1998 W7 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:32.509432+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Ohio State	Big Ten	5-0	1	27.4	29.4	15.38	4.87	0.13
2	Virginia Tech	Big East	5-0	1	27.02	23.2	14.84	4.89	0.11
3	UCLA	Pac-10	4-0	1	26.93	23	14.6	3.3	0.7
4	Tennessee	SEC	5-0	1	26.43	13.2	14.23	4.15	0.85
5	Kansas State	Big 12	5-0	1	25.97	47	7.36	4.97	0.03
6	Oregon	Pac-10	5-0	1	25.47	30.6	6.41	4.5	0.5
7	Wisconsin	Big Ten	6-0	1	25.44	24	7.12	5.59	0.41
8	Virginia	ACC	5-0	1	25.2	19	6.53	4.62	0.38
9	Arkansas	SEC	5-0	1	25.03	21	5.29	4.5	0.5
10	Marshall	Mid-American	6-0	1	24.64	11.33	5.67	4.53	1.47
11	Texas Tech	Big 12	6-0	1	24.61	14	5.09	4.85	1.15
12	Tulane	Conference USA	4-0	1	24.16	15	2.55	3.11	0.89
13	Nebraska	Big 12	5-1	0.83	23	21.5	14.01	5.36	-0.36
14	Florida State	ACC	5-1	0.83	22.73	14.5	16.31	5.05	-0.05
15	Florida	SEC	5-1	0.83	22.18	17	12.33	5.1	-0.1
16	Air Force	Western Athletic	5-1	0.83	22.05	28.33	9.29	5.53	-0.53
17	Colorado	Big 12	5-1	0.83	21.89	8.67	11.85	4.4	0.6
18	Georgia	SEC	4-1	0.8	21.71	11.2	13.42	4.08	-0.08
19	Texas A&M	Big 12	5-1	0.83	21.62	9.83	11.86	4.64	0.36
20	Penn State	Big Ten	4-1	0.8	21.5	14.2	13.68	4.24	-0.24
21	Arizona	Pac-10	5-1	0.83	21.46	10	8.74	4.29	0.71
22	Georgia Tech	ACC	4-1	0.8	21.41	19.6	11.85	4.13	-0.13
23	West Virginia	Big East	4-1	0.8	21.07	15.8	10.39	3.95	0.05
24	Missouri	Big 12	4-1	0.8	20.65	14.2	8.74	3.98	0.02
25	UCF	FBS Independents	5-1	0.83	20.6	14.83	4.02	4.6	0.4
26	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	4-1	0.8	20.4	6.4	11.08	3.18	0.82
27	TCU	Western Athletic	4-1	0.8	20.1	4.8	9.92	3.18	0.82
28	Mississippi State	SEC	4-1	0.8	19.93	17.2	3.41	4.36	-0.36
29	Wyoming	Western Athletic	4-1	0.8	19.81	4.2	8.76	3.21	0.79
30	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	4-1	0.8	19.77	3.2	9.46	3.03	0.97
31	East Carolina	Conference USA	4-1	0.8	19.73	5.4	7.54	3.3	0.7
32	California	Pac-10	4-1	0.8	18.96	-1	15.96	2.33	1.67
33	USC	Pac-10	4-2	0.67	18.35	8.17	14.42	4.09	-0.09
34	Texas	Big 12	4-2	0.67	18.2	10.17	14.85	3.96	0.04
35	Colorado State	Western Athletic	5-2	0.71	18.14	5.71	10.6	4.5	0.5
36	Kentucky	SEC	4-2	0.67	17.92	10.83	11.9	4.08	-0.08
37	LSU	SEC	3-2	0.6	17.38	13.6	16.33	3.91	-0.91
38	Idaho	Big West	4-2	0.67	17.04	11.33	6.09	4.46	-0.46
39	Syracuse	Big East	3-2	0.6	16.72	17.2	13.25	3.81	-0.81
40	Oregon State	Pac-10	4-2	0.67	16.69	3.67	8.92	3.57	0.43
41	Miami	Big East	3-2	0.6	16.54	18.4	8.69	4.13	-1.13
42	Ole Miss	SEC	4-2	0.67	16.44	5.5	2.94	3.83	0.17
43	Boston College	Big East	3-2	0.6	16.08	4	13.58	2.95	0.05
44	NC State	ACC	3-2	0.6	15.88	3	13.07	2.81	0.19
45	Michigan	Big Ten	3-2	0.6	15.87	5.6	12.35	3.11	-0.11
46	Utah	Western Athletic	3-2	0.6	15.76	6.8	9.97	3.25	-0.25
47	Akron	Mid-American	3-2	0.6	14.99	5.6	7.12	3.11	-0.11
48	Washington	Pac-10	3-2	0.6	14.9	0.8	15.64	2.58	0.42
49	Purdue	Big Ten	3-3	0.5	14.53	7.83	17.87	4.01	-1.01
50	Alabama	SEC	3-2	0.6	13.72	-1.4	15.02	2.31	0.69
51	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-2	0.6	13.62	-1.6	10.1	2.29	0.71
52	Central Michigan	Mid-American	3-2	0.6	13.5	0.8	3.09	2.6	0.4
53	Iowa	Big Ten	3-3	0.5	13.03	3	13.13	3.52	-0.52
54	Michigan State	Big Ten	3-3	0.5	12.78	1.17	16.87	3.15	-0.15
55	BYU	Western Athletic	3-3	0.5	12.77	8.5	4.18	4.21	-1.21
56	Louisville	Conference USA	3-3	0.5	12.18	0.17	10.6	3.02	-0.02
57	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	3-4	0.43	11.65	4.57	14.93	4.03	-1.03
58	Indiana	Big Ten	2-3	0.4	11.4	6.8	11.42	3.14	-1.14
59	Southern Miss	Conference USA	2-3	0.4	11.05	6	15.75	3.25	-1.25
60	Toledo	Mid-American	3-3	0.5	10.99	-1.5	12.47	2.75	0.25
61	Washington State	Pac-10	3-3	0.5	10.99	-6.17	17.63	2.17	0.83
62	Oklahoma State	Big 12	2-3	0.4	10.34	0	19.04	2.5	-0.5
63	Boise State	Big West	3-3	0.5	10.1	-3.5	2.63	2.57	0.43
64	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-3	0.5	10.05	-2.5	4.58	2.69	0.31
65	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	3-3	0.5	9.98	-8.33	8.28	1.8	1.2
66	Duke	ACC	3-3	0.5	9.97	-8.33	12.81	1.77	1.23
67	Army	Conference USA	2-3	0.4	9.83	1.8	8.83	2.72	-0.72
68	San José State	Western Athletic	3-3	0.5	9.82	-11	13.57	1.58	1.42
69	New Mexico State	Big West	3-3	0.5	9.72	-9.17	10.71	2.09	0.91
70	Oklahoma	Big 12	2-3	0.4	9.55	-1	15.26	2.33	-0.33
71	Baylor	Big 12	2-3	0.4	9.26	-0.8	19.27	2.41	-0.41
72	Pittsburgh	Big East	2-3	0.4	9.24	-0.8	10.66	2.4	-0.4
73	North Carolina	ACC	2-3	0.4	8.84	-0.4	11.68	2.45	-0.45
74	Tulsa	Western Athletic	2-3	0.4	8.76	-2	8.98	2.27	-0.27
75	UAB	FBS Independents	2-3	0.4	8.71	-1.8	8.66	2.27	-0.27
76	Iowa State	Big 12	2-4	0.33	8.53	0.33	15.47	3.04	-1.04
77	Kansas	Big 12	2-4	0.33	8.49	1	10.31	3.11	-1.11
78	San Diego State	Western Athletic	2-3	0.4	7.91	-5.6	16.54	1.76	0.24
79	Wake Forest	ACC	2-3	0.4	7.8	-5.2	5.56	1.82	0.18
80	Nevada	Big West	2-3	0.4	7.55	-8.6	8.23	1.65	0.35
81	Clemson	ACC	2-4	0.33	7.48	0	10.89	3	-1
82	Arizona State	Pac-10	2-4	0.33	7.14	-2.33	12.41	2.65	-0.65
83	Rutgers	Big East	2-3	0.4	6.88	-21.2	10.11	0.59	1.41
84	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-4	0.33	6.42	-4.5	8.9	2.27	-0.27
85	New Mexico	Western Athletic	2-4	0.33	6.15	-5.17	4.91	2.37	-0.37
86	Maryland	ACC	2-4	0.33	6.03	-8.83	10.06	1.62	0.38
87	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-4	0.33	5.97	-7.17	6.82	1.92	0.08
88	Illinois	Big Ten	2-4	0.33	5.91	-11	11.33	1.36	0.64
89	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	2-4	0.33	5.54	-14.17	7.21	1.23	0.77
90	Fresno State	Western Athletic	1-4	0.2	3.74	-3.6	17.94	2.07	-1.07
91	Auburn	SEC	1-4	0.2	3.34	-7.8	22.42	1.25	-0.25
92	Rice	Western Athletic	1-4	0.2	2.88	-9.2	10.47	1.4	-0.4
93	SMU	Western Athletic	1-5	0.17	2.72	-4.5	14.97	2.34	-1.34
94	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-4	0.2	2.62	-14.6	16.31	0.9	0.1
95	Navy	FBS Independents	1-4	0.2	2.62	-15.8	14.94	1.06	-0.06
96	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-4	0.2	2.53	-9.6	16.46	1.35	-0.35
97	South Carolina	SEC	1-5	0.17	2.47	-7.33	18.23	1.92	-0.92
98	Utah State	Big West	1-5	0.17	2.41	-7.5	11.08	1.98	-0.98
99	Houston	Conference USA	1-5	0.17	2.24	-8.83	15.32	1.7	-0.7
100	North Texas	Big West	1-4	0.2	2.05	-17.6	16.66	0.46	0.54
101	Stanford	Pac-10	1-5	0.17	1.9	-14.33	16.05	1.47	-0.47
102	Ohio	Mid-American	1-5	0.17	1.89	-14.67	16.7	1.21	-0.21
103	Ball State	Mid-American	1-5	0.17	1.51	-19.33	6.61	0.49	0.51
104	Temple	Big East	0-6	0	-2.24	-15	9.8	1.19	-1.19
105	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	0-5	0	-2.52	-20	12.18	0.24	-0.24
106	Memphis	Conference USA	0-5	0	-2.53	-18	16.99	0.43	-0.43
107	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-5	0	-2.58	-19.4	15.45	0.39	-0.39
108	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-5	0	-2.6	-24	9.02	0.43	-0.43
109	Kent State	Mid-American	0-6	0	-2.66	-26.33	8.43	0.4	-0.4
110	Louisiana	FBS Independents	0-5	0	-2.77	-30.4	8.39	0.28	-0.28
111	UNLV	Western Athletic	0-6	0	-2.91	-29.67	15.38	0.31	-0.31
112	Cincinnati	Conference USA	0-6	0	-2.93	-30	15.95	0.61	-0.61