.76	-14.57	15.95	1.18	0.82
91	Temple	Big East	2-5	0.29	4.6	-16.71	14.15	1.07	0.93
92	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-5	0.29	4.19	-19.29	6.49	0.79	1.21
93	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	2-6	0.25	3.8	-11.75	10.35	1.52	0.48
94	Ball State	Mid-American	2-6	0.25	3.71	-9.62	9.5	2.2	-0.2
95	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-6	0.25	3.51	-16.5	9.49	1.88	0.12
96	East Carolina	Conference USA	1-5	0.17	1.61	-19.17	14.51	0.56	0.44
97	Baylor	Big 12	1-5	0.17	1.6	-19	13.88	0.96	0.04
98	Tulsa	Western Athletic	1-5	0.17	1.48	-15.17	12.01	1.37	-0.37
99	San José State	Western Athletic	1-5	0.17	1.25	-21.33	15.65	0.51	0.49
100	Indiana	Big Ten	1-6	0.14	0.94	-19	18.99	0.6	0.4
101	Louisville	Conference USA	1-6	0.14	0.94	-16.29	9.38	1.55	-0.55
102	Kent State	Mid-American	1-6	0.14	0.83	-20.29	11.75	1.43	-0.43
103	New Mexico State	Big West	1-6	0.14	0.79	-20.29	5.75	1.04	-0.04
104	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	1-6	0.14	0.76	-21.43	6.89	0.96	0.04
105	Akron	Mid-American	1-6	0.14	0.7	-24.86	15.5	0.84	0.16
106	Louisiana	FBS Independents	1-6	0.14	0.5	-29.29	11	0.63	0.37
107	TCU	Western Athletic	0-6	0	-2.11	-13.17	8.94	1.15	-1.15
108	Illinois	Big Ten	0-6	0	-2.66	-21.5	18.24	0.43	-0.43
109	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-7	0	-2.67	-24.43	13.99	0.4	-0.4
110	Rutgers	Big East	0-7	0	-2.83	-30.57	12.83	0.43	-0.43
111	Iowa State	Big 12	0-6	0	-2.93	-30.5	17.62	0.54	-0.54