1998 W2 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:32.507556+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Nebraska	Big 12	2-0	1	32.66	30	4.86	1.84	0.16
2	Florida State	ACC	1-0	1	32.44	9	8.25	0.76	0.24
3	Colorado	Big 12	1-0	1	30.84	28	35.88	0.93	0.07
4	USC	Pac-10	1-0	1	30.79	10	7.26	0.75	0.25
5	Penn State	Big Ten	1-0	1	26.41	28	9.38	0.98	0.02
6	Ohio State	Big Ten	1-0	1	26.3	17	7.81	0.84	0.16
7	Tulane	Conference USA	1-0	1	25.93	18	7.88	0.73	0.27
8	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-0	1	25.86	16	11.71	0.8	0.2
9	Georgia	SEC	1-0	1	25.84	53	2.15	1	0
10	Virginia	ACC	1-0	1	25.58	19	8.73	1	0
11	Air Force	Western Athletic	1-0	1	25.57	42	3.98	1	0
12	Oregon	Pac-10	1-0	1	25.54	34	7.05	0.95	0.05
13	Iowa	Big Ten	1-0	1	25.53	38	1.26	1	0
14	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-0	1	25.5	3	11.07	0.65	0.35
15	UCF	FBS Independents	1-0	1	25.36	34	5.2	0.86	0.14
16	Washington	Pac-10	1-0	1	25.27	4	9.26	0.56	0.44
17	Virginia Tech	Big East	1-0	1	25.21	35	2.88	1	0
18	Mississippi State	SEC	1-0	1	24.72	42	2.4	1	0
19	Ole Miss	SEC	1-0	1	24.72	20	4.25	0.93	0.07
20	Tennessee	SEC	1-0	1	24.72	1	10.48	0.52	0.48
21	NC State	ACC	1-0	1	24.59	3	9.44	0.55	0.45
22	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-0	1	24.51	42	6.62	0.99	0.01
23	Missouri	Big 12	1-0	1	24.44	37	1.35	1	0
24	Texas Tech	Big 12	1-0	1	24.4	32	1.12	1	0
25	Marshall	Mid-American	1-0	1	24.38	11	0.67	0.78	0.22
26	Oklahoma State	Big 12	1-0	1	24.33	10	2.23	0.67	0.33
27	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-0	1	24.18	34	3.57	0.99	0.01
28	Rice	Western Athletic	1-0	1	24.13	6	6.11	0.67	0.33
29	Toledo	Mid-American	1-0	1	24.11	12	1.38	0.84	0.16
30	South Carolina	SEC	1-0	1	24.1	18	4.5	0.82	0.18
31	Arizona	Pac-10	1-0	1	23.99	21	1.74	0.97	0.03
32	Kentucky	SEC	1-0	1	23.97	34	1.28	0.84	0.16
33	Alabama	SEC	1-0	1	23.8	7	5.42	0.62	0.38
34	Washington State	Pac-10	1-0	1	23.76	7	-0.65	0.74	0.26
35	Kansas State	Big 12	1-0	1	23.72	66	-10	1	0
36	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-0	1	23.69	12	3.33	0.81	0.19
37	Boston College	Big East	1-0	1	23.65	10	6.49	0.66	0.34
38	Western Michigan	Mid-American	1-0	1	23.54	14	-0.57	0.76	0.24
39	Texas	Big 12	1-0	1	23.36	30	1.04	0.81	0.19
40	Florida	SEC	1-0	1	23.34	39	-10	0.98	0.02
41	Oklahoma	Big 12	1-0	1	23.25	28	2.45	0.97	0.03
42	San José State	Western Athletic	1-0	1	22.97	12	4.21	0.73	0.27
43	Arkansas	SEC	1-0	1	22.57	21	-0.66	0.87	0.13
44	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-0	1	22.57	29	-10	0.97	0.03
45	Clemson	ACC	1-0	1	22.52	33	-10	1	0
46	Miami	Big East	1-0	1	22.37	49	-10	0.96	0.04
47	California	Pac-10	1-0	1	22.26	4	0.99	0.69	0.31
48	TCU	Western Athletic	1-0	1	21.88	10	0.03	0.72	0.28
49	Utah	Western Athletic	1-0	1	21.77	8	7.93	0.77	0.23
50	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-0	1	21.74	3	0.7	0.61	0.39
51	Idaho	Big West	1-0	1	21.71	17	-10	0.87	0.13
52	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	1-0	1	21.16	34	-10	0.97	0.03
53	Tulsa	Western Athletic	1-0	1	20.88	35	-10	0.95	0.05
54	Pittsburgh	Big East	1-0	1	20.78	7	-10	0.59	0.41
55	Boise State	Big West	1-0	1	20.73	13	-10	0.84	0.16
56	Duke	ACC	1-0	1	20.45	14	-10	0.89	0.11
57	Maryland	ACC	1-0	1	19.75	8	-10	0.73	0.27
58	Rutgers	Big East	1-0	1	18.59	1	-10	0.59	0.41
59	Colorado State	Western Athletic	1-1	0.5	17.74	-10.5	6.5	0.51	0.49
60	UCLA	Pac-10	0-0	0	2.64	0	0	0	0
61	LSU	SEC	0-0	0	2.61	0	0	0	0
62	Navy	FBS Independents	0-0	0	2.42	0	0	0	0
63	Wyoming	Western Athletic	0-0	0	2.15	0	0	0	0
64	Syracuse	Big East	0-1	0	2.1	-1	9.46	0.48	-0.48
65	North Carolina	ACC	0-1	0	1.72	-3	10.01	0.35	-0.35
66	Fresno State	Western Athletic	0-0	0	1.64	0	0	0	0
67	Ohio	Mid-American	0-1	0	1.33	-3	7.58	0.45	-0.45
68	Arizona State	Pac-10	0-1	0	1.1	-4	9.77	0.44	-0.44
69	Michigan	Big Ten	0-1	0	0.85	-16	6.55	0.2	-0.2
70	Army	Conference USA	0-0	0	0.64	0	0	0	0
71	Utah State	Big West	0-1	0	0.52	-8	-5	0.23	-0.23
72	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0-1	0	0.25	-3	-10	0.35	-0.35
73	Baylor	Big 12	0-0	0	0.24	0	0	0	0
74	SMU	Western Athletic	0-1	0	0.1	-6	6.53	0.33	-0.33
75	Auburn	SEC	0-1	0	-0.03	-19	7.24	0	0
76	Texas A&M	Big 12	0-1	0	-0.06	-9	37.14	0.24	-0.24
77	Indiana	Big Ten	0-0	0	-0.07	0	0	0	0
78	Georgia Tech	ACC	0-1	0	-0.09	-10	3.01	0.34	-0.34
79	BYU	Western Athletic	0-1	0	-0.16	-7	5.35	0.38	-0.38
80	Southern Miss	Conference USA	0-1	0	-0.18	-28	8.96	0.02	-0.02
81	Cincinnati	Conference USA	0-1	0	-0.25	-18	9.46	0.27	-0.27
82	West Virginia	Big East	0-1	0	-0.25	-17	11.16	0.16	-0.16
83	Purdue	Big Ten	0-1	0	-0.3	-10	31.01	0.25	-0.25
84	Stanford	Pac-10	0-1	0	-0.75	-12	1.54	0.27	-0.27
85	Michigan State	Big Ten	0-2	0	-0.77	-20.5	21.3	0.23	-0.23
86	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	0-1	0	-0.81	-3	2.6	0.39	-0.39
87	Houston	Conference USA	0-1	0	-0.91	-4	3.85	0.31	-0.31
88	Ball State	Mid-American	0-1	0	-1.01	-18	4.75	0.18	-0.18
89	Nevada	Big West	0-1	0	-1.01	-42	2.35	0.01	-0.01
90	San Diego State	Western Athletic	0-1	0	-1.03	-12	5.08	0.19	-0.19
91	Memphis	Conference USA	0-1	0	-1.19	-20	7.14	0.07	-0.07
92	Kansas	Big 12	0-1	0	-1.24	-10	8.98	0.33	-0.33
93	Temple	Big East	0-1	0	-1.57	-12	8.26	0.16	-0.16
94	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	0-2	0	-1.59	-31.5	22.37	0.29	-0.29
95	Iowa State	Big 12	0-1	0	-1.67	-10	0.82	0.28	-0.28
96	UNLV	Western Athletic	0-1	0	-1.67	-34	4.03	0.01	-0.01
97	Akron	Mid-American	0-1	0	-1.71	-11	10.12	0.22	-0.22
98	Illinois	Big Ten	0-1	0	-1.73	-7	9.75	0.26	-0.26
99	North Texas	Big West	0-1	0	-1.76	-28	1.73	0.03	-0.03
100	Wake Forest	ACC	0-1	0	-1.82	-42	8.69	0	0
101	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	0-1	0	-1.83	-21	6.04	0.03	-0.03
102	East Carolina	Conference USA	0-1	0	-1.96	-35	8.63	0	0
103	UAB	FBS Independents	0-1	0	-2.07	-31	37.28	0.02	-0.02
104	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-1	0	-2.14	-14	7.08	0.24	-0.24
105	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-1	0	-2.16	-42	6.52	0	0
106	New Mexico State	Big West	0-1	0	-2.19	-30	3.1	0.19	-0.19
107	Louisville	Conference USA	0-1	0	-2.26	-34	4.99	0.16	-0.16
108	UTEP	Western Athletic	0-1	0	-2.3	-32	7	0	0
109	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-1	0	-2.34	-37	6.57	0	0
110	Louisiana	FBS Independents	0-1	0	-2.35	-21	2.21	0.13	-0.13
111	Central Michigan	Mid-American	0-1	0	-2.47	-38	10.96	0	0
112	Kent State	Mid-American	0-1	0	-2.49	-53	10.55	0	0