1998 W18 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:32.513601+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Tennessee	SEC	12-0	1	25.11	19.58	11.94	10.61	1.39
2	Tulane	Conference USA	11-0	1	24.24	21	7.34	8.95	2.05
3	Florida State	ACC	11-1	0.92	23.7	20.58	13.98	11.03	-0.03
4	Kansas State	Big 12	11-1	0.92	23.29	34.67	9.62	11.45	-0.45
5	Ohio State	Big Ten	10-1	0.91	23.18	25.09	11.56	10.31	-0.31
6	UCLA	Pac-10	10-1	0.91	22.89	13	12.68	7.86	2.14
7	Air Force	Western Athletic	12-1	0.92	22.79	21.77	8.83	11.7	0.3
8	Arizona	Pac-10	11-1	0.92	22.72	16.67	9.49	9.9	1.1
9	Wisconsin	Big Ten	10-1	0.91	22.65	21.09	9.36	10.28	-0.28
10	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	10-1	0.91	22.06	15.91	7.25	9.57	0.43
11	Marshall	Mid-American	12-1	0.92	21.78	13	5.34	10.17	1.83
12	Texas A&M	Big 12	11-2	0.85	21.53	10.08	13.82	10.09	0.91
13	Florida	SEC	9-2	0.82	20.65	17.64	10.19	9.6	-0.6
14	Arkansas	SEC	9-2	0.82	20.57	16.09	10.13	9.17	-0.17
15	Georgia Tech	ACC	9-2	0.82	20.48	11.27	11.13	7.83	1.17
16	Virginia	ACC	9-2	0.82	20.41	10.27	11.11	8.07	0.93
17	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	9-2	0.82	20.03	7.91	9.88	7.62	1.38
18	UCF	FBS Independents	9-2	0.82	19.6	16.73	4.11	8.99	0.01
19	Nebraska	Big 12	9-3	0.75	19.48	16.67	13.09	10.22	-1.22
20	Syracuse	Big East	8-3	0.73	18.98	18.09	12.39	8.67	-0.67
21	Michigan	Big Ten	9-3	0.75	18.86	9.17	11.88	8.82	0.18
22	Virginia Tech	Big East	8-3	0.73	18.74	18.27	10.7	9.79	-1.79
23	Penn State	Big Ten	8-3	0.73	18.68	11.09	12.78	8.62	-0.62
24	Miami	Big East	8-3	0.73	18.35	11.55	10.35	7.82	0.18
25	Texas	Big 12	8-3	0.73	18.35	6.64	13.02	6.79	1.21
26	Georgia	SEC	8-3	0.73	18.06	6.18	11.34	7.42	0.58
27	Purdue	Big Ten	8-4	0.67	17.41	13.75	12.4	9.29	-1.29
28	USC	Pac-10	8-4	0.67	17.33	9.5	13.77	8.81	-0.81
29	Oregon	Pac-10	8-4	0.67	17.28	12.08	11.85	8.45	-0.45
30	West Virginia	Big East	8-4	0.67	17.13	11.92	10.87	8.81	-0.81
31	Missouri	Big 12	8-4	0.67	17.11	8.17	13.11	8.34	-0.34
32	Idaho	Big West	8-3	0.73	16.98	6.18	3.83	6.88	1.12
33	BYU	Western Athletic	9-4	0.69	16.94	9.69	7.59	9.43	-0.43
34	Wyoming	Western Athletic	8-3	0.73	16.74	0.64	10.21	5.71	2.29
35	Mississippi State	SEC	8-4	0.67	16.72	10.08	8.95	8.88	-0.88
36	Southern Miss	Conference USA	7-4	0.64	16.69	13.91	12.04	8.77	-1.77
37	Colorado State	Western Athletic	8-4	0.67	16.66	6.83	10.51	7.87	0.13
38	Colorado	Big 12	8-4	0.67	16.54	4.08	12.38	7.24	0.76
39	Utah	Western Athletic	7-4	0.64	16.08	10.18	9.14	7.93	-0.93
40	Kentucky	SEC	7-4	0.64	16.03	6.18	11.39	6.64	0.36
41	Texas Tech	Big 12	7-4	0.64	16.03	7	10.75	7.38	-0.38
42	NC State	ACC	7-4	0.64	15.67	3.36	11.64	6.24	0.76
43	Western Michigan	Mid-American	7-4	0.64	15.09	4.36	5.75	6.42	0.58
44	Alabama	SEC	7-4	0.64	14.5	-0.45	14.2	5.37	1.63
45	Louisville	Conference USA	7-5	0.58	14.09	3.17	9.64	6.59	0.41
46	Toledo	Mid-American	7-5	0.58	13.7	1.08	11.41	6.41	0.59
47	North Carolina	ACC	7-5	0.58	13.44	0.42	11.82	6.12	0.88
48	Nevada	Big West	6-5	0.55	13.43	5	7.56	6.53	-0.53
49	TCU	Western Athletic	6-5	0.55	13.14	2.09	9.56	6.16	-0.16
50	San Diego State	Western Athletic	7-5	0.58	13.08	-0.08	11.59	5.97	1.03
51	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	6-6	0.5	12.93	7.58	10.72	7.42	-1.42
52	Michigan State	Big Ten	6-6	0.5	12.76	3.5	14.05	6.94	-0.94
53	Ole Miss	SEC	6-5	0.55	11.7	-1	9.31	5.21	0.79
54	Fresno State	Western Athletic	5-6	0.45	11.31	3.64	10.55	6.55	-1.55
55	East Carolina	Conference USA	6-5	0.55	11.21	-2.09	7.66	4.98	1.02
56	Central Michigan	Mid-American	6-5	0.55	11.05	-2.18	6.15	4.85	1.15
57	Boise State	Big West	6-5	0.55	10.94	-1.91	4.24	5.1	0.9
58	Oklahoma State	Big 12	5-6	0.45	10.69	0.64	12.9	5.65	-0.65
59	Washington	Pac-10	6-6	0.5	10.48	-3.33	14.87	5.12	0.88
60	Arizona State	Pac-10	5-6	0.45	9.99	-0.45	12.66	5.4	-0.4
61	Oregon State	Pac-10	5-6	0.45	9.97	-0.45	12.44	5.39	-0.39
62	LSU	SEC	4-7	0.36	9.86	5.27	15.03	6.71	-2.71
63	Bowling Green	Mid-American	5-6	0.45	9.48	-1.82	12.96	5.07	-0.07
64	Minnesota	Big Ten	5-6	0.45	9.44	-1.82	12.43	4.96	0.04
65	Rice	Western Athletic	5-6	0.45	9.33	-2	11.62	4.92	0.08
66	Ohio	Mid-American	5-6	0.45	9.09	-3.09	11.67	4.73	0.27
67	Oklahoma	Big 12	5-6	0.45	8.94	-4.09	11.95	4.11	0.89
68	California	Pac-10	5-6	0.45	8.7	-6.18	12.43	3.53	1.47
69	SMU	Western Athletic	5-7	0.42	8.69	-1.92	11.79	5.31	-0.31
70	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	5-6	0.45	8.11	-8.64	7.08	3.34	1.66
71	Rutgers	Big East	5-6	0.45	7.88	-15.45	9.9	2.13	2.87
72	Boston College	Big East	4-7	0.36	7.08	-3.45	13.36	4.66	-0.66
73	Tulsa	Western Athletic	4-7	0.36	6.96	-3.27	10.67	4.53	-0.53
74	Akron	Mid-American	4-7	0.36	6.87	-3.09	8.42	4.72	-0.72
75	Indiana	Big Ten	4-7	0.36	6.78	-5.45	13.24	4.1	-0.1
76	Kansas	Big 12	4-7	0.36	6.61	-5.55	10.39	4.24	-0.24
77	UAB	FBS Independents	4-7	0.36	6.32	-6.45	6.72	3.85	0.15
78	Duke	ACC	4-7	0.36	6.3	-8.18	9.33	3.44	0.56
79	San José State	Western Athletic	4-8	0.33	5.62	-9.25	11.09	3.7	0.3
80	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	4-8	0.33	5.08	-14.08	5.54	2.43	1.57
81	Auburn	SEC	3-8	0.27	4.76	-6.27	17.31	3.35	-0.35
82	Clemson	ACC	3-8	0.27	4.69	-4.91	10.69	4.09	-1.09
83	Army	Conference USA	3-8	0.27	4.64	-6.18	13.74	4.01	-1.01
84	Houston	Conference USA	3-8	0.27	4.63	-5.73	11.93	4.09	-1.09
85	UTEP	Western Athletic	3-8	0.27	4.44	-7.18	10.93	3.62	-0.62
86	Utah State	Big West	3-8	0.27	4.43	-6.55	8.85	3.83	-0.83
87	Maryland	ACC	3-8	0.27	4.36	-8	10.86	3.28	-0.28
88	Stanford	Pac-10	3-8	0.27	4.35	-9.45	13.99	3.42	-0.42
89	New Mexico State	Big West	3-8	0.27	4.32	-8.45	10.8	3.93	-0.93
90	Iowa State	Big 12	3-8	0.27	4.29	-9.73	12.93	3.1	-0.1
91	Wake Forest	ACC	3-8	0.27	4.29	-9.09	11.46	3.32	-0.32
92	Iowa	Big Ten	3-8	0.27	4.25	-10.45	13.12	2.52	0.48
93	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-8	0.27	4.22	-8.45	7.77	3.3	-0.3
94	Washington State	Pac-10	3-8	0.27	4.2	-11.45	13.51	2.83	0.17
95	North Texas	Big West	3-8	0.27	4.12	-11.27	10.73	2.39	0.61
96	Navy	FBS Independents	3-8	0.27	4.1	-11	9.6	3.13	-0.13
97	Illinois	Big Ten	3-8	0.27	3.86	-16.09	10.86	1.49	1.51
98	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-9	0.25	3.74	-10.25	11.05	3.05	-0.05
99	New Mexico	Western Athletic	3-9	0.25	3.68	-10.25	8.87	3.52	-0.52
100	Pittsburgh	Big East	2-9	0.18	2.25	-9.09	10.96	3.31	-1.31
101	Memphis	Conference USA	2-9	0.18	2.18	-10.36	12.53	3.03	-1.03
102	Baylor	Big 12	2-9	0.18	2.14	-11.64	15.2	2.55	-0.55
103	Temple	Big East	2-9	0.18	1.88	-14.73	9.72	2.15	-0.15
104	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	2-9	0.18	1.86	-15.36	10.69	1.69	0.31
105	Cincinnati	Conference USA	2-9	0.18	1.77	-17.91	12.18	2.28	-0.28
106	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-9	0.18	1.69	-20.64	14.33	1.04	0.96
107	Louisiana	FBS Independents	2-9	0.18	1.55	-23.09	9.5	1.37	0.63
108	South Carolina	SEC	1-10	0.09	0.07	-11.18	14.26	2.74	-1.74
109	Ball State	Mid-American	1-10	0.09	-0.26	-17.55	10.97	1.36	-0.36
110	UNLV	Western Athletic	0-11	0	-2.48	-21.18	13.76	1.13	-1.13
111	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	0-12	0	-2.48	-22.75	10.89	0.94	-0.94
112	Kent State	Mid-American	0-11	0	-2.61	-27.73	10.16	0.73	-0.73