1998 W4 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:32.508305+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Virginia Tech	Big East	3-0	1	29.04	26.33	16.13	2.91	0.09
2	Ohio State	Big Ten	3-0	1	28.38	29	12.12	2.88	0.12
3	Washington State	Pac-10	3-0	1	28.36	9	17.68	2.21	0.79
4	Georgia	SEC	3-0	1	28	24.67	10.97	2.96	0.04
5	USC	Pac-10	3-0	1	27.71	19.67	11.49	2.66	0.34
6	Virginia	ACC	3-0	1	27.67	11	12.79	2.46	0.54
7	Tennessee	SEC	2-0	1	27.54	2	20.14	1.09	0.91
8	Air Force	Western Athletic	3-0	1	27.1	29	7.28	2.84	0.16
9	Boston College	Big East	3-0	1	27.06	20.33	7.53	2.59	0.41
10	Oregon	Pac-10	3-0	1	26.94	32	6.36	2.82	0.18
11	UCLA	Pac-10	2-0	1	26.73	18	6.79	1.53	0.47
12	Penn State	Big Ten	3-0	1	26.72	26.67	5.52	2.92	0.08
13	Colorado	Big 12	3-0	1	26.55	18.33	4.44	2.65	0.35
14	Nebraska	Big 12	3-0	1	26.38	27	2.29	2.82	0.18
15	Kentucky	SEC	3-0	1	26.36	27.67	4.41	2.61	0.39
16	Kansas State	Big 12	3-0	1	26.16	57.67	0.6	2.99	0.01
17	Alabama	SEC	2-0	1	26.07	16	4.63	1.62	0.38
18	Marshall	Mid-American	3-0	1	26.05	14.67	5.27	2.46	0.54
19	Arizona	Pac-10	3-0	1	26.04	20.67	3.46	2.79	0.21
20	Tulsa	Western Athletic	2-0	1	26.04	25	1.99	1.79	0.21
21	LSU	SEC	2-0	1	25.97	24	4.57	1.85	0.15
22	Washington	Pac-10	2-0	1	25.65	7	5.41	1.29	0.71
23	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-0	1	25.19	34	-2.89	2.96	0.04
24	Arkansas	SEC	2-0	1	25.02	24	-2.04	1.78	0.22
25	Texas Tech	Big 12	3-0	1	24.96	22.67	-2.59	2.82	0.18
26	Tulane	Conference USA	2-0	1	24.72	14	-2.26	1.45	0.55
27	Utah	Western Athletic	3-0	1	24.54	13.33	-2.52	2.36	0.64
28	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-0	1	24.47	12.33	-2.22	2.54	0.46
29	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2-0	1	23.79	2	-0.69	1.19	0.81
30	Florida	SEC	2-1	0.67	20.38	22.67	9.87	2.74	-0.74
31	Florida State	ACC	2-1	0.67	20.24	13.67	22.95	2.41	-0.41
32	Oklahoma	Big 12	2-1	0.67	19.63	9.33	8.69	2.46	-0.46
33	Miami	Big East	2-1	0.67	19.49	22.67	5.35	2.6	-0.6
34	Missouri	Big 12	2-1	0.67	19.42	11.33	7.71	2.25	-0.25
35	Oregon State	Pac-10	2-1	0.67	19.37	10.67	7.4	2.18	-0.18
36	Idaho	Big West	2-1	0.67	19.34	4.67	11.09	1.93	0.07
37	Purdue	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	19.11	6.67	22.52	2.04	-0.04
38	NC State	ACC	2-1	0.67	18.8	5.67	3.59	1.87	0.13
39	Syracuse	Big East	2-1	0.67	18.75	21.67	11.6	2.44	-0.44
40	Mississippi State	SEC	2-1	0.67	18.7	10.33	2.71	2.3	-0.3
41	UCF	FBS Independents	2-1	0.67	18.56	18	-0.68	2.42	-0.42
42	Oklahoma State	Big 12	2-1	0.67	18.51	4.67	16.9	1.77	0.23
43	Iowa State	Big 12	2-1	0.67	18.3	15.33	9.82	2.58	-0.58
44	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	17.83	3	12.81	1.73	0.27
45	New Mexico	Western Athletic	2-1	0.67	17.55	10.33	-4.84	2.09	-0.09
46	Duke	ACC	2-1	0.67	17.35	-0.33	6.7	1.48	0.52
47	Ole Miss	SEC	2-1	0.67	17.09	9	1.93	2.41	-0.41
48	Texas A&M	Big 12	2-1	0.67	17.08	10	3.11	2.42	-0.42
49	Boise State	Big West	2-1	0.67	16.9	6.33	2.46	1.92	0.08
50	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	2-1	0.67	16.71	4.33	2.5	1.83	0.17
51	Indiana	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	16.53	5.5	19.45	1.19	-0.19
52	California	Pac-10	2-1	0.67	15.73	-5.33	18.33	0.8	1.2
53	East Carolina	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	15.73	1	5.41	1.6	0.4
54	Toledo	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	15.51	-3	13.56	1.25	0.75
55	TCU	Western Athletic	1-1	0.5	15.17	4.5	20.43	1.29	-0.29
56	Georgia Tech	ACC	1-1	0.5	14.7	12.5	12.37	1.46	-0.46
57	Wyoming	Western Athletic	1-1	0.5	13.63	0.5	9.45	1.05	-0.05
58	Pittsburgh	Big East	1-1	0.5	13.61	0	8.34	1	0
59	Army	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	12.6	8	11.28	1.43	-0.43
60	West Virginia	Big East	1-1	0.5	12.57	2.5	21.17	1.1	-0.1
61	Colorado State	Western Athletic	2-2	0.5	12.25	-3	14.7	1.71	0.29
62	Akron	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	11.4	-2	11.5	0.91	0.09
63	Baylor	Big 12	1-1	0.5	10.87	-3.5	27.63	0.85	0.15
64	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-1	0.5	10.87	-3	2.11	0.89	0.11
65	UAB	FBS Independents	1-1	0.5	10.7	0.5	9.48	1.03	-0.03
66	Navy	FBS Independents	1-1	0.5	10.57	1	2.85	1.05	-0.05
67	Wake Forest	ACC	1-1	0.5	10.06	-15	12.59	0.28	0.72
68	South Carolina	SEC	1-2	0.33	9.82	0.33	17.27	1.53	-0.53
69	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	9.72	-8.5	2.86	0.56	0.44
70	BYU	Western Athletic	1-2	0.33	9.68	1	16.48	1.58	-0.58
71	Iowa	Big Ten	1-2	0.33	8.81	-1.33	15.86	1.38	-0.38
72	Michigan	Big Ten	1-2	0.33	8.34	4.33	12.1	1.73	-0.73
73	Clemson	ACC	1-2	0.33	8.33	-2	15.61	1.3	-0.3
74	Kansas	Big 12	1-2	0.33	8.18	4.67	10.01	1.73	-0.73
75	Rice	Western Athletic	1-2	0.33	8.18	-1.67	7.99	1.35	-0.35
76	Auburn	SEC	1-2	0.33	7.88	-4.67	21.86	0.94	0.06
77	Illinois	Big Ten	1-2	0.33	7.68	-1.67	4.73	1.38	-0.38
78	Texas	Big 12	1-2	0.33	7.58	-9.67	16.53	1.07	-0.07
79	San José State	Western Athletic	1-2	0.33	7.3	-16	16.75	0.51	0.49
80	Western Michigan	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	7.17	-9.67	11.92	0.94	0.06
81	Maryland	ACC	1-2	0.33	6.9	-8.67	5.2	0.91	0.09
82	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-2	0.33	6.83	-6.33	18.63	1.11	-0.11
83	Arizona State	Pac-10	1-2	0.33	6.3	-1.67	11.66	1.39	-0.39
84	Rutgers	Big East	1-2	0.33	6.13	-27.33	10.19	0.16	0.84
85	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	5.89	-12	-4.69	0.57	0.43
86	Louisville	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	5.41	-10.33	20.96	1	0
87	Stanford	Pac-10	1-2	0.33	5.32	-8.67	13.61	0.99	0.01
88	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	1-2	0.33	5.06	-11.67	12.5	0.64	0.36
89	New Mexico State	Big West	1-2	0.33	4.75	-21.33	17.66	0.54	0.46
90	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	1-3	0.25	3.88	-5.25	16.32	1.67	-0.67
91	North Carolina	ACC	0-2	0	-1.17	-3	11.41	0.85	-0.85
92	Fresno State	Western Athletic	0-2	0	-2	-7	27.56	0.71	-0.71
93	Houston	Conference USA	0-3	0	-2.17	-9.67	21.67	0.66	-0.66
94	Utah State	Big West	0-3	0	-2.24	-10	26.43	0.78	-0.78
95	Temple	Big East	0-3	0	-2.43	-14.33	16.82	0.53	-0.53
96	SMU	Western Athletic	0-3	0	-2.49	-14.33	22.14	0.61	-0.61
97	Ball State	Mid-American	0-3	0	-2.65	-20.67	13.09	0.17	-0.17
98	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	0-2	0	-2.72	-15	25.62	0.29	-0.29
99	Louisiana	FBS Independents	0-3	0	-2.72	-28.67	4.15	0.28	-0.28
100	Memphis	Conference USA	0-3	0	-2.76	-18.33	21.82	0.23	-0.23
101	Ohio	Mid-American	0-3	0	-2.76	-18.33	21.6	0.39	-0.39
102	Cincinnati	Conference USA	0-3	0	-2.78	-20.33	16.99	0.52	-0.52
103	Kent State	Mid-American	0-3	0	-2.82	-27	5.85	0.18	-0.18
104	Southern Miss	Conference USA	0-2	0	-2.95	-23	19.77	0.05	-0.05
105	UTEP	Western Athletic	0-2	0	-2.95	-19.5	26.09	0.23	-0.23
106	San Diego State	Western Athletic	0-2	0	-2.98	-20.5	26.71	0.13	-0.13
107	North Texas	Big West	0-3	0	-3.02	-25.67	17.33	0.1	-0.1
108	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-3	0	-3.05	-31.33	9.74	0.16	-0.16
109	Nevada	Big West	0-2	0	-3.11	-27	21.38	0.09	-0.09
110	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-3	0	-3.28	-30.33	22.16	0.02	-0.02
111	UNLV	Western Athletic	0-3	0	-3.52	-40.33	22.57	0.04	-0.04
112	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-2	0	-3.64	-41	26.36	0	0