1998 W9 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:32.510196+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Ohio State	Big Ten	7-0	1	26.59	29	13.89	6.76	0.24
2	UCLA	Pac-10	6-0	1	26.38	17.83	14.77	4.66	1.34
3	Tennessee	SEC	6-0	1	25.94	13.83	13.68	4.98	1.02
4	Kansas State	Big 12	7-0	1	25.56	44.57	7.45	6.92	0.08
5	Wisconsin	Big Ten	8-0	1	25.13	26.12	7.38	7.67	0.33
6	Arkansas	SEC	6-0	1	24.89	19.67	7.33	5.21	0.79
7	Tulane	Conference USA	6-0	1	24.62	15.67	6.83	4.69	1.31
8	Marshall	Mid-American	8-0	1	24.14	16.88	4.05	6.76	1.24
9	Florida State	ACC	7-1	0.88	23.5	20.25	14.46	7.34	-0.34
10	Nebraska	Big 12	7-1	0.88	23.4	22.12	13.45	7.33	-0.33
11	Texas A&M	Big 12	7-1	0.88	22.96	10.88	14.16	6.38	0.62
12	Oregon	Pac-10	6-1	0.86	22.64	22	11.95	5.87	0.13
13	Arizona	Pac-10	7-1	0.88	22.53	14.88	10.41	6.48	0.52
14	Florida	SEC	6-1	0.86	22.21	17.57	10.31	6.11	-0.11
15	Air Force	Western Athletic	6-1	0.86	22.2	27.29	8.62	6.38	-0.38
16	Virginia Tech	Big East	6-1	0.86	22.18	21.86	9.31	6.69	-0.69
17	Georgia	SEC	6-1	0.86	21.95	11.86	10.75	5.7	0.3
18	Virginia	ACC	6-1	0.86	21.95	14.57	9.8	5.83	0.17
19	Penn State	Big Ten	5-1	0.83	21.7	14.83	12.09	5.13	-0.13
20	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	6-1	0.86	21.25	9.71	7.63	5.45	0.55
21	UCF	FBS Independents	6-1	0.86	21.16	17.29	4.73	5.64	0.36
22	Wyoming	Western Athletic	6-1	0.86	20.7	4.86	7.21	4.48	1.52
23	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-1	0.83	20.58	5.83	9.67	3.78	1.22
24	Colorado State	Western Athletic	7-2	0.78	19.89	8.89	10.85	6.27	0.73
25	Texas Tech	Big 12	6-2	0.75	19.31	9.38	10.12	5.9	0.1
26	Georgia Tech	ACC	5-2	0.71	19.13	10.57	14.31	4.87	0.13
27	Colorado	Big 12	6-2	0.75	19.06	4.75	11.32	5.06	0.94
28	Texas	Big 12	5-2	0.71	18.64	10.14	12.68	4.66	0.34
29	Missouri	Big 12	5-2	0.71	18.36	11.14	9.02	5.39	-0.39
30	Michigan	Big Ten	5-2	0.71	18.24	6.43	12.32	4.64	0.36
31	Syracuse	Big East	4-2	0.67	18.21	17.17	13.21	4.59	-0.59
32	West Virginia	Big East	4-2	0.67	17.72	12.67	10.23	4.42	-0.42
33	Washington	Pac-10	5-2	0.71	17.67	1.86	13.84	3.77	1.23
34	Miami	Big East	4-2	0.67	17.65	15.83	10.35	4.72	-0.72
35	Mississippi State	SEC	5-2	0.71	17.48	14	2.02	5.67	-0.67
36	Ole Miss	SEC	5-2	0.71	17.13	6.57	4.59	4.64	0.36
37	USC	Pac-10	5-3	0.62	16.78	9.12	14.02	5.67	-0.67
38	Kentucky	SEC	5-3	0.62	16.47	8.25	12.23	5.13	-0.13
39	LSU	SEC	4-3	0.57	15.93	14.29	15.78	5.47	-1.47
40	Southern Miss	Conference USA	4-3	0.57	15.68	12.57	14.76	5.51	-1.51
41	BYU	Western Athletic	5-3	0.62	15.36	9.5	4.38	5.65	-0.65
42	Idaho	Big West	5-3	0.62	15.1	5.62	3.36	4.98	0.02
43	Toledo	Mid-American	5-3	0.62	14.87	0.75	12.05	4.17	0.83
44	Utah	Western Athletic	4-3	0.57	14.53	5.86	7.66	4.48	-0.48
45	NC State	ACC	4-3	0.57	14.45	1.14	15.06	3.68	0.32
46	Purdue	Big Ten	4-4	0.5	13.79	7.75	15.97	5.37	-1.37
47	Boise State	Big West	5-3	0.62	13.55	0.5	2.01	4.09	0.91
48	TCU	Western Athletic	4-3	0.57	13.11	-0.14	8.86	3.47	0.53
49	Alabama	SEC	4-3	0.57	12.78	-3.29	16.82	2.9	1.1
50	East Carolina	Conference USA	4-3	0.57	12.61	-1.14	8.46	3.27	0.73
51	California	Pac-10	4-3	0.57	12.53	-3.57	14.84	2.7	1.3
52	San Diego State	Western Athletic	4-3	0.57	12.14	-3.43	13.23	2.9	1.1
53	Central Michigan	Mid-American	4-3	0.57	12.08	-0.57	4.23	3.4	0.6
54	North Carolina	ACC	3-3	0.5	11.95	0.83	11.21	3.12	-0.12
55	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	4-5	0.44	11.94	5.33	12.5	5.31	-1.31
56	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-3	0.57	11.79	-5.29	12.31	2.57	1.43
57	Indiana	Big Ten	3-4	0.43	11.65	4.29	13.47	4.18	-1.18
58	Oregon State	Pac-10	4-4	0.5	11.64	0	10.15	4	0
59	Louisville	Conference USA	4-4	0.5	11.36	-0.25	11.19	3.97	0.03
60	Michigan State	Big Ten	3-4	0.43	11.03	0.86	16.19	3.64	-0.64
61	Western Michigan	Mid-American	4-4	0.5	10.77	-0.88	6.37	3.86	0.14
62	Boston College	Big East	3-4	0.43	10.44	0.29	12.58	3.54	-0.54
63	Akron	Mid-American	3-4	0.43	10.32	1	6.95	3.67	-0.67
64	Duke	ACC	4-4	0.5	10.02	-6	11.85	2.83	1.17
65	Arizona State	Pac-10	3-4	0.43	9.38	-1.14	13.03	3.32	-0.32
66	Oklahoma State	Big 12	3-4	0.43	9.19	-2.43	15.74	3.15	-0.15
67	Nevada	Big West	3-4	0.43	8.79	-2	9.13	3.22	-0.22
68	Wake Forest	ACC	3-4	0.43	8.58	-3.29	6.44	2.91	0.09
69	Washington State	Pac-10	3-4	0.43	8.49	-9.29	16.74	2.1	0.9
70	Iowa	Big Ten	3-5	0.38	8.13	-2.5	13.38	3.36	-0.36
71	New Mexico State	Big West	3-4	0.43	8.09	-10.57	12.09	2.3	0.7
72	Navy	FBS Independents	3-4	0.43	7.89	-10.14	10.94	2.19	0.81
73	Kansas	Big 12	3-5	0.38	7.79	-2.38	12.34	3.63	-0.63
74	SMU	Western Athletic	3-5	0.38	7.79	-2.5	12.77	3.41	-0.41
75	Rutgers	Big East	3-4	0.43	7.65	-18.57	10.75	1.12	1.88
76	New Mexico	Western Athletic	3-5	0.38	7.24	-3	5.46	3.51	-0.51
77	San José State	Western Athletic	3-5	0.38	7.04	-9.5	11.84	2.45	0.55
78	Pittsburgh	Big East	2-4	0.33	6.98	-1.33	10.78	2.79	-0.79
79	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	3-5	0.38	6.88	-8.12	6.91	2.41	0.59
80	Fresno State	Western Athletic	2-5	0.29	6.71	0	14.82	3.5	-1.5
81	Army	Conference USA	2-5	0.29	5.79	-2.57	11.42	3.05	-1.05
82	Baylor	Big 12	2-5	0.29	5.63	-5	17.25	2.69	-0.69
83	Oklahoma	Big 12	2-5	0.29	5.57	-4.86	15.06	2.49	-0.49
84	Iowa State	Big 12	2-5	0.29	5.53	-6.14	16.46	2.58	-0.58
85	Tulsa	Western Athletic	2-5	0.29	5.35	-5	10.63	2.68	-0.68
86	Houston	Conference USA	2-5	0.29	5.28	-4.43	13.19	2.7	-0.7
87	Auburn	SEC	2-5	0.29	5.27	-6.43	19.18	2.06	-0.06
88	Rice	Western Athletic	2-5	0.29	5.05	-7.43	10.87	2.19	-0.19
89	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-5	0.29	4.95	-9.57	12.53	1.87	0.13
90	Ohio	Mid-American	2-5	0.29	4.93	-10.57	15.67	1.87	0.13
91	Bowling Green	Mid-American	2-5	0.29	4.86	-8.57	14.19	2.1	-0.1
92	Maryland	ACC	2-5	0.29	4.85	-9	10.24	1.8	0.2
93	UAB	FBS Independents	2-5	0.29	4.75	-11.57	10.35	1.74	0.26
94	North Texas	Big West	2-5	0.29	4.56	-14.86	11.13	0.98	1.02
95	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	2-5	0.29	4.43	-17.57	10.85	1.08	0.92
96	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	2-5	0.29	4.31	-14	9.26	1.29	0.71
97	Clemson	ACC	2-6	0.25	4.23	-6.62	11.2	2.46	-0.46
98	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-6	0.25	4.2	-7.38	12.1	2.34	-0.34
99	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-6	0.25	3.94	-8.12	6.73	2.5	-0.5
100	Illinois	Big Ten	2-6	0.25	3.56	-16.62	11.18	1.05	0.95
101	Memphis	Conference USA	1-6	0.14	1.29	-10.71	11.5	1.74	-0.74
102	Stanford	Pac-10	1-6	0.14	1.18	-13.14	14.64	1.91	-0.91
103	Temple	Big East	1-6	0.14	1.15	-12.29	10.81	1.7	-0.7
104	South Carolina	SEC	1-7	0.12	1.13	-7.5	15.44	2.56	-1.56
105	Utah State	Big West	1-7	0.12	0.98	-8.88	11.73	2.35	-1.35
106	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-6	0.14	0.75	-17	14.78	0.68	0.32
107	Louisiana	FBS Independents	1-6	0.14	0.62	-26	10.97	0.53	0.47
108	Ball State	Mid-American	1-7	0.12	0.37	-19.88	10.81	0.68	0.32
109	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	0-7	0	-2.43	-18.86	11.79	0.51	-0.51
110	Kent State	Mid-American	0-8	0	-2.64	-26.75	8.87	0.54	-0.54
111	UNLV	Western Athletic	0-8	0	-2.65	-23	14.63	0.67	-0.67
112	Cincinnati	Conference USA	0-8	0	-2.83	-29.88	13.88	0.71	-0.71