1998 W20 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:32.514341+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Tennessee	SEC	13-0	1	25.07	18.62	12.28	11.39	1.61
2	Tulane	Conference USA	12-0	1	24.25	20.42	7.79	9.69	2.31
3	Ohio State	Big Ten	11-1	0.92	23.43	23.83	12.27	11.16	-0.16
4	Wisconsin	Big Ten	11-1	0.92	22.96	19.92	10.43	10.93	0.07
5	Air Force	Western Athletic	12-1	0.92	22.7	21.77	8.67	11.7	0.3
6	Arizona	Pac-10	12-1	0.92	22.66	15.62	9.76	10.57	1.43
7	Florida State	ACC	11-2	0.85	22.06	18.46	14.43	11.66	-0.66
8	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	10-1	0.91	21.99	15.91	7.24	9.57	0.43
9	Marshall	Mid-American	12-1	0.92	21.7	13	5.2	10.17	1.83
10	Kansas State	Big 12	11-2	0.85	21.7	31.77	10.19	12.16	-1.16
11	UCLA	Pac-10	10-2	0.83	21	11.33	13.24	8.27	1.73
12	Florida	SEC	10-2	0.83	20.88	17.92	10.52	10.54	-0.54
13	Georgia Tech	ACC	10-2	0.83	20.68	10.92	11.48	8.46	1.54
14	Texas A&M	Big 12	11-3	0.79	20.03	8.64	14.16	10.4	0.6
15	UCF	FBS Independents	9-2	0.82	19.55	16.73	4.14	8.99	0.01
16	Michigan	Big Ten	10-3	0.77	19.35	9.54	12.25	9.51	0.49
17	Virginia Tech	Big East	9-3	0.75	19.14	19.33	10.49	10.83	-1.83
18	Penn State	Big Ten	9-3	0.75	19.11	11.17	12.92	9.43	-0.43
19	Arkansas	SEC	9-3	0.75	18.9	13.58	10.6	9.39	-0.39
20	Texas	Big 12	9-3	0.75	18.85	8.33	12.57	7.79	1.21
21	Miami	Big East	9-3	0.75	18.79	12.5	10.27	8.69	0.31
22	Virginia	ACC	9-3	0.75	18.78	9.25	11.62	8.48	0.52
23	Georgia	SEC	9-3	0.75	18.51	5.83	11.99	7.88	1.12
24	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	9-3	0.75	18.42	6.67	10.74	7.92	1.08
25	Nebraska	Big 12	9-4	0.69	18.06	15.15	13.63	10.8	-1.8
26	Purdue	Big Ten	9-4	0.69	17.85	12.92	12.93	9.82	-0.82
27	Idaho	Big West	9-3	0.75	17.5	6.25	4.76	7.48	1.52
28	Syracuse	Big East	8-4	0.67	17.49	14.83	12.94	9.01	-1.01
29	Oregon	Pac-10	8-4	0.67	17.14	12.08	11.49	8.45	-0.45
30	West Virginia	Big East	8-4	0.67	17.05	11.92	10.88	8.81	-0.81
31	Missouri	Big 12	8-4	0.67	17.01	8.17	12.58	8.34	-0.34
32	Wyoming	Western Athletic	8-3	0.73	16.71	0.64	10.3	5.71	2.29
33	Colorado State	Western Athletic	8-4	0.67	16.62	6.83	10.61	7.87	0.13
34	Colorado	Big 12	8-4	0.67	16.46	4.08	11.92	7.24	0.76
35	Utah	Western Athletic	7-4	0.64	16	10.18	8.87	7.93	-0.93
36	USC	Pac-10	8-5	0.62	15.95	8.08	13.3	9.13	-1.13
37	BYU	Western Athletic	9-5	0.64	15.79	8	8.5	9.58	-0.58
38	Mississippi State	SEC	8-5	0.62	15.39	7.23	9.41	8.8	-0.8
39	Southern Miss	Conference USA	7-5	0.58	15.19	12.17	12.09	9.08	-2.08
40	Western Michigan	Mid-American	7-4	0.64	15.04	4.36	5.73	6.42	0.58
41	Kentucky	SEC	7-5	0.58	14.48	4.67	11.72	6.98	0.02
42	Texas Tech	Big 12	7-5	0.58	14.44	5	10.98	7.47	-0.47
43	Louisville	Conference USA	7-5	0.58	13.98	3.17	9.38	6.59	0.41
44	TCU	Western Athletic	7-5	0.58	13.95	2.67	10.07	6.9	0.1
45	NC State	ACC	7-5	0.58	13.76	1.17	11.99	6.28	0.72
46	Toledo	Mid-American	7-5	0.58	13.66	1.08	11.41	6.41	0.59
47	Nevada	Big West	6-5	0.55	13.38	5	7.45	6.53	-0.53
48	North Carolina	ACC	7-5	0.58	13.37	0.42	11.53	6.12	0.88
49	Ole Miss	SEC	7-5	0.58	13.18	0.5	9.35	6.15	0.85
50	San Diego State	Western Athletic	7-5	0.58	13.02	-0.08	11.38	5.97	1.03
51	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	6-6	0.5	12.87	7.58	10.47	7.42	-1.42
52	Michigan State	Big Ten	6-6	0.5	12.71	3.5	13.92	6.94	-0.94
53	Alabama	SEC	7-5	0.58	12.28	-3	14.29	5.05	1.95
54	Fresno State	Western Athletic	5-6	0.45	11.27	3.64	10.42	6.55	-1.55
55	East Carolina	Conference USA	6-5	0.55	11.14	-2.09	7.22	4.98	1.02
56	Central Michigan	Mid-American	6-5	0.55	11.02	-2.18	6.14	4.85	1.15
57	Boise State	Big West	6-5	0.55	10.91	-1.91	4.26	5.1	0.9
58	Oklahoma State	Big 12	5-6	0.45	10.61	0.64	12.29	5.65	-0.65
59	Washington	Pac-10	6-6	0.5	10.36	-3.33	14.25	5.12	0.88
60	Arizona State	Pac-10	5-6	0.45	9.91	-0.45	12	5.4	-0.4
61	Oregon State	Pac-10	5-6	0.45	9.89	-0.45	11.85	5.39	-0.39
62	LSU	SEC	4-7	0.36	9.8	5.27	14.54	6.71	-2.71
63	Bowling Green	Mid-American	5-6	0.45	9.46	-1.82	13.04	5.07	-0.07
64	Minnesota	Big Ten	5-6	0.45	9.43	-1.82	12.59	4.96	0.04
65	Rice	Western Athletic	5-6	0.45	9.32	-2	11.76	4.92	0.08
66	Ohio	Mid-American	5-6	0.45	9.06	-3.09	11.51	4.73	0.27
67	Oklahoma	Big 12	5-6	0.45	8.91	-4.09	11.92	4.11	0.89
68	SMU	Western Athletic	5-7	0.42	8.67	-1.92	11.83	5.31	-0.31
69	California	Pac-10	5-6	0.45	8.64	-6.18	11.85	3.53	1.47
70	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	5-6	0.45	8.08	-8.64	6.95	3.34	1.66
71	Rutgers	Big East	5-6	0.45	7.85	-15.45	9.72	2.13	2.87
72	Boston College	Big East	4-7	0.36	7.03	-3.45	12.91	4.66	-0.66
73	Tulsa	Western Athletic	4-7	0.36	6.94	-3.27	10.58	4.53	-0.53
74	Akron	Mid-American	4-7	0.36	6.85	-3.09	8.41	4.72	-0.72
75	Indiana	Big Ten	4-7	0.36	6.76	-5.45	13.22	4.1	-0.1
76	Kansas	Big 12	4-7	0.36	6.58	-5.55	10.11	4.24	-0.24
77	UAB	FBS Independents	4-7	0.36	6.3	-6.45	6.62	3.85	0.15
78	Duke	ACC	4-7	0.36	6.26	-8.18	9.03	3.44	0.56
79	San José State	Western Athletic	4-8	0.33	5.59	-9.25	10.76	3.7	0.3
80	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	4-8	0.33	5.08	-14.08	5.7	2.43	1.57
81	Auburn	SEC	3-8	0.27	4.73	-6.27	16.89	3.35	-0.35
82	Clemson	ACC	3-8	0.27	4.66	-4.91	10.43	4.09	-1.09
83	Army	Conference USA	3-8	0.27	4.61	-6.18	13.31	4.01	-1.01
84	Houston	Conference USA	3-8	0.27	4.6	-5.73	11.61	4.09	-1.09
85	UTEP	Western Athletic	3-8	0.27	4.41	-7.18	10.52	3.62	-0.62
86	Utah State	Big West	3-8	0.27	4.41	-6.55	8.81	3.83	-0.83
87	Maryland	ACC	3-8	0.27	4.34	-8	10.43	3.28	-0.28
88	Stanford	Pac-10	3-8	0.27	4.32	-9.45	13.39	3.42	-0.42
89	New Mexico State	Big West	3-8	0.27	4.31	-8.45	10.9	3.93	-0.93
90	Iowa State	Big 12	3-8	0.27	4.28	-9.73	12.77	3.1	-0.1
91	Wake Forest	ACC	3-8	0.27	4.27	-9.09	11.15	3.32	-0.32
92	Iowa	Big Ten	3-8	0.27	4.24	-10.45	13.24	2.52	0.48
93	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-8	0.27	4.21	-8.45	7.8	3.3	-0.3
94	Washington State	Pac-10	3-8	0.27	4.17	-11.45	12.97	2.83	0.17
95	North Texas	Big West	3-8	0.27	4.1	-11.27	10.49	2.39	0.61
96	Navy	FBS Independents	3-8	0.27	4.08	-11	9.32	3.13	-0.13
97	Illinois	Big Ten	3-8	0.27	3.85	-16.09	10.83	1.49	1.51
98	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-9	0.25	3.74	-10.25	11.2	3.05	-0.05
99	New Mexico	Western Athletic	3-9	0.25	3.66	-10.25	8.74	3.52	-0.52
100	Pittsburgh	Big East	2-9	0.18	2.24	-9.09	10.81	3.31	-1.31
101	Memphis	Conference USA	2-9	0.18	2.17	-10.36	12.13	3.03	-1.03
102	Baylor	Big 12	2-9	0.18	2.13	-11.64	14.58	2.55	-0.55
103	Temple	Big East	2-9	0.18	1.87	-14.73	9.52	2.15	-0.15
104	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	2-9	0.18	1.86	-15.36	10.52	1.69	0.31
105	Cincinnati	Conference USA	2-9	0.18	1.76	-17.91	11.93	2.28	-0.28
106	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-9	0.18	1.69	-20.64	14.14	1.04	0.96
107	Louisiana	FBS Independents	2-9	0.18	1.54	-23.09	9.2	1.37	0.63
108	South Carolina	SEC	1-10	0.09	0.07	-11.18	14.06	2.74	-1.74
109	Ball State	Mid-American	1-10	0.09	-0.26	-17.55	10.95	1.36	-0.36
110	UNLV	Western Athletic	0-11	0	-2.47	-21.18	13.73	1.13	-1.13
111	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	0-12	0	-2.47	-22.75	10.8	0.94	-0.94
112	Kent State	Mid-American	0-11	0	-2.61	-27.73	10.19	0.73	-0.73