1998 W6 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:32.509067+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Ohio State	Big Ten	4-0	1	28.28	26.5	18.56	3.82	0.18
2	Nebraska	Big 12	5-0	1	27.13	27.2	12.76	4.71	0.29
3	Virginia Tech	Big East	4-0	1	26.87	24.75	11.71	3.88	0.12
4	Georgia	SEC	4-0	1	26.49	18.75	11.47	3.68	0.32
5	UCLA	Pac-10	3-0	1	26.35	22.67	10.54	2.49	0.51
6	Tennessee	SEC	4-0	1	26.18	11.75	11.38	3.13	0.87
7	Virginia	ACC	5-0	1	26.02	19	8.91	4.62	0.38
8	Arkansas	SEC	4-0	1	25.95	22.75	8.06	3.6	0.4
9	Colorado	Big 12	5-0	1	25.6	11.8	8.98	3.92	1.08
10	Kansas State	Big 12	4-0	1	25.52	57	2.68	3.99	0.01
11	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5-0	1	25.49	27.4	5.37	4.8	0.2
12	Marshall	Mid-American	5-0	1	25.48	12.2	8.32	3.88	1.12
13	Oregon	Pac-10	4-0	1	25.42	32.75	4.13	3.69	0.31
14	Arizona	Pac-10	5-0	1	25.16	16.8	5.55	4.28	0.72
15	Texas Tech	Big 12	5-0	1	24.62	15.4	3.06	4.12	0.88
16	Tulane	Conference USA	4-0	1	24.46	15	2.46	3.11	0.89
17	Florida State	ACC	4-1	0.8	22.26	15	15.99	4.23	-0.23
18	Air Force	Western Athletic	4-1	0.8	21.9	25.6	11.59	4.48	-0.48
19	Florida	SEC	4-1	0.8	21.88	18	12.97	4.24	-0.24
20	LSU	SEC	3-1	0.75	21.45	20	13.89	3.41	-0.41
21	USC	Pac-10	4-1	0.8	21.33	10	12.13	3.64	0.36
22	West Virginia	Big East	3-1	0.75	20.72	12.25	15.95	2.89	0.11
23	Texas A&M	Big 12	4-1	0.8	20.63	10.4	8.69	3.99	0.01
24	Penn State	Big Ten	3-1	0.75	20.56	15.25	10.13	3.48	-0.48
25	Georgia Tech	ACC	3-1	0.75	20.04	18.75	9.73	3.29	-0.29
26	NC State	ACC	3-1	0.75	20.03	9.5	13.11	2.8	0.2
27	UCF	FBS Independents	4-1	0.8	19.96	13.6	3.23	3.72	0.28
28	Miami	Big East	3-1	0.75	19.74	26	6.12	3.56	-0.56
29	Boston College	Big East	3-1	0.75	19.64	9.25	9.22	2.69	0.31
30	Missouri	Big 12	3-1	0.75	19.45	13.75	7	3.17	-0.17
31	TCU	Western Athletic	3-1	0.75	19.34	3.25	12.72	2.35	0.65
32	Mississippi State	SEC	3-1	0.75	19.32	17.25	4.44	3.57	-0.57
33	Ole Miss	SEC	4-1	0.8	19.11	7.2	0.8	3.36	0.64
34	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	3-1	0.75	19.07	1	10.89	2.14	0.86
35	Wyoming	Western Athletic	3-1	0.75	18.91	4	9.85	2.49	0.51
36	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	3-1	0.75	18.54	3.25	9.15	2.26	0.74
37	East Carolina	Conference USA	3-1	0.75	18.15	2	7.58	2.23	0.77
38	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-1	0.75	17.96	0.5	4.9	2.05	0.95
39	California	Pac-10	3-1	0.75	17.91	-1.5	16.13	1.75	1.25
40	Kentucky	SEC	3-2	0.6	17.15	12	13.52	3.47	-0.47
41	Purdue	Big Ten	3-2	0.6	16.97	10.8	16.87	3.64	-0.64
42	Colorado State	Western Athletic	4-2	0.67	16.5	2.17	8.33	3.33	0.67
43	Texas	Big 12	3-2	0.6	16.3	6	15.91	2.94	0.06
44	Utah	Western Athletic	3-2	0.6	16.25	6.8	10.08	3.25	-0.25
45	Louisville	Conference USA	3-2	0.6	15.9	7.2	12.49	3.06	-0.06
46	Michigan	Big Ten	3-2	0.6	15.74	5.6	11.35	3.11	-0.11
47	Oregon State	Pac-10	3-2	0.6	15.3	3	10.47	2.9	0.1
48	Idaho	Big West	3-2	0.6	15.23	6	7.72	3.22	-0.22
49	Syracuse	Big East	2-2	0.5	15.07	11	16.86	2.74	-0.74
50	Indiana	Big Ten	2-2	0.5	14.43	10.25	11.94	2.78	-0.78
51	Oklahoma	Big 12	2-2	0.5	14.4	6.5	14.86	2.83	-0.83
52	Washington State	Pac-10	3-2	0.6	14.32	-3	15.78	2.12	0.88
53	Oklahoma State	Big 12	2-2	0.5	14.11	1.75	19.74	2.15	-0.15
54	Tulsa	Western Athletic	2-2	0.5	13.3	4.25	6.2	2.36	-0.36
55	Boise State	Big West	3-2	0.6	13.18	-2.6	4.82	2.25	0.75
56	Pittsburgh	Big East	2-2	0.5	13.15	3.75	15.15	2.37	-0.37
57	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	3-2	0.6	12.93	-2.4	9.59	2.17	0.83
58	UAB	FBS Independents	2-2	0.5	12.19	2.5	6.96	2.23	-0.23
59	Akron	Mid-American	2-2	0.5	11.87	-0.25	6.84	1.98	0.02
60	Alabama	SEC	2-2	0.5	11.68	-2.5	14.58	1.74	0.26
61	Iowa State	Big 12	2-3	0.4	11.36	3.6	13.55	2.9	-0.9
62	Iowa	Big Ten	2-3	0.4	11.29	3.2	14.66	2.99	-0.99
63	Washington	Pac-10	2-2	0.5	11.15	-9.25	19.94	1.27	0.73
64	BYU	Western Athletic	2-3	0.4	10.99	5.4	6.71	3.17	-1.17
65	Kansas	Big 12	2-3	0.4	10.81	2.6	10.87	2.73	-0.73
66	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-2	0.5	10.59	-2.25	1.34	1.77	0.23
67	Arizona State	Pac-10	2-3	0.4	10.48	1	12.38	2.62	-0.62
68	Wake Forest	ACC	2-2	0.5	10.33	-5.75	5.8	1.43	0.57
69	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-3	0.4	9.58	0	17.03	2.5	-0.5
70	Nevada	Big West	2-2	0.5	9.16	-10	6.01	1.09	0.91
71	Toledo	Mid-American	2-3	0.4	8.46	-6	14.99	1.73	0.27
72	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-3	0.4	8.21	-5	8.5	1.8	0.2
73	New Mexico	Western Athletic	2-3	0.4	8.18	-5.6	7.27	1.96	0.04
74	Maryland	ACC	2-3	0.4	8.13	-6	11.04	1.76	0.24
75	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	2-4	0.33	8.06	0.33	16.55	3.03	-1.03
76	Duke	ACC	2-3	0.4	8	-10.6	13.63	1.29	0.71
77	San José State	Western Athletic	2-3	0.4	7.87	-13.8	16.21	1.13	0.87
78	Western Michigan	Mid-American	2-3	0.4	7.8	-3.6	8.11	2.13	-0.13
79	Illinois	Big Ten	2-3	0.4	7.7	-5	9.53	1.84	0.16
80	New Mexico State	Big West	2-3	0.4	7.58	-11.6	10.34	1.5	0.5
81	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	2-3	0.4	7.49	-11	6.37	1.27	0.73
82	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-3	0.4	7.26	-6	4.57	1.69	0.31
83	Rutgers	Big East	2-3	0.4	7.21	-21.2	11.37	0.59	1.41
84	Army	Conference USA	1-3	0.25	6.11	-0.25	12.02	1.97	-0.97
85	Southern Miss	Conference USA	1-3	0.25	5.76	-1.25	16.63	1.85	-0.85
86	Baylor	Big 12	1-3	0.25	5.46	-2.75	20.54	1.74	-0.74
87	Auburn	SEC	1-3	0.25	5.11	-5.5	24.7	1.12	-0.12
88	Fresno State	Western Athletic	1-3	0.25	4.8	-1.75	17.25	1.85	-0.85
89	Utah State	Big West	1-4	0.2	4.43	-0.8	12.36	2.4	-1.4
90	Navy	FBS Independents	1-3	0.25	4.37	-9.25	13.86	1.29	-0.29
91	North Carolina	ACC	1-3	0.25	3.99	-5.25	13.2	1.49	-0.49
92	Rice	Western Athletic	1-3	0.25	3.92	-10.75	9.22	1.04	-0.04
93	San Diego State	Western Athletic	1-3	0.25	3.58	-12.5	22.63	0.77	0.23
94	Clemson	ACC	1-4	0.2	3.52	-4.6	11.44	1.8	-0.8
95	South Carolina	SEC	1-4	0.2	3.27	-7.8	17.36	1.49	-0.49
96	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-3	0.25	3.24	-15.25	16.62	0.73	0.27
97	SMU	Western Athletic	1-4	0.2	2.98	-4.4	14.2	2.02	-1.02
98	Stanford	Pac-10	1-4	0.2	2.64	-15.8	14.95	1.15	-0.15
99	Houston	Conference USA	1-4	0.2	2.6	-8.6	18.39	1.36	-0.36
100	Ohio	Mid-American	1-4	0.2	2.52	-16.2	12.11	0.89	0.11
101	Ball State	Mid-American	1-4	0.2	1.82	-19	7.59	0.47	0.53
102	Temple	Big East	0-5	0	-2.13	-12	9.76	1.28	-1.28
103	UTEP	Western Athletic	0-4	0	-2.34	-12.75	18.87	0.86	-0.86
104	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	0-4	0	-2.56	-19.5	13.16	0.15	-0.15
105	Memphis	Conference USA	0-4	0	-2.58	-19	14.91	0.34	-0.34
106	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-4	0	-2.58	-24.75	4.42	0.3	-0.3
107	Kent State	Mid-American	0-5	0	-2.7	-25.8	8.61	0.32	-0.32
108	Louisiana	FBS Independents	0-5	0	-2.78	-30.4	7.12	0.28	-0.28
109	North Texas	Big West	0-4	0	-2.84	-24	18.86	0.15	-0.15
110	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-4	0	-2.84	-23.5	18.31	0.13	-0.13
111	Cincinnati	Conference USA	0-5	0	-2.9	-27.6	16.4	0.56	-0.56
112	UNLV	Western Athletic	0-5	0	-3.01	-30.8	15.56	0.23	-0.23