1998 W5 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:32.508698+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Ohio State	Big Ten	3-0	1	28.3	29	15.83	2.88	0.12
2	Virginia Tech	Big East	4-0	1	27.94	24.75	14.29	3.88	0.12
3	Nebraska	Big 12	4-0	1	27.82	32.25	13.99	3.85	0.15
4	LSU	SEC	3-0	1	27.01	27	10.76	2.76	0.24
5	Tennessee	SEC	3-0	1	26.94	13	12.32	2.32	0.68
6	Virginia	ACC	4-0	1	26.6	14.25	10.12	3.6	0.4
7	Georgia	SEC	3-0	1	26.39	24.67	6.88	2.96	0.04
8	Arkansas	SEC	3-0	1	26.2	28	6.95	2.81	0.19
9	Kansas State	Big 12	4-0	1	26	57	2.81	3.99	0.01
10	Oregon	Pac-10	4-0	1	25.95	32.75	4.12	3.69	0.31
11	Colorado	Big 12	4-0	1	25.45	14.25	4.72	3.35	0.65
12	Penn State	Big Ten	3-0	1	25.44	26.67	2.34	2.92	0.08
13	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	3-0	1	25.41	6	8.98	2.16	0.84
14	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-0	1	25.39	33.25	2.14	3.94	0.06
15	UCLA	Pac-10	2-0	1	25.24	18	2.71	1.53	0.47
16	Marshall	Mid-American	4-0	1	25.19	11.75	4.28	3.07	0.93
17	Arizona	Pac-10	4-0	1	25.14	20.25	2.11	3.66	0.34
18	Texas Tech	Big 12	4-0	1	25.07	18.75	2.58	3.54	0.46
19	Tulane	Conference USA	3-0	1	24.75	15.33	1.77	2.24	0.76
20	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-0	1	24.25	12.33	0.04	2.54	0.46
21	Florida State	ACC	3-1	0.75	21.96	15.25	20.23	3.35	-0.35
22	Florida	SEC	3-1	0.75	21.46	21	15.15	3.42	-0.42
23	USC	Pac-10	3-1	0.75	21.45	9.75	13.94	2.94	0.06
24	Air Force	Western Athletic	3-1	0.75	21.15	21.5	8.49	3.46	-0.46
25	Washington State	Pac-10	3-1	0.75	21.09	4.25	14.91	2.48	0.52
26	Kentucky	SEC	3-1	0.75	20.84	16.75	8.08	2.97	0.03
27	Boston College	Big East	3-1	0.75	20.19	9.25	5.95	2.69	0.31
28	Mississippi State	SEC	3-1	0.75	19.72	17.25	5.57	3.57	-0.57
29	Utah	Western Athletic	3-1	0.75	19.7	9.25	4.34	2.8	0.2
30	Syracuse	Big East	2-1	0.67	19.35	21.67	14	2.44	-0.44
31	Texas A&M	Big 12	3-1	0.75	19.17	12.25	4.54	3.41	-0.41
32	Boise State	Big West	3-1	0.75	19.16	5.5	8.22	2.47	0.53
33	UCF	FBS Independents	3-1	0.75	19.14	15.25	2.34	3.05	-0.05
34	West Virginia	Big East	2-1	0.67	18.97	9.33	20.44	2.04	-0.04
35	Oklahoma State	Big 12	2-1	0.67	18.71	4.67	17.64	1.77	0.23
36	TCU	Western Athletic	2-1	0.67	18.67	3.33	21.68	1.75	0.25
37	Missouri	Big 12	2-1	0.67	18.54	11.33	10.97	2.25	-0.25
38	Tulsa	Western Athletic	2-1	0.67	18.53	9	7.03	2.01	-0.01
39	Indiana	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	18.35	15	10.25	2.26	-0.26
40	Miami	Big East	2-1	0.67	18.29	22.67	5.42	2.6	-0.6
41	Ole Miss	SEC	3-1	0.75	18.25	8.5	-0.16	2.84	0.16
42	Oklahoma	Big 12	2-1	0.67	18.21	9.33	9.29	2.46	-0.46
43	California	Pac-10	3-1	0.75	18.2	-1.5	18.05	1.75	1.25
44	Georgia Tech	ACC	2-1	0.67	18.2	15.67	10.21	2.32	-0.32
45	NC State	ACC	2-1	0.67	17.81	5.67	9.45	1.87	0.13
46	Akron	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	17.21	11.33	6.99	2.16	-0.16
47	Wyoming	Western Athletic	2-1	0.67	16.85	4.33	7.29	1.95	0.05
48	Alabama	SEC	2-1	0.67	16.59	-1.33	10.47	1.41	0.59
49	East Carolina	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	16.11	1	5.43	1.6	0.4
50	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	15.67	7.33	-1.34	2.04	-0.04
51	Washington	Pac-10	2-1	0.67	15.66	-11.33	14.12	0.84	1.16
52	Colorado State	Western Athletic	3-2	0.6	15.19	2	10.77	2.74	0.26
53	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-1	0.67	15.08	-1.67	11.43	1.4	0.6
54	Purdue	Big Ten	2-2	0.5	14.73	4.75	16.33	2.47	-0.47
55	Iowa State	Big 12	2-2	0.5	14.66	9.75	11.57	2.95	-0.95
56	Wake Forest	ACC	2-1	0.67	14.6	-6.67	15.33	0.97	1.03
57	Oregon State	Pac-10	2-2	0.5	13.85	2.75	10.44	2.28	-0.28
58	BYU	Western Athletic	2-2	0.5	13.8	9.25	12	2.9	-0.9
59	Iowa	Big Ten	2-2	0.5	13.61	4.75	15.44	2.52	-0.52
60	Michigan	Big Ten	2-2	0.5	13.26	6.25	10.58	2.47	-0.47
61	Texas	Big 12	2-2	0.5	13.13	2.25	16.45	2.13	-0.13
62	Arizona State	Pac-10	2-2	0.5	13	4	12.92	2.4	-0.4
63	Kansas	Big 12	2-2	0.5	12.88	4	9.66	2.26	-0.26
64	New Mexico	Western Athletic	2-2	0.5	12.8	3.5	-0.05	2.28	-0.28
65	Idaho	Big West	2-2	0.5	11.71	-4.75	12.91	1.53	0.47
66	Louisville	Conference USA	2-2	0.5	11.58	-1.75	21.41	1.89	0.11
67	Duke	ACC	2-2	0.5	11.41	-6.25	13.93	1.38	0.62
68	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-2	0.5	11.38	-5.5	11.8	1.45	0.55
69	Toledo	Mid-American	2-2	0.5	11.3	-5.75	14.23	1.37	0.63
70	San José State	Western Athletic	2-2	0.5	10.51	-7.75	17.29	1.31	0.69
71	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	2-2	0.5	10.46	-10.5	6.63	1.09	0.91
72	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	2-2	0.5	10.16	-3.75	9.43	1.54	0.46
73	Maryland	ACC	2-2	0.5	10.11	-4	6.95	1.62	0.38
74	Rutgers	Big East	2-2	0.5	9.43	-17.5	12.1	0.57	1.43
75	New Mexico State	Big West	2-2	0.5	9.26	-13.75	9.22	1.07	0.93
76	Army	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	9.02	1.33	9.05	1.61	-0.61
77	Southern Miss	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	8.17	3	13.69	1.75	-0.75
78	UAB	FBS Independents	1-2	0.33	7.93	-0.33	8.19	1.48	-0.48
79	Baylor	Big 12	1-2	0.33	7.79	-3	21.57	1.27	-0.27
80	Auburn	SEC	1-2	0.33	7.3	-4.67	23.58	0.94	0.06
81	Pittsburgh	Big East	1-2	0.33	7.24	-6.67	15.25	1.06	-0.06
82	Navy	FBS Independents	1-2	0.33	6.87	-5.33	10.65	1.17	-0.17
83	Utah State	Big West	1-3	0.25	5.42	0	14.66	2	-1
84	Clemson	ACC	1-3	0.25	5.2	-4	14.19	1.52	-0.52
85	South Carolina	SEC	1-3	0.25	4.88	-9.25	17.52	0.99	0.01
86	Nevada	Big West	1-2	0.33	4.68	-17	9.87	0.45	0.55
87	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-3	0.25	4.62	-7.75	14.6	1.34	-0.34
88	Illinois	Big Ten	1-3	0.25	4.58	-7	8.14	1.34	-0.34
89	Rice	Western Athletic	1-3	0.25	4.41	-10.75	10.51	1.04	-0.04
90	Western Michigan	Mid-American	1-3	0.25	4.41	-7.75	6.56	1.42	-0.42
91	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-3	0.25	4.1	-9.75	5.44	1	0
92	Stanford	Pac-10	1-3	0.25	3.99	-15.25	14.78	0.99	0.01
93	Ohio	Mid-American	1-3	0.25	3.34	-13.25	16.72	0.94	0.06
94	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	1-4	0.2	3.31	-6.6	14.59	1.95	-0.95
95	Fresno State	Western Athletic	0-3	0	-1.7	-5.67	16.13	1.14	-1.14
96	North Carolina	ACC	0-3	0	-1.95	-9.33	14.6	0.9	-0.9
97	Temple	Big East	0-4	0	-2.33	-13.25	15.22	0.8	-0.8
98	SMU	Western Athletic	0-4	0	-2.35	-12.5	18.75	1.08	-1.08
99	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	0-3	0	-2.59	-16.67	18.55	0.23	-0.23
100	UTEP	Western Athletic	0-3	0	-2.59	-16	18.88	0.53	-0.53
101	Houston	Conference USA	0-4	0	-2.59	-16	23.62	0.47	-0.47
102	Memphis	Conference USA	0-3	0	-2.7	-18.33	20.09	0.23	-0.23
103	Ball State	Mid-American	0-4	0	-2.75	-25	11.35	0.2	-0.2
104	Louisiana	FBS Independents	0-4	0	-2.85	-35.25	3.99	0.18	-0.18
105	Cincinnati	Conference USA	0-4	0	-2.87	-23.75	18.34	0.54	-0.54
106	Kent State	Mid-American	0-4	0	-2.87	-30	9.57	0.17	-0.17
107	North Texas	Big West	0-4	0	-2.87	-24	16.99	0.15	-0.15
108	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-3	0	-2.88	-31.33	7.78	0.16	-0.16
109	San Diego State	Western Athletic	0-3	0	-2.9	-20	26.31	0.27	-0.27
110	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-3	0	-3.15	-30.33	20.62	0.02	-0.02
111	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-3	0	-3.19	-29.67	21.57	0.14	-0.14
112	UNLV	Western Athletic	0-4	0	-3.31	-35.75	20.59	0.11	-0.11