1998 W17 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:32.513211+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Tennessee	SEC	12-0	1	25.16	19.58	11.97	10.61	1.39
2	Tulane	Conference USA	11-0	1	24.29	21	7.36	8.95	2.05
3	Florida State	ACC	11-1	0.92	23.73	20.58	13.92	11.03	-0.03
4	Kansas State	Big 12	11-1	0.92	23.33	34.67	9.65	11.45	-0.45
5	Ohio State	Big Ten	10-1	0.91	23.23	25.09	11.59	10.31	-0.31
6	UCLA	Pac-10	10-1	0.91	22.94	13	12.7	7.86	2.14
7	Air Force	Western Athletic	11-1	0.92	22.79	21.92	8.59	10.91	0.09
8	Arizona	Pac-10	11-1	0.92	22.79	16.67	9.65	9.9	1.1
9	Wisconsin	Big Ten	10-1	0.91	22.72	21.09	9.54	10.28	-0.28
10	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	10-1	0.91	22.08	15.91	7.17	9.57	0.43
11	Marshall	Mid-American	11-1	0.92	21.64	12.5	4.5	9.41	1.59
12	Texas A&M	Big 12	11-2	0.85	21.57	10.08	13.86	10.09	0.91
13	Florida	SEC	9-2	0.82	20.69	17.64	10.22	9.6	-0.6
14	Arkansas	SEC	9-2	0.82	20.61	16.09	10.15	9.17	-0.17
15	Georgia Tech	ACC	9-2	0.82	20.5	11.27	11.06	7.83	1.17
16	Virginia	ACC	9-2	0.82	20.43	10.27	11.04	8.07	0.93
17	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	9-2	0.82	20.06	7.91	9.91	7.62	1.38
18	UCF	FBS Independents	9-2	0.82	19.64	16.73	4.13	8.99	0.01
19	Nebraska	Big 12	9-3	0.75	19.52	16.67	13.12	10.22	-1.22
20	Syracuse	Big East	8-3	0.73	19.02	18.09	12.42	8.67	-0.67
21	Michigan	Big Ten	9-3	0.75	18.9	9.17	11.9	8.82	0.18
22	Virginia Tech	Big East	8-3	0.73	18.77	18.27	10.72	9.79	-1.79
23	Penn State	Big Ten	8-3	0.73	18.71	11.09	12.81	8.62	-0.62
24	Oregon	Pac-10	8-3	0.73	18.69	13.91	11.52	8.13	-0.13
25	West Virginia	Big East	8-3	0.73	18.49	13.27	10.38	8.36	-0.36
26	Miami	Big East	8-3	0.73	18.38	11.55	10.38	7.82	0.18
27	Texas	Big 12	8-3	0.73	18.38	6.64	13.05	6.79	1.21
28	Georgia	SEC	8-3	0.73	18.09	6.18	11.36	7.42	0.58
29	Purdue	Big Ten	8-4	0.67	17.44	13.75	12.43	9.29	-1.29
30	USC	Pac-10	8-4	0.67	17.38	9.5	13.94	8.81	-0.81
31	Idaho	Big West	8-3	0.73	17.01	6.18	3.84	6.88	1.12
32	BYU	Western Athletic	9-4	0.69	16.99	9.69	7.74	9.43	-0.43
33	Wyoming	Western Athletic	8-3	0.73	16.78	0.64	10.24	5.71	2.29
34	Mississippi State	SEC	8-4	0.67	16.75	10.08	8.97	8.88	-0.88
35	Southern Miss	Conference USA	7-4	0.64	16.72	13.91	12.06	8.77	-1.77
36	Colorado State	Western Athletic	8-4	0.67	16.69	6.83	10.53	7.87	0.13
37	Missouri	Big 12	7-4	0.64	16.45	8.64	12.66	7.83	-0.83
38	Utah	Western Athletic	7-4	0.64	16.13	10.18	9.32	7.93	-0.93
39	Kentucky	SEC	7-4	0.64	16.06	6.18	11.42	6.64	0.36
40	Texas Tech	Big 12	7-4	0.64	16.06	7	10.77	7.38	-0.38
41	Colorado	Big 12	7-4	0.64	15.78	3.73	11.83	6.65	0.35
42	NC State	ACC	7-4	0.64	15.69	3.36	11.57	6.24	0.76
43	Louisville	Conference USA	7-4	0.64	15.58	5.18	8.57	6.39	0.61
44	Western Michigan	Mid-American	7-4	0.64	15.12	4.36	5.76	6.42	0.58
45	Alabama	SEC	7-4	0.64	14.53	-0.45	14.23	5.37	1.63
46	Toledo	Mid-American	7-5	0.58	13.73	1.08	11.43	6.41	0.59
47	North Carolina	ACC	7-5	0.58	13.45	0.42	11.99	6.12	0.88
48	Nevada	Big West	6-5	0.55	13.45	5	7.57	6.53	-0.53
49	TCU	Western Athletic	6-5	0.55	13.16	2.09	9.58	6.16	-0.16
50	San Diego State	Western Athletic	7-5	0.58	13.15	-0.08	11.53	5.97	1.03
51	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	6-6	0.5	12.96	7.58	10.74	7.42	-1.42
52	Michigan State	Big Ten	6-6	0.5	12.78	3.5	14.09	6.94	-0.94
53	Washington	Pac-10	6-5	0.55	11.91	-1.82	14.18	5.05	0.95
54	Ole Miss	SEC	6-5	0.55	11.72	-1	9.33	5.21	0.79
55	Fresno State	Western Athletic	5-6	0.45	11.35	3.64	10.73	6.55	-1.55
56	East Carolina	Conference USA	6-5	0.55	11.23	-2.09	7.68	4.98	1.02
57	Central Michigan	Mid-American	6-5	0.55	11.07	-2.18	6.16	4.85	1.15
58	Boise State	Big West	6-5	0.55	10.96	-1.91	4.25	5.1	0.9
59	Oklahoma State	Big 12	5-6	0.45	10.71	0.64	12.93	5.65	-0.65
60	Arizona State	Pac-10	5-6	0.45	10	-0.45	12.68	5.4	-0.4
61	Oregon State	Pac-10	5-6	0.45	9.99	-0.45	12.47	5.39	-0.39
62	LSU	SEC	4-7	0.36	9.88	5.27	15.07	6.71	-2.71
63	Bowling Green	Mid-American	5-6	0.45	9.5	-1.82	12.99	5.07	-0.07
64	Minnesota	Big Ten	5-6	0.45	9.46	-1.82	12.46	4.96	0.04
65	Rice	Western Athletic	5-6	0.45	9.35	-2	11.65	4.92	0.08
66	Ohio	Mid-American	5-6	0.45	9.11	-3.09	11.69	4.73	0.27
67	Oklahoma	Big 12	5-6	0.45	8.96	-4.09	11.97	4.11	0.89
68	California	Pac-10	5-6	0.45	8.72	-6.18	12.46	3.53	1.47
69	SMU	Western Athletic	5-7	0.42	8.7	-1.92	11.82	5.31	-0.31
70	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	5-6	0.45	8.13	-8.64	7.1	3.34	1.66
71	Rutgers	Big East	5-6	0.45	7.9	-15.45	9.93	2.13	2.87
72	Boston College	Big East	4-7	0.36	7.09	-3.45	13.39	4.66	-0.66
73	Tulsa	Western Athletic	4-7	0.36	6.98	-3.27	10.85	4.53	-0.53
74	Akron	Mid-American	4-7	0.36	6.88	-3.09	8.44	4.72	-0.72
75	Indiana	Big Ten	4-7	0.36	6.79	-5.45	13.27	4.1	-0.1
76	Kansas	Big 12	4-7	0.36	6.63	-5.55	10.42	4.24	-0.24
77	UAB	FBS Independents	4-7	0.36	6.33	-6.45	6.74	3.85	0.15
78	Duke	ACC	4-7	0.36	6.3	-8.18	9.25	3.44	0.56
79	San José State	Western Athletic	4-8	0.33	5.64	-9.25	11.26	3.7	0.3
80	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	4-8	0.33	5.09	-14.08	5.56	2.43	1.57
81	Auburn	SEC	3-8	0.27	4.77	-6.27	17.35	3.35	-0.35
82	Clemson	ACC	3-8	0.27	4.69	-4.91	10.62	4.09	-1.09
83	Army	Conference USA	3-8	0.27	4.65	-6.18	13.77	4.01	-1.01
84	Houston	Conference USA	3-8	0.27	4.64	-5.73	11.96	4.09	-1.09
85	UTEP	Western Athletic	3-8	0.27	4.45	-7.18	11.11	3.62	-0.62
86	Utah State	Big West	3-8	0.27	4.44	-6.55	8.87	3.83	-0.83
87	Maryland	ACC	3-8	0.27	4.37	-8	10.79	3.28	-0.28
88	Stanford	Pac-10	3-8	0.27	4.36	-9.45	13.92	3.42	-0.42
89	New Mexico State	Big West	3-8	0.27	4.33	-8.45	10.82	3.93	-0.93
90	Iowa State	Big 12	3-8	0.27	4.3	-9.73	12.96	3.1	-0.1
91	Wake Forest	ACC	3-8	0.27	4.3	-9.09	11.39	3.32	-0.32
92	Iowa	Big Ten	3-8	0.27	4.26	-10.45	13.15	2.52	0.48
93	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-8	0.27	4.22	-8.45	7.79	3.3	-0.3
94	Washington State	Pac-10	3-8	0.27	4.2	-11.45	13.54	2.83	0.17
95	North Texas	Big West	3-8	0.27	4.12	-11.27	10.76	2.39	0.61
96	Navy	FBS Independents	3-8	0.27	4.1	-11	9.63	3.13	-0.13
97	Illinois	Big Ten	3-8	0.27	3.87	-16.09	10.89	1.49	1.51
98	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-9	0.25	3.75	-10.25	11.08	3.05	-0.05
99	New Mexico	Western Athletic	3-9	0.25	3.69	-10.25	9.03	3.52	-0.52
100	Pittsburgh	Big East	2-9	0.18	2.25	-9.09	10.89	3.31	-1.31
101	Memphis	Conference USA	2-9	0.18	2.19	-10.36	12.56	3.03	-1.03
102	Baylor	Big 12	2-9	0.18	2.15	-11.64	15.23	2.55	-0.55
103	Temple	Big East	2-9	0.18	1.88	-14.73	9.74	2.15	-0.15
104	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	2-9	0.18	1.87	-15.36	10.71	1.69	0.31
105	Cincinnati	Conference USA	2-9	0.18	1.78	-17.91	12.2	2.28	-0.28
106	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-9	0.18	1.7	-20.64	14.36	1.04	0.96
107	Louisiana	FBS Independents	2-9	0.18	1.55	-23.09	9.52	1.37	0.63
108	South Carolina	SEC	1-10	0.09	0.07	-11.18	14.29	2.74	-1.74
109	Ball State	Mid-American	1-10	0.09	-0.26	-17.55	10.99	1.36	-0.36
110	UNLV	Western Athletic	0-11	0	-2.49	-21.18	13.79	1.13	-1.13
111	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	0-12	0	-2.49	-22.75	11.05	0.94	-0.94
112	Kent State	Mid-American	0-11	0	-2.62	-27.73	10.19	0.73	-0.73