1998 W8 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:32.509822+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-0	1	27.14	29.5	15.62	5.81	0.19
2	UCLA	Pac-10	5-0	1	26.79	19	15.67	3.88	1.12
3	Tennessee	SEC	5-0	1	26.03	13.2	13.24	4.15	0.85
4	Kansas State	Big 12	6-0	1	25.71	44.5	7.23	5.93	0.07
5	Wisconsin	Big Ten	7-0	1	25.12	25.43	6.45	6.63	0.37
6	Arkansas	SEC	6-0	1	24.68	19.67	5.25	5.21	0.79
7	Marshall	Mid-American	7-0	1	24.34	14.71	4.63	5.7	1.3
8	Tulane	Conference USA	5-0	1	24.33	13.2	5.13	3.78	1.22
9	Nebraska	Big 12	6-1	0.86	23.18	24.29	13.52	6.48	-0.48
10	Florida State	ACC	6-1	0.86	23.02	19.29	13.7	6.33	-0.33
11	Florida	SEC	6-1	0.86	22.4	17.57	10.62	6.11	-0.11
12	Texas A&M	Big 12	6-1	0.86	22.39	11.43	12.6	5.6	0.4
13	Colorado	Big 12	6-1	0.86	22.26	7.71	13.38	4.99	1.01
14	Georgia Tech	ACC	5-1	0.83	22.26	16.83	14.28	4.67	0.33
15	Oregon	Pac-10	5-1	0.83	22.24	25	10.83	5.09	-0.09
16	Virginia Tech	Big East	5-1	0.83	22.18	18.67	11.14	5.56	-0.56
17	Arizona	Pac-10	6-1	0.86	22.17	11.57	11.26	5.28	0.72
18	Penn State	Big Ten	5-1	0.83	21.98	14.83	13.08	5.13	-0.13
19	Texas Tech	Big 12	6-1	0.86	21.89	11.71	8.33	5.42	0.58
20	Air Force	Western Athletic	5-1	0.83	21.76	28.33	8.65	5.53	-0.53
21	Virginia	ACC	5-1	0.83	21.69	15.33	9.68	5.03	-0.03
22	Georgia	SEC	5-1	0.83	21.45	13.5	10.14	5.16	-0.16
23	Missouri	Big 12	5-1	0.83	21.04	14.17	7.76	4.9	0.1
24	West Virginia	Big East	4-1	0.8	20.61	15.8	8.51	3.95	0.05
25	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	5-1	0.83	20.54	4.5	9.74	3.85	1.15
26	UCF	FBS Independents	5-1	0.83	20.54	14.83	4.53	4.6	0.4
27	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	4-1	0.8	20.25	6.4	10.44	3.18	0.82
28	Mississippi State	SEC	5-1	0.83	20.06	22.17	0.17	5.51	-0.51
29	Wyoming	Western Athletic	5-1	0.83	19.96	4	6.49	3.75	1.25
30	Colorado State	Western Athletic	6-2	0.75	19.1	7.38	10.3	5.36	0.64
31	USC	Pac-10	5-2	0.71	19.04	11	14.14	5.15	-0.15
32	Kentucky	SEC	5-2	0.71	18.56	9.71	11.52	4.62	0.38
33	Syracuse	Big East	4-2	0.67	18.22	17.17	13.03	4.59	-0.59
34	Texas	Big 12	4-2	0.67	18.05	10.17	13.93	3.96	0.04
35	Idaho	Big West	5-2	0.71	17.63	11.43	4.37	5.26	-0.26
36	Michigan	Big Ten	4-2	0.67	17.33	5.67	12.55	3.83	0.17
37	NC State	ACC	4-2	0.67	17.07	3	13.66	3.38	0.62
38	East Carolina	Conference USA	4-2	0.67	16.88	4.33	8.53	3.76	0.24
39	Washington	Pac-10	4-2	0.67	16.87	2	14.29	3.26	0.74
40	Utah	Western Athletic	4-2	0.67	16.82	7	7.62	3.97	0.03
41	TCU	Western Athletic	4-2	0.67	16.6	3.33	7.33	3.63	0.37
42	Miami	Big East	3-2	0.6	16.17	18.4	8.74	4.13	-1.13
43	Ole Miss	SEC	4-2	0.67	16.1	5.5	2.86	3.83	0.17
44	Alabama	SEC	4-2	0.67	15.54	-1	15.6	2.84	1.16
45	California	Pac-10	4-2	0.67	15.24	-2.17	13.17	2.56	1.44
46	LSU	SEC	3-3	0.5	14.38	10.83	15.36	4.31	-1.31
47	BYU	Western Athletic	4-3	0.57	14.28	10.43	3.44	5.22	-1.22
48	Southern Miss	Conference USA	3-3	0.5	13.75	9	14.42	4.3	-1.3
49	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	4-4	0.5	13.59	7.88	13.33	5.01	-1.01
50	Oregon State	Pac-10	4-3	0.57	13.51	0.14	9.72	3.53	0.47
51	Indiana	Big Ten	3-3	0.5	13.41	6.83	12.72	3.87	-0.87
52	Toledo	Mid-American	4-3	0.57	13.12	-0.14	11.39	3.47	0.53
53	Michigan State	Big Ten	3-3	0.5	12.95	1.17	17.46	3.15	-0.15
54	Boston College	Big East	3-3	0.5	12.52	0.5	13.66	3.06	-0.06
55	Akron	Mid-American	3-3	0.5	12.29	2.33	5.4	3.32	-0.32
56	Purdue	Big Ten	3-4	0.43	12.14	4.14	17.54	4.16	-1.16
57	Western Michigan	Mid-American	4-3	0.57	12.08	-0.71	4.37	3.4	0.6
58	Boise State	Big West	4-3	0.57	11.56	-1.43	1.49	3.28	0.72
59	Iowa	Big Ten	3-4	0.43	11.03	1.57	11.87	3.85	-0.85
60	Central Michigan	Mid-American	3-3	0.5	10.59	-1	2.75	2.84	0.16
61	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-3	0.5	10.39	-6.33	12.19	2.09	0.91
62	San Diego State	Western Athletic	3-3	0.5	10.36	-4.17	12.94	2.39	0.61
63	Wake Forest	ACC	3-3	0.5	10.09	-2.67	6.36	2.55	0.45
64	Louisville	Conference USA	3-4	0.43	9.89	-0.71	12.56	3.42	-0.42
65	North Carolina	ACC	2-3	0.4	9.13	-0.4	11.96	2.45	-0.45
66	Rutgers	Big East	3-3	0.5	9.1	-17	9.73	0.99	2.01
67	Washington State	Pac-10	3-4	0.43	8.74	-9.29	17.54	2.1	0.9
68	Duke	ACC	3-4	0.43	8.52	-7.57	12.78	2.21	0.79
69	Iowa State	Big 12	2-4	0.33	8.31	0.33	16.35	3.04	-1.04
70	New Mexico State	Big West	3-4	0.43	8.23	-10.57	11.99	2.3	0.7
71	San José State	Western Athletic	3-4	0.43	8.22	-10.43	11.6	1.91	1.09
72	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	3-4	0.43	8.12	-7.43	6.07	2.21	0.79
73	Pittsburgh	Big East	2-4	0.33	7.2	-1.33	11.54	2.79	-0.79
74	Oklahoma	Big 12	2-4	0.33	7.04	-3.17	16.97	2.35	-0.35
75	Arizona State	Pac-10	2-4	0.33	6.93	-2.33	14.19	2.65	-0.65
76	Baylor	Big 12	2-4	0.33	6.91	-4.17	18.2	2.42	-0.42
77	Army	Conference USA	2-4	0.33	6.82	-2.5	9.46	2.64	-0.64
78	Oklahoma State	Big 12	2-4	0.33	6.82	-5.33	18.46	2.34	-0.34
79	Tulsa	Western Athletic	2-4	0.33	6.73	-2.33	8.39	2.65	-0.65
80	UAB	FBS Independents	2-4	0.33	6.11	-6.67	8.35	2.11	-0.11
81	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-4	0.33	6.04	-6.83	15.65	2	0
82	Nevada	Big West	2-4	0.33	5.88	-8.17	7.91	2	0
83	Rice	Western Athletic	2-4	0.33	5.79	-7	10.07	1.89	0.11
84	SMU	Western Athletic	2-5	0.29	5.59	-3.29	15.13	2.88	-0.88
85	Kansas	Big 12	2-5	0.29	5.56	-5	11.94	2.83	-0.83
86	Navy	FBS Independents	2-4	0.33	5.42	-12	10.4	1.69	0.31
87	North Texas	Big West	2-4	0.33	5.42	-13.67	13.43	0.96	1.04
88	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	2-4	0.33	5.4	-14.17	8.31	1.23	0.77
89	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-5	0.29	5.39	-4.71	10.03	2.53	-0.53
90	Clemson	ACC	2-5	0.29	5.31	-6.86	12.52	2.05	-0.05
91	New Mexico	Western Athletic	2-5	0.29	5.21	-4.86	6.35	2.83	-0.83
92	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-5	0.29	4.97	-7.57	7.56	2.3	-0.3
93	Maryland	ACC	2-5	0.29	4.95	-9	10.29	1.8	0.2
94	Ohio	Mid-American	2-5	0.29	4.8	-10.57	16.19	1.87	0.13
95	Illinois	Big Ten	2-5	0.29	4.69	-14.29	12.21	1.13	0.87
96	Fresno State	Western Athletic	1-5	0.17	2.81	-4.33	17.11	2.36	-1.36
97	Auburn	SEC	1-5	0.17	2.26	-10	21.26	1.11	-0.11
98	Houston	Conference USA	1-5	0.17	2.2	-8.83	15.54	1.7	-0.7
99	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-5	0.17	1.92	-13.5	15.9	1.15	-0.15
100	Stanford	Pac-10	1-5	0.17	1.85	-14.33	17.11	1.47	-0.47
101	Memphis	Conference USA	1-5	0.17	1.63	-12	12.39	1.24	-0.24
102	South Carolina	SEC	1-6	0.14	1.62	-8.14	18.17	2.2	-1.2
103	Utah State	Big West	1-6	0.14	1.54	-8.14	11.78	2.18	-1.18
104	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	1-5	0.17	1.3	-18.33	10.27	0.75	0.25
105	Louisiana	FBS Independents	1-5	0.17	1.06	-25	9.4	0.51	0.49
106	Temple	Big East	1-6	0.14	0.97	-12.29	12.31	1.7	-0.7
107	Ball State	Mid-American	1-6	0.14	0.9	-18.14	8.59	0.69	0.31
108	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	0-6	0	-2.5	-20.33	11.77	0.29	-0.29
109	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-6	0	-2.6	-20.33	16.99	0.39	-0.39
110	Kent State	Mid-American	0-7	0	-2.71	-27.57	10.49	0.39	-0.39
111	Cincinnati	Conference USA	0-7	0	-2.79	-28.29	12.61	0.79	-0.79
112	UNLV	Western Athletic	0-7	0	-2.79	-25.86	16.03	0.55	-0.55