1998 W3 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:32.507929+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-0	1	29.18	33	11.93	1.95	0.05
2	Colorado	Big 12	2-0	1	29.05	18	9.69	1.68	0.32
3	Nebraska	Big 12	3-0	1	28.97	27	6.2	2.82	0.18
4	NC State	ACC	2-0	1	28.96	10	16.88	1.46	0.54
5	Georgia	SEC	2-0	1	28.89	33.5	10.8	1.99	0.01
6	Virginia Tech	Big East	2-0	1	28.73	36	10.28	2	0
7	Virginia	ACC	2-0	1	28.1	15.5	9.86	1.82	0.18
8	Boston College	Big East	2-0	1	27.79	18.5	9.25	1.61	0.39
9	Oklahoma	Big 12	2-0	1	27.71	14.5	10.06	1.81	0.19
10	Florida	SEC	2-0	1	27.49	35.5	5.58	1.95	0.05
11	Washington State	Pac-10	2-0	1	27.39	9.5	9.5	1.48	0.52
12	Tulsa	Western Athletic	2-0	1	27.14	25	7.16	1.79	0.21
13	USC	Pac-10	2-0	1	27.1	19.5	-0.67	1.83	0.17
14	Duke	ACC	2-0	1	27.02	24	7.09	1.9	0.1
15	UCLA	Pac-10	1-0	1	26.99	18	23.36	0.75	0.25
16	Penn State	Big Ten	2-0	1	26.67	36.5	-1.26	1.99	0.01
17	Idaho	Big West	2-0	1	26.58	11	6.48	1.62	0.38
18	Air Force	Western Athletic	2-0	1	26.53	42	-1.75	1.99	0.01
19	Indiana	Big Ten	1-0	1	26.43	15	23.54	0.72	0.28
20	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-0	1	26.33	28.5	0.15	1.96	0.04
21	Oregon State	Pac-10	2-0	1	26.3	26	-0.39	1.89	0.11
22	Tulane	Conference USA	2-0	1	26.19	14	-0.07	1.45	0.55
23	Oregon	Pac-10	2-0	1	26.09	20.5	-1.53	1.68	0.32
24	Texas Tech	Big 12	2-0	1	26.08	31	-2.03	2	0
25	Mississippi State	SEC	2-0	1	26.06	25	-1.68	1.99	0.01
26	Missouri	Big 12	2-0	1	26.05	27.5	-1.79	1.9	0.1
27	Arizona	Pac-10	2-0	1	25.83	19	-1.29	1.85	0.15
28	Alabama	SEC	2-0	1	25.71	16	-1.16	1.62	0.38
29	UCF	FBS Independents	2-0	1	25.68	41	-5.79	1.92	0.08
30	Kansas State	Big 12	2-0	1	25.66	66	-6.07	2	0
31	Washington	Pac-10	1-0	1	25.53	4	1.1	0.56	0.44
32	Arkansas	SEC	1-0	1	25.45	21	-2.35	0.87	0.13
33	Utah	Western Athletic	2-0	1	25.41	15.5	-0.87	1.65	0.35
34	Kentucky	SEC	2-0	1	25.36	39.5	-6.13	1.85	0.15
35	Miami	Big East	2-0	1	25.26	37.5	-5.12	1.91	0.09
36	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2-0	1	25.23	2	1.18	1.19	0.81
37	Marshall	Mid-American	2-0	1	25.06	20.5	-5.86	1.79	0.21
38	Tennessee	SEC	1-0	1	24.98	1	2.1	0.52	0.48
39	New Mexico	Western Athletic	2-0	1	24.82	16	-4.74	1.56	0.44
40	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-0	1	24.71	5	-0.86	1.43	0.57
41	Pittsburgh	Big East	1-0	1	23.03	7	-10	0.59	0.41
42	LSU	SEC	1-0	1	22.78	36	-0.81	0.99	0.01
43	Wyoming	Western Athletic	1-0	1	20	8	-10	0.82	0.18
44	Colorado State	Western Athletic	2-1	0.67	16.45	-3	9.69	1.26	0.74
45	South Carolina	SEC	1-1	0.5	15.95	2	12.41	1.12	-0.12
46	San José State	Western Athletic	1-1	0.5	15.89	3.5	10.48	1.19	-0.19
47	TCU	Western Athletic	1-1	0.5	15.89	4.5	10.79	1.29	-0.29
48	Iowa	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	15.71	10	-2.07	1.58	-0.58
49	Texas	Big 12	1-1	0.5	15.27	6	0.23	1.16	-0.16
50	Florida State	ACC	1-1	0.5	15.24	-4	12.27	0.73	0.27
51	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	14.85	0	9.39	1	0
52	Rice	Western Athletic	1-1	0.5	14.78	2	-0.1	1.12	-0.12
53	Ole Miss	SEC	1-1	0.5	14.7	1.5	-0.61	1.12	-0.12
54	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	1-1	0.5	14.62	1	6.67	1.04	-0.04
55	Boise State	Big West	1-1	0.5	14.36	0.5	6.88	1.03	-0.03
56	Oklahoma State	Big 12	1-1	0.5	13.97	-2.5	9.82	0.9	0.1
57	Clemson	ACC	1-1	0.5	13.6	-2	7.61	0.87	0.13
58	Western Michigan	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	13.55	-0.5	-1.1	0.98	0.02
59	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-1	0.5	13.35	-3	0.04	0.89	0.11
60	California	Pac-10	1-1	0.5	13.32	-8.5	15.87	0.32	0.68
61	Maryland	ACC	1-1	0.5	13.16	-2	7.79	0.89	0.11
62	Iowa State	Big 12	1-1	0.5	13.15	4	23.7	1.21	-0.21
63	Georgia Tech	ACC	1-1	0.5	12.9	12.5	10.73	1.46	-0.46
64	Texas A&M	Big 12	1-1	0.5	12.87	6	15.42	1.38	-0.38
65	Toledo	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	12.81	-18.5	12.37	0.2	0.8
66	Syracuse	Big East	1-1	0.5	12.79	4.5	12.79	1.16	-0.16
67	BYU	Western Athletic	1-1	0.5	12.61	6.5	12.45	1.3	-0.3
68	Illinois	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	12.11	10.5	6.88	1.46	-0.46
69	Rutgers	Big East	1-1	0.5	11.75	-13	6.82	0.26	0.74
70	Auburn	SEC	1-1	0.5	11.61	-1	25.15	0.87	0.13
71	Purdue	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	10.97	-4	27.46	0.78	0.22
72	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	10.17	1.5	-5.5	1.16	-0.16
73	Akron	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	9.87	-2	11.4	0.91	0.09
74	East Carolina	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	9.52	-2	7.61	0.87	0.13
75	Wake Forest	ACC	1-1	0.5	8.76	-15	14	0.28	0.72
76	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	8.6	-8.5	7.77	0.56	0.44
77	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-2	0.33	6.14	-6.33	23.05	1.11	-0.11
78	Army	Conference USA	0-1	0	-0.48	-1	25.5	0.46	-0.46
79	North Carolina	ACC	0-1	0	-0.89	-3	25.5	0.35	-0.35
80	Navy	FBS Independents	0-1	0	-1.35	-12	-1.82	0.19	-0.19
81	Utah State	Big West	0-2	0	-1.47	-5.5	22.17	0.76	-0.76
82	Fresno State	Western Athletic	0-1	0	-1.67	-8	30.84	0.32	-0.32
83	Houston	Conference USA	0-2	0	-1.7	-5.5	22	0.47	-0.47
84	Arizona State	Pac-10	0-2	0	-1.79	-12	12.55	0.53	-0.53
85	SMU	Western Athletic	0-2	0	-1.84	-8	25.03	0.61	-0.61
86	Michigan	Big Ten	0-2	0	-1.92	-13	13.98	0.53	-0.53
87	Baylor	Big 12	0-1	0	-1.98	-10	24.51	0.25	-0.25
88	Temple	Big East	0-2	0	-2.06	-9.5	11.2	0.57	-0.57
89	Ball State	Mid-American	0-2	0	-2.14	-12	12.18	0.36	-0.36
90	Louisiana	FBS Independents	0-2	0	-2.24	-11.5	6.29	0.5	-0.5
91	Stanford	Pac-10	0-2	0	-2.42	-14.5	23.48	0.4	-0.4
92	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	0-2	0	-2.46	-19.5	12.17	0.14	-0.14
93	Kansas	Big 12	0-2	0	-2.49	-14	24.38	0.52	-0.52
94	Memphis	Conference USA	0-2	0	-2.49	-14	24.72	0.17	-0.17
95	Ohio	Mid-American	0-2	0	-2.49	-24	24.14	0.2	-0.2
96	West Virginia	Big East	0-1	0	-2.51	-17	26.3	0.16	-0.16
97	Cincinnati	Conference USA	0-2	0	-2.68	-22	24.15	0.34	-0.34
98	San Diego State	Western Athletic	0-2	0	-2.81	-20.5	27.24	0.13	-0.13
99	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	0-1	0	-2.9	-21	23.99	0.03	-0.03
100	Southern Miss	Conference USA	0-1	0	-2.91	-28	26.41	0.02	-0.02
101	Nevada	Big West	0-2	0	-2.91	-27	21.12	0.09	-0.09
102	UTEP	Western Athletic	0-2	0	-2.94	-19.5	24.97	0.23	-0.23
103	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	0-3	0	-3	-28	19.32	0.36	-0.36
104	Kent State	Mid-American	0-2	0	-3.05	-33.5	7.92	0.03	-0.03
105	New Mexico State	Big West	0-2	0	-3.05	-32.5	11.63	0.2	-0.2
106	North Texas	Big West	0-2	0	-3.15	-29	23.82	0.02	-0.02
107	Louisville	Conference USA	0-2	0	-3.2	-28.5	22.87	0.32	-0.32
108	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-2	0	-3.34	-33.5	24.26	0.01	-0.01
109	UNLV	Western Athletic	0-2	0	-3.38	-38	24.88	0.04	-0.04
110	UAB	FBS Independents	0-1	0	-3.44	-31	32.66	0.02	-0.02
111	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-2	0	-3.47	-40	23.63	0.09	-0.09
112	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-2	0	-3.56	-41	25.43	0	0