1998 W15 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:32.512418+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Tennessee	SEC	12-0	1	25.3	19.58	12.17	10.61	1.39
2	Tulane	Conference USA	11-0	1	24.38	21	7.3	8.95	2.05
3	Florida State	ACC	11-1	0.92	23.83	20.58	13.89	11.03	-0.03
4	Kansas State	Big 12	11-1	0.92	23.49	34.67	9.68	11.45	-0.45
5	Ohio State	Big Ten	10-1	0.91	23.36	25.09	11.79	10.31	-0.31
6	UCLA	Pac-10	10-1	0.91	23.1	13	12.73	7.86	2.14
7	Arizona	Pac-10	11-1	0.92	22.93	16.67	9.89	9.9	1.1
8	Air Force	Western Athletic	11-1	0.92	22.89	21.92	8.66	10.91	0.09
9	Wisconsin	Big Ten	10-1	0.91	22.82	21.09	9.59	10.28	-0.28
10	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	10-1	0.91	22.17	15.91	7.15	9.57	0.43
11	Marshall	Mid-American	11-1	0.92	21.75	12.5	4.65	9.41	1.59
12	Texas A&M	Big 12	11-2	0.85	21.68	10.08	14.07	10.09	0.91
13	Florida	SEC	9-2	0.82	20.79	17.64	10.31	9.6	-0.6
14	Arkansas	SEC	9-2	0.82	20.73	16.09	10.35	9.17	-0.17
15	Georgia Tech	ACC	9-2	0.82	20.6	11.27	11.12	7.83	1.17
16	Virginia	ACC	9-2	0.82	20.52	10.27	11.1	8.07	0.93
17	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	9-2	0.82	20.15	7.91	9.89	7.62	1.38
18	UCF	FBS Independents	9-2	0.82	19.75	16.73	4.3	8.99	0.01
19	Nebraska	Big 12	9-3	0.75	19.63	16.67	13.31	10.22	-1.22
20	Syracuse	Big East	8-3	0.73	19.1	18.09	12.42	8.67	-0.67
21	Michigan	Big Ten	9-3	0.75	18.99	9.17	11.98	8.82	0.18
22	Virginia Tech	Big East	8-3	0.73	18.85	18.27	10.72	9.79	-1.79
23	Oregon	Pac-10	8-3	0.73	18.81	13.91	11.79	8.13	-0.13
24	Penn State	Big Ten	8-3	0.73	18.8	11.09	12.89	8.62	-0.62
25	West Virginia	Big East	8-3	0.73	18.57	13.27	10.44	8.36	-0.36
26	Texas	Big 12	8-3	0.73	18.51	6.64	13.41	6.79	1.21
27	Miami	Big East	8-3	0.73	18.47	11.55	10.63	7.82	0.18
28	Georgia	SEC	8-3	0.73	18.18	6.18	11.46	7.42	0.58
29	Purdue	Big Ten	8-4	0.67	17.53	13.75	12.51	9.29	-1.29
30	USC	Pac-10	8-4	0.67	17.49	9.5	14.21	8.81	-0.81
31	BYU	Western Athletic	9-4	0.69	17.11	9.69	7.77	9.43	-0.43
32	Idaho	Big West	8-3	0.73	17.08	6.18	3.88	6.88	1.12
33	Mississippi State	SEC	8-4	0.67	16.87	10.08	9.06	8.88	-0.88
34	Wyoming	Western Athletic	8-3	0.73	16.85	0.64	10.28	5.71	2.29
35	Southern Miss	Conference USA	7-4	0.64	16.77	13.91	11.93	8.77	-1.77
36	Colorado State	Western Athletic	8-4	0.67	16.76	6.83	10.57	7.87	0.13
37	Missouri	Big 12	7-4	0.64	16.54	8.64	12.85	7.83	-0.83
38	Utah	Western Athletic	7-4	0.64	16.22	10.18	9.48	7.93	-0.93
39	Kentucky	SEC	7-4	0.64	16.15	6.18	11.63	6.64	0.36
40	Texas Tech	Big 12	7-4	0.64	16.13	7	10.8	7.38	-0.38
41	Colorado	Big 12	7-4	0.64	15.88	3.73	12.06	6.65	0.35
42	NC State	ACC	7-4	0.64	15.76	3.36	11.62	6.24	0.76
43	Louisville	Conference USA	7-4	0.64	15.63	5.18	8.47	6.39	0.61
44	Western Michigan	Mid-American	7-4	0.64	15.2	4.36	5.93	6.42	0.58
45	San Diego State	Western Athletic	7-4	0.64	14.93	0.55	11.63	5.67	1.33
46	Alabama	SEC	7-4	0.64	14.63	-0.45	14.57	5.37	1.63
47	Toledo	Mid-American	7-5	0.58	13.84	1.08	11.47	6.41	0.59
48	Nevada	Big West	6-5	0.55	13.51	5	7.62	6.53	-0.53
49	TCU	Western Athletic	6-5	0.55	13.22	2.09	9.61	6.16	-0.16
50	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	6-6	0.5	13.01	7.58	10.78	7.42	-1.42
51	Michigan State	Big Ten	6-6	0.5	12.85	3.5	14.18	6.94	-0.94
52	North Carolina	ACC	6-5	0.55	12.42	-0.18	11.78	5.45	0.55
53	Washington	Pac-10	6-5	0.55	11.99	-1.82	14.58	5.05	0.95
54	Ole Miss	SEC	6-5	0.55	11.79	-1	9.53	5.21	0.79
55	Fresno State	Western Athletic	5-6	0.45	11.41	3.64	10.91	6.55	-1.55
56	East Carolina	Conference USA	6-5	0.55	11.27	-2.09	7.58	4.98	1.02
57	Central Michigan	Mid-American	6-5	0.55	11.13	-2.18	6.31	4.85	1.15
58	Boise State	Big West	6-5	0.55	11.01	-1.91	4.3	5.1	0.9
59	Oklahoma State	Big 12	5-6	0.45	10.78	0.64	13.23	5.65	-0.65
60	Arizona State	Pac-10	5-6	0.45	10.06	-0.45	12.89	5.4	-0.4
61	Oregon State	Pac-10	5-6	0.45	10.05	-0.45	12.74	5.39	-0.39
62	LSU	SEC	4-7	0.36	9.95	5.27	15.32	6.71	-2.71
63	Bowling Green	Mid-American	5-6	0.45	9.55	-1.82	13.17	5.07	-0.07
64	Minnesota	Big Ten	5-6	0.45	9.51	-1.82	12.53	4.96	0.04
65	Rice	Western Athletic	5-6	0.45	9.39	-2	11.69	4.92	0.08
66	Ohio	Mid-American	5-6	0.45	9.15	-3.09	11.72	4.73	0.27
67	Oklahoma	Big 12	5-6	0.45	9	-4.09	12.01	4.11	0.89
68	California	Pac-10	5-6	0.45	8.77	-6.18	12.73	3.53	1.47
69	SMU	Western Athletic	5-7	0.42	8.75	-1.92	11.92	5.31	-0.31
70	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	5-6	0.45	8.17	-8.64	7.32	3.34	1.66
71	Rutgers	Big East	5-6	0.45	7.93	-15.45	9.83	2.13	2.87
72	Boston College	Big East	4-7	0.36	7.13	-3.45	13.47	4.66	-0.66
73	Tulsa	Western Athletic	4-7	0.36	7.01	-3.27	10.88	4.53	-0.53
74	Akron	Mid-American	4-7	0.36	6.92	-3.09	8.58	4.72	-0.72
75	Indiana	Big Ten	4-7	0.36	6.82	-5.45	13.35	4.1	-0.1
76	Kansas	Big 12	4-7	0.36	6.66	-5.55	10.6	4.24	-0.24
77	UAB	FBS Independents	4-7	0.36	6.36	-6.45	6.8	3.85	0.15
78	Duke	ACC	4-7	0.36	6.33	-8.18	9.3	3.44	0.56
79	San José State	Western Athletic	4-8	0.33	5.67	-9.25	11.43	3.7	0.3
80	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	4-8	0.33	5.12	-14.08	5.61	2.43	1.57
81	Auburn	SEC	3-8	0.27	4.8	-6.27	17.61	3.35	-0.35
82	Clemson	ACC	3-8	0.27	4.71	-4.91	10.68	4.09	-1.09
83	Houston	Conference USA	3-8	0.27	4.66	-5.73	12.04	4.09	-1.09
84	Army	Conference USA	3-8	0.27	4.62	-6.18	13.87	4.01	-1.01
85	UTEP	Western Athletic	3-8	0.27	4.48	-7.18	11.3	3.62	-0.62
86	Utah State	Big West	3-8	0.27	4.46	-6.55	8.94	3.83	-0.83
87	Maryland	ACC	3-8	0.27	4.39	-8	10.85	3.28	-0.28
88	Stanford	Pac-10	3-8	0.27	4.38	-9.45	14.2	3.42	-0.42
89	New Mexico State	Big West	3-8	0.27	4.35	-8.45	10.89	3.93	-0.93
90	Iowa State	Big 12	3-8	0.27	4.33	-9.73	13.2	3.1	-0.1
91	Wake Forest	ACC	3-8	0.27	4.32	-9.09	11.48	3.32	-0.32
92	Iowa	Big Ten	3-8	0.27	4.28	-10.45	13.23	2.52	0.48
93	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-8	0.27	4.25	-8.45	7.94	3.3	-0.3
94	Washington State	Pac-10	3-8	0.27	4.23	-11.45	13.82	2.83	0.17
95	Navy	FBS Independents	3-8	0.27	4.14	-11	9.51	3.13	-0.13
96	North Texas	Big West	3-8	0.27	4.14	-11.27	10.78	2.39	0.61
97	Illinois	Big Ten	3-8	0.27	3.89	-16.09	10.95	1.49	1.51
98	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-9	0.25	3.77	-10.25	11.14	3.05	-0.05
99	New Mexico	Western Athletic	3-9	0.25	3.71	-10.25	9.17	3.52	-0.52
100	Pittsburgh	Big East	2-9	0.18	2.26	-9.09	10.89	3.31	-1.31
101	Memphis	Conference USA	2-9	0.18	2.2	-10.36	12.75	3.03	-1.03
102	Baylor	Big 12	2-9	0.18	2.16	-11.64	15.44	2.55	-0.55
103	Temple	Big East	2-9	0.18	1.89	-14.73	9.87	2.15	-0.15
104	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	2-9	0.18	1.88	-15.36	11.06	1.69	0.31
105	Cincinnati	Conference USA	2-9	0.18	1.78	-17.91	12.04	2.28	-0.28
106	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-9	0.18	1.71	-20.64	14.59	1.04	0.96
107	Louisiana	FBS Independents	2-9	0.18	1.56	-23.09	9.6	1.37	0.63
108	South Carolina	SEC	1-10	0.09	0.07	-11.18	14.48	2.74	-1.74
109	Ball State	Mid-American	1-10	0.09	-0.26	-17.55	11.15	1.36	-0.36
110	UNLV	Western Athletic	0-11	0	-2.5	-21.18	13.95	1.13	-1.13
111	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	0-12	0	-2.5	-22.75	11.22	0.94	-0.94
112	Kent State	Mid-American	0-11	0	-2.63	-27.73	10.29	0.73	-0.73